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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 6/7/23)
BRAVO: The Real Housewives of Orange County (Premiere) at 8pm
FUSE: Big Freedia Means Business (Premiere) at 9pm
FXX: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Premiere) at 10pm
HULU: Secrets & Sisterhood: The Sozahdahs (Premiere)
HULU: Somewhere Boy (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Arnold (Premiere)
HBO: Burden of Proof (Premiere) at 10pm
LIFETIME: Married at First Sight (Premiere) at 8pm
SAG-AFTRA members voted to approve a strike authorization ahead the guild’s negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, said the authorization “means we enter our negotiations from a position of strength, so that we can deliver the deal our members want and deserve.” Talks are slated to begin today.
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Oregon’s attorney general and state treasurer are investigating Fox Corp.’s board of directors, saying they believe the directors breached their fiduciary duties by allowing Fox News to broadcast false claims about the 2020 election. Those claims led to a payment of $787.5 million to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems. The Oregon Public Employees Retirement owns more than 250,000 shares of stock in Fox.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Angry Birds” has landed at Amazon. Animated series “Angry Birds Mystery Island,” from Eric Rogers (“Futurama”) and Titmouse, will air on Prime Video and Amazon Kids+. “The Angry Birds captivated people of all ages and became a global phenomenon with the debut of their first game, and their cultural presence has remained steadfast,” says Melissa Wolfe, Head of Animation, Amazon Studios. “We are excited by the opportunity to expand the Hatchlings’ world into a family series for our global customers to enjoy even more stories around these beloved birds.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Apple TV+ has ordered a docuseries about soccer star Lionel Messi.The Smuggler Entertainment four-parter follows Messi though his five FIFA World Cup appearances and 2022 win.
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eTribez, provider of digital solutions to the media industry, has added Fremantle to its list of production companies signing on to eTribez PM, its new ERP platform. eTribez PM is a cloud-based production management platform comprised of Finance, Talent Management, Planning, Scheduling, Document Management, Resource Management and Post-Production modules. The platform allows entertainment production companies to manage their resources, eliminate numerous third-party software fees and reduce operating costs.
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Casting notes: Onboard Taylor Sheridan’s Paramount+ drama “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” in recurring roles are Dale Dickey (“A Love Song”), Margo Bingham (“The Walking Dead”), Mo Brings Plenty (“Yellowstone”) and Tosin Morohunfola (“Run the World”)….Morris Chestnut (“The Best Man”), DomiNque Perry (“Insecured”), Claudia Logan (“Harlem”), and Bryan Terrell Clark (“When They See Us”) have joined the cast of upcoming BET+ dark comedy “Diarra from Detroit.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season two of Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer” will launch in two installments. Part one drops July 6, and part two arrives August 3. The David E. Kelley drama follows a lawyer who runs his practice from his Lincoln Town Car.
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“Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge” makes its debut Sunday, July 16 at 8p on HGTV, five days before the premiere of Warner Bros. movie “Barbie” hits the big screen. In the 90-minute TV premiere, host Ashley Graham and the competitors will take a trip to Mattel headquarters and get “a mind-blowing Barbie surprise.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
MGM+ has a killer docuseries on tap. The streamer picked up “Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein,” telling the story of the serial killer and grave robber known as “The Mad Butcher.” “For years, filmmakers, journalists, and scholars have tried to unravel the mind of this notorious killer, and with new reveals and never-before-heard recordings, viewers will be transported to late-1950s Middle America and submerged in Gein’s perverse mind,” reads a description of the true crime show.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Just a matter of time: The first Snoopy face for Apple Watch is coming with watchOS 10, available to Apple Watch users this fall. The watch face features Snoopy, Woodstock, and themes based on the Peanuts comic strip. More than 140 Peanuts animations have been created by WildBrain Studios in partnership with Charles Schulz Creative Associates and the Apple design team. The characters interact and play with the watch hands, react to the weather conditions in the area, and get active when the user does a workout.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Loudmouth,” a documentary about Reverend Al Sharpton, will premiere on Showtime streaming platforms on Friday, June 16 and on Showtime on June 18, in honor of Juneteenth. The feature, which premiered at Tribeca Festival in June 2022, chronicles Reverend Sharpton’s path from racial justice firebrand to elder media statesman.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FilmRise has acquired the distribution rights to historical western “Sanctified.” Set in 1890s North Dakota, the film follows the unexpected friendship between a nun and an outlaw.
(Source: Cynopsis)
In a surprise – to put it mildly – move, the PGA Tour and upstart LIV Golf are merging business operations. “The parties have signed an agreement that combines PIF’s golf-related commercial businesses and rights (including LIV Golf) with the commercial businesses and rights of the PGA Tour and DP World Tour into a new, collectively owned, for-profit entity,” said the entities in a joint statement. Launched in June 2022 by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, the LIV Golf series has engendered ill will and legal disputes in the sport, but “after two years of disruption and distraction, this is a historic day for the game we all know and love,” said PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan. Fans weren’t the only ones shocked by the deal. “I love finding out morning news on Twitter,” grumble-posted pro Collin Morikawa.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix’s “The Mother,” which premiered May 12, has been watched for a total of 229.30 hours by Netflix subscribers, and landed at number eight on the streamer’s list of Top 10 films. For the week of May 29, it was the number one English film, with 16.48 million hours viewed. The most viewed title of the week was TV show “FUBAR,” which clocked 88.03 hours.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ID docuseries “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace” averaged 0.92 Live+3 rating among P25-54, an increase of 179% versus prior six weeks and a 1.23 rating with W25-54, an increase of 167%. Throughout the three nights of premiere episodes, the show reached 6.3 million total viewers and remains a top performer on discovery+. On Wednesday, May 31, the finale drove ID’s highest rated telecast in three years among A25-54 with a .99 and among W25-54 with a 1.26.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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