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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/25/19)
ESTRELLA TV: Tengo Talento, Talento Mucho (Premiere) at 8pm
HISTORY: Jesus: His Life (Premiere) at 8pm
HISTORY: Knightfall (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Women, War & Peace (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD NETWORK: Winner Cake All (Finale) at 10pm
ABC picked up a second season of The Conners, with John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert, Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman onboard. “This team is fearless in their willingness to tackle contemporary issues with humor and heart, and I have no doubt they will continue to outdo themselves,” said Karey Burke, President of ABC Entertainment. The spin-off, born of the revived Roseanne’s implosion, ranked as the number one new comedy this season in total viewers (9.5 million) and A18-49 (2.2/10).
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The CW’s Supernatural will end after its upcoming season 15. In addition to being the network’s longest-running series (starting on the WB and UPN), Supernatural is the longest-running sci-fi/genre series ever on American broadcast television. Exec producers Robert Singer and Andrew Dabb promised to give “these characters that we love the send off they deserve.” Though an Instagram post from series star Jensen Ackles kept hope alive for some fans. “Well, it’s official. One more round for the Winchester brothers. Though nothing ever really ends in Supernatural…does it?” said Ackles with a wink.
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On the heels of the completion of the Disney/Fox deal, layoffs that could affect about 4000 employees started last week. Among the senior level execs leaving the building are Greg Meidel, President of Twentieth Television, and 20th Century Fox Television Distribution President Mark Kaner. Disney TV Studios and ABC Entertainment Chairman Dana Walden sent a memo to staff Friday saying the combined companies represent a “dream team of executives and staff,” while noting that “bringing our businesses together will require strategy and patience.”
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A local driver working for NBC News was killed in Syria on Saturday by an explosive device. Nearby journalists were not harmed. NBC News President Noah Oppenheim said the network was gathering information about the events, and was in touch with the driver’s family to support them.
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A blackout of Viacom’s 23 channels on DirecTV was averted immediately following the expiration of a carriage pact at midnight on Friday. “Thank you for your patience as we work to reach an agreement with AT&T-DIRECTV to keep Viacom channels on the air,” said the KeepViacom.com website on Saturday.
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At the Parks and Recreation panel at PaleyFest this weekend, co-creator Michael Schur didn’t rule out a TV reunion for the 2009-2015 comedy – if there was a story that “needed” to be told. “There’s nothing I loved more than working on this show. This felt like the most important thing that I would ever do. I would never, ever, ever say never,” said Schur, but added, “I don’t want to do it just to do it.”
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Also at Paleyfest, Peter M. Lenkov, co-creator and an executive producer on CBS reboots MacGyver, Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I., was asked about a possible crossover episode. “We talk about it a lot in the room, how to do it,” said Lenkov. “I think there’s a way to do it, it’s just logistics.” One hitch: while Hawaii Five-o and Magnum P.I. are shot in Hawaii, MacGyver films in Atlanta.
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Lori Loughlin, among the 50 people charged in a college admissions bribery scheme, appeared to get support from a Fuller House castmate Saturday night. Accepting the Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Funny TV Show during Nickelodeon’s ceremony, Candace Cameron-Bure said, “Family sticks together no matter what. They stick together through the hard times. They support each other, they encourage one another, they pray for each other and they stand by their side no matter how tough it gets.”
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Limited series Perry Mason nabbed an order from HBO. Matthew Rhys (The Americans) plays the criminal defense lawyer, circa 1932. Drama comes from exec producers Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey via their Team Downey.
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Stampede is developing the Katarina E. Tonks story series, Death Is My BFF, with Wattpad and Sony Pictures Television for SYFY. Coming-of-age story focuses on an ordinary teenage girl who on the eve of her 18th birthday discovers that she is the product of a prophecy, which makes her responsible for protecting the balance of all good and evil on earth.
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Jeremy Wade (River Monsters) is back on Animal Planet with Jeremy Wade’s Dark Waters, launching globally Sunday, April 21 at 9p. Wade investigates reports of unexplained sightings in the deep.
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Ryan Murphy took to Instagram to announce the September 27 premiere date for his first Netflix original series, The Politician, starring Ben Platt, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Lange, among others. “So proud of this incredible project and the incredible cast,” wrote Murphy. Later, in what he called a “diva update” during Paleyfest, Murphy announced that Judith Light (Who’s the Boss) and Bette Midler have jumped onboard.
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Kristin Cavallari (Very Cavallari) will host Fox reality show revival Paradise Hotel. Competition dating series launches Thursday, May 9 at 8p, airing Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in what Fox calls an “as it happens” format. Fox first aired the show for one season in 2003; a second season ran on MyNetwork TV and Fox Reality Channel in 2008.
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Gen Z-focused digital studio and network Brat is set to launch two new original series this spring. Red Ruby tells the story of a group of teenage vampires, while comedy Stuck follows a high school student, played by YouTuber Enya Umanzor, trapped in a time loop.
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Riviera is back for season two on Sundance Now starting Thursday, June 20. Joining the cast are Alex Lanipekun (Homeland), Will Arnett (Arrested Development), Juliet Stevenson (Truly, Madly, Deeply), Poppy Delevingne (Kingsman: The Golden Circle), Jack Fox (Dracula), and Grégory Fitoussi (World War Z).
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Mark Steines (Entertainment Tonight) will host Nat Geo WILD’s Animal ER Live. Four-week event series set in animal hospitals and mobile vet emergency units around the country launches Saturday, March 30 at 9p.
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Chris Jacobs (Gold Rush Live) and Egyptologist Ramy Romany have joined the team led by Josh Gates in Expedition Unknown: Egypt Live, a two-hour event airing Sunday, April 7 at 9p.
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The Lonely Master, a documentary about basketball star Jimmer Fredette’s career in the Chinese Basketball Association and aspirations to return to the NBA, premieres on BYUtv Saturday April 6 at 10p.
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Today’s the day Apple will share its plans for its upcoming streaming service, including original content and a subscription news service. It all goes down at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino.
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Pinterest filed for an initial public offering of stock, and will list on the NYSE as PINS. The digital scrapbook site, founded in 2010, claimed revenue of $756 million in 2018.
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For the first time globally, the number of people subscribing to streaming online video services (up 27% from 2017, to 613.3 million) exceeded the number signed on to cable TV services (556 million), according to the Motion Pictures Associaion of America 2018 Theme Report. The number of online video subs in the U.S. rose to 186.9 million, a 17% increase.
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Timed to his 25th year on television, Conan O’Brien is rolling out an archive of his best comedy, celebrity interviews and stand-up comedy acts. The first phase of that collection, Conan25: The Remotes, launches today in a special section of Teamcoco.com. “Fans are always asking me how they can watch the ‘old stuff,’” said O’Brien. “Now I finally have an answer that is legal.”
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Broadway icon Patti LuPone has joined the season two cast of FX’s Pose…Steven Weber (Wings) has been added to the cast of NBC comedy pilot Uninsured, with Adam Pally, Abby Elliott and Fran Drescher…Jack Davenport (Smash) landed a lead role opposite Lucy Liu in CBS All Access comedic drama from Marc Cherry, Why Women Kill.
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CBS topped Friday night with a big assist from the NCAA game between North Dakota State and Duke, which won 6.2 million total viewers and a 1.8/9 rating among A18-49, according to Nielsen. For the night, CBS scored 4.88 million viewers and 1.5/7 in the demo. Fox’s Last Man Standing was the number one scripted show, with 4.94 million viewers and 0.9/5 among A18-49.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Us – $70.3 million
Captain Marvel – $35 million
Wonder Park – $9 million
Five Feet Apart – $8.8 million
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – $6.5 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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