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CBS: Big Brother (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD NETWORK: Chopped Junior (Premiere) at 9pm
BET: Games People Play (Finale) at 9pm
BET: Ladies’ Night (Finale) at 10pm
BRAVO: Texicanas (Finale) at 10:30pm
DIY: Holmes Makes It Right (Finale) at 9pm
BET Networks and Tyler Perry Studios are teaming for BET’s upcoming subscription video-on-demand service. BET+ will be available this fall, featuring more than 1,000 hours of content including exclusive new original programming and series, movies, and specials from BET Networks, Tyler Perry, and other leading African American content creators. “African Americans are the leading consumers of streaming services, with higher SVOD adoption rates than other consumers, which is why we’re so excited to launch a premium product for this underserved audience,” said Scott Mills, President of BET Networks. “Tyler Perry is the perfect partner for BET+. The combination of new, original shows and his giant library of popular movies, series and stage plays that Tyler brings to our joint venture creates an amazing product for his large and passionate fan base.” Additionally, First Wives Club, developed at Viacom sib Paramount Network then moved to BET, will now debut on BET+.
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CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell premieres Monday, July 15 at 6:30p on CBS, and 10p on streaming service CBSN. In addition to serving as anchor and managing editor of CBS Evening News, O’Donnell will be the network’s lead anchor for political coverage of the primaries and election nights. She will also continue as a contributing correspondent for 60 Minutes. CBS announced O’Donnell was replacing Jeff Glor in May.
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VH1 is adding a third series to its Black Ink Crew franchise with Black Ink Crew: Compton, debuting Tuesday, July 30.
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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios, reports Deadline. Brosnahan and her Scrap Paper Pictures will develop TV series for Amazon Prime.
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Freeform has picked up Close Up, from ABC Signature Studios and Peter Nowalk, to pilot. The one-hour drama focused on a high school student on a mission to expose the truth about her seemingly normal hometown is exec produced by Nowalk (How to Get Away with Murder) and written by Keith Staskiewicz (Three Delivery).
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George Clooney will direct and star in an untitled film based on the sci-fi novel “Good Morning, Midnight” for Netflix. Clooney will produce with Grant Heslov for Smokehouse Pictures, Anonymous Content and Syndicate Entertainment.
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FX shared fall premiere dates for four shows. Mayans M.C. is back for season two on Tuesday, September 3 at 10p; Mr Inbetween starts its sophomore run on Thursday, September 12 at 10p; American Horror Story: 1984 premieres Wednesday, September 18 at 10p, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia launches season 14 on Wednesday, September 25 at 10p.
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Fox also announced fall premiere dates, including (new shows in red):
Monday, September 23
8p: 9-1-1
9p: Prodigal Son
Tuesday, September 24
8p: The Resident
9p: Empire
Wednesday, September 25
8p: The Masked Singer
Thursday, September 26
7:30p: Thursday Night Football
Sunday, September 29
8p: The Simpsons
8:30p: Bless the Harts
9p: Bob’s Burgers
9:30p: Family Guy
Wednesday, October 2
8p: The Masked Singer (time period premiere)
9p: Almost Family
Friday, October 4
8p: WWE’S Smackdown Live
TLC’s 90 Day franchise, The Family Chantel, premieres Monday, July 22 at 10p. On Sunday, August 4 at 8p, Before the 90 Days, the series that broke 90 Day ratings records, returns for season three with international couples.
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MyNetworkTV’s fall sked, starting September 23, looks like this:
Mondays: Law & Order SVU at 8p and 9p
Tuesdays: Chicago P.D. at 8p and 9p
Wednesdays: Dateline at 8p and 9p
Thursdays: Law & Order: CI at 8p and 9p
Fridays: CSI: Miami at 8p and 9p
Refinery29 and fashion company Kate Spade announced the debut of Pilot Season, a collaboration designed to celebrate, mentor, and launch female content creators. The companies will debut a new “pilot” from a filmmaker every day this week, distributed for the first time via Refinery29’s Instagram. After the videos premiere, the two brands will determine which creator’s pilot will be selected for further development as a potential series.
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Amazon Prime’s Free Meek premieres Friday, August 9. Docu-series chronicles rapper Meek Mills’ fight for exoneration in a case sullied by allegations of planted evidence and corruption.
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Stand-up comedy series Funny AF debuts on REVOLT on Wednesday, July 10 at 10p, with 20 rising comedians sharing stories about life and the hip hop culture.
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Food Network’s Delicious Miss Brown, starring South Carolina cook and caterer Kardea Brown, launches Sunday, July 28 at 11:30a. “Delicious Miss Brown is the perfect show for summer – the recipes are just right for a sunny day grilling outdoors or a fresh seafood meal by the water,” said Courtney White, President, Food Network.
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Samsung-owned SmartThings released three new products aimed at the starter smart home: The SmartThings Cam, ($90), WiFi Smart Plug ($18) and Smart Bulb ($10). All are available now.
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Lifetime is providing a sneak peek at its “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” holiday programming slate with a movie marathon to celebrate “Christmas in the Summer.” In addition to back-to-back airings of six Lifetime Original Holiday movies from years past, the June 28 all-day marathon concludes with Elf at 8p and 10p.
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Food Network is also celebrating Christmas this summer, with a programming block on Monday, July 8 that includes Holiday Baking Championship: Christmas in July at 9p. In addition, the net is boasting a summer slate with 20% more premieres in prime than last year, including 9 new series, 5 new specials, and premiere episodes for over 20 returning and recurring series. Among the specials are World Cake Championship, airing Monday, July 1 at 9p, with five sugar artists competing for over $30,000.
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This July, Turner Classic Movies is presenting “Out of This World: A Celebration of Sci-Fi Movies,” a collection of science fiction movies that air every Tuesday night in primetime. Each evening will explore krealms of science fiction in cinema including creature features, early sci-fi, TCM’s network premiere of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, and a night of moon movies in honor of this month’s 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s monumental moon landing.
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EPIX and NFL Films announced that broadcaster Rich Eisen will host NFL: The Grind, for a 17-episode season airing Wednesdays at 9p starting September 11.
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Four new series regulars joining the cast of Showtime’s The L Word: Generation Q, premiering this fall. Arienne Mandi (Baja), Leo Sheng (Adam), Jacqueline Toboni (Easy) and Rosanny Zayas (Orange Is the New Black) are set to star as the new generation of LGBTQIA characters who will join original series stars and executive producers Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey…Ed Asner (Lou Grant) and Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) will recur in USA anthology series Briarpatch.
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ABC’s Highwire Live in Times Square with Nik Wallenda averaged 5.3 million viewers and an 0.8 rating among A18-49 on Sunday, to top the night in the demo. CBS’s 60 Minutes delivered the most viewers, with back-to-back episodes (6.99 million and 6.14 million).
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