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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 8/8/23)
HBO: Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets (Premiere) at 10pm
HULU: Only Murders in the Building (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Zombieverse (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: Never Seen Again (Premiere)
HGTV: Windy City Rehab: Alison’s Dream Home (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY: The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch (Finale) at 9pm
HISTORY: Beyond Skinwalker Ranch (Finale) at 10pm
NBC: Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge (Finale) at 10pm
“Shouldn’t we use a more reliable platform that can actually raise money for charity?” That’s what Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg said, following Elon Musk’s announcement that their proposed cage fight would be livestreamed on X, with proceeds going to veterans. Who to bet on? Musk had posted a video of himself lifting weights at work and noted, “If the fight is short, I probably win. If long, he may win on endurance.”
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HBO’s “Succession” was the big TCA Awards winner, named Program of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Drama. FX’s “The Bear” was no slouch, honored as Outstanding New Program and Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. “This was a landmark year for television, as we said goodbye to several powerhouse series while welcoming a new generation of shows and stars into this highly competitive landscape,” said outgoing TCO President Melanie McFarland in a digital presentation that replaced a live ceremony due to the writers’ and actors’ strikes. “Whether established hits or first-year favorites, our honorees exemplify the strength of television and the unique depth that it allows creators to explore. Though we are unable to gather in 2023, we sincerely congratulate each of this season’s winners, and we hope to celebrate in person in 2024.”
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The Writers Guild of America and the AMPTP met Friday but failed to come to terms on resuming negotiations. Where does the actors’ union stand? “They’re not speaking to us,” said SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher on “CNN This Morning” on Monday. As for the producers’ group saying, “Our only playbook is getting back to work,” Drescher responded, “You have to be able to negotiate and talk to the opposition to make a deal.”
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Season 40 plans for game show “Jeopardy!” have been “derailed” due to the writers’ strike, said executive producer and showrunner Michael Davies on the “Inside Jeopardy!” podcast. Instead of featuring new contestants, the show will invite back players from season 37 who lost their initial game; winners will advance to a season 37 and 38 Champions Wild Card. Questions will include those written before the strike, and recycled material. Davies admits it’s not an optimal solution. “The best episodes are ones that feature our writers’ original material and the very best contestants that we put on the air playing [with] that original material,” he acknowledged.
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The IATSE has committed another $2 million in funding for members who have been affected by strikes, for a total of $4 million since June. “The painful effects of these work stoppages on our membership cannot be overstated,” said IATSE President Matthew Loeb. “As difficult as these times are, we have heard time and again that our members understand that this fight had to happen, and their collective support for the actors and writers help ensure they will receive that same support when we return to the bargaining table ourselves.”
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RedBird IMI, a joint venture investment platform between former CNN president Jeff Zucker and RedBird Capital Partners, has created nonfiction content company EverWonder with former Time president Ian Orefice. “I watched Ian launch an incredible production studio at Time,” said Zucker. “We can partner with him and back his vision for a non-scripted company of his own at a time when that kind of quality programming is in such great demand across the globe.”
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EarthxTV, the network focused on sustainability, has renewed three series: “Wild Wonders with Brooke,” “Defenders of the Wild, and “Ocean Wonders.” EarthxTV launched last year and is available in 50 million homes.
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Select season one catch-up episodes of “Killing It” will be available on YouTube and TikTok ahead of the comedy’s August 17 season two launch on Peacock. The series stars Craig Robinson (“The Office”) as a man looking to become a successful entrepreneur.
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New episodes of Cartoon Network’s “We Baby Bears” debut August 26 at 10a. Preschool superhero series “Batwheels” is back September 11 at 7:45a, and a 100th anniversary episode of “Teen Titans Go!” premieres September 23 at 9:30a. new series “The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe” makes its US debut on November 11 at 9a.
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BritBox leans into laughter this September to honor the premiere of its original series “Avoidance,” featuring UK comedian Romesh Ranganathan in North America and South Africa starting Wednesday, September 20. The platform will also premiere the latest season of “The Curse” in North America on September 6 and “Mrs. Brown’s Boys” in the US this autumn.
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Season two of puppet series “Donkey Hodie” debuts on PBS Kids on Monday, August 14. The same week also brings four new episodes of “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.”
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Bounce TV is launching a web series, “The Kickback,” as a companion to season three of “Johnson,” which launched August 5. These casual conversations feature the show’s core four cast members Deji LaRay, Thomas Q. Jones, Derrex Brady, and Philip Smithey discussing the themes featured in the show. A new “Kickback” will premiere on the network’s social channels, as well as on streaming service Brown Sugar, following each new episode’s Saturday night premieres.
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Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” which hit theaters in May, will premiere on Disney+ on September 6. Streaming subscribers will have access to additional content including Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men”) as King Triton performing the song “Impossible Child.”
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The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper will air a special episode with celebrity chef Bobby Flay as he examines how the pandemic changed the restaurant industry and the unique ways chefs and restaurants across the country have adapted. “Restaurant Nation: What’s Changed?” premieres Sunday, August 13 8p.
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Biannual fundraising special “Stand Up to Cancer” will air Saturday, August 19 at 8p on more than 50 media platforms, including all four major US broadcasters. “We started this movement in 2008 to save lives and it is remarkable to see that in 15 years our scientists have accomplished this goal through breakthrough research that intercepts and treats cancer in ways we never thought possible,” said Katie Couric, SU2C co-founder. “We will not stop until we make every cancer patient a long-term survivor.”
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Season two of “I Am Groot” launches on Disney+ starting Wednesday, September 6. The shorts follow a troublemaking twig, voiced by Vin Diesel.
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TLC’s “90 Day Fiance: The Other Way” on July 31 drove the network to rank as the #1 ad supported cable network excluding sports for a fifth consecutive week with W25-54 and W18-49. The spinoff was the number one cable program of the night with W25-54, W18-49 and W18-34, including a season high 1.52 Live+3 rating among W25-54. After-show “90 Day Fiance The Other Way: Pillow Talk” averaged a .96 Live+3 rating among W25-54, marking the highest rated Monday night “Pillow Talk” episode in three years with Adults and Women 25-54 and W18-34.
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Great American Family closed July up 143% in Total Day Household ratings. According to Nielsen, Great American Family also retained its position as TV’s fastest-growing network in 2023 to-date with the largest gains in Total Day Households (+165%) and Total Viewers (+161%); and Primetime Households (+141%) and Total Viewers (+139%). For the week of July 24, the network delivered an average102,000 P2+ viewers in Primetime and 91,000 in Total Day.
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“Jersey Shore Family Vacation” brought the heat to MTV. The premiere of the second half of the series’ sixth season delivered a 0.3 rating among Adults 18-49, up 306% from the past four weeks’ average Thursday primetime rating.
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