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FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/12/26)
ACORN TV: This Is Not a Murder Mystery (Premiere)
BRAVO: Below Deck, Season 13 (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: Contraband: Seized at the Border, Season 9 (Premiere) at 8pm
NETFLIX: Instadocs: AI Gone Wild (Premiere)

Netflix may be planning to cut 5% of its workforce, or roughly 850 jobs, as early as this week. Puck reports that the layoffs are related to a period of relatively slow engagement growth for the company.
-The news follows Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos publicly acknowledging earlier this month that the company is not growing as quickly as executives would like.
-The streamer hasn’t gone through a massive public layoff round at this scale since 2022, but other networks certainly have. Disney has gone through three rounds since new CEO Josh D’Amaro took over, including one at the end of September that axed more than 300 jobs. Meanwhile, Skydance is about to lose employees as it merges Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery’s workforces – on top of the 2,000 employees Paramount lost while merging with Skydance last year, of course.
-Netflix also just lost Greg Lombardo, who served as its head of live experiences (such as Netflix House and the upcoming “K-Pop Demon Hunters” world tour) for seven years.
(Source: Cynopsis)

UK network Channel 5 isn’t doing too hot, either. The Skydance-owned television channel lost $32 million in profits last year, according to its annual financial report. Part of the issue stems from a slump in the UK’s advertising market, as well as new investments in streaming infrastructure.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Bloodaxe,” the upcoming Viking drama from “Vikings” creator Michael Hirst, premiered its first trailer at New York Comic-Con last week. All eight episodes of the series will drop on Prime Video Jan. 20.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Marvel Television might have canceled “Wonder Man” and “Daredevil: Born Again” recently, but don’t count the studio’s TV ambitions out. Announced at New York Comic-Con last week, Marvel is working on a new live-action spy thriller called ”Zodiac,” set to release in 2028. Not much is known about the project, although there have been several (mostly obscure) Marvel Comics characters who go by that name.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also announced at New York Comic-Con, Paramount+ has renewed “Avatar: Seven Havens” for two more seasons, and is now developing a new action-comedy series for the franchise, “Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos.”   
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO placed a series order for “Crazy Rich Asians,” a sequel to the 2018 movie based on the novels by Kevin Kwan. It’s the first HBO series order since the cable network officially became part of Skydance, the artist formerly known as Paramount. The film cast is returning to the set for the series prequel, including Constance Wu (“Fresh Off the Boat”), Henry Golding (“Nine Perfect Strangers”) and Michelle Yeoh (“Star Trek: Discovery”).
(Source: Cynopsis)

FX has ordered a pilot from Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar-wai (“In the Mood for Love”),  Emmy Award winner Hiro Murai (“Widow’s Bay”) and Searchlight Television. The crime drama will star Havana Rose Liu (“Hal & Harper”) and begins shooting in Bangkok this month.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Byron Allen’s “Comics Unleashed,” which CBS started airing in the time slot left by “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” is finally a ratings contender. The show drew 1.07 million total viewers last Tuesday night, slightly beating out “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” at 1.01 million viewers, Allen Media Group announced. (“Colbert,” meanwhile, averaged about 4.2 million viewers a night during its final month in May.)
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also on Tuesday, CBS’s season premieres for “NCIS,” “NCIS Origins” and “NCIS: New York” were the top three most-watched scripted broadcast shows, with the former two serving as the No. 1 broadcast shows in their time slot. Viewership shot up 39% compared to last year’s big “NCIS” premiere night.
(Source: Cynopsis)

UPtv declared itself to be the No. 1 growing cable network in 2026, as well as No. 30 among women over 18, according to Nielsen data. The family-friendly channel’s original series “Blue Skies” also ranked top 10 in its time period across ad-supported cable.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Longtime TV analyst and NFL legend Mike Ditka died at 86, his family announced. In addition to working at NBC, CBS Sports and ESPN, Ditka’s time as a coach for the Chicago Bears inspired a famous recurring “Saturday Night Live” sketch called “Bill Swerski’s Superfans.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

POWERBALL
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Other Mommy – $27.5 million
Verity – $11.5 million
Resident Evil – $8.4 million
Heart of the Beast – $7.1 million
The Social Reckoning – $5.5 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CELEBRITY NEWS: OCTOBER 9, 2026
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Landon Barker (MTV’s Meet The Barkers/Travis Barker & Shanna Moakler’s son) – 23 years old
Bella Hadid (Model/ Gigi’s younger Sister) – 30 years old
Scotty McCreery (Country Singer/ American Idol Season 10 winner) – 33 years old
Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary/ Everybody Hates Chris) – 34 years old
Melissa Villasenor (Saturday Night Live alum) – 39 years old
Spencer Grammer (Rick And Morty/ Greek) – 43 years old
Zachery Ty Bryan (Home Improvement) – 45 years old
Brandon Routh (DC Legends of Tomorrow/ “Superman Returns”) – 47 years old
Chris O’Dowd (“Bridesmaids”) – 47 years old
Randy Spelling (Beverly Hills, 90210/ Tori Spelling’s younger Brother) – 48 years old
Nick Swardson (Comedian/ “Hotel Transylvania 2”) – 50 years old
Sean Lennon (John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s son) – 51 years old
Steve Burns (original host of Nickelodeon’s Blues Clues) – 53 years old
Sir Steve McQueen (British Director) – 57 years old
Guillermo Del Toro (Writer/Director) – 62 years old
Sheila Kelley (The Good Doctor/ Founder of “S Factor” Pole Classes) – 65 years old
Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap) – 72 years old
John O’Hurley (SpongeBob Squarepants/ Seinfeld) – 72 years old
Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel/ Monk) – 73 years old
Sharon Osbourne (The Talk/ The Osbournes) – 74 years old
Jackson Browne (Singer) – 78 years old

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 10/9/26)
CBS: Sheriff Country, Season 2 (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS: Fire Country, Season 5 (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Boston Blue, Season 2 (Premiere) at 10pm
CRUNCHYROLL: A Certain Dark Item (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: Firefly Wedding (Premiere)
DISCOVERY: Rocky Mountain Wreckers (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME MOVIE NETWORK: Dancing With the Devil (Premiere) at 8pm
NETFLIX: Haunted Hotel Season 2 (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Is It Cake? Halloween, Season 2 (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Take Charge of My Heart (Premiere)
OWN: Mothers & Daughters: Torn Apart With Iyania Vanzant (Premiere) at 9pm
PARAMOUNT+: Avatar: Seven Heavens (Premiere)
PBC: Great Musicians Of Our Time (Premiere) at 10pm

(SATURDAY 10/10/26)
CBS: 48 Hours, Season 40 (Premiere) at 10pm
CRUNCHYROLL: Horror Collector (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: Paw & Palaces (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: The Vermillion Mask (Premiere)
HALLMARK: The Spirit of Halloween (Premiere) at 8pm
LIFETIME: The Monster She Married (Premiere) at 8pm
NETFLIX: 100 Days of Deception (Premiere)
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Shane Gillis, Musical Guest: Rosalía at 11:30pm

(SUNDAY 10/11/26)
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Potomac Season 11 (Premiere) at 8pm
CRUNCHYROLL: Ace of the Diamond (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: Full Clearing Another World Under a Goddess With Zero Believers (Premiere)
HBO: The Pet Cemetery Murders: A Ghost Story (Premiere) at 9pm
LIFETIME: Her Only Way Out (Premiere) at 8pm
MGM+: Treasure Island (Premiere) at 10pm

Apple TV released the trailer for “Stick” Season 2, which premieres the first two of 10 episodes Nov. 4. The series stars Owen Wilson (“Loki”) and Peter Dager (“WITS Academy”) as a former pro golfer and his protégé.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“The Wolves of Real Estate: The Alexander Brothers,” a three-part documentary series about a trio of luxury real estate moguls who assaulted women in Miami and New York for more than a decade, is coming to Peacock Oct. 25. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Paramount+ set a premiere date for the British workplace comedy “It Gets Worse,” created by and starring Leo Reich. Episode 1 of the A24-produced series premieres in the US Nov. 6. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

“The Altruists,” Netflix’s eight-part limited series about Sam Bankman-Fried (Anthony Boyle) and Caroline Ellison (Julia Garner), released a first-look trailer Thursday. The series premieres Nov.19.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Would you watch an AI-generated Harry Houdini? Fox Nation sure hopes so. A three-part series, “Houdini: Back from the Dead,” will premiere on the streaming service starting Oct. 14. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Emmy Award-winning documentarian Johnny Harris will release his next series, “The Human Element,” directly to YouTube Nov. 7.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO released a trailer for Season 2 of its original series “City of God: The Fight Rages On,” set to premiere this fall. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Food Network unveiled a season-long holiday programming slate kicking off Nov. 2 with “Holiday Baking Championship,” followed by the premiere of “Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking” Nov. 4.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Paramount+ dropped an official trailer and key art for “A Course Called Ireland,” a six-part documentary travel series loosely based on the book by bestselling author Tom Coyne, who co-stars in the series alongside Bill Murray (“Saturday Night Live”). The show premieres Oct. 25.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Bridgerton” matriarch Lady Violet is getting her own spinoff prequel series, Netflix announced Thursday. Violet is played by Ruth Gemmell (“Home Fires”) in the original series and Connie Jenkins-Greig (“Grace”) in the 2023 “Queen Charlotte” prequel. The new show will revolve around Violet’s courtship with the late Viscount Edmund Bridgerton, so it’s unclear whether either actor will star in the series beyond cameos
(Source: Cynopsis). 

See-Saw Films (“Slow Horses”) is teaming up with fellow Mediawan subsidiary Miraculous Corp on a live-action version of the hit animated franchise “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.” Writer Emme Hoy (“Sweetpea”) is attached to adapt the series.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season 4 of Peyo Productions’ “The Smurfs” cartoon is currently in production, the company announced at MIPCOM this week. The new season will consist of 52 11-minute episodes, half of which will air in 2027 and the other half in 2028. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

A+E Global Media is massively expanding its microdrama slate with three new original vertical films for the Lifetime mobile app, along with seven that were adapted from previous titles. The goal is to add new titles every two weeks, some of which will come from vertTV. A+E Global Media has also adapted nearly 200 existing TV series from its library for third-party distribution, including “Cold Case Files,” “Hoarders” and “Married at First Sight.”  
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season 3 of “Odd Squad UK,” a children’s series following the adventures of kid agents investigating life’s oddities, is currently in production. The series is co-produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment and BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions. Fred Rogers Productions will handle distribution in the US.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Peacock is developing a new drama from “Good Girls” creators Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs. Called “Pimp,” the series is about a couple who turn to sex work as a way to reignite their marriage. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC ordered a pilot for an American adaptation of “Ludwig,” the BBC series about a puzzle maker who solves mysteries. The US version, “Rabbit,” is written by Megan Ganz and Humphrey Ker (“Mythic Quest”).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nickelodeon’s 2026 Kids’ Choice Awards will air Nov. 14, featuring YouTuber and Grammy Award-nominated musician Alex Warren as host. TV shows “Wednesday,” “SpongeBob SquarePants,” “Stranger Things,” “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” and “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” were represented among the nominations. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) released the names of the Gold & Silver Circle Society inductees for this year’s 53rd Daytime Annual Awards, which will be streamed live on the NATAS YouTube channel Oct. 30. Honorees include Byron Allen, Patrika Darbo, Francesca James, Meredith Vieria, Stephen Brown and Rubin Ervin. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

“The Land,” director Dan Fogelman’s upcoming family drama series about a soon-to-retire NFL coach, will debut its first two episodes on Hulu Feb. 15, just hours after the Super Bowl ends.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Lanterns” is officially one of the top five most-watched HBO series launches of all time. The DC series ended its first season on Sunday with 10.5 million global viewers and 7.2 million US viewers, according to data from Nielsen and Warner Bros. Discovery. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Meanwhile, NBCUniversal’s decision to move “The Traitors” from Peacock to prime time with “New Blood” is paying off. The network’s internal data suggests that the series has brought more than 7 million cross-platform viewers to the franchise within the first two weeks, expanding its reach by roughly 45%. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” reached 2.66 million total viewers the week of Sept. 28, when it featured a week of live shows from Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. The ratings represent a double-digit percentage growth in viewership compared with last year’s Brooklyn week.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” slightly edged out “Neagley” for most total minutes viewed during the week of Sept. 21, according to Nielsen’s Top 10 Streaming Originals List. Both premiered the week prior; Prime Video’s “Neagley” on Sept. 16 and Netflix’s “Lizzie Borden” on Sept. 17.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Other Mommy – Jessica Chastain, Jay Duplass, Arabella Olivia Clark, Karen Allen, Arian Moayed, Dichen Lachman

The Social Reckoning – Jeremy Allen White, Mikey Madison, Jeremy Strong, Betty Gilpin, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Nelson Franklin, Kelley Pereira, Aiden Laprete, Bill Burr, Wunmi Mosaku

Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother – Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Giancarlo Esposito, Abubakr Ali, Laith Nakli, Adia, Jahleel Kamara, Tiffany Boone, Trammel Tillman

Treasure Trekkers (Animated) – Wyatt Bowen, Meredith Bull, Greg Cipes, Scott Cleverdon, Alan Cumming, John DiMaggio, Nika Futterman, David Kaye, Jack McBrayer

Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry – Stephen Curry, Jon Batiste, Viola Davis, Rick Rubin, Patti Smith

STREAMING
Animals (Netflix) – Ben Affleck, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson, Steven Yeun, Adriana Paz, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Christopher Woodley, Jacob Estrada

Matchbox: The Movie (Apple TV) – John Cena, Jessica Biel, Arturo Castro, Sam Richardson, Teyonah Parris, Danai Gurira, Silas Timberlake

BROADWAY
Upcoming and Announced Broadway Shows
https://playbill.com/article/schedule-of-upcoming-and-announced-broadway-shows

NYC STREET FAIRS
https://nycstreetfairs.com/event-schedule/

https://cititour.com/NYC_Events/2026-New-York-City-Street-Fairs/33756

https://www.nycgovparks.org/events/festivals

MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $364 million.
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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $519 million.
(One ticket costs $2.00)
Powerball is played in 43 states.
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