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Norah O’Donnell’s last night anchoring “CBS Evening News” will be Thursday, January 23, one day earlier than had been previously announced. The date was shifted because CBS’ coverage of the PGA Farmer’s Insurance Open on January 24 will necessitate a West Coast-only broadcast of the news. O’Donnell announced in July that she was leaving the anchor seat. She’ll be replaced by Maurice DuBois and John Dickerson.
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“The Neighborhood” could be expanding. The season finale of the CBS comedy will serve as a planted spinoff starring Marcel Spears and Sheaun McKinney.
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CNN and Zachary Young, a security consultant who sued the network for defamation, settled the case on Friday, shortly after a jury awarded Young $5 million and was in the process of determining punitive damages. Young was featured in a 2021 report on the fees being demanded on the black market to evacuate Afghans during the chaotic US withdrawal. “We remain proud of our journalists and are 100% committed to strong, fearless and fair-minded reporting at CNN, though we will of course take what useful lessons we can from this case,” said a CNN spokesperson.
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VICE TV docuseries “Pitino: Red Storm Rising,” following Rick Pitino in his second season as head coach of the St. John’s University men’s basketball team, will premiere Tuesday, February 11 at 10p.
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Season two of “Prosecuting Evil with Kelly Siegler” premieres Saturday, January 25 at 8p on Oxygen True Crime. The series’ freshman season of averaged 991,000 viewers across platforms through 35 days.
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“Gladiator II” starts streaming today, January 21 on Paramount+. The film was released in theaters on November 22.
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Xfinity customers can get a free preview of Acorn TV through January 26. Available on X1 and the Xfinity Stream app, the preview includes a new season of “Darby and Joan: Open Road Detectives,” which on January 4 drove Acorn TV to the biggest day of new sign-ups in its history. The preview also coincides with the arrival of the first two episodes of New Zealand’s breakout new mystery series “The Gone.”
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February’s Sunday Mystery Matinee on FETV features classic mystery movies “Rear Window,” “The Killers,” “North By Northwest,” and “Double Indemnity,” each week at 3p.
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BBC Africa Eye has acquired the film “Our Land, Our Life,” following the journey of two Kenyan women who shine a light on British atrocities as they fought Mau Mau separatists.
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After seven days of viewing on ABC, Hulu, Hulu on Disney+ and digital platforms, new comedy “Shifting Gears” has drawn 16.95 million Total Viewers, representing a 173% lift over the show’s initial Live+Same Day delivery.
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Fox Sports drew 33.6 million viewers for Washington’s divisional upset over Detroit across Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming services on Saturday. It was the fourth most-watched Saturday NFC Divisional game in Fox history.
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ABC kicked off its Tuesday drama night with record-setting results for “High Potential,” “Will Trent” and the season three return to “The Rookie.” On linear, ABC earned its most-watched night (7.56 million) of original scripted lineup in over four years, winning won the night in Total Viewers and A18-49 (0.65 rating).
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The new season of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains” has been seen by more than 3.7 million P2+ cross platform viewers (across linear, Max and discovery+). The second episode posted a 0.67 P25-54 / 0.80 W25-54 L3 rating, up double digits vs. week one and up triple digits vs. prior six-week benchmarks.
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