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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 6/15/23)
A&E: 60 Days In at 9p (Premiere)
A&E: Booked: First Day In (Premiere) at 10pm
AMC+: The Walking Dead: Dead City (Premiere)
BRAVO: Project Runway (Premiere) at 9pm
DISNEY: Pretty Freekin Scary (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Outchef’d (Premiere) at 9:30p
HULU: Dragons the Nine Realms (Premiere)
MAX: Outchef’d (Premiere)
MAX: Rap Battlefield (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Black Mirror (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: Peacock: Dragons the Nine Realms (Premiere)
SUNDANCE: True Crime Story (Premiere) at 10pm
MAX: German Genius (Finale)
NBCUniversal struck a commerce partnership with Wells Fargo that integrates Wells Fargo’s credit cards into NBCUniversal’s One Platform Commerce. Wells Fargo will be sponsoring NBCU content, starting with last night’s season premiere of Bravo’s “Project Runway,” where fans were able to shop the using the Must ShopTV ad innovation. “Bravo’s ‘Project Runway’ has been part of my life for over a decade. It’s given me a platform to share my designs, creativity, and vision as well as connect with the fashion community,” said Christian Siriano, “Project Runway” Mentor. “By collaborating with NBCUniversal and their partners at Wells Fargo, we have the opportunity to further support these designers as they grow their businesses.”
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“Silo” was renewed for season two by Apple TV+. “It has been enormously fulfilling to see the engrossing, atmospheric and beautifully crafted sci-fi epic ‘Silo’ quickly become Apple’s number one drama series,” said Matt Cherniss, Head of Programming for Apple TV+. “As audiences around the world have become gripped by the mysteries and conspiracies buried within this fascinating subterranean world, viewership only continues to climb, and we are so excited for more secrets of the silo to be revealed in season two.”
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Also picked up for a second season is Netflix’s “Physical 100.” The series was the first unscripted series to hit #1 on the streamer’s weekly rankings for non-English TV shows. And the streamer has renewed “XO, Kitty”, the spinoff of “To All the Boys”.
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The 2024 “People’s Choice Awards” have been set for Sunday, February 18 at 8p. The ceremony will air on NBC for the first time, as well as Peacock and E!. The two-hour telecast will include categories in movies, television, music and pop culture, as well as several honorary awards.
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Charter Communications has awarded $400,000 in scholarships to the 2023 class of Spectrum Scholars, the company’s annual college scholarship program for underrepresented students with financial need. Each of the 20 students in this year’s class will receive a $20,000 scholarship, be assigned a Charter mentor and have the opportunity to pursue an internship at one of the company’s corporate offices in Stamford, Charlotte, St. Louis or Denver.
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National Geographic has greenlit “The Cancer Vaccine” (wt), a documentary special that will follow Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türeci – the husband-and-wife team who built German biotechnology giant BioNTech – as they and their team race competitors, skeptics and governments to create a new class of medicines that use the body’s own defenses to defeat cancer.
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Alex Cooper, host and EP of podcast “Call her Daddy, and ACE Entertainment founder and CEO Matt Kaplan (“XO Kitty”), have launched media company Trending. The venture will focus on scripted and unscripted podcast, digital media, touring and other Gen Z-focused content.
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Fox is developing an animated series based on “Daddy Issues,” the podcast hosted by NFL announcer Joe Buck and Oliver Hudson (“The Cleaning Lady”). The ensemble buddy comedy, which has a script commitment, follows the true-life experiences of best friends Buck and Hudson.
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Promotions at Debmar-Mercury talker “Sherri”: Fernita Wynn has been upped to executive producer and showrunner; Joelle Dawson-Calia has been promoted to executive producer; and Siobhan Schanda and Dan Fitzpatrick were named co-executive producers. The syndicated show returns for season two on September 18.
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ID’s hit docuseries “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace” follows the story of a couple whose adoption goes awry when they come to believe their little girl is actually a sociopathic woman with a hormonal disorder.
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Hulu’s unscripted slate is expanding – the streamer is moving forward with three series. Antwan “Big Boi” Patton will lead “Big RV Remix”, a renovation format set to debut on July 21; “Rachael Ray’s Rebuild” teams Ray with contractor Anthony Carrino (“Kitchen Cousins”) to help families whose homes have been destroyed; and investigative journalist Bill Kurtis narrates true crime show “Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks”, a spinoff of “Cold Case Files”, premiering August 17. Hulu has also ordered a second season of “50/50 Flip.”
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On the heels of the success of “The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story,” Lifetime is reteaming with Elizabeth Smart, who will executive produce Ripped from the Headlines movie, “Abducted by My Teacher: The Elizabeth Thomas Story.” The film, detailing the story of a young girl kidnapped by a trusted teacher, premieres Saturday, August 12 at 8p.
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Casting Notes: Stockard Channing, Cary Elwes, Rob Huebel, Christopher Lloyd and Paul Scheer have joined the cast of “Knuckles.” The series, from Paramount+, Paramount Pictures and SEGA, is a spinoff of “Sonic the Hedgehog.”
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OWN docuseries “Time of Essence” will debut Friday, August 18 at 9p. The five-parter celebrates the trailblazing magazine that reaches a global community of over 20 million Black women.
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“Generations,” the Jewish-themed genealogy series produced by the Museum of Jewish Heritage — A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, JewishGen, and JLTV, will launch in Fall 2023. The premiere features actors Camryn Manheim (“Law and Order”) and her son, Milo Manheim (“Zombies”), exploring their DNA and family roots.
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Season three of CBS’s “Secret Celebrity Renovation” has a new premiere date. Originally slated to debut on July 28, the season will now bow Friday, August 4 at 8p.
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STARZ workplace comedy “Minx” returns Friday, July 21 on the Starz app at 12a. The show’s linear debut follows at 9p.
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Season five of “Buried in the Backyard” arrives Saturday, July 1 at 8p on Oxygen.
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Fuse Media celebrates Juneteenth and the Black American community with special programming on Fuse, FM, Fuse+ and the Shades of Black FAST channel, including Shades of Black hosting the world premiere of the “Juneteenth Honors” awards and music show starting at 8p.
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Ovation TV will re-air its episode of “Inside the Actors Studio” featuring the late Treat Williams on Sunday, June 18 at 11a. Williams was interviewed by The Actors Studio co-president Alec Baldwin at Pace University in December 2019.
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Focus Features’ “Polite Society” bows on Peacock on Friday, June 16. The action-comedy film explores the importance of family, love and fighting for what you believe in.
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Marvel is celebrating the Avengers 60th anniversary with all-new Avengers products and collaborations with the NFL, MLB, MLS, WNBA and MiLB teams. It is also launching Marvel Fit, which continues its focus on enhancing active lifestyles while connecting fans with its iconic characters.
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“Tamron Hall” improved on the its year-ago week in Total Viewers (+9%, 995,000 vs. 916,000), Women 25-54 (+14%, 148,000 vs. 130,000) and Women 18-49 (+5%, 111,000 vs. 106,000). The talk show has improved on the year-ago week in Total Viewers in 32 of the last 33 weeks.
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