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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 6/22/16)
TV ONE: Unsung: E-40 (Premiere) at 8pm
AMERICAN HEROES CHANNEL: Chasing Conspiracies (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: Big Brother (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: American Gothic (Premiere) at 10pm
ESQUIRE: Car Matchmaker (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Any Given Wednesday with Bill Simmons (Premiere) at 10pm
SCIENCE: Outrageous Acts of Science (Premiere) at 9pm
SCIENCE: How To Build…Everything (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: Stone House Revival (Finale) at 10:30pm
TRU TV: The Carbanaro Effect (Finale) at 10pm
TV LAND: Lopez (Finale) at 10pm
TV LAND: The Soul Man (Finale) at 10:30pm
VELOCITY: Junkyard Empire (Finale) at 9pm
CBS’s fall 2016-2017 season premieres stretch out over six weeks, kicking off with Thursday Night Football on September 15. Season 10 of The Big Bang Theory launches Monday, September 19 at 8p, moving to Thursdays at 8p on October 27. Kevin Can Wait, which makes its series debut on Monday, September 19 at 8:30p following Big Bang, moves to 8p starting Monday, October 24; new series Man With a Plan takes the 8:30p slot. Other premieres include:
Sunday, September 18: Case Closed (limited series, part 1) at 8:30p
Tuesday, September 20: NCIS (season 14) at 8p, Bull (series premiere) at 9p, NCIS: New Orleans (season 3) at 10p
Wednesday, September 21: Survivor (season 33) at 8p
Friday, September 23: MacGyver (series premiere) at 8p, Hawaii Five-0 (season 7 premiere) at 9p, Blue Bloods (season 7 premiere) at 10p
Saturday, September 24: 48 Hours (season 29 premiere) at 10p
Sunday, September 25: 60 Minutes (season 49 premiere) at 7:30p
Wednesday, September 28: Survivor (regular time period) at 8p, Criminal Minds (season 12 premiere) at 9p, Code Black (season 2 premiere) at 10p
Sunday, October 2: NCIS: Los Angeles (season 8 premiere) at 8p, Madam Secretary (season 3 premiere) at 9p, Elementary (season 5 premiere) at 10p
Monday, October 3: Scorpion (season 3 premiere) at 9p
Monday October 10: 2 Broke Girls (season 6 premiere) at 9p, Scorpion (regular time period) at 10p
Thursday, October 27: The Great Indoors (series premiere) at 8:30p, Mom (season 4 premiere) at 9p, Life in Pieces (season 2 premiere) at 9:30p, Pure Genius (series premiere) at 10p
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Altice’s $17.7 billion acquisition of Cablevision Systems Corp. is complete. New company Altice USA, coming out of the gate as the fourth largest operator in the country, combines Cablevision and Suddenlink, acquired by Altice last year. “Altice USA is a key pillar of our business and a powerful and dynamic growth platform,” said Patrick Drahi, Altice founder and controlling shareholder. “We will accelerate network investments and bring innovative products and services to U.S. customers by leveraging our global operational expertise, scale and resources.”
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Anthony Anderson (black-ish) and Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) will announce the nominees for the 68th Annual Emmy Awards at a ceremony on July 14 at the new Saban Media Center in North Hollywood. Awards show airs on ABC September 18, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Epix doc Serena, focused on Serena Williams, airs tonight at 8p. Film focuses on the tennis great’s quest to achieve four Grand Slams in a row, as well as her life off the court.
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Animal Planet’s Treehouse Masters is back Friday, July 1 at 10p. This season, Grammy winner Zac Brown enlists the crew to create a country rock treehouse in Georgia.
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A&E docu-series Born This Way, following seven young adults born with Down Syndrome, returns for season two Tuesday, July 26 at 10p. During its freshman run the show grew 84 percent among A25-54, 64 percent among A18-49 and 67 percent in total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX animated comedy Archer was renewed for three seasons, returning for an eight-episode season 8 in early 2017. FX Networks also struck a new production deal with Floyd County Productions.
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Nickelodeon renewed three preschool series: Blaze and the Monster Machines and PAW Patrol for fourth seasons, and Shimmer and Shine for round three.
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Emmy and Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies) in onboard NBC’s Hairspray Live!, airing Wednesday, December 7 at 8p. Chenoweth will play Velma Von Tussle, producer of The Corny Collins Show.
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Wonder Woman’s Lynda Carter has been cast as President of the U.S. in the CW’s Supergirl. Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventure of Superman) and Helen Slater (from the 1984 film Supergirl) appear on the show as Kara’s adoptive parents.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Peter Mackenzie was upped from recurring to series regular for season three of ABC’s black-ish. Mackenzie plays the head of the agency where Dre works.
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Regina King will return for season three of ABC anthology series American Crime. “As with the first two seasons, her many fans can expect a total transformation as she plays one of the complicated individuals caught up in a story that deals with labor issues, economic divides and individual rights in this season’s setting of North Carolina,” said creator John Ridley.
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Merritt Patterson (The Royals) has joined the season two cast of Crackle’s The Art of More, playing the daughter of Dennis Quaid’s character. Drama series premiered last November.
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Tricia Helfer scored a hell of a role: the Battlestar Galactica alum will recur as the devil’s mom on Fox drama Lucifer, returning Monday, September 19.
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Chris Bauer (True Blood) and Gbenga Akinnagbe (The Wire) landed series regular roles in upcoming HBO drama The Deuce, starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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The premiere of GSN’s Skin Wars: Fresh Paint became the network’s highest-rated competitive reality series premiere in W18-49 and W25-54 and was also the second-most watched original series premiere in the network’s history, based on Live+3 ratings.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Live with Kelly was the top syndicated talk show for the second week, the week ending June 12, up 4 percent with 2.7. Steady Dr. Phil was second with 2.6 in repeats, tying Kelly for first among W25-54 with 1.2. Ellen DeGeneres dipped to a season low 1.9, down 17 percent versus last year.
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Entertainment Tonight was the only magazine show up versus last year, with a 4 percent increase to 2.9. Inside Edition was off 7 percent versus last year with 2.7, while TMZ was down 6 percent with 1.5.
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Powered in part by Copa America matches the week of June 13, Univision ranked as the number two broadcast network among A18-34, after ABC, and was number three among A18-49. Versus the same week in 2015, Uni was up 20 percent in total viewers, 37 percent in A18-49 and 39 percent among A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Up against the NBA finals and HBO’s Game of Thrones, the turned-out-to-be series finale of Showtime’s Penny Dreadful drew 551,000 total viewers on Sunday and 175,000 among A18-49.
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Not everyone was watching basketball on Sunday. Food Network Star posted a .8 rating among A25-54 (700,000 impressions) and ranked #1 in the 9p timeslot among ad-supported cable.
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