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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 11/23/22)
APPLE TV+: Echo 3 (Premiere)
DISNEY+: Daddies on Request (Premiere)
HBO: Shaq (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Blood, Sex & Royalty (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Unbroken Voice (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Wednesday
NETFLIX: Taco Chronicles: Cross the Border
PBS: Tutankhamun: Allies & Enemies at 8p
PEACOCK: Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
PBS: Tutankhamun: Allies & Enemies (Finale) at 9pm
SYFY: Chucky (Finale) at 9pm
Bob Iger is wasting no time making changes to Disney. Within a day of replacing his successor, Bob Chapek, as CEO, Iger sent a memo to employees of Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution informing them that the head of the division, Kareem Daniel, is out. And that’s just the beginning. “Over the coming weeks, we will begin implementing organizational and operating changes within the company,” Iger wrote. “It is my intention to restructure things in a way that honors and respects creativity as the heart and soul of who we are.” Iger said he has asked Dana Walden, Alan Bergman, Jimmy Pitaro, and Christine McCarthy to “work together on the design of a new structure that puts more decision-making back in the hands of our creative teams and rationalizes costs.”
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Iger’s salary as CEO of Walt Disney Co. will be $1 million with an annual bonus of up to another million, according to a filing with the SEC. Even with possible stock and options with a target value of $25 million, it appears Iger is taking a pay cut – in 2019, his last full year as CEO of Disney, Iger took home total compensation of $47.5 million.
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Comcast has kicked off another Free TV week, running now through November 28. Xfinity customers on X1, Flex and Stream can access thousands of shows and movies from over a dozen premium networks and streaming services, including HBO Max, Prime Video, STARZ, EPIX, SHOWTIME, AMC+ and more.
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The Television Critics Tour will return to in-person panels in January, after two years of virtual events due to the pandemic. CBS, Fox and The CW are among those skipping the event, due to lighter midseason schedules and “organizational transitions,” according to the TCA.
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Miami’s Fontainebleau Resort filed papers with bankruptcy courtclaiming the National Association of Television Programming Executives, which filed for bankruptcy protection in October after pandemic losses, owes it $3.4 million. The Fontainebleau is opposing NATPE’s plan to auction off its assets. “Disclosures about the sale process and the Debtor’s operations are inadequate, and this Court should require the Debtor to slow down and run a transparent sale process designed to maximize the return to general unsecured creditors,” said the hotel, traditionally the site of NATPE’s January conference.
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A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of YouTube subscribers, accusing Disney of using its control of Hulu+Live TV and ESPN to dictate pricing in the virtual TV market, noting the price for YouTube TV has risen from $35 to $65/month since Disney acquired Fox assets in 2019.
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Mandy Moore (“This Is Us”) will star in season two of Peacock anthology series “Dr. Death.” Season two will be from showrunner, writer and executive producer Ashley Michel Hoban (“Dr. Death S1,” “The Girl from Plainville”), with season one’s showrunner, executive producer and writer Patrick Macmanus executive producing via his Littleton Road Productions banner, under his overall deal with UCP.
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Saloon Media has acquired the rights to Shaun Hamill’s debut novel, A Cosmology of Monsters. The producer will adapt the book into a one-hour drama series. A Cosmology of Monsters follows the Turner family as they operate an immersive haunted house experience. While struggling to keep their business afloat the Turners begin to realize there is something more sinister at their door … real monsters.
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Robert Irvine travels to Ash Fork, AZ to help keep a restaurant afloat in the season premiere of Food Network’s “Restaurant Impossible,” on Thursday, December 29 at 8p. New to the net is “The Kwanzaa Menu,” making its debut Monday, December 26. In each episode, host by Tonya Hopkins commemorates the holiday with dishes celebrating the occasion.
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In “Ice Cold Catch,” making its debut on Discovery Channel on Tuesday, December 20 at 10p, a newly-engaged couple leave thankless jobs behind to take on cod-fishing in Iceland.
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Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America: Viral Sensations” premieres with a 90-minute episode on Sunday, January 1 at 8p. The new version of “Worst Cooks in America” tasks social media influencers and viral personalities with competing in culinary bootcamp.
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Anthology series “Kaleidoscope” premieres January 1 on Netflix. The heist drama is inspired by the real-life disappearance of $70 billion in bonds in Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy.
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All six episodes of Prime Video’s “Riches” drop December 2. The drama focuses on the wealthy Richards family, vying for control of a dynasty.
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“Grace Notes,” featuring artists uplifted by music, premieres Sunday, December 4 at 6p on BYUtv.
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Blockbuster film “Top Gun: Maverick” makes its streaming debut on Paramount+ starting Thursday, December 22.
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“The Great Nickmas Tree Sliming… Hosted by That Girl Lay Lay”premieres Thursday, December 15, at 7p. In the special, Lay Lat accidentally zaps Santa’s sleigh out of the sky. Christmas will be cancelled unless Lay Lay, her celebrity friends and Nick stars help Santa fix the sleigh to deliver presents.
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Sponsors for “Byron Allen Presents TheGrio Awards,” airing Saturday, November 26 at 8p on CBS, include Procter & Gamble, AT&T, Procter & Gamble’s My Black Is Beautiful, JPMorgan Chase, PepsiCo, Amazon and and Ford Motor Company. Honored at the event will be Dave Chappelle (Cultural Icon Award), Ben Crump (Justice Icon Award), Allyson Felix (Sports Icon Award), Jennifer Hudson (Trailblazer Icon Award), Patti LaBelle (Music Icon Award), Queen Latifah (Television Icon Award), Norman Lear (Champion Award), Alena Analeigh McQuarter (Young Icon Award), Don Peebles (Business Icon Award), Tyler Perry (ICON Award), Robert F. Smith (Philanthropy Award) and Kenan Thompson (Comedy Icon Award).
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FOX Weather will present a special looking back at the impact and recovery process of Hurricane Ian. The latest in the FOX Weather Reports series, “Surviving Ian: Life After Landfall,” debuts tonight, November 23 at 5p.
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Outdoor Sportsman Group has acquired vehicle survival competition“Overlanders.” The show will air exclusively on Outdoor Channel beginning in July 2023.
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Telemundo Deportes’ Spanish-language coverage of the Qatar vs. Ecuador World Cup opener on Sunday averaged a Total Audience Delivery of 4.0 million viewers across Telemundo, Peacock and Telemundo Deportes’ digital platforms, up 164% compared to the opening match in 2018. The start of the FIFA World Cup also powered Peacock to the No. 1 spot among free iOS apps on Sunday and Monday.
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Meanwhile, the World Cup opener delivered 3.2 multi-platform viewersfor Fox Sports. An average 3.1 million viewers tuned into FS1 alone, up 78% from the 2018 opener.
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SponsorUnited has compiled a list of the most-sponsored 2022 FIFA World Cup players by number of brand deals. The top five: Neymar, with 36 brands; Lionel Messi with 25 deals; Cristiano Ronaldo with 21 partnerships; Son Heung-min with 14 deals; and Jack Grealish with 12 brands.
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NHL on TNT is presenting the 2022 NHL Thanksgiving Showdown on Friday, November 25. The “Battle of Pennsylvania” – Sidney Crosby & Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Carter Hart & Philadelphia Flyers – kicks off at 5:30p, followed by Vladimir Tarasenko & St. Louis Blues Facing Off Against Nikita Kucherov & Tampa Bay Lightning at 8p.
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The November 19 premiere of Hallmark Channel holiday film “Three Wise Men and a Baby” became the most-watched movie of the year across ad-supported cable in demos including HHs (2.9 million), Total Viewers (3.6 million), and W25-54 (411,000). With its “Countdown to Christmas” in week six, Hallmark Channel ranks as the most-watched cable entertainment network.
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Season three of “Dead to Me” rang up 30.3 million hours viewed in its first four days, placing at #4 on Netflix’s top 10 English-language series for the week. “The Crown” was number one, with 84.3 million hours viewed its second week on the streamer.
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In syndication, preemptions for President Biden’s November 9 press conference on the midterm elections and enormous increases in news channel viewing of the voting depressed daytime shows’ ratings throughout the week in the session ending November 13. One of the bright spots was “Karamo” (new season high 0.4, up 33%), which was the only rookie talker recording rising ratings. The newcomer had its most-watched week yet, delivering an average 554,000 viewers each day, up 50,000 from the prior week.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HGTV’s “Celebrity IOU” returned on Monday, November 14 to deliver a .62 Live+3 rating among P25-54 and a .82 among W25-54. With ratings increases of 38 percent among P25-54 and 52 percent for W25-54 over year-ago levels, the premiere episode attracted more than 3.2 million total viewers.
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