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CW: Wild Cards (Finale) at 8p
CW: Family Law (Finale) at 9pm
HGTV: Rico to the Rescue (Finale) at 9pm
NAT GEO: Trafficked: Underworlds with Mariana van Zeller (Finale) at 9pm
NICKELODEON: That Girl Lay Lay (Finale) at 8pm
Disney CEO Bob Iger can count on George Lucas’ support in Disney’s proxy battle with activist investor Nelson Peltz. “Creating magic is not for amateurs,” said the “Star Wars” creator in a statement. “When I sold Lucasfilm just over a decade ago, I was delighted to become a Disney shareholder because of my long-time admiration for its iconic brand and Bob Iger’s leadership. When Bob recently returned to the company during a difficult time, I was relieved. No one knows Disney better. I remain a significant shareholder because I have full faith and confidence in the power of Disney and Bob’s track record of driving long-term value. I have voted all of my shares for Disney’s 12 directors and urge other shareholders to do the same.” Peltz and his Trian Management are seeking control of two Disney board seats.
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Meta is seeking an emergency injunction to halt an in-house FTC hearing that could lead to a ban on the monetization of teen users’ data. The FTC wants to amend its 2020 settlement with the social media giant, which required Meta to pay $5 billion and implement new privacy oversight, and add terms that would prevent Meta from using minors’ data to fuel ad targeting or algorithms, and prohibit it from launching new products or services without confirmation that its privacy program doesn’t have weaknesses.
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CBS has renewed “NCIS: Sydney” for a second season. The series premiere in November reached 10.2 million viewers on linear in the US, and was the number one new series of the fall.
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Nickelodeon’s “That Girl Lay Lay” will end with season two. The teen comedy starring hip-hop artist Alaya “That Girl Lay Lay” High and Gabrielle Nevaeh Green concludes tonight at 8p.
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Comcast NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Local announced thatNBCUniversal Local Impact Grants is returning for its seventh year and will award $2.5 million in unrestricted funds to eligible nonprofits located in and servicing one of the 11 NBC and Telemundo owned stations’ markets across the US. “Our local grants program provides vital support to many impactful organizations to help advance their missions to serve our communities in meaningful ways,” said Valari Staab, Chairman, NBCUniversal Local.
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The entire 400-episode library of true-crime series “Forensic Files” has been acquired by Content Partners. Calling the series “the pioneer of true crime television,” John Moss, Content Partners President, said, “Premiering at a time when advancements in forensic DNA analysis were gaining traction in the news and high-profile cases, the show paved the way for media programs that educate.”
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Netflix has ordered football docuseries “Receiver” from NFL Films, Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions and Patrick Mahomes’ 2PM Productions, the muscle behind “Quarterback.” The eight-parter kicks off this summer.
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“The Good Daughter,” starring and executive produced by Jessica Biel(“The Sinner”), has landed at Peacock. The suspense thriller from Fifth Season and Made Up Stories is based on Karen Slaughter’s novel about a woman forced to confront demons from her past.
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Casting notes: James Cromwell (“Succession”) and Stana Katic (“Castle”) have been added to the guest star cast of Fox crime drama “Murder in a Small Town”…Patton Oswalt (“A.P. Bio”) has joined the recurring cast of Kurt Sutter’s upcoming Western drama, “The Abandons.” Also onboard are Sarah White (“The Bastard Executioner”), Michael Ornstein (“Sons of Anarchy”) and Ellle-Maija Tailfeathers (“Three Pines”).
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Andscape, the Black multimedia platform from Disney and ESPN,announced new anthology franchise “&360,” exploring the influence of Black culture on American society. The franchise premieres with documentary film “Hip-Hop and the White House,” April 22 on Hulu.
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Season four of “The Challenge: All Stars” drops Wednesday, April 10 on Paramount+. The competition for $300,000 takes place in Cape Town, South Africa.
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PBS: America @ 250, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding in 2026, will include the largest engagement effort in the network’s history, with events in more than 75 markets. Highlights include “The American Revolution,” a six-part series co-directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt in the fall of 2025. “This is a milestone PBS was made to celebrate,” said PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger. “Over the next three years, PBS: America @ 250 will give all Americans the opportunity to reflect, come together, discuss, and debate what America means today, tomorrow, and for future generations.”
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Bailey Zimmerman, Jelly Roll, Keith Urban, Lainey Wilson and Sam Hunt join host Kelsea Ballerini as performers at the 2024 CMT Music Awards, airing Sunday, April 7 at 8p on CBS.
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Surprise! Taylor Swift’s movie is a hit on Disney+. “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” is the streamer’s top concert film ever, with 4.6 million views after three days.
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“We had initial concerns about the early promises of a second-half 2023 recovery,” wrote MoffattNathanson senior research analyst Michael Nathanson in a note about linear TV advertising. “In all honesty, despite these concerns … linear TV has ended up even worse than we expected.” Nathanson lowered his projections for broadcast and cable revenue to be down 2.6% to $27.5 billion in 2024, versus an earlier call for a 0.2% dip. Next year, Nathanson is looking for a drop of 12.4%, to $24.2 billion.
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Telemundo’s Monday-Sunday 7-11p primetime delivered an average 356,000 viewers A18-49, 117,000 A18-34 and over 1.1 million total viewers. Monday-Friday numbers were 398,000 A18-49, 133,000 A18-34 and nearly 1.3 million total viewers driven by “La Casa de los Famosos” and “El Señor de los Cielos.”
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