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Amazon trampled earnings expectations for its Q2, reporting a 12-fold increase in profits from the year-prior quarter. Amazon reported per-share earnings of $5.07, besting analysts’ estimates of $2.50 per share; its net income of $2.5 billion marked the third consecutive quarter in which its profits topped $1 billion. Among news, Amazon told investors the company introduced new machine learning tools for developers, and has invested in new companies through its Alexa Fund.
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Julius Jones, the star athlete who at age 19 was accused of murdering Paul Howell in a carjacking gone wrong, will get a new hearing. Jones is the subject of ABC docuseries The Last Defense, which during the past month has been reexamining the case. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals is going to take another look at the case, and Jones’ lawyer is crediting the show, which airs at 10p, for bringing national attention to racism in the criminal justice system.
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In a rare off-syndication deal for a Netflix series, Comedy Central acquired exclusive linear TV rights to Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman, with season 1 slated to premiere on the network on September 26 at 10:30p.
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Hallmark Channel is welcoming Entertainment Tonight correspondent Cameron Mathison to the family. Mathison will be the new co-host alongside Debbie Matenopoulos on the network’s daily lifestyle show Home & Family, replacing longtime co-host Mark Steines, whom Hallmark abruptly dropped in May. Mathison has been a frequent substitute on the show in the past two months.
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Netflix optioned the rights to 2016 NYT bestseller Shoe Dog, written by Nike founder Phil Knight, with Frank Marshall onboard to produce the film alongside Knight. Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (Ed Wood, The People vs. Larry Flynt, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story) are writing the screenplay.
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Lifetime will increase its movie tally to 75 for 2019, and signed a production deal with newswoman Robin Roberts for a series of movies and documentaries under the banner Robin Roberts Presents, which will debut next year. The net also is developing several book franchises, including the previously announced Jane Green three-picture deal, and the Seven Deadly Sins anthology by Victoria Christopher Murray. Lifetime has re-teamed with TD Jakes and has commissioned the first three books – L Lust, Envy and Greed – to debut next year. V.C. Andrews’ iconic novels also join the 2019 lineup, with five book series about the twisted relationships of the Casteel Family becoming movies including the first, Heaven. Also, Lifetime completed production on Somebody’s Someone, based on the memoir of Regina Louise, on which it is partnering with the Be Me Be Free anxiety empowerment campaign. The net also renewed a second season of psychological thriller You before its September 9 debut, and continues to grow original unscripted content with the Justice for Women with Gretchen Carlson block on Mondays and Real Love relationship block on Tuesdays.
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Showtime renewed its drama series The Affair for a fifth and final season. Season 4 will come to a close on August 19.
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Pop TV launched free app Pop Now on Apple iOS and tvOS, Android and Roku and announced its upcoming slate. The app is the only streaming platform where viewers in the US can watch all eps of Schitt’s Creek prior to its season 5 return in 2019. Also available on the app are Swedish Dicks (season 2 premieres on Pop TV on Thursday, July 26 at 10p), Wolf Creek. whose second season bows Sunday, Oct. 21 at 10p, and Clique, a new drama from the producers of British television hit Skins that follows childhood best friends as they embark on the so-called best years of their lives at a university in Edinburgh. Series will premiere with two eps on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 10p; all six eps will launch on Pop Now immediately following the televised episode 2. Also new—Hollywood Darlings, a comedy starring Jodie Sweetin (Full House, Fuller House), Beverley Mitchell (7th Heaven) and Christine Lakin (Step by Step) as friends navigating showbiz careers and motherhood and friendship whose first season is free on Pop Now. Other new Pop content includes sketch comedy series Hot Date, scripted comedy Let’s Get Physical, Rock This Boat: New Kids on the Block, and docuseries The Sorrentinos.
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Freeform comedy Alone Together will return for a 10-ep second season on Wednesday, August 1 with new episodes at 8p and 8:30p. Season 2 will feature a roster of comedic acts and will continue to follow the platonic, dysfunctional co-dependent friendship of series creators Esther Povitsky and Benji Aflalo.
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Oxygen Media dives into the unnerving story of a small town shrouded in secrets in six-part series The Disappearance of Crystal Rogers, beginning Saturday, August 11 at 7p with a two-hour premiere.
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MTV’s Jersey Shore: Family Vacation will be back for second season, with a two-hour premiere on August 23. The revival helped MTV swing its best Q3 primetime ratings average among A18-34 (Live+3) since 2011.
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New series Murder in the Family with Geraldo Rivera (Premiering Saturday, November 3 at 9p), Mafia Killers with Colin McLaren (Wednesday, August 29 at 9p) and Irreconcilable Differences (Thursday, October 5 at 9p) are on Reelz’s fall 2018 slate, announced yesterday, which also includes the Stand Up To Cancer fundraising telecast (Friday, September 7 at 8p) airing for the first time on the network. Specials include two new Behind Closed Doors treatments featuring John Ritter (Saturday, September 8 at 9p) and Paul Walker (Sunday, November 25 at 9p), hosted by Natalie Morales, and a look at the Casey Anthony (Sunday, December 9 at 9p) story through her inner circle and the law enforcement officials who worked the case. The Price of Fame (Saturday, December 15 at 9p) returns with new eps about the remarkable yet often devastating paths to fame lived by Angelina Jolie, Robert Downey Jr. and Princess Diana, among others. Additional returning series include Murder Made Me Famous and World’s Most Evil Killers.
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Season 9 of Showtime comedy Shameless premieres Sunday, September 9 at 9p. New season will see political fervor hitting the South Side, and the Gallaghers take justice into their own hands.
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E! and WWE’s Total Divas returns for its eighth season beginning Wednesday, September 19 at 9p.
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HBO teased a first look at Camping, from Girls creator/exec producer Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner. Series bows Sunday, October 14.
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ABC News’ chief national correspondent Matt Gutman will report on new details about the treacherous mission to save 12 boys and their soccer coach from a cave in Thailand on 20/20 airing this Friday, July 27 at 10p on ABC.
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The Sentence, winner of the Sundance 2018 Audience Award: US documentary, will premiere on HBO October 15 preceded by an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run beginning October 12. Film draws from hundreds of hours of footage shot by filmmaker Rudy Valdez showing the aftermath of his sister Cindy’s 15-year sentence for conspiracy charges related to crimes committed by her deceased ex-boyfriend.
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The Crown is expanding its royal family. The series found its Prince Charles and Queen Mother: Josh O’Connor (God’s Own Country) and Marion Bailey (Allied) join the cast of the third season of the Netflix series, due in 2019.
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Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$) scored a role opposite Toni Collette, Merritt Wever and Kaitlyn Dever in Unbelievable, the eight-ep Netflix limited series… Shelley Conn (Liar) and James D’Arcy (Homeland) snagged recurring roles opposite Emma Greenwell, Joely Richardson and Olivia Munn in upcoming Starz spy drama The Rook… Alex Trebek is in the spotlight on this Sunday’s (July 29) ep of Fox News Channel’s OBJECTified. He’ll share stories of his life by showcasing prize possessions he’s kept along the way… Judith Light (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, Transparent) will recur with the ensemble cast on Facebook Watch scripted series Queen America.
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MOVIES
Mission Impossible – Fallout – Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhimes, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett, Michelle Monaghan
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies (Animated) – Greg Cipes, Scott Melville, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, Hynden Walch, Will Arnett, Kristen Bell, Eric Bauza
NYC STREET FAIRS – MANHATTAN
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NYC STREET FAIRS – BROOKLYN, QUEENS, BRONX, AND STATEN ISLAND
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