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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/20/26)
APPLE TV: The Last Thing He Told Me (Premiere)
HBO MAX: Portobello (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Strip Law (Premiere)
SHOWTIME: Dreaming Whilst Black (Premiere) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 2/21/26)
HULU: Shoresy (Premiere)
(SUNDAY 2/22/26)
FOX: American Dad! (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: History’s Greatest Picks With Mike Wolfe (Premiere) at 9pm
PARAMOUNT: Bar Rescue (Premiere) at 10pm
Things turned out just fine for US Senate candidate James Talarico. The politician’s scheduled interview on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” yanked after what host Colbert described as pressure from CBS lawyers concerned over federal rules stipulating equal time for political parties, generated over 8 million engagements across YouTube and social media in 72 hours, according to Deadline. “The Late Show” averages about 2.6 million viewers on CBS.
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A group of Democratic senators sent a letter to Paramount Chairman & CEO David Ellison requesting he preserve all records related to the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery transaction. In the letter, Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Peter Welch (D-VT) noted that Paramount declined to appear before the February 3 hearing titled, “Examining the Competitive Impact of the Proposed Netflix-Warner Brothers Transaction.”Ellison offered to provide written testimony, but the politicians maintain concerns about political interference in the merger review process were not addressed. Ellison was also asked to preserve documents related to CBS news and content decisions.
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“The Jennifer Hudson Show” is coming back for season five, with Fox Television Stations locking in another year for the Emmy-winning host. The show posted double-digit growth year over year (+10% among W25–54), ranks as the number one daytime talk show on TikTok and Threads, and stands as the second-most-followed daytime talker across social media overall. “Jennifer Hudson is a powerful force on every platform and a tremendous partner for our stations. We’re thrilled to have her back for year five,” said Frank Cicha, EVP of Programming for Fox Television Stations. In a tough syndicated landscape, Hudson outlasted Fox stations’ “Sherri” and NBC stations’ “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” which are both wrapping up this season.
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The FCC requested transcripts from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance amid concerns from Republican lawmakers that the show could have violated federal indecency regulations, reported Reuters. Anna Gomez, the sole Democrat on the commission, said she reviewed the transcript of the Spanish-language performance, and “found no violation of our rules and no justification for harassing broadcasters over a standard live performance.” The FCC will not be pursuing the matter barring further evidence, according to the New York Post.
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“Bedtime Stories With Ryan,” a live-action story time series from Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort, debuts Monday, March 2 on Nick Jr. Ten episodes will air weekdays through March13, at 9p.
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A new season of “House of David” kicks off Friday, March 27 on Prime Video. Season two of the biblical drama sees David rise from shepherd to warrior.
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TLC’s “7 Little Johnsons” is back for season 17 on Tuesday, March 17 at 9p. The new session of the reality show features the first wedding among the Johnston kids.
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“Talking Pictures: A Movie Memories Podcast” is going video in season three. The show starts Monday, February 23 with two episodes focused on this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Directing.
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Polish dark comedy “The Stroke” makes its US debut Thursday, March 12 on streamer Viaplay.
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Netflix handed a series order for adult animated comedy “Dang!”. The Universal Television show comes from Andrew Law, Matt Murray and Mike Schur (“The Good Place”). Titmouse is the animation studio.
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Agentic AI media company Chronicle Studios is partnering with illustrator Teo Skaffa (“Fright Nights”) on his upcoming young adult Webtoon series “Graveheart Keep.” It’s Chronicle Studios’ first Webtoon channel partner.
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ESPN is filling the hole left by “Sunday Night Baseball” with women’s sports programming, including WNBA and NWSL games, as well as studio programming. The sports net ended its “SNB” run after 36 years when NBC Sports picked up the package.
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Yerin Ha (“Bridgerton”) has been named Ambassador for The 32nd Annual Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA. Ha was selected for “exemplifying the utmost values of the acting profession, serving as a positive role model for the next generation of performers and actively using her platform to advocate for humanitarian and public service endeavors.” The awards stream live on Netflix on Sunday, March 1 at 8p.
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Super Bowl update: Viewership for the big game rose to 125.6 million viewers, up from 124.9 million, across NBC, Peacock, Telemundo, NBC Sports Digital and NFL+, according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel measurement. Nielsen attributes the adjustment to the fact that a Big Data provider did not properly collect data from its devices on February 8, which impacted the Big Data + Panel count.
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The season finale of ABC’s “Shifting Gears” drew 6.9 million Total Viewers after seven days of cross-platform viewing, up +59% over its Live+Same Day number, and the best audience since its fall premiere.
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Telemundo’s presentation of “Clasico de Mexico” on Saturday, February 14 delivered record-breaking cross-platform performance across Telemundo, Universo, Peacock and the Telemundo app, averaging a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 1.97 million viewers to rank as the most-watched edition of the soccer event since Telemundo re-acquired the rights in 2020. The following day, Telemundo’s presentation of the NBA All-Star Game across Telemundo, Peacock and the Telemundo app averaged a TAD of 337,000 total viewers, ranking as the most-watched NBA game on Spanish-language television in 20 years.
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Fox Sports delivered 7.49 million viewers for Sunday’s Daytona 500, an +11% jump over 2025.
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Netflix’s “Stranger Things” returned to #1 overall on Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 with 1.66 billion minutes the week of January 19, a little over three weeks after the series finale aired. Paramount+ drama “Landman” fared similarly (1.62 billion minutes, #2), with a 10th consecutive week in the overall top three following the conclusion of its second season on January 18.
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MOVIES
How To Make A Killing – Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley, Jessica Henwick, Ed Harris, Adrian Lukis, Nell Williams, Damien Wantenaar, Sean C. Michael, Grady Wilson, Maggie Toomey
I Can Only Imagine 2 – Dennis Quaid, Milo Ventimiglia, Arielle Kebbel, Sophie Skelton, John Michael Finley, Trace Adkins, Jobie James, Sammy Dell, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Jason Burkey
Kokuho – Ryô Yoshizawa, Ryûsei Yokohama, Mitsuki Takahata, Shinobu Terajima, Nana Mori, Takahiro Miura, Ai Mikami, Soya Kurokawa, Keitatsu Koshiyama, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyûsaku Shimada, Emma Miyazawa, Min Tanaka, Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Yanagitani
Psycho Killer (Limited Release) – Georgina Campbell, James Preston Rogers, Malcolm McDowell, Logan Miller, Grace Dove, Aaron Merke, Joshua Banman, Cassandra Ebner, Darren Martens, Sydney Sabiston, Nigel Shawn Williams
Midwinter Break (Limited Release) – Lesley Manville, Ciarán Hinds, Julie Lamberton, Ed Sayer, Niamh Cusack, Leila Laaraj, Tim Licata, Marco Horta Lopes
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