FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 6/27/16)
TLC: My Big Fat Fabulous Life: More Fab (Premiere) at 8pm
UNIMAS: La Ronca De Oro (Premiere) at 9pm
UNIVISION: Por Siempre Joan Sebastian (Premiere) at 10pm
AMC: TURN: Washington’s Spies (Finale) at 10pm
FOOD: Kids BBQ Championship (Finale) at 8pm
FREEFORM: Monica The Medium (Finale) at 10pm
NAT. GEO.: Mygrations (Finale) at 9pm
NAT. GEO.: Port Protection (Finale) at 10pm
TBS: American Dad (Finale) at 8:30pm
Gilmore Girls’ Alexis Bledel appears in character as Rory Gilmore in a Twitter video with First Lady Michelle Obama promoting the Let Girls Learn initiative. Rory arrives with a load of books (“I brought all of Shakespeare – you can’t go wrong with the Bard”) for the First Lady’s trip to Liberia, Morocco and Spain. GG ended in 2007 with Rory preparing to follow Barack Obama’s campaign; four-part revival Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life debuts on Netflix this fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)
E! News has a new home – a state of the art, multi-stage newsroom for all of E! News’ properties, including broadcast, digital, mobile and social. The space is equipped with head-to-toe screens and the latest high definition video capabilities, socially plugged-in technology including vertical video walls and real-time audience feedback tools. Not to mention a fully stocked bar area. New space will be on display tonight at 7p and 11p.
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CNBC announced LeBron James’ and Maverick Carter’s selection as host for upcoming unscripted primetime series, Cleveland Hustles, premiering??Wednesday, August 24 at 10p. The series teams four successful Cleveland business leaders with local entrepreneurs looking for an investment to launch their own brick-and-mortar stores.B. Bonin Bough, chief media & eCommerce officer at Mondelez International, takes the reins.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Anthony Anderson (black-ish) will appear on an episode of new Travel Channel series The Best Place to Be, produced by Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere at Flavor Unit. Anderson’s segment was taped in Barcelona. His assessment of the experience? “I WILL be back!” said Anderson.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season two of Born This Way launches Tuesday, July 26 at 10p. The A&E reality series follows young adults with Down Syndrome. Among the subjects: Megan, working on her own successful clothing line, whose desire to move to LA by herself puts her at odds with her mom.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Basketball Wives LA is back for season five on Sunday, July 17 at 9p. Last season the reality show made VH1 the number one cable network in the time period among W18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC is going live – the network brought back reality show A Baby Story as a Facebook broadcast. On Friday at 4:21a, the show went live to follow mom Rossio as she progressed in labor before giving birth at home, offering viewers an uncut, real-time view of the event. Next live birth is due on (or around) June 27. Series first aired on TLC and Discovery in 1998. “A Baby Story was at the cornerstone of TLC’s programming for years, and taking this concept to the digital space was a natural move as we continue to deliver heartfelt and raw milestone moments,” Scott Lewers, SVP, Multi-Platform Programming & Digital Media, TLC, tells Cynopsis. “We hope this is the first of many new babies we welcome by sharing the story of their arrival on TLCme.”
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YouTube ordered a full season of Lionsgate drama series Step Up, based on the film franchise. Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot and Meredith Milton, all producers of the films, will exec produce the series, along with Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum, who co-starred in the original Step Up film.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hulu announced premiere dates for three series. New dramas Chance and Shut Eye debut Wednesday, October 19 and Wednesday, December 7, respectively, while The Mindy Project is back for season five on Tuesday, October 4. The streamer’s first feature film, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, drops Saturday, September 17.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Haters Back Off, starring YouTube celeb Colleen Ballinger-Evans, launches on Netflix October 14. Eight-part series is based on the character Miranda Sings.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The UCB Show, a weekly sketch comedy series from Upright Citizens Brigade founders Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts and Matt Besser, has been renewed for season two at Seeso. The streaming comedy channel also acquired Thank You Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon, celebrating late comedian Del Close.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The season finale of Hallmark’s The Good Witch averaged a 2.7 HH rating and 2.9 million viewers in Live+3, placing the net #1 among HH and total viewer rating and delivery in the Sunday 9p time period. For the full season, Hallmark was the second highest-rated and third most-watched cable net in the time period.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Travel Channel’s Expedition Unknown delivered its strongest performing episode of the season on Wednesday, June 22, with more than 1.5 million total viewers and a 140 percent ratings increase among P25-54 versus its year-ago time slot. It marked the series’ highest-rated premiere in season two and the highest-rated episode since March, 2015.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Good ratings news for Univision this month includes the Spanish-language net ranking as the number three network through June 22 among A18-49 and A18-34, and out-delivering one of more of the Big Four 21 out of 24 nights in the A18-34 demo and 15 out of 24 nights among A18-49. “We are very pleased with our blockbuster results,” says Jessica Rodriguez, CMO and head of program scheduling for Univision, adding there’s more on the way: “We continue to work to superserve this audience as evidenced in the upcoming roster of summer premieres.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
2016 BET AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/bet-awards-2016-complete-list-of-winners-w211285
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Finding Dory – $73.2 million
Independence Day: Resurgence – $41.6 million
Central Intelligence – $18.4 million
The Shallows – $16.7 million
Free State of Jones – $7.8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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