On the tube: Tonight, Mel Gibsons The Passion of the Christ makes its commercial TV premiere on UP at 9p. Season six of Bravos The Real Housewives of Atlanta wraps with a 90-minute special event tonight with the finale at 8p leading into Watch What Happens Live One-on-One with Nene Leakes at 9. E! Best Moments: On the Air with Ryan Seacrest looks back at some of the hosts most memorable interviews from his KIIS-FM American Top 40 post. Special airs Wednesday, April 23 at 8p. Conservationist Jeff Corwin captures never-before-seen images of sharks on Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin from Georgia Aquarium, airing on ABC affiliates Saturday, April 26. Set the DVR as Barbara Walters last day as a co-host of The View will be Friday, May 16. Walters, who announced her intention to leave the daytime talker a year ago, will remain executive producer. ABC plans a two-hour special that night focused on Walters, who joined the network in 1976. Season nine of NBCs Americas Got Talent will look a little different. Host Nick Cannon and judges Howard Stern, Howie Mandel, Mel B and Heidi Klum are back, but the talent competition is introducing the save, Klum told reporters at a press session Tuesday, with a golden buzzer that will give one kicked-off contestant a second chance. Another change: a boot camp round held in front of a live audience. Talent comes back Tuesday, May 27 at 8p. Toni Braxtons not the only celeb headed for OWN, Oprah Winfrey announced. Justin Timberlake will appear in the fourth season of Oprahs Master Class, along with Whoopi Goldberg, singer Tim McGraw, Robin Roberts, Lionel Richie, Vanessa Williams and Billy Bob Thornton. But Winfrey said it is Belief, a television event exploring humankinds search to connect with something greater than ourselves, that made me want to put my name on a network. The seven-part series premieres in 2015. Where does the Colbert hire leave Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson? Aside from richer by several millions of dollars, thanks to a succession clause in his contract, Fergusons late night future is unclear. When The Simpsons debuts on FXX in August, its debuting big: The net is launching the long-running series first cable run with a 12-day, 552-episode marathon. It will be the longest continuous marathon in the history of television,
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 14:57:54 +0000