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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/4/24)
BRITBOX: Catch Me a Killer (Premiere)
BYUTV: Studio C (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD NEWTORK: Spring Baking Championship (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: MasterChef Junior (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Rock the Block (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT GEO: Queens (Premiere) at 8pm
NETFLIX: Hot Wheels: Let’s Race (Premiere)
TLC: Seeking Sister Wife (Premiere) at 9pm
Lifetime has greenlit “The Bad Guardian” (w/t), a film that sheds a light on the court-appointed guardianship system, starring Melissa Joan Hart and La La Anthony. Premiering later this year, the project is inspired by stories of individuals who have been put in the care of a guardian by the courts.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox ordered a second season of “Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars,” which last summer averaged 3.3 million multiplatform viewers. Production is moving from California to the UK. Said Fox Unscripted Programming President Allison Wallach, “Simply put, Gordon Ramsay has the golden touch in connecting with viewers and contestants across his impressive slate of shows.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Apple TV+ series “Foundation” has a new director for season three. Tim Southam (“One Piece”) will take over directing chores from David S. Goyer, who will continue to write and executive produce. The move follows a delay prompted by budget and production issues; production is scheduled to re-start March 6 in the Czech Republic.
(Source: Cynopsis)
BBC Studios is taking full ownership of BritBox International, acquiring ITV’s 50% share. “This is an important acquisition for us,” said Tom Fussell, CEO of BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial content studio and media and streaming business. “We are taking full ownership of a successful, growing service we know well and that fits with our stated ambition to double the size of our business. Britbox International has British content at its heart and it generates and satisfies demand for British shows outside the UK.” As part of the transaction, BBC Studios has extended its licensing agreements with ITV.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Apple TV+ is offering a “Great Movies” collection of 51 films for a limited time. Titles include the likes of “Titanic,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Kill Bill” and “Men in Black.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix has canceled “The Brothers Sun,” from Brad Falchuk (“American Horror Story”), who has a deal with Netflix, and Byron Wu. The comedic drama starring Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) as the mother of a gangster played by Justin Chien, peaked at number two on Netflix’s Top 10 English-language series, with weekly views under two million for its final two weeks on the list.
(Source: Cynopsis)
All six seasons of HBO series “Sex and the City” land on Netflix on Monday, April 1. The drop is part of a licensing deal between Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix that also includes “Ballers,” “Band of Brothers,” “Insecure,” “Six Feet Under,” “The Pacific” and “True Blood.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Hacks” is back for season three Thursday, May 2 on Max. The comedy starring Jean Smart and Hannah Enbinder debuts with two episodes, followed by two new episodes each week, concluding with the season finale on May 30.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A master miner travels across the country to show Americans how they can find $3 trillion worth of undiscovered gold in Discovery Channel’s “America’s Backyard Gold,” premiering Friday, March 15 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season two of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Dubai” kicks off Sunday, June 2, two years after the reality show debuted.
(Source: Cynopsis)
UPtv is living up to its name with four weekends of programming embracing love and faith for Easter season, starting with the cable debut of “The Singles Guidebook” on Sunday, March 3 at 7p. In addition to a new romance movie every Sunday night, the net is premiering Dennis Quaid music special “Fallen: A Gospel Record for Sinners” on Friday, March 29 at 7p, marathons of hit series, and Bible movies on Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday.
(Source: Cynopsis)
BET’s stand-up comedy franchise Comic View is returning to BET+ on Thursday, March 14 after a 16 year hiatus. Produced by Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat, the show is hosted by Mike Epps and features a lineup of comedians including Brandi Denise, Jayski, DC Young Fly, Tony Roberts, Navv Greene, Bresha Webb, Tommy Davidson, Lavar Walker, Tacarra Williams, and the televised standup debut of rapper, Tip “T.I” Harris.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NCAA March Madness Channel starts streaming Tuesday, March 19 on Freevee. The FAST channel includes March Madness men’s tournament highlights, classic full game replays and nostalgic “One Shining Moment” packages dating back to 1987.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Twenty-one New York Yankees regular season games will stream exclusively on Prime Video this season, free to Prime members in the Yankees’ home-team footprint. The first exclusive New York Yankees game on Prime Video is scheduled for Wednesday, April 10, when the Yankees host the Miami Marlins at 7p. Nineteen of the 21 games will stream on Wednesday evenings.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Katie Ledecky, the most decorated swimmer in history, is entering a partnership with Athleta as her dry land athletic apparel sponsor. Ledecky will also join Athleta’s Power of She Collective, a group of elite athletes that champion Athleta’s mission of empowering women and girls.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The premiere of “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live” set all-time records for both viewership and customer acquisition on AMC+. The episode delivered nearly 3 million premiere night viewers in Nielsen Live+3 ratings, the biggest premiere night audience for a new AMC series in six years, going back to 2018’s premiere of “The Terror.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Lifetime documentary “Where is Wendy Williams?” delivered an average 1.2 million total viewers in Live+3 across two nights, and boosted Lifetime to rank as the Top Cable Net in prime among W25-64 and W25-54. Additionally, Wendy Williams content on Lifetime over three nights including new doc, “Wendy Williams: The Movie” and the 2021 doc “Wendy Williams: What a Mess!” reached over 7.7 million Total Viewers. “Where is Wendy Williams?” accounted for 6.2 million total viewers across linear and digital to date.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The second episode of Food Network’s “Tournament of Champions”grew +11% from the season opener, posting a 0.89 P25-54 Live+3 rating, as well as a 0.97 among W25-54, driving Food Network to rank as the #2 non-news/sports cable network among P25-54 for the night. To date the new season has been seen by more than 7.1 million P2+ viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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Today’s Jackpot is $460 million.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Dune: Part Two – $81.5 million
Bob Marley: One Love – $7.4 million
Ordinary Angels – $3.9 million
Madame Web – $3.2 million
The Chosen: S4 Episode 7-8 – $3.2 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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