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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 6/26/19)
NBC: 2020 Democratic Candidates Debate (Night 1) at 9pm
MTV: Are You The One? (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: The Amazing Race (Finale) at 9pm
DIY: Salvage Dogs (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY: The Butcher (Finale) at 10pm
NAT. GEO.: Yellowstone Live (Finale) at 9pm
CBS issued a series production commitment to The Lincoln Lawyer, the legal drama from David E. Kelley. The project is based on Michael Connelly’s series of bestselling novels and hails from A+E Studios, which will co-produce with CBS TV Studios. Matthew McConaughey headlines the series as Mickey Haller, an iconoclastic idealist who runs his law practice out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car.
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Ryan Murphy is gathering Hollywood A-list talent for his Netflix film adaptation of Broadway musical, The Prom. Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, who just starred in Big Little Lies, are onboard, along with The Late Late Show host James Corden, pop star Ariana Grande and Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians).
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Rob Riggle is returning for Discovery Channel’s Shark Week. This year, the retired Marine packs his bags and jumps back into the water with celebrity friends Adam Devine (Workaholics), Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), Joel McHale (The Soup) and Damon Wayans, Jr. (Happy Endings) in Shark Trip: Eat. Prey. Chum., airing as part of the annual week of programming running Sunday, July 28 through Sunday, August 4.
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Robin Roberts hosts ABC News’ The Lion King: Can You Feel The Love Tonight special on Tuesday, July 16 at 8p. Celebrating the excitement of the new film, the special features interviews with cast and crew, behind-the-scenes footage, and the debut of an unreleased scene from the new movie.
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Comedian, actor and best-selling author Sebastian Maniscalco has been tapped to host the 2019 MTV “VMAs.” The ceremony airs llve from Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on Monday, August 26.
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TV Land’s Younger has teamed up with The United State of Women on a Public Service Announcement in support of the Violence Against Women Act. The PSA features the full Younger cast – Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor, Nico Tortorella, Peter Hermann, Molly Bernard and Charles Michael Davis – urging fans to take action and help get the Violence Against Women Act renewed.
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The Hollywood Foreign Press hosts its annual Grants Banquet on Wednesday, July 31 at The Beverly Wilshire. The organization will present funds to nonprofit entertainment-related organizations and scholarship programs.
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Univision has expanded Se Habla USA, its corporate initiative launched in 2018. Kicking off on Tuesday, the expanded Se Habla USA now features original bilingual content created for Latino youth that will live cross Univision’s multiple platforms, including on-air, digital and social media. Created for Hispanic millennials and Gen Z, it also features a new line of playful and cultural relevant merchandise that can be purchased at www.sehablausa.com
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OWN and Ozy Media are collaborating OWN Spotlight: Black Women OWN the Conversation to premiere on OWN this summer. Hosted by Ozy co-founder Carlos Watson, the four-part series features conversations on important issues with candid opinions and surprising solutions.
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Amazon boarded upcoming BBC West Indian drama Small Axe from 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen. The six-part series, produced by Rainmark Films (The Frankenstein Chronicles) explores the lives of a group of friends and their families living in West London from 1968 to 2014. Amazon will launch the series in the U.S., while it will debut on the BBC in the U.K. BBC Studios is selling it internationally.
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Science Channel has partnered with Mount Sinai Health System to showcase groundbreaking innovations in science and medicine that are transforming health care. A series of six digital news segments will focus on the research and researchers at Mount Sinai who are working toward solutions to diagnose and cure everything from opioid addiction to spinal cord injuries. The series is set to bow on Science Channel in June.
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A quartet of Saturday Night Live vets, Paula Pell, John Lutz, Lorne Michaels and Seth Meyers, has teamed on Mapleworth Murders, a comedic murder mystery series for Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s short-form video platform Quibi. Written by and starring Pell and Lutz, series centers on Abigail Mapleworth (Pell), a murder-mystery writer who solves homicides in the quaint town of New Woodstream.
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Warner Media greenlit two series from Maniac creator Patrick Sommerville for its upcoming streaming service. Made For Love, based on the novel by Alissa Nutting, is a dark comedy about divorce and revenge. Station 11 is a post-apocalyptic limited drama based on the bestseller by Emily St. John Mandel, which tells the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild the world.
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Bobby Flay heats things up on Food Network this summer with two new series. BBQ Brawl: Flay V. Symon, debuting Thursday, August 1 at 9p, sees Flay go head-to-head with fellow Iron Chef Michael Symon as they coach eight of the country’s most respected BBQ challengers for bragging rights. In The Flay List, bowing Thursday, August 22 at 10:30p, Flay visits the culinary spots he has frequented with his daughter Sophie over the years.
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Class begins on a young and endangered species in Orangutan Jungle School. The new docuseries bows Friday, August 2 on Smithsonian Channel Plus, with the first two episodes free for those without a subscription.
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Season 2 of Common Knowledge, hosted by Joey Fatone, debuts Monday, July 15 at 5:30p on Game Show Network. Two teams of three compete to answer practical, everyday questions with the winner going to the bonus round for a chance to win $10,000.
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Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik, a comedic interview series, premieres Friday, September 6 at 11p on Comedy Central. Each episode features an interview with one of Jeselnik’s friends, who happen to be some of the best comedians in the business.
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Fuse and T-Pain bring viewers back to school with a new class of innovators, disruptors and startup heroes, when Season 2 of T-Pain’s School of Business bows Tuesday, August 6 at 11p.
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D.N. Ace debuts Saturday, July 6 at 10a on Teletoon. Animated series follows the adventures of 12-year-old Ace Ripley, who suddenly learns he holds the ability to create a new species of pet-sized creatures.
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Two decades after the country mourned thetragic losses of John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette, TLC will air JFK Jr. and Carolyn’s Wedding: The Lost Tapes on Saturday, July 13 at 8p. Elizabeth McGovern narrates the special that takes an exclusive, in-depth look at their nuptials.
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Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation premieres Tuesday, August 6 at 9p on PBS (check local listings). American filmmaker Barak Goodman revisits the 1969 event on its 50th anniversary.
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Showtime drama Penny Dreadful: City of Angels has rounded out its cast. Michael Gladis (Mad Men) joins as a regular, while Lorenza Izzo (Aftershock) was tapped for a major recurring role. Also, Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami), Thomas Kretschmann (Avengers: Age of Ultron), Dominic Sherwood (Shadowhunters) and Ethan Peck (Star Trek: Discovery) will recur in the series.
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YouTube Originals celebrated Pride Month with the debut of State of Pride, a coast-to-coast exploration of LGBTQ+ Pride events. Directed by filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and hosted by journalist Raymond Braun, the documentary provides an intimate look at the LGBTQ+ experience through a range of perspectives and personalities.
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The live premiere of The 2019 BET Awards on Sunday, June 23 was the top cable awards show for the fifth consecutive year (2015-2019) among A18-49, while garnering 12.7 million Total Viewers tuning across eight Viacom networks.
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Live PD hit new series high ratings on Friday, pushing A&E to #1 across all broadcast and cable networks in prime in the key A25-54 and A18-49 demos. The June 21 episode drew 2.4 million Total Viewers, 1.2 million A25-54 and 966,000 A18-49.
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The Live+3 ratings for the premiere of Spin the Wheel mark FOX’s most streamed summer debut ever (excluding sports), delivering 4.5 million Total Multi-Platform Viewers, up +1.1 million viewers from Live+SD.
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Family Feud (6.1 Live+SD national Neilsen rating, unchanged) dethroned Jeopardy! (5.8, down 15% from the week before), which was unable to finish first among syndicated game shows for the first time in 11 weeks. Wheel of Fortune (new season low 5.2, down 9%) rolled to third place in the category.
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Judge Judy (5.4) continued to lead courtroom shows, and Dr. Phil (2.3, down 4 %) was the talk show champ, despite being in repeats all five days. Live with Kelly and Ryan (2.0, down 5%) was second for the 16th straight week over Ellen DeGeneres (1.8, down 5%). The trial run for RuPaul (0.5/1 weighted metered market average) dropped 17% from its lead-in).
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Actor, magician and American Movie Classics host, Bob Dorian, died on June 15. He was 85.
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