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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/24/24)
APPLE TV+: Time Bandits (Premiere)
BRITBOX: Silent Witness (Premiere)
FREEFORM: Wayne Brady: The Family Remix (Premiere) at 10pm
HBO: Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Resurrected Rides (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Love of My Life (Premiere)
PBS: Sea Change: The Gulf of Maine (Premiere) at 9pm
APPLE TV+: Presumed Innocent (Finale)
APPLE TV+: Land of Women (Finale)
FOX: Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars (Finale) at 8pm
Billionaire investor Ike Perlmutter has sold his entire stake – 25.6 million shares – in Disney, according to the WSJ. The sale comes after Perlmutter was on the losing side of a bitter proxy fight. Perlmutter became a major shareholder in Disney in 2009, when he sold Marvel Entertainment to Disney for over $4 billion. Perlmutter says he sold his shares between early April, when a campaign by activist investor Nelson Peltz to win two seats was defeated, and mid-July.
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CBS is making some moves. Starting this week, the Wednesday and Thursday episodes of “Big Brother” will move from 9p to 8p. Sunday’s edition will remain at 9p. “Let’s Make a Deal in Primetime” specials” will air at 8p on Fridays starting August 16, followed at 9p by “Lingo.”
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MTV’s “Caught in the Act: Unfaithful” has been renewed for season three. The investigative series is set to return this fall.
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The next Bridgerton sibling looking for love on Netflix drama “Bridgerton” will be bohemian Benedict. The second-oldest brother was featured in a teaser for season four.
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Viewership of the first season of “Veep” was up 353% on Max on Monday, following the news that Vice President Kamala Harris had won enough delegates to nab the Democratic nomination for president. The comedy had 2.2 million total minutes watched, versus 486,000 the day before.
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For the seventh consecutive year, Hill’s Pet Nutrition will serve as lead national sponsor of NBCUniversal Local’s pet adoption and donation initiative, Clear the Shelters, running August 10 to September 10. Since its 2015 inception, Clear The Shelters has helped more than one million pets find new homes and raised millions of dollars for shelters and rescues.
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BlackBox Multimedia has optioned crime thriller novel Nothing Ventured, by bestselling author Jeffrey Archer, for a TV series adaptation. Nothing Ventured is the first book in Archer’s series detailing the tumultuous life of William Warwick.
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Sony Pictures Television and City Football Group are teaming to co-develop and produce scripted, non-fiction kids’ shows for a global audience. CPG is the parent of English Premier League champs Manchester City.
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Josh Charles (“The Good Wife”) has joined the cast of “Hulu” drama “The Handmaid’s Tale” for its sixth and final season. He’ll find at least one familiar face – Charles and “Handmaid’s” star Elisabeth Moss co-starred in FX’s “The Veil.”
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Canadian actor Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (“Kim’s Convenience”) will join the cast of the CBC original series “Murdoch Mysteries” as the series commences production on its 18th season in Toronto.
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Streaming platform VYRE Network and animation company Anjohn Studios are partnering to showcase the next generation of storytellers through branded animated content. “This collaboration marks an exciting chapter for us as we join forces with a network that shares our passion for innovative and creative storytelling. We look forward to the incredible opportunities this partnership will bring in animation and beyond,” said Kevin Young, President & CEO of Anjohn Studios.
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The sixth and final season of FX comedy “What We Do in the Shadows” premieres Monday, October 21 at 10p with the first three episodes of the 11-episode season.
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Married interior designers Ray and Eilyn Jiminez star in new HGTV docuseries, “Divided By Design,” debuting Tuesday, August 20 at 9p.
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President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak tonight at 8p in what will be his first appearance since dropping out of the presidential race. “I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead, and how I will finish the job for the American people,” Biden posted on X.
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