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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/27/18)
ABC: Grey’s Anatomy (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: How To Get Away With Murder (Premiere) at 10pm
CBS: Mom (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Murphy Brown (Premiere) at 9:30pm
CBS: S.W.A.T. (Premiere) at 10pm
COOKING CHANNEL: The Best Things I Ever Ate (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: The Good Place (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Law & Order: SVU (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS announced plans for “CBS Stages Canada,” a TV and film production facility outside Toronto expected to open in mid-2019. The multi-use production facility will include six soundstages, production offices, support facilities and auxiliary services for large-scale television and film production. “CBS has a strong production history in Canada,” said David Stapf, president, CBS Television Studios. “The Toronto area specifically has provided our series with diverse and appealing locations as well as production infrastructure and crafts expertise that cannot be easily found.”
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In other CBS news, former Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons was named CBS Corporation’s interim chairman of the board of directors, replacing Les Moonves, who exited amid allegations of sexual assault on September 9. “We have a distinguished and independent Board that is steadfast in its commitment to serve the best interests of all shareholders,” said Parsons. Stepping down from the board are Bruce Gordon and William Cohen.
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21st Century Fox is selling its 39% stake in Sky to Comcast, which on Saturday beat Fox with a $40 billion bid for the other 61% of the European pay-TV giant. The deal has the stamp of approval from Disney, which is acquiring most of Fox. Said Fox in a statement, “In light of the premium Comcast has agreed to pay for Sky, we and Disney have decided to sell 21CF’s existing 39% holding in Sky to Comcast. We congratulate Comcast on their pending acquisition.”
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FOX News Channel is teaming with FOX Sports for Thursday Night Football, with NFL Hall of Famers Michael Strahan, Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long hosting FOX Sports’ new pregame show live from FNC’s state-of-the-art studios in NYC. Beginning Week 4, the Thursday Night Football Pregame Show will air at 7:30p on FOX, taking viewers up to kickoff.
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TNT tapped Frank Pugliese (House of Cards) to serve as showrunner for new limited series The Angel of Darkness, based on the sequel to Caleb Carr bestseller – and top 10 cable drama – The Alienist. Angel is a co-production of Paramount Television and Turner’s Studio T with Eric Roth, Anonymous Content‘s Steve Golin and Rosalie Swedlin, with Cary Joji Fukunaga serving as executive producers.
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Fox gave a 13-episode straight-to-series pickup to animated comedy Bless the Harts, from Emily Spivey, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Seth Cohen. Voice cast includes SNLers Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Jillian Bell.
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Pop TV’s Florida Girls starts production in early October. Scripted comedy was inspired by series creator Laura Chinn’s (The Mick) life growing up on the West Coast of the Sunshine State. Laci Mosley (The Wedding Year), Melanie Field (Heathers) and Patty Guggenheim (Splitting Up Together) will star with Chinn in the series from Chinn, Lionsgate TV, Jax Media and 3 Arts Entertainment.
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Patty’s Auto, inspired by a Pennsylvania auto repair shop with all female mechanics, has been put in development at Fox. Comedy hails from Darlene Hunt (The Big C), Brownstone Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
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Gaumont animated comedy Bionic Max, centered on a bionic guinea pig and his goldfish pal, has been greenlit by France’s Gulli.
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A four-part special Ghost Adventures event exploring a treacherous nautical region on the Pacific Northwest, “Graveyard of the Pacific”, launches on Travel Channel Saturday, October 13 at 9p. Three days later at 10p the net offers hour-long special Lost Amazon: Project Z, looking for a lost civilization buried under a tropical rain forest.
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Among the celebrity kids onboard ABC’s upcoming Dancing With the Stars: Juniors are Alana Thompson (Here Comes Honey Boo Boo); Tripp Palin, grandson of Sarah; skateboarding/surfing phenom Sky Brown; daughter-of-NBA-star-Scottie Sophia Pippen, and Miles Brown (black-ish). Battle for the mirrorball starts Sunday, October 7 at 8p.
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How Far Is Tattoo Far?, hosted by Nico Tortorella (Younger) and Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi (Jersey Shore Family Vacation), starts making its mark on MTV Thursday, October 11 at 9p. Reality show based on the MTV International format Just Tattoo of Us has pairs of friends and family members design tattoos for each other that won’t be revealed until they’re permanently inked.
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The new season of Doctor Who hits BBC America timed to the UK premiere broadcast on Sunday, October 7th at 1:45p. Fans at New York Comic Con will watch the debut live, followed by a panel with star Jodie Whittaker, showrunner Chris Chibnall and executive producer Matt Strevens at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.
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After a cycling accident that took him away from the stage, Larry Hernandez returns to Universo for the season seven premiere of celeb-reality series Larrymania, this Sunday, September 30 at 9p. The season will chronicle the recovery and reinvention of the Mexican regional artist.
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HITN original production Mundo Salvaje con Ron Magill, raising awareness among Hispanic families of the importance of species conservation with footage of exotic animals, premieres Monday, October 1 at 9p. Wildlife expert Ron Magill (Sabado Gigante) hosts.
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Cinedigm acquired seasons one through ten of family-friendly Canadian drama Heartland, from Kew Media Distribution, to debut on its Dove Channel in October.
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A D.C. designer and her husband – parents of five – create spaces for families in Best House on the Block, premiering on DIY Wednesday, October 10 at 10p.
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The Steve Harvey Show joins the “First Families of Funny” and “Funny Side Up” lineups of getTV starting Monday, October 1, at 8a and 11p. Sitcom ran on The WB from 1996-2002.
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Syndicated country music series Nashville Insider joins AXS TV’s Thursday night lineup on October 4 at 7p.
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Season six of Bounce original series Family Time launches Monday, October 1 at 9p. Episodes will also be available on SVOD service Brown Sugar on Tuesdays, along with seasons one through five.
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Aspire TV lifestyle culinary series Butter + Brown is back for a second season starting Tuesday, October 2 at 8p.
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Sundance Now’s first scripted podcast, six-part crime thriller Exeter, premieres Thursday, October 25. Season two has been greenlit will arrive in early 2019.
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Four-part Bravo docu-series Welcome to Waverly pairs a diverse group of professionals from major metropolitan areas with their counterparts in Waverly, Kansas – population 563. New episodes premiere every night from Monday, October 22-Thursday, October 25 at 10p.
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Oxygen’s Kemper on Kemper: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer explores the story of Edmund Kemper, “The Co-Ed Killer,” whose 1969-1973 murder spree culminated with the killing of his own mother. Special premieres Saturday, October 20 at 7p.
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Cardi B has been added to the roster of performers at the American Music Awards. The rapper/songwriter will be joined by Latin singers Bad Bunny and J Balvin. Show airs Tuesday, October 9 at 8p on ABC.
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Conan O’Brien begins his 18-city “Team Coco Presents Conan & Friends: An Evening of Stand-Up and Investment Tips” tour in D.C. on Friday, November 2. O’Brien will be joined by different groups of handpicked comics each night of the tour. Said O’Brien, “The idea that I hit the road for seven weeks was pitched by my wife, with the full backing of my children.”
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Hallmark Channel original Saturday movie premieres next month include Falling For You on October 6 at 9p, Under the Autumn Moon on October 13 at 9p, and Love, of Course on October 20 at 8p. Good Witch: Tale of Two Hearts makes its debut Sunday, October 21 at 8p.
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Turner Classic Movies has lined up a month of programming celebrating performances from comediennes including Lucille Ball, Lily Tomlin, Goldie Hawn and more, hosted by Carol Burnett and Illeana Douglas. “Funny Ladies” launches October 4, continuing every Thursday.
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Paul McCartney appears in his first 60 Minutes profile on the season 51 premiere of the CBS newsmag Sunday, September 30 at 7:30p. Sharyn Alfonsi interviews the 76-year-old music legend, who admits that while he gave bandmate John Lennon credit for his songwriting, it wasn’t easy. “You’d normally have to be a little bit drunk,” says McCartney. “It helped.”
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Cozi TV is airing a 20-episode marathon of “Will & Grace Fabulous Firsts,” highlighting first-time events and character debuts from the original eight seasons, on Saturday, October 6 from 9a-7p. That’s two days after the new W&G season launches on NBC Thursday, October 4 at 9p.
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Eve Hewson (The Knick) and Eva Green (Penny Dreadful) have joined the cast of six-part BBC Two drama, The Luminaries….Evan Handler (Californication) landed a season six series regular role on Starz drama Power, while Mike Dopud and Monique Gabriela Curnen have been upped from recurring to series regulars….Kevin Harrison Jr. (It Comes at Night) and Lucy Fry (Bright) have boarded Epix crime drama Godfather of Harlem.
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The season three premiere of NBC’s This Is Us on Tuesday scored a 3.0 rating among A18-49 and 10.5 million viewers, down from 3.9 for its season two, “How did Jack die?” bow, but above the season average. Medical drama New Amsterdam followed with a healthy 1.8 in the demo and 8.4 million viewers.
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The season debut of HGTV’s My Lottery Dream Home on Friday attracted 3.3 million total viewers and a .85 Live+3 rating among A25-54, the series’ highest-rated episode ever. Dream Home ranked as the number three cable net among A25-54 in the timeslot.
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The season six finale of Telemundo’s El Senor de los Cielos averaged 2.061 million total viewers, 1.125 million A 18-49 and 475,000 A18-34.
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Fox News’ The Story with Martha MacCallum delivered a series-high 610,000 among A25-54 and 3.6 million total viewers and for its interview with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his wife Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, and was cable’s number one show for the night in total viewers.
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The week of September 17, Univision outperformed one or more English-language broadcast nets every night among A18-34, and on four nights among A18-49, ranking as the number five broadcast network for the week in primetime.
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Actor Frank Parker died September 16 from complications of Parkinson’s disease and dementia. He was 79. Parker’s longest-running role was on Days of Our Lives, where he recurred from 1983-2008.
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BROADWAY
The Nap opens on Thursday September 27, 2018.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/nap/
The Ferryman starts previews on Tuesday October 2, 2018.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/the-ferryman/
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