FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 4/8/16)
ANIMAL PLANET: Tanked: Celebrity Scooped (Premiere) at 9pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: Ghost Brothers (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Behind The Build: HGTV Smart Home (Premiere) at 1pm
NETFLIX: Kong: King of the Apes
NETFLIX: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
CHILLER: Slasher (Finale) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 4/9/16)
HBO: Confirmation (Premiere) at 8pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet (Premiere) at 9pm
REELZ: Case Closed with AJ Benza (Premiere) at 10pm
WORLD: Jackie Robinson (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Musical Guest: Nick Jonas at 11:30pm
ESQUIRE: Beowulf (Finale) at 10pm
(SUNDAY 4/10/16)
A&E: Extractors (Premiere) at 3pm
TV LAND: TV Land Icon Awards at 9pm
HALLMARK: Good Witch (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Bungalow Reno (Premiere) at 12pm
HGTV: Lakefront Bargain Hunt (Premiere) at 8pm and 8:30pm
HBO: Vinyl (Finale) at 9pm
HBO: Girls (Finale) at 10:30pm
TV One grabbed exclusive cable rights to Fox hit Empire from Twentieth Television. The hip hop drama will debut this spring with marathons leading to the season two finale on Fox, then air weekly over the summer. Network president Brad Siegel made the announcement at TV One’s Upfront breakfast on Thursday.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Production on History military series Six, which was nearing the completion of two filmed episodes, has come to a halt with the abrupt exit of actor Joe Manganiello. His role is being recast and his scenes will be reshot. It marks the second time Manganiello was cast in a straight-to-series project, but pulled out – last spring, he left Fox‘s Scream Queens citing promotional obligations to Magic Mike XXL.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bravo has renewed The Real Housewives of Potomac for a second season. Potomac ranks as the second most popular version in the franchise, behind Atlanta, averaging 2.1 million viewers in Live+3 during season one, Bravo’s most-watched freshman season since the Beverly Hills crew in 2010.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Antenna TV celebrates the joys and struggles of moms everywhere with a Family Ties marathon on Mother’s Day. The 17-hour stunt starts at 5a on Sunday, May 8.
(Source: Cynopsis)
VH1 shines the spotlight on the most important women in the world mothers with Dear Mama on Sunday, May 8 at 9p. Hosted by Anthony Anderson (black-ish), the one-hour special will feature celebrity guests Queen Latifah and Trey, Jaden and Willow Smith, who will pay tribute to Jada Pinkett-Smith.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV One‘s News One Now airs News One Now Special: Kerry Washington Revealed on Sunday, April 17 at 10p. The Scandal star opens up about playing Anita Hill on HBO‘s upcoming Confirmation, as well as sharing her thoughts on race, sexism in the Civil Rights movement and Black Hollywood.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Showtime premieres The Drew, depicting the history of a pro-am basketball league in the heart of South Central Los Angeles, on Friday, April 29 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kathy Bates takes CBS Sunday Morning’s Lee Cowan for a visit to her doctor as she battles Lymphedema, a debilitating and potentially disfiguring disease, stemming from her breast cancer surgery in 2012. The disease is the result of doctors removing 19 lymph nodes during Bates’ double mastectomy. “I didn’t know what I was saying yes to and the more I learn about it, the more angry I am,” says Bates. “I feel I have to do something about it. If I can use my celebrity for something real, then that’s what I want to do.” Bates’ interview airs Sunday, April 17 at 9a.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV Land comedies The Jim Gaffigan Show and Impastor are headed back for their sophomore seasons. Gaffigan premieres with back-to-back episodes on Sunday, June 19 at 10p, while Impastor bows Sunday, June 26 at 10:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Rafael de la Fuente (Empire) has landed a role in When We Rise. The ABC mini-series is slated to debut in 2017.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jonathan Tucker and Crispin Glover have joined the cast of Starz‘ American Gods. The series, which follows a war brewing between old and new gods, begins shooting next week.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC‘s The View drew its largest overall audience in 7 weeks and 3rd most-watched week of the season for the week of April 4, based on Live+SD data from Nielsen. The show averaged 2.96 million Total Viewers, 548,000 W25-54 and 418,000 W18-49, outperforming CBS‘ The Talk (2.8 million, 534,000 and 390,000, respectively).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Science Channel’s Impossible Engineering scored a series high rating among both Persons 25-54 and M25-54 on Wednesday, April 6 at 9p in Live+3. The episode was also up 29 percent in P25-54 and up 35 percent in M25-54 versus the series’ season to date averages.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Barbershop: The Next Cut – Ice Cube, Cedric The Entertainer, Regina Hall, Sean Patrick Thomas, Eve, Anthony Anderson, Jazsmin Lewis-Kelley, JB Smoove
Criminal – Kevin Costner, Gal Gadot, Gary Oldman, Ryan Reynolds, Tommy Lee Jones, Jordi Molla, Michael Pitt, Alice Eve
The Jungle Book – Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken
Sing Street (Limited Release) – Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Aidan Gillen, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Mark McKenna, Kelly Thornton, Ian Kenny
NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday April 16, 2016
Broadway Festival – on Broadway from 8th St. to 14th St.
26th Annual Upper Broadway Spring Festival – on Broadway from 110th to 116th St.
Sunday April 17, 2016
25th Annual West Side Spring Festival – on Broadway bet. 96th and 106th St.
Myrtle Ave. Festival (Queens) – on Myrtle Ave. from Forest to Wyckoff Ave.
TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
(Wed. April 13, 2016 – Sunday April 24, 2016)
https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-film-festival-2016-dates-announcement
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