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Hey All,

First of all, congrats to the winners at last night’s Critics’ Choice Television Awards, including (but not limited to) Homeland, Claire Danes, Bryan Cranston, Ginacarlo Esposito, Christina Hendricks, Lucy Liu, Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch and Julianne Moore.

Now, here are the news items for today:

TELEVISION

Actor Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond and Men Of A Certain Ag) will show up in an arc on NBC’s Parenthood, playing a photographer and former photojournalist who befriends Sarah (Lauren Graham) and complicates her relationship with Mark (Jason Ritter). He will first appear in the season premiere. (Nellie Andreeva at Deadline)

Actor Mark Pellegrino (Lost, Supernatural and The Closer) will guest in an episode of Grimm this fall, playing Jarold Kempfer, one of Hank’s (Russell Hornsby) high school buddies whose daughter goes missing. Hank doesn’t know, though, that his old pal is also a coyotl, or coyote-like creature. (Kimberly Roots at TV Line)

Actor Rupert Friend (Pride & Prejudice) has joined the cast of the Showtime series Homeland as a series regular. He will play Peter Quinn, a button-down CIA analyst who oversees a critical operation. The drama returns for a new season starting on September 30. (Lesley Goldberg at The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Brian Dietzen will FINALLY be made a series regular on NCIS when it returns this fall for its tenth season on CBS. Brian plays Jimmy Palmer, Dr. Mallard’s (aka Ducky’s) assistant. (Sandra Gonzalez at Entertainment Weekly)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Actor Cam Gigandet (Twilight and Burlesque) will join actress Emily Browning (Sucker Punch) in the upcoming Catherine Hardwicke thriller called Plush. Gigandet will play a psychic psychologist who delves into the minds of patients and sees their memories in order to help them unleash past demons. He meets his match in Browning’s character, who shares his gift. (Variety and Dark Horizons)

That’s it. Enjoy!!

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Yes folks you read that correctly. According to a report at TV Line, the ABC hit series Castle will NOT be at next month’s Comic Con in San Diego!!!

While there is no “official” explanation for their not attending, Terri Edda Miller, one of the show’s writers, posted on Twitter late last night that “the show was not invited”. GASP! Not invited – What the hell, right?! Well it seems, again according to Ms. Miller: “[ABC has] new shows [to] put forward now”.

The only good thing out of this VERY disappointing news is that Nathan Fillion (who for the uninitiated plays lead character Richard Castle) is slated to make an appearance at the convention, but the details on where he will be, when he will appear or any other details are “still being worked out”.

Castle fans are not going to be happy about this at all (and that includes yours truly)!

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

7 PM:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 movie on HBO Family

8 PM:
Pretty Little Liars on ABC Family (NEW)
NCIS on CBS (Reair)
Rizzoli & Isles on TNT (Reair)
The Borgias on Showtime (Reair)
Magic City on Starz (Reair)
The Fugitive movie on AMC
Unknown movie on Cinemax
Tron: Legacy movie on Encore
Iron Man move on FX
Crazy, Stupid, Love movie on HBO

9 PM:
Rizzoli & Isles on TNT (NEW)
Jane By Design on ABC Family (NEW)
NCIS: Los Angeles on CBS (Reair)
The Big C on Showtime (Reair)
Avalon High movie on Disney

9:30 PM:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 movie on HBO Family

10 PM
Flashpoint on ION (Reair)
Pretty Little Liars on ABC Family (Reair)
The Borgias on Showtime (Reair)

Enjoy!

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The following is nearly verbatim from a press release from Warner Bros. Entertainment:

Warner Bros. Entertainment is the key to excitement at Comic-Con! The Studio has once again created a set of limited-edition collectible hotel key cards, which will be in use at top hotels throughout the San Diego area during Comic-Con 2012. This marks the fifth consecutive year for the popular room key program, giving fans instant access to a usable — and collectible — piece of artwork.

Over 40,000 branded room keys will be available to fans at 38 participating San Diego–area hotels, courtesy of Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Marketing.

For Comic-Con 2012, Warner Bros. has created all-new key cards for three of the Studio’s highly anticipated new fall series:

* The 666 Park Avenue key card grants access to anything you desire — as long as it’s inside your room
* The Arrow key card features star Stephen Amell as the Arrow in an all-new in-character photo
* The Revolution key card opens hotel doors every time — no blackout here!

About the series:

666 Park Avenue: Anything you desire can be yours … for a price. Lost’s Terry O’Quinn and Desperate Housewives’ Vanessa Williams headline this scary, seductive drama from Alloy Entertainment as the owners of a Manhattan apartment building who recruit an idealistic young couple to manage the historic site with a dark history. The series also stars Rachael Taylor (Charlie’s Angels), Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters), Robert Buckley (One Tree Hill), Mercedes Masohn (The Finder), Helena Mattsson (Iron Man 2) and Samantha Logan (Law & Order: SVU). Matthew Miller (Chuck), David Wilcox (Fringe), Leslie Morgenstein (The Vampire Diaries), Gina Girolamo (The Secret Circle) and Alex Graves (Fringe) are the executive producers. Based upon the book series by Gabriella Pierce and from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Alloy Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television, 666 Park Avenue will air Sundays at 10/9c on ABC this fall. Watch the full-length pilot at Warner Bros. Television’s Preview Night screening at Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11, or during the 666 Park Avenue session on Friday, July 13.

Arrow: From executive producers Greg Berlanti (Green Lantern), Marc Guggenheim (Green Lantern), Andrew Kreisberg (Fringe) and David Nutter (Smallville), hard-hitting action series Arrow reinvents the DC Comics hero. After being marooned for five years on a remote island, billionaire Oliver Queen returns home with a mysterious agenda and a very lethal new set of skills that he uses in a war on crime. The series stars Stephen Amell (Private Practice), Colin Donnell (Pan Am), Katie Cassidy (Supernatural), David Ramsey (Dexter), Willa Holland (The O.C.) with Susanna Thompson (Dragonfly) and Paul Blackthorne (The River). From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, Arrow is based upon characters appearing in comic books and graphic novels published by DC Comics and will air Wednesdays at 8/7c on The CW this fall. Watch the full-length pilot at Warner Bros. Television’s Preview Night screening at Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11, or during the Arrow session on Friday, July 13.

Revolution: What would you do without it all? In Revolution, an epic adventure thriller from Supernatural’s Eric Kripke, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions and Iron Man’s Jon Favreau, a family struggles to reunite in a post-apocalyptic landscape of empty cities, local militias and heroic freedom fighters where every single piece of technology — phones, computers, cars, even lights — has mysteriously blacked out … forever. Revolution stars Billy Burke (Twilight films), Tracy Spiridakos (Being Human), Anna Lise Phillips (Animal Kingdom), Zak Orth (Wet Hot American Summer), Graham Rogers (Memphis Beat), J.D. Pardo (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), David Lyons (The Cape), Maria Howell (The Vampire Diaries) and Tim Guinee (Iron Man films) and is executive produced by Kripke, J.J. Abrams (Fringe) and Bryan Burk (Fringe). Favreau directed the pilot and will serve as co-executive producer of the series, with Kathy Lingg (Fringe) and producer Athena Wickham (Fringe). From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Bad Robot Productions, Kripke Enterprises and Warner Bros. Television, Revolution will air Mondays at 10/9c on NBC this fall. Watch the full-length pilot at Warner Bros. Television’s Preview Night screening at Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 11, or during the Revolution session on Saturday, July 14.

For additional information about Warner Bros. Television activities at Comic-Con, follow them on Twitter @TheWBdotcom (hashtag #WBSDCC) and visit The WB.

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Hey All,

Here are the news items, few though they may be, for today:

TELEVISION

Actor-singer Cheyenne Jackson (Glee) will guest star in the pilot of Mockingbird Lane, the reimagined version of The Munsters that will be coming to NBC courtesy of Pushing Daisies creator Bryan Fuller. He will play Steve, Eddie’s new Scout Master, a widower with no children who becomes smitten with Lily (Portia de Rossi). (The Futon Critic and Deadline)

Actor Adam Baldwin (Chuck and Firefly) will make a guest appearance in an episode of Leverage sometime this fall, playing Col. Michael Vance, an ex-Army Ranger who now runs a government counter-terrorism unit who often ruffles the feathers of other intelligence community bureaucrats with his unorthodox method of recruiting small teams of agents — and even civilians — from a wide range of expertise. This could potentially be a recurring role. Leverage will be back with a new season starting on July 15 on TNT. (Adam Bryant at TV Guide)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

Here is a list of the top 10 movies at the box office this past weekend courtesy of Exhibitor Relations and E! Online:

1. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, $35.5 million
2. Prometheus, $20.2 million
3. Rock of Ages, $15.1 million
4. Snow White and the Huntsman, $13.8 million
5. That’s My Boy, $13 million
6. Men in Black 3, $10 million
7. The Avengers, $8.8 million
8. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, $2.2 million
9. Moonrise Kingdom, $2.18 million
10. What to Expect When You’re Expecting, $1.3 million

Actor Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson will star in the upcoming film called Saving Mr. Banks, which is to chronicle the behind-the-scenes story of how Walt Disney himself snagged the rights to the book on which the classic Mary Poppins is based. Hanks will play Walt Disney himself while Thompson will play author P.L. Travers. And, word has it that actor Colin Farrell will play Travers’ father, the man who inspired the Mr. Banks character in the classic 1964 musical. (Deadline and First Showing)

That’s it. Enjoy!

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There was only one drama on all of the major networks that aired a new episode last week. Here is how that one episode did in the overall ratings:

THURSDAY:

Saving Hope (NBC) [NEW] – 4 million

What did you watch this week? Please share.

NOTE: There was a lot of programming options on the cable networks, but those numbers will be provided in a couple weeks in my monthly cable ratings report.

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable
series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

6:15 PM:
X-Men: First Class movie on HBO 2

7 PM:
Red Dawn movie on AMC

7:30 PM:
Slumdog Millionaire movie on Fox Movie Channel

8 PM:
Eureka on Syfy (Reair)
NCIS on USA Network
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening movie on Lifetime (Reair)
Enough movie on Oxygen

9 PM:
Eureka on Syfy (NEW)
Bunheads on ABC Family (NEW)
True Blood on HBO 2 (Reair)
Teen Wolf on MT (Reair)
The Borgias on Showtime (Reair)

10 PM:
Lost Girl on Syfy (NEW)
Teen Wolf on MTV (NEW)
Drop Dead Diva on Lifetime (Reair)

10:30 PM:
The Big C on Showtime (Reair)

Enjoy!

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Trying to figure out what to watch tonight? Be it new episodes of the TV season, reairs of cable series or a movie, here are some suggestions:

4:30 PM:
The Blind Side movie on ABC Family

4:50 PM:
True Lies movie on Starz

5 PM:
The Shawshank Redemption movie on AMC

5:30 PM:
Inception movie on Cinemax
Wanted movie on FX

6:05 PM:
Let It Shine movie on Disney (Reair)

6:10 PM:
Big movie on Encore

6:30 PM:
Sherlock Holmes movie on TNT
27 Dresses movie on Fox Movie Channel

6:35 PM:
Seabiscuit movie on HBO Signature

6:50 PM:
Underworld movie on More Max

7 PM:
Flashpoint on ION (Reair)
The Borgias on Showtime (Reair)
Crazy, Stupid, Love movie on HBO
Despicable Me (animated) movie on HBO Family
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening movie on Lifetime (Reair of DEBUT)
The Day After Tomorrow movie on Spike

7:30 PM:
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time movie on ABC Family

8 PM:
Flashpoint on ION (Reair)
The Killing on AMC (Reair)
The Big C on Showtime (Reair)
Operation Cupcake movie on Hallmark (Reair of DEBUT)
Tangled (animated) movie on E!
Taken movie on FX

8:15 PM:
King Arthur movie on IFC

9 PM:
Falling Skies on TNT (2-Hour Season Premiere)
The Glades on A&E (NEW)
The Killing on AMC (NEW)
True Blood on HBO (NEW)
Drop Dead Diva on Lifetime (NEW)
Flashpoint on ION (Reair)
Zen: Cabal movie on PBS (Part of Masterpiece Mystery) (Reair)
Water for Elephants movie on HBO Signature

9:30 PM:
The Big C on Showtime (NEW)

9:45 PM:
The Tourist movie on Encore

10 PM:
Longmire on A&E (NEW)
The Borgias on Showtime (Season Finale)
Flashpoint on ION (Reair)
The Killing on AMC (Reair)
Teen Wolf on MTV (Reair)
Taken movie on FX
The Day After Tomorrow movie on Spike
Hemingway & Gellhorn movie on HBO2

Enjoy!

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A big HAPPY FATHER’S DAY to all the dads out there.

Make sure to do right by your dad today by giving him a day off from work, stress and drama!

For those of you out there, like me, whose dad has passed on – remember all the good times you had with your dad!!

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On June 20, the new 4-part BBC America series, part of the cable network’s “Dramaville”, Inside Men will debut at 10 PM.

The series centers on three employees of a security depot who plan and execute a multi-million pound (i.e., dollars) cash heist. The cast includes Steven Mackintosh (Luther and Camelot), as John, manager of the cash counting house who has become fed up with his humdrum lifestyle. His two accomplices include depot security guard Chris, played by Ashley Walters (Outcasts) and forklift driver Marcus, played by Warren Brown (Luther). The characters are unique because they are not seasoned criminals, but everyday men who notice an opportunity, weigh the risks and take a leap. The series is a psychological study of how men cope once they step out of their comfort zones and cross the moral line, risking freedom and the fallout of their own social consciences.

Here is a trailer for Inside Men.

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