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FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/9/12)
NBC:Who Do You Think You Are?: Jerome Bettis (Premiere) at 8pm
FX: The Ultimate Fighter (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Ghost Adventures (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: On Death Row (Premiere) at 10pm
IFC: Portlandia (Finale) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 3/10/12)
ANIMAL PLANET: Must Love Cats (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Jonah Hill, Musical Guest: The Shins at 11:30pm
SCIENCE: Oddities (Finale) at 9pm & 9:30pm
SCIENCE: An Idiot Abroad: The Bucket List (Finale) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 3/11/12)
COOKING: David Rocco’s Amalfi Getaway (Premiere) at 1:30pm
FOX: Bob’s Burgers (Premiere) at 8:30pm
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Wild Justice (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: Oprah Talks To Whitney Houston’s Family (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Shahs Of Sunset (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Coming Home (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Hoarding: Buried Alive (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: My Strange Addiction (Finale) at 10pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Finding Bigfoot (Finale) at 10pm

A new singing competition series, Duets is set to premiere this summer on ABC. Kelly Clarkson, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Nettles and Robin Thicke will travel across the country seeking undiscovered talent. Each star will select two singers to be become duet partners. The duet partners will be on stage each week and perform in front of a live studio audience until in the end only one duet act wins a recording contract. Duets is a production of Keep Calm and Carry On Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Daily daytime talk show The Talk was renewed for a third year by CBS for the 2012-2013 broadcast season keeping its current hosts, Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood and Aisha Tyler in place. The new season will kick off in September. Nationally, The Talk is averaging 2.16 million viewers in its present second season and posting a 1.0/6 rating/share with W25-54 and a 0.8 rating with W18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New weekly late-night talk show Kathy starring reality star/comedian/actress Kathy Griffin opens on Bravo April 19 at 10p. Kathy will air on Thursdays and cover the latest news and celebrity gossip in addition to Griffin sharing her unique stories in front of a studio audience. Embassy Row produces Kathy for Bravo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Beginning April 20, CMT debuts two new series and brings back music competition show The Singing Bee at 8p for a fourth season. The Singing Bee hosted by Melissa Peterman is produced by The Gurin Company and JUMA Entertainment. Half-hour reality series Melissa & Tye starring Melissa Rycroft and her husband Tye Strickland debuts at 9p. Melissa & Tye is from Ryan Seacrest Productions. Then at 930p, new reality series Jennie Garth: Little Bit Country premieres starring former Beverly Hills 90210 star Jennie Garth as she and her family moves to a seven-acre farm in the countryside of Central California. Jennie Garth: Little Bit Country is produced by Electus and 5×5. All three shows will air on Friday nights.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Joseph Varet and Morgan Hertzan, co-founders of LXTV made a deal to acquire lifestyle network Plum TV, currently reaching 5 million affluent viewers in eight markets. This purchase of Plum TV follows a bankruptcy auction in the Southern District of New York. Hertzan and Varet will serve as Co-Presidents with Hertzan based in New York and Varet in Los Angeles. Plum TV will operate as a national network with the goal to expand distribution via digital, television and out-of-home media. The focus of Plum TV will remain on home, travel, food and wellness. Plum TV is presently distributed on cable systems in Miami, Aspen, Vail, Telluride, the Hamptons, Sun Valley, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, via PlumTV.com and on Plum TV’s on demand iPhone app.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s comedy pilot American Judy starring Judy Greer tapped Ken Marino (Party Down) to co-star as her husband, Dean.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Beginning next week on Thursday’s episode, fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger will appear on FOX’s American Idol as an image advisor to the contestants. Hilfiger will offer advice to the finalists on how to transform their style into pop star status.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fresh off her co-starring role in George Clooney’s film The Descendants, Amara Miller joins NBC’s White House comedy pilot, 1600 Penn. Miller will play Marigold, the tough youngest daughter of the POTUS (Bill Pullman) and half of a pair of 13-year old twins.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family’s The Secret Life of the American Teenager adds Cierra Ramirez as a new series regular, cites THR. Ramirez will play Kathy, a new freshman who enrolls at Grant High who is six months pregnant and wants to give up her baby for adoption. Ramirez joins the production this week.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
John Carter – Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong
Silent House – Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Taylor Ross, Hayley Murphy
A Thousand Words – Eddie Murphy, Cliff Curtis, Kerry Washington, Clark Duke, Allison Janney
Friends With Kids (Limited Release) – Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd
The Decoy Bride (Limited Release) – Alice Eve, David Tennant
Playback (Limited Release) – Johnny Pacar, Christian Slater, Jonathan Keltz
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen (Limited Release) – Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked

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 $40 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting is looking for people who made a tattoo nightmare mistake and want the chance to re-do their tattoo. Do you or someone you know have a great story as to why you want to cover up your ink? Apply now at: http://www.tattooredocasting.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A major cable network is seeking expats for a popular documentary series. The show is looking for people who are moving or have moved from one country to another who would like their journey re-created. Expats can be from anywhere in the world, but cannot have moved to the US or Canada. Submit your name, contact info and a description of your move to expatcasting@gmail.com ASAP.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/2/12)
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are?: Reba McEntire (Premiere) at 8pm

(SATURDAY 3/3/12)
FOX: Q’Viva: The Chosen (Premiere) at 8pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Deadly Sins (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY FIT & HEALTH: Bizarre ER (Premiere) at 10pm
BBC AMERICA: Katy Brand’s Big Ass Show (Premiere) at 11:30pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Lindsay Lohan, Musical Guest: Jack White at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 3/4/12)
TV GUIDE: Hollywood Girls Night (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Army Wives (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Coming Home (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: GCB (aka Good Christian Bitches) (Premiere) at 10pm
A&E: Breakout Kings (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Stevie TV (Premiere) at 11pm
FOX: Napoleon Dynamite (Finale) at 8:30pm

Canadian hospital drama Saving Hope is joining NBC’s schedule this summer. NBC ordered 13 episodes of the drama starring Erica Durance and Michael Shanks. Production begins in Toronto on March 12. Saving Hope also launches this summer on Canadian broadcaster CTV as well as NBC. The drama is produced by Ilana C Frank Films with Entertainment One, in association with CTV and NBC. Entertainment One will deficit finance Saving Hope in addition to handling the international distribution across all media including television, DVD/Blu-ray, VOD and digital.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Beginning next Monday, morning show Fox & Friends on Fox News Channel (FNC) will expand earlier by an extra hour. Fox & Friends will now air live between 5a and 6a with the name Fox & Friends First. The show’s fourth hour will be anchored by rotating FNC personalities including Heather Childers, Dave Briggs, Ainsley Earhardt and Heather Nauert among others. This new hour of Fox & Friends First will replace the repeats presently airing in the time period.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New original adventure culinary competition series No Kitchen Required debuts on BBC America April 3 at 10p. The series follows three professional chefs as they are dropped in remote locales where they must work with the locals to hunt and fish as well as forage for ingredients to cook meals that will be judged by the communities. The three chefs are New York restaurateur Michael Psilakis, first ever Chopped Grand Champion chef Madison Cowan and elite personal chef and New Zealander Kayne Raymond. The threesome will be dropped in ten locations worldwide including Dominica, New Zealand, Belize, Fiji, Chiang Dao Thailand, Koh Lanta Thailand, Hawaii, New Mexico, Louisiana and Florida. No Kitchen Required is hosted by British personality Dr. Shini Somara who also joins the chefs on their adventures. The series is a Notional production for BBC America.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season two of Nothing Personal: Murder For Hire opens March 7 at 9p on Investigation Discovery. The series, hosted by actor and true-crime enthusiast Steve Schirripa (The Sopranos) relates twisted stories of betrayal. The second season has six episodes produced by Cineflix (NP2) Inc. in association with Investigation Discovery.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tonight, BIO Channel will honor the life of the late Davy Jones of The Monkees fame in two one-hour specials: Biography: The Monkees at 8p with an encore at 10p and BIO Remembers: Davy Jones at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On Sunday, Me-TV will air three classic episodes from The Brady Bunch and Love, American Style also featuring the late pop idol Davy Jones: The Brandy Bunch “Getting Davy Jones” at 1230p; Love, American Style “Love and The Elopement” at 1p; and Love, American Style “Love and The Model Apartment” at 130p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Star of The Princess Bride, Cary Elwes landed a role on ABC’s comedy pilot Prairie Dogs. Elwes will play Rams, the mysterious leader of the design department in the company where the main character works. Rams is also described as an eccentric German who wears turtlenecks and kilts.
(Source: Cynopsis)

David Arquette will next appear in the ABC comedy pilot The Smart One, about a sister named Jude (Portia de Rossi) who goes to work for her less brainy though more popular sister Candy (Malin Akerman). Arquette will play Candy’s husband.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Further casting news for ABC includes Elizabeth Perkins cast as Sarah Chalke’s mother in the comedy pilot How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life. The plot is about Polly (Chalke) a recently divorced single mom who moves back in with her eccentric parents, Elaine (Perkins) and Max.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS’ comedy pilot from Will & Grace creators, David Kohan and Max Mutchnick is close to finalizing a deal with David Krumholtz to play opposite Michael Urie in Partners. The comedy is about two architects Charlie (Krumholtz) who is straight and Louis (Urie) who is gay and whose friendship has lasted longer than their other romantic relationships. Charlie ends up proposing to his girlfriend (Sophia Bush) which makes Louis neurotic in his attempts at being supportive.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Stand-up comedian-turned-actor Dane Cook is joining NBC’s comedy pilot titled Next Caller Please. The single-camera series is about Cam Doherty (Cook), a brash alpha male DJ and his feminist co-host set in the office of a satellite radio station. Collette Wolfe has been cast as his co-host Stella and Joy Osmanski will play Winnie, Stella’s producer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former The Cosby Show mom Phylicia Rashad landed a role in NBC’s drama pilot Do No Harm, the contemporary take on the Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde story. Rashad will play Dr. Vanessa Young, the chief of surgery and boss of Jeffrey Kohl (Steven Pasquale), a brilliant neurosurgeon who struggles with his dangerous alter-ego. Universal Television is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Matthew Perry may rejoin NBC with a lead role in the single-camera comedy pilot Go On. Perry will play a charming sportscaster who tries to move on after a personal tragedy through the help of mandatory therapy sessions. Scott Silveri (Friends) will write and serve as EP.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax – Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Taylor Swift, Rob Riggle
Project X – Miles Teller, Alexis Knapp, Thomas Mann, Jonathan Brown
Being Flynn (Limited Release) – Robert DeNiro, Julianne Moore, Paul Dano, Olivia Thirlby, Lili Taylor
Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (Limited Release) – Time Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, John C. Reilly

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 $50 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
A national TV show is looking for a Drew Carey lookalike. Union scale pay. To apply, please send an email to: barbarastein@earthlink.net.

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/17/12)
NBC: The 43rd Annual NAACP Image Awards at 8pm
DISCOVERY FIT & HEALTH: Curious And Unusual Deaths (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: 100 Greatest Women In Music (Hour 5) (Premiere) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 2/18/12)
MSNBC: Melissa Harris-Perry (Premiere) at 10am
ABC: 20/20: One Moment In Time: The Life Of Whitney Houston at 9pm
SCIENCE: An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Maya Rudolph, Musical Guest: Sleigh Bells at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 2/19/12)
FOOD: Sandwich King (Premiere) at 11am
CBS: The Amazing Race (Premiere) at 8pm
GALAVISION: Kddabra (Premiere) at 9pm
STYLE: Jerseylicious (Premiere) at 8pm
STYLE: Big RichTexas (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: The Celebrity Apprentice (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Eastbound & Down (Premiere) at 10pm
HBO: Life’s Too Short (Premiere) at 10:30pm
E!: Khloe & Lamar (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: Ice Loves Coco (Premiere) at 10:30pm
PBS: Masterpiece: Downton Abbey (Finale) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: On The Case With Paula Zahn (Finale) at 10pm

NBC and Bounce TV will air the funeral of Whitney Houston live, uninterrupted and commercial-free this Saturday at 12 noon.

Oxygen has two new pilots in development: Teen Weddings, a one-hour program following several young couples as they plan their weddings through their post-honeymoon recap and Thrift Wars, a half-hour series set in the competitive world of thrifting in New York.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On the heels of her VH1 talk show in development announcement, Jenny McCarthy will become the host of NBC’s adventure/dating series Love in the Wild for its second season. Production begins later this month in the Dominican Republic.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Harold & Kumar actor Kal Penn will next appear in ABC’s comedy pilot Prairie Dogs. The single-camera comedy is from Jackie and Jeff Filgo about a lowly cubicle worker named Neil (Penn) who has his identity stolen, and then likes the new fake life he has acquired. He asks the con man to help him change his life.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s supernatural pilot 666 Park Avenue tapped former Lost star Terry O’Quinn to star as the historic apartment building’s owner, Gavin.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also for ABC, Judy Greer’s comedy pilot added Mimi Kennedy. The comedy is about a sophisticated woman (Greer) who gets married and becomes a fish-out-of-water in the suburbs. Kennedy will play Greer’s character’s mother-in-law. ABC Studios is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX’s spy drama pilot The Asset has cast Ali Larter (Heroes) in a starring role as Anna King, a photojournalist who works for the CIA as a world-travelling human intelligence specialist. 20th Century Fox Television is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Previously starring in FX’s Rescue Me, Steve Pasquale signed on to become a series regular on NBC’s pilot Do No Harm. Pasquale will play neurosurgeon Jeffrey Kohl and his Hyde-like alter ego Ian Price.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Kristin Kreuk (Smallville) will soon be back at The CW, this time starring in the network’s upcoming version of Beauty and the Beast, loosely based on the 1980s CBS series of the same name.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Kelly Bishop was cast in ABC Family’s drama Bunheads from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. Sutton Foster stars as a trained ballerina-turned-Vegas showgirl who suddenly marries a man, moves to his sleepy coastal town and takes on an uncomfortable role at her mother-in-law’s dance studio. Bishop will play the recurring role of the mother-in-law, Fanny. Production is set to begin this spring and ABC Family is expected to debut the series this summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Co-lead investigator Grant Wilson of Syfy’s series Ghost Hunter is departing the show in a couple of months. Wilson’s last episode is May 16 and he will complete production in March.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Young actor Jacob Hopkins joins HBO’s True Blood to portray Alexander Kent, who turned to darkness at the tender age of 9 years, per THR. True Blood is currently in production on season five which bows this summer on HBO.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
This Means War – Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy
Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance – Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido, Idris Elba
The Secret World of Arrietty – Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler, Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, David Henrie

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 $50 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
Vinnie Potestivo Entertainment (www.vpetalent.com) is seeking men and women retiring from their jobs to participate in a one-day shoot to document their first day of retirement. The project is looking for people who are specifically retiring between February 15 and March 15, 2012. For more information, please send an email to: Alexis@vpetalent.com and include your name, phone number, retirement date and a brief description about yourself.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 2/13/12)
FUSE: Fuse & Maxim’s Top 100 Sexy Beats (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: American Chopper (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: World’s Toughest Trucker (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Undercover Boss: Abroad (Premiere) at 9pm & 10pm
BET: BET Honors 2012 at 9pm
TV ONE: Unsung: Ray Parker Jr. (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: 100 Greatest Women In Music (Hour 1) (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: Fashion Police: The 2012 Grammy Awards (Premiere) at 10pm

Pop singer and film star icon, Whitney Houston, 48 died on Saturday in Beverly Hills, CA. Ms. Houston was in Los Angeles to attend a pre-Grammy Awards party hosted by Clive Davis, the founder of Arista Records and the man considered to be her pop mentor. Throughout her singing career, Ms. Houston used her lush, three octave singing range to achieve hit after hit and her 1987 album “Whitney” became the first female album to debut at #1 on the Billboard Charts. Ms. Houston won numerous awards for her singing talent including six Grammys Awards. In 1992, she transitioned to becoming a movie star starting with her first film role in The Bodyguard, followed by other starring roles in Waiting to Exhale (1995) and The Preacher’s Wife (1996). Ms. Houston also played the role of the Fairy Godmother in a TV movie version of Cinderella (1997) for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and most recently she had a role in the upcoming film Sparkle currently in post-production and considered a comeback vehicle for the singer and actress. Ms. Houston also won a Primetime Emmy in 1986 for her Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for The 28th Annual Grammy Awards on CBS. From her marriage to Bobby Brown, Ms. Houston has one surviving daughter, Bobbi Kristina now 18. Ms. Houston is also survived by her mother. In addition to her many awards, BET honored Ms. Houston with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. Debra L. Lee, Chairman/CEO of BET Networks released this statement upon: “We are all simply heartbroken by the sudden passing of Whitney Houston. She was among the greatest artists of our time. She was an icon, trailblazer, international phenomenon — an incomparable talent that will forever be missed. Our prayers and condolences go out to her daughter, mother and her entire family. We will always love her.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Several networks will be honoring the late Whitney Houston with specials tonight and later this week: BET’s 106 & Park will pay tribute to the singer’s life and legacy in a three-hour episode beginning at 6p tonight; Lifetime is airing The Bodyguard tonight at 8p; VH1 has three specials including the VH1 News Special: Whitney Houston: Death of a Diva tonight at 930p, and on Thursday the VH1 News Presents Whitney Houston’s Greatest Moments at 11p as well as next week’s special 100 Greatest Women in Music that will include an updated salute to Ms. Houston; VH1 Classics will air the tribute Whitney A-to-Z on Tuesday at 1p and again at 8p; and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will offer the two-hour special Remembering Whitney: The Oprah Interview this Thursday at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Real-life spouses and producers Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) sold an untitled comedy pilot to CBS. The project will star Falcone who will also co-write and McCarthy (who also stars on CBS’ Mike & Molly) will serve as EP. The plot is about a 37-year old single guy (Falcone) who loses everything in the real estate collapse and finds himself back home in the house he grew up in and living with his parents. Larry Dorf is also a co-writer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Becki Newton (Ugly Betty) will star in a comedy pilot ordered by FOX titled The Goodwin Games. The plot is about a father who wills his fortune to his three children only if they agree to his terms. Newton will play one of the leads. She also is ready to begin her recurring role on CBS’ How I Met Your Mother. HIMYM’s Carter Bays, Craig Thomas and Chris Harris are all writers and EPs on The Goodwin Games.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Roseanne Barr and John Goodman (both former stars of Roseanne) are reuniting on the previously-announced multi-camera comedy pilot for NBC called Downwardly Mobile. The project is co-created by Barr and she stars as the head of a mobile home park where she acts as the surrogate mother to the residents. Goodman will play one of the residents. Eric Gilliland (Roseanne) is the other co-creator.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Upcoming period drama Gilded Lilys on ABC from EP Shonda Rhimes cast Blythe Danner. Madeline Zima and Sarah Bolger also landed roles in the drama set in 1895 about New York’s first luxury hotel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO’s Boardwalk Empire tapped Stephen Root to join the drama’s cast in the recurring role as Gaston Means, a forger, swindler and murder suspect who became a Special Investigator for the US Dept. of Justice under Attorney General Harry Daugherty (Christopher McDonald).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Known best for his film roles, Ryan Phillippe has joined the cast of CBS’ drama pilot previously titled Golden Boy. The project from Nicholas Wootton and Greg Berlanti tracks one cop’s meteoric rise from officer to detective to police commissioner
(Source: Cynopsis)

54TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Vow – $41.7 milllion
Safe House – $39.3 million
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – $27.6 million
Star Wars: Episode I Phantom Menace – $23 million
Chronicle – $12.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
A major cable network and an Emmy Award-winning production company are casting nationwide for a charismatic, professional matchmaker to be in a new series titled Finding Mr. Right. The matchmaker will take several attractive single women on a journey teaching them how be better daters, what to look for in a mate and how to set them up with eligible bachelors until they find their perfect match. Interested professional matchmakers should send an email to: FindingMrRightCasting@gmail.com and include name, contact info, state/city, photos and a brief paragraph about yourself.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Leftfield Pictures is casting women who are between 21 and 40 years old who see themselves as fashion risk-takers and who define their personal style as “trashy yet sexy-chic.” Interested candidates should be available for a photo shoot in New York tomorrow. They will be required to sign an appearance release authorizing their image to be featured in the project. To apply send an email to: leftfieldcasting@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A major cable network and an Emmy Award-winning production company are casting brides-to-be for a free and personal one-on-one consultation with haute-couture wedding gown designer, Justina McCaffery. Brides should be energetic and passionate about finding their perfect dress and have been searching for the dream dress. Brides must also be available on February 24 and live near Orange County area. To apply send an email to: ProposalCasting@gmail.com and include your name, contact number/email, city where you live, photos of you and a brief description about your upcoming wedding.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/10/12)
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are?: Marisa Tomei (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY FIT & HEALTH: Dr. G. Medical Examiner (Finale) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 2/11/12)
A&E: Parking Wars (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Billy The Exterminator (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: The Bronson Pinchot Project (Premiere) at 10:30pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Zooey Deschanel, Musical Guest: Karmin at 11:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry? (Finale) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Pit Bulls & Parolees (Finale) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 2/12/12)
E!: Live From The Red Carpet: The 2012 Grammy Awards at 6pm
CBS: The 54th Annual Grammy Awards at 8pm
BBC AMERICA: 2012 BAFTA Awards at 8pm
FOOD: Worst Cooks In America (Premiere) at 9pm
AMC: Comic Book Men (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Full Metal Jousting (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: My Strange Addiction (Premiere) at 10pm
GALAVISION: Prime Gourmet, El Reto (Finale) at 6pm

Bravo has renewed Real Housewives of Miami for a second season. The Miami version is the seventh edition in the network’s franchise and production will begin this month. In addition, Bravo has replaced the production company behind season one, MCfilmworks with Purveyors of Pop, the production company that already produces the Real Housewives editions in Atlanta, New York City and New Jersey. The inaugural season of Real Housewives of Miami with seven episodes averaged 1.09 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight and Academy Award nominee Elliott Gould both have joined Showtime’s drama pilot Ray Donovan. Liev Schreiber already stars in the title role. Voight will play Ray’s father Mickey Donovan, a newly freed ex-con who heads to Los Angeles with nefarious intentions to find his estranged family. Gould will take up the recurring guest starring role as Ezra Goodman, a senior partner at a law firm who is Ray’s mentor and confidante who also shows signs of dementia. Ray Donovan is a Showtime production and shooting will begin in L.A. early this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Justin Kirk (Weeds) was cast in NBC’s comedy pilot Animal Kingdom playing Dr. George Coleman, a House-like veterinarian who loves animals but usually dislikes their owners.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – Brendan Fraser, Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Caine, Vanessa Hudgens
Safe House – Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Liam Cunningham, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Patrick
The Vow – Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Sam Neill, Jessica Lange, Scott Speedman
Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (in 3D) (Re-release) – Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, Pernilla August

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 $310 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
MYX TV, the Asian American television channel is looking to develop a network of correspondents in several cities with expertise and connections in any of the following categories/industries: music, gaming, comics/manga/anime, movies, pop culture memes, food, technology, fashion and Asian community events. The cities where correspondents should be located include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and San Diego. The network will consider males and females aged 24 to 35 and preferably of Asian American or mixed Asian American heritage. The right candidates must be able to self-produce segments including writing, shooting and editing or has access to production services. For more information please visit www.myx.tv or send an email to: keesa_ocampo@abs-cbn.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 2/9/12)
HISTORY: Swamp People (Premiere) a 9pm
HISTORY: Mudcats (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Behind The Music Remastered: The Go Go’s (Premiere) at 2am

Late yesterday, FOX said this current season of House, starring Hugh Laurie as the unconventional medical genius Dr. Gregory House will be its last. Produced by Universal Television, there is some speculation the show could be picked up by another broadcast or cable network though nothing is official. The series’ present eighth season, airing Mondays at 8p, has averaged 9.8 million total viewers and a 3.9 rating among A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A proposed English-language cable news channel aiming at the US Hispanic market is in discussions between ABC and Univision. The 24-hour cable news channel would likely launch prior to the fall election period. Based in Miami, the cable news operation would utilize current reporters and producers from ABC and Univision and be owned 50-50 by both broadcasting companies. Presently, the US Hispanic population totals 50 million people and between the 2000 and 2010 census the US Hispanic population increased by 43%.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jersey Shore spinoff series The Pauly D Project premieres March 29 at 1030p on MTV. The new series, produced by 495 Productions follows Pauly D as he navigates the music industry while trying to balance the trappings of fame and family time. MTV is scheduling The Pauly D Project after Ashton Kutcher’s reality prank series Punk’d at 10p. The Pauly D Project will also roll out internationally on MTV channels starting this June.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Football players weren’t the only ones taking to the gridiron last Sunday as a cadre of cute puppies frolicked and made touchdowns in Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl VIII. The network reports 8.7 million unique total viewers tuned in across the 12-hour marathon. For 3-5p premiere of Puppy Bowl, Animal Planet delivered an average of 1.6 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mandy Moore will headline a new single-camera comedy pilot ordered by ABC. The untitled project is about newlyweds Annie (Moore) and Ben who open a hip new restaurant in Annie’s hometown that brings her closer to her needy and high maintenance family. Shawn Levy is on board as EP and to direct the pilot. Bob Fisher and Stacy Traub are writers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
A docu-series for a major cable network is casting nationwide for hot moms aged 34-45 who gave birth to children while in their late teens or early twenties. The show is looking for dynamic, beautiful women who traded in their 20’s to raise kids. Now that the kids are grown, these gorgeous moms are ready to have some fun. Send an email ASAP to: DevelopmentTVCasting@gmail.com and include your name, contact info, city/state, photos and a paragraph about you and your friends.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/30/12)
STYLE: The Amandas (Premiere) at 8pm
LOGO: RuPaul’s Drag Race (Premiere) at 9pm
LOGO: Untucked: RuPaul’s Drag Race (Premiere) at 10:30pm
E! Fashion Police: 2012 SAG Awards (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Who’s Still Standing? (Finale) at 8pm
NBC: Fear Factor (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Next Great Baker (Finale) at 9pm
TV ONE: Unsung: Full Force (Premiere) at 10pm

The National Boards of the ScreenActors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists (AFTRA) have taken major steps toward a merger. On Saturday, AFTRA’s board voted 94% in favor (6% disapprove) to recommend a unification plan with SAG. Before that on Friday, SAG’s board voted in favor of the merger plan by 87.1% (12.9% disapprove). The next move will see members of AFTRA and SAG vote on the merger after February 27. More than 60% of members need to approve the merger in order to create one new aligned union called SAG-AFTRA. Currently, AFTRA oversees more than 70,000 actors, broadcasters, singers and dancers while SAG oversees 120,000 members.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Robert Hegyes, best known as “Sweathog” Juan Epstein on the 1970s sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter died last Thursday in Edison, NJ. He was 60. Mr. Hegyes appeared on the ABC sitcom which ran from 1975 to 1979 playing Epstein, the Sweathog who was always late sporting excuse notes signed “Epstein’s Mother.” Following Welcome Back, Kotter, Mr. Hegyes had a recurring role on the 1980s CBS crime drama Cagney & Lacey and in later years he acted in regional theater and had guest roles on CHiPs, L.A. Heat and Diagnosis Murder. Mr. Hegyes also taught for several years at Venice High School in California where he told interviewers he had a reputation for accepting no absence excuses of any kind.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Longtime television comedy director, John Rich died on Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 86. Mr. Rich directed 81 episodes of All in the Family in the 1970s and prior to that directed the 1950s sitcoms I Married Joan starring Joan Davis and Our Miss Brooks starring Eve Arden. Mr. Rich won two Emmy Awards, one for directing and one for producing, both for All in the Family, as well as a third Emmy for directing The Dick Van Dyke Show. Mr. Rich was also granted the Director Guild of America’s highest honor, the Richard B. Aldrich Achievement Award in 1993 and was recognized for his contributions to television with an Honorary Life Member Award in 2003. Mr. Rich is survived by his wife, Patty; three children and eight grandchildren.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS – 2012 WINNERS LIST
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Grey – $20 million
Underworld Awakening – $12.5 million
One For The Money – $11.8 million
Red Tails – $10.4 million
Man On A Ledge – $8.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
A major production company is casting nationally for people of all ages who want to work for one of America’s top fashion publications as an Associate Fashion/Features Editor as part of a new network television show. The program is looking for people who are outgoing, driven, creative and have a competitive edge. Send an email ASAP to: TheJobCasting@yahoo.com and include your name, contact info, city/state, photos and a description of why you think you should work for a top fashion publication.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s The Revolution is seeking women from the NYC/tri-state area who want to learn about their anatomy for a segment. Interested women should be available tomorrow, January 31. Another new segment is looking for female dog owners who want to learn about dog health. For this segment, interested women should be from the NYC/tri-state area and be available on Wednesday, February 1. Those interested in either segment should send an email ASAP to: barbarastein@earthlink.net.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The new YouTube Home & Design channel, SPACES is looking for celebrities who are currently renovating their homes or who want to begin a renovation soon. The show will follow the celebrity through the renovation process. The channel is looking for celebrities who have a passion for design and renovation. For bookings, send an email to: tvtalkrr@yahoo.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)