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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 8/21/19)
A&E: Ghost Hunters (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Psychic Kids (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Face The Beast (Premiere) at 10pm
HULU: This Way Up (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Hyperdrive (Premiere)
TRAVEL CHANNEL: Mountain Monsters (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: The Wonderland Murders (Finale) at 9pm
ID: Dark Waters: Murder In The Deep (Finale) at 10pm
MTV: Catfish: The TV Show (Finale) at 8pm
Mayim Bialik inked an exclusive multi-year deal with Warner Bros. TV Group, the studio behind The Big Bang Theory. It includes a two-year pod deal for her newly launched Sad Clown Productions and a talent holding provision for her acting services. As part of the agreement, Bialik named Chuck Lorre Productions’ vet Mackenzie Gabriel-Vaught as Head of Development and Production for Sad Clown.
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Viewers rank MSNBC as their most trusted TV news brand in a tracking study conducted by Brand Keys for Research Intelligencer. Coverage of gun violence was cited as the primary driver of trust in TV new brands. The latest findings, the third in a series of twice-a-year surveys of American TV news watchers, show MSNBC jumping to an index of 94% – the highest of any TV news brand so far – and up 14 index points from its level a year ago. Meanwhile, Fox News has lost the most trust, falling to an index of 82%. That’s down from 87% a year ago.
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WWE and USA Network announced an agreement in principle to air WWE’s weekly Wednesday night show, NXT, live on USA Network at 8p beginning Wednesday, September 18. The new two-hour weekly show will expand its reach on USA Network, while remaining in the Wednesday night timeslot it’s held since 2015. “The move to USA Network provides an opportunity to deepen our relationship with NBCUniversal and further build the NXT brand,” said Vince McMahon, WWE Chairman and CEO. “Over the long term our goal is to develop a following that can be monetized to the same level as our flagship programs, Raw and SmackDown.”
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HBO renewed Succession for a third season, following strong ratings for its sophomore season premiere and five Emmy nominations. “We are elated that Succession and its exploration of wealth, power and family has resonated so powerfully with audiences,” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Drama Programming. “In today’s world where the intersection of politics and media is increasingly prevalent, Succession presents an especially piercing look behind the curtain of this elite, influential, and cutthroat community.”
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Susan Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) will direct and executive produce the first two episodes of The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco (TheBig Bang Theory) for HBO Max. In addition, Nashville EPs Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin have joined the thriller drama series as executive producers/co-showrunners.
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Jamila Hunter is looking to return to NBCUniversal and leave Kenya Barris’s Netflix-based Khalabo Ink Society after less than a year, according Deadline. Hunter is reportedly in talks for a top programming job at NBCUniversal’s upcoming ad-supported streaming service – a potential Netflix rival and run by Bonnie Hammer.
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Netflix ordered The Upshaws, a multi-camera family comedystarring Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps (Dolemite Is My Name, Only One Mike). The pair will also serve as executive producers on the series, which centers on a working class African American Family in Indiana.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A three-part docuseries about Bill Gates has been set at Netflix. Project hails from Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) and explores the mind and motivations of the Microsoft founder.
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Clues, confessions and culprits are revealed via actual footage in Investigation Discovery’s The Murder Tapes. Ten-part crime series debuts Wednesday, August 28 at 10p.
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Designer Grace Mitchell returns for a second season of HGTV’s One of a Kind on Monday, September 9 at 10:30p. The personalized room series airs immediately following the 90-minute premiere episode of A Very Brady Renovation at 9p.
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Paul Shaffer brings his radio show to AXS TV, sitting down with music icons to discuss their legacies and jam on their hits. Paul Shaffer Plus One bows Sunday, September 15 at 8p.
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Travel Channel debuts seven new series during its “Ghostober” programming event. Most Terrifying Places uncovers the most horrifying haunts beginning Tuesday, October 1 at 10p; The Holzer Files, debuting Thursday, October 3 at 10p, follows a paranormal team investigating the recently discovered files of ghost hunter Dr. Hans Holzer; Ghost Nation premieres Friday, October 11 at 9p followed by Hometown Horror at 10p; The Alaska Triangle bows Monday, October 21 at 10p followed by My Horror Story at 11p; and Destination Fear debuts Saturday, October 26 at 10p.
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Christian Serratos (The Walking Dead) is set to play Selena Quintanilla-Perez in Netflix’s upcoming bio series about the Latin singer. Selena: The Series, which was picked up by the streamer in December.
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Carmen Ejogo (Selma) and Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire) joined Showtime’s limited series Your Honor as series regulars… Jeff Meacham has been upped to series regular for the upcoming sixth season of ABC’s black-ish, while Reggie Lee (Grimm) and Nadia Gray (Bright) landed recurring roles on CBS’ new legal drama All Rise, according to Deadline.
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Hallmark Channel’s airing of A Summer Romance on Saturday, the fourth of its 2019 “Summer Nights” original movie premieres, ranked as the highest-rated and most-watched non-sports program of the day. It averaged a 2.4 Household rating, 2.4 million Total Viewers, and 287,000 Women 15-54, while elevating the network to the highest-rated and most-watched on cable during Weekend Prime.
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While few programs were able to increase due to low viewing levels and preemptions for pre-season football during the summer syndication session ending August 11, Access (1.1 Live+SD national Nielsen rating, up 10% from the week before) was the lone magazine in the plus column. The double-digit move gave Access the biggest year-to-year increase in magazine and vaulted the show into a tie with TMZ (1.1, unchanged).
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Judge Judy (5.8, steady) remained syndication’s highest rated show, topping the chart for the fourth time in five weeks even though it was in complete reruns and was unable to be seen for most of the week on the 28 CBS-owned stations carried by DirecTV and AT&T U-verse in 14 markets including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.
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