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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 2/23/24)
NETFLIX: The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: Married to the Game (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: Poacher (Premiere)
(SATURDAY 2/24/24)
E!: E! Life From The Red Carpet: Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards 2024 at 6pm
NETFLIX, YOU TUBE, TILTOK: 2024 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Pre-Show Red Carpet at 7pm
NETFLIX: The 2024 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards at 8pm
LIFETIME: Where is Wendy Williams? (Part 1) (Premiere) at 8pm
OXYGEN: Cold Justice (Premiere) at 8pm
NAT GEO WILD: Rock Rapids Vet 9-1-1 (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Shane Gillis, Musical Guest: 21 Savage at 11:30pm
(SUNDAY 2/25/24)
OXYGEN: Sin City Murders (Premiere) at 7pm
A+E: WWE Rivals (Premiere) at 8pm
LIFETIME: Where is Wendy Williams? (Part 2) (Premiere) at 8pm
HISTORY: The Food That Built America (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL: Expedition Bigfoot (Premiere) at 9pm
AMC: The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (Premiere) at 9pm
CNN: Vegas: The Story of Sin City (Premiere) at 10pm
PARAMOUNT: Bar Rescue (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: Signs of a Psychopath (Premiere) at 10pm
Amazon has scheduled an upfront event for May 14, courting advertisers during a period that in the past was set aside for traditional TV advertisers. Amazon had previously participated in New Front events for streamers, but will now join Netflix and more traditional programmers attempting to sell the bulk of their ad inventory for the next programming cycle. Amazon is expected to spotlight not only its Amazon Prime Video service, but Prime Video Sports, Twitch, Amazon Freevee and Amazon Music.
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Two days before her self-produced documentary is slated to debut on Lifetime, former talk show host Wendy Williams has gone public with her diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Aphasia affects language and communication abilities, while FTD impacts behavior and cognitive functions. Williams’s daytime talker “The Wendy Williams Show” was canceled in June 2022 amid concerns over her health. The two-night documentary – “Where is Wendy Williams” – is slated to air February 24 and 25.
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Paramount+ has renewed the reboot of “Frasier” for a second season.The series, starring Kelsey Grammer, debuted in October, picking up 20 years after the original series finale, with Frasier returning to Boston to reconnect with son Freddy.
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Black-owned digital video network Culture Genesis struck an exclusive sales partnership with Pixability, as part of the latter’s Inclusive Media Initiative (IMI), a DE&I solution that aimed at ensuring investment in diverse communities and creators.
The partnership lets Culture Genesis combine its YouTube reserve multicultural inventory with Pixability’s network of participating IMI creators, providing scale and efficiency for advertisers to reach diverse audiences.
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Republica Havas, the Miami-based agency of Havas Group, unveiled a new campaign – ‘Segundo” – aimed at bringing awareness and education concerning the six-of-every-10 Alzheimer’s Disease sufferers that get lost on public roads.
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TV One announced several brand sponsors that will be participating in its “Urban One Honors: Best in Black” awards show, which premieres February 25 at 8p. Sponsors for the two-hour telecast include Ally, Procter & Gamble, Intuit TurboTax, Rocket Mortgage, Subaru, Walmart, and Walt Disney World Resort.
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Peacock has announced a new original series – “The McBee Dynasty: Real American Cowboys” – following patriarch Steve McBee, the founder of a family business, and his four sons. All 10 episodes of the series will stream on Peacock March 11, with the first episode of the program premiering on USA Network the same day at 11p and airing weekly thereafter.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Oxygen true crime series “Cold Justice” kicks off a new season on February 24 at 8p. The program, produced by Wolf Entertainment and Magical Elves, has led to 22 convictions and 56 arrests.
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HBO has renewed the original drama series “True Detective” for a fifth season. Issa López, who served as showrunner, writer and executive producer of season four of the series – “True Detective: Night Country,” which concluded February 18 – has signed a multi-year deal to create content exclusive to HBO and Max, including the next season of “True Detective.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO Original documentary “A Revolution on Canvas” debuts March 5 at 9p on HBO. The political thriller and verité portrait documentary, produced and directed by Sara Nodjoumi and Till Schauder (“When God Sleeps,” “The Iran Job”), dives into the mystery surrounding the disappearance of more than 100 “treasonous” paintings by Sara’s father, seminal Iranian modern artist Nickzad “Nicky” Nodjoumi.
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OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will premiere an OWN Spotlight one-hour special on March 2 featuring a conversation between Winfrey and 2024 Honorary Academy Award Recipient, Angela Bassett, for a retrospective look at the acclaimed actress’ four-decade career.
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Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Miami” three-part reunion will begin February 28 at 9p, with parts two and three shifting to a special time – Thursdays at 8p. Host Andy Cohen will sit down with Guerdy Abraira, Lisa Hochstein, Julia Lemigova, Dr. Nicole Martin, Alexia Nepola, Larsa Pippen and friends Kiki Barth, Adriana de Moura and Marysol Patton to discuss this season’s biggest moments.
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HGTV’s 12-episode series “House Hunters: All Stars” will premiere March 21 with back-to-back episodes at 8p and 8:30p. The show features a lineup of network DIY stars.
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But will they wear Prada? Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt will be among the presenters at the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards — 18 years after the release of the 2006 film “The Devil Wears Prada.” The ceremony, produced by Silent House Productions in partnership with SAG-AFTRA, will stream live globally on Netflix February 24 at 8p from the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall.
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Hulu has made a series order for “Chad Powers,” a half-hour comedybased on a sketch that was part of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning’s “Eli’s Places” series on ESPN+. Manning and his brother Peyton Manning serve as executive producers of the series, as do creators Glen Powell and Michael Waldron and Jamie Horowitz, Ben Brown and ESPN. The series stars Powell as a former hotshot college quarterback, who after his career is ruined by bad behavior, disguises himself and walks on to a struggling Southern football team.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Impact Network has entered into a multi-year licensing partnership with A+E Media Group, which will provide Impact with a library of premium content, including “Roots” and “Black Patriots: Heroes of the Revolution hosted by Kareem Abdul Jabar” from the History Channel; and Lifetime unscripted series “Bring it” and movie “The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel.”
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Qatar will be the setting for a charity football match on February 23.“Match for Hope” will raise money and awareness for the Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, a non-profit providing educational opportunities to disadvantaged children globally. The exhibition will see teams led by internet celebrities and athletes facing off at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan.
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More than 9.4 million fans tuned in to last weekend’s Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series, with games on ABC averaging 1.37 million viewers, up 21% from last year. Sunday’s New York Islanders/New York Rangers contest averaged 1.57 million viewers, up 38% from last year and was the most-watched Series game since 2019. Saturday night’s Philadelphia Flyers/New Jersey Devils match averaged 1.13 million viewers, up 8% in the P18-49 demo.
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Fox News’ nightly news/comedy show “Gutfeld!” is still killing it in late night, even with the return of Jon Stewart to Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” on Mondays. FNC notes that the February 19 episode of “Gutfeld!” delivered 2 million viewers, versus 1.3 million for “The Daily Show.”
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MOVIES
Ordinary Angels – Alan Ritchson, Hilary Swank, Amy Acker, Nancy Travis, Tamala Jones, Drew Powell, Skywalker Hughes, Nancy Sorel, Dempsey Bryk, Stephanie Sy, Emily Mitchell, Erik Athavale, David Lawrence Brown, Paul Essieembre, Ryan Allen, Gwendolyn Collins, Andrea del Campo, Sharon Bajer
Drive-Away Dolls – Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Beanie Feldstein, Joey Slotnick, C.J. Wilson, Colman Domingo, Pedro Pascal, Bill Camp, Matt Damon, Connie Jackson, Annie Gonzalez, Gordon MacDonald, Sam Vartholomeos, John Menchion
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba (Animated) – Netsuke Hanae, Zach Aguilar, Abby Trott, Akari Kito, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Hiro Simoni, Aleks Le, Bryce Papenbrook
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $525 million.
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $376 million.
Powerball is played in 43 states.
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