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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 1/29/19)
HBO: Real Sports with Bryant Gumble (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Below Deck (Finale) at 9pm
ABC’s GMA Day, co-hosted by Michael Strahan and Sara Haines, is being renamed Strahan and Sara. The extension of Good Morning America, launched in September, also has a new set; its 1p time slot remains the same.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SeriesFest is teaming with Big Swing Productions for its Women in Writing competition. “Their mission, like ours, is to amplify these often-unknown voices,” said Randi Kleiner and Kaily Smith Westbrook, SeriesFest co-founders. Winner gets a development deal with BigSwing as well as the chance for a live read of a script with professional actors.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Freeform signed a script-to-series deal for half-hour dramedy Party Girls, inspired by the true story of the daughter of the first female leader of the Black Panther Party. Series comes from Platform One Media and will be executive-produced by Elisa Ellis (Narcos), Fishburne and Helen Sugland of Cinema Gypsy Productions (grown-ish) and Lance Krall and Peter Siaggas of Picture It Productions, with Dayna Lynne North (Insecure) set to write the pilot script and serve as executive producer/showrunner, should it go to series.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A Black Lady Sketch Show landed a series order from HBO. Half-hour comedy created by, starring and exec-produced by Robin Thede (The Rundown with Robin Thede) and exec-produced by Issa Rae (Insecure) will feature narrative sketches performed by black women and celebrity guests.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC ordered two pilots based on Israeli formats. Until the Wedding tells the story of how a couple’s decision to get married affects everyone in their lives, while The Baker and the Beauty follows the unlikely romance between a blue-collar baker and an international superstar.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Travel Channel’s not giving up the ghost. Paranormal Caught on Camera, featuring scary paranormal videos from around the world, debuts Wednesday, February 13, at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Trading Spaces comes back to TLC on Saturday, March 16, at 10p. Designer Genevieve Gorder will not be back for this season of the home makeover series, which landed at TLC last year after a 10-year hiatus.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season two of Oxygen’s In Cold Blood premieres Monday, February 25, at 8p. Ice-T returns as host and executive producer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Double Dare at Super Bowl premieres Super Bowl Sunday, February 3, at 12p. Competition special will be simulcast across Nickelodeon, Nicktoons and TeenNick.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Volvo is offering Super Bowl viewers a chance to win a new car by taking a digital test drive instead of watching commercials. Three people who keep their eyes on the car the longest in its mobile app will win in an activation that comes courtesy of Grey New York.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Richard Armitage (Berlin Station) will star in Netflix thriller The Stranger…Taissa Farmiga (The Mule), Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), Luke Kirby (The Deuce) and Ike Barinholtz (The Oath) landed roles in an upcoming episode of CBS All Access’ The Twilight Zone.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox special Rent Live (mostly pre-taped due to a cast member’s injury) delivered a 1.4 rating among A18-49 and 3.42 million total viewers, according to Nielsen, a low for live musicals but enough to tie ABC for the night in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Sunday’s Three Identical Strangers was the most-watched CNN film premiere ever, with 1.98 million viewers at 9p and 497,000 among A25-54, topping cable news in both measures.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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