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CBS orders ‘Bad Teacher’ to series via Rickey.org Credit: CBS In a rare post-Upfront series order, CBS has given the greenlight to Bad Teacher, a new single-camera sitcom based on the hit 2011 feature film starring Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake. Ari Graynor (For a Good Time, Call….) plays the title role of the sexy, foul-mouthed divorceé who uses the teaching profession to find a new husband. The series co-stars David Alan Grier, Ryan Hansen, Sara Gilbert and Kristin Davis, and is expected to premiere at midseason in the 2013-2014 TV cycle. Via: TVLine The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

NBC announces two-hour special: “The Women’s Concert for Change: Live from London” via Rickey.org Credit: Getty Images NBC has decided that high-profile musical guests and performances on their network aren’t simply the domain of their late night lineup, SNL or The Voice results shows anymore. The network announced that it will air “The Women’s Concert for Change: Live from London,” a live concert event from Twickenham Stadium in London. The two-hour musical special will air Sunday, June 2 at 9:00 PM ET and feature performances by Beyoncé, Ellie Goulding, Florence + the Machine, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Timbaland and many others. The concert is the cornerstone of Chime for Change, a campaign to raise funds and awareness for female empowerment around the world. Funds are distributed to non-profit organizations focused on the key areas of education, health care and justice. More information via NBC Press Release: Beyoncé, the international superstar and co-founder of Chime for Change, will headline the concert event, with additional performances by Ellie Goulding, Florence + the Machine, Jay-Z, Jennifer Lopez, John Legend, Timbaland and more. Presenters will include Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Blake Lively, Gloria Steinem, Jada Pinkett-Smith, James Franco, Madonna, Salma Hayek Pinault, Zoe Saldana and many others. PSAs featuring Franco, Ben Affleck, Halle Berry, Julia Roberts, Gwyneth Paltrow and other influential A-list celebrities will also be a part of the special. The global concert event will be broadcast live from London to over 175 countries, and will serve to celebrate inspirational stories from around the world, generate awareness about the issues that affect girls and women, and raise funds for non-profit organizations pursuing change. “The Women’s Concert for Change: Live from London” is produced by Control Room, in association with Harvey Goldsmith. The Voice • American Idol • The X Factor

What’s On TV Tonight? – 5/23/2013 via Rickey.org Credit: ABC 8:00 PM ET Wipeout (“Wipeout Family Values”) – Teams of two family members tackle obstacles that include It’s No Picnic, Aunt Patty Cake and Octopushy. (ABC) Save Me [SERIES PREMIERE] (“The Book of Beth”) – After a near-death experience, Beth starts receiving messages from God; Beth is confronted by her husband’s mistress. (NBC) Hell’s Kitchen (“8 Chefs Compete”) – The chefs create ethnic dishes with select ingredients; a team falls behind before dinner service begins. (FOX) Big Time Rush (“Big Time Bonus”) – Gustavo gives the boys a bonus for all of their hard work; Carlos hires a personal assistant; James buys a snake; Kendall buys a truck full of oranges; Logan is unable to resist tipping. (Nick) 8:30 PM ET Save Me (“Take It Back”) – Beth tries to make amends with friends she offended in the past; Tom must adjust to his wife’s new ability to communicate with God. (NBC) Wendell & Vinnie (“The Dutch & Us”) – Wendell befriends a lonely exchange student; Vinnie tries to help when Wendell’s new friend abandons him for a more popular crowd. (Nick) 9:00 PM ET NICK’S PICK: Motive (“Crimes of Passion”) – Detectives question the ex-boyfriend of a teenager killed in a hit-and-run. (ABC) Does Someone Have To Go? [SERIES PREMIERE] (“VMS, Part 1″) – When control of a family-owned business, Velocity Merchant Services, is turned over to employees, staff members realize that solving personnel problems is more complicated than they expected. (FOX) Showville [SERIES PREMIERE] (“Holland, Michigan”) – Hollywood coaches audition Michigan locals for a talent show. (AMC) Buying Alaska (“Off the Grid”) – Ryan and Skippy want to be able to get everything they need to live right on their own land but after buying a series of homes with major problems, they want this home to be their own piece of Alaska. (Discovery) Four Weddings (“…and the Harlem Shake”) – Cheerleader Chancy gets a welcome to her reception with the Harlem Shake; Marcela has a Peruvian party; Amanda’s historic venue; Chantall’s dogs are formally dressed. (TLC) Braxton Family Values (“Go Hard or Go Home”) – Traci is singing at a basketball game. But her sisters are no where to be found. (WE TV) 9:30 PM ET Buying Alaska (“Flying Home”) – Jackson Meyer, a licensed pilot, and his wife Kandi, look for a remote cabin in Seldovia. (Discovery) 10:00 PM ET Rookie Blue [SEASON PREMIERE] (“Surprises”) – Nick and Andy go missing while working under cover to infiltrate a meth pipeline; Swarek and the other officers find themselves in the middle of a rescue operation; Andy works to deal with all the change going on around her. (ABC) Hannibal (“Trou Normand”) – The team hunts a killer who makes a totem pole out of his victims’ corpses; Jack and Alana question Abigail about Nick Boyle’s death; when Abigail agrees to write a book with Freddy Lounds, she reveals a secret to Hannibal. (NBC) Small Town Security (“JJK for Sale”) – Captain plans to sell Chief’s mustang; Brian takes Christa on a stakeout; Lieutenant helps Chief manage her anger. (AMC) The Graham Norton Show – Actor Daniel Radcliffe; actress Isla Fisher; director Baz Luhrmann; comic Ed Byrne; Wretch 32 performs. (BBC America) Men at Work (“The Gibbs-Orcism”) – Milo and Gibbs hide the fact that they know Tyler’s new girlfriend very well; Neal and Amy try to avoid the “anniversary curse.” (TBS) Tabatha Takes Over (“House of Synergy”) – Reg Mangone, owner of House of Synergy Salon and Spa, has lost control over his business. (B

Game of Thrones viewers were introduced to one of two characters this last weekend, a man named Daario Naharis, the captain of a mercenary company, Stormcrows. While I understand that in the book, Daario was a guy with a big blue bushy beard in three prongs, on HBO he looks kind of like a young bodice-ripping Fabio, which makes him more palatable for HBO viewers during the invariable sex scenes. The guy who plays Daario is an actor named Ed Skrein, who you probably have never heard of. Let me tell you a little about Skein: 1) he used to be in a gang, until he was stabbed at age 17, after which he left the criminal life. But more importantly, he’s also a rapper. Is he good? That’s another question. I’ll let you decide after you watch his music video below. (Hat Tip: Joanna and TK at Pajiba) The post Here’s Daario Naharis From ‘Game Of Thrones’ Rapping Like A Boss appeared first on UPROXX.

HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "Goodnight, Gracie," the May 22 season finale of ABC's "Modern Family," in which the Dunphys and Pritchetts head to Florida for the funeral of Phil's mom.http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching

Today's Early Overnight RatingsThis table shows the early overnight ratings. These ratings are normally adjusted later in the day when all the ratings have been consolidated to take into account any local preemptions and/or overruns. You can find all the final adjusted numbers in our Ratings Database. (See the About section below for details about ratings)Early Ratings AnalysisThe analysis below is based on the early household numbers and are NOT the same as the numbers that will be posted in the above table later. (See the About section below)For more information on the Nielsen Ratings see this Wikipedia Entry.NOTE: The opinions expressed here are NOT those of SpoilerTV but of the Author of this Article, Marc Berman.Metered Market Wednesday Ratings“Criminal Minds” Leads CBS to VictoryWednesday 5/22/13Metered Market ResultsHouseholdRating/ShareCBS 6.0/10ABC 5.1/ 9NBC 4.6/ 8Fox 3.7/ 6CW 0.8/ 1———--Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Wednesday 5/24/12:CBS: +50, NBC: +24, CW: +14, ABC: – 7, Fox: -73Note: Fox aired the season-finale of “American Idol” on the year-ago evening, which averaged a 13.6/22.———--Winners:“The Middle” (ABC), “Modern Family” (ABC), “Criminal Minds” (CBS)-Losers (excluding repeats):Nothing…27 percent of last night’s line-up was not original.———--Ratings Breakdown:Led by the two-hour season-finale of “Criminal Minds,” CBS dominated this final night of the 2012-13 traditional TV season. “Criminal Minds,” which will remain intact in the Wednesday 9 p.m. hour next fall (out of “Survivor” and into “CSI”) scored a dominant 7.1 rating/11 share in the overnights from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, it peaked at a 7.3/13 in the 10:30 p.m. half-hour.Earlier in the evening on the Eye net were encores of “Two and a Half Men” (#4: 3.5/ 6), which moves into the Thursday 9:30 p.m. half-hour next fall (out of new sitcom “The Crazy Ones”), and “Mike & Molly” (#4: 3.6/ 6) from 8-9 p.m. To the fans concerned that “Mike & Molly” is not on the fall schedule, don’t be. CBS has ordered 22-episodes for the upcoming fourth season.Second-place ABC populated the evening with three season-enders: “The Middle,” “Modern Family” and “Nashville,” and all three will remain in their current time periods next season. “The Middle” opened with a dominant 5.5/10 at 8 p.m., which was 15 percent above its year-ago season finale (4.8/ 8 on 5/23/12). Next was a repeat of “Modern Family” (#2: 4.3/ 7 at 8:30 p.m.), followed by the fourth season-finale of Ed O’Neill and company at a first-place 7.4/12 at 9 p.m., which was right on par from one year earlier. Canceled “How To Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life”) followed with a third-place 4.5/ 7 at 9:30 p.m., followed by the “Nashville” finale at a second-place 4.5/ 8 at 10 p.m. One year earlier, former 10 p.m. time period occupant “Revenge” ended the season with a 4.5/ 8.Over at NBC, an 8 p.m. edition of “Dateline” (#2: 4.5/ 8), led into the season-finale episodes of “Law & Order: SVU” (#3: 5.0/ 8) and “Chicago Fire” (#3: 4.2/ 7) from 9-11 p.m. Considering “Chicago Fire” is moving to Tuesday at 10 p.m. next fall out of “The Voice,” expect a season of double-digit percent growth.In season-premiere news, “Masterchef” on Fox got off to a consistent start with a fourth-place 3.7/ 6 in the overnights from 8-10 p.m. Comparably, that was equal to its one-hour year-ago opener (on Monday 6/04/12). And The CW populated the evening with 2009 theatrical “Love Happens,” which limped along with a 0.8/ 1 from 8-10 p.m.Source: Nielsen Media ResearchSource: Marc Berman@tvmediainsightsAbout the Daily RatingsEach day (except Sunday) we post the TV Ratings for the previous night.The first item that gets posted (normally around 2pm GMT) is the early overnight analysis based on the early household numbers (these are not the same as the Total Viewers and 18-49 Demo numbers that are posted later).Later on (normally between 4pm-5pm GMT) we post the official early overnight Total Viewers and 18-49 Demo numbers in the t

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The Cannes Film Festival grew wet again on Wednesday, while inside the theaters one film was greeted with critical storm clouds and another with only the sunniest of reactions. And as Thursday began with Alexander Payne's "Nebraska" (early responses ranging from "sublime" to "respectable," from "maybe Payne's best" to "Payne's weakest"), the weather and the lines and the craziness began to wear on even the staunchest Cannes partisans. Related Articles: Cannes Review: Robert Redford's Actions Speak Much Louder Than Words in 'All Is Lost' Cannes Review: Soulless, Despicable 'Only God Forgives' Shuts Up and Slices Limbs Ryan Gosling's 'Only God Forgives': Critics Really, Really Hate the Crime Drama read more

?This is really exciting,? said Buress, sarcastic hubris intact. ?I can finally quit my day job at Quiznos. People talk down about the Illuminati a lot but this is proof that membership has its benefits.?