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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 12/23/16)
TLC: Alaska Haunting: Dead of Winter (Premiere) at 10pm
CW: Terry Crews Saves Christmas (Finale) at 9pm
FOOD NETWORK: Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (Finale) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 12/24/16)
NBC: It’s A Wonderful Life at
ABC: Disney Prep & Landing at 8pm
ABC: Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice at 8:30pm
ABC: CMA Country Christmas (Premiere) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 12/25/16)
A&E: Hoarders Overload (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD NETWORK: Guy’s Grocery Games (Finale) at 8pm
Newly anointed Viacom CEO Bob Bakish will take the reins at MTV, Comedy Central and Spike TV upon the January 12 exit of Music and Entertainment Group President Doug Herzog. Chris McCarthy, who oversees MTV, VH1 and Logo, Comedy Central head Kent Alterman and Spike TV president Kevin Kay will now report directly to Bakish. Herzog announced on Wednesday his intention to step down after 25 years at the company, saying in an internal memo, “It was a helluva run, and I would wish it on anyone. I loved every minute of it.”
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Reacting to a series of tweets from Grey’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo that were harshly critical of its upcoming docu-series Generation KKK (“Shame on you”; “We shouldn’t be giving a platform to ignorance”), A&E clarified that the show is about “extracting families from the KKK & exposing hate,” and has the support of the ADL (Anti-Defamation League). Responded Pompeo, “Okay if that what it is PLEASE promote it as such.” The ADL confirmed, “We worked closely @AETV on its documentary series.”
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The number of scripted TV series just keeps growing. FX Networks Research estimates 455 aired this year on broadcast, up 8 percent over last year’s 421, and 71 percent more than the 266 in 2011. The number of broadcast, premium cable and basic cable shows dropped, but the dip was more than made up for by a jump from 46 to 93 shows on streaming services.
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Nancy Dubuc, president and CEO of A+E Networks, will deliver the opening keynote at NATPE Miami next month, while Viacom CEO Bob Backish will headline the NATPE Platforms track. Bob Saget (Full House) has been tapped to host the Reality Breakthrough Awards. The marketplace takes place January 17-19.
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Alan Thicke died of a ruptured aorta and “standard type A aortic dissection,” according to a death certificate obtained by People. The Growing Pains star, 69, had complained of chest pain while playing hockey with his son Carter, and died shortly after being taken to the hospital on December 13.
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Madeline Di Nonno has been named the new Board Chair of the Television Academy Foundation. Di Nonno, CEO of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, succeeds Robert Cook.
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Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek paid tribute to a contestant who died of cancer at age 41 after taping a winning streak that earned her $105,803. “For the past six Jeopardy! programs, you folks have been getting to know the talented champion, Cindy Stowell,” said Trebek on Wednesday. “Appearing on the show was the fulfillment of a lifelong ambition for that lady. What you did not know is that when we taped these programs with her a few weeks ago, she was suffering from Stage IV cancer and sadly, on Dec. 5, Cindy Stowell passed away. So from all of us here at Jeopardy!, our sincere condolences to her family and her friends.” Stowell had said she planned to donate her winnings to cancer research.
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NBC is developing a workplace comedy from Ed Helms’ Pacific Electric Picture Company starring Anjelah Johnson (MadTV). We the People centers on an LA case officer who helps people gain their citizenship.
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The show will go on – at least for now – on Univision. An LA Superior Court judge rejected a proposed injunction from the estate of Jenni Rivera aimed at halting a series, Su verdadero nombre era Dolores (Her Real Name Was Dolores), based on the late superstar’s life. The complaint against Rivera’s former manager, Pete Salgado, and several production companies (but not Univision) claims Salgado broke a non-disclosure agreement he signed in 2013. Rivera died in a plane crash in 2012.
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Smithsonian Channel is ready to make your skin crawl with Crazy Monster, premiering Wednesday, January 4 at 8p. First topic: Spiders.
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Teen Mom 2 is back on MTV Monday, January 2 at 9p, followed by the returns of Teen Wolf and Sweet/Vicious on Tuesday, January 3 at 9p after a holiday hiatus.
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getTV pays tribute to the late David Bowie with a broadcast of his 1975 appearance on Cher, Monday, January 9 at 10p. The rock icon passed away January 10 of this year. A month-long Cher streak also features Muhammad Ali and Carol Burnett.
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MTV Live will air a tribute to artists who passed this year, beginning Monday, December 26th and continuing throughout the week.
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Bounce TV acquired the Trumpet Awards, an annual event celebrating African-American achievements and contributions. The network will own, produce and premiere the event annually, as well as syndicate it to television stations nationally and internationally. The 25th Anniversary Trumpet Awards will air Sunday, January 29 at 9p, following a black-tie ceremony in Atlanta on January 21.
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Canal 22 Mexico’s holiday programming begins tonight at 8p, with Luciano Pavarotti performing Christmas songs, accompanied by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.
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All 10 episodes of NBC’s This Is Us will air on sister net USA. The binge opportunity starts Saturday, January 7 at 1p with the pilot episode airing simultaneously on NBCUni’s USA, Bravo and E!, with episodes continuing on USA through 11p.
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CBS’s Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley delivered 6.33 million viewers, up 15 percent versus the same Sunday last year, and was the show’s best audience delivery since April. Pauley took over from Charles Osgood in September.
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CBS’s Undercover Boss was back for its eighth season Wednesday with 5.9 million viewers and a 1.1 rating among A18-49, leading in the demo and even with Code Black in audience, but down from its 6.4 million/1.2 season 7 average.
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Valerie Fairman, who appeared during season 2 of MTV’s 16 and Pregnant in 2010, died December 21 at age 23. Her death is under investigation.
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MOVIES
Sing (Animated) – Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John Reilly, Aaron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Jennifer Saunders, Jennifer Hudson, Jay Pharaoh, Leslie Jones
Passengers – Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, Andy Garcia, Vince Foster, Kara Flowers, Conor Brophy
Assassin’s Creed – Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Michael Williams, Charlotte Rampling, Denis Menochet, Ariane Labed
Why Him? – James Franco, Bryan Cranston, ZoeyDeutch, Megan Mullally, Griffin Gluck, Keegan-Michael Key, Adam Devine, Zack Pearlman
Patriots Day (Limited Release) – Mark Wahlberg, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Beach, Christopher O’Shea, Rachel Brosnahan
A Monster Calls (Limited Release) – Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Ben Moor, James Melville, Oliver Steer, Dominic Boyle
Silence (Limited Release) – Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Ciaran Hinds, Liam Neeson, Nana Komatsu, Issei Ogata, Shin’ya Tsukamoto
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