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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/6/24)
FOX: The Masked Singer (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: Animal Control (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: My 600-lb Life (Premiere) at 8pm
ID: On The Case with Paula Zahn (Premiere) at 10pm
BRAVO: Bet it All on Blonde (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD: Guy’s Grocery Games (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Supersex (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Full Swing (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Program: Cons (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Cults and Kidnapping (Premiere)
BET: All the Queen’s Men (Finale) at 10:30pm
Presenters for the 96th Academy Awards have been finalized, with more stars set for ABC’s live show on March 10 at 7p. The latest crop of presenters are Emily Blunt, Cynthia Erivo, America Ferrera, Sally Field, Ryan Gosling, Ariana Grande, Ben Kingsley, Melissa McCarthy, Issa Rae, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlize Theron, Christoph Waltz and Forest Whitaker. They join previously announced presenters Mahershala Ali, Bad Bunny, Nicolas Cage, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Keaton, Regina King, Jessica Lange, Jennifer Lawrence, Matthew McConaughey, Kate McKinnon, Rita Moreno, John Mulaney, Lupita Nyong’o, Catherine O’Hara, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ke Huy Quan, Sam Rockwell, Octavia Spencer, Michelle Yeoh, Ramy Youssef and Zendaya.
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OWN will exclusively air the 17th Annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards on March 15 at 9p. The event, hosted by Cliff “Method Man Smith, takes place on March 7 at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and recognizes the achievements of Black women in the film and television industry. The 90-minute OWN broadcast will showcase the event celebration, including red carpet arrivals. This year’s honorees include Danielle Brooks; Halle Bailey; screenwriter and showrunner of “All American,” “All American: Homecoming” and “Found,” Nkechi Okoro Carroll; and Starz president of Original Programming Kathryn Busby.
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CBS has formally ordered a “Young Sheldon” spin-off focusing on Sheldon’s older brother Georgie (Montana Jordan) and his fiancée Mandy (Emily Osment) for the 2024-25 season. The series has been in the works since January and will mark the 22nd consecutive season showrunner Chuck Lorre will have a series on the network.
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A new drama series from Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, called “The Department,” will debut later this year on Paramount+. Based on French drama “Le Bureau des Legendes,” the show is directed and executive produced by Joe Wright (“Pride and Prejudice,” “The Darkest Hour,” “Atonement”). Writer Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth (“Ford v Ferrari,” “Edge of Tomorrow”) will executive produce and write all ten episodes. George Clooney and Grant Heslov will executive produce through their Smokehouse Pictures along with David C. Glasser and 101 Studios.
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Emmy-winning animated comedy series “Monsters at Work,” inspired by Disney and Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.,” will return for its second season with a special two-episode premiere on Friday, April 5 at 8p on Disney Channel and Disney XD. Subsequent airings will move to Saturdays, with two new episodes launching each week beginning at 10a on both channels, leading up to the series’ streaming debut on Disney+ on Sunday, May 5.
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Chip and Joanna Gaines will mark the tenth anniversary of their original HGTV show “Fixer Upper” on June 2 with another home renovation project series – “Fixer Upper: The Lakehouse.” The Gaineses’ own Magnolia Network and HGTV, the original home of the “Fixer Upper” franchise, will air the six-episode series across three weeks of double premieres, streaming same day on Max and discovery+. The original “Fixer Upper” series premiered on HGTV in 2014 and ran for five seasons and was rebooted as “Fixer Upper: Welcome Home” for the launch of Magnolia Network in 2021. Subsequent additions to the franchise include “Fixer Upper: The Castle” and “Fixer Upper: The Hotel.”
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Peacock will debut documentary special, “Good One: A Show About Jokes” on March 26. An adaptation of the popular Vulture comedy podcast, the documentary features stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia and his journey to develop new material, with interviews from other funnymen including Seth Meyers, Hasan Minhaj and Atsuko Okatsuka.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox’s “The Real Full Monty,” a two-hour special inspired by the 1997 film “The Full Monty,” will debut in the US later this year. Produced by Spun Gold TV and Fox Alternative Entertainment, the special is based on the international unscripted format that has aired in the U.K., France and the Netherlands. Featuring a daring group of male celebrities who will share their personal stories of how cancer has impacted their lives, the program will raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer testing and research.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO Original stand-up comedy special, “Ramy Youssef: More Feelings” will debut March 23 at 10p on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.
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Spectrum TV celebrates Women’s History Month with a collection of movies for free on demand and for rent spotlighting key women throughout history. Free movies available on demand March 5-18 under the Fierce and Fabulous category, (depending on the customers’ level of service) include “Girls Trip;” “Ghostbusters;” “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider;” “Thelma & Louise,” and all four movies of the “Hunger Games” franchise. Films and documentaries in the Women In History category, which runs from March 5-11 include “A League Of Their Own;” “Battle of the Sexes,” “Frida,” “Hidden Figures,” and “Woman Walks Ahead.”
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Investigation Discovery unveiled new footage from its upcoming four-part docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” of former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell revealing for the first time his abuse by his former dialogue coach Brian Peck. Peck was convicted of his crimes in 2004 and was ordered to register as a sex offender. “Quiet on Set: the Dark Side of Kids TV” will premiere over two nights, March 17-18 from 9p to 11p on ID.
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The University of Wisconsin, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Central Florida (UCF) are the confirmed participants in The Greenbrier Tip-Off men’s college basketball tournament, scheduled for November 22-24 at the White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia resort. A fourth team is expected to be announced at the end of the season, according to tournament organizers Intersport and The Greenbrier. Intersport and The Greenbrier entered into a long-term partnership to bring major college basketball to the mountain resort destination in 2023.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Martial arts organization ONE Championship announced two international partnership deals in the Netherlands and France. DPG Media will air ONE events and ancillary programming in the Netherlands across its recently launched ad.nl streaming platform. In France, ONE reached a multi-year pact with broadcaster RMC Sport, where RMC will air all ONE events and ancillary programming in the country across its RMC Sport subscription sports channels, and its Twitch channel Le 7-7. Both partnerships kicked off with the “ONE 166: Qatar” event on March 1.
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Ally Financial announced a new multi-year, multi-million-dollar agreement with reigning WNBA champions the Las Vegas Aces to become the official retail banking partner of the team. In addition, a new national media deal for the league should help the financial giant move closer to its goal to reach equal spending in paid media across men’s and women’s sports. Ally intends to be close to 50/50 by the end of 2024.
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Sunday’s Ohio State-Iowa matchup featuring Hawkeye Caitlin Clark’s record-breaking performance scored 3.39 million viewers on FOX, making it the most-watched regular season women’s college hoops game on any network since 1999 and the most-watched women’s college hoops game in FOX Sports history. Viewership for the historic broadcast, where Clark shattered former LSU legend Pete Maravich’s all-time NCAA Division I scoring record, peaked at 4.42 million viewers from 3:00 to 3:14p.
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Telemundo delivered an average of 444,000 adults 18-49, 166,000 adults 18-34 and over 1.3 million total viewers in 7p-11p primetime, fueled by the latest seasons of “La Casa de los Famosos” and “El Señor de los Cielos,” according to Nielsen.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Janice Burgess, long-time Nickelodeon executive and Emmy-winning creator of “The Backyardians,” died March 2. She was 72. At Nick Jr., Burgess oversaw production of “Blue’s Clues” and “Little Bill.” In a statement, Nickelodeon called Burgess “one of the great architects of Nick Jr.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
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