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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/25/13)
ABC: The Middle (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: Back In The Game (Premiere) at 8:30pm
ABC: Modern Family (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: Nashville (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: Criminal Minds (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Premiere) at 10pm
CNBC: Secret Lives of the Super Rich (Premiere) at 9pm
COMEDY: South Park (Premiere) at 10pm
ESQUIRE: The Getaway (Premiere) at 9pm
ESQUIRE: Boundless (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Revolution (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Premiere) at 9pm
SPORTSMAN: Fred Bear: The Father of Bowhunting (Premiere) at 7pm
SPORTSMAN: Fred Bear: Kodiak Country (Premiere) at 8pm
BRAVO: Top Chef Masters (Finale) at 10pm
COOKING: Kelsey’s Essentials (Finale) at 8pm
CW: Capture (Finale) at 9pm
MTV: Real World/Road Rules Challenge (Finale) at 10pm

Family restaurants on the brink of failure are given a chance to turn their fortunes around with the help of celebrated chef and restaurateur Rocco DiSpirito. Six-episode Food Network series Restaurant Divided debuts Thursday, October 24 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Julianne Hough returns to Dancing with the Stars to guest judge on Monday, October 7 at 8p. Hough was a two-time professional champion on the reality series before making the transition to recording artist and actress.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ghosts, zombies and monsters come to life on Nickelodeon‘s Deadtime Stories. The show stars Jennifer Stone as “The Babysitter,” who shares stories from her collection of creepy tales each week. The half-hour series premieres Thursday, October 3 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Guy Court, from the creator and producers of MTV‘s Girl Code and MTV2‘s  Guy Code, features real-life stories ranging from a plaintiff claiming his best friend dated his ex-girlfriend to a roommate who won’t wear deodorant. Half-hour MTV2 show bows Wednesday, November 6 at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Academy award winner Vanessa Redgrave is set to star in the ABC limited series Black Box. She’ll play Dr. Hartramph, psychiatrist to Kelly Reilly‘s Elizabeth Black, a neuroscientist who struggles with mental illness.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Walking Dead alum James Allen McCuen and DanikaYarosh (See Dad Run) have  landed recurring roles on Showtime‘s Shameless.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Syfy has announced additional casting for its upcoming supernatural drama pilot, Dominion with the signings of Anthony Stewart Head, Roxanne McKee, Luke Allen-Gale and guest star Shivani Ghai. Produced by Universal Cable Productions, the pilot is set to begin shooting this month in Cape Town, South Africa.
(Source: Cynopsis)

David Alan Basche (The Exes) will guest star on the Tuesday, October 1 episode of CBS‘s Person of Interest.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Queen Latifah (1.5/4 household rating/share) is this season’s highest rated new daytime talk show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/22/13)
1) Jack Johnson – From Here To Now To – 117,260
2) Justin Moore – Off The Beaten Path – 96,730
3) Chris Young – A.M. – 52,742

Other Debuts
4) MMG Presents: Self Made – Vol. 3 MMG Presents: Self Made – 50,418
5) Avicii – True – 49,936
10) Billy Currington – We Are Tonight – 25,787
14) MGMT – MGMT – 18,539
16) Elvis Costello – Wise Up Ghost – 17,982
19) Grateful Dead – Sunshine Daydream – (Veneta or 8) – 16,200
20) Devil Wears Prada – 8:18 – 16,132
21) Grouplove – Spreading Rumors – 16,029

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/18/13)
CBS: Survivor (Premiere) at 8pm
COMEDY: Key & Peele (Premiere) at 10pm
OWN: For Better or Worse (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Big Brother (Finale) at 9:30pm
NBC: America’s Got Talent (Finale) at 9pm

Mad Men‘s seventh and final season will be cut in half, with the first seven eps airing in spring 2014, and the last seven launching a year later. “This approach has worked well for us,” explained AMC president Charlie Collier, “most recently for us with Breaking Bad, which attracted nearly double the number of viewers to its second half premiere than had watched any previous episode.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Hard-charging Hollywood manager Marki Costello, granddaughter of comedian Lou, is the subject of an E! reality show about her life called The Drama Queen. The Collins Avenue Productions project premieres Sunday, November 10 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Lisa Oz show launched this week, hosted by the best-selling author and relationship expert on wellness net Veria Living. Guests include celeb pals like Sherri Shepherd and Suze Orman, as well as, of course, as Oz’s husband of 27 years, Dr. Mehmet Oz. The show airs on Mondays at 8pm.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HGTV launches feel-good reality show Cousins Undercover next month, with “Kitchen Cousins,” home renovators John Colaneri and Anthony Carrino back on the net to surprise a deserving homeowner with a home redo. On the premiere, Cousins partners with The Ellen Degeneres Show to happily ambush a popular teacher who lives in a major fixer-upper. Series debuts Sunday, October 6 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Internet sensation Grumpy Cat has well over a million likes on Facebook and over 100,000 followers on Twitter – and now the crabby-looking kitty has an ad deal. Grumpy (real name: Tardar Sauce) is the “spokescat” for Friskies, Nestle Purina announced. Neither Purina nor Grumpy shared terms of the deal.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tr3s has acquired telenovelas Pasion Morena and Bellezas Indomables from Azteca for the Viacom net’s fall lineup. Shows are premiering in the U.S. for the first time.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV has picked up season four of Ridiculousness and a sixth and final season of Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factor, both produced by Dickhouse. Ridiculousness’ season three is averaging 1.6 P12-34 and 2 million total viewers; Fantasy Factor is averaging 1.7 P12-34 and 1.7 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rosie O’Donnell is joining ABC Family‘s The Fosters for three eps when season one of the series resumes in January. After O’Donnell, a foster and adoptive mother, tweeted that she loved the show, “We knew we had to reach out and try to snap her up,” said exec producers Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/15/13)
1) Keith Urban – Fuse – 98,037
2) Weeknd – Kissland – 95,492
3) 2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. 2# MeTime – 63,475

Other Debuts
5) Janelle Monae – Electric Lady – 47,147
6) Artic Monkeys – AM – 42,253
7) Sheryl Crow – Feels Like Home – 36,427
11) Earth, Wind & Fire – Now, Then & Forever – 27,079
16) Kaskade – Atmosphere – 18,518
19 Rise Against – Long Forgotten Songs – 16,666
20) Gloria Estefan – Standards – 15,923

POWERBALL
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/11/13)
DISCOVERY: The Presidents’ Gatekeepers (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Restaurant Stakeout (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Thieves, Inc. (Premiere) at 10:30pm
FOX: The X-Factor (Premiere) at 8pm
OXYGEN: Too Young To Marry? (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: NOVA (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Brains on Trial with Alan Alda (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Life After: Sheryl Lee Ralph (Premiere) at 8pm
TV ONE: Life After: Clifton Davis (Premiere) at 8:30pm
TV ONE: Verses And Flow (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC FAMILY: Spell-Mageddon (Finale) at 9pm
FOX: MasterChef (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (Finale) at 9pm

Turns out the “epic twerk fail” video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CddMD3QqTFs) that’s racked up over 10 million views on YouTube was a hoax. Jimmy Kimmel admitted on his ABC late-night talker that he was the mastermind behind the stunt, which punk’d numerous media outlets – including his own net’s The View.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nominees for the 47th Annual CMA Awards include Taylor Swift and Kacey Musgraves, who scored six nods each; last year’s vocalists of the year, husband and wife Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, each nabbed five. Awards show airs live from Nashville on ABC Wednesday, November 6 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC‘s attempt to provide interactive second screen gameplay with Million Second Quiz hit a snag when its app crashed Monday night. “Good news: we flooded the #msq with players!” tweeted host Ryan Seacrest. “Bad news: we crashed the system!!!” The digital element resumed Tuesday morning.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Viacom is adopting Brightcove cloud services for digital content delivery across multiple device platforms. Viacom brands MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central launch with apps for iPhone, iPad and Xbox, with plans to expand to Android smartphones and tablets.
(Source: Cynopsis)

USA has renewed Graceland for a season two. Finale of the Fox TV Studios production, which averaged 4.3 million viewers during its freshman run, airs Thursday, September 12 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In season two of Oxygen‘s The Face, contestants will vie to be the face of hair care company Frederic Fekkai, reports People. Fekkai will make guest appearances on the show, and the winner will make appearances on behalf of the brand.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Singing competitions aren’t the only musical option on TV. The season three premiere of Verses and Flow debuts tonight on TV One, mixing spoken word performances with music from R&B powerhouses.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox‘s The Mindy Project is getting ahead of itself. Scheduled to premiere Tuesday, September 17 at 9:30p, the first ep is already streaming on Fox.com, Fox Now and Hulu. Fox may be hoping a sneak peek at guest star James Franco will lure viewers to the broadcast.
(Source: Cynopsis)

First TLC rescued Who Do You Think You Are? after it was canceled by NBC; now the unscripted series is returning for another season on the cable station. The Shed Media production, which digs into celebs’ pasts, averaged 1.8 million P2+ viewers its first season on TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

D.B. Sweeney (Touch) has joined new ABC drama Betrayal in a recurring role as the intense director in the state attorney’s office. Series premieres Sunday, September 29 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Harry Treadway (The Lone Ranger) will play Dr. Frankenstein in Showtime‘s eight-ep drama, Penny Dreadful. The horror series bows in spring 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Duncan Lacroix (Game of Thrones) has been added to Starz series Outlander, about a woman swept back in time. Series is set to premiere in 2104.
(Source: Cynopsis)

As Showtime‘s Dexter gears up for its series finale on Sunday, September 22, FX is developing its own serial killer project: a follow-up to American Psycho, the 1991 Bret Easton Ellis book and 2000 film about an upscale Manhattanite’s secret life. In the Lionsgate Television project, the killer takes on a protege.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime is developing a drama about basketball, and they’re shooting for realism. The project comes from Lakers exec Jeanie Buss and Linda Ramis‘ Street Reason Entertainment; among the exec producers are former Lakers coach (and Buss fiance) Phil Jackson and former Lakers star Kurt Rambis.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Arsenio hit the ground running. The Arsenio Hall Show debuted Monday night tops in A18-49 with 1.0/4. Per Nielsen metered market ratings, the late-night syndicated talker beat its lead-in by 19 percent, jumping 60 percent over its lead-in in New York and 88 percent in LA, and delivering a whopping 90 percent increase over the September 2012 time period average.
(Source; Cynopsis)

Warner Bros. new syndicated talker Bethenny didn’t deliver blockbuster ratings, opening with .9/3 in households, down 10 percent from its year ago time slot average. The good news: In W25-54 the show drew .6/4, up 20 percent in the demo from a year ago.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The news was all good for Warner Bros. The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which kicked off its eleventh season with 3.1/8HH, up 41 percent from last September. In W25-54 Ellen was up 50 percent, with 1.8/11.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Million Second Quiz wasn’t the major event NBC presumably hoped for, judging from Monday night’s numbers. The competition netted a respectable 1.7 rating/5 share in A18-49, with 6.5 million total viewers, but dropped to 1.6 in the 8:30p half hour. The show airs runs every night except Sunday through Thursday, September 12.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/8/13)
1) Ariana Grande – Yours Truly – 137,548
2) Tamar Braxton – Love & War – 114,262
3) Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks – 107,088

Other Debuts
4) John Legend – Love In The Future – 67,949
6) Jaheim – Appreciation Day – 57,596
11) Bastille – Bad Blood – 34,079
12) Neko Case – The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight – 28,516
22) Raheem DeVaughn – A Place Called Loveland
28) 1975 – 1975 – 15,413
30) Bethel Music – Tides – 14,943

POWERBALL
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/4/13)
DIY: Rescue My Renovation (Premiere) at 9pm
FXX: It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (Premiere) at 10pm
FXX: The League (Premiere) at 10:30pm
PBS: Earthflight (Premiere) at 8pm
SPEED: The Ultimate Fighter (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Ghost Mine (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: DigFellas (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: ABC’s The Lookout (Finale) at 10pm
ABC FAMILY: Melissa And Joey (Finale) at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: Baby Daddy (Finale) at 8:30pm
COMEDY: Futurama (Premiere) at 10pm
OXYGEN: I’m Having Their Baby (Finale) at 10pm
TV LAND: Hot In Cleveland (Finale) at 10:30pm

The season three premiere of Showtime‘s Homeland was leaked online, and more than 100,000 copies were downloaded in the first few hours, according to news site TorrentFreak. The pirated version of the 20th Century Fox-produced drama is similar to the unfinished print TV reporters were given at the TCA tour in July. Official premiere date for the series is Sunday, September 29 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rapper Rob Van Winkle, aka Vanilla Ice, learns the art of hand craftsmanship in DIY‘s Vanilla Ice Goes Amish. More than 8 million viewers tuned in to the Ice Ice Baby singer’s DIY renovation series, The Vanilla Ice Project, making it the second-highest rated show A25-54 on the net. Series, from Juma Entertainment, premieres Saturday, October 12 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Singer Tamar Braxton and her record exec hubby Vince Herbert return for a sophomore season of hit WE tv reality doc Tamar & Vince, after season one of the Magical Elves production drew 5.6 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Anthony Anderson (Guys With Kids) will host NBC game show Wall of Fame. No premiere date for the Endemol, USA series, in which families will guess which celebrities answer trivia questions correctly, has been announced.
(Source: Cynopsis)

It’s a Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977) reunion on Hot In Cleveland tonight, as Moore, Valerie Harper and Cloris Leachman join series star Betty White and recurring cast member Georgia Engel. The TV Land ep, titled “Love Is All Around,” airs at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Music net Fuse is launching a docu-series about New Orleans hip hop artist Big Freedia (aka Freddie Ross). Eight eps, from World of Wonder (Life With LaToya), explore the Big Easy music scene, starting Wednesday, October 2 at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Miami Heat star LeBron James is developing a show with Starz about how two men from the streets, one now an NBA star, deal with success. James won’t star in Survivor’s Remorse, but will exec produce with longtime friend and business partner Maverick Carter, as well as Tom Werner (Roseanne), actor Mike O’Malley (Glee) and Paul Wachter.
(Source: Cynopsis)

True Blood‘s seventh season will be its last. HBO has announced the vampire drama starring Anna Paquin will end after the 10 eps scheduled for 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Naomi Campbell is welcoming two supermodels, Anne V and Lydia Hearst, as coaches on the sophomore season of Oxygen‘s The Face. The modeling competition, produced by Shine America, will return in early 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV‘s FriendZone returns for season four with a twist. One best friend will confess their romantic feelings for the other on a surprise date, but this time around the unsuspecting object of affection will have a bombshell confession as well. The 495 Productions reality show returns Monday, September 9 at 6p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family is spreading the wealth. The net has cast Lucy Hale, star of its hit series Pretty Little Liars, in a guest role on season three of the net’s Baby Daddy. Season two summer finale for Daddy is Wednesday, September 4 at 8:30p; Liars has been renewed for season five in 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/1/13)
1) Avenged Sevenfold – Hail To The King – 159,380
2) Luke Bryan – Crash My Party – 91,937 (After 3 weeks – 779,297)
3) Big Sean – Hall of Fame – 71,712

Other Debuts
4) Juicy J – Stay Trippy – 64,264
8) Various Artists – Alabama & Friends – 31,948
19) Alejandro Fernandez – Confidencias – 21,060
21) Bob Dylan – Vol. 10. Another Self Portrait – 17,713
24) Franz Ferdinand – Right Thoughts, Right Words – 14,272
29) Mandisa – Overcomer – 12,164
30) Goodie Mob – Age Against The Machine – 12,097

POWERBALL
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/28/13)
HGTV: Property Brothers (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Evil Kin (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Surviving Evil (Premiere) at 10pm
REELZ: FanAddicts! (Premiere) at 10pm
SCIENCE: The Unexplained Files (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Cheer Perfection (Premiere) at 9:30pm
VELOCITY: Patrick Dempsey: Racing Le Mans (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Tough Love: Co-Ed (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC FAMILY: Melissa And Joey (Part 1) (Finale) at 8pm
HISTORY: Top Shot All-Stars (Finale) at 10pm
SYFY: Joe Rogan Questions Everything (Finale) at 10pm
TR3S: Cena De Estrellas (Finale) at 8pm
TRAVEL: BBQ Crawl (Finale) at 8pm
UP: Bulloch Family Ranch (Finale) at 10pm

Music producer Dr. Luke (aka Lukasz Gottwald) won’t be taking a seat on Fox’s American Idol judging panel after all. The hitmaker (Since U Been Gone, I Kissed a Girl) decided the job on the Fox singing competition would take too much time away from his producing duties, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Also complicating matters: Luke has a deal with Sony Music, but the Idol gig would have had him furthering the careers of talent that would be signed to rival Universal Music Group, which holds the rights to American Idol recordings.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The FCC insists it’s trying to get CBS back on the air for Time Warner Cable‘s three million plus subscribers. Acting chairwoman Mignon Clyburn said in a statement that the FCC is “engaged at the highest levels with the respective parties and working to bring the impasse to an end.” A dispute over retransmission fees has left CBS stations, plus cable stations Showtime and Smithsonian, dark in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas since August 2.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new Cooking Channel show turned to YouTube to find breakout chefs – a strategy that could be a recipe for ratings. Food Fanatics with Eden Grinshpan host Eden Grinshpan tells Cynopsis, “We go online to see what people are talking about, to scout out what’s cool, and we find the most incredible personalities,” like online sensation Vegan Black Metal Chef. “He’s dressed in head to toe Goth and we thought, we need to know his story.” Series premieres Friday, September 13 at 10:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Miley Cyrus‘s raunchy VMA performance on the MTV awards show Sunday night drew harsh criticism in many quarters  the Parents Television Council said in a statement blasting the show, “How is this image of former child star Miley Cyrus appropriate for 14-year-olds?” – but it’s reaping rewards, too. Cyrus’s medley with Robin Thicke drew 306,100 tweets per minute (“I was not expecting her to be putting her butt that close to my son,” said Thicke’s mother, actress Gloria Loring), and she has two songs in the top five on the iTunes music chart.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Apple TV is expanding with new Watch Disney and Watch Disney XD apps, providing live feeds and on-demand content from the nets. Apple TV viewers will also be able to access info via a new app from The Weather Channel; there’s an app for Smithsonian as well. The latter two are free, but Disney viewing will require a pay-TV subscription with a provider that has a deal with Disney.
(Source: Cynopsis)

American Horror Story: Coven returns for season three on Wednesday, October 9 at 10p. The date was revealed on a teaser for the FX anthology series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Joshua Jackson has been cast in Showtime pilot The Affair, about two marriages rocked by infidelity. He joins Dominic West, Maura Tierney and Ruth Wilson.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Siena Goines (Criminal Minds) has been cast in Lorne Michaels‘ untitled comedy project for HBO, about reporters in Atlanta. The pilot starts shooting in September.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/25/13)
1) Luke Bryan – Crash My Party – 158,991 (After 2 weeks – 687,360)
2) John Mayer – Paradise Valley – 143,582
3) TGT – Three Kings – 76,457

Other Debuts
4) Jimmy Buffet – Songs From St. Somewhere – 55,357
5) Earl Sweatshirt – Doris – 48,668
9) A$AP Ferg- Trap Lord – 31,915
11) Tedeschi Trucks Band – Made Up Mind – 26,466
13) Blue October – Sway – 24,324
15) BlessTheFall – Hollow Bodies – 21,838
16) Ben Rector – Walking In Between – 21,172
23) Lacs – Keep It Redneck – 14,460
27) Born of Osiris – Tomorrow We Die Alive – 13,053

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/21/13)
A&E: Modern Dads (Premiere) at 10pm
ASPIRE: Exhale (Finale) at 8pm
TBS: Deal With It (Finale) at 10:30pm
USA: Necessary Roughness (Finale) at 10pm

The dispute over carriage fees that’s causing a CBS blackout for more than three million Time Warner Cable subscribers is taking a toll on the companies’ reputations. According to YouGov‘s BrandIndex survey, CBS scored minus-5, down from neutral the week after the blackout started; TWC sank from minus-7 to minus-10. “We know viewers are frustrated,” CBS said in a statement. “We are too… Our decline in perception is clearly tied to this difficult issue and should be temporary; we believe (TWC’s) is chronic.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

TiVo‘s new Roamio DVRs will allow subscribers to stream to iPhones and iPads in or out of the house, promises CEO Tom Rogers. “Wherever you roam your TiVo Roamio is there,” said Rogers. “In the next room, in the kitchen, in a hotel across the world – connecting you right to your living room recordings.” The basic Roamio will be able to record four shows at once and store up to 75 hours.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix will be the exclusive U.S. subscription TV service for first-run films from The Weinstein Company starting in 2016. “The deal that we’ve just completed with Netflix is probably the biggest deal in the history of the Weinstein Company,” said Harvey Weinstein. “We are discussing ways to reinvent the pay TV experience so that the audience can get even more for their money.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Apprentice winner and Giuliana & Bill star Bill Rancic is tackling another reality show. Training Day will have Rancic train for dangerous jobs, like SWAT teams, to see if he has what it takes to perform at an expert’s level. Rancic’s partnered with Ridley Scott‘s Scott Free Non Fiction for the project.
(Source: Cynopsis)

When NBC‘s Community returns in early 2014, so will Rob Corddry as Alan Connor. Corddry last appeared on the sitcom’s season three finale.
(Source: Cynopsis)

DIY Network renewed Man Caves for a thirteenth season. The net is airing a special ep featuring a dressing room makeover for LIVE with Kelly and Michael co-host Michael Strahan on Friday, August 23 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tyler Perry sitcom For Better or Worse, moving from TBS to OWN for season three, premieres Wednesday, September 18 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

X is developing a comedy for D.L. Hughley, based on the stand-up comedian’s life. Hughley’s sitcom The Hughleys ran for four seasons on ABC and UPN.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Gigi Levangie (The Starter Wife) is taking her upcoming novel, Seven Deadlies, to MTV. She’ll co-write the project, about a high school student who has to juggle battling evil and getting good grades. The book will be published this fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation will mark its 300th episode with a visit from CBS series alum Marg Helgenberger. Helgenberger, who left during season 12, will make her return during season 14, on Wednesday, October 23 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CW midseason drama The 100 has tapped a General Hospital grad, Lindsey Morgan, to play a mechanical engineer named Raven.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cassie Scerbo (Sharknado) will guest in season three of ABC Family‘s Baby Daddy. Show airs Wednesdays.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Houdini, the History miniseries slated to start production this fall, cast Kristen Connolly as the magician’s wife.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Legendary novelist and screenwriter Elmore Leonard (Get Shorty, Out of Sight) died on Tuesday. He was 87. A character in several Leonard novels, Raylan Givens, became the lawman hero in FX’s hit Justified.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Longtime manager and former agent Bettye McCartt died of heart failure on August 16. She was 81. Her clients over the years included George Clooney, Maureen O’Hara and Anthony Quinn; she worked with Tom Selleck from 1975 until her death.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN
1) Luke Bryan – Crash My Party – 527,783
2) K. Michelle – Rebellious Soul – 71,627
3) Various Artists – Now 47 – 51,918

Other Debuts
15) Parachute – Overnight – 15,257
21) Washed Out – Paracosm – 13,002
28) Hoodie Allen – Americoustic – EP – 11,110

POWERBALL
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/14/13)
A&E: Duck Dynasty (Premiere) at 10pm
NSG: Let It Ride (Premiere) at 9pm
TNT: Franklin & Bash (Finale) at 9pm

In the wake of brisk sales of tweet-related sponsorship opportunities for MTV‘s 2013 Music Video Awards, Viacom and Twitter are partnering for Twitter Amplify campaigns for dozens of other shows and events through 2014. Twitter Amplify lets nets deliver sponsor-supported content via Twitter before and during events. “The availability of Twitter Amplify in the MTV Music Video Awards  an annual trending-topic behemoth – generated such a great response from advertisers that we’re accelerating our plans to roll it out across our networks,” Viacom Music head of Sales, Music and Entertainment Jeff Lucas.  VMA’s air live Sunday, August 25 at 9p; sponsor-supported content for the event will include red carpet and backstage moments, and MTV News reports.
(Source: Cynopsis)

There appear to be no hard feelings as Jay Leno makes way for a new host Jimmy Fallon, who starts his NBC Tonight Show gig after the Olympics in February (well, except for Leno’s self-deprecating on-air digs about being replaced). But after the ratings and public relations debacle four years ago that accompanied Conan O’Brien taking Leno’s place for nine months, and with Leno winning in the ratings war night after night, not everyone’s keeping their opinion to themselves. In her blog Monday, Fox News host Greta Van Susteren suggested that her bosses at Fox sign up Leno. “In NBC’s ‘great wisdom,'” she wrote, “they are upsetting the apple cart and forcing him to go. They have a known winner and are ‘rolling the dice.'” Leno’s final Tonight Show airs Thursday, February 6.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Original cast member Sandra Oh is leaving Grey’s Anatomy at the close of its upcoming tenth season. The actress had signed a two-year deal in 2012, but has decided to leave early. “Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go,” Oh told the Hollywood Reporter of her character, Dr. Cristina Yang. “We have to start the process, story-wise, for the Grey’s writers to think of why she’s going to go.” Showrunner Shonda Rimes told THR, “I would hope it wouldn’t be happening, but I also know Sandra, and I know that it’s time for her to have new challenges.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Subscribers of Microsoft’s Xbox Live Gold will be able to access current series episodes of MTV series like Teen Wolf and Catfish, as well as past seasons and shows on the net. To access the content viewers will have to have service from a pay-TV partner, which include Verizon FiOS, Time Warner Cable and other biggies, but not Comcast or Dish Network.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Some Breaking Bad fans are fuming that their iTunes pass for season five, the series’ final, does not include the last eight episodes, airing now. Packaged as “The Final Season,” those eps require an additional outlay of $22.99 for HD.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley will once again host the CMA Awards (it’ll be their sixth go-round). Trophies will be handed out live Wednesday, November 6 from Nashville.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Following Monday night’s sneak peek at Veria Living‘s The Lisa Oz Show, the net is offering a second look at a full episode today, Wednesday, at http://www.veria.com/video/the-lisa-oz-show-full-episode-sneak-peek. Viewers can also get a preview viewing of new beauty show Naturally Beautiful at http://www.veria.com/video/naturally-beautiful-full-episode-sneak-peek.
(Source: Cynopis)

NeNe Leakes is back as Coach Roz to torment Sue Sylvester on Glee‘s season five. When last seen, Roz had stolen the Cheerios squad from Sue. Series premiere is Thursday, September 26 at 8p. Leakes also stars in Bravo‘s I Dream of NeNe, returning Tuesday, September 17 at 9p, and is taping season six of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The parade of brides-to-be continues when TLC‘s Say Yes to the Dress returns for season ten. “I never thought the show would last this long!” SYTTD star Randy Fenoli tells Cynopsis. So how much longer can the show last? “As long as there are brides who need help finding their perfect dress while dealing with crazy entourages,” promises Fenoli, “we’ll be around to help.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1‘s Rock Docs returns with Sound City, about the studio where classic albums by the likes of Neil Young and Stevie Nicks were recorded. Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl directed the doc, airing Saturday, August 17 at 10p on VH1 and VH1 Classic. Also on its way is part two of Pearl Jam 20 from Cameron Crowe, with never-before-seen footage of the rock band. Premieres Saturday, October 12.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime has renewed its fastest-growing drama, Devious Maids, for a second season. The net credits the series with making it cable’s top show on Sunday at 10p among women; its 18% Hispanic demo is almost double Lifetime’s primetime average.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Production started Monday in Vancouver for Hallmark‘s Hats Off to Christmas! The two-hour holiday movie stars Haylie Duff (7th Heaven) as Mia, a small town store manager/single mom.
(Source: Cynopsis)

This could get the demos down: Tween idol Nick Jonas is making a guest appearance on CBS procedural Hawaii Five-0, playing a computer hacker. “Nothing makes this show more fun than incorporating well-known, talented actors as guest stars on our show,” said EP Peter Lenkov. Fourth season premiere is Friday, September 27 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Chris Diamantopolous (The Office) and Jake Sandvig (Easy A) will star in Syfy pilot High Moon.  The drama is based on The Lotus Caves, a novel by John Christopher.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Acting coach Ivan Markota died of natural causes on August 6. He was 86. Markota, whose students included Bryan Cranston, John Larroquette and Mariska Hargitay, opened the Van Mar Academy of Motion Picture & Television Acting in 1967.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/11/13)
1) Civil Wars – Civil Wars – 115,877
2) Various Artists – Now 47 – 82,429
3) Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines – 65,041 (After 2 weeks – 242,272)

Other Debuts
6) Asking Alexandria –From death To Destiny – 37,751
9) Tye Tribbett – Greater Than – 29,858
11) Brett Eldredge – Bring You Back – 21,119
21) Hugh Laurie – Didn’t It Rain – 14,233

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/7/13)
BBCA: Law & Order: UK (Premiere) at 9pm
BBCA: Broadchurch (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Million Dollar Listing: LA (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Southern Fried Homicide (Finale) at 10pm

Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt’s offer on Monday to end the blackout and go back to the bargaining table if CBS let TWC offer its stations on an a la carte basis was called an “empty gesture” from CBS CEO Leslie Moonves. “I was surprised to get your letter yesterday, particularly since I hadn’t spoken to you in more than a week, ” said Moonves in a letter to Britt on Tuesday. “Come to think of it, you haven’t reached out to me personally, as I have to you on more than one occasion, even once during this entire matter, so your communication was both unexpected and welcomed. The fact that you released it simultaneously to the media, however, dampened my enthusiasm somewhat.” From the sounds of it, the three million affected TWC customers might be in the dark for a while. UBS estimates the blackout is costing CBS about $400,000 a day in retransmission and ad revenue, but will have a minimal impact if the strike is resolved within two weeks. Analysts predict TWC will feel pressure to make a deal in time for the fall TV season and the start of the NFL’s regular season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tweets matter – at least 29% percent of the time, according to a new Nielsen study that found a correlation between tweets and ratings. “We saw a statistically significant causal influence indicating that a spike in TV ratings can increase the volume of tweets, and conversely, a spike in tweets can increase tune-in,” said Nielsen chief research officer Paul Donato. The study measured 221 primetime broadcasts using SocialGuide, which captures Twitter activity for TV shows. An increase in live TV ratings bumped up tweets in 48% of the shows sampled, while an increase in Twitter activity pushed up ratings in 29% of the episodes measured.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Hollywood labor unions have lined up on Viacom’s side in the company’s long-running copyright infringement battle with YouTube. SAG-AFTRA, the Director’s Guild of America, IATSE and others filed a 24-page brief on Friday supporting Viacom’s motion to replace the judge that ruled in favor on YouTube on April 18. “YouTube’s role in the rampant, systematic distribution of content in violation of the exclusive rights of copyright holders caused and continues to cause harm to the entertainment industries and the members of the Guilds and Unions working in those industries,” said the brief. “We urge the Court to consider the full ramifications of YouTube’s actions, and request that the Court reverse the lower court’s decision.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Emmys might not be moving heaven and earth for host Neil Patrick Harris, but theyre shuffling awards for him. For the first time, the trophy for choreography will be handed out on the primetime show, instead of at the Creative Arts Emmys the week before. The presentation will top a dance number created by the nominated choreographers, built around Harris. “We wanted to look for another way to involve our host, our friend Mr. Harris,” said exec producer Ken Ehrlich. The reality competition will move to the Creative Arts show, with the winner getting his moment in the spotlight as a presenter at CBS’s Sunday, September 22 event.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC has announced its newest Bachelor: Juan Pablo Galavis. The show usually taps a finisher further up the list than sixth place to headline the next season, but with a telenovela-loving Spanish audience to tap, the net might be hoping the former professional soccer player from Venezuela could draw fresh eyes to the dating competition. It could also be the fact that People.com readers voted Galavis the best Bachelor candidate. “When you see the reaction when he walks in a room, it’s silly,” said host Chris Harrison. “We have never had anyone who had been seen so little [on the show] get a big response.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC is distributing a half-hour preview of its fall TV lineup, hosted by Sean Hayes (Will and Grace) and the cast of his upcoming sitcom, Sean Saves the World, to air between August 24 and October 6 on NBCUniversal outlets and NBC broadcast affiliates and web sites. Sean Saves the World debuts Thursday, October 3 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix will run the entire first season at once when dramedy Derek premieres on the streaming platform. The Ricky Gervais series, which aired in the U.K. on Channel 4, makes its bow Stateside on Thursday, September 12.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sara Haines is joining ABC News as a NY-based correspondent. “Her commitment to teamwork, joyful ability to connect with audiences and her boundless curiosity and energy will fit perfectly here at ABC News,” said president of ABC News Ben Sherwood. Haines had been a contributing correspondent at NBC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Starz has canceled period drama Magic City after two seasons, due to low ratings. Its most-watched eps attracted 500,000 total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bravo Media has greenlit a pilot for Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, based on the series by Vicki Iovine. “The funny, frank and fabulous tone of Vicki’s books provide the perfect jumping off place for the show,” said Marti Noxon, who wrote the script and will produce with Universal Cable Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl) has landed the lead in TV Land pilot Jennifer Falls. Show is about a former high-powered exec who has to move in with her mother.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/4/13)
1) Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines – 176,559
2) Five Finger Death Punch – Wrong Side Of Heaven…V1 – 112,489
3) Jay-Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail – 61, 917 (After 4 weeks – 796,905)

Other Debuts 
4) Tech N9Ne – Something Else – 58,116
5) Backstreet Boys – In A World Like This – 48,394
7) Emblem 3 – Nothing To Lose – 45,969
22) Vince Gill – Bakersfield – 12,043
23) Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks volume 7 – 11,544
24) Buddy Guy – Rhythm & Blues – 10,917
26) Michael Franti & Spearhead – All People – 10,867

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/31/13)
VH1: Do Something Awards at 8pm
TLC: Surviving The In-Laws (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Best Daym Takeout (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Nazi Mega Weapons (Finale) at 10pm

After announcing Monday afternoon that the 5p deadline to come to an agreement over retransmission fees would be extended until 8p, the extensions continued until midnight, with CBS and Time Warner Cable still not coming to terms. At around 12:30, after a brief blackout, TWC announced that “at the request of CBS, we have halted going dark on their channels,” and a new deadline was set for Friday, August 2 at 5p. TWC calls CBS’s demands for rate hikes “out of line and unfair,” while CBS accuses the cable company of using “voodoo mathematics.” It’s a confusing game of chicken, BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield tells Cynopsis: “The question is, who blinked, and why. Time Warner’s leverage goes down as the days tick closer to football season, so why give in, unless CBS never expected to go dark and changed their demands? It’s not clear yet what happened.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Soup goes live: To celebrate its 500th episode and nearly a decade of pop culture commentator Joel McHale, E! will air live shows on Wednesday, August 21 at 10p ET and 10p PT. Eps will also stream on Eonline and TheSoupTV.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Viacom isn’t giving up the fight. Seven years into its expensive court battle with YouTube over alleged copyright infringement, the company is asking for a third chance for its day in court – and a new judge. The case has been dismissed twice on summary judgment, the last time in April when District Judge Louis Stanton said Viacom lacked proof that YouTube had awareness of infringement. In its papers, Viacom says, “This court should exercise its discretion to remand the case to a different judge ‘to preserve the appearance of justice.'”
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV2 is getting an early start to the VMAs with five eps of Charlamagne and Friends leading up the music video awards show. Guy Code‘s Charlamagne the God will offer “unfiltered opinions on the biggest music and pop culture moments of the week,” promises the net. Show debuts Tuesday, August 20 at midnight, and runs every night through Saturday, August 24. VMAs air August 25 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Aisha Tyler (Whose Line In It Anyway?) is set to host the 2013 Young Hollywood Awards red carpet show. Awards will air for the first time on CW, Thursday August 1 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The claws are out! TLC is airing two new eps of Extreme Cougar Wives, Wednesday, August 14 and Wednesday, August 21 at 9:30p, about women old enough to be their partners’ mothers. Or older.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Family is bringing Switched at Birth back for season three, and given back-order pick-ups to The Fosters and Twisted, freshman summer hits for the net.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Discovery‘s Jungle Gold returns for season two on Sunday, August 11 at 10p, with gold miners George Wright and Scott Lomu trying to strike it rich in Ghana.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BBC America mini-series Luther returns Tuesday, September 3 at 10p, and will air for four consecutive nights.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox‘s Raising Hope enters its fourth season with a syndication deal, announced Twentieth Television. The sitcom, sold in over 140 markets, will make its syndie bow in 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Justin Long will be crushing on Anna Faris on new CBS sitcom Mom this fall. Faris plays Christy, a recovering alcoholic single mom. Octavia Spencer and Allison Janney also star; show debuts Monday, September 23 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime has cast Josh Hartnett and Evan Green in its upcoming horror series Penny Dreadful. The eight-episode drama begins production in London this fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)

That’s Roseanne ex Tom Arnold and General Hospital alum Jack Wagner guesting on TV Land‘s Hot In Cleveland tonight. Arnold plays Melanie’s (Valerie Bertinelli) unsavory ex; Wagner is another man from her past. Ep airs at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jennifer Jason Leigh and former Fringe star Anna Torv have been cast in HBO pilot Open, a Fox 21 project from Ryan Murphy about sex and relationships.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 7/28/13)
1) Selena Gomez – Stars Dance – 96,566
2) Jay-Z – Magna Carta…Holy Grail – 77,061 (After 3 weeks – 734,988
3) Teen Beach Soundtrack – 56,706

Other Debuts
5) Marc Anthony – 3.0 – 38,504
8) We Came As Romans – Tracing Back Roots – 26,452
9) Rich Gang – Rich Gang – 23,648
14) Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Z – 18,973
19) The Rolling Stones – Hyde Park Live – 14,531
27) The Winery Dogs – The Winery Dogs – 10,070

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