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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 12/21/18)
DISCOVERY: Master of Arms (Finale) at 10pm
(SATURDAY 12/22/18)
GREAT AMERICAN COUNTRY: Texas Flip ‘N Move (Premiere) at 8pm
HALLMARK: Jingle Around The Clock (Premiere) at 8pm
HALLMARK MOVIES & MYSTERIES: Small Town Christmas (Premiere) at 9pm
DIY: First Time Flippers (Finale) at 9pm
ID: Killer Unknown (Finale) at 10pm
(SUNDAY 12/23/18)
HALLMARK: Christmas Made To Order (Premiere) at 8pm
LIFETIME: 3 Holiday Tails (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: The Year: 2018 (Premiere) at 9pm
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL: America In Color: Hollywood’s Golden Age (Finale) at 8pm
ID: Deadly Legacy (Finale) at 10pm
HBO: Sally4Ever (Finale) at 10:30pm
USA Network continues to dominate cable TV as the most-watched ad-supported network (non-news/non-sports), according to Nielsen. The network has been No. 1 for 13 years and is second among 18-49-year-olds for the second straight year, though at 1.48M viewers it saw a 9% drop from last year. Next in line is HGTV (1.45M/-5% drop); TBS (1.32M/-9% drop); TNT (1.26M/0% change); and History (1.21M/-7% drop). Only 23% of ad-supported entertainment cable networks avoided a drop.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Producers Guild of America will give the 2019 Stanley Kramer Award to Grace & Frankie actress Jane Fonda at its 30th annual PGA Awards at the Beverly Hilton on January 19. The award is designed to honor a production, producer or individual whose achievement or contribution illuminates or raises public awareness of social issues. Two-time Oscar-winner Fonda is being honored for her life of activism and philanthropic work.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Entertainment industry writer/actor Mike White (School of Rock, The Good Girl, Dawson’s Creek, Freaks and Geeks, Enlightened) was the runner-up in Survivor’s 37th season, which ended Wednesday night. He was in the final three with Nick Wilson and Angelina Keeley, but Wilson wound up as the final survivor.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Marisa Tomei and Amber Tamblyn numbered among a group of actresses and activists who wore Time’s Up T-shirts at a pretrial hearing yesterday in New York Supreme Court for movie producer Harvey Weinstein. In a tweet later, Tamblyn, former star of Joan of Arcadia, wrote, “It is a small victory…. We’ll be there again on March 7 and look forward to seeing him prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
In 2018, a show that last aired 14 years ago was the most-binge-watched program of the year: Friends, according to a new TV Time study. The show is currently available on Netflix, which reportedly paid $100 million to keep all seasons available to customers. The top five most-binged shows continued with ABC‘s Grey’s Anatomy; Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why; the Spanish-language series from Antena 3 (and picked up by Netflix) La Casa de Papel (Money Heist); and The CW’s Riverdale. A binge session, according to TV Time, involves a user watching at least four episodes of a show within a 24-hour period.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox has ordered a pilot for Filthy Rich, a soap-opera-like drama from The Help writer/director Tate Taylor, along with Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox TV. This is the fourth early-pilot order for 20th TV; other orders include Surveillance, an NYPD Blue sequel and Happy Accident.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Anonymous Content has paired with Red Arrow Studios International and Air Force One producer Charlie Lyons to adapt Joanne Lipman’s book That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together into a TV series.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Freeform has purchased Scare Club as a potential special event series from Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments’ Matt Hastings, who will write the first two hours of the six-part series as part of the network’s Halloween block.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Luke Cage showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios, along with Coker’s Fighting 99th Entertainment company, to produce and develop new series.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Showtime has renewed the Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight-starring Ray Donovan for a seventh season, with production to begin in spring 2019.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix released first-look images of the fourth and final season of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, which will begin streaming on January 25.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Howie Mandel’s first stand-up special in two decades will air on Showtime on January 18: Howie Mandel at the Howie Mandel Comedy Club.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ken Jeong will guest-star on the midseason return of ABC’s The Kids Are Alright on January 8.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Tony Award-winner Katrina Lenk (The Band’s Visit) is set to recur on the NBC series The Village, which will follow the residents of a Brooklyn apartment building.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom actress Daniella Pineda has booked a regular role on Netflix’s What/If, an anthology drama starring Renee Zellweger.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix ice-skating drama series Spinning Out has been casting out and landed two-time Olympian and NBC correspondent Johnny Weir. Other cast members include Evan Roderick, Sarah Wright Olsen, Will Kemp, Amanda Zhou, Mitchell Edwards and Kaitlyn Leeb.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedy Central has acquired Parks and Recreation from NBCUniversal Distribution. The show is scheduled to make its network debut with an all-day marathon on January 21.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Mary Poppins Returns – Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Colin Firth
Aquaman – Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Temuera Morrison, Michael Beach, Randall Park, Julie Andrews, Djimon Hounsou
Bumblebee – Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Jason Drucker, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Angela Bassett,
Second Act – Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens, Leah Remini, Treat Williams, Milo Ventimiglia, Annaleigh Ashford, Charlyne Yi, Alan Aisenberg, Dave Foley, Larry Miller, Dan Bucatinsky
Welcome To Marwen – Steve Carell, Leslie Mann, Diane Kruger, Merritt Wever, Janelle Monae, Eiza Gonzalez, Gwendoline Christie, Leslie Zemeckis
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