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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/15/16)
LIFETIME: Project Runway (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Craft In America (Premiere) at 8pm
BRAVO: Flipping Out (Finale) at 9pm
CW: Beauty and The Beast (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY: Mountain Men (Finale) at 9pm
USA: Queen of the South (Finale) at 10pm
Turner struck deals with Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Fox for the entire Star Wars movie collection, giving TNT and TBS exclusive linear basic cable and ad-supported on-demand rights. The agreement with Disney includes the network premiere windows to last year’s hit Star Wars: The Force Awakens as well as this year’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, opening in December, along with the network television premieres of the next three yet-to-be-released movies. Star Wars: A New Hope comes to Turner through a separate arrangement with 20th Century Fox. Turner the only company with basic cable rights to all 11 titles in the collection.
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Nielsen is eliminating the paper diaries used in some mid-sized and small markets to calculate local ratings. By mid-2017, viewership in all markets will be determined using electronic data, which comes from millions of homes versus thousands of diaries. “These enhancements are part of Nielsen’s commitment to invest in and transform how local TV is measured in a cross-platform world,” said Megan Clarken, president, Nielsen Product Leadership.
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The last batch of presenters announced for the Emmy Awards, airing Sunday, September 18 on ABC, includes Kyle Chandler (Bloodline), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Claire Danes (Homeland), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey), Minnie Driver (Speechless), Tony Goldwyn (Scandal), Terence Howard (Empire), Allison Janney (Mom), Rami Malek (Mr. Robot), Abigail Spencer (Timeless) and Kiefer Sutherland (Designated Survivor).
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Fox News co-presidents Jack Abernathy and Bill Shine inked new multi-year contracts. The execs, who landed their jobs in the wake of Roger Ailes’ exit amid allegations of sexual harassment, “have been instrumental in Fox News’ continued dominance in the ratings and historic earnings performance,” said 21st Century Fox executive chairman Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday.
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Netflix is cutting off Bloodline after its upcoming third season. The Sony Pictures Television drama was renewed in July.
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History’s Vikings returns for its midseason premiere on a new night and time, Wednesday, November 30 at 9p. “This season is monumental and unlike anything we’ve ever done,” said Michael Hirst, creator and writer. During its season four ten-week run in the spring, the historical drama garnered 4.3 million total viewers and 2.1 million A25-54 in Live+7 delivery.
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Global event series Mars launches on Nat Geo and Nat Geo Mundo on Monday, November 14 at 9p, and internationally in 170 countries on Sunday, November 13. The hybrid scripted drama/doc executive produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard explores the modern space revolution, and envisions the first attempts to colonize the planet.
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A&E docu-series The Killing Season arrives with back-to-back episodes on Saturday, November 5 at 9p. Filmmakers investigate, with the help of cyber sleuths, the serial killer cases of 10 dead sex workers in Long Island.
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The Price Is Right starts its 45th season premiere week with memorable moments from its history, including record wins and biggest bloopers. Let’s Make a Deal launches season eight with “Mega Deal Week,” offering winners a chance to “mega-size” and nab every prize featured that day. Both CBS Daytime shows kick off Monday, September 19.
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Original series ICE will premiere on AT&T Audience Network on Wednesday, November 16 at 8p. Ten hour-long episodes of the crime drama are in production in LA and Vancouver.
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Tonight’s finale of Queen of the South features a crossover appearance by Rafael Amaya (El Senor de los Cielos). The USA drama is based on bestseller La Reina Del Sur, which was turned into a super series on sister net Telemundo.
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On next week’s episode of Velocity’s FantomWorks, restoration expert Dan Short and his team help a proud auto owner breathe new life into his 1972 Cadillac hearse. Show airs Wednesday, September 21 at 9p.
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Two Sarah Jones Film Foundation events will take place this fall to promote set safety. The Walk for Safety happens September 25 in LA, and an Atlanta Field Day event is scheduled for October 9 in Georgia. Camera assistant Jones died three years ago on the set of Midnight Rider in Georgia.
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First Lady Michelle Obama returns to CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, September 20, to promote the “Let Girls Learn” initiative. It’s been a year since FLOTUS’ first Colbert sit-down.
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years starts streaming on Hulu Saturday, September 17. The Ron Howard doc focuses on the first half of the Fab Four’s career.
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Mary J. Blige, Jamie Foxx, Dave Grohl and Usher are among the performers at ABC’s presentation of Taking the Stage – Changing America, for the opening of the Smithsonian’s new National Museum of African American History and Culture. Production will be filmed September 23 to air on ABC stations during the 2016-2017 season.
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Freeform’s 18th annual “13 Nights of Halloween” stunt starts Wednesday, October 19 with The Nightmare Before Christmas at 3:30p, followed by Hocus Pocus at 5p, The Addams Family at 7p, Addams Family Values at 9p and The Final Girls at midnight.
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Mykelti Williamson will recur on Designated Survivor, starring fellow 24 alum Keifer Sutherland. ABC drama debuts Wednesday, September 21 at 10p.
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Brant Daughtery (Prettly Little Liars) landed a recurring role on Netflix comedy Dear White People, focused on a diverse group of students at a predominantly white Ivy League college.
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A multiplatform campaign from Cigna uses actors known for playing doctors to urge consumers to better understand and manage their health. Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy), Alan Alda (M.A.S.H.), Donald Faison (Scrubs: “If I had to actual surgery, I’d probably faint”), Noah Wyle (ER) and Lisa Edelstein (House) have been enlisted in the effort to save 100,000 lives by encouraging preventive care.
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On today’s Dr. Oz, presidential candidate Donald Trump will present the host with what he says are the results of his physical, performed by the physician who previously predicted Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” The episode taped yesterday.
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America’s Got Talent averaged 13.7 million viewers, a five-year high, and 2.7 among A18-49 for part 1 of its season finale on Tuesday, up 20 percent in viewers and 13 percent in the demo versus the same time last year. Thank you, said NBC freshman Better Late Than Never, which followed with series highs in viewers and the demo (7.8 million/1.7).
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Classic TV net MeTV aired a Star Trek 50th anniversary event on Saturday, and the 10p-12p block averaged 942,000 P2+, peaking at over 1 million viewers. The first broadcast episode of Star Trek, at 9p, averaged 779,000 P2+ up 28 percent over the time period last year.
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Dr. Phil opened the season on Monday, September 12 with an interview with the brother of JonBenet Ramsey that shot the show up 64 percent versus last year in metered markets, to 4.1/12. Part 2 of the interview on Tuesday matched that number. Newcomer Harry rated 1.2/3 in early numbers on Monday, up 9 percent from year-ago time periods.
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