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WE TV: Love After Lockup (Premiere) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 9/16/23)
CBS: 48 Hours (Premiere) at 9pm
OWN: Love & Marriage: Huntsville (Premiere) at 8pm
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(SUNDAY 9/17/23)
CBS: 60 Minutes (Premiere) at 7:30pm
CBS: Yellowstone (Premiere) at 8:30pm
FOOD NETWORK: Halloween Wars (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Building Roots (Premiere) at 9pm
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HBO: Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (Finale) at 9pm
Disney has held exploratory talks about selling ABC and TV stations to Nexstar Media Group, reports Bloomberg. Media tycoon Byron Allen has also had early discussions with Disney, a source told the outlet. No comment from the companies, but at a Bank of America Securities conference this week, Nexstar advisor and former president Tom Carter said the company is interested in acquiring assets from legacy media owners like Disney.
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The WGA is not pleased with Bill Maher’s decision to bring back HBO’s “Real Time” without writers during the writers’ strike. “Bill Maher is obligated as a WGA member to follow the strike rules and not perform any writing services,” said the guild. “It is difficult to imagine how ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ can go forward without a violation of WGA strike rules taking place. WGA will be picketing this show.” Maher announced the show’s return on Wednesday, saying, “It has been five months, and it is time to bring people back to work. The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed to their satisfaction, but they are not the only people with issues, problems, and concerns.”
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Drew Barrymore was dropped as host of the National Book Awards over her decision to restart her talk show during the writers’ strike. “The National Book Awards is an evening dedicated to celebrating the power of literature, and the incomparable contributions of writers to our culture,” said a statement from the National Book Foundation. “In light of the announcement that ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ will resume production, the National Book Foundation has rescinded Ms. Barrymore’s invitation to host the 74th National Book Awards Ceremony.” Barrymore’s show is slated to return September, without written material covered by the WGA strike.
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“They are not land barons in feudal times, and we are not their serfs. How dare they think we are less than an enemy camp they need to step on in their insatiable appetite for greed?”, writes SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher in the latest issue of SAG-AFTRA Magazine. Adds Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, “Studio bosses have been behaving like petty tyrants rather than partners in creating great entertainment.” The actors’ strike started July 14, with no negotiations since.
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On the other side, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav told attendees at an investor conference this week he is spending a lot of his time with his peers “trying to resolve [strikes] as quickly as possible. Content is the backbone of what we do. We’ve got to get back to work, and we have to find a way to get to a solution that’s fair and makes everybody feel respected and rewarded fairly. That’s the number one priority here.”
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Netflix ordered a second season of “One Piece,” based on a Japanese manga series about the search for a lost treasure. The show landed at the top of Netflix’s English-language TV list.
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Lion Forge Entertainment and Penguin Young Readers struck an agreement to develop film and TV projects based on popular children’s books from the publisher. Initially selected for development are Wannabe Farms (Penguin Workshop, ages 8-12), North Pole Ninjas (Penguin Workshop, ages 3-7), Monster Juice (Grosset & Dunlap, ages 8-12) and The Pathfinders Society (Viking, ages 8-12).
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Apple TV+’s autumn slate of kids and family programming includes new series “CURSES!” launching Friday, October 27; season two of “Interrupting Chicken,” premiering Friday, September 29; and a new “Shape Island” Halloween special debuting Friday, October 20.
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Coming up from pocket.watch on its Ryan and Friends Plus SVOD service are “The Stella Show” (Saturday, November 11), “Hungry FAM: Snack with Santa” (Friday, November 24), and “KidCity: AI Attack” (Friday, February 23, 2024). Ryan and Friends Plus is a springboard, launching new shows into the pocket.watch viewing ecosystem.
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“John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams” premieres Friday, October 13 on Peacock. The anthology series from horror director, writer and producer Carpenter (“Halloween”) explores true tales of terror that took place in seemingly perfect towns.
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Superfans join survival experts in the new season of Discovery’s “Naked and Afraid,” debuting Sunday, October 15 at 8p.
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Streaming network ABC News Live announced new hours of weekday programming. Beginning Monday, September 18, ABC News’ Kayna Whitworth will anchor from 5-7p, joining Linsey Davis in the evenings, Kyra Phillips in the afternoons, and Diane Macedo in the mornings.
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Season seven of “Big Mouth” premieres Friday, October 20 on Netflix. Guest stars on the animated series include Megan Thee Stallion, Lupita Nyong’o, Stephanie Beatriz, Zazie Beetz, Padma Lakshmi, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Billy Porter, Rosie Perez, Brian Tyree Henry, Zach Galifianakis, Randall Park, Chloe Fineman, Beck Bennett, Zach Woods, Mark Duplass, Thandiwe Newton, Paul Scheer, Brandon Kyle Goodman, Jon Daly, and Andy Daly.
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Erica Campbell, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Israel Houghton, Tamela Mann,David Mann, Naomi Raine, and Michelle Williams will appear season two of BET+ drama “Kingdom Business,” set to premiere Thursday, November 2.
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“Nolly,” a miniseries starring Helena Bonham Carter (“The Crown”) based on the true story of a British TV soap star, launches Sunday, March 17 at 9p on PBS.
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BYUtv’s “Relative Race” premieres Sunday, September 17 at 8p. The reality show follows four teams racing across the US meeting relatives for the first time.
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“Keke Wyatt’s World” follows the R&B artist and mother of eleven children, starting Thursday, October 12 at 9p on WE tv. New episodes will be available Mondays on streaming service ALLBLK.
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Outdoor Channel goes off the grid with “Life on the Edge, a docuseries set in the Aleutian Islands, beginning Friday, September 29 at 9p.
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Disney Entertainment Television has commissioned four alumni from the nonprofit Ghetto Film School to create a short film in honor of their Hispanic and Latin American culture. The project, titled “Yo Recuerdo/I Remember,” weaves together four personal vignettes and runs on Hulu, and will be shared across DET’s digital platforms including ABC, ABC News, FX, Freeform, Hulu, National Geographic, Onyx Collective and ABC Owned TV Stations today through October 15.
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Max is marking Latino Heritage Month with “Celebrando Nuestra Comunidad,” amplifying voices that uplift and spotlight Latino talent and programming across Max brand social channels, led by Max’s Pa’lante!. Max is also partnering with Buzzfeed to host a classic Latino movie marathon at the New York Rooftop Cinema Club. Taking place on Friday, September 29, the movie marathon will be open to the public.
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Karol G will receive the Billboard Spirit of Hope Award at the 2023 “Billboard Latin Music Awards.” The award, created in honor of Selena, is given to the artist who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to civic, community and humanitarian causes beyond their artistic success. The awards broadcast live on Telemundo, Thursday, October 5 at 7p.
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FOX is opening restaurant-themed rage rooms and knife-throwing experiences on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1 to celebrate the return of “Kitchen Nightmares.” As fans smash away with “Kitchen Nightmares”-branded bats, small kitchen appliances, rolling pins, liquor bottles, vases and more, host and executive producer, Gordon Ramsay’s voice will encourage maximum breakage. The rage rooms will open in five markets: Los Angeles, Tampa, Las Vegas, Rochester, NY and Syracuse, NY.
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Panel discussion “Race and Democracy: The Facts and the Fury” is slated for Wednesday, October 4 at 7p on “TheGrio News with Marc Lamont Hill.” The panel will feature AP Race and Ethnicity Editor Aaron Morrison; AP Race and Ethnicity Writer Ayanna Alexander; theGrio’s Dr. Christina Greer, political analyst and host of “The Blackest Questions” on theGrio Black Podcast Network; and Marc Lamont Hill.
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FOX News Channel is airing a Bret Baier interview with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on “Special Report,” September 20 at 6p. It’s bin Salman’s first interview with a major American news network since 2019.
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Horror thriller “The Puppetman” makes its streaming premiere on Shudder on Friday, October 13 and part of Shudder’s “FearFest” lineup.’’
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Antenna TV’s “Witch-O-Ween Bewitched Marathon” airs Tuesday, October 31 starting at 5a. Episodes airing in primetime will be Halloween-themed.
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On a related note, Rewind TV airs its “Sabrina the Teenage Witch-O-Ween Marathon” on Halloween, starting at 6a. Halloween-themed episodes from the series will air in primetime.
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Octavia Spencer played Mother Nature in a short film at Apple’s fall event, quizzing Apple execs about the company’s plans to become fully carbon neutral by 2030. There were some promising answers – including the fact that the new Apple Watch is the first Apple product to be completely carbon neutral. The video has since gone viral.
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MOVIES
A Haunting In Venice – Kenneth Branagh, Tiina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Dylan Corbett-Bader, Amir El-Masry, Riccardo Scamarcio, Fernando Piloni, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jude Hill Ali Khan, Emma Laird
Dumb Money (Limited Release) – Paul Dana, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Myha’la Herrold, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Seth Rogen, Talia Ryder, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, Kate Burton
Camp Hideout (Limited Release) – Corbin Bleu, Ethan Drew, Amanda Leighton, Christopher Lloyd, Tyler Kowalski, Zion Wyatt, Jenna Raine Simmons, Josh Inocalla, Joshua Childs, Luca Alexander
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