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CBS: The Amazing Race (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Breakthrough: The Ideas That Changed The World (Premiere) at 10pm
BYU TV: Just Like Mom And Dad (Finale) at 8pm
SYFY: The Magicians (Finale) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Mysteries At The Museum (Finale) at 8pm
The long-awaited season 3 of Netflix’s The Crown has a debut date – kind of. While the streamer fell short of revealing the precise launch date, in a letter to investors following its 1Q19 financial results, Netflix revealed the series would return after July.
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Not only did the Game of Thrones final season premiere break ratings records for HBO on Sunday night in the U.S., it did the same in the UK on Sky. The British pay-TV platform garnered its largest overnight audience ever for Winterfell with the episode garnering a total audience of 3.4 million viewers.
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Bernie Sanders’ town hall was a hit on Fox News, clocking the biggest crowd this election season to date. Sanders reached nearly 2.6 million viewers from 6:30 to 7:30p on Monday, including 489,000 in the news demo.
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Netflix is bringing back its “FYSee” Emmy campaign activation. This year’s event, which takes place at Raleigh Studios from May 5 to 9, includes Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen, Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay. Scorsese and Springsteen will be openers, while the closer will feature a conversation with Winfrey, DuVernay, the cast of their new limited series When They See US, and the real-life men on which the project is based.
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Mario Lopez and Sheryl Underwood were named hosts for the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which will take place Sunday, May 5 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium; David Osmond will host the Daytime Emmy Creative Arts ceremony on Friday, May 3.
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PENCIL held its flagship Principal For A Day program, marking 25 years of partnerships between the business community and New York public schools to promote student success. Business leaders including A+E Networks Chairman Emeritus, Abbe Raven, and co-producer Martin Tackel at Talent Unlimited High School, and the cast of Broadway’s The Prom participated in schools throughout the city.
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John Cusack will star opposite Sasha Lane and Rainn Wilson in Amazon’s Utopia. The straight-to-series adaptation of the British drama, written by Gone Girl author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn, follows a group of young adults who meet online and are hunted by a shadowy deep state organization.
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John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorious’ Get Lifted Film Co. inked an exclusive three-year overall deal with ABC Studios, according to Deadline. The company is moving from Sony Pictures TV, where it had been under a first-look deal.
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Starz began production of Outlander in Scotland. The show’s fifth season, based on material from The Fiery Cross, the fifth of eight books in Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling series, will play out over 12 episodes.
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Disney Channel ordered a third season of Big Hero 6 The Series. The animated hit gears up for its second season premiere on Monday, May 6.
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CNBC unveiled its biggest summer slate yet – over 50 hours of premieres including original series and new episodes of popular franchise. In the mix is a “Real Estate Thursdays” programming block featuring new series Cash Pad (premiering Thursday, July 25 at 9p), starring Bachelorette couple-turned-home flippers JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers; Listing Impossible (bowing Thursday, July 25 at 10p) and Five-Day Biz Fix (wt) (premiering Thursday, September 19 at 9p). In addition, Deal or No Deal returns Wednesday, June 12 at 9p; The Profit: An Inside Look premieres Tuesday, June 18 at 10p; American Greed is back for a 13thseason on Monday, August 12 at 10p; Jay Leno’s Garage bows Wednesday, August 28 at 10p; and The Deed: Chicago debuts Thursday, September 19 at 10p.
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Game Show Network introduces Best Ever Trivia Show on Monday, June 10 at 4p. Hosted by Sherri Shepherd, it features contestants trying to best proven trivia experts, including Jeopardy all-star Ken Jennings.
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A&E Network’s new original series Hero Ink honors the work of first responders at a tattoo shop dedicated to commemorating their service. Twelve-episode series premieres Thursday, June 6 at 10p.
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Christina Anstead (Flip or Flop) takes center stage in HGTV’s Christina on the Coast. Premiering Thursday, May 23 at 9p, series focuses on Anstead as she gives clients luxe spaces filled with distinctive design and SoCal style.
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ABC News’ 1969 retells the story of the first moon landing. Docu-series bows Tuesday, April 23 at 10p on ABC.
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Showtime’s The Loudest Voice, starring Russell Crowe as Fox News founder RogerAiles, bows Sunday, June 30 at 10p. Production is currently underway in NYC.
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Wrestle premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, May 20 at 10p on PBS (check local listings). Series shares an intimate look at an Alabama high school wrestling team as they face challenges on and off the mat.
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Los Espookys, HBO’s mostly-Spanish-language comedy from Fred Armisen and Lorne Michaels, premieres Friday, June 14 at 11p. Series follows a group of friends who turn their love for horror into a business.
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After four seasons, BET’s Being Mary Jane concludes with a two-hour series finale film on Tuesday, April 23 at 8p. The movie, starring Gabrielle Union, boasts an all-star cast including Michael Ealy, Morris Chestnut, Lisa Vidal, Richard Roundtree, Margaret Avery, Richard Brooks, BJ Britt, Raven Goodwin and Nichols Gonzalez.
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MTV, the network that launched modern reality TV with The Real World, is set to host the first-ever REALITYCON, a celebration of the genre. The inaugural event will take place in summer 2020, with a soft launch this fall, and feature talent, producers and executives behind hits including The Real World, Survivor, The Bachelor, Jersey Shore and more.
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National Geographic debuts Rookie Moonshot: Budget Mission to the Moon on Thursday, April 25 at 9p. Special tells the story of a small company with a big dream to become the first to land a privately funded unmanned vehicle on the moon.
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CentroAmericaTV airs programming highlighting the Holy Week traditions and processions of Guatemala, beginning Thursday, April 18 at 5p.
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The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation announced the winners of the 44th Annual Gracie Awards. Honorees include, Sandra Oh, Tisha Thompson, Rachel Maddow, Connie Britton, Elizabeth Perkins, Patricia Arquette, Leah Remini, Robin Roberts, Laura Lynch, Rachel Bloom, Angela Yee, Maura Tierney, Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie. Honorees pick up their trophies on May 21 in LA.
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Alexa & Katie, A Million Little Things, I Am Evidence, My Last Days, Pose, Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story and RBG were recipients of the 12th Television Academy Honors for harnessing the power of television to inspire social change. The shows will be recognized at a special presentation and reception Thursday, May 30 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
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Thuso Mbedu, Aaron Pierre and Chase W. Dillon landed lead roles in Amazon’s The Underground Railroad… Alex Landi (Grey’s Anatomy) will recur on Netflix’s Insatiable.
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Netflix released its first quarter earnings report on Tuesday, which revealed it recorded its highest quarterly paid net adds in history, with 9.6 million new subscribers. That was well above the 8.9 million net additional paid subscribers that the SVOD service had projected itself. The streamer has 148.9 million subscribers overall, with the growth breaking down as 1.74 million new subs in the U.S. and 7.86 million internationally.
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Blueprint, NBCUniversal’s digital lifestyle learning platform and streaming service, expanded its home décor vertical with new original content that debuted on Tuesday including new kids and tweens room transformation series Roomin Up!, and season 2 of Blank Wall Overhaul, Ride or DIY, Design Infusion and Decorating 101.
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The third season of TLC GO’s 90 Day Fiance: What Now? is available for streaming, returning with 21 new episodes. Show follows individuals featured previously in the 90 Day Fiance franchise as they continue to navigate their lives.
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Amazon is preparing to start another music service that will be supported by advertising, reports Billboard. The service could be up and running by next week and would stream tunes via Amazon’s Echo speakers. By going after an ad-supported model, Amazon would be taking aim at Pandora and Spotify.
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Syndication saw significant recovery from March Madness, scoring double digit increases in the session ending April 7. On the magazine front, Entertainment Tonight (2.9 Live+SD national Nielsen rating, up 12% from the week before) and Extra (1.1, up 10%) nailed the biggest percentage improvements, while Inside Edition (2.9, up 7%) landed in a tie with ET.
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At the top of the entire chart Judge Judy (three-week high 6.8, up 1%) aired repeats on four of the five days, but still outperformed all shows in household ratings for a milestone 39 weeks in a row. Among talkers Dr. Phil (2.7, steady), also partially in reruns, was #1 in the category for a 135th consecutive week, while Live with Kelly and Ryan (2.3, up 10%) took second place for a sixth straight week over Ellen (1.9, up 12%), which returned to original shows after a week of encore episodes.
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Hallmark Channel’s Saturday night original movie premiere Bottled with Love delivered a 2.8 HH rating and was the highest-rated and most-watched program of the week, excluding news and sports. The movie garnered 2.8 total viewers and 407,000 W25-54.
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HGTV’s One of a Kind has delivered over 4.5 million viewers since its March 19 premiere. The home renovation series ranks as a top 5 program on HGTV among W25-54, as well as a top 5 cable program among upscale W25-54 in the Monday 10p time slot.
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Actress Georgia Engel, who played Georgette on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died April 12. She was 70. Engel also appeared on Coach, Everybody Loves Raymond and Hot In Cleveland, among other shows, as well as on Broadway. “Georgia Engel was the sweetest, kindest, dearest woman. And crazy talented,” tweeted Cleveland co-star Valerie Bertinelli.
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