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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 4/4/24)
A&E: Accused: Guilty or Innocent? (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Interrogation Raw (Premiere) at 10pm
BRITBOX: Beyond Paradise (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: Laid-Back Camp (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: A Condition Called Love (Premiere)
CRUNCHYROLL: Wind Breaker (Premiere)
MAX: Hop (Premiere)
MAX: Divided Youth (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Crooks (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Ripley (Premiere)
NETFLIX: I Woke Up a Vampire (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: Star Trek: Discovery (Premiere)
CW: Son of a Critch (Finale) at 9pm
Shari Redstone, controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, has reached a tentative agreement to sell her stake in the company to Skydance Media, reports Bloomberg News. Paramount stock rose more than 15% after the news broke yesterday afternoon.
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The protracted proxy battle at Disney is over, and Disney emerged the victor. The company handily fended off challenges against its board by Trian Management and Blackwells Capital in a shareholder vote. “I want to thank our shareholders for their trust and confidence in our Board and management,” said CEO Bob Iger. “With the distracting proxy contest now behind us, we’re eager to focus 100% of our attention on our most important priorities: growth and value creation for our shareholders and creative excellence for our consumers.”
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The FCC will vote on April 25 to restore Net Neutrality, which would bring back a national standard for broadband reliability, security, and consumer protection, reinstating the FCC’s authority over internet service. “After the prior administration abdicated authority over broadband services, the FCC has been handcuffed from acting to fully secure broadband networks, protect consumer data, and ensure the internet remains fast, open, and fair,” said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “A return to the FCC’s overwhelmingly popular and court-approved standard of net neutrality will allow the agency to serve once again as a strong consumer advocate of an open internet.”
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Nielsen will make its combination of panel data and big-data measurement systems available to use as its preferred currency effective in September, the company announced this week. The big data, from 45 million households and 75 million devices, is combined with the 40,000 households participating in Nielsen’s panel to create the new ratings.
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Silver Lake Capital is acquiring 100% of the shares of Endeavor Group Holdings it does not already own. “We believe this transaction will maximize value for all of Endeavor’s public stockholders and are excited to continue to unlock and invest in the growth opportunities ahead as a private company,” said Endeavor CEO Ariel Emanuel. Endeavor is the majority owner of TKO Group Holdings, owner of the UFC and WWE. TKO will remain a publicly traded company.
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Ethan Hawke has joined Stone Village Television’s adaptation of Angie Kim’s novel, Happiness Falls, as an executive producer. Joining him are his Under the Influence Productions team members Ryan Hawke and Mickey Schiff, alongside Dylan Russell, with Maria Breese-McLain, Bill Way and Elliot Whitton producing.
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FOX First Run has renewed its three game shows: “25 Words or Less,” “Pictionary,” and “Person, Place, or Thing.” The programs, now all produced in Atlanta, will continue to run on the FOX-owned stations through the 2024-2025 season with the previously renewed, “TMZ,” “TMZ Live,” “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” “Sherri,” and “Extra.”
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Additional cast members for Starz drama “Outlander: Blood of My Blood” include Brian McCardie (“Time”), Jhon Lumsden ( The Famous Five”), Sara Vickers (“Watchmen”), and Peter Mullan (“Ozark”). Production on the prequel series is underway in Scotland.
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Toonz Media Group and Be That Spark Corp, a joint venture between BLKBX Originals and Zuroam Media, are teaming for a co-production and co-distribution agreement for the upcoming 3D animated series, “Little Sparks.”
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FOX Nation will debut a new collection of “COPS: Spring Break” episodes beginning Friday, April 5. Episodes, showcasing the uptick in crime in spring break hotspots, drop at 6p.
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“Hotel Cocaine” premieres Sunday, June 16 on MGM+, with new episodes airing weekly until August 4. “Hotel Cocaine” is the story of Roman Compte (Danny Pino), Cuban exile and general manager of Miami’s Mutiny Hotel.
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“Judged by Matt Walsh,” a reality courtroom comedy series starring Walsh (“The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh Show”), a self-described “theocratic fascist,” premieres Thursday, April 9 on DailyWire+.
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“Turtles All the Way Day Down,” a film based on the bestseller by John Green that explores anxiety through the eyes of a 17-year-old, premieres Thursday, May 2 on Max.
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NewsNation will present a special edition of “Cuomo” featuring a live audience and Mike Rowe (“Dirty Jobs”), focused on the state of trade jobs as an alternative to four-year colleges. “Trading Up” airs Wednesday, April 10 at 8p.
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When March is not enough: Fox is launching a new post-season college basketball tournament, The College Basketball Crown, with AEG Worldwide. Sixteen teams will compete at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas from Monday, March 31 to Sunday, April 6, 2025. Games will air on Fox and Fox Sports 1. Teams that did not qualify for the NCAA tournament will be eligible for the College Basketball Crown, with two automatic qualifiers coming from each participating conference and additional teams chosen by a committee. “Postseason college basketball is one of the most exciting times of year and Fox Sports is proud to be at the forefront of efforts to evolve and elevate the sport,” said Jordan Bazant, EVP of Fox Sports. “Alongside AEG and the Big Ten, Big 12 and Big East, we are thrilled to provide more opportunities for student-athletes to compete in high quality postseason college hoops.”
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TNT Sports, Warner Bros. Games and the National Hockey League are joining forces to bring viewers hockey and real-time animation for the first-ever MultiVersus NHL Face-Off on Sunday, April 14 at 3:30p, on truTV and Max’s B/R Sports Add-on. Warner Bros. Discovery characters will take center ice in a fully animated presentation featuring a matchup of the two most recent Stanley Cup champions, Colorado Avalanche at Vegas Golden Knights. The show will merge two different tracking technologies, NHL EDGE positional data (NHL Puck and Player tracking) and Hawk-Eye Innovations optical tracking to generate realistic character and player avatar movements.
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Cooler Master, a new sponsor of the 2024 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, will stage the event’s first-ever simulated racing tournament, the Cooler Master Dyn X Race Challenge, throughout the April 19-21 race weekend. The inaugural tournament will use Cooler Master’s Dyn X pro-level racing simulators, precision-engineered and co-developed with pro drivers for an authentic racing experience.
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The crowning of a new EA Sports NHL 24 World Champion will take place Sunday, April 7 in NYC. Fans can join the live stream beginning at 1p on the NHL’s Twitch and YouTube channels.
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Telemundo will cover the 2024 SheBelieves Cup Semifinals on Saturday, April 6, with USWNT v. Japan at 12:30p airing simultaneously on Telemundo, Universo and Peacock followed by Canada v. Brazil at 3:30p on Universo and Peacock.
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The NCAA women’s basketball championship on ESPN averaged 12.3 million viewers, the largest US television audience ever for a women’s basketball game, and ESPN’s second-most-viewed college basketball game since 2012.
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The season 28 finale of ABC’s “The Bachelor” delivered 6.31 million viewers after three days of multi-platform viewing, up 54% from its Live+SD audience and the franchise’s most-watched episode in two years.
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UPtv’s Easter celebration reached 3.8 million viewers from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. The highest rated telecast of the stunt was Friday’s 10p airing of “Passion of the Christ,” which ranked #36 in HH and Women & Persons 25-54.
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