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The NBA has filed a motion to dismiss Warner Bros. Discovery’s media rights lawsuit, on the grounds that the TNT Sports parent improperly sought to rewrite the nature of its matching rights while “attempting instead to save billions of dollars.” The league, which rejected WBD’s matching rights proposal after signing deals with Amazon, Disney and NBCUniversal, claims WBD changed structural details and presumed rights that the NBA says WBD didn’t have, maintaining, “Far from accepting each term of Amazon’s offer, TBS’s revisions constituted a counteroffer that the NBA was free to reject.” Warner is accusing the NBA of structuring Amazon’s $1.8 billion per year package of games differently for “the sole purpose of attempting to thwart TBS’s matching rights.” Warner Bros. Discovery has until September has until September 20 to respond.
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Warner Bros. Discovery is “beefing up” original programming on TNT,according to The Wall Street Journal, increasing spend on dramas that will appeal to the male audience tuned in for the network’s sports programming. Like many media companies, cost-conscious WBD has pared down original content in recent years. But with the possible loss of NBA rights, the company – in addition to scooping up other sports rights – is looking at offering more fresh programming. Films from the Warner Bros. movie library could also be rebooted for made-for-TV movies or series, sources told WSJ.
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Peacock handed a straight-to-series order for South Florida-set, female-led crime thriller “M.I.A.” from “Ozark” co-creator Bill Dubuque. The series comes from studio MRC, with Karen Campbell (“Dexter”) serving as executive producer and showrunner. Stefano Sollima (“Gomorarrah”) will direct and executive produce.
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Netflix’s “A Man on the Inside” (fka “A Classic Spy”) will debut in November. The comedy reunites Ted Danson and “The Good Place” producer Mike Schur.
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Season two of Oxgen’s “Snapped: Behind Bars” premieres Sunday, September 1 at 7p. The series speaks to women convicted of murder years after their cases were covered on “Snapped.”
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“Making Change: The Most Significant Political Films of All Time,” a nine-week limited series showcasing films from the list by The New Republic, will premiere September 6at 8p on Turner Classic Movies. TCM host Ben Mankiewicz and guests including Former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Stacey Abrams, Melissa Etheridge, Sally Field, Spike Lee, Steven Spielberg and John Turturro will dive into cinema’s most impactful political films.
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The science and secrets behind animal survival are explored in National Geographic’s “Animal Genius,” premiering Sunday, September 8 at 10p.
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Kartoon Studios announced a second season of the animated kids’ series “Shaq’s Garage,” titled “Shaq’s Garage: Maximum Horsepower.” “The first season of ‘Shaq’s Garage’ drove significant growth,” said Todd Steinman, President of Toon Networks at Kartoon Studios. “The second season has even more high-energy adventures, heartwarming moments, and positive messages.”
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Insight TV announced the launch of its new wellness travel series,“Journey Within” co-produced and hosted by Brazilian model and television personality Marilia Moreno The series will debut on INTRAVEL and Fubo in the US, as well as INFAST channel carriers globally.
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Well, that didn’t take long. Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo’s YouTube channel launched on Wednesday, and within 90 minutes had drawn one million subscribers, the fastest-ever channel to do so. By Sunday morning the number was 43 million, another record.
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M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Watchers” makes its streaming debut on Max on Friday, August 30. The film follows an artist stalked by mysterious creatures.
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Also coming to Max is New Line Cinema’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 bestselling novel Salem’s Lot. The Max Original film, reuniting the producing teams behind horror franchises “The Conjuring” and “It,” drops in October.
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“Counting the Vote: A Firing Line Special with Margaret Hoover” will premiere on PBS on Tuesday, August 27 at 9:30p (check local listings).
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For the first time in at least 30 years, ABC News won every night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention among broadcast networks (the Nielsen electronic database started in September 1991). ABC News’ coverage of the DNC’s fourth night was ABC’s most-watched final night of a DNC in 16 years — since night four of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. ABC News ranked No. 1 among the broadcast networks in Total Viewers (4.233 million), A 25-54 (1.050 million) and A18-49 (789,000).
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Deadpool & Wolverine – $18.3 million
Alien: Romulus – $16.2 million
It Ends with Us – $11.9 million
Blink Twice – $7.3 million
The Forge – $6.6 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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