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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 8/26/16)
A&E: Behind Bars: Overtime (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Bering Sea Gold (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Blue Collar Backers (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: Killer Clergy (Premiere) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 8/27/16)
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Salvage Dawgs (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: Deadly Women (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: Boston EMS (Finale) at 10pm
DIY: Renovation Realities (Finale) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 8/28/16)
MTV: 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show at 8pm
MTV: 2016 MTV Video Music Awards at 9pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: Haunted Case Files (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD NETWORK: Guy’s Superstar Grocery Games (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD NETWORK: The Great Food Truck Race (Premiere) at 9pm
FX: The Strain (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: On The Case with Paula Zahn (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: The 100,000 Pyramid (Finale) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: Roadies (Finale) at 10pm
She’s back. Tracey Ullman is headed back to HBO in the six-episode sketch comedy series Tracey Ullman’s Show. The series aired earlier in 2016 in the U.K. on BBC One. Ullman’s show, slated to premiere on HBO October 28 at 11p, features the comic in a variety of roles.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The HLN door is revolving. Days after Ashleigh Banfield announced she was leaving CNN to head to its sister net, HLN confirmed Dr. Drew Pinsky’s show Dr. Drew will draw to a close September 22. Pinsky will stay onboard as a contributor with CNN Worldwide. CNN EVP Ken Jautz confirmed the news in a statement: “Dr. Drew and his team have delivered more than five years of creative shows, and I want to thank them for their hard work and distinctive programming.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
The 48th NAACP Image Awards will telecast live on TV One on Saturday, February 11, 2017 as a two-hour special from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Anthony Anderson, Image Awards winner, Emmy-award nominated actor and star of black-ish, returns as host for the Awards. The telecast on TV One will also include a live preshow from the red carpet. Last year’s production team will be returning, including exec producers Reginald Hudlin and Phil Gurin, director Tony McCuin, co-executive producers Kimmie H. Kim and Byron Phillips, and talent producer Robin Reinhardt.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Just weeks ahead of the season 3 debut of Fox’s Empire, a class action lawsuit surrounding the first two eps of season 2 is brewing against the network and the show. The guardians of two former residents of Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago claim residents were mistreated during filming, told to stay in their pods essentially on “lockdown.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
An attorney for Glenn Beck, commentator and founder of TheBlaze, told a judge Beck will not comply with an order mandating he disclose the identities of those who told his producers Saudi Arabian student Abdulrahman Alharbi was the “money man” who gave orders for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedy Central has some brotherly love. The network put in development a comedy about sibs who flee their racist upbringing and ditch the Midwest for South Central LA. It’s co-written, exec-produced and staring Zack Pearlman (The Intern, Mulaney) and Julian Sergi (War Dogs, Key & Peele). Andrew Guest (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Community) is onboard to pen the series with Pearlman and Sergi. Payman Benz (Key & Peele) will direct, should a pilot be made.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Juno scribe Diablo Cody together with Berlanti Productions landed their adaptation of U.K. comedy series Raised by Wolves at ABC. The network has given the project, written by Cody, a script commitment plus penalty.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Michael Rauch, who served as exec producer/showrunner on USA series Royal Pains, sold his untitled drama about polar opposite identical twin brothers who team up in the courtroom to CBS. Rauch is executive-producing with Jennifer Lopez through her Nuyorican Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Spy dramedy Unit Zero, from black-ish creator Kenya Barris and supervising producer Lindsey Shockley, has landed at ABC, with Toni Collette onboard to star and exec produce. The project is from ABC Studios, where Barris has an overall deal.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FYI greenlit new original series Stove Tots, which follows gifted pint-sized chefs who, with their parents, are on a quest to become the nation’s next culinary star. Series, from the producers of Dance Moms, is slated to premiere in 2017. Each episode will feature a new group of culinary kids, along with their overbearing parents, as they prepare recipes, search for inspiration and deal with the pressures of competition.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox gave a put pilot commitment to a new buddy drama from House creator David Shore, Charlie’s Angels director McG and John Davis’ Davis Entertainment (The Blacklist), according to Deadline. The project is loosely based on the 1965 adventure series I Spy and hails from Sony Pictures TV, where Davis Entertainment and Shore are based.
(Source: Cynopsis)
As The Vampire Diaries prepares to wind down after its eighth season, three of the CW show’s exec producers – Chad Fiveash, Julie Plec and James Stoteraux – are teaming for new hourlong drama Rise at the network and Warner Bros. TV. From Plec’s studio-based My So-Called Company, the new series features a band of unlikely heroes who arise during a period of martial law following a terrorist attack.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A&E Network marks the 20th anniversary of the infamous murder of the child beauty queen with two-hour documentary The Killing of JonBenet: The Truth Uncovered, premiering Monday, September 5 at 9p. Doc includes never-before-seen case details and the first sit-down interview with dad John Ramsey.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Chainsmokers will take the stage at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, airing Sunday, August 28 at 9p. The pop act joins previously announced performers Britney Spears featuring G-Eazy, Ariana Grande with Nicki Minaj, Nick Jonas featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Future and Rihanna.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Long before Bigfoot was a household name, there was Yeti the so-called abominable snowman. Travel Channel’s four-week special event Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Yeti, beginning Wednesday, October 5 at 9p, follows adventurer Josh Gates as he embarks on a journey through Nepal and Bhutan, in search of the truth behind the legend.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Additional performers Alicia Keys, Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, Dan + Shay and The Band Perry will perform at the 10th annual ACM Honors, which makes its television debut Friday, September 9 at 9p on CBS. The Honors fete the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Showtime set a September 24, 9p, premiere date for documentary Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee. Oscar nominee and two-time Sundance Film Festival winner Nanette Burstein (American Teen) investigates the mysterious life of visionary antivirus entrepreneur John McAfee. The film has been selected to make its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The second season of Viceland’s Emmy-nominated Gaycation, co-hosted by Ellen Page and Ian Daniel, drops Wednesday, September 7 at 10:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The comedic trio of Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and exec producer Seth Meyers return to pay tribute to renowned documentaries in “Season 51” of Documentary Now! On IFC. Series returns Wednesday, September 14 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Real estate/renovation power couple Dave and Kortney Wilson will return to HGTV with fresh episodes of Masters of Flip on Monday, October 3 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bravo Media enlists boisterous real estate agent Reza Farahan (Shahs of Sunset) and interior designer Taylor Spellman to help couples, living under separate roofs, figure out which residence they should call home in new half-hour series Yours, Mine or Ours. Show premieres Monday, October 3 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
American Supergroup will premiere on Pop on Tuesday, October 11 at 8p, MTV Live on Thursday, October 13 at 8p and MTV Classic on Friday, October 14 at 7p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The music competition series which showcases the creation and evolution of a new band in the country series will run for nine weeks on all networks and will include eight one-hour episodes and a 90-minute finale.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WGN America will bring back its supernatural thriller Salem on Wednesday, November 2, time TBA, with recording artist Marilyn Mason guesting as bloody barber surgeon Thomas Dinley.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Monica Barbaro (UnReal) scored a regular gig on NBC legal drama series Chicago Justice, the fourth series in Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ryan Lochte’s encore to the scuttlebutt in Rio? The Olympic gold medalist is joining ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. The deal apparently was on the table before the Olympics and Lochte’s false account of his run-in with the police in Brazil.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Access Hollywood’s style producer, Anthony Ramos, will serve as a guest judge on the new season of Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders: Making the Team.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS’ Big Brother delivered its largest audience on any night this season and matched season highs in A18-49, A25-54 and A18-34, according to Nielsen Live +3 same day ratings for Wednesday, August 24.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season 7 of BBC One’s The Great British Bake Off set a record on Wednesday with an audience average of 10.4 million viewers in its 8p timeslot, and a peak audience of 11.4 million. That tops the network’s most-watched moments of the Rio Olympics, which peaked at 11.1 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Don’t Breathe – Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto, Stephen Lang, Emma Bercovici, Franciska Torocsik, Christian Zagia, Katia Bokor
Mechanic: Resurrection – Jason Statham, Jessica Alba, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Yeoh, Sam Hazeldine, John Cenatiempo, Toby Eddington, Femi Elufowoju Jr.
Hands of Stone – Edgar Ramirez, Robert De Niro, Ana De Armas, Usher Raymond IV, Ruben Blades, Ellen Barkin, John Turturro, Pedro “Budu” Perez
Southside with You – Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Jerod Haynes, Alex Zelenka, Donald Paul, Gabrielle Lott-Rogers, Jeremy Michael Pereira
Greater (Limited Release) – Christopher Severio, Neal McDonough, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael Parks, Nick Search, Quinton Aaron, M.C. Gainey, Fredric Lehne
Level Up – Josh Bowman, Neil Maskell, William Houston, Gulvinder Ghir, Doc Brown, Leila Mimmack, Paul Reynolds, Cameron Jack
Complete Unknown (Limited Release) – Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Michael Chernus, Azita Ghanizada, Omar Metwally, Chris Lowell, Condola Rashad, Danny Glover
The Hollars (Limited Release) – John Krasinski, Margo Martindale, Sharlto Copley, Richard Jenkins, Anna Kendrick, Charlie Day, Josh Groban, Randall Park
NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday August 26, 2016
Grand Central Food Fair Series #4 – on 41st St. from Lexington – 3rd Ave.
KidFlix Film Fest of Bed-Stuy (Brooklyn) – Fulton Park, Chauncey St.
http://mocada.org/soul-of-bk-festival-2016/
Saturday August 27, 2016
Astor Place Festival – on Astor Place from Lafayette St. to Broadway
8th Ave. Festival – on 8th Ave. from 42nd – 57th St.
12th Annual Dominican Culture Festival – 108th St. from Amsterdam Ave. to Broadway
Spike Lee’s Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson Block Party (To Celebrate Michael’s 58th Birthday) (Brooklyn) – Stuyvesant Ave. bet. Lexington Ave. & Quincy St. from 12pm – 6pm https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynLovesMichaelJackson/
Arthur Ashe Kids Day – USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows Park (Queens) – http://www.arthurashekidsday.com
The Amazing Dog Friendly Scavenger Hunt (Brooklyn) – McCarran Park Dog Run – Driggs and North 12th St. at 12:30pm https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-amazing-dog-friendly-scavenger-hunt-tickets-26878396006?aff=es2
Brooklyn Bike Rave (Brooklyn) – Greenpoint to Dumbo 6:30pm – 10pm http://www.brooklyngreenway.org/event/brooklyn-bike-rave/
Afro Punk Fest Brooklyn (Brooklyn) – Commodore Barry Park, Flushing Ave. http://afropunkfest.com/brooklyn/
F.A.D. Makers Market (Brooklyn) – The Invisible Dog, 51 Bergen St. 11am – 6pm http://theinvisibledog.org/f-a-d-flea-market/
Yoga Day at Citifield (Queens) – 8:30 am http://m.mets.mlb.com/nym/tickets/info/yoga
Sunday August 28, 2016
Pakistan Day Parade – on Madison Ave. bet. 23rd and 26th St.
Midtown West Block Party – on 52nd St. from 6th to 7th Ave.
East Islip “Main Street” Festival – on Main St. from Carlton to Harrison Ave.
Afro Punk Fest Brooklyn (Brooklyn) – Commodore Barry Park, Flushing Ave. http://afropunkfest.com/brooklyn/
F.A.D. Makers Market (Brooklyn) – The Invisible Dog, 51 Bergen St. 11am – 6pm http://theinvisibledog.org/f-a-d-flea-market/
Mumbo Gumbo Food and Music Fest (Brooklyn) – The Landing at Industry City, 220 36th St. http://www.thelandingbk.com/events
Brighton Jubilee (Brooklyn) – http://brightonbeach.com/jubilee-festival.html
Sports Illustrated Summer of Swim Fan Festival & Concert – Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk 3052 West 21st. at 12pm http://coneyislandlive.com/events/summer-of-swim/
Bronx Little Italy Weekend Walks (Bronx) – Crescent Ave. from Arthur Ave. to 187th St. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/weekendwalks/html/find/find.shtml#manhattan
Health Fair (Bronx) – Crescent Ave. 11am – 4pm http://www.bronxlittleitaly.com/events/upcoming-events/
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