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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 9/23/24)
NBC: The Voice (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Brilliant Minds (Premiere) at 10pm
FOX: 9-1-1 Lone Star (Premiere) at 8pm
UNIVISION: Fugitivas (Premiere) at 8pm
CW: The Wranglers (Premiere) at 9pm
OUTDOOR CHANNEL: Farming the Wild (Premiere) at 7pm
OUTDOOR CHANNEL: Feral (Premiere) at 7:30pm
OUTDOOR CHANNEL: Meat Eater (Premiere) at 8pm
OUTDOOR CHANNEL: McMillan (Premiere) at 8:30pm
OUTDOOR CHANNEL: Andrew Zimmern’s Field to Fire (Premiere) at 9pm
OUTDOOR CHANNEL: Hardcore Carnivore (Premiere) at 9:30pm
HISTORY: Prison Chronicles (Finale) at 10:30pm
Erik Menendez, who along with his brother Lyle was convicted of murdering their parents in 1989 in one of the most sensational trials in recent history, has publicly come out against Netflix’s limited series about the case – “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” – as “inaccurate” and “dishonest,” according to reports. Erik posted a message to his brother’s Facebook page last Friday, criticizing the Netflix limited series, produced by Ryan Murphy, as yet another melodramatic adaptation of the murders that doesn’t follow the facts. The Netflix show depicts the brothers as spoiled brats who went on a spending spree after killing their parents, and later as sympathetic victims who endured years of sexual abuse by their father and mother. The brothers were convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 and are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole, but their lawyer has said publicly he’s hopeful that new family testimonies would help get their sentences reduced.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dallas Jenkins, creator of Biblical series “The Chosen,” launched 5&2 Studios with a slate of projects in the works including an animated series, an unscripted show with reality star Bear Grylls and a multi-season series on the story of Moses. According to Variety, Jenkins was scheduled to announce the new studio and its plans – including the rollout of the last two seasons of “The Chosen” – at the “ChosenCon” two-day gathering of fans in Orlando, FL, that began on Friday. Variety added that a six-episode adventure series – “The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls” – is in the works and will begin shooting this fall. After The Chosen ends its run, Jenkins plans to write, direct and showrun a three-season series on the life of Moses, Variety added.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Writer Nell Scovell (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) and former NBCUniversal Television content chief Susan Rovner are developing a series, “The Fishbowl,” with CBS Studios producing, according to Deadline.com The drama centers on a brilliant medical examiner overseeing a private room at the Manhattan morgue that investigates New York City’s weirdest deaths. Scovell created the series and will executive produce with Rovner through Aha Studios banner.
(Source: Cynopsis)
New episodes of animated series “Alma’s Way” from Fred Rogers Productions premiere September 23 as Sonia Monzano returns as Granny Isa and Alma tries to get her grandparents to remarry so her whole family can be together all the time. In addition, Alma and her family and friends get to visit the American Museum of Natural History in two episodes that highlight the iconic Museum and some of its most popular exhibits, beginning on October 5.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Just in time to kick off the Halloween season, the all-new series “Destinations of the Damned with Zak Bagans – featuring the “Ghost Adventures” star – premieres Wednesday, October 2 at 11p on Discovery Channel and will stream on discovery+ with a same-day binge-drop.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Telemundo 51 Miami / WSCV, part of NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo Station Group, presented its annual telethon benefitting the Liga Contra el Cáncer (League Against Cancer) across its TV, streaming and digital platforms on Saturday. The telethon was hosted live by Daisy Ballmajó, Alejandra Molina, Fausto Malavé, Marilys Llanos, Mariana Rodríguez, and Alejandro Isturiz, with additional participation from Gloria Ordaz, Arlena Amaro, Ana Cuervo and Eduardo “Yusnaby” Rodriguez. This year, donations topped $3.1 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Live from Mount Olympus,” the award-winning podcast for kids and families from the Onassis Foundation, PRX, and the TEAM returns for Season 5 with a retelling of the myth of Pandora, while the three-episode new season of “GodsPod,” launches October 15 with a new episode premiering each Tuesday through October 29. Tony-, Emmy-, and Grammy-Award winner André De Shields (“Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” “Hadestown”) returns as podcast host Hermes to share the story of Pandora, played by Nedra Marie Taylor (“Book of Mormon,” “Marvin’s Room”). “Live from Mount Olympus” has been downloaded more than 1.5 million times and is available free on-demand on all major podcast platforms.
(Source: Cynopsis)
AXS TV revealed its October concert lineup, with a roster including Bruce Springsteen, The Doobie Brothers, Aerosmith, Def Leppard, Queen, Maroon Five, Imagine Dragons, Shania Twain, and more, airing every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in primetime, and continuing with themed blocks every Saturday and Sunday. Lady A kicks off the month with “Lady A: Live From The Artists Den” on October 1 at 9p. Later in the month, British rocker Judas Priest take the stage in “Judas Priest: Battle Cry Live at Wacken Festival 2015” on October 6 at 2p, followed by “Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band: Darkness on the Edge of Town at the Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park” on October 7 at 9p, “Fleetwood Mac-Live In Boston” is slated for October 12, while “Nirvana: Live At The Paramount” is scheduled for October 26 at 3p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The reboot of Max series “Pretty Little Liars” will not return for a third season, the streamer said. The series debuted on Max in 2022 as “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.” A second season – “Pretty Little Liars: Summer School” – aired between May and June. In a statement, Max said it “will not be moving forward with a third season “of the show, but thanked its co-creators Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Lindsay Calhoon Bring and the crew at Warner Bros. Television for “reintroducing fans to this new iteration” of the show.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Google now shows YouTube users ads when they pause videos in the app, providing advertisers with a new space to utilize when planning campaigns. Google began testing the pause feature in 2023 with select advertisers for viewers pausing videos on a connected TV. The test ads appeared as a banner around the video and were removable by selecting a “dismiss” button. Pause ads are now showing up on YouTube’s website as well as its mobile app, to the chagrin of some users. YouTube claims the feature, now available to all advertisers, is designed to be less interruptive. However, it’s uncertain whether that means there will be fewer ads as a result.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Summer Olympics, averaging 14 million nightly viewers from July 26-August 11, helped NBC become the ratings champ for the 2023-24 season, measured from Sept. 25, 2023-Sept. 22, 2024. That, coupled with other summer programming, helped NBC pass CBS, which won the traditional September to May ratings season. NBC averaged about 4.9 million primetime viewers during the summer months of 2023-24, beating CBS’ 4.7 million. ABC ranked third with 3.9 million viewers, while Fox averaged 2.8 million. NBC viewership was up 7% from 2022-23 season, while ABC rose by 4%, CBS dipped 6% and Fox was down 24% for the period. CBS averaged 5.59 million viewers for the September to May season, followed by NBC (5.01 million), ABC (4.29 million) and Fox (3.35 million). TV viewing tends to go down substantially in the summer, even in an Olympic year, hence the lower numbers for the full year vs. the nine-month traditional season.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Among the key ad-sales demographic of adults 18-49, NBC led the 52-week season with a 0.72 rating, equal to about 950,000 viewers in that age range. ABC and CBS tied at 0.6 (about 790,000 viewers), and Fox drew a 0.58 (about 765,000 viewers). For the September-to-May run, CBS scored a 0.82 rating, followed by NBC at 0.77, Fox at 0.73 and ABC at 0.66.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – $25.9 million
Transformers One – $24.6 million
Speak No Evil – $5.8 million
Never Let Go -$4.4 million
Deadpool & Wolverine – $3.8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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