Keely's Korner

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/27/11)
SCIENCE: Wonders Of The Universe (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Truck Stop MO. (Premiere) at 10pm

Soon after its June 1 series premiere, TNT granted Franklin & Bash a second season renewal. The legal drama starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer will have 10 episodes for its second season. Franklin & Bash is produced by Four Sycamore Productions, Left Coast Productions and FanFare Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TLC’s long-running series What Not to Wear is back for a ninth season beginning August 16 at 9p. The new season has 26 one-hour episodes and it kicks off featuring a fashion makeover of Dancing with the Stars’ Cheryl Burke’s and Jenny McCarthy’s personal assistant, Becky. What Not to Wear is produced by BBC Productions for TLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FX continues its film buying spree by picking up the commercial premiere rights to Captain America: The First Avenger along with the comedies Friends With Benefits and Horrible Bosses.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former star of Roseanne, John Goodman will next appear in six episodes of NBC’s sitcom Community. Goodman will play Vice Dean Laybourne, the confident administrator who heads the school of Air Conditioning Repair at Greendale Community College. Goodman’s
role begins with the third season premiere episode premiering September 22.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX’s House added Odette Annable (Breaking In) as a series regular for the show’s eighth season. Annable will play a prison doctor who meets House while he’s serving time in prison. House invites her character to join his team at Princeton-Plainsboro.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New fall Style Network series Clean House New York welcomes two New York designers and former contestants from season five of HGTV’s Design Star as hosts, Nina Ferrer and Michael Moeller. The show’s team also includes appraiser Elyse Luray and auctioneer Duncan Schieb. Clean House New York is presently in production on ten one-hour episodes and is slated to debut in October on Style. True Entertainment is
producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 7/24/11)
1) Adele – 21 – 77,130 (After 22 weeks – 2,750,250)
2) Kidz Bop Kids – Kidz Bop 20 – 68,717
3) 3 Doors Down – Time Of My Life – 59,807

Other Debuts
5) DJ  Khaled – We The Best Forever – 52,914
7) 311 – Universal Pulse – 46,024
31) They Might Be Giants – Join Us – 12,773
35) Cold – Superfiction – 11,317

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $111 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.
www.NYLottery.org

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/20/11)
VME: Dance Academy (Premiere) at 8pm & 8:30pm
DIY: Hollywood Hi-Tech (Premiere) at 9:30pm
A&E: Storage Wars (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
COOKING: Bitchin’ Kitchen (Premiere) at 10pm
SPIKE TV: Deadliest Warrior (Premiere) at 10pm

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 7/17/11)
1) Blake Shelton – Red River Blue – 116,402
2) Incubus – If Not Now,When? – 79,561
3) Adele – 21 – 76,717 (After 21 weeks – 2,673,120)

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $61 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.
www.NYLottery.org

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/6/11)
BRAVO: Flipping Out (Premiere) at 9pm
ANIMAL PLANET: I Shouldn’t Be Alive (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Restaurant Impossible (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Behind The Music: Ice Cube (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: Haunted Collector (Finale) at 9pm
SYFY: Hollywood Treasure (Finale) at 10:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: The Devil You Know (Finale) at 10pm
TNT: Men Of Certain Age (Finale) at 10pm

New original series The Lying Game launches August 15 on ABC Family at 9p. The scripted series introduces identical twins Emma Becker and Sutton Mercer who were separated at birth and grew up in very different circumstances. Fate brings them together and the girls switch places and also work to find their birth parents, uncovering a web of secrets and lies. The one-hour, 10-episode series is produced by Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television and is based on the novels by Sara Shepard (Pretty Little Liars).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Half-hour series Hungry Girl starring Lisa Lillien is back for season two on Food Network starting August 7 at 10a. Author and creator of the Hungry Girl newsletter, Lillien serves up delicious summer foods containing less calories without sacrificing flavor. The sophomore season has a total of 16 new episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 7/3/11)
1) Beyonce – 4 – 310,309
2) Adele – 21 – 91,535 (After 19 weeks – 2,516,948)
3) Big Sean – Finally Famous: The Album – 87,085

Other Debuts
4) Selena Gomez & The Scene – When The Sun Goes Down – 77,993
7) David Cook – This Loud Morning – 45,806
10) Scotty McCreery – American Idol: Season 10 EP – 40,405
16) Limp Bizkit – Gold Cobra – 27,432
17) Taking Back Sunday – Taking Back Sunday – 26,789
24) Lauren Alaina – American Idol: Season 10 EP – 20,084
31) James Durbin – American Idol: Season 10 EP – 15,293
50) Dolly Parton – Better Day – 10,728

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $25 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.
www.NYLottery.org

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 6/22/11)
GMC: America Sings (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: Primetime Nightline (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY: Life On A Wire (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: The Challenge 21: Rivals (Premiere) at 10pm
FUSE: Cee Lo Green Talking To Strangers (Premiere) at 11pm

President Obama will be addressing the nation at 8pm tonight.

The annual GRAMMY Awards broadcast remains on CBS for another decade through 2021. CBS signed a new deal with The Recording Academy extending their relationship involving the GRAMMY Awards’ broadcast that began in 1973. The 54^th Annual GRAMMY Awards will air live on CBS February 12, 2012 at 8p from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. In addition, CBS will air The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! Countdown to Music’s Biggest Night, a one-hour live special on November 30. CBS’ new Grammys agreement further includes a new two-hour series of Grammy specials which will be explained more in the future.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tonight at 11p, national music TV network, Fuse part of The Madison Square Garden Company debuts Grammy Award winner Cee Lo Green’s new series, Cee Lo Green Talking to Strangers. The show features Green interviewing artists and performances from specials guests such as Lupe Fasco, Keri Hilson, Train, Estelle, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals among others.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On Saturday at 10p, OWN premieres new one-hour series Carson Nation following Carson Kressley as travels the country making over individuals using his sense of fashion and style along with his over-the-top personality.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO averaged 3.9 million total viewers for double airings of its Game of Thrones first season finale episodes on Sunday at 9p and the 1115p encore. Specifically, the 9p finale tallied 3.0 million total viewers and an additional 876,000 viewers watched the 1115p rebroadcast.
(Source” Cynopsis)

Father-daughter duo Ryan and Tatum O’Neal’s new OWN series Ryan and Tatum: The O’Neals premiered on Sunday at 10p with 470,000 total viewers and a 0.30 rating among W25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 6/19/11)
1) Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel – 170,868
2) Jackie Evancho – Dream With Me – 161,397
3) Adele – 21 – 114,540 (After 17 weeks – 2,324,073)

Other Debuts
6)  Owl City – All Things Bright And Beautiful – 48,322
7) Barry Manilow – 15 Minutes – 36,339
8 ) Ledisi – Pieces Of Me – 36,229
14) Various Artists – Now  Country 4 – 26,760
17) Black Veil Brides – Set The World On Fire – 22,948

POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $48 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.
www.NYLottery.org

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 6/15/11)
TLC: Toddlers & Tiaras (Premiere) at 10pm
TV LAND: Hot In Cleveland (Premiere) at 10pm
TV LAND: Happily Divorced (Premiere) at 10:30pm
BRAVO: Rocco’s Dinner Party (Premiere) at 11pm
TLC: Extreme Couponing (Finale) at 9:30pm
BRAVO: Top Chef Masters (Finale) at 10pm

Tuesdays are filled with fashion on Bravo as the network presents back-to-back fashion series starting August 2. The lineup begins with The Rachel Zoe Project premiering a fourth season at 9p followed by two new series, Fashion Hunters at 10p spotlighting the Second Time Around consignment shop in New York City and its staff, then Mad Fashion at 1030p featuring outrageous designer Chris March. All three series are produced for Bravo; The Rachel Zoe Project is produced by Original Media; Fashion Hunters is from Leftfield Pictures; and Mad Fashion is from Matt Westmore Media and No Regrets Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Animated comedy series Ugly Americans is back on Comedy Central’s lineup this summer with ten 30m episodes starting June 30 at 1030p. In its second season, Ugly Americans follows new episodes of Futurama to form a one-hour “Thurs-Dimension” animation block on the network. During the upcoming new season, guest voices include Christine Baranski, Rob Riggle, Todd Barry and Jenny Slate.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 6/12/11)
1) Adele – 21 – 114,314 (After 16 weeks – 2,209,533)
2) Lady Gaga – Born This Way – 100,255 (After 3 weeks – 1,385,313)
3) Book Of Mormon Original Cast Recording – 60,690 (After 4 weeks – 80,535)

Other Debuts
4) Tech N9Ne – All 6’s & 7’s – 55,715
5) Ronnie Dunn – Ronnie Dunn – 45,376
6) All Time Low – Dirty Work -43,606
12) Tedeschi Trucks Band – Revelator – 25,926
15) Arctic Monkeys – Suck It & See – 19,848
16) Def Leppard – Mirrorball – 19,830
19) Randy Travis – Anniversary Celebration – 19,274

POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $25 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.
www.NYLottery.org

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 6/8/11)
TRUTV: Operation Repo (Premiere) at 9pm
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: Locked Up Abroad (Premiere) at 10pm
SCIENCE: Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Extreme Couponing (Finale) at 9pm & 9:30pm

Announced at a press conference yesterday in Switzerland, the International Olympic Committee granted NBCUniversal the US television rights to the next four Olympic Games through 2020. The agreement has NBCU paying $4.4 billion for the rights to continue being the US media home of the major global sporting event. FOX and ABC/ESPN also submitted bids for the Olympics.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Last Sunday, Bravo aired the season six finale of The Real Housewives of Orange County tallying 2.88 million total viewers marking the highest-rated episode of the series. In addition the conclusion drew in 1.86 million A18-49 which is the highest-rated episode of the season in this demo. On the heels of these ratings results, Bravo also approved a fourth season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey and starting June 12 will move the edition to Sundays at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Original series debut of Switched at Birth on ABC Family Monday at 9p has become the network’s #1 series premiere ever among total viewers with 3.3 million; A18-34 with 1.0 million/1.5 rating; and A18-49 with 1.7 million/1.3 rating. Factoring in an encore airing at 10p Monday,
Switched at Birth brought in a total of 4.9 million unique total viewers that night.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After coming in at #1 on last weekend’s box office results, X-Men: First Class was picked up by FX. The network acquired the premiere rights to the latest installment in the X-Men franchise which will air in late 2013 or early 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDIING 6/5/11)
1) Lady Gaga – Born This Way – 174,311 (After 2 weeks – 1,285,058)
2) Adele – 21 – 120,913 (After 15 weeks – 2,095,219)
3) Death Cab For Cutie – Codes And Keys – 102,319

Other Debuts
4) Eddie Vedder – Ukulele Songs – 71,227
5) My Morning Jacket – Circuital – 54,990
9) Flogging Molly – Speed Of Darkness – 25,449
19) Trin-I-Tee 5:7 – Angel & Chanelle – 15,329
28) Black Stone Cherry – Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea
47) Jordan Knight – Unfinished – 9,432
48) Dave Matthews Band – Live At Wrigley Field – 9,371

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $25 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.
www.NYLottery.org

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 6/1/11)
DISCOVERY FIT & HEALTH: Hump Day (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: So YOu Think You Can Dance (Part 2 Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: 2011 Stanley Cup Finals at 8pm
DIY NETWORK: Sweat Equity (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Haunted Collector (Premiere) at 9pm
SYFY: Hollywood Treasure (Premiere) at 10pm
WEATHER CHANNEL: Twist Of Fate (Premiere) at 9pm
TNT: Franklin & Bash (Premiere) at 9pm
TNT: Men Of A Certain Age (Premiere) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Man Vs. Food Nation (Premiere) at 9pm & 9:30pm
TRAVEL: Sand Masters (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
DISCOVERY: Deception With Keith Barry (Premiere) at 10pm
OXYGEN: The World According To Paris (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: The Real World: Las Vegas (Finale) at 10pm

Super Bowl XLVI already getting press as NBC announced it will air an hour-long episode of The Voice following the network’s live telecast of the event on February 5. NBC has not said if The Voice’s episode will be the season premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX is taking a cue from PBS by hiring twin antique-dealer brothers Leigh and Leslie Keno, famous from PBS’ long-running Antiques Roadshow, to host the network’s new reality series, Buried Treasure. The Keno twins will travel across America searching for hidden treasure in people’s homes. If they find something of value they will give the family a chance to sell the item. At the end of each episode, viewers will find out if the item sold and for how much. ITV Studios America is on board to produce the show that may roll out later this summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season four of Breaking Bad premieres on AMC July 17 at 10p. The new season, produced by Sony Pictures Television, contains 13 one-hour episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Monday’s season conclusion of Khloe & Lamar on E! at 10p attracted close to 2.5 million total viewers. The finale episode also posted a 2.82 rating among W18-34 and a 1.61 rating among A18-49 along with 1.7 million viewers in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After debuting in theaters this Memorial Day weekend and grossing $135.2 million, FX picked up the premiere rights to film sequel The Hangover Part II, cites THR. Hangover II will debut on FX in late 2013 or early 2014.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 5/29/11)
1) Lady Gaga – Born This Way – 1,108,403
2) Brad Paisley – This Is Country Music – 152,598
3) Adele – 21 – 126,423 (After 14 weeks – 1,974,306

Other Debuts
4) Glee Cast – Glee: The Music , Vol. 6 – 79,805
5) Various Artists – MMG Presents: Self Made, Vol. 1
7) NKOTBSB – NKOTBSB – 39, 578
8 ) Foster The People – Torches – 33,352
12) Scotty McCreery – American Idol Season 10: Scotty McCreery – 23,196
13) Journey – Eclipse – 21,435
39) Jadakiss – I Love You (A Dedication To My Fans) – 11,119
41) Lauren Alaina – American Idol Season 10: Lauren Alaina

POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $200 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.
www.NYLottery.org

FIRST LOOK
www.eonline.com

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/25/11)
ABC: The Oprah Winfrey Show (Series Finale) at 4pm (EST)
ABC: The Middle (Finale) at 8pm
ABC: Modern Family (Finale) at 9pm
ABC: Cougar Town (Finale) at 9:3opm
ABC: Happy Endings (Finale) at 10:30pm
FOX: American Idol (Finale) at 8pm
CBS: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (Finale) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Cold Blood (Finale) at 10pm

Lucky number seven for FOX as the network ended the current broadcast season on top among A18-49. CBS notched its eighth time in nine years as the most-watched network. Even though the season concludes today, the rankings will hold firm with FOX at a 3.5 rating average among A18-49 and 9.7 million total viewers for the season. CBS is next with an average 2.9 rating with A18-49 and 11.6 million total viewers; ABC is finishing in third place with an average 2.5 A18-49 rating and 8.5 million total viewers; and NBC will likely end in fourth place with an average 2.3 A18-49 rating and 7.0 million total viewers. Among these four networks, all experienced a downturn in total viewers and key demo results with NBC down the most at -15% in total viewers and the A18-49 demo; CBS decreased a smidge in total viewers and -9% with A18-49; ABC is down a bit in total viewers and -7% with the demo; and FOX also is down slightly in both A18-49 viewers and total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nancy Grace is departing as host of the syndicated frosh series Swift Justice distributed by CBS Television Distribution, opting to not move to the West Coast as the court show switches its production base to Los Angeles. Nevada District Court Judge Jackie Glass, based in Las Vegas will take over as host of the show. Grace will remain as host of her HLN program which emanates from Atlanta where she has her home with her husband and twin children.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Following the success of its series Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, MTV ordered to series Married Young. The one-hour docu-series will focus on young couples during their first year of marriage, especially looking at the stresses and responsibilities that ensue after the honeymoon fades.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime landed Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Edward James Olmos for the sixth season of its drama series Dexter. Olmos will play a professor of religious studies. Production on the sixth season commences today in Los Angeles and Showtime will debut the new run this fall.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Chris Meloni will not return to NBC’s Law & Order: SVU series for its 13th season as contract negotiations fell apart with NBC Universal,
cites TVLine. Meloni has played Detective Stabler on the crime drama since its debut in 1999.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 5/22/11)
1) Adele – 21 – 137,626 (After 13 weeks – 1,847,883)
2) Seether – Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray – 61,283
3) Various Artists – Now 38 – 50,108 (After 3 weeks – 242,993)

Other Debuts
10) Il Volo – Il Volo – 23,202
11) Danger Mouse/Danielle Luppi – Rome – 22,718
13) Michael Grimm – Michael Grimm – 21,924
15) Ben Harper – Give Till It’s Gone – 19,443
18) Parachute – Way It Was – 17,850
20) Tinie Tempah – Disc-overy – 16,435
26) Newsong – One True God – 14,426
30) Book Of Mormon – Original Broadway Cast Recording – 13,061
44) Pirates Of The Caribbean Soundtrack – 10, 523

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $144 million.

Powerball is played in 41 states.
www.NYLottery.org