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FOOD NETWORK: Battle of the Decades (Premiere) at 10pm
NETFLIX: At Home with the Furys (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Chosen One (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Depp vs. Heard (Premiere)
ABC: The Wonder Years (Finale) at 9:30pm
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Selina Wang is joining ABC News as Senior White House Correspondent. Wang had been CNN’s correspondent in China. Rachael Bade and Asma Khalid are also joining the ABC News political team as a contributing political correspondent and a contributor, respectively. Bade was previously senior Washington correspondent and co-author of “Playbook” at POLITICO, and Khalid was NPR White House correspondent and co-host of the “NPR Politics Podcast.”
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Over at CNBC, Angelica Peebles is joining the network as Health and Pharmaceutical Reporter. Peebles, who covered consumer health for CNBC.com from 2017-20, joins from Bloomberg, where she most recently covered biotech from its Boston bureau.
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X users clicking on shortened links to websites frequently attacked by Elon Musk are finding it takes about five seconds to see those pages, according to tests conducted by The Washington Post. That’s versus one second or less for unaffected sites. Delays were noted on news organizations and X competitors like The New York Times, Facebook, Bluesky and Substack. “While we don’t know the rationale behind the application of this time delay, we would be concerned by targeted pressure applied to any news organization for unclear reasons,” said a NY Timesspokesperson, who said the paper had made “similar observations” of throttling.
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The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 2023 News & Current Affairs categories. The winners will be recognized alongside their American news peers during a ceremony in NYC on September 27. The 8 nominees span 6 countries: Brazil, Israel, Qatar, Sweden, Turkey and the UK. “In a world full of turmoil and conflict, the need for true journalistic voices is more vital than ever,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We salute the journalists around the world who take great risks every day to bring important human and political issues to the forefront.”
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Among the winners of the 75th Engineering, Science and Technology Emmy Awards are Nvision CEO/CTO Birney Dayto, who will receive the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award, and the National Association of Broadcasters, taking home the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award. The ceremony will take place October 18.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul reported revenue of $79.9 million for 2Q23,below analysts’ expectations of $120.1 million. In a call with analysts, CFO Jason Meier said the company plans to generate $15 million in savings from streamlining its digital and distribution businesses and creating a centralized organization. Chicken Soup has eliminated the Seattle headquarters of Redbox, which it acquired last year, in favor of fully remote employees there.
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In its latest proposal to the WGA, presented on Friday, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers offered concessions including giving showrunners greater authority to set staffing size on shows; stricter regulations on AI technology; and the sharing of streaming viewership data, reports TheWrap. While the WGA wants to use streaming data to raise residual payments, the AMPTP did not tie payments to viewership data.
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Fall film festival buyers must agree to the terms proposed for the guild’s new contract before acquiring projects being promoted under an interim agreement, said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator. “The contract contains assumption provisions which require any party that acquires rights under that collective bargaining agreement to assume the obligation to pay the residuals that are required by the contract,” Crabtree-Ireland told reporters during a Zoom call. As for resuming negotiations, “We very much want the AMPTP to come back to the table,” said Ireland.
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Season 12 of FX’s “American Horror Story” premieres Wednesday, September 20. This installment of the anthology series, titled “AHS: Delicate,” stars Kim Kardashian, Cara Delevingne and Emma Roberts.
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Ten infamous reality television villains gather under one roof for E! competition elimination series “House of Villains.” Hosted by Joel McHale, show kicks off with a 75-minute episode on Thursday, October 12 at 10p.
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Home transformations without major demolition are the specialty of Jenn Todryk, who returns for a third season of HGTV’s “No Demo Reno” on Thursday, September 14 at 9p.
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Unscripted food series “Order Up!”, a passion project from “Fresh Off the Boat” star Hudson Yang, premieres Thursday, August 17 on Paramount+.
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“Shining Vale” is back for season two on Friday, October 13. The Starz horror comedy stars Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino.
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Season ten of Fox’s “The Masked Singer” is kicking off earlier than planned – immediately following the NFL Double Header on Sunday, September 10. The show was initially slated to return September 27. The premiere will include a special celebrity performance and reveal “one of the biggest, can’t-miss unmaskings in the show’s history,” promises Fox. The episode will also feature the return of “The Masked Singer” alumni Michelle Williams and Rumer Willis, Joey Fatone and Bow Wow, Victor Oladipo and Barry Zito for new duet performances.
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Feeling groovy? Two-part documentary “San Francisco Sounds,” tracking the San Francisco music scene from 1965-75, premieres Sunday, August 20 at 10p on MGM+.
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Acorn TV’s original mystery series “Mrs Sidhu Investigates” premieres Monday, September 18, with additional episodes dropping weekly. Based on the BBC Radio 4 series of the same name, the four-episode series is created and written by Suk Pannu.
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All Sports Television Network is launching “Food & Beverage Roadshow” in 4Q23, featuring food and beverage purveyors that are a part of the sports world. College students and recent grads will play a role in the series and are currently being recruited as segment producers and on-camera talent.
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NBCUniversal is diving deeper into FAST with the launch of new channels on Roku, including “Murder, She Wrote,” “Little House on the Prairie,” “Saved by the Bell” and “Bad Girls Club,” as well as a rotation on The Universal Crime Channel that includes “Columbo” and “The Rockford Files,” and shows like “Punky Brewster” on the Teen NBC offering. “As FAST continues to gain incredible popularity in the marketplace, we’re excited to bring such terrific content options – including a strong roster of very well-known, fan-favorite programming – to our viewers,” said Jennifer Vaux, VP, Content Acquisition & Programming for The Roku Channel.
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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will take part in the eighth “Stand Up to Cancer” special airing Saturday, August 19 at 8p. During SU2C’s 2016 fundraising telecast, then-Vice President Biden spoke on behalf of his son Joseph “Beau” Biden III, who passed away from brain cancer in 2015. The biennial special will air on over 50 media platforms across the US and Canada.
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Fox News Channel will air special live programming surrounding the first Republican presidential primary debate on Wednesday, August 23 at 9p. Coverage begins with a 30-minute edition of “Jesse Waters Primetime” at 8p, followed by pre-debate coverage on “America’s Newsroom” at 8:30p.
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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is holding its third annual fundraising gala on October 14, celebrating the museum’s two-year anniversary and honoring Meryl Streep, Michael B. Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, and Sofia Coppola.
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“SportsCenter” anchor Sage Steele is leaving ESPN, in what the network characterized as a mutually agreed-upon parting of the ways. “Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercise my first amendment rights more freely,” posted Steele on Tuesday. “I am grateful for so many wonderful experiences over the past 16 years and am excited for my next chapter!”. Steele was removed from the air on ESPN after her comments on politics and social issues drew criticism.
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NBC’s “American Ninja Warrior” and ABC’s “The Bachelorette” shared the top spot in the demo on Monday with a 0.4 rating among A18-49 each, while a rerun of CBS’ “The Neighborhood” drew the most viewers, with 3.3 million.
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