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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 5/21/19)
CBS: Blood & Treasure (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Diabolical (Premiere) at 9pm
REELZ: Executed with Deborah Norville (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: American Housewife (Finale) at 8pm
ABC: The Kids Are Alright (Finale) at 8:30pm
ABC: Black-ish (Finale) at 9pm
ABC: Bless This Mess (Finale) at 9:30pm
CBS: NCIS: (Finale) at 8pm
NBC: The Village (Finale) at 8pm
NBC: The Voice (Finale) at 9pm
TLC: 7 Little Johnstons (Finale) at 10pm
USA: Miz & Mrs. (Finale) at 10pm
Sunday’s finale of Game of Thrones set a series record 19.3 million viewers across HBO, HBO Go and HBO Now. On HBO alone, the 9p tally was a record-busting 13.6 million viewers, the most ever for a single telecast on HBO. The GoT ender also goosed the season finale of Barry – the dark comedy drew 2.7 million viewers across HBO platforms, versus 774,000 for last year’s season one conclusion.
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Record ratings (and a controversial ending) aren’t the only GoT newsmakers. Two weeks after coffee cup-gate, at least a few sharp-eyed Thrones viewers had blink-and-you-missed-it sightings of plastic water bottles about 46 minutes into the episode, which quickly went viral. And The View co-host Megan McCain had to tweet an apology/warning after giving away the GoT ending on her Monday morning show. “I assumed every diehard fan had watched!” said McCain. “My bad. Don’t watch west coast if you don’t want a spoiler.”
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McCain could hardly be blamed for assuming the secret was out about the Thrones finale (okay, but still…) – there were 6.38 million tweets around the show on Sunday, making up 84% of the Twitter conversation around episodic TV. GoT even surpassed the conversation surrounding Super Bowl 53 on Twitter by 5%.
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David Begnaud, Jericka Duncan, Anna Werner and Vladimir Duthiers have been named correspondents for CBS This Morning, co-hosted by Gayle King and now Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil. “Having a dedicated team of correspondents will provide a consistent, high level of original reporting that viewers can count on each day,” said Executive Producer Diana Miller. “Each one of them brings something different to the broadcast and is focused on our mission of hard news with a heart.”
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As packaging fees take center stage in the battle between agents and writers, AMC has claimed a lawyer representing CAA – which is looking for millions as part of its profit participation in The Walking Dead – has been obstructing its investigation. “The dirty secret in Hollywood is that talent agents often sell their clients down the river in exchange for bigger packaging fees for themselves,” said AMC in a letter to a New York Supreme Court Justice. “That is the subject of a pending lawsuit by the Writers Guild of America, of which [TWD co-creator Frank] Darabont is a member, against CAA and other talent agencies. That is what happened here, and [lawyer Dale] Kinsella wants to shut down this inquiry.” Kinsella responded by labeling AMC’s letter “a publicity stunt.”
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Netflix is considered by viewers to be the home of the “best original programming” among premium TV and OTT services, according to a report from Morgan Stanley. Forty percent of respondents named the streamer as number one, versus 32% who said “I don’t know,” 11% who named HBO, 6% who chose Hulu, 5% for Amazon Prime and 2% each for Showtime and Starz. Hulu won the cord-cutter derby, with a third of subscribers saying they did not have traditional TV, followed by Netflix with 27%.
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Dish Network is buying EchoStar’s Broadcast Satellite Service, for $800 million. The deal gives Dish nine direct broadcast satellites. EchoStar shareholders are getting about 22.9 million shares in Dish. In 2017, when Dish acquired the EchoStar assets that were needed to deliver the Dish TV and Sling TV customer experiences, key broadcast satellite operations and services remained with EchoStar, said Dish President and CEO Erik Carlson, adding, “This transaction brings those operations, including the BSS satellites, associated assets and key team members, in house and we expect those additions will create operational efficiencies and improve both free cash flow and EBITDA.”
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The former manager of the CBS Employees Federal Credit Union accused of embezzling $40 million pleaded guilty on Monday. Edward Rostohar, who admitted to using his position to make online payments to himself or forge the signature of another employee, will be sentenced on September 16 in LA.
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DirecTV is offering a free preview of Smithsonian Channel to their subscribers today, May 21 through Monday, May 27.
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Bravo ordered Indian-ish, following several multi-generational families originally from India who now call Miami home. Featuring the first-ever all Indian cast in an American docuseries, the show is produced by Truly Original.
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Robot-fighting series BattleBots returns for season two on Friday, June 7 on Discovery, and Wednesday, June 12 on corporate sib Science Channel. Eight two-hour episodes will air from 8-10p.
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Comedy Central’s Drunk History is back with eight new episodes starting Tuesday, June 18 at 10p, leading into the series premiere of Alternatino with Arturo Castro at 10:30p.
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The season 21 premiere of CBS’s Big Brother airs over two nights, Tuesday, June 25 and Wednesday, June 26 at 8p. Starting July 10, the summer reality show moves to Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9p, along with the 8p Sunday broadcast. Julie Chen returns as host.
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Nickelodeon is launching its reimagined Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader on Monday, June 10 at 7p. John Cena hosts the family game show, which aired on Fox from 2007-2015.
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Another reimagined version of a series, MTV’s The Real World, lands on Facebook Watch on Thursday, June 13. The launch includes three versions, in Atlanta, Mexico and Thailand.
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MeTV is paying tribute to beloved comedian Tim Conway, who died May 14 at age 85, with “The Best of Tim Conway” this week, featuring some of his most memorable comedic moments from The Carol Burnett Show. Tributes will air through Friday, May 24 at 11p. Also on MeTV: The Three Stooges joins the lineup on Saturday, June 1 at 6p.
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Slasher: Solstice, created by Aaron Martin, is set to premiere on Netflix on Thursday, May 23. Why an anthology format for the horror series, about to enter season three? “When I pitched the series, it was, ‘What would happen if you mixed an Agatha Christie novel with an 80s slasher film?’, meaning that as much as the kills are important, so is the mystery – and every mystery needs to be solved. That’s why we’re an anthology; each season is like one 8 hour slasher film. Also, willful suspension of disbelief can be suspended for only so long; at some point, if this was an ongoing series, you’d have to ask: Why the hell haven’t these people left this murderville???”
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Today, May 21, in honor of the birthday of The Notorious B.I.G., REVOLT celebrates his legacy with #WeMissYouBIG, featuring Biggie-themed content on the network and social platforms starting at 12p. Programming includes music video blocks, a special documenting the history of Bigge’s classic “Ready to Die” album, an interview with REVOLT founder Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, and short-form interstitials.
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Sting, accompanied by Dave Audé & Andrew Kierszenbaum, Josh Groban, John Legend and Chrissy Metz have joined the lineup for NBC’s Red Nose Day Special, airing Thursday, May 23 at 8p. Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Terry Crews hosts.
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Masie Williams’ (Game of Thrones) talent discovery app, Daisie, hit 100,000 members just 11 days after launching. On the app, co-founded by producer Dom Santry, creators establish a profile, find and follow users, and look for projects based on factors like activity or location. Williams is keeping busy – the actress will also serve as a celebrity judge on the UK version of RuPaul’s Drag Race, set to air on BBC Three later this year.
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Cartoon Network has two new original adventure comedies on the way: Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart, premiering Monday, July 1 at 6:10p, and Tig N’ Seek, expected in 2020.
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Sesame Street introduced a muppet in foster care, part of its “Sesame Street in Communities” initiative offering free resources for community providers and caregivers on topics like homelessness. Karli, Elmo’s new friend, has “for now” parents who will “keep her safe until her mommy can take care of her again.”
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Joshua Jackson (The Affair) has joined the cast of Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere, based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller…Amy Madigan (Gone Baby Gone), Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Lin Shaye (Dumb and Dumber) will recur in Showtime’s upcoming Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, reports Deadline.
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Fox News’ town hall with Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg drew 1.1 million viewers and 172,000 among A25-54 on Sunday. That’s strong but less than FNC’s Bernie Sanders’ Monday event in April, which delivered 2.6 million viewers and 489,000 in the news demo.
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The BBC’s Gentleman Jack, a co-production with HBO, averaged 5.1 million viewers on Sunday and a 27.2% share, to become the UK broadcaster/s biggest new drama launch of the year. The series launched on HBO on April 22.
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