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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 10/20/10)
G4: That’s Tough! (Premiere) at 8:30pm
FUSE: Lay It Down (Premiere) at 11pm
SPIKE TV: Blue Mountain State (Premiere) at 11pm

NBC gave full-season orders to two additional series including the frosh drama Chase from Jerry Bruckheimer and the spy series Chuck, taking the latter series to 24 total episodes for the season. NBC further ordered four more scripts for its new drama series Undercovers. All three series are produced by Warner Bros. Television. Season to date, Chase is averaging a 2.0 rating among A18-49 and 6.5 million total viewers and Chuck is averaging a 2.2 rating and 5.9 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TBS’ new late-night talk show Conan has added a new band led by Jimmy Vivino who is a familiar face to late-night audiences as he was previously the associate music director/arranger/guitarist and vocalist for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. The band, dubbed The Basic Cable Band will consist of Scott Healy on keyboards; Mike Merritt on bass; Mark Pender on trumpet; Richie “LaBamba” Rosenberg playing trombone; Jerry Vivino playing saxophone and woodwinds as well as vocals; and James Wormworth on drums. Conan premieres November 8 at 11p on TBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1 is working with Queen Latifah and her company Flavor Unit Entertainment on a new comedic drama series called Single Ladies. The eight-episode, one-hour scripted series asks the eternal question: what do women really want in a relationship? This if the first time VH1 has ventured into scripted fare. The movie with the same name was shot this past summer and the television series will go into production yet this year. Both the movie and the series will premiere on VH1 in July 2011. Single Ladies centers on Val, Keisha and April, who are all best friends with different perspectives on relationships and the plot is set in Atlanta surrounded by fashion, music and celebrities. The series has cast Stacey Dash as Val; LisaRaye McCoy as Keisha; and Charity Shea as April along with DB Woodside. Queen Latifah serves as executive producer of the TV series and will make a guest appearance on the TV show. Other executive producers include Shakim Compere and Shelby Stone for Flavor Unit Entertainment along with Maggie Malina, Stacy Littlejohn and Tamra Davis. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 10/17/10)
1) Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being – 125,313 (After 2 weeks – 258,663)
2) Darius Rucker – Charleston, SC 1966 – 100,745
3) Big Time Rush – BTR – 66,588

 Other Debuts
4) Band Perry – Band Perry – 52,500
7) Sufjan Stevens – Age Of Adz – 36,113
10) All That Remains – For We Are Many – 29,247
15) Belle & Sebastian – Write About Love – 21,840
23) Lady Antebellum – Merry Little Christmas – 17,923
24) Far East Movement – Free Wired – 16,949
25) Trapt – No Apologies – 15,538
31) Joshua Radin – Rock & The Tide – 13,015

POWERBALL
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 10/13/10)
ANIMAL PLANET: I Shouldn’t Be Alive (Premiere) at 10pm
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: Storm Chasers (Premiere) at 10pm
E!: What’s Eating You? (Premiere) at 10pm

NBC’s Outlaw starring Jimmy Smits became the third casualty of the new broadcast television season. NBC declared on Monday the series is canceled and will move from Friday to Saturday night for the remaining four episodes that have been produced. NBC will expand Dateline to two hours from 9-11p on Fridays.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Conan O’Brien’s longtime comedy sidekick, Andy Richter is joining O’Brien on his late-night TBS show Conan scheduled to premiere November 8 at 11p. Conan and Richter began their comedic collaboration on Late Night with Conan O’Brien when it debuted on September 13, 1993. Richter has also starred in two series, Andy Richter Controls the Universe on FOX and Andy Barker, P.I. for NBC in addition to appearing in many feature films such as Dr. T and the Women, Scary Movie 2, Elf, Blades of Glory and more. Conan will be filmed from Stage 15 at Warner Bros. Studios and produced by Conaco LLC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox Networks and Cablevision Systems have less than a week before their retransmission-consent agreement expires. Fox Networks gave a proposal to Cablevision this month and is waiting for a reply from the MSO. The current retransmission-consent agreement is set to expire this Friday and involves Fox stations WNYW-WWOR/New York and WTXF/Philadelphia and cable networks Fox Deportes, Nat Geo WILD and Fox Business Channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 10/10/10)
1) Toby Keith – Bullets In The Gun- 70,830
2) Kenny Chesney – Hemingway’s Whiskey – 65,174 (After 2 weeks – 248,723)
3) Bruno Mars – Doo-Wops & Hooligans – 54,800

Other Debuts
6) Waka Flocka Flame – Flockaveli – 37,000
13) David Archuleta – The Other Side Of Down – 24,209
15) Faith Evans – Something About Faith – 23,423
17) Bring Me The Horizon – There Is Hell Believe Me I’ve See It – 20,174
22) Guster – Easy Wonderful – 18,547
24) John Lennon – Power To The People – 18,383
25) Pimp C – Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones – 17,809
27) Wow Hits – Wow Hits 2011 – 15,271

POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $25 million. 

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 10/6/10)
CARTOON NETWORK: Hole In The Wall (Premiere) at 7:30pm
CARTOON NETWORK: Dude, What Would Happen (Premiere) at 8pm
CARTOON NETWORK: Destroy Build Destroy (Premiere) at 8:30pm
A&E: Dog The Bounty Hunter (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Steven Seagal Lawman (Premiere) at 10pm & 10:30pm
DISCOVERY CHANNEL: Mythbusters (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY NETWORK: 10 Grand In Your Hand (Premiere) at 9pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: South Park (Premiere) at 10pm
COMEDY CENTRAL: Ugly Americans (Premiere) at 10:30pm
MTV: The Challenge (Premiere) at 10pm
TV LAND: Harry Loves Lisa (Premiere) at 10pm
COOKING CHANNEL: Bitchin’ Kitchen (Premiere) at 10:30pm

MTV is rebooting its prankster show Punk’d and it is speculated the host will be singer Justin Bieber, reports THR. Ashton Kutcher will continue as the show’s executive producer through his company Katalyst Entertainment.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Just days after both movies were released theatrically FX acquired the broadcast television premiere rights to the films The Social Network (Sony) and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (20th Century Fox). Both films are scheduled to air on FX in early 2013.  The Social Network took in $23 million in its opening weekend, and Wall Street has brought in $35.9 million in its first two weeks.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 10/3/10)
1) Kenny Chesney – Hemmingway’s Whiskey – 183,469
2) Lil Wayne – I Am Not A Human Being – 110,246
3) Zac Brown Band – You Get What You Give – 70,065

Other Debuts
4) Gucci Mane – Appeal: Georgia’s Most Wanted – 60,058
6) Eric Clapton – Clapton – 47,382
11) Jimmy Eat World – Invented – 37,838
13) Lil Boosie – Incarcerated – 30,382
14) Neil Young – Le Noise – 30,219
17) Lecrae – Rehab – 27,619
20) The Social Network Soundtrack – Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross – 24,285
22) Ice Cube – I Am The West – 22,282
25) Michael W. Smith – Wonder – 19,149
26) Soundgarden – Telephantasm – 18,886
27) Jeremih – All About You – 17,964
28) Donell Jones – Lyrics – 17,242

POWERBALL
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/29/10)
NBC: Law & Order: Los Angeles (Premiere) at 10pm
GOLF: Big Break Dominican Republic (Premiere) at 9pm
TV LAND: She’s Got The Look (Premiere) at 10pm
MTV: Real World New Orleans: Sh$% They Should Have Shown (Premiere) at 10pm

In one of the swiftest fall broadcast season cancellations in history, FOX announced it is dropping the drama Lone Star after airing two episodes. This past Monday at 9p, Lone Star posted a 1.0/3 among A18-49, a -23% decline from its premiere episode. Mondays demo ratings were a virtual tie with The CW’s Gossip Girl for fifth place overall. FOX let it be known it will replace Lone Star in the time period with the third season debut of Lie To Me starting next Monday at 9p. Five total episodes of Lone Star have been produced and it’s unknown at this point when the remaining three eps will air. 20th Century Fox Television produced Lone Star. Lie To Me is produced by Imagine Television in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime Television is ready to help the unemployed with a new unscripted series, The Fairy Jobmother featuring internationally-recognized career guru, Hayley Taylor. The series, based on a hit UK format, will debut on Lifetime October 28 at 11p when the network airs the first of eight one-hour episodes following the season eight finale of Project Runway. The series will then air in its regular time period of Thursdays at 9p beginning November 4. In each episode of The Fairy Jobmother, Taylor will assist job-challenged families with her no-holds-barred tough love approach to motivate them back to being employed. Studio Lambert is producing the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cast members from TLC’s newest reality television series Sister Wives are currently involved in a bigamy investigation led by police Lt. Darren Paul in Lehi, Utah. Lt. Paul says the investigation was prompted by the reality TV show that depicts the lifestyle of advertising salesman Kody Brown and his four wives, 13 children and three stepchildren. Brown is legally married only to one of his wives, though refers to the other three women as his spouses. TLC premiered the series this past Sunday attracting 2.3 million total viewers. Bigamy is a third-degree felony in Utah and punishable by a prison sentence of up to five years. The Utah law states a person can be found guilty of bigamy through cohabitation and not only through legal marriage contracts.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Gwyneth Paltrow is the next A-list celebrity signed to appear as a special guest on FOX’s Glee. Paltrow will appear this season playing a substitute teacher who Will (Matt Morrison) is attracted to. Paltrow who played a has-been country singer in her next film, Country Strong, will also sing a few solos on Glee.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AUSTRALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL – HOST ANNOUNCES THE WRONG WINNER ON LIVE TV
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SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/26/10)
1) Zac Brown Band – You Get What You Give – 153,402
2) Maroon 5 – Hands All Over – 141,585
3) Linkin Park – Thousand Suns – 69,680 (After 2 weeks – 311,269)

Other Debuts
4) Selena Gomez & The Scene – Year Without Rain – 66,238
5) Santana – Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time – 65,932
8 ) John Legend – Wake Up! – 62,765
9) Billy Currington – Enjoy Yourself – 44,889
17) Michael Franti & Spearhead – The Sound Of Sunshine – 17,619

POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $35 million. 

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 9/15/10)
CBS: Survivor: Nicaragua (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Outlaw (Premiere) at 10pm
TRUTV: Ma’s Roadhouse (Premiere) at 9pm and 9:30pm
DIY: Disaster House (Premiere) at 10:30pm
BRAVO: Top Chef Just Desserts (Premiere) at 11pm
FOX: Masterchef (Finale) at 8pm
NBC: America’s Got Talent (Finale) at 8pm
CBS: Big Brother (Finale) at 9pm
TNT: Dark Blue (Season 2 Finale) at 9pm and 10pm
BRAVO: Top Chef (Part 2 Finale) at 10pm
HISTORY: Chasing Mummies (Finale) at 10pm
MTV: The Real World: New Orleans (Finale) at 10pm

Spike TV is bringing back its original scripted sports/comedy series Blue Mountain State for a second season beginning October 20 at 11p. In the second season former NFL player Ed Marinaro returns as Coach Marty Daniels and Denise Richards joins the cast as Daniels’ meddling ex-wife. Blue Mountain State is produced for Spike by Varsity Pictures’ Brian Robbins, Sharla Sumpter Bridgett and Lionsgate. Season one of Blue Mountain State will be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on October 5 from Lionsgate.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Matchmaking expert Patti Stanger joins Bravo’s lineup in a fourth season of the docu-series The Millionaire Matchmaker starting October 19 at 9p. In the new season, Stanger relocates from L.A. where she attempts to help wealthy, though dating impaired, clients in New York City. Intuitive Entertainment and Bayonne Entertainment, Inc. produce the series for Bravo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO attracted 5.4 million total viewers for the season finale of True Blood Sunday night at 9p with an additional 1.1 million viewers tuning in to the finale episode encore airing at 1130p. Furthermore on Sunday, the season finale of Hung tallied 2.3 million total viewers while the season ender of Entourage netted 2.7 million total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 9/12/10)
1) Sara Bareilles – Kaleidoscope Heart – 89,540
2) Eminem – Recovery – 81,030 (After 12 weeks – 2,501,384)
3) Various Artists – Now 35 – 63,270

Other Debuts
6) Stone Sour – Audio Secrecy – 46,043
7) Interpol – Interpol – 37, 597
9) Anberlin – Dark Is The Way: Light Is A Place – 31,310
27) Celtic Thunder – Christmas – 11,729
40) Robyn – Body Talk Part 2 – 8,479

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $94 million. 

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/25/10)
SYFY: Ghost Hunters (Premiere) at 9pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: Who The (Bleep ) Did I Marry? (Premiere) at 10pm
TV LAND: She’s Got The Look (Premiere) at 10pm

Edward Kean, 85, the main writer on the classic children’s series Howdy Doody Show died on August 13. Mr. Kean also wrote the theme song “It’s Howdy Doody Time” and created the word “kowabunga” for the show which aired on TV from 1947 to 1960.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Steven Spielberg is working alongside Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, producers of Star Trek on a new television series Locke & Key, based on the supernatural comic book series written by Joe Hill (Stephen King’s son). 20th Century Fox Television will produce the project centering on the Locke children as they recover following their father’s murder. The family relocates to an island off of Maine where the youngest child finds a doorway with supernatural qualities.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/22/10)
1) Eminem – Recovery – 116,361 (After 9 weeks – 2,229,357)
2) Kem – Intimacy – 73,631
3) Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs – God Willin’ & The Creek Don’t Rise – 64,162

Other Debuts
4) Iron Maiden – Final Frontier – 63,286
5) Trace Adkins – Cowboy’s Back In Town – 49,704
9) David Gray – Foundling – 25,475
10) John Mellancamp – No Better Than This – 24,078
17) Lady Antebellum – iTunes Session – 17,558
25) Hey Monday – Beneath It All – 14,494
26) Brian Wilson – ReImagines Gershwin – 13,921

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $20 million. 

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/4/10)
TNT: Dark Blue (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Criss Angel Mindfreak (Premiere) at 10pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: The Shift (Premiere) at 10pm

Actor Jeff Goldblum announced yesterday he is departing USA Network’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent series after starring on the drama two years, reports Variety. Goldblum’s option with the show and producers Wolf Films had expired and the actor made the decision to leave the show now citing the show’s instability together with a ratings decline during this last season. The ninth season finale of Law & Order: Criminal Intent aired July 6 and to date, USA has not said if it will continue the series for a tenth season. Goldblum joins other show alums who recently left the show including Vincent D’Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe and Eric Bogosian though Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Saffron Burrows were added. Goldblum contends he is leaving the show on amicable terms with the network and Dick Wolf’s Wolf Films.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Toronto-based Breakthrough Films & Television announced actress Kim Cattrall will reprise her voice role as “Dee” for the sophomore season of Producing Parker. The animated sitcom is a satire of a daytime TV show titled The Dee Show where during the first season the host, Dee lands the show in jail, goes to rehab while the show becomes #1 in the ratings. The show also features the celebrity voices of Jason Priestley, Catherine O’Hara and Mark McKinney. Production for the second season is underway and a January 2011 premiere is set for Canada’s TVtropolis. Producing Parker is co-produced by Breakthrough Films & Television and Philippine Animation Studio in association with Canwest Media.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 8/1/10)
1) Avenged Sevenfold – Nightmare – 162,505
2) Eminem – Recovery – 158,658 (After 6 weeks – 1,828,300)
3) Rick Ross – Teflon Don – 62,786 (After 2 weeks – 239,447)

Other Debuts
13) Tech N9ne Collabos – Gates Mixed Plate – 17,230
27) Fat Joe – Dark Side V1 – 12,186
30) Dru Hill – Indrupendence Day – 11,418
36) Best Coast – Crazy For You – 10,125

POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $20 million. 

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