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ABC: Scrubs, Season 2 (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: Shark Tank, Season 18 (Premiere) at 9pm
CBS: The Amazing Race, Season 39 (Premiere) at 9:30pm
DISCOVERY: Ghost Adventures, Season 31 (Premiere) at 10pm
HULU: Deadly Tag (Premiere)
ID: Unmasking a Monster: Aileen Wuornos (Premiere) at 8pm
NETFLIX: The Arena (Premiere)
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NETFLIX: Medusa, Season 2 (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Widower: Til Death Do Us Part (Premiere)
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Disney conducted another round of layoffs under CEO Josh D’Amaro, impacting around 300 employees primarily across tech and HR. While Disney Entertainment Television was spared this time, sources told Deadline the TV division is bracing for a major impending restructuring under new head Debra O’Connell amid broader workflow automation and cost-tightening pressures.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Speaking of restructuring, ABC News is weighing a major leadership and talent shakeup at “Good Morning America” after losing its No. 1 ratings spot to NBC’s “The Today Show” during the 2025–2026 season, the New York Post reported.
-During the season, “GMA” brought in 2.8 million total viewers and 477,000 in the 25–54 demographic, falling behind 2.9 million total viewers and 612,000 demo viewers for “The Today Show” The shift marks the first win for “The Today Show” since the 2011–12 season.
-Insiders pointed to structural and on-air hurdles, noting that pricey co-hosts Robin Roberts, Michael Strahan and George Stephanopoulos (who each make upwards of $15 million annually) are rarely in the studio together at the same time.
-Sources also cited internal friction and mounting pressure from parent company Disney to cut ballooning talent costs amid sliding ratings and rising sponsor-driven content friction.
-ABC News president Almin Karamehmedovic is reportedly taking a hands-on approach to the crisis, and executive producer Simone Swink is also facing increased internal scrutiny over the show’s editorial direction and commercialization.
–The takeaway: Morning news remains one of the fiercest battlegrounds in TV, where even minor shifts in audience preference can impact top talent and structural overhauls at the network level.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix released two new trailers for its upcoming docuseries. The chilling “New Stanford Prison Experiment”premieres on Oct. 21; “The One About Matthew Perry,” chronicling the late actor’s life and legacy, is set to premiere on Oct. 27.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Paramount+ dropped the official trailer and set an Oct. 16 premiere date for “Tulsa King” season 4, ramping up anticipation for Sylvester Stallone’s return.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Tubi acquired pocket.watch’s creator-led series, “The Besties in Haunted High,” starring YouTube creatorsMackenzie Turner and Lael Hansen. The six-episode series premieres on Oct. 13.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Apple TV released the trailer for its upcoming thriller “Nocturne,” which premieres Oct. 30.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Bravo fans, mark your calendars! “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County” is premiering on Nov. 12.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Amazon’s Prime Video has officially renewed “Reacher” for a sixth season – but not the new spin-off “Neagley”yet. Season 5 of the original series is currently in production.
(Source: Cynopsis)
AMC Global Media greenlit “Happy Jack,” a new multi-cam comedy show starring real-life duo father and son Charlie Sheen (“Two and a Half Men”) and Martin Sheen (“The West Wing”).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Meanwhile, Tom Hollander (“The White Lotus”) has joined the Season 2 cast of AMC’s hit satirical comedy series “The Audacity.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix rounded out the cast of its upcoming skating drama “Icebreaker,” tapping “Moana” star Auli’i Cravalho and Chaneil Kular (“Sex Education”) to headline the ensemble.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Danny Dyer (“The Wall”), and James Norton (“House of the Dragon”) have been announced as the next hosts for “SNL UK” with episodes beginning Oct. 10.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” won the broadcast network premiere week in late night for the week of Sept. 21,averaging 2.29 million total viewers.
-The late-night program successfully beat out competitors, including NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (1.3 million) and CBS’s “Comics Unleashed”, during the 11:35 p.m. slot, per live+same day big data plus panel ratings.
-This marks the second consecutive year “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has opened the season as the No. 1 late-night show in total viewers and the 18-49-year-old demo during premiere week, along with its fifth consecutive year leading the key demo.
-The ratings dominance arrives as the show kicks off a stacked week of episodes broadcasting from Brooklyn, with an A-list guest lineup featuring Pete Davidson and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards averaged a combined 8.43 million viewers across CBS and MTV for the Sept. 26 telecast, according to Nielsen live+same day fast nationals.
-This marks the most-watched VMA telecast in 11 years (since 2015) and delivered a 51% surge compared to last year’s 5.60 million viewer tally.
-Individual network breakdowns showed CBS averaging 7.61 million viewers (up 52%), MTV’s simulcast pulling in 686,000 viewers (up 40%), and an MTV encore adding 142,000 viewers.
-The broadcast was likely aided by an NFL football overrun that pushed the start time to 7:51 p.m. ET, along with viral moments like Madonna’s first VMA performance in 23 years and Taylor Swift’s major award wins.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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