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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 11/15/22)
A&E: Neighborhood Wars (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Customer Wars (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY CHANNEL: The Curse of Oak Island (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Run for the Money (Premiere)
PEACOCK: Once Upon a Time in Londongrad (Premiere)
UNIVISION: Mi Camino es Amarte (Premiere) at 9pm
PBS: Taken Hostage: An American Experience Special (Finale) at 9pm
Amazon employees who read Monday’s New York Times are bracing for possible job cuts as early as this week. According to the Times, Amazon reportedly plans to lay off about 10,000 employees in its devices, retail and human resource divisions. That would represent about 3% of the company’s corporate staffers – a fraction of the 50% of jobs slashed at Twitter and 13% cut at Meta but a reflection of the toll the economy has taken on the tech sector.
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Notes from LA’s Vulture Festival: “In the best sense of the word ‘done,’ I am done.” said Jamie Lee Curtis on the ending of the “Halloween” trilogy, which wrapped with “Halloween Ends” this year. “I have cried my tears, I’ve folded my bell bottoms and my little blue shirt.”…For his next role, “Barry” actor Henry Winkler said he is open to reprising his first Barry role: Barry Zuckerkorn, the Bluth family lawyer on “Arrested Development.”… Jake Borelli shared details about the case of real-life appendicitis he suffered on the set of “Grey’s Anatomy.” After experiencing symptoms that felt like acid reflux, Borelli, who plays Dr. Levi Schmitt, said the show’s medical advisor, Michael Metzner, realized something was wrong and took him to the real ER for an emergency appendectomy. “It was nutso,” said Borelli. “He literally saved my life.”
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Sharon Tal Yguado, most recently Head of Genre Drama at Amazon Studios, has launched gaming company Astrid Entertainment. “I love developing rich worlds and watching millions of people engage and build communities around them,” said Tal Yguado. “We are seeing a new generation that wants something different. They enjoy walking into evocative worlds that give them freedom, let them hang out with their friends, explore, discover and create their own stories.”
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Impact, the professional network for the entertainment industry, has raised $15 million in series B funding. The company, founded by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer in 2020 to help productions source crews for TV shows and films, will use the funds to add to its product and engineering teams and launch new features.
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Apple TV+ handed a straight-to-series order to a comedy starring, written, directed and executive produced by Seth Rogan. The untitled series from Point Grey Pictures and Lionsgate is set in a legacy Hollywood movie studio trying to survive in a changing world.
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CBS unveiled its midseason slate, which includes the series premieres of game show “Lingo,” hosted by RuPaul, on Wednesday, January 11 at 9p and “True Lies,” inspired by the 1994 film, on Thursday, February 23 at 9p. “Tough as Nails” returns for season four with a two-hour premiere on Wednesday, January 4 at 9p.
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HGTV’s “Christina on the Coast” kicks off a new season on Thursday, December 8 at 8p. During its last run, the series drew more than 21 million viewers.
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TLC is welcoming back eight series in 2023: “1000LB Best Friends” on Wednesday, January 4 at 10p; “1000LB Sisters” on Tuesday, January 17 at 9p; “Darcey & Stacey” and “Extreme Sisters” on Monday, January 23 at 8p and 9p; “I Am Jazz” on Tuesday, January 24 at 10p; “My 600LB Life” on Wednesday, February 1at 8p; “Say Yes to the Dress” on Saturday, February 4 at 8[p; and “Return to Amish” Tuesday, March 14 at 10p.
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Outdoor lifestyle programming meets home improvement in Outdoor Channel’s “Renovation Hunters,” focused on preserving family hunting and fishing camps. The show debuts in February 2023.
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CNBC’s “Money Court” launches Wednesday, November 30 at 10p, as Kevin O’Leary (“Shark Tank”) and Skinnygirl CEO Bethenny Frankel help resolve small business financial disputes.
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Hulu is adding 14 new channels to its Live TV line-up including Hallmark Channel, The Weather Channel, TheGrio Television Network, Comedy.TV, and starting December 1, six new channels from Vevo: Vevo Pop, Vevo Hip-Hip, Vevo Country, Vevo ‘80s, Vevo ‘90s and Vevo Holiday. That’s a lot of Vevo – what does it mean for the music video network? “We can’t wait for Hulu + Live TV viewers to be able to enjoy our 24/7curation and programming,” Kevin McGurn, President at Vevo, tells Cynopsis. “Our TV network expansion is key to help us continue on our mission of growing the promotional and commercial valuable of the music video. This new partnership with Hulu + Live TV continues to put music videos back in the living room and grow our ability to delight viewers and monetize CTV worldwide.”
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Boom! CBS, Fox and NBC will honor legendary former coach and sportscaster John Madden on Thanksgiving Day. Leading into their NFL games, a recording of Madden, who died last year at age 85, will talk about the relationship the holiday has with football. Segments about the coach will also appear during the games, and a Madden Player of the Game will receive a $10,000 donation in their name from the NFL foundation to the youth or high school football program of their choice. “No one cared more or contributed more to our game than John Madden,” said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. “Honoring his memory and impact on the NFL is important and Thanksgiving Day brings all of the elements significant to John to life – family, football, food and fun.”
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Tom Papa is headed back to Netflix. The comedian’s second special for the streamer, “Tom Papa: What a Day!” premieres December 13. Also returning to Netflix is Chelsea Handler – Variety reports her new special, “Revolution,” drops December 27.
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Dua Lipa, Kiki Dee and Brandi Carlile will join Elton John on stage during his final North American performance at Dodger Stadium. “Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium” will be livestreamed on Sunday, November 20 at 11p on Disney+.
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The next round of performers for the “2022 American Music Awards”includes Anitta, Ari Lennox, Bebe Rexha, Charlie Puth, David Guetta, Dove Cameron, GloRilla, Lil Baby, and Stevie Wonder, on Sunday, November 20 on ABC.
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As the season finale of Disney+’s “Andor” approaches, Disney is offering a chance to watch the first two episodes of the series across ABC, FX, Freeform and Hulu. The episodes can be found on ABC on Wednesday November 23; on FX on Thursday, November 24; on Freeform on Friday, November 25 from 9-10:30p; and on Hulu from November 23 through December 7.
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The 50th International Emmy Awards ceremony has a host: Penn Jillette. The magician/comedian will be joined by presenters Song Joong-ki (“Running Man”), Blair Underwood (“L.A. Law”), Tom Cavanagh (“The Flash”), Melissa Roxburgh (“Manifest”), Roy Wood Jr. (“The Daily Show”), Jon Rudnitsky (“The Big Leap”), Sabrina Impacciatore (“The White Lotus”), Annet Mahendru (“Manifest West”), Ryan Eggold (“New Amsterdam”), Olympian Edwin Moses, Treat Williams (“Chesapeake Shores”), German actress Nilam Farooq and Brazilian actress Tais Araujo.The awards are set for Monday, November 21 in NYC.
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Decades serves up its annual presentation of “The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast” starting at 6am on November 24, Thanksgiving Day. First to get grilled: Suzanne Somers.
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AXS TV will present world premiere of the music video for “Paris Blues,” the last-known unreleased studio recording by The Doors, on Thursday, November 17 at 6p. The video will also be available for 24 hours the AXS TV Now FAST Channel immediately following the world premiere.
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The season five premiere simulcast of Paramount’s “Yellowstone” was up 55% among A18-34 (3.18 million) versus the season four debut, up 27% among A18-49 (4.89 million) and up 8% in total viewers (10.3 million), across Paramount, CMT, TV Land and Pop.
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Food Network’s “Holiday Baking Championship” was the #1 non-news/sports cable program in its timeslot among P/W18+ posting a 1.1 P18+ / 1.6 W18+ Live+3 rating, and “Holiday Baking Championship: Gingerbread Showdown” was the #2 non-news/sports cable program in its timeslot among P/W18+ posting .6 P18+ / .9 W18+ rating, both contributing to Food Network’s highest Prime Monday year-to-date among P/W 25-54 and P/W 18+ and the #1 non-news/sports cable network among P/W 25-54 and P/W 18+.
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Actor John Aniston died on November 11. He was 89. Aniston, the father of Jennifer Aniston, was best known for his long-running role on soap opera “Days of Our Lives.”
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