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CBS, NBC, ABC: The 2016 Democratic National Convention from Philadelphia 3rd Night at 10pm
A&E: Black and White (Premiere) at 10:30pm
POP: Sing It On (Premiere) at 9pm
REELZ: Too Young To Die (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: American Tarzan (Finale) at 10pm
DIY: Sight Unseen (Finale) at 9:30pm
FOX: Wayward Pines (Finale) at 9pm
POP: Rock This Boat: New Kids On The Block (Finale) at 8pm
TLC: I Am Jazz (Finale) at 10pm
AMC’s TURN: Washington’s Spies will conclude with a fourth and final 10-episode season. The Revolutionary War drama drew an average 1.2 million viewers during season three, and was one of the top 10 most affluent scripted drama among A18-49 and A25-54. Exec producer and showrunner Craig Silverstein will remain at the helm, with a new overall deal that includes developing other projects.
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Verizon lost 41,000 FiOS video subscribers in 2Q16 thanks to a seven-week worker strike, according CFO Fran Shammo, speaking at an earnings call on Tuesday. “When we settled with the representative employees, there was a large backlog of installations,” said Shammo. “As we sit here today, it’s back to normal. But during the strike, we didn’t do any advertising…. We feel like we’ll be back in stride by the fourth quarter.” Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam offered a sunny outlook on the acquisition last year of AOL and recent deal for Yahoo. “We have heard advertisers say to us they have more ads to place than places to put them,” said McAdam. “We’ll be one of the few who can deliver advertising across the home and across the mobile Internet.”
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Beyonce landed 11 nominations and Adele picked up eight for the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. MTV revealed the “Video of the Year” nominees yesterday on a mural in NYC, broadcast during a Facebook Live event. Show airs Sunday, August 28 at 9p.
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Telemundo signed an exclusive contract with Mexican actress and singer Mariana Seoane and she’s not playing nice. The telenovela vet’s first project will be El Chema, in which she’ll star as an “ambitious, jealous, heartless and cruel woman.”
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On a different note, Noticias Telemundo, the news division of Telemundo, is partnering with Spanish-language daily newspaper La Opinion to produce news content aimed at Hispanic Americans. Included is the launch of “Telemundo and La Opinion Present,” a series of stories on Latino issues headed for TV, print and the digital platforms of both organizations.
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Spike ordered Caraoke Showdown, hosted and exec produced by Craig Robinson (The Office), to series. As driver, Robinson picks up unsuspecting contestants for a karaoke-inspired game show slated for a 2017 bow. Howie Mandel is exec producer with Alice Dickens-Koblin, Peter Herschko, Brian Veskosky; production company is CORE Media Group.
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Meanwhile, a new series based on Late Late Show segment/viral hit “Carpool Karaoke” has found a global home at Apple Music via an exclusive first-window licensing agreement. The series will be produced by CBS Television Studios and Fulwell 73, with Late Late Show host James Corden and Fulwell’s Ben Winston as creators and exec producers.
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Children and family production company Wonkybot Studios is developing superhero podcast The Secret Diaries of Tara Tremendous into an animated series for kids 4-8 and their families. “We made the right decision to launch the character in a podcast in order to build awareness,” said Wonkybot CEO Stewart St John.
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Lifetime’s Girl in the Box, based on the true story of a young woman kidnapped and held as a sex slave, premieres Saturday, September 10 at 8p. The film will be followed by two-part docu-special Colleen Stan: The Girl in the Box, featuring news footage and first-hand accounts of the real-life saga and the victim’s journey to a new life.
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Rodeo special Best of the Best premieres on RFD-TV tonight at 8:30p. Events include barrel racing, pole bending, breakaway roping, tie-down roping and team roping.
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Sony Movie Channel celebrates 70 years of bikinis with an “Endless Bikini Summer” marathon every Tuesday in August at 10p. First up: All American Bikini Car Wash and Malibu Spring Break on August 2.
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Accusations, confessions and meltdowns enliven a two-part Shahs of Sunset reunion on Tuesday, August 2 at 9p and Wednesday, August 3 at 10p on Bravo. Andy Cohen hosts.
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Ink Master is back for season eight on Spike TV on Tuesday, August 23 at 10p. In a twist, mentors Oliver Peck and Chris Nunez pick their own teams of tattoo artists from a record 30 contestants.
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TLC’s Counting On returns Tuesday, August 23 at a new time: 8p. Season two includes the courtship of Jinger Duggar and professional soccer player Jeremy Vuolo (spoiler alert: they’re now engaged).
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Tuesday, October 11 is a big day for BET. The season five premiere at 9p of Real Husbands of Hollywood is followed by the series debuts of The Gary Owen Show at 9:30p, and Hustle & Blow at 10p. Also in October: the BET Hip Hop Awards.
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Virginia Madsen landed a major recurring role in ABC’s upcoming Designated Survivor, as a political rival of the character played by Keifer Sutherland. Drama debuts Wednesday, September 21 at 10p.
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Will Chase (Nashville) will recur on HBO’s The Deuce, starring James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal, about the rise of the porn industry in NYC.
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Former WWE star Adam Copeland (Haven) will recur on season five of History’s Vikings as a fierce warrior.
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Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings tallied 3.3 million tweets sent by 693,000 people in the U.S. about the first night of the Democratic Convention. Activity spiked at 10:21, with 30,400 tweets sent in one minute following First Lady Michelle Obama’s well-received speech.
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Telemundo is teaming with YouTube Spaces for a YouTube Pop-Up Space at Miami’s Wynwood Warehouse Project, taking place now through July 28. The event brings together YouTube creators and Telemundo stars to generate original content, as well as compete for the “Best Novela Scene by YouTube Creators” award, to be presented at the Premios Tu Mundo 2016 Awards next month. “Telemundo is a true innovator that recognizes the value of engaging the YouTube community and has found new ways to collaborate with sought after creators,” said Juanjo Duran, head of multicultural content at YouTube.
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The first night of the Democratic National Convention topped the first night of last week’s GOP gathering, with a combined audience of 25.74 million viewers watching ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and NBC from 10p-11:30p Monday night versus 23.02 million for the Republican National Convention’s opening night.
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Among the cable news nets, CNN delivered 6.2 million viewers and 2.2 million among A25-54 Monday from 10p-11:30p, followed by MSNBC (5 million and 1.4 million in the news demo). Fox News Channel, ratings winner for last week’s Republican event coverage, brought in 3.3 million total viewers and 898,000 among A25-54.
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Dr. Phil jumped 18 percent week to week to a 2.6 rating, enough to snatch back the talk show lead from LIVE With Kelly, down 4 percent to 2.5. Top magazine shows Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition were both up 8 percent, to 2.8.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s live broadcasts during the Republican National Convention last week averaged 2.52 million viewers, the CBS show’s largest weekly audience since May 6, up 21 percent in viewers versus the week prior and up 25 percent among A18-49, to .5. NBC’s Tonight Show still led the late night pack, though, with 2.73 million viewers and .72 among A18-49; ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live drew 1.7 million viewers and .35 in the demo.
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Scripps Networks Interactive nets saw double-digit ratings increases in primetime (P25-54) for Saturday, July 23, with HGTV landing at number three and Food Network taking the number six spot in cable for the night. HGTV was up 24 percent, Food had a 10 percent boost and Travel Channel saw a 36 percent jump year-over-year. Top shows of the evening included HGTV’s House Hunters International and Food’s Chopped All-Stars.
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The season three premiere of Starz’ Survivor’s Remorse delivered 883,000 viewers in Live+SD Nielsens, up 164 percent versus the season two debut. Among A18-34 the episode was up 373 percent.
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