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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 6/23/23)
APPLE TV+: Carpool Karaoke: The Series (Premiere)
CRACKLE: At Home with Genevieve (Premiere)
DISCOVERY: Gold Rush: Mine Rescue with Freddy & Juan (Premiere) at 10pm
NETFLIX: Catching Killers (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Pokemon Ultimate Journeys: The Series (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: I’m a Virgo (Premiere)
THE ROKU CHANNEL: Tempting Fortune (Premiere)
SHUDDER: The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (Premiere) at 9pm
CW: The Great American Joke Off (Finale) at 9:30pm
FOOD NETWORK: Guy’s All-Around Road Trip (Finale) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 6/24/23)
OWN: Love & Marriage: Detroit (Premiere) at 9pm
(SUNDAY 6/25/23)
ABC: : New York Pride March Parade at 12pm
BET: 2023 BET Awards: Red Carpet Live at 6pm
BET: 2023 BET Awards at 8pm
BET: Average Joe (Premiere) at 11:30pm
CW: Totally Weird and Funny (Premiere) at 9:30pm
PARAMOUNT+: The Gold (Premiere)
TUBI: The Freak Brothers (Premiere)
The CW yanked “Barons” from its schedule after just four episodes.The Australian surfing drama was a wipeout, debuting to 179,000 total viewers and 0.0 in the A18-49 demo and falling from there, most recently drawing 157,000 viewers. Repeats of “Nancy Drew” will fill the Monday slot.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC’s remake of UK game show “The Wheel” has been canceled after one season. The series, which aired five nights a week for two weeks in December, launched to 1.3 million viewers and a 0.2 rating among A18-49.
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Meanwhile, NBC’s “The Voice is gearing up for season 25, with Dan + Shay boarding as the show’s first-ever coaching duo. They join John Legend and Reba McEntire, returning for back-to-back cycles, and Chance the Rapper, who made his debut in season 23. Season 24 – with a coaching lineup of Naill Horan, Gwen Stefani, Legend and McEntire – kicks off in fall 2023.
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A group led by Fortress Investment Group, Soros Management and Monroe Capital has reached a deal to take over Vice Media after bidding $225 million to acquire it out of bankruptcy. An auction scheduled for yesterday was called off. In better days, the company was valued at $5.7 billion.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Peacock has made a meaningful connection with Match Group. The two are partnering on in-app, experiential, and social contextual content that will align Peacock’s programming and characters with dating brands like Tinder, Match, OkCupid, BLK, Chispa, and Plenty of Fish. Participating apps’ members will be eligible for offers from Peacock. “A favorite TV show or movie is an important connecting passion point when it comes to singles uncovering a reason to bond,” said Peter Foster, GM of Global Advertising and Brand Solutions at Match Group. “We are the perfect platform for Peacock to reach their core consumers while they are in the discovery mindset.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav was able to reassure some Hollywood titans that despite budget cuts at TCM, the movie channel is safe. “Earlier this week, David Zaslav, the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, got in touch to talk about the restructuring of TCM. We understand the pressures and realities of a corporation as large as WBD, of which TCM is one moving part,” said a joint statement from directors Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Paul Thomas Anderson. “We are heartened and encouraged by the conversations we’ve had thus far, and we are committed to working together to ensure the continuation of this cultural touchstone that we all treasure.”
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Charter Communications aims to help people launch their own business with “Let’s Get Started,” a new initiative from Spectrum Business. The program features a digital hub with free resources, how-to articles and guidance for starting a small business. Additionally, entrepreneurs can use the portal to access more than 10,000 SCORE mentors at no cost through the Company’s partnership with the nonprofit SCORE Foundation.
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Netflix and the estate of Juan Gabriel are teaming for a documentary film about the Mexican music superstar. Laura Woldenberg and Ivonne Gutierrez from Mezcla (“The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo”) will produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“WOW – Women Of Wrestling” has been greenlit for a second season coming this fall. The all-female sports entertainment property is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
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Roku has ordered “Empty Nest Refresh” from Velvet Hammer Media. The renovation series will be hosted by Liza Koshy (“Liza on Demand”).
(Source: Cynopsis)
ViX announced the start of production of seven original titles during the second quarter of the year. Projects include six series and one film. “With these seven new productions we continue to increase our original content offerings on ViX, with stories that appeal to the diverse tastes of our audiences,” said Rodrigo Mazón, Chief Content Officer ViX for TelevisaUnivision. “Since the launch, we have been working on a path of constant development and production that we know today strongly reflects and resonates with the audience’s preferences.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
A limited series focused on the winning 2021 football team of the California School for the Deaf has been sacked. The Disney+ project from ABC Signature and Disney Branded Television was a casualty of budget cuts.
(Source: Cynopsis)
And speaking of budget cuts, Entertainment One, the studio owned by Hasbro, is going through layoffs expected to impact 20% of its film and TV staff. “This workforce reduction is part of the ongoing transformational changes Hasbro announced in January to substantially reduce costs and increase growth rates and profitability,” said a Hasbro rep in a statement to Deadline. Hasbro is in the process of selling a majority stake in most of eOne’s film and television assets.
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“Windy City Rehab: Alison’s Dream Home” follows home renovation expert Alison Victoria as she transforms her Chicago office into a live-work space, starting Tuesday, July 25 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Canela.TV’s 2023 Verano Canela (Summer) programming schedule will include new originals and premieres across Canela Deportes, Canela Kids and Canela Music. Among the sports-related offerings: “El Score” premieres Wednesday, July 5 and magazine show “Campeonas” makes its debut Wednesday, July 19 on Canela Deportes.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Cooking competition “Best in Chow,” which has comedian Matt Richards scouring the country for outrageous concoctions, premieres Saturday, July 8 at 11a on A&E.
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Season three of Circle Network’s “Big Kenny’s Crank It Up Garage”premieres Thursday, June 29 at 10:30p. The series focuses one-of-a-kind projects like robots, vintage cars and more.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The voice cast of “Tiny Toons Looniversity,” Cartoon Network’s animated reboot reintroducing classic characters from the original “Tiny Toon Adventures” series, will include Ashleigh Harrison, Eric Bauza, David Errigo Jr., and Tessa Netting. “Tiny Toon Adventures” alums Jeff Bergman, Bob Bergen, and Candi Milo reprise their roles as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, and Dean Granny, respectively.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon, claiming the company tricked consumers into signing up for its Prime subscription service, and employed a “labyrinthine” process that made it hard for subscribers to cancel. “Amazon used manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as ‘dark patterns’ to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically-renewing Prime subscriptions,” said the FTC complaint. Amazon called the FTC’s allegations “false on the facts and the law.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
The farewell tour of music group CNCO will include a stop on Univision’s “Premios Juventud.” The band will perform their final single on July 20 at 7p in the Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot.
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Honorees for the 46th annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremony include Billy Crystal, Renee Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah and Dionne Warwick. Gloria Estefan will host the December 3 event, which is set to air on CBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV One has a slate of suspense movies on deck for summer. Leading the lineup is “First Comes Love Then Comes Murder” on Sunday, July 9 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
No Hard Feelings – Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick, Natalie Morales, Scott MacArthur, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Kyle Mooney, Hasan Minhaj, Jordan Mendoza, Amalia Yom,
Asteroid City – Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanksm Jeffrey Wright, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Jake Ryan, Grace Edwards, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Liev Schreiber
Kings of L.A (Limited Release) – Paula Jai Parker, Michael Pare’, Alimi Ballard, Stevie J., G. Perico, Janelle Marie Rodrguez, William L. Johnson, Darris Love, Cynda Williams
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