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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 10/28/25)
PARAMOUNT+: Don’t Date Brandon (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Physical: Asia (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Nightmares of Nature (Premiere)
ID: American Monster (Premiere) at 10 p.m.

According to reports, prolific showrunner, director, writer and creator Taylor Sheridan’s relationship with Paramount is headed for the “train station,” after he inked a multiyear deal with NBCUniversal. Sheridan’s shows, including “Yellowstone” (and spinoffs “1923” and “1883”), “Landman,” “Lioness,” “Tulsa King” and “Mayor of Kingstown,” brought big ratings to Paramount but also had high costs. Sheridan’s NBCU deal doesn’t officially start until 2029, giving him three more years with Paramount, where he is expected to continue to deliver new episodes of “Mayor of Kingstown,” “Landman,” “Lioness,” “Tulsa King” and three upcoming “Yellowstone” spinoffs – “The Dutton Ranch” and “The Madison” for Paramount+ and “Y: Marshals” for CBS. Sheridan also has a music reality series, “The Road,” in the works for CBS. Even though Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison called Sheridan “a singular genius with a perfect track record” in the past, his shows were costly – as much as $20 million per episode according to some reports – and the cowboy creator lost some key executive backers – including Paramount Global co-CEO Chris McCarthy – in the wake of the merger. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

“CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson will leave at the end of the year, calling into question the future of nightly news on the network, recently acquired by Skydance and headed by controversial internet news figure Bari Weiss. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Local news: At the end of this year, I will leave CBS, sixteen years after I sat in as ‘Face the Nation’ anchor for the first time,” Dickerson wrote on Instagram. “I am extremely grateful for all that CBS gave me—the work, the audience’s attention and the honor of being a part of the network’s history—and I am grateful for my dear colleagues who’ve made me a better journalist and a better human. I will miss you.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cable network MSNBC is scheduled to officially change its name to MS NOW on November 15, according to reports. The channel is slated to be spun off from NBCUniversal in the next few months to be part of a new publicly traded company called Versant. The new name also comes with a new marketing campaign: “Same Mission. New Name.” MSNBC first unveiled the new moniker, an acronym for “My Source for News, Opinion and the World” in August.
(Source: Cynopsis)

While it continues to investigate a possible sale and a pending split into two separate publicly traded companies, Warner Bros. Discovery said it will go ahead with a planned Upfront presentation for its Discovery Global unit at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York on Wednesday morning, May 13. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

As previously announced, Discovery Global will continue to represent the domestic advertising inventory of Warner Bros. in the 2026/27 Upfront and beyond. The presentation will highlight brands such as Adult Swim, Bleacher Report, CNN, Discovery, Food Network, HBO, HGTV, Investigation Discovery (ID), Magnolia, OWN, TBS, TLC and TNT Sports, as well as HBO Max and discovery+. Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group and DC Studios will also be featured.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Episode two of HBO’s original drama series “IT: Welcome to Derry,” from Warner Bros. Television, will debut early on HBO Max in celebration of Halloween, beginning Friday, October 31 at 3 a.m. The episode will also air on HBO on Sunday, November 2 at 9 p.m. Subsequent episodes of the eight-episode season will continue to air Sundays on HBO and HBO Max leading up to the season finale on December 14.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Fear Factor: House of Fear” is set to premiere January 2026 on Fox, starring Johnny Knoxville.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The AMC+ series “The Assassin” will premiere in the US on November 20, with additional episodes dropping weekly on Thursdays. The six-episode series stars Keeley Hawes (“Bodyguard,” “Orphan Black: Echoes,” “Line of Duty”) and Freddie Highmore (“The Good Doctor,” “The Bates Motel,” “Leonardo”).
(Source: Cynopsis)

“The Rocky Mountain Mortician Murder,” a three-part docuseries about a case that rocked a small, close-knit Colorado community, will premiere on Investigation Discovery on November 26 at 8 p.m. Episodes will be available to stream on HBO Max.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Little Disasters,” the six-part psychological thriller adapted from the bestselling novel by Sarah Vaughan (“Anatomy of a Scandal”), will debut all episodes on Thursday, December 11, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, GSA, Italy and Latin America. The series focuses on a decade-long friendship among Jess (Diane Kruger), Liz (Jo Joyner), Charlotte (Shelley Conn) and Mel (Emily Taaffe), four expectant mothers who were thrown together with little in common apart from their due dates but have been there for one another throughout motherhood. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Boat Rocker Studios said its live-action teen drama series, “The Next Step,” will launch a new live touring show — “The Next Step: Legacy World Tour” — February through April with performances across Canada, the UK, Ireland and​​​​​ Australia​. The series is broadcast in over 120 countries and has aired more than 250 episodes over its 10​-season run, with season 10 available on CBBC and BBC iPlayer in the UK, ABC in Australia and YTV in Canada. Boat Rocker also introduced a new spinoff, “The Next Step: Cheer,” which has been commissioned by CBBC/BBC iPlayer and takes audiences inside the exciting world of competitive cheerleading. The tour features Victoria Baldesarra (Michelle), ​Trevor Tordjman (James), Briar Nolet (Richelle), ​Jordan Clark (Giselle),​Noah Zulfikar (Kingston), Emmerly Tinglin (Kenzie),​ Carter Musselman (Heath), Alex Chaves (Piper), Benjamin Williams (Pete), and ​Shane Mahabir (Ethan).​
(Source: Cynopsis)

INSP kicks of its Salute to Veterans, honoring the stars of Western movies who served in the military, on November 1-9 at 9 p.m., 11 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Other stunts for the month include a slate of Western romance movies (Fall for a Cowboy), November 2-30; and Western rival movies (Clash of the Cowboys) on November 22. INSP’s movie lineup for the month includes “Once Upon a Time in the West,” “The First Texan,” “Raw Edge,” “Hostile Guns,” “Day of the Outlaw” and “The Proud Ones.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

According to Variety, NASCAR and Words + Pictures have teamed up on new docuseries “Rising,” which will give a behind-the-scenes look at three up-and-coming NASCAR drivers. The five-episode series will stream November 17-21 on NASCAR’s YouTube channel, following drivers Carson Hocevar, Jesse Love and Rajah Caruth.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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