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Watch What Happens Live lives on. Bravo Media renewed the Andy Cohen-led talker through 2021. The show, which celebrated its tenth anniversary in June, is the highest-rated late night ad-supported cable talk show in 2019 among F18-49 and F25-54, according to Nielsen Live+7.
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Steve Harvey is headed back to the daytime talk show circuit – at Facebook Watch. Steve on Watch, from Endeavor Content Film 45 and Harvey’s East 112, is set to bow on Monday, January 6. The new show will feature Harvey “giving his take on everyday issues affecting his audience,” as well conducting interviews with film, TV and music stars.
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Netflix released some viewing data on Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman. According to content chief Ted Sarandos, who spoke at the UBS Global TMT Conference in NYC, the mobster film was watched by 26.4 million Netflix households worldwide in the first seven days to at least 70% completion. The streamer expects about 40 million account holders to have watched the film to at least 70% completion in the first 28 days. The Irishman was released on November 27 on the streamer after a limited theatrical run.
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John Legend will host and perform with Jennifer Hudson, Raphael Saadiq, Sting, Stormzy, Chris Martin and H.E.R. at London’s Royal Albert Hall for NBC’s Global Citizen Prize special airing Friday, December 20 at 8p. The inaugural award ceremony celebrates individuals taking action to end extreme poverty.
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Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky, who sued FOX News Channel and/or Roger Ailes with accusations of sexual harassment, retaliation or discrimination, have created Lift Our Voices, an organization devoted to stopping companies from using non-disclosure agreements to cover up incidents of workplace harassment and discrimination. The pair will ask industry and political leaders to pledge to eradicate NDAs for these purposes in their workplaces.
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Poker Central revealed the dates of its 2020 U.S. Poker Open, which will take place from March 19 to 31 in the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. For the new addition, Poker Central will be contributing an additional $100,000 in prize money to be awarded to the overall High Roller of the Year champion.
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NBC’s Writers on the Verge welcomes eight new writers to its 2019-20 class: comedy writers Rishi Chitkara, Shirin Najafi and Min-Woo Park as well as drama writers Andi Delott, Maya Houston, Mitali Jahagirdar, Lira Kellerman and Shani Am. Moore were chosen from an applicant pool of more than 2,300 submissions.
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Food Network ordered a second season of Buddy vs. Duff. The network’s highest-rated series of 2019 reached over 14 million viewers, and features Buddy Valastro and Duff Goldman facing off in baking battles for the chance to be crowned the undisputed king of cake.
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Oscar-winning writer, director and producer Tom McCarthy (Spotlight, Up and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why) signed a multi-year overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios. He’ll be tasked with creating, developing, directing and producing series for the network, cable and streaming platforms. As part of the agreement, McCarthy will bring his production company, Slow Pony, into the Fox 21 TV Studios fold, along with his Head of Development and Production, Melissa Wells.
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Anna Chlumsky (Veep) is set to lead A Really Good Day at Showtime. The dramedy series from Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon, Film44 and CBS TV Studios is part of an overall deal Waldman and Chabon signed with CBS TV Studios. It is based on Waldman’s book of the same title.
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Showtime is also developing The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, a limited series adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel via CBS TV Studios. It will be written and executive produced by Chabon and Ayelet Waldman.
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British supermodel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley will host and EP a Quibi show that shines the spotlight on icons of the beauty world, from Alfred Street Industries, the production company founded by Project Runway producers Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz.
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Sony Pictures Television acquired children’s media company Silvergate, which focuses on developing, producing and licensing children’s animation. “We are excited to extend out capabilities and gain valuable children’s IP to bolster our entry into the kids’ space. Silvergate gives us a great building block to expand into this genre in a meaningful way,” said Mike Hopkins, Chairman, SPT.
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Netflix boarded Sir Paul McCartney’s animated film High In the Clouds. Based on the children’s adventure novel of the same name from McCartney, Geoff Dunbar and Philip Ardagh, project hails from Gaumont, the French company that optioned the book in 2012.
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HBO Max ordered a script for single camera comedy 1% Happy from Dani Fernandez (Ralph Breaks the Internet) and The Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr, according to Deadline. It centers around a woman, who after a particularly dark period in her life, is forced to move back in with her estranged father and attend weekly group therapy with a class of oddballs. Fernandez will star in the project as well as executive produce it alongside Wood via his South Park and Princeton Productions banner..
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Hot and Heavy premieres on TLC on Tuesday, January 7 at 10p. Docu-series follows three men who defend the honor of their significant others and face judgment due to their mixed-weight relationships.
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Murdered by Morning bows Sunday, January 19 at 7p on Oxygen. Each episode explores a true story of a victim whose night took an unexpected turn, resulting in a horrific homicide.
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Showtime announced two new documentaries profiling rock bands. New Order: Decades premieres Friday, December 27 at 7:30p, followed by Duran Duran: There’s Something You Should Know at 9p.
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Nicole Richie (The Simple Life) will appear in a multi-episode arc of ABC’s Bless This Mess … Chelsea Frei (The Moodys) nabbed a recurring role on the third season of TBS comedy The Last O.G.
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Sunday night’s broadcast of the 2019 Miss Universe competition on Telemundo was the #1 program on Spanish-language television in all key demos. The presentation delivered 1.8 million Total Viewers, 613,000 A18-49 and 256,000 A18-34, according to Nielsen.
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