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BRITBOX: Sherwood (Premiere)
FOOD NETWORK: Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking (Premiere) at 8pm
FX ON HULU: Say Nothing (Premiere)
HALLMARK+: Holidazed (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Beyond Goodbye (Premiere)
PEACOCK: The Day of the Jackal (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: Cross (Premiere)
James Longman has been named the chief international correspondent for ABC News. “His intrepid reporting and powerful storytelling have elevated ABC News’ global coverage since he joined seven years ago, and in this new, well-deserved role, James will continue to deliver best-in-class journalism for our audiences across all programs and platforms,” said ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic. Longman will continue to be a part of ABC News’ foreign news team.
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Amazon is shutting down Freevee. Content from the free AVOD service is already available on Amazon’s Prime Video. “To deliver a simpler viewing experience for customers, we have decided to phase out Freevee branding,” said an Amazon spokesperson. “There will be no change to the content available for Prime members, and a vast offering of free streaming content will still be accessible for non-Prime members, including select Originals from Amazon MGM Studios, a variety of licensed movies and series, and a broad library of FAST Channels.”
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Disney has reached a tentative settlement in a class action alleging it violated the Fair Employment & Housing Act and California’s Equal Pay Act by paying female employees less than their male counterparts. The lawsuit, originally filed in 2019, was scheduled to go to trial next year.
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Ali Wong (“Beef”) will direct and produce a Hulu comedy special starring Frankie Quinones. Irwin Entertainment is producing. “Frankie, on and offstage, was always one of the funniest coming up in the Bay Area comedy scene,” said Wong. “I’m really honored to be directing and producing his first stand up special because his hour is unlike anything I’ve ever seen.”
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Hulu’s “Reasonable Doubt,” from Onyx Collective and 20th Television, has been renewed for season three. The drama centers on Los Angeles-based high-powered criminal defense attorney as she deals with past traumas, a struggling marriage, motherhood and a murder case.
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Lifetime ordered two new movies for its 2025 “Ripped from the Headlines” slate. Cineflix Productions’ “Terror Comes Knocking: The Marcela Borges Story” premieres Saturday, January 11, while Poke Prod-produced “Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story” debuts Saturday, January 18.
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CBS has set winter premiere dates for new and returning series. Coming up:
Wednesdays, Starting January 8
“The Price Is Right at Night” (New Time Period Premiere) at 8p
“Raid the Cage” (Season Two Premiere) at 9p
Thursdays, Starting January 9
“Hollywood Squares” at 8p (Series Premiere; Moves to Wednesdays at 10p Starting January 29)
Sunday January 26
“Watson” at 10p (Series Premiere)
Fridays, Starting January 31
“NCIS: Sydney” at 8p (Second Season Premiere)
“S.W.A.T.” at 10p (New Time Period Premiere)
Sundays, Starting February 16
“The Equalizer” at 10p (New Time Period Premiere)
Wednesday, February 26
“Survivor” at 8p (Season 48 Premiere)
Wednesdays, Starting March 5
“The Amazing Race” at 9:30p (Season 37 Premiere)
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Netflix hit “The Night Agent” returns for season two on Thursday, January 23. The series following a low-level FBI agent was renewed for a third season last month.
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Acorn TV announced a new series in partnership with TED, the nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. “Acorn TV X TED: Transform Your Thinking” premieres on the platform on Monday, November 25. Each of the show’s six episodes features five TED Talks with a common theme.
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“As1One: The Israeli-Palestinian Palestinian Pop Music Journey” premieres Tuesday, December 3 on Paramount+. The coming-of-age docuseries follows the journey of six young men who formed the first mixed Israeli-Palestinian pop group, as1one.
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CBS’ “Blue Bloods” will end its 14-season run on Friday, December 13 at 10p. Two weeks before that, retrospective “Blue Bloods: Celebrating a Family Legacy” will air at 9p, with memories, behind-the-scenes moments, and archival interviews.
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Disney Branded Television has two programming stunts, “Disney Channel’s Fa-la-la-lidays” and “Disney Jr’s Magical Holidays,” airing on Disney Channel and Disney Jr. from Friday, November 29, through Wednesday, January 1. Highlights of “Disney Channel’s Fa-la-la-lidays” include new animated holiday episodes of “Big City Greens” and “ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series,” among other festive fare, while Disney Jr.’s Magical Holidays” will celebrate the season with the new “Mickey and the Very Many Christmases” animated special, “Mickey and Minnie’s Christmas Carols” stop-motion shorts and other holiday-themed Disney Jr. favorites.
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UP Faith & Family will hold its first virtual ChristmasFest on Monday, November 25 at 2p. Moderated by The Wild Adventure Girls, fans will be able to ask the streamer’s stars about their favorite Christmas movies and holiday traditions, and watch trailers and sneak peeks of new movies.
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HBO documentary “Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary” debutsFriday, November 29 at 9p. The latest installment of the “Music Box” series focuses on pivotal moments in music.
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TikTok users will be able to directly access photo sharing app Lemon8 with their TikTok account. ByteDance-owned Lemon8, launched in Japan in 2020, provides creative tools, collages, filters, effects, stickers, and text templates for posts. The account integration “gives our community even more access to create, edit, upload, share photo content with like-minded communities for creative expression and connection,” said TikTok in a blog post.
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ESPN will produce one-hour original content shows for eight NCAA sports during the 2024-25 season, including women’s volleyball, women’s gymnastics, men’s ice hockey, women’s basketball, wrestling, men’s lacrosse, softball and baseball. An original content series surrounding various NCAA Championships will debut in early December.
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Whoopi Goldberg and JungoTV announced the launch of All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN), a global media channel dedicated to women’s sports, on VIZIO WatchFree+ in the US. The channel kicks off with live WNBL basketball and Hockey One League women’s games.
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After 35 days of viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, excluding linear encores, the series premiere of “Doctor Odyssey” jumped +169% in Total Viewers (11.11 million vs. 4.13 million) and +482% among A18-49 (2.21 rating vs. 0.38 rating) over its initial Live+Same Day audience.
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