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OpenAI is buying io, a start-up founded by the designer of the iPhone, Jony Ive, for $6.5 billion. The goal is to create “a new family of products” for the age of artificial intelligence. Ive and his team will take creative and design responsibilities across OpenAI and build hardware to help people better interact with the technology. “I hope we can bring some of the delight, wonder and creative spirit that I first felt using an Apple Computer 30 years ago,” said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
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“The Great Ones,” a docuseries chronicling the journey of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers as they collected five Stanley Cups between 1983 and 1990, is in the works from Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort in collaboration with Score G Productions, Fennessey Films, Canadian network Super Channel and OEG Sports & Entertainment. “As honorary Canadians, hockey is very close to our hearts at Maximum Effort, and The Great Ones is a passion project that combines our love of the sport with our desire to produce compelling non-fiction celebrating legendary histories that deserve more time in the spotlight,” said Kevin Hill, Head of Television.
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Apple TV+ has ordered a docuseries about filmmaker Martin Scorsese. The project comes from director Rebecca Miller (“Personal Velocity: Three Portraits”). “I am so grateful to have been given the artistic freedom and access to create a cinematic portrait of one of our greatest living artists, Martin Scorsese,” said Miller. “His work and life are so vast and so compelling that the piece evolved from one to five parts over a five-year period.”
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Lifetime has ordered a reality series focused on the Chrisley family (“Chrisley Knows Best”), with Savannah Chrisley and Chase Chrisley executive producing. The show, from Bunim/Murrary Productions, focuses on the Chrisley kids as their parents, Todd and Julie, sit in prison after being found guilty bank fraud and tax evasion.
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Great American Media announced the start of production on “Home Sweet Christmas Wedding” (w/t), a follow-up to 2024’s “Home Sweet Christmas.” Candace Cameron Bure and Cameron Mathison reprise their roles in the sequel, set to premiere as part of the company’s Great American Christmas 5th Anniversary celebration on Great American Family and Pure Flix.
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“The Takeout,” a nightly politics and culture show based on Major Garrett’s former weekly podcast of the same name, starts streaming Tuesday, May 27 at 5p on CBS News 24/7. Garrett is the chief Washington correspondent for CBS News.
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Season 15 of Discovery’s “Expedition Unknown” kicks off Wednesday, June 18 at 9p. “I’ve never been more excited to share a new season of Expedition Unknown,” said host Josh Gates. “Every year, we try to set a new bar for adventure, archaeology, and action, and I think these may be our biggest expeditions yet.”
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“Secrets of the Bunny Ranch,” exploring the impact the infamous brothelhad on the women who worked there, launches Thursday, June 12 at 9p on A&E.
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Season four of Canadian drama “Family Law” premieres Wednesday, July 23 at 8p on The CW. The season wrapped in Canada last month.
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HBO’s “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Buffalo Bills” debuts Tuesday, August 5 at 9p, premiering on subsequent Tuesdays through September 2. “Hard Knocks: In Season with the NFC East” kicks off in December.
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Crime drama “The Madame Blanc Mysteries” returns to Acorn TV for season four on Monday, July 17 with two episodes.
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Fubo has launched a dedicated Women’s Sports Zone with custom branding opportunities for advertisers. The hub offers a rotating carousel of women’s sports leagues and events, enabling viewers click into each content tile to tune in to the action live. Brands can align with the hub via custom pause ads, interactive trivia activations, homepage sponsorships, branded content, feature logo placements, banners and themed design elements such as backgrounds, titles and subheads.
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CNBC Sport’s“Curry Inc: The Business of Stephen Curry” premieres Wednesday, June 4 at 9p. Curry speaks with CNBC’s Alex Sherman about his post-NBA ambitions, the pressure of being a global brand, and how he turns passion into purpose. “I’m getting everything I can out of basketball,” Curry tells CNBC, “but I want it to be bigger than that.”
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FOX Sports shared its broadcast schedule for the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup. Taking place in 14 stadiums across 11 US and Canadian cities from Saturday, June 14 to Sunday, July 6, Group Stage play starts at 9:30p on FS1 with defending Gold Cup champion Mexico vs. Dominican Republic from SoFi Stadium in LA.
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Kickboxing event “Glory 100” will air Wednesday, June 14 on DAZN. The event takes place in the Netherlands.
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FOX Sports is partnering with non-profit Purple Heart Homes to renovate and restore the homes of US military veterans in Indianapolis ahead of the network’s inaugural coverage of the 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge on Sunday, May 25.
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Paramount+ with Showtime’s “Noah’s Arc: The Movie” debuts Friday, June 20, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the two-season Logo comedy/drama.
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The Catchy Comedy Network will celebrate actor George Wendt with a 24-hour marathon of “Cheers,” starting Sunday, May 25 at 6a. Wendt died May 20 at age 76.
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Five years after George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis, Fox Television Stations will present “After George Floyd” on Sunday, May 25. The special was produced by Fox 9 Minneapolis.
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