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May 24 2013 07:42 PM ET

Blake Shelton sets date for Oklahoma tornado victims benefit concert to air on NBC

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Things are coming together for the benefit concert that Oklahoma native Blake Shelton announced on Tuesday’s episode of The Voice. On Wednesday, May 29, NBC will air Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert to support victims of the fatal tornado that caused wreckage in central and eastern Oklahoma earlier this week.

The concert will be televised live from Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy Arena at 9 p.m. ET, raising funds for the United Way of Central Oklahoma May Tornadoes Relief Fund. READ FULL STORY »

May 23 2013 03:28 PM ET

Apolo Anton Ohno hosts GSN's 'Minute to Win It' -- EXCLUSIVE PROMO

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Tonight at 10 p.m. ET, GSN will offer a sneak peek at its new version of the game show Minute to Win It, now hosted by Olympic speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno, following the season finale of the cable net’s top-rated original series, The American Bible Challenge (the more you know!). Check out the Minute to Win It promo, fittingly touting Ohno’s “body of a god,” below. READ FULL STORY »

May 23 2013 02:44 PM ET

Discovery's 'North America': Don't piss off a woodpecker -- EXCLUSIVE CLIP

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Last Sunday, Discovery’s latest seven-part series North America debuted to 3.4 million viewers, making it the night’s second-highest rated cable show behind Game of Thrones). If it’s battles you want to see, narrator Tom Selleck talks you through a few in the next hour, “Learn Young or Die” (May 26, 9 p.m. ET), including one between an OCD woodpecker and a hungry squirrel. Watch it below. READ FULL STORY »

May 22 2013 04:01 PM ET

CBS picks up 'Bad Teacher' to series

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CBS just added another comedy to its 2013-14 primetime roster.

The network announced today that it has ordered Bad Teacher, a single-camera comedy that’s based on the 2011 Cameron Diaz film of the same name.

Here’s the official logline: “Bad Teacher stars Ari Graynor as an always inappropriate, fearless and unapologetic former trophy wife who masquerades as a teacher in order to find a new man after her wealthy husband leaves her penniless.”

CBS fall schedule revealed

May 22 2013 02:46 PM ET

FX developing comedy with Billy Crystal

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FX has greenlit a single-camera pilot called The Comedians that will star Billy Crystal as a veteran joke teller who is paired with a younger and edgier performer for a late-night sketch show.

The pilot, which will begin shooting this summer, is based on a Swedish format of the same name from Stockholm-based Efti AB. Larry Charles (Seinfeld) will direct and executive produce the pilot. Other EPS are Matt Nix (Burn Notice), Ben Wexler (Community, Arrested Development) and Crystal.

“It truly is an honor to be in business with Billy Crystal and Larry Charles, two of the all-time greats in comedy,” said FX Topper John Landgraf in a statement. “We have also wanted for some time to be in business with Matt Nix, who has done such an amazing job creating and running Burn Notice.  They, along with Ben Wexler, are an unbeatable team and we’re incredibly excited about this project.”

May 22 2013 12:21 PM ET

'American Horror Story': Emma Roberts joins season 3's 'Coven'

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Scream 4 star Emma Roberts is the latest star to sign up for the third installment of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story—this year subtitled Coven. Roberts will play a party girl named Madison, according to TVLine, which first broke the news.

Roberts will be joining her real-life boyfriend Evan Peters on the series along with Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Patti Lupone, Taissa Farmiga, Gabourey Sidibe, Sarah Paulson, Lily Rabe, and Frances Conroy. Murphy has also worked with Emma’s aunt, Julia Roberts, previously on Eat Pray Love and will be directing her in his adaptation of The Normal Heart for HBO.

Read more:
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May 22 2013 12:12 PM ET

Jeanne Cooper tribute on CBS: 'A magnificent woman' -- EXCLUSIVE VIDEO

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In anticipation of CBS’ May 28 tribute to Jeanne Cooper, the longtime star of The Young and the Restless who died at 84, EW obtained this exclusive photo of Jess Walton (Jill Foster Abbott), seen above with costar Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Summers Newman), from the special. We also talked to Walton about shooting it and what she remembers about her beloved costar.

“We tell the audience what we are about to do in the special and then five different groups talk about her. What was really funny was how much we all had in common. Kristoff St. John was a little pissed off because he thought he had a special relationship with her and it turns out everybody had a special relationship with her. She had the power to make everyone feel so special. READ FULL STORY »

May 22 2013 11:56 AM ET

Lowest-rated 'DWTS' finale ever

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But Kellie Pickler was so popular!

In the end, though, the allure of the pixie-haired hoofer wasn’t enough: Tuesday’s two-hour finale of Dancing with the Stars only earned a 2.6 rating/7 share in adults 18-49, down 21% from last year’s spring results (3.3/9 on May 22, 2012) to become the lowest-rated finale in the franchise’s history, according to Nielsen. Since the show averaged 14.9 million viewers, ABC came in first for the night in eyeballs but second in the demo behind NBC, which was buoyed by The Voice.

Speaking of which: NBC’s singing competition, which earned a 3.1/9, was down 11 percent versus last week but it still ruled at 9 (where it averaged 9.9 million). It was preceded by a special about Oklahoma (2.0/6, 8.1 million) and followed by the Grimm finale (1.7/5, up 6% from last year, 5.2 million).

Fox came in third with a two-hour installment of So You Think You Can Dance (1.9/6, 4.5 million) while CBS trailed in fourth with a bunch of pesky NCIS repeats.

 

May 22 2013 10:27 AM ET

Tonys stay on CBS through 2018

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CBS closed a new deal with The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing to keep the annual Tony Awards broadcast on CBS through 2018.

The awards show, which honors theater pros for their work on Broadway, has been on CBS for the past 35 years. The 67th Annual Tonys will air live from Radio City Music Hall on June 9. Neil Patrick Harris returns as host.

“The Tony Awards give viewers across the country the opportunity to experience the excitement of Broadway theater from their very own living rooms,” said Jack Sussman, CBS’ Executive Vice President, Specials, Music and Live Events, in a statement.  “We’re pleased to renew our commitment to the performing arts and look forward to continuing this great and long-standing partnership by bringing the best of Broadway to primetime television for many years to come.”

May 22 2013 10:22 AM ET

Preview new season of 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' -- VIDEO

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And baby makes … a whole new season of antics for Keeping Up With The Kardashians, which returns for its eighth (!!!) season on June 2.

E! is obviously hoping any fresh intrigue over Kim’s life change will help launch a new series at 10 p.m. called The Wanted Life, which follows the U.K. band The Wanted as they live together in the Hollywood Hills and “take on all that LA has to offer.”

Here are sneak peeks of both shows: READ FULL STORY »

May 21 2013 10:08 AM ET

Voting snafu hits 'Dancing with the Stars'

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Oops! Technical difficulties with voting on Monday temporarily forced Dancing with the Stars to divert fans from the network website to social media to pick this season’s winner.

Voting on ABC.com is temporarily down,” the show tweeted Monday on its official site. “But you can vote by texting, calling and on Facebook.”

The website was eventually restored and the hoofers hit Twitter in force to encourage voting to resume. “Facebook and abc.com are back online,” Zendaya tweeted. “Don’t forget to vote that way too…u register with email then u will get 5 votes!!”

The finale is tonight on ABC. A network spokesman said the snafu was caught early and shouldn’t affect the outcome.

On May 8, NBC faced problems of its own when fans couldn’t vote for their favorite crooners on The Voice. Fans trying to vote online and via text message had difficulty casting their votes via the show’s vote-tallying company, Telescope. The network insisted the issues would not have resulted in a different outcome on the show.

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May 20 2013 09:30 PM ET

'Dancing With the Stars' addresses Oklahoma tornado; ABC.com voting is 'temporarily down'

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In response to Monday’s Oklahoma City tornado, which had killed over 50 people at press time, Dancing With the Stars host Tom Bergeron requested that the audience not applaud coming back from a commercial break during season 16′s final performance show (read full recap).

“Here’s why,” Bergeron said, on the verge of tears. “We’re a live show, and as such, occasionally we go to air in the shadow of tragic events. That happened April 15, when we went to air hours after the Boston bombing. And it’s happened again today. While we’re having a celebration here [in the ballroom], we want you to know our thoughts are with everyone who’s been affected by the devastating tornado in Oklahoma City.”

“I would, however, ask you to applaud the amazing courage of the first responders on site,” Bergeron added, visibly shaken before introducing the next dance.

Update: At 10 p.m. ET, the hosts announced that voting on ABC.com was “temporarily down” and directed fans to vote via phone or Facebook instead. As of 6 a.m. ET, ABC.com voting is still down. It’s Facebook or bust. The official voting period ends at 11 a.m. ET.

‘Dancing With the Stars’: Who should win season 16? — POLL

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May 20 2013 05:39 PM ET

CBS yanks tonight's tornado-themed 'Mike & Molly'

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CBS has decided to pull tonight’s season finale of Mike & Molly, which talks about a tornado hitting Chicago (though no devastation was going to be shown).

“Due to the tragic events this afternoon in Oklahoma, we are pre-empting tonight’s season finale of Mike & Molly, which has a related storyline,” said a CBS spokesman. “A repeat broadcast of Mike & Molly will run in the time period. The season finale will be broadcast at an appropriate date.”

Two men died after severe weather on Sunday triggered a frightening wave of tornadoes across Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa.

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