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ABC: Will Trent (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: The Rookie (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: The Good Doctor (Premiere) at 10pm
CW: Crime Nation (Premiere) at 8pm
HGTV: Renovation Aloha (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Risqué Business: Netherlands & Germany (Premiere)
TLC: Little People, Big World (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: Name That Tune (Finale) at 8pm
NBC: Quantum Leap (Finale) at 10pm
Paramount Global held early discussions with Comcast about a forming some kind of streaming partnership, reports The Wall Street Journal. Possibilities could include a joint venture with Paramount+ and Peacock. The challenging streaming economy is making unexpected bedfellows – word of the preliminary talks follows the surprise announcement that ESPN, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery are forming a sports streaming joint venture.
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Nickelodeon’s learning platform for pre-schoolers, Noggin, is shutting down later this year. The team that runs the subscription service was let go as part of Paramount Global’s layoffs last week.
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NBCUniversal’s digital movie service Vudu is being renamed Fandango at Home “in a few weeks,” according to an email sent to customers. “Fandango remains committed to super-serving fans with all their entertainment needs, and we are excited about the opportunities this rebranding brings to deliver a seamless and enjoyable service to our users,” said NBCU’s Cameron Douglas, SVP of OTT/Video Content Streaming, in a statement. Vudu launched with an internet set-top box in 2007, was acquired by Walmart in 2010, and purchased by NBCU-owned Fandango in 2020.
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ABC warhorse “Grey’s Anatomy” won the People’s Choice Award for TV Show of the Year on Sunday. Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” took the trophy for Comedy, and HBO’s “The Last of Us” won for Drama, while Hulu’s “The Kardashians” copped the prize for Reality Show and NBC’s “The Voice” was named Competition Show of the Year.
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Television Series winners of the Make-up Artists & Hair Stylists Awards include Netflix’s “The Crown” and “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,” HBO’s “The Last of Us,” Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show,” and ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”
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Kate Snow, co-anchor of weekday program “NBC News Daily,” is stepping down from her role as anchor of Sunday’s edition of “NBC Nightly News.” Said Janelle Rodriguez, EVP of Programming for NBC News, in a memo to staff, “Kate has been a major force behind ‘NBC News Daily’s’ early success, and we’re fortunate she’s now able to fully devote herself to the show.”
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Irony alert: George Santos, expelled from the House of Representatives last year after being charged with multiple counts of fraud, is suing Jimmy Kimmel, ABC and Disney. The disgraced former lawmaker has accused Kimmel of deceiving him into making videos on the Cameo app that were used to ridicule Santos on Kimmel’s late-night show. Santos is seeking $750,000 for the five videos he created that were played, along with damages to be determined at trial.
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Les Moonves, former CEO of CBS, has been fined $11,250 by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission for influencing an LAPD officer to keep accusations of sexual assault out of the press. The now-retired officer, Cory Palka, gave Moonves and other CBS executives advance warning about the investigation, and shared details of the accuser’s report. Those efforts failed – Moonves got the boot in 2018, and along with Paramount Global had to pay CBS shareholders to settle misconduct claims.
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Prime Video greenlit a documentary following Roger Federer during the final 12 days of his professional tennis career. The film, which started out as a home video, is directed by Asif Kapadia (“Amy”). “Initially, the idea was to capture the final moments of my professional tennis career so that I could have it later on to show my family and friends,” said Federer. “During my career, I tended to shy away from having cameras around me and my family, especially during important moments. But I didn’t see the harm in shooting this as it was never intended for the public. However, we captured so many powerful moments, and it transformed into a deeply personal journey. I am happy to be partnering with Prime Video because of their vast global reach and significant presence in the film industry.” The doc is a Lafcadia Productions production, produced by Lafcadia principal Kapadia and George Chignell.
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“Berlin,” the spin-off of Netflix hit “Money Heist,” has been renewed for a second season. “Berlin” was the streamer’s most-watched series globally during premiere week last year.
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RedBird IMI struck a deal to acquire All3Media (“Traitors”) from Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global for $1.45 billion. “All3Media is one of the world’s great content companies, and this gives us an incredible platform to continue to grow our expanding portfolio,” said RedBird’s Jeff Zucker. “The demand for new shows and ongoing existing series, both scripted and unscripted, makes All3 a perfect fit for us.” The deal will close in the second or third quarter, subject to regulatory approval; Alll3Media CEO Jane Thurton and COO Sara Greater will continue at the helm.
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Casting notes: Dennis Quaid will play a serial killer in Paramount+ drama “Happy Face,” opposite Annaleigh Ashford. Inspired by the true story of a murderer who left smiley faces on evidence, the series is produced by CBS Studios in association with King Size Productions, iHeartPodcasts and Semi-Formal Productions….Jaime Camil (“Jane the Virgin”) has joined the season two cast of NBC’s “Lopez vs Lopez” in a recurring role.
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HBO documentary trilogy “God Save Texas” explores one of the most controversial states in the union. Inspired by the book God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State by Lawrence Wright, the trilogy kicks off Tuesday, February 27 at 9p.
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On the new season of Discovery’s “Gold Rush White Water,” premiering Friday, March 8 a 8p, Dustin Hurt is forced to streamline his crew and come up with a new plan of attack for the deadly creek that nearly destroyed him.
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“POV” has acquired feature documentary “Who I am Not,” revealing the diversity of experiences in the intersex community and the struggle to achieve body autonomy. The doc will make its broadcast premiere on PBS as part of season 37 of “POV” this summer.
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The Puppy Bowl was the #1 non-sports cable telecast of the day on Super Bowl Sunday in all key adult demos. Simulcast across Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS, truTV, Max and discovery+ for its 20th year, Puppy Bowl delivered a 0.78, 0.54, 0.25, and 0.16 Livre+3 rating on Animal Planet, TBS, Discovery and truTV, respectively, in the A25-54 demo. Across all four networks, Max and discovery+ the simulcast reached 12.6 million viewers.
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Sports platform OutKick delivered 33 million total multiplatform viewsin January 2024, up 29% versus December and saw 33 million total multiplatform minutes, up 27% versus the prior month, according the Comscore.
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Music composer Ben Lanzarone died February 16 after battling lung cancer. He was 85. Lanzarone’s work was used on numerous TV shows, including “Dynasty,” “Mork & Mindy” and “The Love Boat,” among others.
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