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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 4/30/14)
FOOD: Boss Under Fire (Premiere) at 11pm
PBS: Nazi Mega Weapons (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: House of Horrors: Kidnapped (Finale) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Bring It! (Finale) at 10pm

ABC will air the 2007 episode of Grey’s Anatomy that included Preston Burke’s exit on Thursday, May 1 at 8p, ahead of Isaiah Washington‘s return as the character in a new episode at 9p. Washington left the drama after using a homophobic slur in an argument with castmate TR Knight; his return is tied to the exit of Sandra Oh in the drama’s May 15 season finale.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comcast‘s X1 triple-play customers will soon be able to live stream personal video from their mobile devices, over the Internet, directly to the television. The new feature, which will be part of Xfinity Voice, is expected to be available to customers by the beginning of 2015.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A&E ordered ten eps of original scripted drama The Returned, from A+E Studios and FrematleMedia North America. The show is based on a French suspense series adapted from the film Les Revenents.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedic reality series Totally Tracked Down debuts with back-to-back eps on Reelz Tuesday, May 6 at 11p. The Planetworks Inc. production has TV junkie Marshall Jay Kaplan locating not-always-thrilled-to-be-found celebs.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Destination America gets its grill on for “Meat Week,” a programming event featuring a marathon of BBQ Pitmasters on Monday, May 26 followed by the sneak peek premiere of BBQ Pit Wars Monday at 10p; one-hour special Holy Smokers Tuesday, May 27 at 10p; one-hour special Food Wars: BBQ Wednesday, May 28 at 10p and the season premiere of BBQ Pitmasters on Saturday, May 31 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

AXS TV premieres All of My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman on Sunday, May 11 at 8p. The concert special features performances from Jackson Browne, Vince Gill and Martina McBride, among others.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Chef Roger Mooking is back for season three of Cooking Channel‘s Man Fire Food. The IW Productions series, exploring outrageous ways to cook over flame, returns Tuesday, June 3 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SundanceTV gave the green light for a second season of The Red Road. Production on the drama series, shot on location in Georgia, begins later this year for a 2015 return.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN renewed docu-series Raising Whitley for a sophomore season, and ordered more eps of Deion’s Family Playbook. Whitley, from Pilgrim Studios, hit a season-high .7 rating in W25-54 and 782,000 viewers for its March finale. Playbook, from Edmonds Entertainment, Prime Time Media Ventures and Rogue Atlas Productions is averaging .6 among W25-54 and 716,000 total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime ordered ten more eps of hip-hop majorette competition Bring It! from Pilgrim Studios. The docu-series’ spring finale airs tonight at 10p, with an hour-long “bonus episode” slated for Wednesday, May 7 at 10p. With a median age of 29, Bring It! is the net’s second-youngest skewing series, after lead-in Preacher’s Daughters.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Julie Walters and Henry Llloyd-Hughes, two Harry Potter alums, will star in ten-part Masterpiece drama, Indian Summers. The show, set in Northern India circa 1932, is slated to air on PBS in 2015.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rosie O’Donnell returns for another guest spot on ABC Family‘s The Fosters, for two episodes airing in August. The second season of the family drama premieres Monday, June 16 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ten out of twelve syndicated talkers saw week-to-week increases. Among the winners: Wendy Williams was up 40 percent (to 1.4), Jerry Springer got an 18 percent bump (1.3), Arsenio Hall jumped 18 percent (.7) and Steve Harvey saw a 13 percent increase versus last week (1.8). Top talk show Dr. Phil, up 3 percent for the week, was up 11 percent versus last year; Live with Michael & Kelly, up 4 percent for the week, saw a 21 percent leap from year-ago.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 4/27/14)
1) Various Artists – Frozen – 114,943 (After 22 weeks – 2,450,337)
2) Future – Honest – 53,268
3) Iggy Azalea – The New Classic – 52,347

Other Debuts
6) Neon Trees – Pop Psychology – 19,269
8) Nashville Cast – Nashville On The Record – 17,790
10) Bethel Music – You Make Me Brave (LIVE) – 13,809
13) Francesca Battistelli – If We’re Honest – 13,286
21) Deitrick Haddon – (LXW) League Of Xtraordinary Worshippers – 10,832
35) Jack Johnson – From Here To Now To You (LIVE) EP – 6,602
44) Asher Roth – Retrohash – 6,081

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 4/23/14)
DISCOVERY: Dual Survival (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Marooned (Premiere) at 10pm
MYX TV: I’m Asian American And… (Premiere) at 8pm
REELZ: Ball Boys (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Trip Flip (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Baggage Battles (Premiere) at 10pm
TV ONE: R&B Divas: Atlanta (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Your Inner Fish (Finale) at 10pm

Ellen DeGeneres is launching a furniture design competition series on HGTV. Six-episode Ellen’s Design Challenge, from the talk show host’s A Very Good Production and A. Smith & Co. in association with Telepictures, focuses on six people competing to complete design projects, a passion of DeGeneres’s. “There has been a lot of dancing in our halls since we shared that we will be collaborating with Ellen,” said HGTV and DIY president Kathleen Finch.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Olympic figure skaters Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski, who made a splash when they bantered as part of the Winter Games broadcast team, then served as Access Hollywood fashion correspondents for the 2014 Oscars, are at it again. NBC has enlisted the duo to cover fashion for the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby (imagine the hats!) on Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The date for the Daytime Emmy Awards has been set for June 22 at the Beverly Hilton, with the Creative Arts trophies presented June 20 and the Bonaventure Hotel. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has been negotiating for a TV deal; HLN broadcast the show for the past two years.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1 laid off about a dozen staffers in its NYC office, says Deadline. The net issued a statement saying, “We felt it was the right time to examine our overall production and development structure in New York.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oxygen‘s Tattoos After Dark comes back Tuesday, May 13 at 10p, nudging docu-series Chasing Maria Menounos to 10:30p for its final two eps.
(Source: Cynopsis)

John Turturro is replacing Robert De Niro in HBO miniseries Criminal Justice, due to a scheduling conflict. The role in question was played by the late James Gandolfini the pilot.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Hallmark Channel‘s Signed, Sealed, Delivered scored a 1.6 household rating with 1.4 million homes on Sunday, to reach over 2.1 million unduplicated viewers. The series debut ranked among the top 10 in key demo ratings for 8p hour, placing number three in households and total viewers (.8 rating).
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 4/20/14)
1) Various Artists – Frozen – 258,807 (After 21 weeks – 2,335,394)
2) August Alsina – Testimony – 67,106
3) NeedToBreathe – Rivers In The Wasteland – 48,844

Other Debuts
4) Jason Derulo – Talk Dirty – 44,129
5) Ingrid Michaelson – Lights Out – 36,579
17) Disney Karaoke Series – Frozen – 15,176
18) Sevendust – Time Travelers & Bonfires – 14,752
21) Breathe Carolina – Savages – 13,648
27) Jesse James Decker – Comin Home -EP – 11,144

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 4/16/13)
ESQUIRE: Lucky Bastards (Premiere) at 10pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Moving Country (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: HGTV Smart Home (Premiere) at 8pm
MTV2: Guy Code (Premiere) at 11pm
MTV2: Jobs That Don’t Suck (Premiere) at 11:30pm
TLC: Web of Deceit (Premiere) at 10pm
TVGN: Unusually Thicke (Premiere) at 10pm
STARZ IN BLACK: Music Revolution (Finale) at 10pm
TRAVEL: Toy Hunter (Finale) at 9:30pm

Mark your calendars. Present will meet future on the Saturday, April 22 episode of Late Show. CBS has announced that that’s the night the show’s future host, Stephen Colbert, will pay a visit to current host David Letterman.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The 2014 Billboard Latin Music Awards presented by State Farm will be hosted by TV personality Raul Gonzalez; actress, producer, model and singer/songwriter, Roselyn Sanchez; and actress, singer and TV host Laura Flores. The show will be produced and broadcast live by Telemundo pn Thursday, April 24 at 7p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV has premiered its newest scripted comedy, Faking It, exclusively on the MTV App ahead of the show’s Saturday, April 22 premiere at 10:30p. This marks the first time a scripted series has debuted on the MTV app prior to its television debut. Fans can watch the preview, available through April 16, on the app on iOS, Android and Xbox 360 for Xbox Live Gold members in the U.S.
(Source: Cynopsis)

REVOLT TV will air a 24-hour Beats Music marathon, highlighting the 2014 Grammy weekend concert that marked its official launch, beginning at 6a on Sunday, April 20. The special, titled “It Was A Good Day, Beats Music Presents: The Live 90’s Hip Hop Playlist,” is headlined by industry icons Dr. Dre, Eminem, Nas, Puff Daddy, Ice Cube and Mase.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Dance coach and Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller hits the road in the new Lifetime series Abby’s Studio Rescue, premiering Tuesday, June 17 at 9p. Each week, the show will follow Abby as she dishes out no-nonsense advice hoping to save dance studios on the brink of disaster.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is set to film in London for the first time, airing this holiday season on CBS. The show, seen in 192 countries, will include musical performances, pink carpet interviews, model profiles and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of it all.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Country singer Brad Paisley will guest star opposite his wife, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, in the Season 11 finale of CBS‘ Two and a Half Men. Specifics about his role are being kept under wraps.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 4/13/14)
1) Various Artists – Frozen – 133,165 (After 20 weeks – 2,076,587)
2) Pharrell Williams – G I R L – 29,385 (After 6 weeks – 271,518
3) 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect – 25,926 (After  2 weeks – 168,889)

Other Debuts
4) MercyMe – Welcome To The New – 25,878
5) Black Label Society – Catacombs of The Black Vatican – 25,626
6) Somo – Somo – 23,412
7) Martina McBride – Everlasting – 20,880
32) Linda Ronstdat – Duets – 7,530

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 4/9/14)
BIO: Big Bold Builds (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: Desperate Landscapers (Premiere) at 10pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Living Country (Premiere) at 10pm
NUVO TV: Knockout (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Your Inner Fish (Premiere) at 10pm
SYFY: The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (Premiere) at at 8pm
SYFY: Stardust (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Women of Homicide (Premiere) at 9pm
ESQUIRE: Horseplayers (Finale) at 10pm

Season nine of NBC‘s America’s Got Talent will look a little different. Host Nick Cannon and judges Howard Stern, Howie Mandel, Mel B and Heidi Klum are back, but the talent competition is introducing the “save,” Klum told reporters at a press session Tuesday, with a golden buzzer that will give one kicked-off contestant a second chance. Another change: a boot camp round held in front of a live audience. Talent comes back Tuesday, May 27 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Single Ladies, canceled by VH1 in February after three seasons, will resume with a fourth season on BET sister net Centric, part of a development deal with Queen Latifah‘s Flavor Unit Entertainment. Centric will also air repeats of syndie The Queen Latifah Show.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Logo TV crowned the “gayest cartoon character of all time” Monday night, based on bracket-style viewer voting. The winner? American Dad space alien Roger beat the likes of South Park‘s Big Gay Al, Scooby Doo‘s Velma and Family Guy’s Stewie.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Eminem and Rihanna will perform their hit song, “The Monster”, at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. Show airs live, Sunday, April 13 at 9p on MTV.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E! gets in on the MTV action with a special Monday edition, Fashion Police: The 2014 MTV Movie Awards. Nick Lachey joins Joan Rivers and co. Monday, April 14 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Starz will premiere original series Power on Saturday, June 7 at 9p with a theme song, “Big Rich Town,” created and performed by exec producer “50 Cent” Jackson. The song “was crucial as it sets the tone of the show,” said Jackson. “The audience will also get the chance to hear additional music off my latest album, ‘Animal Ambition’, as the theme of the album translates into events portrayed in the show.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season six of Bravo‘s The Real Housewives of Atlanta wraps with a 90-minute “special event” on Sunday, April 13, with the finale at 8p leading into Watch What Happens Live One-on-One with Nene Leakes at 9. Married to Medicine is bumped to 9:30p this Sunday only, with Fashion Queens borrowing the 12a slot.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO renewed Game of Thrones for seasons five and six. The drama’s Sunday premiere delivered 6.6 million viewers, HBO‘s largest audience since the 2007 finale of The Sopranos. “Game of Thrones is a phenomenon like no other,” said Michael Lombardo, president, HBO programming.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Shirley MacLaine will have a multi-episode arc on Fox‘s Glee, reports TVLine. The Oscar-winner’s first episode airs later this month.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 4/6/14)
1) Various Artists – Frozen – 148,799 (After 19 weeks – 1,943,422)
2) 5 Seconds of Summer – She Looks So Perfect – 142,916
3) Chevelle – La Gargola – 44,900

Other Debuts
4) Christina Perri – Head or Heart – 40,303
6) Dan + Shay – Where It All Began – 28,648
7) Nickel Creek – Dotted Line – 27,041
12) Chiodos – Devil – 18,349
13) Manchester Orchestra – Cope – 18,051
14) Used – Imaginary Enemy – 17,636
20) Ronnie James Dio Tribute Album – This Is Your Life – 14,703
24) Steel Panther – All You Can Eat – 13,284
30) Mac Demarco – Salad Days – 10,485
31) MKTO – MKTO – 9,921
36) Josh Thompson – Turn It Up – 9,384

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/26/14)
TV LAND: Hot In Cleveland (Premiere) at 10pm
TV LAND: The Soul Man (Premiere) at 10:30pm
TV ONE: Unsung Hollywood: Flip Wilson (Premiere) at 10pm
A&E: Duck Dynasty (Finale) at 10pm
ID: My Dirty Little Secret (Finale) at 9pm
USA: Psych (Finale) at 9pm

GMA host Robin Roberts will serve as a guest judge on Dancing with the Stars March 31. “I am nervous… but you got to step out of your comfort zone,” said Roberts on the ABC morning show Tuesday. Roberts isn’t a stranger to the competition – she celebrated her 50th birthday on GMA in 2010 by dancing the cha-cha with Dancing pro Maksim Chmerkovsky.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Viacom International Media Networks shared the results of a study focused on Millennials and according to “MTV Knowing Youth: 2020 Vision,” they see the world as more competitive and less secure – but are excited about the future nonetheless. 84 percent said their generation has the potential to make the world a better place, and most describe themselves as “very happy.” “We’ve talked to more than 60,000 Millennials over the past year all over the world about all aspects of their lives and know this audience better than anyone else,” said Christian Kurz, Viacom VP of research, insights and reporting. “It allows us to keep our finger on the pulse and our MTV brand as fresh and evolving as possible.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

The contracts of Grey’s Anatomy series regulars Tessa Ferrer (Dr. Leah Murphy) and Gaius Charles (Dr. Shane Ross), who joined the medical drama last season, were not picked up for season eleven, Deadline was first to report. Season ten of Grey’s airs Thursdays at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is losing Captain Jim Brass. Original cast member Paul Guilfoyle is leaving at the end this season, said the Hollywood Reporter; season fourteen finale airs Wednesday, May 7 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Shailane Woodley and Ansel Elgort, from upcoming The Fault in Our Stars, have been added to the roster of presenters at the 2014 MTV Movie Awards. A sneak preview of the film will air during the awards event’s pre-show on Sunday, April 13 at 8:30p; show airs live at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV2 launches Jobs That Don’t Suck, profiling “Millennial millionaires, entrepreneurs, inventors, app developers, YouTube sensations, CEO’s and one or two weirdos,” on Wednesday, April 16 at 11:30p. Lead-in is the season four premiere of the net’s Guy Code at 11p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC Digital Music Studio’s docu-web series, On the Record, gets the TV treatment when cast members from Nashville take to the stage at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium to perform tunes from the ABC drama, then talk, along with the songwriters, about what the music means. The experience plays out on Nashville: On the Record airing Wednesday, April 23 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TLC’s Sex Sent Me to the ER is back with new episodes Saturday, April 12 at 9p, with tales of passion turning to panic running through the end of the year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cooking competition Knife Fight returns for a sophomore season on Esquire Tuesday, April 15 at 9p. At stakes in the raucous chef battles? Not much, admits host (and Top Chef season two winner) Ilan Hall: “We have a combination of Michelin star owners, James Beard Award-winners, Food & Wine ‘Best New Chefs,'” he says, “and still the only prize is a sh***y knife.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV’s Are You the One? was picked up for a second go-round by MTV. Season one of the hit dating show, the number one original series across TV in its time slot among A12-34, ended Tuesday, March 25 at 11p; a reunion special airs in the slot April 1 that the net promises will include “stunning feuds that have surfaced since filming wrapped, and a shocking proposal.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket) has joined TNT medical drama pilot Proof, exec produced by Kyra Sedgwick. Jennifer Beals (Flashdance) stars as a brilliant surgeon grieving the loss of her son.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Debra Jo Rupp (That ’70s Show) and Andrea Anders (Joey) are onboard CBS pilot Cuz-Bros, reports Deadline. Comedy centers on a suave ladies man stuck with his loser cousin.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The cast of How I Met Your Mother spinoff pilot, How I Met Your Dad, no longer includes Krysta Rodriguez (Smash). A table read sent the character in a different direction.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Friday’s Shark Tank was the series’ most-watched-ever telecast (8.3 million total viewers), leading into 20/20, which drew its biggest audience in over four years (8.5 million).
(Source: Cynopsis)

The week before its series finale, CBS’s How I Met Your Mother was up six tenths of a point from the week prior, for a 3.5/11 A18-49 rating.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/23/14)
1) Various Artists – Frozen – 201,966 (After 17 weeks – 1,633,246)
2) YG – My Krazy Life – 60,913
3) Foster The People – Supermodel – 53,773

Other Debuts
4) Skrillex – Recess – 46,510
5) The Pretty Reckless – Going To Hell – 35,294
8) Enrique Iglesias – Sez And Love – 23,665
10) Taking Back Sunday – Happiness Is – 22,418
13) Rend Collective – Art of Celebration – 18,443
16) Demon Hunter – Extremist – 17,928
17) Kevin Gates – By Any Means – 15,237
23) Tycho – Awake – 14,135
26) War On Drugs – Lost In The Dream – 13,623
28) Various Artists – 2014 ACM Awards Zinepak – 12,632

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/12/14)
FUSE: Funny or Die’s Billy on the Street (Premiere) at 11pm
HGTV: Property Brothers (Premiere) at 9pm
TV ONE: Unsung Hollywood: Gary Anthony Williams (Premiere) at 10pm
TBS: Men At Work (Finale) at 10:30pm

Now this is how you reach Millennials. A deadpan President Obama was interviewed by Zach Galifianakis on the  comedian’s mock talk show, Between Two Ferns. (Galifiniakis: “Which country were you rooting for in the Winter Olympics?” Obama: “Seriously? I’m the President of the United States.”) In a hilarious six-minute clip on Funny or Die the two get around to the purpose of the President’s visit – Healthcare.gov – but not before Obama notes that running for a third term would be as bad an idea as doing Hangover 3.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime has partnered with LeanIn.Org to create a PSA for a LeanIn/Girl Scouts “Ban Bossy” public service campaign, encouraging girls to take leadership roles. Spots on the net feature Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Beyonce, Jennifer Garner, NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, Jane Lynch, Diane von Furstenberg, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Girl Scouts CEO Anna Maria Chavez. BBDO New York was the campaign’s pro bono creative agency partner.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sean Combs made a $200 million offer for cable’s Fuse, owned by Madison Square Garden Co., reports Bloomberg. Combs’s plan: convert Fuse into Revolt TV, the music net he launched last year.  Fuse reaches 74 million homes, while Revolt is available in about 23 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

OWN acquired film rights to the Sue Monk Kidd bestseller, Invention of Wings, about 19th century abolitionist sisters. Oprah Winfrey hosts Kidd on OWN’s Super Soul Sunday April 13 at 11a.
(Source: Cynopsis)

E!‘s Fashion Police serve their own version of March madness with “Fash Fabness.” For three Fridays at 9p, starting March 14, the picky posse will celebrate trend-setting athletes like Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski and New York Giant Victor Cruz.
(Source: Cynopsis)

With a 3.8/10 rating among A18-49, the premiere of ABC‘s Resurrection Sunday tied with NBC‘s September premiere of hit drama The Blacklist. In total viewers (13.9 million), the show is ABC’s most-watched Sunday drama debut since Brothers & Sisters premiered in September 2006.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Leading into its series finale on March 31, Monday’s How I Met Your Mother took a surprise slide, down 15 percent in total viewers (7.7 million) and 18 percent among A18-49 (2.7). The good news for CBS: Intelligence was up 20 percent in viewers (to 6.5 million) and got a one-tenth lift among A18-49 (to 6.5).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Spike TV‘s Bar Rescue drew 1.4 million total viewers on Sunday, up 21 percent from the season three premiere in October 2013. In its time period among basic cable nets, the series ranked number three with M18-49 and number four in P18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/9/14)
1) Rick Ross – Mastermind – 178,880
2) Pharrell Williams – G I R L – 112,029
3) Various Artists – Frozen – 99,814 (After 15 weeks – 1,332,038)

Other Debuts
4) Lea Michele – Louder – 59,820
5) Eli Young Band – 10,000 Towns – 35, 947
10) Ashanti – Braveheart – 27,628
13) David Nail – I’m A Fire – 23,434
15) American Authors – Oh What A Life – 22,152
16) Drive By Truckers – English Oceans – 18,014
22) KB – 100-EP – 14,202
25) Thirty Seconds To Mars – Love Lust Faith + Dreams – 13,548
34) Real Estate – Atlas – 9,571

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/26/14)
ABC: Mixology (Premiere) at 9:30pm
CBS: Survivor (Premiere) at 8pm
DESTINATION AMERICA: Road To Sturgis (Premiere) at 8pm
FX: The Americans (Premiere) at 10pm
FXX: Legit (Premiere) at 10pm
FXX: Rezurection (Premiere) at 10:30pm
INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY: House of HorrorsL Kidnapped (Premiere) at 10pm
MNET: Alphagirls (Premiere) at 8pm
TV ONE: Unsung Hollywood: Pam Grier (Premiere) at 10pm
UP: Bulloch Family Ranch (Premiere) at 9pm
FUSE: Warped Roadies (Finale) at 11pm
OXYGEN: Best Ink (Finale) at 10pm
TV LAND: Kirstie (Finale) at 10:30pm

In addition to Alec Baldwin – fresh off his anti-media rant in New York Magazine – playing a NYC newspaper columnist on the March 19 episode of NBC‘s Law & Order: SVU, comes word that Katie Couric will appear as well, as herself. Procedural airs Wednesdays at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Syfy canceled drama Being Human, now in its fourth season. Thanking production company Muse Entertainment for their work on the show, the net said in a statement, “They’ve saved the best for last with the final six episodes that revisit the story’s beginning.” Being Human airs Mondays at 9p; finale is April 7.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather will face WBA Welterweight World Champion Marco Maidana on Saturday, May 3 live on Showtime PPV. Over 100,000 votes on various online polls named Maidana the man fans want to see in the ring with undefeated Mayweather.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lena Dunham (Girls) will host NBC‘s Saturday Night Live for the first time on March 8. Also making an SNL debut will be musical guest The National.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fresh from covering the Olympics, best-dressed commentators Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski landed jobs covering the Oscars red carpet for Access Hollywood. Said Weir, “I hope to bring my own special brand of sparkle to the broadcast.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Kenny Loggins lends his voice to FX‘s Archer on Monday, March 3 at 10p, performing his hit song, “Danger Zone.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

A&E‘s Storage Wars returns for season five with back-to-back eps on Tuesday, March 18 at 9p and 9:30p. New limited series Barry’d Treasure, featuring Storage Wars fave Barry Weiss, follows at 10p and 10:30p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime is offering a sneak peek at upcoming horror series Penny Dreadful at the SXSW film conference on Sunday, March 9. Stars Josh Hartnett and Harry Treadway and director Juan Antonio Bayona will be on hand in Austin for a Q&A. Showtime premiere is Sunday, May 11 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) will guest host WWE’s Monday Night Raw on USA March 3. Paul’s movie Disney movie, Need for Speed, comes out eleven days later.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WORLD Channel celebrates Women’s History Month with programs featuring inspiring stories from women around the word, including America Reframed: LuLu Sessions (Tuesday, March 4), Global Voices: A Working Mom (Sunday, March 16) and America ReFramed: Mothers of Bedford. Check local listings.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nominees for the 2014 MTV Movie Awards will be announced Thursday, March 6 in categories including “Best Kiss,” “Best Shirtless Performance” and “#WTF Moment.” Fan voting takes place at www.MovieAwards.MTV.com; awards show airs Sunday, April 13 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oscar nominee Viola Davis is set to star in ABC drama pilot How to Get Away, the Hollywood Reporter revealed, as a brilliant criminal defense attorney. Show comes from Shonda Rimes and Betsy Beers (Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jamie Lee Curtis has been cast in a CBS pilot as a doctor and mother of four quadruplets who were raised on a reality show. Yet-to-be-named project comes from CBS Television Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ashley Judd will star in NBC pilot Salvation as the widow of a mega-church pastor.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Wings alum Tim Daly will play the husband of the Secretary of State (Tea Leoni) in CBS drama pilot Madam Secretary.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Six episodes away from its series finale, CBS‘s How I Met Your Mother was the number one program Monday night among A18-34 with 3.6/12, edging past the return of NBC‘s The Voice (3.5/11) in the demo. The singing competition handily won the night in total viewers (14.3 million) and in A18-49, lifting The Blacklist 24 percent higher than its last, Voice-less outing four weeks ago.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Episode 6 of HBO’s Matthew McConaughey/Woody Harrelson drama anthology True Detective delivered a series-high average 2.6 million viewers on Sunday, up from 2.3 million for its January premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TBS‘s Cougar Town attracted2.0 million viewers in Live + 3 viewing (up 18 percent versus the prior week), with 1.3 million A18-49 up (15 percent) and 620,000 A18-34 (up 23 percent). TBS ranked as basic cable’s number one network in primetime delivery of A18-49 for the month of February.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Its telecast of the 45th NAACP Awards was TV One‘s most-watched programming event ever among total households (718,000) and P2+ (935,000) from 9p-11p, and placed sixth on Nielsen’s Twitter TV Top 10 list for the week.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Monday’s BET Honors premiere drew over 2 million viewers. The show, honoring distinguished African Americans, was up 5 percent from last year, and was the top Monday telecast on BET for the 2013-2014 season so far.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game on TNT was basic cable’s number one sporting event for the month among total viewers (7.5 million), A18-49 (4.2 million), A25-54 (3.4 million) and A18-34 (2.5 million).
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/23/14)
1) Various Artists – Frozen Soundtrack – 89,216 (After 13 weeks – 1,140,910)
2) Eric Church – Outsiders – 73,798 (After 2 weeks – 361,769)
3) Cole Swindell – Cole Swindell – 63,247

Other Debuts
9) Issues – Issues – 22,397
11) Phantogram – Voices – 20,635
14) Candice Glover – Music Speaks – 18,636
18) Lake Street Dive – Bad Self Portraits – 14,737
24) Bayside – Cult – 12,375
29) We Are The In Crowd – Weird Kids – 10,101
34) Ellie Holcomb – As Sure As The Sun – 8,253
42) The Allman Brothers Band – Play All Night: Live At The Beacon Theater 1992

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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/19/14)
TV ONE: Unsung: Nile Rodgers & Chic (Premiere) at 10pm
ABC: Super Fun Night (Finale) at 9:30pm
FUSE: Insane Clown Posse Theater (Finale) at 11:30pm

CBS is developing another CSI spinoff, set in Quantico, VA. A backdoor pilot will air as an episode during the show’s current 14th season, with a focus on technology. CSI: New York was canceled last year after ten seasons; CSI: Miami went off the air in 2012 after nine.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Satan, played by an actor who bore a resemblance to President Obama, will not make it to the big screen. History Channel miniseries The Bible, from 20th Century Fox with producers Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, was crafted into a film called Son of God that won’t include the character that stirred controversy. Insisting any resemblance was unintentional, Downey said in a statement, “We cast Satan out. It gives me great pleasure to tell you that the devil is on the cutting room floor.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Among the celebs popping by The Tonight Show on Monday to pay off a $100 “bet” that Jimmy Fallon would never get to be host of the talker (Robert De Niro, Mariah Carey, Rudy Giuliani, Lady Gaga to name a few, plus Stephen Colbert, who shouted “Welcome to 11:30, bitch,” before snapping a selfie) was Joan Rivers. The caustic comic had been banned from Tonight Show since 1986, when she left her role as permanent guest host to star in a competing show on Fox, The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers. “It’s about time!” said Rivers in a statement. “I’ve been sitting in a taxi outside NBC with the meter running since 1987.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Vice President Joe Biden will stump for health care on ABC’s The View on Tuesday, February 25 at 11a, as part of the talk show’s “Red, White & View” campaign. The segment will air live.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The OWN documentary series about Lindsay Lohan premieres Sunday, March 9 at 10p. Announced in July while Lohan was in rehab, Lindsay tracks the recovery of the troubled star.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Good Morning America forecaster Sam Champion launches his new Weather Channel show, AMHQ with Sam Champion, on Monday, March 17 at 7a – St. Patrick’s Day. Segments will include live reporting from New York and the Chicago River, dyed green annually for the big day.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MTV is offering three follow-up docs with former Teen Moms on Sunday, February 23. Being Farrah, focused on controversial porn vet Farrah Abraham, airs at 8p, followed by Being Catelynn, about adoption advocate Catelynn Lowell at 9p and Being Amber, which shares the struggles of rehabilitated convict Amber Portwood at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Showtime renewed drama Shameless for season five and comedy House of Lies for season four. Shameless, averaging 5.5 million weekly viewers across platforms, airs Sundays at 9p; House of Lies airs at 10p. Episodes had already won a Sunday renewal.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TLC‘s 19 Kids & Counting launches season eight on Tuesday, April 1 at 8p. A book by the four eldest Duggar daughters, Growing Up Duggar, will be released March 4.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Add Oscar winner Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables) to the list of presenters on hand for the Academy Awards Show, airing on ABC Sunday, March 2 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HGTV’s new series, The Jennie Garth Project, is in production, following the actress as she renovates her home. “I’m tired of over-paying people to do things,” said the former Beverly Hills, 90210 star. “I can do it myself.” Series from Departure Films is scheduled to premiere in June; Garth’s comedy with Tori Spelling, Mystery Girls, got the green light from ABC Family last month.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1 picked up Naked Dating (wt), a relationship series “free of pre-conceived notions, stereotypes – and clothes.” The show, from Lighthearted Entertainment, “will be edited according to network standards,” promises VH1. But it’s not really about the nudity. “On the surface this show appears very provocative, but at its heart is a sweet show about people looking to make a real and lasting connection with someone,” Susan Levison,  VH1 EVP, Original Programming & Production. ”The ‘naked’ will get your attention, but storytelling will keep you coming back.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

NUVOtv struck a co-production partnership with music video and entertainment platform Vevo for new music/pop culture trends show The Collective, Powered by Vevo, premiering Thursday, March 6 at 8p. After its NUVOtv premiere, each ep will air exclusively across Vevo’s free apps and Vevo.com.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Kal Penn (House) has been cast in CBS‘s Battle Creek, from Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) and David Shore (House). Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Studios are producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rose McIver (The Lovely Bones) will star as Cathy in Lifetime‘s Flowers in the Attic sequel, Petals in the Wind, says the Hollywood Reporter. McIver replaces Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men) as an older version of the character; Heather Graham and Ellen Burstyn will return. Flowers delivered Lifetime a sweet 6.1 million viewers on January 18.
(Source: Cynopsis)

James Brolin (Marcus Welby, M.D.) will guest on the season finale of Hallmark Channel original series When Calls the Heart, as a judge, on Saturday, March 29 at 9p. Brolin starred in hit Hallmark original movie Christmas with Tucker.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) will star in a Fox comedy pilot from Ricky Blitt, playing the bright but underachieving stepson of Jane Kaczmarek (The Middle).
(Source: Cynopsis)

AMC‘s The Walking Dead scared up an average 8.7 million viewers among A18-49 Sunday night, enough to place NBC‘s Olympics coverage second in the demo. But the Games brought home gold with total viewers, delivering 21.3, versus an average 13.3 for Dead.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jimmy Fallon‘s debut as host of The Tonight Show delivered 11.3 million viewers and an average 3.8 among A18-49 night, beating Conan O’Brien’s 2009 premiere as host by over two million in viewers, and tying in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Actress Mary Grace Canfield died February 15 of lung cancer. She was 85. Canfield, who appeared on numerous television shows, was best known for playing handywoman Ralph Monroe on Green Acres.
(Source: Cynopsis)

SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 2/16/14)
1) Eric Church – Outsiders – 287,668
2) Various Artists – Frozen – 100,184 (After 12 weeks – 1,051,694)
3) Various Artists – Now 49 – 77,329 (After 2 weeks – 176,214)

Other Debuts 
13) Glitch Mob – Love Death Immortality – 21,766
25) Crosses – +++ – 13,956

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