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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 1/4/18)
CMT: Nashville (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Killing Fields: Murder Isle (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: The Interrogation Room (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: The Four: Battle for Stardom (Premiere) at 8pm
FYI: Waterfront House Hunting (Premiere) at 9pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: We Bought The Farm (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Betrayed (Premiere) at 10pm
INSP: The Cowboy Way: Alabama (Premiere) at 8pm
LIFETIME: Project Runway All Stars (Premiere) at 9pm
POP: Impact Wrestling (Premiere) at 8pm
SCIENCE CHANNEL: Building Giants (Premiere) at 9pm
SCIENCE CHANNEL: Mega Machines (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Van Helsing (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Ghost Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: Containables (Premiere) at 10pm
VICELAND: Beerland (Premiere) at 10pm

Season 5 of Freeform’s The Fosters will be its last, but it’s not the end of the road for everyone. The series will conclude with a 3-night limited series finale event next summer, leading into a spin-off following the lives of Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) and Callie (Maia Mitchell). The Fosters returns for season 5B on Tuesday, January 9 at 8p.
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Kate Beckinsdale will star in thriller The Widow, co-produced by Amazon and ITV. The 8-parter follows a woman who sees her supposedly late husband on the news, and takes a dangerous and far-flung journey to find out the truth about her past. Beckinsdale previously starred in Amazon Studios’ The Only Living Boy in New York and Love & Friendship.
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Millennials are overwhelmed by the number of OTT options, according to Ooyala’s State of the Broadcast Industry 2018 report, and are not completely happy with their current OTT services. Consumer frustration will drive improvements in streamlined authentification, better content curation, personalization and easier search and discover, predicts Ooyala. “TV viewing is continuing to go to a much more personalized, one-to-one experience,” said Belsasar Lepe, co-founder and SVP of products and solutions. “Where previously you might have sat with your family and consumed your favorite show together, it’s going to be online and much more personalized with additional features such as virtual and augmented reality.” The report draws on research from Ooyala as well as other organizations.
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Among the TV nominees for the 68^th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, honoring outstanding editing, are episodes of comedies black-ish, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Portlandia, Will & Grace (commercial television), and Curb Your Enthusiasm, Glow and Veep (non-commercial television), as well as dramas Better Call Saul and Fargo (commercial TV) and Big Little Lies, Game of Thrones, Handmaid’s Tale and Stranger Things (non-commercial TV). Voting ends January 18.
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A stamp set featuring Game of Thrones characters will go on sale in the UK January 23 in post offices (and can be pre-ordered on the Royal Mail web site). Additional stamp offerings include giants, dragons and direwolves. The HBO drama’s eighth and final season is expected to launch next year.
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Showtime ordered a third season of The Circus, set to premiere April 15 at 8p with a run of new episodes airing in the spring and another in the fall. The docu-series will continue offering real-time backstage perspectives on American politics, society, and culture, but with a new permanent host: Alex Wagner (The Atlantic) joins John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon. Wagner replaces Mark Halperin, who was forced out of the Circus riing, among other jobs, following allegations of past sexual harassment.
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Fox music competition show The Four: Battle for Stardom, from ITV Entertainment in association with Armoza Formats, makes its debut tonight.  The panel of judges for for the 6-parter includes record producers Sean “Diddy” Combs and DJ Khaled, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor and record label exec Charlie Walk – a lineup that sets the show apart, according to executive producer and president of ITV America, David George. “While there are several music competition shows on the air, only The Four has attracted a panel of judges with skin in the game,” George tells Cynopsis. “They’re not just looking for a ‘winner,’ but talent they can mentor and guide as a major act to break in the music industry. This isn’t just a feel-good music show; it’s a cut-throat competition for the contestants and our panel, who have a lot on the line professionally.”
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New Reelz series, World’s Most Evil Killers, kicks off Friday, January 12 at 8p with the story of Jeffrey Dahmer – sentenced to 957 years in prison for his horrific crimes, but killed after 2. Encore airs at 11p.
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Toni and Candace open up their own women’s health clinic, Spyke decides it’s time to bring punk music back to the main scene, Cath and Dave attempt to survive an Escape Room, and The Goths give a heartfelt eulogy – status quo on Portlandia when the IFC comedy returns for its eighth and final season Thursday, January 18 at 10p.
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Annalise Keating and Olivia Pope will share the screen during crossover episodes of ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder and Scandal. Scandal creator Shonda Rimes and HTGAWM creator Peter Nowalk broke the news with posts of the same screen shot of a crossover script featuring the TGIT leading ladies. New installments return Thursday, January 18.
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Smithsonian Channel will share the story of UK’s Crown Jewels and the ancient ceremony for which they are used in The Coronation. One-hour special in partnership with the BBC and Australian Broadcasting Corporation premieres Sunday, January 14 at 8p.
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The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills will feature an exhibit with costumes, art, photography and more from upcoming TNT limited series, The Alienist, set in the underbelly of NYC’s “Golden Age.” Exhibit opens to the public Saturday, January 13; series debuts Monday, January 22.
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Olivia Munn will host the 2018 Critic’s Choice Awards, set for Thursday, January 11 on The CW. Last year the show aired on A&E in December.
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Game Show Network special Cover Story: The Press Your Luck Scandal tells the story of the air conditioning repairman who cracked the game board algorithm and walked away with $110,000 in cash and prizes. After the doc airs Sunday, January 14 at 7p, GSN will air the original Press Your Luck episodes at 8p and 8:30p.
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There’s a 40% chance that corporate tax reform will lead Apple to buy Netflix, according to analysts from Citigroup. “Historically, Apple has avoided repatriating cash to the U.S. to avoid high taxation,” said the analysts’ note. “As such, tax reform may allow Apple to put this cash to use. With over 90% of its cash sitting overseas, a one-time 10% repatriation tax would give Apple $220 billion for M&A or buybacks.” Forbes begs to differ, noting Apple’s reported $1 billion investment to create its own original scripted TV shows.
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Speaking of, Apple grabbed Are You Sleeping, from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. Thriller drama project stars Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures).
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Netflix announced a sequel to sci-fi film Bright, which arrived on the streaming service December 22 to (ahem) mixed reviews, but was one of Netflix’s biggest original launches with 11 million viewers over its first 3 days. David Ayer will write and direct, and Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless will produce.
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Daytime talker The Real was renewed by Fox Television Stations for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons on their O&Os in 17 markets. In addition to the 12 million social interactions the series boasted last season (and is on pace to beat handily this season), The Real has the youngest average age of syndie talkers, at 51.
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Discovery’s Deadliest Catch, which made its syndicated cable premiere on Outdoor Channel with a New Year’s Day marathon, lands in its regular Outdoor timeslot on Monday, January 8 at 8p.
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The election may be over, but interest in current events hasn’t waned. Viewing on the big 3 cable news nets was up 15% in 2017, reported Pivotal Research Group’s Brian Wieser. Based on Nielsen numbers, MSNBC was up a whopping 49%, Fox News rose 8% and CNN had a 4% lift. The big 3 broadcast nets’ news programming slipped 7% post-election.
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Fox appears to be moving in the right direction with LA to Vegas. The midseason comedy launched Tuesday to 3.8 million viewers and a 1.1 rating among A18-49, the net’s highest-rated premiere night since premiere week.
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CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen was its most-watched New Year’s Eve special ever, and topped cable nets in the late night time slot. Versus last year’s Cooper/Kathy Griffin pairing, the show was up +8% in total viewers (to 3.28 million).
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Tuesday’s Season 6 premiere of Married at First Sight was the highest rated telecast of the series on Lifetime in key demos, and outperformed last season’s premiere among total viewers (+12%), A25-54 (+29%), W25-54 (+27%), A18-49 (+31%) and W18-49 (+36%).
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A&E’s Intervention: The Heroin Triangle debut on Tuesday saw double-digit growth in total viewers (+17%), A25-54 (+16%) and A18-49 (+17%) versus Intervention’s 2017 average.
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CBS daytimer Let’s Make a Deal 1 delivered 3.46 million viewers and Let’s Make a Deal 2 drew 4.02 million, the best weekly Live+SD averages in almost 2 years.
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BROADWAY
Junk is closing on Sunday January 7, 2018.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/junk/

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 12/28/17)
FREEFORM: Movie Night with Karlie Kloss (Premiere) at 6:30pm
FOX: Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: A Bad Boy Story (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: The Perfect Suspect (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL CHANNEL: Mysteries at the Museum (Premiere) at 9pm
POP: IMPACT Wrestling (Finale) at 8pm
WE TV: Tamar & Vince (Finale) at 9pm

BROADWAY
Elf The Musical is closing on Friday December 29, 2017.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/elf-musical-msg/

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 12/14/17)
ABC: Olaf’s Frozen Adventure (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: Disney Prep & Landing at 8:30pm
COOKING CHANNEL: Gooey (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: Taraji’s White Hot Holidays (Premiere) at 9pm
FYI: Prefab Nation (Premiere) at 11pm
NAT. GEO. WILD: Safari Live (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Vintage Flip (Finale) at 11pm
ID: Blood Relatives (Finale) at 9pm 

Fox is airing a live ad for 20 Century Fox film The Greatest Showman during Sunday’s A Christmas Story Live!. In the 2 ½ -minute spot, Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Zendaya and Keala Settle will perform a song from the P.T. Barnum biopic, accompanied by 150 dancers, on a soundstage on the Warner Bros. lot adjacent to the soundstage housing A Christmas Story. “We are creating what we expect will be a memorable performance providing energy and excitement,” said Michelle Marks, SVP of marketing and global media promotions for 20^th Century Fox Film. “The first-ever live commercial for a feature film is one that P.T. Barnum would have been proud of.”
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Netflix nabbed the most SAG Award nominations yesterday, racking up19. Among shows, the leaders were HBO’s Big Little Lies, and Netflix’s GLOW and Stranger Things, which each collected 4 noms. Comedy Series Ensemble nominees included ABC’s black-ish, HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm and Veep, and Netflix’s GLOW and Orange Is the New Black. Up for Drama Ensemble are Netflix’s The Crown and Stranger Things, HBO’s Game of Thrones, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, and NBC’s This Is Us. For a complete list of TV nominees, go here.
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Sean Hayes, the only actor nominated from NBC’s Will & Grace, had this to say about being named alongside black-ish’s Anthony Anderson, Master of None’s Aziz Ansari, Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Larry David, Shameless’ William Macy and GLOW’s Marc Maron, for Male Actor in a Comedy Series: “I am so honored to be recognized in this category with these extraordinary actors. I love acting because I love actors. I also like to bake sometimes.”
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Neil Cavuto will host a 2-hour Saturday news program, Cavuto Live, debuting January 20 at 10a on Fox News. The show will feature a breakdown of the major business and politics headlines, with a rotating panel of industry experts. With his added role, Cavuto will be helming 17 hours of live programming across FNC and Fox Business Network. Which is fine by him. “During the week, I live for live,” says Cavuto. “It only seems fitting in these fast-moving times, I make weekend coverage the same. The news demands it, and viewers deserve it.”
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Omarosa Manigault Newman, who met President Trump as a troublemaking contestant on The Apprentice in 2004, and later became the director of communications for the White House Office of Public Liaison, is out. While White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters yesterday that Manigault Newman resigned “to pursue other opportunities” effective January 20, American Urban Radio Networks reporter and CNN contributor April Ryan tweeted a different story. “Okay the White House still contends Omarosa signed a resignation letter,” said Ryan. “But Gen Kelly Kicked her out with high drama with the Minister offering vulgarities and curse words as she was escorted out of the building and off campus.” The Wall Street Journal reported she was “physically dragged and escorted off campus.” But New York Times reporter Yamiche Alcindor tweeted that a White House source said Manigault Newman will be on staff as she finishes up her work, and “that person disputes that she was escorted out.”
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A new TiVo survey shows the pace of customers cutting the cable cord is slowing. “The number of those cutting cable within the preceding year has been trending upward with an increase of nearly 3 percentage points y/y; however this quarter’s survey results mark the first quarter since Q3 2016 to see a slight decrease,” says the report. When asked if they planned to change pay TV providers in the next 6 months, 5.4% of respondents said they planned to cut their pay TV service, 7.7% planned to change providers, 5.8% intended to switch to an online service or app, and 27.5% said … “maybe.”
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Comedy Central acquired all 9 seasons of The Office from NBCUniversal, and will launch the Dundler Mifflin crew with an all-day marathon on Monday, January 15. Select episodes will be available to stream on cc.com and the CC app.
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USA renewed Mr. Robot for season 4. Series creator Sam Esmail shared the good news in Instagram yesterday, saying, “Calm down, everyone. #MrRobot season_4.0 writers’ room is officially open for business.”
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ABC tops the list of broadcast networks when it comes to employing Asian-Americans on primetime network TV, scoring an overall grade of “B” from the Asian Pacific American Media Coalition. CBS received a B-, NBC a C+, and Fox an incomplete, for lack of data. “This past season and the current 2017-2018 season are setting new standards for representation, although there were many missed opportunities for inclusion,” said APAMC chairman Daniel Mayeda. “We look forward to working with the networks to continue to elevate the presence of Asians and Pacific Islanders in all categories, with a particular emphasis on shows on which we are able to tell our own stories by having leading roles.”
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Paramount Network and mitu, the digital brand for Latino millennials, are teaming to develop a sketch comedy series, Browntown.  Mitu co-founders Doug Greiff and Beatriz Acevedo will exec produce the series, based on a format Greiff created featuring a multicultural cast of emerging comics, improv actors, influencers and celebrity cameos.
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Season 3 of Animal Planet’s The Vet Life bows Saturday, January 13 at 10p. The premiere follows the Cy-Fair Animal Hospital reopening after Hurricane Harvey.
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Cody Harris and Chris “Booger” Brown are back in the saddle for season 2 of INSP reality show The Cowboy Way: Alabama, launching Thursday, January 4 at 8p. And this time around, their wives are along for the ride.
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NFL Football Fanatic kicks off with back-to-back episodes on USA Network Monday, January 1 at 11p. Eight-parter follows Scottish-born Darren McMullen as he crosses the country delving into the culture of the NFL fan.
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Vibrant TV renewed World of Freesports with German producer/distributor quattro media. Series offers action sports like surfing, snowboarding, climbing and kayaking.
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Cartoon Network will start the new year with the series premiere of Unikitty! on Monday, January 1 at 6a; 6 episodes will rotate throughout the day. New episodes then air Fridays at 6:30p, after premiere episodes of The Amazing World of Gumball and We Bare Bears at 6p.
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ID’s Murder Is Forever, a 6-part true crime series based on upcoming paperbacks from best-selling author James Patterson, makes its debut Monday, January 22 at 10p. “My goal for both the books and television show was to create a groundbreaking series that shatters the true crime mold and attracts the widest possible audience,” said Patterson. “These stories won’t disappoint readers or viewers – and they’ll be shocked that they actually happened.” Henry Schleiff, group president of ID, AHC and Destination America, said readers and viewers “will no doubt agree that truth is stranger than fiction.”
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Lip Sync Battle is going live on Thursday, January 18 at 9p, for a one-hour special event celebrating some of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits. Show will air on Paramount Network (by then formerly Spike TV).
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Romantic adventure film The Rendezvous, starring Stana Katic (Castle) and Raza Jaffrey (Homeland) makes its TV debut on Showtime Saturday, December 16 at 9p.
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The series finale of Nat Geo’s The Long Road Home airs Tuesday, December 19 at 10p, followed by a companion documentary spotlighting Jorge Diaz, who plays Spc. Israel Garza in the event series based on the Martha Raddatz best-seller. The Long Road Home relives a heroic fight for survival during the Iraq War, when the 1^st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood was ambushed in Baghdad on what came to be known as “Black Sunday.”
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Red Nose Day is returning to NBC with a special night of programming on Thursday, May 24, with partners Walgreens, M&M’s and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation onboard. Since its launch in 2015, Red Nose Day in the U.S. has raised over $100 million to help children in need.
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ABC’s Designated Survivor makes its midseason 2 return on Wednesday, February 28 at 10p. Winter finale aired last night.
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Colton Haynes will reprise his role on CW’s Arrow as Roy Harper for a short arc… Abby Miller (The Sinners) will recur and Bruce Davison (The Fosters) guest star on season 2 of Bravo’s Imposters….SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris (Beverly Hills, 90210) will guest on CBS’ NCIS as the mother of a high school student who witnessed a crime….Jon Fletcher (Genius) landed a recurring role on NBC’s upcoming thriller Reverie.
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Megyn Kelly’s 9a hour of Today on Monday had its fourth-best rated day since premiering in June, despite a pre-emption in New York for the subway bombing. Kelly’s show featured 3 of the women who have accused President Trump of sexual harassment or assault.
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National TV news keeps growing, up 5% in Nielsen Live+SD viewing among total viewers versus year-ago. According to Pivotal Research Group, the boost is driven by cable’s Fox News, MSNBC and CNN, which account for 15% of the rise. The big three broadcast nets are down 8% – pretty impressive considering 2016 was a (very news-worthy) election year.
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Among cable news nets, Fox News averaged 2.4 million viewers in primetime and 1.5 million in total day, earning its highest-rated year in network history on a 24-hour basis in total viewers, topping the field in primetime in viewers and A25-54.
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Fox Business Network delivered its highest-rated year since launch, up 27% in Business Day total viewers (to 195,000) and 14% among A25-54 (25,000), versus 2016.
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Soon-to-be Alabama Senator Doug Jones wasn’t the only big winner Tuesday night. CNN delivered 1.15 million viewers among A25-54 from 8-10p, versus 809,000 for Fox News and 808,000 for MSNBC. In total viewers Fox News was on top, drawing 3.55 million viewers opposite MSNBC (3.15 million) and CNN (2.76 million).
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Sweet news for Food Network: The net’s Holiday Baking Championship posted a .8 A25-54 rating on Monday night, while its Candy Cane Sugar House video generated another 980,000 views on Monday, for a total of 5.7 million views.
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BROADWAY
M. Butterfly with Clive Owen is closing on Sunday December 17, 2017
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/M-Butterfly/

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 11/2/17)
DIY: Tiny House, Big Living (Finale) at 9pm
TELEMUNDO: El Senor De Los Cielos (Finale) at 10pm
TRU TV: Impractical Jokers (Finale) at 9:30pm
WE TV: Mary Mary (Finale) at 9pm

Black writers are being shut out of the writing room, according to a new report by UCLA sociology professor Darnell Hunt. Among his findings, published yesterday: nearly two-thirds of all scripted TV shows during the 2016-17 season had no black writers,17 percent of shows employed more than one black writer, and 5 percent were helmed by black showrunners. Hunt’s report, commissioned by org the Color of Change, calls on the industry to adopt a program similar to the NFL’s Rooney Rule, which requires minority candidates to be interviewed for head coach and other senior jobs.
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With last night’s hotly anticipated World Series game 7 between the LA Dodgers and Houston Astros on Fox , several nets changed field position for their programming. CBS was to air repeats of SEAL Team at 9p and 10p rather than new eps of the series and Criminal Minds. NBC opted to air repeats of Law & Order: SVU at 9p and Chicago P.D. at 10p. At press time, ABC had no change to its schedule.
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TiVo and Discovery Communications entered into a multiyear product agreement whereby Discovery will use TiVo’s Audience Works for Marketing, an inventory management and execution product suite. The partnership also includes the use of audience and analytics reports, which provides viewership information from TiVo’s Targeted Audience Delivery platform.
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An unnamed Canadian actress filed a $4 million lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein, Disney and other parties claiming Weinstein sexually assaulted her two times in 2000.
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In North America, 6.5 percent of households access pirated live TV services each month, according to a new study by Sandvine. That translates to $4 billion in lost revenue for TV distributors, according to the research firm, which says pirate TV services can generate $800 million a year.
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TV One is in the original movie business. The network announced production of original film Down For Whatever, the 2017 American Black Film Festival Screenplay-winning project written by Tim Folsome. Folsome will direct the project, starring LeToya Luckett (Greenleaf), Hosea Chanchez (The Game) Bre-Z (Empire) and Imani Hakim (Everybody Hates Chris) and slated to premiere at the 2018 ABFF in June and on TV One in July. The film is produced for TV One by Eric Tomosunas, Keith Neal, James Seppelfrick and Darien Baldwin for Swirl Films.
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Fox is reportedly developing a new iteration of 24. The reboot of the Emmy-winning series would take the real-time format of the original show and apply it in the criminal justice realm. It also would have a female lead. The project is from 24 exec-producer Howard Gordon and Imagine’s Brian Grazer, and former The Killing writer-producer Jeremy Doner. It hails from production companies 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine TV.
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Marvel’s New Warriors have stopped in their tracks. The 10-ep series, which Freeform gave a straight-to-series order to in April, is not moving forward at the network and will be shopped elsewhere.
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CBS’ Matt LeBlanc-starring comedy series Man With a Plan will return for its second season Monday, November 13 at 8:30p. Additionally, freshman comedy 9JKL moves to a 9:30p timeslot on November 6, replacing Me, Myself & I, which will return to the schedule at a later date.
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Casey Webb returns for the second season of Man v. Food, with back-to-back episodes on Travel Channel beginning Monday, December 4 at 9p.
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Into the Amazon, the story of the 1914 journey taken by President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary Brazilian explorer Candido Rondon, will open the 30th season of American Experience on Tuesday, January 9 on PBS.
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The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, the second installment of the acclaimed FX limited series, will premiere on Wednesday, January 17 at 10p.
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Xscape: Still Kickin’ It premieres on Bravo on Sunday, November 5 at 9p. Four-part special follows Kandi Burruss, Tameka “Tiny” Cottle, LaTocha Scott and Tamika Scott, the four original members of the multiplatinum 90s girl group, as they return to the stage after nearly 20 years apart.
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Bravo Media’s The Real Housewives of Dallas delivers a two-part reunion, Monday, November 6 and November 13 at 10p. Host Andy Cohen will sit down with the Housewives as they revisit this season’s most defining moments.
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Syndicated series Who Wants To Be A Millionaire has a series of specialty weeks and celebrity contestants in store this month: November 6-10 is “Victories for Veterans week,” with contestants from the U.S. Armed Forces, followed by “Whiz Kids Week,” and then a series of guests including Cameron Mathison, Sherri Shepherd and Ben Higgins.
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Outdoor Sportsman Group has some holiday-hunting-style programming in store. “Racksgiving” kicks off November 20-22 and November 24-25 featuring special eps from MeatEater (November 20, 8 –8:30p), McMillan, Rival Wild and more. Then, December 9 comes Coldest Hunts, featuring hunts, all in frigid temperatures. Caribou Christmas, airing December 23, features caribou hunts.
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Syfy’s graphic novel adaptation of Happy! comes to life on Wednesday, December 6 at 10p carrying a TV-MA rating.
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On Dasher and Dancer… Freeform offered some details on this year’s “25 Days of Christmas,” the programming event’s 21^st outing. From December 1-25, the network will air continuous days of holiday-themed entertainment for the whole family; new this year are specials Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic, on December 18, and a holiday special of forthcoming unscripted series Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic on December 11.
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Music Choice is kicking off the holiday season with its most robust-ever holiday offering, beginning November 1 and running through January 7, with new content being rolled out each week across Music Channels, On Demand, and the Music Choice App. Highlights include the Sounds of the Season, Holiday Hits and Yule Video Log channels. A sprinkling of holiday music also will air on additional music channels starting December 1.
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Up TV will light up its annual Christmas festivities beginning with 50 days of holiday programming that comprises seven U.S. premiere movies and a “Gilmore the Merrier” binge-a-thon of all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls that begins November 23. The holiday action kicks off Sunday, November 5, with the premiere movie Second Chance Christmas.
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Investigation Discovery’s fifth annual Inspire a Difference honors, cohosted by People, will recognize Padma Lakshmi, Julianna Margulies, Alonzo Mourning and Gabrielle Union, as well as their charity partners tonight (November 2). As part of the event, ID will air a programming marathon featuring episodes that address issues such as violence against women, domestic abuse, social and civil rights, mental health, bullying and sexual assault on Sunday, November 5 from 4-11p, including the season 5 finale of Deadline: Crime With Tamron Hall and a new ep of On the Case with Paula Zahn.
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The Tuesday, October 31 Halloween edition of ABC’s Live with Kelly and Ryan – “Kelly and Ryan’s Best Halloween Show Ever:  Look What You Made Us Do” – marked the show’s highest-rated telecast on any day so far this season in Households and among W25-54 in the 25 LPM Markets. The show posted its highest HH rating since Ryan was revealed as co-host in May.
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Ratings for the second season premiere of Disney Channel series Andi Mack on Friday, October 27 at 8p surged 72 percent over the series launch (April 7) and delivered the network’s No. 2 telecast to date in Total Viewers (2.1 million), K6-14 (1.1 million/3.1 rating) and A18-49 (502,000/0.4 rating), in Live + 3 national ratings.
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In multiplatform ratings for the week of October 16, Fox’s Empire averaged 9.3 million viewers, a +64% lift from L+Same Day. The Gifted totaled 7.3 million multiplatform viewers, a +111% gain from Live + SD, The Mick delivered 4.5 million viewers, a +100% lift, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine averaged 4.2 million multiplatform viewers, marking a +147% jump from L+SD.
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Fueled by its primetime series Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso and El Senor de los Cielos, Telemundo wrapped October as the #5 broadcast network season-to-date, regardless of language, during Monday-Friday 8-11p among A18-49 (999,000) and A18-34 (457,000). This marks the network’s best season-start ever among A18-49.
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Kelly Day, who had been serving as chief business officer at AwesomenessTV, will lead Viacom’s new digital studios unit, beginning November 20.
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BROADWAY
War Paint with Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole is closing on Sunday November 5, 2017.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/war-paint/

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/26/17)
COOKING CHANNEL: Carnival Eats (Premiere) at 9pm
CMT: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team (Finale) at 10pm
TRAVEL CHANNEL: Mysteries At The Museum (Finale) at 9pm

CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor landed the anchor spot on CBS Evening News. Glor, who’s been with the network for over 10 years, was a lead anchor on the net’s streaming news service, CBSN, during its launch period. Interim anchor Anthony Mason will continue as CBS News senior national correspondent and co-host of CBS This Morning: Saturday. CBS Evening News with Jeff Glor will launch later this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

What digital networks appeal most to potential cord cutters? A new survey from Beta Research said digital nets described as “favorites” include BBC America (19%), FX Movie Channel (19%), NFL Network (18%), Cooking Channel (18%), ID (18%), Nat Geo Wild (17%) and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (16%). Named “must-have” networks among viewers thinking of cutting the cord were NFL Network (72%), Science Channel (65%), Disney XD (65%), BBC America (64%), Velocity (64%), ID (64%) and FXX (64%).
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS made a schedule change, moving Superior Donuts, which had been slated to make its season 3 debut Monday at 9:30p, to its last year’s slot of 9p instead. Newcomer Me, Myself & I will remain at 9:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After 6-month nationwide search, FX’s Pose will have the largest cast of transgender actors ever in series regular roles. Joining the cast of the Ryan Murphy show, which will look at the juxtaposition of different segments of life and society in 1980s New York, are MJ Rodriguez (Nurse Jackie), Indya Moore (Saturday Church), Dominique Jackson, Hailie Sahar (Mr. Robot) and Angelica Ross (Claws), among others. Murphy co-created the show with Brad Falchuk and Steven Canals.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ovation is eliminating the board seat held by disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein and The Weinstein Company, which held what it described as “a very small stake” in the arts net. “Ovation finds Mr. Weinstein’s actions reprehensible and counter to the spirit of our company’s supportive, multicultural and artistic community,” said Ovation.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC gave a put pilot commitment to action-dramedy Whiskey Cavalier, with Scott Foley (Scandal) attached to star and produce. Project comes from writer Dave Hemingson, Warner Bros. Television and Doozer Prods.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Moonshiners returns to Discovery on Tuesday, November 14 at 9p. For season 7, the distillery operators move deep into the remote corners of Appalachia.
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New series Cat vs. Dog launches Saturday, November 11 at 10p on Animal Planet, helping families establish pet peace in turbulent homes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The third installment of Syfy horror anthology Channel Zero has a name. Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block is set to air in early 2018.
(Source: Cynopsis)

One hour unscripted special Save It or Sell It, focused on struggling small businesses in America, will premiere on Sunday, November 5 at 11p on A&E, followed by airings across enthusiast blocks on A&E, History and FYI. “A+E Networks has a rich history of storytelling in this space, with some of our longest running hit shows built around small businesses,” said Christian Murphy, SVP, Daytime & Programming Partnerships, A+E Networks. The special’s concept was developed in collaboration with Tom Duncan, CEO of Positec Tool Corporation.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ricky Martin, Luis Fonsi and Diplo have joined the lineup for iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina: Celebrating Our Heroes. Four-hour concert event airs live on Telemundo Saturday, November 4 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Kelly Clarkson, Kelsea Ballerini, Hey Violet, Why Don’t We, Ayo & Teo and Jacob Sartorius are onboard concert special Nickelodeon Halo Awards 2017, simulcast Sunday, November 26 at 7p across Nickelodeon, TeenNick and Nicktoons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All premieres on A&E on Thursday, November 30 at 10p. Via new interviews and photos, true crime docu-series re-examines the tragedy getting the scripted treatment on NBC’s Law & Order True Crime.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS This Morning anchors Charlie Rose, Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell, along with execs including president of CBS News president David Rhodes, will be on the panel for The Paley Center’s NYC event “The News Is Back: CBS This Morning and the Morning Landscape.” Discussion takes place Wednesday, November 1 at 7p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel are offering live coverage of the National FFA (formerly Future Farmers of America) Convention, taking place now through October 28 in Indianapolis.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty) will recur as the love interest for John Larroquettte’s character in new CBS comedy Me, Myself & I….Vincent D’Onofrio Is returning to Netflix’s Marvel’s Daredevil for season 3, slated for release in 2018. D’onofrio will reprise the role of Wilson Fisk….Hannah Ware (Betrayal) landed a role on Hulu’s The First, arriving in 2018….Alberto Frezza (Dead of Summer) nabbed a series regular role in ABC’s upcoming Grey’s Anatomy spin-off, following firefighters….Yancey Arias has been upped from recurring to series regular on season 3 of USA’s Queen of the South.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Maria Shriver and A+E Networks president & CEO Nancy Dubuc announced a summit in NYC on November 1. “A Women’s Health Summit: It Starts With the Brain” will discuss protecting women’s minds from Alzheimer’s disease. Lifetime is the official media partner of The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, the organization founded by Shriver.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jumping to 17.9 million Total Viewers after 7 days of TV playback, ABC’s The Good Doctor moved ahead of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory (17.7 million) to rank as Monday’s most-watched program. With a 4.1 rating among A18-49, freshman drama came within .3 of Big Bang in the L+7 numbers after trailing by .8 in L+SD.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Game 1 of the World Series on Fox drew 14.97 million total viewers, plus another 500,000 on FS1, Fox Deportes and FSGO, enough to win the night but down 23% from 2016’s 19.4 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
M. Butterfly with Clive Owen is opening on Thursday October 26, 2017.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/M-Butterfly/

Prince Of Broadway is closing on Sunday October 29, 2017.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/prince-broadway/

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/19/17)
A&E: The First 48 (Premiere) at 8pm
A&E: The Eleven (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Beat Bobby Flay (Premiere) at 10pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: My Sweet Retreat (Premiere) at 10pm
VICELAND: F*ck That’s Delicious (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Flipping Out (Finale) at 9pm

Fashion Police is handing out its last violation. The E! comedy franchise will end after seven years airs with an hour-long special finale on Monday, November 27 at 8p. Hosted by Melissa Rivers, “Fashion Police: The Farewell” will include a never-before-seen episode of the show  featuring Joan Rivers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The first set of performers for The 51^st Annual CMA Awards, hosted by Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley and airing live on Wednesday, November 8 at 8p on ABC, include Garth Brooks, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett, Alan Jackson and Underwood.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Alicia Keys will reclaim her red chair on the 14^th season of NBC’s The Voice. Keys, who last appeared as a coach on season 12, is set to rejoin Adam Levine, Blake Shelton and newcomer Kelly Clarkson.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Simpsons takes a crack at America’s favorite pastime in advance of FOX’s 20th year broadcasting the World Series. Comedic “Simpsonized” documentary, Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson, is set to air adjacent to regional NFL broadcasts on Sunday, October 22. The World Series presented by YouTube TV starts Tuesday, October 24 on FOX.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MasterChef was crowned the “Most Successful Cookery Television Format” by Guinness World Records. Having launched on British television on BBC One in 2005, the show has gone on to be adapted locally in 52 countries and counting.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS announced participants for the 2017-2018 Directors Initiative. Jennifer Derwingson, Paige Morrow Kimball, A. Laura James, Maria Burton and Kevin Berlandi will take part in the program, which provides a platform for experienced directors to gain access to showrunners, executives, managers and agents.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nielsen ’s continuing efforts to measure viewing of video content across screens and devices have taken a step forward with the offering of a syndicated solution for viewing subscription video on demand, which means tracking shows as they play on Netflix. Customers currently include NBCUniversal, Disney-AMC, A+E Networks, Lionsgate, Warner Bros. Television and three other Nielsen did not name. Streaming on Hulu and Amazon Prime is expected to follow next year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Velocity is teaming with The National Compassion Fund Las Vegas to generate donations for the victims and families affected by the Las Vegas shooting earlier this month. Throughout the 21 hours of live coverage at Barrett-Jackson Live, the network will offer a Text-To-Donate initiative inviting viewers text VEGAS to 707070 to support the fund. Each donation garnered will be matched by Velocity up to $100,000.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On-location filming in the greater Los Angeles area fell for the third consecutive quarter – dropping 3.5% to 9,455 shoot days in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the same period in2016 – despite California’s annual $330 million tax incentives program.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Irwin family – Terri, Bindi and Robert – are collaborating with Animal Planet to develop and produce projects. “Steve Irwin was a champion for all wildlife, and he and Terri’s excitement and enthusiasm brought viewers from around the world in touch with nature,” said Patrice Andrews, General Manager, Animal Planet. “Their passion for animals, love for their family, and leadership in conservation left a strong legacy that continues today.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC is moving forward with White Dave, a comedy from David E. Talbert (First Sunday, Almost Christmas), LeBron James and Maverick Carter of SpringHill Entertainment. Written by Talbert and based on his real-life experiences, it centers on a young African-American teenager, who’s grown up in an all-white suburb and suddenly moves to an all-black neighborhood.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Zac Brown has joined forces with Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propgate on a deal with Brown’s Southern Reel production company to create TV, film and digital that speaks to Brown’s vision of life in the South. Already in development is a reality series focused on Southern Ground, Brown’s lifestyle brand headquarters.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX gave a put pilot commitment to an untitled comedy from 20^th Century Fox TV, starring Lil Rel Howrey. It marks the first project under Jerrod Carmichael‘s overall deal with the studio.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Deadline reports that a drama series featuring Alfonso Cuaron and Casey Affleck is being pitched to pay cable and streaming outlets and is garnering interest from a few networks. Details are under wraps, but word is it’s a horror genre series that tracks the origins of a cult.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Freeform greenlit a second season of Alone Together ahead of its series premiere. The show, which bows January 10 at 8:30p, stars comedians Esther Povitsky and Benji Aflalo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Hotel expert Anthony Melchiorri veers off the beaten path in search of extraordinary overnight stays on land and at sea on Travel Channel’s new series, Extreme Hotels, bowing Sunday, November19 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Motorcycle mania heads back to Discovery Channel, when father-son duo, Paul Teutul Sr. and Paul Teutul Jr., set out to reclaim their preeminent bike brands in a new season of American Chopper, starting in winter 2018.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Freeform doubles down on laughs with a new Wednesday night comedy block. Grown-ish kicks off with a two-episode premiere on January 3, followed by Alone Together on January 10.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime kicks off 2018 with the debut of The Chi on Sunday, January 7 at 10p. Series explores the humanity behind the headlines sensationalizing the South Side of Chicago.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN set season premiere dates for three series. New docu-series Checked Inn bows Tuesday, November 21 at 10p. Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s returns Saturday, November 25 at 9p, and Home Made Simple debuts Saturday, November 4 at 9a.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AXS TV imports laughs and music from across the pond with variety show Tonight At the London Palladium, premiering Monday, October 30 at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

THIRTEEN’s Cyberchase launches its 11^th season on Monday, October 23 on PBS Kids with a Halloween-themed adventure. Check local listings for times.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nat Geo WILD miniseries Savage Kingdom: Uprising begins airing Friday, November 24 at 9p, exploring survival on the African plains.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Music legend Diana Ross receives the “American Music Award for Lifetime Achievement” at the 2017 American Music Awards on Sunday, November 19 at 8p on ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AXS TV celebrates Thanksgiving with Fleetwood Mac specials, featuring concerts, interviews and more, beginning Thursday, November 23 at 10a. The day-long event wraps with a special broadcast of West Side Story at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN is airing Queen Sugar Season Finale Special, Oprah & The Cast on Wednesday, November 15at 10:30p. Special follows the 90-minute extended season finale of Queen Sugar at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

STARTALK with Neil deGrasse Tyson , airing Sunday, October 22 at 11p on Nat Geo, features an interview with Katie Couric.
(Source: Cynopsis)

GetTV presents a marathon of six back-to-back episodes of 1970s action drama S.W.A.T. on Sunday, October 29 at 8p. The series reboot premieres Thursday, November 2 on CBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jane Krakowski (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Chris Diamantopoulos (Good Girls Revolt) joined the cast of FOX’s A Christmas Story Live! airing Sunday, December 17… Ryan Potter (Big Hero 6) nabbed a lead in new live-action series Titans… John Ellison Conley was added as a series regular to Syfy’s Tremors, the sci-fi reboot ordered to pilot in June.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BET Networks launched a new flash briefing skill for Amazon Alexa, featuring the original digital series, Bet Breaks, that offers the biggest news in Black and pop culture. Customers can access dedicated Bet Breaks Flash Briefing on their devices, updated each day with what’s trending.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1’s Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party second season premiere garnered 1.8 million viewers. The show did a 0.97 Live+SD in P18-49, up 17% from the prior four-week time period average.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tuesday night’s live wedding premiere of Gucci Mane and Keyshia Ka’oir: The Mane Event on BET is the #1 cable series premiere of the 2017/2018 season (excluding sports and news). It drew 1.5 million Total Viewers P2+, with 951,000 Viewers A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TBS’ presentation of the 2017 National League Championship Series presented by Camping World Game 3, the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. the Chicago Cubs, averaged 6 million viewers and ranked as cable’s top program of the night in primetime, based on metered markets. Viewership was up 40% over last year’s LCS Game 3 coverage on the network.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Empire was FOX’s most-watched show of the week, totaling 9.7 million viewers in multi-platform average audience to date, up 64% vs. Live+SD. The Gifted nearly doubled its total audience from Live+SD in its series premiere, becoming the network’s most watched Monday launch in nearly two years. The Orville posted a +126% lift in Total Viewers, while Lucifer was up +5% from its Season 2 finale.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Michael Moore: The Terms of My Surrender is closing on Sunday October 22, 2017.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/terms-my-surrender/

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/5/17)
ABC: Scandal (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Real Estate Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: Rehab Addict (Premiere) at 9pm
FUSION TV: Shade: Queens of NYC (Premiere) at 10:30pm
ID: Blood Relatives (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: This Old House (Premiere) at 8pm
SYFY: Van Helsing (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Ghost Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: Guilty Rich (Finale) at 10pm

Fox Inclusion is accepting applications for the 2018 Fox Writers Lab, a program designed both to nurture writers with unique voices and life experiences, and create a pipeline of well-rounded talent for potential staffing on Fox productions. Eight writers will be selected to participate in the program; one will receive a blind script deal with Fox Broadcasting Co. Participants from last season’s program became staff writers on current Fox series including Lucifer and The Last Man On Earth, as well as 20th Century Fox Television’s Fresh Off the Boat.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Glee cast member Mark Salling, who played football bully Noah Puckerman on the series, struck a deal that could see him serving close to a decade behind bars and 20 years of supervised release on child pornography charges.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New project Find The Good is in development at NBC. The family drama, written by writer/producer Geoffrey Nauffts (Nashville), is based on the 2014 memoir by best-selling author Heather Lende. Project hails from Wonderthink, the production company recently launched by Tony Goldwyn (Scandal), writer/director Richard LaGravanese and veteran TV exec Cheryl Bloch. FremantleMedia North America is the studio.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Stefani Robinson, writer and producer of FX Network’s Atlanta, inked an exclusive overall production deal with FX Productions, the studio behind the Emmy-winning comedy. Under the pact, she’ll develop television series for FX and other outlets.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Science Channel series Secrets of the Underground returns for a second season on Saturday, October 28 at 10p. Biologist and tech fanatic Rob Nelson and his new co-host, geophysicist Stefan Burns, use cutting-edge technology to investigate and uncover subterranean mysteries.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new season of Independent Lens kicks off on PBS on Monday, November 6 at 10p with the film Chasing Trane, which highlights sax great John Coltrane to as a man and artist.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Curse of Oak Island got a season 5 premiere date Tuesday, November 7 at 9p on History. Brothers Rick and Marty Lagina are doubling down with new technology and heavy machinery as they go full bore into what they believe is the famed “Money Pit” – a 160-foot deep hole first discovered by three teenage boys in the late 1700s that’s believed to be hiding a cache of valuable items.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime acquired BBC series Ill Behaviour and will premiere the six-part comedy thriller on Monday, November 13 at 10:30pm. Series swirls around the boundaries of friendship and the lengths taken to preserve it, when a recently divorced guy moves in with his best friend, who sets him up on a date with a doctor who also happens to be a raging alcoholic.
(Source: Cynopsis)

David Letterman, Billy Joel, Tracy Morgan, Amy Schumer and Howard Stern are among guests booked for Jimmy Kimmel Live’s Brooklyn Week, beginning Monday, October 16. Paul Shaffer, former Late Show with David Letterman band leader, will sit in with the house band, Cleto & the Cletones.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A pioneer of stand-up comedy in the Middle East, Nemr, is getting a Showtime comedy special. Nemr: No Bombing in Beirut, filmed in Lebanon and the US, premieres Saturday, October 7 at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lip Sync Battle Shorties Halloween Special is headed to Nickelodeon on Sunday, October 15, at 7p. The episode, hosted by Nick Cannon, will feature participants syncing and dancing on Halloween-themed stages. The special also features an appearance by Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family).
(Source: Cynopsis)

In: Brandon Victor Dixon, who recurred in seven eps during season 4 of Starz series Power, has been promoted to series regular for season 5… Emily Alyn Lind (Revenge), who appeared in four eps of CBS’ Code Black since the pilot, will be a series regular for season 3… Husband and wife duo Sandy Jobin-Bevans and Kylee Evans are the new hosts of marblemedia’s Just Like Mom and Dad, the modern remake of the ‘80s series Just Like Mom.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Out: After 15 seasons on NCIS, Pauley Perrette is exiting the CBS series at the end of this season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Taylor Swift leads the pack with the most nominations, six, for the 2017 MTV EMAs. Best Artist nominees Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran earned four nods each. Event will broadcast from London on Sunday, November 12.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS’ The Big Bang Theory premiere added +5.42 million viewers (23.08 million from 17.66 million), +2.3 rating points in A25-54 (8.1 from 5.8) and +1.7 in A18-49 (5.8 from 4.1) in Live + 7 day over Live + same day ratings, posting its best L+7 audience delivery since December 17, 2015. The premiere of Young Sheldon added +5.24 million viewers (22.46 million from 17.22 million), +2.0 rating points in A25-54 (7.5 from 5.5) and +1.7 in A18-49 (5.5 from 3.8).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty wrapped its third season with the highest ratings in network history. Sunday’s season 3 finale drew a 3.9 in A18-24 and a 3.2 in A18-34 in Live+ same day, and was the most-watched telecast of the day across cable with A18-24, A18-34 and A18-49, according to Adult Swim and Nielsen.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Time And The Conways with Elizabeth McGovern is opening on Tuesday October 10, 2017.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/time-and-conways/

1984 is closing on Sunday October 8, 2017.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/1984-broadway/

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/14/17)
FOOD NETWORK: The Zimmerman List (Premiere) at 9pm
FX: Better Things (Premiere) at 10pm
VICE: The Pizza Show (Premiere) at 10pm
VICELAND: Bong Appetit (Premiere) at 10:30pm
FOX: Beat Shazam (Finale) at 8pm
FOX: Love Connection (Finale) at 9pm

Viacom CEO Bob Bakish yesterday didn’t confirm reports that Viacom is on the verge of a soft launch of a $20/month sports-free bundle, but he didn’t deny them either. “We are highly confident that a product will exist at this price point in this calendar year,” Bakish said at the Goldman Sachs Annual Communacopia Conference. The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday had reported Viacom was working with A+E, AMC Networks, Discovery and Scripps Networks Interactive on a service to be called “Philo” to be offered via cable and satellite distributors. “Very quickly you get to a point where all distributors offer all price points,” he said yesterday. “You don’t want to churn consumers. You want to upsell and downsell them.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Hand In Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief, the star-saturated, multiplatform telethon to raise money for those in need after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, drew more than 15.7 million viewers on broadcast television Tuesday night, according to fast-affiliate stats. NBC grabbed the largest audience, about 6.1 million, CBS logged 4.1 million, ABC drew 4 million viewers and Fox attracted 1.6 million. More than $44 million was raised by talent that included on-air appearances from Beyonce, Stephen Colbert, Billy Crystal, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Nicole Kidman, Justin Timberlake, Kerry Washington and Oprah Winfrey.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sour Mash, a half-hour family workplace comedy, is in development at NBC. From Blacklist writers Michael Gagerman and Andrew Waller (Search Party), Vertigo Entertainment, producer of feature film It, and Warner Bros. TV, the series is about a Latina chemist from Brooklyn with a passion for making bourbon who becomes the master distiller at a failing family-owned distillery in Kentucky.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Starz gave the green light to its development project Vida (formerly Pour Vida). Tanya Saracho (How to Get Away With Murder) will serve as showrunner with Alonso Ruizpalacios (Gueros, Verde) directing the first episode of the series, which focuses on two estranged Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of LA who are brought back together. Veronica Osorio (Hail, Caesar!, The Carmichael Show) and Melissa Barrera (Club de Cuervos, La Mujer de Judas) are set to star. Big Beach TV will produce the series with exec producers Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf and Robin Schwartz. Lionsgate will retain all domestic and international multiplatform rights, including broadcast, home entertainment and digital for the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS is getting its game back on. The network will kick off new seasons of The Price Is Right and Let’s Make A Deal on Monday, September 18. Price, the top-rated daytime program in network TV and the longest-running game show on television, celebrates Drew Carey’s 10th anniversary this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cooking Channel dishes out a new season of Choccywoccydoodah on Friday, October 6 at 11p. Then, Southern food expert Damaris Phillips teams with NASCAR personality Rutledge Wood to talk Southern food and culture on the new series Southern and Hungry, premiering Monday, October 9 at 10p. MasterChef Canada is back with a new season Tuesday, October 10 at 8p, and Man’s Greatest Food is back Wednesday, October 11 at 8p. Food: Fact or Fiction? returns Sunday, October 22 at 10p, as does Carnival Eats on Thursday, October 26 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Uncanny timing for the debut of Smithsonian Channel’s new series Make It Out Alive in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The show takes viewers behind some of the world’s greatest disasters and reveals the stories of those that faced split-second decisions that made the difference between life and death. Series, which debuts Sunday, October 15 at 9p and covers events including the eruption of Mount St. Helens, will be preceded by a sneak peek on Saturday, October 7.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New Science Channel series Strange Evidence investigates mysteries caught on surveillance cameras and uncovers the science behind some bizarre recorded occurrences. Debuting Tuesday, October 17 at 10p, series features analysis of footage that seems to defy explanation, including levitating cars on a freeway, a statue that appears to move on its own and a spontaneous burst of flames.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Dave Chappelle, James Corden, Viola Davis and Seth MacFarlane are among the latest round of presenters announced for the 69^th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Stephen Colbert on Sunday, September 17 at 8p. Additionally, Christopher Jackson is onboard to perform an In Memoriam tribute at the event.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Reba McEntire will debut as host for the eighth annual CMA Country Christmas event from Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry House on Monday, November 27 at 8p on ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Keke Palmer (Scream Queens), RJ Cyler (I’m Dying Up Here), Jessica Sula (Recovery Road), Giorgia Whigham (13 Reasons Why) and Giullian Yao Gioiello (Julie’s Greenroom) joined the season 3 cast of MTV’s Scream, which heads into production Monday in Atlanta.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bonnie Hunt (Life With Bonnie) will co-star opposite Benicio del Toro, Patricia Arquette and Paul Dano in Showtime limited series Escape At Dannemora, based on the true story of a 2015 prison break in upstate New York.
(Source: Cynopsis)

truTV is partnering with Reddit to launch an interactive viewing experience for The Chris Gethard Show on Thursday, September 14 at 11p. The episode features guest John Oliver (Last Week Tonight). Fans will be able to livestream the full episode on Reddit as a one-night event, interact in real time with other fans within the Reddit platform and submit questions and comments to Gethard, Oliver and the cast.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Groundhog Day is closing on Sunday September 17, 2017.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/groundhog-day/

Bandstand is closing on Sunday September 17, 2017.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/bandstand/

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 8/17/17)
A&E: The Murder of Laci Peterson: A Closer Look (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Flipping Out (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Girlfriend’s Guide To Divorce (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Project Runway (Premiere) at 8pm
SHOWTIME: Naked SNCTM (Premiere) at 11pm
DIY: Tiny Luxury (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY: Alone (Finale) at 9pm
ID: Murder Among Friends (Finale) at 9pm
VICELAND: King of the Road (Finale) at 9pm

An upcoming installment of HBO’s Game of Thrones was leaked, but hackers aren’t to blame. Season 7’s episode 6 was mistakenly posted (!) on HBO Nordic and HBO Espana platforms, and the brief period it was available was enough time for it to spread on piracy sites. “The error appears to have originated with a third party vendor….This is not connected to the recent cyber incident at HBO in the U.S.,” clarified an HBO Europe  spokesperson. That cyber attack, in July, led to the release of episodes of HBO series including Insecure and Ballers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In another incident unrelated to the HBO attack, 4 people in India were arrested for the leak of episode 4 of Game of Thrones. All are current or former employees of Prime Focus Technologies, which processes the show for Star India. “It is important to note that this was not a system hack. It was an illegal breach of obligations by the concerned persons,” said PFT founder and CEO Ramki Sankaranarayanan.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Senator Al Franken, who canceled a June appearance on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher after Maher used a racial slur, is giving Maher (who has expressed his regret at the offensive blurt) another chance. Franken will appear on tomorrow’s show, at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC signed up for Nielsen’s National Out-of-Home Reporting Service, offering ratings on all content aired in Live+7, including at restaurants, bars, airports and more. Disney cousin ESPN was the first network to jump aboard; Turner has also signed on.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Of course networks would to well to count every eyeball they can, as cord cutters continue to snip. Kagan reports pay TV lost 976,000 subscribers in 2Q17, dipping to 96.1 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Music Choice is teaming with digital Latin music video network VidaPrimo to bring underground genre Latin Trap, until now found on viral videos, social media and concerts, to TV for the first time. What’s the deal? “This fresh new sound is making waves across all borders north and south of the US,” said Gaby and Buda, management for Latin Urban artist Messiah. “The Music Choice/VidaPrimo partnership not only offers our artist Messiah a mammoth network to help him reach and expand his fan base; it also provides his fans a whole new interactive way to connect with him, his music, content, and videos. This is something difficult to accomplish at traditional Latin radio, due to their limited space in programming for these kind of artist and their music.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Shonda Rhimes may have departed ABC for Netflix, but Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel, The Strain) is back in the fold. At the close of a first-look deal with A+E Studios, Cuse inked a big, 4-year overall deal with ABC Studios. “I love genre storytelling with a high-quality bar, a compelling twist or narrative element,” said Cuse. “If you look at the shows I’ve done, that’s very much my sweet spot. I think Lost was an example of an elevated genre show that worked well, and I want to continue to work in that arena.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN announced a new series from Moonlight’s Tarell Alvin McRaney. The coming-of-age drama, McRaney’s first television series, and inspired by events in his own life, will focus on a 14-year-old prodigy haunted by the death of his best friend. “When Tarell shared his powerful story with us there wasn’t a dry eye in the room,” said Oprah Winfrey. The yet-to-be-titled series will be produced for OWN by Page Fright and Outlier Productions in association with Warner Horizon Scripted Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC grabbed comedic hourlong drama Kristy Kottis from Regina Corrado (The Strain), Felicity Huffman (American Crime), Rachel Winter (Dallas Buyers Club) and Working Title, inspired by the real-life schoolteacher-turned FBI agent. Studio is NBCUniversal International Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV International greenlit production of music game show Crash Karaoke. In each episode, volunteers will be enlisted to participate in a head-to-head karaoke showdown. Production of the series begins this month, with international roll-out beginning later this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

USA Network and Universal Cable Productions announced that the season 7 finale of Suits (airing 1Q18) will serve as a potential spinoff, centered on lawyer Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres). The pilot will be executive produced and written by Suits creator and executive producer Aaron Korsh and executive producer Daniel Arkin, and directed by Anton Cropper (House of Lies). Doug Liman, David Bartis and Gene Klein of Hypnotic (Suits) will also serve as executive producers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

USA and Universal Cable are also teaming to develop a TV adaptation of Night Vale Presents podcast Alice Isn’t Dead, following a truck driver as she searches for her missing wife. Alice creator Joseph Fink will exec produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Karl Gajdusek (Stranger Things) will executive produce and serve as showrunner for season 2 of Amazon dramedy Z: The Beginning of Everything.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tall tales: My Giant Life returns to TLC for season 3 on Sunday, September 17 at 10p, as 6 women deal with the challenges of being 6 feet 6 inches and above.
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Season 4 of Starz’ Survivor’s Remorse arrives Sunday, August 20 at 10p, with Cam visiting his father Rodney for the first time on over 20 years.
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PBS’s Nature is back Wednesday, October 4 at 8p (check local listings) with 6 new documentaries. First up: Naledi: One Little Elephant, focused on the rescue of an orphaned baby elephant.
(Source: Cynopsis)

North Carolina was the state chosen via Facebook by fans of INSP culinary travel series State Plate to be added to the show’s itinerary for season 2. NC joins 11 other states making up the 12 episodes added to the sophomore run, which will start airing Friday, January 26 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Victoria is back for season 2 on Masterpiece on PBS Sunday, January 14. The series delivered over 16.2 million viewers its first go-round, second only among PBS dramas to Downton Abbey in the last 20 years.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AT&T’s Audience Network is premiering 2 original comedies on Tuesday, October 17. Hit the Road, starring Jason Alexander (Seinfeld) as a family patriarch looking for pop stardom debuts at 8p, followed by Loudermilk, following the life of a recovering alcoholic and drug counselor played by Ron Livingston (Office Space).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Science Channel is offering live coverage, and then some, of the total solar eclipse on August 21. “The Great American Eclipse is the Super Bowl of space and Science Channel is giving it the big game treatment,” Marc Etkind, network GM, tells Cynopsis. “We begin with pregame coverage the night before. Game day we’re going live from Madras, Oregon, one of the first places to view the eclipse in the nation. That night, we’ll have highlights and analysis in primetime hosted by former NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino.” Bonus? “No glasses needed if you’re watching on TV.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Tribeca TV Festival, September 22-24, will include the series premieres of truTV’s At Home with Amy Sedaris, ABC’s Ten Days in the Valley, and SundanceTV’s Liar, the season 2 premiere of ABC’s Designated Survivor, and sneak peeks at FX’s Better Things and Fox’s Gotham, as well as a “special conversation” with the cast and creators of NBC’s Will & Grace revival. “Ten years ago we wouldn’t have needed a TV festival,” said Tribeca co-founder Robert De Niro (not sure we agree with that, but…). “Now, with the change in the TV landscape, both the quality and quantity of shows, it makes sense.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

With space mission Cassini-Huygens coming to an end after 20 years, PBS’s NOVA: Death Dive to Saturn explores the images and data from the journey on Wednesday, September 13 at 9p (check local listings).
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AXS TV is offering a Labor Day Beach Boys block on Monday, September 4, starting at 10a with a Mike Love sit-down with Dan Rather on The Big Interview, and ending with 2000 miniseries The Beach Boys: An American Family at 4p.
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Lifetime’s “Twisted Secrets September” movie Ten, based on the teen horror novel, premieres Saturday, September 16 at 8p, followed by teen vampire film Drink, Slay, Love at 10p. Supernatural drama Sea Change, based on the YA novel, bows the following night at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Altice USA chairman and CEO Dexter Goei will be a featured guest at the 31^st Annual NAMIC Conference’s Cablefax Breakfast, honoring the most influential minorities in cable, on Tuesday, September 26 in NYC.
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Joy Nash (The Mindy Project) joins AMC’s upcoming Dietland in the lead role. Dramedy explored society’s obsession with weight loss. Marti Noxon (UnReal) serves ad EP, writer, showrunner and director of multiple episodes of the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Apple has plans to buy or produce up to 10 TV shows to run on Apple Music or a “new, video-focused service,” reports the Wall Street Journal. The tech giant, which just hired former WGN America President Matt Cherniss, is ready to spend $1 billion on programming in the next year, according to WSJ.
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VH1’s new Baller Wives earned a 1.14 rating among A18-49, with 2.3 million viewers tuning in for the series premiere and encore airing, making it the #1 non-sports cable program in its Monday time slot.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
On Your Feet! about Gloria & Emilio Estefan closes on Sunday August 20, 2017.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/your-feet/

FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news

ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 8/10/17)
DISCOVERY: First In Human (Premiere) at 9pm
INSP: The Cowboy Way: Alabama (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update Summer Edition (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Yukon Men: Roughing It (Finale) at 10pm
BRAVO: Million Dollar Listing New York (Finale) at 9pm
CMT: Nashville (Finale) at 9pm
WE TV: Bossip On WE TV (Finale) at 10pm

Starz has begun a forensic investigation and plans to take legal action against whoever was responsible for leaking online the final 3 episodes of Power’s fourth season. “This seems to be a case of password sharing that resulted in homemade videos of the episodes which were taped off a TV screen and posted online,” said Starz in a statement Wednesday. The leak was due to a breach in the press screening room, and the leaker might have made Starz’ job a little easier by filming himself talking about the videos. Season 4 finale airs Sunday, August 27.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Eighty-six percent of adult broadband users binge view at least occasionally, according to new research from The Diffusion Group, but frequency skews strongly (not surprisingly) in favor of young adults, with 58% of A18-34s binging daily. “The fact that 31% of Heavy Bingers are between the ages of 18 and 34 further illustrates just how different millennial viewing habits are from those of older generations,” said Michael Greeson, president and principal analyst at TDG.
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Less than a year after launching Half, an initiative to make Hollywood more inclusive, Ryan Murphy Television announced its director slate hired 60% women directors, and 94% met the minority requirement. In collaboration with John Landgraf and FX Networks, it’s an increase from 12% female/diverse directors in 2015 to 51% in 2016 for the network as a whole. “I love looking around my company and empowering inclusion in all departments” said Murphy. “I recently led a production meeting and was proud to see that more than half of the people sitting at the table were women and minorities. That’s the way it should be.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Environmental Media Association announced the 2017 nominees for the 27^th Annual EMA Awards. Netflix and FOX topped the list with 4 nominations each, followed by 3 apiece for National Geographic, Hulu and HBO. Ceremony takes place on September 23 in Santa Monica.
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Southwest of Salem: The Story of the Antonio Four, which nabbed ID its first Peabody and GLAAD Media awards, was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy. The film from Deborah S. Esquenazi is available on the net’s TVE platform.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications, focusing on cultural diversity in the communications industry, is expanding its national footprint with the installation of two new chapters, in Virginia and Detroit. The organization has 18 chapters nationwide.
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CBS put in development a nuclear submarine drama, Trident, from writer David Wilcox and Secret Hideout (Star Trek: Discovery).
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The Ballad of Buster Scraggs, a western anthology from the Coen Brothers, will debut on Netflix in 2016. Produced by Annapurna Television, each of six chapters will tell a different story about the American West.
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Queen (wt), a dramedy series project from RuPaul and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is in development at Hulu. Story is a fictionalized account of RuPaul’s rise from club kid to global star.
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Will Mayans, the Sons of Anarchy spin-off that’s gone through a reshoot and recasting, make it to series? Reporters at the Television Critics Association summer tour had to be optimistic after seeing footage from the pilot in a promo for upcoming service FX+. “It’s a good sign,” acknowledged FX CEO John Landgraf. “I’m really excited where we are in the process on Mayans. I’m very confident about the future of the spin-off.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

As for a fourth season of Fargo, that’s all up to creator Noah Hawley, currently working on season 2 of FX’s Legion. “We’ve encouraged Noah to think about it and make sure he has something that he’s really excited about and believes in,” said Landgraf, “so there’s at least some possibility that he won’t have that idea for some period of time. I think there’s also a decent possibility, because Noah’s been insanely fertile and productive, that we’ll hear that idea fairly soon.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

FX’s Snowfall landed an early renewal for a second season, set to launch in 2018. While the season one set-up required “table setting” of storylines that takes time, said co-creator Dave Andron, “We would certainly like to hit season 2 very much with the ground running.” The crack epidemic drama is averaging 5 million total viewers across platforms.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Zosia Mamet (Girls) and Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire) will guest star on season 4 of FXX’s You’re the Worst, returning with a one-hour premiere Wednesday, September 6 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HGTV has officially added a second night of weekend fantasy programming. Saturday nights offer fresh episodes of Beachfront Bargain Hunt Renovation at 9p and House Hunters Renovation at 10p. Sunday’s primetime lineup has helped HGTV maintain a top #3 ranking among cable networks on the night.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CMT pays tribute to Glen Campbell today at 8:30a, with appearances by Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and Reba, as well as archival photos and the country star’s final CMT interview, in news special CMT Remembers Glen Campbell. If you’re reading your Cynopsis late, no worries – there will be encores Friday, August 11 at 7p and Saturday, August 12 at 8:30am.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rapper Ice-T will be featured in the season 11 finale of TV One’s Unsung, airing Sunday, August 13 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Kelsea Ballerini, Vince Gill, Toby Keith, Little Big Town, Maren Morris, Brad Paisley, Thomas Rhett, Hillary Scott and George Strait will perform for CBS’s 11^th Annual ACM Honors, celebrating off-camera Country Music Award honorees, on Friday, September 15 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AHC special Oklahoma Bombing: As We Watched premieres Sunday, August 13 at 10p, with news footage of the days and weeks following the April, 1995 bombing that left 168 people dead.
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Aaron Eckert (Sully) has been added to the cast of Amazon anthology The Romanoffs…. Jackie Goldston (Shots Fired) landed a co-star role in Fox drama The Passage….James Carpinello gets a bump from guest star to recurring when NBC’s The Blacklist returns for season 5….Ruffin Prentiss (Elementary) will recur on season 2 of E!’s The Arrangement.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Urban Movie Channel is collaborating with Jay Ellis (Insecure) on Hard Medicine, a workplace comedy series of 10-12 minute episodes centered on a quirky doctor in a low-income health clinic. Show premieres on UMC on August 16; first 2 episodes launched on Ellis’ Facebook page.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The finale of NBC’s World of Dance leaped 18% versus last week among A18-49, hitting 2.0/8, and had its most-watched episode in 2 months, with 8.3 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Travel Channel’s Man v. Food premiered with back-to-back episodes Monday and posted +43% gains over year-ago in the timeslot, ranking as a top 20 cable show and drawing over 960,000 viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Below Deck Mediterranean delivered a series high among all key demos, earning 1.2 million P18-49 (up +4% versus the prior week’s episode), 1.4 million P25-54 (up +3%), and 2.2 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
Michael Moore: The Terms of My Surrender is opening on Thursday August 10, 2017.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/terms-my-surrender/