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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 11/15/11)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Knights Of Mayhem (Premiere) at 9pm
TRUTV: Hardcore Pawn (Premiere) at 9pm
TRUTV: Storage Hunters (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV2: MTV2’s Guy Code (Premiere) at 11pm

New scripted comedy series I Just Want My Pants Back opens with a special one-hour premiere on MTV February 2 at 11p following a new episode of Jersey Shore. The first two episodes of I Just Want My Pants Back will air back-to-back and the half-hour series with a dozen total episodes will air weekly on Thursdays at 11p following Jersey Shore. The pilot episode aired last August as a special sneak preview following the 2011 Video Music Awards and averaged a 4.9 P12-34 rating and 5.1 million total viewers for MTV.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On New Year’s Day, Food Network’s new competition series Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off premieres at 9p. The six-episode series watches as network hosts Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri become coaches and mentors to eight celebrities who are passionate about food and cooking. Divided into “Team Rachael” and “Team Guy” the celebrities compete in fast-paced culinary battles with the last remaining celebrity winning $50,000 for the charity they support. The eight celebrity contestants include Summer Sanders, Lou Diamond Phillips, Aaron Carter, Joey Fatone, Taylor Dayne, Coolio, Cheech Marin and Alyssa Campanella. The series is produced by Jane Street Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Last Thursday, WE tv debuted a sophomore season of its original series Braxton Family Values at 9p which averaged 667,000 among W18-49; 532,000 with W25-54; and 821,000 A18-49 viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In other TLC news, the network has commenced production on its new docu-series starring actress/comedienne Niecy Nash, her husband and their new life together as a blended family. Shed Media US is producing the yet-to-be-titled half-hour series with eight episodes set to premiere in early 2012. In June, Nash married her husband Jay Tucker as 5 million viewers watched the two-hour special Niecy Nash’s Wedding Bash on TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $30 million

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 11/4/11)
ABC: 20/20 at 10pm (Coverage of Michael Jackson Trial)

(SATURDAY 11/5/11)
MTV: True Life: I Have A Hot Mom (Premiere) at1pm
MTV: True Life: I’m a Textaholic (Premiere) at 2pm
MTV: True Life: I Have Narcolepsy (Premiere) at 3pm
MTV: True Life: I’m Losing My Sight (Premiere) at 4pm
MTV: True Life: I’m Being Cut Off By My Parents (Premiere) at 5pm
MTV: True Life: I’m Occupying Wall St. (Premiere) at 6pm
HGTV: Color Splash (Premiere) at 9pm
PLANET GREEN: Born Dealers (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Charlie Day, Musical Guest: Maroon 5 at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 11/6/11)
NBC: New York City Marathon Coverage at 9am
DIY: Kitchen Impossible (Premiere) at 10am
BET: Black Girls Rock! at 8pm
SMITHSONIAN: Trashopolis (Premiere) at 8pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Swamp Wars (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Call Of The Wildman (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives Of Atlanta (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Masterpiece Comtemporary (Premiere) at 9pm
AMC: Hell On Wheels (Premiere) at 10pm
VELOCITY: Inside West Coast Customs (Finale) at 8pm
TRUTV: Las Vegas Jailhouse (Finale) at 9:30pm
TLC: Long Island Medium (Finale) at 10pm

Late yesterday, ABC gave full-season orders to frosh series Once Upon a Time and Last Man Standing in addition to ordering five more scripts for Pan Am. Returning comedy Happy Endings also received a full-season order.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A third season is on tap for Showtime’s The Real L Word. The premium network ordered nine new episodes of the unscripted series that closely follows a group of high-profile lesbians. Production begins early next year in Los Angeles and also expands to New York. The Real L Word will feature celebrity guest appearances during the new season and a search for a new cast member will kick off soon in LA and NY. The Real L Word is created by Ilene Chaiken who also serves as executive producer along with Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Magical Elves.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sundance Channel brings back new episodes of its series Love Lust starting Monday at 8p. Each hour-long episode explores a particular guilty pleasure from its origins to its present pop culture status. The four food-focused upcoming episodes highlight Comfort Food, Chocolate, Holiday Feasts and Breakfast.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After battling anorexia in real life, actress Tracey Gold is helping other women become educated about the disease in Lifetime’s new unscripted series Starving Secrets with Tracey Gold, premiering December 2 at 10p following the network’s debut of America’s Most Wanted. The six episode series is produced by GRB Entertainment. Correction: Lifetime ordered 20 new one-hour episodes of America’s Most Wanted premiering December 2 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

As reported earlier this week, CNN officially revealed changes to its weekday morning lineup taking effect early in 2012. CNN will be replacing its American Morning program with two shows. From 5a to 7a Monday-Friday, Ashleigh Banfield, previously with MSNBC and ABC and Zoraida Sambolin, formerly with the NBC affiliate in Chicago will co-anchor. The 7a to 9a period will be helmed by anchor Soledad O’Brien. CNN said the first two-hour block will be more news-oriented while the second anchored by O’Brien will be talk-focused. O’Brien previously served as co-anchor of the network’s American Morning from 2003 to 2007 and has since hosted several In America primetime documentaries per year for the network. Under her new arrangement with CNN, O’Brien will continue to host the Black in America and Latino in America documentaries in 2012.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family firmed up its midseason schedule starting with the return of Pretty Little Liars on a new night beginning January 2 at 8p followed by The Lying Game with new episodes at 9p. The series premiere of new one-hour drama Jane By Design starring Erica Dasher and Andie MacDowell opens January 3 at 9p following the arrival of Switched at Birth with new eps at 8p landing on a new day and time. ABC Family’s other series The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Make It or Break It will be back on the network’s lineup with new eps in early spring 2012.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After launching this past September, Bounce TV is teaming with FOX Television Stations to premiere FTS’ first digital over the air network via FOX-owned MyNetworkTV digital channels in New York and Los Angeles. Bounce TV will offer the FTS stations its African American targeted programming including theatrical films, live sporting events, documentaries, specials, inspirational faith-based programs, off-net series, original programming and more. After adding these market additions, Bounce TV is in more than 70% of African American households in the US. Furthermore, Bounce TV also just added WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C. owned by Gannett.
(Source: Cynopsis)

GMC approved its first-ever reality television series, Engagement Story from Big Fish Entertainment. The half-hour series is described as a heart-warming show following regular guys planning romantic surprise proposals for their sweethearts and watching as they pop the question. Engagement Story will be shot on location throughout the US and will premiere on GMC early next year. GMC will also launch a companion online engagement destination featuring a celebrity hosted version of Engagement Story that will allow people to share their proposal stories via video and social media. The online site will launch in early 2012.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Tower Heist – Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Tea Leoni, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Gabourey Sidibe
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas – John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Patton Oswalt, Danny Trejo
The Son Of No One (Limited Release) – Channing Tatum, Tracy Morgan, Katie Holmes, Ray Liotta, Juliette Binoche

NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday November 5, 2011
West 4^th Street Festival – from 6^th Ave. to University
A.D.A’s World’s Largest Block Party – on Madison Ave. from 42^nd to 57^th St.

Sunday November 6, 2011
Bleecker Street Festival – from Lafayette to LaGuardia
6^th Ave. Autumn Fair – from 34^th to 42^nd St.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $12 million

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 11/2/11)
PBS: Nova (Premiere) at 9pm
FUEL TV: Punk Payback With Bas Rutten (Premiere) at 9:30pm
BBC AMERICA: Whitechapel as part of “Dramaville” (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Top Chef (Premiere) at 10pm
COOKING CHANNEL:Nadia G’s Bitchin’ Kitchen (Premiere) at 10pm

Just before the holidays, NBC will premiere the new trivia game show Who’ Still Standing? in a week-long run from December 19 through December 22 at 8p before the show moves to its regular time slot on Mondays starting December 26 at 8p through January 30. NBC acquired the Israeli format from Armoza Formats early this year and Universal Television, in association with Armoza Formats and July-August Productions, produced nine episodes hosted by Ben Bailey (Cash Cab). The game show, developed by Lisa Shiloach-Uzrad and Amit Stratener of July-August Productions is in production on season three debuting next spring on Israel’s Channel 10.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC is also getting into the game show action this holiday season with the premiere of You Deserve It hosted by The Bachelor’s Chris Harrison and co-hosted by Brooke Burns. The six-episode game show from the producers of Deal or No Deal and Secret Millionaire, opens November 21 at 901p and features contestants playing for money on behalf of someone who deserves the winnings. Kinetic Content produces You Deserve It.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sketch comedy series In the Flow with Affion Crockett has been cancelled by FOX after airing six episodes this fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)

John Walsh’s series America’s Most Wanted is back with a 25th fugitives. America’s Most Wanted is produced by Walsh Productions and is distributed by Twentieth Television, Inc.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Taking an early bow, HBO’s upcoming racetrack drama Luck, headlined by Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte and Dennis Farina among others will air a preview on December 11 at 10p following the sophomore season finale of Boardwalk Empire. Luck will make its official debut on HBO sometime in January though no specific date has been set.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Predicting a second season, TLC is moving forward with more of Long Island Medium featuring average mom and psychic, Theresa Caputo. TLC okayed 12 new half-hour episodes for season two scheduled to debut in March 2012. During its first season, Long Island Medium averaged 1.3 million total viewers. Magilla Entertainment produces the series for TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Production is underway in Los Angeles for a fourth season of TNT’s drama series Southland. From producer John Wells and Warner Bros. Television, TNT will premiere the new season of Southland on January 17 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Michelle Trachtenberg is making a comeback on The CW’s Gossip Girl, reports TVLine. Trachtenberg will reprise her role of Georgina
Sparks over multiple episodes starting with the show’s 100^th ep.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Gilbert Cates, producer of 14 Academy Awards telecasts over the span of 1990 to 2008, died Tuesday at UCLA where he was a professor. Over his stellar career, Mr. Cates has been a director and producer of films, television and the stage. He additionally served two terms as President of the Directors Guild of America from 1983 to 1987. Further highlights of his career include choosing new hosts for the Oscar telecasts such as Billy Crystal, Steve Martin, Chris Rock, Whoopi Goldberg, David Letterman and Jon Stewart. Mr. Cates won an Emmy Award for the 1991 Oscar telecast hosted by Mr. Crystal, his second turn as host. Mr. Cates also received Emmy nominations for directing the TV movies Consenting Adult in 1984 and Do You Know the Muffin Man? in 1989. He also produced and directed the musical/variety series Hootenanny in the mid-1960s and a slew of other TV movies and TV variety specials along with Patty Duke’s life story depicted in Call Me Anna. Mr. Cates’ film directing credits include The Promise (1979), Oh, God! Book II (1980), The Last Married Couple in America (1980) and Backfire (1988). Mr. Cates is survived by his wife, Judith Reichman, four children and two stepchildren.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 10/30/11)
1) Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto – 447,411
2) Kelly Clarkson – Stronger – 163,387
3) Michael Buble – Christmas – 140,794

Other Debuts
5) Toby Keith – Clancy’s Tavern – 68,559
6) Tom Waits – Bad As Me – 62,899
12) She & Him – Very She & Him – 28,610
14) Vince Gill – Guitar Slinger – 21,377
23) Yo-Yo Ma – Goat Rodeo Sessions – 16,984
31) Casey Donahew Band – Double-Wide Dream – 11,229
36) Justice – Audio Video Disco – 9,121

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $245 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
The producers behind ABC’s Supernanny and Bravo’s Bethenny Getting Married are casting for a new docu-series about married couples that desperately want to spice up their love life. The producers are seeking married couples living in the greater Los Angeles area who are attractive, have outgoing, dynamic personalities and are willing to tell their story. Send an email to: JLivshin@shedmediaus.com and include your name, age, city, phone number, email, two recent photographs and a paragraph about yourselves and your marriage.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 11/1/11)
MTV: FriendZone (Premiere) at 7pm
USA: Covert Affairs (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: The Little Couple (Finale) at 10pm

On the cusp of their November 1 deadline, Fox Networks and DIRECTV forged a new agreement and no programming or networks will be blacked out on the satellite provider. Both Fox Networks and DIRECTV released a joint statement late yesterday: “Fox Networks and DIRECTV have reached an agreement for DIRECTV to continue carrying all Fox Networks (including FX, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, SPEED, FUEL TV, FOX Soccer, FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Deportes), Fox’s regional sports networks, Fox Broadcasting (FOX), the FOX local stations, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. We both know the past ten days have been challenging, but we’re pleased that both sides could eventually come together to ensure our viewers continue to enjoy Fox programming.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Animated comedy Bob’s Burgers received nine additional episodes from FOX. The series will premiere in midseason and is part of FOX’s Animation Domination on Sunday nights. The show stars the voice of H. Jon Benjamin as Bob and guest stars in the next season include Kevin Kline, Sarah and Laura Silverman and Megan Mullally. Bob’s Burgers is from 20^th Century Fox Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After the World Series Game 7 on FOX clobbered the competition last Friday night, NBC decided to re-air the premiere episodes of Chuck and new series Grimm to give viewers another chance to check out both shows. Chuck and Grimm’s premiere episodes will air this Saturday night.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Handing out a treat for Halloween, FX announced yesterday a renewal order for a second season of American Horror Story with 13 episodes from Twentieth Century Fox Television. Created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, American Horror Story has nine remaining new episodes left to air during season one on Wednesdays at 10p. The season concludes with two episodes on December 21.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Film, TV and music star Queen Latifah may get her own talk show in fall 2013. A new daytime syndicated talk show is being developed with Queen Latifah as host from Overbrook Entertainment and Flavor Unit Entertainment in partnership with Sony Pictures Television. Queen Latifah would further serve as executive producer along with her co-founder of Flavor Unit Entertainment, Shakim Compere and Overbrook’s Miguel Melendez, James Lassiter, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tonight at 7p, MTV launches FriendZone, a series offering a new twist on the dating show genre by exploring the question should best friends take their relationship to a new level? The show follows real-life young people who are willing to take the risk of sharing their true feelings. FriendZone is produced by 495 Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

When ABC Daytime’s new daily show The Revolution launches in January, two top health experts will be part of the hosting team. Dr. Jennifer Ashton, a leading OB-GYN and Dr. Tiffanie Davis Henry, Ph.D, psychotherapist and relationship expert will join the other previously announced co-hosts including Ty Pennington, Tim Gunn and celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak. Furthermore, Michelle Singletary, author of a personal finance column for the Washington Post will also contribute a weekly financial segment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Early yesterday, Disney-ABC Television Group said it is extending its licensing pact with Netflix’s streaming video service and also made a new deal with Amazon.com. Under the agreement with Amazon, the company will enlarge its Prime instant videos library with more than 800 titles from Disney-ABC including programming from ABC Family, ABC Studios, The Disney Channel and Marvel. Content will include ABC Family’s Greek and The Secret Life of the American Teenager, ABC’s Lost, Grey’s Anatomy and Felicity, Disney Channel’s Phineas & Ferb and Marvel’s Spider Man and X-Men Evolution. Financial terms of the deal between Amazon and Disney-ABC was not revealed.
(Source: Cynopsis)

James McCaffrey, last seen in FX’s Rescue Me playing a guardian angel, is joining ABC’s primetime soap Revenge in a recurring role, reports TVLine. McCaffrey will play Ryan Huntley, a no-nonsense attorney who represented Lydia’s husband in their nasty divorce. McCaffrey’s role will be introduced in the current season’s tenth episode in January.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $78 million

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/28/11)
NBC: Chuck (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Grimm (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Gold Rush: Alaska (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Flying Wild Alaska (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: The Brides Of Beverly Hills (Premiere) at 10pm
FUSE: Hoppus On Music (Premiere) at 11pm

(SATURDAY 10/29/11)
A&E: Extreme Sell This House (Premiere) at 12pm
HGTV: Design On A Dime (Premiere) at 8pm
BIO: Celebrity Ghost Stories (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO WILD: The Incredible Dr. Pol (Premiere) at 9pm & 10pm
TLC: Prison Diaries (Finale) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 10/30/11)
3NET: World Cities 3D (Premiere) at 8pm
3NET: Scary Tales (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: America In Primetime (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: Allen Gregory (Premiere) at 8:30pm
FOOD: Next Iron Chef: Celebrity (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Holmes Inspection (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: On The Case With Paula Zahn (Premiere) at 10pm

In the carriage dispute between Fox Networks Group and DirecTV, yesterday DirecTV sent a letter to the FCC saying the News Corp.-owned Fox Networks Group has been “abusing the public trust” with advertising they contend is misleading. DirecTV also said in its letter sent to FCC Bureau Chief Bill Lake that Fox was negotiating in bad faith. The current Fox Cable Networks deal expires November 1 though the retransmission deal for Fox-owned stations does not expire until the end of the year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In early December, Sundance Channel debuts a new half-hour interview series, The Mortified Sessions which reveals portions of a celebrity’s diary or an unsent love letter from their adolescent years. The series’ host David Nadelberg goes one-on-one with celebrities such as Ed Helms, Jennifer Grey, Eric Stonestreet, Mo’Nique and more as they together sift through memories evoking laughter and sometimes mortifying feelings of the past. RelativityREAL produces The Mortified Sessions for Sundance Channel which launches on December 5 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS tagged Kaley Cuoco, star of its sitcom The Big Bang Theory to host the 2012 People’s Choice Awards, the show’s 38^th edition, on January 11. The awards show has been hosted for the past five years by Queen Latifah.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Making a comeback on television next summer, Charlie Sheen will star in the new sitcom, Anger Management acquired by FX that is loosely based on the 2003 hit comedy film of the same name starring Adam Sandler from Joe Roth’s Revolution Studios. FX ordered 10 episodes of Anger Management from Debmar-Mercury owned by Lionsgate. Production on the sitcom begins early next year. Bruce Helford is on board as writer, executive producer and showrunner. Anger Management will be produced by Lionsgate Television, headed by Television Group President Kevin Beggs and COO Sandra Sterm; Roth and Revolution Studios’ Vince Totino; Sheen manager Mark Burg’s production company, Evolution Management; and Ramon Estevez and Estevez Sheen Productions. If Anger Management proves successful, FX will pick up 90 additional episodes under a similar syndication model Debmar-Mercury created for Tyler Perry’s sitcoms and others. Anger Management will air exclusively on FX until the off-network episodes begin airing in broadcast syndication in fall 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Andrea Roth, last seen on the FX series Rescue Me, is joining The CW’s Ringer as Catherine, the ex-wife of Siobhan’s husband Andrew Martin and the mother of Juliet who is also described as a trouble-making stepmother.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
In Time – Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Miller
Puss In Boots – Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton, Amy Sedaris
The Rum Diary – Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins, Giovanni Ribisi
Anonymous (Limited Release) – Ed Hogg, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Xavier Samuel
Like Crazy (Limited Release) – Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley, Alex Kingston

NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday October 29, 2011
University Place Fall Fair – from Waverly Place to 14^th St.
Amsterdam Ave. Festival – from 76^th to 86^th St.

Sunday October 30, 2011
Madison Ave. Holiday Expo – 42^nd to 57^th St.
Union Square Broadway Festival  – from 17^th to 23^rd St.

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/24/11)
MTVU: Quiet Campus (Premiere) at 12pm
A&E: Hoarders (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Monster In-Laws (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Disappeared (Premiere) at 10pm

Season four of MTV’s Jersey Shore ended its stint in Italy last Thursday night at 10p with an average rating of 6.96 among P12-34 and 5.4 million viewers in the demo. Jersey Shore: The Reunion followed the finale at 11p and delivered a 4.8 P12-34 rating. The fifth season of Jersey Shore, featuring the cast back at home base in Seaside Heights, NJ will premiere January 2012.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Robert C. Pierpoint, 86, a former CBS News correspondent died Saturday in California. During his 40-year career that ended with his retirement in 1990, Mr. Pierpoint covered six US presidents, the Korean War, the Kennedy assassination and the Iranian hostage crisis. Mr. Pierpoint also had the distinction of lending his radio voice for the highly-viewed final episode of M*A*S*H in 1983. Following his coverage of the Korean War, Mr. Pierpoint was appointed a White House correspondent during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration, a position he held through the Jimmy Carter administration. Mr. Pierpoint is survived by his wife, Patricia, and four children including the actor, Eric Pierpoint.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On NBC’s established comedy The Office, character Nellie Bertram returns to Dunder Miflin when Catherine Tate rejoins the cast. Tate will reprise her role in the latter half of the current season after she’s hired by friend and Chairman Jo Bennett (Kathy Bates).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Marvel’s comic book character The Punisher may come to FOX as the network is developing a series, giving the project a pilot commitment with penalty. The procedural drama would focus on NYC detective Frank Castle, who seeks justice as a merciless vigilante named The Punisher. Ed Bernero (Third Watch, Criminal Minds) is behind the project and he’s also developing a sci-fi western, The Eye for ABC. The Punisher has previously been adapted into two different feature films and each achieved lackluster results at the box office.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Courteney Cox and David Arquette are on a roll selling the untitled Rob Sheridan project to ABC. The single-camera comedy project is about a former overweight girl who becomes skinny and must juggle working with her ex in a diner that serves people who love to eat. Cox and Arquette will serve as executive producers along with Sheridan; ABC Studios is producing. Cox and Arquette recently sold another single-camera comedy, Ten Years to NBC under a penalty commitment agreement and the duo also has a game show pilot, Identity Crisis in the works at CBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Iron Man’s Jon Favreau sold a single-camera project titled Tweaked to CBS with the plot centering on the lives and dating activity among single parents in Santa Monica. CBS Television Studios is producing and Favreau will write and be the EP.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Frosh drama A Gifted Man on CBS tapped ER alum Eriq La Salle for a multi-episode arc playing Evan “E-Mo” Morris, a highly experienced neuropsychiatrist and medical detective who Dr. Michael Holt (Patrick Wilson) seeks out for professional and personal reasons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former CBS The Talk co-host Leah Remini has another sitcom on the horizon as she inked a talent deal with ABC to star in and produce a comedy series for next season. For nine seasons, Remini starred opposite Kevin James in CBS’ The King of Queens.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO is working with Tom Hanks again, this time on a half-hour comedy about college athletes titled Players, reports THR. Hanks is developing Players with Gary Goetzman, his longtime producing partner and Playtone co-founder and both will serve as EPs on the project. Hanks and Goetzman in the past have had three successful miniseries at HBO: Band of Brothers, John Adams and The Pacific as well as the drama series, Big Love.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also at Lifetime, the network hired several more actors for the sixth season of Army Wives, according to TVLine. Last week, news broke Susan Lucci was added to the sixth season cast for at least two eps, reuniting with her former All My Children cast mate Kim Delaney. Kelli Williams was also added for at least seven eps playing Jackie Clarke, the ambitious spouse of a general. Over the weekend, Kellie Martin (ER), Robert John Burke (Rescue Me) and Ryan Michelle Bathe (Boston Legal) will also be joining in recurring roles. Martin will play Nicole, a member of the military police; Bathe is the head of the Youth Center; and Burke will portray an uber-competitive general in at least seven eps who is also Jackie Clarke’s (Kelli Williams) husband. The sixth season of Army Wives will return to Lifetime’s schedule next spring.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Paranormal Activity 3 – $54 million
Real Steel – $11.3 million
Footloose – $10.9 million
The Three Musketeers – $8.8 million
The Ides Of March – $4.9 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
Barbara Barna Casting is searching for moms and their mothers in the NY tri-state plus Philadelphia area who have a sense of humor about their relationship to appear in a fun, new game show for a major cable network. Moms should have at least one or two children between 5 and 14 years old and have at least one other close female relative living nearby. All will need to be available for one day of taping in mid-November. To participate, please send recent photos, names/ages of you, your mom and your kids and include a fun description of your home life and
contact info to: barbarabarnacasting@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/21/11)
HALOGEN TV: Jump Shipp (Premiere) at 9pm
TBS: Tyler Perry’s House Of Payne (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: 20/20 (Premiere) at 10pm
ANIMAL PLANET: My Extreme Animal Phobia (Premiere)at 10pm
STARZ: Boss (Premiere) at 10pm
G4: X-Men (Premiere) at 11pm
G4: Viper’s Creed (Premiere) at 11:30pm

(SATURDAY 10/22/11)
A&E: Disaster Guy (Finale) at 11am

(SUNDAY 10/23/11)
ABC: Million Dollar Mind Game (Premiere) at 4pm
ABC: Once Upon A Time (Premiere) at 8pm
STYLE: Glam Fairy (Premiere) at 8pm
STYLE: Wicked Fit (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Against The Wall (Finale) at 9pm & 10pm

The following is the official statement from Fox Networks regarding DirecTV‘s decision to potentially cease carriage of Fox Networks: “Despite Fox Networks’ offer of an extension during our ongoing negotiations, DirecTV has informed us and their customers that unless we agree to their demands, they ‘will suspend our networks on November 1. DirecTV sent us a proposal on Tuesday afternoon. They have given us no chance to respond before taking an unnecessarily aggressive posture and going public. It is disappointing that they have chosen bad faith tactics over meaningful negotiation. We have proposed to keep the Fox Networks on DirecTV for the same price, and on the same terms as they are currently carried while we attempt to work out a fair agreement. Unfortunately, DirecTV has decided that unless they get their way, they are going to pull the plug on their customers November 1. For more information Fox Networks viewers can go to keepmynets.com beginning Friday, October 21.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Summer reality series Love in the Wild received a second season renewal from NBC. The series drops contestants in tropical locales where they undergo physical challenges while meeting their possible love matches. Over eight episodes last summer, Love in the Wild averaged 5.5 million total viewers and a 1.8 rating/5 share with A18-49. Endemol USA produces the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season two of the docu-series One Born Every Minute is back on Lifetime beginning November 29 at 10p directly following the premiere of the network’s new reality show America’s Supernanny. In new episodes of One Born Every Minute, narrator Jamie Lee Curtis and 40 cameras, rolling 24/7 give viewers exclusive access inside the maternity ward at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Lifetime will air ten one-hour episodes produced by Reveille.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Goodman Media International, a public relations firm based in New York was hired by worldwide online media company Terra as its global agency of record. Terra is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil and has a presence in 18 countries and reaches 81 million monthly visitors with its entertainment, sports and news offerings across multiple platforms. Two of Terra’s best-known products throughout the globe include Sonora and Terra TV.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Late night host Conan O’Brien is more entrenched than ever with TBS as the network approved a half-hour comedy pilot script titled Fat Chance. The pilot is being developed by O’Brien’s Conaco company and Warner Horizon Television. The comedy centers on two best friends, the overweight Chance Hubbard and the good-looking Rollie and what happens when a beautiful girl named Alex enters their lives. O’Brien will serve as executive producer along with David Kissinger and Jeff Ross as well as pilot writer Jay Lacopo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Frosh series Ringer on The CW is adding Madchen Amick in a potential recurring role playing Greer Sheridan, a self-assured and head strong socialite who was once a close friend to Siobhan (Sarah Michelle Gellar). A mysterious accident put a damper on their relationship and Bridget (Siobhan’s twin sister also played by Gellar) is determined to find out what went wrong. Amick debuts on the series in episode 11.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Used to playing villains, Titus Welliver was cast in CBS’ procedural CSI playing John, an arrogant and powerful military contractor enemy to Russell and Co. who is questioned in light of a recent arms theft, reports TVLine. Welliver will appear in multiple episodes beginning in the ninth edition airing November 23.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV Land hired Marissa Jaret Winokur as a series regular on its comedy Retired at 35 during season two. Winoku’s character is Amy Robins, a business-savvy though love-challenged daughter of the show’s retirees (Jessica Walter and George Segal) and sister to the show’s leading man, David (Johnathan McClain).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former The X-Files alum Mitch Pileggi is joining TNT’s revamped version of Dallas in a multi-episode run, reports EW. Pileggi will play Harris Ryland, owner of Ryland Trucking and Shipping and described as an “alpha” male and Ann’s (Brenda Strong) ex-husband. Dallas will
debut on TNT in 2012.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
The Three Musketeers – Logan Lerman, Milla Jovovich, Luke Evans, Matthew MacFadyen, Ray Stevenson, Christoph Waltz, Orlando Bloom
Paranormal Activity 3 – Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Lauren Bittner
Johnny English Reborn – Rowan Atkinson, Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, Daniel Kaluuya
The Mighty Macs – Carla Gugino, David Boreanaz, Ellen Burstyn, Marley Shelton, Kim Blair
Margin Call (Limited Release) – Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto
Snowmen (Limited Release) – Bobby Coleman, Josh Flitter, Ray Liotta, Christopher Lloyd, Beverley Mitchell
Martha Marcy May Marlene (Limited Release) – Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, Christopher Abbott, John Hawkes, Brady Corbet
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey (Limited Release) – Kevin Clash, Whoopi Goldberg, Frank Oz, Cheryl Henson, Rosie O’Donnell

NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday October 22, 2011
Astor Place Festival – from Lafayette St. to Broadway
The Lower Sixth Ave. Fair – from 14^th St. to 23^rd St.
37^th Annual Americana Jazz Festival – 52^nd St. from 5^th to 7^th Ave.
Manhattan Ave. Festival (Brooklyn) – from Bedford to Greenpoint

Sunday October 23, 2011
36^th Ave. Astoria Festival (Queens) – on 36^th Ave. from 29^th to 35^th St.
Times Square Autumn Carnival – on Broadway from 47^th to 57^th St.