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FIRST LOOK/ ON TV/ WEEKEND BOX OFFICE

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 7/22/19)
COOKING CHANNEL: Yum and Yummer (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY: Aaron Needs A Job (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD NETWORK: Worst Bakers In America (Premiere) at 10pm
GSN: America Says (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Serial Killer: Devil Unchained (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: POV Shorts (Premiere) at 10:30pm
TLC: The Family Channel (Premiere) at 10pm

The Orville is moving from Fox to Hulu exclusively for its upcoming third season. Series creator Seth MacFarlane broke the news at San Diego Comic-Con. McFarlane explained, “As the show has evolved and become more ambitious production-wise, I determined that I would not be able to deliver episodes until 2020, which would be challenging for the network. So we began to discuss how best to support the third season in a way that worked for the show…. I am hugely indebted to Charlie Collier and FOX Entertainment for their generosity and look forward to developing future projects there.” As for Hulu, “I look forward to our new partnership exploring the galaxy together,” said MacFarlane.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ted Danson will play a wealthy businessman who becomes mayor of LA for all the wrong reasons in a comedy from 30 Rock’s Tina Fey and Robert Carlock that landed a straight-to-series order from NBC. Universal Television will produce. “We are thrilled to be back home at NBC and writing for one of the network’s greatest stars of all time, Mary Steenburgen’s husband, Ted,” said Fey and Carlock. Danson is currently starring in The Good Place, heading into its final season on NBC.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix ordered docu-series Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner from David Chang (Ugly Delicious). Series will feature Chang and celebrity guests exploring the cultures and cuisine of different cities. Tremolo Productions is producing in association with Majordomo Media.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Crypt TV expanded its deal with Facebook with a deal to create five horror series exclusively for Facebook Watch. The partnership is “a unique opportunity for Crypt to continue to build our brand and bring our original scary IP to Facebook Watch,” said Crypt TV CEO Jack Davis. Facebook will fund the new shows, each about 10 episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)
truTV announced a ninth season order of its flagship original series,Impractical Jokers. That means viewers can count on hidden-camera hijinks from James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano on the net through 2020.
(Source: Cynopsis)
AMC renewed NOS4A2 for a season two, and released a teaser trailer and a digital short titled “Ghost,” a horror short story that weaves its own stand-alone tale while also fleshing out the supernatural mythology of Charlie Manx and the Wraith. The net is also bringing back Fear the Walking Dead for a sixth run.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Archer landed a season 11 renewal from FXX. “We are incredibly excited for our 11th season and look forward to Archer waking up from his coma and returning to a spy world that has continued without him for the past three years,” said Executive Producer Casey Willis.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TBS comedy game show The Misery Index makes its debut on Tuesday, October 22 at 10p. Inspired by the card game Sh*t Happens, The Misery Index stars Jameela Jamil as host, with truTV’s Impractical Jokers recurring as  panelists.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Amazon’s The Expanse returns for season four on Friday, December 13. It will be the sci-fi series’ first season on the streamer after its run on Syfy.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A time warp will push season three of CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery 1000 years after season two, creator Alex Kurtzman said at San Diego Comic-Con. “There will be things you recognize and don’t recognize,” he teased.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Shudder’s Creepshow is set to premiere September 26, the streamer announced at Comic-Con. The two stories that will be featured in the premiere episode are Stephen King’s “Gray Matter” and Josh Malerman’s “House of the Head”.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix docu-series Basketball or Nothing debuts Friday, August 2. Six parter follows a boys’ basketball team on the Navajo Nation reservation.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season Ten of The Walking Dead arrives Sunday, October 6 at 9p, it was announced at Comic-Con. Series regular Danai Gurira (Michonne) revealed it will be her final season on the zombie drama.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Cowboy Channel will bring the 123rd Cheyenne Frontier Days PRCA ProRodeo LIVE presented by DISH to national TV screens. The broadcast will include live coverage of all rodeo events as well as analysis July 20-28 at 3p and will be rebroadcast nightly at 7p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Documentary Now! is getting a a cast album. IFC and Lakeshore Recordsannounced that “Original Cast Album: Co-op,” the episode about the cast album recording of the 1970 Broadway flop Co-op, will release its Original Cast Album digitally on July 26, with proceeds donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. “Though Co-op played only one performance on Broadway before closing, it has lived on in the hearts of fans long past the expiration of the era’s sideburns,” said Blake Callaway, Executive Director of IFC. “The Original Cast Album will be enjoyed for generations and will have to do until the arrival of the Broadway revival.
(Source: Cynopsis)
DC Universe shared programming updates at San Diego Comic-Con. In the news: Doom Patrol was renewed for a second season via a deal with HBO Max; season two of Titans will premiere Friday, September 6; and Young Justice: Outsiders will continue with a fourth installment already in production.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Also at Comic-Con, FilmRise announced that all series and ROBOTECH: The Shadow Chronicles film from the anime franchise Robotech are now available to stream for free on ad-supported AVOD platforms including Roku, Vudu and FilmRise. Bonus material from the series will also be available.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kristen Bell had news for Veronica Mars fans at Comic-Con: all eight episodes of season four are now available for streaming on Hulu.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Facebook is decreasing the amount of text and the image size of ads in its mobile News Feed, starting August 19. Users will see three lines of text, versus seven, and can click to see more.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Guest stars for season three of Dear White People include Yvette Nicole Brown, Blair Underwood, Laverne Cox, Flavor Flav and Simien. Netflix dramedy drops August 2…Garcelle Beauvais (Spider Man: Homecoming) will recur opposite Dennis Quaid in Netflix’s upcoming comedy Merry Happy Whatever.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comic-Con announcements from the CW: Sendhil Ramamurhty (Heroes) will play DC villain Bloodwork in season six of The Flash…Charlie Barnett landed a series regular role as John Diggle, Jr. in the final season of Arrow….Burt Ward, who played Robin in the 1960s Batman TV series, will appear in the annual Arrowverse superhero crossover including Arrow,The Flash, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Thora Birch (American Beauty) and Kevin Carroll (The Leftovers) have joined the season ten cast of AMC’s The Walking Dead.
(Source: Cynopsis)
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Lion King – $185 million
Spider-Man: Far From Home – $21 million
Toy Story 4 – $14.6 million
Crawl – $6 million
Yesterday – $5.1 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

 

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