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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/20/20)
DISNEY CHANNEL: Mira, Royal Detective (Premiere) at 11am
DISNEY: Gabby Duran and the Unsittables (Finale) at 8:24pm
GSN: Common Knowledge (Finale) at 5:30pm
WE TV: Love After Lockup (Finale) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 3/21/20)
DISCOVERY FAMILY: Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (Premiere) at 9am
NAT. GEO. WILD: Dr. Oakley, Yukon Vet (Premiere) at 8pm
SUNDANCE TV: The Split at Midnight (Premiere)
TLC: Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta (Premiere) at 8pm
NICK: Henry Danger (Finale) at 8pm
(SUNDAY 3/22/20)
HGTV: House In A Hurry (Premiere) at 9pm
SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL: Spy Wars with Damian Lewis (Premiere) at 8pm
EPIX: Slow Burn (Finale) at 10pm
HBO: Curb Your Enthusiasm (Finale) at 10pm
ID: Evil Lives Here (Finale) at 9pm
MSNBC: What’s Eating America with Andrew Zimmern (Finale) at 9pm
SHOWTIME: The Circus (Finale) at 8pm
Some good news: Hallmark Channel is spreading cheer during this trying time with a “We Need A Little Christmas” marathon. Programming features Countdown To Christmas movies beginning today, March 20 at 12p and running through Sunday, March 22.
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There’s more upbeat news from the Academy of Country Music. Two-hour special AMC Presents: Our Country will air Sunday, April 5 at 8p on CBS. The special, a response to the canceled concerts and annual ACM Awards due to the coronavirus, will feature “intimate conversations and at-home acoustic performances with top country artists, along with clips of their favorite moments from the Academy of Country Music Awards’ 55-year history.”
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Days after production of the third season of The Resident was halted, the Fox team behind the medical drama donated personal protective equipment to Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital in the city where the series is filmed.
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Conan returns to TBS with all new episodes beginning Monday, March 30, albeit with episodes shot remotely on an iPhone, without an audience and with guest interviews filmed via video chat. The show has been on hiatus since March 16. However, O’Brien has been filming short videos throughout the week.
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The Dr. Oz Show has officially shut down production at ABC’s New York City studios, after a staffer tested positive for the coronavirus. Oz had been one of a few syndicated daytime shows continuing to film in a studio, albeit with a skeleton crew and without an audience. The show plans to continue airing daily with Oz shooting from his home.
A top European Union official called on Netflix and other streaming-video services to reduce video quality – forgoing HD, for now, in favor of standard-definition format – so internet networks don’t get overloaded during the coronavirus. EU Commissioner for Internal Market, Thierry Breton, said he spoke to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings about the matter, asking the company to switch to SD “when HD is not necessary.” While a Netflix rep confirmed to CNN that Hastings spoke with the EU commissioner, the company did not say whether it would switch to SD streaming video by default.
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TV Time, the TV and movie tracking tool, released a survey on Thursday around viewing habits while people are social distancing themselves. Key findings include:
· Among those planning to stay home/isolate or considering it (91%), the vast majority (84%) are intending to increase their TV consumption during this period.
· Motivating viewing choices, 86% said they wanted to watch shows already on their watch list. Other popular motivations were to give people an escape from reality (73%) and to make them laugh (72%), with comforting them at about half (53%).
· Only 19% said they plan to watch news, indicating viewers are largely turning to TV for entertainment.
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A Massachusetts mother of two children is suing Google, alleging they tracked her children’s YouTube viewing habits for ad purposes. The class-action complaint, filed last week in federal court in Boston by Paula Ridenti, claims Google “engaged in unfair acts… by collecting personal information, such as persistent identifiers, from viewers it knew were children under the age of thirteen, without providing notice to or obtaining verifiable consent from the children’s parents.”
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The 24th annual Webby Awards, which were set to take place on May 11 in New York, have been canceled. The ceremony honors the best content on the internet.
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Noticias Telemundo named Vanessa Hauc as anchor of Noticias Telemundo Fin de Semana, the network’s weekend newscast. Hauc takes over following Julio Vaqueiro’s transition to anchor the newly-launched Noticias Telemundo late-night weekday newscast.
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Amazon is moving forward with a limited series based on the New York Magazine story, The Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence, according to Variety. Reed Morano is attached to direct the project, which tells the true story of a group of students at Sarah Lawrence College who fell under the sway of Larry Ray, an ex-con and their classmate’s father, beginning in 2010. Ray was indicted by federal prosecutors on charges of sex trafficking, extortion, conspiracy, forced labor and more in February.
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Season 7 of BET Her docu-series, Being, premieres Saturday, March 21 at 10p. The show chronicles the lives of dynamic African American women and their stories of perseverance and success in the entertainment industry.
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Estrella TV launches Season 3 of 100 Latinos Dijeron on Monday, March 23 at 7p. Mexican standup comedian Mau Nieto reprises his role as host of the Spanish-language version of Fremantle’s American game show, Family Feud.
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Ghost Nation returns with a two-hour special premiere on Wednesday, April 22 at 8p on Travel Channel. Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango are back in action as paranormal pioneers.
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Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood, starring Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio makes its linear debuts on Starz on Friday, March 27 at 8p. For those who can’t wait, the film, bows on the Starz app on Wednesday, March 25.
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Scientists and experts share insights on the coronavirus in Pandemic: COVID-19, premiering Wednesday, March 25 at 10p on Discovery and Science Channel. Special explores the global health crisis that.
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To keep viewers informed on the spread of COVID-19, Telemundo launched new newscast, Coronavirus: Un Pais en Alerta. Hosted by Julio Vaqueiro, it airs nightly at 11:35p.
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Univision is providing ongoing coverage of the latest developments on the pandemic across its linear and digital platforms, too. Univision News will telecast special, Diario del Coronavirus, daily at 3p. The net also launched a new Q&A segment on its morning show, Despierta America, with Univision’s chief medical correspondent, Dr. Juan Rivera, in partnership with Facebook.
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A&E premieres Biography: Dolly on Sunday, April 12 at 8p. Two-hour documentary explores the life and five-decade career of Dolly Parton.
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In need of some laughs? BET airs A Blackish marathon beginning Friday, March 20 at 12p.
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Music’s biggest names rock Saudi Arabia in the Jeddah World Fest, premiering Sunday, April 5 at 9p on AXS TV. It’s the first time the concert event will air in the US; Janet Jackson, Liam Payne, Future, Tyga and others are scheduled to perform.
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Poker Central and partypoker have partnered to create Poker Masters Online Series, including more than $15 million in guarantees. The high stakes tournament series will run from Sunday, April 12 to Sunday, April 26 on partypoker.com.
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With Full Frontal taking a short hiatus from TBS, daily digital series Beeing at Home with Samantha Bee! Is now available during the 2020 quarantine. Relocated to a rustic woodshed, look for Bee to teach everyone random things, like how to chop their own wood while practicing social distancing.
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Instagram is going up against YouTube by selling ads on its longer-form video hub, IGTV. Last Friday, Instagram started asking its top video creators to partner on a test of ad inserts, with plans to begin testing this in the spring, according to Bloomberg. Participants will receive 55% of all ad revenue generated in IGTV.
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Hulu is finally coming to Comcast Cable customers’ set-top boxes. However, the cable company’s distribution pact with Disney only allows access to the video-on-demand portion of the service and not Hulu + Live TV package. As of Thursday, Hulu’s VOD became available on Xfinity Flex, Comcast’s video offering for broadband-only customers that provides access to over 100 streaming services, including Netflix, HBO, Showtime, Amazon Prime Video and YouTube. By the end of March, Comcast expects to have rolled out Hulu to X1 video subscribers, too.
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Project Runway’s finale on Bravo was the highest-rated episode of the series since it returned to the network, garnering 2.4 million Total Viewers. The show was also up double digits across all key demos form the season prior. In addition, The Real Housewives of New Jersey Reunion Part 2 hit a season high across all key demos, delivering 2.1 million Total Viewers, 1.3 million P25-54, and over 1 million P18-49.
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From IQ20 to date, Discovery Channel’s Gold Rush franchise was one of four of the top five Friday cable series among P25-54, and the top four Friday cable series with M25-54. This was largely driven by the season return of Gold Rish: Parker’s Trail, which had double digit ratings growth from the previous season with a 1.28 P25-54 rating.
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