FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 8/1/25)
APPLE TV+: Chief of War (Premiere)
APPLE TV+: Stillwater (Premiere)
DISCOVERY: Deadliest Catch (Premiere) at 8pm
DISNEY: Eyes of Wakanda (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Perfect Match (Premiere)
OWN: Ready to Love (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues (Premiere)
WE TV: Life After Lockup (Premiere) at 8pm
(SATURDAY 8/2/25)
HALLMARK CHANNEL: Providence Falls (Premiere) at 8pm
NAT GEO: Naming the Dead (Premiere) at 10pm
NETFLIX: Beyond the Bar (Premiere)
OWN: Heart & Hustle: Houston (Premiere)
(SUNDAY 8/3/25)
A&E: 1000 Ways to Dine (Premiere) at 8am
ANIMAL PLANET: Wardens of the North (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD NETWORK: The Great Food Truck Race (Premiere) at 9pm
HBO: The Yogurt Shop Murders (Premiere) at 10pm
Comedy Central’s “South Park” kicked off its 27th season with its highest-rated premiere since 1999, and a 68% increase over last season’s debut. Featuring a satirical take on President Trump, the episode drew 5.9 million viewers across Paramount+ and Comedy Central and ranked as the #1 telecast across all cable.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Disney has launched a back-to-school initiative, providing classroom supplies and books to schools in all 50 states, in collaboration with the education-focused nonprofits Donors Choose and First Book. Sheryl Lee Ralph (“Abbott Elementary”) is lending her voice to the campaign.
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO Max is offering a “programming pop-up”from August 1-September 29, with 15 British series available on BritBox. “We’re continually looking for creative ways to bring more high-quality storytelling to our HBO Max audience,” said Joshua Walker, Chief Financial & Strategy Officer of Streaming, Warner Bros. Discovery. “This BritBox sampling gives our subscribers a chance to discover a variety of great British television series featuring rich, distinctive stories.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season three of Paramount+’s “Tulsa King” debuts Sunday, September 21. The drama starring Sylvester Stallone was the #1 Paramount+ original series in 2024, setting a new record for the streamer with 21.1 million global streaming viewers for the season two premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“The Chrisleys: Back to Reality,” following the “Chrisley Knows Best” clan,premieres as a two-night event on September 1 and 2 and 8p on Lifetime. The remaining episodes will air back-to-back on Tuesdays at 8p starting September 9.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A new season of TLC’s “90 Day Fiance: The Other Way” kicks off Monday, September 8 at 8p, with four new couples and two fan favorites starting over with their partners abroad.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Politico White House bureau chief Dasha Burns is hosting C-SPAN’s upcoming political panel “Ceasefire.” Set to debut this fall, the show will feature “honest and civil discussions about how to tackle the nation’s most pressing problems,” according to the network.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Samsung TV Plus is debuting two new lifestyle channels this month: The Martha Stewart Channel and The Emeril Lagasse Channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Telemundo is expanding its broadcast news programming beginning Monday, August 4 with the simulcast of an hourlong early morning news program from the network’s 24/7 streaming news FAST channel. The “Noticias Telemundo AHORA” newcast will air weekday mornings at 7a.
(Source: Cynopsis)
August heats up on INSP with weekend stunts including Born Tough (today, August 1 through Sunday, August 3), celebrating Sam Elliott; Better Off Red (Saturday, August 9-Sunday, August 10), featuring movies with red-headed women; and Don’t Mess with Fess! (Sunday, August 17), a Fess Parker birthday celebration.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Submissions for the 78th Annual Writers Guild Awards open Monday, September 15, with preliminary voting beginning January 6. The ceremony takes place Sunday, March 8.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Documentary film “Big Dreams: Little League World Series,” focused on the town in rural Pennsylvania that is home to the LLWS, premieres Tuesday, August 12 at 9:30p on ESPN.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The sixth episode in season three of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” hit a new series high 4.5 million viewers with three days of viewing. The period drama is tracking 25% higher than last season, with week-to-week growth each episode.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Channel’s “Christmas in July” programming stunt boosted the network to be the #1 most-watched entertainment cable net throughout the month in Weekend Prime among Households, Total Viewers, Women 18+, and Persons 18+, and #1 in Total Day among Households and Women 18+. The four original movie premieres ranked as the #1 most-watched entertainment cable programs on Saturdays, and limited docuseries “Christmas at Sea” was the #2 most-watched entertainment cable program in its time period on Mondays among Women 18+.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix’s 2020 docuseries “Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich” counted 73.1 million minutes watched the week of July 18, up 430% from the week prior. The surge comes as President Trump faces backlash among supporters calling for the long-promised release of more files on Epstein’s criminal case.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
The Bad Guys 2 – Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Zazie Beetz, Richard Ayoade, Lilly Singh, Alex Borstein, Monia Ayachi, Maria Bakalova, Danielle Brooks, Colin Jost, Natasha Lyonne
The Naked Gun – Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu, Cody Rhodes, Busta Rhymes
She Rides Shotgun (Limited Release) – Ana Sophia Heger, Taron Egerton, Jamie Bernadette, Goldie Tom, Rob Yang, Odessa A’zion, David Lyons, Travis Hammer, Rebecca Hill Casey
STREAMING MOVES
My Oxford Year (Netflix) – Sofia Carson, Corey Mylchreest, Dougray Scott, Catherine McCormack, Harry Trevaldwyn, Esmé Kingdom, Nikhil Parmar, Poppy Gilbert, Romina Cocca, Yadier Fernández, Nia Anisah, Hugh Coles
Trouble Man (Prime Video) – Michael Jai White, Method Man, La La Anthony, Noah Fleder, Gillian White, Theodore Park, Levy Tran, Mike Epps, Orlando Jones, Deja Dee, Keith Sweat
NYC STREET FAIRS
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www.nycstreetfairs.com/event-schedule/
SUMMER STREETS IN NYC – AUGUST 2025
https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/summerstreets.shtml
Here’s the map.
https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/summerstreets.shtml
HARLEM WEEK – FRI. 8/1/25 – SUN. 8/17/25
https://harlemweek.com
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $140 million.
(One ticket costs $5.00 as of April 2025)
You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. NYLottery.NY.gov
POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $410 million.
(One ticket costs $2.00)
Powerball is played in 43 states.
NYLottery.NY.gov
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