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HULU/PEACOCK: Dragons: The Nine Realms (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Yu Yu Hakusho (Premiere)
NETFLIX: As the Crow Flies (Premiere)
PEACOCK: The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip (Premiere)
FOX: LEGO Masters (Finale) at 9pm
Anthony Anderson (“black-ish”) will host the 75th Emmy Awards. “With our industry’s recent challenges behind us, we can get back to what we love – dressing up and honoring ourselves,” said Anderson. “When FOX asked me to host this historic telecast, I was over the moon that Taylor Swift was unavailable, and now I can’t wait to be part of the biggest night in television.” The show takes place Monday, January 15 at 8p.
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The CW’s midseason schedule features movies on Sunday nights,starting January 7 with “The Wedding Planner.” Saturdays will include the net’s “I Am” series, debuting December 30 with “I Am Burt Reynolds.”
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Each year during the holiday season, Lifetime identifies a deserving woman who is given the “Gift of a Lifetime.” This year, Lifetime partnered with Blue Star Families to give not just one woman, but 11 military spouses this year’s “Gift of a Lifetime.” Lifetime treated them to a day all about them, from a festive tea to designer gowns, to a celebration featuring the stars of Lifetime’s It’s a Wonderful Lifetime holiday movie slate. The initiative will be shared on-air and across Lifetime’s social and digital platforms as part of this year’s It’s a Wonderful Lifetime.
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Peacock has ordered limited drama series “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” starring Kevin Hart, who also executive produces alongside Will Packer. Set in Atlanta, the series follows Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight and the criminal underground heist that followed.
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ReachTV will co-produce and distribute “The Reel Ones with Amir Arison,” highlighting filmmakers and the subjects of their short film documentaries. The series is co-created by Executive Producer Jesse Scolaro and Amir Arison, who will also host the show.
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“America’s Most Wanted” returns to FOX on Monday, January 22 at 8p,with original host John Walsh onboard – this time with his son, child advocate Callahan Walsh, as co-host. The series ran on FOX from 1988 until 2011, when it was picked up by Lifetime and ran until 2013. FOX revived the show in 2021 with Elizabeth Vargas as host. ”It’s an incredible time for America’s Most Wanted to return to FOX, especially in partnership with my son Callahan, to continue my lifetime’s work,” said John Walsh. “I’m in constant awe over how instrumental our loyal viewers are in ensuring we get justice for victims and their loved ones, and today, they have entirely new tools at their disposal to help us fight back and quickly solve even more crimes.”
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Apple TV+ true crime limited series “Manhunt” launches Friday, March 15. Based on the nonfiction book by the same name, the seven-parter follows the hunt for John Wilkes Booth following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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HGTV’s “Rico to the Rescue” kicks off a new season on Wednesday, January 24 at 9p. In the premiere episode, Rico meets homeowners whose contractor took more than $100,000 to start their home renovation but never finished.
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“Nature: Big Little Journeys” premieres Wednesday, January 10 at 8p on PBS (check local listings). The three-part mini-series follows the epic journeys tiny creatures take to find a home or mate.
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AXS TV trivia series “Cash Cab Music” debuts Monday, January 8 at 10p. Host Adam Growe gives passengers a chance to win prizes by answering questions about music.
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Adult animated comedy series “In the Know” premieres Thursday, January 25 on Peacock. “We love public radio. It’s engaging and comforting. But it also reflects aspects of ourselves that we’re embarrassed by,” wrote creators Zach Woods and Brandon Gardner. “Which is why we created a show about an NPR host who is, sadly, an only slightly exaggerated version of ourselves.”
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“Grimsburg” joins FOX’s animation domination block on Sunday, February 18 at 9:30p. That’s after its premiere with a special episode on Sunday, January 7 following the FOX NFL doubleheader. The series stars and is executive produced by Jon Hamm (“Mad Men”).
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Kate del Castillo (“La Reina del Sur”) and Santiago Cabrera (“The Flight Attendant”) have joined season three of “The Cleaning Lady,” premiering Tuesday, March 5 at 8p on Fox.
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Ken Jeong reunites with fellow “Community” alum Joel McHale as a guest on season two of FOX’s “Animal Control.” Sarah Chalke (“Scrubs”) will also guest star, and Krystal Smith (“Krissychiula”) will recur as a guest star.
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Alexander Siddig (“Shantaram”) will play a psychohistorian on season three of Apple TV+ drama “Foundation.”
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“Everybody Loves Raymond” alum Brad Garrett has joined season two of ABC comedy “Not Dead Yet” as a series regular.
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Connie Chung will present the Lifetime Achievement Honor to her husband, talk show host Maury Povich, on Saturday, December 16 at the Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards, kicking off at 12p. That ceremony will be followed at 8p by the 2nd Annual Children’s & Family Creative Arts Awards. The following day brings the 2nd Annual Children’s and Family Emmy Awards at 5p, hosted by Christopher Jackson (“Bull”) with a performance by the Harlem Globetrotters.
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MeTV bids farewell to 2023 with The Lasts on the Last, an afternoon celebration of finale and final season episodes from classic TV shows including “The Andy Griffith Show,” “The Brady Bunch,” “The Beverly Hillbillies,” and more, starting Sunday, December 31 12p.
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Meanwhile, FETV will Never Say Goodbye this New Year’s with finale episodes of FETV programs on Sunday, December 31, followed by the premiere episodes on Monday, January 1. Sister net FMC will be “Singin’ in the New Year” on New Year’s Day with a selection of classic musicals, including “Royal Wedding” (Fred Astaire), “Road to Bali” (Bob Hope, Bing Crosby), “Oliver!”, and more.
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“The Creator” drops on Hulu on December 20. The humans-versus-AI sci-fi film had an 83-day theatrical window.
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“The Night Agent” topped Netflix’s list of most-viewed titles in the firsthalf of 2023, with 812 million hours viewed. In the streamer’s new bi-annual “What We Watched” report, season two of “Ginny & Georgia” came in second with 665 million hours viewed, followed by season one of “The Glory” (623 million), season one of “Wednesday” (508 million) and “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” (503 million).
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Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ “To All a Good Night” last Thursday delivered the network’s #1 most-watched original movie premiere of the year to-date among key demographics, lifting HM&M to be the #2 entertainment cable network in Week and Weekend Total Day, second only to its sister network, Hallmark Channel. The film grew +67% from Live+Same Day to Live+3 viewing among W25-54.
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Actor André Braugher died December 11 after a brief illness. He was 61. Braugher won acclaim for both dramatic roles, including Emmy-winning turns on “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Thief,” as well as comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”
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