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APPLE TV+: Invasion (Premiere)
HGTV: Bargain Block (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Destined with You (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On (Premiere)
CW: Nancy Drew (Finale) at 8pm
CW: Riverdale (Finale) at 9pm
USA: Temptation Island (Finale) at 9pm
Max ordered another round of “And Just Like That…”. “We are thrilled to spend more time in the ‘Sex and The City’ universe telling new stories about the lives of these relatable and aspirational characters played by these amazing actors,” said EP Michael Patrick King. “And Just Like That… here comes season three.”
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News anchor, journalist and author Wolf Blitzer and director/producer Barbara Kopple will be the Lifetime Achievement Honorees at the 44th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Blitzer will receive his honor at the News ceremony on Wednesday, September 27, while Kopple’s will be presented at the Documentary ceremony on Thursday, September 28.
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Direct Connection, Dodge brand’s performance parts line, and “Jay Leno’s Garage” have reteamed for a new line of co-branded car care products. “When it comes to really caring about and maintaining the most amazing vehicles in the world, there’s really no one better to team up with than Jay Leno,” said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand CEO.
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The Visual Effects Society announced the VFX practitioners who will be honored at a ceremony in October. VFX supervisor and VES founding member Tim McGovern will receive the 2023 VES Founders Award, and lifetime VES memberships have been awarded to McGovern, archivist and curator Sandra Joy Aguilar, producer and AMPAS Governor Brooke Breton and VFX artist agent and executive Bob Coleman.
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The 2024 Spirit Awards will include a new television category, Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series. The event takes place Sunday, February 25.
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More than half of respondents in a survey from Integral Ad Sciencecalled brand safety and suitability a top priority, and more than half of marketers said they have revised spending based on those concerns. Advertisers can achieve balance and protection, according to IAS VP of Research and Insights Jeremy Kanterman, with a strategy calling for measurement, calibration, and optimization. IAS has eight brand-safety category segments and five risk levels per category to help balance the strategy.
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It’s not just the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA on strike – crew members on a Food Network reality show are taking action, too. “The crew of ‘Worst Cooks in America’ are on strike in Long Island City as Bright Road Productions refuses to serve up fair wages and benefits,” posted IATSE on social media. “‘Worst Cooks’ serves up subpar wages; benefits not on the menu.” The series premiered in 2010.
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INSP renewed “Into the Wild Frontier” for a fourth season. The historical docudrama follows tales of survival among pioneers of the Western frontier.
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Comedy Central UK has greenlit game show “Out of Order.” The series, produced by Rumpus Media and hosted by comedian Rosie Jones, starts filming in the fall for a 2024 premiere.
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V10 Entertainment has partnered with digital production and distribution company Shorthand Studios to publish and distribute more than 1,000 hours of its digital content. The deal doubles their current output of digital content on YouTube and Facebook.
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Paramount+’s revival of “Frasier” launches Thursday, October 12 with two episodes. The first two installments will also air on CBS on October 17 at 9:15, following a super-sized episode of “Big Brother.”
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“All Rise” returns for the second of its third and final season on Saturday, September 16 at 9p. The courtroom drama premiered on CBS in 2019, and moved to OWN for season three in 2022.
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Game Show Network’s “People Puzzler” has been cleared in more than 90% of the US. The Debmar-Mercury pop culture game show starring Leah Remini premieres Monday, September 11.
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“Love Is Blind: After the Altar” debuts Friday, September 1 on Netflix, followed by the season five premiere of “Love Is Blind” on Friday, September 22.
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BritBox will debut crime thriller series “The Sixth Commandment” in North America and political drama “This England” in the US later this year.
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AXS TV has teamed with Spin Magazine for listicle series “Spin 100 Greatest Rock Stars,” premiering Monday, October 2 at 8p. “The problem with lists like this is they are invariably BS. So our prime objective was to make sure we didn’t do a BS list,” said Spin co-founder Bob Guccione Jr. “A rock star is, perhaps by definition, undefinable. They just are. They’re luminescent. Even when, in some cases, they didn’t want to be.”
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Demi Lovato, Karol G, Måneskin and Stray Kids are the first round of stars slated to perform at the 2023 “VMAs” on Tuesday, September 12th at 8p.
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“The Bachelorette” runner-up Joey Graziadei will get a second chance at love as the star of season 28 of “The Bachelor.” Graziadei starts handing out roses next year.
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“A Woman’s Prayer,” a comedy special from Kountry Wayne, premieres on Netflix on Tuesday, September 19. Stand-up comedian Wayne is currently on his “Help Is on the Way” tour. Shane Gillis (“Bupkis”) special “Beautiful Dogs” hits the streamer Tuesday, September 5.
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HBO documentary “Donyale Luna: Supermodel” debuts Wednesday, September 13 at 9p. The film chronicles the life of the first Black model to grace the cover of Harper’s Bazaar (1965) and Vogue (1966).
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OutKick will host one-hour “OutKick on Fox” on Sunday, August 27 at 10p on Fox News Channel. OutKick founder Clay Travis and hosts Tomi Lahren and Charly Arnolt will offer opinions on sports, culture, and other topics, with guests Riley Gaines, host of the “Gaines for Girls” podcast, columnist Mary Katherine Ham, and former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom.
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Home appliances producer Midiea announced Manchester City striker Erling Haaland as its Official Global Brand Ambassador. The announcement is the latest extension of Midea and Manchester City’s partnership that began in January 2020 and was renewed in May.
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The Association of Pickleball Players has partnered with Lexus to make the car the Official Vehicle of the 2023 APP Chicago Open, held August 30 – September 3. The agreement expands the partnership between Lexus and the APP that started in 2022.
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The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 final on Fox was the most-watched non-USWNT WWC final in US English language TV history, with 1.658 million viewers and a peak of 2.446 million viewers.
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Telemundo’s Spanish-language coverage of the FIFA Women’s World Cup scored record-breaking viewership during the Group Stage, up 57% versus 2019 held in France, highlighted by USA-Netherlands as the most-watched Group Stage Women’s World Cup match and second highest TAD ever in Spanish-language television history (only behind 2019 Final) with 1.5 million viewers.
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