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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 10/2/25)
BBC AMERICA: The Graham Norton Show (Premiere) at 11pm
BRITBOX: Karen Pirie (Premiere)
HBO MAX: Charlotte’s Web (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Dudes (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Game: You Never Play Alone (Premiere)
SUNDANCE: Wasp Woman: The Murder of a B-Movie Queen (Premiere)
YouTube TV is “stripping millions of Hispanic viewers of the Spanish-language news, sports, and entertainment they rely on every day,” said TelevisaUnivision in a statement after Univision was yanked from the platform over a carriage dispute. YouTube TV maintains TelevisaUnivision’s “current demands aren’t supported by their performance on YouTube TV over the last four years, and despite our best efforts, we’ve been unable to reach a deal.”
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Hours before its own carriage deal was set to expire, NBCUniversal negotiated a short-term extension with YouTube TV while the companies work to hammer out a new agreement. So “Sunday Night Football” is safe – for now.
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Apple TV+ will be the streaming home for all things Peanuts until 2030. An expanded partnership with WildBrain, Peanuts Worldwide and Lee Mendelson Film Productions includes the classic Peanuts library, as well as plans for more new original Peanuts series and specials.
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YouTube is cited 200x more than any other video platform by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google’s AI products, according to data from BrightEdge. Among competitors, Vimeo registered 0.1% of the searches and TikTok had 0.1%. Video content from Dailymotion and Twitch was even lower at 0%, according to numbers collected from May 2024-September 2025. Queries most likely to trigger YouTube citations were tutorials (finance, software, medical “how-to” content) and pricing, deal hunting, product demos, and reviews; less so were career advice, strategy, abstract concepts, or pure informational queries.
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The upcoming season of Showtime drama “The Chi” will be its last. “After much reflection, we have made the decision to end The Chi with season 8,” said series creator Lena Waithe. “I know, for the sake of our story and our characters, it’s the right thing. I am committed to delivering a final season that our Chi family deserves.”
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“Wheel of Fortune” had its biggest winner ever on Tuesday, when Christina Derevjanik won a $1,035,155 cash prize. In between screaming and jumping up and down, Derevjanik told host Ryan Seacrest, “I can pay off my student loans.”
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Paramount+ has ordered a third season of Taylor Sheridan’s “Lioness.” The espionage thriller stars Zoe Saldaña and Nicole Kidman, who also serves as executive producer.
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A new season of ID’s “Mother May I Murder” debuts Tuesday, October 14 at 9p. Out of the gate is an episode following the case of a shooter who kills a young mom in her own home.
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Next stop: Las Vegas for the new season o HGTV’s “Rock the Block,” slated to premiere in early 2026. Celebrities who share a passion for design will be paired with star designers in the home renovation competition.
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Season seven of “The Kardashians” premieres Thursday, October 23 on Hulu.
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Sir David Attenborough (“Planet Earth III”) will narrate “Kingdom,” a new history series chronicling the real-life sagas of four African animal families. The six-parter will kick off on BBC America and AMC+ in 2026.
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New PBS Kids series “Super Why’s Comic Book Adventures” is slated to arrive in fall 2026, and “Phoebe & Jay” debuts Monday, February 2, 2026. Better late than never – PBS Kids noted the recent rescission in federal funding and elimination of the Department of Education’s Ready to Learn Grant, which made “Phoebe & Jay” possible, delayed its release and will continue to have ripple effects on the creation and distribution of high-quality PBS KIDS series.
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FanDuel Sports Network Countdown Live” premieres Monday, October 27 at 5:30p. The one-hour live show, hosted by Stan Verrett, will air weeknights as part of the network’s expanded live programming lineup.
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“An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet” returns Wednesday, October 22 for a new, six-episode season hosted by actor and climate advocate Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.
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A two-part movie event, “Eric Jerome Dickey’s Friends and Lovers,” based on Dickey’s bestselling novel, is set for November 15 and 16 on Lifetime. The film is a centerpiece of the network’s contemporary romance collection, “Love of a Lifetime.”
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One hour stand-up special “Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts” makes its debut Friday, December 19 on Hulu.
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American rock climber Alex Honnold will attempt to become the first person to free solo one of the tallest buildings in the world, Taiwan’s Taipei 101, in Netflix special “Skyscraper Live.” The stunt “will kick off 2026 as our latest global must-watch live event,” said Brandon Riegg, Vice President of Nonfiction Series & Sports at Netflix. “Watching Alex Honnold free climb Taipei 101 will be an adrenaline inducing spectacle that you can’t look away from. Everyone will be talking about it as it happens.”
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AMC, AMC+ and Sphere Entertainment Co. shared new details around their co-branded Halloween advertising platform for AMC’s FearFest and Sphere’s “Sphere of Fear.” The campaign will include branded activations that will run on the venue’s Exosphere, with drone footage airing on AMC Networks’ linear, streaming, digital and social platforms. Now in its second year, “Sphere of Fear” launches tomorrow, October 3.
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AMC and AMC+ also revealed the official FearFest trailer featuring artist, musician and horror enthusiast Janelle Monáe (“Glass Onion”), the official host of FearFest. Sponsors onboard for the long-running horror and genre programming event include BACARDÍ Rum and Kraft Heinz as presenting sponsors.
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The gang’s back for “Everybody Love Raymond 30th Anniversary Reunion,” airing Monday, November 24 at 8p on CBS. The special will include a tribute to the late Doris Roberts and Peter Boyle, along with interviews and outtakes.
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Manchester City is collaborating with Paramount+ to make the streamer’s branding and content visible across the Club’s official digital and social media channels in the US throughout the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League campaign. Paramount+ features more than 2,000 live matches per year across men’s and women’s global football.
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The Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) and The CW Networkannounced the 2026 PBA Tour schedule. “PBA Championship Sundays on The CW” premieres on February 22, and continues for 10 consecutive Sunday afternoons, with live coverage beginning at 4p.
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Yahoo! Fantasy is partnering with the NBA to launch Yahoo Fantasy High Score, a new, simpler, season-long fantasy basketball game created in collaboration with the league. The game features smaller team rosters, simple scoring, and easy roster management to make fantasy hoops more approachable for NBA fans.
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