FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 5/3/19)
MOTORTREND: Junkyard Gold (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Dead To Me (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Flinch (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Tuca & Bertie (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Undercover (Premiere)
OXYGEN: Dateline: Secrets Uncovered (Premiere) at 8pm
(SATURDAY 5/4/19)
NBC: The 145th Annual Kentucky Derby at 2:30pm
CLEO TV: Living By Design with Jake and Jazz (Premiere) at 12pm
OWN: Iyanla: Fix My Life (Premiere) at 9pm
OXYGEN: The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell (Premiere) at 7pm
(SUNDAY 5/5/19)
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BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Potomac (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Beach Hunters (Premiere) at 9pm
STARZ: The Spanish Princess (Premiere) at 8pm
WEATHER CHANNEL: World’s Wildest Weather (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: World of Dance (Finale) at 8pm
Elizabeth Banks (The Hunger Games) has been tapped to host ABC’s latest celeb-hosted game show revival, Press Your Luck. Series debuts Wednesday, June 12 at 8p, followed by Card Sharks, manned by Joel McHale (Community), at 9p. “Elizabeth Banks is exactly the type of woman we want on ABC – she’s a big star who’s smart, strong and funny,” said ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke. “She has everything we need as the host of Press Your Luck, one of our signature summer game shows. If anyone can ride herd on the Whammy, it’s Elizabeth!”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Evangeline Lilly (Lost) landed the lead in sci-fi drama Albedo, for Walmart-owned VOD service Vudu. Lilly plays a detective cut off from Earth while investigating a scientist’s mysterious murder.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age, ordered by NBC in January 2018, has moved to HBO. “Given the opulent scope and scale of this richly textured character drama, HBO is the perfect home for The Gilded Age,” said Casey Bloys, President, HBO Programming. The epic drama was first put in development in 2012, but Fellowes got sidetracked by Downton Abbey.
(Source: Cynopsis)
INSP greenlit Ultimate Cowboy Showdown, a reality competition series aimed at finding the ultimate modern day cowboy. Country music’s Trace Adkins will host the six-night event.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Stampede inked a non-exclusive deal with reality producer Phil Gurin (Shark Tank) to develop unscripted and alternative programming for a global audience, reports Deadline. The partnership will be led at Stampede by Jay Judah.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dan Fogelman (This Is Us) renewed his relationship with 20th Century Fox TV with a new five-year deal. Under the pact, Fogelman will continue oversight of This Is Us as well as develop new series for the studio through his Rhode Island Ave. Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX set premiere dates for season four of Baskets (Thursday, June 13 at 10p), the third and final season of Legion (Monday, June 24 at 10p), and season three of Snowfall (Tuesday, July 10 at 10p).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Paramount Network is expanding its “Rescue” franchise with Marriage Rescue, an unscripted series following Jon Taffer as he helps couples whose relationships are on the brink of failure. The six one-hour episode series premieres Sunday, June 2 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Streaming network PeopleTV is greenlighting Reality Check. Hosted by Lyndsey Rodrigues (TRL), the reality recap series premieres Monday, May 13.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Little Big Town will return to host the 2019 CMT Music Awards for the second consecutive year. The fan-voted award show airs live on Wednesday, June 5 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FOX Business Network is holding a special town hall event to discuss the economic impact of capitalist and socialist policies on Thursday, May 16 at 2p. Charles Payne (Making Money) will moderate.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CentroAméricaTV will air extensive coverage of the 2019 Panamanian general elections this Sunday, May 5, beginning at 12p, with a special live broadcast that starts at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ellen Digital Network is collaborating with Lea Michele (Glee) on Well, Well, Well with Lea Michele, a new series offering health tips and a comedic take on trends. Also in the works: a celebrity-driven series with viral content creator Jay Shetty, and projects featuring mom-preneur Ayesha Curry, viral star Kalen Allen, YouTube star Hannah Hart, and Do Good Daniels with the Daniels family. “My digital studio is so fire, it’s lit… I can’t even,” said Ellen DeGeneres. “But I do know that just over the last two years, our slate of original programming has received over 1 billion organic views (and everyone knows organic is better). And we’re just getting started. I can’t wait for everyone to see what we’ve got this year.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Cartoon Network and Pilot Corporation of America (Pilot Pen) are teaming for a two-year partnership to erase bullying that provides students with the platform and creative resources to share their stories of empathy and inclusion. The collaboration adds to Cartoon Network’s “Stop Bullying: Speak Up” “pro-social initiative with 826 National.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Entertainment One is launching a digital album for its preschool animated property, PJ Masks. “Heroes Forever, will be released in English language and available globally on digital streaming and download platforms starting May 31.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In its move from Sunday to Wednesday, NBC’s Billboard Music Awards rose 83,000 year to year among total viewers, to 7.96 million, but dipped to a franchise low of 2.1 among A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Travel Channel’s Friday, April 26 at 10p debut of Portals to Hell became the highest-rated and most-watched series premiere in network history for P2+, P25-54 and W25-54, delivering more than 922,000 P2+. The series premiere was +185% versus year-ago levels for P25-54 and +202% for W25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Uglydolls (Animated) – Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monae, Blake Shelton, Pitbull, Wanda Sykes, Gabriel Iglesias, Leehom Wang
Long Shot – Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron, June Diane Raphael, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis, Randall Park
The Intruder (2019) – Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, Joseph Sikora, Dennis Quaid, Alvina August, Carolyn Anderson, Erica Cerra, Kurt Evans
Ask Dr. Ruth – A Documentary about Dr. Ruth
NYC STREET FAIRS – MANHATTAN
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NYC STREET FAIRS – BROOKLYN, QUEENS, BRONX, AND STATEN ISLAND
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MEGA MILLIONS
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POWERBALL
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