FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 12/20/23)
BRAVO: The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip (Premiere) at 9pm
DISNEY+: BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star (Premiere)
DISNEY+: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Premiere)
DISNEY+:/HULU: Dragons of Wonderhatch (Premiere)
HISTORY: Engineering Disasters (Premiere) at 10pm
NETFLIX: Cindy la Regia: The High School Years (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Like Flowers in the Sand (Premiere)
CBS: Survivor (Finale) at 8pm
FOX: The Masked Singer (Finale) at 8pm
Apple TV+ has renewed period drama “The Buccaneers” for a second season. The series is based on the unfinished novel of the same name by Edith Wharton about a group of rambunctious young American women entering staid London society.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Also renewed for a sophomore run is Netflix’s “My Life with the Walter Boys,” which in its first full week topped the streamer’s English-language TV chart. The YA drama debuted on December 7.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Ride,” canceled by Hallmark after one season, has found a new home. The CW will start airing the rodeo drama, starring Nancy Travis (“Last Man Standing”) as a cash-strapped ranch operator, on Monday, January 22.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season six of FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” will be its last. Season five of the vampire comedy ended in August.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comcast’s Xfinity suffered a significant data breach when one of its software providers, Citrix, exposed customer information. “We are providing notice to customers about a data security incident which exploited a vulnerability previously announced by Citrix, a software provider used by Xfinity and thousands of other companies worldwide,” said the company in a statement. “We promptly patched and mitigated the vulnerability. We are not aware of any customer data being leaked anywhere, nor of any attacks on our customers.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
How sweet it is: Over $352 million was invested by nearly 150 candy companies through November of 2023, a 23% year-over-year increase from the $285 million spent during the same period in 2022, as well as a 10% increase in the number of companies advertising. That’s according to MediaRadar, which notes the top brands analyzed were M&M’s, Butterfinger, Nerds, and Werther’s Original.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The WGA is circulating a petition urging the Television Academy to return the “Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series/Special” categories to the primetime Emmys telecast. A letter accompanying the petition, signed by Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Jon Stewart and more talk show A-listers read, “As hosts of series eligible for the Emmy Awards’ ‘Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series/Special’ categories, we are profoundly disappointed by the Television Academy’s decision to not present this award during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards’ televised ceremony on January 15, 2024. Our programs could not exist without the tremendous work of our writers — as proven by the writers’ strike that shut down late night television for 148 days.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hearst Media Production Group has added to its library of Jack Hanna programming with episodes from “Jack Hanna’s Wild Countdown” and “Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild” from Into the Wild LLC. “HMPG is committed to the important work Jack started,” said Suzi Hanna, wife of the wildlife advocate. “Their extensive knowledge of producing and distributing engaging wildlife programming ensures Jack’s lifelong commitment to wildlife education and conservation will reach fans of all ages for years to come.” HMPG launched FAST channel The Jack Hanna Channel in 2021.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Octavia Spencer (“Truth Be Told”) and Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”) will star in and executive produce a comedy, as yet untitled, that focuses on two best friends, one of whom has been living a double life as an assassin. The eight-episode Skydance Television series from Tessa Coates (“Feel Good”) landed a straight-to-series order from Prime Video.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Zero Day,” a limited series starring and executive produced by Robert De Niro, has added to its cast. Among those jumping aboard are Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”), Dan Stevens (“Legion”), Matthew Modine (“Stranger Things”), and Bill Camp (“The Queen’s Gambit”). The show is in production in New York.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Molly Parker (“House of Cards”) will star in FOX’s “Doc,” centered on a brilliant doctor who suffers a brain injury that erases the last eight years of her life. The medical drama comes from writer, executive producer and showrunner Barbie Kligman, exec producers Hank Steinberg and 3 Arts’ Erwin Stoff, Sony Pictures Television and Fox Entertainment Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC’s “90 Day Fiancé: The Single Life” kicks off a new season on Monday, January 1 at 8p. The following week, on January 8 at 9p, comes the debut of a new season of “90 Day Diaries.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
New animated series “Rock Paper Scissors” premieres Monday, February 12 at 5:30p on Nickelodeon. The show is the first short picked up for series from Nick’s Intergalactic Shorts Program.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Paramount Media Networks scheduled a festive programming slate for the holidays across MTV, CMT, Comedy Central, Paramount Network, Smithsonian Channel and TV Land. A few highlights: MTV’s Fa-La-F***ing-La Movie Marathon on December 24; TV Land’s Merrython Encore on December 24-25; and a week-long “Yellowstone” marathon on Paramount Network.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FOX Nation is going for the funny in January, with comedic programming dropping throughout the month. Offerings include stand-up specials helmed by FOX News Radio’s Jimmy Failla and “Gutfeld!” co-host and New York Times author Tyrus on Wednesday, January 3.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FOX News Channel will ring in 2024 with two New Year’s Eve specials.“Who Can Forget 2023” airs at 10p, followed by a special hosted by the aforementioned Tyrus, who will take viewers through the most viral trends, the most downloaded songs, and more. The special will also include an appearance by wrestler Ric Flair, as he provides advice on how to turn things around in 2024.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Turner Classic Movies will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Columbia Pictures with a month-long event featuring films from different decades every Wednesday, starting January 3 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Ninja’s NYE,” a live entertainment option geared toward gaming and digitally native audiences for New Year’s Eve, will be multicast on the various platforms of Tyler “Ninja” Blevins and sponsored by Domino’s Pizza.
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Google has agreed to pay $700 million to settle a suit by state Attorneys General that accused it of monopolistic conduct in its app store. Epic Games, which took its own case against Google to trial, was not impressed. “The State Attorneys General settled with Google before trial to get a one-time payout with no true relief for consumers or developers,” said the company’s VP of Public Policy. “After originally seeking $10.5 billion in antitrust damages identified as Google’s unjustly collected fees, the States Attorneys General settled for a $700 million payout.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
With an average 1.7 million viewers on ESPN, the NCAA volleyball national title game was the most-watched NCAA women’s volleyball match in history, up 115% from last year. The audience was 51% female, with female viewership up 151% from 2022.
(Source: Cynopsis)
26.3 million viewers tuned in to watch the Bills defeat the Cowboys on FOX, up 23% from the comparable game last year, and the most-watched telecast of the week on any network.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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