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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 11/18/10)
TLC: Pawn Queens (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm

TNT canceled the cop series Dark Blue from Jerry Bruckheimer and Warner Horizon Television headlined by Dylan McDermott. Dark Blue ran for two seasons with the second season concluding in early September and averaged nearly 2.2 million viewers per episode. TNT is also slated the premiere date for season two of Men of a Certain Age on December 6.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV debuts a new docu-series showcasing amazing and shocking stories from around the world when The Vice Guide to Everything opens December 6 at 11p. The series follows Vice magazine founder Shane Smith and his intrepid reporters, Ryan Duffy and Thomas Morton as they travel the globe investigating bizarre and dangerous stories from ferreting out Al Qaeda in Yemen to testing bulletproof jackets in Bogota.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Pierce Brosnan may be making a TV comeback in a new project produced by Sony Pictures Television, cites THR. Brosnan, known for his former Remington Steel TV role and starring in four James Bond films will appear in and produce a new series about an international operative and problem solver for hire. Brosnan is not expected to be the lead character in the project. Sony TV is first shopping the series in the international marketplace. Executive producers include Jack Orman (ER), Beau St. Clair, Keri Selig as well as Brosnan.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedienne Kathy Griffin has said her series, Bravo’s My Life on the D List, may not be back for a seventh season, per EW. Griffin said she would be interested in doing “a hybrid show, like a half-scripted kind of thing or something based on what I built on My Life on the D List and what I experience, but not a full-on reality show.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting is looking for fun and outrageous families in the Los Angeles area to part of a family-themed pop culture trivia game show from the producers of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?. Multi-generational families of all ethnicities are invited to apply. The show is looking for two families consisting of four members each with family members falling into at least four of the following five age ranges: 12-15, 16-30, 31-45, 46-64 and 65+. The winning family has a chance to win up to $50,000. Applicants should send an email to GenerationGapCasting@gmail.com and include the names of family members, ages, photos and a contact phone number.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 11/5/10)
ABC: Supernanny (Premiere) at 8pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Cops & Coyotes (Premiere) at 9pm
PLANET GREEN: Operation Wild (Premiere) at 9pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: The Benson Interruption (Premiere) at 12am
IFC: The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy Camp (Premiere) at 12am
VH1: Friday Night Alright: Jack Johnson (Premiere) at 2am

(SATURDAY 11/6/10)
COOKING CHANNEL: Kelsey’s Essentials (Premiere) at 2:30pm
FUSE: Mad Genius (Premiere) at 6:30pm
WE TV: Downsized (Premiere) at 9pm
WE TV: The Locator (Premiere) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 11/7/10)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL: Great Migrations (Premiere) at 8pm
BET: Black Girls Rock (Premiere) at 8pm
STYLE: Mel B: It’s A Scary World (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
E!: Kendra (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: Married To Rock (Premiere) at 10:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: On The Case With Paula Zahn (Premiere) at 10pm

The New York City Marathon is this Sunday November 7th.

NBC canceled freshman spy series Undercovers from J.J. Abrams, opting to not pick up a full season of the show. NBC will air three of the remaining episodes November 10, November 17 and December 1 with three other episodes left though NBC has not said when or if those eps will air. This last Wednesday in its 8p time slot, Undercovers averaged a 1.3/4 among A18-49 with 5.8 million total viewers. Warner Bros. Television produces the series along with Abrams’ company Bad Robot.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tonight, ABC is opening a sixth season of Supernanny though British nanny and star of the series, Jo Frost says this is her last season. Frost says she is quitting because she wants to “create more balance” in her life and looks forward to having her own family. During the last run of Supernanny, the show will concentrate on the parenting challenges facing younger mothers who are teens and in their 20s.
(Source: Cynopsis)

During the month of October, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart was the top late-night show among A18-49, which is says marks the first time a show other than NBC’s The Tonight Show or CBS’ Late Night with David Letterman claimed #1 for a full month since at least 2000. The Daily Show attracted an average of 1.3 million viewers each night during October while The Tonight Show and Late Night drew in 1.2 million viewers each. Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report ranked fourth with 900,000 viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Megamind – Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Jonah Hill, Brad Pitt
Due Date – Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, RZA
For Colored Girls – Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ealy, Kimberly Elise, Omari Hardwick, Thandie Newton, Kerry Washington, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose
Fair Game (Limited Release) – Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Noah Emmerich
127 Hours (Limited Release) – James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clemence Poesy, Kate Burton
Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer (Limited Release) – Eliot Spitzer, Joseph Bruno, Ken Langone, Cecil Suwal, Roger Stone

NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday November 6, 2010
University Place Fall Fair – from Waverly Place to 14^th St.

Sunday November 7, 2010
Union Square Broadway Festival – from 17^th to 23^rd St.
Madison Ave. Holliday Expo – from 42^nd to 57^th St.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $16 million.

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 11/1/10)
MTV: Is She Really Going Out With Him? (Premiere) at 4pm
MTV: Moving In (Premiere) at 4:30pm
GSN: The Newlywed Game (Premiere) at 6pm
NBC: The Women Of SNL (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: Wreck Chasers (Premiere at 8pm
TCM: Moguls & Movie Stars: A History Of Hollywood (Premiere) at 8pm
VH1: My Big Friggin Wedding (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Mario Lopez: Saved By The Baby (Premiere) at 10:30pm 

Over the weekend, Fox Networks and Cablevision Systems reached an accord in principle on a new distribution agreement providing 3 million plus households with programming from WNYW FOX 5 and WWOR My9 in New York, WTXF FOX29 in Philadelphia and the cable channels FOX Deportes, FOX Business Network and Nat Geo WILD. The FOX stations and cable channels were back in business for Cablevision subscribers on Saturday just before the first pitch of World Series Game 3 on FOX. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TLC renewed its real-life series Sister Wives about a polygamist family’s home life for a second season. TLC gave the new season a 10-episode order which will premiere in March. TLC will also air the one-hour Sister Wives Honeymoon Special on November 28, where newly-married Kody and Robyn Brown vacation together while the other three wives go camping with the 16 children. Sister Wives is produced by Figure 8 Films.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
(10/30/10)
Rihanna & Andy Samberg (Shy Ronnie) are back with Ronnie & Clyde
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/digital-short-ronnie-and-clyde/1257067/

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Saw 3D – $24.2 million
Paranormal Activity 2 – $16.5 million
Red – $10.8 million
Jackass 3-D – $8.4 million
Hereafter – $6.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
Bunim/Murray Productions, behind such series MTV’s The Real World, is casting for a new show created to help families in crisis. The producers are looking for positive, inspiring mentors to help troubled teens who will work with the family and the teen to change the family’s dynamics and get the teen on the right track. If you or someone you know has the skills to inspire change and can communicate with teens, please send photos and a bio describing your mentoring/social work or other related experience to mentorcasting@bunim-murray.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/22/10)
HISTORY: Modern Marvels (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Main Street Mysteries (Premiere) at 10pm
PLANET GREEN: Dean Of Intervention (Premiere) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 10/23/10)
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Emma Stone, Musical Guest: Kings Of Leon

(SUNDAY 10/24/10)
VH1: La La’s Full Court Wedding (Clip Show) at 9:30pm
VH1: Football Wives (Premiere) at 10:30pm
FUEL TV: Firsthand (Finale) at 8pm
E!: Keeping Up The Kardashians (Finale) at 10pm

CBS handed full season orders to all five of its frosh series consisting of Hawaii Five-O, Blue Bloods, Mike & Molly, The Defenders and $#*! My Dad Says. These new series rank as the top five new series of the 2010-2011 season and Hawaii Five-O, Mike & Molly and $#*! My Dad Says also rank as the top three new series among A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC set the second season premiere date for The Sing-Off on December 6 with Nick Lachey as host, cites THR. The a cappella singing competition watches as ten groups perform and compete for a $100,000 prize and a Sony Music recording contract.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fresh off his stint on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, David Hasselhoff will debut in the A&E Network original real-life series The Hasselhoffs starting December 5 at 10p. The 10-episode, half-hour series follows the famous single dad as he raises his two young adult daughters, Taylor Ann, 20 and Hayley, 18. FremantleMedia North America produces the series for A&E.
(Source: Cynopsis)

When Conan O’Brien bows his new late-night talk show Conan on TBS November 8, his first week’s guests will include actor Seth Rogen and musical guest Jack White on night one. Following on night two Tom Hanks joins O’Brien along with 30 Rock’s Jack McBrayer and musical guest Soundgarden; night three has Mad Men’s Jon Hamm on the list with comedian Charlyne Yi and musical guest Fistful of Mercy; and Thursday night’s show will consist of Michael Cera, Modern Family’s Julie Bowen and comedian Jon Dore.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Kelly Ripa, currently the co-host of Live with Regis and Kelly and her husband Mark Consuelos are developing a comedy pilot for ABC. The script deal involves a project titled Port Love, about the backstage antics and drama of a television series. Ripa and Consuelos will co-write, executive produce and star in the series. Jeffrey Hodes and Nastaran Dibai, Ripa’s former co-workers on Hope & Faith will also co-write. Previously, Ripa has held duel jobs such as in 2001 when she starred in ABC’s All My Children and replaced Kathy Lee on Live. Then later, she starred on the comedy Hope & Faith which ran from 2003 to 2006 while hosting Live.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Paranormal Activity 2
Inhale (Limited Release) – Dermot Mulroney, Mia Stallard, Diane Kruger, Sam Shepard, Vincent Perez
Kalamity (Limited Release) – Nick Stahl, Jonathan Jackson, Christopher Clark, Beau Garrett, Robert Forster

NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday October 23, 2010
Union Square Fall Fair – on Park Ave. South from 17^th to 23^rd St.
36^th Annual Americana Jazz Festival – 52^nd St. bet. 5^th & 7^th Ave.
Bleecker Street Festival – from Lafayette to Laguardia

Sunday October 24, 2010
Times Square Autumn Carnival – on Broadway from 47^th to 57^th St.
36^th Ave. Astoria Festival (Queens) – from 29^th to 35^th St.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $101 million.

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/18/10)
CBS: The Talk (Premiere) at 2pm (Sharon Osbourne, Leah Remini, Holly Robinson Peete, Sara Gilbert, Marissa Jaret Winokur & Julie Chen)
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior (Premiere) at 9pm & 10pm
VH1: Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It (Premiere) at 10pm

Over the weekend, viewers in New York and Philadelphia could not watch the first game of the National League Championship Series between Philadelphia and San Francisco due to the continuing retransmission-consent dispute between Fox and Cablevision. The October 15 deadline to settle a new agreement involving the two companies passed without a new retransmission deal and Fox carried out its threat to pull its New York and Philadelphia stations off of Cablevision.  (Cablevision customers in Connecticut did lose WNYW/NY Fox affiliate, but retains the significantly-viewed CT Fox affiliate WTIC/Hartford, and MYTV9/New Haven.  Talks were due to resume yesterday, though no progress happened on Sunday, according to Fox. Both parties did agree to resume negotiations today.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Barbara Billingsley, who played the often parodied though revered June Cleaver on the television series Leave It to Beaver, died on Saturday at the age of 94 at her home in Santa Monica, CA. Ms. Billingsley played glamorous June, the mother who wore pearls and high heels at home and baked endless cookies, from 1957 to 1963 and later in decades of reruns. The role of June Cleaver set a standard for television in post-WWII America and Ms. Billingsley was known to have only respect for her iconic TV role. In real life, Ms. Billingsley was a former model and during her busy acting career, married three times and had periods of being a single working mom to her two sons. Before taking the TV role that she would be known for ever-after, Ms. Billingsley was a contract actress with MGM in the 1940s and early 1950s and appeared in small film roles in Shadow on the Wall (1950), Three Guys Named Mike (1951) and The Bad and the Beautiful (1952). Later, she had a revival in her career by appearing in the 1980 comedy film Airplane!, playing a sweet passenger who talks in “jive” with two street-smart characters. Ms. Billingsley also returned to television in the 1980s by making guest appearances on shows such as Mork & Mindy, Amazing Stories, The Love Boat, Murphy Brown and Roseanne among others. She was also the voice of the “nanny” in the animated series Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies. In 1983, Ms. Billingsley reprised her role as June in a television movie, Still the Beaver where she was together again with many of the cast members of the original Leave It to Beaver cast, though Hugh Beaumont, who played her TV husband, Ward had died earlier in 1982. This TV movie then led to a cable series of the same name and later became known as The New Leave It to Beaver. She further had a small role in the 1997 film Leave It to Beaver. Ms. Billingsley is survived by her two sons, Drew Billingsley and Glenn Billingsley.
(Source: Cynopsis)

British actor, Simon MacCorkindale, 58, has died. Mr. MacCorkindale was known to American television viewers for his role as Greg Reardon in CBS’ drama series Falcon Crest, appearing in 59 episodes from 1984 to 1986. Later in England, Mr. MacCorkindale also had success in the British television series Casualty playing the role of Harry Harper for six seasons. He is survived by his second wife, actress Susan George.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Jackass 3-D – $50 million
Red – $22.5 million
The Social Network – $11 million
Secretariat – $9.5 million
Life As We Know It – $9.2 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
GSN is casting for a new 40-episode Relationship Game Show produced by 3 Ball Productions (The Biggest Loser, Beauty and the Geek) and needs female and male contestants in the age range of 25-45 years. The premise of the show is to use science to help you decide which person to choose. The show is looking for groups of three people: 1 guy who is dating 2 women or 1 woman dating 2 guys. All three people should be willing to be on the show which is described as a modern version of Love Connection or Change of Heart. No dates will happen on this show though you will discover your best “scientific match” through Scientific Profiling using compatibility tests and futuristic images to see what your possible children will look like together and what your daters will look in 20 years. Please send an email to lovetrianglecasting@gmail.com or lovetricasting@gmail.com to apply and refer your attractive friends. Include your name and age of you, and the 2 guys or women you are dating, your city, contact phone numbers and emails for you the two others, two recent photos (no headshots) of you and the two others, and your story.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/15/10)
CMT: DCC: Making The Team (Premiere) at 8pm
CMT: World’s Strictest Parents (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: School Pride (Premiere) at 8pm
SYFY: Sanctuary (Premiere) at 10pm
TRUTV: Conspiracy Theory With Jesse Ventura (Premiere) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 10/16/10)
A&E: Fix This Kitchen (Premiere) at 10am
COOKING CHANNEL: Brunch @ Bobby’s (Premiere) at 2pm

(SUNDAY 10/17/10)
VH1: La La’s Full Court Wedding (Finale) at 8:30pm
A&E: Paranormal State (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
A&E: Psychic Kids: Children Of The Paranomral (Premiere) at 10pm
BBC AMERICA: Luther (Premiere) at 10pm
AMC: Rubicon (Finale) at 9pm
AMC: Mad Men (Finale) at 10pm

With mining and miners being very topical right now, Spike TV announced it is working with reality producer Thom Beers (Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers) on a new one-hour original series, Coal about the coal mining industry. The 10-episode series will debut next April and will take an in-depth look at how coal is mined through Mike Crowder and Tom Roberts, co-owners of the Cobalt Mine in Westchester, West Virginia. The series will be executive produced by Beers’ Original Productions, a FremantleMedia Company.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In more Discovery Channel news, the network gained exclusive access to the Chilean miners that were just rescued for a new world premiere special, Rescued: The Chilean Mine Story (wt).  The one-hour special is produced by Discovery Channel Latin America and will be simulcast on October 28 via Discovery Channel and Discovery en Espanol in the US and also on Discovery Channel across Latin America that same day and later will air in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in November.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E! opens a third season of Kendra on November 7 at 10p. In the new season, Kendra begins her book tour and vows to get back her pre-baby body while being a busy wife and mother. Kendra is produced by Prometheus Entertainment, Alta Loma Entertainment and Fox Television Studios. E!’s newest series Married to Rock also debuts following the third season premiere of Kendra at 1030p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Louise Fletcher, remembered for her role as Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, landed a role in ABC’s Private Practice, per TV Guide. Fletcher will play Pete’s mother and will first appear in this season’s ninth episode. Fletcher also recently appeared in NBC’s Heroes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Jackass 3-D – Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Steve-O, Jason “Wee Man” Acuna
Red – Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker
Conviction (Limited Release) – Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Loren Dean, Melissa Leo
Hereafter (Limited Release) – Matt Damon, Bryce Dallas Howard, Cecile De France, Frankie McLaren
N-Secure (Limited Release) – Essence Atkins, Lamman Rucker, Denise Boutte, Tempestt Bledsoe

NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday October 15, 2010
Financial Community Day Festival Series – on Broad St. from Water St. to South St.

Saturday October 16, 2010
18^th Annual Upper Broadway Fall Festival – 110^th to 116^th St.
Greenwich Ave. Festival – from 6^th to 7^th Ave.
Washington Square Festival – on Waverly Place from Broadway to MacDougal Street

Sunday October 17, 2010
Main Street Islip Fall Festival – from Route 111 to Smith Ave.
The Great Third Ave. Fair – from 23^rd to 34^th St.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $72 million.