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JERRY DOYLE HAS DIED
July 28, 2016CELEBRITY NEWS: JULY 28, 2016
July 28, 2016CELEBRITY NEWS: JULY 28, 2016
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Cher Lloyd (Pop Singer) – 23 years old
Soulja Boy (Rapper) – 26 years old
Shantel Jackson (Reality Star on “Nellyville”) – 32 years old
Mack Maine (Rapper) – 34 years old
Jacoby Shaddix (Papa Roach) – 40 years old
Afroman (Rapper) – 42 years old
Elizabeth Berkley (Saved By The Bell) – 44 years old
Alexis Arquette (“The Wedding Singer”) – 47 years old
Lori Loughlin (Full House) – 52 years old
Georgia Engel (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) – 68 years old
Sally Struthers (All In The Family) – 69 years old
Peter Cullen (voice of Optimus Prime) – 75 years old
FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ BROADWAY
July 28, 2016FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 7/28/16)
CBS, NBC, ABC: The 2016 Democratic National Convention from Philadelphia 4th Night at 10pm
BBC AMERICA: Ripper Street (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: Jeff Ross Presents: Roast Battle (Premiere) at 10pm
CNN topped viewership for the second night of the 2016 Democratic Convention, which drew 24.3 million viewers across the broadcasters and cable news outlets, according to Nielsen. In total, Tuesday’s DNC viewership was up 25 percent from what the RNC pulled in on its second night on July 19. CNN drew 5.929 million total viewers and 2.051 million in the news demo of A25-54, down 4 percent from its DNC day one coverage. NBC took second place, with 5.281 million viewers and 1.93 million A25-54 watching. MSNBC was third, with a total audience of 3.834 million and 1.2 million A25-54, followed by ABC in fourth with 3.463 million total and 1.098 million A25-54 viewers. CBS trailed with 2.945 million total and 888,000 A25-54), and RNC topper Fox New Channel was in the sixth spot with 2.851 million total viewers and 634,000 A25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS comedy Superior Donuts has sweetened the pot, casting veteran actor Judd Hirsch as the co-lead opposite Jermaine Fowler.
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Peep Show, a half-hour series based on the award-winning British comedy that just concluded its 12-year run last year, is in development at Starz. UK creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong will consult producers on the US version, to be written by Eli Jorne, who will serve as exec producer/showrunner. Jimmy Fox (The Arrangement) and Layla Smith (Witless) of All3Media’s Objective Media Group (the company behind the original series) will also serve as exec producers with Greg Lipstone, CEO of All3Media America.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Spike greenlit 30 new episodes of Bar Rescue for the fifth season of the network’s original series, in addition to ordering 10 more Back to the Bar specials and an untitled, late-night talk show pilot from series star, bar and nightlife expert Jon Taffer. Series and pilot are produced by 3 Ball Entertainment (Extreme Weight Loss, My Cat From Hell) and executive produced by Taffer. The fifth season of Bar Rescue will debut on August 7 at 9p, with the additional specials airing throughout the season’s run of original episodes on Sunday nights.
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CMT announced a 13-episode second season pickup of its series Still The King, starring Billy Ray Cyrus, Joey Lauren Adams and Madison Iseman. The series’ debut marked the network’s highest-rated original series premiere ever; the one-hour season 1 finale airs Sunday, August 14 at 9p.
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Nickelodeon will feature the First Lady Michelle Obama in a new episode of All in with Cam Newton this Friday, July 29 at 8p. In the ep, Newton takes 10-year old Rosie Smolowitz to the White House to meet Obama, who talks to Rosie about her dream of one day becoming President of the United States. As Honorary Co-chair of the National Parks Centennial, Mrs. Obama also highlights “Every Kid in a Park,” a program that grants free access to national parks and forests, and public lands.
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In celebration of the 100th birthday of the National Park Service, Smithsonian Channel will air America’s National Parks at 100 on Sunday, August 28 at 8p. The one-hour special takes an unexpected view of the first century of our National Park System, featuring parks like Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Grand Canyon as well as highlighting the more than 400 places now managed by the Park Service, many for their importance to the American story, scientific inquiry and preservation of our national treasures.
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History original series Ice Road Truckers will return for a 10th season on Thursday, August 4 at 10p. For the past nine seasons, a determined group of long-haul truckers have kept the remote villages and work camps of Canada’s North supplied during the harsh winter. The new season brings the ice road truckers their biggest challenge yet, as road authorities warn that the rising temperatures will cause the roads to open late and close early.
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Netflix set the date for the premiere of Gilmore Girls: A Day in the Life, its revival of the show that picks up nine years after the original GG series. All four 90-minute chapters of the new show launch globally at 12:01a PT on November 25, one minute after Thanksgiving ends on the west coast.
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Elizabeth Marvel (House Of Cards) will next be seen in the role of President-Elect Elizabeth Keane on the upcoming Season 6 of Showtime’s Homeland. New season debuts in January 2017 and will chronicle the events following the US Presidential election.
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Meg Donnelly (Netflix‘s Teen Toon) is now onboard as a regular in ABC‘s new family comedy American Housewife. Donnelly will play the eldest of the three children who was awkward but suddenly became beautiful. She replaces Johnny Sequoyah, who was originally cast in the pilot.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lucy Butler (The Gilmore Girls) landed a recurring role on TNT series The Last Ship, playing a powerful Southern politician.
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Tristin Mays (The Vampire Diaries) will be a series regular in CBS’ reboot of 1985 series MacGyver. She’ll play opposite Lucas Till and George Eads.
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Looks like Zoe McLellan, who played special agent Merri Brody on CBS series NCIS: New Orleans, will not be back for Season 3, due to a creative decision with the story line.
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Travel Channel’s “Dive Into Summer” water-themed programming event delivered a 71 percent ratings increase among A25-54 versus year-ago on Sunday, July 25. The newest premiere episode of series Xtreme Waterparks at 9p posted its highest ratings of the season – 56 percent above the year-ago timeslot. Top Secret Swimming Holes at 10p also performed strongly, with ratings up 41 percent among A25-54.
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For the first time in its history, Telemundo was the number one Spanish-language network in Monday-Friday primetime for the week of July 18, with 879,000 viewers A18-49 and 413,000 A18-34. Another first: The net was the number one Spanish-language television network for the week during Monday-Sunday primetime programming among A18-49 (727,000) and A18-34 (340,000).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bravo’s Shahs of Sunset on July 17 delivered its highest-rated episode of the season among A25-54, earning 1.1 million A18-49 (up 10 percent vs. the prior week’s episode), 1.3 P25-54 (up 8 percent), and 2 million total viewers. The network’s The Real Housewives of Orange County on July 18 hit a season high among all key demos, and among A25-54 was the highest-rated episode since the season 9 finale in August 2014. The Below Deck Mediterranean ep that aired July 19 also hit a season high among all key demos, delivering 1.1 million A18-49 and 2 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Oxygen’s Sisterhood of Hip Hop July 19 episode grew from its series premiere among all key demos, delivering 169,000 Women 18-49, 232,000 A18-49 and 53,000 Women 25-54.
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BROADWAY
Cats opens on Sunday July 31, 2016.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/cats-broadway/
Fully Committed with Jesse Tyler Ferguson is closing on Sunday July 31, 2016.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/fully-committed/
Motown The Musical is closing on Sunday July 31, 2016.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/motown/
FAMILY OF JENNI RIVERA’S ENTOURAGE TO GET $70 MILLION AFTER FATAL PLANE CRASH LAWSUIT
July 27, 2016FAMILY OF JENNI RIVERA’S ENTOURAGE TO GET $70 MILLION AFTER FATAL PLANE CRASH LAWSUIT
http://www.eonline.com/news/783342/family-of-jenni-rivera-s-entourage-to-get-70-million-after-fatal-plane-crash-lawsuit
CHRIS KLEIN WELCOMES A SON WITH WIFE LAINA ROSE THYFAULT
July 27, 2016CHRIS KLEIN WELCOMES A SON WITH WIFE LAINA ROSE THYFAULT
http://www.eonline.com/news/783226/chris-klein-welcomes-a-son-with-wife-laina-rose-thyfault
OPRAH WINFREY’S HARPO STUDIOS IS DEMOLISHED IN CHICAGO
July 27, 2016OPRAH WINFREY’S HARPO STUDIOS IS DEMOLISHED IN CHICAGO
http://www.tmz.com/2016/07/27/oprah-harpo-productions-building-demolished-chicago/
L.A. COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY REJECTS GUN CASE AGAINST DR. DRE
July 27, 2016L.A. COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY REJECTS GUN CASE AGAINST DR. DRE
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KEISHA KNIGHT PULLIAM SAYS TO “BRING ON THE PATERNITY TEST” SHE’S GOT NOTHING TO HIDE
July 27, 2016KEISHA KNIGHT PULLIAM SAYS TO “BRING ON THE PATERNITY TEST” SHE’S GOT NOTHING TO HIDE
http://www.tmz.com/2016/07/27/keshia-knight-pulliam-divorce-paternity-test-ed-hartwell/
CELEBRITY NEWS: JULY 27, 2016
July 27, 2016CELEBRITY NEWS: JULY 27, 2016
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Winnie Harlow (Model with Vitiligo) – 22 years old
Tory Lanez (Rapper) – 24 years old
Taylor Schilling (Orange Is The New Black) – 32 years old
Kenny Wormald (“Footloose” remake) – 32 years old
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (“Mission Impossible III”) – 39 years old
Alex Rodriguez (NY Yankees) – 41 years old
Maya Rudolph (NBC’s Maya & Marty/ “Bridesmaids”) – 44 years old
Kim Gravel (TV Show Host) – 45 years old
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game Of Thrones) – 46 years old
Triple H (Wrestler) – 47 years old
Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck) – 48 years old
Bill Engvall (Comedian) – 59 years old
Peggy Fleming (Olympic Gold Medalist) – 68 years old
Betty Thomas (Hill Street Blues) – 68 years old
Jerry Van Dyke (Coach) – 85 years old
Norman Lear (Producer, All In The Family, The Jeffersons) – 94 years old
FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ POWERBALL
July 27, 2016FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/27/16)
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.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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