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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/31/23)
A&E: I Survived a Crime (Premiere) at 10pm
BET: Tyler Perry’s Sistas (Premiere) at 9pm
BET: Zatima (Premiere) at 10pm
BET: First Wives Club (Premiere) at 10:30pm
BRITBOX: The Cleaner (Premiere)
CW: Nancy Drew (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: Expedition Unknown: Unearthed (Premiere) at 8pm
FUSE: Made from Scratch (Premiere) at 9pm
HULU: Drag Me to Dinner (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Fake Profile (Premiere)
FXX: Dave (Finale) at 10pm
HISTORY: FDR (Finale) at 8pm
New streaming regulations introduced by the UK government prompted a threat by Netflix to purge content from its UK library to avoid potential fines of up to $310,000. The Media Bill calls for regulator Ofcam to treat streaming companies the way it does traditional broadcasters, including fining them for content that does not follow guidelines for impartiality and matters of “political or industrial controversy.” Said Netflix, “Without considerably greater clarity around the scope and application of these provisions, it would inevitably be easier to remove content pre-emptively from our UK catalogue than risk an onerous compliance burden and potential liability.” Disney raised similar objections on behalf of Disney+.
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Twitter is also having issues abroad, having pulled out from agreeing to voluntary guidelines that will become mandatory for tech companies when the Digital Services Act goes into effect in the EU in August. Noting the dangers of disinformation, France’s Digital Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said during an interview on France Info, “Twitter, if it repeatedly doesn’t follow our rules, will be banned from the EU.”
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HGTV has greenlit a new series starring Ethan and Elizabeth Finkelstein (“Cheap Old Houses”). Slated to premiere in spring 2024, the eight-part season will follow Ethan and Elizabeth as they guide hopeful homebuyers in New England through the emotional journey of purchasing, preserving and restoring their own property bargains.
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Montana conservation officers are the subject of “Yellowstone Wardens,” making its debut on Animal Planet Sunday, June 11 at 9p.
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“Late Night Lockup” premieres Tuesday, June 6 at 10p with back-to-back episodes on ID. The true crime series pulls late night footage from police body cameras and CCTV.
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ViX will air all five episodes of docuseries “El Show, Cronica de un Asesinato” (The Show, Chronicle of a Murder) beginning Wednesday, June 7. The original N+ Docs production follows the case of Stanley Albaitero’s death in 1999, considered the first media crime in Mexico. The series will premiere its first episode, exclusively for Mexico, on las estrellas, on Tuesday, June 6 at 11p.
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“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priorityalongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.” That dire warning, released by nonprofit Center for AI Safety, was signed by tech leaders including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassibis, along with celebrities like musician Grimes and neuroscience author Sam Harris.
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Password sharing by streaming subscribers affects about 51% of all SVOD subscriptions, based on data from Samba TV. Almost half of Netflix and Disney+ customers share their subscription with someone else, with most sharing their account with family members. Of those subscribed to at least one platform, 60% share their password with someone else, with younger viewers most likely to share – or 79% of Gen Z and 74% of Millennials, compared to 52% of Gen X and 38% of Baby Boomers. As Netflix charges a $7.99 monthly fee on subscribers sharing their account, more than 40% of survey respondents said they would be willing to pay more to share their account with someone outside of their home, while 37% said they would cancel their subscription if they could no longer share their password.
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Fox is hosting LA pop-up “The Mars Bar” to celebrate new unscripted series “Stars on Mars.” “The Mars Bar” will offer guests the chance to experience the Red (Wine) Planet with series-inspired ‘Space Flights,’ astronaut charcuterie, exclusive content on June 2 and 3. “Stars on Mars” premieres Monday, June 5 at 8p.
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Stunt and curated programming for Ovation TV’s travel-entertainment digital channel, Journy, includes a line-up of dad-hosted programming to celebrate Father’s Day. Onboard are Ben Fogle (“Starting Up, Starting Over”), Henry Golding (“Welcome to the Railworld Japan”), Gordon Ramsay (“Great Escape”), Bear Grylls (“Bear’s Wild Adventure”) and Philippe Cousteau (“Xploration Awesome Planet”).
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Sinclair Broadcast Group has sold its controlling interest in sports network Stadium to Silver Chalice, which has held a stake in Stadium since its launch in 2017. Silver Chalice is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, owner of the MLB’s Chicago White Sox and NBA team Chicago Bulls.
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The American Junior Golf Association has rebranded its Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant as the Liberty National ACE Grant, part of a 12-year agreement between the organization and Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, NJ. The news comes as the course welcomes the LPGA and AJGA for the inaugural Mizuho Americas Open hosted by Michelle Wie West. The renaming follows a donation to the AJGA by the Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation.
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The series finale of HBO’s “Succession” delivered a series high 2.9 million viewers on Sunday across linear and Max, up 69% from the season three ender. The series is averaging 8.7 million viewers across the fourth season episodes.
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HBO’s “Barry” also had it series finale Sunday, and drew 700,000 viewers, up 13% from the season three finale. Due to the extended runtime of the “Succession” finale, “Barry” had a delayed start time which resulted in approximately a 20% increase over typical viewing and nearly doubling the audience to 1.35 million. Barry is currently averaging 3.4 million viewers for the season.
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Driven by TNT’s coverage of the 2023 NBA Playoffs, networks at Warner Bros. Discovery, including Discovery, Food Network, HGTV, TBS, TNT, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Adult Swim and OWN, among others, delivered more than a 50% share of cable viewing among A18-49 across ad-supported cable in primetime on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday nights. Since March, WBD’s brands have secured 12 nights of more than a 50 percent share of cable viewing in the demo.
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Last week Food Network’s new series “Summer Baking Championship” posted .80 P18+ / 1.17 W18+ Live+3 ratings, growing +7% and +9% respectively from the prior week’s series debut and up +63% and +75% respectively from prior six weeks timeslot benchmarks, to rank as the #1 non-news/sports cable program in the timeslot among both P/W 18.
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