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ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos nabbed the first television interview with President Joe Biden following his troubling performance at the presidential debate last week. A first look of the interview will air Friday, July 5, on “World News Tonight with David Muir,” with portions airing on “Good Morning America” Saturday and Sunday. The extended interview will air Sunday, July 7, on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and “Good Morning America” on Monday, July 8.
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Paramount Global is back to talking to potential buyers after the company’s merger talks with Skydance Media came to an abrupt in June. A group of investors including BET CEO Scott Mills and CC Capital’s Chinh Chu is holding exclusive talks with the company about acquiring BET Media Group for about $1.6 billion, reports Bloomberg. BET was in play last year, but Paramount withdrew from discussions in August.
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Barry Diller is considering making a bid for National Amusements,which would give him a controlling stake in Paramount Global, reports The New York Times. The media mogul’s company, IAC, has signed a non-disclosure agreement with National Amusements as he explores a deal. Diller, named head of Paramount Pictures in 1974, tried once before to buy the company, but was outbid by Sumner Redstone in 1994.
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Meanwhile, CNBC has reported that Paramount Global is exploring the possibility of merging its streaming business with an existing streaming platform. CNBC also said Paramount is considering a deal with a technology/media-focused company.
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New six-episode thriller “The Dispatcher,” starring Patrick Brammall (“Colin from Accounts”) as a police dispatcher, is headed to Apple TV+. “The Dispatcher,” set in Australia, is adapted by writer and executive producer Kris Mrksa (“Requiem”) from Ryan David Jahn’s book of the same name. The series is executive produced by Jamie Laurenson and Hakan Kousetta at 60Forty Films, with executive producers Kris Mrksa and Joanna Werner at Werner Film Productions.
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It’s cost-cutting time at Blackstone-backed studio Candle Media, which is splitting into two divisions, reports Semafor. Animation projects will be folded into Moonbug Entertainment (“CoCoMelon”), while the live action productions companies, including Hello Sunshine, Exile, True Stories and Faraway Road, will be rebranded as Candle Studios. It’s not a crisis, but a matter of timing, co-founder Kevin Mayer told Semafor. “We paid at the top of the market,” acknowledged the exec. “Have the financials borne out the way we would like, to have to support the price we paid? Probably not…. Talk to us in two or three years.”
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Canada’s Mercury Filmworks (“The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse”) and France and Canada’s Blue Spirit Studios (“Rocket and Groot”), part of TF1 Group’s Newen Studios, announced the launch of “Seraphim,” an animation pipeline designed to produce “high end animation that melds the artistic expressions of 2D and 3D techniques blurring the line between concept art and production.”
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Casting notes: Jeremy Irons has joined the season four cast of Apple TV+ drama “The Morning Show.” The Oscar winner for “Reversal of Fortune” will play the father of Jennifer Aniston’s character….Kevin Bacon (“City on a Hill”) and Glenn Howerton (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) are onboard “Sirens,” Netflix’s dark comedy starring Julianne Moore, Meghann Fahy and Milly Alcock.
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We TV is launching a new series, “Wiggin’ Out with Tokyo Stylez,” next month. The 8-episode docuseries follows celebrity hairstylist and entrepreneur Stylez. “Tokyo Stylez’s dedication, discipline and natural born talent has made her one of the most sought-after hairstylists in the industry with an impressive roster of A-list clients,” said Brett Dismuke, Head of Content, We TV and ALLBLK. “Wiggin’ Out With Tokyo Stylez pulls back the curtain on her life as viewers continue to get to know Tokyo, the dynamic stylist, but also Tokyo, the person who is doing her best to manage it all and build her empire.” The series will stream on ALLBLK.
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Dating show “Too Hot to Handle” returns to Netflix for season six on Friday, July 19.
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“Strange & Suspicious,” digging into unsolved, strange stories,premieres Monday, July 8 in 12 major markets including the FOX O&O’s in New York, Los Angeles and Detroit. The show hails from TMZ Studios.
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e.l.f. will be the first beauty brand to test real-world commerce on Roblox, powered by Walmart. e.l.f. has created a virtual kiosk within its immersive e.l.f. UP! Experience on Roblox, where visitors aged 13 and up can purchase a Roblox-exclusive limited-edition physical product, an e.l.f. UP! Pets Hoodie. “e.l.f. UP! has been lightning in a bottle since day one and continues to surpass all expectations, especially among our Gen Z community,” said Kory Marchisotto, Chief Marketing Officer, e.l.f. Beauty. “Testing commerce on Roblox is the next evolution in our journey of merging beauty with immersive platforms.”
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CNN Original Series will debut a two-hour special from the HLN series “How It Really Happened with Jesse L. Martin.” The two-hour report, “The Atlanta Olympic Bombing” premieres Sunday, July 21 at 9p, streaming live for pay TV subscribers on CNN.com, CNN OTT and mobile apps.
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Coinciding with WBD’s Shark Week will be the inaugural Bark Week, on Cineverse FAST channel Dog Whisperer With Cesar Millan. The channel will also be available on Pluto TV.
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The season three premiere of “The Bear” drew 5.4 million viewers across Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and Disney+ on its first day of streaming. Disney reports it was the number one most-watched scripted series season premiere.
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