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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 2/25/26)
ABC: Scrubs (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: The Great Average American (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: Survivor (Premiere) at 8pm
HULU: Dinosaur (Premiere)
ID: Lost Women of Alaska (Premiere)
NAT GEO: Inside the CIA: Secrets and Spies (Premiere) at 10pm
Did you see this coming? Warner Bros. Discovery received a revised bid from Paramount Skydance – and the company’s board determined it could reasonably be considered a superior proposal to Netflix’s. The new Paramount offer includes a purchase price of $31/share in cash, up from $30, plus a daily ticking fee equal to $0.25 per quarter beginning after September 30. If the board does determine a superior proposal has been received, Netflix will have four days to propose revisions to its own agreement with WBD. “There can be no assurance that the Board will conclude that the transaction proposed by PSKY is superior to the merger with Netflix or that any definitive agreement or transaction will result from WBD’s discussions with PSKY,” said WBD. “The Netflix Merger Agreement remains in effect, and the Board continues to recommend in favor of the Netflix transaction and is not withdrawing or modifying its recommendation.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
In what it’s dubbed “Legendary February,” NBCUniversal delivered the strongest advertising revenue ever for Winter Games and the highest-ever total ad revenue for the Super Bowl. Some highlights:
· NBCU achieved the highest :30 second ad unit rate for Super Bowl ever, as well as the highest total ad revenue in Super Bowl history
· Triple the digital ad revenue for Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics over 2022 Beijing Olympics
· More than 250 unique advertisers participated across Super Bowl LX, the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, and NBA All-Star Weekend
· Advertisers would need to buy 118 ads in competitive TV to generate the same search as a spot in Legendary February
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix three-parter “Reality Check: America’s Next Top Model” topped the streamer’s top 10 list of US shows with 14.2 million viewers in its first week. The docuseries beat the season two premiere of “Love Is Blind: Ohio,” the season three debut of “The Night Agent,” and season four bow of “Bridgerton.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Awwwwwww…Tim Daly and Tea Leoni, who got married in July, will co-star in NBC pilot “Newlyweds,” co-created by Gaile Lerner and Jamie Lee Curtis. Daly and Leoni met on the set of “Madame Secretary” (2014-19), where they played husband and wife.
(Source: Cynopsis)
MGM+ has renewed “Robin Hood” for a second season. No surprise there – the drama is one of MGM+’s top-performing original series ever.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix shared a (wide) release window for “Pride and Prejudice”: sometime in 2026. Emma Corrin (“Black Mirror”) and Jack Lowden (“Slow Horses”) star in the six-parter.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Pinky Cole, the founder and CEO of the restaurant empire Slutty Vegan,and musical artist K. Michelle have joined the season 17 cast of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.” The reality show returns Sunday, April 5 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Season two of History’s “Secrets Declassified With David Duchovny” kicks off Tuesday, March 17 at 10p. This go round, Duchovny leads explorations of black ops, extreme experiments, bizarre weapons and more.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Taylor Sheridan drama “The Madison,” starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, will be released in two batches: three episodes on Saturday, March 14, and three on Saturday, March 21. Paramount+ has already renewed the series for a second season.(Source: Cynopsis)
MTV has three new digital-first commissions set to launch on YouTube this year. Titles include “In Search of Peace With Jordan Stephens,” “Shall We?”, and a fourth chapter of vodcast “MTV’s Faces.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Writer and producer Etan Frankel (“Friday Night Lights”) has entered into a first-look producing deal to develop and produce series across genres for Fox Entertainment Studios. Frankel will focus on a slate of scripted projects aligned with the studio’s creative priorities, including premium drama, elevated genre storytelling, and creator-driven series with global appeal.
(Source: Cynopsis)
John Tartaglia (“Sesame Street”) will host the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards ceremony, taking place Monday, March 2, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. The ceremony will be streamed live on watch.theemmys.tv and through The Emmys® apps (apps.theemmys.tv).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Floyd “Money” Mayweather and Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao will meet in a rematch on Saturday, September 19 at Sphere in Las Vegas, for an event that will stream live globally on Netflix at no additional cost. The rematch follows the 2015 “Fight of the Century,” a meeting that generated a record 4.6 million pay-per-view buys.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The WNBA’s Portland Fire WNSL’s Portland Thorns announced a multi-year partnership establishing Gray Media’s KPDX as the regional broadcast home for the professional women’s sports teams. Additionally, the Portland Fire have partnered with Kiswe to launch a direct-to-consumer streaming platform.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Space City Home Network – home of Houston’s Astros and Rockets – and streaming technology provider ViewLift report strong early performance for SCHN+. Since launching in December, the direct-to-consumer service has recorded over a half a million streams across supported devices.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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