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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/14/11)
PBS: PBS Arts Fall Festival (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: Hairy Bikers (Premiere) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 10/15/11)
DIY: Marriage Under Construction (Premiere) at 8pm
OWN: Welcome To Sweetie Pie’s (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Don’t Tell The Bride (Premiere) at 10pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Puppies Vs. Babies at 1opm
BIO: My Ghost Story (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Anna Faris, Musical Guest: Drake at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 10/16/11)
OWN: Super Soul Sunday (Premiere) at 8am
OWN: Visionaries: Inside The Creative Mind (Premiere) at 8pm
OWN: Ask Oprah’s All Stars (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Our America With Lisa Ling (Premiere) at 10pm
AMC: The Walking Dead (Premiere) at 9pm
AMC: Talking Dead (Premiere) at 11:59pm
DIY: Brothers On Call (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Million Dollar Contractor (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Why Am I Still Single? (Premiere) at 9pm
STYLE: Jerseylicious (Finale) at 8pm

Full season orders were given to ABC frosh drama Revenge and new comedy Suburgatory after both did well Wednesday night. To date, Revenge has averaged a 2.8/7 and 8.5 million viewers while Suburgatory has averaged a 3.2/9 and 9.2 million viewers. ABC additionally gave sophomore comedy Happy Endings an order for six more scripts. Revenge is from ABC Studios; Suburgatory is produced by Warner Bros. Television; and Happy Endings is from Sony Pictures Television, Fan Fare Productions and ABC Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New game show, Million Dollar Mind Game premieres on ABC October 23 at 4p. The show sports teams made up of six people who all know each other (co-workers, friends, teammates, etc.) and are challenged by a series of logic-based questions. The more questions the team answers correctly, the more money they will earn towards a grand prize which is potentially $1 million. British TV presenter Vernon Kay is the show’s host.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A four-year licensing deal was forged between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Television Group with Netflix. The agreement allows US Netflix subscribers to instantly watch previous seasons of scripted shows from The CW from its present schedule through the 2014-2015 season. The four-year output deal gives Netflix the rights to stream more than 700 hours of previous-season episodes of The CW dramas as well as future programs. The rights deal extends for four years after each series, current or future, ends its broadcast run on The CW. The network’s content can also be accessed through traditional syndication windows, electronic sell-through services and on a partial-season basis through authenticated cable providers. Programs from The CW available to Netflix members include the eight dramas on the network’s 2011 schedule: frosh series Ringer, Hart of Dixie and The Secret Circle as well as returning shows The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, 90210, Supernatural, Nikita and the midseason series One Tree Hill. Starting October 15, previous seasons of The Vampire Diaries, Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill and Nikita will be available for instant watching while previous seasons of Supernatural and 90210 will be available in January 2012. Episodes of all scripted series airing on The CW currently will be available to Netflix members in Fall 2012. All future episodes of the scripted series on The CW through the 2014-2015 season will be available via streaming from Netflix through an upcoming window.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New talk show Steve Harvey was sold by NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution to the NBC Owned Television Stations for a Fall 2012 launch. Steve Harvey is a one-hour talk show starring TV personality/comedian/radio show host and author Steve Harvey and is produced by Endemol USA. The 10 NBC O&Os airing Steve Harvey include WNBC/New York, KNBC/Los Angeles, WMAQ/Chicago, WCAU/Philadelphia, KNTV/San Francisco, KXAS/Dallas-Fort Worth, WRC/Washington, D.C., WTVJ/Miami, KNSD/San Diego and WVIT/Hartford.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After a bidding war, NBC was the victor on Ryan Murphy’s new comedy at 20th Century Fox Television. NBC gave the untitled project a put pilot commitment with a high penalty and details on the plot are kept secret for now. Murphy will serve as EP and will write along with Glee co-EP Allison Adler and Glee EP Dante Di Loreto.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ellen DeGeneres also has a project in the works at ABC, a comedy titled Weitz & Wong. ABC gave it a script order and the plot centers on a mixed race Jewish-Chinese couple and their two kids who try to create their own identity amidst very different extended families. DeGeneres is producing through her A Very Good Productions company at Warner Bros. Television. Alex Herschlag, the former writer on Ellen will write this new comedy.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Footloose – Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Andie MacDowell, Dennis Quaid, Miles Teller
The Thing – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
The Big Year – Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Steve Martin, Rashida Jones, Brian Dennehy
Fireflies In The Garden (Limited Release) – Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Carrie-Anne Moss

Sunday October 16, 2011
Main Street Islip Fall Festival – from Route 111 to Smith Ave.
Lexington Ave. Fall Fair – from 42^nd to 57^th St.

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/10/11)
OWN: The Rosie Show (Premiere) at 7pm
OWN: Oprah’s Lifeclass (Premiere) at 8pm
E!: Kim’s Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event Part 2 (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Scare Tactics (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Bath Crashers (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Kitchen Crashers (Premiere) at 9:30pm
HBO: Bored To Death (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: Enlightened (Premiere) at 9:30pm
DISCOVERY: American Guns (Premiere) at 10pm
NAT. GEO WILD: Swamp Men (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Hairy Bikers (Premiere) at 11pm
LOGO: The A-List: Dallas (Premiere) at 11pm
BRAVO: Most Eligible Dallas (Finale) at 10pm

“Five” debuts tonight on Lifetime at 9pm.  Jennifer Aniston, Alicia Keys, Demi Moore, Patty Jenkins, and Penelope Spheeris direct five short stories on how Breast Cancer can impact people.

Returning sitcom Rules of Engagement moves to Thursday nights beginning October 20 at 830p on CBS coinciding with the series’ sixth season premiere. Starting October 15, frosh comedy How To Be A Gentleman flips to Saturdays at 830p. CBS also announced it has halted production on further episodes of How To Be A Gentleman and the remaining seven episodes will air on Saturday nights sandwiched between repeats of Two and a Half Men and CSI: Miami. In the meantime, an encore of The Big Bang Theory will air this Thursday at 830p following a new episode of the sitcom at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The longest-running scripted show in television history, The Simpsons was renewed by FOX through season 25. Currently in its 23rd season, The Simpsons will be back for a 24th and a 25th season totaling 559 episodes. After the MLB American League Championship Series and World Series games, The Simpsons will resume on FOX with all-new episodes starting October 30 at 8p with a special Halloween episode. The Simpsons is a Gracie Films Production in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Late last week, FOX also gave So You Think You Can Dance a ninth season renewal saying the dance competition show will return next summer. FOX did not, though, indicate who will be part of the show’s judges panel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CEO Bob Iger will be staying with the Walt Disney Co. through June 2016 as part of the company’s succession planning process. Iger’s title will be further enhanced next March when he also becomes Chairman following the retirement of present Chairman John E. Pepper. Further, Disney has started planning for Iger’s replacement, establishing the timeframe as March 31, 2015 when a new CEO will be announced.
(Source: Cyopsis)

A multi-year licensing deal was reached between Netflix Inc. and AMC Networks Inc. involving AMC’s original series The Walking Dead. As of last Friday, season one of The Walking Dead will be available to Netflix members in the US and Canada. Other seasons of The Walking Dead in addition to other future AMC and Sundance Channel shows will be available via instant streaming to Netflix members just before the premiere of the seasons. Netflix also licensed non-exclusive rights in the US to specific scripted and unscripted shows which will be available just prior to the following season premiere. This programming will come from AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv and will include such series as IFC’s Portlandia and The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret; WE tv’s Braxton Family Values, My Fair Wedding and Bridezillas; and Sundance Channel’s All On the Line with Joe Zee and Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former All My Children cast member Melissa Claire Egan (Annie Novak McDermott Lavery Chandler) is moving to another daytime soap, taking on a role with CBS’ The Young and the Restless. Egan will play a mysterious woman named Chelsea who is connected to Billy’s arrest in Myanmar. Egan’s contract role begins November 11.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Katreese Barnes, the former Emmy Award-winning Musical Director on NBC’s Saturday Night Live becomes Musical Director/Band Leader for The Rosie Show on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network when the new daily talk show opens tonight at 7p. In her new role, Katreese will compose original music for The Rosie Show and lead a five-person band.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Real Steel – $27.3 million
The Ides Of March – $10.4 million
Dolphin Tale – $9.2 million
Moneyball – $7.5 million
50/50 – $5.5 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
The producers of series 30 for 30 on ESPN and a major cable network are looking for backyard builders to appear in a new competition show. If you think of yourself as a modern-day MacGyver, or if you are constantly in your garage building your latest creation or if you dream you can design the next great invention that will change the world, now is your chance to compete with other brilliant minds for a large cash prize. Interested candidates should send their name, contact number, location, a recent photo along with a brief paragraph about yourself and your expertise to: jamiecastsreality@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/6/11)
COMEDY CENTRAL: Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand-Up Revolution (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: I (Almost) Got Away With It (Premiere) at 10pm
FX: The League (Premiere) at 10:30pm
LIFETIME: After The Runway (Premiere) at 10:30pm
SPORTSMAN: Beau Knows Outdoors (Premiere) at 10:30pm

Fresh new comedy series 2 Broke Girls gained a full season order from CBS. The sitcom is also the #1 new series of the 2011-2012 season by delivering 15.5 million total viewers and posting a 5.8/14 among A18-49 and topping its Monday at 830p time slot. Warner Bros. Television produces the comedy starring Kat Dennings, Beth Behrs, Matthew Moy, Jonathan Kite and Garrett Morris.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, along with the couple’s business partner James Lassiter sold a multi-camera comedy project to ABC. The Untitled Romeo Project will star singer Anthony “Romeo” Santos and will be produced by ABC Studios and their Overbrook Entertainment company. The project is about a charismatic Dominican-American (Romeo) from Washington Heights who tries to please his traditional immigrant father while also creating a new life for himself while seeking the American Dream. Chris Pappas and Mike Bernier are set to write and serve as executive producers; the Smiths and Lassiter are on board as non-writing executive producers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC’s 30 Rock tapped James Marsden for a multi-episode run though details about Marsden’s character have not been divulged. It is known Marsden will appear in six episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New comedy hit New Girl on FOX lined up Lizzy Caplan (Party Down) for a multi-episode role playing Julia, who is considered cool, highly educated and holds a master’s degree in art history. Julia becomes a potential love interest for Nick (Jake Johnson) who is immediately attracted to her though intimidated by her well-cultured manner.
(Source: Cynopsis)

For the third season of NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? three celebrities have signed on to participate in researching their family tree, reports EW. The three are Marisa Tomei, Martin Sheen and Blair Underwood and more celebrities will be announced for the third season at a future date. NBC will debut the third season early in 2012.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Last evening, the world lost a true visionary as former Apple CEO Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56. Apple’s statement on his untimely death: We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr. the TV ratings pioneer and Chairman of the A.C. Nielsen Company died on Monday at the age of 92. Mr. Nielsen’s father founded the company in 1923 and invented the ratings system though the younger Mr. Nielsen was the driving force that made Nielsen a household name. Mr. Nielsen joined the company in 1945 following his service in World War II. After witnessing the importance of computer technology during the war, he convinced his father to invest in building the first general-purpose computer, the Univac. This spirit of innovation and enterprise helped him grow the company’s income from under $4 million per year when he was named President in 1957 to more than $680 million under his watch. Mr. Nielsen retired from his company in 1983 and following in 1984 the company was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet Company. D&B split Nielsen into two separate companies in 1996, Nielsen Media Research encompassing TV ratings and AC Nielsen, specializing in consumer shopping trends and box-office data. The Dutch publishing company, VNU acquired Nielsen Media Research in 1999 and re-combined the two entities when it bought AC Nielsen in 2001.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
A major cable network is working on a new show and seeks nightclub bouncers/doormen with strong personalities and big egos. The candidates must be very outgoing and not afraid to ruffle feathers and in addition they must know the nightclub business thoroughly. Interested parties need to send a resume, photo/video to casting@stage3productions.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 9/27/11)
BBC: 24 Hours In The ER (Premiere) at 9pm
WEATHER: Storm Riders (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: 19 Kids And Counting (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
TLC: The Little Couple (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
FOOD: Chopped Champions (Finale) at 10pm
MTV: Awkward (Finale) at 11pm

A new season of The Real Housewives of Atlanta opens on Bravo November 6 at 10p from True Entertainment. The highest-rated city in the Real Housewives franchise follows the ventures and personal lives of six socialites from Atlanta.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Director Lee Daniels (Precious) sold a script based on the 1967 theatrical adaptation of Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls novel to NBC. 20th Century Fox Television and Chernin Entertainment are producing with Daniels set to write and direct and serve as executive producer along with Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope. In the past there were two other Valley of the Dolls TV adaptations, a miniseries in 1981 and a primetime soap that lasted one season in 1994.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A legal drama titled Legacy makes its way to CBS from Jericho co-creator Jon Steinberg who is partnering with author James Frey and DreamWorks Television. The project has a large penalty attached and is produced by CBS TV Studios. The plot is about a one-term president who, after not winning his re-election campaign, returns to his hometown law firm where he can cheery pick the cases that really matter to him. The idea for Legacy was conceived by Frey’s Full FathomFive book production company. CBS TV Studios is also on board to produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Kate Burton, known for her role as Meredith’s (Ellen Pompeo) mother on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy landed the role of Vice President of the US on the midseason drama Scandal from Shonda Rhimes. Burton joins Jeff Perry on Scandal who played Meredith’s father on Grey’s Anatomy as well as series star Kerry Washington. Scandal is slated to premiere in late February or early March 2012 on ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $96 million

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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 9/20/11)
ABC: Dancing With The Stars: The Results Show (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: Body Of Proof (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: NCIS (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: NCIS: Los Angeles (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Unforgettable (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: Glee (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: New Girl (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: Raising Hope (Premiere) at 9:30pm
NBC: The Bigggest Loser (Premiere) at 8pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: Tosh.o (Premiere) 10pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: Workaholics (Premiere) at 10:30pm

Celebrity fashion guru June Ambrose, stylist and designer for such stars as Sean Combs, Alicia Keys, Kelly Ripa, Kim Cattrall among others is getting her own show on VH1. The new half-hour docu-series, The June Ambrose Project (wt) is slated to premiere early next year. In each episode, Ambrose and her cadre of assistants will makeover aspiring to established celebrities, all who would like to receive an updated look and brand. The docu-series is produced by Ish Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sunday’s annual 63RD Emmy Awards live broadcast on FOX tallied 12.4 million total viewers which was a decline of -8% versus last year’s live broadcast on NBC. Though among A18-49, Sunday’s awards show saw an increase of +2% and with A18-34, the show delivered its largest audience in four years. Furthermore, E!’s Live from the Red Carpet: The 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic from 6-8p drew in 1.43 million total viewers which was an uptick by +3% over last year. E!’s show became the most-watched Primetime Emmy’s Live from the Red Carpet show in five years and the fourth most-watched since 1995.
(Source” Cynopsis)

As of this Friday, NBC News’ Lester Holt will begin a new assignment as Principal Anchor of Dateline NBC. Holt will anchor the newsmagazine program in addition to reporting as a correspondent for NBC News. He also serves as weekend anchor for NBC Nightly News and co-anchor of the weekend Today edition as well as fill-in anchor and correspondent for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and TODAY. Other NBC News’ correspondents joining Holt on Dateline include Chris Hansen, Hoda Kotb, Josh Mankiewicz, Keith Morrison and Dennis Murphy. Dateline opens its 20th season this Friday at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $75 million