FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 9/29/23)
A&E: Killer Cases (Premiere) at 9pm
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PRIME VIDEO: Gen V (Premiere)
CBS: Secret Celebrity Renovation (Finale) at 8pm
(SATURDAY 9/30/23)
A&E: Cold Case Files: The Rifkin Murders (Premiere) at 8pm
ADULT SWIM: FLCL: Shoegaze at Midnight (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: Berserk of Gluttony (Premiere)
FOOD NETWORK: Hot Dish with Franco (Premiere) at 12pm
HIDIVE: Ragna Crimson (Premiere) at 10:30am
OXYGEN: Final Moments (Premiere) at 10pm
(SUNDAY 10/1/23)
ABC: America’s Funniest Home Videos (Premiere) at 7pm
CRUNCHYROLL: Berserk of Gluttony (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: MF Ghost (Premiere)
FOX: The Simpsons (Premiere) at 8p
FOX: Bob’s Burgers (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: Family Guy (Premiere) at 9:30pm
ID: Evil Lives Here: The Killer Speaks (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: The Night Logan Woke Up (Premiere)
TRAVEL: Jack Osbourne’s Night of Terror (Premiere) at 10pm
UNIVISION: Mira Quien Baila: La Revancha! (Premiere) at 7pm
UNIVISION: De Nocho Pero Sin Seuno (Premiere) at 9pm
SAG-AFTRA will resume talks with studios and streaming services on Monday. Several studio executives are expected to attend, as they did during the talks with the WGA that wound up with a new contract in a matter of days. The meeting will take place at union headquarters, instead of AMPTP’s offices, where they took place last year.
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AMC Networks has begun the roll-out of an ad-supported version of its AMC+ streaming service. Priced at $4.99 per month, new version includes an ad load of less than five minutes per hour and all of the same series and film titles that are offered on the ad-free version. “This ad-supported version of AMC+ gives consumers more flexibility while bringing ads to the only piece of our distribution ecosystem that wasn’t already ad-supported,” said Kim Kelleher, Chief Commercial Officer of AMC Networks. “We are also able to offer marketers new and innovative ways to reach consumers, like interactive and shoppable ads, more flexibility in product integrations, whole genre takeovers and other tech-enabled enhancements that weren’t possible before.”
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has a new streaming and broadcast home: Disney+ and ABC. The 2023 Induction ceremony will be broadcast live Disney+ from Brooklyn, New York, on Friday, November 3 at 8p, and will be available to stream following the ceremony. ABC also will air a special featuring standout moments on Monday, January 1 at 8p. The ceremony had aired on HBO since 1995.
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CNN picked up 10 Emmy trophies at the 44th News and Documentary Awards; Vice was second with nine. Outstanding Live News Program was “ABC World News Tonight with David Muir”; CBS’ “Sunday Morning” won for Outstanding Recorded News Program; “CNN Worldwide” took the prize for Outstanding Live Breaking News Coverage; and “60 Minutes” won for Outstanding Edited Breaking News Coverage.
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X (fka Twitter) will likely be profitable by 2024, maintained CEO Linda Yaccarino at this week’s Code Conference. “Now that I have immersed myself in the business, and we have a good set of eyes on what is predictable, what’s coming is that it looks like in early ’24, we will be turning a profit,” she said, adding that “90% of the top 100 advertisers” have returned to the platform in the past twelve weeks.
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Also at the event was former Twitter trust and safety head Yoel Roth, a late addition to the conference who had words of warning for Yaccarino regarding the online attacks she has undergone since joining the company. “Look what your boss did to me,” he said, referring to attacks on him by CEO Elon Musk that led to Roth being forced to move. “It happened after he sang my praises publicly. It happened after I didn’t attack him. I didn’t attack the company. I quietly left,” Roth said, then advised Yaccarino, “For those that you love, you should be worried. I wish I had been more worried.”
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X is cutting half of its global team dedicated to election integrity, including all four staff members based in Ireland, according to The Information. How did Elon Musk respond to the report? “Oh you mean the ‘Election Integrity’ Team that was undermining election integrity?”, he tweeted. “ Yeah, they’re gone.”
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“Got to Get Out” is in a Hulu. The social experiment, which tests the loyalties of a group of strangers vying for a major payday, comes from Wheelhouse. Glenn Hugill (“Deal or No Deal”), president of Wheelhouse’s UK arm, created the show, which will be produced by Wheelhouse’s Spoke Studios.
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A 15th season of “Ink Master” kicks off Wednesday, November 1 on Paramount+. Joining the judging panel this season is three-time “Ink Master”champion DJ Tambe. He joins returning judges Ryan Ashley, the first female tattoo artist to win the competition, and Nikko Hurtado, a premier color realism artist.
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Shudder has renewed “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” for a supersized sixth season. The expanded season will include more than 30 titles, starting with a series of seasonal specials, then transitioning to a new schedule beginning in March 2024.
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Asylum Entertainment Group announced an investment in newly launched production company Moon&Back Media. Based in London, Moon&Back Media was founded by producer Nigel Hall (“Britain’s Got Talent”), Dawn Airey (C4, C5, ITV, Sky) and talent manager Russ Lindsay (Ant & Dec, Simon Cowell).
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The Roku Channel has ordered a second season of “Morimoto’s Sushi Master.” The competition series hails from Ample Entertainment. “We’re proud to continue partnering with our amazing collaborators at Ample Entertainment and the icon himself, Chef Masaharu Morimoto, to serve up another season of this first-of-its-kind competition series for audiences to savor,” said Brian Tannenbaum, Head of Originals, Roku Media.
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Netflix confirmed a third season for “Alice in Borderland.” The new season of the dystopian Japanese thriller will be directed by Sato Shinsuke, who has directed several other Netflix series’ and films including “Inuyashiki,” “Death Note,” “Death Note: Light Up the New World” and “Kingdom.”
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NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” will look a little different when it makes its post-strike return on Monday. Instead of guests, the episode will be an hourlong “Closer Look” segment.
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“Paris Police 1905” premieres Tuesday, November 14 on MHz Choice. The period drama, a follow-up to “Paris Police 1900,” is based on real events.
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“True Detective: Night Country” premieres January 14 at 9p on HBO.The series’ fourth season will star Jodie Foster and Kali Reis with Issa Lopez serving as showrunner. Foster will also serve as the show’s executive producer.
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Season eight of “The Real Housewives of Potomac” launches Sunday, November 5 at 8p. There’s a new housewife in town – Nneka Ihim is a first-generation Nigerian-American from a well-to-do family, a successful lawyer and owner of multiple homes.
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BET+ nabbed US rights to upcoming UK series “In Love & Toxic: Blue Therapy.” The reality show, based on the viral YouTube series “Blue Therapy,” will follow the complex relationships of five young, diverse couples.
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Season two of “Spy x Family” premieres Saturday, October 7 on Crunchyroll after its broadcast in Japan. The series will be subtitled and dubbed in all of its territories, with new episodes premiering every week.
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Animated series “Hazbin Hotel” drops on Prime Video in January. The eight-parter follows Charlie, the princess of Hell.
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MGM+ has scared up a marathon of Halloween programming on October 31, starting at 11a with five episodes of “Chapelwaite,” based on a short story by Stephen King, on MGM+.
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HBO Original documentary film “No Accident” debuts Tuesday, October 10 at 9p. The doc follows the aftermath of the deadly Charlottesville, Virginia “Unite the Right” white nationalist rally in 2017.
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AXS TV’s “Heavy Metal Halloween” is back with in-depth artist profiles, performances and special themed episodes of AXS TV original series, starting with “Metal Massacre: The Story Of The Legendary Album,” on Saturday, October 28 at 9p.
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Real-life partners Jenna Dewan (“The Rookie”) and Steve Kazee (“The Rookie,” “Shameless”) star and executive produce “Devil On My Doorstep.” The movie, filmed earlier this year prior to the strikes, is part of Dewan’s overall production deal with Lifetime via her Everheart Productions with Kyle McNally, who is also an executive producer. The film premieres Saturday, November 11 at 8p.
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Disney Original Movie “The Naughty Nine” debuts Wednesday, November 22 at 8p on Disney Channel and Thursday, November 23 (Thanksgiving Day), on Disney+. The film centers on a crew of kids who plot an elaborate heist at the North Pole. Danny Glover (“Lethal Weapon”) stars as Santa Claus.
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“Sanctuary of Sin” premieres Sunday, October 1 at 9p on NewsNation. Anchored by Marni Hughes, the special will explore the investigation into a little-known religious order, the role it played in the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals, and how the Catholic Church is still protecting some of the church’s worst accused priests who are hiding in a compound.
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“Harry Potter” (Warner Bros.) star Michael Gambon has died at 82. The Irish-English actor played Dumbledore in the Harry Potter movies from 2004-2011, after replacing the late Richard Harris.
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MOVIES
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie – Dan Duran, Kristen Bell, James Marsden, Finn Lee-Epp, Lupton Handspiker, McKenna Grace, Christian Corrao, Marsai Martin, Callum Shoniker, Christian Convery, Taraji P. Henson, Lil Rel Howery, Chris Rock, Kim Kardashian, Saint West, North West, Alan Kim, Brice Gonzalez, Dylan Parthian
The Creator – John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Allison Janney, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Amar Chadha-Patel, Marc Menchaca, Robbie Tann, Ralph Ineson
Saw X – Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Synnove Macody Lund, Steven Brand, Renata Vaca, Joshua Okamoto, Octavio Hinojosa, Paulette Hernandez, Jorge Briseno, Costas Mandylor, Michael Beach, Isan Beomhyun Lee
The Kill Room – Samuel L. Jackson, Maya Hawke, Uma Thurman, Joe Manganiello, Debi Mazar, Mike Doyle, Matthew Maher, Gionna Daddio, Marianne Rendon, Larry Pine
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