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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 5/12/23)
AMC+: The Coronation: A Day to Remember (Premiere)
APPLE TV+: City on Fire (Premiere)
HGTV: 100 Day Dream Home: Beachfront Hotel (Premiere) at 9pm
HULU: The Great (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Black Knight (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Mulligan (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Queer Eye (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (Premiere)
PBS: Great Performances: Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway’s Best (Premiere) at 9pm
PRIME VIDEO: The Power (Finale)
(SATURDAY (5/13/23)
AXS TV: Banded (Premiere) at 9pM
(SUNDAY 5/14/23)
TLC: Match Me Abroad (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC and Peacock will lead NBCUniversal’s coverage of the Paris Olympic Games. NBC plans to run at least nine hours of daytime coverage each day – Paris is six hours ahead of the US’ eastern time zone, which means popular events like the finals for gymnastics and swimming will air live during the day. At night, NBC will deliver “an enhanced Olympics primetime show,” featuring behind-the-scenes access. Meanwhile Peacock, in a Summer Games first, will stream every sport and event, while Telemundo provides Spanish-language coverage. Plans for USA, E!, SNBC, Golf Channel and Universo will be released at a later date. The Games take place July 26-August 11, 2024.
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Netflix has pivoted to a virtual Upfront event amid the WGA strike. The company’s first live presentation to advertisers was scheduled to take place at NYC’s Paris Theater on May 17. The Writers Guild of America has said it will picket next week’s Upfront events, and Netflix’s switch to a remote event was reportedly made following NYPD concerns for pedestrian safety.
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Mayim Bialik is skipping out on her last scheduled week of hosting “Jeopardy!”, in support of WGA strikers. The game show uses questions from writers, but those had been written in advance of the strike so the show can finish its run. Ken Jennings, who splits hosting duties with Bialik, is expected to step in.
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And it looks like seniors at Boston University will have to do more than pick up their diplomas at graduation – they’ll be crossing a picket line. The WGA has warned it will be picketing Sunday’s event, where Warner Bros. Discovery President & CEO – and BU graduate – David Zaslav is scheduled to give the commencement address.
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Faith and family streaming platform Pure Flix and family-friendly media company Great American Media have signed a deal to merge. Pure Flix will become part of the new company, with Great American Media contributing two cable channels, Great American Family and Great American Living, and a FAST channel, Great American Adventures. Great American Media President and CEO, Bill Abbott, will serve as CEO of the merged entity.
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Kaitlan Collins appears poised to take over CNN’s 9pm slot, which has been filled by rotating hosts since the exit of Chris Cuomo over a year ago. Following her face-off against Donald Trump at CNN’s Town Hall on May 10, during which the former president called her a “nasty person,” CNN issued a statement saying, “Tonight, Kaitlan Collins exemplified what it means to be a world-class journalist.” Collins is currently co-anchor of “CNN This Morning.”
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The CW has picked up another Canadian series, “The Spencer Sisters.” The drama, starring Lea Thompson (“Caroline in the City”) and Stacey Farber (“Superman & Lois”) as a mother/daughter detective team, is slated for the net’s fall lineup. The CW already picked up “Sullivan’s Crossing,” “Son of a Critch, “Run the Burbd” and “Moonshine.”
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Win some, lose some. The CW axed “Kung Fu” after three seasons and “The Winchesters” after one. The two scripted series are the latest cancellations at the network as it moves to lower costs by acquiring scripted originals in Canada and the UK.
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Reelz’ “On Patrol: Live” was honored last night at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s annual Heroes’ Awards in Washington, D.C. To date, a total of 17 people – a majority of them children – have been recovered after being featured on the show. “We are tremendously honored that ‘On Patrol: Live’ was recognized with NCMEC’s ‘Excellence in Media’ Award, but it really belongs to our dedicated and engaged viewers who band together as #OPNation when they tune in every Friday and Saturday night,” said Reelz CEO Stan E. Hubbard.
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Ava DuVernay’s overall deal with Warner Bros. TV has wrapped. The director first signed a deal worth $100 million with the studio in 2018. There are no details on DuVernay’s next move, though she is currently in post-production on her film “Caste,” starring Vera Farmiga and Nick Offerman.
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Frederator Networks has launched Cartoon Hangover Shots, a social video animation incubator program for original “kidult” animations. “Cartoon Hangover Shots represent the quick consumption of mobile-friendly animations,” said Kenny Ash, President of Frederator Networks. “Pilots can take months and longer to create, especially if you’re an independent animator. Our goal with Cartoon Hangover Shots is to provide the animation community with a platform that helps eliminate the time, energy and funds it may take creators to start building audiences for their work.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX set a premiere date for “The Full Monty.” The original series, a sequel to the 1997 British film, debuts June 14 on Hulu, following six men navigating post-industrial Sheffield amid society’s crumbling healthcare, education and employment sectors.
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“The Ride”, an eight-episode docuseries surrounding the world of professional bull riders, kicks off May 30 on Prime Video.
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“iCarly” returns June 1 on Paramount+. In season three, Carly and Freddie struggle to redefine their relationship (#Creddie), Spencer seeks a return to his roots, and Harper’s reunion with an old rival leads to an unexpected outcome.
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The History Channel is expanding its investigation into unexplained phenomena in a new one-hour nonfiction series, “Beyond Skinwalker Ranch,” premiering June 6 at 10p. Utilizing a team of professionals working alongside “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch,” the series explores other sites of unusual activity and “high strangeness” phenomena in an effort to discover if the activity documented on Skinwalker Ranch is not only real, but pervasive.
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“Foundation” drops July 14 on Apple TV+. The 10-episode second season of the series based on Isaac Asimov’s books, starring Jared Harris, Lee Pace and Lou Llobell, will take place more than a century after the season one finale.
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Also on the way to Apple TV+ is “High Desert,” on May 17. The comedy follows Patricia Arquette as a women grieving her mother’s death who decides to become a private investigator.
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“Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland” launches May 22 on PBS.org and the PBS app. The five-part series from director James Bluemel and the BBC tells human stories from all sides of conflict in the constituent country. The series will have its broadcast premiere on August 28-30 on PBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Heels” returns to the ring on July 28. The small-town drama series will premiere on the STARZ app at 10p.
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The Scripps National Spelling Bee will air for the second year on Scripps networks ION and Bounce, starting with the preliminaries from 9a-7:25p on May 30. Last year, Bee programming was seen by 7.5 million viewers.
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The Phoenix Suns must try to negotiate a new deal with Diamond Sports Group before exiting their deal with Diamond’s Bally Sports Arizona, ruled a Texas bankruptcy judge. The Suns announced a broadcast rights agreement with Gray Television and were promptly sued by Diamond for breach of contract. The judge noted the Suns’ deal with Diamond includes a clause that prevents it from leaving Bally Sports without giving the RSN a chance to enter a more competitive bid.
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Tennis Channel has a big anniversary on Monday, May 15. “In our wildest dreams 20 years ago we couldn’t have imagined the changes in media and technology that have allowed Tennis Channel to share this sport in its entirety, in the way that it actually exists every week on the tours,” said Ken Solomon, President, Tennis Channel. “The original linear network, the SVOD platform and FAST channel combined give you a tennis experience that’s never been available in history. But whatever combination or by themselves, they suit anything our viewers, sponsors or distribution partners need.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Nickelodeon and CBS Sports have teamed with the NFL for the 2023 season. The “Nickelodeon NFL Nickmas Game” will take place on Christmas Day, with the Las Vegas Raiders and Kansas City Chiefs competing in a “slime-filled Christmas Day game tailored for kids and families.” This marks the third season of Nick’s weekly NFL series “NFL Slimetime.”
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Scott Ly has joined HBO’s “The Sympathizer.”Ly will play Gunner Dao, a former Vietnamese soldier who has escaped to the US.
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MOVIES
Book Club: The Next Chapter – Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Sttenburgen, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson, Craig T. Nelson, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Dreyfus, Wallace Shawn, Alicia Silverstone
Rally Road Racers (Animated) – Chloe Bennet, Sharon Horgan, J.K. Simmons, Jimmy O. Yang, John Cleese, Catherine Tate, Lisa Lu
Monica (Limited Release) – Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Browning, Adriana Barraza, Joshua Close, Brittany Picard
Hypnotic (Limited Release) – Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, JD Pardo, Dayo Okeniyi, Jeff Fahey, Jackie Earle Haley, William Fichtner, Zane Holtz, Ruben Javier Caballero, Kelly Frye, Sandy Avila, Ryan Ruusaki
STREAMING MOVIES
The Mother (Netflix) – Jennifer Lopez, Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Joseph Fiennes, Gael Garcia Bernal, Paul Raci, Jesse Garcia, Yvonne Senat Jones, Edi Falco, Michael Karl Richards, Link Baker
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