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FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 9/20/13)
ABC: Last Man Standing (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: The Neighbors (Premiere) at 8:30pm
ABC: Shark Tank (Premiere) at 9pm
DISNEY: Dog With A Blog (Premiere) at 8:30pm
NAT. GEO.: Secret Life of Predators (Premiere) at 8pm
PBS: Great Performances: The Hollow Crown (Premiere) at 9pm

(SATURDAY 9/21/13)
A&E: The Marriage Test (Premiere) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 9/22/13)
E!: Live From The Red Carpet: Primetime Emmy Awards at 6pm
CBS: The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at 8pm
LIFETIME: Devious Maids (FInale) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Dexter (Series Finale) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: Ray Donovan (Finale) at 10pm
STYLE: Tia And Tamera (Finale) at 8pm

The iHeart Radio Concert will air live from Las Vegas at 7pm (West Coast time) and 10pm (East Coast Time).  Some of the acts include Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, Bruno Mars, Maroon 5, Katy Perry, Drake, J.Cole and Paul McCartney. You can watch it on this website. http://music.yahoo.com/programs/iheart/

Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play takes place this Saturday September 21, 2013
http://www.nick.com/play

NBC is planning a mini-series about the life of late-night icon Johnny Carson. Biopic will be based on the upcoming book, Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oscar winner Susan Sarandon will guest star on an ep of Mike & Molly, as a famous novelist. M&M returns to the CBS lineup midseason.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The star of Macy’s’ new national TV commercials won’t be Donald Trump or Martha Stewart. It will be an app. Starting Sunday, September 22, the retailer will run ads touting the app’s convenience, including its ability to do price checks and summon coupons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Columbia Records will release Glee Sings the Beatles two days before the series season five premiere, the first of a two-part tribute to the Fab Four. Tracks are available for streaming now – a promo for the show, and a pre-order opportunity. Glee returns to Fox Thursday, September 26 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CMT has renewed Sweet Home Alabama for season four. The dating show, from Glassman Media, premieres Friday, November 8 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City), Amy Sedaris (Strangers with Candy), Wanda Sykes (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Julie White (Go On) will make guest appearances on Amazon Studios‘ Alpha House. The comedy about four Senators, starring John Goodman, will run on Prime Instant Video later in 2013.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Adam Pally joins Fox‘s The Mindy Project as a series regular. The Happy Endings alum will play a new ob-gyn on the sitcom, airing Tuesdays at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Prisoners – Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Melissa Leo, Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Terrence Howard, Dylan Minnette, Zoe Soul, Erin Gerasimovich
Battle Of The Year – Josh Holloway, Laz Alonso, Josh Peck, Caity Lotz, Chris Brown, Sawandi Wilson
Thanks For Sharing (Limited Release) – Mark Ruffalo, Gywneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins, Josh Gad, Alecia “Pink” Moore, Patrick Fugit, Carol Kane, Joely Richardson
Enough Said (Limited Release) – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Ben Falcone, Eve Hewson, Tavi Gevinson, Tracey Fairaway, Lennie Lofton, Michaela Watkins

NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday September 20, 2013
87th Annual Feast of San Gennaro – on Mulberry Street in Little Italy
Bowling Green Park Fair – at Broadway & Whitehall St.

Saturday September 21, 2013
87th Annual Feast of San Gennaro – on Mulberry Street in Little Italy
20th Annual Upper Broadway Autumn Festival – on Broadway from 110th St. to 116th St.
Broadway Autumn Fair – on Broadway from Waverly Place to 14th St.
Bleecker Street Festival – from 7th to 8th Ave.
Jerome Ave. Festival (Bronx) – on Jerome Ave. from Moshulu to Gun Hill Road

Sunday September 22, 2013
87th Annual Feast of San Gennaro – on Mulberry Street in Little Italy
Broadway Astoria Festival (Queens) – from Steinway to Crescent St.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $145 million

You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $40 million.

Powerball is played in 43 states.

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CASTING CALL
Starz has put out a casting call for company-level ballet dancers for a new series in development about the underbelly of the dance world. Bunheads can contact www.telseyandco.com/starzballetproject.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 8/30/13)
DISCOVERY: Alaska Steel Men (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Urban Oasis 2013 (Premiere) at 7pm
REELZ: Cracked (Premiere) at 10p
SYFY: Continuum (Finale) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 9/1/13)
ID: Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall (Premiere) at 9pm
OXYGEN: Snapped (Premiere) at 9pm
BET: Sunday Best (Finale) at 9pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: BBQ Pit Masters (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY:  Ice Road Truckers (Finale) at 10pm
STYLE: City Girl Diaries (Finale) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Rock My RV (Finale) at 10pm
VH1: La La’s Full Court Life (Finale) at 10pm

MOVIES
One Direction: This Is Us (Concert) – Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne
Getaway – Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight, Paul Freeman, Rebecca Budig
Closed Circuit (Limited Release) – Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Ciaran Hinds, Jim Broadbent, Rizwan Ahmed, Anne-Marie Duff, Kenneth Cranham, Denis Moschitto, Rosamund Pike
The Lifeguard (Limited Release) – Kristen Bell, John Finn, Lisa Ann Goldsmith. Mamie Gummer, Amy Madigan, Joshua Harto, Martin Starr
Passion (Limited Release) – Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper, Karoline Herfurth, Rainer Bock

NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday August 31, 2013
World Trade Center Fair – on Liberty St. from Broadway to Trinity Pl.
Herald Square Block Party – on 33rd St. from 6th to 7th Ave.
Fourth Ave. Festival – on Fourth Ave. from 9th to 14th St.

Sunday September 1, 2013
Broadway Festival – from Waverly to 14th St.
The 29th Annual Brazilian Day Festival – on 6th Ave. from 42nd to 56th St. and 46th St. from Madison Ave. to 7th Ave.
Ronkonkoma “Long Island” Festival – on Hawkins Ave. from Portion Road to Wittredge St.

Monday September 2, 2013
West Indian Day Parade (Brooklyn) – Eastern Parkway from Utica Ave. to Grand Army Plaza
30th Ave. Astoria Festival (Queens) – on 30th Ave. from 29th St. to 41st St.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $77 million

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

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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $142 million.

Powerball is played in 43 states.

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CASTING CALL
The search for talented tweens and teens continues for Disney Channel and Disney XD. The two networks are hosting an open call audition on Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22 in Wilmington, N.C. For more information, visit DisneyChannel.com/talentsearch.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 8/19/13)
FOOD: Bubba-Q (Premiere) at 10:30pm
REELZ: Delete (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: Switched At Birth (Finale) at 8pm

Usually Oprah Winfrey is the one coaxing people to open up, but lately she’s been the one offering surprising revelations. Making the press rounds to promote her film, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Winfrey told People magazine that as she dealt with the disappointing launch of OWN, she had symptoms of a nervous breakdown. “After 25 years of being number one, I had become accustomed to success,” she admitted. “I didn’t expect failure… I thought, what have I gotten myself into?” On Bravo‘s Watch What Happens Live, Winfrey said to Andy Cohen, “All these years I’ve been telling people to hang in there, to hold onto their dreams… and I went, ‘Oh, now I get to walk that walk.’ ” She went on to say OWN is now “making money – and let me tell you, it’s so much more fun to make money than to lose it.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV has ordered 10 eps of Jerks With Cameras, featuring comedians on the street pranking people. The series, from Jersey Shore EP Sally Ann Salsano‘s 495 Productions, launches in 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sony Pictures Television, producer of AMC hit Breaking Bad, has made a deal with Rasta Imposta to produce a costume based on the show’s lead, a hazmat-suited high school chemistry teacher in the meth business. Series is in its fifth and final season, Sundays at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Katie Couric was put on the defense after In Touch magazine quoted her saying of the Kardashian family, “I don’t understand – why are they so famous?” Reality star Kim Kardashian, who had received a baby gift from Couric after giving birth in June, posted to Twitter, “#IHateFakeMediaFriends  MayIHumblySuggestYouNotSendGiftsThenTalkSht.” Forcing Couric to issue a statement: “I was responding to a reporter’s question, and explaining how I’m intrigued by the public’s fascination with her family. I didn’t mean to hurt her feelings.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV.com has hooked up with Bedsider.org, an online birth control support network, for a series of webisodes that show what happened to four of the teens who were featured on MTV’s 16 and Pregnant. In the videos, the girls discuss the difficulties they face as young moms, and talk candidly about teen pregnancy and contraception. Eps are on http://on.mtv.com/16pKUcz.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Trophies for the 28th annual Imagen Awards were handed out Friday night, honoring positive portrayals of Latinos and Latino culture. Monica Raymund (Chicago Fire) and Jon Huertas (Castle) won for lead actor and actress. Castle won for best primetime TV show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Is Jennifer Lopez returning to the American Idol judging panel? Yes, JLo’s boyfriend Casper Smart told E! News. No comment, said Fox, which has confirmed Keith Urban will be back for a second season. Lopez was a judge in the singing competition’s tenth and eleventh seasons; show returns for lucky season thirteen in January 2014.
(Source: Cynpsis)

Darren Star (Sex and the City) has signed with TV Land for Younger, based on the novel by Pamela Redmond Satran, about a housewife in her 40s who lies about her age to get a glamorous job in publishing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lauren Graham (Parenthood) is adapting her best-selling novel, Someday, Someday, Maybe for The CW as an hour-long drama. Ellen Degeneres will exec produce the project, from her A Very Good Production, about an actress trying to make it in the Big Apple before the three years she allowed herself to find success runs out.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox came out the winner in a bidding war for a Tina Fey/Matt Hubbard/Robert Carlock sitcom about a women’s college that just started admitting men. Hubbard will write; he, Fey, Carlock and 3 Arts‘ David Miner will exec produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC beat competitors to nab drama The Mysteries of Laura, about a female homicide detective, based on the Spanish series Los Misterios De Laura.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS may be out of the NBC/Hillary/GOP fray, but the net is putting into development Madame Secretary, a drama about a fictional female Secretary of State. Barbara Hall (Joan of Arcadia) will write.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SNL alum Rachel Dratch has been cast as Brick’s middle school principal on The Middle. She’ll appear early in season five of the ABC sitcom, returning Wednesday, September 25 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

JoAnna Garcia (Reba) will make a splash as Once Upon a Time‘s Little Mermaid. Season three of the series returns Sunday, September 29 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Megan Park joins midseason NBC comedy Undateable, about two very different brothers who can’t attract women. Park replaces Aly Michalka (Hellcats), who left before taping the pilot.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox psychological thriller The Following welcomes Valerie Cruz (Homeland) as tough NYPD detective Gina Mendez. Series returns for season two in January, 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Lee Daniel’s The Butler – $25 million
We’re The Millers – $17.8 million
Elysium – $13.6 million
Kick-Ass 2 – $13.6 million
Planes – $13.1 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
Southern California residents A18-35 who love ink are being recruited by Doron Ofir Casting for a tattoo and piercing TV project. Contact: latattoocasting@gmail.com.

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 8/12/13)
VH1: Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta Reunion (Part 2) (Premiere) at 8pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Miami (Premiere) at 9pm
COOKING: Restaurant Takeover (Premiere) at 10pm
SCIENCE: What Lies Beneath: Roman Empire (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Hotel Impossible (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: I (Almost) Got Away With It (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Cake Boss (Finale) at 9pm
TNT: King & Maxwell (Finale) at 10pm

Piracy rates have climbed in areas where Time Warner Cable‘s three million plus customers can’t access CBS shows, reported TorrentFreak. The weblog says unauthorized downloads and streaming for Under the Dome rose by 34% as the companies remain in a standoff in their carriage contract dispute. While TorrentFreak said there was no way to ascertain how many downloaders were TWC subscribers, the results “do suggest that the blackout resulted in a piracy surge.” The first week of the blackout, by the way, had a negligible impact on CBS, reports the net: overall ratings were down 0.2% in total viewers and unchanged A18-49. However, Under the Dome was down 7% A18-49, but up in top 10 markets not affected by the dispute.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Odd couple: Fox Television Studios, sib to conservative Fox News, is in the early stages of talks to produce the announced NBC mini-series about Hillary Clinton, reports the New York Times. If a deal is struck, FTVS would distribute the program internationally. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, has threatened to keep the upcoming election debates off NBC and MSNBC if the net aired the mini-series, set to star Diane Lane.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Alec Baldwin is getting a soapbox at MSNBC, in the form of a weekly television show, reports Medialite. Source says the show would air Fridays at 10p, current slot of Lockup prison doc.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jay Leno‘s last day as host of the Tonight Show is February 6, reports Variety, adding that Leno’s contract with NBC runs through September 2014, and show’s staff will be paid until then. Jimmy Kimmel will take over following the net’s February 7-23 Olympics coverage.
(Source: Cynopsis)

No more Mr. nice guys: According to Forbes Magazine, the two highest earners between June 2012 and June 2013 in radio/TV are Simon Cowell and Howard Stern, each raking in about $95 million; in third place was right wing radio host Glenn Beck. Without her syndicated show gone, Oprah Winfrey‘s $77 million take dropped her to fourth place. Forbes’ estimates of stars’ earnings from entertainment-related work was based on intel from industry insiders.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Just when you thought it was safe to turn on TV again… Syfy has announced the result of a social media campaign to name the sequel to Sharknado, the TV movie that had freak tornadoes dumping man-eating sharks all over LA. After 5000+ suggestions were submitted via Twitter, the net reveals that Sharknado 2: The Second One will wreak havoc, this time in Gotham, in July 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy) is hoping to return to primetime as the lead in a gritty procedural, reports Deadline, which says the drama, written by Alexi Hawley (Following), has drawn interest from numerous nets, including NBC. It appears the actress will exec produce, with her mother/manager Nancy Heigl.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Material based on a trilogy of erotic novels is headed for the small screen. Anonymous Content has licensed author Kyra Davis‘ popular e-book series, Just One Night, to be published in a single hardcover volume, and developed for television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Juliette Lewis has signed onto Fox‘s upcoming M. Night Shyamalan event series Wayward Pines, a thriller about a secret service agent. Greta Lee (Girls) has also been added, joining Matt Dillon and Carla Gugino.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Molly Sims will guest star on at least two episodes of The Carrie Diaries‘ season two as Vicky, a rival for Carrie. CW series returns Friday, October 25 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Eydie Gorme passed away on August 10. She was 84. The singer and her husband starred on NBC’s The Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme Show in 1958; Gorme also made numerous television appearances over the years, on shows like Password, What’s My Line and the Carol Burnett Show. She won a primetime Emmy in 1979 for Steve & Eydie Celebrate Irving Berlin. “Eydie has been my partner on stage and in life for more than 55 years,” said Lawrence in a statement. “I fell in love with her the moment I saw her and even more the first time I heard her sing. While my personal loss is unimaginable, the world has lost one of the greatest pop vocalists of all time.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Respected Hollywood publicist Eddie Michaels died Thursday, August 9 after a battle with brain cancer. He was 49. His clients over the years included Anjelica Huston, Drew Barrymore, Jeremy Piven, Lou Diamond Phillips and Mary Steenburgen. “I will be eternally grateful for his wisdom, his guidance and the enthusiasm that elevated and enriched my career and my life,” said Phillips in a statement. “His honesty and integrity were an inspiration.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Elysium – $30.5 million
We’re The Millers – $26.6 million
Planes – $22.5 million
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – $14.6 million
2 Guns – $11.1 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
Top Dog Productions is sniffing around for three men and three women (late teens/early twenties) for the pilot episode of a scripted doc about feuding Appalachian mountain families, production to be based in Orlando FL. For info: freisaproductions@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 6/10/13)
ID: Sins And Secrets (Finale) at 9pm

The future beyond season two looks hazy for ABC Katie Couric talker Katie. It’s been reported that there’s been plenty of backstage drama since Jeff Zucker, who launched Katie in September 2012 and served as executive producer, exited in January 2013 to become worldwide president of CNN. While Katie tries to strike a balance between hard news and more standard daytime topics, most of the show’s station partners, mainly ABC affiliates, say the show hasn’t lived up to ratings expectations.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E!’s The Soup is getting a new comedy spinoff. Led by host Joel McHale, The Soup Investigates will delve deeper into the Hollywood scene and take on pop culture myths and rumors, with tongue-in-cheek investigative reporting. The new show premieres Wednesday, June 19 at 10:30p, following a new episode of The Soup at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Brooklyn DA is relocating to a new time slot. The CBS documentary series that follows the lives of employees in the Kings County District Attorney’s Office is moving from Tuesdays at 10p to Saturdays at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

No more waiting to exhale. ASPiRE is set to premiere its first original weekly talk show exhale, a Black Robin Media production. Hosted by five African-American women — journalist Angela Burt-Murray; actress and comedian Erin Jackson; director, writer and actress Issa Rae; author and TV anchor Rene Syler; and actress Malinda Williams – the show will serve up conversation about topics affecting African American women. The eight-episode series premieres Thursday, June 27 at 8p, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of ASPiRE’s launch. Subsequent episodes will air Wednesdays at 8p starting July 10.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family Switched at Birth star Katie Leclerc and David Lambert of The Fosters will participate in live Twitter chats during the East Coast feeds of their series on Monday, June 17. Fans should tweet Leclerc at @KatieLeclerc from 8 to 9p and include the hashtag #SwitchedAtBirthChat. Lambert will chat from 9 to 10p. Fans should tweet him at @DGLambert and include the hashtag #TheFostersChat.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Scott Foley has been upped to a series regular on ABC‘s Scandal. Foley joined the show during its second season as Jake, a mysterious military guy who was spying for Fitz.
(Source: Cynopsis)

George Wendt is set to guest star on the upcoming TV Land series Kirstie’s New Show, says the Hollywood Reporter. Wendt, who’ll reunite with Cheers alum Kirstie Allie and Rhea Perlman on the comedy, will portray Duke Bainbridge, Thelma’s (Perlman) cheating ex-husband.
(Source: Cynopsis)

It’s been reported that Jorge Garcia (Lost) has been tapped for a guest spot on Hawaii Five-0. He’ll play a conspiracy theorist on the CBS drama.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Four of Grey’s Anatomy‘s interns are returning for the show’s tenth season. Gaius Charles, Tessa Ferrer, Jerrika Hinton and Camilla Luddington, have all been promoted to series regulars.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Man Of Steel – $113.1 million
This Is The End – $20.5 million
Now You See Me – $10.3 million
Fast & Furious 6 – $9.4 million
The Purge – $8.2 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
A major production company is searching the Los Angeles area for powerful and professional European females for an unscripted documentary series. Women must be smart, successful and have personality to spare. Please submit to CastingCallsForTV@gmail.com with name, age, where in California you live, country where you’re from, phone, email, pictures and a brief summary of your current lifestyle.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 5/31/13)
ABC: What Would You Do? (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Treehouse Masters (Premiere) at 10pm
WE TV: Bridezillas (Premiere) at 8pm
WE TV: Marriage Boot Camp: Bridezillas (Premiere) at 9pm
WE TV: Pregnant & Dating (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Merlin (Finale) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 6/1/13)
BIO: Celebrity Ghost Stories (Premiere) at 9pm
BIO: The Haunting of… (Premiere) at 10pm
NAT. GEO. WILD: Fish Tank Kings (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: The Golden Sisters (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: Bet On Your Baby (Finale) at 8pm
BBCA: Orphan Black (Finale) at 9pm
BBCA: The Nerdist (Finale) at 10pm

(SUNDAY 6/2/13)
AMC: The Killing (Premiere) at 8pm
ANIMAL PLANET:  Call of the Wildman (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Top Hooker (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Premiere) at 8pm
BRAVO: Princesses: Long Island (Premiere) at 9pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: BBQ Pitmasters (Premiere) at 9pm
E!: Keeping Up With The Kardashians (Premiere) at 9pm
E!: The Wanted Life (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Food Network Star (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: Oprah visits the set of “The Voice” (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Oprah Presents Master Class: Lenny Kraaviz at 10pm
HISTORY: Ax Men (Finale) at 10pm

Crown Rules apparently doesn’t! CNBC has pulled the reality series, after its first two episodes drew fewer than 50,000 viewers. The show was hosted by jewelry designer Kendra Scott and NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Industry buzz has been that Disney/ABC might be considering a syndicated talk show led by Robin Roberts, the popular Good Morning America co-host. Roberts, however, has nixed the rumors, insisting there’s no project in development for her or talks taking place about one.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Alec Baldwin will be the on-air host for National Geographic Channel’s weekly Night of Exploration programming block, beginning Friday, June 14 at 8p. Baldwin’s segments will appear in the United States and globally in 171 countries and 38 languages. His hosting duties kick off with new series Crossing the Ice, which follows two Australian adventurers as they attempt to become the first to tackle the perilous journey from the edge of Antarctica to the South Pole and back.
(Source: Cynopsis)

As of tomorrow, the cable network formerly known as GMC TV (formerly the Gospel Music Channel) will be changing its name to UP.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Two years after taking home the Decade of Hotness award at the Guys Choice awards, Jennifer Aniston is set to return to this year’s show as a presenter. Aniston will present the Funniest M.F. award to her pal Jimmy Kimmel. The show tapes on June 8 at Sony Pictures Studio in Los Angeles and will premiere on Spike TV on Wednesday, June 12.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jennifer Lopez, Executive Producer of ABC Family‘s new original series The Fosters, will participate in a live Twitter chat during the East Coast feed of the series premiere on Monday, June 3 at 9p. Fans are invited to ask Lopez questions about the series via @JLo and should include the hashtag #TheFosters in their tweets.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Vali Chandrasekaran, former producer of 30 Rock, has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios. Chandrasekaran had spent recent months focusing on his own development efforts; among them, The Marathon Times, which was set up at ABC during the last development cycle.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Animal Planet has renewed its most watched series, ordering a sixth season of River Monsters. The show’s fifth season finale on Monday drew a series-high 2.2 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tracy Morgan has been tapped to star in the FX comedy series pilot Death Pact, from FX Productions. He’ll play a formerly lazy, pot-dealing assistant high school coach who returns to his hometown as a decorated war hero. Production begins this summer in New York or New Jersey.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jenna Elfman is in talks to join the upcoming NBC comedy The Family Guide. She would replace Parker Posey, who left the project after it was ordered to series. The show centers on a family brought together by divorce. Elfman would play the ex-wife.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
After Earth – Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Zoe Kravitz, Sophie Okonedo, Isabelle Fuhrman
Now You See Me – Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal, Woody Harrelson, Melanie Laurent, Amanda Seyfried, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman
The East (Limited Release) – Ellen Page, Alexander Skarsgard, Brit Marling, Toby Krebbell, Shiloh Fernandez
The Kings of Summer (Limited Release) – Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso

NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday June 1 2013
3rd Ave. Community Benefit Festival – on 3rd Ave. from 66th to 86th St.
St. Nicholas Ave. Festival – from 181st to 188th St.

Sunday June 2, 2013
3rd Annual Spring Fair – on 3rd Ave. from 14th to 23rd St.
20th Annual Spring Crafts Festival – on Broadway from 65th to 72nd St.
Queens Pridefest (Queens) – on 37th Road from 73rd to 77th St.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $30 million

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

www.NYLottery.org

POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $40 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

www.NYLottery.org

CASTING CALL
AXS TV is looking for a new face for their one hour daily show, AXS Live. Candidates must be in the mid-20s to mid-30s age range, well-versed in the worlds of pop culture, music and entertainment, and most importantly, quick on their feet and comfortable with live television. Contact Robin Roth at 310-312-0856 or rrothentertainment@me.com. Include videos with all submissions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 5/30/13)
A&E: Beyond Scared Straight (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: Mike & Molly (Premiere) at 8:30pm
HGTV: Renovation Raiders (Premiere) at 9pm
MILITARY: The Brokaw Files (Premiere) at 10pm

Talk show icon Larry King has a new gig. The former CNN star has signed on to host a political talk show on RT America, a global, English-language TV channel based in Russia. Politics with Larry King, produced by Ora.tv, will debut on RT in June as well as stream line on RT.com. The network will also air Larry King Now, which streams on Hulu and Ora.Tv. The shows will be recorded in RT America’s Washington, DC, studios and Ora TV’s studio in Los Angeles. King, 79, hosted a weeknight talk show on CNN for 25 years, until it ended in December 2010.
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Promoting the debut of Military Channel‘s The Brokaw Files at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday night, Tom Brokaw shared all sorts of opinions. Clinton White House? Ran like a college dorm. Obama? Doesn’t roll up his sleeves as much as Brokaw would like him to. Social media? Good way to hear voices we wouldn’t hear otherwise. But we need a national dialogue about some of the viciousness that can be a part of this type of communication. Tune in for more Tom, tonight, when the show debuts at 10p.
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The prestigious hosting gigs continue for Neil Patrick Harris. The actor, who’s already been tapped as master of ceremonies for The 67th Annual Tony Awards, has been named host and producer of The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards to be broadcast from NOKIA Theater L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 22 on CBS. This will mark Harris’ second stint as Emmy host, which he emceed to critical acclaim when the program last aired on CBS in 2009. “Neil is the quintessential host – engaging, entertaining and a true showman – with a passion for celebrating the medium we all love. We’re thrilled for him to return for CBS’s broadcast of the Emmy Awards,” said Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment.
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More than six weeks after the devastating Boston Marathon bombings, that took the lives of 3 and injured at least 140 people, Brian Williams sits down with 6 amputee survivors at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital on NBC‘s Rock Center with Brian Williams. In their first group interview, they share their powerful stories of recovery, healing and strength. The episode airs Friday, May 31 at 10p.
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Mel Ottenberg, stylist to Rihanna, has been added as the third and final mentor to Style Media‘s Styled to Rock, the new fashion competition series that will search for the next trendsetting designer. Ottenberg joins previously announced mentors Pharrell Williams and Erin Wasson. The show, produced by Shed Media US, Overbrook Entertainment and Marcy Media Films, is slated to premiere later this year.
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Amazon has ordered its first original series, picking up John Goodman‘s Alpha House, Ed Begley Jr.’s Betas, and children’s programs Annebots, Creative Galaxy and Tumbleaf. The pilots moving forward were chosen based on feedback from Amazon and Lovefilm customers. Alpha House follows four senators who live together in a rented house in Washington. Betas centers on four friends trying to strike it rich with a mobile social networking app.
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MTV2 has greenlit Ain’t That America with Guy Code break-out star Lil Duval serving as host. “The series will take on a format familiar to the audience, but leverage Duval’s unique perspective on the traditions, customs and trends that make America what it is today,” said Paul Ricci, Senior Vice President of Programming and Production for MTV2. The show debuts Tuesday, July 9 at 11:30p.
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MTV2 has renewed Guy Code for a fourth season. “The success of  Guy Code kick-started MTV2’s investment in original programming, helping to build our cornerstone Tuesday at 11p destination for the young male audience and spurring tremendous ratings growth since 2009,” said Paul Ricci, Senior Vice President of Programming and Series Development for MTV2.
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Barbara Niven (One Life To Live, The Bold and the Beautiful, Moonlight & Mistletoe) has joined the cast of Hallmark Channel series Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove. She’ll Peggy Beldon, wife of Bob Beldon (Bruce Boxleitner) and owner of the Cedar Cove Inn, Thyme and Tide.
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CASTING CALL
Winegrad Casting is looking for men for a new makeover series; specifically guys who have suffered a bad breakup or divorce and need to get back on their feet. The men will be paid $500; plus, receive a clothing and home decor makeover. To submit send your name, phone number, email address, city where you reside, age, occupation, two or three recent photos and a brief bio on your breakup, current state of mind, and why you would be great for the show to: WEINGRADCASTING@GMAIL.COM.
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