FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 12/8/23)
CBS: Norman Lear: A Life on Television (Premiere) 8pm
HULU: Culprits (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Great British Baking Show: Holidays (Premiere)
The CW: FBoy Island (Finale) at 9pm
(SATURDAY 12/9/23)
HULU: Maestra: Strings of Truth (Premiere)
MAGNOLIA: Northwest By Design (Premiere) at 1pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Adam Driver, Musical Guest: Olivia Rodrigo at 11:30pm
(SUNDAY 12/10/23)
FOX: MasterChef Junior: Home for the Holidays (Premiere) at 8pm
NAT GEO: Science Fair: The Series (Premiere) at 8pm
Yahoo News and Yahoo Sports are undergoing layoffs as part of an ongoing initiative to cut Yahoo’s workforce by 20% by 2024. Music editor Lyndsey Parker, senior MLB reporter Hannah Keyser and film and TV writer Ethan Alter are among the latest employees impacted. Video platform In the Know was also shut down. “As we work to elevate our category-leading properties to better serve customers, we need the right structure, talent and roles in place,” company spokesperson Sona Iliff-Moon told The San Francisco Chronicle. “That’s why we’re transitioning roles that no longer align with our business needs.”
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More than 1.5 in 10 entertainment workers in LA have lost their jobssince the start of the WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes, according to a new study from Otis College of Art and Design. Hollywood is 17% smaller now than it was in April 2023, with 24,799 workers losing their jobs. Now the strikes over and the pandemic is under control – but they are only part of the problem. The study points to a quartet of larger challenges to Hollywood’s model: Oversupply, a weaker investment environment, technological disruption, and foreign competition. “This study confirms what we have all seen and heard anecdotally over the last year: a notable contraction in the Hollywood economy,” said Dr. Patrick Adler, Principal at Westwood Economics and Planning Associates and Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong. “The decrease in entertainment employment predates the strikes, so despite relief that they have resolved, widespread challenges remain.
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WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner is partnering with ESPN and Disney Entertainment Television to share her story through various projects on their platforms. A documentary feature from ESPN Films and scripted series development with ABC Signature are in the works, along with an interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts. “The last two years have been the most harrowing, transformative and illuminating period of my life, and I am grateful to be in a place now to share my story with the world,” said Griner, who was detained in prison in Russia for cannabis possession. “I’m proud to partner with ESPN and Disney to share this very personal story because of its incredible potential to inspire hope around the world and their proven ability to do just that.”
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MTV renewed “Jersey Shore Family Vacation” for season seven. The second half of season six scored the series’ highest rating in two years, with its premiere episode the highest rated in four years.
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Ray Romano (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) will star in Netflix’s “No Good Deed.” The dark comedy from Liz Feldman (“Dead to Me”) follows three families trying to buy the same 1920s villa. Feldman serves as showrunner and executive produces with Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum for Gloria Sanchez Productions, along with Christie Smith and Silver Tree.
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Moonbug Entertainment and creative studio Toikido have unveiled their first collaboration project, “PeaKeeBoo”, an animation series for pre-school children and their families. Moonbug will produce the first season of “PeaKeeBoo,” which will be available globally on the Moonbug Kids YouTube Channel in 2024.
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Sean Penn has wrapped production on “War Through the Eyes of Animals,” a Ukrainian anthology film focused on animals affected by ecocide due to the war in Ukraine. Penn stars in the anthology’s final story, The Eagle, which pays tribute to a Ukrainian nature reserve around Chernobyl ravaged by war.
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TBS’ new series, “Stupid Pet Tricks,” will premiere with a sneak peek across TBS, Discovery, truTV and Animal Planet on Sunday, February 11 at 5p, with an encore airing later that evening. New episodes will debut on TBS every Monday at 9p beginning February 12. A reimagining of the David Letterman segment, the half-hour variety show is hosted by Sarah Silverman.
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“Norman Lear: A Life on Television” airs tonight at 8p on CBS. The special, presented by “Entertainment Tonight,” features new interviews with stars from Lear’s comedies, as well as an interview “ET” conducted in honor of the late, legendary producer’s 100th birthday.
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HBO Original documentary “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” debuts Monday, January 8 at 9p. The film explores the enduring influence of Nikki Giovanni, one of America’s greatest living poets and social commentators.
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Who will be ringing in the new year with Ryan Seacrest? ABC and Dick Clark Productions announced the lineup for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024,” airing Sunday, December 31 beginning at 8p. Onboard are Aqua, Doechii, Ellie Goulding, Green Day, Janelle Monáe, Loud Luxury x Two Friends with Bebe Rexha, Ludacris, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Paul Russell, Reneé Rapp with Coco Jones and Thirty Seconds to Mars.
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A CBS special covering the National Christmas Tree Lighting airs Friday, December 15 at 8p, hosted by country music artist Mickey Guyton and featuring musical performances by Darren Criss, Samara Joy, Ledisi, Maddie & Tae, St. Vincent, Joe Walsh and Dionne Warwick.
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“MTV Unplugged Presents: A Hip Hop 50th Celebration of Jersey’s Finest” debuts Thursday, December 14 at 9p on MTV. BET Media Group will encore the special on Friday, December 15 on BET and Tuesday, December 19 on VH1 at 8p.
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Google has launched AI model Gemini. “Built from the ground up to be multimodal, Gemini can generalize and seamlessly understand, operate across and combine different types of information, including text, images, audio, video and code,” said the company. “This means it has sophisticated multimodal reasoning and advanced coding capabilities.” There are three different sizes, Ultra, Pro and Nano, giving Gemini the flexibility to run on everything from data centers to mobile devices.
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The Republican debate on Wednesday night delivered 1.6 million viewers to NewsNation, the Nextstar net’s largest audience since its 2021 launch. The debate’s simulcast on The CW drew 2.5 million viewers, making it that network’s most-watched program since 2018. Viewership for the GOP debates have been falling since the cycle’s first one, on Fox News in August, which drew 12.8 million viewers.
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Actress Andrea Fay Friedman died December 3 of complications of Alzheimer’s disease. She was 53. Friedman, who had Down syndrome, costarred in 1989-93 drama “Life Goes On,” and made guest appearances on shows including “Touched by an Angel,” “ER,” “Saving Grace” and “Chicago Hope,” among others.
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STREAMING MOVIES
Leave The World Behind (Netflix) – Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, Kevin Bacon, Alexis Rae Forlenza, Vanessa Aspillaga, Josh Drennen, Erica Cho, Orli Gottesman
HOLIDAY SEASON OPEN STREETS 2023
On Sunday December 3, 10, and 17, from 12 noon until 6 p.m., Fifth Avenue will be open only to pedestrians between 48th Street to 59th Street. In addition, throughout the entire holiday season, moveable barriers will be placed on the east and west sides of Fifth Avenue, between 48th Street and 52nd Street.
SANTACON NYC 2023
This is happening on Saturday December 9, 2023.
https://santacon.nyc/the-official-home-of-santacon-nyc-copy/
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $395 million.
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $468 million.
Powerball is played in 43 states.
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