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ESPN: Origin: The Story of the Basketball Africa League (Premiere)
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HULU:The Scream Murder: A True Teen Horror Story (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Love Is Blind (Premiere)
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NETFLIX: Kohrra (Premiere)
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An estimated 124.9 million viewers watched Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8, according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel measurement. NBC’s presentation of Super Bowl LX ranks as the second most-watched Super Bowl in history, behind the 127.7 million viewers who watched Super Bowl LIX in 2025. The halftime show featuring Bad Bunny averaged 128.2 million viewers. Across the entire telecast, viewership peaked at 137.8 million viewers during the second quarter.
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Paramount Skydance has upgraded the terms of its hostile takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery. The new offer includes a payment to WBD shareholders of 25 cents per share – about $650 million each quarter – for every quarter beyond December 31 that the proposed Paramount acquisition of WBD is not closed. Paramount also said it would pay the $2.8 billion termination fee due to Netflix, which has already struck a deal for WBD, if Paramount’s offer wins out. Warner Bros. Discovery issued a statement saying it would “carefully review and consider Paramount Skydance’s offer in accordance with the terms of WBD’s agreement with Netflix, Inc.”
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Ready for Pumpkin to reveal her new boo? “Mama June” is back for season eight on Friday, March 13 at 9p on We TV, as well as its new exclusive streaming home, All Reality.
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“The Family Next Door” debuts Monday, February 23 on Acorn TV. The Australian mystery series is based on the novel of the same name by Sally Hepworth.
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FloSPorts is launching daily series “Hockey Daily Reaction Show: Milan-Cortina presented by Fortune Tires” tomorrow, February 12. The show offers analysis, reaction, and conversation as well as live game coverage on the FloHockey 24/7 FAST Channel.
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Nat Geo’s “Ghost Elephants” premieres Saturday, March 7 at 9p. The film follows a National Geographic explorer in pursuit of an animal long believed to be a myth.
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Paramount+ and CBS are teaming to air “UFC 326: Holloway vs. Oliveira 2” live on Saturday, March 7, from in Las Vegas. It’s the first UFC event to appear on the broadcast network. Paramount inked a seven-year media rights agreement with TKO Group earlier this year.
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Sports platform DAZN and Freestyle Chess are expanding their partnership, with DAZN delivering global broadcast coverage (excluding Norway) of the FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026. In Freestyle Chess, the pieces start in a semi-random position, which means players can’t memorize openings and must decide on their opening strategy in real-time. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) and Freestyle Chess Operations GmbH will stage the first official FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship in Weissenhaus, Germany, February 13-15; the tournament will be free-to-view on DAZN with English commentary.
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Fubo Sports Network is now available on Hulu’s Live TV subscribers in the core $89.99/month subscription plan, which also includes access to the entire Hulu and Disney+ streaming libraries and live sports on ESPN. The launch marks the first synergistic opportunity across the Fubo and Hulu + Live TV platforms following the close of the companies’ business combination.
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Season four of Netflix’s “Bridgerton” was the most-watched streaming original the week of January 30, with 2.3 billion minutes watched, according to Luminate. Season two of HBO’s “The Pitt” was second with 787.7 million minutes, followed by season four of Peacock’s “The Traitors” (714.4 million), season one of Netflix’s “His & Hers” (621.6 million) and season two of Paramount+’s “Landman” (502.6 million).
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