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Members of the WGA voted to authorize a strike if the guild can’t reach a deal for a new film and TV contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers by May 1. The vote was 97.85% in favor of a walk-out. “Our membership has spoken,” said the WGA Negotiating Committee after the landslide. “You have expressed your collective strength, solidarity, and the demand for meaningful change in overwhelming numbers. Armed with this demonstration of unity and resolve, we will continue to work at the negotiating table to achieve a fair contract for all writers.”
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Hulu Original drama “Reasonable Doubt,” from executive producers Raamla Mohamed, Kerry Washington and Larry Wilmore, has won a season two renewal. Morris Chestnut (“The Best Man”) is joining the drama’s sophomore season, alongside series regulars Emayatzy Corinealdi, McKinley Freeman, Tim Jo, Angela Grovey, Aderinsola Olabode and Thaddeus J. Mixson.
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The slate of originals at AMC Networks’ Content Room, the production arm for digital programming, is expanding, including a season two order for “Cooper’s Bar,” which will premiere 30-minute episodes on IFC. Aftershow “Show Me More” is also returning. In addition, short-form series “Night Island” will focus on a pair of undercover art thieves; Colman Domingo (“Fear the Walking Dead”) is set to host a travel/memoir show, “You Are Here”; spinoff series “Jim Chee: Private Eye” expands the “Dark Winds” universe; “More Tales from the TWDU” (w/t) brings more “The Walking Dead” stories; Harry Hamlin stars in “In the Kitchen with Harry” (w/t); and “Night Market” connects to the e-commerce experience. “This year’s Content Room Originals boast alignment with some of AMCN’s biggest franchises and fan-favorite talent.” said Kim Granito, Head of Marketing for AMC Networks. “By listening to what our fans want, and developing with an eye towards partner collaboration, the opportunities for success are unlimited.”
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ViX has signed an exclusive creative deal with screenwriters Esther Feldman (“El Dragón,” “Lalola”) and Francisco Franco Alba (“Locas de Amor,” “El Hotel de los Secretos”). Under the multiyear agreement, Feldman and Franco Alba will develop original ideas and adaptations for projects premiering on ViX.
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Canada’s Apartment 11 Productions got the green light from TVOkids for its new original unscripted, live-action series “Green Squad, hosted by environmentally-savvy hosts who challenge other kids to make eco-friendly lifestyle changes. The series is set to premiere on the TVOkids broadcast channel, TVOkids.com, YouTube, and smart TV services in fall 2023.
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AMC Networks’ Upfront event takes place tonight, but some news just couldn’t wait – including the launch of an ad-supported version of its AMC+ streaming service planned for later this year. “This is a big moment for AMC Networks and for our advertising partners, because it not only creates a fully-ad supported distribution ecosystem, it also allows advertisers to buy our shows, genres and franchises in a much more comprehensive and impactful way,” said Kim Kelleher, Chief Commercial Officer of AMC Networks. “With our new series content, library titles and other targeted streaming platforms that are all bundled into AMC+, partners can move beyond individual shows and even series and choose to ‘own’ whole genres and franchises, and drive messaging to target audiences no matter what they are watching or where. We’ve never been able to offer this level of sweeping yet highly focused reach before in such an effective and comprehensive way.”
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The company also unveiled Audience+, to ensure addressable ads are reaching desired audiences. “Never before have we been able to pull all of our viewership across all platforms, into one unduplicated view and see who is watching, what they are watching and when across linear, VOD, and all CTV streaming, to map a path to viewers across all of our shows and platforms,” said Evan Adlman, EVP of Commercial Sales and Revenue Operations. “Audience+ is also the culmination of all the development of our true cross platform addressable capabilities, allowing an advertiser to take one targeted data segment and singularly deliver it across all our linear networks and CTV streaming channels, inclusive of AMC+, to deliver unduplicated reach within all of our programming.”
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Freeform has set its summer lineup. Season two of “Cruel Summer” kicks off Monday, June 5 at 9p, while “grown-ish” returns for season six on Wednesday, June 28 at 10p. The net’s first animated series, “Praise Petey,” makes its debut Friday, July 21 at 10p, as part of “Family Guy” Friday.
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Competition series “The Cube” is back for season two on TBS starting Sunday, May 14 at 9p, hosted by NBA champ Dwayne Wade.
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HBO’s “The Idol” premieres Sunday, June 4 at 9p. The drama series follows a young woman (Lily-Rose Depp) determined to regain her pop star status after suffering a nervous breakdown.
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“Secretos de Sangre” has its Telemundo launch on Tuesday, May 23.The Turkish drama revolves around a fearless lawyer and a respected prosecutor whose paths cross during a crime investigation.
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Pluto TV will offer full previous seasons of series that are about to launch new seasons on Paramount Global networks, starting April 20 with “Mike Judge’s Beavis & Butt-Head.” Other shows getting the catch-up treatment include “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars,” “iCarly,” “Queen of the Universe,” “Joe Pickett” and “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.”
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The risk of livestreaming events was apparent Sunday night, when Netflix’s widely promoted “Love Is Blind” season four reunion special was delayed, apparently due to technical difficulties – and most viewers couldn’t access it until the next afternoon. “To everyone who stayed up late, woke up early, gave up their Sunday afternoon … we are incredibly sorry that the Love is Blind Live Reunion did not turn out as we had planned,” tweeted the streamer. “We’re filming it now and we’ll have it on Netflix as soon as humanly possible.”
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Guests on the final broadcast of CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden” will be Harry Styles and Will Ferrell. The show wraps Thursday, April 27 after eight years.
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CBS reports its programming generated more than 281 billion minutesof viewing across dayparts in 1Q23, with more than 30% dedicated to primetime content. Sports clocked 77 billion viewing minutes, and news accounted for 57 billion. CBS was surpassed only by Netflix in the metric.
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UPtv’s Easter programming reached 4.3 million viewers between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday as part of the network’s “Bring the Spring” offering with +82% increase in W25-54 compared to 2022. Premiere programming included the television debut of “Southern Gospel” and an all-day marathon of “The Chosen” season two.
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The latest season of HGTV’s “Rock the Block” attracted more than 12.7 million total viewers since it premiered on March 6, averaging a .82 Live+3 rating among A25-54 and a 1.13 rating among W25-54, a respective lift of 95 percent and 98 percent from the prior six weeks.
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