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ABC gave full-season orders to freshman series mixed-ish and Stumptown, and issued a spring pick-up to sophomore drama The Rookie. Mixed-ish ranks as the season’s number one new comedy, growing to a 1.8 rating among A18-49 across platforms in Live+7 Nielsens, while Stumptown is averaging 9.7 million total viewers and a Live+7 rating of 2.18 in the demo. Season to date, The Rookie is improving its new Sunday time slot by 214% in viewers and 175% in A18-49, making it ABC’s most-watched series in the time slot in four years.
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A letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company execs, signed by several hundred employees, criticized Facebook for its decision to allow politicians to post claims known to be false. The letter, printed in the NY Times, said, “Misinformation affects us all. Our current policies on fact checking people in political office, or those running for office, are a threat to what FB stands for. We strongly object to this policy as it stands. It doesn’t protect voices, but instead allows politicians to weaponize our platform by targeting people who believe that content posted by political figures is trustworthy.” Zuckerberg has contended it is better for users to determine the credibility of Facebook’s political ads, rather than the company.
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There’s no Friends reboot in the offing, but the stars of NBC’s 1994-2004 comedy are “working on something,” Jennifer Aniston teased on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Monday. Not that Aniston needs a job – her Apple TV+ series, The Morning Show, debuts Friday, November 1.
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Wheel of Fortune and Latitude Margaritaville are teaming for a second year to hand a viewer the keys to a new home valued at $350,000. The “Home Sweet Home Giveaway” is running now through November 1.
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Dante’s Inferno, a drama series inspired by the 14^th century epic poem, is in development at Freeform. Reimagining comes from Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris (Knightfall), Nina Flore & John Herrera (The Handmaid’s Tale), Danielle Claman Gelber (One Chicago) and Studio 71.
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Comedy Central ordered a new season of animated comedy Blark and Son, focused on a single dad and his internet-addicted son. In addition to eight new short-form digital episodes, the net also ordered a linear pilot script.
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Superman & Lois is in development at CW. DC series starring Tyler Hoechlin (Supergirl) and Elizabeth Tulloch (Grimm) comes from Todd Helbing (The Flash), Greg Berlanti and Warner Bros. Television.

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Big Bad Boo Studios inked a partnership with children’s media brand Highlights for Children, Inc. The two will work together to develop, finance, produce and distribute some of Highlights’ characters and properties into animated series.
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson forecasts streaming service HBO Max will reach 50 million US subscribers in its first five years. In A&T’s quarterly earnings call, Stephenson said, “This is a product that’s going to be very different from any other product you’ve seen in the market so far. This is not Netflix, this is not Disney. This is HBO Max. It’s going to have a very unique place in the marketplace.” HBO Max is slated to launch next spring.
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Netflix announced a new test feature that lets viewers speed up or slow down content on their smartphones – a move that drew objections from some creators. “We give you nice things. Leave them as they were intended to be seen,” tweeted Judd Apatow, co-creator of Netflix series Love.
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Season one of Canadian dramedy Slings & Arrows lands on Acorn TV on Monday, November 4. Season two drops November 25, with season three arriving December 16.
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KARE 11’s feature-length documentary Love Them First: Lessons from Lucy Laney Elementary is now available for streaming on http://www.LoveThemFirst.com and on Prime Video. Film follows a Minneapolis school where an estimated 90 percent of students live near or below the poverty line.
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A five-week run of entertainment magazine Central Ave kicks off on Fox Television Stations on Monday, November 4. Will Packer Media is teaming with Debmar-Mercury and Fox on the series, which D-M will take into national syndication if all goes well. “This is not a gossip show or a mean show, but it’s a show that will be a little more edgy than the other shows out there,” said Packer. “Our hosts will make sure we get unfiltered opinions from real people, celebrities and influencers.” BET’s Julissa Bermudez and Olympic track star Sanya Richards-Ross host.
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HGTV’s Love It or List It is back for a new season on Monday, November 18 at 9p. The real estate/renovation series racked up over 17 million viewers last season.
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November notes on ID: Season ten of On the Case with Paula Zahn premieres Sunday, November 3 at 10p. The next night brings the season two debut of The Devil Speaks at 9p, followed by the season four launch of People Magazine Investigates at 10p. New series The Object of Murder, examining the emotional power associated with crimes, kicks off Thursday, November 7 at 9p.
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ION Television is offering six new holiday movies kicking off Sunday, December 1, with A Christmas Princess at 7p. In 2018, ION Television’s holiday lineup averaged 845,000 households in primetime.
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Mexican superstar Gloria Trevi will open Premios de la Radio 2019, the awards show celebrating Regional Mexican Music. Event  airs November 7 at 8p on EstrellaTV.
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Elaine Hendrix (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll) joins the season three  cast of CW’s Dynasty as Alexis. She takes over the role originated on the reboot by Nicollette Sheridan, and temporarily played by Elizabeth Gilles…Added to the cast of Nat Geo anthology series Genius: Aretha are Malcolm Barrett (Timeless, Preacher), Patrice Covington (Broadway’s The Color Purple), Kimberly Hébert Gregory (Vice Principals), Rebecca Naomi Jones (The Big Sick) and Sanai Victoria (black-ish). Cynthia Erivo (Harriet) stars as the Queen of Soul…Bollywood’s Preity G Zingta and Vir Das (Whiskey Cavalier) will guest on an episode of ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat, which could result in a spin-off series centered on an Indian family.
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