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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/7/16)
NBC: Commander-In-Chief Forum (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY FAMILY: The Incredible Food Race (Premiere) at 9pm
EL REY: Lucha Underground (Premiere) at 8pm
UP: Heartland (Premiere) at 8pm
VELOCITY: Swap Meet Showdown (Premiere) at 10:30pm
VICELAND: Gaycation (Premiere) at 10:30pm
CBS: American Gothic (Finale) at 9pm
FX: Tyrant (Finale) at 10pm
No time for goodbyes: Greta Van Susteren abruptly exited Fox News Channel after 14 years. Brit Hume has temporarily taken over as anchor of On the Record, through the election. Fox News analyst Howard Kurtz reported Van Susteren had a clause in her contract allowing her to leave if Fox News chief Roger Ailes left – which he did, under a cloud of sexual harassment allegations. On her Facebook page Tuesday, Van Susteren said, “Fox has not felt like home for me for a few years and I took advantage of a clause in my contract which allows me to leave now.” As for the quick departure, Van Susteren explained her contract “had a time limitation, meaning I could not wait.”
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21st Century Fox apologized for discriminatory treatment suffered by former Fox News correspondent Gretchen Carlson, as it settled the sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by Carlson that involved the aforementioned Ailes. “We are proud that she was part of the Fox News Team,” said the net. “We sincerely regret and apologize for the fact that Gretchen was not treated with the respect and dignity that she and all of our colleagues deserve.” Said Carlson, who walks away with what sources are reporting amounts to $20 million, she’s “ready to move on to the next chapter of my life in which I will redouble my efforts to empower women in the workplace.” At least two other women also settle with Fox, according to the New York Times.
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Fox bought an untitled comedy project exec produced by Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone, about a family comprised on a type A man, his estranged sister and her kids. Studio is Warner Bros. Television.
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TV Land ordered a pilot for Heathers, based on the 1988 movie starring Winona Ryder. Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi will exec produce for Lakeshore Entertainment.
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Pop star Zayn Malik, formerly of One Direction, and Dick Wolf (Law & Order) are producing a boy band drama for NBC. “Zayn certainly brings an authentic point of view to this world where kids are catapulted into fame at a dizzying speed,” said Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment. “On top of our excitement around the creative ideas being discussed, we have a lot of respect for the musical and digital ambitions behind the project.” Show comes from Universal Television.
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Production has commenced on TLC’s Miss Pooh to the Rescue (wt), following social media star Veronica “Pooh” Nash-Poleate (“Don’t Go in the Shark’s House”). Series is headed for a November launch with Maverick TV and All3 Media America are producing.
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Season 7 of Discovery’s number 1-rated show, Gold Rush, opens with a two-hour premiere on Friday, October 14 at 9p. This time around, 21-year-old miner Parker Schnabel brings a new Australian girlfriend to strike it rich in the Klondike.
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Musician Jewel Kilcher treks to her Alaska home for the first time in 7 years on season six of Discovery’s Alaska: The Last Frontier, premiering Sunday, October 2 at 9p. Ahead of her return, the Kilcher family’s homestead is rocked by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake.
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Pop “reality sitcom” Unusually Thicke is back for season 2 Wednesday, September 21 at 9p. “Season two has us pushing envelopes with our family drama, including a same-sex prom, an ‘accidental’ porn shoot,…a wedding, a divorce party and the first Cannabis commercial ‘Pot Spots!’” said star Alan Thicke.
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Queen of the South was renewed for season 2 at USA. The drama has drawn an average 2.26 million total viewers in Live+7. Freshman finale airs tomorrow.
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Eight-parter The Contenders: 16 for ’16 examines former presidential candidates and the campaigns that went wrong. The series is part of “PBS Election 2016,” a multi-platform initiative offering objective coverage of the 2016 election cycle. Premiere date: Tuesday, September 13 at 8p.
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E! starts extensive cross-platform coverage of New York Fashion Week on Thursday, September 8. Included are an NYFW-themed episode of Fashion Police, Macy’s Presents Fashion’s Front Row 2016 special and “fashion flashes” during primetime, along with digital and social content.
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NBC is the latest to announce a show centered on the murder of child pageant queen JonBenet Ramsey 20 years ago. Two-hour Dateline NBC: Who Killed JonBenet? airs Friday, September 9 at 9p, and will include never-before-seen case documents. A CBS docu-series, Lifetime movie and ID event series will also re-examine the case.
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MeTV celebrates the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek with a three hour event on Saturday, September 10, including the series’ official premiere episode, “The Man Trap” at 9p, followed by the rarely seen original pilot, “The Cage,” at 10p.
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Discovery grabbed U.S. and international rights to Huntwatch, to air Thursday, September 22 as part of the Discovery Impact banner, following a limited theatrical release. Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, Huntwatch chronicles the East Coast Canadian commercial seal hunt, and activists’ efforts to stop it.
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The PBS Arts Fall Festival launches Friday, October 21 with Hamilton’s America at 9p. In addition to the special about the making of the Broadway smash are Bill Murray: The Mark Twain Prize on Friday, October 28, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on November 4, Gypsy on November 11, Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs on November 8, Lang Lang’s New York Rhapsody on November 25, Joshua Bell’s Seasons of Cuba on December 16 and Shakespeare Live! From the Royal Shakespeare Company on December 23.
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Destination America Halloween special Paranormal Lockdown: The Black Monk House follows Paranormal Lockdown duo Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman as they confine themselves in a notoriously haunted house in England for a record 100 hours. Fun begins Monday, October 31 at 9p.
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Josh Peck (Grandfathered) will guest on an episode of Fox’s upcoming Pitch. Baseball drama arrives Thursday, September 22 at 9p.
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Jonathan Clarke (Desperate Housewives) will recur on season three of Showtime drama The Affair, as Whitney’s (Julia Goldani Telles) boss. The Affair resumes Sunday, November 20 at 10p.
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Chris Conner (The People vs O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story) and Ato Essandoh (Vinyl) are onboard the cast of Netflix drama Altered Carbon, based on the 2002 novel.
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The Justice Network launched a new website, a full makeover from the site that debuted in January 2015. An interactive schedule and data, plus local missing kids and wanted fugitives for each market the multicast network broadcasts in, can be found here.
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New CMT digital performance series Next Women of Country LIVE features 20 artists filmed at CMT’s Nashville studio. New performances will be shared each week.
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Netflix’s Narcos was renewed for seasons 3 and 4. Season two of the drug trade drama dropped last week.
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The season finale of ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise was up 28 percent versus its year-ago Sunday finale in total viewers (to 5.0 million) and up 27 percent among A18-49 (to 1.4/5).
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The summer finale of Freeform’s The Fosters hit 1-year highs across the A18-34 and 12-34 demos, and grew for the 3rd consecutive week to 4-week highs in total viewers (1.5 million), A18-49 and W18-49. The summer finale of the net’s Pretty Little Liars hit 6-month highs in 18-34 and W18-34, ranking as Tuesday’s number 1 scripted TV telecast in the key demos, in addition to W18-49, Viewers 12-34 and Females 12-34, was the No. 1 cable TV telecast in its time period in A18-49 and the number 1 scripted cable telecast in total viewers (2.1 million).
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ID was August’s number 1 network in total day delivery among W25-54 and the number 2 among P25-54 in all of ad-supported cable. ID also had its best August ever in prime and total day delivery for P2+, HH, P25-54 and W25-54. August marked 15 consecutive months of growth for the net in prime among P25-54.
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Spike’s Ink Master is off to its best start in franchise history. After 2 weeks, season 8 ranks number 1 in its Tuesday time slot with M18-49, number 2 with A18-49, and number 2 with W18-49, averaging 1.7 million viewers.
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Actor Hugh O’Brian died September 5. He was 91. In addition to starring on The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, O’Brian guested on series including Fantasy Island and Charlie’s Angels.
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Conservative leader Phyllis Schafly died September 5. She was 92. Schafly, a vociferous opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment, made frequent appearances on CBS and CNN.
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TV and film director Leslie H. Martinson died September 3. He was 101. Martinson’s television work included numerous series, among them Maverick, The Brady Bunch, CHiPs and Airwolf.
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