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The CW Network is expanding its streaming strategy through new deals with The Roku Channel and ESPN. Next-day streaming for CW entertainment programming on The Roku Channel is set to launch in fall 2026, in a partnership CW President Brad Schwartz said was a way to “supercharge” the reach of their content, framing it as a marriage of broadcast and streaming designed to benefit content, audiences and advertisers. Beyond next-day episodes, the dedicated CW hub on The Roku Channel will also house more than 800 hours of library content.
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On the sports side, ESPN will become the exclusive streaming home for CW Sports live events this summer. Shows will continue airing live on The CW while simultaneously streaming on the ESPN App for subscribers on an ESPN Unlimited plan.
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Snapchat has introduced AI Sponsored Snaps, a new advertising format that lets brands reach users directly within the app’s Chat feature through interactive AI agents. The move reflects a broader push to embed AI into the spaces where people already spend their time, rather than treating it as a separate destination. Snap argues that Chat — historically the backbone of Snapchat’s user behavior — is the logical place for that shift to happen. “Conversation is becoming the most valuable real estate in advertising,” noted Ajit Mohan, Chief Business Officer at Snap Inc. “AI is accelerating that shift, turning chat into the place where people discover products, ask questions, and make decisions in real time. The real opportunity isn’t just putting ads into those environments; it’s designing formats that feel native to how people already talk.”
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Last Saturday’s Feeding Our Families / Alimentando a Nuestras Familias food drive, hosted by NBC 4 New York/WNBC, Telemundo 47/WNJU and campaign partner Stop & Shop raised $232,000 and collected 107 tons of non-perishable food. The campaign was created in 2017.
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Season five of Apple TV’s “Trying” premieres Wednesday, July 8. This season of the U.K. comedy finds Nikki and Jason dealing with the consequences of Princess and Tyler’s biological mother turning up at their doorstep.
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Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon” returns for season two Thursday, July 23,picking up six months after Quinn, a concert pianist, left her hometown behind to chase her dreams. The Western drama starring Josh Duhamel and Minka Kelly is based on the book series by Jodi Thomas.
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Also returning for a second season on Netflix is “Bad Thoughts.” The dark comedy from Tom Segura starts streaming Sunday, May 24.
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TLC’s “90 Day: The Last Resort” returns for season three on Monday, June 1 at 8 p.m. This time around, the troubled couples spend three weeks in the English countryside attempting to revive their relationships.
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Hulu competition series “Designed to Last” binge-drops Monday, May 5 on Hulu. The challenge: safeguarding homes against extreme real-world conditions.
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Nordic drama “Black Sands” starts its second and final season on Viaplay on Thursday, May 14, following a troubled police officer investigating her hometown’s dark history.
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“Stellar Makeover,” a new style transformation show hosted by actor and comedian Rickey Smiley, celebrates everyday heroes who have made a meaningful difference in their communities. Produced by Central City Productions, the two-part, one-hour program will be available to stations throughout June.
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Netflix has greenlit “Dad’s House,” an animated Australian comedy series from Smiling Friends and Danger 5. Serving as showrunners and executive producers are Michael Cusack (“Smiling Friends”), Dario Russo (“Danger 5”) and David Ashby (“Danger 5”). Animation and production are handled by Princess Pictures and Bento Box Entertainment. Logline: “In small-town suburban Australia, 13-year-old child of divorce Sean spends every second weekend with his laid-back but well-meaning dad, Ian. Cramming quality dad-time into a single weekend is already a tall order — but Ian has a remarkable gift for making it so much harder than it needs to be.”
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Netflix also handed a straight-to-series order for romantic drama “Lovesick,”starring and executive produced by Claire Danes (“The Beast in Me”). Sara Treem (“House of Cards”) will write, executive produce and serve as showrunner for the project, based on a 2024 Israeli series.
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A limited series adaptation of Harlan Coben’s 2007 novel The Woods is in production at Netflix. Coben created the series and serves as an executive producer through his company, Final Twist Productions, with Danny Brocklerhurst — writer of previous Coben adaptations of Fool Me Once and Run Away — onboard to write. The new series stars Tom Bateman (“Based on a True Story”) and Michelle Keegan (“Fool Me Once”).
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Crime thriller “The Whisper Man” drops Friday, August 28 on Netflix. The film, starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan and Adam Scott, is based on the bestselling novel by Alex North.
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A two-day slate on “Fox Saturday Baseball” drew 2.47 million viewers, up 69% over last year’s comparable game. Season to date, “Fox Saturday Baseball” is averaging 2.174 million viewers, up +32% versus 2025.
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The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series in Talladega on The CW delivered 1.34 million total viewers, up +6% compared to last year’s same weekend Talladega race. The first 11 consecutive races of the season have each delivered more than 1 million total viewers, according to Nielsen Panel + Big Data.
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On the Stanley Cup front, Sunday’s Tampa Bay Lightning-Montreal onESPN delivered the second most-viewed First Round Game 4 on cable ever with 1.9 million viewers, up 73% versus ESPN’s 2025 average.
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The WNBA on ION’s telecast of the first preseason game of the yearbetween the Indiana Fever and New York Liberty on Saturday delivered an average audience of 743,000, representing increases of 76% over ION’s first preseason game last season (Dallas vs Las Vegas), and 129% over ION’s second preseason game last year (Chicago vs. Brazil National Team).
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ABC’s “World News Tonight” led all broadcast and cable newscasts with 8.537 million total viewers the week of April 20, based on Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings from Nielsen – its largest audience in three years. The program is on track to claim its 10th straight yearly title, doing so by its widest margin over NBC in 31 years and over CBS in at least 34 years.
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