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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 12/1/25)
ABC: The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular
NETFLIX: CoComelon Lane (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Love Is Blind: Italy (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Playing Gracie Darling (Premiere)
TelevisaUnivision and YouTube reached a carriage agreement that resolved the dispute that had left the media company’s channels off YouTube since September 30. Under the new deal, Univision, Unimás, TUDN, and Galavisión will be available on YouTube TV’s Base Plan and Spanish Plan. “In addition to restoring their channels to YouTube TV, this new agreement will offer their streaming service, Vix, to more countries around the world through our Primetime Channels,” said a YouTube TV spokesperson. “We are also excited to partner with TelevisaUnivision to grow their presence across YouTube by bringing more content to YouTube’s global audiences and new bundled offers to the marketplace.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Allegations of plagiarism have come to light that explain why Apple TV yanked French thriller series “The Hunt” from its lineup two weeks before its scheduled December 3 debut. Creator and director Cedric Anger has been accused of lifting the story from 1973 novel Shoot, by Douglas Fairborn, which was adapted into a 1976 film. French producer Gaumont confirmed the accusation. “The broadcast of our series ‘The Hunt’ has been temporarily postponed,” said Gaumont in a statement. “We are currently conducting a thorough review to address any questions related to our production. We take intellectual property matters very seriously.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
So long, pay-per-view: Paramount and mixed martial arts organization UFC have teamed to make Paramount+ the exclusive home of UFC events in the US and Latin America, for no additional charge. On Saturday, January 24, UFC 324, will be the first of 13 marquee numbered events scheduled in 2026.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Epic Story Media landed a commission from Warner Bros. Discovery for a second season of non-dialogue 2D musical comedy series “Clawlolo” in EMEA. Produced by Rymanco Ventures, the new instalment of the shortform series will air exclusively across Warner Bros. Discovery kids networks in EMEA, as well as its global Cartoonito YouTube channels.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade drew 34.3 million viewersacross NBC and Peacock, the biggest combined audience ever, according to early Nielsen numbers, up 8% from last year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Also hitting best-ever numbers was the Skechers Fort Myers Tip-Off Thanksgiving Day matchup between Michigan State and North Carolina, which drew 5.49 million viewers on FOX, according to Nielsen fast national panel only data. That makes it the most-watched college basketball game ever on the network.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The three-hour finale of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” delivered 9.24 million Total Viewers and a 2.15 rating among Adults 18-49. The show rose by double digits over last season’s finale in Total Viewers (+45% – 9.24 million vs. 6.37 million), for its most-watched finale in nine years.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark Channel’s “Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story” reached 1.7 million unduplicated Total Viewers and ranks as the #1 most-watched cable movie of the year to-date with W25-54. It was also the #1 most-watched program of the week among Households, W18+, P18+, and Total Viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Episode three of Food Network’s “Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas”posted .71 P25-54, .87 W25-54 and .55 M25-54 Live+3 ratings (up +115%, +123% and +104% respectively vs. prior six weeks), ranking as the #3 ad-supported cable program among P/W25-54 and #2 non-news/sports ad-supported cable program among M25-54. To date the season has reached 7.1 million P2+ cross-platform viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Zootopia 2 – $96.8 million
Wicked: For Good – $62.8 million
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t – $7 million
Predator: Badlands – $4.8 million
The Running Man – $3.7 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
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