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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 11/20/12)
RLTV: Money Matters with Jean Chatzky (Premiere) at 9pm
USA: Covert Affairs (Finale) at 10pm

Sunday night’s season three finale of Univision’s reality dance competition Mira Quien Baila! (Look Who’s Dancing) attracted 6.9 million viewers who watched a portion or the entire broadcast.  The season finale additionally tallied an average audience of 3.9 million total viewers; 1.9 million with A18-49; and 786,000 among A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime debuts new docu-series Double Divas in January that goes inside the world of intimate apparel found at Atlanta’s boutique LiviRae Lingerie.  The network will premiere Double Divas with two back-to-back episodes beginning January 10 at 10p following Project Runway All Stars.  Lifetime’s viewers will also be able to watch a sneak peek of Double Divas on New Year’s Day at 1030p.  The series follows LiviRae’s owners and best friends Molly Hopkins, dubbed the “bra whisperer” and Cynthia Richards, considered the “Thomas Edison” of custom lingerie.   Double Divas is produced by NorthSouth Productions and A+E Networks will handle global sales.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Logo gears up for a fifth season of reality competition show RuPaul’s Drag Race returning to the network’s schedule in January 2013.  Fourteen contestants will battle for a $100,000 cash prize, the crown and the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar.  World of Wonder Productions is behind the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fashion comedy series Fashion Police on E! celebrates its 100th episode on November 30 at 10p.  The weekly show stars Joan Rivers, Giuliana Rancic, Kelly Osbourne and George Kotsiopoulos who review and dish on celebrity fashions from red carpet style to everyday looks.  Fashion Police is produced by Comcast Entertainment Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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Today’s Jackpot is $33 million

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CASTING CALL
A major cable network is currently seeking outrageous, outspoken, upscale international men and women for a new docu-series from a major production company.  If you live in the Los Angeles area and love money, power and success and you like expensive cars and clothes, please consider applying.  Send an email to: Castingchad@gmail.com and include your name, phone number, city, photo and a description about yourself.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 11/1/12)
ABC: The 46th Annual CMA Awards at 8pm
SHOWTIME: The Reality Show (Premiere) at 11:30pm
TLC: Little Shop Of Gypsies (Finale) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Gigolos (Finale) at 11pm

In January, PBS’ American Experience premieres a three-part series, The Abolitionists airing on PBS stations in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.  The series tells the intertwined stories of five heroes of the original Civil Rights Movement, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina Grimke, Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Brown.  The Abolitionists stars Richard Brooks, Neal Huff, Jeanine Serralles, Kate Lyn Sheil and T. Ryder Smith and will premiere as a special presentation in three parts on American Experience January 8-22 at 9p on PBS (check local listings).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Beginning next Monday, RLTV premieres A Taste of History, a series that examines America’s culinary roots.  Hosted by Chef Walter Staib, the series revisits our country’s founding and its founders through the foods they ate and the recipes they used.  Chef Staib is a master at open-hearth cookery and demonstrates for viewers how to prepare 18th century dishes and also visits historic locations from Jefferson’s Monticello to Rittenhouse in Philadelphia and Colonial Williamsburg.  Starting Monday, RLTV will air back-to-back episodes of A Taste of History weekdays at 1p and 130p.  Then beginning November 7, additional episodes will also air on Wednesdays at 8p and 830p, repeating at 11p and 1130p. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Winter premiere dates for several USA Network series have been set: Suits returns with six all-new episodes to conclude its second season on January 17 at 10p; the Winter season premiere of White Collar with six all-new episodes opens January 22 at 10p to wrap its fourth season; and Necessary Roughness is back with five all-new episodes starting January 23 at 10p to finish off its second season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Style Media approves a fifth season of docu-soap, Jerseylicious.  The next season will premiere during first quarter 2013 with 14 all-new episodes produced by Endemol USA.  The fourth season of Jerseylicious was Style’s number one show among W18-49, averaging 508,000 total viewers in premiere episodes. 
(Source: Cynopsis) 

The Weather Channel continued to deliver high viewership as Hurricane Sandy raged on Monday.  The network’s average audience on Monday was 2.035 million total viewers, making it TWC’s third highest 3a-3a Total Day average in the network history with total viewers and HH.  Also on Monday, TWC delivered 800,000 A25-54 viewers Total Day, which is the highest rated day of the year for this target demo. 

Last Friday’s season premiere of Gold Rush on Discovery Channel at 9p posted a 2.43 rating among A25-54; a 3.27 with M25-54; and 4.45 million total viewers.  The series debut of Jungle Gold at 10p delivered a 1.5 with A25-54; 2.0 with M25-54; and 2.76 million total viewers, making it the network’s highest-rated series premiere this year in key demos and the fifth highest series premiere overall for the network.  New episodes of Gold Rush and Jungle Gold continue on November 2 beginning at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX Television Stations (FTS) and Debmar-Mercury forged a deal which brings the Charlie Sheen-starring comedy series, Anger Management to FOX Television Stations for an off-net syndication launch in September 2014.  Produced by Lionsgate Television, Anger Management will air on the following FOX-owned duopolies: WNYW-WWOR/New York, KTTV-KCOP/Los Angeles, WFLD-WPWR/Chicago, KDFW-KDFI/Dallas, WTTG-WDCA/Washington DC, KRIV-KTXH/Houston, KSAZ-KUTP/Phoenix, KMSP-WFTC/Minneapolis and WOFL-WRBW/Orlando.  FX will continue to hold exclusive cable rights to reruns of Anger Management beginning in fall 2014. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

CASTING CALL
In November and December, GSN will host a nationwide search for contestants for its original series, The American Bible Challenge hosted by Jeff Foxworthy.  The second season of the show will premiere in 2013.  Casting session are presently underway in Los Angeles through December 1 and will also visit Memphis on November 15; Nashville and Detroit on November 17; and Atlanta and Dallas on December 1.  Produced by RelativityREAL, additional casting information and applications for season two can be found at GSNTV.com, call323.860.6703 or send an email to: biblechallenge2012@gmail.com for further instructions on how to apply.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 10/23/12)
ABC: Happy Endings (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: Don’t Trust The B—- in Apartment 23 (Premiere) at 9:30pm
PBS: Secrets Of The Dead (Premiere) at 9pm
MTV2: Hip Hop Squares (Premiere) at 11pm
DIY: I Hate My Kitchen (Premiere) at 10:30pm

Lots of news from The CW: the network ordered a full season of its rookie drama Arrow.  On October 3, Arrow debuted on The CW with 4.1 million total viewers, making it the network’s most-watched telecast in three years and the most-watched series premiere since The Vampire Diaries in 2009.  Arrow is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The CW further gave three scripts each to its new drama series Emily Owens M.D. and Beauty and the Beast.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will now air on The CW with a live telecast on January 10 from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.  The show will preempt the network’s regular programming.  Critics’ Choice Movie Awards had previously aired on VH1.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mike Darnell, President/Alternative Entertainment of Fox Broadcasting Company revealed yesterday The X Factor was renewed by FOX for a third season.  The X Factor was created by Syco Television and is produced by Syco Television and FremantleMedia North America.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX also gave two of its Tuesday night comedies more episodes as Raising Hope gained two eps for season three, taking its total to 24 and New Girl’s second season episode count was upped to 24 total.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC added two more episodes to its business-themed reality competition series Shark Tank for the 2012-13 season.  The order total for Shark Tank is now at 24 episodes for its fourth season produced by Sony Pictures Television. Currently airing Fridays at 8p, Shark Tank will air at its new 9p Friday slot starting November 2, making room for ABC’s new comedy block of Last Man Standing and Malibu Country.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Soon after its second season premiere and winning multiple Emmy Awards, SHOWTIME renewed Homeland for a third season consisting of 12 one-hour episodes.  When Homeland premiered its second season on September 30, the series delivered a +60% increase over its first season premiere with 2.07 million viewers for the night.  Production on season three will commence next spring and the series, starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis is produced by FOX 21.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Early in the new year, ABC Family brings back four original series to its schedule.  Season two of drama series Switched at Birth opens January 7 at 8p followed by all-new episodes of Bunheads at 9p.  On the next night, all-new episodes of Pretty Little Liars returns on January 8 at 8p preceding new episodes of The Lying Game at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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CASTING CALL
An Emmy Award winning production company is casting a new docu-series for a major cable network seeking young actors and their parents.  The show is casting talented kids age 4-16 and their supportive parents.  If you are a parent who wants the best of everything for your talented child and you spend lots of money to support their dreams, the producers want to hear from you.  Send an email to: Yourtalentedkid@gmail.com and include a bio of your family with names, ages, occupations, city where you live and your contact numbers as well as recent photos. Describe your talented child and their experience in the acting field.  Be sure to list any roles the child has had in the past and any roles they are currently seeking.  As the parent, explain the effort, time and money spent toward your child’s dream.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/19/12)
CW: Nikita (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Home Strange Home (Premiere) at 9pm
TRUTV: Killer Karaoke (Premiere) at 9pm
CINEMAX: Hunted (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Mystery Diners (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Yukon Men (Finale) at 9pm
DIY: King Of Dirt (Finale) at 9pm
STARZ: Boss (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta (Finale) at 9pm & 9:30pm
TLC: Secret Princes (Finale) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 10/20/12)
FOOD: Trisha’s Southern Kitchen (Premiere) at 11am
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Bruno Mars, Musical Guest: Bruno Mars at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 10/21/12)
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter: Fergie (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT. GEO.: Drugs, Inc. (Premiere) at 9pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: Buying Alaska (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
HISTORY: Outback Hunters (Premiere) at 10pm
BBC AMERICA: Copper (Finale) at 10pm

NBC is the second network to cancel a rookie show from the fall broadcast season as Animal Practice is exiting off the network’s schedule and is being replaced with the second season of Whitney beginning November 14. Until this date, Animal Practice will continue to air in the Wednesday 8p time slot. For its most recent airing, Animal Practice delivered a 1.0 rating among A18-49. CBS was the first network to cancel a new show, pulling the drama Made in Jersey.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tonight, HGTV debuts new series Home Strange Home and the network will continue production on the series for a second season with eight all-new one-hour episodes. HGTV also renewed You Live in What? and Extreme Homes for a second and third seasons respectively with eight one-hour episodes each. Home Strange Home, hosted by comedian Chuck Nice, tours eccentric and bizarre residences from a modern-day Peter Pan’s Neverland to a home made out of animal bones. Extreme Homes currently airs on Thursdays at 9p and offers an up-close look at some of the most spectacular houses ever built. Season three of Extreme Homes will premiere in first quarter 2013. You Live in What? goes inside the homes of people who live in outrageous abodes and season two will be back on HGTV’s schedule in early 2013.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Docu-series Teen Mom 2 rejoins MTV’s schedule on a new day, Mondays starting November 12 at 10p. The third season continues to follow the emotional journeys of four young mothers, Chelsea, Jenelle, Kailyn and Leah as they face bigger challenges when their children enter into their “terrible twos” while they juggle their own lives.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FX’s new miniseries American Horror Story: Asylum launched Wednesday and over multiple telecasts (10p premiere and encores at 1105p and 1a) attracted 5.79 million total viewers; 4.17 million with A18-49; and 2.7 million among A18-34. For the 10p premiere episode, AHS: Asylum delivered 3.85 million total viewers; 2.78 million A18-49 viewers and a 2.20 rating; as well as 1.78 million with A18-34 and a 2.63 rating.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rock star Bret Michaels was tapped to host the new original series Rock My RV with Bret Michaels on Travel Channel. The network forged a talent deal with Michaels to host the eight-episode half-hour series that has been approved for production beginning next month. In the series, Michaels will lead a team of skilled, custom RV designers and fabricators who transform ordinary RVs into over-the-top mobile mansions. Rock My RV will premiere in 2013 and is produced by BCII Productions for Travel Channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Mummy star Brendan Fraser was cast to star in TNT’s drama pilot Legends from executive producer Howard Gordon (Homeland). Legends is about a deep-cover operative named Martin Odum who has an extraordinary ability to transform himself into a different person for each job. Gordon, Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Alexander Cary and Jonathan Levin developed the project based on the book by Robert Littell. David Semel will direct the pilot and be an executive producer along with Fraser who plays Martin in the pilot. Fox 21 is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Saturday Night Live alum Andy Samberg landed a role in an untitled FOX comedy pilot from Parks and Recreation co-creator Mike Schur and executive producer Dan Goor. The single-camera project is about a diverse group of detectives in a precinct located at the edge of New York City. Samberg will play the lead investigator.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Paranormal Activity 4 – Katie Featherston, Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively
Alex Cross – Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Edward Burns, Jean Reno, Giancarlo Esposito
The Sessions (Limited Release) – John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood, Annika Marks

NYC STREET FAIRS
Saturday October 20, 2012
Christopher Street Festival – from 7th to Greenwich Ave.
38th Annual Americana Jazz Festival – on 52nd St. from 5th to 7th Ave.
Urban Carnival – on 96th St. from 5th Ave. to Madison Ave.
Manahattan Republican Club Union Square Fair – on 6th Ave. from 14th to 23rd St.
Harvest Festival – Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pumpkin Patch, Face Painting with Arts & Crafts for the whole family.

Sunday October 21, 2012
Times Square Autumn Carnival – on Broadway from 47th to 57th St.
Manhattan Ave. Festival (Brooklyn) – on Manhattan Ave. from Bedford to Greenpoint
College Point Fair (Queens) – on College Point Blvd. from 14th Ave. to 20th Ave.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $12 million

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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $80 million.

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CASTING CALL
A major cable network is seeking experienced business experts with dynamic personalities to be featured on a new show. Producers are looking for no-nonsense, innovative and in your face experts to step in and tell it like it is. If you are a successful entrepreneur age mid-30s on up that turns businesses around so they are successful, please send an email to: info@kstalentandmedia.com and include your name, age, occupation along with a brief bio and photo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/12/12)
ANIMAL PLANET: Infested! (Premiere) at 9pm
BIO: Cursed (Premiere) at 10pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: A Haunting (Premiere) at 10pm
CMT: Cheer (Finale) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 10/13/12)
A&E: Flipping Boston (Premiere) at 12pm
ANIMAL PLANET: Too Cute! (Premiere) at 8pm
MSNBC: Lockup (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Christina Applegate, Musical Guest: Passion Pit at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 10/14/12)
FOOD: Sandra’s Restaurant Remakes (Premiere) at 10am
FOOD: Guy’s Big Bite (Premiere) at 10:30am
OWN: Building A Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy (Premiere) at 8pm
OWN: The First Graduating Class: Oprah Winfrey’s Leadership Academy (Premiere) at 9pm
NICK AT NITE: See Dad Run (Premiere) at 8pm
AMC: The Walking Dead (Premiere) at 9pm
AMC: Talking Dead (Premiere) at 11pm
AMC: Comic Book Men (Premiere) at 11:30pm
COOKING: My Food Obsession (Premiere) at 8pm
COOKING: Unique Sweets (Premiere) at 10:30pm

NBC has decided to air the one-hour pilot episode Mockingbird Lane, the updated version of the 1960s sitcom The Munsters as a Halloween special on October 26 at 8p. The project from Bryan Fuller and director Bryan Singer has been in development for about two years though NBC opted to not pick up the pilot to series last spring. Portia de Rossi stars as Lily Munster with Jerry O’Connell as Herman Munster, Eddie Izzard as Grandpa, Mason Cook as Eddie and Charity Wakefield as Marilyn.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC News’ What Would You Do? series will begin airing encores on HLN October 21. HLN announced its exclusive cable television rights to the docu-series yesterday. Back-to-back episodes will air on Thursday and Sunday nights from 9p to 11p. Furthermore, HLN is expanding its current relationship with Dr. Drew Pinsky with Dr. Drew On Call, a one-hour program airing Mondays through Wednesday at 9p starting October 22.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Yesterday, MTV revealed plans to expand and streamline its hip hop music and lifestyle programming and content across its multiple channels and screens under the brand name MTV Jams. This move extends the MTV Jams brand from a 24-hour digital channel to now integrating into all of MTV’s properties including MTV, MTV2 and MTV.com. The initiative also includes the launch of Jams.MTV.com, a new digital destination for all of MTV’s hip hop content, a new weekly series on MTV2 called The Week in Jams premiering October 28 at 11a as well as a fresh team of contributors joining MTV News’ hip hop expert, Sway Calloway. The new contributors include DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, Sofi Green, Maestro and Nessa. Leading up to the premiere of The Week in Jams, MTV will air a special Hip Hop Homecoming hosted by Sway this Saturday and a movie marathon during the day including the titles How High, Notorious, 8 Mile and Get Rich or Die Trying.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The back-to-back season two premieres of A&E Network’s Duck Dynasty Wednesday at 10p and 1030p attracted an average of 3.8 million total viewers; 2.4 million with A25-54; and 2.3 million among A18-49, becoming the most-watched telecast in the series’ history.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Valerie Cruz has landed a role in Lifetime’s drama pilot, The Secret Lives of Wives. The project is inspired by Iris Krasnow’s book of the same name about the unvarnished truth behind the marriages of four different women.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Argo – Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Taylor Schilling
Here Comes The Boom – Kevin James, Henry Winkler, Salma Hayek, Greg DePaul, Reggie Paul
Seven Psychopaths – Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell
Sinister – Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, James Ransone, Michael Hall D’Addario, Fred Dalton Thompson
Atlas Shrugged: Part II – Samantha Mathis, Jasoon Beghe, Esai Morales

NYC STREET FAIRS
Friday October 12, 2012
The Bowling Green Park Fair – at Broadway and Whitehall Street

Saturday October 13, 2012
Brooklyn Music School Fair – on St. Felix St. & Hanson Pl.
SoHo Autumn Fair – on Broadway from Houston to Canal St.
Greenwich Ave. Festival – on Greenwich Ave. from 6th to 7th Ave.
Fun For A Cause Festival – on Cross Island YMCA from Hillside Ave. to Bellrose, NY

Sunday October 14, 2012
21st Annual Broadway Fall Festival – from 86th to 96th St.
Herald Square Fair – on 33rd St. from 6th to 7th Ave.
Main St. Islip Fall Festival – on Main St. from Route 111 to Smith Ave.

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $53 million

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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $60 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
Robert Mazza Casting, LLC and a major cable TV network are casting for a new docu-series and are seeking single women, 21 and over who are obsessed with finding Mr. Right. If you prioritize finding the right man and have a systematic approach to searching for Mr. Right or have a lengthy checklist or a dating flow chart, the producers would like to hear from you. Casting ends soon. Send an email to: RobertMCasting@gmail.com and include your name, age, contact information (phone and email), at least three photos and a brief paragraph explaining all the ways you have gone about finding the man of your dreams.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 10/9/12)
BET: 2012 Hip Hop Awards at 8pm
SUNDANCE: Iconoclasts (Premiere) at 8pm
COOKING: Chuck’s Eat The Street (Premiere) at 8:30pm
LIFETIME: Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Prank My Mom (Premiere) at 10pm
WEATHER: Reefmakers (Premiere) at 9pm
BET: Keyshia & Daniel: Family First (Premiere) at 10pm
SPIKE: Ink Master (Premiere) at 10pm

FOX ordered additional episodes of two new Tuesday night comedies. FOX gave Ben and Kate six additional episodes and nine more episodes to The Mindy Project. This takes both comedies to full-season orders. Ben and Kate, starring Nat Faxon and Dakota Johnson is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and Chernin Entertainment. The Mindy Project, headlined, created and written by Mindy Kaling, is produced by 3 Arts Entertainment in association with Universal Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New comedy Neighbors on ABC received an order from the network for three more scripts. Jami Gertz and Lenny Venito star as a couple who move to a community populated by aliens who pose as humans.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Original comedic game show series Hip Hop Squares is back with new episodes on MTV2 starting October 23 at 11p. The network will also bring back the car culture and lifestyle series The Dub Magazine Project for season two beginning October 28 at 1p. Hip Hop Squares is under license from CBS Television Distribution.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Lifetime Original Movie Steel Magnolias, a television adaptation of the play and the 1989 film, averaged 6.5 million total viewers for its world premiere on Sunday, becoming Lifetime’s third most-watched original telecast ever. The movie, produced by Sony Pictures Television and starring and executive produced by Queen Latifah and also starring Phylicia Rashad, Adepero Oduye, Condola Rashad with Jill Scott and Alfre Woodard also averaged 3.2 million A25-54 viewers and 2.5 million among W25-54, the best delivery in this demo in the network’s history.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Goodfellas actor Mike Starr was cast in FOX’s The Mob Doctor in the recurring role as Sal, aka the Westside Boss, a wise-guy who uses his bawdy sense of humor to put people down. The Mob Doctor airs on Mondays at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Veteran actress Judith Light is joining TNT’s Dallas for its second season when the series returns in late January. Light will play an authoritative and controlling woman who will fight to the death for the people she loves. Light’s character will recur throughout the second season set to premiere January 28.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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Today’s Jackpot is $45 million

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CASTING CALL
Grand Prix Productions is casting for a television show and looking for online daters who would like to date safely by running checks, in advance of their potential dates. For more information please visit: www.LuvFax.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/8/12)
ESTRELLA TV: A2D3 (Premiere) at 7pm
CW: 90210 (Premiere) at 8pm
CW: Gossip Girl (Premiere) at 9pm
ENCORE: Titanic: Blood And Steel (Premiere) at 8pm
NAT. GEO: To Catch A Smuggler (Premiere) at 9pm
TV ONE: Life After: BernNadette Stanis (Thelma from “Good Times”) (Premiere) at 9pm
TV ONE: Life After: Marla Gibbs (The Jeffersons) (Premiere) at 9:30pm
PBS: Independent Lens (Premiere) at 10pm
SUNDANCE: The Mortified Sessions (Premiere) at 10pm
OXYGEN: Girlfriend Confidential: LA (Finale) at 11pm

Beginning next month, TLC reunites with the Roloff family in an all-new weekly series, Little People Big World: Wedding Farm, airing on Tuesdays at 9p starting November 13. In six one-hour episodes, the series follows Matt and Amy as they operate a new wedding venue on their recently expanded Oregon farm. Little People Big World: Wedding Farm is produced for TLC by Gay Rosenthal Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oxygen Media, for its upcoming modeling competition series The Face slated to premiere in first quarter 2013, has forged a multi-media partnership with US beauty retailer ULTA Beauty. The Face, hosted by photographer Nigel Barker features supermodel coaches Naomi Campbell, Karolina Kurkova and Coco Rocha as they compete to find the newest face of ULTA Beauty. The winner of the series will receive, courtesy of ULTA Beauty a grand prize of becoming spokesperson and ambassador for the brand’s Fall and Holiday 2013 national ad campaigns among other exposure through the retailer. The Face is produced by Shine America.
(Source: Cynopsis)

An unscripted celebrity diving series was picked up by ABC. The reality competition series is based on the Netherlands format Celebrity Splash with Eyeworks USA (previously 3 Ball Productions) behind the production. The series watches as celebrities perform complicated dives from varying heights with the help of a professional diving instructor.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS handed script orders to a half-hour comedy based on the 2011 Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake film Bad Teacher, reports THR. The project is from Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, the screenwriters behind the Columbia Pictures feature. Hilary Winston will pen the script and also executive produce the single-camera comedy with Stupnitsky and Eisenberg for Sony Pictures Television and the film’s Mosaic Media Group.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BIG BIRD GOES ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE TO RESPOND TO POLITICAL DEBATE
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Taken 2 – $50 million
Hotel Transylvania – $26.3 million
Pitch Perfect – $14.7 million
Looper – $12.2 million
Frankenweenie – $11.5 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CASTING CALL
Electus and 5×5 Media are launching a seven-city US casting call for TNT’s upcoming competition series The Hero hosted and executive produced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The producers are looking for competitors who have the physical, mental and emotional strength to participate in a battle of brains, brawn and morality. TNT ordered eight episodes and will roll out The Hero in summer 2013. The Hero casting calls will take place in Los Angeles on October 13; Boston, Dallas and Chicago on October 20; New York and Nashville on October 27; and Minneapolis on November 3. Additional casting information can be found at: www.theherotnt.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)