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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 6/1/23)
MAX: Naked. Loud. Proud. (Premiere)
MTV: All Star Shore (Premiere) at 8pm
NETFLIX: LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Days (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: iCarly (Premiere)
TRAVEL: The Dead Files (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Eli Roth Presents: The Legion of Exorcists (Premiere) at 10pm
PARAMOUNT+: Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies (Finale)
Lisa Ling has been named a CBS News contributor. Ling will report across CBS News broadcasts and platforms starting later this summer. “Lisa delivers some of the most authentic, human and revealing interviews because of how she embeds with communities and the people she covers. It gives her and us a chance to communicate the pulse of the country and the world in a more experiential way,” said Neeraj Khemlani, President and Co-Head of CBS News and Stations. “From war coverage at Channel One News to the anchor table at ‘The View’ to numerous cable series that showcase her immersive journalism, Lisa Ling is a multi-talented reporter and storyteller.”
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Duluth Art Institute is the recipient of $10,000 Stand For The Arts Award, presented by Spectrum in partnership with Ovation TV to recognize local arts, cultural and educational organizations and programs.
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Parrot Analytics has launched Producer Package, aimed at helping producers, showrunners, and production companies value their creations as well as provide insights to make better decisions about which projects to pursue and how to best negotiate and monetize their content. “In this new era of portfolio optimization, we can help position content creators to find the very best fit for their TV series and movies, which simultaneously helps studios, distributors and ultimately audiences,” said Wared Seger, CEO of Parrot Analytics. “Our goal is to provide content creators with the necessary insight to not just weather the commotion of the constantly evolving industry, but thrive within the opportunity it provides.”
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ViX is developing “Mundo Regional” (w/t), a docuseries that will closely follow influential figures in regional Mexican music, stars that are setting trends in the genre worldwide. Carlos Cerutti and Martin Halac’s Alton River Media and Diego Álvarez’s Plataforma production company are overseeing the project.
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Studio71 is teaming with Ample Entertainment to produce “The Drive for Five,” a four-part series featuring racing legends Doug Herbert and George Poteet. The series will document the competition between the two drivers as they attempt to break the existing land speed record and surpass the 500mph milestone, in hot rod cars powered by automotive racing engines. Herbert and Poteet will be joined by dream teams that include NASCAR and Formula One racers and alumni. The series will be executive produced by Ari Mark and Phil Lott from Ample Entertainment; Arielle Worona, Michael Schreiber and Adam Boorstin from Studio71; and Larry Aidem from Reverb Advisors.
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As a part of the overall branding initiative at Industrial Light & Magic, ILMxLAB is rebranding the creative studio to ILM Immersive. Said VP of Immersive Content Vicki Dobbs Beck, “We’re proud to be an innovation hub with a commitment to continuing to push the state-of-the-art on behalf of ILM and Lucasfilm, inviting our fans around the world to truly ‘Step Inside Our Stories.’ This new brand name really reflects the growth and evolution of our creative studio and will serve us for many years to come.”
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Anthology comedy series “Miracle Workers: End Times” premieres Monday, July 10 at 10p on TBS. Daniel Radcliffe (“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story”), Steve Buscemi (“Boardwalk Empire”), Geraldine Viswanathan (“Bad Education”), Karan Soni (“Deadpool”) and Jon Bass (“She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”) return in the fourth installment of the series – originally slated to debut in January – as all-new characters in a dystopian future full of radioactive mutants, killer robots and a tyrannical homeowner’s association with outrageous annual fees.
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The Weather Channel has four series premiering this month. New series “Prime Suspect: Earth” premieres Saturday, June 3 at 8p, and the season three launch of “Deep Water Salvage” comes Sunday, June 11 at 8p. “Search Party with Brandon Jordan” makes its debut Sunday, June 18 at 9p, followed by the return of “Fast: Home Rescue” at 10p.
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Season six of Netflix anthology series “Black Mirror” debuts Thursday, June 15. Season five dropped back in 2019.
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Homeowners’ family histories inspire the renovations in HGTV’s “Revealed,” premiering Thursday, June 29, at 10p. In each episode, designer Veronica Valencia will consult with a genealogist to learn more about her clients’ cultural identity and create a life-size mood board inspired by the details of their family.
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MGM+ historical drama “Domina” returns for season two on Sunday, July 9 with two episodes. Added to the cast are Benjamin Isaac (“Holmes & Watson”) Joelle (“Dune”), and David Avery (“Doctor Who”).
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“Teenage Euthanasia” is back for a sophomore run on Adult Swim starting Sunday, July at midnight. Guest stars this season include Kieran Culkin, Janelle James, Jinkx Monsoon and Ziwe.
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Apple TV+ limited series “Lessons in Chemistry,” starring and executive produced by Brie Larson (“Captain Marvel”), premieres with two episodes on Friday, October 13. The series is based on the bestseller by Bonnie Garmus.
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The second half of season one of Bounce’s “Act Your Age” kicks off Saturday, June 3 at 8p. The series premiere was seen by 2.14 million viewers in its debut telecasts in March, making it the most-watched half-hour series launch in Bounce history.
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Stephen Dorff, Shea Wigham, Lukas Haas, Robert Oberst, Stephen Schneider, Iliza Shlesinger, Sturgill Simpson, Casey Wilson are all onboard season three of HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones” as recurring players. The televangelist comedy returns Saturday, June 10 at 10p.
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Snapchat+ subscribers chatting with My AI can now send Snaps of what they’re up to and receive a unique generative Snap back. “Snap My AI a picture of your pizza, OOTD, or even your furry best friend, and My AI may respond with a Snap back in reaction to what you’re doing. So, if you Snap My AI your latest grocery haul, it might recommend a recipe!”, reported Snap in its newsroom. “While it was designed to avoid biased, incorrect, harmful, or misleading information, mistakes may occur, so please do not rely on it for advice, and let us know if you have any feedback,” added the company.
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Amazon is discontinuing celebrity voices on Alexa. Users who paid $4.99 for the privilege of hearing the likes of Melissa McCarthy, Shaquille O’Neal and Samuel L. Jackson on their Echo devices will continue to have access until September 30.
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Joanna Gaines is thinking small with half-hour special “Mini Reni,” streaming on Max and discovery+ and premiering on Magnolia Network Sunday, June 25 at 9p. In the special, Jo and her design team challenge themselves to renovate three rooms in an outdated home in need of a refresh, all in a week’s time and under $15,000.
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For Pride Month, Ovation TV will recognize LGBTQ artists through weekday morning linear programming and in Celebrating Pride, a curated on-demand lineup in Ovation NOW destination Arthouse. Titles will be available on-demand starting Thursday, June 1 and on linear during the weeks of June 5 and June 12.
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Twitter is now worth one-third of the $44 billion Elon Musk paid for it in October, according to Fidelity. The company marked down the valuation of its stake in the social media platform for the third time since Musk’s takeover.
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WBD Sports’ Stanley Cup Playoffs coverage will culminate with the 2023 Stanley Cup Final — Hart Trophy finalist Matthew Tkachuk, Sergei Bobrovsky and the Florida Panthers take on Jack Eichel, Mark Stone and the Vegas Golden Knights — starting with Game 1 on Saturday, June 3 at 8p, on TNT, with a simulcast available on truTV. Games 1, 2, 3, 4 (and 6 and 7, if necessary) will also be simulcast on TBS.
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FOX Sports announced select games from the network’s 2023 college football schedule, featuring top games from the Big Ten, Big 12, Mountain West and Pac-12 conferences. For the second season, “Big Noon Kickoff” will travel each week to college football’s top games, previewing the day’s matchups from campuses across the nation at 10a on FOX. “Kickoff” is followed by “Big Noon Saturday,” the network’s premier matchup each week.
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TNT’s exclusive coverage of the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 averaged 11.9 million total viewers on Monday night to deliver the network’s most-watched NBA ECF Game ever and TNT’s third most-watched NBA game ever. The net’s coverage of the seven-game series averaged 7.4 million viewers to garner TNT’s most viewed ECF coverage in a decade, and a 6% lift in viewership vs. the same matchup in 2022.
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Telemundo’s Spanish-language coverage of Chivas de Guadalajara delivered the highest-rated and most streamed Liga MX Clausura season for the network. Sunday’s Liga MX final of Clausura 2023: Chivas vs Tigres was the most-watched match of the season and in network history with a Total Audience Delivery of 3.3 million viewers including the highest digital average minute audience of 355,000. The Final ranked #1 program across broadcast and cable regardless of language among A18-49 in Total Day and the #1 sporting event on Spanish-language TV this year among A18-49 and P2+ with TV-only viewership of 1.46 million and 2.94 million, respectively.
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Actor John Beasley died May 30. He was 79. Among Beasley’s numerous TV credits were “Everwood,” “CSI: Miami,” “Harry’s Law” and “Boston Legal.”
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