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FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 8/14/12)
HISTORY: Top Gear (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: Counting Cars (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Hard Time (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: The Week The Women Went (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Collection Intervention (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: The Burn With Jeff Ross (Premiere) at 10:30pm
SYFY: Destination Truth (Finale) at 9pm
TNT: Rizzoli & Isles (Finale) at 9pm
TNT: Franklin & Bash (Finale) at 10pm
OXYGEN: The Glee Project (Finale) at 10pm

NBCUniveral reports 219.4 million Americans watched the London Summer Olympics across its networks, becoming the most-watched event in US television history. The 2008 Beijing Olympics tallied 215 million total Americans, based on data from Nielsen. Other viewership nuggets from the NBCU include: 31.0 million average viewers tuned in for Sunday’s Closing Ceremony which bested Beijing by +12% and Athens by +58%. NBC also averaged 31.1 million viewers over the 17 nights of primetime Olympics coverage, the most-watched non-US Summer Olympics since the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Yesterday, ABC revealed the professional dancer pairings with celebrities for the upcoming Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars slated to premiere on September 24 with a two-hour episode at 8p. The partners include: Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy; Pamela Anderson and Tristan Macmanus; Helio Castroneves and Chelsie Hightower; Joey Fatone and Kym Johnson; Shawn Johnson and Derek Hough; Drew Lachey and Anna Trebunskaya; Gilles Marini and Peta Murgatroyd; Kelly Monaco and Valentin Chmerkovskiy; Apolo Anton Ohno and Karina Smirnoff; Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas; Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani; and Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke. New for this edition, fans will decide who the 13th and final All-Star celebrity cast member will be between Sabrina Bryan, Carson Kressley and Kyle Massey. Fans can vote for their Viewers’ Choice: All-Star at www.ABC.com/DancingwiththeStars until August 24 at 12p PT. This final cast member and his/her professional dance partner will be announced live on Good Morning America on August 27. Hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke-Charvet are returning to the show along with judges Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba. Dancing with the Stars is produced by BBC Worldwide Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Before one episode aired, VH1 is pulling its reality series Ev and Ocho, starring NFL player Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson and his new wife, Evelyn Lozada. The network is taking the show off its schedule, which was due to premiere on September 3, following Johnson’s arrest on Saturday for an alleged domestic violence dispute. After signing the wide receiver last June, Miami Dolphins also cut Johnson from the team.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After sustaining an injury in July during production, Kristin Chenoweth is exiting the CBS drama The Good Wife. Chenoweth will still appear in the premiere episode. The actress released this statement: “It is with deep regret to inform everyone that due to my injuries, I am unable to return to The Good Wife at this time. Getting better slowly, and thank you everyone for your concern.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC’s Smash will reunite Sean Hayes with his former Will & Grace co-star Debra Messing. Hayes was tapped for a multiple episode run for season two of Smash playing Terrence Falls, a comedic TV and film star who is making his Broadway debut in the musical Liaisons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Primetime soap Revenge on ABC cast Michael Nardelli in the recurring role of Trey, a preppy outsider who befriends Jack’s younger brother and then gets him in trouble.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oscar-winner Jodie Foster will direct and serve as executive producer of a new drama project for Showtime titled Angie’s Body. The plot centers on a smart, deadly woman who runs a family-based crime syndicate. Rob Fresco is writing the script and will also be an EP along with Russ Krasnoff and Foster. Sony Pictures Television is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $36 million

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CASTING CALL
Emmy Award-winner writer Gail Parent and psychotherapist Susan Ende, M.F.T. who authored How to Raise Your Adult Children are partnering with production company, Pictures of Los Angeles, Inc. on a docu-series in development about the boomerang generation. If you are an adult who has had to move back home with your parents or know someone who has, and the entire family is willing to share their experiences, please send your story and your contact information to: POLACasting@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The longest-running daytime game show, The Price Is Right hosted by Drew Carey on CBS is launching its first-ever male model search. The search will air as a five-episode web series competition via PriceIsRight.com and Youtube.com/PriceIsRight with finalists revealed during the September 28 episode of The Price Is Right. Viewers will vote online for their favorite finalist online through October 4 with the winner receiving a one-week modeling gig on the game show. The search launches with an open casting call in Los Angeles on August 30 at KCBS Studios in Studio City, CA. For more information about the open casting call, rules and eligibility as well as the online voting procedures, please visit priceisright.com. FremantleMedia North America produces The Price Is Right.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 8/3/12)
OWN: Super Saver Showdown (Premiere) at 9pm

(SATURDAY 8/4/12)
FOOD: The Pioneer Woman (Premiere) at 10:30am
HGTV: Home By Novogratz (Premiere) at 7pm
HGTV: Dina’s Party (Premiere) at 7:30pm
HGTV: Shop This Room (Premiere) at 8pm
BIO: The unExplained (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm

(SUNDAY 8/5/12)
ANIMAL PLANET: Off The Hook: Extreme Catches (Premiere) at 9pm
SPIKE: Flip Men (Premiere) at 10pm

TV One welcomes two more new series to its schedule later in August and this fall: beginning August 20 at 10p, the network debuts R&B Divas (formerly Ladies of R&B), a new reality series that profiles five R&B stars Faith Evans, Nicci Gilbert, Monifah Carter, Syleena Johnson and Keke Wyatt. The eight, one-hour series is produced for TV One by ThinkfactoryMedia. The second new series is Save My Son, a docu-series opening September 26 at 9p. Hosted by educator Dr. Steve Perry, this one-hour series examines the lives of young men in the African American community. Save My Son has eight episodes produced by Powerhouse Productions for TV One.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New fall series Last Resort on ABC cast Jay Hernandez in an eight-episode run playing Paul Wells, a handsome and seemingly nice guy who tests the loyalty of Scott Speedman’s character’s estranged wife (Jessy Schram). Last Resort debuts on ABC September 27.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC cast Caroline Dhavernas (Wonderfalls) for its new midseason series Hannibal. She will play Dr. Alana Bloom, an FBI consultant and psychology professor. NBC ordered 13 episodes of Hannibal.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Total Recall – Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bill Nighy
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days – Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris, Devon Bostick, Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron
Soldiers of Fortune (Limited Release) – Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Christian Slater, James Cromwell
The Babymakers (Limited Release) – Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn, Kevin Heffernan, Wood Harris, Nat Faxon
360 (Limited Release) – Jude Law Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins, Jamel Debbouze, Dinara, Drukarova
Celeste And Jesse Forever (Limited Release) – Emma Roberts, Rashida Jones, Elijah Wood, Andy Samberg, Chris Messina

NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday August 3, 2012
Bowling Green Park Fair – at Broadway and Whitehall St.

Saturday August 4, 2012
The Seaport Festival – on Water St. from Fulton to Wall St.
JAMS Jamaica Avenue Festival (Queens) – on Jamaica Ave. from Parsons Blvd. to 169th St.
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival (Queens) – Flushing Medows Corona Park

Sunday August 5, 2012
Lexington Ave. Summerfest – on Lexington Ave. from 42nd to 57th St.
60th St. Festival – between 5th Ave. and Madison Ave.
Junction Blvd. Festival (Queens) – from Roosevelt to 35th Ave.
Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival (Queens) – Flushing Medows Corona Park

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $13 million

Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $181 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTIING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting is seeking single women who are pregnant to appear in a new television docu-series for a major cable network. This is a national search for women who have big personalities, are single and independent, have become newly pregnant and are still dating. For these women, it is more important than ever to fine the right man. If this describes you and you are at least 24 years old and interested in sharing your story, please apply online at: www.singleandpregnantcasting.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 7/24/12)
GSN: Minute To Win It (Premiere) at 7pm
BRAVO: Love Broker (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Deadliest Catch (Finale) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: After The Catch (Finale) at 10pm
HGTV: HGTV Design Star (Finale) at 9pm

The eighth season finale of Food Network Star on Food Network Sunday revealed Brooklyn’s Justin Warner as the new winner. Warner will receive his own Food Network series debuting this fall to be produced by Alton Brown who also mentored Warner.
(Source: Cynopsis)

As of yesterday, the lifestyle cable and broadband video network Plum TV launched a second season of hi-def series Yoga with a View. The show features yoga instructor Hilaria Baldwin (married to Alec Baldwin) in different locations around the country and is aimed at both beginners and experts. All six episodes of Yoga with a View season two will debut via the free, ad-supported Hulu and the Hulu Plus subscription service. The half-hour episodes also repeat on Plum TV cable network as part of a three-hour morning yoga block airing from 6a to 9a each day.
(Source: Cynopsis)

When the fourth season of Glee debuts on FOX September 13 at 9p, the show welcomes two new cast members. Dean Geyer joins as Brody Weston, a handsome upperclassman who shows a keen interest in Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) after she arrives at NYADA. Then back at McKinley, Jacob Artist joins as Puck’s (Mark Salling) rebellious younger half-brother, Jake Puckerman who tries out for the glee club.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX additionally is adding David Walton (NBC’s Bent) to the second season of New Girl where he will play Zooey Deschanel’s new love interest on the show. This is a recurring role for Walton and he first appears in New Girl’s season premiere on September 25.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Heroes alum Jack Coleman is joining the fifth season of ABC’s Castle as a new antagonist for Detective Beckett (Stana Katic). Coleman will play a US senator who becomes in conflict with Beckett.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $45 million

Participating States: New York, New Jersey, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

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CASTING CALL
FOX’s American Idol for its 12th season, is expanding its audition opportunities for contestants. The show will launch the American Idol Small Town Audition Bus Tour stopping in ten towns across the nation hosting auditions in Idaho Falls, ID; Billings, MT; Casper, WY; Rock Rapids, IA; Iowa City, IA; Bowling Green, KY; Clarksdale, MS; Joplin, MO; Dodge City, KS; and Grand Junction, CO. Specific dates and locations will be announced soon. Interested participants can check at www.americanidol.com and also download forms and review rules and terms and conditions. The show is also launching the Nominate An Idol program where family and friends can nominate individuals; more information and submission rules will be posted soon on www.americanidol.com. Online auditions for season 12 will open August 1 through August 14 where participants can submit an audition video online. Submission rules and terms and conditions can also be found soon at www.americanidol.com. American Idol debuts season 12 in January 2013 and auditioners must be between the ages of 15-28 (on June 5, 2012) and a legal US citizen or a permanent US resident who is eligible to work full-time in the US.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 7/16/12)
G4: Lost (Premiere) at 8pm
UNIVISION: Por Ella Soy Eva (For Her, I’m Eva) (Premiere) at 8pm
PBS: Market Warriors (Premiere) at 9pm
WEATHER: Ice Pilots (Premiere) at 9pm
TV ONE: Unsung: Kool Moe Dee (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Eureka (Finale) at 9pm

Soon after Steven Tyler announced his departure from FOX’s American Idol as judge, Jennifer Lopez revealed during an interview with Ryan Seacrest via On Air with Ryan Seacrest that she will be exiting too. Said Lopez, “The time has come for me to get back to the other things I do… We had an amazing run.” Lopez apparently may be open to returning to American Idol as a mentor.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AMC set the date for the season three premiere of The Walking Dead for October 14 at 9p. AMC previously ordered 16 episodes for the third season which will air in two parts with the first eight episodes beginning October 14 and the other eight returning in February 2013. Following The Walking Dead premiere on October 14, AMC is launching season premieres of the unscripted series Talking Dead at 11p and Comic Book Men at 1130p. The second seasons of both series will each have 16 half-hour episodes. Internationally, The Walking Dead will also air on 120+ FOX International Channels (FIC) launching in global markets the week of October 15. In addition, the season premieres of all three series will coincide with AMC’s annual marathon of thriller and horror films called AMC Fearfest. In its 16th year, AMC Fearfest features 19 consecutive days of themed programming and more than 70 films, running from October 13 through October 31.
(Source: Cynopsis)

This fall, Hallmark Channel is debuting two new daytime series starting October 1. The first is the Hallmark Channel Original Lifestyle Series, Home & Family at 10a which is set inside a 2,446-square-foot fully-functioning New England Colonial-style home on the backlot at Universal Studios in California. Mark Steines and Paige Davis will host the two-hour weekday morning show airing at 10a that will cover everything domestic, from home improvement tips to teaching viewers how to Skype. The second new series is the Hallmark Channel Original Series, Marie, starring Marie Osmond in her own talk show, airing weekdays at 12 noon. The new one-hour talk show allows Osmond a chance to share in the lives of ordinary people as well as celebrities. Hallmark Channel, also known for their Hallmark Channel Original Movies has a roster of new titles debuting this fall including Puppy Love on September 8 at 9p; I Married Who? on October 6 at 8p; Common Law on October 13 at 8p; The Good Witch’s Charm on October 27 at 9p; and Love at the Thanksgiving Parade on November 4 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A third season of Teen Wolf is in the works at MTV, which will mark the longest run for a scripted show on MTV. The network has doubled the upcoming season’s order to 24 episodes. Teen Wolf, based on the film starring Michael J. Fox, is presently in its second season and is delivering 1.8 million viewers each week.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fourteen new cast members are joining the third season of HBO’s Game of Thrones which is returning next year on March 31. Veteran actress Diana Rigg will play Lady Olenna Tyrell also known as The Queen of Thorns; Mackenzie Crook as wildling raider, Orell; Clive Russell as the knight Brynden or otherwise known as “The Blackfish” Tully; Nathalie Emannuel as former slave Missandei who becomes a translator to the slave trader Kraznys in Astapor; Kerry Ingram as Shireen Baratheon, the only child of Stannis Baratheon; Paul Kaye as Thoros of Myr, a member of the outlaw band known as the Brotherhood Without Banners and a Red Priest; Thomas Brodie-Sangster as the mysterious Jojen Reed who becomes an important ally to Bran Stark; Ellie Kendirck as Meera Reed, the eldest daughter of Howland Reed, sister to Jojen and a staunch Stark royalist; Richard Dormer as Lord Beric Dondarrion, the leader of the Brotherhood Without Banners; Kristofer Hivju as Tormund Giantsbane, a famed wildling warrior and chief lieutenant of the King Beyond the Wall, Mance Rayder; Philip McGinley as Anguy, a skilled archer and key member of the Brotherhood Without Banners; Tara Fitzgerald as Selyse Baratheon, the wife of Stannis Baratheon; Tobias Menzies as Edmure Tully, the younger brother of Catelyn Stark and the recently-named Lord of Riverun following his father’s death; and Anton Lesser as Qyburn, a former master of the Citadel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Academy Award-winning actress and star of Broadway’s Oklahoma!, Celeste Holm died on Sunday at home in Manhattan at the age of 95. Ms. Holm won her Best Supporting Actress Oscar for portraying a sympathetic fashion editor and starring opposite Gregory Peck in the 1947 Gentlemen’s Agreement, a film that one of the first to highlight anti-Semitism. Ms. Holm additionally received supporting actress Oscar nominations for her roles in Come to the Stable (1949) and All About Eve (1950). She was on contract with Fox and following her role in All About Eve, Ms. Holm shocked Hollywood by buying out her contract with the studio to return to Broadway. Her career included roles in other prominent films such as The Tender Trap (1955) and High Society (1956) among others. More recently, Ms. Holm made appearances in two yet-to-be released films, Driving Me Crazy and College Debts. In the 1990s, Ms. Holm turned to television, starring in CBS’ Promised Land with Gerald McRaney, a spin-off series to Touched by an Angel. She is also known for her role as the Fairy Godmother in the 1956 television series, Cinderella. Ms. Holm received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Loving in 1987 and also had recurring roles on several TV series including Christine Cromwell, Falcon Crest, Jesse, Archie Bunker’s Place and Nancy. Ms. Holm was also a tireless champion for various charities and at one time served on nine different boards. She became the president of the Creative Arts Rehabilitation Center and over the years she raised $20,000 for UNICEF by charging 50 cents for each autograph. President Ronald Reagan selected her to serve a six-year term on the National Council on the Arts in 1982. On the personal side, Ms. Holm is survived by her husband, Frank; her two sons, and three grandchildren. Her family requests memorial donations to made in her name to UNICEF or to The Lillian Booth Actors Home of The Actors Fund in Englewood, NJ. (Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Ice Age: Continental Drift – $46 million
The Amazing Spider-Man – $35 million
Ted – $22.1 million
Brave – $10.7 million
Magic Mike – $9 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting is searching for pop and dance band music fans located in Southern California to participate in a web series that is described as the ultimate music summer party challenge. If you and your partner are 18 to 24 years old, Southern California residents and consider yourselves to be pop and dance music aficionados, then consider applying. Teams of two will have the opportunity to participate in the VIP Prize Concert Package of the summer, a paid four-day challenge/musical scavenger hunt with each team earning up to $1,000 and the chance to win a backstage VIP music adventure. Apply now at: www.chasethemusiccasting.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)