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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 4/4/19)
CW: In The Dark (Premiere) at 9pm
FREEFORM: Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger (Premiere) at 8pm
HISTORY: The American Farm (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Little Women: LA (Premiere) at 10pm
PARAMOUNT: Wife Swap (Premiere) at 9pm
SCIENCE CHANNEL: Mysteries of The Abandoned (Premiere) at 9pm
SUNDANCE TV: Unspeakable (Premiere) at 12 Midnight
TRAVEL CHANNEL: Ghost Bait (Premiere) at 10pm
WE TV: Hustle & Soul (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: Killing Time (Finale) at 10pm
MTV: Game of Clones (Finale) at 10pm
NBC: Will & Grace (Finale) at 9pm
Viacom and T-Mobile struck a major content deal that calls for programming from BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nick, among other Viacom nets, to “play a key role” on T-Mobile’s upcoming video service. “Viacom represents the best of the best, most-popular brands on cable, so they are an amazing partner for us!” raved T-Mobile CEO John Legere in the distribution announcement. “TV programming has never been better, but consumers are fed up with rising costs, hidden fees, lousy customer service, non-stop BS. And Macgyvering together a bunch of subscriptions, apps and dongles isn’t much better. That’s why T-Mobile is on a mission to give consumers a better way to watch what they want, when they want.”
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Added Bob Bakish, Viacom President and CEO, somewhat less colorfully, “Today’s landmark announcement marks a major step forward in our strategy to accelerate the presence of our brands on mobile and other next-generation platforms, and we’re so excited to partner with T-Mobile to provide millions of subscribers with access to our networks and more choice in a new service that will be unlike any other in the market.”
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Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury is moving to CBS Television Distribution Media Sales to sell advertisers national barter time in its first-run programming. Under the multi-year deal, CTD has added all current and future Debmar-Mercury product, including The Wendy Williams Show, Steve Harvey-hosted Family Feud, and Caught in Providence, to its existing 11-show media sales slate. “We’re excited to grow our portfolio with another top 10 hit in Family Feud and a young-skewing topical talk show like Wendy Williams to offer more value and one-stop shopping to our advertising clients,” said Steve LoCascio, Chief Operating and Financial Officer of CBS Global Distribution Group. Karen Bonck, SVP, Branded Partnerships for Debmar-Mercury, will work with CTD on advertiser integrations. CTD replaces Debmar-Mercury’s longtime national syndication advertising partner, Twentieth Television.
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Amazon, Google and Netflix were ranked the top three most-loved American brands by Morning Consult. Also among the top 25, along with the likes of Hershey’s (#7), Cheerios (#10) and Dairy Queen (#23), were YouTube (#14), The Weather Channel (#16) and Walt Disney (#23). Results were based on an analysis of over 400,000 survey interviews.
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CBS All Access submitted an offer for Sony Pictures Television-produced One Day at a Time, reports Vulture, but Netflix is so far unwilling to give the okay. Netflix, which canceled the Norman Lear reboot after three seasons, has the right to keep another streaming service from acquiring the show for the next two years.
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Bernie Sanders has a town hall scheduled for April 19 on Fox News, co-anchored by Bret Bair and Martha MacCallum. Sanders and fellow Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had a Fox News town hall in 2016.
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ABC set season sayonara dates for next month, including The Goldbergs, Schooled, Modern Family and Single Parents on Wednesday, May 8; Shark Tank on Sunday, May 12; Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19 and For the People on Thursday, May 16; AFV and American Idol on Sunday, May 19; and The Fix on Monday, May 20.
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CBS News confirmed that Bianna Golodryga will be exiting after six months as co-host of CBS This Morning. “Bianna Golodryga has decided to leave the network,” said a CBS News spokesperson in a statement. “We thank her for her many contributions during her time here at CBS News and wish her the very best in her future endeavors.”
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Small Fortune, an unscripted competition series from Youngest Media, scored a six-episode order from NBC. Based on a format that launched in February on UK’s ITV, teams of friends compete in challenges on fields scaled down to the size of a dollhouse.
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Mark Burnett, Chairman of the Worldwide Television Group at MGM, and MGM Television are launching a new division, MGM Global Formats and Unscripted Content. Former Mark Burnett Productions execs C. Scot Cru and Patrice Choghi are onboard. “I’ve known Scot for more than 20 years,” said Burnett. “He is a consummate dealmaker who has a stellar reputation with broadcasters and producers around the world. I’m so happy to be working with him and Patrice again as we move to grow our business internationally.”
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Lifetime ordered two new movies for its “Ripped From the Headlines” slate of films based on true stories. 53 Days: The Abduction of Mary Stauffer (wt), starring Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother) and Daphne Hoskins (The Detour), follows a teacher and her daughter abducted by a former student, while and Saving Alex (wt), with Addison Holley (Annedroids), Ian Lake (Mary Kills People) and Sarah Booth (American Horror Story), recounts the story of a 15-year-old held against her will in a gay conversion home.
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Netflix ordered a six-episode second season of dark comedy After Life, created by and starring Ricky Gervais. “I have never had a reaction like this before. It’s been insane,” said Gervais. “And heartwarming. But now I have to make sure the second season is even better so I’ll probably have to work much harder than usual. Annoying really.
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Nickelodeon has ordered 10 more episodes of its live-action show Henry Danger, for a series total to 127 episodes to date. The show is currently in season five.
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The Employables, a docu-series following struggling job seekers with conditions such as autism or Tourette Syndrome, premieres on A&E on Wednesday, May 8 at 10p. With the help of specialists, each job seeker uncovers their talents and works to show potential employers that their perceived disabilities can often provide unexpected benefits in the workplace.
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Family casting for HGTV’s revival of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is underway, for 10 episodes airing in 2020. What’s the network’s spin on the series, which aired on ABC from 2003-2012? “The new HGTV episodes of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition will highlight what we do best – showcasing home renovation and design experts as they create dream homes for families,” said Loren Ruch, SVP, HGTV Programming and Development. “Each deserving family will be surprised with the makeover of a lifetime that gives them a comfortable, customized home that meets their needs.”
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In more HGTV news, renovation series Good Bones is back for more drastic overhauls starting Tuesday, May 14 at 9p.
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Preschool platform Hopster has launched original animation series Saturday Club, made up of six three-minute episodes designed to nurture empathy. Accompanying the series is a game that helps young children further explore their emotions.
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Season five of Line of Duty premieres on Acorn TV on Monday, May 13. All six episodes of the BBC One cop thriller will be available to binge.
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AXS TV’s The Big Interview returns for season seven on Tuesday, April 16 at a new time: 8p. The season kicks off with Dan Rather taking a journey down memory lane with rock star Steve Perry.
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One of the least understood periods in American history is explored in PBS’s Reconstruction: America After the Civil War, starting Tuesday, April 9 at 9p. The two-part doc takes a broad view of Reconstruction and its aftermath, beginning with the hopeful moment of war’s end and emancipation in 1865 and carrying through to 1915, when the nation was fully entrenched in Jim Crow segregation.
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Turner Classic Movies will honor its founder, Ted Turner, on opening night of the 10th annual TCM Classic Film Festival on April 11. TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz sat down for an exclusive interview with Turner, and the chat, as well as a video tribute, will premiere on opening night of the festival with Turner in attendance.
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In CNBC original documentary The Profit: My Roots, airing Tuesday, April 9 at 9p, entrepreneur Marcus Lemonis (The Profit) travels to the land of his birth. Adopted out of a Beirut orphanage at age nine months, Lemonis embarks on a search for his birth parents.
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Former Fox News journalist Gretchen Carlson is partnering with SeriesFest for a special screening of her documentary, Gretchen Carlson: Breaking the Silence, followed by a candid conversation about sexual harassment in the workplace. The event takes place on Thursday, April 11 as part of the Denver Film Society’s Women + Film Festival in Denver.
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Seinfeld alum Jason Alexander will voice Mr. Mouse in Fox animated comedy pilot Richard Lovely…Lily Collins (To the Bone) landed the lead in Paramount Network’s Emily in Paris, arriving in 2020…Catherine Bell will reunite with her JAG co-star, David James Elliott, in a recurring role on CBS’s NCIS: Los Angeles…Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), and Tobin Bell (Saw) have been cast in Shudder anthology series Creepshow, in the Stephen King story “Gray Matter.”
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Onboard for season two of Hulu’s Light as a Feather: Katelyn Nacon (The Walking Dead), Froy Gutierrez (Teen Wolf), Adriyan Rae (Atlanta), Alisa Allapach (The 15:17 to Paris), Kira Kosarin (The Thundermans), Alex Wassabi (Wassabi), Robyn Lively (Teen Witch) and Alan & Alex Stokes (Brobot).
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Added to the cast of HBO limited series I Know This Much Is True, starring and exec produced by Mark Ruffalo: Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Rosie O’Donnell, Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Imogen Poots (Green Room), Juliette Lewis (Camping) and Kathryn Hahn (Happyish).
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Writer and journalist Allan Cole died March 29 after battling cancer. He was 75. Cole’s television credits include Magnum, P.I., The A-Team and The Incredible Hulk, among others.
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BROADWAY
King Lear with Glenda Jackson is opening on Thursday April 4, 2019
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/king-lear-broadway/
Oklahoma is opening on Sunday April 7, 2019.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/oklahoma/
All My Sons with Annette Bening & Tracy Letts is starting previews on Thursday April 4, 2019.
The Band’s Visit is closing on Sunday April 7, 2019.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/bands-visit/
Kinky Boots is closing on Sunday April 7, 2019.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/kinky-boots/
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