FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 11/7/25)
ANIMAL PLANET: Vantara: Sanctuary Stories (Premiere) at 9pm
APPLE TV: Pluribus (Premiere)
DISCOVERY: Gold Rush (Premiere) at 8pm
DISNEY+: Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films (Premiere)
DISNEY+: Seventeen: Our Chapter (Premiere)
DISNEY+: The Worst Trip Around the World (Premiere)
HALLMARK: Mistletoe Murders (Premiere) at 8pm
HGTV: My Lottery Dream Home (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: The Unbelievable with Dan Ackroyd (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT GEO WILD: Super Animals (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Happy’s Place (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Stumble (Premiere) at 8:30pm
NETFLIX: As You Stood By (Premiere)
OWN: Ready to Love (Premiere) at 9pm
PRIME VIDEO: Maxton Hall – The World Between Us (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 (Premiere)
STARZ: Power Book IV: Force (Premiere) at 8pm
(SATURDAY 11/8/25)
DISNEY+: 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at 8pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Nikki Glaser, Musical Guest: Sombr at 11:30pm
While the number of LGBTQ characters across platforms rose from 468 last year to 489 in 2025, there’s a troubling follow-up, reports GLAAD – 41% of those characters will not return next year due to series cancellations, endings or limited series format. “Television is a powerful medium, because these characters grow and evolve over the years, alongside the audience,” reads GLAAD’s latest “Where We Are on TV” study. “When so many series are only being greenlit for short runs and the seasons themselves are getting shorter, the potential larger impact of these characters disappears.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
HBO Max has ordered two drama pilots from Warner Bros. Television:“American Blue,” which centers on an Illinois police force, and family drama “How to Survive Without Me” (w/t), from Greg Berlanti.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix offered a peek at “Stranger Things: Tales from ‘85” on Stranger Things Day, November 6. The streamer also announced the voice cast for the animated series, including Odessa A’zion, Janeane Garafalo and Lou Diamond Phillips, among others.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season two of “Dance Moms: A New Era” kicks off Monday, December 8 on Hulu. The original ran on Lifetime from 2011-2019.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hulu has renewed “Reasonable Doubt” for a second season. The legal drama’s season three finale is set to stream on Thursday, November 13.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Crime drama “The Madam Blanc Mysteries” returns to Acorn TV with a two-part Christmas special on Monday, December 15, and Monday December 22.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Some highlights from the week of October 27:
Fox’s coverage of the MLB World Series matchup between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays dominated 4 of the top 10 telecasts of the week (and 5 of the top 13). According to Nielsen:
· Game 7 drew 26.9 million viewers and was the #2 most watched telecast of the week.
· Game 6 ranked #4 with 17.7 million viewers.
· Game 4 ranked #7 with 14.5 million viewers.
· Game 5 ranked #8 with 14.3 million viewers.
· Game 3 ranked #13 with 11.2 million viewers.
NFL games and coverage took 5 of the top 10 telecasts of the week, including #1 overall owned by the Chiefs-Bills matchup on CBS, which generated nearly 31 million viewers.
· The Chiefs-Bills audience is the second largest for an NFL game so far this season, behind only the Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl rematch in Week 2, which averaged 33.8 million viewers.
· Additional NFL coverage that topped the charts this week included:
– #3 CBS NFL Regional (1:00p) – 18.5 million viewers
– #5 FOX NFL Sunday (1:00p) – 16.0 million viewers
– #6 NBC Sunday Night Football – 15.6 million viewers
– #10 NBC Pre-Kickoff Sunday Night Football – 13.5 million viewers
(Source: Cynopsis)
Telemundo’s “Dinastía Casillas” closed its first month with an average 371,000 viewers among A18-49, and generating 1.4 million viewing hours on Peacock.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Predators” will drop on Paramount+ on Monday, December 8. The film explores the legacy of Dateline’s “To Catch a Predator.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
TBS’s “All I Watch for Christmas” delivers nostalgic classics and TNT’s “Christmas Maximus” showcases holiday hits beginning Sunday, November 9. The networks will host 24-hour movie marathons of “Elf,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” and “A Christmas Story,” and TNT will air the broadcast premiere of “Candy Cane Lane” on November 16 along with the network debut of “Shrek the Halls” on December 2.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ESPN is ending its betting partnership with PENN Entertainment and switching to DraftKings. In December, DraftKings entertainment products will be exclusively integrated across ESPN’s ecosystem with a full rollout expected in 2026. “Our betting approach has focused on offering an integrated experience within our products,” said ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro. “Working with DraftKings, a leader in the space, will allow us to build upon that foundation, continue to super-serve passionate sports fans and grow our ESPN direct-to-consumer business.” PENN CEO Jay Snowden described the split with ESPN as mutual and amicable.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Scripps Sports has formed an exclusive broadcast partnership with Major League Volleyball to bring the league’s championship to ION. The network will carry the MLV’s two semifinal matches live on Thursday, May 7, as well as the championship on Saturday, May 9.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Kiswe has struck a partnership with martial arts organization ONE Championship to power the global livestream of ONE 173: Superbon vs. Noiri, featuring five World Title fights.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Christy – Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Weaver, Jessa Gabor, Ethan Embry, Bill Kelly
Die My Love – Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Nolte, LaKeith Stanfield, Kasmere Trice Stanfield
Grand Prix of Europe (Animated) – Gemma Arterton, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Hayley Atwell, Lenny Henry, Rob Beckett, Colin McFarlane, David Menkin, Ayesha Antoine
Nuremberg – Russell Crowe, Rami Malek, Michael Shannon, Richard E. Grant, Colin Hanks, John Slattery
Predator: Badlands – Reuben de Jong, Elle Fanning, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Ross Duffer, Cameron Brown, Michael Homik
Sarah’s Oil – Zachary Levi, Naya Desir-Johnson, Sonequa Martin-Green, Garret Dillahunt, Mel Rodriguez, Kenric Green, Bridget Regan, Adyan Copes, Jonathan Lipnicki
Unexpected Christmas – David Ashley, Howie Bell, Tabitha Brown, Cecelia Friday, Reagan Gomez-Preston, Koryn Hawthorne, Anna Maria Horsford, Lil Rel Howery, Marybeth Massett, Omar Munoz, DomiNque Perry, Ricco Ross, Terrence Terrell, Trell Woodberry
NYC STREET FAIRS
www.nycstreetfairs.com/event-schedule/
https://www.manhattanbuzz.nyc/article/17/manhattan-street-fairs—street-festivals-in-manhattan-nyc
(scroll down to November 2025)
https://www.newyorkled.com/nyc_events_street_fairs/
MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $843 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 $467 million.
(One ticket costs $2.00)
Powerball is played in 43 states.
NYLottery.NY.gov
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