Author: Philiana Ng

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U2

U2 is heading back to The Tonight Show.

After appearing on the premiere of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Feb. 17, the rock band will return to the NBC late-night show for a weeklong residency from Nov. 17-21. That just so happens to be the same week Metallica will be visiting CBS’ The Late Late Show for a one-week stint as Craig Ferguson readies for his farewell.

U2’s residency is timed in support of the group’s 13th studio album, Songs of Innocence, and promises to feature “numerous surprises” during the week. The band, led by Bono and The Edge, will also be expected to make appearances in comedy sketches and online exclusives.

U2 was one of Jimmy Fallon’s first guests on the Tonight Show, performing atop the roof of 30 Rockefeller Plaza in the middle of New York City.

When the band recently fielded questions about its most recent album, which was released in iTunes customers’ libraries automatically, Bono apologized for the massive album dump. “Oops,” he said in response. “I’m sorry about that. I had this beautiful idea — might have got carried away with ourselves.”

Lorne Michaels is executive producer, along with Josh Lieb and Gavin Purcell.

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Marcia Gay Harden

How to Get Away With Murder has booked a Trophy Wife for a key arc.

Marcia Gay Harden has landed a major recurring role on Shonda Rhimes‘ rookie ABC legal drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. 

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Details on whom Harden is playing is being kept under wraps, but the veteran actress is expected to first appear when Murder returns from its midseason finale.

Harden’s casting keeps her firmly in the ABC family as she starred in the network’s shortlived comedy Trophy Wife opposite Bradley Whitford and Malin Akerman.

Harden is repped by ICM Partners and Framework. She next appears in the anticipated Fifty Shades of Grey and recently guest-starred on The Newsroom and Law & Order: SVU.

How to Get Away With Murder, one of the first freshmen to receive full-season orders this season, airs 10 p.m. Thursdays on ABC.

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‘Witches of East End’

The end is here for Witches of East End.

Lifetime has opted not to renew the supernatural witch drama for a third season, ending the one-hour series’ run after two seasons.

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Witches centered on a family of witches led by Julia Ormond∫ Rachel Boston∫ Jenna Dewan Tatum and Madchen Amick. Eric Winter, Daniel DiTomasso and Christian Cooke also starred in the series loosely based on Melissa de la Cruz‘s novels that was developed by Maggie Friedman. Fox 21 and 3 Arts produced the series.

Witches‘ first season averaged 3 million viewers, 1.7 million of them in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demo when DVR is factored in. When it returned for its sophomore run earlier this year, it bled viewership, ending the season with just a little more than 1 million to the two-hour Oct. 3 finale in same-day ratings.

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Lifetime’s scripted slate includes Un-Real, Damien, a six-hour Lizzie Borden miniseries with Christina Ricci and the newly renewed Devious Maids. Drama pilots at the network include The Clan of the Cave Bear.

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