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E!: Total Bellas (Finale) at 8pm
TV ONE: Unsung Hollywood: Joe & Guy Torry (Premiere) at 8pm
A spinoff of The Goldbergs, set in the 1990s and starring Bryan Callen, who recurs as high school gym teacher Rick Mellor, is in the works at ABC. The network is teaming with the sitcom’s creator, Adam F. Goldberg on the project, which will center on two high school teachers who become unlikely father figures to the school secretary’s three misfit kids.
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CBS is reportedly is getting more serious about a possible merger with Viacom. According to the Wall Street Journal, CBS has hired financial advisors Moelis & Co. and Goldman Sachs to investigate what a merger might look like. Rumors that the companies might try to reunite have been rumbling since their corporate separation in 2006.
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James L. Brooks will receive the Producers Guild of America’s 2017 Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television. The award will be presented at the 28th Annual Producers Guild Awards ceremony on January 28 in Los Angeles. “For decades, Jim Brooks has brought memorable characters, big laughs and above all, a profound sense of humanity into our homes,” said awards chairs Donald De Line and Amy Pascal.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures are producing two comedies via Sony Pictures TV. One is superhero sidekick-themed project written by Mike Rosolio (Lemmings) at FOX. The other, written by Brad Copeland (Life In Pieces), is about the Illuminati society, the subject of conspiracy theories, at ABC. Both have received script commitment plus penalty.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Patti LaBelle shares her passion for cooking in Patti LaBelle’s Place. Special guests include Estelle, Kirk Franklin, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Gayle King and Joe Zee; series premieres with two back-to-back episodes on Saturday, December 3 at 11a on Cooking Channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Wives with Knives bows Friday, November 25 at 9p on ID. Series recounts real stories of women who stabbed their significant others, some of them fatally.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Cooks vs. Cons returns Wednesday, November 23 at 9p on Food Network. Geoffrey Zakarian hosts each episode as four contestants, two professional chefs and two con artists, conceal their true identities as they race against the clock to whip up restaurant quality dishes.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Family Channel celebrates its 14th annual Stand UP! Bullying Awareness Week campaign with a week of special programming. The event features new episodes of bullying-themed episodes from series, messages from the net’s stars sharing their experiences with bullying, and exclusive footage from the 2016 Stand UP! Rally Tour. Programs air weekdays starting at 4p from Monday, November 14 through Sunday, November 20.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MeTV salutes timeless comedy M*A*S*H with “Me TV Remembers the M*A*S*H Finale,” airing 7p to 10p on Veteran’s Day, Friday, November 11. Viewers can find out where to watch MeTV locally at MeTV.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jay Harrington (Better Off Ted) booked a recurring role on Code Black. He’ll appear as Dr. Leo Fields on Season 2 of the CBS medical drama.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ida Marie Nielsen landed the role of Margrethe, a young Viking servant and love interest for one of the lead characters, on Vikings. She’ll appear in the second half of the History series’ fourth season, premiering November 30.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” original movie The Mistletoe Promise (Saturday, November 5) averaged a 3.3 HH rating and 3.9 million Total Viewers, while A Perfect Christmas (Sunday, November 6) averaged a 3.0 HH rating and 3.5 million Total Viewers. The two projects became the network’s first and second highest-rated and most-watched original movie premieres of 2016.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Last week’s season 11 finale of The Real Housewives of Orange County ranked as the highest rated episode of the season among P18-49 and P25-54, earning 1.8 million P18-49 (up 2 percent versus the prior week’s episode), 2 million P25-54 (up 4 percent) and 3.1 million total viewers (up slightly). Among P25-54, this was the highest rated episode in over 3 years.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The premiere of VH1’s Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party delivered 1.7 million total viewers and a 1.2 rating among A18-49, the best launch for a new cable unscripted franchise this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Science Channel had its highest rated October among both A25-54 and Total Viewers in Live+3 during October 2016 in Total Day.The network also set all-time October records for Total Day among W25-54 and was up double digits among all three demos, A25-54 (10 percent), Total Viewers (11 percent) and W 25-54 (33 percent), versus October 2015.
(Source: Cynopsis)
For the first time in more than two years, syndicated Extra (1.3, steady) caught up to TMZ (new season low 1.3, down 13 percent). Entertainment Tonight (3.3, up 3 percent) topped the genre for the 13th consecutive week. The Insider (1.2, up 9 percent) was the only other magazine to move up.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Four of the top five talkers jumped from week-to-week in the session ending October 30. Dr. Phil (3.5 live plus same day national Nielsen rating, up 6 percent from the week before) won the talk show race in a rout for the eighth week in a row, clocking its second highest number of the season. Also enjoying significant gains was Live with Kelly (2.5, up 4 percent), equaling its season high.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Judge Judy (7.0, up 1 percent) continued to preside. Meanwhile, Hot Bench (2.4, up 9 percent) was the fourth highest rated strip in daytime, behind only Judy, Dr. Phil and Live with Kelly.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The debut of IFC’s Stan Against Evil attracted 679,000 total viewers, including 318,000 A18-49, across a back-to-back Halloween Night sneak and its November 2 premiere. In addition, the premiere night audience grew by 71 percent in total views and 78 percent in A18-49 within three days.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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