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GSNN Originals The Models Episode |
Posted 5/20/13 |
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It's the week after April Fools', meaning that we've seen models host, hosts model, models model, and Jim Perry. Speaking of infiltration for fun, we have Infiltration and What's My Zinger, too! Meanwhile, in a timely commentary, Gordon Pepper takes America to task about its disgust of the Rutgers sports programs, while simultaneously coming to accept similar behavior on TV in the State of Play.
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"Minute" Gets 60 Bonus
Thursday |
Posted 5/21/13 |
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GSN announced today that it
will be airing a Sneak Peek of its all new version of
MINUTE TO WIN IT featuring host Apolo Anton Ohno, one of
the most decorated American athletes of all time. The
MINUTE TO WIN IT SNEAK PEEK will air on Thursday, May
23rd at 10:00pm ET, only on GSN. This will follow the
highly anticipated season finale of Season Two of GSN's
number one original series THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE. MINUTE TO WIN IT premieres Tuesday, June 25th at 8:00pm ET/PT with new episodes airing back-to-back every Tuesday night from 8:00pm ET/PT to 10:00pm ET/PT. The Sneak Peek features Team "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," a fun, enthusiastic and loving married couple who dream of being able to afford the wedding they never had with their family and friends and winning money for their kids' college tuition. GSN's production of 40 new original episodes marks the first time the series has been developed by a U.S. cable network. The episodes are produced by Shine America, based on the format owned by Shine's sister company, Friday TV. Michael Binkow (Baggage, 1 vs. 100) serves as Executive Producer. Each one-hour episode of MINUTE TO WIN IT features competitors facing up to 10 challenges that escalate in level of difficulty using everyday household items. Each game has a one-minute time limit and failure to finish the task on time may ultimately eliminate the contestant. At various points throughout the game, the competitor can walk away with the money earned up to that point - but it'll take nerves of steel to complete all 10 tasks to win the grand prize of $250,000. Short-track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno holds eight Olympic medals - two gold, two silver and four bronze - from the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter games, more than any other American Winter Olympian in history. In 2007, Ohno brought his winning style to DANCING WITH THE STARS, first partnering with Julianne Hough in Season Four. The pair received the first perfect score of 30 in the show's history for their samba routine - and went on to become the season champions. He returned to the show in the fall of 2012 as a member of the first DANCING WITH THE STARS All-Star cast. Recently, the athlete, actor, bestselling author and philanthropist has been bringing light to the subject of exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB), a breathing disorder that handicapped Ohno before it was successfully diagnosed and treated in 2000. |
 "Minute to Win It" returns with a sneak preview Thursday on GSN (photo courtesy GSN) |
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Judging Panel Set... "X"ecute! |
Posted 5/21/13 |
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Simon Cowell will be
surrounded by women when THE X FACTOR returns for its
third season this fall on FOX. Grammy Award-winning
artist Kelly Rowland and international pop star Paulina
Rubio join him and Demi Lovato as judges on the hit
singing competition series. Simon Cowell said today, "It's taken more than a decade, but I'm delighted to finally be on a panel with three girls (I think!). Paulina and Kelly both have great taste and massive experience in the music industry and together with Demi, this is going to be a fun panel. It just feels like the time to do something different." "I am very excited to be reuniting with Simon Cowell and THE X FACTOR family," said Rowland. "It feels great to be able to take this journey here at home in the states!" "I love THE X FACTOR! I can't wait to find the next big music star here in America," added Rubio. "I'm so thrilled to be part of the show as a judge. Simon, be careful what you wish for, let's see if you are ready to handle me, empieza la fiesta, amigo!" A pop star since the age of 16, Kelly Rowland grew up in the spotlight as a member of Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling groups of all time. Her powerful voice was a key ingredient in the group's awe-inspiring list of chart-toppers and dance floor smashes, including four No. 1 singles in the U.S. and more than 60 million albums sold worldwide. The group received 14 Grammy Award nominations, and won three times, including Best R&B Song in 2001 for "Say My Name." As a solo artist, Rowland has released three successful studio albums - "Simply Deep," "Ms. Kelly" and "Here I Am" - selling more than five million records. Rowland's first forays as a soloist contributed to the 2002 Grammy Award-winning song, "Dilemma (with Nelly)," and have been further evidenced by her gold and platinum solo albums. Her upcoming album, "Talk a Good Game," will be released June 18. Rowland served as a judge on the eighth season of the U.K. version of "The X Factor." Paulina Rubio, considered to be one of the most influential contemporary Latin artists, has sold more than 20 million records around the world and has released 10 studio albums. Raised in Mexico, she began her professional music career in 1984, as a member of the popular teen pop group, Timbiriche. Since going solo in 1992, Rubio has created major hits both in English and Spanish and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards in the category of Best Latin Pop Album. Her prominence as an international artist extends to the digital world, as well. Official YouTube/VEVO views of Rubio's videos exceed 87 million. She has more than 1.2 million Facebook "likes" and more than 6.6 million Twitter followers. "We are thrilled that Kelly and Paulina are joining Demi on the panel this season, in what is sure to be a triple threat of talented and successful women against Simon week-to-week," noted Mike Darnell, President, Alternative Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. "This is an incredible panel of judges and we can't wait for fans to see what's in store for Season Three of THE X FACTOR." |
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Syndies: It's Almost
Over, Folks |
Posted 5/21/13 |
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Disney-ABC's Live! with
Kelly and Michael was the only top-tier talk show to
improve in the week ended May 12, which included the
mid-point of the May sweep. All of the game shows but one were down for the week. CTD's Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! both faded 3% for the week, landing at a 6.3 and 5.8, respectively. Debmar-Mercury's Family Feud fell 2% to a 4.5. Disney-ABC's Who Wants to be a Millionaire saw its ratings appreciate 4% to a 2.4. NBCU's rookie Baggage was tagged with a 9% loss to a 1.0. In the metered markets, Warner Bros.' new interactive game show, Let's Ask America, which airs on Scripps stations in metered markets, gained 7% to a 1.6 rating/4 share. |
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Monday: Not This
Again... |
Posted 5/21/13 |
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ABC directed Dancing With
the Stars fans to vote for their favorite contestants by
texting, calling and using Facebook after discovering a
technical issue with the ABC.com voting site. The issue surfaces two weeks after NBC’s The Voice experienced voting “inconsistencies” in which fans who voted online and via text were not counted. At the time, producers and host Carson Daly addressed the snafu and assured viewers that the issues did not affect the outcome of the show. The Dancing With the Stars voting issue differs in that the network recognized the problem before Monday’s broadcast and warned viewers that voting on ABC.com would be unavailable. “Voting on ABC.com is temporarily down, but you can vote by texting, calling and on Facebook,” the official DWTS Twitter account posted on Monday, including a link to the Facebook app. NBC (9.007 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.9, #1) was of course the network to beat in the demo on Monday with its mix of "The Voice" (10.610 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 3.4, #1) and "Revolution" (5.801 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.9, #6). ABC (12.097 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.1, #2) then was the most-watched network with part one of the "Dancing with the Stars" (14.731 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.5, #2) finale and the debut of "Motive" (6.829 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.4, #8). The CW (0.762 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.2, #5) closed out the evening with two dead-on-arrival episodes of "Oh Sit!" (0.888 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #14) (0.637 million viewers, #15; adults 18-49: 0.2, #15).
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ABC Sings Its Face Off |
Posted 5/21/13 |
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ABC has signed judges, cast
and a host for its new competition series Sing Your Face
Off, and it’s quite a unique collection of famous names. First, actor John Barrowman (Torchwood, Arrow) will host the show, where five celebrity contestants take on the identity of an iconic music performer each week. The judges are former Saturday Night Live cast member Darrell Hammond and pop singer Debbie Gibson. And the show’s contestants learning to perform the hits of famous music stars are ex-Skid Row frontman and heavy metal singer Sebastian Bach, comedian Jon Lovitz, Toronto Raptors player Landry Fields, teenage Disney Channel actress-singer China Anne McClain and former soap star Lisa Rinna. Of all the performers above, fans are probably most surprised to see Barrowman listed. He may be best known in the U.S. for his roles on cult-favorite sci-fi shows, but he’s hosted and served as a presenter on several unscripted shows in the UK. The six-episode Sing Your Face Off is produced by Endemol USA with Georgie Hurford-Jones (America’s Got Talent) as executive producer and based on a successful international format. There’s no air date yet, but the production seems to gearing up for a potential debut this summer. |
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You Don't Know Droid |
Posted 5/21/13 |
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YOU DON'T KNOW JACK(R), the
multi-million selling interactive trivia franchise,
makes its debut on Android devices today. To download
YOU DON'T KNOW JACK for free on Android phones or
tablets, please visit Google Play(TM) at http://goo.gl/SBYGJ.
A Kindle Fire edition of YOU DON'T KNOW JACK is coming
next week. "In May, we launched the Facebook version of YOU DON'T KNOW JACK looking to combine the party-atmosphere of console and PC gaming to the asynchronous social gaming space where people could play wherever they want," said Harry Gottlieb, founder of Jellyvision Games and inventor of YOU DON'T KNOW JACK. "After six months of tweaking the Facebook game, we were ready for the small screen, starting with our iOS launch in December and now with Android." The social version of YOU DON'T KNOW JACK, first launched on Facebook in May 2012, has been received with great critical acclaim including winning the "Best Social Game" category for the 2012 SPIKE TV Video Game Awards and being named one of the best 12 games on Facebook by Kotaku. To date, there have been 3.5 million installs of the social apps. The Android version will have persistent play with users of the iOS and Facebook versions and all key functionality remains the same between apps. Players of the mobile version can choose to play in guest mode or via Facebook Connect, the latter of which brings party-style play to mobile in three important ways. First, players are automatically matched against their Facebook friends who have already played that specific episode, either on Android, iOS or Facebook. Second, a player is provided a direct option to challenge other Facebook friends at the end of every episode. And third, all players may share results, brag and taunt friends through Facebook, bringing the same fun experienced during a game of YDKJ on the couch into the gameplay experience. YOU DON'T KNOW JACK will constantly produce new content that engages players with questions on current pop culture and news players are discussing on Facebook, tying gameplay into the social experience more than any previous game. Players on Android will access the same content as those using the iOS and Facebook versions. Cookie Masterson, the game's popular and sassy host is back, as is the game's core structure, with outrageous questions that range from Mozart to Psy. The game will be free-to-play with free games provided frequently. Users can also win free games through achievements, and multi-token packs are available for purchase. |
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A New Home for
"Newlywed" |
Posted 5/21/13 |
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"The Newlywed Game" is
renewing its TV vows. Episodes of the veteran game show that pits newly married couples against each other are being revived on Bounce TV, which is geared toward African Americans. The series, which first premiered on ABC in 1965, has been on and off the air on various networks and in syndication since its launch. These episodes were previously produced for the Game Show Network. But founding host Bob Eubanks, the personality most identified with the show, will not be along for the ride this go-round. Sherri Shepherd, one of the anchors of "The View" who had also hosted the show on GSN, will be the host, and the show will have what producers call a "decidedly sassy and contemporary flavor." The series will premiere this fall. |
 "The Newlywed Game" will air on Bounce TV this fall (photo courtesy GSN) |
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Weekend: ... Nope,
Still In Trouble. |
Posted 5/21/13 |
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On Friday, ABC (5.720
million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.5, #1) was the top
draw on Friday with its mix of a new "Shark Tank" (4.996
million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.2, #4), the season
finale of "Shark Tank" (6.571 million viewers, #1;
adults 18-49: 1.9, #1) and a new "20/20" (5.593 million
viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.5, #2). Saturday, ABC (3.054 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.6, #T2) took home the silver with a new "Bet on Your Baby" (1.989 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.4, #T10 -- the second lowest broadcast of the night) and its two-hour special "20/20: Rock 'n' Royalty: Billboard's All-Stars" (3.586 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 0.7, #T5).
On Sunday, a rebroadcast of
"The Voice" (2.609 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49:
0.7, #13) and the season finale of "The Celebrity
Apprentice" (5.255 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49:
1.5, #7) closed out the night on NBC (3.932 million
viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #4). The show gained 15
percent on the week, but lost almost a third on the
year.
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Tuesday Lightning Round |
Posted 5/21/13 |
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Monday Lightning Round |
Posted 5/20/13 |
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Thursday: A Study on
Parity... |
Posted 5/17/13 |
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FOX (13.608 million viewers,
#1; adults 18-49: 3.4, #1) was still the network to beat
on Thursday with part one of the "American Idol" (12.290
million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 3.0, #T5) finale and
part two of the "American Idol" (14.927 million viewers,
#1; adults 18-49: 3.9, #2) finale. In total, that’s off
a steep 44 percent from last year. This is by far the
lowest rated Idol finale ever — the previous finale low
was last year’s 6.4. Compare both those numbers to the
Idol finale two years ago, which scored a 9.2 rating. CBS (10.353 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.6, #2) then claimed the silver with the season finale of "The Big Bang Theory" (14.776 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 4.4, #1), a repeat of "The Big Bang Theory" (11.636 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 3.2, #T3) and a new "Elementary" (9.107 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 2.1, #10) plus the season finale of "Elementary" (8.747 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.9, #12). Next up was ABC (7.194 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.4, #3) with a new "Wipeout" (3.815 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T13) alongside the season closers to "Grey's Anatomy" (8.633 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 3.0, #T5) and "Scandal" (9.134 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 3.2, #T3). Meanwhile, NBC (4.436 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.2, #4) offered up its one-hour "The Office Retrospective" (4.372 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 2.0, #11) plus part one of "The Office" (5.471 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 2.9, #T7) finale, part two of "The Office" (5.353 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 2.9, #T7), "The Office/Hannibal" (4.574 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 2.3, #9) and "Hannibal" (2.471 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T13). Over the year, "The Office" finale more than doubled its year-ago audience. Speaking of series lows, both major cable offerings on Thursday - Food's Giving You the Business and GSN's The American Bible Challenge - both hit them with 670,000 and 585,000 respectively. |
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Negative Numbers Round |
Posted 5/17/13 |
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Bankrupt Spanish game show
Cifras y Letras hasn't paid any of its winners since
2011, with some contestants being owed as much as €8000,
or a little over $10,000 US. Pablo Cuervo, an architect from Oviedo (Asturias), won the game show in June of 2011 and is still waiting to be paid the €5800 ($7445) he managed to bag thanks to his mathematical and linguistic skills. “There are people who are owed as much as €8000. The show is not even willing to pay those who won €400,” Cuervo told Spanish daily El País. Together with 50 other contestants, Cuervo has set up an internet page to raise awareness for their plight. Both Madrid-based TV station Telemadrid and the show’s production company Vamos a ver TV are either giving the Cifras y Letras winners excuses or not answering their calls. The insolvent production company also owes money to the winners of other game shows and has convened a creditors meeting to try to solve the issue. “All the company’s assets will have to be liquidated and shared among the creditors,” Vamos a Ver TV’s lawyer told El País. Cuervo and the contestants are now concerned they'll be the last ones to be paid, if at all. Conchi Rojas, another of the Cifras y Letras winners says one of the other problems they are facing is that the game show’s organizers never gave them a copy of the contract which proves they took part or are owed money. “All we can rely on are some of the recordings of the shows we've managed to find to prove they owe us money,” she told El País. |
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Shakira and Usher Will
Return... Spring 2014 |
Posted 5/17/13 |
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All of this season’s judges
on The Voice are coming back but not until next spring.
NBC is close to finalizing deals that will see Shakira
and Usher returning to the singing competition show for
Season 6 in the spring of 2014, insiders say. The return
of the duo will see the departure again of original
judges Christina Aguilera and Cee Lo Green. After taking
a cycle off, the two are themselves coming back for
season 5 of The Voice, which is set to premiere in the
fall. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton will continue their
bromance and stay on the show for both of the next two
seasons. “It is almost all done and the network is
looking to make the official announcements in the next
few days,” a source told me. Details of the alternating
judges plan was first reported by EW. In many ways this
isn’t much of a surprise. Executive Producer Mark
Burnett has long said that the show could see members of
the judging panel coming and going over different
seasons depending on their availability. The fifth
season of the show has already been fully cast and
filming on the Blind Auditions portion of the season is
set to begin on July 8. The Voice ends its current
season on June 18.
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Happy Friday Lightning Round |
Posted 5/17/13 |
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UPFRONTS: CW |
Posted 5/16/13 |
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The CW Network presented its
2013-14 broadcast schedule today to advertisers,
affiliates and national media at the New York City
Center in New York City. The Swedish DJ duo Icona Pop
opened the show with their smash Top Ten hit “I Love
It.” “We had a terrific season last year, growing our audience on-air, digitally and socially. Now we are building on that success by continuing to add more original programming all year long, and by adding high-concept, exciting shows to our schedule that will help us continue our mission of broadening out our 18-to-34-year old audience,” said Mark Pedowitz, President, The CW. “‘Arrow’ was one of the breakout hits of this season, and we’re using that show and ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ our two highest-rated series, to launch our new dramas ‘The Tomorrow People’ and ‘Reign,’ on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Aside from "Tomorrow People" being produced by FremantleMedia, the only other game show connection in the fall? The return of "America's Next Top Model" - this season to feature men as well as women - to Friday nights. After the upfront comes notes that "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" will test the comedy waters for the network. "We're putting it on this summer and if it connects we'll use it during the season," Pedowitz said. Adding later, "If 'Whose Line' works we will definitely go back into the sitcom business." |
 The CW places "America's Next Top Model" on Fridays (photo courtesy the CW) |
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Return to "Redneck
Island" |
Posted 5/16/13 |
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Wrestling hall of famer
Steve Austin is back for a rowdier-than-ever third
season of REDNECK ISLAND, premiering Wednesday, June 5
at 10:30-11:30 p.m., ET/PT, immediately following the
2013 CMT MUSIC AWARDS. Set in a remote tropical
paradise, REDNECK ISLAND will pit 15
contestants—completely out of their element—against one
another in CMT’s ultimate redneck-style competition
series for a shot at $100,000. This season, romantic
alliances form early among the castaways, and one
surprise dismissal will keep the rednecks “politicking”
throughout the 15 beer-packed episodes. The second episode of REDNECK ISLAND will premiere in its regularly scheduled timeslot Saturday, June 8 at 9:00-10:00 p.m., ET/PT. |
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Wednesday: Not So Fast,
Idol... |
Posted 5/16/13 |
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FOX (9.337 million viewers,
#1; adults 18-49: 2.6, #1) was still the network to beat
on Wednesday with its penultimate telecast of "American
Idol" (11.566 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.9,
#2) this season and night two of the "So You Think You
Can Dance" (7.107 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49:
2.3, #4) premiere. ABC (6.374 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.0, #2) then claimed the silver with its mix of "The Middle" (6.600 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.9, #T7), "Family Tools" (4.513 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 1.2, #12), "Modern Family" (9.745 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 3.5, #1), "How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)" (6.159 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 2.0, #T5) and "Nashville" (5.614 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 1.8, #9). Next up was CBS (7.941 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.9, #3) with repeats of "2 Broke Girls" (3.868 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 1.0, #14) and another "2 Broke Girls" (3.921 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 1.1, #13) (3.921 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 1.1, #12) plus a new "Criminal Minds" (10.310 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.5, #3) and the season finale of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (9.618 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 2.0, #T5). Meanwhile, NBC (6.334 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.6, #4) offered up its lineup of "Dateline NBC" (5.778 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.3, #11), "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (6.354 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.5, #10) and "Chicago Fire" (6.869 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.9, #T7). Discovery's "The Big Brain Theory" led the cable game troops with 652,000 viewers. "Best Ink" scored 585,000 viewers for Oxygen. |
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Double the Sharks |
Posted 5/16/13 |
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The Season Finale of the hit
business reality show "Shark Tank" will feature two
back-to-back episodes, starting at 8:00 p.m., ET on
Friday, May 17. Also, in the first "Shark Tank" Extra, a clip of the pitch from "Phineas and Ferb's" nefarious Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz will air during the show. The evil scientist comes to the Tank with an opportunity for the Sharks to invest in his latest "inator" invention. The full three-minute video can be seen beginning Friday, May 17 on ABC.com, You Tube, YouTube/ABC Network, Disney.com and YouTube/Disney. There's more! During Friday's two-hour event, there will be an update on some of the big business success stories to come out of the Tank, as well as letting viewers know about the upcoming casting call in Los Angeles on May 24. For further casting information, please check out http://abc.go.com/shows/shark-tank/casting. |
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Thursday Lightning Round |
Posted 5/16/13 |
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