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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 9/3/24)
NETFLIX: Last One Standing (Premiere)
VICE: Dark Side of Reality TV (Premiere) at 9pm
ABC: The Bachelorette (Finale) at 8pm
FOX: The Quiz With Balls (Finale) at 9pm
MTV: The Surreal Life (Finale) at 9pm
Disney networks went dark on DirecTV after the companies failed to come to terms on a new carriage contract. Rob Thun, Chief Content Officer at DirecTV, accused Disney of chasing “maximum profits and dominant control at the expense of consumers – making it harder for them to select the shows and sports they want at a reasonable price.” Countered Dana Walden and Alan Bergman, Co-Chairmen, Disney Entertainment, and Jimmy Pitaro, Chairman, ESPN, in a statement, “DirecTV chose to deny millions of subscribers access to our content just as we head into the final week of the US Open and gear up for college football and the opening of the NFL season. While we’re open to offering DirecTV flexibility and terms which we’ve extended to other distributors, we will not enter into an agreement that undervalues our portfolio of television channels and programs.” The blackout affects over 11 million subscribers.
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HBO Latino and Max renewed “City of God: The Fight Rages On” for a second season. The series, a sequel to the 2002 film, debuted on August 25.
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“Dead Boy Detectives” was not so lucky – Netflix canceled the supernatural drama after one season. The series, set in the “Sandman” universe, dropped on the streamer in April.
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CNN’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz delivered 6.3 million viewers on Thursday, according to Nielsen. That’s the network’s biggest audience since its June debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which drew 9.7 million viewers.
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CNN Films has acquired “Carville: Winning is Everything, Stupid,”chronicling eighteen tumultuous months inside the 2024 election from the vantage point of cantankerous Democratic operative James Carville. Produced by Altimeter Films, the film is set to release in theaters in the fall and will premiere Saturday, October 5 at 7p on CNN.
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A sequel to “One Tree Hill” is in development at Netflix. Sophia Bush, Hilarie Burton and Daneel Ackles, stars of the 2003-12 teen drama, will executive produce, with Ackles exec producing under her Chaos Machine with husband Jensen Ackles. Becky Hartman-Edwards (“Firefly Lane”) is attached to write and executive produce. Warner Bros. Television, producer of the original series, will produce.
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George Kay (“Lupin”) has partnered with All3Media’s New Pictures for an exclusive partnership that sees the launch of Kay’s own label, Observatory Pictures, which will coproduce with New Pictures all new content created by Kay. All3Media International will be the worldwide distribution partner.
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“First-Time Buyer’s Club” returns to OWN with new episodes starting Friday, September 13 at 8p. The series follows wannabe homeowners on the hunt.
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Magnolia Network’s lineup of streaming premieres this month includes season six of “Restoring Galveston” on Friday, September 6; season six of “In With the Old” on Friday, September 13; and season 13 of “Building Off the Grid” on Friday, September 20.
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Four Social Categories were announced for the 2024 “VMAs”: “Song of Summer,” presented by Hilton, “Best Group,” and two new categories with “VMAs Most Iconic Performance” and “Best Trending Video.” The show airs Wednesday, September 11 at 8p on MTV.
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Four days after passing a law that would require permission fromperformers in order to create digital replicas of them, the California state senate passed a law restricting the usage of AI-created digital replicas of deceased performers. The laws await the signature of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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The first episode of “A Party To Die For” (local title: “Moordfeest”), a format of ITV Studios Netherlands and Talpa Studios in which celebrities become detectives in a murder mystery, attracted a total of 877,000 viewers including a +27% increase from the overnight figures.
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