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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/9/23)
ACORN TV: Harry Wild (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Stranded With My Mother-in-Law (Premiere)
TELEMUNDO: Vuelve a Mi (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Basketball Wives (Premiere) at 9pm
VH1: Basketball Wives: Orlando (Premiere) at 10pm
CW: Son of a Critch (Finale) at 8pm
CW: Run the Burbs (Finale) at 9:30pm
Netflix renewed “Castlevania: Nocturne” for a second season. The animated video game adaptation premiered on September 28.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season three of “Vikings: Valhalla,” set to air in 2024, will be its last.And that’s how the voyage is supposed to end. “With real historical figures, there are always more aspects of their lives that could be explored, but it made sense story-wise for our Leif, Freydis and Harald’s voyages to end with our third season,” said series creator Jeb Stuart. “We really cannot wait for the fans to see the conclusion of this chapter of history.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox’s “Welcome to Flatch” has been cancelled after two seasons. “While audience response was not as strong as we had hoped, we were thrilled with the creativity of the enormously talented Jenny Bicks and Paul Feig, as well as the outstanding, dedicated cast and crew they assembled,” said the network in a statement. “We look forward to collaborating with them again in the future.” The mockumentary was a remake of British comedy series “This Country.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
X/Twitter is testing three premium subscription tiers: Premium Basic, Premium Standard, and Premium Plus. Basic would come with full ads, Standard would replace the current $7.99 Premium plan with half the ads, and Plus would be ad-free. X CEO Linda Yaccarino discussed the new tiers in a briefing to X debt holders on Thursday. During a briefing last week, the company also said that while about 90% of its top advertisers have returned to the platform, they are bringing smaller budgets.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Rachel Smith is the new host of “Entertainment Tonight Weekend,” now broadcasting from NYC. Smith joined “ET” as a New York-based correspondent in 2019.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A season five contestant on Netflix social experiment “Love Is Blind” is suing production companies Kinetic Content and Delirium TV. Tran Dang says she was sexually assaulted by her former fiancé, Thomas Smith, during filming of the show, and alleges the encounter must have been taped and was ignored by producers. Responded the companies in a joint statement, “We support and stand with victims of sexual assault, but Ms. Dang’s claims against the producers are meritless ….Obviously, we cannot address undisclosed concerns, and throughout the time that Ms. Dang was involved in the production of ‘Love is Blind,’ she never informed the producers of any alleged wrongdoing of any kind. Nor did she choose to end her participation in the experiment. Instead, Ms. Dang continued in the experiment for weeks after the time her lawyers now claim an incident occurred. We deny and will vigorously defend the allegations against us.” Dang and Smith have not been featured on the reality show this season.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Anonymous Content (“True Detective,” “Mr. Robot”) cut about 8% of its staff on Friday. The layoffs affected all divisions at the company of approximately 170 employees. Anonymous Content joins Amazon, Max and more companies in cutting staff amid an economic environment hit by streaming TV shifts and the writers’ and actors’ strikes.
(Source: Cynopsis)
All three episodes of “Lost Women of Highway 20” debut Sunday, November 5 at 9p on ID, and “Feds” kicks off Tuesday, November 8 at 10p. Both true crime series come from Octavia Spencer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Wipeout” is back for season two on TBS on Tuesday, November 7 at 9p. Hosts John Cena (“Fast X,” “Peacemaker”) and Nicole Byer (“Nailed It!”) oversee the extreme sport competition.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Food Network’s holiday season kicks off Thursday, November 2 at 9p with “Christmas Cookie Challenge,” as hosts Ree Drummond and Eddie Jackson put the skills of cookie craftsmen to the test.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Turn On,” canceled by ABC after one episode in 1969 – before it even had its West Coast airing – is returning tonight at 7p on YouTube. While two of the three episodes that were shot resurfaced online recently, tonight’s presentation will include an introduction from the show’s producer, George Schlatter.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon” was the #1 most-viewed premiere of all time on AMC+ after three weeks of streaming data and is pacing to be the most-viewed season of any show in the history of AMC+. Sunday’s fourth episode of season one 1.1 million viewers on AMC in Nielsen Love+3 ratings and 392,000 A25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Average viewership per NFL game is up 9% to 18.8 million viewers versus last year. Prime Video’s football audience is up 14%, to an average 14.2 million games as of last week. Overall viewership on ABC/ESPN has jumped 30%, to 21 million, with all “Monday Night Football” games on ABC as well as ESPN.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Thursday Night Football” on Prime Video averaged 11.72 million viewers on Thursday night, an increase of 21% over last year’s comparable “TNF” game. The game also posted an increase of 33% over last year’s “TNF” match-up between the Commanders and Bears on October 13.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Costume designer Shawna Trpcic died suddenly on October 4. She was 56. Trpcic worked on “Star Wars” productions including “The Mandalorian” and “Ahsoka.” “She loved everything about being a part of these stories, including connecting with fans and being a part of that community,” said ‘Ahsoka’ showrunner Dave Filoni. “I feel like she has always been a part of ‘Star Wars.’ Her costumes tell a story, providing the suggestion of a life experience that happened before the cameras rolled. I loved collaborating with Shawna, and I will miss her presence.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
POWERBALL
Today’s Jackpot is $1.55 Billion.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Exorcist: Believer – $27.2 million
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie – $11.8 million
Saw X – $8.2 million
The Creator -$6.1 million
The Blind – $4 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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