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Rashida Jones is stepping down as President of MSNBC. “After four incredible years at the helm of MSNBC and 11 years at NBCU, I have made the decision to pursue new opportunities,” said Jones in a memo to employees. Rebecca Cutler, SVP of Content Strategy, will serve as interim president. Jones’ move comes as Comcast prepares to spin off most of its cable channels, including the news net. During a meeting to announce Jones’ departure, Mark Lazarus who will head up the new company, informed staffers that MSNBC will keep its name after the Comcast split.
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Meta plans to lay off about 5% of its workforce, said CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a memo to managers that was reported by Business Insider. The strategy is to “raise the bar on performance management” and “move out low-performers,” according to the memo. Affected employees – about 3600 – are to be notified by February 10.
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NBC has renewed “St. Denis Medical” for a second season. Since the medical mockumentary’s November premiere, it has reached 21.4 million total viewers for the season to date across platforms and ranks as NBC’s No. 1 new show the season among A18-49, according to Nielsen Live+7 data.
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Employees at nonfiction production company Lucky 8 (“60 Days In”) have unionized with Writers Guild of America East for collective bargaining. “Nonfiction television and film workers are building power industrywide by fighting for critical union protections,” said Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, President of the WGA East. “Workers at Lucky 8 have made their voices heard.” Lucky 8 is not the first to go the union route – other unionized nonfiction production companies include BSTV Entertainment, Jigsaw, Vox Entertainment and Sharp, to name a few.
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Docuseries “History’s Greatest Mysteries” returns Monday, January 27 at 9p on History, followed by new series “History’s Most Shocking,” featuring “mind-blowing” events caught on camera, at 10p.
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A new season of TLC’s “90 Day Fiancé” kicks off Sunday, February 16 at 8p. The reality show attracted 11.3 million viewers last season and was one of the highest-rated unscripted cable series of 2024. This season features three new pairs, three returning couples from previous franchises, and its first-ever throuple.
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Allen Media Group is launching weekly series “Deep Water Salvage,” following global marine salvage operations, in fall 2025. The one-hour syndicated series is cleared in over 85% of US television households.
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French animation studio Xilam Animation has inked a deal renewal with Sony Pictures Networks India for its flagship comedy franchise, “Oggy and the Cockroaches.” SPNI has renewed its agreement for all seasons of the series for its kids’ channel, Sony YAY!; for the feature film “Oggy and the Cockroaches: The Movie”; and for the recent rebooted version, “Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation.”
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“We Live in Time,” the romantic comedy/drama starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, makes its streaming debut on Max on Friday, February 7, one day ahead of its linear bow at 8p on HBO. The movie was released in theaters in October.
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Also coming to Max is “Waitress: The Musical,” a filmed version of the Broadway show, on Friday, February 14. The musical is based on the 2007 film “Waitress,” which will be available on the platform starting February 1.
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A live kicking competition between Eli and Peyton Manning will take place during the Fox Super Bowl Pregame Show as part of FanDuel’s “Kick of Destiny 3” campaign. Each Super Bowl-winning brother will attempt a 25-yard field goal until one wins (or gets closest to the goal in a tiebreaker). Two additional “Destiny” TV spots will air during the big game.
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Fox Sports has named Will Buxton to handle play-by-play with James Hinchcliffe and Townsend Bell offering race analysis for the inaugural season of NTT Indy Car Series coverage on Fox, beginning with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday, March 2, at noon.
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Magnite was selected as FIFA+’s global programmatic provider. Magnite will power video and display advertising on FIFA+ across North America, EMEA, LATAM, and APAC.
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The NFL’s Philadelphia/Green Bay Wild Card game drew 35.9 million viewers across Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox Sports streaming platforms, making it the most-watched telecast of the week.
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Over at Prime Video, Saturday night’s Steelers-Ravens Wild Card playoff game handed the steamer its all-time high average audience of 22.07 million viewers.
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With its anchor reporting from LA Wednesday through Friday to cover the wildfires, “World News Tonight with David Muir” delivered its largest viewership in two years, ranking as the No. 1 program of the week in Total Viewers (8.866 million) on all of broadcast and cable (excluding sports) during the week of January 6, according to Nielsen.
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