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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 12/4/25)
ABC: The Great Christmas Light Fight (Premiere) at 9pm
FOX: Next Level Baker (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: The Abandons (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Believers (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Fugue State 1986 (Premiere)
TNT: Dunkman (Premiere) at 7p
TUBI: Zero Star: The Cam Ward Story (Premiere)
Comcast has set January 2 as the date to spin off most of its portfolio of cable networks into a new publicly traded company, Versant, led by CEO Mark Lazarus. The new entity will include MS NOW, CNBC, E!, Oxygen, Syfy, Golf Channel, USA, and select digital assets. Comcast noted that the transaction remains subject to certain conditions, including that no event occurs that, in the board’s sole discretion, would make the distribution inadvisable.
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ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” game between the playoff-contending San Francisco 49ers and Indianapolis Colts on December 22 at 8p will now stream on Disney+ and simulcast on ABC, in addition to remaining available on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and the ESPN App. This will be the first traditional NFL game broadcast available to stream on Disney+ for standalone subscribers.
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Netflix has ordered a drama series set in the Las Vegas casino world, co-created by “Billions” creators Brian Koppelman David Levin. Koppelman and Levien executive produce with Paul Schiff (“The Inheritance”), alongside filmmaker Martin Scorsese and his Sikelia Productions, Julie Yorn and Rick Yorn for Expanded Media, and former “Billions” writer-producer Beth Schacter.
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Hulu has renewed “Chad Powers” for a second season. The series is based on the “Eli’s Places” segment from ESPN and Omaha Productions, where Eli Manning disguised himself in prosthetics to participate in a walk-on tryout at Penn State, and stars and was co-created by Glen Powell.
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CBS ordered second seasons of “Sheriff Country” and “Boston Blue.” “Two new shows on Friday night have become instant hits, with audiences quickly embracing ‘Boston Blue’ and ‘Sheriff Country’ across broadcast and streaming,” said Amy Reisenbach, President of CBS Entertainment. “These early renewals reflect the power of character-driven storytelling, compelling narratives and the exceptional talent on both sides of the camera that make these series truly stand out.”
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HBO Max will launch in Germany and Italy on January 13, and in the UK in March. Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content, shared the news during a content showcase in London.
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Apple TV’s “Your Friends and Neighbors,” starring and executive produced by Jon Hamm, is back for season two on Friday, April 3. James Marsden (“Dead to Me”) has joined the cast.
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Season three of HBO’s “Euphoria” will premiere in April – more than four years after season two wrapped.
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New Ryan Murphy drama series “The Beauty” premieres with three episodes on FX and Hulu on Wednesday, January 21 at 9p. The thriller follows the investigation into a tech billionaire who has engineered a miracle drug to protect his empire.
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HGTV is starting off the year with fresh episodes of series, beginning Sunday, January 4 at 8p with “Home Town.” “The Ugliest House in America” returns Wednesday, January 7 at 8p, along with “Neighborhood Watch” at 9:30p.
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Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America: Reality Check” premieres Sunday, January 4 at 8p, with chefs Jeff Mauro and Tiffany Derry putting a celebrity cast through a culinary boot camp.
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Keshet International inked a deal with Sony Pictures Television. The multi-year agreement gives SPT first-look rights to develop and produce English-language adaptations of Keshet International’s scripted titles in partnership with Keshet Studios. First up: A US remake of Keshet 12 romantic comedy series “Save the Date.”
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FOX Business Network’s Brian Brenberg got a new job – but he’s keeping his old one. Brenberg has been tapped to co-host “The Bottom Line” alongside Dagen McDowell starting Monday, December 8, in addition to his duties as co-host of FBN’s “The Big Money Show.”
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BET Studios will become a label within CBS Studios, George Cheeks, Chair of TV Media, told staff in a memo, explaining the move creates “alignment, resources, and support across studios while preserving BET’s unique programming brand and point of view.” President of Media Sales Louis Carr has been promoted President of BET, succeeding Scott Mills, who is leaving his role of BET Media Group President and CEO.
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Rebecca Lowe, who currently serves as host of NBC Sports’ Premier League, is joining the Fox Sports broadcast team as one of its hosts covering the FIFA World Cup 2026. “To have the chance to host the FIFA World Cup™ – the greatest event on Earth – in my adopted home country and help to continue to spread the word of the beautiful game across the US is truly a dream,” said Lowe. “I’m so thankful to both NBC and FOX and am already counting down the days until the tournament kicks off next summer.”
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Meanwhile, Telemundo, the Spanish-language home of the FIFA World Cup, will deliver all-day coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final Draw live from Washington, DC. In addition to live coverage of the draw on Friday, December 5 at 12p on Telemundo, Universo and Peacock, the network will present multiplatform coverage across Telemundo’s sports, news and entertainment programs, with all shows and talent broadcasting live from the nation’s capital complemented by in-studio programming throughout the day.
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MeTV is offeringA Very Special Sunday on December 28. The stunt is a marathon of reunion, anniversary and retrospective specials for shows including “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “All In the Family,” “I Love Lucy,” “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Happy Days,” starting at 11a.
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“Roofman,” starring Channing Tatum in the true story of a struggling father who secretly lives in a Toys “R” Us store for six months, premieres on Paramount+ on Tuesday, December 9. The film was released in theaters on October 10.
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TV One is also in a marathon mood, with a block of holiday movies every Sunday starting at 5p, and movies all day long on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
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Great American Media’s first theatrical film, “Another Sweet Christmas,” will stream exclusively on Great American Pure Flix, beginning Thursday, December 18, and premiere on Great American Family and GFAM+ on Saturday, December 20 at 8p.
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Marlon Wayans (“Him”) and Skye P. Marshall (“Matlock”) will announce the nominees for the 83rd Annual Golden Globes on Monday, December 8th starting at 8:15a on CBSNews.com, with 11 categories revealed on “CBS This Morning” at 8:30a. The Globes ceremony is set for Sunday, January 11 on CBS.
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The Thanksgiving Day match-up between the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs delivered 57.2 million viewers to CBS, making it the most-watched regular season game ever.
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Fox Sports’ Thanksgiving Day game between the Green Pay Packers and Detroit Lions drew 47.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched early Thanksgiving Day game on record and Fox’s most-watched regular season game ever.
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CBS Sports’ Thanksgiving Classic matchup between Duke and Arkansas drew 6.81 million viewers, making in the most-watched regular season college basketball game in more than 30 years – since February 1993.
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