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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 3/24/16)
ABC: The Catch (Premiere) at 10pm
WE TV: Sisters in Law (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Recipe For Deception (Finale) at 10pm
FX: Baskets (Finale) at 10pm
HGTV: Flip or Flop (Finale) at 9pm
IFC: Portlandia (Finale) at 10pm
SAG-AFTRA president Ken Howard died Wednesday at age 71. Perhaps best known for his role in sports drama The White Shadow (1978-81), Howard earned an Emmy Award for his performance in HBO’s Grey Gardens, and a Tony for Child’s Play. Howard was elected president of SAG in 2009 and 2011, eventually becoming president of the merged unions. No cause of death was announced.
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The LA Rams will be the subject of HBO training camp docu-series Hard Knocks for season 11, as they return to the City of Angels after playing in St. Louis since 1995. Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) will narrate when the five-episode run kicks off August 9 at 10p. Chances are the show won’t be a distraction for the team the past six teams to participate equaled or improved their regular season record, and four went to the playoffs.
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Dog lovers can choose from among 174 nominees at www.herodogawards.org, and vote for their favorite canines in eight categories for the 2016 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards. Top pooches get the red carpet treatment during a two-hour special on Hallmark Channel this fall.
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NBC ordered six episodes of an untitled dance competition series produced by EndemolShine North America, Purple Cup Productions and Free Association, starring Jenna Dewan Tatum as a judge and mentor. The actress/dancer/wife of Channing will exec produce along with her husband, Peter Kiernan, Reid Carolin and Meegan Kiernan. The Tatums are a winning TV team, having set a ratings record 4.7 million viewers on the season 2 premiere of Spike TV’s Lip Sync Battle.
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TNT ordered a pilot for hour-long dramedy Claws, set in a Southern Florida nail salon. Le Train Train’s Rashida Jones and Will McCormack exec produce; show is from Le Train Train in association with Warner Horizon Television and TNT Original Productions, written by co-executive producer Eliot Laurence (Welcome to Me).
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George Lopez will host the TV Land Icon Awards, taping Sunday, April 10 in Santa Monica. Ceremony airs on the net Sunday, April 17 at 9p.
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Mark Burnett reality dating show Coupled premieres Tuesday, May 17 at 9p, after the season three bow of Hotel Hell at 8p.
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The Paley Center for Media will host two PayleyLive events in LA next month. An Evening with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia takes place April 1, and An Evening with Angle Tribeca is April 14. Hulu subscribers will have exclusive access to content and footage.
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Season three of DIY’s Barnwood Builders premieres Sunday, April 24 at 9p. Master craftsman Mark Bowe and crew are back to dismantle centuries-old barns to use in modern homes.
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Vintage binge: getTV launches a new “Get Lost in TV” lineup in April, with Gene Roddenberry’s 1963 military series The Lieutenant Wednesdays at 8p. Weekly block launches April 6 with four back-to-back episodes.
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Spanish-language movie channel Cinelatino celebrates Holy Week with El Arca de Noe (The Ark) tonight, March 24, and Maria, Madre de Jesus Parte 1 y 2 (Mary, Mother of Jesus: Part 1& 2) on Sunday, March 27, both airing at 9:15p.
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TLC’s Outdaughtered follows the Busby family, which welcomed the only all-female set of quintuplets in the country, starting Tuesday, May 10 at 10p. The Boardwalk Entertainment Group produces.
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Elijah Wood (Wilfred) joins the cast of BBC America’s Dirk Gently. Comedic thriller is slated to premiere in fall 2016.
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Mike & Molly’s Billy Gardell will play Elvis Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker in upcoming CMT scripted drama Million Dollar Quartet (wt). Keir O’Donnell (Fargo) landed the role of disc jockey Dewey Phillips.
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Kirk Frogg, who hosted Nickelodeon’s 1993-1995 game show Legends of the Hidden Temple, is onboard the upcoming action adventure movie inspired by the show. Film is scheduled to debut on Nick in fall 2016.
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John Ross Bowie (Big Bang Theory) will star opposite Minnie Driver in ABC comedy pilot Speechless, focused on a family with a special needs child.
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Sean Harris (The Borgias), Yetide Badaki (Masters of Sex) and Bruce Langley (Deadly Waters) have been added to the cast of Starz drama American Gods, adapted from the fantasy novel. Series begins shooting next month.
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New ABC Tuesday comedy The Real O’Neals was up 9 percent in total viewers week to week (to 3.8 million) and even among A18-49 (1.0/4). Among teens 12-17 the series shot up 60 percent, and among kids 2-11 it grew 50 percent.
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Tuesday’s debut of NBC medical drama Heartbeat delivered a 1.4/5 rating among A18-49. Chicago Med debuted to 2.2 in the timeslot in November. Heartbeat moved to its regular Wednesday time period last night.
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In newscasts following the tragic bombings in Brussels, NBC Nightly News delivered 8.8 million viewers and 2.2 million among A25-54, followed by 8 million and 1.8 million in the news demo for ABC’s World News Tonight and 7.2 million/1.7 million for CBS Evening News.
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Episode three premiere telecasts of Bounce TV’s new original drama Saints & Sinners reached 1.3 million unduplicated viewers on Sunday, tying the show’s series premiere for the second most-watched program in net history.
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Former baseball player and legendary announcer Joe Garagiola Sr. passed away March 23. He was 90. In addition to serving as a play-by play announcer for NBC from 1961-1988, Garagiola was a panelist on numerous game shows, and served as guest host on The Tonight Show.
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Actor Peter Brown died March 21 after battling Parkinson’s disease. He was 80. Brown played a Texas Ranger in Laredo from 1965-67, as well as appearing in soap operas including The Young and the Restless, One Live to Live and The Bold and the Beautiful.
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Entertainment lawyer Leon H. Charney died March 21 after suffering multiple seizures. He was 77. Charney had hosted New York area cable show The Leon Charney Report since 1998.
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The Bachelor contestant Erin Storm died March 21 after a plane she was piloting crashed. She was 41. Storm appeared in season 12 of the ABC reality show.
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BROADWAY
Bright Star (music by Steve Martin & Edie Brickell) opens on Broadway on Thursday March 24, 2016.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/bright-star/
Hughie with Forest Whitaker is closing on Sunday March 27, 2016.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/hughie-bway/
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