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COMEDY: Drunk History (Premiere) at 10:30pm
FOOD: Star Plates (Premiere) at 11pm
MYX TV: Cast Me! (Premiere) at 8pm
PBS: Frontline (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Aftermath (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Andrew Zimmern’s Bucket List (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Born This Way (Finale) at 10pm
BET: One Shot (Finale) at 10pm
CW: MAD TV (Finale) at 9pm
DIY: Raise The Roof (Finale) at 11pm
Vice President Joe Biden is set to make his first guest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, September 29 — three nights after the first presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and GOP nominee Donald Trump. Show airs at 11:35p on NBC.
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Matt LeBlanc is heading back to host Top Gear under a two-season deal, with the first to air in 2017. “I am thrilled that Matt LeBlanc is returning to Top Gear. He’s a huge talent whose love of cars is infectious,” said Patrick Holland, Channel Editor, BBC Two, in a statement. LeBlanc will be joined by Chris Harris and Rory Reid, along with regular appearances by former race car driver Eddie Jordan and German pro Sabine Schmitz.
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MTV airs Total Registration Live, a live special targeted to millennials, on National Voter Registration Day, Tuesday, September 27 at 6p. R&B star and Respect My Vote! Ambassador, Ty Dolla $ign is slated to perform. Plus, there will be appearances by model and Rock The Vote spokesperson Kendall Jenner, director, producer and writer Joss Whedon, Fifth Harmony’s Camila Cabello, rapper Vic Mensa, actress Natalia Dyer and more. MTV’s Nessa hosts.
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Kyle Hill has been named host of upcoming Science Channel reality series Mythbusters: The Search, which will premiere in 2017.
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Seth Meyers is developing two comedy series for NBC. AP Bio, written and executive produced by Saturday Night Live’s Michael Patrick O’Brien, is about a former philosophy professor who teaches a high school advanced placement class and uses his students to get back at those he feels have wronged him. The other untitled series, written and co-executive produced by Late Night With Seth Meyers writer Amber Ruffin, is about a sibling singing group from the 1980s, now forced to write commercial jingles.
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A&E Network has picked up Born This Way for a third season. The series, which won the 2016 Emmy Award for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Series last week, provides an intimate look at a group of young men and women with Down syndrome as they pursue their dreams and explore friendships, romance, and work.
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D.V. DeVincentis, who won a producing and writing Emmy for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, inked an overall television production deal with FX Productions. DeVincentis will develop, write and produce television projects exclusively for all TV services and platforms.
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MTV has ordered Krawl, a drama from John Swetnam, producer Henrik Bastin and Fabrik Entertainment’s Melissa Aouate. Project centers on a young woman whose social media account begins showing her posts a day in advance.
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Lone Star Restoration, an unscripted series following expert Brent Hull, bows Monday, October 3 at 10p on History. “Brent not only brings his incredible acumen and expertise to ‘Lone Star Restoration,’ but he also reminds us of how culturally significant it is to both preserve and restore these historical structures,” said Paul Cabana, EVP and Head of Programming, History.
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VICELAND set the debut date for its foray into late night. Desus & Mero bows Monday October 17 at 11:00p, airing Monday through Thursday. The show’s production team will be led by Erik Rydholm (Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn, Highly Questionable).
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Syfy’s “31 Days of Halloween” features the debut of anthology series Channel Zero: Candle Cove on Tuesday, October 11 at 9p, as well as the premieres of horror favorites Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Zombieland, The Strangers, Cabin in the Woods, Wrong Turn, Maleficent, I, Frankenstein and Drag Me to Hell. Additionally, five original Syfy fright films will air Saturday nights, including The Crooked Man, Stake Land 2 and The Night Before Halloween.
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Cocktail connoisseur Jack Maxwell sets out on a mission to find the best bars and drinks in the United States in Booze Traveler: Best Bars. Premiering Tuesday, October 11 at 10p and 10:30p, the two specials follow Maxwell as he hunts down prohibition-style bars hidden from view, as well as bars with spectacular and unforgettable views.
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Bill Pullman landed the male lead opposite Jessica Biel in USA Network crime drama pilot The Sinner. He’ll play Harry Ambrose, a sensitive but dogged detective.
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The Season 3 debut of Empire remained on top as the number one entertainment program of premiere week among A18-49 with a 5.5/18 in L+3. The FOX series also delivered 15.1 million viewers in Live +3 ratings across multi-platforms, a 39 percent gain from its same day viewership. Additionally, the series premiere of Lethal Weapon delivered FOX’s highest fall premiere in two years since Gotham, garnering 10.4 million viewers in Live +3 ratings across multiple platforms.
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Bravo Media is closing 3Q with the largest on-air and online growth in the key demos among the top 10 ad-supported cable entertainment networks. In 3Q to date, Bravo is up 2 percent in P18-49 (387,000), up 10 percent in P25-54 (461,000) and up 15 percent in total viewers (819,000) versus 3Q15 in primetime. Fueling the ratings success are 13 original series up season over season in total viewers, including Don’t Be Tardy (up 45 percent), Shahs of Sunset (up 22 percent), Flipping Out (up 22 percent), Below Deck (up 21 percent), The Real Housewives of New York City (up 20 percent) and Southern Charm (up 18 percent).
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Telemundo Deportes’ Titulares y Mas Coors Light averaged 250,000 viewers 18 to 49 during the 2015-2016 season, ranking as the # 1 regularly scheduled sports news and commentary show in Spanish language TV, according to Nielsen.
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