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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 7/6/18)
ANIMAL PLANET: Treehouse Masters (Premiere) at 10pm
NAT. GEO.: Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks or Bust (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Washington Week (Premiere) at 8pm
SHOWTIME: Just Another Immigrant (Finale) at 9:30pm
SYFY: 12 Monkeys (Finale) at 10pm
WE TV: Bridezillas (Finale) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 7/7/18)
CARTOON: Summer Camp Island (Premiere) at 6am
DISCOVERY FAMILY: Rachael vs. Guy: Kids Cook-Off (Premiere) at 8pm
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Barnwood Builders (Premiere) at 8pm
(SUNDAY 7/8/18)
AZTECA AMERICA: La Academia (Premiere) at 9pm
CNN: The 2000s (Premiere) at 9pm
E!: Very Cavallari (Premiere) at 10pm
HBO: Sharp Objects (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: American Monster (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL CHANNEL: Haunted Things (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL CHANNEL: These Woods Are Haunted (Premiere) at 10pm
DIY: Lawn & Order (Finale) at 11:30pm
HGTV: Beach Hunters (Finale) at 9pm and 9:30pm
ID: Scene of the Crime with Tony Harris (Finale) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: I’m Dying Up Here (Finale) at 10pm
WEATHER CHANNEL: Heroes & Survivors (Finale) at 8pm
TiVo CEO Enrique Rodriguez is leaving the company and joining Liberty Global in Europe as Chief Technology Officer. Rodriguez joined TiVo in November. “My personal decision to pursue another opportunity was not easy,” said Rodriguez. “I couldn’t be more excited about what lies ahead for TiVo.” Board member Raghu Rau will serve as interim president and CEO.
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TNT renewed Animal Kingdom and Claws following summer premieres that delivered season-over-season growth. The two-night season three launch of Animal Kingdom combined for 4.3 million Total Viewers and 2.0 million A18-49 viewers so far, with the premiere airing alone generating 978,000 in the demo in Live +7. The season two premiere of Claws raked in 1.3 million A18-49 in Live +7, +38% higher than last year’s series debut.
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Fox Business Network’s Melissa Francis has been named co-host of Fox News Channel’s Outnumbered. Francis joins co-anchor Harris Faulkner, but won’t give up her other day job as co-host of FBN’s After the Bell.
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Nickelodeon greenlit 20 episodes of Los Casagrandes (wt), a spinoff of animated series The Loud House. “There’s no better time than today to tell stories about a kid growing up in a loving, multi-generational, diverse family,” said Chris Vicardi, SVP of animation production and development.
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Netflix ordered ten episodes of musical drama Mixtape, starring Jenna Dewan, Callie Hernandez and Madeline Stowe. Project from Josh Safran (Quantico), Annapurna Pictures, 20th Century Fox Television and Fox 21 TV Studios started as a pilot for Fox. The streamer also ordered original drama Monarca, from Mexico, produced by Ventanarosa Productions, Lemon Studios and Stearns Castle.
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Disney Channel will debut supernatural animated series Sadie Sparks in 2019. Voice cast includes Craig Revel-Horwook (Strictly Come Dancing), comedian Rufus Hound and British actress Georgia Lock.
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CBS has two true crime series arriving this month. Whistleblower, tracking stories of heroic people who expose major corporations ripping off taxpayers, debuts Friday, July 13 at 8p, while Pink Collar Crimes, following outrageous crimes by the likes of PTA moms and the country club set, premieres Saturday, July 28 at 8p.
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TLC’s Four Weddings returns Saturday, July 21 at 9p, but this time around the blushing brides aren’t strangers evaluating each other’s events, but close friends or family members.
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truTV is offering two new series this summer: Paid Off with Michael Torpey “solves” the student loan crisis with a comedy game show, starting Tuesday, July 10 at 10p, and scripted anthology series Bobcat Goldwait’s Misfits & Monsters launches Wednesday, July 11 at 10p. Hack My Life is back for season four July 10 at 10:30p.
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E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians is back for season fifteen on Sunday, August 5 at 9p, with Khloe and Kylie as first-tme moms and Kim welcoming baby #3.
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Three-week MTV event Catfish: Trolls kicks off Wednesday, July 18 at 10p. Host and EP Charlamagne Tha God will bring subjects face-to-face with their aggressors, Catfish-style.
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CBS All Access mystery series One Dollar is slated to premiere Thursday, August 30. Ten-episode drama is set in a small rust belt town on post-recession America.
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Grueling missions push competitors to the limits in new Discovery series Ultimate Ninja Challenge, launching Sunday, August 5 at 10p.
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Three-part People Magazine Investigates: Crimes of Fashion explores high-end fashion icons and their couture crimes starting Monday, July 16 at 9p on ID.
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E! docu-series Model Squad runs through the net’s New York Fashion Week coverage, starting Tuesday, September 4 at 8p. Two-week event follows nine supermodels navigating the cutthroat world of high fashion.
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HBO late-nighter Random Acts of Flyness has a debut date: August 6. The six-part series from Terence Nance will air Fridays at midnight.
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New dramedy New Dogs, Old Tricks, centered on the life experiences of a group of college friends in a small town, launches on Amazon Friday, September 28.
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Ovation’s The Art Show circles the globe following artists and photographers, starting Wednesday, July 25 at 10p.
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Viceland offers a slew of premieres next week. Post Radical debuts Tuesday, July 10 at 8p, followed by King of the Road at 9p, Most Expensivest at 10p and F*ck, That’s Delicious at 10:30p. Hollywood Love Story premieres Wednesday, July 11 at 10p, followed by Tattoo Age at 10:30p and Mister Tachyon at 11:30p.
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Amid scoring a Total Audience delivery average of 5.5 million viewers for Monday’s Mexico/Brazil Knockout Round match at the World Cup, Telemundo Deportes announced a deal to add the 2019 Copa America to its sports content portfolio. The deal for the event, held in Brazil, hands Telemundo exclusive Spanish-language U.S. media rights. “We are extremely pleased to join forces with CONMEBOL and the Copa America tournament,” said Ray Warren, President, Telemundo Deportes. “It is a world class event and perfectly aligns with our approach to partner with owners of the biggest and best global sporting events to bring them to our Spanish-language audience in the U.S.”
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Meanwhile, FOX Sports reports that its own coverage of Mexico/Brazil delivered 4,181,000 viewers on TV, with another average-minute audience of 538,000 and 1.4 million unique streamers on digital, setting a record for FOX Sports authenticated streaming. According to Nielsen, the victory by Brazil was up 65% over 2014’s corresponding Round of 16 match. Meanwhile, Belgium’s stunning comeback win over Japan, scored 3,904,000 viewers across FOX and streaming sources.
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Golden Boy Promotions locked in a partnership with Facebook to bring live boxing and original programming to fans on the platform. The first of five live fight nights on Facebook takes place Aug. 11 featuring Jesus Rojas defending his WBA World Featherweight Title against Joseph “JoJo “Diaz Jr. Golden Boy Media and Entertainment will serve as the production entity producing the live fights and original programming, with Oscar De La Hoya serving as Executive Producer. In addition, the live boxing series will be bolstered with shoulder programming, including rebroadcasts of past fights featuring commentary from the boxers themselves.
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NBC Sports saw the return of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series pay dividends as the race from Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday averaged a TAD of 2.56 million viewers across NBCSN and NBC Sports Digital platforms – up 10% from last year’s race at the venue, according to fast national data from Nielsen, and digital data from Adobe. NASCAR on NBC’s first Cup Series race of the 2018 season delivered 2.55 million TV-only viewers and a 1.58 rating on NBCSN, up 10% and 12% vs. NBCSN’s coverage of last year’s race from Chicago. In addition, Saturday’s Xfinity Series race on NBCSN from Chicago averaged 1.07 million viewers and delivered a .66 rating, up 32% and 25% respectively vs. 2017.
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Roger Federer ended a decades long partnership with Nike, inking a new deal with Japanese retailer Uniqlo. The new deal comes as the 36-year-old star’s contract with Nike expired in March. ESPN reports that the new partnership is valued around $300 million for a 10-year period.
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TLC’s 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After? goes live for the first time with a two-hour episode Sunday, July 8 at 8p that includes big moments in franchise history, followed by comedian and avid fan Michelle Collins live as she breaks down what viewers just saw. Why go live? “With the buzz surrounding the 90 Day Fiance franchise, TLC wanted to push the envelope even further with this LIVE after show,” Howard Lee, president and GM of TLC and Discovery Life, tells Cynopsis. “Fans are not going to believe what’s coming up on this Sunday’s episode, and we can’t wait for them to join the discussion!”
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Concert doc Jeff Lynne’s ELO: Wembley or Bust makes its U.S. TV debut on Showtime Friday, July 27 at 9p.
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TLC is teaming with Redbook magazine and Love Is Louder for its second annual “Give a Little TLC” contest to raise awareness about bullying prevention. The contest runs through July 24; applicants can submit themselves or nominate another deserving person here: tlc.com/givealittlecontest.
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Fandom completed its acquisition of YouTube channel Screen Junkies and its entities from Defy Media. “Together we look forward to celebrating movies, TV and video games in diverse ways,” said Fandom chief content officer Dorth Raphaely.
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Existing investors AMC Networks, Discovery and Viacom led the Series C funding round for streaming TV service Philo, which launched its $16/month bundle of 40 channels, already available on Roku devices, iOS and Android, on Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV.
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Facebook alternative MeWe completed a $5.2 million Series A financing, for a total of $10 million. “We’ve built a social networking experience that has a remarkable suite of features people love and none of the BS,” said founder Mark Weinstein. “MeWe has no ads, no spyware, no content manipulation, no facial recognition, and no Russians (or anyone) paying to show you fake news.”
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Brandy Norwood was upped to series regular on season three of Fox music drama Star….John Malkovich will star in HBO/Sky continuation-of limited series The New Pope, with Jude Law….Kevin Daniels (Sirens) and Ava Friedman (Stop the Bleeding) landed recurring roles in Starz comedy Now Apocalypse….Two Last Man Standing roles are being recast for the Fox revival – Molly Ephraim and Flynn Morrison (Mandy and Boyd) decided not to return….Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey) and David Bradley (Game of Thrones) are onboard Ricky Gervais’ Netflix comedy After Life.
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Facebook is shutting down three apps: tbh, Hello and Moves. “We know some people are still using these apps and will be disappointed,” the company said in a blog post Monday. “But we need to prioritize our work so we don’t spread ourselves too thin Netflix.” Facebook bought teen app tbh in October, launched Hello in 2015 and acquired fitness app Moves in 2014.
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NBC’s Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular topped Wednesday with 7.46 million viewers, the most in six years, and delivered 1.2 among A18-49.
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Pre-fireworks, Discovery started the month off with a bang. On Sunday, July 1 in primetime, the company boasted the top four cable nets for W25-54 with TLC at #1, HGTV #2, ID #3, and Discovery Channel at #4. Discovery also had 9 of the top 10 primetime shows for W25-54 in cable that night.
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Animal Planet’s Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet on Saturday, June 23 was up in the A25-54 demo versus the previous week and also showed double-digit week over week gains (+11%) among M25-54 in L+3. The episode delivered more than 1.4 million total viewers P2+.
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The 100th episode of Wicked Tuna on National Geographic June 24 delivered a 1.01 in the demo and 1,783,000 Total Viewers, propelling Nat Geo in P25-54 to the #6 ad supported cable network at 9p, and the #7 overall for the night.
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Disney Channel’s Big City Greens delivered new series highs among Kids 6-11 (319,000/1.3 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (277,000/1.1 rating) on June 27, while generating its 2nd largest overall audience yet (750,000).
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Preemptions for the 2018 FIFA World Cup did not help ratings for many syndicated shows. Hitting new season or new all-time lows were Maury (1.2, down 8% week to week), Rachael Ray (0.9, down 10%), Jerry Springer (0.9, down 10%), Steve Wilkos (0.9, down 10%), the re-titled Wendy Williams-World Cup shows (0.6, down 25%) and The Real (0.4, down 20%). Dr. Phil was one exception (2.8, up 4% versus the week prior), along with Live with Kelly and Ryan, steady at 2.0 and Steve, which held at 1.1.
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Cable news host Ed Schultz died July 5 of natural causes. He was 64. Schultz anchored MSNBC’s The Ed Show from 2009-1015, and most recently served as lead anchor for RT America.
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MOVIES
The First Purge – Lex Scott Davis, Y’lan Noel, Jovian Wade, Marisa Tomei, Rotimi Paul, Mugga, Patch Darragh, Luna Lauren Velez
Ant-Man and the Wasp – Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Pfeiffer
Sorry To Bother You (Limited Release) – Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, Terry Crews, Kate Berlant, Michael X. Sommers, Danny Glover
Whitney (Limited Release) – A Documentary about Whitney Houston by Kevin MacDonald
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