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Nick Cannon inked a deal with Debmar-Mercury to make a move to daytime, as host and co-producer of a talk show. Cannon, host of Fox hit The Masked Singer, got a taste of daytime as guest host of Wendy Williams’ talker this year, and said, “I experienced the energy and excitement of a daytime talk show and instantly knew I found my audience.” Cannon will co-produce via his Ncredible Entertainment.
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HBO took home ten trophies at the 40^th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Half of the premium channel’s haul were for Vice News Tonight, canceled by HBO and set to relaunch on Viceland. PBS earned nine awards, and CBS came in third with six. For a complete list of winners, go here.
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Showtime ordered the first eight-episode season of drama series Ripley, based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling novels. Andrew Scott (Fleabag) will star in the title role of Tom Ripley; Steven Zaillian (Schindler’s List) will write and direct the first season.
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Freeform ordered Last Summer, a thriller pilot from eOne set in a small Texas town in the ‘90s. Exec producers are Jessica Biel, Bert V. Royal (Easy A) and Michelle Purple (Limetown).
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Acorn Media Enterprises and Sky NZ have partnered to commission New Zealand thriller The Sounds with all3media’s New Zealand production company South Pacific Pictures and Toronto-based Shaftesbury co-producing. Drama is set in a sleepy New Zealand town, where nothing is quite what it seems.
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Barcroft Studios is set to produce Mind Yourself, a 10-episodee unscripted Snap Original series. Each episode will paint an intimate portrait of a young person experiencing or recovering from a mental health issue. Mind Yourself will be available globally in early 2020 on Snapchat’s Discover page.
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Quibi gave a straight-to-series order for music docu-series &Music, from OBB Pictures and GoodStory Entertainment, focused on unsung artists behind music superstars. In development at Quibi is Trip, a comedy set on Fire Island, reports Deadline. Jax Media is producing.
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A sequel to ABC’s 1987-1991 thirtysomething, following the lives of the children in the Baby Boomer drama, is in the works at MGM TV, reports Deadline. The original’s creators, Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick are onboard the project, currently being pitched.
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Season ten of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey premieres Wednesday, November 6 at 9p. This go-round, the women weather the storm from Jersey to the Hamptons to Jamaica.
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Molly of Denali returns to PBS stations and the PBS Kids 24/7 channel on Monday, October 7, with a week of new episodes. The series was also added to PBS International kid’s catalogue.
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Among the Snap Originals on the way are Tekashi69 VS The World, following the controversial rapper, launching this fall; Nikita Unfiltered, focused on transgender beauty mogul Nikita Dragun, premiering in winter 2020; and scripted comedy Everything’s Fine(wt), slated for spring 2020.
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Ant Anstead Master Mechanic debuts on the MotorTrend app on Thursday, October 10. Anstead, costar of Wheeler Dealers and husband of Christina Anstead (Flip or Flop), pays homage in the series to the 1930s Alfa Romeo 158 Grand Prix by building it from the ground up. It’s the first original series for the app.
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Among the October offerings from Sundance Now is 2012 documentary Alias Ruby Blade, exploring the journey of an Australian human rights activist and her relationship with a political prisoner. Film debuts on the streamer Monday, October 7.
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The brother/sister team of Julianne Hough (America’s Got Talent) and Derek Hough ( World of Dance) will star in NBC special Holidays with the Houghs, featuring musical and dance performances, as well as comedy sketches.
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Tickets go on sale Friday for The Twilight Zone: A 60^th Anniversary Celebration. Over 600 participating theaters will offer six digitally restored versions of classic episodes from the sci-fi classic series, as well as a new documentary short, Remembering Rod Serling.
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Telemundo Deportes will present Que Momento: La Generación Dorada(The Golden Generation), the story behind Argentina’s basketball victory at the 2004 Olympic Games, on Saturday, September 28 at 11p on Telemundo.
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The Paley Center for Media announced additional selections to its Fall 2019 PaleyLive NY season: “And in the End: The Beatles Fifty Years Later”on November 18, and “The Power of Political Satire on TV” on November 25.
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Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – Adventure Awaits premieres on FreeformSunday, September 29 at 8p. Two-hour event is hosted by Neil Patrick Harris.
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Ray Romano (Get Shorty) will star opposite Cristin Milioti in HBO Max’s Made for Love, based on Alissa Nutting’s novel…John Stamos will reprise the role of Chef Louis in The Wonderful World of Disney Presents: The Little Mermaid Live!, airing Tuesday, November 5 at 8p. Stamos played the French cook in the Hollywood Bowl production. Also joining the cast is Graham Phillips (The Good Wife), as Prince Eric…Griffin Dunne has been elevated to series regular in season four of NBC’s This Is Us. Dunne plays Jack’s back-from-presumed-dead brother, Nicky… Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (Westworld) landed the lead role in TV2’s series Witch Hunt, a Norwegian drama from Miso Film.
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The debut of ABC’s mixed-ish built over its Bless This Mess lead-in by 13% among A18-49 (0.9/4 vs. 0.8/4). The series debut of Emergence  grew over its lead-in, black-ish, in total viewers, jumping by 17% (4.1 million vs. 3.5 million) and holding 100% among A18-49 (0.8/4).
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