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Nominees for the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced Wednesday. “Shogun” topped list with five nods, followed by four for “The Bear” and three for “The Diplomat.” The ceremony is set for Sunday, February 23 at 8p on Netflix. The nominee news was shared via press release, after an in-person event in LA was one of numerous cancellations due to the horrific wildfires sweeping across the area.
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ABC’s “The View” expands to weekends on Saturday, January 11, premiering with a half-hour show at 7:30a on streamer ABC News Live. “‘The Weekend View’ will feature more of the ‘Hot Topics’ our audiences can’t get enough of, delivering original content for the weekend with a focus on what’s trending,” said Robin Hommel, executive broadcast producer of “The View.
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The Los Angeles City Council approved a $1 billion Television City projectthat is expected to include about 980,000 square feet of offices, soundstages, production facilities and retail space, as well as a 15-story office tower, reports the LA Times. By completion, the property, on Fairfax at Beverly Boulevard, would make up nearly 1.7 million square feet. The site is owned by Hackman Capital Partners.
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Season 12 of “Travels with Darley” launches Sunday, January 12 on PBS stations. Thirteen half-hour episodes blend historic architecture, culture, history, and cuisine.
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The upcoming third season of Prime Video’s “Harlem” will be its last. “I’m beyond grateful to the whole team at Amazon for giving me the chance of a lifetime to tell these four Black women’s stories and shoot it in the city I love: Harlem. It’s been an incredible journey, and I’m honored to see the impact it’s made in the culture, as well as the impact it’s had on all of us who’ve been blessed to work on it,” said creator, writer and executive producer Tracy Oliver. The drama’s final run begins Thursday, January 23.
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Save the (new) dates: NATAS has shifted the News & Documentary Emmy Awards from September to June, pushing the Daytime Emmys from June to October. “For nearly half a century, the News & Documentary Emmys have honored the best in broadcast journalism and documentary programming,” said NATAS President and CEO Adam Sharp. “Moving the ceremony earlier in the Emmy schedule shines a brighter light on the timely nature of the incredible content being recognized.”
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Starting February 1, Family Entertainment TV will begin airing original, uncut versions of most of the classic TV series and movies on the network. “For decades, TV series in the classic genre have been aired in a truncated fashion on broadcast and cable outlets,” said Adam Sumrall, EVP of FETV and FMC. “Starting in February, FETV will move in an exciting new direction by re-introducing the original, uncut episodes to our viewers. Each day, all of us at FETV think about how to make the viewer experience better, and this is an important step in enhancing that experience.”
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Guy Fieri, his wife and his sons take to the seas on the Carnival Mardi Gras in “Guy’s Ultimate Family Cruise,” in a special airing Friday, January 31 at 9p on Food Network.
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Roku landed a two-year rights deal with the Pro Volleyball Federation.“Women’s volleyball has a passionate and expansive fanbase, and PVF’s position as the premier professional league makes them the ideal partner for Roku,” said Roku Media’s Head of Sports, Joe Franzetta. “As we continue to expand our sports offering, adding PVF as our first women’s professional league partnership underscores our commitment to delivering premium live sports to a wider fanbase.”
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Monumental Sports will broadcast “A-10 Hoops Talk: Beyond the Paint,” a nine-episode interview show covering Atlantic 10 (A-10) college basketball. The program debuts Sunday, January 12 at 11:30a.(Source: Cynopsis)
Piers Morgan is leaving News Corp., but is still in business with the Murdoch company, taking control of his Uncensored YouTube channel in exchange for a four-year revenue-sharing deal with News Corp. “I have had a great time working back at News and am delighted that we will continue to be partners,” the former CNN host told Sky News. “Owning the brand allows my team and I the freedom to focus exclusively on building Uncensored into a standalone business, editorially and commercially, and in time, widening it from just me and my content.”
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ESPN studio show “Monday Night Countdown” finished the regular season up 5% in Total Audience (1.34 million viewers), and rose 16% among women. The 40th season of “Sunday Night Countdown” averaged 1.2 million viewers, up from the 2020 and 2021 seasons, and within range of the 2022 and 2023 seasons.
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