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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 4/4/16)
BRAVO: Southern Charm (Premiere) at 9pm
CARTOON: Powerpuff Girls (Premiere) at 6pm
DIY: Yard Crashers (Premiere) at 10pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Building Alaska (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (Premiere) at 8pm
VH1: Black Ink Crew (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Cake Wars (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY: Billion Dollar Wreck (Finale) at 10pm
Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson has joined Fox News as a contributor, and will host a new Fox News Radio podcast focused on faith and family. “Being a redneck millionaire has its perks,” notes the conservative Christian and Donald Trump supporter on his A&E reality show’s website.
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Speaking of Fox News “gets,” the net landed presidential hopefuls Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich for hour-long interviews tonight, hours before the Wisconsin primary. Greta Van Susteren talks to Kasich at 7p, Megyn Kelly interviews Cruz at 9p and Trump’s in the hot seat with Sean Hannity at 10p.
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TV winners of the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, announced Saturday, included E!’s I Am Cait and TLC’s I Am Jazz, tied for Outstanding Reality Program; Amazon’s Transparent for Comedy; HBO’s Bessie for TV Movie or Limited Series; Netflix’s Sense8 for Drama and CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful for Daily Drama. For a complete list go here.
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VH1 greenlit a Hit the Floor summer special following up on Derek Roman’s proposal to Ahsha Hayes, center court style, on the season three finale of the reality show. Plus – who shot Jelena?
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The title of Syfy’s next Sharknado movie is Sharknado: The 4th Awakens (ha!). Set five years after the third installment, two-hour film premieres Sunday, July 31 at 8p.
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Diva drama: A two-part Real Housewives of Potomac reunion will keep host Andy Cohen on his toes. Airing Sunday, April 10 at 10p and Sunday, April 17 at 8p on Bravo, shows promise arguments, accusations and admissions.
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MTV “Generation Award” recipient Will Smith, along with Jared Leto, Margot Robbie and Cara Delevingne, stars of super villain movie Suicide Squad, will debut footage of the film during the 2016 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, April 10 at 8p. Suicide Squad’s release date is August 5.
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Freddie Prinze Jr. will host USA competition series First Impressions, featuring SNL alum Dana Carvey. Project from Renegade 83 and Gaspin Media launches Tuesday, May 10 at 10:30p.
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Bright news for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: FXX has renewed the comedy for 13th and 14th seasons. With season 14, points out the net, Sunny – which moved from FX to FXX for season nine – will tie The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet for the longest-running live-action comedy in TV history.
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Summer on CNBC will include the returns of West Texas Investors Club on Tuesday, June 7 at 10, Jay Leno’s Garage on Wednesday, June 15 at 10p, The Profit on Tuesday August 23 at 10p followed by the launch of new unscripted series Cleveland Hustles on Wednesday, August 24 at 10p.
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NBC turns up the heat this summer with season three of The Night Shift, bowing Wednesday, June 1 at 10p. Competition series Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge makes its debut Monday, June 13 at 10p; after previews on the 13th and June 20 with American Ninja Warrior as its lead-in, Team Challenge moves to its regular timeslot on Thursday, June 23 at 9p.
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Another new series previewing with a strong lead in is EJ and the City. The #RichKids of Beverly Hills spinoff premieres on E! Sunday, June 19 at 11p after #RichKids, moving to Thursdays at 9p on June 23.
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AMC has an opening date for Feed the Beast, about two friends trying to open a restaurant. Drama starring Friends’ David Schwimmer and Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe) launches Tuesday, May 31 at 10p. Taste of what’s to come is here.
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Reelz grabbed U.S. broadcast rights to The Real Story Of… from UK’s World Media Rights. Series uncovers the facts behind the true stories upon which movies like American Sniper and Unbroken were based.
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Amazon picked up Bosch for a third season. The cop drama’s sophomore season dropped March 11.
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NYC’s Town Hall was the site of a rollicking Comedy Central upfront event on Thursday hosted by The Daily Show host Trevor Noah. Viacom heads Philippe Dauman and Thomas Dooley were on hand, as was a slew of talent including Amy Schumer, Jeff Ross, Another Period creators Natasha Leggero and Riki Lindhome and Broad City creators Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, among others – none of whom felt the need to tone their act because the bosses were in the room. But whether in person or onscreen, Comedy talent knew the Upfronts are about business. Said Nathan Fielder (Nathan for You), via a video in which he interviews a millennial: “Millennials are so valuable to advertisers because they can be influenced before their brains have developed.” Daniel Tosh (Tosh.0), also by video, went through a montage of times he’d mentioned products and brands on his show then added,“My fans are always telling me, less comedy, more advertising.” After the laughs, the crowd was herded into event space Gotham Hall.
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Among a slew of programming orders are two series from Kevin Hart; a special starring Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper; fresh roasts with Jeff Ross; a series of comedy documentaries from Drunk History’s Jeremy Konner; stand-up specials from Kurt Braunohler, Deon Cole, Pete Davidson, Joe DeRosa, Trevor Moore, Big Jay Oakerson, Dan Soder and The Goddamn Comedy Jam, and digital series Typical Rick.
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Development news includes independent deals with Jessica Williams and Jordan Klepper, with Williams co-writing, producing and starring in a half-hour scripted narrative pilot and Klepper producing and starring in a late night talk show presentation. Production deals include projects from Schumer, Chris Hardwick, Channing Tatum, Olivia Wilde, Jack Black, Eva Longoria, Ed Helms, Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone, along with Abominable Pictures, Above Average, Funny Or Die, Gloria Sanchez Productions, and Serious Business, among others.
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Jessica Henwick (Game of Thrones) will play the female lead in Netflix’s upcoming Marvel series Iron Fist. She joins fellow GoT alum Finn Jones.
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Discovery wrapped 1Q16 as the #1 non-sports cable network in M25-54, and ratings grew over 1Q15 across all key women demos (W25-54, 18-49, 18-34), with Discovery’s best 1Q in over a decade among W25-54 and W18-49. The net also celebrates its best March in 15 years among P25-54.
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Travel Channel saw a 15 percent increase in its prime rating year-over-year among viewers P25-54 in March. Tuesday and Wednesday nights delivered their highest-rated March in five years and saw double digit gains year-over-year: Tuesday prime was up 31 percent among P25-54 and Wednesday prime was up 64 percent.
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The season finale of HGTV’s Fixer Upper on March 29 scored a 1.64 Live+SD prime rating among viewers P25-54, the fifth highest-rated telecast in net history. The series also was the #1 cable program in primetime on Tuesday night among viewers P25-54. New series Good Bones delivered a .93 among viewers P25-54 and a 1.06 among W25-54.
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CBS’s Rush Hour premiered to a soft 5.1 million viewers and 1.1/4 rating among A18-49 on Thursday. The net’s Life in Pieces delivered a 1.9/7 rating at 8:30p and 1.7/6 for the season finale at 9p.
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The premiere of CNN docu-series The Eighties drew 598,000 viewers among A25-54, beating Fox News (383,000) and MSNBC (300,000) in the demo. FNC won the most total viewers with 1.99 million, versus 1.4 million for CNN and 1.34 million for MSNBC. Those are the second-best numbers for an original series launch on CNN, after Race for the White House: Kennedy vs. Nixon.
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2016 IHEART RADIO MUSIC AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7318843/iheartradio-music-awards-2016-winners-list
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice – $52.4 million
Zootopia – $20 million
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 – $11.1 million
God’s Not Dead 2 – $8.1 million
Miracles From Heaven – $7.6 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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