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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/7/24)
ABC: The Conners (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: Not Dead Yet (Premiere) at 8:30pm
ABC: Abbott Elementary (Premiere) at 9pm
BRITBOX: Bad Education (Premiere)
BRITBOX: Black Is the New Black (Premiere)
DISCOVERY: Expedition X (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD NETWORK: Tournament of Champions: The Qualifiers (Premiere) at 8pm
HULU: 50/50 Flip (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Love Never Lies Poland (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Luz: The Light of the Heart (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Rael: The Alien Prophet (Premiere)
ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to form a joint venture to build a new platform to house a streaming sports service. The platform brings together the companies’ portfolios of sports networks, certain direct-to-consumer (DTC) sports services and sports rights – including content from all the major professional sports leagues and college sports. The formation of the pay service, subject to the negotiation of definitive agreements amongst the parties, is scheduled to launch in the fall of 2024, and would be made available directly to consumers via a new app.
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Host and actor Mario Lopez will be the latest star to save Christmas after signing a multi-picture, multi-year deal with Great American Media, home to linear networks Great American Family, Great American Faith & Living, Great American Pure Flix, Great American Adventures, and digital channel, Great American Faith & Home. Lopez will be a major part of Great American Christmas 2024, where he will star alongside his wife Courtney Lopez in a holiday film for Great American Family.
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Workplace comedy “Animal Control” will get a third season on Fox, Fox Entertainment president of scripted programming Michael Thorn said Tuesday. The live-action comedy, which stars Joel McHale, launched last year as the network’s most-streamed debut ever and will launch its second season on Wednesday, March 6 at 9p. The series averages 5.2 million multi-platform viewers, including 2.6 million on Hulu, a lift of +302% from Live + Same Day.
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Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will officially rebrand to Hallmark Mystery with a new on-air look on March 6, while Hallmark Drama rebrands to Hallmark Family on February 28, the company said at the TCA Winter Press Tour. Other news: Make Her Mark, Hallmark’s women director’s initiative, will debut its first movie “Shifting Gears” March 23 on Hallmark Channel. Aimee Garcia and Paul Campbell will return to star in “The Cases of Mystery Lane: Death is Listening,” the second installment in the “The Cases of Mystery Lane” franchise later this year and original holiday film “Santa Tell Me,” is currently in production, reuniting Erin Krakow and Daniel Lissing from its longest-running series, “When Calls the Heart.”
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AMC Networks had plenty to report at its TCA Winter Press Tour session. Highlights include ALLBLK’s first competition reality series, “Deb’s House,” and new seasons of “Kold x Windy,” “Makeup x Breakup” and “Wicked City”; AMC action drama “Parish” premiering March 31; the season two premiere of AMC’s “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire” on May 12, with David Constabile (“Billions”) onboard as a guest star; a green light for AMC’s “The Terror: Devil in Silver,” the third installment of anthology series “The Terror”; detective drama series “Ellis” at Acorn TV; and a new reality series on WE tv, “The Braxtons,” reuniting the cast of “Braxton Family Values.”
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ABC’s The Bachelor Two-Night Event will begin on February 12 at 8p with the show headed overseas as Joey’s journey continues in Malta. On February 13, a cocktail party cliffhanger brings news of a trip to Spain where two one-on-ones and a group date lead to an emotional rose ceremony and a sneak peek at the rest of the season.
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TV One celebrates the 50th Anniversary of “Good Times” with a weekend marathon event featuring exclusive content from stars Jimmie Walker, Bern Nadette Stanis and Ralph Carter. The marathon begins February 9 at 8p, with two episodes of “Maude,” where Evans family matriarch Florida Evans, played by Esther Rolle, was first introduced, followed by all episodes from its six seasons on the air. Interviews with Walker, Stanis and Carter will offer behind-the-scenes glimpses of the series. Outside of the marathon, “Good Times” airs each Saturday on TV One.
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Max original drama “The Girls on the Bus” debuts on March 14 with two episodes, followed by one weekly through May 9. The series, from Warner Bros. Television, focuses on four female journalists covering the presidential campaign and stars Melissa Benoist, Carla Gugino, Natasha Behnam, Christina Elmore, Brandon Scott, with Griffin Dunne, Mark Consuelos, and Scott Foley.
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Lifetime’s “I Wasn’t Expecting a Baby!” premieres February 8 at 10p,with true stories of women unaware they were pregnant until they are just about to give birth.
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“Killer Performance” kicks off Monday, February 12 at 9p on Reelz with two back-to-back shows highlighting serial killers Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy. The series explores the personas of murderers who cry fake tears to manipulate the media and public in a disturbing attempt to exonerate themselves from their crimes.
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As Super Bowl LVIII approaches, FanDuel and BetMGM may have better luck placing ads before the game starts, according to EDO. While sports betting ad effectiveness grew 32% this season, pre-game spots packed the biggest punch (65% more effective vs. in-game ads) and in-game ads underperformed by 14% compared to the average Prime Time sports betting ad. FanDuel underperformed the average sports betting ad aired during this NFL season by 27% and its “Kick of Destiny” spot was 29% less engaging than the median-performing spot last year. At BetMGM, viewers were 90% more likely to engage with its ads during NFL programming, according to EDO.
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The New York Jets and Nike continue their support of Girls Flag Football, kicking off their Pilot Program to make the sport a high school varsity sport in New Jersey. The 2024 season marks the first time that girls flag football will be recognized as a varsity sport in high schools across New York, the eighth state to do so.
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Kids Universe said its animated preschool series Plim Plim has reached 34.7 billion lifetime views, with over 800 million monthly views, across its YouTube channels in six languages worldwide. The series expanded to Free-to-Air networks in 10 territories in Latin America and is available in nine Latin American territories via 24-hour cable TV channel in Spanish, El Canal del Payaso. Other milestones for the series include being named the No. 1 Made for Kids animated pre-school channel and the No. 7 in the category for all languages by Social Blade.
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