THE BRIDGE Debuts to 3.04 Million Total Viewers on FXJuly 11, 2013 FX's critically acclaimed new drama series The Bridge got off to a very good start last night as the premiere (10:00-11:31 PM) and first encore telecasts (11:31 PM-1:01 AM) combined to deliver 4.12 million Total Viewers. The premiere telecast delivered 3.04 million Total Viewers and 1.16 million Adults 18-49.
Bravo to Celebrate 10th Anniversary of QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY with All-Day Marathon, 7/15July 11, 2013Bravo Media embarks on a milestone as Monday, July 15 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Emmy Award-winning series “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and pays homage with a marathon from 6a.m. – 5p.m. ET/PT, highlighting the “best of” from all five seasons including the series premiere (7/15/03) and finale (10/30/07). The series, which starred “The Fab Five,” including Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley and Jai Rodriguez, ran from 2003-2007 and followed the men as they performed a “make-better” on someone by revamping his wardrobe, upgrading his home décor, and offering overall lifestyle advice. Bravo's launch of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” pushed boundaries for diversity in reality television.
Third Season of Cinemax's STRIKE BACK to Premiere 8/9July 11, 2013The Emmy(R)-nominated breakout hit STRIKE BACK returns for its ten-episode third season FRIDAY, AUG. 9 (10:00-10:50 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on CINEMAX, followed by other episodes debuting subsequent Fridays at the same time. Philip Winchester ('Crusoe,' 'Camelot') and Sullivan Stapleton ('Animal Kingdom,' the upcoming '300: Rise of an Empire') reprise their onscreen partnership as counterterrorism operatives Sgt. Michael Stonebridge and Sgt. Damien Scott. HBO/CINEMAX again teams up with the production company Left Bank Pictures and the British channel Sky on the action series.
Carla Gugino to Join Matt Dillon & Melissa Leo in Fox's Event Series WAYWARD PINESJuly 11, 2013The actress joins Matt Dillon and Melisa Leo for the new event series, slated for a premiere in 2014. Based on the best-selling novel 'Pines' by Blake Crouch and brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan ('The Sixth Sense,' 'Signs'), WAYWARD PINES is the intense new mind-bending event thriller evocative of the classic cult hit 'Twin Peaks.'
NBC Picks Up New Trivia Series WALL OF FAMEJuly 11, 2013NBC has ordered eight episodes of the original hour-long game show 'Wall of Fame,' from Endemol USA ('Big Brother,' 'Wipeout,' 'Steve Harvey,' 'Freakshow') it was announced today by Paul Telegdy, President, Alternative and Late Night Programming, NBC. Endemol USA, a leading producer of multiple genres of unscripted and scripted programming, will produce the new series.
Disney XD's CRASH & BERNSTEIN Hits New Series HighJuly 11, 2013At 8:30 p.m., 'Kickin' It' set Season Three highs in Total Viewers (944,000) and Kids 2-11 (648,000/1.6 rating), series highs in Boys 2-11 (409,000/2.0 rating), and saw its most-watched telecast in 3 months in Kids 6-14 (556,000/1.6 rating), Boys 6-14 (329,000/1.8 rating), Kids 6-11 (442,000/1.9 rating) and Boys 6-11 (280,000/2.3 rating). In fact, this was the series' most-watched original telecast in nearly two years in Total Viewers and Kids 2-11 - since 7/25/11.
Official: Cote de Pablo to Exit CBS' NCISJuly 10, 2013CBS has confirmed that Cote De Pablo will exit the long-running hit naval series at the beginning of the upcoming eleventh season. De Pablo's contract expired expired at the end of season 10.