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ON TELEVISION (SATURDAY 6/29/19)
DIY: First Time Flippers (Premiere) at 9pm
FACEBOOK WATCH: Sunk & Found (Premiere)
SNAP: Two Sides (Premiere)
AMC: The Son (Finale) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 6/30/19)
CBS: Instinct (Premiere) at 9pm
STARZ: The Rook (Premiere) at 8pm
BET: Sunday Best (Finale) at 8pm
E!: Keeping Up With The Kardashians (Finale) at 9pm
ID: On The Case with Paula Zahn (Finale) at 10pm
SCIENCE: Legends of the Deep (Finale) at 9pm
SMITHSONIAN: Atomic Age Declassified (Finale) at 9pm
Approximately 15.3 million viewers watched part one of the Democratic Candidates Debate on Wednesday night, according to Nielsen. The first debate of 2020 Presidential election season aired across NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, which carried the debate in Spanish; and the sizable Nielsen stat doesn’t include viewers who streamed the event on YouTube, Twitter and other sites. Wednesday’s showing nearly tied the record for a Democratic party primary debate set in October 2015, when 15.5 million tuned to CNN for the first primary debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
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TBS is bringing its much-anticipated series Snowpiercer to Comic-Con, with stars stars Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, Alison Wright, Mickey Sumner, Lena Hall and Steven Ogg, and exec producer and showrunner Graeme Manson slated to take the stage. Panel will include an exclusive first look at the series, set to premiere in the Spring of 2020 and set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland where the survivors inhabit a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe… also at Comic-Con, Westworld, His Dark Materials and Watchmen will join Game of Thrones for HBO’s Comic-Con run.
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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is changing up the team that oversees production of the Daytime Emmy Awards. Steve Ulrich has been promoted to the newly created post of SVP, production and events, where he’ll oversee production of the Daytime, Sports, News & Documentary, and Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards ceremonies, and the National Student Production Awards. David Michaels, who’s served as SVP of the Daytime Emmys and Events and exec-produced the Daytime Emmys for the past five years, is departing.
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In the Courts: The young man who accused Kevin Spacey of groping him at a Nantucket bar three years ago filed a civil lawsuit against Spacey, a separate suit from the felony indecent assault and battery charges the accuser filed and to which Spacey has pleaded not guilty. The case is based on an incident former WCVB-TV anchor Heather Unruh recounted, saying Spacey got her son drunk and then sexually assaulted him in July 2016….
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United Talent Agents is accusing the WGA East and West of engaging in an “unlawful group boycott” against it and other talent agencies in an antitrust lawsuit filed yesterday in US District Court in LA. The suit’s focus is the guilds’ nearly three-month-long campaign to realign the agencies’ interests with those of writers, and is similar to a suit filed Monday by WME against he WGA groups.
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Yada, yada, yada: The Seinfeld Experience, an immersive show and retail shop combo, is touching down in NYC’s Gramercy neighborhood in tandem with the 30th anniversary of the comedy’s launch on NBC. The ticketed attraction, operated by live entertainment producer Superfly and Warner Bros. Consumer Products, comprises interactive exhibits complete with costumes, memorabilia, set re-creations, and props, plus some new content. A retail store will offer exclusive merchandise.
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Pop TV says yes to more One Day at a Time, after the series’ cancellation by Netflix. The network will continue with a new 13-episode fourth season, slated to premiere in 2020. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, the comedy/drama inspired by Norman Lear’s 1975 series of the same name follows the life of a newly single Army veteran and her Cuban-American family, as they navigate the ups and downs of life and stars Justina Machado and Rita Moreno.
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Showtime announced a pilot production order for hourlong dramedy Rita, starring Lena Headey (Game of Thrones). Headey will exec-produce the pilot, a co-production of Showtime and Platform One Media, with creator/showrunner Christian Torpe, who is writing the pilot based on his original Danish series. Named for its title character, Rita follows a single mother who takes on every kind of authority, as well as her family, in a messy and unfiltered way… The net also is developing a series about private military contractors with David Ayer, who’s on board to write and direct the series, whose working title is The Company. Ayer will exec produce alongside Chris Long from Cedar Park Entertainment, Jimmy Fox of Main Event Media and Jeremy Scahill. Project is a co-production between Showtime and eOne.
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Michael Chabon, Star Trek megafan and an exec producer of CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Picard, has been named showrunner for the revival series, which will see Patrick Stewart reviving his role as Jean-Luc Picard. Series is produced by CBS TV Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.
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Hot videogame franchise Final Fantasy is expanding to television via Sony Pictures TV and production shingle Hivemind (Amazon’s The Expanse and Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of The Witcher). The companies are working with global videogame company Square Enix to develop a live-action adaptation of a chapter from the role-playing game series. Penned by Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton (Winter’s Knight), the TV version unfurls an original story set in the world of Eorzea, based on Final Fantasy XIV, that probes the struggle between magic and technology.
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Sarah Esberg, longtime producer and executive at Brad Pitt’s Plan B, is exiting to become president of Drew Goddard’s new production house Goddard Textiles as part of a new deal with 20th Century Fox TV.
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Outdoor Channel will debut Jim Shockey’s Uncharted: Yukon July 1 at 7p, chronicling the triumphs and trials of elite guides for the legendary Rogue River Outfitters deep in wildlands of the Yukon. Wild Boar Fever X bows its 10th season July 6 at 6p. Series shows viewers the action of a driven boar hunt closer-up than ever before.
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JAG, the longest running military drama on TV, will join the WGN America lineup beginning with a two-day “JAG of July” marathon Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5 starting at 9a. Following launch, JAG will air on the network Monday-Friday for two hours, starting at 4p with the exception of Wednesday, which will run until midnight. All 10 seasons will air in chronological order.
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The fourth season of drama series Saints & Sinners will debut on Bounce on Sunday, July 7 at 9p, with new eps premiering Sunday nights through the summer. Bounce will air marathons of the first three seasons Friday, July 5 through Sunday, July 7 beginning each day at 1p.
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Oxygen dives inside the hearts and minds of scorned lovers whose overpowering desire leads them down a path of murder in the new series Killer Affair, premiering Thursday, July 11 at 8p. Each ep follows a new investigation of true stories of murder ignited by infidelity and deception.
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ID unleashed a peek at season 2 of Dark Waters: Murder in the Deep, whose six-episode second season bows Wednesday, July 17 at 10p. The new chapters explore real-life stories of murder on the water, featuring archival footage, audio and other evidence from investigations, plus first-hand accounts from witnesses, law enforcement, close friends and family members… Later in the month, ID’s three-part limited series Serial Killer: Devil Unchained premieres Monday, July 22 at 9p. Each two-hour episode probes the twisted path of former real estate broker Todd Kohlhepp, who pleaded guilty to seven murders and closed one of South Carolina’s most baffling cold cases.
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The worst homes in Houston’s best neighborhoods are getting Texas-sized makeovers in new HGTV series Going for Sold, premiering Thursday, August 1 at 11p. Real estate agent Jon Pierre Tjon-Joe-Pin and his wife Mary through their home renovation business turn forgotten homes into charming and affordable properties that appeal to young families.
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Bobby Flay and Anne Burrell will whip a new roster of cooking disasters into culinary shape in the return of Worst Cooks in America on Sunday, August 4 at 9p. Series pits two teams of atrocious cooks in a kitchen boot camp designed to transform their food skills.
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Television and radio presenter Clive Anderson (Whose Line Is It Anyway?) and anthropologist Mary-Ann Ochota explore Britain’s ancient places and rituals on a road trip that mixes mysticism with British humor in Smithsonian Channel’s 10-part Mystic Britain, premiering Monday, August 5 at 9p.
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Animal Babies: First Year on Earth, a new three-part series co-produced by PBS Studios and BBC Studios, premieres Wednesday, August 28 at 8p on PBS. Series follows four wildlife cinematographers as they capture the first year of life for six animals—from the African elephant to the southern sea otter—across four continents, navigating the challenges they face and how they overcome them.
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Get ready for more Housewives as Bethenny, Dorinda, Luann and Sonja spill the tea in Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City three-part reunion, premiering Thursday, July 11 at 9p, with subsequent chapters debuting July 18 and 25.
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Twitter yesterday tweaked its policy regarding accounts of politicians. A new label that will be applied to tweets from public figures who violate company policies arrives after years of criticism, particularly from Democrats, of Twitter ignoring tweets from Donald Trump that appear to violate company rules. New guidelines apply to verified users with more than 100,000 followers who hold government office or are running for office. If a tweet is in violation, the platform will require people to click or tap through a screen before they can see the tweet. “A critical function of our service is providing a place where people can openly and publicly respond to their leaders and hold them accountable,” Twitter said in a statement, noting the screen will alert users that “Twitter rules about abusive behavior apply to this Tweet. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain available.”
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Veteran Apple design officer Jony Ive, who’s steered the company’s design team since 1996, will depart later this year to form an independent design company that will count Apple among its clients.
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Yext, a platform for brand verified answers in search, announced a global integration with social media management firm Hootsuite. With the new integration, businesses can bring Yext Reviews into the Hootsuite platform so they can monitor, analyze and respond to customer reviews in the same Hootsuite dashboard where they are already managing their social media presence.
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Poker Central partnered with CBS to live stream 50th annual World Series of Poker across platforms including CBS All Access, with additional coverage to air on CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Digital platforms.
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Season 2 of DreamWorks Animation’s 3Below: Tales of Arcadia drops on Netflix July 31. From creator and exec producer Guillermo Del Toro and exec producers Rodrigo Blaas, Marc Guggenheim and Chad Hammes, series’ next steps find Royal aliens, Aja and Krel cleaning up the mess left behind after their epic victory against General Morando’s bounty hunters.
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Robin Weigert (Deadwood), Sarah Gadon (Alias Grace), Alison Wright (The Americans) and Greg Grunberg (Heroes, Alias) will guest during the second season of Hulu’s Castle Rock… Juliette Lewis (August: Osage County), Ryan Kwanten (The Oath) and newcomer Jordan Alexander are in as series regulars for the second season of Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones on Facebook Watch. Kimiko Glenn (Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse), Kristin Bauer (Once Upon A Time), Antonique Smith (Luke Cage), Siobhan Williams (Deadly Class, Welcome to Marwen), Emily Alyn Lind (Doctor Sleep, Code Black) and Odiseas Georgiadis (Trinkets) will join the series as recurring cast members… Odette Annable and Natalie Alyn Lind are in as leads opposite Paul Wesley in the season 2 of CBS All Access anthology series Tell Me a Story.
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Telemundo Deportes’ “Summer of Soccer” presentation delivered big viewership increases across the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup and Copa America tournaments, based on national ratings data from Nielsen, and digital data from Adobe Analytics. The Women’s World Cup Round of 16 matches averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 363,000 viewers across Telemundo, Universo, NBCSN, TelemundoDeportes.com, the Telemundo Deportes app, and the NBC Sports app—a 73 percent increase over the 2015 Women’s World Cup.
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Last week’s Below Deck Mediterranean on Bravo was the highest-rated episode of the series across all key demos, delivering 1.3 million A18-49 (up 18% vs the prior week’s episode), 1.5 million A25-54 (up +15%), and 2.6 million total viewers (up +10%)… Additionally, the net’s Real Housewives of Potomac was the highest-rated episode since the season premiere with 1.6 million total viewers (up 12%).
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MOVIES
Annabelle Comes Home – Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, McKenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife, Michael Cimino, Samara Lee, Kenzie Caplan
Yesterday – Himesh Patel, Lily James, Kate McKinnon, Ed Sheeran, James Corden, Ana de Armas, Joel Fry, Alexander Arnold
Ophelia (Limited Release) – Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen, George MacKay, Tom Felton, Devon Terrell, Daisy Head, Sebastian de Souza
NYC STREET FAIRS – MANHATTAN
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http://nycstreetfairs.com/schedule-of-festivals/
https://socialeyesnyc.com/manhattan/
NYC STREET FAIRS – BROOKLYN, QUEENS, BRONX, AND STATEN ISLAND
https://socialeyesnyc.com/manhattan/nyc-street-fairs-festivals-parades/
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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $137 million.
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