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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 8/2/16)
ABC: Bachelor In Paradise (Premiere) at 8pm
AMC: Feed The Beast (Finale) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Deadliest Catch (Finale) at 9pm
E!: Botched (Finale) at 9pm
FOOD: Chopped (Finale) at 10pm
FOX: Coupled (Finale) at 8pm
NAT. GEO.: No Man Left Behind (Finale) at 9pm
TBS: Wrecked (Finale) at 10:30pm
TLC: Little People, Big World: Back To The Farm (Finale) at 8pm
TLC: Little People, Big World (Finale) at 9pm
A year after its season one finale, Pop’s Queens of Drama was officially canceled. The unscripted series following former soap stars attempting to develop a new sudser premiered in April 2015.
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Taya Kyle has joined Fox News Channel as a contributor. The widow of American Sniper author Chris Kyle is a military veteran’s family activist and author of the 2015 autobiography “American Wife: A Memoir of Love, Service, Faith, and Renewal”; she made her first appearance on Fox & Friends on Monday.
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Judges for the 2017 Miss America Competition will include Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Sara Foster (90210), country artist Cole Swindell (“You Should Be Here”) and 1985 Miss America Sharlene Wells Hawkes. The Bachelor’s Chris Harrison hosts the ABC event with Sage Steele on Sunday, September 11 at 9p.
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Atlanta chef Tregaye Fraser, who won season 12 of Food Network Star on July 31, will co-host the new season of The Kitchen Sink in the fall. It’s a dream come true for Fraser, who previously competed on Guy’s Grocery Games and Cutthroat Kitchen.
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Pop ordered The Joey Mac Project (wt), a scripted comedy starring the New Kids on the Block star inspired by his life, from T Group Productions. NKOTB’s Donnie Wahlberg and wife Jenny McCarthy, Tim Gibbons (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Paul Greenberg (Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris) and Jenny Daly (Storage Hunters) are exec producing.
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truTV gave the green light for Bobcat Goldthwait’s Messed Up Stories (wt), slated to premiere in 2017. Scripted anthology series, produced by Left/Right with Goldthwait, Banks Tarver, Ken Druckerman and Olivia Wingate serving as executive producers “will examine accepted truths and hypocrisies of our culture and turn them inside out,” promised Goldthwait.
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Tom Fontana (Oz) has joined Starz drama series project Havana Quartet, intended as the first U.S. series to shoot scenes in Cuba, as executive producer. Antonio Banderas is starring in the Entertainment One Television production.
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TV One ordered original movie Media, a drama following a wealthy family in the communications business. Penny Johnson (Castle), Brian White (The Family Stone), Gary Dourdan (CSI), Stephen Bishop (Being Mary Jane), Chrystee Pharris (Scrubs) and Blue Kimble (Devious Maids) will star in the project from Radio One founder Cathy Hughes and Susan Banks (Fright Night Files), slated for 2017.
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ID wasn’t short on announcements at TCA. The net revealed a development deal with best-selling author James Patterson to write and exec produce a six-part scripted series, based on ID-branded true crime stories written for Patterson’s new line of novella-length stories, Bookshots. “My plan is that we will create a groundbreaking series that shatters the true crime mold,” said Patterson.
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ID is also teaming with American Media, home of the National Enquirer, for a three-part series produced with Weinstein Television and Jupiter Entertainment. JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery, reexamining evidence on the 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsay, premieres Monday, September 12 at 10p.
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One hour special Black and Blue, exploring the current state of police affairs and race relations, got a green light from ID. The NBC News’ Peacock Productions special will feature reporting by Tony Harris. And the net announced a TV premiere date for documentary film Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four. The critically acclaimed film about four Latina lesbians wrongfully accused of crimes will air under banner ID Films on Saturday, October 15 at 8p.
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TNT’s unscripted series The Race Card (wt) will follow NBA legend Charles Barkley as he explores why the country is so divided right now. The show is part of TNT’s new strategy of tackling “unique subjects and formats not found anywhere else,” said Michael Bloom, TNT and TBS’s SVP of unscripted series and specials. “With his enormous popularity and outspoken, sometimes controversial views, Charles is the perfect choice to kick off this new strategy.” TNT has also ordered a pilot for Rod Lurie‘s post-Civil War drama Monsters of God, from Brad Pitt‘s Plan B Entertainment. Action-adventure series The Last Ship will be back for season four next summer.
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TBS is adding original comedy The Guest Book, from Greg Garcia (My Name is Earl), and Tarantula, its first original primetime animated series, to the lineup in 2017. The Guest Book is produced by CBS Television Studios, while Tarantula comes from creator Carson Mell (Silicon Valley) and Rough House Pictures. Comedy World’s End, written by Jonathan Ames (Bored to Death) and starring Hamish Linklater (The Big Short) and Wanda Sykes (black-ish) was ordered to pilot. “Our new projects, from some of the best creators and producers in the industry, will fit perfectly with the new direction we’ve been taking the TBS brand,” said Brett Weitz, EVP of programming for TBS. “Each show brings something fresh and unique to the comedy genre.”
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Access Hollywood is sending Natalie Morales, Kit Hoover and Billy Bush on the road to Rio to cover the Summer Olympics in Rio. In addition to interviews with athletes and celebs, the team will showcase where the locals and Hollywood stars hang out.
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Guesting on season five of truTV’s Billy on the Street will be Aziz Ansara, Jon Hamm, Lupita N’yong’o, John Oliver and Seth Rogan. The net also announced an Adam Ruins Everything election special on Tuesday, October 25 at 10p.
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Starting on what would have been his 117th birthday, HDNet Movies celebrates Alfred Hitchcock with a 48-hour “Master of Suspense Weekend” marathon. Fifteen films run from Saturday, August 13 at 6a- Sunday, August 14 at 6a, starting with Paul Newman as a scientist behind enemy lines in 1966’s Torn Curtain.
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IFC’s new horror-comedy series Stan Against Evil premieres with back-to-back episodes Wednesday, November 2 at 10p, following a special airing, appropriately enough, on Halloween night at 10p. John C. McGinley (Scrubs) and Janet Varney (You’re the Worst) star as a demon-hunting former sheriff and his replacement.
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Late night TV gets a jab when Pop’s Nightcap premieres Wednesday, November 16. Ali Wentworth (Head Case) stars as a talent wrangler in the 10-episode scripted series from Lionsgate. A-list guest stars include Gwyneth Paltrow, Sarah Jessica Parker, Paul Rudd, Kelly Ripa, Whoopi Goldberg, Mark Cuban and Wentworth’s husband, George Stephanopoulos, among others. “I’m not saying this just because I created and star in the show, but the series is hilarious and Ali Wentworth is phenomenal!” said Wentworth.
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Discovery goes hog wild in Sacred Steel (wt), focused on an unusual bike team that transforms motorcycles into masterpieces. Debuting on September 12 at 10p, the docu-series is part of the net’s Motor Mondays lineup.
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UK series Dragons’ Den, based on the Japanese format that inspired Shark Tank, launches on BBC America Wednesday, August 3 at 9p.
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TBS is stuffing the entire season of new dark comedy Search Party into Thanksgiving week, with two episodes a night from 11p-midnight. The season will encore during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. Alien-themed ensemble comedy People of Earth landed a Halloween night launch.
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New E! series on the way include Total Divas spin-off Total Bellas and matchmaking reality show Catching Kelce Wednesday, October 5 at 8p and 9p. Also new this fall: WAGS spin-off WAGS Miami, Kardashian docu-series Rob & Chyna and Hollywood & Football, following the NFL Rams as they move from St. Louis to LA.
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The fourth and final season of SundanceTV’s Rectify launches Wednesday, October 26 at 10p, announced Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for AMC and SundanceTV. “I never knew imaginary people could be so demanding. Or rewarding,” said McKinnon. Catch-up seasons started streaming on Netflix yesterday.
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Documentary Now! returns for season two on IFC Wednesday, September 14 at 10p. Anne Hathaway, Mia Farrow, Peter Bogdanovich and Peter Fonda guest in the two-part episode, “Mr. Runner-up: My Life as an Oscar Bridesmaid.”
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CNBC reality series The Profit is back for season four on Tuesday, August 23 at 10p. Among the businesses featured are NYC’s Bowery Kitchen Supplies, LA’s Flex Watches and Dallas’ Tea2Go.
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Ash vs Evil Dead returns for season two on Starz Sunday, October 2 at 8p, with an extended episode leading into season two of comedy Blunt Talk at 8:35p.
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SundanceTV picked up a second season of The A Word, from Fifty Fathoms and Keshet UK. Drama follows the family of a young boy diagnosed with autism.
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Liza Snyder (Yes, Dear) has been added to the cast of new CBS comedy Man with a Plan, as the wife of the character played by Matt LeBlanc. The Office’s Jenna Fischer had originally been cast in the role. Series premieres Monday, October 24 at 8:30p.
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has tapped Jason O’Mara (Complications) to serve as the organization’s new director. Season four of the ABC drama debuts Tuesday, September 20 at 10p.
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Count Lili Taylor among the actors returning for season three of ABC anthology series American Crime. Taylor joins Timothy Hutton, Felicity Huffman, Regina King and Richard Cabral.
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Jessica Lu (Awkward) landed a series regular role in Netflix comedy Disjointed, starring Kathy Bates as the owner of a cannabis dispensary.
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The Robert Irvine Show premieres on The CW Network stations Monday, September 12 at 3p. The hour-long conflict resolution talker will air Monday-Friday.
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Dr. Phil is back for season 15 with a three-part interview with the brother of JonBenet Ramsey. 29-year-old Burke Ramsey reveals what he knows on Monday, September 12, Tuesday, September 13 and Monday, September 19 (check local listings).
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The Teen Choice Awards on Fox Sunday delivered 1.8 million total viewers and .6 among A18-49, down 31 percent and 25 percent versus last year.
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