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FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL/ CASTING CALL

January 4, 2012

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDMESDAY 1/4/12)
A&E: Dog The Bounty Hunter (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
A&E: Steven Seagal Lawma (Premiere) at 10pm
COOKING: Not My Mama’s Meals (Premiere) at 9pm
MTV: True Life Presents: On The Mat (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY INVESTIGATION: Fatal Encounters (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Moonshiners (Finale) at 10pm

Original police drama Flashpoint was renewed by ION Television for a fifth season containing 13 episodes. Production begins on the new episodes in February. Flashpoint has aired on ION in primetime since October 2011 following the network’s acquisition of all episodes from seasons 1-3 as well as 11 original episodes from season four. The series is produced by Pink Sky Entertainment and Avamar Entertainment in association with CTV and ION Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV One premieres new docu-drama series Find Our Missing beginning January 18 at 10p. The 10-episode series focuses attention on stories about people of color who have disappeared without a trace and will encourage viewers to action by contacting police and FBI if they have vital information about the missing persons. Find Our Missing is hosted by actress S. Epatha Merkerson (NBC’s Law & Order) and is produced for TV One by Towers Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new original eight-episode series will premiere next month on Netflix as Lilyhammer starring Steven Van Zandt opens on February 6. Van Zandt, best known for his role on HBO’s The Sopranos plays a New York mobster who is relocated to rural Norway. Van Zandt will also serve as one of the series’ executive producers. Lilyhammer was developed and produced by Norway-based Rubicon TV AS. The series will be available to Netflix streaming subscribers in the US, Canada and Latin America.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Monday’s one-hour debut of novela La Que No Podia Amar (The One Who Couldn’t Love) on Univision tallied an average audience of 4.1 million total viewers in addition to 2.3 million among A18-49 and 1.4 million with A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On New Year’s night, OWN premiered its new primetime series Oprah’s Next Chapter with a two-hour episode at 9p that earned the network’s highest Sunday debut ever with a 1.1 rating among W25-54 and 1.1 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Making a comeback to series television, Cybill Shepherd was cast to co-star opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt in Lifetime’s drama The Client List. Shepherd is reprising her role as the mother of Hewitt’s character as both actresses had previously starred in Lifetime’s original movie of the same name. Sony is producing the 10-episode one-hour series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Simon Cowell is returning as full-time judge for the sixth season of Britain’s Got Talent this coming spring. During the last season, Cowell judged only the live shows as his time was filled with launching The X-Factor in the US on FOX. Cowell joins David Williams, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden on the show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 1/1/12)
1) Adele – 21 – 144,185 (After 45 weeks – 5,823,628)
2) Drake – Take Care – 71,633 (After 7 weeks – 1,246,774)
3) Young Jeezy – TM 103: Hustler Ambition – 67,169 (After 2 weeks – 301,335)

Other Debuts
18) Skrillex – Bangarang – 23,722
41) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Soundtrack – 14,278

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $30 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

www.NYLottery.org

CASTING CALL
ABC’s The Revolution is looking for participants in several categories to appear on their show: Moms interested in learning more about the ingredients in energy drinks and the show will give you the information you need; women in their 40’s who are interested in learning more about breast health; and women who have serious foot problems. If you fit the bill in any of these categories, please send an email to: barbarastein@earthlink.net.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL/ CASTING CALL

December 21, 2011

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 12/21/11)
FOX: The X Factor (Season Finale: Part 1) at 8pm
STYLE: Too Fat For 15 (Finale) at 8pm
BRAVO: Work Of Art: The Next Grreat Artist (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: This Is Justin Bieber (Premiere) at 9pm
FX: American Horror Story (Finale) at 10pm

HBO handed good news to frosh comedy Enlightened starring Laura Dern, renewing the series for a second season. Three other HBO comedies were cancelled including Hung, How to Make It in America and Bored to Death. The three comedies were axed apparently to make room on Sunday nights for new programming HBO will launch in 2012. Hung has averaged 3.9 million viewers while How to Make It in America and Bored to Death each averaged 2.3 million viewers taking multiple linear telecasts, DVR and On Demand into consideration. The newly renewed Enlightened has the smallest average audience of 1.5 million viewers though has received much critical acclaim.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Marking the first time in 46 years, the Super Bowl will officially be available through live streaming. The NFL will live stream the Super Bowl’s NBC telecast in addition to this current season’s Pro Bowl and NBC’s broadcasts of Wild Card playoff games through the NFL’s and NBC’s websites via Verizon’s NFL Mobile app. NBC will televise Super Bowl XLVI on February 5.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Upcoming new series Q’VIVA! THE CHOSEN documenting the transcontinental journey to find the best Latin American artists will make its Spanish-language US premiere January 28 at 7p on Univision. The series from Simon Fuller’s XIX Entertainment, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony and Jamie King in partnership with BlackBerry will also air on top networks throughout the Americas. Univision will air the one-hour Q’VIVA! THE CHOSEN over 12 weeks each Saturday at 7p. Other networks airing the series include Televisa in Mexico and Caracol in Colombia. The series will debut internationally throughout Central and South America and additional networks as well as a major English-language US broadcaster will be announced soon.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new version of Bloopers from dick clark productions (dcp) will debut in syndication fall 2012. The show has already been picked up by Tribune stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Washington DC, Houston, Seattle, Miami, Sacramento, Portland, Indianapolis, San Diego, Hartford, Harrisburg, Grand Rapids and New Orleans. Trifecta Entertainment & Media is distributing the series and will also head ad sales. Bloopers will have 120 original half-hour episodes over the next three years and is intended to run as two back-to-back episodes in a one-hour block on weekends.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 12/18/11)
1) Michael Buble – Christmas – 447,673 (After 8 weeks – 1,964382)
2) Adele – 21 – 276,689 (After 43 weeks – 5,280,677)
3) Justin Bieber – Under The Mistletoe – 170,645 (After 7 weeks – 1,003,158)

Other Debuts
12) Anthony Hamilton – Back To Love – 62,792
26) Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa – Mac & Damon Go To High School – 38,456
29) Metallica – Beyond Magnetic – 36,047

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $104 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

www.NYLottery.org

CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting and 495 Productions, behind MTV’s Jersey Shore, are looking for passionate, self-identified pop culture fanatics obsessed with comics, graphic novels, sci-fi, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies and television. The project is an experimental documentary series titled Fandom Rising that will take a deep look at the lives and relationships of people who love fantasy, fiction, comics, gaming, science and more. The digital casting application can be found at: www.fandomcasting.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s upcoming new daytime series The Revolution is looking for people interested in appearing on the show with the following issues: money disputes with your partner; getting out of debt; dressing to look thinner; and how to perform household repairs without spending a fortune on a professional. The appearances would involve interactive talk with the hosts as well as “makeovers.” Submissions will be passed on to the show and those selected will receive interviews. Those interested can send an email to: barbarastein@earthlink.net.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL/ CASTIING CALL

December 14, 2011

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 12/14/11)
ABC: Barbara Walters Presents The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011 at 10pm
MTV: The Real World 26: San Diego (Finale) at 10pm
USA: Psych (Finale) at 10pm

ABC News announced Christiane Amanpour anchor of This Week will take on a new role within the ABC News division as the Global Affairs anchor across all platforms effective immediately. Amanpour will focus on foreign affairs reporting for ABC in primetime specials and for the network’s news broadcasts. Beginning January 8, George Stephanopoulos will take on the dual role as anchor of This Week in addition to his current role as anchor on Good Morning America. In addition to remaining at ABC News, Amanpour will host a weekday show on CNN International. Jim Walton, President of CNN Worldwide issued this statement regarding Amanpour’s new role: “Christiane Amanpour has been synonymous with international reporting and with CNN for many years. We could not be happier that through this unique arrangement with ABC News her experience and global perspective are returning to a nightly news broadcast for our international audience.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Yesterday, the FCC passed rules that would lower the volume on television commercials. The new rules are part of the legislation passed in 2010 and signed by President Obama called the CALM Act (Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation). The rules will go into effect on December 13, 2012 and will charge television stations, cable operators and others to keep the volume on both local and national ads to the same level as the program surrounding it.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On New Year’s Day, FUEL TV, the entertainment and sports network from FOX Sports Media Group, launches the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) with a 24-hour marathon featuring five show premieres beginning at 12a. For the coming New Year, FUEL TV will serve up more than 2,000 hours of UFC programming with 100+ hours of live fights, weigh-ins, preliminary matches and pre- and post-fight shows. Also on January 3, FUEL TV premieres UFC Tonight at 10p, the network’s official news and information program of the UFC hosted by Todd Harris.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedy series The League was granted a fourth season renewal by FX. The network ordered 13 episodes from FX Productions. Presently in its third season, The League is averaging 1.7 million total viewers and 1.5 million with A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season four of RuPaul’s Drag Race launches on Logo with a 90-minute premiere episode January 30 at 9p. Thirteen drag queens compete for the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” while a slew of celebrities appear as guest judges including Elvira, Jennifer Tilly, Natalie Cole, Rick Fox and many more. On the same night, Logo will also debut a new season of its behind-the-scenes show Untucked: RuPaul’s Drag Race at 1030p. World of Wonder Productions is behind both series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Soon after Valentine’s Day, E! brings back new second seasons of its half-hour series Khloe & Lamar and Ice Loves Coco. Twelve new episodes of Khloe & Lamar and ten new episodes of Ice Loves Coco premiere February 19 at 10p and 1030p respectively. Khloe & Lamar is produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions and Bunim-Murray Productions while Ice Loves Coco is created and produced by Comcast Entertainment Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)

This past Sunday, HBO aired the season finale of Boardwalk Empire which tallied a season high of 3.0 million total viewers at 9p and another 834,000 for the 11p encore airing for a combined audience of 3.8 million for the night. HBO additionally aired a preview of new series LUCK which brought in an average of 1.1 million viewers at 10p. LUCK will premiere January 29.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mark Moses landed a multi-episode run on AMC’s The Killing, reports THR. Moses will join the series’ second season playing Lt. Carlson, a new detective at the Seattle police department.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 12/11/11)
1) Michael Buble – Christmas – 479,377 (After 7 weeks – 1,516,833)
2) The Black Keys – El Camino – 206,210
3) Adele – 21 – 187,379 (After 42 weeks – 5,003,988)

Other Debuts
5) Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures – 113,856
9) Glee Cast – Glee: The Music, Volume 7 – 58,343
10) Korn – Path Of Totality – 54,732
16) The Roots – Undun – 48,189
19) Chevelle – Hats Off To The Bull – 43, 228
21) Robin Thicke – Love After War – 41,250
25) T-Pain – Revolver – 33,748
39) Neil Diamond – Very Best Of Neil Diamond – 23,182

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $78 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
A seventh season of MTV’s Randy Jackson Presents America’s Best Dance Crew (ABDC) is searching nationwide to find hip-hop dance crews of five to seven participants ready to hit the ABDC stage. The season is set to premiere on MTV next spring. Auditions will take place in Chicago on January 13; Houston on January 15; New York on January 21; and Los Angeles on January 28. Interested crews can register at ABDCCasting.com or send an e-mail to: ABDC@mtv.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A major cable network is looking for bold, sassy people that work with everyday people such as waitresses and cab drivers to appear on a television series. The show is looking for people who have to deliver bad news to good people, take food orders, drive passengers or provide customer support of some type, though when it comes to dealing with clients, you are in control. Please send a brief description (300 words or less) of why you and your company deserve to be on this show to: casting@lescasting.com. In the email, include your name, age, location, contact information and three current photos.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ BROADWAY/ CASTING CALL

December 8, 2011

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 12/8/11)
A&E: The First 48 (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Beyond Scared Straight (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: The Great Big American Auction (Premiere) at 10pm

Weekly series America’s Money Class with Suze Orman is set to debut on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network January 9 at 9p. Each week, financial guru Orman will offer a master class on money in front of a live studio audience, answering questions in person and via video conference. In the finale episode, Orman will give viewers a chance to win up to $50,000 when they take her final money exam. Michael Levitt Productions produces the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A second season is in store for La La’s Full Court Life on VH1. The upcoming sophomore season follows actress/TV personality La La Anthony and her NBA star husband, Carmelo Anthony as they adjust to living in the Big Apple after Carmelo was traded from the Denver Nuggets to the New York Knicks. The series is produced by 51 Minds Entertainment, Krossover Entertainment and The Collective.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tuesday night’s series premiere of Storage Wars Texas on A&E Network at 1030p attracted 4.1 million total viewers and 2.1 million with A25-54. The series launch has become the network’s most-watched original series premiere in its history among total viewers and A25-54. The opening episode also tallied 2.1 million with A18-49. Storage Wars Texas is produced by Original Productions, a FremantleMedia Company for A&E and the next new episode will air December 13 at 1030p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also on Tuesday at 10p, FX aired the fourth season finale of Sons of Anarchy which racked up 4.2 million total viewers; 2.1 million with A18-49. FX previously has renewed Sons of Anarchy for a fifth season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV and movie actor, Harry Morgan, best known for his beloved role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter on the television series M*A*S*H died in Los Angeles at the age of 96. In addition to his iconic role on M*A*S*H, Mr. Morgan starred in the television series Dragnet, Pete and Gladys and The D.A. as well as more than 100 films. Despite his busy acting career, Mr. Morgan was quoted as saying Col. Potter was “the best part I ever had.” Mr. Morgan won an Emmy Award in 1980 for his role as Col. Potter. He also continued playing Col. Potter in the spinoff series, AfterMASH which lasted two years. In the latter part of his career, Mr. Morgan had guest star roles in such shows as 3rd Rock From the Sun and Murder, She Wrote. He is survived by his wife and three sons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BROADWAY
New Musical Once will get Spring 2012 Opening on Broadway.
http://ppc.broadway.com/shows/once/buzz/158867/new-musical-once-will-get-spring-2012-opening-on-broadway/

CASTING CALL
Media Headquarters is spearheading a search for smart people to appear in the original two-hour special event, Canada’s Smartest Person airing on CBC Television in March 2012. The show is looking for the smartest person in Canada or you can nominate someone you know now through January 1. Apply at cbc.ca/smartestperson.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ GRAMMY NOMINATIONS/ BROADWAY/ CASTING CALL

December 1, 2011

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 12/1/11)
ABC: CMA Country Christmas (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: D.U.I. (Premiere) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: Keep A Child Alive With Alicia Keys (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Weed Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
FUEL: Built To Shred (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Hostage: Do Or Die (Premiere) at 10pm
CMT: Top Secret Recipie (Finale) at 9pm
CMT: Trick My What? (Finale) at 11pm

A fifth season of The Game is set to debut on BET starting January 10 at 10p. The Game, starring Tia Mowry-Hardrict as the wife of a football star, aired for three seasons on The CW before it was acquired by BET. The fourth season on BET opened last January with 7.7 million total viewers for its premiere episode and ended with 4.4 million total viewers for its season finale in March.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime ordered an additional ten episodes of its drama series Army Wives for its sixth season. This will take the sixth season to a total of 23 episodes. Production is presently underway though it is not clear yet if these ten new episodes will run concurrently with the original 13 ordered eps or run separately.
(Source: Cynopsis)

GRAMMY NOMINATIONS
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards will air on Sunday February 12, 2012.
http://www.grammy.com/nominees

BROADWAY
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) To Leasd Broadway Revival Of “Harvey”.
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/158744/the-big-bang-theorys-jim-parsons-to-lead-broadway-revival-of-harvey/

Eric McCormack (Will & Grace) Joins James Earl Jones & More In “The Best Man”
http://ppc.broadway.com/buzz/158768/will-grace-star-eric-mccormack-joins-james-earl-jones-more-in-the-best-man/

CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting is searching the nation for the hardest working women in America for a docu-series. The program will celebrate tough women who are not afraid of disgusting, terrifying or back-breaking labor essentially proud Wonder Women. This nationwide search is looking for women in demanding jobs such as mining, roofing, installing power lines, deep sea fishing, firefighters and any other jobs where women represent less than 10% of the national workforce. Women in demanding professions are invited to apply online via: www.wonderwomencasting.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL/ CASTING CALL

November 30, 2011

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 11/30/11)
NBC: Christmas In Rockefeller Center at 7pm
FUEL TV: Ellismania (Premiere) at 9pm
TRU TV: Full Throttle Saloon (Premiere) at 9pm
TRU TV: Black Gold (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Baseball Wives (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY NETWORK: I Want That (Premiere) at 9:30pm
FOX: I Hate My Teenage Daughter (Premiere) at 9:30pm
CBS: The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Life After: Jayne Kennedy (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: The Soup (Premiere) at 10pm
MILITARY: Triggers: Weapons That Changed The World (Premiere) at 10pm
TV LAND: Hot In Cleveland (Premiere) at 10pm
TV LAND: The Exes (Premiere) at 10:30pm

Apparently only one of the five additional scripts ordered of frosh series Pan Am will be produced by ABC. This means the drama’s first season will total 14 episodes. ABC will air the series’ six remaining original episodes beginning this Sunday.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime will roll out Project Runway All Stars beginning January 5 at 9p. Thirteen of the past designer contestants on the show will compete in front of a new panel of judges. Project Runway All Stars is hosted by supermodel Angela Lindvall and designers Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman will serve as judges while Marie Claire Editor-in-Chief Joanna Coles is the fashion tastemaker and mentor. Project Runway All Stars is produced by The Weinstein Company and Bunim-Murray Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In January, USA Network has set the premiere date for its new original series Common Law on January 26 at 10p. The 12-episode one-hour series stars Michael Ealy, Warren Kole, Jack McGee and Sonya Walger. From CBS Television Studios and Junction Entertainment, production on Common Law is currently underway in New Orleans. USA will additionally bring back six more episodes comprising the third season of White Collar starting January 17 at 10p. White Collar is produced by Fox Television Studios and season four will begin production in New York early next year. Royal Pains also returns with six new episodes beginning January 18 at 10p. Royal Pains is produced by Universal Cable Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After setting January 2 as the premiere date for more second season episodes, ABC Family announced a third season renewal for Pretty Little Liars. ABC Family ordered 24 episodes foSunday’s midseason finale of The Walking Dead on AMC attracted 6.5 million total viewers and 4.4 million with A18-49. The Walking Dead ranks as the most-watched drama series on basic cable among A18-49. r season three.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/27/11)
1) Michael Buble – Christmas – 227,133 (After 5 weeks – 745,116)
2) Nickelback – Here And Now – 226,714
3) Rihanna – Talk That Talk – 197,727

Other Debuts
5) Mary J. Blige – My Life II…The Journey Continues – 155,512
8 ) Daughtry – Break The Spell – 128,626
11) Taylor Swift – Speak Now World Tour Live – 76,882
12) Big Time Rush – Elevate – 70,050
19) Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band – Ultimate Hits: Rock & Roll Never Forgets – 50,429
24) Michael Jackson – Immortal – 42,646
27) Yelawolf – Radioactive – 40,660
34) Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. – That’s Life – 31,689 (America’s Got Talent Winner)
36) James Durbin – Memories Of A Beautiful Disaster – 27,669
38) Muppets Soundtrack – 26,758
48) Lady Gaga – Very Gaga Holiday – 22,107

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $31 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

www.NYLottery.org

CASTING CALL
3PX Productions is casting for a new docu-series and looking for pregnant mothers who have pregnant daughters at the same time. A major cable network is interested in documenting your lives if you find yourself and your daughter in this unique situation. If both you and your daughter are outgoing and interested in sharing your stories, please contact the casting team immediately at: mothersanddaughtersExpecting@gmail.com. Please include a brief description of why you should be part of this docu-series and what has happened in your lives since you both found out you are pregnant. Include your phone number, email address and the city/state where you live. Applicants must be 18 years or older.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ MEGA MILLIONS/ CASTING CALL

November 29, 2011

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 11/29/11)
MTV: Teen Mom 2: Catch Up Special (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: America’s Supernanny (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: One Born Every Minute (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: What Not To Wear (Premiere) at 9pm & 10pm
TNT: Mystery Movie Night (Premiere) at 9pm
YES NETWORK: Yankee Access (Premiere) at 9pm
OXYGEN: Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda (Finale) at 10pm

Daytime’s newest show, The Revolution launches on ABC January 16 at 2p. The one-hour daily talk show is hosted by a team of experts including; Ty Pennington, Tim Gunn, Harley Pasternak, Dr. Jennifer Ashton and Dr. Tiffanie David Henry. Each week the show will follow one woman’s personal journey over a five-month period. The Revolution is produced by 3 Ball Productions/Eyeworks USA, the producers of NBC’s The Biggest Loser and ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Last Friday’s premiere of Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse at 10p on TBS attracted 3.4 million total viewers and 1.8 million with A18-49. The 1030p episode increased to more than 3.4 million total viewers and the A18-49 demo remained steady at 1.8 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also on Sunday, E! debuted a new season of Kourtney & Kim Take New York at 10p which drew in close to 3.2 million total viewers; 2.3 with A18-49; and more than 1.7 million among W18-49. Following at 11p, E! also opened a second season of After Lately which delivered more than 1.2 million total viewers and 937,000 A18-49 viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A nationally syndicated talk show that would have been hosted by reality TV star Bethenny Frankel will NOT happen for fall 2012. The distributor, Telepictures, a unit of Warner Bros. could not secure a commitment from a major US station group for the proposed talk show. Frankel gained fame from several Bravo shows including Real Housewives of New York City, Bethenny Getting Married and Bethenny Ever After. The series Bethenny Ever After recently wrapped production on a new season and will continue on Bravo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Darren Pettie (AMC’s Mad Men) is staying in the 1960’s as the actor landed a recurring role on ABC’s Pan Am, per EW. In the ABC drama, Pettie will play airline captain Vince Broyles, considered to be the “ultimate sky god.” Broyles is a former celebrated WWII pilot, though charming, has a dark side.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $64 million

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

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CASTING CALL
O’Connor Casting Company seeks Americans with Norwegian ancestry to participate in the third season of Norway’s top reality television series The Great Norway Adventure (aka Alt for Norge). Even with a little bit of Norwegian blood, if selected you could travel to Norway and compete in exciting extreme cultural challenges to discover your roots while competing for $50,000 and at the same time meet Norwegian relatives you didn’t know existed. For more information and to download an application, please visit: http://www.oconnorcasting.tv/castingboard. Questions can be directed to: castingnorway@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WattsUProductions is casting for three different projects: The first is seeking a judge for a new daytime pilot show. The show will consider former DA’s and Prosecutors as well as dynamic attorneys to try cases on television. Candidates must be based in New York or be willing to travel to New York for the pilot. The second project is looking for female detectives, private investigators, police officers who are online/internet predator experts as well as young women who have posted too much information on their Facebook page. The third project is seeking gay couples who are having a baby through a surrogate or adoption. For any of these three projects, please email your information and a picture to: swatt68@yahoo.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

An elite cable network and an Emmy Award-winning production company are casting women who are searching for their long-lost biological sisters for a new series titled Forever Sisters. Charismatic adoptees who desire a reunion with their sisters should consider applying for this heart-felt, positive series. If you have been wondering about where your sister is and/or have either recently starting searching for her or have been looking for years, please send an email immediately to: ForeverSistersCasting@gmail.com and include your name, contact number and email, the city/state where you live, photos of you and a brief story about you and your sister.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ WEEKEND BOX OFFICE/ SOUL TRAIN AWARDS/ CASTING CALL

November 28, 2011

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVSION (11/28/11)
BBC AMERICA: Top Gear Top 40 (Premiere) at 8pm & 9pm
TLC: Next Great Baker (Premiere) at 9pm
TNT: The Closer (Premiere) at 9pm
TNT: Rizzoli & Isles (Premiere) at 10pm
E! Scouted (Premiere) at 10pm
SCIENCE: Meteorite Men (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: A Tribute To Ryan Dunn (Premiere) at 10:30pm
NBC: The Sing-Off (Finale) at 8pm
FOX: House (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Cake Boss (Finale) at 10:30pm

Soap fans of ABC’s former All My Children and the soon-to-be canceled One Life to Live will not see either serialized drama move from network television to online after all. Prospect Park, the independent production company that had snagged the rights to continue both via an online network, announced just before Thanksgiving the production details could not be worked out. Prospect Park founders Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz said, “After five months of negotiations with various guilds, hundreds of presentations to potential financial and technology partners, and a hope that we could pioneer a new network for the future, it is with great disappointment that we are suspending our aspirations to revive One Life to Live and All My Children via online distribution.” ABC ended All My Children last September and One Life to Live recently wrapped production and ABC will air its final episode in January.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A quarterly boxing series is premiering January 21 on NBC Sports Network, the new network which is rebranding from Versus and launching January 2. NBC Sports Network Fight Night will air on Saturdays and the first one is from Philadelphia, the home base of one of Comcast’s regional sports networks (RSN). The cities where Comcast has an RSN will be the host cities for the fights and additionally will help promote and re-air them.
(Source: Cynopsis)

2011 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS – WINNER’S LIST
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – $42 million
The Muppets: $29.5 million
Happy Feet 2 – $13.4 million
Arthur Christmas – $12.7 million
Hugo – $11.4 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
ABC’s new daytime talk show The Revolution helmed by Ty Pennington and Tim Gunn are casting for couples for two different segments this week. The first one is looking for couples with different eating habits; maybe one is healthy and one is not or couples who have extremely opposite eating habits or your partner doesn’t want to change his/her eating behaviors. If you live in the greater New York City area and are available November 30, send an email immediately to: castingtherevolution@gmail.com and also cc: Twinsworld1@aol.com and put FRIDGE REDO in the subject line. Include both of your names, city/state where you live, phone numbers, date of birth, ages and a photo along with a brief description of your eating habits and differences.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The second segment for ABC’s The Revolution is looking for married couples in the Tri-state area where one of you wants/needs a free makeover. Maybe your husband or wife recently changed jobs and your look now doesn’t match your spouse’s; maybe you let yourself go as a stay-at-home mom and you need a fashion re-boot; or maybe your husband was recently promoted and needs a new look to go with his new job. If interested, send an email immediately to JW.CASTING.THEREVOLUTION@GMAIL.COM and cc: Twinsworld1@aol.com. Include your name, city/state where you live, contact numbers, age and a brief description of your story and why one of you needs the makeover. Also include photos of you and your husband.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL/ CASTING CALL

November 23, 2011

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 11/23/11)
VH1: I Heart Radio Music Festival (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Life After: Kim Coles (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Extreme Couponing (Finale) at 10pm

A happy ending is in store for NBC’s frosh drama Grimm as the network gave the one-hour series a back-nine episode order for a full season commitment. In its Friday 9p slot, Grimm is averaging 6.9 million total viewers and a 2.3 rating among A18-49 including DVR data. NBC will additionally give Grimm a try on Thursday primetime by scheduling an episode on December 8 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Eleven classic TV sitcoms from Carsey Werner were added to the online video joint venture Hulu and its Hulu Plus subscription service. The TV shows include 580 total episodes from The Cosby Show, Whoopi, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Grounded For Life, That 80’s Show, The Tracy Morgan Show, Damon, Men Behaving Badly, Game Over, Davis Rules and Normal, Ohio. Financial terms were not disclosed and the shows became available middle of this month.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC is moving forward with a pilot order for the untitled sitcom starring Sarah Silverman playing basically herself, a woman who is newly single after a long relationship. In August, NBC gave the project a pilot commitment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Landing his first regular TV role, Ewan McGregor joins the cast of HBO’s The Corrections. HBO is adapting the novel by Jonathan Franzen about a dysfunctional Midwestern family. Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest were previously cast in the parent roles and McGregor will play their second child Chip. The Corrections is still in the pilot phase.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New FOX drama Touch starring Kiefer Sutherland tagged Roxana Brusso (Southland) for a recurring role playing Sheri, a tough former biker with a heart of gold, per EW. Sheri is the director and physical therapist at a facility that cares for Jake, the odd gifted son of Sutherland’s single dad role. Touch is slated to premiere next spring on FOX.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Syfy approved a pilot script for a one-hour drama based on the DC Comics franchise, Booster Gold, reports THR. The project is from Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television. Greg Berlanti will serve as executive producer while Andrew Kreisberg will write the script and also be an executive producer. The plot is about Booster Gold, a has-been athlete from the future who travels back to the present time in hopes of becoming the best super hero ever. Instead of battling criminals, he chooses to chase money and fame.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/20/11)
1) Drake – Take Care – 630,571
2) Michael Buble – Christmas – 165,477
3) Adele – 21 – 112,825 (After 39 weeks – 4,532,846)

Other Debuts
4) Andrea Bocelli – Concerto: Live In Central Park – 86,614
6) Glee Cast – Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Vol. 2 – 71, 219
11) Childish Gambino – Camp – 52,133
12) Various Artists – Cities 97 Sampler Volume 23 – 33,397
17) Webbie – Savage Life 3 – 30,146
23) Frank Sinatra – Sinatra: Best Of The Best – 25,738
48) Gym Class Heroes – Papercut Chronicles II – 12,027

POWERBALL
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CASTING CALL
A major cable network is casting for a docu-series about beautiful single women looking for Mr. Right. The docu-series, Finding Mr. Right is from the producers of such series as The Locator and Beyond the Glory. The series will pair two women with professional matchmakers who set them up with hand-selected eligible bachelors until they find Mr. Right. Beautiful women who are ready for a serious relationship, would like to work with a professional matchmaker, find that men are intimidated by them or perhaps have a career that prevents them from meeting someone special should consider applying. If you or someone you know would like to be part of this new series, please send an email right away to: FindingMrRightCasting@gmail.com. Include your name, contact info, city/state, a photo and a brief description about yourself.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ SOUNDSCAN/ POWERBALL/ CASTING CALL

November 16, 2011

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 11/16/11)
A&E: Lady Hoggers (Premiere) at 10:30pm
A&E: American Hoggers (Finale) at 10pm
COMEDY: South Park (Finale) at 10pm
COMEDY: Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time (Finale) at 10:30pm

CBS News made it official yesterday by announcing plans to revamp its mornings with a new morning show premiering January 9. The untitled new show will air from 7a to 9a hosted by new additions Charlie Rose and Gayle King along with current The Early Show co-anchor Erica Hill. Chris Licht was tapped as Executive Producer and will continue as VP/Programming in charge of CBS News broadcasts and developing new opportunities across all platforms. Furthermore, John Miller will join the morning program as Senior Correspondent while Rebecca Jarvis will become the Business and Economics Correspondent and Jeff Glor, presently The Early Show news anchor will serve as Special Correspondent. The program will debut in a newly-built studio at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After giving freshman drama series Prime Suspect a chance to gain viewers through double airings each week, NBC said it is closing down production on further episodes beyond the 13-episode order. Prime Suspect, starring Maria Bello is not officially canceled though the series did not have a spot on the network’s midseason schedule and in its current Thursday 10p slot, NBC will replace it with The Firm which begins its regular run on January 12. Produced by Universal Television, Prime Suspect has been averaging a 1.6/4 rating/share among A18-49 and 5.8 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Couponing goes to a new level in a new competition series on TLC titled Extreme Couponing All-Stars bowing December 27 at 10p. The seven-episode series will pit dedicated couponers in competition against each other to see which one can save the most on $500 worth of merchandise that is donated afterwards. The half-hour series will air on Tuesdays at 10p and ends with a one-hour finale episode that will watch as three top shoppers battle it out in one store. Sharp Entertainment produces this new series as well as Extreme Couponing which is currently airing on Wednesdays at 10p and ends its season on November 23.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Chelsea Handler signed a new multi-year deal with E! Entertainment that keeps her as host and executive producer of her late night series Chelsea Lately through 2014. Handler’s new agreement also allows her to develop and produce shows for E! and NBCUniversal through her production company, Borderline Amazing Productions as well as After Lately which is back for a second season on E! starting November 27.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/13/11)
1) Mac Miller – Blue Slide Park – 144,237
2) Michael Buble – Christmas – 122,893 (After 3 weeks – 352,593)
3) Various Artists – Now 40 – 119,076

Other Debuts
9) Romeo Santos – Forumla Vol. 1 – 62,074
10) Il Divo – Wicked Game – 61,056
13) Disturbed – Lost Children – 43,220
21) Tech N9ne Collabos – Welcome To Strangeland – 26,222
23) Greatest Video Game Music – Greatest Video Game Music – 23,777
28) Noel Gallagher – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – 18,704
36) Keith Sweat – Til The Morning – 14,423

POWERBALL
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CASTING CALL
Univision Network announced multiple city auditions for the sixth season of its reality series Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty). The audition tour will be graced by the show’s host Giselle Blondet and the fifth season winner Nastassja Bolivar. Auditions will be held in nine cities in the US and Puerto Rico starting with Miami on December 1; Puerto Rico on December 7; Chicago on January 11; New York on January 18; Fort Worth on January 22; Houston on January 25; Phoenix on January 28; Los Angeles on January 31; and Cabazon, CA on February 1 (dates subject to change). Interested female candidates must be between 18 to 27 years old the day of audition, fluent in Spanish and if chosen as a finalist, must be available to reside in Miami during the length of their participation in the show. For full details on eligibility requirements for the auditions, please visit www.NuestraBellezaLatina.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)