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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/14/10)
MTV & BET: A Conversation With President Obama (LIVE) at 4pm
DIY NETWORK: The Vanilla Ice Project (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY NETWORK: Rehab Addict (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills (Premiere) at 10pm

30 Rock will do a LIVE Episode tonight on NBC at 8:30pm on the East Coast and will do another LIVE episode on the West Coast.

CBS announced the host and panel of experts for its new reality competition series Live To Dance. Paula Abdul as executive producer, lead expert and mentor will be joined by host Andrew Gunsberg who recently was host of Australian Idol and the nationally syndicated radio countdown show, Take 40 Australia. The panel of experts will consist of Travis Payne and Kimberly Wyatt, both of whom have extensive dance and choreography experience. The first open casting call is happening today in New York City at the Jacob Javits Center followed by a second open casting call in Los Angeles on October 28 (location TBD). Interested dancers should visit www.cbs.com before attending open casting calls to obtain registration information. Live To Dance is based on a format created by Princess Productions and Shine TV and is produced by Reveille.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC is taking its summer reality series Wipeout to midseason, bringing back the Endemol USA-produced show in January. ABC ordered eight new episodes with a “winter wonderland” themed course complete with slippery ice and new stunts such as Spanker Sleds and a Polar Bear Run. The new episodes will be part of the show’s recent fourth season with 24 total eps.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E! introduces viewers to three women who are married to rock stars and one who wants to be a rock star bride in the new reality series Married to Rock, debuting November 7 at 1030p. The series centers on Susan Holmes McKagan, who has been married to Duff McKagan of Guns-N-Roses since 1999; Etty Farrell, who is married to Perry Ferrell of Jane’s Addiction; Josie Stevens, a model who eloped with guitarist Steve Stevens; and AJ Celi, who has been in a relationship with guitarist Billy Duffy of The Cult for three years and is ready to get married. Married to Rock, produced by Bunim-Murray Productions, relates the wild road tours and groupies to quiet date nights while these four friends juggle family life and careers while living in the spotlight with their famous men.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
A major cable network is seeking pregnant celebrities or the significant other of a celebrity to be in a docu-series chronicling the journey to motherhood. The docu-series will not follow the couple 24/7 though will include and highlight major events during the pregnancy. Participants in the production will be compensated. For more information send an email to: tvtalkrr@yahoo.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 10/12/10)
BET: Being Ted Kennedy (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: Nick Swardson’s Pretend Time (Premiere) at 10pm
A&E: Parking Wars (Premiere) at 10:30pm
MTV: Teen Mom (Finale) at 10pm

Ryan Devlin will next appear on ABC’s Brothers & Sisters playing a precocious grad student in Kitty’s (Calista Flockhart) law class who may get special attention from the teacher, per EW. Devlin is scheduled to be in at least four episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Television actress Fran Drescher, best known for her starring role in the 1990s sitcom The Nanny, will helm a daytime talk show set to debut this November as part of a three-week preview on six FOX O&Os. The Fran Drescher Show, covering everything from “pedicures to politics” as well as life lessons will premiere November 26 on FOX’s WNYW/New York, KTTV/Los Angeles, WTXF/Philadelphia, KSAZ/Phoenix, KMSP/Minneapolis and WOFL/Orlando. The show is co-produced by Fox Television Stations and syndicator Debmar-Mercury. Scott Sternberg, Peter Marc Jacobson and Drescher will all serve as executive producers on the show and Debmar-Mercury’s Lonnie Burstein, EVP/Programming and Production developed the show and will supervise it for Debmar-Mercury. If the show performs well during this three-week preview, the aim is to gain a full national syndication launch for the 2011-2012 season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E! tapped journalist/author Laura Ling to host the network’s documentary series E! Investigates. Ling will take an in-depth journalistic approach as she examines important and controversial topics, stories or trends in each one-hour episode. In the first episode premiering December 8 at 10p, Ling will investigate the rise of teen suicides in the US and in the December 15 episode she will look at the secret realities of military wives. Previously, Ling was VP of Current TV’s journalism department and created that network’s weekly investigative docu-series Vanguard. While at Current and during a reporting stint focused on the trafficking of North Korean women in March 2009, Ling and her colleague Euna Lee were detained by North Korean soldiers along the Chinese-North Korean border. Ling and Lee were arrested and held captive in North Korea for 140 days before being granted a special pardon to return to the US.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Next week, National Geographic Channel premieres the four-part series, Virgin Galactic, documenting the launch of the first commercial spaceliner initiated by entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and aeronautical engineer Burt Rutan. Virgin Galactic opens October 18 at 10p and is produced for National Geographic Channel by Darlow Smithson Productions. The series is distributed by Endemol Worldwide Distribution.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $61 million.

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/11/10)
DIY NETWORK: House Crashers (Premiere) at 8pm
DIY NETWORK: Bath Crashers (Premiere) at 9pm
STYLE: Giuliana & Bill (Premiere) at 8pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Hardcover Mysteries (Premiere) at 9pm
SUNDANCE: Carlos (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Cake Boss (Premiere) at 9pm

Lisa Oz, wife of Dr. Oz is involved in a daytime talk show pilot with Sony Pictures Television. The new show will likely concentrate on helping rocky relationships. Lisa Oz is author of the book, US: Transforming Ourselves and the Relationships That Matter Most. She has also co-hosted the XM radio show version of The Dr. Oz Show with her husband. Scott Stone and Corin Nelson will serve as executive producers on the project. Production on the pilot is taking place in November and if stations pick up the show, Sony is expected to it in fall 2011.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Social Network – $15.5 million
Life As We Know It – $14.6 million
Secretariat – $12.6 million
Legend Of The Gaurdians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole – $7 million
My Soul To Take – $6.9 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
World of Wonder Productions is casting for a new docu-series for a major cable network and is looking for a modern, alternative family. The family could be a real-life “Will & Grace” with a baby; a transgender with twins; a woman who is carrying her sister’s baby; and or a mother carrying her daughter’s child. The family composition may be considered odd but the love is real in your uniquely blended family. If this describes your situation or someone you know, casting would love to hear from you. Send an email toweingradcasting @gmail.com and include a description of your family composition and what makes it work. Include names, where you live, how you live and tell us why your story is unique. Also include recent photos and a phone number where you can be reached. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/8/10)
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Dog Whisperer (Premiere) at 8pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Fatal Attractions (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Swamp Loggers (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Haven (Premiere) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 10/9/10)
MSG & MSG PLUS: Hockey Night Live! (Premiere) at 9:30pm
TLC: Auctioneer$ (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live at 11:30pm – Host: Jane Lynch, Musical Guest: Bruno Mars

(SUNDAY 10/10/10)
E!: The Spin Crowd (Finale) at 10:30pm

NBC halted production on any further new episodes of its frosh drama series Outlaw starring Jimmy Smits. The series will continue to air in its Friday at 10p time period for the next several weeks, as five unaired episodes remain. NBC said it will monitor the series’ ratings over these next few weeks before making a decision to keep it or cancel it. Last week, Outlaw averaged 4.7 million total viewers and delivered a 1.0/4 among A18-49. Outlaw is produced by Universal Media Studios and Conaco owned by Conan O’Brien.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC News is giving The View’s Elisabeth Hasselbeck an additional assignment as contributor for Good Morning America starting next Monday. Hasselbeck will focus on “hot-button family, lifestyle and child-rearing” topics for GMA. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Next week, BET will air the BET Hip Hop Awards ’10 on October 12 at 8p followed by the premiere of new reality series Being Terry Kennedy at 10p. The new series has exclusive access to pro skater/entrepreneur Terry “TK” Kennedy’s life as he juggles his various projects involving skating, fashion, music and the entertainment industry.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Madison Square Garden’s national music TV channel, Fuse is debuting an interview and performance show Lay It Down on October 20 at 11p. Hosted by Cee Lo Green, Lay It Down will feature conversations and exclusive performances with top hip hop and R&B artists.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oxygen Media approved a new series featuring Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott titled Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings with production commencing this month. The eight-episode series follows Tori and Dean as they work with couples to make their weddings more extraordinary. Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings is produced by Life In a Bowl Productions and World of Wonder Productions. Oxygen Media also confirmed a sixth season of Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Life As We Know It – Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Alexis Clagett, Brynn Clagett
Secretariat – Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, Scott Glenn, Dylan Baker
My Soul To Take – Max Thieriot, John Magaro, Emily Meade, Nick Lashaway, Denzel Whitaker
As Good As Dead (Limited Release) – Cary Elwes, Andie MacDowell, Frank Whaley, Matt Dallas, Jess Weixler
It’s Kind Of A Funny Story (Limited Release) – Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Zoe Kravitz
Nowhere Boy (Limited Release) – Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Thomas Sangster, Anne Marie Duff, David Morrissey
Stone (Limited Release) – Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Milla Jovovich, Frances Conroy, Enver Gjokaj
Tamara Drewe – Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Daniel Alpert, Jonathan Alpert, Sigridur Benediktsdottir

NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday October 8, 2010
Christopher Columbus Block Party – on Murray Street from Broadway to Church St.

Saturday October 9, 2010
West 4^th St. Festival – from 6^th Ave. to University
Ave. Of The Americas Family Expo – on 6^th Ave. from 42^nd to 56^th St.
3^rd Ave. Fall Festival (Bronx) – from 149^th to 156^th St.

Sunday October 10, 2010
Astor Place Festival – From Broadway to Lafayette
Eighth Ave. Autumn Festival – from 42^nd to 57^th St.
Steinway Street Festival (Queens) – from 28^th to 34^th Ave.

Monday October 11, 2010
Columbus Day Festival – on Broadway from Liberty St. to Battery Place & Whitehall St. from Stone to Water St.
Greenpoint Ave. Festival (Queens) – from 44^th St. to Queens Blvd.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $51 million.

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/7/10)
TLC: Kick Off Cook (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives Of DC (Finale) at 9pm

Raising Hope on FOX became the first freshman show to receive a full-season pick-up as FOX yesterday gave the comedy a back-nine order. Raising Hope will now have a total of 22 episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC News struck a deal with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fund a year-long investigative project probing into worldwide health problems and their solutions. The Gates Foundation is giving ABC News a grant worth $1.5 million and in turn, ABC is supplying $4.5 million for this reporting project which will cover health topics around the world. By accepting the grant, ABC News agreed to include extensive coverage of global health topics and crisis issues on all its programs in addition to a one-hour primetime special airing this December which will kick-off the project and another hour-long special in December 2011 marking the conclusion of the coverage.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The long wait could soon be over for Verizon customers who’d like to get their hands on Apple’s iPhone. Verizon will ramp up to begin selling the iPhone by early Jan., according to reports in Bloomberg and the WSJ, ending AT&T‘s 3-year exclusive lock on the device that has helped it earn record profits. (Apple confirmed its original deal with AT&T was for 5 years earlier this summer, but one can only assume a renegotiation has taken place.) Apple’s about face has no doubt much to do with the desire to get on Verizon’s officially announced 4G LTE network, which will launch in 38 major metro markets and to more than 110 Americans by the end of the year. The launch will include large section of the northeast corridor including New York, Washington D.C. and Boston, where iPhone users have complained the most about poor network coverage.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
A new reality series pilot titled The Pain Whisperer will be shooting in Los Angeles on December 4 and 5. If you live in the Los Angeles area or can be in LA during those days, and if you suffer from chronic pain, you may receive complimentary treatment from Tom Chi, known as The Pain Whisperer. The show is interested in people who may be scheduled for a hip or knee replacement, have carpal tunnel, joint pain/arthritis, repetitive stress injuries, failed back surgeries or any other debilitating pain. If this describes you, please make a 3-5 minute video explaining your situation and how pain has affected your life, family and work to be considered for this treatment. To submit your video and to find out more about this pilot visit, www.wix.com/Heartslord/TPW.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/4/10)
CNN: Parker Spitzer (Premiere) at 8pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives Of Atlanta (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: Lie To Me (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY NETWORK: Yard Crashers (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Disappeared (Premiere) at 10pm
LOGO: The A-List: New York (Premiere) at 10pm
LOGO: The Arrangement (Premiere) at 11pm
TRUTV: Southern Fried Stings (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory (Finale) at 9:30pm
TLC: Quints By Surprise (Finale) at 9:30pm

FOX has cancelled “Lonestar” after 2 episodes and ABC has cancelled “My Generation” after 2 episodes.

The famous DC comic book heroine Wonder Woman will be revamped for a new television series by Warner Bros. Television. David E. Kelley has been tagged to perhaps write and produce the new project featuring the Amazon princess superhero.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal, Numb3rs, 24) landed a role on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy for a multiple episode run, reports TV Guide. MacNicol will play Dr. Stark, a pediatrics attending who will work closely with Alex (Justin Chambers).
(Source: Cynopsis)

CNN announced it let anchor Rick Sanchez go on Friday after Sanchez said incendiary remarks about Jews and specifically Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central’s Daily Show. Sanchez made these comments on Pete Dominick’s SiriusXM radio show on Thursday. CNN will rebroadcast CNN Newsroom in Sanchez’s 3-5p time period until further notice. CNN also released this statement: “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Social Network – $23 million
Legend Of The Gaurdians: The Owls Of Ga’Hoole – $10.9 million
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps – $10.1 million
The Town- $10 million
Easy A – $7 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
Robert Mazza Casting has two casting call opportunities:

• One is seeking a fitness trainer who has spent time in prison. The ideal person is an ex-con who turned his life around and spent time while in prison learning and implementing the skills of fitness and nutrition into his lifestyle. This project is this person’s chance to show how he has transformed his life and body and impart his knowledge to other people who need fitness help. Send a photo, contact information and a brief description of your situation to FitnessShow2010@gmail.com .
• The second opportunity seeks a female private investigator who tracks down dead-beat dads. This person must be passionate about locating these dead-beat dads and make them pay up. Casting is looking for a strong female like Dog The Bounty Hunter or his wife. Send a photo, contact information and a brief description of your situation to InvestigatorShow2010@gmail.com.
  (Source: Cynopsis)

Doron Ofir Casting is looking for overweight couples aged 18 and over to appear in a non-competition television series designed to transform the health and relationships of 16 couples. The series is looking for couples who gained weight together though lost their romance. Apply online right away by visiting www.LoveHandlesCasting.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/30/10)
A&E: The First 48 (Premiere) at 9pm

FOX continues the storyline of its action drama series Human Target when the second season premieres November 17 at 8p. The new season introduces new characters with Indira Varma playing the billionaire philanthropist, Ilsa Pucci and Janet Montgomery joins as Ames a beautiful thief who shares a past with Winston (Chi McBride). Human Target is based on the DC Comics comic book and a novel. Bonanza Productions Inc. produces the series in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision, DC Comics and Warner Bros. Television. Originally, FOX had set the premiere date for Human Target on October 1 at 8p and now repeat episodes of House will air in the Friday at 8p time slot.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TLC premieres a new season of What Not To Wear on October 29 at 9p. The series will open with the first 13 episodes airing through January 2011 and the remaining back 13 scheduled to air next spring. In the first episode, fashion experts Stacy London and Clinton Kelly attempt to makeover actress Mindy Cohn who is now 44 years old and best-known for her 1980s role as Natalie in the TV series The Facts of Life. What Not To Wear is produced by BBC Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedian Greg Giraldo, who appeared on NBC’s Last Comic Standing competition series as a judge, died yesterday after an apparent accidental overdose on prescription pills. Mr. Giraldo was hospitalized since Saturday in New Jersey. Mr. Giraldo had also appeared on Comedy Central for its roast specials and on The Howard Stern Show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
The upcoming PBS documentary Out in America slated to air nationally on PBS stations in 2011, is seeking women to appear on-camera to speak about their personal experiences with coming out, falling in love, parenthood, homophobia and more. The documentary film will take a positive look at the diversity within the various LGBT communities across America. The production is specifically looking for lesbian or bisexual women of color with school-age children to address LGBT issues from the perspective of minority same-sex parents. Interested women should contact Julia right away at Julia@twocatstv.com or 212-929-2085.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 9/28/10)
ABC: No Ordinary Family (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: The Good Wife (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: The Tenth Inning (Premiere) at 8pm
ANIMAL: Weird, True & Freaky (Premiere) at 8pm
ANIMAL: Lost Tapes (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Stargate Universe (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Billy The Exterminator (Premiere) at 10 & 10:30pm

Dexter opened a fifth new season on Showtime Sunday night at 9p with the series’ highest-rated premiere episode ever and the best season debut for a Showtime original series in 15 years. Dexter attracted 1.77 million total viewers for the season opener at 901p and another 575,000 total viewers at 11p, making the combined total viewer tally at 2.34 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On October 29, The Oprah Winfrey Show is reuniting the entire cast of the hit musical movie, The Sound of Music for the first time in 45 years. The cast will join Oprah and share behind-the-scenes stories about the movie’s production, their time together on set and what they each have been doing since the film first debuted in 1965. In addition, the von Trapp Children, a singing ensemble featuring members of the real von Trapp family will offer a special tribute to the film on the Oprah show. Members of The Sound of Music appearing include Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr (Liesl), Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich), Heather Menzies-Urich (Louisa), Duane Chase (Kurt), Angela Cartwright (Brigitta), Debbie Turner (Marta) and Kym Karath (Gretl).  The Sound of Music won five Academy Awards in 1965 including Best Picture.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $23 million.