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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 8/30/24)
APPLE TV+: K-Pop Idols (Premiere)
CW: Inside the NFL (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Lavender Fields (Premiere)
NETFLIX: A-List to Playlist (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Breathless (Premiere)
STARZ: The Serpent Queen (Finale) at 8pm
(SATURDAY 8/31/24)
FYI: Andrew Zimmern’s Wild Game Kitchen (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: Killer Chemistry (Premiere) at 10pm
(SUNDAY 9/1/24)
THE AFRICA CHANNEL: Wounds (Premiere) at 8pm
CW: The Chosen (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: The Great North (Premiere) at 9:30pm
FYI: Barrett-Jackson: Revved Up (Premiere) at 10pm
OXYGEN: Snapped: Behind Bars (Premiere) at 7pm
THE ROKU CHANNEL: Borderline (Premiere)
TLC: 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days (Premiere) at 8pm
Yelp is suing Google for antitrust violations, alleging Google has preserved its monopoly in local search by directing users toward its own local search vertical from its general search engine page. The suit comes after a federal judge ruled earlier this month that Google violated US antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the search and advertising markets. “Yelp has long fought to make Google’s local search experience more helpful for consumers and create a level playing field for competing vertical search services,” wrote Yelp co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman in a blog post. “With our action, we aim to safeguard competition, protect consumer choice, recover damages, and prevent Google from engaging in anticompetitive practices so that innovation may flourish.”
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“Honest Renovations,” starring and executive produced by Jessica Alba and Lizzy Mathis, has been renewed for a third season by The Roku Channel. “We are proud to have partnered with Jessica, Lizzy, and the entire production team on ‘Honest Renovations’ for the past two seasons,” said Brian Tannenbaum, Head of Originals, Roku Media. “Our streamers love Jessica and Lizzy’s compassionate, relatable nature, while they transform the homes of these remarkable families.”
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ABC has bumped an episode of “Dancing With the Stars” so it won’t go up against the vice presidential debate airing Tuesday, October 1 on CBS. The competition will instead have a two-night event on Monday, October 7 and Tuesday, October 8.
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Annapurna has partnered with Remedy Entertainment to develop and produce their Control and Alan Wake franchises for film, television and other formats. Annapurna will also work with Remedy as a co-production and co-financing partner for the upcoming game Control 2.
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“Blue Ridge: The Series” lassoed a second season order. The drama’s sophomore run will premiere in 2025 on Western Bound, the FAST channel launching September 3 as a rebrand of Cowboy Way. The season one finale airs Sunday, September 1 at 9p in INSP.
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Season four of Netflix’s “Outer Banks” will premiere Thursday, October 10 with its first five episodes, followed by five more on November 7. The drama follows teens searching for treasure on the North Carolina coast.
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The CW is switching it up. The fourth and final season of “Superman & Lois” and new unscripted series “The Wranglers” are moving from Thursdays to Mondays, while “Scrabble” and “Trivial Pursuit” move from Mondays to Thursdays. “Superman & Lois” launches with a two-hour premiere on October 7, followed a week late by “The Wranglers.” The game shows make their series premieres on October 3.
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Acorn TV and Channel 5 ordered a fourth season of crime drama “The Madame Blanc Mysteries.” Clapperboard and Saffron Cherry Productions are co-producing, with Acorn Media Enterprises onboard as international distributor. A Christmas special is set to air on Acorn TV and Channel 5 in 2024, with the rest of the season continuing in 2025.
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Sequel series “Wizards Beyond Waverly Place” premieres Tuesday, October 29 at 8p on Disney Channel. Original cast member Selena Gomez will guest star on the first episode, and Disney Channel alums Raven-Symoné (“That’s So Raven”) and Danielle Fishel (“Girl Meets World”) are directing episodes of the show.
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“Scariest House in America” premieres Friday, October 4 at 9p on HGTV, with “Ugliest House in America” host Retta hunting for spooky properties.
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Six-episode unscripted Max series “Coming from America” follows four African American families who pack up their belongings to move to the new land of opportunity: Africa. The show debuts Thursday, September 5.
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Paramount+’s Taylor Sheridan espionage thriller “Lioness” returns for season two on Sunday, October 27. The series stars and is executive produced by Zoe Saldaña.
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Oprah Winfrey hosts a special that explores the impact of artificial intelligence on people’s daily lives, with guest including Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI; Bill Gates; FBI Director Christopher Wray, and more. “AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special,” airs Thursday, September 12 at 8p on ABC.
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Freeform’s “31 Nights of Halloween” kicks off Tuesday, October 1 at 1p with “Halloweentown.” On deck are classics like “Casper,” “Beetlejuice,” “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “Edward Scissorhands,” along with newer fare like 2023’s “Haunted Mansion” (making its broadcast debut), “Cruella,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” and double features “Hocus Pocus”/”Hocus Pocus 2” (broadcast debut), “Monsters Inc.”/”Monsters University” and “The Incredibles”/”The Incredibles 2.”
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Apple TV+ viewers who couldn’t get enough of 2023 film “Napoleon”can now watch an extended version. “Napoleon: The Director’s Cut” includes 48 extra minutes.
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OpenAI is in discussions on a deal that would value the company at $100 billion, reports The Wall Street Journal. The funding round would be led by Thrive Capital, and could also include funding from Microsoft; both companies have already invested in the ChatGPT maker. Also in talks with OpenAI is Apple, according to WSJ.
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Tom Brady’s bid to become a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raidersputs restrictions on his access to teams around the NFL as part of his role as a Fox Sports broadcaster. Brady is not permitted to attend broadcast production meetings, may not have access to team facilities, players or coaches, and must abide by league bylaws that prohibit public criticism of officials and other clubs. Brady is allowed to broadcast Raiders games.
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FOX Sports’ “Big Noon Kickoff” starts Week 1 with musical guest mgk, live from Morgantown and the campus of West Virginia University on Saturday, August 31 at 10a.
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ESPN is also mixing sports and sound – J Balvin will work with the network throughout the 2024-25 NFL season to curate music for select ESPN “Monday Night Football” games. The curated music from J Balvin will run in promotional spots, live telecasts and “Monday Night Countdown” for seven weeks this season.
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iPhone app Apple Sports introduced a new way for fans follow the NFL and college football seasons. Updates include enhancements to play-by-play, offering quick access to scoring drives presented alongside the view of every game play, and a new dynamic drive tracker lets fans visualize where the ball is on the field. For college football, fans can now follow the top 25, updated weekly. Every game will also feature real-time scores, stats, and live betting odds, similar to all other leagues in the app.
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The Walt Disney Company announced 100 exclusive NHL games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN+, ABC and Hulu. Additionally, ESPN and TWDC will present the NHL Opening Night tripleheader, 4 Nations Face-Off, 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series, and the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs beginning in mid-April before concluding the season with an NHL Conference Final series in May. ESPN’s NHL studio show, “The Point,” premieres Tuesday, October 8 at 4p on ESPN, ahead of ESPN’s season-opening tripleheader.
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TNT Sports will enter its fourth season of live NHL on TNT coverage with a 62-game regular season schedule, starting with the Pittsburgh Penguins hosting the New York Rangers at 7:30p as part of an opening week doubleheader on Wednesday, October 9. The schedule also includes the Discover NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Eve, the 4 Nations Face-Off and regular live game coverage on Wednesday nights and additional live Sunday afternoon games in Spring 2025.
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MOVIES
Reagan – Dennis Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller, Mena Suvari, C. Thomas Howell, Amanda Righetti, Jon Voight, Justin Chatwin, Kevin Dillon, Kevin Sorbo, Xander Berkeley, Lesley-Anne Down, Davi Henry, Jennifer O’Neill, Robert Davi, Trevor Donovan, Ryan Whitney, Nick Searcy, Mark Moses
1992 – Tyrese Gibson, Ray Lotta, Scott Eastwood, Dylan Arnold, Christopher Emmanuel, Oleg Taktarov, Ori Pfeffer, Cle Bennett, Michael Beasley, Tosin Morohunfola, Renae Anderson
AfrAId – John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Keith Carradine, Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell, Ashley Romans, David Dastmalchian, Wyatt Lindner, Isaac Bae, Bennett Curran, Greg Hill, Riki Lindhome, Ashton Essex Bright, Mason Shea Joyce, River Drosche, Todd Waring, Simon Craig Raynes, Rogelio Douglas III
You Gotta Believe – Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear, Sarah Gadon, Molly Parker, Patrick Renna, Lew Temple, Etienne Kellici, Michael Cash, Jacob Soley, Nicholas Fry, Blake DeLong, Connor McMahon
City of Dreams – Jason Patric, Paulina Gaitan, Renata Vaca, Samm Levine, Diego Calva, Nicole Andrews, Francisco Denis, Adriana Paz, Rich Paul, Karla Coronado, Andres Delgado, Bailey Kai
Slingshot – Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone, David Morrissey, Charlotta Lovgren, Mark Ebulue, Nikolett Barabas
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