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AXS TV: Music’s Greatest Mysteries (Premiere) at 8pm
CLEAO TV: Living by Design with Jake & Jazz (Premiere) at 9pm
DISNEY+: Fearless: The Inside Story of the AFLW (Premiere)
FX: Welcome to Wrexham (Premiere) at 10pm
FXX: Archer (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Farmhouse Fixer (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: In Pursuit with John Walsh (Premiere) at 9pm
MAGNOLIA: In with the Old (Premiere) at 8pm
NETFLIX: Mo (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Lost Ollie (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Selling the OC (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Queer Eye: Brazil (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Under Fire (Premiere)
TLC: Bad Hair Day (Premiere) at 10pm
VICE: QAnon: The Search for Q (Premiere) at 10pm
VIX+: Combate Global Exclusivo ViX+ (Premiere)
CW: Mysteries Decoded (Finale) at 8pm
Vice: Betraying the Badge (Finale) at 9pm
HBO has renewed “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” starring Larry David, for season 12. “Playing the role of Larry David has been the greatest honor of my life,” said David. “In researching this multi-faceted, multi-talented man, I discovered that there’s more to him than I ever could have imagined: He speaks six languages, brines his own pickles, and spearheads a national movement to install a bidet in every home. I’ve also been told from numerous sources that he is the most generous of lovers. I am so excited to once again transform into this force of nature. I only pray that I can do him justice.”
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Cable TV networks were down 19% in total day A18-49 viewership in July versus the same month in 2021, according to MoffattNathaonson. Over two years, cable is down 32%, versus an 18% decline for broadcast. “These significant linear cable network ratings challenges should put further pressure on the ad dollars each media company relies on,” wrote senior research analyst Michael Nathanson. “Add in a potentially deteriorating macro environment and it becomes hard to find cause for optimism for many legacy cable network owners.”
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NeNe Leakes, one of the original cast members of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta,” has dismissed a lawsuit she filed against the network, show, and EP Andy Cohen in April. Leakes had alleged she worked in a hostile work environment.
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“Batman: Caped Crusader” joins the animated series that will not be moving forward at HBO Max, ahead of the streamer’s upcoming merger with discovery+. The series produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Bad Robot Productions and 6th & Idaho had been given a straight-to-series order in May 2021.
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Disney Branded Television announced the second season renewal of Disney Channel comedy “The Villains of Valley View,” which follows a family of supervillains forced to hide their powers in suburbia. Production on season two will begin this fall in Los Angeles.
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The Workshop Studios has entered into a partnership with Chef Amanda Freitag, author and TV personality, to co-produce a new competition cooking series, “Chef Swap at the Beach.” Keystone Pictures is also a production partner for the series, slated to premiere October 1 at 7p on Cooking Channel.
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Casting notes: Paul Rudd, who made a surprise appearance on the season two finale of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” will return for season three….Add Scott Foley (“Scandal”) to the cast of HBO Max’s upcoming political dramedy “The Girls on the Bus,” as a small-town mayor running for president….Toni Collette (“The Staircase”) and Josh Charles (“The Good Wife”) have joined Prime Video thriller “The Power” in recasts. They step in for Leslie Mann and Tim Robbins, who left in May….Mireille Enos (“The Killing”) landed the female lead opposite Bob Odenkirk in AMC dramedy “Straight Man.”…Evan Williams (“Awkward”) has joined the cast of Hallmark Channel series “The Way Home.”
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Bering Sea veteran Captain Sig Hansen sets his sights on a promising new fishing ground in his ancestral home of Norway when spinoff series “Deadliest Catch: The Viking Returns” premieres Tuesday, September 13 at 9p on Discovery.
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“The Murdochs: Empire of Influence” premieres with two episodes on Sunday, September 25. The original series, focused on the media dynasty, was initially intended to air on now-shuttered CNN+.
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“Dr. Jackie,” centered on a psychotherapist who uses primal scream therapy, ink-blot tests and puppets to help her patients, premieres Monday, September 19 on OUTtv. Also debuting that day is “X-Rated City: NYC,” following adventures in the city that never sleeps.
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E! offers a look behind the curtain at the rise to fame in “Raising a F***ing Star,” premiering Wednesday, September 7 at 9:30p. The docuseries follows four budding stars and their stage parents.
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TelevisaUnivision and Combate Global are launching a new MMAcompetition reality series for TelevisaUnivision’s recently launched streaming platform, ViX+ for the US and Mexico. Starting today, viewers can watch the first of the six episodes on ViX+.
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“Halloween Ends,” the final installment of the movie franchise, debuts as Peacock’s movie event Friday, October 14, day-and-date with its theatrical release. The action takes place four years after the events of last year’s “Halloween Kills.”
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CNN’s “Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over” premieres January 1 at 9p with limited commercial interruption. “Ms. Warwick’s own velvet-toned voice largely tells the story of her music and life for the film, underscoring her creative and cultural legacies during six decades of an extraordinary career,” said a release from CNN Films.
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“M*A*S*H: When Television Changed Forever” celebrates the 50th anniversary of the comedy drama that premiered on September 17, 1972 and ran for 11 seasons. The Reelz special premieres Tuesday, September 13 at 9p with cast members Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell and Jeff Maxwell.
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Maryland Public Television will celebrate historically Black colleges and universities in September during its third annual HBCU Week, with a slate of programs sharing stories about HBCUs and the people who attend, graduate, administrate, and advocate for them. During the week of September 5-11, MPT will deliver more than 22 hours of content exploring the past, present, and future of HBCUs in the statewide public TV network’s viewing area and throughout the US.
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Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, and Mike McCarley are opening the doors to TMRW Sports, a company “focused on building technology-focused ventures that feature progressive approaches to sports, media, and entertainment.” Dick Ebersol is an initial investor. Additional partners and investors, as well as early projects in the TMRW Sports pipeline, will be announced soon.
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The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship game will be coming live to ABC for the first time next year. The game will take place on April 2 at 3p out of Dallas. The 2023 Women’s Final Four semifinal matchups will air on ESPN at 7 and 9:30p on March 31. “It’s a benchmark announcement for women’s basketball in being able to showcase the national championship game in Dallas for an expanded audience on ABC for the first time in 2023,” said Beth Goetz, chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee and director of athletics at Ball State. “We are grateful to ABC/ESPN for the partnership in the continued growth of the game and championship.”
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Meanwhile, the National Women’s Soccer League, Ally Financial and CBS Sports are bringing the 2022 Ally Financial NWSL Championship to the CBS Television Network (with stream on Paramount+) on October 29 in its first-ever prime-time spot live. Match coverage will begin at 8p on CBS, Paramount+ and internationally on Twitch, with pre-match coverage beginning at 7p exclusively on Paramount+.
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HGTV’s “Ugliest House in America: Ugly in Paradise” averaged a .59 Live+3 rating among P25-54 and a .77 among W25-54, ratings gains of 90 percent and 103 percent respectively over the prior six weeks.
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YES’ Mets-Yankees Subway Series telecast on Monday averaged 617,000 total viewers in the New York DMA, making it the network’s second-most viewed Subway Series telecast ever. The game was also YES’ most viewed game overall since September 25, 2014.
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While most syndicated shows were flat to down in the summer sessionending August 14, “Entertainment Tonight” (9-week high 2.0 Live+SD national Nielsen, up 11% from the week before) hit its biggest rating in more than two months. That was the week’s largest increase of any strip in prime access despite the program being preempted by preseason football in several key markets, including New York, on August 12. Among W25-54, the show (0.7 demo rating, up 17%) led all magazines.
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The final episode of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” delivered 769,000 viewers and 105,000 A25-54, making it the most-watched show on CNN on Sunday. Fox News’ “MediaBuzz” was tops in the time slot with 1.39 million viewers and 220,000 in the demo.
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