FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 8/19/16)
A&E: 60 Days In: Time Out (Premiere) at 9pm
CW: My Last Days (Finale) at 9pm
ID: Passport To Murder (Finale) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 8/20/16)
FOOD NETWORK: Smollett Eats (Premiere) at 12:30pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Mega Decks (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: Rush Hour (Finale) at 8pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Mega Decks (Finale) at 11:30pm
ID: How (Not) To Kill Your Husband (Finale) at 10pm
(SUNDAY 8/21/16)
A&E: Hoarders: Then & Now (Premiere) at 8pm
AMC: Fear The Walking Dead (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall (Finale) at 10pm
PBS: The Tunnel (Finale) at 10:30pm
TV LAND: The Jim Gaffigan Show (Finale) at 10:30pm
Comedy Bang! Bang! creator/star Scott Aukerman tweeted out the news: The upcoming 10-episode fifth season of the IFC series will be its final one. The new season premieres Friday, October 28, with back-to-back episodes at 11p and 11:30p and will air two back-to-back eps weekly leading up to the finale on December 10. “Comedy Bang! Bang! has been an incredibly important show for IFC,” said IFC president Jennifer Caserta, noting the series “had a unique sensibility in the comedy space, and delivered an amazing array of A-list guest stars” in its more than 100 episodes.
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To the contrary, Amy Schumer says her Comedy Central series is not over. Schumer clarified an earlier tweet, noting that Inside Amy Schumer is on an indefinite hiatus with no season 5 “in the foreseeable future” but has not left the building.
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Following the death of host John McLaughlin earlier this week, The McLaughlin Group will air its final episode this week. McLaughlin ushered in the feisty gathering of political pundits in April 1982. This week’s edition, which airs nationwide across many PBS stations, will pay tribute to its creator.
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Ashleigh Banfield will end her run as host of CNN’s Legal View. Banfield concluded yesterday’s edition with the news that she’ll sign off on August 23 and is headed to a new gig hosting a primetime show on HLN. Banfield began her CNN tenure in 2011.
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A&E has leap-frogged the 22nd annual Critics’ Choice Awards to the front of awards season. The show will air live on Sunday, December 11 at 8p, with comedian T.J. Miller set to return as host. Last year the show aired January 17.
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UP TV renewed reality series Bringing Up Bates for a fifth season, and Growing Up McGhee for a second season. The fourth season of Bringing Up Bates is currently premiering new episodes on Thursdays at 9p featuring a flurry of new transitions for the Bates family. Growing Up McGhee follows a couple and family life with their sextuplets.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine will make his first appearance on CBS’ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Thursday, August 25.
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McDonald’s USA will televise its 13th annual 365Black Awards ceremony, the fourth consecutive year on BET. Hosted by actor/photographer Lance Gross and singer Amber P. Riley, the program will air Thursday, September 1 at 9p and feature R&B songstress Toni Braxton accepting a lifetime achievement honor. The event is held in conjunction with Essence Festival, presented by Coca-Cola.
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Lifetime will premiere the movie Girl In the Box on Saturday, September 10 at 8p. Based on the true story of Colleen Stan, a young woman kidnapped in 1977 and held as a sex slave for over half a decade, the movie stars Zelda Williams, Addison Timlin and Zane Holtz. Then on September 17 at 8p, Lifetime will air Sister Cities, based on the play about four estranged half-sisters who reunite after their mother’s alleged suicide. Sister Cities stars Jacki Weaver, Stana Katic, Jess Weixler, Troian Bellisario, Michelle Trachtenberg and Kaia Gerber in her acting debut.
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The mid-season premiere of Chrisley Knows Best airs on USA Network on Tuesday, August 23, with back-to-back episodes beginning at 10p.
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But wait… there’s more. Haunted Case Files, featuring ghost hunters recounting their most extreme supernatural experiences debuts on Destination America on Sunday, August 28 at 10p. Each episode features a story from three different paranormal investigation groups, along with interviews, recreations and actual recordings of the evidence they captured.
(Source: Cynopsis)
New culinary adventures await in the fourth season of WGBH/Fine Cooking Magazine’s Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking, which bows Saturday, September 3 (check local listings) on public television. Host, Australian chef and author Pete Evans, will travel to an array of incredible food destinations in 13 new episodes.
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Josh Elkin returns to host a new season of Sugar Showdown, premiering Wednesday, September 14 at 10p on Cooking Channel. The new season of competition will again feature three expert bakers battle it out in two rounds of challenges that test their baking skills and creativity.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dance Moms season 6 twirls back to Lifetime with new episodes beginning Tuesday, September 6 at 9p. Then on Lifetime, the 15th season of Project Runway drops Thursday, September 15 at 9p with returning host Heidi Klum, mentor and co-host Tim Gunn, and judges Nina Garcia and Zac Posen. Guest judges will include actresses Nina Dobrev, Emily Ratajkowski and Sutton Foster.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Corbin Bernsen (Psych) takes on a potentially recurring role as Vulcan in Starz‘s adaptation of the fantasy novel American Gods.
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Emmy-nominated Melora Hardin (Transparent) will step into a lead role in the Freeform pilot Issues, which is inspired by the life of Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles and follows three young career women in NY.
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Andrea Martin, two-time Emmy and Tony winner, joined the cast of NBC’s Hairspray Live!, premiering at 8p on Wednesday, December 7. Martin will play Prudy Pingleton, Penny Pingleton’s (Ariana Grande) overprotective mother. Martin also is set to co-star in NBC midseason comedy Great News as an overbearing mother who rejoins the workforce as an intern at a news network to be close with her daughter.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The just-completed fifth season of WE tv series Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars averaged 1.1 million viewers per episode in Nielsen Live+3 ratings, including 706,000 A25-54 and 532,000 Women 25-54. The season finale on August 12 delivered 1.2 million Total Viewers in Live+3, an increase of 76 percent over Live/Same Day. Season six will return in the fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Ben-Hur – Jack Huston, Toby Kebbell, Morgan Freeman, Rodrigo Santoro, Nazanin Boniadi, Ayelet Zurer, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Moises Arias
Kubo and The Two Strings (Animated) – Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Ralph Fiennes, George Takei, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brenda Vaccaro, Rooney Mara, Matthew McConaughey
War Dogs – Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Pollak, Steve Lantz, Gregg Weiner, David Packouz
Morris from America (Limited Release) – Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, Lina Keller, Markees Christmas, Jakub Gierszal, Levin Henning, Patrick Huldenberg, Eva Lobau
NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday August 19, 2016
Fulton Mall/Metro Tech Area Fair – on Lawrence St. from Fulton – Willoughby St.
Pop Up Green Marker Summer Fridays at Union Square – Union Square Greenmarket 17th St. bet. Park & Broadway from 4pm – 8pm http://www.grownyc.org/summerfridays
Emerging Music Festival – Bryant Park, 42nd St bet. 5th and 6th Ave. from 5pm – 10pm http://www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/emerging_music_festival.html
Saturday August 20, 2016
Pokemon Go Gather! NYC – Governors Island from 10am – 7pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pokemon-go-gather-nyc-tickets-26671325653?aff=es2
Margarita March – 8 Downtown Bars from 12pm – 10pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/new-york-city-margarita-march-tickets-18278867585
West 4th St. Festival – on West 4th St. from 6th Ave. to Macdougal Street
The Great Irish Festival – on 6th Ave. from 42nd – 56th St.
17th Annual Hudson River Park’s Blues BBQ – Pier 9, 55th St. & West Side Highway https://www.hudsonriverpark.org/events/blues-bbq
Summer Streets: Play, Run, Walk, and Bike (7am – 1pm) – on Park Ave. from Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/summerstreets/html/home/home.shtml
Kite Fly NYC – Pier i, Riverside Blvd. at 70th St. 10am – 5pm
Harlem Week – on 135th St. from 5th Ave. to St. Nicholas Ave. http://harlemweek.com/calendar-of-events/outdoor-events/
Westchester Avenue Festival – on Westchester Ave. from Bergen to 3rd Ave.
Pier 5 Family Field Day (Brooklyn) – Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5 sports Fields 10am – 2pm http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/events/pier-5-family-field-day-1
MoCADA Soul of BK Festival (Brooklyn) – Fort Greene Park, Myrtle Ave. 1pm – 8pm http://mocada.org/soul-of-bk-festival-2016/
Flame Con: NYC’s Queer Comic Con (Brooklyn) – Marriott, Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams St. http://www.flamecon.org
Mi Gente! Latinx Music Festival (Bronx)- 1399 Lafayette Ave. 12pm https://www.facebook.com/events/121504521595004
Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest (Brooklyn) – Coney Island Boardwalk https://www.facebook.com/ConeyIslandSandSculpting/
Sunday August 21, 2016
India Day Parade and Festival – on Madison Ave. from 23rd St. – 26th St. at 12pm
Pokemon Go NYC: Battle for Midtown – Bryant Park, 42nd St. bet. 5th Ave & 6th Ave. from 2pm – 5pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pokemon-go-nyc-battle-for-midtown-free-tickets-27177806551?aff=es
NYC Tourist Day – on 50t St. from 6th to 7th Ave.
60th St. Festival – on 60th St. from 5th to Madison Ave.
Harlem Week – on 135th St. from 5th Ave. to St. Nicholas Ave. http://harlemweek.com/calendar-of-events/outdoor-events/
Flame Con: NYC’s Queer Comic Con (Brooklyn) – Marriott, Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams St. http://www.flamecon.org
Washington Ave. Rocks Street Fair (Brooklyn) – Washington Ave. bet. St. Marks Ave. & Prospect Place https://www.facebook.com/WashingtonAvenueProspectHeightsAssociation
Sunset Park Chinatown Weekend Walk (Brooklyn) – 8th Ave. from 55th to 60th St. 10am – 3pm
Crown Heights Neighborhood Festival (Brooklyn) – Brower Park, St. Marks Ave. and Park Place bet. Brooklyn Ave. and Kingston Ave. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/one-crown-heights-neighborhood-festival-tickets-25479879004?aff=ebrowse
Steinway Street Festival (Queens) – on Steinway St. from 28th Ave. to 34th Ave.
Caribbean Music and Movie Festival (Queens) – Roy Wilkins Park, Merrick Boulevard 1pm – 9pm https://www.facebook.com/caribbeanmusicmoviefestival1/
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