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TV ONE: Unsung Hollywood: New York Undercover (Premiere) at 8pm
LIFETIME: Little Women: LA Terra’s Little Family (Premiere) at 10pm
TRU TV: The Carbanaro Effect (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Property Brothers (Finale) at 9pm
ID: Evil Stepmothers (Finale) at 10pm
OXYGEN: Preachers of Atlanta (Finale) at 10pm
TV LAND: Younger (Finale) at 10pm
TV ONE: The Next: 15 (Finale) at 9pm and 10pm
Here comes the judge, albeit one without a law degree. 2008 vice presidential candidate and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin has signed a deal with production company Warm Springs to host and star in a daytime courtroom reality show in the Judge Judy vein, and will shoot a pilot to sell to a network. The team working on the project includes executives who developed Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown.
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For the first time in Showtime history, the network is holding a special launch, releasing all six episodes of new comedy Dice at once to its subscribers. The series will be available on Sunday, April 10 at 12a with its linear premiere airing at 9:30p. “With its six episode run, we feel this comedy is ideally suited to being consumed all at once,” said Gary Levine, president of programming, Showtime Networks Inc. “We’re always looking for new ways to make our programming stand-out, and we’re confident that a ‘Dice binge’ will appeal to both fans and skeptics alike, and help spread the word about this very funny new Showtime series.”
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Founder and CEO of VICE Media, Shane Smith, has been named Cannes Lions 2016 Media Person of the Year. The award recognizes innovators who have shaped the future of media. “Shane is an influential figure in today’s media landscape. Not only is he responsible for taking VICE, which started life as a punk magazine, and expanding it to become the world’s leading global youth media company, but also, beyond this, he’s a critically acclaimed journalist,” said Philip Thomas, CEO, Lions Festivals.
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History‘s Alone makes its second season debut on Thursday, April 21 at 9p. The survival series places ten tough survivalists alone on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia with one mission: to stay alive. The contestant who lasts the longest takes home a cool $500,000.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Showtime announced spring premieres for two of its series. House of Lies season five bows Sunday, April 10 at 9p, while Penny Dreadful returns for its third season on Sunday, May 1 at 10p.
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Lenny Venito (The Neighbors) and Gary Valentine (The King of Queens) have been tapped as series regulars in Kevin James‘ upcoming untitled CBS comedy series about a newly retired cop (James).
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Genevieve Gaunt rises from recurring player to series regular when E!‘s The Royals returns for its third season. She plays Wilhelmina, a love interest for William Mosely’s Prince Liam.
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Parker Sawyers (Southside With You) landed the male lead in NBC drama pilot Miranda’s Rights. He’ll play a charming attorney and one of the founders of Young Law Group.
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Mae Whitman will make a cameo appearance in Netflix’s Gilmore Girls revival, marking a Parenthood reunion between the actress and her former TV mom Lauren Graham.
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James Paxton (Texas Rising) and Gil Bellows (Ascension) join USA drama series Eyewitness as lead characters. Paxton will play a popular teenaged boy conflicted about his sexuality, while Bellows portrays a small-town veterinarian.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hulu pilot When the Street Lights Go On has cast two series regulars. Kelly Mayo will play a 15-year-old bohemian bookworm. Ben Winchell portrays the quarterback boyfriend of a prom queen.
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Eric Sheffer Stevens and Rebecca Naomi Jones will recur on the second season of FX comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll. Stevens will play a hip rock producer; Jones is a sexy downtown singer.
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Lionsgate and ABC cast Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Jake Houseman, Baby’ father, in special event movie Dirty Dancing.
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Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men) and Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) have nabbed roles in Top of the Lake. The upcoming mini-series will be produced by See-Saw Films for BBC Two in co-production with Australia’s BBC First and Foxtel, and SundanceTV in the U.S.. The six one-hour episodes debut in 2017.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Chris Conrad has been promoted to series regular on The Patriot. He portrays Dennis McClaren, an average-seeming employee at McMillan Industrial Piping, on the Amazon drama.
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Nickelodeon turns on the charm with The Other Kingdom, premiering Sunday, April 10, at 7p. The new, live-action series follows the journey of Astral (Esther Zynn), who has to choose between being a fairy princess or becoming human, as she’s set to inherit the crown of her royal kingdom of Athenia.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season two of The Inspectors, the first original scripted drama to be part of the CBS Dream Team, It’s Epic!, has started production in Charleston, S.C. The series returns to network’s three-hour Saturday morning block in fall 2016 with 22 new episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries original movie, Karen Kingsbury’s The Bridge Part 2 drew a record number of viewers last weekend, becoming the most-watched and highest-rated telecast in network history among HHs, A18-49, A25-54, and Total Viewers. The Sunday, March 20th premiere averaged a 1.8 HH rating and 1.4 million total viewers, elevating the sequel to be the #1 rated cable movie of the week.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Rookie champion Crime Watch Daily (1.0, steady) was the number one new strip in first run for the 26th consecutive week, drawing more than 1.4 million viewers per day on average. Newcomers FABLife (0.8, steady) and Crazy Talk (0.5, steady) will both end production shortly.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dr. Phil (3.0, down 9 percent from the week before) was in reruns for most of the week but still won the talk show race for the tenth frame in a row. Live with Kelly & Michael (2.9, down 6 percent) was a strong second in households, and tied the good doctor for first place in talk among W25-54 with 1.4 in the demo.
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James Douglas, who starred on ABC primetime soap Peyton Place and CBS daytime soap As the World Turns, has died. He was 86. His family confirmed his death on March 5 in Bethlehem CT, where a wake was held in his honor.
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