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(SATURDAY 1/24/26)
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(SUNDAY 1/25/26)
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Paramount Skydance has extended the deadline for its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery – WBD shareholders now have until February 20 to sell their shares to Paramount for $30 each. The previous deadline was January 21. Responded WBD, “Once again, Paramount continues to make the same offer our Board has repeatedly and unanimously rejected in favor of a superior merger agreement with Netflix.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos and Warner Bros. Chief Strategy Officer Bruce Campbell will testify before a Senate subcommittee next month to field questions about the WBD merger deal, reports Bloomberg. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, has previously expressed doubts about the merger, writing on X after the it was announced, “Buckle up for an intense antitrust hearing in the Senate.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
A rebranded Sundance Now is shifting focus from scripted series to independent films. With more than 1,000 hours of programming, the streamer “seeks to capture the spirit of the local arthouse, with a focus on new discoveries of the moment,” said AMC Networks. The announcement was made on Thursday, the kick-off to the Sundance Film Festival.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hudson Williams and Connor Storie, stars of HBO Max’s hit hockey drama “Heated Rivalry,” will serve as official torchbearers for the Winter Olympics in Milan. “They brought the heat. Now they’re carrying the torch,” reads a post from HBO Max, which will stream the Games in Europe.
(Source: Cynopsis)
There will be plenty of familiar faces on CBS for the 2026-27 broadcast season. In addition to the four shows that were already renewed (“Boston Blue,” “Sheriff Country,” “FBI” and “Ghosts”), the network expanded its early pickups with “Tracker,” “George & Mandy’s First Marriage,” “Matlock,” “Elsbeth,” “Fire Country,” all three “NCIS” procedurals, “Survivor” and “Amazing Race.” Still in limbo are “Watson” and “DMV.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s “American Idol” is undergoing some major format changes for upcoming season 24. Viewers will be able to vote via social media, reports Deadline, and the reality competition is moving from Hollywood to Nashville. Hollywood Week has been replaced with three episodes filmed in Hawai’i, where “industry tastemakers,” not the show’s judges, will select the top 20 contestants. And the new season launches Monday, January 26, instead of the traditional Sunday launch.
(Source: Cynopsis)
British comedy “Can You Keep a Secret?” premieres Thursday, February 12 on Paramount+. The series follows a grandmother who fakes her husband’s death for the insurance money.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season four of Bravo’s “Southern Hospitality” kicks off Wednesday, March 4 at 9p. The reality show follows the lives of a group of friends living and working together in Charleston, SC.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Invincible” also has a season four return date in March. The next run of the adult animated series hits Prime Video on Wednesday, March 18.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Canadian comedy “Shoresy” returns for season five on Saturday, February 21, with all six episodes dropping on Hulu. The “Letterkenny” spinoff about a Senior hockey team was also renewed for a sixth run.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Telemundo franchise “El Señor de los Cielos” (The Lord of the Skies) will return for a tenth season featuring Rafael Amaya. “Rafael Amaya’s return as Aurelio Casillas is a powerful moment for this franchise,” said Javier Pons, Chief Content Officer & Head of Telemundo Studios. “Reaching a tenth season is an extraordinary achievement and having Rafa lead this chapter allows us to honor the legacy that made ‘El Señor de los Cielos’ a global phenomenon.” The season is slated to begin production later this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Four-part docuseries “Balance: A Perimenopausal Journey” launches as a TVOD title on Friday, January 30 across major digital platforms.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season two of the HBO Original series “Rage,” created and directed by Félix Sabroso, will consist of eight 30-minute episodes. Jose María Caro and David Ocaña are the executive producers for HBO Max, and Santi Botello and Félix Sabroso are the executive producers for Producciones Mandarina. The first season, which premiered last July, has been the most-watched series on the platform in Spain since 2021.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MOVIES
Mercy – Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan, Kylie Rogers, Jeff Pierre, Rafi Gavron, Kenneth Choi, Jaime McBride
Return to Silent Hill – Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Robert Strange, Evie Templeton, Pearse Egan, Eve Macklin, Emily Carding
Arco (Limited Release) – Romy Fay, Natalie Portman, Mark Ruffalo, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Flea, Andy Samberg, Juliano Valdi
H is for Hawk (Limited Release) – Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Denise Gough, Lindsay Duncan, Imogen Dufty, Ameer Davies-Rana, Josh Dylan, Carys Eleri, Eden Hamilton, James Parsons
STREAMING
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! (HBO Max) – Mel Brooks, Judd Apatow, Sid Caesar, Larry Gelbart, Kitty Kaminsky, Ben Stiller, Dana Gould, Nicholas Brooks, Adam Sandler, Conan O’Brien, Dave Chappelle, Max Brooks, Nick Kroll, Jerry Seinfeld, Eddie Brooks, Larry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander, Harvey Korman
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