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FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/16/12)
ABC: Suburgatory (Finale) at 8:30pm
BRAVO: Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis (Finale) at 9pm
CBS: Criminal Minds (Finale) at 9pm

ABC’s Upfront presentation was led yesterday by Paul Lee, President/ABC Entertainment Group at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York. ABC is welcoming ten new series for the 2012-2013 season along with many returning series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s returning series include America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Bachelor, Body of Proof, Castle, Dancing with the Stars, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, Grey’s Anatomy, Happy Endings, Last Man Standing, The Middle, Modern Family, Once Upon a Time, Primetime: What Would You Do?, Private Practice, Revenge, Scandal, Shark Tank, Suburgatory, 20/20 and Wife Swap.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 5/13/12)
1) Carrie Underwood – Blown Away – 119,524
2) Adele – 21 – 101,351 (After 64 weeks – 9,087,721)
3) Lionel Richie – Tuskegee – 71,101 (After 7 weeks – 750,534)

Other Debuts
6) Silversun Pickups – Neck Of The Woods – 40,570
9) Tank – This Is How I Feel – 33,031
16) Mary Mary – Go Get It – 18,946
17) Keane – Strangeland – 18,825
19) Karmin – Hello EP – 18,758

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $90 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
GSN (Game Show Network) and the creators of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is looking for Bible fans to apply to appear on The American Bible Challenge, a new game show hosted by Jeff Foxworthy. Casting sessions are taking place across the US beginning this weekend in Sacramento on May 18-19; Los Angeles May 18-June 3; Atlanta May 25-26; Chicago June 1-3; and Dallas June 1-3. The American Bible Challenge is a studio-based game show produced by RelativityREAL for GSN. Interested participants can visit: http://tv.gsn.com/shows/the-american-bible-challenge/casting/.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cooking Channel from CBS Eye Productions and hosted by Mo Rocca, is casting for the series My Grandmother’s Ravioli. The show is looking for grandmothers and grandfathers of all ethnicities aged 50 to 100 years old. Big personalities that are warm, fun, outgoing, sweet and even curmudgeonly are welcome. Be ready to share interesting family histories and/or grandmotherly/grandfatherly advice. Accents and English as a second language is not a problem. Applicants from the Tri-State area are preferred. Please send an email to: Realpeoplecastingnyc@gmail.com and include a recent photo and your contact information (email, phone number and address).
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 4/18/12)
MNET: Beats Per Mnet (Premiere) at 9pm
WEATHER: Coast Guard Alaska (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: 40 Greatest Yo! MTV Raps Moments Hour 1 (Premiere) at 7pm
VH1: 40 Greatest Yo! MTV Raps Moments Hour 2 (Premiere) at 7pm
VH1: Behind The Music: Nas (Premiere) at 9pm

USA Network revealed the summer premiere dates for its original series that air across five nights each week. New six-part miniseries Political Animals from Greg Berlanti and Laurence Mark will air Sundays in July. Royal Pains and Necessary Roughness return to the schedule on Wednesdays starting June 6 at 9p and 10p respectively. Burn Notice is back along with the drama Suits on Thursdays beginning June 14 at 9p and 10p and new seasons of White Collar and Covert Affairs fill up Tuesday nights starting July 10 at 9p and 10p. USA Network is also premiering new original series Common Law on May 11 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The season finale of Shahs of Sunset last Sunday on Bravo become the most watched episode of the series’ season with more than 1.5 million total viewers and 1.0 million among A18-49. Bravo has also approved a second season of Shahs of Sunset produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC ordered seven episodes of a new unscripted series starring Howie Mandel, titled Howie Mandel’s White Elephant. The series will be based on the well-known holiday game where contestants will select one package from a collection of wrapped gifts containing millions of dollars in prizes. The individual contestant would then have to decide to steal a previously revealed prize or keep their unopened box. The contestant holding the least valuable prize at the end of each round will be eliminated. Mandel will be the host of the series in addition to serving as EP along with Alevy Productions’ Mike Marks. Production has not yet started and a premiere date was not given.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A spinoff series, tentatively titled Big Ang based on the Mob Wives series is in the works at VH1. Angela Raiola, known as Big Ang will gain her own series on VH1 as the network approved 10 half-hour episodes set to premiere this summer. Jennifer Graziano of JustJenn Productions developed the concept for the series which will be produced by The Weinstein Company, Electus and Left/Right.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 4/15/12)
1) Lionel Richie – Tuskegee – 128,553 (After 3 weeks – 422,857)
2) Adele – 21 – 91,683 (After 60 weeks – 8,735,330)
3) Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday…Roman Reloaded – 81,044 (After 2 weeks – 334,725)

Other Debuts
4) Monica – New Life – 69,241
6) Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream – 63,946
10) Hoodie Allen – All American – 27, 278
11) Counting Crows – Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) – 26,791
15) Halestorm – Strange Case Of – 23,838
16) Prince Royce – Phase II – 23,091
17) Trip Lee – Good Life – 21,738
21) M. Ward – Wasteland Companion – 16,519
30) Trampled By Turtles – Stars & Satellites – 13,211
32) Bassnectar – Vava Voom – 12,845
34) Demon Hunter – True Defiance – 12,495
49) Florence + The Machine – MTV Unplugged – 7,958

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $131 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
495 Productions and Doron Ofir Casting are seeking mothers who are managing their talented children in the world of music, sports, dance or acting. These moms have taken their kids to classes and camps, auditions to call backs and have been there every step of the way to support their child’s future. If you are a mother of a burgeoning star between the ages of 16 to 25 who manages every detail of their child’s budding career, please send an email to: www.momagerscasting.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 4/11/12)
HISTORY: SOLD! (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: I (Almost) Got Away With It (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: FBI: Criminal Pursuit (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Ghost Hunters (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Behind The Music: Akon (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: Don’t Trust The B—- In Apt. 23 (Premiere) at 9:30pm
PBS: America Revealed (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: Randy Jackson Presents: America’s Best Dance Crew (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Baggage Battles (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
MTV: MTV’s Hip Hop POV (Premiere) at 12am
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Nothing personal: Murder For Hire (Finale) at 8pm
USA: Psych (Finale) at 10pm

Heading down to the swamp lands of Southern Louisiana, A&E Network presents the new original real-life series Cajun Justice, premiering June 7 at 10p. The series follows the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office located in a region where the sheriff is treated like a king, voodoo is commonplace and no police call is routine. Cajun Justice is produced for A&E Network by MAK Pictures.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On the heels of its second season launch, HBO handed a third season renewal to its drama Game of Thrones. For its second season opener on April 1, Game of Thrones delivered 3.9 million viewers and then subsequently retained 97% of that audience at 3.8 million for the second episode that aired this past Sunday.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Summer premiere dates were set for two of Showtime’s returning series: Web Therapy is back with a second season July 2 at 11p and a third season of The Real L Word debuts July 12 at 10p. Web Therapy is created by Lisa Kudrow, Don Roos and Dan Bucatinsky for Is or Isn’t Entertainment. The Real L Word is produced by Magical Elves.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The previously announced new series My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding will debut on TLC April 29 at 10p. The eight-episode series will take an insider look at the tight-knit, secretive world of the estimated one million gypsies living in America and their over-the-top wedding celebrations. The series is produced for TLC by Firecracker Films.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FX’s season three finale of animated comedy series Archer drew in 2.1 million total viewers as well as 1.7 with A18-49 and 1.1 million among A18-34, making it the most-watched telecast ever for the series. Recently, FX ordered 13 episodes for the fourth season of Archer produced by FX Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 4/8/12)
1) Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday…Roman Reloaded – 253,057
2) Adele – 21 – 153,268 (After 59 weeks – 8,643,647)
3) Rascal Flatts – Changed – 129,569

Other Debuts
6) Of Monster’s & Men – My Head Is An Animal – 55,208
9) Marvin Sapp – I Win – 44,177
16) Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls – 24,919
27) Wilson Phillips – Dedicated – 16,248
31) Dr. John – Locked Down – 13, 472

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $94 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting and a major cable network present a national search for pregnant women with big personalities to share stories while they are anticipating the birth of their babies. Expectant mothers will take viewers on a journey through the sometimes irrational, sometimes demanding and high maintenance world of being pregnant. Women and their partners who appear to be between the ages of 21 to 35 and want to be a part of this new docu-series should apply online at: www.pregzillascasting.com. Selected couples will receive an episodic cash stipend.

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/21/12)
NBC: Bent (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Couples Therapy (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: House Of Consignment (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
A&E: Duck Dynasty (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Real Vice: Miami (Premiere) at 10pm
SPIKE: American Digger (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Dr. G: Medical Examiner (Finale) at 7pm

More than two weeks before its first season premiere, Starz has renewed its original drama series Magic City for a second season with ten episodes. Magic City premieres April 6 at 10p and is set in 1959 Miami Beach. The series is created and executive produced by Mitch Glazer and it stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olga Kurylenko and Danny Huston. Production on the second season will commence later this year with an expected premiere on STARZ in 2013.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Thursdays this summer will be home to TBS’ new original comedies starting with buddy comedy Men at Work premiering May 24 at 10p with back-to-back episodes. Beginning July 19, new workplace comedy Sullivan & Son will take over the time period. Men at Work stars Danny Masterson, Michael Cassidy, Adam Busch and James Lesure and was created by Breckin Meyer and produced by Sony Pictures Television and Fanfare. Sullivan & Son, set inside a popular bar in a working-class Pittsburgh neighborhood stars comedian Steve Byrne and is produced by Wild West Picture Show Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television; Vince Vaughn, Peter Billingsley and Rob Long are executive producers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A trio of new series are joining HGTV’s lineup, per B&C. Buying and Selling (wt) is a spinoff of the network’s Property Brothers series where Jonathan Scott prepares a family’s home for sale while brother Drew finds their next property. The series debuts in September. Two other new HGTV series are spinoffs of the House Hunters franchise: House Hunters: Where Are They Now? debuts in October and looks in on memorable House Hunters families to see what happened after finding their new house. Living Abroad picks up where House Hunters International leaves off and looks at what it takes for Americans to adjust to a new country. The premiere date of Living Abroad has not been set yet.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TV One also announced series renewals for Unsung, Life After, Find Our Missing and Washington Watch with Roland Martin.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FX acquired the commercial television premiere rights to this past weekend’s #1 box office movie 21 Jump Street from Sony in addition to Universal’s The Lorax which was #1 at the box office the previous two weeks.
(Source: Cynopsis)

British comedian Eddie Izzard is joining NBC’s Munsters re-make pilot titled Mockingbird Lane playing the Grandpa. Al Lewis originally played the role of Grandpa in the 1960s Munsters series. Production on the project begins early this summer and is shepherded by creator Bryan Fuller and Bryan Singer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Janel Parrish who plays Mona on ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars was elevated to series regular up from recurring status for the program’s third season, reports THR.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/18/12)
1) One Direction – Up All Night – 176,175
2) Adele – 21 – 148,394 (After 56 weeks – 8,238,724)
3) Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball – 57,419 (After 2 weeks – 254,992)

Other Debuts
4) Passion – White Flag – 48, 795
12) Tech N9ne – Klusterfuk EP – 16,951
17) Say Anything – Anarchy My Dear – 14,166

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $70 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
DIY Network is looking for desperate landscapes in need of a $25,000 yard makeover for its show America’s Most Desperate Landscape. Now through April 30, 2012, homeowners can upload photos and videos of their ugly front yards via DIYNetwork.com. This landscape makeover will be managed by DIY Network host and licensed contractor Jason Cameron and his Desperate Landscapes crew. The winner will also appear on the show for a one-hour special documenting the search and build which will air on DIY Network July 18 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/14/12)
BRAVO: Interior Therapy With Jeff Lewis (Premiere) at 9pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: South Park (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Restuarant Stakeout (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Monster Man (Premiere) at 11pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Dark Minds (Finale) at 10pm
SYFY: Face Off (Finale) at 10pm

Oprah Winfrey reeled in big ratings Sunday night with her Oprah’s Next Chapter interview show featuring Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina, older brother Michael and sister-in-law Patricia.  According to OWN, the Oprah’s Next Chapter episode scored its highest ratings ever with 3.5 million viewers tuning in.  The episode bested the previous network high of 1.6 million viewers for Oprah’s Next Chapter featuring Pastor Joel Osteen on Jan. 8.
(Source: USA Today)

Former The Bachelor star Emily Maynard will become ABC’s next The Bachelorette when the reality series opens a new eighth cycle on May 14. The show is doing something a bit different for this new upcoming season by moving production to Maynard’s hometown of Charlotte, NC to accommodate her life as a single mom.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A third season of ABC’s The Bachelor Pad has been ordered by the network, reports EW. The Bachelor Pad will be back on ABC this summer. The second season of the series averaged 7.10 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Crime-fighting series America’s Most Wanted received an order for 20 more episodes from Lifetime Networks. America’s Most Wanted featuring John Walsh airs weekly on Lifetime Fridays at 9p and is produced by Walsh Productions and is distributed by Twentieth Television, Inc.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New episodes of Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids debuts on TLC beginning April 13 at 9p. The series goes behind-the-scenes at the bridesmaid’s salon at Bridals by Lori in Atlanta. Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids is produced by NorthSouth Productions for TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Halogen TV will now premiere its new series Roadworthy: The Invisible Children Tour on April 15 at 9p. The 10-part series, produced by Halogen TV, documents the stories of Ugandan children who have been exploited and forced into combat as child soldiers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FX’s series premiere of The Ultimate Fighter Live last Friday at 9p attracted 1.28 million total viewers; 953,000 with A18-49; and 538,000 with A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO’s original film Game Change about the 2008 presidential bid of Sen. John McCain tallied 2.1 million viewers for its premiere over the weekend, making it the network’s most-watched original film in close to eight years. Totaling its four weekend airings, Game Change drew a gross audience of 3.6 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Even before its theatrical release on March 23, ABC Family has acquired the rights to the first film in The Hunger Games franchise from Lionsgate Entertainment. The film will be available to ABC Family 30 months from the release making it an estimated fall 2014 premiere. The deal may also include the film sequel, Catching Fire which is slated for a November 22, 2013 theatrical release. hange drew a gross audience of 3.6 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Discovery Channel says it has severed its relationship with Bear Grylls, host of Man vs. Wild and has canceled all current productions with the adventurer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Producers of Spartacus: Vengeance and its network Starz has cast Australian television actor Todd Lasance to play a young Julius Caesar and British television actor Simon Merrells to portray wealthy Roman general Marcus Crassus.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Two more actors have joined ABC’s drama pilot Devious Maids from Marc Cherry: Mariana Klaveno (True Blood) and Grant Show (Melrose Place). Show will play a successful soap star Spence Davis while Klaveno will play his wife, a beautiful, selfish actress.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s pilot Scruples based on the novel by Judith Krantz has added Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill) to its cast, per TVLine. Murray will play a fashion photographer-turned-creative director named Spider.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tempestt Bledsoe, the former child star on The Cosby Show will be back on NBC in the Untitled Jimmy Fallon Project, reports TVLine. The plot is about three 30-something guys (played by Anthony Anderson, Jesse Bradford and Zach Cregger) who enjoy parenting even though they haven’t grown up themselves. Bledsoe will play the wife of Anderson’s character.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/11/12)
1) Bruce Springsteen – Wrecking Ball – 195,974
2) Adele – 21 – 194,643 (After 55 weeks – 8,090,330)
3) Various Artists – Now 41 – 152,347 (After 5 weeks – 487,628)

Other Debuts
8 ) Luke Bryan – Spring Break 4…Suntan City – 29,996
9) Andrew Bird – Break It Yourself – 29,936
20) Every Time I Die – Ex Lives – 14,024
35) Various Artists – Footloose Soundtrack – 9,622
38) Big Time Rush – Big Time Movie Soundtrack – 9,347
45) Fireflight – Now – 8,494
46) Idina Menzel – Live Barefoot At The Symphony – 8,255
57) Flame – 6TH – 7,406
63) Demi Lovato – Unbroken – 6,887

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $50 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
Doron Ofir Casting launches the national search for America’s real Modern Family. A major television network is looking for the nation’s most entertaining, multi-generational and/or extended multi-cultural families. Doron Ofir Casting is seeking diverse families with varied dynamic personalities, real drama with comic relief mixed in. Casting applications can be found at: www.MyModernFamilyCasting.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A major broadcast network, production company, A. Smith & Co. and MysticArt Pictures are searching nationally for single men and women who will be flown to Hollywood for the chance to prove that have what it takes to date a star for a project called Star Date. Applicants must be 21 and over, single, male or female, confident, charismatic, beautiful and bold. Apply online at: www.mysticartpictures.com. Questions can be emailed to: stardatecasting@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/7/12)
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Nothing Personal: Murder For Hire (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Million Dollar Listing New York (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Doomsday Bunkers (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: My Crazy Obsession (Premiere) at 10pm
TV LAND: Happily Divorced (Premiere) at 10:30pm

New drama series Terra Nova has been canceled by FOX though the series’ studio, Twentieth Century Fox Television is seeking a new home for the show on another network. Terra Nova completed its first season with 13 episodes last December. Despite opening the season with a 3.0 rating among A18-49, Terra Nova finished its run with a 2.2 rating in the demo for its season finale.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The CW ordered three new reality series for its summer schedule which will join the network’s previously-announced game show Oh Sit!. The three new series include: The Star Next Door, a music competition series from Queen Latifah and EP Dave Broome that will also feature Gloria Estefan and country singer John Rich as they travel the US as mentors to undiscovered artists; Breaking Pointe goes inside the competitive world of ballet via the Ballet West company in Salt Lake City, Utah; and the third series is The Catalina, centered on the employees and guests at a hotel in Miami’s South Beach.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A fourth season renewal was handed to drama series Justified by FX. The series will have 13 episodes for the next season. In its third season, Justified has six episodes left to air with the finale slated for April 10.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fresh off her stint on FX’s American Horror Story, Connie Britton (also star of Friday Night Lights) landed a role in the ABC drama pilot Nashville. Britton will play Rayna, considered the top female country music performer. The pilot is from Callie Khouri and director/producer R.J. Cutler and is described as a family soap set amongst the music scene of Nashville. The plot follows one star at her peak (Britton) while following another rising star (Hayden Panettiere).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Marc Cherry’s new pilot for ABC titled Devious Maids has tapped General Hospital’s Brianna Brown, per THR. Brown will play Taylor Slate, the elegant trophy wife of Michael Slate, who is insecure that his ex, Marisol, is still in his life. ABC Studios is producing and Cherry is writer and EP along with Sabrina Wind, Paul Presburger, David Lonner, Larry Shuman, Michael Garcia and John mass.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Currently seen on CBS’ The Good Wife in a recurring role, Mamie Gummer landed a starring role on The CW’s medical drama pilot First Cut. Gummer will play a new doctor glad to leave her nerdy past behind though discovers life at the hospital is not that different from high school.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/4/12)
1) Adele – 21 – 246,529 (After 54 weeks – 7,895,687)
2) Wzrd – Wzrd – 65.959
3) Various Artists – Now 41 – 45,548 (After 4 weeks – 335,281)

Other Debuts
10) Robert Glasper – Black Radio – 20,854
16) Various Artists – Project X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – 16,704
21) Estelle – All Of Me – 15,108
27) Kutless – Believer – 13,651
32) Craig Morgan – This Ole Boy – 12,131
35) Celtic Thunder – Voyage – 11,955
39) Cranberries – Roses – 11,140
44) Jason Mraz – Live Is A Four Letter Word EP – 10,843
47) Lyle Lovett – Release Me – 10,244

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $60 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.

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CASTING CALL
O’Connor Casting Company seeks Americans with Danish ancestry to participate in The Great Danish Adventure (similar to the show The Great Norway Adventure). The winner receives a cash prize of $50,000. Participants can have a little or a lot of Danish blood and can apply to travel to Denmark to compete in fun, good-natured “Survivor/Amazing Race” types of challenges and competitions in addition to exploring Denmark, learning about the culture and having great adventures. The winner will also get to meet Danish relatives they did not know existed. For more information and to download an application, please go to: http://oconnorcasting.tv/castingboard and questions can be emailed to: castingdenmark@gmail.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)