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Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” was the most-watched streaming original in 2023, with 16.9 billion minutes across 24 episodes, reports Nielsen. USA Network’s 2011-19 legal drama “Suits” was the most-watched title overall, with 57.7 billion minutes.
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CNN has added three on-air correspondents, who will continue as part of a group of rotating panelists on “The Chris Wallace Show” as well as appear across the network. On board are Joan Coaston, opinion writer at The New Yorker; Lulu Garcia-Navarro, from The New York Times Magazine; and Reiham Salam, President of the Manhattan Institute.
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Paramount Global has sold out ad inventory tied to its kids-and-family version of the Super Bowl on Nickelodeon, reports Variety. While most Super Bowl spots will air across CBS, Nick and Paramount+, those deemed inappropriate for kids (beer, R-rated movies) will be replaced by different spots.
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Allen Media Group has set Wednesday, April 24 as the date for its second annual AMG Upfront, from noon-2p at Avra Rockefeller Center. “The continued steady growth and expansion of Allen Media Group is phenomenal,” said Byron Allen, founder/chairman/CEO of Allen Media Group. “Our strong portfolio and innovative advertising solutions deliver immense value to our clients, and we are incredibly excited to showcase our unparalleled programming, events and technology to advertisers.”
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Nominees for Outstanding Drama Series for the 55th Annual NAACP Image Awards include Peacock’s “Bel-Air,” Hulu’s “Black Cake,” NBC’s “Found,” Netflix’s “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”; and FX’s “Snowfall.” Up for Comedy Series are ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” Prime Video’s “Harlem,” Netflix’s “Survival of the Thickest,” CBS’ “The Neighborhood,” and Hulu’s “UnPrisoned.” The ceremony airs Saturday, March 16 at 8p on CBS; for a complete list of nominees, go here.
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FilmRise greenlit season two of “Killers: Caught on Camera.” “Season 1 performed very well for us in the global market and we are excited to take the second season out to our international buyers,” said Ben Barrett, Global Head of Content Financing & Partnerships, Unscripted, Blue Ant Studios.
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Also renewed for a second season is newsmagazine “America in Black,” featured on BET, Paramount+ and CBS News Streaming Network. Hopping aboard this go-round are BET News anchor Ed Gordon, “CBS Mornings” host Vladimir Duthiers and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien.
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Cream Productions is partnering with investigative journalist CarolynOssorio for “Imperfect Witness,” a four-part docuseries on serial murderer Gary Ridgway, aka the Green River Killer. Ossorio created and hosted the true crime podcast “The Shadow Girls.”
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Mormon wives who are swingers are the subject of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.” The reality series is in development for Hulu at Jeff Jenkins Productions. Rob Mills, EVP, Unscripted & Alternative Entertainment at Walt Disney Television, broke the news at a Realscreen event.
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BBC Arts has commissioned docuseries “Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar” (w/t). Kim Kardashian is among the executive producers, along with Kari Lia and Hamish Fergusson. The three-parter, a box set series for BBC Two and iPlayer, is being shopped by Fremantle.
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Casting notes: Kayla Wallace (“When Calls The Heart”), James Jordan (“Yellowstone”), Mark Collie (“Nashville”) and Paulina Chávez (“The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia”) have joined the cast of Paramount+’s latest Taylor Sheridan drama, “Landman,” as series regulars. They join series star Billy Bob Thornton …. Jennifer Nettles (“The Exorcist”) will play the ex-wife of Kevin Bacon’s character in upcoming Prime Video action series “The Bondsman.”…Checking in to ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” for season three are Josh Segarra (“The Big Door Prize”), Kimia Behpoornia (“Hacks”) and Benjamin Norris (“Never Have I Ever”) in recurring roles.
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Season two of HGTV’s “Lil Jon Wants To Do What?” launches Monday, February 12 at 10p. The renovation series delivered over 12.7 million total viewers its first season.
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NBC’s “Password” starts its sophomore season on Tuesday, March 12 at 10p. Joining hosts Jimmy Fallon and Keke Palmer will be celebrity guests Chance the Rapper, Laverne Cox, Nikki & Brie Garcia, Lauren Graham, Wiz Khalifa, Jimmy Kimmel, Johnny Knoxville, Liza Koshy, Howie Mandel, Joe Manganiello, Joel McHale, Meghan Trainor, Lindsey Vonn and Roy Wood Jr.
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“Is It Cake?”, Netflix’s baking show starring “SNL’s” Mikey Day, is back for season three on Friday, March 29.
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TBS is kicking off a five-city “Stupid Pet Tricks” tour on February 3. The goal: find guests for the network’s Sarah Silverman-hosted show, premiering with a sneak peek across TBS, Discovery, truTV and Animal Planet on Sunday, February 11 at 5p. New episodes will debut on TBS every Monday at 9p beginning February 12.
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PBS Masterpiece has picked up buzzy UK drama “Mr Bates vs The Post Office.” The ITV four-parter dramatizes the miscarriage of justice when the Post Office blamed local branch managers for missing money, accusing hundreds of theft and fraud, when in fact the problem was caused by errors in the Post Office’s computer system. The show is averaging 13.1 million viewers per episode across the pond. “The producers of this powerful drama have reignited the public interest in the Subpostmasters’ 20-year quest for justice,” said Susanne Simpson, Masterpiece EP. “I’m incredibly proud that we will bring this story to the American audience.”
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ESPN will present the 2024 Pro Bowl Games in Orlando, Florida, featuring NFL stars competing in ten made-for-television skills highlighted by a 7-on-7 Flag Football Game. “The Pro Bowl Skills Show” will air on Thursday, February 1, at 7p. On Sunday afternoon, the Pro Bowl Games will include the Flag Football Game, with four additional skills competitions intertwined within the telecast, airing on ESPN, ABC, Disney XD and ESPN+ (February 4, 3-6p). A Spanish-language edition of both days’ events will be available on ESPN Deportes.
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Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has formed a joint venture with Fuel TV to create FUEL TV branded SVOD and FAST channels. The companies will combine their respective content catalogs for for Fuel TV Surf and Fuel TV Snow, and create two new channels, Fuel TV Skate and Fuel TV Bike.
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CNN’s “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper” returns Sunday, February 4 at 8p with “What Whales Tell Us.” CNN’s Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir follows the humpback whale migratory journey from Antarctica to the coast of Colombia.
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“Far Haven” makes its cable debut on INSP on Sunday, April 14 at 9p. The western drama stars a wrongfully accused man released from prison only to have to take on corrupt forces in his town.
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“Kemba,” based on the true story of a sheltered college student who falls in love with a man who turns out to be a drug dealing kingpin, premieres Thursday, February 22 on BET+.
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The NFC Championship Game on Fox drew 56,691,000 viewers, the network’s best NFC Championship Game performance since 2012, and the fourth most-watched non-Super Bowl telecast in network history.
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After the game, the season three premiere of “Next Level Chef” delivered 7.2 million total viewers and a 2.1 Live + SD rating among A18-49, television’s most-watched and highest-rated unscripted series telecast since its season two post-Super Bowl LVII premiere last year. “Next Level Chef” will make its time period premiere on Thursday, February 1 at 8p.
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Advertising and ad agency executive Ben Jankowski died January 27. He was 63. Jankowski, who retired as Group Head of Global Media at MasterCard in in 2021, held senior roles at OMD, MPG and BBDO, after starting his career at Grey Advertising in 1982.
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