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BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Barbara Walters Presents (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: A Crime To Remember (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Knocked Up (Premiere) at 10pm
OXYGEN: The Battle of the Ex-Besties (Premiere) at 11pm
REELZ: Gangsters: America’s Most Evil (Premiere) at 9pm
TELEMUNDO: El Chema (Premiere) at 10pm
BET: Ink, Paper, Scissors (Finale) at 10pm
BRAVO: Below Deck (Finale) at 8pm
COMEDY: Drunk History (Finale) at 10:30pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Barnwood Builders (Finale) at 9pm
POP: American Supergroup (Finale) at 11pm
SPIKE: Ink Masters (Finale) at 10pm
WEATHER: 23.5 Degrees (Finale) at 11pm
First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell to the White House An Oprah Winfrey Special airs Monday, December 19 at 8p on CBS, with OWN airing a second showing on Wednesday, December 21 at 9p. The special, to be taped later this month, will feature Winfrey speaking to the First Lady for her final one-on-one interview inside the White House.
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It’s official! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has chosen Jimmy Kimmel to host the 2017 Oscars. The ceremony is set for Sunday, February 26 on ABC. Last year’s show was hosted by Chris Rock.
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Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie signed a multi-year deal to extend her stay with the morning show, according to reports. NBC News has yet to confirm the new pact. Guthrie recently left on maternity leave, ahead of the birth of her second child.
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The WGA announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio and promotional writing during 2016. In the TV drama series category, cable and streaming services dominated with The Americans (FOX), AMC’s Better Call Saul, HBO’s Game of Thrones, Netflix’s Stranger Things and Westworld (HBO). Comedy series followed the same pattern with Atlanta (FX), Silicon Valley (HBO), Transparent (Amazon), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) and Veep (HBO). In the new series category, NBC’s This is Us was the sole broadcast nominee, alongside Atlanta (FX), Better Things (FX) and Westworld (HBO). Winners will be announced at the 2017 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 19, at ceremonies in New York and Los Angeles.
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Comcast NBCUniversal will offer a video description service during Hairspray Live! so the visually impaired can experience the broadcast on Wednesday, December 7 at 8p. Last year, NBC made history when The Wiz Live! was the first live entertainment program in U.S. history to include video description narration. “Comcast NBCUniversal is a trailblazer in the area of accessibility and digital inclusion; this is yet another example of their commitment to ensuring people with vision loss have equal access to entertainment and news,” said Kirk Adams, president and CEO of the American Foundation for the Blind.
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Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2017 expands its annual New Year’s Eve tradition with coverage from New Orleans, in its first-ever Central Time Zone countdown. The live segments will include exclusive performances from the Allstate Fan Fest and interviews leading up to the midnight countdown and fleur-de-lis drop near Jackson Square to ring in 2017. Show airs Saturday, December 31 beginning at 8p on ABC.
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The 2017 Billboard Music Awards return to ABC and will be broadcast live on Sunday, May 21 at 8p. The program showcases the year’s hottest musical acts, big performances and buzzworthy pop culture moments.
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Texas A&M class of ’91 alumnus Roland S. Martin is set to host his TV One daily news program, NewsOne Now, live from campus today and Wednesday, December 7 at 7a. Dubbed by the university as “an opportunity to stand together in unwavering conviction that Aggies are strongest when united,” Aggies United is scheduled opposite white nationalist and “alt-right” leader Richard Spencer’s speaking engagement, which is also being held on campus.
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Legion makes its series premiere on FX on Wednesday, February 8 at 10p. Based on the Marvel Comic by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, Legion tells the story of David Haller (Dan Stevens), a troubled young man who may be more than human.
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Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman welcome a new batch of bakers when Kids Baking Championship returns to Food Network on Monday, January 2 at 8p. During the ten-week competition, the kid contestants (ranging in age from 9 to 12) must show off their baking skills and creativity for a chance to win a $25,000 grand prize.
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Building on the success of Dive Into Summer, Travel Channel debuts Dive Into Winter on Sunday, January 1 at 9p. Series features water thrills, beach destinations and water slides. “Dive Into Summer set the network on an exciting and successful course,” said Courtney White, SVP, Programming. “This fresh block of water-inspired programming is a fantasy escape from the everyday.”
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AMC drama Humans makes its sophomore season debut on Monday, February, 13 at 10p. The series, set in a parallel present, explores what happens when the lines between humans and machines are blurred.
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The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses returns to PBS/THIRTEEN’s Great Performances for three consecutive Sundays beginning December 11 at 9p. Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugh Bonneville, Dame Judi Dench, Tom Sturridge, Sophie Okonedo and Keeley Hawes, the three-part television series explores Shakespeare’s Henry VI.
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Gabrielle Union returns as Mary Jane Paul for a fourth season of Being Mary Jane, bowing Tuesday, January 10 at 9p on BET. Will Packer joins the show as EP, with Erica Shelton Kodish (The Good Wife) serving as EP/showrunner.
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CBS Sports NFL Today analyst Boomer Esiason hosts MVP: Sports Stars and Their Most Valuable Pets, on Sunday, December 25 at 4p on CBS. The one-hour special features all-star athletes, including NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, NFL’s quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, Olympic gold medalist Shaun White and golfer Michelle Wie, sharing their love for their canine companions.
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Former pro basketball star Jayson Williams says he was “being a coward” when he tried covering up the drunken incident in which he shot his limousine driver to death. In a profile of his recovery on 60 Minutes Sports, airing tonight at 8p on Showtime, Williams appears in his first extended television interview since his release from prison.
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FilmRise acquired North American distribution rights to Nancy Buirski’s By Sidney Lumet, a documentary exploring the life and work of legendary film director. The film will make its U.S. broadcast premiere on American Masters on Tuesday, January 3 on PBS. Check local listings.
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getTV presents a weeklong 24-hour-a-day yuletide marathon starting at 12p on Sunday December 18 and running through Sunday, December 25. Programming includes Christmas movies, variety specials and series.
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Alexandra Breckenridge (The Walking Dead) landed a recurring role on NBC‘s This Is Us. She’ll play Sophie, one of Kate’s childhood pals.
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Zoe Perry boards Scandal in a recurring role for the ABC show’s upcoming sixth season. Details about her character are being kept under wraps.
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YouTube ordered The Keys of Christmas, starring Mariah Carey and YouTube music sensation Rudy Mancuso. The holiday special features original performances by Carey, Ciara, DJ Khaled and Fifth Harmony, and shepherds Mancuso on a magical adventure of the true meaning of Christmas. Show debuts on YouTube Red on December 19.
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The season finale of Freeform’s Ben & Lauren: Happily Ever After? surged to by double digits week-to-week among key target demos boasting 5-week Live+3 day ratings highs in Total Viewers (up 18 percent to 568,000), A18-49 (up 10 percent to 333,000) and W18-49 (up 14 percent to 244,000). Overall, the show wrapped as Freeform’s #2 unscripted series on record in A 25-54 and Women 25-54.
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The “You Watch. We Give” episode of Pit Bulls and Parolees on November 26 drove Animal Planet into the Top Five among cable’s ad-supported networks (#5) among W18-49 during its time period in L+3. The special episode also scored a .63 rating among A25-54, breaking into ad-supported cable’s Top 10 in its time period (#8) and ranking as the #1 most social show on cable in primetime (excluding sports) and #2 overall.
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FOX’s Lucifer (1.7/5 Live+3) grew 13 percent to its highest rated telecast in six weeks. The series was up 8 percent week-to-week (6.5 million vs. 6.0 million) to its highest 3-day Total Multi-Platform Audience since this season’s premiere (7.0 million, 9/19/16).
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The season finale of OWN drama Queen Sugar delivered 2.76 million viewers and a 2.62 W25-54 rating in Live+3, and ranked as Wednesday night’s #1 cable telecast for women, up 4 precent in W25-54 and 7 percent in total viewers versus the prior six-week average.
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Tom Gorke was promoted to Executive Vice President, Content Distribution, of Viacom, Inc., replacing Denise Denso, who is exiting the company. Gorke had been Executive Vice President Sales and Business Development for Viacom Media Networks and BET Networks.
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Van Williams, star of the 1960s TV show Green Hornet, died November 28 in Scottsdale, AZ, of kidney failure. He was 82.
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