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“CBS Evening News” is heading back to the Big Apple, with a new look and format, and an ensemble team to replace Nora O’Donnell, who is stepping down as anchor after the presidential election. John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois will anchor the news show from the CBS Broadcast Center, while Margaret Brennan, CBS News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent and moderator of “Face the Nation,” will regularly lead coverage from Washington, D.C. Lonnie Quinn is being named chief weathercaster. “CBS Evening News” moved to D.C. from New York in 2019, when O’Donnell began as anchor. After the election, O’Donnell will move into a role as a CBS News senior correspondent focusing on longform reporting and interviews across CBS and Paramount.
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Fox has wrapped its Upfront with increases in dollar volume, including double-digit volume growth for streamer Tubi. “Our focused portfolio of market-leading properties in sports, news, entertainment and streaming delivered year-over-year growth in both linear and digital advertising commitments as well as growth in overall portfolio pricing in this year’s upfront,” said Fox President, Advertising Sales, Marketing and Brand Partnerships Jeff Collins. New offering OneFox, enabling advertisers to buy audiences across Fox properties, delivered three times increase in volume over last year, added Collins.
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Disney Advertising reports it completed its Upfront with record commitments. Overall revenue and volume were up 5% year-over-year, and sports and streaming rose double digits in volume. Momentum stemmed from multi-year deals, growth in women’s sports sponsorships, multicultural partnerships and investments from independent agencies. “Our growth in the number of marketers we work with and the increased investments in advertising innovation, demonstrates Disney’s differentiator,” said Rita Ferro, President, Global Advertising, Disney. “As we double down on our commitment to world-class storytelling, automation, and new ad products, demonstrating growth for partners underpins our focus for the future.”
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Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and X for the cancelation of his show on the platform. Musk was set to be Lemon’s first interview on the show, but the X owner was unhappy with Lemon’s line of questioning and axed the deal. Lemon alleges breach of contract and misappropriation of his name and likeness. “This case is straightforward. X executives used Don to prop up their advertising sales pitch, then canceled their partnership and dragged Don’s name through the mud,” said Lemon’s attorney, Carney Shegerian. “You don’t have to be a genius to see the fraud, negligence, and reputational damage here.”
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Outbrain, a technology platform that drives business outcomes through engagement, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire omnichannel video platform Teads. The deal will create an end-to-end, omnichannel advertising solution for the open internet, combining Outbrain’s AI-driven performance technology with Teads’ video and branding solutions. “This strategic combination presents vast new opportunities for the advertising industry at large,” said Bertrand Quesada, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Teads. “We’ve built a world-class team at Teads that has focused on driving the best video and branding outcomes, and in the last several years have successfully brought those strengths to CTV.”
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Carrie Underwood is joining the judging panel of “American Idol,” 20 years after she won the singing competition in season four. She replaces Katy Perry, who announced her exit after seven seasons earlier this year.
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Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky aren’t the only record-breakers this Olympics. NBCUniversal has said it will set a new record for advertising revenue, topping the estimated $1.25 billion it received for Tokyo’s Games, with half a billion coming from first-time Olympics sponsors.
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Olympics programming, which is accumulating billions of streaming minutes, is disrupting the workplace, claimed NBCUniversal execs during a press call. “We did some research on our viewership,” said Molly Solomon, President and Executive Producer for NBC Olympics Production. “One in four said their work productivity declines during the Olympics. Two out of three people say that the Olympics provide an escape. And half said they’re changing their daily routines to watch the Olympics.” Which is good news for NBCU, if not bosses.
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A reboot of “Battlestar Galactica” is no longer in development at Peacock. The project from Esmail Corp., first announced by the streamer in 2019, is being shopped by its studio, UCP.
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Ramy Youssef (“Mo”) signed a first-look deal with Netflix. The agreement calls for Youssef to develop and create serialized projects through his Cairo Cowboy.
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Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner are having another go at the Golden Globe Awards. The team return as executive producers and showrunners for the 82nd edition of the event, airing Sunday, January 5 on CBS.
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The BBC and Magic Light Pictures announced “Tiddler,” from UK book creators Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. The half-hour animated special following a little fish with a big imagination, narrated by Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”), will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer this Christmas.
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Casting notes: Courtney Thorne-Smith (“Melrose Place”) and Stella Gregg (“Trust Me”) star in Lifetime movie “He Slid Into Her DMs,” premiering Saturday, September 28 at 8p as part of Lifetime’s fall Ripped from the Headlines slate….Holt McCallany (“The Iron Claw”) landed a role in Netflix drama series “The Waterfront.”
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Season two of smash hit Korean series “Squid Game” launches on Netflix on Thursday, December 26. The third and final season of the dystopian drama is slated to drop in 2025.
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“Citadel” spinoff “Honey Bunny” premieres Thursday, November 7 on Prime video. The series “will take the audience back to the genesis of this international clandestine spy-agency, delving further into its foundation, activities, influence, and rise,” said Prime Video India’s Head of Original Content Nikhil Madhok.
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Paramount+ shared the lineup of guest judges for season one of “RuPaul’s Drag Race Global All Stars,” premiering Friday, August 16 with two episodes. Onboard are Adriana Lima, Ariadna Gutiérrez-Arévalo, Carson Kressley, Danna Paola, Dianne Brill, Graham Norton, Jasmine Tookes, Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo, Matt Rogers, Ross Mathews and Ts Madison.
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“Jim Henson Idea Man” will make its broadcast premiere Sunday, August 11 on “ABC’s World of Disney.” The documentary from Ron Howard is available to stream on Disney+.
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Amanda Seyfried (“The Dropout”) has joined NBCUniversal Local’s 10th annual Clear The Shelters nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign, running August 10-September 10. As part of her role, she will serve as the host of the Clear The Shelters special premiering on NBC stations nationwide on August 16.
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“Inside the Mind of a Dog” drops on Netflix Friday, August 9. The film explores the ancient and complex relationship between humans and dogs, offering new canine research and tips for dog owners.
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“The Last Drive-In: Nightmareathon,” a special celebrating the conclusion of “The Last Drive-In’s” sixth season, premieres Friday, August 30 at 9p on Shudder TV and AMC+ TV feeds.
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Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit are joining forces with Lionsgate to launch a FAST channel targeting action lovers. “50 Cent’s movies and television series are synonymous with non-stop action, and we’re thrilled to extend our longstanding partnership into the FAST space,” said Lionsgate President of Worldwide Television Distribution Jim Packer. “Drawing from one of the biggest action libraries in the world, this channel will give 50’s global fan base a deep slate of action movies and television series while expanding his reach to new audiences worldwide.”
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Ben Solak is joining ESPN as a national NFL analyst. Solak will specialize in on-the field breakdowns and data analysis while also contributing to ESPN’s sports betting content. Fans will primarily find Solak’s analysis on ESPN+ and on various ESPN podcasts, with betting content found across digital platforms, including the ESPN App, and on ESPN BET Live.
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The US women’s gymnastics Olympic team scored gold for NBCU, with a total audience delivery of 34.7 million viewers across NBC, Peacock and digital platforms, according to Nielsen and Adobe Analytics.
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The premiere of Telemundo’s new reality show, “La Isla Desafío Extremo,” delivered 1.03 million total viewers, per Nielsen.
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