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I was worried when I heard Sony was popping out a 21 Jump Street movie but this doesn’t look anything like the old 80′s series.  Then again, 1/2 the comedy clips I watch are funnier than the film.

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NBC kicks off the new year with the reality competition series “Fashion Star,” that will search for the next big brand in fashion. Featuring host and executive producer Elle Macpherson, along with celebrity mentors Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie and John Varvatos, the series will give 14 unknown designers the chance to win the multi-million dollar prize of launching their collections in three of America’s largest retailers: Macy’s, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Each week, the show will begin with an exhilarating fashion show unlike anything seen before, featuring musical performances, dancers and models in front of a studio audience. Every fashion show will be built around a weekly challenge that is designed to further develop and expand the designers’ brands.

The series will feature clothes designed for America to buy and has enlisted three of the world’s top retailers to help in the decision making process. Caprice Willard (Macy’s), Terron E. Schaefer (Saks Fifth Avenue) and Nicole Christie (H&M) will serve as the judges who make on-the-spot decisions as they vie for the right to purchase and exclusively carry the work of the up-and-coming designers each week.

At the end of each episode, America will have the chance to immediately purchase the winning designs showcased on the episode that week. What viewers see on TV that night will be on the streets and in stores immediately. With just a single trip down the runway, “Fashion Star” will change the lives and fortunes of these aspiring designers forever.

Each week, designers who do not sell any of their items to the buyers will be up for elimination. In addition, celebrity mentors Simpson, Richie and Varvatos will be able to save one of these designers from the chopping block.

The fashion designers featured on the show will include everyone from the stay-at-home mom who makes her own clothes to sell at the local community market to the recent design school graduate who has held jobs with major design houses to an engineer who became a self-taught designer. Many of the contestants will come to the competition with their own existing lines and will be challenged to take their brand to the next level. All the contestants will be put to the test to see how they react in a variety of real-world scenarios to determine who has the vision and desire to build a fashion empire and achieve his/her dream. With top experts as their guides and mentors throughout the process, designers will have to be as adept in the business of fashion as they are in their creativity since it’s up to them to make their brand a national reality.

In the end, one designer will successfully combine fashion and business to become the next “Fashion Star” and will receive the prize of a lifetime –$6,000,000 in orders for capsule collections in Macy’s, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue stores.

The “Fashion Star” format was developed by Ben Silverman of Electus (NBC’s “The Biggest Loser,” “The Office,” and “The Tudors”), Rick Ringbakk of Emmy Award-winning 5×5 Media (“Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution”), and E.J. Johnston and James Deutch of EJD Productions.

The show is executive-produced by Elle Macpherson, Ben Silverman of Electus, Jane Lipsitz and Dan Cutforth of The Magical Elves, Rick Ringbakk of 5×5 Media) and EJ Johnston and James Deutch of EJD Productions. Electus/Engine Distribution will retain all international distribution rights.

NBC “Fashion Star” Premier Video

The Voice – Copyright NBC

*”The Voice” and “Smash” helped NBC dominate the night in all key categories and more than double #2 ABC in Adults 18-49 (4.9 vs. 2.1)

*Acclaimed new drama series “Smash” rose 17% week-to-week (2.7/7 vs. 2.3/6) in Adults 18-49, hitting a three-week high.

*”Smash” has now delivered NBC’s four highest ratings in its 10-11 p.m. ET time period since September 20, 2010.

*”The Voice” jumped 13% week-to-week in Adults 18-49 (6.1 vs. 5.4) to dominate the night in all key categories.

*These are the top “Voice” results in the four weeks since the show’s regular-slot debut the night after the Super Bowl.

*Versus last year’s fifth regular telecast, “The Voice” last night was up 61% (6.1 vs. 3.8).

Photo Credit: ABC

“Doctor Emmet Cole” – The Magus crew continue their trek to the Sahte Falls where they discover Emmet’s camera bag. Upon further examination of the tapes within it, they find some powerful footage of Emmet that shows him spiraling out of control, and it leads the crew further into the Amazon. Meanwhile, Lena reveals a secret she’s been carrying to a fellow crew member, on “The River,” TUESDAY MARCH 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

“The River” stars Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Emmet Cole, Joe Anderson as Lincoln Cole, Leslie Hope as Tess Cole, Eloise Mumford as Lena Landry, Paul Blackthorne as Clark Quietly, Thomas Kretschmann as Captain Kurt Brynildson, Daniel Zacapa as Emilio Valenzuela, Shaun Parkes as Andreus Jude (“AJ”) Poulain and Paulina Gait‡n as Jahel Valenzuela.

Guest starring in “Dr. Emmet Cole” are Lee Tergesen as Russ Landry, Scott Michael Foster as Jonas Beckett, Jose Pablo Cantillo as Manny Centeno, and Katie Featherston as Rosetta “Rabbit” Fischer.

“Doctor Emmet Cole” was written Michael Green and directed by Michelle MacLaren.

Photographer: Carin Baer

“Take Your Daughter to Work” — Mike is taken aback when he finds out that Ed — who has been an absentee dad — has hired his daughter, Gabriella (Jamie-Lynn Sigler), to replace him as the new marketing consultant of Outdoor Man. When Ed agrees with Mike that her youth-oriented proposals to re-brand the retail stores aren’t the way to go, she plays the Daddy card for all its worth. Also, Mike and Eve bring home a stray dog that Mandy thinks she’s allergic to, on “Last Man Standing,” TUESDAY, MARCH 6 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD 1/10/12)

“Last Man Standing” stars Tim Allen as Mike, Nancy Travis, as Vanessa, Kaitlyn Dever as Eve, Molly Ephraim as Mandy, Alexandra Krosney as Kristin, Christoph Sanders as Kyle and Hector Elizondo as Ed.

Guest starring are Jamie-Lynn Sigler as Gabriella and Matthew Shively as Elliot.

“Take Your Daughter to Work” was written by Joe Port & Joe Wiseman and directed by John Pasquin.

Pictured: (l-r) Dolvett Quince, Kim Stone — Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC

CONTESTANTS ARE PUSHED OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES BY SWITCHING TRAINERS — This week, the age-old excuse “I’m stuck in my comfort zone” is addressed as contestants are pushed out of their comfort zones by switching trainers for the week. The red team works out with trainer Bob Harper, while the black team burns calories with trainer Dolvett Quince. And one trainer gets out of his own comfort zone by trying ballet with his female contestants! Also, the teams get down and dirty in a 70-foot wide mud pit, filled with various weight plates they have to find in a messy challenge that will give one team a big advantage. Then it’s time for the weigh-in, followed by an emotional elimination sending one more player home. Alison Sweeney hosts the series.

Jersey Shore Casting – Copyright MTV

THE COUNTDOWN TO THE SEASON FINALE CONTINUES, AS THE CONFRONTATION FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ARRIVES!‬

MIKE CONFESSES ALL TO JIONNI ABOUT HE AND SNOOKI’S ALLEGED HOOKUP!‬
ALSO, THE ROOMMATES COME TOGETHER TO HELP DEENA THROUGH SOME MEATBALL BOY PROBLEMS.‬
AN ALL-NEW EPISODE OF “JERSEY SHORE,” AIRS THURSDAY, MARCH 8 AT 10:00 PM ET/PT ON MTV!

Check Out a Sneak Peek From This Week’s All-New Episode -Check out the clip below to see the roommates doing their best to convince Deena that she is making a bad choice in men!

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Jennifer Lawrence stars as 'Katniss Everdeen' in THE HUNGER GAMES. Photo credit: Murray Close

The Hunger Games Trailer #2

SYNOPSIS

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games.  A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains.

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Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy.  If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

THE HUNGER GAMES is directed by Gary Ross, with a screenplay by Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray, and produced by Nina Jacobson’s Color Force in tandem with producer Jon Kilik.  Suzanne Collins’ best-selling novel, the first in a trilogy published by Scholastic that has over 26 million copies in print in the United States alone, has developed a massive global following.  It has spent more than 160 consecutive weeks/more than three consecutive years to date on The New York Times bestseller list since its publication in September 2008, and has also appeared consistently on USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. A Lionsgate presentation, of a Color Force / Lionsgate production, a Gary Ross film.

Photo: Robert Voets/ CBS

“60 Minutes,” “The Good Wife” and “CSI: Miami” Win Time Periods in Viewers

THE AMAZING RACE notched significant across-the-board gains and 60 MINUTES, THE GOOD WIFE and CSI: MIAMI won their respective time periods in viewers leading CBS to a Sunday win in viewers, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for March 4.

60 MINUTES was first in households (7.3/12), viewers (11.47m) and adults 25-54 (2.7/07) and second in adults 18-49 (1.6/05).

THE AMAZING RACE 20 was second in households (6.0/09), viewers (10.37m, -0.25m behind ABC), adults 25-54 (3.8/09) and adults 18-49 (2.8/07).  Compared to last week, THE AMAZING RACE 20 was up +40% in households (from 4.3/06), +23% in adults 25-54 (from 3.1/06), +27% in adults 18-49 (from 2.2/05) and added +2.66m viewers (from 7.71m, +35%).

THE GOOD WIFE was first in households (6.3/09), viewers (9.71m) while averaging 2.7/06 in adults 25-54 and 1.8/04 in adults 18-49.

CSI: MIAMI was first in households (6.4/11) and viewers (10.00m) while averaging 2.8/07 in adults 25-54 and 2.0/05 in adults 18-49.

For the night, CBS was first in households (6.5/10) and viewers (10.39m) and second in adults 25-54 (3.0/07) and adults 18-49 (2.1/05).

Updated Sunday ratings will be available tomorrow.