FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 7/26/12)
CBS: 3 (Premiere) a 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Evil Twins (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: Take Me Out (Finale) at 8pm
In anticipation of Friday’s Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympics in London, NBC Universal revealed its advertising take for the Olympics totals $1 billion. This figure represents an increase of about $150 million more than NBC’s total for the 2008 Beijing Games. NBC opens the Summer Olympics Friday at 730p.
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Style Media handed Big Rich Texas a third season renewal and has expanded the franchise to include Big Rich Georgia which will premiere in first quarter 2013. Style also is queuing up a new series from producers Magical Elves called Betsey + Lulu, featuring fashion designer Betsey Johnson and her daughter, Lulu which begins filming next month and will premiere in first quarter 2013. Big Rich Texas is back on Style’s lineup October 7 at 8p. In addition, Style will air new episodes of Giuliana & Bill on October 2 at 8p and the second half of season two of Tia & Tamera is back starting October 22 at 8p.
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For the first time, the 9th Annual Style Awards will be broadcast in primetime exclusively on Style September 13 at 8p. Penske Media Corp., Style Media and IMG Fashion are partnering to present the awards event from Lincoln Center during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week on September 5.
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At its TCA summer press tour yesterday, Oxygen Media revealed the premiere dates for two of its reality series: My Shopping Addiction set for September 25 at 10p and Hollywood Unzipped: Stylist Wars on November 27 at 10p. In addition, Oxygen attracted 819,000 total viewers and 486,000 A18-49 viewers for its premiere of new series I’m Having Their Baby on July 23.
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Bravo serves up a supersized 75-minute episode for the second season debut of The Real Housewives of Miami on September 13 at 10p. Three returning housewives, Lea Black, Adriana de Moura and Marysol Patton will be joined by socialite Lisa Hochstein, supermodel Joanna Krupa, lawyer/chef Ana Quincoces and celebrity dentist Karent Sierra. Alexia Echevarria will also recur during the season. The Real Housewives of Miami is produced by Purveyors of Pop.
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Scripted comedy Awkward was granted an extended third season renewal of 20 episodes from MTV. In its second season, Awkward has tallied 1.8 million total viewers, a +6% increase over its first season.
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Former Tudors star Jonathan Rhys Meyers will headline a new 10-episode drama, Dracula approved by NBC. Dracula is a co-production between Universal Television UK network Sky Living, Flame Ventures, Playground Entertainment and Carnival Films & Television, the company behind Downton Abbey all under NBCUniversal International TV Production. NBC ordered a script of Dracula this month. EPs on the project include Playground’s Colin Callender, Flame’s Tony Krantz, Carnival’s Gareth Neame and Sky’s Anne Mensah. Co-EPs are Reece Pearson and Cole Haddon, who penned the script.
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Matthew Perry’s new comedy for NBC titled Go On has added Christine Woods (Perfect Couples). Woods will play Ryan’s (Perry) late wife who will appear in flashbacks and dream sequences.
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Penelope Ann Miller (Men of a Certain Age) was tapped for a recurring role on ABC’s upcoming primetime soap Mistresses. Miller’s character is a woman who was not aware that Yunjin Kim’s character was romantically involved with her late husband. Alyssa Milano, Rochelle Aytes and newcomer Jes Macallan star along with Kim. Mistresses is scheduled to premiere in summer 2013.
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British actress Polly Walker is joining CBS’ The Mentalist for its fifth season in a major recurring role as Senior FBI agent Alexa Shultz, a beautiful and competent agent, reports TVLine. The Mentalist premieres on September 30.
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CBS cast Chris Smith in the lead role on its new comedy pilot Ex-Men from EP Rob Greenberg (How I Met Your Mother).
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Kat Foster is joining the cast of FOX’s midseason comedy Goodwin Games. Foster will play the series regular role of Lucinda and replaces Felisha Terrell in the role.
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USA Network picked up the new original reality series The Choir, based on the British series of the same name giving it a 10-episode order. The one-hour series follows choirmaster Gareth Malone as he brings together Americans through music. The US version is produced by Shed Media and is slated to premiere early next year.
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Extra host Maria Menounos will helm a reality series for Oxygen Media that is referred to as The Untitled Maria Menounos Project. The series will follow the TV personality’s home life as she juggles her long-time boyfriend, her Greek parents and her wish to just take a vacation. The show will debut in 2013.
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Also from Oxygen Media, the network selected Fall Out Boy musician Pete Wentz to host the second season of its tattoo competition series Best Ink. Furthermore, supermodels Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha were chosen as coaches for the new modeling reality competition series The Face working with Naomi Campbell and fashion photographer Nigel Barker who is hosting.
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Action movie star Dolph Lundgren was tapped to host REELZCHANNEL’s first non-scripted competition series, Race to the Scene. Set to debut next spring, Race to the Scene pits pairs of contestants as they race to and from actual movie locations and compete in challenges and stunts inspired by memorable movie scenes. Casting is underway for Race to the Scene and interested participants can send an email to: racetothescene@reelz.com.
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This Saturday, TV Land will honor the life and work of actor Sherman Hemsley who died Tuesday at the age of 74. TV Land will air a four-hour block of The Jeffersons’ episodes beginning at 12p. Hemsley played George Jefferson on the classic TV sitcom from Normal Lear.
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Television and film actor Chad Everett, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Joe Gannon on the 1970s CBS drama Medical Center died Tuesday at home in Los Angeles. He was 75. Mr. Everett starred in 170 episodes of Medical Center that aired from 1969-1976 and he also guest starred in such shows as The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, Melrose Place among many others. More recently, Mr. Everett appeared on Cold Case, Supernatural and Castle. Mr. Everett’s film credits include Mulholland Dr., The Jigsaw Murders and a 1998 remake of Psycho from Gus Van Sant. Mr. Everett was married for 45 years to the late actress Shelby Grant who passed in 2011. He is survived by two daughters, Katherine and Shannon and six grandchildren.
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BROADWAY
Broadway on Broadway Outdoor Concert Returns to Times Square on Sunday September 9, 2012.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/163095/return-of-outdoor-concert-broadway-on-broadway-sets-september-date/
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