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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 4/20/16)
BRAVO: There Goes The Motherhood (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY: Time Traveling Bong (Premiere) at 10:30pm
GSN: Skin Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: Murder U (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO.: The Yard (Premiere) at 10pm
AXS TV: The World’s Greatest Tribute Bands (Finale) at 10pm
COMEDY: Broad City (Finale) at 10pm
FYI: Nicole & Jionni’s Shore Flip (Finale) at 9pm
FYI: Kocktails With Khloe (Finale) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Little Women: LA (Finale) at 9pm
Michael Strahan is leaving syndicated daytime talker LIVE With Kelly and Michael for a full-time position on ABC’s Good Morning America, where he has been appearing twice weekly. “Michael has been a stellar addition to the broadcast,” said ABC News president James Goldston in a note to staff.“Over the past two years on GMA, he’s proven to be a tireless and versatile broadcaster with an incredible ability to connect with people.” Strahan, a former football star who joined LIVE in 2012, starts his new role on GMA in September and will remain a co-host on NFL on FOX. “My time with LIVE with Kelly and Michael has been transformative, and my departure will be bittersweet,” said Strahan. “Kelly has been an unbelievable partner.”
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With its contract with DISH Network set to expire tonight, Viacom warned the satellite TV provider’s customers that Viacom’s 18 networks could soon be dropped. “Viacom’s proposal to DISH to carry our channels is more than realistic and reasonable,” posted the media company. “As a long-standing partner, DISH has always paid among the lowest rates in the industry for Viacom Networks. …[DISH] has simply not engaged in a serious way to reach an agreement.” Responded DISH, “Viacom is asking hundreds of million of dollars in increases, despite the changing landscape.”
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HBO and Discovery Communications have taken an equity stake in 3D graphics company OTOY, to develop original holographic content the companies anticipate will “deliver new entertainment experiences.” Count Jon Stewart, who has been working with OTOY on short-form content for HBO digital services, as a fan. “OTOY is unbelievable!” said the former Daily Show host. “It’s a limitless mind-blowing creative platform. My dream is to someday understand how they did it!!!”
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The 7th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival will feature social and interactive activations including meet-up groups for pass holders, a social media lounge, a social media photo booth and scavenger hunts for classic film spots, among other perks. The event is getting an assist from over 20 influencers, invited back to help the #TCMFF trend on Twitter.
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Better have snacks in hand for the season two premiere of NBC’s Aquarius. The Charles Manson-era period drama will launch with a 9p-11p block on Thursday, June 16 – with “absolutely no breaks for commercials or network promos,” said NBC. Series starring David Duchovny takes its regular timeslot the following week at 10p.
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What happens in Vegas is not going to stay in Vegas on ID’s Las Vegas Law. Docu-series tracks a DA and his team of prosecutors in real time, cinema verite style, as they pursue cases in Sin City. Premiere date: Thursday, May 12 at 10p.
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HBO set the debut date for limited series The Night Of on Sunday, July 10 at 10p, as well as season two of Ballers on Sunday, July 17 at 10p followed by new comedy Vice Principals at 10:30p.
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The Detour is reaching an average 5.3 million viewers across TBS platforms through its first two episodes, including 1.5 million viewers and 848,000 A18-49 in Live+3 delivery. Those ratings make it cable’s top new comedy with young adults year to date.
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The season four premiere of Telemundo’s La Voz Kids averaged 1.579 million total viewers and 721,00 among A18-49, ranking number one in its time period, regardless of language, in Miami.
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Freshman finales: CBS’s Supergirl matched its A18-49-demo low with 1.3/4 for its season finale Monday, even with last week in Live+SD. The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend ended its first season up one tenth, to .3/1, while Fox newcomer Lucifer was up two tenths, to 1.3/4.
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The series premiere of CMT’s The Dude Perfect Show delivered nearly 2 million total viewers on Thursday, with back-to-back premiere episodes averaging .3 among A18-49, and ranked number two across cable in its timeslot among M12-17 with a 1.29 rating. It was the net’s highest-rated launch ever with teens.
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Only three of the top ten syndicated talkers saw week-to-week ratings gains, as temperatures rose and PUT levels dropped the week ending April 10. The winners: LIVE With Kelly and (for now) Michael (up 3 percent to 3.0 in Live+SD), Ellen DeGeneres (up 14 percent to 2.4) and Wendy Williams (up 15 percent to 1.5). Among W25-54, LIVE was up 8 percent to 1.4, to tie talk leader Dr. Phil, down 7 percent in the demo.
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After a three-year hiatus, the season seven premiere of Investigation Discovery’s Disappeared had its best launch ever in P2+ (1.054 million) and HH (886,000).
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From April 11-17, Univision ranked as the number five broadcast network among both A18-34 and A18-49, and saw week-to-week growth (up 2 percent in total viewers, up 3 percent in A18-49 and up 5 percent in A18-34), out-delivering one or more of the English-language broadcast networks on six nights among A18-34.
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