Keely's Korner

Viola Davis is heading to the White House. The actress will portray Michelle Obama in First Ladies, a drama series being developed at Showtime with a three-script commitment. Davis will also executive produce the project, from writer Aaron Cooley (novels Four Seats: A Thriller of the Supreme Court, The Guns of Ridgewood).
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ABC News announced details of the third Democratic Debate in Houston. The primetime event, in partnership with Univision, will air Thursday, September 12 and, if necessary, Friday, September 13, from Texas Southern University. ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, World News Tonight anchor and managing editor David Muir, ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis and Univision anchor Jorge Ramos will moderate.
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Season 45 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live premieres September 28. Woody Harrelson will serve as host for the fourth time, with Billie English debuting as musical guest. The following week, on October 5, Phoebe Waller-Bridge will make her SNL hosting debut, while Taylor Swift will make her third appearance as musical guest. Other hosts scheduled this season include David Harbour, Kristen Stewart and Eddie Murphy.
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Family Feud is going international. Steve Harvey announced plans to launch and host versions of the Fremantle game show in South Africa and Ghana. Harvey’s media company Steve Harvey Global obtained rights to license the format for African versions of the game show, which will be produced Rapid Blue, Fremantle’s local production partner in the region. Harvey has hosted the American version of Family Feud since 2010.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden is set to appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, September 4 at 11:30p on CBS. It marks the Democratic front-runner’s first late-night interview since launching his campaign in April.
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Keke Palmer officially debuted as co-host of the third hour of Good Morning America on Monday, joining Michael Strahan and Sara Haines. Palmer had been taking a significant role on the ABC morning show in recent months The block will  be renamed GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke.
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Meanwhile, GMA co-host Lara Spencer offered an official on-air apology on Monday for last week’s remark mocking six-year-old Prince George’s interest in ballet. “I screwed up,” said Spencer. “The comment I made about dance was insensitive, it was stupid, and I am deeply sorry.”
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Sandra Oh will narrate She Walks With Apes for Canada’s CBC. The two-hour documentary about three women who went in the jungles of Africa and Borneo includes rarely seen images of Dian Fossey, the scientist murdered while working with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, and features Canadian Birute Galdikas, who went to live among the orangutans of Borneo 50 years ago.
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Final nominees for The 54rd Annual CMA Awards will be revealedWednesday, August 28 with select categories announced live on ABC’s Good Morning Americaby Jimmie Allen and Ashley McBryde in the 8a hour. Carrie Underwood will host the award show, airing live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Wednesday, 13 at 8p on ABC, with special guest hosts Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, celebrating legendary.
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Why We Hate debuts Sunday, October 13 at 10p on Discovery. Executive produced by Alex Gibney and Steven Spielberg, the six-part series explores one of humanity’s most primal and destructive emotions. The first episode will be available on Discovery Go on Sunday, October 6.
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Total Divas returns on Wednesday, October 2 at 10p on E! Natalya, Naomi, Nia Jax and Carmela are back for Season 9, while Ronda Rousey and Sonya Deville have been added to the cast.
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Nat Geo WILD is unleashing Dog: Impossible on Monday, September 2 at 9p. In the new series Matt Beisner and his team set out to prove there is no such thing as a bad dog.
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All aboard for Bravo’s Below Deck. The series’ seventh season debuts on Monday, October 7 at 9p.
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Nickelodeon’s new preschool series Blue’s Clues & You bows Monday, November 11 at 9a. Former Blue’s Clues hosts Steve Burns and Donovan Patton will reprise their original roles in the premiere.
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Universal Kids presents the US premiere of Mighty Mike on Monday, September 2 at 3p. The show centers on sophisticated pug, Mike, who finds himself protecting his home for a wild bunch of furry intruders while his owners are away.
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Cartoon Network bows all-new adventure series Power Players on Saturday, September 21 at 12:30p.
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BBC preschool series Bluey launches on Disney Junior on Monday, September 9 at 4:30p. The show, which first launched on ABC in Australia in 2018 and was the most watched show of all time on its iview platform, follows the adventures of a Blue Heeler puppy, who lives with her Mum, Dad, and little sister, Bingo.
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Top Gear is coming to MotorTrend beginning Labor Day Weekend. In celebration,MotorTrend TV and sister network Discovery Channel will simulcast classic episodes of Top Gear on Saturday, August 31 at 8p.
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Steven Universe The Movie debuts commercial free on Monday, September 2 at 6p on Cartoon Network.
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Original cast members John Pankow and Richard Kind will reprise their roles in the upcoming follow-up to 1990s comedy Mad About You, a limited event series for Spectrum Originals… RJ Walker and Brittany Inge were upped to series regulars on BET romantic dramedy Boomerang, reports Deadline.
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