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Netflix may soon have no more Friends and get kicked out of The Office, but the streamer landed global exclusive SVOD rights to Seinfeld. “Seinfeld is a one-of-a-kind, iconic, culture-defining show,” said Mike Hopkins, Chairman, Sony Pictures Television. “Now, 30 years after its premiere, Seinfeld remains center stage.” The comedy classic will become available in 2021, when Hulu’s deal expires. Friends is heading to HBO Max, while The Office is relocating to NBCUni’s upcoming direct-to-consumer platform.
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HGTV’s A Very Brady Renovation delivered a 2.10 Live+3 rating among both the P25-54 demo and P2+ on Monday, 9, and drew a 3.91 household rating. The highest-rated season premiere in HGTV history scored more than 10 million total viewers, and posted a whopping 196% increase in the timeslot among P25-54 over year-ago levels and a 320% lift over the prior six-week time period. The episode also delivered a 2.46 Live+3 rating among W25-54 in the timeslot, a 273%increase in the demo for the timeslot versus the prior six-week time-period and a 186% lift versus year-ago levels. And the show attracted 40% more new viewers to HGTV, helping lead HGTV to its highest-rated Monday in network history for Live+3 among HHs as well as among P25-54, W25-54 and M25-54.
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Also happy about the Brady house (but probably not as happy as HGTV)? Lance Bass (*NSYNC), who bid on the home but lost out to the network. Bass toured the house, renovated to match the original set design for the series, and his reaction was caught on the net’s Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. “This is incredible! It’s perfect,” said the Brady superfan. “I’m so glad HGTV did the right thing.” Series airs Mondays at 9p.
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Stand-up comic Shane Gillis will not be joining Saturday Night Live after all. Following backlash over past racial and homophobic slurs, unearthed after he was hired last week, Gillis was cut loose by the NBC sketch comedy. “After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining SNL,” said a spokesperson for the show. “We want SNL to have a variety of voices and points of view within the show, and we hired Shane on the strength of his talent as comedian and his impressive audition for SNL. We were not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days. The language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable. We are sorry that we did not see these clips earlier, and that our vetting process was not up to our standard.”
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In response to his firing, Gillis tweeted, “It feels ridiculous for comedians to be making serious public statements, but here we are….Of course I wanted to prove myself at SNL, but I understand it would be too much of a distraction. I respect the decision they made. I’m honestly grateful for the opportunity. I was always a mad tv guy anyway.”
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After suffering an injury during rehearsals that required surgery, Christie Brinkley has been replaced on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars by her daughter, 21-year-old Sports Illustrated model Sailor. “Showbiz is all about getting a break, and Sailor and I both got one on Dancing with the Stars this season,” said Brinkley. “Sailor joined the cast when I got mine.” But while Brinkley joked about the swap, she wasn’t laughing when Wendy Williams suggested during her talker on Monday that Brinkley had faked the accident to get her daughter a job. “I’m totally shocked, because I have been there for Wendy Williams,” the supermodel told People. “I’m really stunned.”
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Speaking of, the day of its season 11 launch, The Wendy Williams Show was renewed for seasons 12 and 13. “Wendy is family to us, and post-AM news, her program jumpstarts the day in our markets,” said Frank Cicha, EVP Programming at Fox Television Stations. “Plus, she’s got enough wigs to make sure the show never gets stale.” Wendy averaged over 1.6 million viewers and 440,000 W25-54 per day last season. Said Debmar-Mercury Co-Presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus, “Wendy’s enduring demo strength is matched only by its unwavering support among our valued station partners. Fox, which has been there from the start, remains a big believer in the power of Wendy to deliver the goods and keep its important morning news block viewers from going anywhere.”
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Netflix canceled No Good Nick after one season. Comedy starred Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin as a couple who unwittingly welcome a teenaged con artist into their home.
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Angelica Ross (Pose) will host the 2020 Presidential Candidate Forum on LGBTQ Issues, livestreamed from Coe College in Iowa on September 20 at 7p. Confirmed to participate are Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Sestak, Elizabeth Warren and Marianne Williamson.
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NBC champ Shaquille O’Neal and his partner, Michael Parris, and their prodco Jersey Legends inked a deal with Back Roads Entertainment.Under the agreement, Back Roads, O’Neal and Parris will create, develop, and produce unscripted and scripted content with an initial focus on game, comedy and family entertainment. O’Neal, Parris and the Jersey Legends team will work closely with Colby Gaines, executive producer and founder of Back Roads, as well as a new development team assigned to the partnership. O’Neal, Parris and Gaines will serve as executive producers on all projects. “This partnership is big and that’s how I like to do things…big,” said Shaq. “Get ready for some incredible content.
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Showtime is not moving forward with a series adaptation of The Kingkiller Chronicle, based on the book series and exec produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Lionsgate Television is shopping the project.
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RadicalMedia will serve as creative and production partner for the previously announced Apple TV+ docu-series aimed at dispelling myths about mental health. Joining Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex are directors and executive producers Dawn Porter and Asif Kapadia, and showrunner and executive producer Kahane Cooperman.
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Cheryl Hines and Rachael Harris will star in and EP an untitled comedy from Christine Pietrosh and Jessica Goldstein (Telenovela), Jason Winer (Single Parents), 20^th Century Fox Television and Small Dog Picture Company, reports Deadline. Project landed a put pilot commitment from ABC.
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Paramount Network’s Battle of the Fittest Couples puts couples through an intense competition that tests not only their physical toughness, but how they work as a team, starting Tuesday, October 15 at 11p. Real-life couple JoJo Fletcher (The Bachelorette) and former NFL quarterback Jordan Rogers host.
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CBS’ The Price Is Right, returns for its 48^th season on Monday, September 23 with a new trick up its sleeve: A contestant will have their cell phone bill, car payment and rent paid for an entire year.
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The stars realign for ABC’s “Cast From the Past” week, featuring actors and behind-the-scenes talent from Castle, Charmed, Cheers, The Drew Carey Show and more reunite with former castmates on current ABC shows. First up: On Monday, October 7, Robert Sean Leonard (House) checks into another series created by David Shore, The Good Doctor.
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An Empire State Building music-to-light show will feature Meghan Trainor debuting her cover of theme song “I’ll Be There for You” on “Friends Day,” Sunday, September 22, at 8:30p – the exact time Friends debuted on September 22, 1994. The song will be synced live on iHeartMedia’s Z100 at the same time, then available to download on iTunes and other digital retailers beginning at midnight on September 23.
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MTV Documentary Films acquired Gay Chorus Deep South, centered on a gospel choir that traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee to bring a message of love and acceptance. “The LGBTQ bias is fierce in southern states,” said Sheila Nevins, who launched MTV Documentary Films after 38 years at HBO. “Faced with unrelenting resistance, these brave men break barriers with song and continue to sing and raise their voices in the name of diversity.”
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Taylor Swift will serve as the Mega Mentor on Season 17 of NBC’s competition series The Voice, launching Monday, September 23 at 8p. Coaches John Legend and Blake Shelton made the announcement about the “Shake It Off” singer’s return on Instagram.
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The characters from PBS KIDS television series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood will tour over 50 cities across the U.S. beginning in January 2020. All remaining dates for the 2020 tour will go on sale Friday, September 20.
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The Paley Center for Media has added An Evening with CBS This Morning to its Fall 2019 PaleyLive NY season. Program will take place at the Paley Center’s New York location on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at 6:30p.
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Comedian John Mulaney will play Henry David Thoreau and rapper/actor Wiz Khalifa will portray Death in Apple TV+ dark comedy Dickinson, starring Hailee Steinfeld as poet Emily DIckinson…Luke James (Star), La La Anthony (Power) and Lil Rel Howery (Bird Box) will guest star during season three of Showtime’s The Chi…Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) will star in upcoming Apple TV+ drama Shantaram, centered on an Australian prisoner who finds a new life in the underworld of India…Yael Yurman (Once Upon a Time) landed a series regular role in upcoming Netflix drama Firefly Lane.
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