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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 4/2/20)
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of New York City (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Man With A Plan (Premiere) at 8:30pm
CBS: Broke (Premiere) at 9:30pm
E!: Total Bellas (Premiere) at 9pm
FREEFORM: Siren (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: If I Should Die (Premiere) at 9pm
OUTDOOR CHANNEL: For Love or Likes (Premiere) at 7pm
SCIENCE CHANNEL: Black Files Declassified (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Swamp People: Serpent Invasion (Finale) at 10pm
OXYGEN: In Ice Cold Blood (Finale) at 9pm
The T-Mobile/Sprint merger is at last complete, having jumped numerous regulatory hurdles since the deal between the third and fourth largest wireless carriers was announced two years ago. The new company will be called T-Mobile. John Legere steps down as CEO of T-Mobile a month earlier than previously announced, replaced by Mike Sievert, who had been COO.
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Jason Kilar has been named CEO of WarnerMedia, effective May 1, replacing John Stankey, who remains AT&T’s President and COO. Kilar was previously the founding CEO of Hulu. “Jason is a dynamic executive with the right skill set to lead WarnerMedia into the future,” said Stankey, to whom Kilar will report. “His experience in media and entertainment, direct-to-consumer video streaming and advertising is the perfect fit for WarnerMedia.”
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Fox drama Empire will come to an early end with season six’s episode 18, scheduled to air April 21, thanks to the production shut-down caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The drama was supposed to end with episode 20.
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Wimbledon was canceled for the first time since World War II. “This is a decision that we have not taken lightly, and we have done so with the highest regard for public health and the well-being of all those who come together to make Wimbledon happen,” said Ian Hewitt, chairmen of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. The AELTC had said postponing the tournament would be difficult in light of the short window available for grass court tennis.
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Online auditions have resumed for season 15 of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. AGT halted production over coronavirus concerns in mid-March, just days before shooting of audition scenes were to wrap.
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DPAA has opened its WE.DOOH (Women’s Empowerment in Digital Out-of-Home) webinars and online activities will be open to non-members of DPAA for the duration of the pandemic crisis. “We want to help bring the entire community together during this difficult period of isolation for so many people,” said Barry Frey, President & CEO, DPAA. “We are, of course, cancelling all WE.DOOH in-person events for the coming months, but our ‘virtual doors’ are open.”
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An email received by support staff at CBS Television Studios about reduced hours was sent in error, said the company. “There has been no instruction or intention to reduce your pay for hours worked retroactively,” the head of human resources told employees. “There are no plans to limit or cap your working hours to 40 hours per week. We are continuing to require written pre-approval for any hours worked in excess of 52 hours per week.”
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NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises announced the launch of Nuestros Negocios (Our Business), a nationwide campaign under the umbrella of Telemundo’s corporate social responsibility platform El Poder En Ti (The Power in You). Launched in partnership with the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the multiplatform campaign will tap into Telemundo’s network, local stations, digital and social platforms to spotlight small and medium-sized Hispanic-owned businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and promote their services to help them sustain their businesses.
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Food Network’s The Kitchen will produce a special quarantine edition on Saturday, April 4 at 11a. Hosts Sunny Anderson, Alex Guarnaschelli, Katie Lee, Jeff Mauro and Geoffrey Zakarian will share and cook recipes from their homes. “The ability for family and friends to converse and share delicious recipes, while pushing their creative boundaries to make a meal from the ingredients they have in their pantry is what Food Network is all about,” said Courtney White, President, Food Network.
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Showtime is making some scheduling adjustments due to production shutdowns that resulted from the coronavirus. Season two of Black Monday will air through episode 6 on Sunday, April 12, with the season’s final four episodes coming later this year. Billions holds its season five premiere date of Sunday, May 3 at 9p, but there will be a hiatus after the first seven episodes air. Season three of The Chi moves up to Sunday, June 21 at 9p and will have an uninterrupted run, while the entire season of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is slated to air beginning Sunday, April 26 at 10p.
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American Dad is back for season 16 starting Monday, April 13 at 10p on TBS. Guests this go-round will include The Weeknd, Jane Lynch, Patton Oswalt, Ron Perlman, Craig Robinson, Criss Angel and Bill Nye. Animated comedy landed a two-season renewal in January.
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A new crop of familiar faces are put through their culinary paces when Worst Cooks in American: Celebrity Edition returns to Food Network on Sunday, May 10 at 9p. This season’s recruits are Wells Adams, Johnny Bananas, Dave Coulier, Bridget Everett, Robin Givens, Sonja Morgan and Brian Posehn.
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Drew and Jonathan Scott return to overhaul ordinary houses into dream homes in the new season of Property Brothers: Forever Home, premiering Wednesday, April 15, at 9p.
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Reese Witherspoon is extending her Netflix series, Shine On With Reese, with Shine On At Home, to share advice from experts during the health crisis. “I’m talking to parenting experts. I’m talking to marriage counselors. People who counsel me about personal finances. People who just teach me fun, inspiring meals,” said Witherspoon of the series, available on her Instagram account. “I thought I would share some of these conversations with you guys and I hope you find them useful and maybe thought-provoking, or helpful.”
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Quibi and MTV Studios announced the celebrity lineup for Quibi’s reboot of Punk’d, hosted by Chance the Rapper. Onboard are Lil Nas X, Adam Devine, Migos, French Montana, Scott Disick, Megan Thee Stallion, Sabrina Carpenter, Addison Rae, Ty Dolla $ign, Miles Brown, Marsai Martin and Liza Koshy. Bite-sized version of the original hidden camera show launches along with Quibi, on April 6.
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Mike Rowe is hosting Before the Catch, a special virtual talk show on Discovery Channel airing Tuesday, April 7 at 8p. Rowe will talk with all of the captains from Deadliest Catch, returning for season 16 on Tuesday, April 14 at 8p, followed by the kickoff of Deadliest Catch: Bloodline at 9p.
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OWN will air two marathons of Super Soul Sunday the mornings of Palm Sunday (April 5) and Easter Sunday (April 12) from 6a-1p. Wintley Phipps and Pastor A.R. Bernard’s episodes will simultaneously live stream on Oprah Winfrey and Super Soul Sunday Facebook pages. In addition, Winfrey’s recent Facebook Live interview with Alicia Keys will air Saturday, April 4 at 10p and Sunday, April 5 at 11a.
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Documentary Basketball County: In the Water, a collaboration with NBA star Kevin Durant and Thirty Five Ventures, premieres on Showtime on Friday, May 15 at 9p. Doc tells the story of a Maryland community that has spawned dozens of pro basketball players.
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Classic media streaming network The Film Detective is celebrating film legend Roger Corman on Sunday, April 5 with a Roger Cor-Marathon from 3:30p-midnight, including A Bucket of Blood (1959), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960) and more.
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During the week of March 23, Fox News delivered its highest-rated week of the year in total day with 2.6 million viewers and 571,000 among A25-54, the highest since election week in 2016. In primetime, the net garnered 4.3 million viewers and 838,000 in the A25-54 demo, its highest-rated primetime average of the year in the demo.
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ABC’s For Life is making impressive gains in delayed viewing, growing to 8.6 million total viewers and a 2.53 rating among A18-49 after 35 days, up 5.4 million in viewers and 242% in the demo.
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The finale of Comedy Central’s Awkwafina From Queens hit season highs of .52 among M18-34 ad .46 among P18-34 in Live+3.
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Tuesday’s series premiere of History’s The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch was the net’s best non-fiction series launch in two years among A25-54 (658,000) and Total Viewers (2.1 million), excluding mini-series. Earlier in the evening, The Curse of Oak Island saw its highest Total Viewers (3.6 million) for the series in a year.
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The Thursday, March 26, episode of HGTV’s Flipping 101 w/ Tarek El Moussa delivered a 0.68 live plus three-day rating among P25-54. In the 9-9:30 p.m. timeslot, ratings in that demo posted a 45% lift over year-ago levels and a 33% increase over the prior six weeks. Attracting more than 2.4 million total viewers, the episode was a top 5 cable program in the timeslot among W25-54 and delivered a 0.84 Live+3, a 31% increase over the prior six weeks.
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Also hitting a season high was HBO’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, with 973,000 viewers at 11p and 1.2 million total viewers for Sunday night.
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UP Entertainment nets are seeing lifts for its uplifting programming. UPtv boasted double-digit primetime ratings growth 1Q20 versus year-ago in W25-54 (+29%) and in HH (+32%), according to Nielsen. Premiere movies on UP during Q1 rated +20% higher with W2554 and +9% with HH vs the 2019 average, and are averaging 2 Million viewers in their premiere window. The quarter is also on track to be Aspire’s highest quarter ever, up +34% vs year-ago. And Q1 was a record-breaking quarter for UP Faith & Family, which saw the highest streaming levels ever with views, more than double year-ago and hours streamed up +61%.
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