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Airline pilot Peter Weber has been tapped to star in season 24 of ABC’s The Bachelor, debuting in January. Weber was sent packing by Hannah Brown in season 15 of The Bachelorette.
(Source: Cynopsis)Fox News Media re-signed Anchor and Global Markets Editor Maria Bartiromo to a new multiyear deal, extending her tenure with Fox Business Network and Fox News Channel. “Fox News and Fox Business have afforded me the opportunity to grow as a journalist and stretch myself in ways I’ve never imagined,” said Bartiromo, who joined the company in 2014.
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Food Network has plenty cooking for the holidays, with 40% more seasonal episodes planned overall in 2019 versus last year. Over 100 hours of holiday programming is slated through the end of the year, with December holidays seeing the biggest increase in associated programming – almost 70% more planned than last year – while Thanksgiving-related programming will increase nearly 40% and Halloween-related programming will be up more than 10% year over year.
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PBS’s four-part series Live From Above, telling stories about Earth from the perspective of space, debuts Wednesday, October 23 at 10p (check local listings).
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Disney Junior ordered a third season of Fancy Nancy, cable’s #1 series among Girls 2-5 and Girls 208 during its first year. The order comes ahead of the start of the show’s sophomore run on Friday, October 4 at 11:30a.
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Rotten Tomatoes has launched an original video series aimed at helping viewers “break through the noise” and discover what critics and fans are buzzing about. Couch Tomatoes, hoisted by entertainment journalist Naz Perez, will debut every other Wednesday on the Rotten Tomatoes website, YouTube channel, Facebook Watch and IGTV.
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Crackle original Going From Broke, a new series from executive producer Ashton Kutcher, Matador Content and Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, launches Thursday, October 17 on the streamer. Host Dan Rosensweig, Chegg CEO, and financial expert Danetha Doe help young people living LA change their habits and gain financial confidence.
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AXS TV’s Real Money finishes its second season in memory of Eddie Money, who passed away Friday, September 13 at the age of 70. Final three episodes feature a conversation with the rocker’s friend, comedian Louie Anderson (October 3), Eddie and his wife Laurie renewing their wedding vows (October 10), and a look-back at the two seasons of the show (October 17).
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Beth Stern and James Denton (Good Witch) will return to host the 9th Annual American Humane Hero Dog Awards, honoring outstanding working dogs from around the country. The awards gala, sponsored by the Lois Pope LIFE Foundation and Zoetis, will also feature Trevor Donovan (Snowcoming), Danielle Fishel  (Girl Meets World), Kellie Martin (Hailey Dean Mysteries), Debbie Matenopoulos (Home & Family), Cameron Mathison (Home & Family), Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs), Brandon McMillan (Lucky Dog), Barbara Niven (Christmas in Evergreen), Roselyn Sanchez (A Taste of Summer), Eric Winter (The Rookie), and Larissa Wohl (Home & Family) as presenters. Ceremony will take place on Saturday, October 5 and be broadcast as a two-hour special on Monday, October 21 at 8p on Hallmark Channel.
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John Cena will go undercover on Nick hidden camera prank show The Substitute, on an episode premiering Friday, October 4 at 7p. Airing after The Substitute will be Cena-hosted Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader.
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People and Entertainment Weekly celebrate the 71^stannual Emmy Awards weekend with two red carpet live stream shows from LA: On Friday, September 20, EW offers a livestream from Sunset Tower Hotel at 8:30p, followed on Sunday, September 22, by the Television Academy’s official two-hour “People and Entertainment Weekly Red Carpet Live Pre-Show” at 6p.
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The Indian National Finals Rodeo will be televised on Ride TV on Saturday, October 26. Showcasing the action from previous rounds, Ride TV will also air five highlight shows in December on dates to be announced. The 44th annual Indian National Finals Rodeo include over 400 Native American athletes from 50 tribes in the U.S. and Canada.
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HGTV’s Flip or Flop on September 12 delivered the highest-rated episode of the season, garnering a 1.13 Live+3 rating among P25-54, a 41% increase in the demo for the 9-9:30p timeslot over the previous year. Attracting more than 3.7 million total viewers, the episode also delivered a 1.5 Live+3 rating among W25-54, up 50% in the demo for the timeslot over year-ago levels. The show ranked as the #1 cable program in the timeslot among both P25-54 and W25-54.
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In 3Q19, ION Television is delivering quarter-to-date A25-54 impressions of 422,000 in primetime, 276,000 in non-prime, and 323,000 total day. ION is also pacing #1 in A18-49, delivering 355,000 in primetime, 230,000 in non-prime, and 270,000 total day for the third quarter.
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The 3-hour season finale of Bachelor in Paradise positioned ABC as the #1 network on Tuesday in A18-49 (1.3/7 – tied with NBC), and shot up week to week by 29% in Total Viewers (to 4.4 million) and by 63% with A18-49 (to 1.3/7) for 7-week highs on the night.
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