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Surprise! While we were all distracted with the midterm results last week, it looks like Fox Corp. completed its $22 billion acquisition of Roku on Friday.
-As part of the deal, Roku founder and former CEO Anthony Wood will join Fox’s board of directors and serve as co-chair of Fox Digital Platforms, under which Roku will be housed alongside Tubi, Fox One (Fox’s direct-to-consumer streaming service) and Red Seat Ventures (a creator-led podcast and digital media network).
-Fox now owns both of the top two most popular free streaming services in the US: The Roku Channel and Tubi. It also has access to all of Roku’s ad tech capabilities and first-party data, allowing the company to massively scale up its connected TV advertising business.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Disney’s impending TV reorganization is starting to become real. In addition to another possible round of layoffs in January, Disney Entertainment Television is expected to undergo a massive restructuring under Chairman Debra OConnell, who took on the new role in March.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Prime Video debuted a trailer for “Melania, the Series,” a two-part continuation of the controversial documentary film directed by Brett Ratner earlier this year. The series premieres Nov. 20.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC released its slate of 2027 midseason premieres:
–“Will Trent” Season 5, “High Potential” Season 3 and new series “Surviving a Scandal” will debut Jan. 5.
-Season 9 of “The Rookie” and its new spinoff, “The Rookie North,” will premiere Jan. 6.
–“Celebrity Jeopardy!” Season 5 will debut Jan. 29.
–“American Idol” Season 25 will premiere Feb. 8.
–“The Bachelor” Season 30 and “What Would You Do?” Season 18 will debut March 21.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s still-untitled “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff won’t get a midseason premiere after all. Instead, it is being pushed back to the 2027-28 season. The production cited issues with its California tax credit application and will film in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which also happens to be slightly closer to West Texas, where the show takes place.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Netflix greenlit a “Stranger Things” prequel set in the 1950s. “Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure” is co-created by the Duffer Brothers and showrunner Kate Trefry, who wrote the stage play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow.” The series will take place in Marion, Nevada, and is set to premiere in 2028.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The title of “Nobody Wants This” is getting less accurate every year. Netflix just renewed the show for a fourth season, two weeks after Season 3 delivered the largest opening week for a returning comedy series this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Apple TV renewed “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars” for a third season. The Gordon Ramsay-produced docuseries follows host Jesse Burgess (“Topjaw”) around the world and into the kitchens of chefs vying for a spot in the Michelin Guide.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“Tenko,” the scripted BBC series about a group of UK, Australian and Dutch women held in a World War II Japanese internment camp, is getting a reboot from Two Brothers Pictures (“Fleabag”). The original show ran from 1981 to 1984, with a special in 1985.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TelevisaUnivision has officially sold out its Latin Grammy Awards inventory, with less than a week to go before the 27th annual broadcast airs on Univision on Nov. 12. Joining the event are 20 new advertisers, including Rémy Martin, Gilead Sciences, Valentine Beauty and Ross.
(Source: Cynopsis)
“SpongeBob SquarePants” will premiere its Christmas special, “Merry Christmas, Mr. Plankton,” on Nov. 27 on Nickelodeon. The special will also be available to stream on Paramount+.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Media mogul Tyler Perry has a new role on the transition team for Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, despite facing two sexual assault and harassment lawsuits filed last year in Los Angeles. In her announcement, Bottoms called Perry “a huge philanthropic part of our Georgia community.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comcast founding partner Julian Brodsky died at 93. He spent much of his career as Comcast’s chief financial officer before retiring in 2011.
(Source: Cynopsis)
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Godzilla Minus Zero – $30.6 million
The Cat In The Hat – $20 million
Drummer Boy – $9.4 million
Ramayana – $8.9 million
You Can See Everything – $8.4 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
