FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 11/21/16)
HGTV: Tiny Luxury (Premiere) at 9pm and 9:30pm
OUTDOOR CHANNEL: Back Country Rescue (Premiere) at 9pm and 9:30pm
VH1: Love & Hip Hop (Premiere) at 8pm
TBS: Search Party (Premiere) at 11pm
TLC: 90 Day Finance (Finale) at 9pm
Hayma Washington has been elected as Chairman and CEO of the Television Academy, the first African-American in the position. “This is a time of considerable change for our industry and I am deeply committed to ensuring that the Academy is at the forefront as we move towards a more inclusive future,” said Washington, who starts a two-year term in January.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bruno Mars also talked late night on Twitter, in his case to tout an upcoming appearance on CBS‘s The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke segment. “When an unstoppable force meets and immovable object @j_corden Thanks for the lift,” tweeted Mars. The Carpool seat is a hot ticket — Madonna also recently filmed.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Masi Oka is leaving Hawaii Five-0 after seven seasons. His character, Max, “had done too much of everything he can do,” Oka told EW.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lucky 8 TV, producer of A&E‘s 60 Days In and Behind Bars: Rookie Year, is developing a new documentary series following the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office new task force, formed to investigate unsolved crimes. The first case is a high school student found murdered after disappearing from a parking lot.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Freeform set the date for the premiere of the final season of Pretty Little Liars: Tuesday, April 18 at 8p. During the countdown to the big day, Freeform is releasing a clip from the previously aired episodes in chronological order, as well as photos and graphics across social accounts and PLLTV.com. The PPL premiere will be followed at 9p by the series launch of Famous in Love, starring Bella Thorne.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A&E‘s Gangland Undercover starts its 8-episode season 2 run on Thursday, December 8 at 10p. Scripted drama focuses on an informant on a mission to infiltrate three notorious biker gangs.
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TLC‘s Paranormal Lockdown returns Friday, December 16 at 9p with one-hour special Paranormal Lockdown: Evidence Revealed, highlighting evidence collected by investigators Nick Groff and Katrina Weidman during the docu-series’ freshman run. Season 2 launches at 10p, settling the following Friday into its regular 9p slot.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedy Central is going for a second season of Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City, for 2017. Season 1 finale airs Sunday. Hart has another series in the works at Comedy Central, as well as exec producing and starring in BET‘s Real Husbands of Hollywood. “We are pushing Kevin to develop a stronger work ethic,” said Comedy president Kent Alterman.
(Source: Cynopsis)
New York Women in Film and Television‘s 37th annual Muse Awards, recognizing the outstanding vision and achievement of women in the film, television and digital media industries, will take place Thursday, December 8, at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel. This year’s honorees are actresses Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds), Debi Mazar (Younger) and Martha Plimpton (The Real O’Neals), as well as Marcia Smith, co-founder and president of Firelight Media, and Jacki Kelley, COO of Bloomberg Media.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Part 2 of Animal Planet‘s Pet Nation Renovation shows the massive makeover of a shelter in Michigan on Friday, December 2 at 10p. Once-homeless dogs and cats have sponsors Quicken Loans, Ace Hardware and Delta Faucet to thank for over $100,000 worth of state-of-the-art kennels, a meet-and-greet area and a special cat apartment.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Justice Network is running a Thanksgiving Marathon of Beach Patrol and Ocean Force followed on Black Friday by a marathon of Masterminds and Cold Case, airing 9a-6p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Russell Hornsby (Grimm) landed a series regular role on Netflix crime drama Seven Seconds, along with Raul Castillo (Looking) and Zackary Momoh (A United Kingdom).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Justin Bartha (The Hangover) will be a series regular on CBS All Access‘ upcoming The Good Fight, as Chicago’s most eligible bachelor.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Maureen McCormick (The Brady Bunch) will guest star on upcoming comedy The Guest Book debuting on TBS in 2017.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Curtiss Cook (House of Cards) will recur on season 3 of Netflix drug drama Narcos, slated to launch in 2017.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sibylla Deen (Tyrant) will recur on season 4 of TNT‘s The Last Ship.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedian Brett Gelman (High Maintenance) will play a disgraced journalist-turned-conspiracy theorist on Netflix‘s Stranger Things, currently in production for season 2.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The season finale of FX‘s American Horror Story: Roanoke delivered 2.45 million viewers and a 1.3 rating among A18-49, a 10 percent jump in viewers and 18 percent rise in the demo versus the AHS: Hotel season ender.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC hit a 6-week Thursday high with 1.5/5, up 15 percent versus the week prior, and delivered 5.7 million viewers with winter finales of Grey’s Anatomy and How to Get Away With Murder.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Latin Grammy Awards on Univision Thursday delivered an average 3.2 million total viewers and 1.6 million among A18-49, and was the number 3 broadcast net among A18-34, with 718,000 viewers in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Actress Lisa Lynn Masters died while traveling in Peru. She was 52. Masters, who had been struggling with depression, appeared on shows including The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Gossip Girl, Nashville and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. “We hope that the industry can mourn her death without details,” said Masters’ spokesperson.
(Source: Cynopsis)
2016 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
http://www.theamas.com/winners/2016-winners/
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them – $75 million
Doctor Strange – $17.7 million
Trolls – $17.5 million
Arrival – $11.8 million
Almost Christmas – $7 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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