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ABC: Bachelor in Paradise: After Paradise (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Hard Knocks: Training Camp with The Los Angeles Rams (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY: Tosh.o (Finale) at 10pm
COMEDY: Not Safe with Nikki Glaser (Premiere) at 10:30pm
ESQUIRE: This Is Mike Stud (Finale) at 11pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Barnwood Builders (Finale) at 9pm
ID: Women In Prison (Finale) at 9pm
TNT: Animal Kingdom (Finale) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmer (Finale) at 9pm
NBCUniversal snatched on-air and digital rights to all eight Harry Potter films, plus upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, from Warner Bros. The seven-year deal starts in 2018, when the youth-friendly fare is expected to work its magic on cable’s USA and Syfy, as well as theme parks. Existing licensee is Disney.
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Domestic diva Martha Stewart and rapper Snoop Dogg are teaming for a reality series greenlit by VH1. Martha & Snoop’s Dinner Party (wt) “will redesign the traditional food competition in a new, different and very funny way,” said Stewart. “My homegirl, Martha and I have a special bond that goes way back,” added Snoop Dogg. “Can’t wait for you to see how we roll together!” Stewart and Snoop Dogg have appeared together on shows including $100,000 Pyramid and Stewart’s talker.
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The Simpsons will air an hour-long episode – its first – in January. Taraji P. Henson (Empire) and Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele) will guest as a music mogul’s ex-wife and a rapper. Season 28 launches Sunday, September 25 at 8p on Fox. “I just pray it won’t be the last thing people see before a Trump inauguration,” said EP Al Jean.
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ID gave the go-ahead for a sophomore season of I Am Homicide, following an unorthodox former homicide detective. True crime series, produced by Blackfin, returns in 2Q17.
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USA ordered a pilot for The Tap, from Rob Reiner and Andrew Lenchewski (Royal Pains). Period drama is set at Yale secret society Skull and Bones.
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Fox picked up interactive musical game show Beat Shazam, based on the Shazam app, from Mark Burnett, Jeff Apploff (Don’t Forget the Lyrics) and Shazam Entertainment. Teams attempt to identify songs in the competition series.
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OWN gave an eight-episode order to The Book of John (wt) from Leftfield Pictures. The dramedy/docu-series focused on the associate pastor at Joel Osteen’s famous Lakewood Church in Houston will join OWN’s Saturday night lineup in the spring. Renewed for Saturdays is docu-series For Peete’s Sake, and the net picked up 13 additional episodes of hit series Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s.
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Mariah Carey will guest and perform on Fox’s Empire on October 5, as a “mega-superstar” who collaborates with Jamal Lyon on a new song. Season three of the hip hop drama launches Wednesday, September 21 at 9p. On September 25, Amy Schumer will voice characters on every show in Fox’s Sunday animation lineup.
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Fox comedies Brooklyn Nine-Nine and New Girl will have an NYC crossover episode on Tuesday, October 11, beginning with Brooklyn at 8p and continuing with New Girl at 8:30p. “New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine will proudly and humbly go where few shows have gone since the 1990s,” said Elizabeth Meriwether, creator and EP of New Girl, pointing to the 1987 ALF/Gilligan’s Island mash-up. “We know we have big shoes to fill, and we look forward to disappointing everyone.”
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The producers of Amazon legal drama Goliath expressed appreciation for being able to write stories without worrying about weekly viewership or commercial breaks. Asked at TCA if he’d ever go back to producing shows for networks, David E. Kelley (The Practice) laughed, “I don’t think so.”
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Amazon Studios chief Roy Price confirmed that Alpha House was canceled, but hedged, “I like to leave my options open.” Season two of the (very funny) John Goodman comedy was released back in 2014. Price also confirmed that drama pilot The Interestings, based on the Meg Wollitzer novel, will not go to series.
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A flashback in season three of Amazon’s Transparent will show Maura (Jeffrey Tambor) as a transgender 12-year-old. Tambor, onstage at the show’s panel, said portraying the character has made him a “better person, a better citizen.”
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Reelz’ fall programming slate includes three new original series. Rich and Acquitted, produced by Ashley Oaks Media and documenting the cases of accused celebrities who use powerful attorneys to get them off the hook, premieres Saturday, September 10 at 9p, followed at 10p by Hollywood Homicide Uncovered, from Breakthrough Entertainment, reliving homicide cases involving celebs. AMS Pictures’ Scandal made Me Famous chronicles the cases of everyday people turned into household names (hello, Lorena Bobbitt) starting Saturday, November 19 at 10p.
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HBO’s High Maintenance, based on the web series focused on the clients of a weed deliveryman, launches Friday, September 16 at 11p.
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Six original programs will make up the “The More You Know” Litton Entertainment Saturday programming block on NBC, starting October 1. The Voyager with Josh Garcia, Wilderness Vet, Journey with Dylan Dreyer, Naturally, Danny Seo, Give and Heart of a Champion with Lauren Thomson will offer inspiring stories about the environment, social change, health and community engagement.
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Season 15 of Lifetime’s Project Runway debuts Thursday, September 15 at 9p. Sewn up for guest judge appearances are Priyanka Chopra (Quantico), Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), Jaime King (Hart of Dixie) and Carly Chaiken (Mr. Robot), among others.
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Season three of Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels premieres Saturday, September 24 at 8:30p, in a one-hour premiere event.
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Christina Vidal (Code Black) landed a series regular role in CBS’s Training Day, starring Bill Paxton and Justin Cornwell. Crime thriller is slated to launch midseason.
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Tawny Newsome (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$) has been cast in BET’s Comedy Get Down, a scripted series set behind the scenes as a stand-up comedy tour.
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