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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 10/11/16)
ABC: The Middle (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: American Housewife (Premiere) at 8:30pm
ABC: Fresh Off The Boat (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: The Real O’Neals (Premiere) at 9:30pm
AMERCAN HEROES CHANNEL: Codes and Conspiracies (Premiere) at 10pm
BET: Real Husbands of Hollywood (Premiere) at 9pm
BET: The Gary Owen Show (Premiere) at 9:30pm
BET: Ink, Paper, Scissors (Premiere) at 10pm
FREEFORM: Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After? (Premiere) at 8pm
FREEFORM: The Letter (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Welcome Back Potter (Premiere) at 11pm and 11:30pm
NBC: Chicago Fire (Premiere) at 10pm
POP: American Supergroup (Premiere) at 8pm
SPIKE TV: That Awkward Game Show (Premiere) at 11pm
SYFY: Channel Zero: Candle Cove (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Booze Traveler: Best Bars (Premiere) at 10pm
VELOCITY: Bitchin Rides (Premiere) at 9pm and 10pm
AMC: Halt and Catch Fire (Finale) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Taking Fire (Finale) at 10pm
Billy Bush, suspended from Today after the 2005 Access Hollywood video surfaced that included a crude conversation between Bush and Donald Trump, may be gone for good. After the morning show’s exec producer, Noah Oppenheimer, noted in a memo on Sunday that “there is simply no excuse for Billy’s language and behavior on that tape,” CNN yesterday quoted a source saying, “He will never be on the show again.” Bush released an apology on Friday admitting he was “embarrassed and ashamed.”
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Trump supporter Scott Baio (Charles in Charge) fanned the flames over the Access Hollywood video during an appearance on Fox News’ Justice with Judge Jeanine. “Ladies out there, this is what guys talk about when you’re not around. So if you’re offended by it, grow up,” said Baio. “Take it easy with your phony outrage…. It’s not a big thing.” Baio, who spoke at the Republican National Convention in July, took heat over the summer for appearing to call Hillary Clinton the c-word on Twitter.
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Nancy O’Dell, one of the women Trump spoke about in vulgar terms on the video, would beg to differ with Baio. O’Dell hosted Entertainment Tonight last night and said, “There is no room for objectification of women, or anyone for that matter – not even in the locker room.”
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Nominations for the American Music Awards were announced on Good Morning America on Monday. Drake leads the pack with 13 nods, an AMA record, Rihanna was nominated for 7 awards, and Adele and Justin Bieber scored 5 each. Show airs live on ABC Sunday, November 20 at 8p.
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NFL ratings are down double digits this season, but MoffattNathanson analyst Michael Nathanson advised investors “not to read too much into a month of data.” While acknowledging that there are “real risks” to companies betting heavily on NFL ratings, Nathanson pointed to election coverage and less-than-exciting games as possible causes for the dip.
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Westwood One is partnering with Jerry Springer, adding the talk show host’s Tales, Tunes and Tomfoolery weekly podcast to its podcast on-demand platform. “I have admired Westwood One’s success in the broadcasting industry for years. So to have them now as a partner with my podcast is not only exciting but also a great business opportunity,” said Springer. (For info and insights on the podcasting boom, keep an eye out for details on an upcoming Cynopsis webinar.)
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Today, National Coming Out Day, Logo is censoring LGBT content during a marathon of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The effort is a show of solidarity with LGBT people living in countries where such images are blocked entirely and where coming out is not safe or legal. Logo will also showcase facts about international LGBT equality throughout the day. The censored marathon of season 8 starts at 6a.
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CBS Corp. and Viacom are gearing up for a possible merger, according to the Wall Street Journal. Viacom has Morgan Stanley exploring a recombining, while CBS hired White & Case lawyer Morton Pierce (named “Mergers and Acquisitions MVP of the Year” in 2015 by Law360) as legal counsel. The companies, which split ten years ago, were asked to consider merging by Sumner Redstone holding company National Amusements.
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Spike TV’s Ink Master, now in season 8, airs its 100th episode tonight at 10p. One of the secrets of the tattoo competition’s longevity is not relying on the same old, same old. The show’s exec producer, Original Media co-president and co-CEO Glenda Hersh says, “In addition to the exceptional work highlighted in each episode, the changes in show creative from season-to-season have become a trademark of Ink Master, contributing to the growth of its fan base and ratings.”
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Fusion and All Def Digital announced a multi-year deal for a series of comedy roasts produced by ADD. The franchise will kick off on election night, November 8 at 9p. All Def Comedy Roasts builds on an alliance between ADD and Fusion that includes Fusion’s acquisition last year of rights to broadcast the All Def Movie Awards.
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Bravo greenlit design series Cyrus vs. Cyrus (wt), with mom-of-Miley Tish Cyrus and daughter Brandi proposing competing design ideas to Nashville-based clients. The show, produced by Asylum Entertainment in association with Hope Town Entertainment, is set to premiere in 2017.
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Season 4 of ID’s Evil Kin premieres Thursday, October 13 at 9p, followed at 10p the next night by the season 2 launch of Suspicion. On the flip side, Swamp Murders wraps up its season of murky mysteries on Tuesday, October 18 at 10p.
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Judges for season 1 of American Supergroup, bowing on Pop tonight at 8p, include pop/soul artist Aloe Blacc, rock/blues artist Elle King, country superstar Jennifer Nettles, and Jason Scheff, lead singer/bass player for Chicago. iHeartMedia 104.3MYFM’s Dave Styles is the show’s host. Series debuts on MTV Live October 13 at 8p and MTV Classic October 14 at p.
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Texas Trocas returns to Discovery en Espanol for season 3 on Monday, October 17 at 10p, followed by the Spanish-language premiere of Harley and the Davidsons on Sunday, October 23 at 9p. The shows, along coverage of auto auction Barrett Jackson Live on October 14 and 15 at 7p, are part a Mes D’Motores programming event that “reinforces Discovery en Espanol as the leading provider of automotive content that serves our Latino audience’s greatest passions,” said Eileen Pineiro, senior director of the net.
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Docu-series Mi Lugar premieres on Canal Once’s international signal beginning Thursday, October 13 at 3p. The seven-parter features the lives of children from different regions of Mexico.
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Cooking Channel will, of course, be serving up special Thanksgiving episodes in the weeks leading up to turkey day. Among them are UpRooted’s “A French Thanksgiving” on Saturday, November 5 at 9a, special Tia Mowry Thanksgiving at Home on Sunday, November 13 at 8p, and Food: Fact or Fiction? on Monday, November 14 at 10p, when we’ll finally learn how burnt marshmallows wound up on sweet potatoes.
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Michael Ealy (The Following) landed a lead role opposite Gabrielle Union on season four of BET drama Being Mary Jane.
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John Noble, whose Sleepy Hollow character was killed off at the end of season 2, will return for season 4. Fox drama resumes in 2017.
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Rapper/actor/entrepreneur Tip “T.I.” Harris will join VH1’s The Breaks in a recurring role. Series is slated to launch in January 2017.
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Tessa Ferrer is returning to ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy to reprise the role of Dr. Leah Murphy, which she played in seasons 9 and 10.
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CBS’s Code Black is promoting the new White House initiative “Stop the Bleed” with a “CBS Cares” PSA during its Wednesday, October 12 broadcast. “Stop the Bleed” was developed to teach the public how to save lives by taking action to stop life threatening bleeding.
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Nickelodeon’s The HALO Effect honors a New Orleans teen’s commitment to preserving military veterans’ stories in “My Brother’s Keeper NOLA” premiering Friday, October 14 at 9p. Encores air Monday, October 17 at 8p on Nicktoons and Saturday, October 22 at 9:30p on TeenNick.
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Yesterday MTV unveiled a 10 foot X 35 foot interactive video installation in NYC’s Herald Square highlighting stories of artists, activists and young Americans, the latest initiative in the net’s Elect This initiative. “Young people are tired of politics as usual during the 2016 election and want real change on the issues they care about most,” said Ronnie Cho, VP of Public Affairs at MTV. “This symbolic border wall installation is a powerful way for our audience to go beyond the rhetoric, beyond the talking points and beyond the wall, towards a more meaningful conversation about issues that are at the heart of this election cycle and are core to defining who we want to be as a country.”
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A digitally remastered version of Jim Henson classic Fraggle Rock will be available on HBO at the end of this year, home of the series when it premiered in 1983.
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The second presidential debate drew 66.5 million viewers, down from the record-breaking 84 million who tuned in for this election’s first debate in September. The most-watched second debate came in 1992, when George H.W. Bush – uncle to Billy Bush – faced off against Bill Clinton and Ross Perot to 69 million viewers.
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CBS News had the most-watched coverage of the debate, with 16.4 million viewers, and was also number 1 in the A25-54 demo.
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CNN was the big debate winner in cable on Sunday, with 11.2 million viewers versus 9.9 million for Fox News and 5.5 million for MSNBC. That’s a 13 percent gain versus the first debate for CNN and MSNBC, and a 14 percent dip for Fox News. In the news demo, it was 4.8 million for CNN, 2.9 million for Fox News and 1.76 for MSNBC.
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ABC’s Once Upon a Time on Sunday grew 24 percent week to week in total viewers (to 4.6 million) and 18 percent among A18-49 (to 1.3/4), delivering its biggest audience and tying its best in the demo since November 2015.
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Three weeks into the season, Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court averaged a 1.36/2 rating with Households, outperforming its year-ago numbers with Homes (up 23 percent), A25-54 (up 18 percent), and W25-54 (up 10 percent).
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