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Google disabled 210 YouTube channels it determined were uploading videos in a coordinated manner about the protests in Hong Kong. “We found use of VPNs and other methods to disguise the origin of these accounts and other activity commonly associated with coordinated influence operations,” wrote Shane Huntley from Google’s security team. The move came days after Twitter and Facebook shut down a network of hundreds of accounts designed to undermine pro-democracy protesters in the area.
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A one-hour  special, The Paley Center Salutes The Good Place, will air Thursday, September 19 at 8p, one week before the NBC comedy kicks off its fourth and final season, with best-of moments and cast interviews. “The Good Place has become a cultural touchstone representing the best of television anywhere,” said Doug Vaughan, EVP of Special Programs and Late Night at NBC. “We’re excited to partner with The Paley Center for Media to honor such an outstanding show that’s admired by so many of its devoted fans.”
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Nielsen is expected to start including out-of-home viewing with its overnight ratings starting October 3, and will reduce the number of markets sampled from 56 to 44. The enhanced version of the numbers, which have been available at 8:30a, will be pushed to 1p.
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Hasbro, home of My Little Pony, bought Peppe Pig production studio Entertainment One, for $4 billion. What’s in in it for toymaker? “The acquisition of eOne adds beloved story-led global family brands that deliver strong operating returns to Hasbro’s portfolio and provides a pipeline of new brand creation driven by family-oriented storytelling, which will now include Hasbro’s IP,” said Brian Goldner, Hasbro chairman and chief executive officer. “In addition, Hasbro will leverage eOne’s immersive entertainment capabilities to bring our portfolio of brands that have appeal to gamers, fans and families to all screens globally and realize full franchise economics across our blueprint strategy for shareholders.”
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The Television Academy announced juried award winners for the 71^stEmmys. For list of winners, go here: https://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/juried-190823. The juried awards for these categories will be presented at the Creative Arts Awards ceremony on Saturday, September 14, except for Outstanding Choreography For Scripted Programming, which will be handed out during the ceremony on Sunday, September 15.
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One Day at Disney, a collaboration between Disney Publishing Worldwide and Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+ will include a 224-page coffee table book as well as a documentary series culled from 76 photo shoots that took place around the world, capturing images of employees and cast members from Shanghai Disneyland to the set of Modern Family. A 52-episode short-form series will debut December 3, the same day the book launches.
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BET has put into development the scripted comedy W.H.I.P.s (wt), based on an original pitch from Kim McKoy, Page Hurwitz, and Wanda Sykes about four former sitcom stars living under one roof. Alyson Fouse (Black Jesus) is slated to executive produce and write the pilot.
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Comedy Central inked a first-look deal with Derek Waters and picked up a seventh season of his Drunk History. In partnership with new studio production arm Comedy Central Productions, Waters will develop content for TV and digital platforms.
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Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment announced a new preschool animated series for Disney Junior. Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends is slated to launch in 2021. “Preschool kids already love Spidey, so they’ll be delighted to have Peter Parker thwipping across their screens in this new series” said Cort Lane, SVP, Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment.
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Acorn TV crime drama Taken Down launches Monday September 16, followed by Italian drama Back Home on Monday, September 30.
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Rocker Eddie Money’s announcement that he has esophageal cancerwill be detailed in a special episode of AXS TV’s Real Money that will air on Thursday, September 12 at 9:30p. Reality series following the daily lives of the “Two Tickets to Paradise” singer, his wife, and their five children returns to AXS TV’s fall schedule on a new night and time, Thursdays at 9:30p.
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Tonight’s MTV Video Music Awards will pay tribute to New Jersey with performances from rap pioneers from the Garden State, including Naughty By Nature, Queen Latifah, Redman, Wyclef Jean and Fetty Wap. Show airs live from Newark, NJ at 8p.
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Netflix’s El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie drops Friday, October 11. Sequel starring Aaron Paul will have a second window on AMC, home of the Vince Gilligan series.
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Familiar names were dropped at the Disney+ session at the D23 expo. It was announced Kathryn Hahn will join the cast of the series WandaVision playing a new character…Kat Dennings and  Randall Park are reprising their roles from Thor and Ant-Man and the Wasp on the series…and Emily VanCamp will return as SHIELD agent Sharon Carter in upcoming action drama The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
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William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) will recur on Amazon drama The Underground Railroad.
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