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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 12/4/23)
HBO: Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning (Premiere) at 9pm
Netflix: Dew Drop Diaries (Premiere)
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares (Finale) at 8pm
Stephen Colbert returns to “The Late Show” today following surgery.The talk show was canceled last week as Colbert recuperated from a ruptured appendix. Tonight he’ll talk with Sarah Paulson and Jason Isbell, with Drive-By Trucker and his band the 400 Unit set to perform.
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Chelsea Handler is back as host of the Critics’ Choice Awards. “I am very happy and excited to be hosting the Critics’ Choice Awards again this year, as last year was one of the most fun nights I’ve had,” said Handler. “There is no greater reward than making fun of actors and then getting drunk with them afterward. It’s an honor.” The awards show airs Sunday, January 14 at 7p on The CW.
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Longtime HGTV star Hilary Farr has bid farewell to “Love It or List It.”After appearing in 258 episodes since the series premiered in 2011, Farr said, “’’Love It or List It’ has had such a true impact on so many lives, including mine, but now it’s time for me to embrace new challenges that have come my way. If this is my legacy, it’s a great one.”
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Drama “Riches” is ending after one season on Prime Video. “Much love to this incredible ensemble of actors and our fabulous crew. Thank you to everyone who supported,” posted series creator Abby Ajayi on Instagram. “So proud we got to make this show.”
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Netflix has renewed “The Upshaws” for season four. The multi-camera comedy series created by Wanda Sykes and Regina Hicks will have a 10-episode fourth season, with production scheduled to begin next year. The second half of season three (part five) is slated to premiere in spring 2024.
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“Reacher” scored an early season three renewal. The drama’s sophomore run kicks off December 15 on Prime Video.
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Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions has signed on to co-produce a RoboForce animated series. Aptly named “RoboForce: The Animated Series” is set in 2089, when a rogue code infects the Utopia Aegis 101. Brian Volk-Weiss will direct and executive produce the Nacelle project alongside Cisco Henson, Matt Kravitsky, Michael Goodman, Tom Stern and Gavin Hignight on behalf of Nacelle. Johnson, Garcia, Hiram Garcia and Brian Gewirtz will executive produce for SBP. “We love that it’s a story about redemption, second chances, and rising to the challenge as told through the eyes of funny, messed up, renegade robots who finally get their chance to shine,” said Garcia and Johnson.
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Amazon is developing a comedy series with Jamie Lee and Nikki Glaser. “Unsettling” follows two childless best friends in their 30s who agree to “go in” on a baby together. Written by Lee, the series is in development for Prime Video from Warner Bros. TV, Doozer Productions and Amazon MGM Studios.
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Acorn TV’s Jane Seymour-led series “Harry Wild” has been renewed for a third season. The mystery series starring and executive produced by Seymour will debut on the platform next year.
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Country music star Walker Hayes has signed on to executive produce a drama series inspired by his life. United Entertainment has acquired the Grammy-nominated artist’s life rights for the contemporary scripted series and will executive produce alongside him.
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A scripted series based on novel The In-Between is in the works. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, has secured the rights to the project adaptation of the book written by hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos. Vlahos will serve as an executive producer on the series. “I feel that my patients are living on through everyone hearing their stories and I am thrilled about the opportunity to share those stories on a different platform to reach even more people,” said Vlahos.
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Paramount+ series “HALO,” based on the Xbox game, returns Thursday, February 8. In season two, Master Chief John-117 leads his team of elite Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant.
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CBS will broadcast four new episodes of syndicated daily comedy game show “Funny You Should Ask” in a primetime special, “Byron Allen Presents Funny You Should Ask,” on Saturday, December 9 at 8p. Comedians featured include Allen, Adam Carolla, Whitney Cummings, Vivica A. Fox, Billy Gardell, Jamie Kennedy, Natasha Leggero, Jon Lovitz, Jeff Ross and Sheryl Underwood. Jon Kelley (“The Mole”) hosts.
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Fox is in the holiday spirit with “The Christmas Break,” focused on a couple traveling to Ireland for Christmas, who find themselves at a crossroads in their marriage. Starring Justin Long and India Mullen, the new television movie event from MarVista Entertainment airs Thursday, December 21.
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No. 2 Stanford and No. 1 seed Florida State will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division 1 Women’s College Cup championship match tonight at 6p on ESPN+ and ESPNU. It’s the first NCAA Division I women’s championship game between unbeaten teams. Tied with three women’s soccer championship titles, Florida State and Stanford rank behind North Carolina as the second-most successful teams in the competition.
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“Lawmen: Bass Reeves” ranks as Paramount+’s most-watched global series premiere of the year. Starring and executive produced by David Oyelowo, the series has achieved an average global audience of over 7.5 million.
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FOX News Channel’s “DeSantis vs. Newsom: The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate” was the second most-watched program in linear television on November 30, averaging a total of 4.75 million viewers and 742,000 in among A25-54, which represented nearly 73% of the cable news share in total viewers and 77% of the cable news share in the key demo, according to Nielsen. The encore of the debate from 12-1:30a averaged 706,000 viewers for a combined total of 5,456,0000 viewers and 1,050,000 in the demo.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce’ – $21 million
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – $14.5 million
Godzilla Minus One – $11 million
Trolls Band Together – $7.6 million
Wish – $7.4 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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