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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 7/10/23)
A&E: Secrets of Playboy (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Secrets of Miss America (Premiere) at 10pm
ACORN TV: London Kills (Premiere)
FOOD NETWORK: BBQ Brawl (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD NETWORK: BBQ USA (Premiere) at 10:30pm
FOX NATION: Luxury Hunting Lodges of America (Premiere)
HGTV: Lil Jon Wants To Do What? (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Flip the Strip (Premiere) at 10pm
HISTORY: Dark Marvels (Premiere) at 10pm
HULU: Syndiality Noir (Premiere)
ID: People Magazine Investigates (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: StoryBots: Answer Time (Premiere)
TBS: Miracle Workers: End Times (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way (Premiere) at 8pm
TLC: 90 Day Pillow Talk: The Other Way (Premiere) at 10pm
UNIVISION: Enternamente Amandonos (Premiere) at 8pm
Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, scored over 30 million signups in its first 24 hours, and 90 million its first four days. The tally was “way beyond our expectations,” said Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday. But while an attorney for Twitter slapped Meta with a letter accusing it of being a “copycat,” Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri said on Threads, “The goal isn’t to replace Twitter. The goal is to create a public square for communities on Instagram that never really embraced Twitter and for communities on Twitter (and other platforms) that are interested in a less angry place for conversations.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
The striking WGA canceled picket plans on Saturday amid the NYC heat wave but plans for picketing Amazon’s Prime Day this week are moving full speed ahead. “We won’t let Amazon turn Hollywood into a gig economy with its Silicon Valley business practices,” said the guild, which has renamed Amazon’s mega sales event Crime Day, and also plans to picket Amazon Culver City Studios on Wednesday.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ariana Madix, whose reality show fame exploded when she discovered her “Vanderpump Rules” then-boyfriend was cheating on her with a costar, is the first contestant to be announced for season 32 of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.” “Say goodbye to the drama and hello to the dance floor,” said “DWTS” judge Derek Hough, introducing Madix on Friday’s “Good Morning America.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix has canceled “Snowflake Mountain” after one season. The reality show set a group of spoiled young adults in the wilderness without the comforts of home.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Yvette Nicole Brown (“The Black Lady Sketch Show”) and Television Academy Chair Frank Scherma will announce the nominees for the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards during a virtual ceremony on Wednesday, July 12 at 8:30a. The Emmys will be broadcast Monday, September 18 at 8p on Fox.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Food Network picked up a second season of “Summer Baking Championship.” The series is currently Food Network’s best freshman performer among W25-54 and P18+ since 2020 and among W18+ since 2019, with season one reaching nearly 12 million total viewers across Food Network, Max and Discovery+.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Velvet Hammer Media, the nonscripted production company, announced a minority investment from sports and entertainment company Endeavor. With a focus on both premium and global formats, VHM has secured multiple series greenlights with a range of streamers and networks, including “The Big Bakeover” for The CW, Roku’s “Empty Nest Refresh” and others.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Where can “Real Housewives of New York City” alums go to get a breath of fresh air – and a new show? For Bravo’s “Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crapple Lake,” “We wanted to send Sonja [Morgan] and Luann [de Lesseps] to a small town that had a lot of character. We scouted locations all over the country, but I knew my hometown of Benton, IL would be the perfect setting,” said Russell Jay-Staglik, executive producer and EVP of Current and Development for Jeff Jenkins Productions. “COVID had a very serious impact on the community, and this was the perfect opportunity to give back. By the time we wrapped filming, the ladies had built a playground, worked at the local dog rescue, planned several community events and so much more. I couldn’t be prouder of this show and hope everyone has as much fun watching as we did filming.” “Luann & Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake” debuted on July 9 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Survivalists find themselves stranded on a tropical island in the Pacific Ocean on new Discovery Channel series “Naked and Afraid of Castaways,” launching Sunday, July 30a t 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart,” starring and executive produced by Sigourney Weaver, premieres Friday, August 4 on Prime Video. The seven-parter is based on the novel by Holly Ringland.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Animated comedy “Praise Petey” premieres Friday, July 21 on Freeform. From creator, writer and EP Anna Drezen (“Saturday Night Live”), the series follows a former NYC “It Girl” who takes over as leader of her father’s small-town cult.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Spectrum News Challenge,” a weekly national game show hosted by Spectrum News 1 Southern California anchor Amrit Singh, returns Wednesday, July 12, in a new tournament style format challenging high school contestants. “Spectrum News Challenge” will air Wednesdays at 8:30p on all local Spectrum News networks and the Spectrum News App through September 20.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Caught in the Act: Unfaithful” returns for a second season in a new home, tomorrow, July 11 at 9p on MTV. The investigative series hosted by Tami Roman aired on MTV sib VH1 last time around.
(Source: Cynopsis)
This National Parents’ Day, Sunday July 23, PFLAG National will highlight people who support LGBTQ+ people of all ages with a special presentation of “PFLAG Parent Day” across ABC Owned Television Stations’ streaming platforms and PFLAG National social channels. “PFLAG Parent Day is a celebration of families and the parenting people fighting for a better world,” said Brian K. Bond, Executive Director of PFLAG National. “Ultimately, it’s a reminder: all of us can work together to create a world where everyone is celebrated, empowered and loved.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Streamer All Arts will premiere documentary “All Arts Doc: Little Island” on Tuesday, July 18 at 8p. The film explores NYC’s Hudson River Park.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FOX Sports is airing the 93rd MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard on Tuesday, July 11, at 8p. World Series champion Alex Rodriguez and Hall of Famers David Ortiz and Derek Jeter join veteran host Kevin Burkhardt as the FOX MLB studio team leads off the network’s coverage on Monday, July 10 at 3p on FS1 with the two-hour “Live at the All-Star Game” preview show.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On the football front, FOX Sports has welcomed former Alabama running back, National Champion and three-time NFL Pro-Bowler Mark Ingram II to “Big Noon Kickoff” beginning this fall. Ingram II joins analysts Matt Leinart, Brady Quinn, Urban Meyer and host Rob Stone on Saturdays at 10a.
(Source: Cynopsis)
U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe announced she plans to retire at the end of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. “It is with a deep sense of peace & gratitude that I have decided this will be my final season playing this beautiful game,” posted Rapinoe on Twitter.
(Source: Cynopsis)
All Elite Wrestling struck a multi-year agreement that will bring AEW’s premium matches and entertainment exclusively to ViX subscribers in Mexico, as well as countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bud Light has enlisted the help of three NFL stars for its Easy to Summer campaign. Super Bowl Champion and long-time Bud Light partner, Travis Kelce, kicked off the social content series with “Grunts,” and will be joined by George Kittle and Dak Prescott in additional social content going live across the brand’s social channels. NFL fans will also have the chance to win signed memorabilia by the three NFL greats.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Seven Warner Bros. Discovery networks, including Discovery, Food Network, HGTV, ID, TBS, TLC and TNT, helped deliver nearly a 35% share of viewing among A25-54 across ad-supported cable in primetime on Sunday, July 2. The network group also delivered nearly a 33% share of viewing among A18-49 across ad-supported cable that night. WBD owned four of the top five cable programs in Sunday prime: “90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days” (TLC, #1), “Match Me Abroad” (TLC, #3) and two premiere episodes of “The Great Food Truck Race” (Food Network, #4 and #5).
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On WBD’s Adult Swim, freshman series “Royal Crackers” debuted as the #1 new cable comedy among A18-49 so far in 2023, while new fantasy series “Unicorn: Warriors Eternal” ranked as the #1 new animated series on cable in the demo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Great American Family ranked as the fastest-growing network on TV for 2Q23 in Total Day Women 25-54 (+83%), Households (+214%) and Total Viewers (+216%); and Primetime Households (+178%) and Total Viewers (+167%).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hispanic-focused Mixed Martial Arts sports franchise Combate Global’s fight card on Univision on Sunday, July 2 at 11:30p, drew 716,000 P2+ viewers, including 359,000 – over 50% of the total audience – in the A18-49 demo, according to Nielsen.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Broadcast primetime shows this summer are averaging 1.84 million viewers, versus 2.11 million last summer, according to Nielsen Live+7 data. NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” is the most-watched broadcast series so far, with 7.7 million viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Actress Andrea Evans died July 9 of cancer. She was 66. Evans had roles on several soap operas, but was best known for playing Tina Lord on “One Life to Live.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Insidious: The Red Door – $33 million
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – $27.4 million
Sound of Freedom – $19.7 million
Elemental – $10 million
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse – $8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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