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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/25/16)
ANIMAL PLANET: Insane Pools: Deeper Dive (Premiere) at 9pm
BLOOMBERG: Hello World (Premiere) at 9:30pm
DISNEY: Backstage (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Atlanta Plastic (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: Second Chance (Finale) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Bring It! (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Love, Lust or Run (Finale) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 3/26/16)
DISCOVERY FAMILY: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Premiere) at 11am
FYI: Tiny House Nation (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Mrs & Mr. Smith (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Legend Hunter (Premiere) at 11pm
VELOCITY: All Girls Garage (Premiere) at 11:30am
STARZ: Black Sails (Finale) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 3/27/16)
BRAVO: Thicker Than Water (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Long Island Medium (Premiere) at 9pm
Comedian and actor Garry Shandling died suddenly Thursday, March 24 in LA. He was 66. According to reports, Shandling appeared healthy and talking with people yesterday morning, but was taken to the hospital after a 911 call and passed away there later in the day. Shandling, who started as a writer before becoming a stand-up comedy star in the 1980s, was best known for HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998), as well as for being a frequent fill-in for Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show.
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CBS leads the nominations for the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, announced yesterday by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. CBS’s 77 noms including 27 for The Young and the Restless – place the network well ahead of the pack. ABC’s General Hospital garnered 24 nominations. National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences president Bob Mauro also shared news that the awards will not be televised this year, due to production costs.
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The chorus of disapproval for a Georgia bill that would allow faith-based groups to discriminate based on sexuality continues to swell. Will it be loud enough to reach the ears of Gov. Nathan Deal, who is considering signing the legislation into law? A day after Disney said it would take its business out of the state and AMC and Viacom voiced opposition, Comcast NBCU, Discovery Communications, MGM, Time Warner and Harvey and Bob Weinstein urged the Republican official to put the kibosh the Free Exercise Protection Act. “At Time Warner, diversity in all its forms is core to our value system and to the success of our business,” the parent company of HBO, CNN, Turner and more said in a statement Thursday. “We strongly oppose the discriminatory language and intent of Georgia’s pending religious liberty bill, which clearly violates the values and principles of inclusion and the ability of all people to live and work free from discrimination.”
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Revolt TV on Sunday, March 27 at 10p will premiere The End of Malice, a new film that shares the untold story of hip-hop star and former Clipse member Gene Thornton’s journey from his former moniker “Malice” to “No Malice.” A collaboration of Second Films and Ditoremayo Entertainment, the special is a 40-minute first-person narrative of an artist confronting the dualities of fame and family, success in the dope game, and the demanding world of mainstream music.
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There’s no fooling around with the Friday, April 1 April Ghoul’s Day marathon on Destination America. Paranormal mavens Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman will be in sight all day in a marathon of Paranormal Lockdown beginning at 6p and concluding with a new ep at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Will Smith will receive the Generation Award during the 25th anniversary edition of the 2016 MTV Movie Awards, hosted by Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart and airing Sunday, April 10 at 8p.
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The 96th Miss America Competition will return to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall and air live on ABC on Sunday, September 11 at 9p.
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Emmy-winning producer Mark Burnett (Survivor) and TBS bring together a panel of celeb judges including Shaquille O’Neal and Mayim Bialik, for the new tech competition series America’s Greatest Makers, premiering on TBS on Tuesday, April 5 at 9p.
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Whether busted bikes or rusted out roadsters, new Velocity series Iron Resurrection believes every vehicle deserves a second chance to shine. Outside Austin, TX, mechanical master Joe Martin (winner of Discovery Channel’s Biker Build-Off), and his team at Martin Bros. Customs are breathing life back into vehicles of all kinds, shapes and sizes in the original series, which premieres Wednesday, April 13 at 10p.
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TNT drama Animal Kingdom will premiere Tuesday, June 7. Series focuses on a 17-year-old boy who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose.
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Season 3 of Tiny House Nation premieres on FYI this Saturday, March 26 at 9p and Nick Rigg, president of Loud TV and executive producer of the show, says the phenomenon is here to stay. “What we’ve discovered over multiple seasons producing this series is that the tiny house lifestyle isn’t a trend, but rather a movement that’s here to stay,” he tells Cynopsis. “Viewers are responding to what we saw when we first created Tiny House Nation for FYI in 2014: unparalleled creativity and ingenuity, brought to life through unique and inspiring stories chronicling why a person or family chooses to downsize. In tomorrow night’s premiere, the team pulls out all the stops to design and construct a 300-square-foot home that can somehow accommodate a 6’10” professional basketball player and his family.”
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Velocity brings back female car gurus Christy Lee, Bogi Lateiner and Rachel De Barros for season 5 of All Girls Garage, premiering Saturday, March 26 at 11:30a. Each episode will go behind their complex projects, probing plenty of issues and plenty of stereotypes in the male heavy industry.
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Bravo’s Shahs of Sunset returns Sunday, April 10 at 9p, then shifts to its regular timeslot at 8p the following week. This season brings highs and lows, as relationships are put to the test for Reza Farahan, Asa Soltan Rahmati , Mike Shouhed, Mercedes “MJ” Javid, Golnesa “GG” Gharachedaghi and Shervin Roohparvar.
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With the sophomore season of Expedition Unknown featuring explorer Josh Gates in full swing, Travel Channel greenlit the series for a third season to air later this year. Ratings for Expedition Unknown, currently airing Wednesdays at 9p, are 143 percent above its time slot’s year-ago average for P25-54, with triple digit gains posted among W25-54, M25-54 and A18-49.
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Caitlin McGee and Eugene Cordero (Comedy Bang! Bang!) are in the mix as regulars in Crunch Time, NBC’s hybrid game show/comedy that marbles in real game show footage and a scripted workplace. Also on board are Craig Ferguson and Andrea Anders.
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JR Bourne (Teen Wolf) and Toby Hemingway (Black Swan) join Syfy thriller drama Prototype, opposite Cote de Pablo and Jack Davenport. Written by Tony Basgallop (24: Live Another Day), project centers on three unlikely cohorts who stumble upon a life-changing invention.
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Gail O’Grady (NYPD Blue) joins NBC drama pilot Miranda’s Rights as a series regular, opposite Rebecca Breeds and Parker Sawyers. Legal series, about an idealistic group of lawyers who work and live together, is written and co-executive produced by Katie Lovejoy and exec-produced by John Glenn.
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Wednesday night’s episode of Criminal Minds was the last for cast member Shemar Moore, who is exiting the set of the crime drama and his character Derek Morgan after 11 years. Morgan, who survived a harrowing kidnapping, was scripted in as leaving his job to focus on his family.
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The soundtrack to season 1 of Bounce’s new hit drama series Saints & Sinners is now available via all digital retailers. The album features artists a remix of Deitrick Haddon and Big Boi’s theme song “Sinners (Saved By Grace),” and artists including Keith Robinson, Erica Campbell and The Voice season 8 finalist Koryn Hawthorne.
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Writer/producer Earl Hamner died March 24 of cancer. He was 92. Hamner created The Waltons (1971-1981), based on his novel, Spencer’s Mountain, as well as the 1981-1990 drama Falcon Crest. According to a post on his Facebook page, Hamner passed away halfway through his favorite music, John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High.”
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MOVIES
Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice – Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Jeremy Irons, Holly Hunter
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 – Nia Vandals, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone, Elena Kampouris
Born To Be Blue (Limited Release) – Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Tony Nappo, Janet-Laine Green, Dan Lett, Kedar Brown, Kevin Hanchard
I Saw The Light (Limited Release) – Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Bradley Whitford, David Krumholtz, Cherry Jones, Maddie Hasson, Wes Langlois, Wrenn Schmidt
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