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Cynopsis
06.02.11

Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 2, 2011, and this is your first early morning briefing. As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here . 

Tonight’s Premieres:
GolTV: Soccer Aces at 8p
truTV: truTV Presents: World’s Dumbest . . . at 9p
A&E Network: The First 48: Missing Persons at 10p
NBC: Love Bites at 10p
TLC: NY Ink at 10p
Adult Swim: Childrens Hospital at 12a

Tonight’s Finale:
MTV: Son of a Gun at 11p

Ryan Seacrest Productions’ latest new series I Kid With Brad Garrett launches on TLC June 28 at 8p with stacked episodes.  The series, hosted by Brad Garrett, watches as he asks kids to offer their perspective on the world. 

Six new episodes of Unsung debut this Monday on TV One at 10p.  The one-hour biography series showcases the lives and careers of successful African American artists or groups that have not garnered the top level recognition they deserve.  The opening episode profiles singer Deniece Williams.  All six episodes are narrated by Gary Anthony Williams and air Mondays at 10p.  A. Smith & Co. Productions produces the series.

New vegan cooking show The Jazzy Vegetarian will launch nationally via public television stations starting October 1 (check local listings).  Hosted by Laura Theodore, the series has 13 half-hour episodes showing viewers step-by-step how to make healthy, earth-friendly dishes using no dairy, meat, eggs or animal products that are completely cholesterol-free. The Jazzy Vegetarian is produced by Virtual Media Productions/PCA Creative LLC , in association with Oregon Public Broadcasting(OPB) and is distributed to public television stations through the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA).

MSG Network renewed Indie NYC: Powered By Baeblemusic for a second season, airing each Friday night throughout the summer on MSG.  Baeblemusic offers up a new batch of concert videos for the series which kicks off this Friday at midnight. 

Monday’s third season premiere of Basketball Wives on VH1 at 8p delivered a 1.2 rating with A18-49 and 1.8 million total viewers.  Factoring in the 11p airing, Basketball Wives had 3.5 million total viewers for the night. Following at 9p, VH1 aired the two-hour series premiere of Single Ladies, the network’s first one-hour scripted series, which posted a 1.2 rating with A18-49 and 1.8 million total viewers.  When combined with its 12a encore airing, Single Ladies tallied 2.8 million total viewers for the night.

On Sunday, TLC aired two premiere episodes of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding at 9p and 10p.  The first airing at 9p drew in 2.1 million total viewers while the second episode at 10p attracted 2.3 million total viewers.

Discovery Channel’s part one season finale of American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior on Monday delivered 3.22 million total viewers.  Part two of the season finale airs next Monday at 9p.

Actress Clarice Taylor recently died at the age of 93.  Ms. Taylor is best known for playing Bill Cosby’s television mother, Anna Huxtable on the family comedy Cosby Show which earned her an Emmy nomination in 1986.  Ms. Taylor also played the character Harriet on the PBS children’s show Sesame Street for 14 years.  Other acting credits include roles in films such as Play Misty for Me, Sommersby and Smoke as well as a stint on Broadway in The Wiz. 

FOX made new affiliation deals with Coastal Television Broadcasting Company LLC, owner of KTBY/Anchorage and Vision Alaska II, owner of KJUD to launch a new FOX affiliate in Juneau.  The Juneau station will have the call letters KJUD-TV D2 and will continue to operate from its existing facility in Juneau.  The agreement does not tamper with Vision Alaska II’s or KJUD-TV’s current digital channel programming.  KTBY in Anchorage has been a FOX affiliate since October 1, 1986 with Anchorage being the 150th-ranking TV market in the US.  Juneau is the 207th-ranking TV market in the US. 

According to reports, Syfy is considering taking up the canceled NBC frosh series The Event as a miniseries. The Event is produced by Universal Media Studios. 

Morena Baccarin (V, Firefly) landed a major role in Showtime’s upcoming one-hour drama series, Homeland starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis.  Baccarin will play Jessica Brody, Sgt. Nick Brody’s (Lewis) complicated wife.  Production on Homeland begins this month under executive producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, both former executive producers on 24.

Veteran actress Cloris Leachman promoted to series regular on FOX’s comedy Raising Hope for its second season.  On the show, Leachman plays the confused-acting “Maw Maw.” During the first season of the show, Leachman was billed as “special guest star.”

It’s being reported Halle Berry may return to television playing a teacher in a script titled Higher Learning that is being shopped to premium cable networks. 

In a recent interview with the Italian Vanity Fair, Patrick Dempsey said he will leave ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy after the eighth season which coincides with the expiration of his current contract.  Contracts for other series regulars also end after season eight including those for Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, Sandra Oh and Justin Chambers.  Grey’s Anatomy executive producer Shonda Rhimes has also said she is planning on the eighth season being the last for the original cast, telling TVLine.com: “It might be the last hurrah for a lot of them; you never know.”

Ron Artest, NBA star on the Los Angeles Lakers is working with 44 Blue Productions on his own reality series, Last Second Shot with Ron Artest.  The series follows Artest, who in his past has overcome difficulties, as he works with a team of mental health experts and life coaches to help parolees gain control of their lives and reach their goals.

Casting Call: Project Runway’s spin-off series, Project Accessory airing on Lifetime is casting for its first season.  The new series will follow aspiring artists as they create new trends in accessories while competing for a cash grand prize to help them launch their own fashion accessories business.  Project Accessory is seeking designers of jewelry, handbags, shoes or other fashion accessories to attend open calls this month in Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and New York.  For show information and open casting call details, visit goodbyepictures.com/casting.html. Project Accessory is produced by The Weinstein Company and Goodbye Pictures. 

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Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 5/23-5/29/11
Primetime       (000)        Total Pgm Day      (000)
TNT                 1674         ADSM*                   713
USA                   985         TNT                       669
ESPN                 927         USA                       548
HIST                  801         NICK                     516
FX                     701         ESPN                     483
TBSC                 658         NAN*                     479
DISC                 630         FX                          425
CMDY                538         HIST                      424
FAM                  529         TBSC                      385
ADSM                524         DISC                      345
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 115,900,000 homes
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Primetime listing only includes those networks broadcasting more than 51% of the primetime hours (M-Su 8p-11p)

Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 5/23-5/29/11      
Primetime       (000)      Total Pgm Day            (000)
TNT                3198       NICK                            1973
USA                2558       DSNY                           1539
DSNY              2122       TNT                             1378
ESPN              1913       USA                             1314
HIST               1847       NAN*                           1291
FOXN              1677       ADSM*                         1268
FX                  1276       TOON                            1040
NAN                1251       FOXN                             963
FAM                1187       HIST                              894
AEN                1168       ESPN                              845
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 115,900,000 homes
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Primetime listing only includes those networks broadcasting more than 51% of the primetime hours (M-Su 8p-11p)

Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 5/23-5/29/11
TNT     Heat/Bulls                                                     5828
TNT     Bulls/Heat                                                     5551
ESPN   Mavericks/Thunder                                         4237
ESPN   Thunder/Mavericks                                         3852
TNT     Inside The NBA Playoffs 5/26                          2814
USA     WWE Entertainment 9p                                  2540
USA     WWE Entertainment 10p                                2474
TNT     Inside The NBA Playoffs 5/24                          2384
CMDY  Tosh.O                                                          2294
ESPN   Sportscenter 5/23 1212a                                2124
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 115,900,000 homes

Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 5/23-5/29/11
FOX    American Idol  Wednesday                        9.2/26         12142
FOX    American Idol  Tuesday                             6.4/19          8351
ABC    Dancing with the Stars                                4.7/14          6189
ABC    Dancing with the Stars Results                     4.6/11          6043
FOX    Glee                                                           4.6/11          5988
ABC    Modern Family                                            4.2/11          5492
NBC    The Voice                                                   3.8/9            4970
FOX    House                                                         3.4/10          4440
FOX    So You Think You Can Dance                        3.3/10          4402
NBC    The Biggest Loser                                        3.1/8            4114
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data

Broadcast Evening News Weekly Average Ratings (week of May 23, 2011)
NBC:   9.02 million total viewers; 2.3/9 and 2.83 million A25-54
ABC:   8.09 million total viewers; 1.8/7 and 2.19 million A25-54
CBS:   6.16 million total viewers; 1.6/6 and 1.97 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Broadcast Evening News Average Ratings (2010-2011 Broadcast Season)
NBC:   9.13 million total viewers; 2.2/8 and 2.70 million A25-54
ABC:   8.06 million total viewers; 1.8/7 and 2.22 million A25-54
CBS:   5.99 million total viewers; 1.5/6 and 1.83 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Saturday A18-49 Analysis:   On a slower-paced Saturday night, FOX won the A18-49 demo with a 0.9/4, according to final national ratings from Nielsen.  ABC’s repeat Wipeout went to #1 at 8p with 0.9/4 followed by baseball on FOX at 0.8/4.  FOX’s baseball ratings inched up to 0.9/4 to win the 9p hour while Univision’s weekly Sabado Gigante was next at 0.8/3.  At 10p, NBC’s second Law & Order: LA encore of the night did best at 1.0/3 with Univision’s Sabado Gigante a step behind at 0.9/3.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, May 28, 2011  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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CBS: 2.7/5         Crimetime Saturday 2.4/5, Crimetime Saturday 2.5/5, 48 Hours Mystery [r] 3.2/6

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FOX: 2.5/5           FOX Saturday Baseball [7p-11p] 2.4/5

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NBC: 2.2/4          Minute to Win It [r] 1.3/3, Law & Order: LA [r] 2.3/4, Law & Order: LA [r] 3.1/6

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UNIV: 1.3/3        Sabado Gigante 1.3/3

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ABC: 1.2/2          Wipeout [r] 1.5/3, The Bachelorette [r] 1.1/2

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ION: 0.6/1          Saturday 8PM Movie: Baby Mama [r] 0.7/1, Saturday 10PM Movie: Baby Mama [r] 0.6/1

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TF: 0.4/1            Cine de Las Estrel Sat: Shinjuku Incident [7p start] 0.4/1, Cine de Las Estrel Sat 2: [r] 0.3/1

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TELE: 0.3/1         Cine de Impacto: Bordertown [7p start] 0.2/1, Cine de Impacto II: Jeepers Creepers 2 0.3/1, Persgdo Injusticia 0.2/0

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A18-49:  FOX 0.9/4, NBC 0.7/3, UNIV 0.7/3, ABC 0.6/2, CBS 0.6/2, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.3/1, TELE 0.2/1

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Sunday A18-49 Analysis:  FOX raced to the finish line first Sunday night with a 2.5/9 among A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen.  FOX had a clean sweep this night with its NASCAR Sprint Cup: Coca-Cola 600 race coverage beginning with a top-rated 2.4/11 at 7p with ABC’s America’s Funniest Home Videos rerun next at 0.8/3.  FOX’s NASCAR telecast held steady during 8p with a 2.4/10 while ABC’s second America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat and Univision’s Premios TV tied for #2 at 1.0/4 each. FOX continued to out-pace the competition with more from NASCAR during 9p at 2.4/8 with CBS’ Undercover Boss encore trailing at 1.2/4.  FOX’s NASCAR coverage finished the night with a sprint to the end at 3.0/10 and ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition repeat gained some footing to place #2 with a 1.3/4.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, May 29, 2011 time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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FOX: 4.6/9        FOX NASCAR Sprint Cup: Coca-Cola 600 4.6/9

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CBS: 3.4/6         60 Minutes Presents 3.9/8, Undercover Boss [r] 2.7/5, Undercover Boss [r] 3.2/6, CSI: Miami [r] 3.6/6

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ABC: 2.4/5         America’s Funniest Home Videos [r] 2.3/5, America’s Funniest Home Videos [r] 2.7/5, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [r] 2.4/4

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NBC: 1.9/4         Dateline Classic [r] 2.0/4,

Minute to Win It 1.4/3, NBC Movie of the Week: Bourne Supremacy [r] 2.0/4

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UNIV: 1.4/3       Noche de Estrellas 1.0/2, Premios TV y November 2011 1.5/3

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ION: 0.5/1        Sunday 8PM Movie: Meet the Parents [r] 0.5/1, Sunday 10PM Movie: Meet the Parents [r] 0.5/1

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TELE: 0.5/1       Cine Millonario: Titanic [7p-11p] 0.5/1

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TF: 0.3/1          Cine de Las Estrel Sun: Garfield 2 0.4/1, Cine de Las Estrel Sun 2: Ghost Rider [r] 0.3/1

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A18-49:  FOX 2.5/9, ABC 1.0/4, CBS 0.9/3, UNIV 0.9/3, NBC 0.6/2, TELE 0.4/2, TF 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1

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Monday A18-49 Analysis:  ABC did best on Memorial Day holiday night by posting a 2.2/6 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen.  At 8p, The Bachelorette wooed viewers to ABC with a 2.0/6 followed by Univision’s Teresa at 1.5/5.  The second hour of ABC’s The Bachelorette climbed higher in the ratings during 9p to 2.4/7 while Univision’s Triunfo del Amor placed second at 1.8/5.  ABC secured the final win of the night through 10p with Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition at 2.4/6 with Telemundo taking over the #2 spot with the finale of La Reina del Sur at 2.1/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, May 30, 2011  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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ABC: 4.6/8         The Bachelorette 4.6/8, Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition 4.5/7

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CBS: 3.5/6             How I Met Your Mother [r] 2.8/5, Mad Love [r] 2.7/4, Two and a Half Men [r] 4.1/7, Mike & Molly [r] 4.0/6, Hawaii Five-O [r] 3.7/6

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NBC: 3.2/5           Minute to Win It [r] 2.3/4, Law & Order: CI 3.2/5, Law & Order: Los Angeles 4.3/7

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UNIV: 2.2/4          Teresa 2.0/3, Triunfo del Amor 2.4/4

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FOX: 2.1/3             House [r] 2.1/4, House [r] 2.0/3

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TELE: 1.0/2          Mi Corazon Insiste 0.5/1, Los Herederos del Monte 0.6/1, La Reina del Sur 2.0/3

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ION: 0.8/1           Criminal Minds 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2

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TF: 0.4/1             Cine de Las Estrellas Mon 0.4/1

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CW: 0.3/1            90210 [r] 0.3/1, Gossip Girl [r] 0.3/1

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A18-49:  ABC 2.2/6, UNIV 1.7/5, CBS 1.4/4, NBC 1.1/3, FOX 0.9/3, TELE 0.9/3, ION 0.4/1, TF 0.4/1, CW 0.2/1

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Scott Schiller upped to EVP/Digital Media Sales for NBCUniversal Entertainment & Digital Networks and Integrated Media (E&DN/IM). In this newly-created position, Scott will manage advertising sales for Fandango, iVillage, DailyCandy, Swirl and Television Without Pity.  He reports to Dave Cassaro, President/Cable Entertainment & Digital Advertising Sales, NBCUniversal and to Nick Lehman, President/Digital, E&DN/IM.

Fabrizio Tapia relocates from Buenos Aires where he was SVP/Technology and Operations for TBS Latin America, Inc. to become SVP/US Network Operations at Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.).  Based now in Atlanta, Fabrizio will head the broadcast operations, engineering, traffic and media management efforts for TBS, Inc.’s US entertainment and animation networks. He reports to Veronica Sheehan, SVP/Global Network Operations and IT, TBS, Inc.

Effective June 13, Steve Swenson becomes SVP/Market Manager of CBS RADIO in Washington, D.C.  Steve presently manages CBS RADIO’s news stations in New York (WCBS 880 and 1010 WINS).  In this expanded capacity, Steve will also oversee the daily operations of the five varied stations in the DC area: WIAD-FM (Hot AC), WJFK-FM (Sports), WLZL-FM (Spanish), WPGC-FM (Urban) and WHFS-AM (News/Talk). 

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) hired Lucia Cottone as SVP/Development and Current Programming, Networks.  In her newly-minted role, Lucia will supervise worldwide television development for SPT’s channels globally.  In addition, she will manage original programming for SPT’s channels AXN, SET, SPIN, Animax and other related sub-brands throughout the world.

Scott Vila tapped by Syfy to the new position as VP/Current Programming, Scripted.  Previously, Scott was involved in the development of such cult TV hits as 24, Dark Angel and Firefly.  At Syfy, Scott will spearhead Warehouse 13 in addition to Haven and Being Human.  Based in Los Angeles, Scott reports to Erik Storey, SVP/Original Programming.

Patty Gillette named SVP/Brand Activation and Media Partnerships with Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.  In her new capacity, Patty will oversee teams in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta.  Based in New York, Patty reports to John O’Hara, EVP/GSM of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim Ad Sales and Marketing.  Most recently, Patty was VP/Marketing and Promotions for Turner Entertainment Ad Sales.

NBCUniversal promoted Beth Roberts as COO, Universal Cable Productions and EVP/Business Affairs, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment and Cable Studios.  Beth will take on operational management for the strategic and financial expansion of Universal Cable Productions as well as providing oversight of business affairs for USA Network, Syfy, E! Entertainment, G4, Sleuth, Chiller, Universal HD, UCP and E! production studios.  Beth reports to Bonnie Hammer, Chairman.

Six Flags Media Networks added Michael Farrell as Manager/Corporate Alliances; Jay Gerber as AE/Corporate Alliances; and Melissa McLeanas as Partnership Marketing Manager.

Bunim/Murray Productions, a Banijay Group company, is continuing its contract with EVP Scott Freeman. Furthermore, the company elevated two within its development team: Erin Cristall to SVP and Rachel Speiser to VP. The team works on several domestic shows including The Bad Girls Club and Love Games for Oxygen and Saddle Ranch for VH1. Both Erin and Rachel report to Scott Freeman.

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This day in History:  1886 – Grover Cleveland became the second U.S. president to get married while in office. He was the first to have a wedding in the White House.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Referring to an incident where a woman showed just a little too much on this musician’s show, his comment following her dismissal was “Cheesecake does not fit our show”  Who made this statement?  LAWRENCE WELK Kudos to: Janice Brooks-Dora the Explorer/NY; Karen Yaldoo-Comcast Spotlight/Bingham Farms; Meggie Foley-Ernst Van Praag/Atlanta; David Evangelista/NY; Jim Hall-truemedia/Columbia; Dan Whitford-MMC Group/Chicago; Jean Marquardt-KJCT/Grand Junction; Greg Stewart-Evolution Media/Burbank; Alan Perris-The Television Academy/North Hollywood; Lee Toft-DuBos LIles Entertainment/Hollywood; Dennis Aimino-ABC TV/LA

Today’s Trivia Question:  What TV character uses the email address “chunkylover53@aol” ?  (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.)

Later — Cyn
06.02.11

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2011

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ABC:   Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night, NBA Countdown, NBA Finals: Game #2: Mavericks at Heat
AZTECA:  Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS:  Big Bang Theory [r], Rules of Engagement [r], CSI [r], The Mentalist [r]
CW:   Vampire Diaries [r], Nikita [r]
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance, Glee [r]
ION:  Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:  Community [r], 30 Rock [r], The Office [r], Parks and Rec [r], Love Bites [p ]
PBS:  Antiques Roadshow, Emile Norman: By His Own Design
TELE: Mi Corazon Insiste, Los Herederos del Monte, La Casa de la Lado
UNIV: Teresa, Triunfo del Amor

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