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NBCUniversal Syndication Studios has renewed “Access Hollywood” and “Access Daily with Mario & Kit” through 2026 in national syndication. The studio has sold the entertainment news shows to NBCUniversal Local’s NBC Owned Television Stations, along with station groups across the country. “‘Access Hollywood’ and ‘Access Daily’ deliver engaging and entertaining content to our audiences, which has made them an indelible part of our NBC stations’ lineups,” said Therese Gamba, Chief Marketing Officer & Executive Vice President of Acquired Programming, NBCUniversal Local.
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The Biden-Harris team is getting ahead of CNN’s June 27 presidential debate with a $50 million paid media campaign targeting voters in battleground states. The campaign, “Character Matters,” includes seven-figure investments into reaching Black, Latino, and AANHPI voters, and is running on general market television and CTV as well as national cable.
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FOX News Media has elevated Jacqui Heinrich and Peter Doocy to senior White House correspondent. Heinrich will continue covering the White House beat, as well as co-hosting FOX News Audio’s “FOX News Rundown” podcast. Doocy will continue to provide coverage of the president’s domestic and international activities and issues that affect the administration.
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For the first time, the “Hard Knocks” franchise will chronicle an entire NFL division with “Hard Knocks: In Season with the AFC North,” debuting Tuesday, December 3 at 9p on HBO. Episodes featuring the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers will premiere on subsequent Tuesdays through the end of the NFL regular season and continue into the NFL playoffs in January 2025. Last month it was announced that “Hard Knocks” will now be covering the NFL offseason with “Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants,” debuting Tuesday, July 2.
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Radar Pictures and For Us By Us are developing a scripted series about how the Fubu hip hop clothing brand, founded in 1992, grew into a $6 billion empire. “We see this collaboration as an opportunity to not only celebrate the vibrant culture of hip hop but also to honor the unsung heroes who have shaped its fashion landscape,” said Radar Pictures’ Ted Field. “Through their stories, we aim to inspire and empower audiences, while highlighting the transformative power of creativity and self-expression.”
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Canadian producer Incendo and audio entertainment company Meet Cute, are teaming to co-develop a slate of Met Cute Originals for film and television. “Incendo and Meet Cute feels like a match made in heaven,” said Meet Cute CEO Naomi Shah. “From our first conversation, we knew that we wanted to curate a diverse slate from our library that speaks to modern audiences. Each story is uniquely its own, but they all have the same backbone of hope, with a feel-good through line connecting them.”
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“Orphan Black” lead Tatiana Maslany will star in and produce the pilot for “The Nightbeast,” a darkly comedic tale for Amazon. MGM Studios. Executive producers include Executive producers include Peter Warren, Justin Levy, Fred Berger and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Station26, A Range Company), Kristen Campo (Campout) and Jamie Babbit.
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Added to the cast of “The Gilded Age” for season three are Phylicia Rashad (“The Cosby Show”) and Jordan Donica (“Hamilton”) in recurring roles, and Victoria Clark (“The Blacklist”) and Brian Stokes Mitchell (“tick, tick…BOOM!”) as guest stars.
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Season three of JLTV thriller “Fauda” premieres Thursday, June 20 at 8p. The series tells the story of an undercover unit in the Israeli Defense Forces whose mission is to disrupt Hamas’s terrorist aims in the West Bank.
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“The Daily Show” is launching a campaign, “InDogCision 2024: Rescuing Democracy,” aimed at getting voters to the polls, and animals adopted. The Comedy Central network has partnered with voter registration organization HeadCount and animal rescues across the country to host events in New York, Milwaukee and Chicago, where fans can meet pets up for adoption, and register to vote in 2024. The campaign kicks off Friday, June 21 at Animal Haven in New York.
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This month, The Africa Channel celebrates Black Music Month and Juneteenth with a special lineup and focus on musical genre Afrobeats. Programming includes “Afrobeats: From Nigeria to the World”; “Music for Wildlife”; and “Muzik Ni.”
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The Cowboy Way channel will be airing special programming in honor of Juneteenth on Wednesday, starting at 4p with “Freedom on the Range.”
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The Harlem Globetrotters will have a 10-day sports residency, from August 16-25, at American Dream in New Jersey. “The Harlem Globetrotters have a long and storied history of ‘firsts’ in its almost 100 years of existence and we continue that tradition by partnering with American Dream; making history by creating the first ever sports residency,” said Keith Dawkins, President, Harlem Globetrotters & Herschend Entertainment Studios . of fans. We are excited about its potential to be replicated around the world.”
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The two-hour season premiere of Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” on Tuesday, June 11 delivered more than 2.2 million total viewers and was the first time in 10 years that viewership for the series increased over a previous season premiere. The episode earned a .64 Live+3 rating among A25-54, a 5% ratings increase over the prior season premiere. The premiere episode also averaged a .78 Live+3 rating among Men 25-54, a 4% increase and, excluding news and sports, ranked as Tuesday night’s #2 cable program in the demo.
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