FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/20/16)
FOX: The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY FAMILIA: Quinceanera (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Chopped: Beat Bobby Flay (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Project Runway: Fashion Startup (Premiere) at 10:30pm
NBCSN: Grudge Race (Premiere) at 9pm
WE tv has expanded its “Watch W/In” tune-in initiative, aimed at driving viewers to shows within three days. During Growing Up Hip Hop and Money. Power. Respect., which air as a two-hour programming block on Thursday nights beginning at 9p, the promotion incentivizes viewers to watch WE tv shows live, on demand, or on their DVRs within three days of its linear premiere to be eligible for prizes.
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Veteran-owned clothing company Nine Line Apparel is selling Duty, Honor Courage t-shirts in partnership with American Heroes Channel. A three-night Duty, Honor, Courage patriotic programming event airs on AHC starting Wednesday, November 9 at 8p and continues nightly through Friday, November 11.
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Eva Longoria has a new project in development at ABC, reports Variety. The Desperate Housewives alum is producing a comedy based on the 2014 book 940 Saturdays with Ben Spector via her UnbeliEVAble Entertainment. Longoria and Spector are also exec producers of a Magnum P.I. revival being developed for ABC.
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Shondaland nabbed an ABC pilot production commitment for a legal drama, written by Scandal’s Paul William Davies. Untitled series is set in New York Federal Court centers on the personal and professional lives of new lawyers.
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A project from Grease: Live director Thomas Kail, rapper/producer Common and Ian Edelman (How to Make It in America) landed a script commitment plus penalty from Fox. Drama 93 til Infinity focuses on a black rapper and his best friend from middle school looking for a midlife reboot.
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CBS is developing a legal drama from Ridley Scott, David Zucker and Brett Mahoney, reports Variety. Mrs. V. Mr. follows a happily married couple on opposite sides in court cases. Mahoney (MacGyver) will write the pilot; Scott and Zucker produce through Scott Free Productions, along with CBS Television Studios.
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David Amann (Castle) will serve as exec producer/showrunner for NBC’s upcoming The Blacklist: Redemption. Spinoff is slated to launch midseason.
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Nickelodeon greenlit season three of The Loud House, currently the top animated kids’ show on television. The series is averaging a 3.4/985,000 among Kids 2-11 (up 38 percent over last year) and 3.3/585,000 with Kids 6-11 (up 48 percent), and delivering almost 2 million total viewers (1.8 million; up 29 percent).
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Season three of Bravo’s Ladies of London launches Tuesday, November 29 at 10p. Watch for rivalries, divorce, pregnancy, illness and, of course, family turmoil.
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Azteca America is launching new drama series Rabia, about a group of people who escape a quarantine after a rabies outbreak, on Tuesday, November 1 at 9p (check local listings).
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Booted Fox News chief Roger Ailes will be the focus of a limited series from Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), Blumhouse Television (The Jinx) and journalists Gabriel Sherman and Jennifer Stahl. The series ill be based on Sherman’s reporting, including allegations of sexual abuse and harassment.
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Bruno Mars will open the 2016 American Music Awards, airing Sunday, November 20 at 8p on ABC. It’s the first AMA performance for seven-time nominee Mars, who won Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist in 2011.
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El Rey and Cricket Wireless are teaming to bring Lucha Underground live events to three cities, featuring meet and greets, wrestling drama and a local Cricket branded store. First stop: Phoenix, on October 23, followed by Houston on October 30 and San Diego on November 5.
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Investigation Discovery’s fourth annual “Inspire a Difference” event, cohosted by Glamour, will recognize Maria Bello, Joy Behar and Dave Navarro, as well as their charity partners, for their commitment to raising awareness and providing resources and education to victims of crime and social injustices. Ceremony takes place October 26 in NYC.
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Following an episode of How It’s Made on Thursday, October 27 at 9p, Science Channel is airing How it’s Made: Halloween 2016 Special, followed at 10:30p by How It’s Made: Punkin Chunkin 2016 Special. That’s ahead of a Punkin Chunkin marathon on Saturday, October 29, starting at 11a.
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TV One’s News One Now is airing a two-part town hall special, Roland Martin Presents: Is School Choice the Black Choice?, on Friday, October 21 at 7a and Friday, October 28 at 7a. The event took place at Howard University, and explores the importance of school choice for African-American children.
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Charity event MasterChef Celebrity Showdown is set for January 2 at 8p on Fox, with competitors Kal Penn (Designated Survivor), Cheryl Hines (Son of Zorn), Jordana Brewster (Lethal Weapon) and Anthony Anderson (black-ish), among others. Stars play for their favorite charities.
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Logo doc Hungry, centered on female chefs and restaurateurs, premieres Thursday, November 17 at 9p.
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Modern Family’s Eric Stonestreet journeys to World War II battlefronts in the third installment of Travel Channel’s Celebrity Adventure Club on Wednesday, November 9 at 5p. Stonestreet starts his quest in Oahu, retracing the route the Japanese attack fleet flew over Battleship Row.
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Christopher Lloyd (Back the Future) will guest on season three of Syfy’s 12 Monkeys, as a charming but deadly cult leader.
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Alyssa Milano (Mistresses) is onboard season two of Netflix’s Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later. She joins returnees Bradley Cooper, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon and Janeane Garofalo, among others.
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Daniel DiTomasso (Witches of East End) will have some juggling to do. The actor has landed recurring roles on three series: NBC’s Timeless, TNT’s Major Crimes and Amazon’s Good Girls Revolt.
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Production is underway for Pop scripted comedy The Joey Mac Project, from CBS Television Studios. In addition to Mac, the series stars Adam Ray (MadTV), Jamie Denbo (Orange Is the New Black), Katie Wee (New Girl), Punam Patel (Toast) and Jordan Black (The Mindy Project).
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Multiplatform DanceOn, Mommy & Me Entertainment and go90 are teaming for reality series Raising Heaven, following six-year-old YouTube star Heaven King and her mother. Series premieres Monday, October 24, with a new episode available to stream every Monday on go90.
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Jodie Foster will direct and Rosemarie DeWitt will star in an a fourth season episode of Netflix anthology series Black Mirror, slated to return next year.
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Its second week in the Tuesday-at-9p slot, NBC’s This is Us earned 2.6 among A18-49 and 9.7 million viewers, ahead of lead-in The Voice in the demo (2.5 and 10.5 million total viewers).
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Fox newcomer Lethal Weapon rose over 3 million from its Live+SD ratings to hit .9 million vlewers in Live+7 numbers, and gain 53 percent among A18-49, to 2.6/10. Fellow frosh Pitch rose 60 percent in Live+7 to 1.6/5, and added 2 million viewers, to 5.6 million.
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New off-net syndication entry Last Man Standing was steady week to week at a 1.5 in its third outing, the session ending October 9.This put it in a sixth-place tie among sitcoms with sophomore 2 Broke Girls.
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The season 7 premiere of Discovery’s Gold Rush ranked as the #1 show on all of TV on Friday night among M18-49 and M18-34. It was also cable’s #1 telecast across all 25-54, 18-49 and 18-34 demos. The series scored a 2.12 P25-54 rating with 4.0 M total viewers P2+ on Friday, October 14 in Live+3.
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Food Network’s Halloween Baking Championship on Monday scored a .6 P25-54 (570,000 IMP), a gain of 65 percent versus year-ago and ranking #9 in the timeslot across all cable.Overall, Food Network’s Monday night was up 36 percent YOY, with season two of Halloween Baking Championship up 56 percent over season one.
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The third episode of this season’s Saturday Night Live averaged 7.016 million viewers, up 22 percent over last season’s October originals average. Among A18-49 the NBC late nighter drew a 1.98 rating in Live+SD, the best third season episode since 2013.
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Bravo’s The Real Housewives of OC was the most watched (P2+) episode of the season to-date, earning 1.8 million P18-49 (up 6 percent versus the prior week’s episode), 2 million P25-54 (up 3 percent) and 3.2 million total viewers (up 7 percent) in Live+3. The net’s Below Deck ranked as the highest rated episode in series history among all key demos , delivering 1.38 million P18-49 (up 9 percent versus the prior week’s episode), 1.55 million P25-54 (up 3 percent) and 2.47 million total viewers (up 5 percent).
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Oxygen’s Bad Girls Club was the most watched episode of the season to date among total viewers, delivering 894,000 total viewers (up 4 percent from the prior week) in Live+3.
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BROADWAY
The Front Page with Nathan Lane, John Goodman, and John Slattery is opening on Thursday October 20, 2016.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/front-page/
Frankie Valli And The Four Seasons On Broadway! is opening on Friday October 21, 2016.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/frankie-valli-and-four-seasons-broadway/
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