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Apollo Global has made an $11 billion offer for Paramount Global’s film and TV studio business, according to The Wall Street Journal. Paramount is also considering an offer from Skydance Media to merge with Paramount, a deal that would include its TV networks.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark has renewed “The Way Home” for season three. The family drama starring Andie MacDowell will launch its third run in 2025.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Also scoring a season three order is Paramount+ medical drama “Skymed.” Production begins next week in Manitoba and Ontario, with Aaron Ashmore upped to season regular.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season three of Netflix’s “Heartstopper” has a premiere window:October. The streamer posted that info online, along with this tidbit: “As the summer holiday ends and the months race on, the friends begin to realize that the school year will come with both its joys and its challenges.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
David Schulner, creator of NBC medical drama “New Amsterdam”(2018-23), is developing a spin-off set 30 years after the original. The show would center on Dr. Max Godwin’s daughter, Luna.
(Source: Cynopsis)
David Schwimmer will star in the second season of Disney+ anthology series “Goosebumps,” based on the R.L. Stine books. The “Friends” alum will play a divorced dad overseeing the care of aging parents while having his twin teenagers for the summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Natural history series “Predator v Prey” debuts Saturday, April 20 at 8p on BBC America and AMC+. Narrated by actor Howard Charles (“Whitstable”), the series offers a forensic look at the hunts of predators.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HGTV’s “The Ugliest Homes in America” returns for season five on Monday, April 22 at 9p. The renovation series’ last run attracted over 8.3 million viewers eager to see horrendous houses.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“The Synanon Fix” kicks off Monday, April 1 at 9p on HBO. The four-part docuseries explores the rise and fall of the treatment center Synanon, which grew from a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program in the late 1950s into a controversial, to put it mildly, communal living experiment.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Part two of FX’s “AHS Delicate” launches Wednesday, April 3 at 10p. The horror drama stars Emma Roberts and Kim Kardashian.
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Documentary “Blue Carbon: Nature’s Hidden Power” premieres Sunday, April 21 at 9p on CNN. The film combines the languages of music and science for a call to action to protect the planet.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Tack on seven days of viewing and ABC’s Oscars telecast hit a four-year high of 21.01 million. That’s up from the initial call of 19.5 million Live+SD viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Also racking up viewers is “9-1-1,” which moved from Fox to ABC this season, and has collected 8.85 million viewers in Live+3 numbers for its season seven premiere. That’s up from its Live+SD audience of 4.93 million, and includes 2.4 million streaming viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FOX News Digital closed out February reaching 3.1 billion total multiplatform minutes, 1.6 billion total multiplatform views, and 115 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors, according to Comscore.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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