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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 10/3/12)
ION: WWE Main Event (Premiere) at 8pm
OUTDOOR: MidwayUSA’s Rapid Fire (Premiere) at 8pm
OUTDOOR: Field & Stream Total Outdoorsman Challenge (Premiere) at 9:30pm
CW: Supernatural (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Life AfterTop Chef (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Addicted (Premiere) at 10pm
CW: Oh Sit! (Finale) at 8pm
A&E: American Hoggers (Finale) at 10pm & 10:30pm

The first Presidential Debate will be on most major channels tonight starting at 9pm.

Early in the new broadcast season, NBC handed full-season pickups to three new series, Revolution, Go On and The New Normal. NBC placed the back nine orders for each series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO renewed its prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire for a fourth season. The series’ recent third season premiere on September 16 drew in 2.9 million total viewers and the number has increased to 7.2 million viewers combining additional telecasts, DVR playback, On Demand and HBO Go.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actor Josh Brolin was tapped to narrate HISTORY’s upcoming epic 12-hour/six night event, Mankind The Story of All of Us which premieres November 13 at 9p. The series is produced for HISTORY by Nutopia.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV One has a new original investigative series Celebrity Crime Files set to premiere on October 15 at 10p. The series will examine some of the most controversial crimes in recent history involving celebrities such as Marvin Gaye, Jam Master Jay and Peter Tosh. The series is produced for TV One by K2 Pictures.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TNT reveals its winter 2012-13 premiere dates: Rizzoli & Isles from Warner Horizon Television returns on November 27 at 9p; Leverage from Electric Entertainment is back November 27 at 10p; Dallas opens with a two-hour premiere on January 28 at 9p produced by Warner Horizon Television; the series premiere of Monday Mornings from producer David E. Kelley and produced by TNT Originals and David E. Kelley Productions bows on February 4 at 10p; Southland debuts its season premiere on February 13 at 10p produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television; and Boston’s Finest (wt) has its series premiere on February 27 from Jarrett Creative Group and executive producer Donnie Wahlberg’s Donnie D. Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A third season of Extra Virgin, starring actress Debi Mazar and her husband Gabriele Corcos returns to Cooking Channel beginning November 7 at 930p. The show follows Debi and her Italian chef husband as they move their family from Los Angeles to Brooklyn and also visit their home in Tuscany.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bravo reports The Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion part one attracted 5.8 million total viewers for the night on Sunday, according to Nielsen. The 10p telecast also pulled in 3.5 million total viewers and 2.1 million among A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Production will commence soon on TLC’s new series Starter Wives (wt) going inside the world of celebrity ex-wives and ex-girlfriends. Filming will begin the middle of this month and is slated to premiere in early 2013. Four one-hour episodes have been ordered by the network produced by NOLA.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Patton Oswalt was cast in a recurring role on FX’s Justified season four, reports TVLine. Oswalt will play Bob Sweeney, a local constable who went to high school with Raylan and has been hired by the lawman to watch Arlo’s house. Production on season four begins next week in Santa Clarita, CA and will likely debut in early 2013.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/30/12)
Mumford & Sons – Babel – 599,915
Green Day – Uno – 138,686
No Doubt – Push & Shove – 114,911

Other Debuts
5) Lupe Fiasco – Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Part 1
6) Deadmau5 – >Album Title Goes Here< – 57,604
11) As I Lay Dying – Awakened – 28,251
19) Jake Owen – Endless Summer EP – 16,985

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $50 million.

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/26/12)
ABC: The Middle (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: Modern Family (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: The Neighbors (Series Debut) at 9:31pm
NBC: Animal Practice (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Law & Order: SVU (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Criminal Minds (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: CSI (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: Save My Son (Premiere) at 9pm
COOKING: Nadia G’s Bitchin Kitchen (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Top Chef Masters (Finale) at 10pm
TLC: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (Finale) at 10pm

NBC renews ratings juggernaut The Voice for two more seasons, Spring 2013 and Fall 2013. The show recently announced Shakira and Usher as judges for the Spring 2013 season, which will be the show’s fourth cycle. They’ll be filling in for Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera, due to existing commitments of those stars. The show won the 18 to 49 demo on Monday.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC picks Sean Lowe as its next man looking for love in the 17th season of The Bachelor starting in January 2013. Lowe is well known to viewers from his stint on the eighth season of The Bachelorette. He was the last bachelor eliminated by Emily Maynard that season. The 28-year-old Lowe is a Dallas businessman and ABC bills him as an all-American guy.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The second season of Travel Channel’s The Layover with Anthony Bourdain is slated to premiere on November 19 at 9p. In this season’s first episode the host descends on Chicago and will also visit Atlanta, Dublin, New Orleans, Paris, Philadelphia, Sao Paolo, Seattle, Taipei and Toronto this season. A companion app will include points of interest for each of those cities.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bravo’s season four finale of The Real Housewives of New Jersey on Sunday snagged its best ratings for the season with 3.4 million total viewers and 2 million adults 18-49, up 24 percent and 36 percent from the week before, the network said.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime’s new docuseries The Houstons: On Our Own is scheduled to premiere October 24 at 9p with double episodes of the show that will follow the family of the late pop icon Whitney Houston. Lifetime has slated 14 half-hour episodes for the season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sundance Channel plans to premiere the sixth season of interview series Iconoclasts on October 9 at 8 p with a line-up that includes screenwriter Judd Apatow, actress Lena Dunham, actor James Franco, screenwriter and director Seth MacFarlane, musician Norah Jones and more.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Logo picks up classic sitcom Bewitched, premiering it October 14 at 10:30a in an all-day marathon before the show assumes its regular time period from 7p-10p on Wednesdays.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/23/12)
1) Pink – Truth About Love – 280,128
2) Various – Good Music Cruel Summer -205,434
3) Killers – Battle Born – 113,297

Other Debuts
6) Carly Rae Jepsen – Kiss – 45,607
7) GrizzlyBear – Shields – 38,883
10) Ben Folds Five – Sound of The Life of The Mind – 29,866
11) Easton Corbin – All Over The Road – 28,664
13) Band of Horses – Mirage Rock – 24,534
18) Dwight Yoakam – 3 Pears – 18,807
24) Big & Rich – Hillbilly Jedi – 16,457
30) Tech N9ne – E.B.A.H. – 14,040

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $200 million.

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CASTING CALL
TLC, via Pitman Casting, is looking for homeowners in the New York and New Jersey tri-state area, Southern Florida, Southern California, New Orleans and Colorado who love their homes for its new season of Four Houses. Entrants should send name, phone #, and photos of four different rooms to 4houses@pitmancasting.com and will be eligible to win $10,000 and a chance to be featured in a magazine spread.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/19/12)
CBS: Survivor: Philippines (Premiere) at 8pm
TRU TV: South Beach Tow (Premiere) at 9:30pm
TRU TV: Operation Repo (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: The Real World/Road Rules Challenge (Premiere) at 10pm
USA: Royal Pains (Finale) at 9pm
CBS: Big Brother (Finale) at 9;30pm

The 64th Annual Primetime Emmy® Awards telecast nabs additional presenters for the show this Sunday including Zooey Deschanel, Tina Fey, Melissa McCarthy, Emily Van Camp, Jon Cryer, Kerry Washington, Claire Danes, Jeremy Davies, and Martha Plimpton. The telecast, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, begins at 8p on ABC. The new presenters join previously announced presenters Louis C.K., Ricky Gervais, Ginnifer Goodwin, Mindy Kaling, Jim Parsons and Amy Poehler.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV star Scott Baio, best known for playing Chachi, lands a new prime-time home headlining a family comedy he’ll also executive produce called See Dad Run premiering on Nick at Nite on October 14 at 8 p. He plays an actor, who starred as a popular TV dad for ten years, and then becomes a stay at home father so his soap star wife can take her turn in front of the camera. The pilot debuts October 6 at 9 p. Baio played Chachi on Happy Days and its spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi, but he also earned kudos in a recurring role on the award-winning Arrested Development. Executive producers Nat Bernstein and Mitchel Katlin serve as showrunners.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime nabs record ratings for boxing this weekend, with the championship bout between Canelo Alvarez and Josesito Lopez on September 15 garnering more than 1 million viewers, the network said. That’s the second highest rating for a boxing event on Showtime since 2007.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The 21st season of NBC’s Dateline returns September 28 with correspondent Josh Mankiewicz slated to watch the first episode in a viewer’s home and live tweet during the broadcast, in a mixture of social media and viewer interaction. A Twitter campaign to host Mankiewicz in a viewer’s home began September 18.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Billy Baldwin is cast as a firefighter in the original Hallmark Channel movie Be My Valentine slated to run on Sunday Feb. 9 at 9p. He also played a firefighter in the popular film Backdraft.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/16/12)
1) Dave Matthews Band – Away From The World – 265,961
2) Little Big Town – Tornado – 112,758
3) Bob Dylan – Tempest – 109,545

Other Debuts
4) Avett Brothers – Carpenter – 97,847
5) XX – Coexist – 73,337
6) ZZ Top – La Futura – 30,795
10) Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra – Theatre Is Evil – 23,754
19) DMX – Undisputed – 17,245
22) Fifty Shades of Grey – The Classical Album – 16,287
38) Daddy Yankee – Prestige – 8,171
43) Pet Shop Boys – Elysium – 7,005

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $149 million.

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/5/12)
NBC: Sunday Night Football at 8:30pm
SYFY: Ghost Hunters (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: Sweat Equity (Premiere) at 10pm
TV LAND: The Soul Man (Finale) at 10pm
TV LAND: The Exes (Finale) at 10:30pm

As of yesterday, former NFL star and FOX NFL Sunday broadcaster Michael Strahan joined Kelly Ripa as co-host of the morning syndicated talk show, LIVE! with Kelly and Michael.  The search for a new co-host following the departure of Regis Philbin late last year, took nine months and Strahan had made several guest appearances on the show and co-hosted with Ripa more than twenty times during the last two years.  LIVE! with Kelly and Michael is distributed in national syndication by Disney-ABC Domestic Television and is produced by WABC-TV in New York with executive producer Michael Gelman. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

TBS ordered a second season of its new sitcom Sullivan & Son which presently airs on Thursdays at 10p.  To date, the comedy is average more than 2.5 million viewers during season one.  TBS ordered 10 episodes for the second season slated to return in 2013.  Sullivan & Son is produced by Wild West Television in association with Warner Horizon Television.
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FX’s fall schedule was revealed with premiere dates for several returning series.  Sons of Anarchy is back for a fifth season kicking off with a 90-minute episode on September 11 at 10p.  The Ultimate Fighter Fridays bows September 14 with a two-hour premiere at 9p with the series settling into its 10p time slot the next week.  October 11 marks the eighth season debut of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia at 10p followed by the fourth season of The League at 1030p and Russell Brand’s late-night talk show BrandX.  And, lastly the second season of anthology series American Horror Story: Asylum opens October 17 at 10p. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sunday’s midseason finale of AMC’s Breaking Bad at 10p tallied 2.8 million total viewers, +47% better than the season four finale.  The 10p airing also delivered 1.7 million among A18-49 and 1.5 million A25-54 viewers.  Sunday’s episode concluded the first half of season five and the final eight episodes of Breaking Bad will air next summer.
(Source: Cynopsis) 

Oprah Winfrey Network: OWN picked up the exclusive cable rights to Rachael Ray and the now-cancelled The Nate Berkus Show.  Both shows are produced in part by Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Studios.  Rachael Ray, which launched in 2006, joins OWN from CBS Television Distribution and will air episodes from the first five seasons back-to-back on weekdays at 9a beginning September 10.  Rachael Ray is also produced by CBS Television Distribution, Watch Entertainment and Scripps Network.  The Nate Berkus Show, produced by Harpo Studios and Sony Pictures Television ran as a nationally syndicated show from September 13, 2010 to May 24, 2012 before it was cancelled.  OWN acquired The Nate Berkus Show from Harpo Studios and will air episodes from its two seasons beginning September 10 with back-to-back episodes at 11a. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS is moving forward with Eddie Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop television project.  The network gave the project a pilot production commitment which is being billed as a sequel to the film trilogy that starred Murphy as a Detroit cop working in Beverly Hills.  Shawn Ryan (The Last Resort) will serve as show-runner which is about Axel Foley’s son, Aaron, a cop working in Beverly Hills as he tries to escape his famous father’s shadow.  Murphy will reprise his role as the wise-cracking detective and will recur if the project is picked up to series.  Ryan will write the script and serve as EP along with his MiddKid Productions partner Marney Hochman and Murphy. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

After a two-year hiatus, Jillian Michaels is re-joining NBC’s The Biggest Loser for its 14th season that highlights overweight teens as members of the adult teams.  The Biggest Loser premieres its new season in January and Michaels is one of the trainers along with Bob Harper and Dolvett Quince.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former BET 106 & Park co-host Terrence Jenkins joins E! as Anchor along with Giuliana Rancic of E! News.  Jenkins begins his new gig on November 12.  He will also contribute personality profiles and original reporting segments.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Music-themed cable network, Fuse and part of the Madison Square Garden Company is creating a dedicated news division and welcoming a half-hour daily news shows to its lineup.  Fuse News will broadcast live, Monday through Friday from the channel’s studio on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan.  New York anchors include Ashanti, Elaine Moran and Alexa Chung while Jack Osbourne will anchor from Los Angeles.  An exact debut date for Fuse News was not announced.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/2/12)
1) Tobymac – Eye On It – 68,985
2) Slaughterhouse – Welcome To: Our House – 51,562
3) Trey Songz – Chapter V – 41,445 (After 2 weeks – 176, 529)

Other Debuts
5) Alanis Morissette – Havoc And Bright Lights – 32,526
15) Circa Survive – Violent Waves – 16,567
27) Tamia – Beautiful Surprise – 12,876
29) Dwele – Greater Than One – 10,226

POWERBALL
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/29/12)
HGTV: Buying And Selling (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Restaurant Stakeout (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC FAMILY: Melissa & Joey (Finale) at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: Baby Daddy (Finale) at 8;30pm
SYFY: Haunted Collector (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: Toddlers & Tiaras (Finale) at 9pm
VH1: Hollywood Exes (Finale) at 9pm
USA: Necessary Roughness (Summer Finale) at 10pm
TV LAND: Retired at 35 (Finale) at 11pm

ABC’s daytime series The Chew is back for a second season starting September 10 at 1p. Katie Couric will be the featured guest to preview her new syndicated talk show, Katie. The Chew’s hosts Mario Batali, Michael Symon, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly and Daphne Oz are all returning.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The third annual American Country Awards, airing from Las Vegas in December on FOX will have Trace Adkins and Kristin Chenoweth back as hosts. Nominations for the awards show will be announced soon.
(Source: Cynopsis)

During the inaugural week of new nationally syndicated talk show, Katie hosted by Katie Couric debuting September 10, guests will include Jessica Simpson and Sheryl Crow, who wrote and performed the theme song for Katie. Other future guests will include Barbara Streisand, Jennifer Lopez, Heidi Klum, Susan Sarandon, Chelsea Handler and Sofia Vergara as well as 50 Shades of Grey author E L James among others. Katie is distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Syndicated game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire debuts its 11th season beginning September 3 and is hosted by Meredith Vieira. To check local listings, visit http://www.millionairetv.com for time and channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The 1980s film and series, Fame is being revived by reality TV producer Nigel Lythgoe for MGM TV. Fame is about the lives of talented students trying to become famous. Lythgoe will be the EP along with Kary McHoul, President of Nigel Lythgoe Productions, Charles Segars and Chad Gutstein.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedian/actress Ali Wentworth is joining ABC’s Cougar Town as a love interest for Bob Clendenin’s character Tom.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Stacey Farber, best known for her role on teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation was cast in a recurring role on The CW’s midseason drama, Cult. Farber will play a tech-savvy girl, E.J. who works with centerpiece character Jeff (Matt Davis), journalist blogger who teams with a young production assistant (Jessica Lucas) who works on a popular TV show called Cult. E.J. will help Jeff in his search for his missing brother.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After 21 years of playing Jason Morgan on ABC’s General Hospital, Steve Burton is exiting the daytime soap. Burton’s last day on set is September 25. The actor contends he has “no complaints, no negative feelings at all. But it’s time to go.” General Hospital has not announced if they will recast the role of Jason Morgan.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/26/12)
1) Trey Songz – Chapter V – 134,917
2) 2 Chainz – Based On A T.R.U. Story – 47,750
3) Various Artists – Now 43 – 44,952

Other Debuts
4) DJ Khaled – Kiss The Ring – 40,512
7) Owl City – Midsummer Station – 30,431
9) Tenth Avenue North – The Struggle – 25,514
13) Dustin Lynch – Dustin Lynch – 23,077
14) Lynyrd Skynyrd – Last Of A Dyin’ Breed – 18,574
24) Dispatch – Circles Around The Sun – 14,029
35) Bloc Party – Four – 10,773

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/22/12)
NATIONAL GEO WILD: Dangerous Encounters Backyard Monsters (Premiere) at 8pm
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Abandoned (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Dirty Jobs Down Under with Mike Rowe (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: NY Med (Finale) at 10pm

A shift is happening in late-night on ABC beginning January 8 as Jimmy Kimmel Live will move to 1135p. This move will put Jimmy Kimmel Live in direct competition against The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC and CBS’ Late Show with David Letterman. ABC’s Nightline will then shift to 1235a. The moves are also timed to happen following promotions included in ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest and ESPN’s Bowl Championship Series which concludes with the National Championship Game on January 7. In addition, Nightline will expand its programming with a move into primetime on Friday nights at 9p starting March 1. The ABC News series, What Would You Do? will also have a spot on the network’s schedule.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also for ABC, it is being reported Michael Strahan will become the new co-host of LIVE! working with Kelly Ripa. Strahan is expected to keep his role with Fox NFL Sunday, according to The Los Angeles Times. The morning show on ABC has been without a permanent co-host for Ripa since Regis Philbin left the show in November 2011. Strahan has been one of the numerous guest co-hosts since then. ABC has not made this news official.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC’s comedy series The Office will end after the upcoming ninth season said executive producer Greg Daniels yesterday. Daniels headed the series during its first five seasons and will return as showrunner for the final season. Daniels further said the final season will have “familiar faces coming back” as well as two new characters in Jake Lacy and Clark Duke and a conclusion that will answer the series-long questions. The Office’s final season debuts September 20 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Veteran actor, Dick Van Dyke will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award for his career achievements and humanitarian accomplishments. Van Dyke will be presented with this award at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards airing live on TNT and TBS January 27 at 8p. A winner of five Emmys, a Tony Award and a Grammy, Van Dyke is best known as star of the 1960s comedy series The Dick Van Dyke Show and the film classic Mary Poppins.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Later this fall, VH1 brings back a trio of installments of its original music franchise, VH1 Storytellers which profiles artists and features their live performances. Spotlighted artists during three back-to-back nights include Taylor Swift on November 11 at 11p; Alicia Keys on November 12 at 11p; and Pink on November 13 at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A fourth season of Debmar-Mercury’s The Wendy Willliams Show will launch in national syndication September 10 in hi-def. In store for the show’s new season are set enhancements using Williams’ signature colors of pink and purple. The daytime talk show also received market upgrades in San Francisco, Miami, Denver, Kansas City, Fresno and Greenville, SC/Asheville, NC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New reality series R&B Divas on TV One delivered the most-watched original premiere in the history of the network on Monday. The debut episode posted a 0.76 rating and 479,000 viewers among A25-54 as well as close to 900,000 total viewers. R&B Divas, produced by Thinkfactory Media airs on Mondays at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also on Monday, VH1’s season finale of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta delivered a series high rating with the A18-49 viewers at 2.4. The 8p season ender also drew 3.7 million total viewers at 8p and the 10p encore brought in another 1.8 million total viewers for a combined total of 5.5 million viewers for the night.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The summer finale of Bunheads aired Monday on ABC Family and attracted 1.5 million total viewers; 750,000 with A18-49 and 577,000 among W18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/19/12)
1) 2 Chainz – Based On A T.R.U. – 146,626
2) Various Artists – Now 43 – 75,179 (After 2 weeks – 186,600)
3) Rick Ross – God Forgives I Don’t – 43,406 (After 3 weeks – 322,161)

Other Debuts
4) Insane Clown Posse – Mighty Death Pop – 40,662
10) Yellowcard – Southern Air – 23,293
13) Slightly Stoopid – Top Of The World – 20,774
14) Tamela Mann – Best Days – 20,606
15) In This Moment – Blood – 20,187

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/15/12)
CW: Oh Sit! (Premiere) at 8pm
STYLE: Gossip Girl (Premiere) at 8pm
VELOCITY: What’s My Car Worth? (Premiere) at 8pm
A&E: Storage Wars: Texas (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
A&E: American Hoggers (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: I Married A Mobster (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
NUVO TV: Fight Factory (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Toy Hunter (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles (Finale) at 9pm

On Monday, TNT concluded its series The Closer after seven seasons with nearly 9.1 million total viewers in Live + Same Day, which becomes cable’s #1 telecast for the summer-to-date. TNT followed up The Closer’s finale with the premiere of new drama, Major Crimes which attracted close to 7.2 million total viewers in Live + Same Day to become cable’s #1 new series launch for the year-to-date. The Closer premiered in 2005, produced for TNT by The Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television and headlined by Kyra Sedgwick. Beginning next Monday, Major Crimes moves into The Closer’s 9p time period followed by all-new episodes of Perception at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Spike TV spotlights more tattoo artists when a second season of its original series Ink Master returns October 9 at 10p with back-to-back one-hour episodes. Sixteen tattoo artists from around the country battle it out for a $100,000 grand prize, an editorial feature in the tattoo industry magazine Inked and the title of “Ink Master.” Following its premiere episodes, Ink Master will continue on Tuesdays at 10p with the live season finale airing in December. Ink Master is produced for Spike by Original Media.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A 10th episode of docu-series Beverly Hills Nannies was ordered by ABC Family. The 10th episode will be a Nannies Tell All reunion episode hosted by Ross Matthews and will air immediately after the summer finale of the series on September 4 at 10p. Beverly Hills Nannies is produced by Evolution Media.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1 approved a third season of La La’s Full Court Life starring actress La La Anthony as she launches a clothing line and goes to London to watch her husband, NBA star Carmelo Anthony play with the USA men’s Olympic basketball team. Season three will premiere early next year.(Source: Cynopsis)

Tommy Dewey was cast as a boyfriend to Mindy Kaling’s character on her new sitcom The Mindy Project. Dewey will play Josh Daniels, a successful lawyer who goes after what he likes. The Mindy Project premieres September 25 at 930p on FOX.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ron Palillo, best known for playing Horshak, one of the Sweathogs on the 1970s sitcom, Welcome Back, Kotter died Monday night in Palm Beach, FL. He was 63. Starting in 1975, Mr. Palillo was one of the oddball students who plagued Mr. Kotter (Gabe Kaplan) for four seasons on the ABC comedy. Mr. Palillo’s character was the nasally-voiced Arnold Dingfelder Horshack who was always the first to raise his hand in class with his “Ooo-ooo-oooooh!” After Welcome Back, Kotter, Mr. Palillo guest-starred on a variety of shows including The A-Team, CHiPs and Murder, She Wrote and in 1996, played himself on several episodes of Ellen. Also in 2002, Mr. Palillo agreed to appear and box Dustin Diamond for an episode of Celebrity Boxing billed as Horshack vs. Screech. During recent years, he also showed up in various TV Land nostalgia specials. Perhaps his most rewarding role though was teaching drama at the G-STAR School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting, a charter high school in West Palm Beach.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/12/12)
1) Various Artists – Now 43 – 111,322
2) Rick Ross – God Forgives I Don’t – 59,616 (After 2 weeks – 278,755)
3) Elle Varner – Perfectly Imperfect – 33,028

Other Debuts
4) Colt Ford – Declaration Of Independence – 31,130
16) John Mayer – Complete 2012 Performances – 14,864
25) 10 Years – Minus The Machine – 11,853
27) David Archuleta – Begin – 10,911

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $320 million.

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/8/12)
SYFY: Paranormal Witness (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (Premiere) at 10pm
ONCE TV MEXICO: Diary of a Cook (Premiere) at 11pm
TNT: Dallas (Finale) at 9pm

Yesterday, NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt responded to Sharon Osbourne and her claims that her son, Jack Osbourne was let go from NBC’s upcoming new reality series, Stars Earn Stripes after he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Reportedly, Sharon Osbourne was angry at NBC’s supposed decision which prompted her to leave her position as judge on America’s Got Talent.
“First, we have the deepest affection for Sharon Osbourne and consider her to be part of the NBC family,” Greenblatt said in a statement. “And our hearts go out to her, Ozzy, Jack and his family at this time. We hold medical information in strict confidence and therefore cannot comment specifically about Jack, but as a company that cares deeply about the health and safety of everyone on our shows – especially one like Stars Earn Stripes that requires dangerous water stunts, strenuous physical activity, and uses live ammunition – we required all potential participants to undergo medical vetting to ensure that they could safely participate. Although we did not ask Jack to participate in the competition, we were able to offer him two substantial alternative roles on the show, both of which he declined. This network does not discriminate on any basis.”
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Two unscripted series received renewals on Spike TV: Auction Hunters will have a fourth season and American Digger is up for a second season. Both series will go into production this fall and premiere on Spike next year.
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An 11th new season of That Metal Show is on tap at VH1 Classic starting this Saturday at 11p. With hosts Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine, the series dishes on everything heavy metal and hard rock and features musicians from Aerosmith, Heart, Cheap Trick, Iron Maiden and more. That Metal Show is a production of VH1 Classic.
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FOX’s returning comedy Raising Hope will see Wilmer Valdrrama joining in a recurring role as the love interest to Sabrina’s (Shannon Woodward) mother, played by recently-cast Melanie Griffith.
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ABC’s primetime soap Revenge cast Dilshad Vadsaria (Greek) in a recurring role playing Padma, a beautiful and smart financial wizard who joins Nolan’s (Gabriel Mann) company.
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/5/12)
1) Rick Ross – God Forgives I Don’t – 218, 492
2) Zac Brown Band – Uncaged – 39,469 (After 4 weeks – 400,497)
3) Justin Beiber – Believe – 35,158 (After 7 weeks – 719,080)

Other Debuts
9) Joss Stone – Soul Sessions Volume 2 – 23,967
10) Gloriana – Thousand Miles Left Behind – 22,869
11) Testament – Dark Roots Of Earth – 20,428
24) Sparkle Movie Soundtrack – 12,024
30) Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks Vol. 1 No. 3 – 10,377
32) J. Moss – V4…The Other Side Of Victory – 10,156
33) Joshua Radin – Underwater – 9,963

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