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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 9/12/23)
MTV: The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards Pre-Show at 6:30pm
MTV: The 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at 8pm
CW: The Swarm at 9p
FX: Welcome to Wrexham at 10p
NETFLIX: Glow Up
PARAMOUNT+: Football Must Go On
FOX: Beat Shazam (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: Don’t Forget the Lyrics! (Premiere) at 9pm
Just in time for “Monday Night Football”: Disney and Charter Communications reached a carriage agreement, ending the blackout of 18 Disney cable channels and eight ABC stations that began on August 31. “Our collective goal has always been to build an innovative model for the future,” said a statement from Disney CEO Bob Iger and Chris Winfrey, President CEO of Charter. “This deal recognizes both the continued value of linear television and the growing popularity of streaming services, while addressing the evolving needs of our consumers.’”
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Part of the deal includes the Disney+ Basic ad-supported offering being provided to customers who purchase the Spectrum TV Select package. ESPN+ will be provided to Spectrum TV Select Plus subscribers; the ESPN flagship direct-to-consumer service will be made available to Spectrum TV Select subscribers upon launch. Charter will maintain flexibility to offer a range of video packages at varying price points based upon different customer’s viewing preferences. Charter also will use its distribution capabilities to offer Disney’s direct-to-consumer services to all of its customers, in particular its broadband-only customer base, for purchase at retail rates. These include Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+, as well as The Disney Bundle.
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Spectrum TV will have access to 19 networks from Disney, including Disney Channel, FX and the Nat Geo Channel, in addition to the full ESPN network suite, along with the ABC Owned Television Stations. No longer included in Spectrum TV video packages are Baby TV, Disney Junior, Disney XD, Freeform, FXM, FXX, Nat Geo Wild, and Nat Geo Mundo.
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The show will go on – and so will picketers. Season four of “The Drew Barrymore Show” is slated to premiere September 18, without writing work covered by the WGA strike. While most daytime talk shows are allowed to run because they do not employ writers who are part of the union, “Drew” an exception, and the WGA scheduled picketing outside the NYC studio for Monday and Tuesday of this week. “It has stayed off the air since the strike began on May 2nd but has now (unfortunately) decided to return without its writers,” said a guild spokesperson. Picketers handed out WGA pins – and at least two would-be audience members were escorted out for wearing them, a move resulting from “heightened security concerns” that Barrymore was unaware of, according to a show spokesperson.
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Barrymore said she has decided to proceed with her show because it is “bigger than just me. I own this choice,” wrote Barrymore on Instagram. “We are in compliance with not discussing or promoting film and television that is struck of any kind. We launched live in a global pandemic. Our show was built for sensitive times and has only functioned through what the real world is going through in real time.”
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Telemundo’s “El Señor de los Cielos: Sus Comienzos” debuts Wednesday, September 13-Friday, September 15 at 10p. The three-parter tells the origin story of the cultural phenomenon.
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Speaking of origin stories, “Psycho: The Lost Tapes of Ed Gein” delves into the origins of the grave robber and killer who inspired classic horror films, starting Sunday, September 17 at 10p on MGM+.
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Allen Media Group has launched thee new HD television court series:“Mathis Court with Judge Mathis,” “Justice for the People with Judge Milian,” and “Equal justice with Judge Eboni K. Williams.” The daily one-hour strip series launched nationwide on broadcast television stations, cable, and digital distribution platforms.
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Meta is developing an AI system intended to be as powerful as the most advanced model offered by OpenAI, reports The Wall Street Journal, and several times more powerful than the one Llama 2, released two months ago. Meta aims to start training the new AI system, known as a large language model, in early 2024, sources told WSJ.
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MTV and TelevisaUnivision are teaming for a simulcast of the 2023 “VMAs” tonight at 8p on UniMás, with an encore on Univision at 11:30p. As part of the live simulcast, UniMás will feature original live, in-show commentary from Univision’s Alejandra Espinoza.
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CNN is airing discovery series “José Andrés and Family in Spain.’” The six-parter, debuting Sunday, September 24 at 9p, follows the life of chef and humanitarian José Andrés.
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Disney film “Haunted Mansion,” inspired by the theme park attraction,begins streaming on Disney+ on October 28. The movie opened in theaters on July 28.
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“Thursday Night Football” returns to Prime Video on Thursday, September 14 at 7p. Unlike previous seasons, the schedule features teams that make multiple appearances on Prime Video, including Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets, who host the Dolphins on Black Friday and then face the Browns in the “TNF” season finale on December 28, and the Pittsburgh Steelers, who host the Titans on November 2 and the Patriots on December 7. In addition, the production and engineering teams are rolling out new enhancements and innovations throughout the second season aimed at deepening the viewing experience.
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Tennis Channel is the exclusive US media home of the Davis Cup Finals Group Stage, today-September 17. The six-day event will feature 16 national teams in four European cities, with the chance to be one of the eight that will qualify for the Davis Cup Finals in November.
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“The Little Mermaid” made a big splash on Disney+ this weekend, as the most viewed Disney movie premiere on Disney+ since “Hocus Pocus 2,” garnering 16 million views in its first five days streaming.
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Great American Family closed out August up a whopping 169% in Total Day Household ratings, with an audience of 79,000 and 0.06 rating the week of August 27.
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