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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 9/30/24)
AXS TV’s Rock Legends Kicks Off (Premiere) at 8pm
CBS News shared the rules for the live vice-presidential debate between Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance. The candidates have agreed to the following:
· The debate will be 90 minutes, with two breaks of four minutes each. Campaign staff may not interact with candidates during breaks.
· No audience.
· No props or pre-written notes allowed on stage.
· No topics or questions will be shared in advance with campaigns or candidates.
· CBS News reserves the right to turn off candidate microphones – which means that unlike the Harris/Trump presidential debate, mics will be kept on when it isn’t a candidate’s turn to speak.
· Candidates get two minutes to answer and the other candidate has two minutes to respond. Each candidate gets one minute for further rebuttals. At the discretion of the moderators, candidates may get an additional minute each to continue a discussion. The debate takes place tomorrow at 9p, moderated by Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan.
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E.W. Scripps is shutting down its over-the-air broadcast news channel, resulting in about 200 layoffs. Scripps News’ live coverage will continue on streaming and digital platforms, with a core reporting team based in Washington, DC. Wrote Scripps CEO Adam Symson in a note to staff, “Over the last two years, Scripps News’ live anchored coverage and documentary programming have grown its linear television audience, but the prospects for the necessary revenue growth haven’t materialized, despite our sales teams’ efforts. Scripps News’ current financial position is what has led me to the decision to scale back our approach to 24-hour news and over-the-air coverage.”
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The “Baby Reindeer” defamation lawsuit against Netflix will move forward, ruled a judge on Friday. US District Judge R. Gary Klausner found that Netflix could have defamed Fiona Harvey, the inspiration behind the character in the show depicted as a twice-convicted stalker sentenced to five years in prison for sexual assault, by stating that the series was “based on a true story.” Harvey, who is seeking at least $170 million and says she has never been convicted of a crime, has “a probability of prevailing” in her case, the judge found. Claims for negligence, right of publicity and punitive damages were dismissed.
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Hulu canceled “UnPrisoned” after two seasons, revealed series star Kerry Washington on Instagram. “This beautiful show that we poured so much of our hearts and souls into is unfortunately not coming back for a Season 3,” posted the actress, who was also an executive producer on the series. “But I wanted you to hear it from me because while we’re super duper disappointed, we’re also crazy deeply grateful.”
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NBA All-Star Anthony Davis has joined the “Impractical Jokers” crew for a hidden camera unscripted comedy special, “Foul Play” (w/t). Producing are Grandma’s House Entertainment (“Catching Kelce”), Bad Woods Entertainment, and 4.4.Forty Media. The special will air in early 2025 on TBS.
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Comedian Whitney Cummings (“Whitney”) been enlisted to host the Max Original four-part game show “Fast Friends,” a “Friends” fan competition scheduled to start production next month at The Friends Experience: The One in New York City, the interactive experience created by Warner Bros. Discovery Global Experiences, Warner Bros. Television Group, and Original X Productions. It doesn’t sound like it took much coaxing to get Cummings onboard. “As a longtime fan of ‘Friends,’ I am beyond thrilled to host the first ever game show,” she said. “After 30 years, the fandom surrounding this beloved series only continues to grow and now I have the great pleasure of awarding the ultimate fans with bragging rights for life.”
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Oscar winner Hilary Swank (“Million Dollar Baby”) has joined the season three cast of Paramount+ With Showtime drama “Yellowjackets” as a recurring guest star.
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CBS Studios is developing a drama series based on Jonathan Franzen’s 2001 bestseller The Corrections, with Meryl Streep attached to star. Franzen will adapt his novel for television, as well as executive produce.
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Acorn TV greenlit crime drama “Art Detectives,” starring Stephen Moyer (“True Blood”), who also executive produces. The Black Dog Television production co-produced and distributed by Dynamic Television centers around the Heritage Crime Unit, a police department that solves murders connected to the world of art and antiques.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO original “Like Water for Chocolate” makes its debut Sunday, November 3 on HBO Latino. New episodes will air weekly.
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New Discovery series “Lost Monster Files,” uncovering the case files of cryptozoologist Ivan Sanderson, launches Wednesday, October 9 at 10p.
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Law&Crime documentary “The Trials of Kyle Rittenhouse” will air Friday, September 27 at 9p. The 90-minute film sheds new light on the investigation into the events of the evening in August 2020 when Rittenhouse shot and killed two protestors and seriously wounded a third person. A jury found him not guilty of all charges.
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The series premiere of CBS’ “Matlock” grew to 10.67 million viewers with three days of multiplatform viewing, a +38% lift from its Live+SD linear only viewership.
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Prime Video’s “TNF” game between the Cowboys and the Giants averaged 16.22 million viewers, an all-time high for “TNF” on Prime and the most-streamed NFL regular season game in history. The event attracted a peak audience of more than 18 million viewers to the service for the second time in three weeks.
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“Halloween Baking Championship” delivered Food Network’s highest Monday prime rating of the year to date among Adults 18+ and Women 18+ and garnered Live+3 ratings (.85 and 1.19 respectively) that more than doubled the network’s ratings benchmarks over the prior six weeks in the demos. The premiere, which ranked as the #1 non-news/sports cable program of the night, reached more than 2.3 million total cross platform viewers across Food Network, Max and discovery+.
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Actress Maggie Smith died September 27 at age 89. “Maggie Smith was a truly great actress and we were more than fortunate to be part of the last act in her stellar career,” said “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes. “She was a joy to write for, subtle, many-layered, intelligent, funny and heart-breaking. Working with her has been the greatest privilege of my career.”
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Drake Hogestyn, best known for his role on “Days of Our Lives,” died September 28 of pancreatic cancer. He was 70. Hogestyn appeared in more than 4200 episodes of the soap opera.
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Today’s Jackpot is $258 million.
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
The Wild Robot – $35 million
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – $16 million
Transformers One – $9.3 million
Devara Part 1 – $5.6 million
Speak No Evil – $4.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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