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HBO will up the number of hours of original programming by about 10% in 2020, said HBO head of programming Casey Bloys at TCA. But it’s still about quality, not quantity. With the addition of Monday night programming, “The big challenge for me and our team is to ensure that we weren’t just filling hours to fill hours,” said Bloys. “We have a lot more programming but there’s not one show that I wouldn’t have aired one year or five years ago.” Bloys also addressed the backlash received by the finale of HBO’s Game of Thrones. “There are very few downsides to having an immensely popular show, but one that I can think of is when you try to end it,” he said of the series, which wrapped on May 19. In any case, Bloys added, “Thirty-two Emmy nominations is nice validation.”
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TV Land renewed Younger for season seven. No surprise there – last month, the series had its highest-rated season premiere ever among P25-54 and W25-54 and was up +23% among total viewers, with 1.3 million tuning in. The series remains the top sitcom in cable for the third year in a row among W25-54 and W18-49.
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Also back for another run is Animal Kingdom, headed for season five on TNT. Drama starring Ellen Barkin hit nearly 18 million viewers across platforms for season four, and ranks as one of the year’s top ten cable dramas among A18-49.
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Keenan Ivory Wayans (In Living Color) will serve as showrunner for the upcoming third season of TBS’s The Last O.G. He follows Saladin K. Peterson, who held the job for the comedy’s sophomore run. “We can’t wait to see where Keenen takes this series next,” said Brett Weitz , general manager of TBS, TNT and truTV. “It’s honestly a dream scenario to work with one of the true trail-blazers of social humor; he’s the perfect fit for The Last O.G.”
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Zanne Devine (EP of Disney Channel’s Kim Possible) has entered into an overall deal with Disney Channels Worldwide. Through the deal, Devine will develop and produce movies for Disney Channel and the upcoming Disney+ streaming service. “Working with Zanne on Kim Possible and Secret Society of Second Born Royals was such a thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding experience for everyone involved that there was no question that we wanted to extend our relationship with her,” said Nancy Kanter, EVP, Content and Creative, Disney Channels Worldwide.
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HBO greenlit a documentary film that follows families who were separated at the U.S. border, exploring the traumatic effects on children of being taken away from their parents without their consent. Torn Apart: Separated At The Border comes from Ellen Goosenberg Kent (Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1) and Talos Films.
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Joseph C. Terry (Steve Harvey) has been named director of the upcoming nationally syndicated program The Kelly Clarkson Show, set to start airing in 100% of the country on Monday, September 9.
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UPtv is working with Brain Power Studios to develop a third installment of the A Very Country Christmas franchise to premiere in 2020. Based on a novel from Harlequin Publishing, A Very Country Christmas was the #1 UPtv premiere movie in 2017 with W25-54, and fresh off its July 6 debut, A Very Country Wedding now ranks as the #1 UPtv premiere movie with W25-54 in 2019 to date.
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John Krasinksi (John Clancy’s Jack Ryan) inked a three-year first-look deal with Amazon Studios to work with his Sunday Night company, along with Allyson Seeger and Alexa Ginsberg, to develop series for Amazon. “John’s talents extend behind the screen as a prolific writer, director and producer with a keen eye for creating original characters and stories with global appeal,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios.
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WE tv is jumping on a new original tell-all series, Untold Stories of Hip Hop, featuring tales from the biggest names in the genre. Set to premiere this fall, the series from Creature Films (Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.) features interviews with Cardi B, Snoop Dogg, Queen Latifah, Ice Cube and more, hosted by radio personality Angie Martinez.
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Season three of HBO’s late night comedy, Room 104, checks in Friday, September 13. Show follows the stories of different characters who pass through a single room at a chain motel. Also returning to HBO, for a sixth and final season, is Silicon Valley, in October. No date was announced.
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The Little Couple returns to TLC on Tuesday, August 6 at 9p, as the family settles in to St. Petersburg, FL.
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TNT will start airing All Elite Wrestling’s live weekly matches on Wednesday, October 2 from 8-10p. Matches will take place in different cities each week.
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VH1’s Black Ink Crew: New York returns Wednesday, August 14 at 9p. Following the premiere, VH1 will debut Black Ink Crew: Compton at 10p.
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TNT released an extended trailer for upcoming series Chasing the Cure at WarnerMedia’s TCA presentation. Weekly live broadcast anchored and exec produced by Today alum Ann Curry will try to help people suffering from undiagnosed or uncured medical conditions. Show will be simulcast on TNT and TBS starting Thursday, August 8 at 9p.
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Fuse Media is bringing back Big Boy’s Neighborhood for a third season. Televised version of the nationally syndicated radio show starts season three on Thursday, August 1 at 7:30a; episodes premiere the day after the radio broadcast.
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LMN has two new Friday night thrillers set to debut next month. A Lover Scorned premieres August 2 at 8p, followed the next week by Deadly Influencer.
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FilmRise has acquired Alex Wolff’s directorial feature film debut, The Cat and the Moon. Coming-of-age story explores the feelings of a seventeen-year-old transplant in New York City, navigating his late father’s life and legacy. Wolff is also the star and screenwriter of the film.
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Attention Floridians: ABC Studios and PopSugar are celebrating national Golden Girls Day and National Cheesecake Day with a one-day-only pop-up event at Vicky’s House in Coconut Grove, Florida, on Tuesday, July 30, from 12-10p.
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Dutch actor Rutger Hauer died July 19 after a long illness. He was 75. Best known for his role in the 1982 film Blade Runner, Hauer more recently appeared on TV shows including HBO’s True Blood and ABC’s Galavant.
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BROADWAY
Moulin Rouge! The Musical is opening on Thursday July 25, 2019.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/moulin-rouge-musical/
Manilow Broadway with Barry Manilow is opening on Friday July 26, 2019.
https://barrymanilow.com/archives/event/manilow-broadway-july-26-2019
Sea Wall/ A Life with Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge is starting previews on Friday July 26, 2019.
https://ppc.broadway.com/shows/sea-wall-life/
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