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TV ONE: Unsung: Next (Premiere) at 8pm
TLC: My Big Fat Fabulous Life (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: I Am Jazz (Premiere) at 10pm
UP: Growing Up McGhee (Premiere) at 9pm
AHC: Inside Secret Societies (Finale) at 10pm
BRAVO: There Goes The Motherhood (Finale) at 10pm
FX: The Americans (Finale) at 10pm
SCIENCE: Alaska Mega Machines (Finale) at 8pm
On Tuesday, Savannah Guthrie shared the news with her Today co-hosts (and America) that she’s pregnant with her second child, and therefore bowing out of covering the Summer Olympics. “You’re going to have to go to beach volleyball without me,” Guthrie told Matt Lauer. An outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus has been blamed for severe birth defects in Rio, where the Games will be held; NBCUniversal has told employees they are not required to make the trip.
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At a hearing on Tuesday to determine if 93-year-old Sumner Redstone is mentally competent to make business decisions, a Massachusetts judge said a ruling would come later this month. “I grew up in a housing project where I was lucky to have a quarter in my pocket,” said Judge George Phelan. “I’m still trying to wrap my head around the concept of billions with a ‘B,’ and it may take me a few days.” Viacom chief Philippe Dauman, attempting to overturn his removal last month from the Sumner M. Redstone Trust and the board of directors of National Amusements, the parent company of CBS and Viacom, had asked to move quickly in light of Redstone’s “overwhelming physical ailments.”
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Fox News did not share questions that were to be asked during Donald Trump’s talk with Bill O’Reilly ahead of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s interview on Monday, said senior executive producer David Tabacoff. The issue came up after Trump, asked on-air whether he paid female executives less than males, replied, “I just had it checked because I heard this was going to be a question…I have a good source.” Not at Fox News, according to Tabacoff: “We never, ever tell the guests what questions will be asked. Bill O’Reilly is the only person who knows exactly what he’ll ask.”
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Dr. Mehmet Oz (Dr. Oz) is partnering in a venture that would allow immigrants to view TV programs from their home countries online. The $14.99/month service, JungoTV, targeting Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, Greek, Iranian, Italian, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese communities, launches in September with 18,000 hours of programming. Oz is partnering on the project with Sandy Climan of Entertainment Media Ventures.
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Kerry Washington will receive the “Actors Inspiration Award” at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s 7th Annual Los Angeles Golf Classic on Monday, June 13 in Burbank. The Scandal star, a long-time champion of civil rights and public service, is being recognized by the Foundation as a SAG-AFTRA member who has given back to fellow actors and the community at large.
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CBS Corp. will be among the honorees at the I Have a Dream Foundation’s 35th Annual “Spirit of the Dream” Gala in NYC tomorrow. CBS brought attention to the foundation, which has supported over 17,000 low-income students on the path to college, with a 60 Minutes segment in 1986, and continued to propel public awareness through the CBS Cares public service campaign. CBS correspondent Bill Whitaker will host the event.
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El Rey pays tribute to Muhammad Ali with a marathon of all 13 episodes of the 1977 animated series, I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali. The show, featuring the boxing legend’s voice, aired Saturday mornings on NBC in 1977.
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Telemundo’s fifth annual Premios Tu Mundo (Your World Awards) will broadcast live from Miami on Thursday, August 25 at 8p. The show celebrates U.S. Latino pop culture cross-platform, with categories like The Perfect Couple, I’m Sexy and I Know It and Favorite Influencer.
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Season three of TLC’s My Big Fat Fabulous Life launches tonight at 9p. What can viewers expect this season? Exec producer and CEO of Pilgrim Media Group Craig Piligian tells Cynopsis, “This season brings the most daunting challenges yet, but Whitney’s fight for body positivity continues. Her resolve is remarkable.”
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Little Big Town and Pharrell round out the roster of performers at tonight’s 2016 CMT Music Awards, airing live at 8p. Newly announced presenters include Billy Gardell, Bobby Jones, Chad Michael Murray, Chris Janson, Cody Alan, Kelsey Ballerini and Leona Lewis.
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Programming service MyNetworkTV is adding three shows to its weekly lineup: The X-Files, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and American Ninja Warrior. “We are unveiling a five-night-a-week schedule that showcases high-profile hit programs and well-established franchises,” said Greg Meidel, president of Twentieth Television.
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New competition series Spartan: Team Challenge launches on NBC Monday, June 13 at 10p, with groups of friends, families and co-workers pushing through the pain to race across grueling courses. The cousin to NBC’s American Ninja Warrior hails from the same production company, A. Smith & Co. Productions.
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ABC’s BattleBots opens Thursday, June 23 at 8p with a two-hour premiere. Thirty-two teams compete in the qualifying round, in three-minute bouts.
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OWN’s highest-rated series, The Haves and the Have Nots, returns Tuesday, June 21 at 9p, a nice launch pad for the series premiere of Greenleaf at 10p. Comedy Love Thy Neighbor is back Friday, July 1 at 9p. The net will air a “The Haves and the Have Nots Binge-A-Thon” starting Saturday, June 18 at 10p with the first episode, leading into the new season premiere.
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VH1’s Dating Naked is back for season three on Wednesday, June 29 at 9p. Strip-downs were shot on location in Bora Bora.
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The season three premiere of Oxygen’s Sisterhood of Hip Hop airs Tuesday, July 12 at 9p, with five fierce female artists struggling with relationship and career issues in the music world.
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Texas native Maddie Baillio was chosen via an open casting call to play the role of Tracy Turnblad in NBC’s Hairspray Live!, airing Wednesday, December 7 at 8p. The newcomer with no professional theater experience will have plenty of vets to lean on, including Harvey Fierstein, recreating his Tony Award-winning role of Edna Turnblad; Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson; Tony and Emmy winner Martin Short and Emmy winner Derek Hough (Dancing With the Stars).
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Nicky Whelan (House of Lies) and Maurice Compte (Breaking Bad) have joined the season three cast of El Rey Network’s From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. Compte will play a Rasputin-like figure; Whelan’s character description is under wraps.
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Country star Sara Evans will guest on the season four finale of USA’s Chrisley Knows Best on Tuesday, June 14 at 10p. Evans will team with the reality show’s patriarch, Todd Chrisley, for a duet, Infinite Love, available for pre-order on iTunes now.
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Mary Elizabeth Ellis (The Grinder) landed a major recurring role in Netlflix comedy Santa Clarita Diet, arriving in 2017. Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant star.
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Another Netflix comedy, Girlboss, found its lead in Britt Robertson (Life Unexpected), who will play a rebellious anarchist navigating the business world.
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Will Kemp (Van Helsing) has joined the season four cast of CW’s Reign. The English actor will play a character based on a real-life nobleman.
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Yvonee Zima (The Young and the Restless) will play twin sisters in Lifetime movie Killing Mommy, premiering Saturday, June 11.
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The premiere episode of History event series Roots was watched by 14.4 million total linear viewers over the course of all premiere week telecasts.The entire series has so far reached 50.6 million viewers across all linear telecasts during the week ending June 5, based on the most current Nielsen data.On a Live+3 basis, the premiere episode on May 30 at 9p was watched by 6.9 million total viewers, 2.9 million A25-54 and 2.5 million A18-49 on the History/Lifetime/A&E simulcast.
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ABC’s The Bachelorette on Monday grew 15 percent in total viewers (6.8 million) week to week and rose 25 percent among A18-49, its biggest audience of the season and tying its demo high. For the week of May 30, the net reported a 3-month high in viewers (6.9 million) and A18-49 (2.2/8).
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Sunday’s premiere of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders averaged a 1.5 HH rating and 1.1 million total viewers, the 2nd highest-rated movie of the week and the network’s 2nd most-watched original movie debut of all time, boosting HM&M to be the #1 HH-rated cable network in Prime Time for the night.
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The May 31 episode of TV One docu-series Rickey Smiley For Real was the most watched episode in series history among all key demos (.61 HH, .66 W25-54, .54 W18-49, .45 P25-54, .39 P18-49 and .28/ P2+). Over 1.8 million unique total viewers 2+ tuned in.
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The opening night of the 2016 Copa America Centenario on Friday made Univision the #1 and #2 broadcast network, respectively, among A18-34 and A18-49. The match delivered 3.6 million total viewers 2+, 1.9 million A18-49 and 853,000 A18-34 in simulcast across Univision, UniMas and UDN.The game was the most-watched Copa America opener in tournament history on any network and the best performance for any USA match in Copa America Centenario history.
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Actress Theresa Saldana died at age 61 after being hospitalized in Los Angeles. Saldana, who co-starred in The Commish and in Raging Bull, was perhaps best known for her victims’ advocacy work, prompted by a stalking incident in 1982 in which she was stabbed by a disturbed fan.
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