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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 4/2/18)
ABC: The Crossing (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD NETWORK: Vegas Cakes (Premiere) at 10pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Mountain Life (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Flipping Virgins (Premiere) at 9pm
BRAVO: Summer House (Finale) at 10pm
ID: Cold Hearted (Finale) at 10pm
CBS Corp. is on the verge of making a merger proposal to Viacom Inc., reports Bloomberg. CBS is expected to propose its CEO and chairman, Les Moonves, head the combined company. Holding company National Amusements Inc. has 80% of voting stock for both CBS and Viacom, which split into separately traded companies in 2006.
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In a first, The FCC approved an application for Elon Musk’s SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites, a move the commission called a step towards increasing high-speed broadband availability and competition. SpaceX is set to begin launching its “Starlink” constellation in 2019.
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Least surprising news of the week: ABC picked up another season of Roseanne, as one day of delayed Nielsen viewing added over +3.4 million to a 21.87 million haul in average audience. Among A18-49, the show rose more than a rating point to hit 6.24. ABC upped its order for season 11 to 13 episodes, up from 9 for current season 10.
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On Sunday, April Fool’s Day, Netflix announced it had struck a deal to acquire “full ownership of [Seth Rogan’s] personal autonomy.” The first special as part of the (real part of the) deal will be Seth Rogan’s Hilarity for Charity, set to stream April 6. “As a general rule, I don’t really ‘read’ anything before I sign it,” said the actor/writer/director.
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Beyond will not make it beyond season 2 on Freeform. The net canceled the sci-fi drama after a steep ratings decline from the first to second seasons.
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CW moved Life Sentence to Fridays, after the dramedy hit a Live+SD ratings demo low of .1. The Originals, which had been slated to return April 20 for its fifth and final season, will instead air in the Wednesday slot, starting April 18.
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Twentieth’s Last Man Standing, which aired on ABC from 2011-2016 and launched in broadcast syndication in fall 2016, will start airing on WGN America on Monday, April 30. The comedy starring conservative actor Tim Allen as a Republican character could get a new life on Fox, reports TMZ, following the surprise success of the Roseanne revival.
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The Ren & Stimpy Show creator John Kricfalusi has been accused of sexual misconduct, according to BuzzFeed News, which reports two women claim Kricfalusi pursued them sexually when they were minors. Kricfalusi was let go from Nickelodeon in 1992, after Ren & Stimpy’s first season.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV One announced the start of production in LA for original docu-series We’re the Campbells, following Gospel music couple Warryn and Erica Campbell as they balance raising their family and growing their church ministry. Series is slated for a June 2018 premiere.
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America Inside Out with Katie Couric premieres on Nat Geo Wednesday, April 11 at 10p. Among the guests on the series, exploring the highly-charged battle over removing confederate monuments, is Oscar winner Julianne Moore, who is helping lead the fight to change the name of her former high school.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Discovery’s Naked and Afraid XL returns for season 4 on Sunday, May 6 at 10p. The 40-day survival challenge takes place in Africa’s deadly, drought-plagued Selati River basin.
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ID’s Evil Stepmothers is back on the track of women with twisted motives and selfish desires starting Friday, April 13 at 10p.
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WWE Superstar and former challenge competitor Mike “The Miz” Mizanin returns as host of MTV competition show The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars, back for a 10-week special run starting Tuesday, April 17 at 10p.
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The 3 surviving children of Martin Luther King Jr. discuss grieving their father, living up to his legacy and the disagreements among them during an interview with CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller. The interview, marking the 50th anniversary of the death of the civil rights icon, will be broadcast today and throughout the week on CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News and CBSN.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On the heels of the Roseanne’s boffo revival on ABC, ID is airing a marathon of Roseanne Barr-hosted Momsters: When Moms Go Bad, hosted by Barr, on Tuesday, April 4 starting at 12p.
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Bravo’s 3-part The Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion starts Sunday, April 8 at 8p, with “a shocking revelation that leaves the ladies utterly speechless.” (But not for long, we’re guessing.)
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About two dozen people lost their jobs at Amazon-owned game service Twitch. Citing “an aggressive growth strategy,” a spokesperson said despite the cutbacks, the company plans to increase head count by approximately 30% in 2018.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Leading the cast of Freeform comedy pilot Girl Code (wt) are Sophia Di Martino (Flowers) and Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Downward Dog), as odd couple partners running an all-female tech incubator.
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Emily Ratajkowski (Easy), Shameik Moore (The Get Down), Calum Worthy (American Vandal), and YouTube personalities Jimmy Tatro and Lilly Singh will star in NBC comedy pilot Bright Futures, narrated by Friend Lisa Kudrow.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC’s Say Yes To The Prom special was up double digits versus 2017 and 2016 specials with core W25-54 viewers, making it the highest rated Say Yes To The Prom ever.
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Suzanne Patmore Gibbs died suddenly March 29 of complications following surgery for a hernia. She was 50. Gibbs, who had been head of TriStar Television since 2015, earlier helped develop shows like Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy. “No way to describe this loss,” tweeted Shonda Rhimes.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Ready Player One – $41.2 million
Tyler Perry’s Acrimony – $17.1 million
Black Panther – $11.3 million
I Can Only Imagine – $10.8 million
Pacific Rim Uprising – $9.2 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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