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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 1/17/24)
BRITOX: Blue Lights (Premiere)
CW: Wild Cards (Premiere) at 8pm
CW: Family Law (Premiere) at 9pm
DISNEY+: It Was Always Me (Premiere)
NAT GEO: at Geo: Trafficked: Underworlds With Mariana van Zeller (Premiere)
NBC: Chicago Med (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Chicago Fire (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: Chicago P.D. (Premiere) at 10pm
NETFLIX: American Nightmare (Premiere)
NETFLIX: End of the Line (Premiere)
HGTV: Help! I Wrecked My House (Finale) at 9pm
Broadcast and cable TV viewing in December 2023 versus the year prior was down 6% and 10%, respectively, according to Nielsen. For broadcast TV, December was down 4.3% from November 2023 in usage, while cable was up 1% for the month. Streaming platforms inched up 1.2% from November to December, accounting for a 35.9% share of viewing.
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Users will have access to over 150 3D movies on Apple Vision Probeginning February 2. With more pixels than a 4K TV for each eye, combined with an advanced Audio system, Vision Pro enables users to watch shows and films from streaming services including Apple Originals from Apple TV+, transport themselves to landscapes with Environments, and partake in new spatial experiences like Encounter Dinosaurs. Count Disney in – in addition to 3D content from Disney+ at launch, subscribers will get special animated screening environments. “At Disney, we’re constantly searching for new ways to entertain, inform, and inspire by combining exceptional creativity with groundbreaking technology to create truly remarkable experiences,” said Bob Iger, The Walt Disney Company’s CEO. “Apple Vision Pro is a revolutionary platform that will bring our fans closer to the characters and stories they love while immersing them more deeply in all that Disney has to offer.”
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More than half (53%) of connected TV users wish TV ads had a quick option to buy the product, according to a new LG Ad Solutions study, “The Shoppable TV Report: 2024 and Beyond.” Other highlights from the study, which surveyed more than 1,200 US consumers: 63% want to see inventory via their TV; 81% were influenced in making shopping decisions and 63% discovered new brands/products via TV ads. About 47% said they have made a purchase after seeing an ad on TV over the past three months and 70% said they like ads with QR codes, with 62% open to using one in the next 12 months and 38% likely to make a purchase after scanning.
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NBCUniversal has launched nine new entertainment and sports FAST channels from its television and streaming portfolio and the NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution library on The Roku Channel. FAST channels now include “GolfPass;” “Universal Westerns;” “American Crimes;” “The Lone Ranger;” “Top Chef Vault;” “Made in Chelsea;” “Oxygen True Crime Archives;” “Bravo Vault;” and “Lassie.”
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VIP 2000 TV and GoQuest Media have partnered to co-produce Turkish drama series “Kuma” / ‘’The Other Wife”. Stellar Yapim will helm the production. With more than 1,000 episodes, the series sold to more than 40 countries.
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Scripted TV and film production in Los Angeles has been slow to recover from the recent WGA and AFTRA strikes, according to Variety. Citing data from FilmLA, Variety said scripted TV production was up slightly in Q4 compared to Q3, but still below historic levels. Film production continued its decline even after the WGA and AFTRA strikes ended on September 27 and November 9, respectively. According to FilmLA, overall location filming fell 32.4% compared to 2022, including commercials and reality TV which weren’t directly impacted by the strikes.
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Hidden camera series “Impractical Jokers” returns to truTV on February 8 at 10p, with new episodes featuring a fresh roster of celebrity guests including Harvey Guillén (“What We Do in The Shadows”), comedians Roy Wood Jr. (“The Daily Show”), Bobby Moynihan (“SNL”), Michael Ian Black (“Wet Hot American Summer”) and Kim Field (“Living Single”), plus a special appearance by ALF the puppet. Next month also marks the second annual Impractical Jokers Day, declared by the Borough of Staten Island to be held on the first Monday in February.
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Controversial Mexican TV icon Alfredo Adame will join Telemundo reality series “La Casa de los Famosos” on January 23 at 7p. He joins the list of personalities already announced: Daniela ‘La Bebeshita’ Alexis, Silvia ‘La Bronca’ Del Valle, Sophie Durand, Pedro ‘La Divaza’ Figueira, Thalí García, Carlos Gómez, Mariana González, Ariadna Gutiérrez, Alana Lliteras, Fernando Lozada, Clovis Nienow, Gregorio Pernía, José Reyes, Lupillo Rivera and Maripily Rivera.
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“Crisis Point” premieres Monday, January 22 at 9p on Reelz, with three back-to-back episodes. The caught-on-camera crime show allows viewers to ride along for the action.
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FOX News Channel’s primetime coverage of the 2024 Iowa caucusesdelivered 2.8 million viewers and 402,000 among A25-54 younger demo. MSNBC drew 1.1 million P2+ viewers and 143,000 among A25-54, while CNN counted 688,000 viewers and 194,000 in the demo.
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The January 15 airing of the 75th Emmy Awards averaged a 0.85 ratingamong aA18-49 and 4.3 million total viewers, making it Fox’s most-watched Monday unscripted telecast since June 15, 2015 (excluding sports) and its most-watched Monday entertainment programming since May 16, 2022. This was the first Emmy Awards broadcast against an NFL playoff game (it usually airs in August), giving the ratings bump extra cachet.
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