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CW: 100 Days to Indy (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO MAX: Love & Death (Premiere)
HBO MAX: The Dog House: UK (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Nurse (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Firefly Lane (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Sweet Tooth (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Sharkdog (Premiere)
PEACOCK: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Premiere)
VICE: (Re)Solved (Premiere) at 9pm
WE TV: Brat Loves Judy (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: Swamp People (Finale) at 8pm
HISTORY: Swamp People: Serpent Invasion (Finale) at 9:30pm
HGTV: The Flipping El Moussas (Finale) at 9pm
Nominations for the 50th annual Daytime Emmys are out, and ABC’s “General Hospital” leads the field with 19 nods. CBS sister soaps “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless” were second and third, with 14 and 13 nominations, respectively, followed by NBC/Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives” and syndicated “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” both with 11. The awards ceremony airs Friday, June 16 at 9p on CBS.
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Thirty-eight out of the 1,462 shows that aired during primetime television and streaming in 2022 had a Latino actor in the lead role, according to the Latino Donor Collaborative’s 2022 Latinos in Media Report. That, despite that fact that according to Nielsen, 42% of the most binge-able streaming programs of 2021 were directly influenced by Latino talent, with more than half of these shows’ audiences coming from outside the Latino demographic. “The U.S. Latino representation data for the last quarter of 2022 is truly shocking. The numbers actually went backward from the first three quarters and to 2019 levels,” said Ana Valdez, President and CEO of the LDC. “The bottom line is that U.S. Latinos continue to be invisible in the general market of TV and film.”
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Prime Video has acquired new DC animated projects including the family action comedy film “Merry Little Batman” along with spinoff series “Bat-Family,” and a two-season order for “Batman: Caped Crusader.” “’Batman: The Animated Series’helped pioneer in the evolution of superhero storytelling and defined the Dark Knight for a generation,” said Vernon Sanders, Head of Television, Amazon and MGM Studios. “’Batman: Caped Crusader’ will no doubt continue that tradition and, alongside ‘Merry Little Batman’ and ‘Bat-Family,’ we’re thrilled to collaborate with Warner Bros. Animation to offer a variety of takes of the Batman mythos to our global Prime Video customers.”
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Prime Video is staying in business with “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino, with a two-season order for “Etoile.” The drama, following the dancers and staff of two ballet companies, stars Luke Kirby and Gideon Glick, both from “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”; Camille Cottin (“Call My Agent!”); Simon Callow (“Outlander”); Lou de Laage (“The Innocents); and David Alvarez (“West Side Story”).
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Toni Braxton has inked a production deal with Lifetime that will have her Braxtoni Productions oversee and executive produce multiple projects for the network. “We are thrilled to continue our long-standing relationship with Toni and continue to have her as part of the Lifetime family,” said Tanya Lopez, EVP Scripted Content, Lifetime & LMN. “We love partnering with her on storytelling, whether it be a heart-warming holiday romance or a gritty new project, Toni is an excellent producing partner, a wonderfully versatile actress, and our audiences have shown us just how much they love seeing her on our air.”
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Layoff week at Disney continued with the shuttering of digital contentdivision 20th Digital Studio. Division head, EVP David Worthen Brooks, is transitioning into a first-look deal at Hulu as an independent producer.
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Filmmaker David Ayer (“Fury”) will write and executive produce racing series “Lollipop,” alongside Chris Long and their Cedar Park Studios. The show will enable audiences to actively participate as they compete in a virtual racing circuit linked to the plot.
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Netflix greenlit “Black Doves,” a thriller written by Joe Barton and produced by Barton’s Noisy Bear and Sister (“Chernobyl”). Keira Knightley stars as woman with a secret identity whose lover falls victim to London’s underworld.
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Amazon Studios and Wondery have signed an overall deal with New York Times best-selling author Shea Serrano that includes an overall exclusive television pact with Amazon Studios and a first-look podcast deal via Wondery, an Amazon company. Serrano is already serving as the creator and executive producer, alongside Mike Schur, for the upcoming comedy series “Primo” on Amazon Freevee, set to premiere on Friday, May 19.
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The CW has picked up “Sullivan’s Crossing,” based on the bestseller by Robyn Carr, from the “Virgin River” team of Roma Roth and Christopher E. Perry. The first season of the drama, airing on CTV in Canada, is slated for fall.
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Japan’s Toho Co. has launched TOHO Tombo Pictures, a subsidiary providing domestic production services for foreign productions. TOHO Tombo Pictures is a joint venture with Japan-based producer Georgina Pope. “In recent years we have seen an increase in foreign productions developing stories to shoot in Japan, and feel our industry needs to fully prepare and be ready to offer top notch production services,” said Hiro Matsuoka, Representative Director and President of Toho. “By establishing a firm dedicated to the needs of international producers and directors we will assemble a workforce ready to support overseas creators while contributing to the Japanese film industry and in turn the tourism industry.”
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Taye Diggs (“All American”) will star in BET+ crime series “Love & Murder: Atlanta Playboy,” based on Ron Stodghill’s book Redbone: Money, Malice and Murder in Atlanta. The series comes from Mona Scott-Young of Monami Productions and Eric Tomosunas of Swirl Films. “The film series is a captivating true life crime story that captures the unique culture of Atlanta,” said Scott-Young. “BET has always provided a platform for stories that are authentic and relatable and we are proud to be partnered with them on this project.”
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Season two of HBO Max’s “And Just Like That” will debut in June.Returning series regulars on the “Sex and the City” sequel include Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sara Ramírez, Sarita Choudhury, Nicole Ari Parker, Karen Pittman, Mario Cantone, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Christopher Jackson, Niall Cunningham, Cathy Ang, and Alexa Swinton. And just like that – John Corbett as Aiden is now in the mix.
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Also coming back in June is Netflix’s “Black Mirror,” for season six, four years after the debut of season five. The cast includes Aaron Paul, Kate Mara, Michael Cera, Salma Hayek Pinault, and Rory Culkin, among others.
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Antenna TV is airing a “One-of-a-Kind ‘One Day at a Time’” Mother’s Day marathon, starting Sunday, May14 at 5a.
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FOX News Channel’s live coverage of King Charles III’s coronation on Saturday, May 6 starts at 5a. Special “The Coronation of King Charles III and Camilla” will be led by Martha MacCallum, alongside “FOX & Friends” co-host Ainsley Earhardt and FOX Nation’s Piers Morgan.
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Prime Video Sports has renewed docuseries “Coach Prime” for a second season. The upcoming season, which is currently in production, will follow Coach Prime throughout his inaugural season at the University of Colorado with the Colorado Buffaloes and, like Season 1, takes viewers inside the locker room and on the field during games and practices throughout the 2023 season. “The customer reception of Season 1 of ‘Coach Prime’ far exceeded expectations. Our customers loved getting an inside look as Deion Sanders established a culture of teamwork, belief, and winning at JSU,” said Matt Newman, Head of Prime Video Original Sports Content. “Deion has brought that same leadership to Colorado and has had an instant impact on recruiting and expectations.”
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GolfPass, NBC Sports Next’s digital membership and video streaming platform co-founded by Rory McIlroy, is offering a new ad-supported membership tier with free access to thousands of hours of golf instruction series, original entertainment, GOLF Channel classics, and golf tournament replays. People who have previously set up an account with other NBC Sports golf brands will have automatic access.
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FAST service Xumo Play has launched the NFL Channel, just in time for live, three-day coverage of the 2023 NFL Draft beginning today, April 27. On the final day of the draft, April 29, the NFL Channel will be the only place fans can watch live coverage of every pick from the final four rounds.
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CNBC and Boardroom, Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman’s media brandcovering the business of sports, music and entertainment, are teaming up to produce Game Plan, an event taking place on July 25 in LA. The invite-only event will host leaders from across the sports business landscape. “Recent sports industry trends are drastically changing the way the game is played, creating a broad spectrum of new investing opportunities,” said Nick Dunn, Managing Director and Executive Editor of CNBC Events. “By combining CNBC’s unparalleled business and financial news and information platform with the dynamic and innovative team at Boardroom, Game Planwill raise the bar for sports business events, bringing together the top names in sports for purposeful and powerful discussions, providing the audience with information they can use to step up their game and get in on the action.”
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The numbers keep going up for HBO’s “Succession” as it approaches its series finale. Season four episodes are averaging 7.9 million viewers across platforms, up from 7.2 million for season three. Sunday’s viewing of episode five matched the series high 2.6 million of the week prior.
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Monday’s edition of “Fox News Tonight,” its first after the exit of Tucker Carlson, delivered 2.6 million viewers, less than Carlson’s average of 3.3 million but enough to land the top spot in cable news ratings.
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