New releases announced today, July 8:The Mummy: The Animated Series - Volumes 1-3 will be coming out July 22 Game Show Moments Gone Bananas, featuring scenes from classic favorite game shows, will be coming out September 23 Rain Shadow - Series 1, starring Rachel Ward, will be coming out October 21 Robson Arms - Season 3 will be coming out August 26 Visit TVShowsOnDVD.com for the complete stories on these and other news items.
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Today weatherman Al Roker could be in line to host an upcoming celebrity edition of Family Feud for NBC. NBC and FremantleMedia North insist no deal has been signed, but Variety reports both sides have been in talks.Today cohost Meredith Vieira already holds down double duty as host of the syndicated Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and Roker has subbed for Vieira on the show from time to time.He also hosted the quiz show Remember This? on MSNBC in the mid-1990s. — J.R. WhalenUpdate: Celebrity Family Feud debuts on July 1 (8 pm/ET on NBC) with Al Roker as feudmaster.
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One hundred people were surveyed and the top reason to watch Family Feud next week is: It's NBA Players vs. NBA Mothers Week (Nov. 12-16, syndicated, click here for time and channel in your area).Feud's NBA starting five are Grant Hill (Phoenix Suns), Chris Bosh (Toronto Raptors), Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic), Cuttino Mobley (Los Angeles Clippers), Richard Jefferson (New Jersey Nets) and David Lee (New York Knicks). They'll face off aginst their moms: Janet Hill, Frieda Bosh, Sheryl Howard, Jackie Mobley, Meekness LeCato and Susan Lee, respectively.All prize money will be donated to charity: The hoopsters will give to KaBOOM! (a nonprofit aimed at creating community playgrounds, sports fields and the like for kids), and their moms are playing for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
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Patrick Dempsey: The E! True Hollywood Story premieres Tuesday at 9 pm/ET.... Jimmy Kimmel Live drew its largest-ever weekly audience — averaging 2.05 million viewers — when Jimmy pulled double duty with his late nighter and as Regis & Kelly cohost.... Wheel of Fortune celebrates its 25th anniversary with a series of themed weeks, beginning today with "Best Friends".... Similarly, Family Feud this week pits WWE superstars such as Ric Flair and Batista against divas like Candice Michelle and Queen Sharmell.
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• Kiefer Sutherland's production shingle has nabbed a script-development deal at Sci Fi for Phenomenon, which is not the long-awaited TV adaptation of the 1996 Travolta film, but a drama series following a team of scientists led by "a young female prodigy with a mysterious past," says Variety.• Described by Dawn Ostroff as "the evolution" of the network's "content wraps," the CW is partnering with the Extra folk on CW Now, a TV news magazine pilot aimed at the 18-34 audience.• CBS has ordered a pilot for Power of 10, a game show that, à la Family Feud, has players guessing the results of nationwide surveys, but this time with a chance to win $10 mil (versus Feud's, like, $935).
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