FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 5/26/16)
ABC: 500 Questions (Premiere) at 8pm
A&E: 60 Days In (Finale) at 9pm
NBC: Red Nose Day at 8pm
BRAVO: The People’s Couch (Finale) at 10pm
HGTV: Master of Flip (Finale) at 11pm
PBS: The This Old House Hour (Finale) at 8pm
FX picked up critically acclaimed The Americans for a 13-episode fifth season to air in 2017, and a 10-episode sixth and final season slated for 2018. FX Productions also closed new overall deals with exec producers/ showrunners Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields. “We have no doubt that this two-season order will allow Joe and Joel to tell this story to its perfect conclusion,” said FX president of original programming Eric Schrier. Season four finale airs Wednesday, June 8 at 10p.
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USA’s weekly Smackdown show will air live for the first time and move to Tuesdays, beginning July 19 at 8p. That gives USA five hours of live WWE programming a week. Smackdown is currently averaging 2.7 million viewers and 1.1 million P25-54 in Live+7.
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Original episodes of CNN’s The Hunt, hosted by John Walsh, will be simulcast on sister net HLN, starting with the season three launch on Sunday, June 19. The move is part of a shift in focus, Ken Jautz, EVP of CNN, told Variety. “One of the main things we are doing is refocusing the network on its news roots,” said the exec, who also oversees HLN. “We do not believe there will be any cannibalization, but a substantial increase in cumulative reach.”
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Former anchor and reporter for CNN International Errol Barnett is joining CBS News as a correspondent based in Washington D.C. Barnett will report for all CBS News platforms starting in June.
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Actor/humanitarian Danny Glover (Lethal Weapon) has been named Jury President for News at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills, 90210) leads the Fiction jury. Festival takes place June 12-16.
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Aftershow Scream After Dark! launches on MTV Monday, May 30 at midnight, after the season two premiere of Scream: The TV Series. Author/actor Jeffery Self (Jeffery & Cole Casserole) hosts.
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Country’s Cam joins pop’s Fifth Harmony for a mash-up on the 2016 CMT Music Awards airing live on Wednesday, June 8 at 8p. Sportscaster Erin Andrews and football’s J.J. Watt host.
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Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will be back to host the 50th Annual CMA Awards. Show airs live on ABC Wednesday, November 2 at 8p.
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Freeform’s “Funday” Father’s Day Weekend programming event running June 18-19 includes Disney classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Finding Nemo and Despicable Me, among other family-friendly offerings.
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J.L. Family Ranch, starring Jon Voight, James Caan and Melanie Griffith premieres Sunday, August 21 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. The original movie follows a rancher (Voight), his revenge-seeking enemy (Caan) and former girlfriend (Griffith).
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Viceland is airing the live broadcast of the evening sets at NYC’s Governor’s Ball. Live Nation TV, a partnership between Vice and Live Nation, will also air the official digital livestream on its YouTube channel. The event, which takes place June 3-5, includes performances by The Strokes, The Killers, Kanye West and Death Cab for Cutie, among many others.
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Decades, the multicast TV network from Weigel Broadcasting and CBS Television Stations, is honoring Marilyn Monroe on Wednesday, June 1 with a day of programming devoted to her career. The tribute, on what would have been the screen legend’s 90th birthday, begins with a special edition of the net’s daily Through the Decades.
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New Nat Geo series No Man Left Behind launches Tuesday, June 28 at 9p. Personal testimony, archival footage and reenactments are used to tell stories of soldiers stranded in enemy territory.
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A&E’s 60 Days In is back for season two on Thursday, August 18 at 9p. The freshman finale of the nonfiction series, documenting the experiences of innocent participants who do jail time, drew over 3.1 million viewers in Live+3. Reunion special 60 Days In: The Aftermath airs tonight at 9p.
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Season three of Starz drama Power debuts Sunday, July 17 at 9p. It will be joined by comedy Survivor’s Remorse, also moving to Sundays for its third season, premiering on July 24 at 10p.
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The launch of new Discovery series Homestead Rescue was moved from June 10 to Friday, June 17 at 10p. Show follows struggling homesteaders learning the skills they need to survive the wilderness.
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Kevin Bacon guests on the season five premiere of IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! on Friday, June 3 at 11p. Bacon describes his model city, Kevin Town, complete with candy castle, water slide and all-you-can-eat pizza.
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A talent search led Reelz to Brett Donahue (Suits) for the role of John F. Kennedy Jr. in mini-series The Kennedys – After Camelot. Katie Holmes stars as Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
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Eric Nenniger (Malcolm in the Middle) and Fiona Gubelmann (Wilfred) landed recurring roles in Netflix’s remake of Norman Lear sitcom One Day at a Time, starring Rita Moreno.
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Juan Pablo di Pace and Scott Weinger have been elevated to series regulars in Netflix’s Fuller House. Both recurred in season one.
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Nickelodeon greenlit a 14-episode season two of The Loud House, the number one animated kids’ show on TV since its May 2 launch. The series is averaging a 3.3/981,000 among Kids 2-11.
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The season finale of NBC’s The Voice (2.2/7) topped the season ender of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars (1.6/5) on Tuesday. Opposite the NBA Western Conference finals on TNT, both shows were down double digits from last year.
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With the close of the 2015-2016 season, Fox’s Empire was the top-rated broadcast entertainment program among A18-49 (6.7) and A18-34 (6.1).
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Bravo had a good week: Southern Charm (5/16) hit a season high among all key demos and delivered its most-watched (P2+) in series history, garnering 932,000 P18-49, 1.09 million P25-54 and 1.7 million total viewers, Live+3. The same night, Real Housewives of Dallas matched its highest-rated episode among P18-49, delivering 802,000 P18-49, 888,000 P25-54 and 1.38 million total viewers. On May 17, Below Deck Mediterranean had its best ratings to-date among both P18-49 and P25-54, earning 803,000 P18-49, 925,000 P25-54 and 1.4 million total viewers. On May 18, The Real Housewives of New York City hit a season high among all key demos, delivering 1.2 million P18-49, 1.4 million P25-54 and 2.2 million total viewers. And Million Dollar Listing New York (May 19) delivered its second consecutive season high and third consecutive week of growth among total viewers, earning 736,000 in P18-49, 874,000 in P25-54 and 1.6 million total viewers.
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Actress Beth Howland died December 31 from lung cancer, confirmed her husband, actor Charles Kimbrough, who told the Associated Press she hadn’t wanted a service or memorial. Howland, who was 74 at the time of her death, was best known to TV audiences for her role as waitress Vera on Alice.
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BROADWAY
Paramour opened on Broadway on Wednesday May 25, 2016.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/cirque-du-soleils-paramour/
Tuck Everlasting is closing on Broadway on Sunday May 29, 2016
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/tuck-everlasting-bway/
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