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CBS renewed Big Brother for seasons 19 and 20, to air in 2017 and 2018. The summer reality show is aging well – summer-to-date, all three weekly broadcasts rank among the top five programs among A18-34 and the top 10 among A18-49 and A25-54, and total streams across digital platforms are up 33 percent versus last year.
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Joining Big Brother on CBS next summer will be Zoo. Now in its second season, the drama about animal attacks against humans is the summer’s second most-watched scripted broadcast. The two-hour season finale airs Tuesday, September 6 at 9p on the network, and will be available September 14 on Netflix.
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Cable, satellite and telco TV operators lost over 700,000 subscribers in 2Q16, according to MoffettNathanson’s Craig Moffett. Cable accounted for a moderate 242,000 in losses, while the drop for telco operators was 529,000. While attrition was just 1.3 percent in the quarter versus 1.2 in 1Q16, “The gap between cord-cutting, or eliminating one’s pay-TV subscription altogether, and cord-shaving, where skinny bundles replace fat ones, is getting wider,” warned Moffett.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is going live again, following the presidential debates Monday, September 26 and Wednesday, October 19, and after the VP debate Tuesday, October 4. The move is no surprise the CBS late-nighter’s live broadcasts during the Republican and Democratic National conventions earned strong ratings and social buzz.
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Speaking of the debates, can we count on the Republican candidate showing up to the party? Donald Trump told Time that while he will “absolutely do three debates,” he will “have to see the conditions.” Among those: “I’ll have to see who the moderators are….certain moderators would be unacceptable.”
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Fox gave a put pilot commitment to a comedy starring stand-up comedian Ms. Pat, reports Deadline. Empire’s Lee Daniels and Brian Grazer will produce the project, from Imagine Television, Lee Daniels Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television.
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In development at HBO: a film about drug lord Griselda Blanco, played by Jennifer Lopez. Project comes from Lopez’ Nuyorican Productions and LBI Entertainment.
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Lifetime original movie Who Killed JonBenet, an original movie about the 1996 murder of six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, is in production for a fall premiere. Eion Bailey (Band of Brothers), Michel Gill (Mr. Robot) and Julia Campbell (Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion) star.
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CBS is revisiting the Ramsey murder, too, in The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey. Airing Sunday, September 18 at 8:30p, Monday, September 19 at 9p and Sunday, September 25 at 8:30p, the six-hour limited docu-series offers new experts reviewing the unsolved mystery using advanced technology and forensics that lead to new theories. Also in the wings: ID event series JonBenet: An American Murder Mystery (wt), premiering Monday, September 12.
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Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Cam, Maren Morris, Cole Swindell, Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum will perform at the 10th Annual ACM Honors, airing on CBS Friday, September 9 at 9p. The event, hosted by Lady Antebellum, will celebrate honorees and off-camera winners from April’s 51st Academy of Country Music Awards.
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Britney Spears will go for a Carpool Karaoke ride with James Corden on CBS’s The Late Late Show with James Corden on Thursday, August 25 at 12:37p. The release of Spears’ new album, Glory, is August 26.
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DIY renewed Nashville Flipped for a second season. Now in production, the Music City-set series is slated to return in February.
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TLC ordered 14 more episodes of My Big Fat Fabulous Life, set to premiere early next year. Season three is the reality show’s highest-rated so far, with 1.4 million P2+ viewers and 1.1 million among W25-54.
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The season 9 premiere of Heartland airs Wednesday, September 7 on UP TV. The net will air the 18 U.S. premiere episodes every Wednesday at 8p, 9p and 10p during a six-week limited engagement, before the family drama starts airing weekly this fall. In February, UP’s subscription on demand offering, UP Faith & Family, will make all nine seasons of the series available.
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Propellers for paddleboards, shark repellent, underwater jetpacks…entrepreneurs show off their recreation products in the great outdoors in CNBC’s Adventure Capitalists. New four-episode series launches Monday, August 22 at 10p.
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Fuse handed Clash of the Corps a debut date: Wednesday, October 5 at 11p. The 8-part docu-series from Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Productions and 44 Blue Productions follows two teams competing for the Drum Corps International championship.
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Twins tackle the Big Easy in HGTV’s Brothers Take New Orleans, in production now for a November premiere. Property Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott exec produce as well as star in the four-parter, in which two renovated homes will be offered to families selected by a non-profit dedicated to minimizing the time between disaster and recovery.
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Aisha Tyler was bumped from recurring to series regular on season 12 of Criminal Minds. Drama returns to CBS Wednesday, September 28.
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VH1 announced the cast for scripted series The Breaks, based on the movie: Melonie Diaz (Fruitvale Station), Sinqua Walls (Power) and Ali Ahn (Billions) are joining the movie’s original cast including Afton Willamson (The Night Of…), Wood Harris (The Wire), Mack Wilds (90210), Antoine Harris (Ballers), David Call (The Magicians) and Evan Handler (Sex and the City). Hip hop drama is slated for a January debut.
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NBC’s Olympics ratings are on the rise, as Americans grab gold. On Tuesday, when Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky raced ahead and the women’s gymnasts soared over their competition, ratings rose to 10.0/33 among A18-49 and 33.44 million total viewers.
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Longtime ESPN broadcaster John Saunders died August 10. He was 61. Saunders, who had worked at the sports net since 1986, “was an extraordinary talent and his friendly, informative style has been a warm welcome to sports fans for decades,” said ESPN president John Skipper.
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Actor Barry Jenner died August 8 of acute myeloid leukemia. He was 75. Jenner had roles on numerous shows, including Dallas, Family Matters and Deep Space 9.
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