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NBC: Opry 100: A Live Celebration at 8pm
+LIFE MEDIA: What’s the Jeuge (Premiere)
A&E: Stadium Lockup (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Booked: First Day In (Premiere) at 10pm
DISNEY+: Star Wars: Jedi Adventures (Premiere)
HULU: Good American Family (Premiere)
HULU: Hyper Knife (Premiere)
HULU: Gannibal (Premiere)
Disney+ has added a new 24/7 Stream for “The Simpsons,” with 767 episodes across seasons 1-35 programmed in chronological order. “From day one, the fans have asked for a Stream of ‘The Simpsons,’ and we’re happy to oblige,” said Gabe Lewis, SVP of Programming & Content Curation, Disney+. “We look forward to evolving the user experience and expanding the offering with more Streams, to more subscribers, later this year.”
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Internet for Growth, a coalition of small businesses, entrepreneurs, and digital creators, has issued an open letter to Governor Kathy Hochul urging her administration to reject a bill proposing a tax on digital advertising to fund state unemployment programs. “New York is the world’s advertising and media capital, yet this tax threatens one of its most vital industries,” said Internet for Growth Executive Director Brendan Thomas. “Digital advertising is crucial for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and creators to reach customers, grow, and compete. But it’s not just about sales – employers rely on it to find and hire workers. Taxing digital ads will raise hiring costs, worsening unemployment instead of solving it.”
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Max has canceled “The Sex Lives of College Girls.” The season three finale of the comedy, executive produced by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, aired in January.
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National Geographic has launched the National Geographic 33, a list honoring individuals whose ideas are making the world a better place. Among the honorees are Jason Samoa, Selena Gomez, snowboarder Jeremy Jones, and Freetown, Sierra Leone mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr. “The inaugural National Geographic 33 represents an exciting milestone for us, as it embodies the very essence of our brand – sharing the stories of extraordinary individuals whose work is making a meaningful impact in the hope of inspiring others to help shape a better future,” said Courteney Monroe, President, National Geographic Content.
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Attention, shoppers: Macy’s has optioned Julie Satow’s best-selling novel When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion to develop into a fictionalized TV series. “When Women Ran Fifth Avenue celebrates all of the pioneering women who helped shape retail fashion and their enduring legacy, women like Macy’s Margaret Getchell,” said Satow. “I can’t wait to see these trailblazing stories reach a wider audience, inspiring the next generation of innovators in fashion and business.”
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MGM+ has ordered crime drama “The Westies” from creator and executive producer Chris Brancato. Under his overall television deal with MGM+, Brancato created the series with Michael Panes and will also executive produce and showrun. It’s Brancato’s third series with MGM+ following “Godfather of Harlem” and “Hotel Cocaine.” “The Westies” will go into production in Toronto in July.
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Spirit Studios has landed its first commission for UK broadcaster 5 with “Drunk and Disorderly: At 30,000 Feet.” The 60-minute film exposes the growing crisis of mid-air disruptions, and examines the ways in which the aviation industry may be contributing to the problem.
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Global has greenlit Canadian original scripted series spinoff “Private Eyes West Coast.” Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson will reprise their “Private Eyes” roles in the drama from Lionsgate Canada and Piller/Segan.
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“Tulsa King,” starring Sylvester Stallone, will return for a third season on Paramount+. Season two of the Taylor Sheridan series delivered 21.1 million global streaming viewers for the premiere episode and set a new record as the most watched global premiere at the time for any series in Paramount+ history.
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Fox Television Stations has renewed “Extra” for season 32. The syndicated entertainment news series is produced by Telepictures Productions in association with Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.
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Biblical drama “House of David” has been renewed for a second season on Prime Video. Launched on February 27 with three episodes, the series drew 22 million viewers in its first 17 days.
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Apple TV+s “The Buccaneers” will be back for season two on Wednesday, June 18. “Last time we got a taste of England. This time we’re in for a veritable feast,” promises the streamer.
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“Sirens,” a darkly comic limited series starring Julianne Moore (“May December”), Meghann Fahy (“The White Lotus”) and Milly Alcock (“House of the Dragon”) drops Thursday, May 22 on Netflix.
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HGTV’s “Love It or List It” returns Monday, April 21 at 10p. Real estate agent David Visentin, who sparred with Hilary Farr for the show’s first 19 seasons, has a new designer foe this time around in Page Turner.
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CBS concert special “An Evening with Elton John and Brandi Carlile” is set for Sunday, April 6 at 8p. The hour-long show will feature stories about the musicians’ friendship, and look at their new joint album.
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An April 17 crossover episode with NBC’s “Law & Order” and “Law & Order: SVU” will focus on a case involving a pattern of rape and murder targeting marginalized women. After the two-hour stunt, Peacock’s “Law & Order: Organized Crime” will jump to NBC for its season premiere at 10p.
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After a 92-day theatrical window, Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” will make its Hulu landing on Thursday, March 27. The film starring Timothee Chalamet was nominated for eight Academy Awards.
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This year’s Super Bowl Sunday exceeded 110 billion viewing minutes, a viewership number reached just one other time since Nielsen’s The Gauge launched in May 2021, with last year’s Super Bowl Sunday leading by about 500 million minutes. Fox’s broadcast delivered 127.7 million viewers; Tubi represented a third of all streaming usage and multiplied its audience to nearly 16 times its January 2025 average.
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Comcast has an offering for some Peacock subscribers that enables them to watch locally-televised sports programming from four Comcast-operated NBC RSNs, two in Northern California, and one each in Philadelphia and Boston. Peacock will offer access to each of the four networks, depending on where a subscriber lives, for a fee.
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Fubo and Rangers Sports Network struck an agreement that will bring the Texas Rangers’ broadcast network to Fubo. Fubo will stream Rangers Sports Network’s coverage of every available Texas Rangers game, including pre- and postgame shows, to subscribers of its English-language paid channel plans in the Rangers Sports Network footprint across Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Additionally, Fubo will launch Rangers Sports Network as a standalone subscription that can also be added to the Fubo Free plan or Latino plan in those markets.
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FE, the sustainable sports apparel brand and an official NHL licensee, has secured the additional rights to create an apparel collection featuring Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin as he nears the National Hockey League’s all-time goals record.
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