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Current events-driven game show Punchline, which had a test on Fox Television Stations two years ago, will return for a summer run on July 15 across Fox’s 28 stations. “We loved this summer test when we did it two years ago, and now with a few tweaks and a new superstar, comic host Melissa Peterman, we think we have a fresh summertime hit for our stations,” said EVP Programming and Development Stephen Brown.
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Amazon Studios ordered a comedy series from Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip), Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions and Universal Television. Show follows the lives of four black women who have been friends since their college days at NYU.
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Original anthology series Major Crimes is in the works from David Ayer and Chris Long’s Cedar Park, Tucker Tooley’s Tooley Entertainment and Entertainment One, reports Deadline. Chris Collins (The Wire) is onboard the project to write and serve as showrunner.
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Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are back to test the skills of bakers age 10-13 in a new season of Kids Baking Championship, launching Monday, August 12 with back-to-back episodes at 8p and 9p.
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More assumptions are dashed on Tuesday, August 13 at 10p, when truTV’s Adam Ruins Everything returns with new episodes. Among the topics covered: cops, a murder, and little bugs.
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The emotional impact of homicide is explored in new ID series The Shadows of Death, debuting Thursday, July 11 at 10p. The following night comes the premiere of Murder Board, following law enforement officials as they piece together murder investigations, at 10p.
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Former champion Paralympian swimmer Victoria Arlen will co-host season two of American Ninja Warrior Junior, premiering on Universal Kids in early 2020.
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CBS Evening News’ anchor Norah O’Donnell will interview Caroline Kennedy and Jeff Bezos during her debut broadcast on Monday, July 15. During the joint interview to mark the 50th anniversary month of man’s first moon walk, Kennedy and Bezos will discuss the future of space exploration, as well as President Kennedy’s part in expanding the space program. The following day, O’Donnell will anchor the news from the Kennedy Space Center.
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Ah, love: Oxygen’s “Killer Couples” two-hour special, Gypsy Rose & Nick: A Love to Kill For features Nicholas Godejohn’s first interview since his sentencing for his part in killing Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s abusive mother, on Saturday, July 13 at 7p.
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Cozi TV is pulling two The Office stunts. For the first, on Monday, August 26 at 10p (check local listings), the “Dinner Party” episode will be presented in Smell-A-Vision, via scratch-and-sniff cards. The second event, “A Hardin’s Day Night,” is a marathon focused on episodes featuring Melora Hardin (as Jan Levinson) from 1p-12a.
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Instagram is battling online bullies with two new features. In the first, artificial intelligence will be used to flag comments that “might be considered offensive,” giving users a chance to undo a nasty comment before it posts. The second will allow people to restrict users looking at their account, without resorting to blocking. “We’ve heard from young people in our community that they’re reluctant to block, unfollow or report their bully because it could escalate the situation,” said Instagram head Adam Mosseri.
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Amy Farrington (GLOW) landed a series regular role on season three of CBS’s S.W.A.T. …Ryan Destiny (Star) will recur on season three of Freeform’s grown-ish.
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