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DISCOVERY: Expedition Bigfoot (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY+: NCT 127: The Lost Boys (Premiere)
FXX: Archer (Premiere) at 10pm
HGTV: Bargain Block (Premiere) at 9pm
MAGNOLIA: In with the Old (Premiere) at 8pm
MAGNOLIA: Design Down Under (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Miss Adrenaline: A Tale of Twins (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Heart of Invictus (Premiere)
PBS: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (Finale) at 10pm
X is going to start accepting political ads, which have been banned from the platform since November 2019, when it was known as Twitter. “We’ll continue to apply specific policies to paid-for promoted political posts,” said the company in a blog post. “This will include prohibiting the promotion of false or misleading content, including false or misleading information intended to undermine public confidence in an election, while seeking to preserve free and open political discourse.” The company added it will provide a global advertising transparency center so anyone can review political posts being promoted on X, in addition to “robust screening processes” to ensure only eligible groups and campaigns are able to advertise.
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A one-hour special honoring the late Bob Barker is set for tomorrow, August 31 at 8p on CBS. “The Price Is Right: A Tribute to Bob Barker” will he hosted by Barker’s successor, Drew Carey, who took over hosting duties in 2007. “This tribute to the legendary Bob Barker will bring back great memories for generations of ‘The Price is Right’ fans who loved Bob, his humor, his ability to connect with contestants and his innate talent for making the most out of every moment,” said Daytime Programs SVP Margot Wain. Barker died August 26 at age 99.
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Disney has been hit with another lawsuit for making “materially misleading statements and/or omissions” regarding the financial state of Disney+. In an August 23 filing, Disney is accused by a shareholder of engaging in “a fraudulent scheme designed to hide the extent of Disney+ losses and to make the growth trajectory of Disney+ subscribers appear sustainable and 2024 Disney+ targets appear achievable when they were not.”
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A Univision news crew was robbed at gunpoint in Chicago while they were working on a series of live shots about recent armed robberies. The reporter, who told Block Club Chicago his story is “total irony,” and an accompanying photographer were unharmed; all that was taken that was of value was a video camera.
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Late night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver are teaming for a limited series podcast, “Strike Force Five,” launching today on Spotify. The proceeds of the show will go to late night staffers impacted by the writers’ strike.
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HBO canceled controversial drama “The Idol” after one season. “’The Idol’ was one of HBO’s most provocative original programs, and we’re pleased by the strong audience response,” said an HBO rep. “After much thought and consideration, HBO, as well as the creators and producers, have decided not to move forward with a second season.”
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Amazon is sticking to its back-to-the-office policy, despite complaints from employees – and a petition signed by thousands – about the company’s approach. At a recent internal event, CEO Andy Jassy told staffers to comply with the return-to-office plan or consider employment elsewhere, reports CNN. “We are going back to the office at least three days a week,” Jassy reportedly said at the meeting.
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The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the 2023 Gold and Silver Circle Inductees who will be feted at the 44th Annual News & Documentary Awards on September 27 and September 28 in New York. Gold circle News inductees include David Martin, National Security Correspondent, CBS News; John Quiñones, ABC News Correspondent, “20/20,” “Nightline,” “Good Morning America” and Anchor, “What Would You Do,” ABC News; and Dan Rather, Anchor, Journalist, Founder, News and Guts. Gold Circle Documentary inductees include Jon Alpert, Documentarian, Journalist, Cofounder of DCTV and Keiko Tsuno, Documentarian, Journalist, CoFounder of DCTV.
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Vornado Realty Trust is closer to its achieving its years-long goal to redevelop Pier 94 on Manhattan’s West Side. Hudson Pacific Properties and Blackstone are backing a project to transform the space into a film and TV studio, joining the City of New York and New York City Economic Development Corporation. Sunset Pier 94 Studios is being billed as a “home to both state-of-the-art film and production technology.”
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Mass FX Media (“The Social Dilemma,” “Jewel Thief”) is moving to a custom-built studio that will expand the company’s post-production capabilities while bringing the Colorado film community access to the region’s premier Dolby Atmos theater for sound mixing, color grading and QC screenings.
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Vanessa James has joined “Tamron Hall” as the talker’s promo voicefor season five. Most recently James voiced promos for the CW’s “Run the Burbs” and CBS’s “Superfan.”
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Romantic drama “Vuelve a Mi” kicks off Monday, October 9 at 9p on Telemundo. The show follows a woman of humble means, who begins a relationship with a man unaware he is one of the owners of the company where she works to support her son and sister.
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Season two of Circle Network’s “Austin City Limits: Country” premieres Wednesday, September 6 at 9p. “The city of Austin and the iconic ‘Austin City Limits’ program is dear to my heart and has been a steady part of my career in music,” said host Ray Benson. “Anyone who’s a fan of the last several generations of country music won’t want to miss this.”
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Paramount+ drama “The Gold,” commissioned in partnership with the BBC, will debut in the US on Sunday, September 17, with two episodes. The series is inspired by the real-life events that took place on November 26, 1983, when six armed men broke into the Brink’s-Mat security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport and inadvertently stumbled across gold bullion worth £26m.
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“Nature” returns for season 42 on PBS on Wednesday, October 18 at 8p (check local listings). “Our ever changing and increasingly complex relationship with the natural world is on full display this season on ‘Nature’,” said Fred Kaufman, executive producer.
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PBS also welcomes back two dramas for fourth seasons. January 7 brings “Miss Scarlet and the Duke” at 8p, followed by “All Creatures Great and Small” at 9p.
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And season two of “Alma’s Way” debuts Monday, September 18 on PBS Kids. Among the first week of episodes is one which features Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayer as herself.
Will Arnett, Brad Paisley, Darius Rucker, Bethenny Frankel, JB Smooove, Christie Brinkley and Adam DeVine are among the celebrity guest advisors on Fox game show “Snake Oil,” premiering Wednesday, September 27 at 9p. David Spade hosts and produces; Arnett is executive producer.
Google announced it will add AI tools from Meta, Anthropic and more to its cloud platform, part of the company’s news this week about new user benefits from generative AI and cloud technologies That includes advanced AI-optimized infrastructure for companies to train and serve models; developer tools to build models and AI-powered applications, with major advancements to Vertex AI for creating custom models and building custom Search and Conversation apps with enterprise data; and Duet AI, an AI collaborator that is deeply integrated in Google Workspace and Google Cloud. “We are in an entirely new era of digital transformation, fueled by gen AI,” said Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, in a blog post.
ABC’s “Once Upon a Time,” streaming exclusively on Disney+ since leaving Netflix, will also stream on Hulu starting September 1. It won’t be the fairytale drama’s first stop on Hulu – the show streamed there during its run on ABC.
COMING UP
Mexican cumbia group Los Ángeles Azules will receive the Billboard Lifetime Achievement Award at the “2023 Billboard Latin Music Awards,” where they will also perform. The ceremony will broadcast live on Thursday, October 5 on Telemundo, beginning at 7p.
HBO Documentary Films has acquired US and Canada television and streaming rights to “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project,” from directors and producers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson (“Stateless”), producer Tommy Oliver (“40 Years A Prisoner”), and executive producers Taraji P. Henson and Codie Elaine Oliver. The film will be available in theaters this fall ahead of its debut in 2024 on HBO and Max.
“Driven: The Tony Pearson Story” premieres Friday, October 6 on streaming platforms including Apple, Amazon, Google Play and VUDU. The feature film details the life and career of legendary bodybuilder Tony Pearson.
RATINGS
The premiere of Disney+ “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka” delivered 14 million views, reports the streamer, making it the most-watched title on Disney+ for the week. A view for Disney+ is defined as total stream time divided by runtime available.
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