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FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 3/8/21)
DISCOVERY+: Web of Lies (Premiere)
HGTV AND DISCOVERY+: Rock the Block (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: In Pursuit: The Missing (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: Bombay Begums (Premiere)
HBO: The Investigation (Finale) at 10pm
HGTV: 100 Day Dream Home (Finale) at 8pm

Streaming viewers of Superman & Lois will get additional footage when episodes become available on The CW app and CWTV.com following their broadcast bow. And after the finale, the entire first season of extended episodes will be available on the app and website for free, no login required, until 30 days prior to the start of the next season. The premiere of “Superman & Lois” was its most-streamed debut ever, said The CW; by Thursday, the episode had been watched by 3.25 million viewers in Nielsen Live+7 numbers, up 86% from premiere day.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Not that everything is smooth sailing for “Superman & Lois.” Due to pandemic-related production delays, the show will pause after episode five, and return May 18. “Supergirl,” starting its sixth and final season, will take the timeslot starting March 30.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Dear…” was renewed for season two at Apple TV+. Jane Fonda, Ava DuVernay, Billy Porter, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Viola Davis are among those being profiled in the new batch of ten episodes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

An untitled comedy from Jack Dolgen (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”), Doug Mand (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) and Kourtney Kang (“Doogie Kamealoha, MD”) nabbed a 10-episode order from Netflix. The series stars Emily Osment (“Hannah Montana”) and Gregg Sulkin (“Runaways”).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Casting notes: Edie Falco (“Nurse Jackie”) will play Hillary Clinton in FX’s upcoming limited series “Impeachment: American Crime Story,” opposite Clive Owen (“Closer”) as Bill Clinton and Beanie Feldstein (“Booksmart”) as Monica Lewinsky…Jeanne Tripplehorn (“Mrs. America”) and Riley Keough (“Earthquake Bird”) have joined the cast of Amazon conspiracy series “The Terminal List.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ray Liotta (“Goodfellas”) has joined the cast of Apple limited series “In With the Devil,” focused on the relationship between two prisoners….Season five of Paramount+ drama “The Good Fight” will include Mandy Patinkin (“Homeland”) as a series regular…Jennifer Tilly is reprising her role from the “Chucky” movies for the USA and Syfy TV adaptation.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The third and final season of FX’s “Pose” launches Sunday, May 2 at 10p. The series finale will air June 6. “Words cannot truly express my gratitude and appreciation for those who have given FX and the world the gift that is ‘Pose’,” said John Landgraf, Chairman, FX. “Ryan Murphy, Steven Canals, our incomparable cast and their collaborators created a masterpiece and, in doing so, have left an indelible legacy that will open doors, new doors, for the trans community.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Four-part series “Age of Rush” drops Wednesday, March 10 on SVOD FOX Nation. The special examines the life and legacy of the late conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh. Former Vice President Mike Pence (a former radio host) narrates.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Struggling chefs are put through their paces in Food Network’s “Chef Boot Camp,” premiering Thursday, April 8 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Moment of Truth” tells the story of the 1993 murder of James Jordan, father of NBA superstar Michael Jordan, including law enforcement corruption in Robeson County, NC. The true-crime docu-series premieres Friday, April 2 on IMDb TV.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A&E’s “Nightwatch” returns for a new season on Thursday, March 25 at 10p. Leading up to the premiere is special “Return to the Big Easy,” looking back at past seasons, on Thursday, March 18 at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will mark the one-year anniversary of the ABC late-night show’s last episode before the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic hit (or, as Kimmel dubs it, “our national incarceration”). “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Coronaversary Show” will air Thursday, March 11 at 11:35.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Five new movies debut on Lifetime next month, kicking off with the biopic event, “Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia,” on Saturday, April 3, showcasing the life of gospel legend and civil rights activist Mahalia Jackson. “Color of Love” (wt), inspired by a true foster care and adoption story, premieres on Easter Sunday, April 4, and the first two cautionary “Seven Deadly Sins Stories” from executive producer T.D. Jakes—“Lust” and “Envy”—will premiere on consecutive Saturdays, April 10 and April 17. The month-long movie fest closes out with “Beware of the Midwife,” about a mother’s desperate search to save her newborn baby, on Saturday, April 24. All movies will debut at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In related news, Lifetime announced the launch of the “I Love A Lifetime Movie” podcast, with comedians Naomi Ekperigin and Megan Gailey recapping Lifetime movies and breaking down outrageous plot twists in conversations with special guests. “‘I Love A Lifetime Movie’ podcast is the perfect complement to on-air movies, but stands alone as a unique audio experience for this loyal audience that can’t get enough Lifetime content,” said Mark Garner, EVP of Global Content Sales & Business Development. “This is the first podcast under the Lifetime umbrella which joins the A&E and The History Channel branded podcasts to further expand our portfolio’s investment in premium audio content.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Animated special “The Runaway Bunny” premieres on HBO Max Thursday, March 25. Tracee Ellis Ross (“black-ish”) narrates the classic story by Margaret Wise Brown. The special includes songs by Mariah Carey, Kelly Rowland, Roseanne Cash and Ziggy Marley, among others.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Today, March 8, Cheddar is airing a special hour-long episode of “ChedHer” to celebrate International Women’s Day. Featuring roundtable interviews and special guests including Time’s Up CEO Tina Tchen and Pinterest’s head of Content & Creative Partnerships, Aya Kanai, the special will deliver an hour of content dedicated to female game-changers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Yahoo Finance also has a special offering for International Women’s Day – eight hours of live programming, featuring female guests across various sectors to discuss the most pressing issues they’re currently facing. Programming will also feature a 2-hour midday International Women’s Day special from 1-3p. Guests throughout the day include Senator Kirsten Gillibrand; Val Ackerman, Commissioner of the Big East; Dr. Sonja Santelises CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools; Jenny Fleiss, Co-founder of Rent the Runway, and more.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On Pi Day, Sunday, March 14 and March 15, AccuWeather TV Networkand AccuWeather.com will be “going purple” to draw attention to a national initiative encouraging women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math fields. Logos across network, digital and social properties will be purple, women and men meteorologists and broadcasters will be wearing purple, and special content devoted to girls and women in STEM will be featured throughout both days.
(Source: Cynopsis)

VH1’s “Black Ink Crew” franchise is being expanded with five new specials, leading up to a new season of “Black Ink Crew: New York” in April. Two-part “Black Ink Crew: Secrets Unlocked” launches Monday, March 15 at 9p, followed by three-part “Black Ink Crew: Confessions” bowing Monday, March 29 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

During the February sweep, Univision averaged 1.4 million Total Viewers 2+, 505,000 A18-49 and 196,000 A18-34 in primetime, making it the # 5 network on all of television with A18-49, and tied at #4 with NBC among A18-34.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Discovery Inc. portfolio boasted 51 shows during February that averaged at least 1.0 million P2+ viewers (premieres only), with TLC’s “90 Day Fiancé” ranking as the #1 non-news program on cable in 2021 among W25-54 and W18-49 (#2 non-news cable program among P25-54 and W18-34).
(Source: Cynopsis)

2021 CRITIC’S CHOICE AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
https://www.eonline.com/news/1244830/critics-choice-awards-2021-winners-the-complete-list

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Raya and the Last Dragon $8.6 million
Tom and Jerry – $6.6 million
Chaos Walking – $3.8 million
Boogie – $1.2 million
The Croods: A New Age – $780K million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CELEBRITY NEWS: MARCH 5, 2021
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Jake Lloyd (“Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace”) – 32 years old
Andrew Jenks (Filmmaker/ World of Jenks on MTV) – 35 years old
Kimberly McCullough (General Hospital) – 43 years old
Shamele “Papoose” Mackie (Rapper) – 43 years old
Niki Taylor (Supermodel) – 46 years old
Eva Mendes (“Hitch”) – 47 years old
Matt Lucas (“Bridesmaids”/ “Alice In Wonderland”) – 47 years old
Kevin Connolly (Entourage) – 47 years old
Michael Irvin (former NFL Player) – 55 years old
Joel Osteen (TV Pastor) – 58 years old
Talia Balsam (Mad Men/ Ex-Wife of George Clooney) – 62 years old
Penn Jillette (Penn & Teller) – 66 years old
Michael Warren (Hill Street Blues/ Cash Warren’s Father) – 75 years old
Fred Williamson (Black Caesar) – 83 years old
Dean Stockwell (Quantum Leap/ “Married To The Mob”) – 85 years old

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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 3/5/21)
DISCOVERY+: Super Soul (Premiere)

(SUNDAY 3/7/21)
CBS: Oprah Winfrey with Meghan & Harry: A CBS Primetime Special (Premiere) at 8pm
BRAVO: Married To Medicine (Premiere) at 9pm
DISCOVERY and DISCOVERY+: Naked and Afraid (Premiere) at 8pm
EPIX: Condor (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD: Tournament of Champions (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD: The Great Food Truck Race: Alaska (Premiere) at 10pm
NBC: Good Girls (Premiere) at 10pm
SHOWTIME: Vice (Premiere) at 8pm
WEATHER CHANNEL: Mud Mountain Haulers (Premiere) at 10pm

Sister Act: Elle and Dakota Fanning are launching a production company, Lewellen Pictures, with a first-look deal at Civic Center Media/MRC Television, home of Elle Fanning’s Hulu series “The Great.” The Fanning sisters plan to develop TV and feature projects, podcasts and other media. First project is an adaptation of Megan Miranda’s novel “The Last House Guest,” in development as a crime thriller series. Sarah Walker (“The Secrets She Keeps”) will write and exec-produce the series about an intimate friendship between two girls who fall violently in love with each other’s differences.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar is bullish on the launch of the ad-supported version of HBO Max, slated to debut later this year. Noting the less expensive tier will unlock a new wave of customers, Kilar said virtually during Morgan Stanley’s Technology, Media & Telecom conference, “It turns out that most people on this planet are not wealthy. If we can use price and… do things elegantly through advertising to reduce the price of the service, I think that’s a fantastic thing for fans.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Television Academy hired diversity consulting firm ReadySet to evaluate its inclusion and representation practices. ReadySet will help the organization, which runs the Emmy Awards, develop a strategic action plan that starts with an analysis of the Academy’s policies and procedures and its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The first $5 million of Netflix’s recently announced Creative Equity Fund is earmarked for programs that help to nurture and uplift women in the entertainment industry globally. Head of global TV Bela Bajaria announced the news in a blog post. The fund dedicates $20 million annually over the next five years to setting up underrepresented communities for success in the TV and film industries, as well as bespoke Netflix programs.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS Sports and HBCU All-Stars, a Black-owned sports marketing and event company, announced a multiyear agreement for the network to present the new “HBCU All-Star Game” live, beginning in 2022 in New Orleans on the Sunday of Final Four weekend. Additionally, ViacomCBS is establishing an academic scholarship fund and providing internship opportunities for select HBCU students.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The ATX Television Festival is returning for its 10th year, in virtual form, June 11-20. The fest will feature screenings, panels, roundtables, interstitial content and VOD programming, and is open for attendance at a variety of pricing tiers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Starz is serving up a revival of “Party Down” as a six-part series. The net is developing a new comedy, developed and exec-produced by “Party Down” alumni Rob Thomas (“Veronica Mars,” “iZombie”) along with John Enbom (“iZombie,” “Benched,”), Paul Rudd (“Ant-Man,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife”) and Dan Etheridge (“Veronica Mars,” “iZombie”). The action follows an LA a catering team whose members inevitably get entangled with their guests and their over-the-top lives.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Gianni Nunnari (“The Departed”) of Hollywood Gang Productions and Andre L III of MiLu Entertainment acquired rights to Cuban author Armando Lucas Correa’s novel “The German Girl” to develop as a TV series. The book is based on the true stories of passengers on the ill-fated transatlantic ocean liner the St Louis, which was transporting Jewish refugees from Germany to Cuba in 1939.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Torrey Peters’ “Detransition, Baby” is headed to television. Anonymous Content is developing the novel as a series, with Peters on board to exec produce and pen the pilot. Writing and producing duo Joan Rater and Tony Phelan (“Council of Dads,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) will also exec produce and serve as showrunners for the dramedy, which follows a trans woman unexpectedly contacted by her ex, who proposes they raise a child together.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Northern Ireland serial crime drama “Hope Street” is headed to BritBox. The streaming service from BBC Studios and ITV commissioned the series, which focuses on Port Devine’s police department, and the mysterious arrival of English Detective Constable Alimah Kahn, the first Muslim police officer in the town’s history.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Teen comedy “Sex Appeal” is in the works at Hulu, which greenlit production of the film about the quest to master sex and love in high school, directed by Talia Osteen. “Sex Appeal” will star Mika Abdalla (“Project Mc2”) and Jake Short (“All Night”). Tate Hanyok, whose credits include “Transparent” and “Superstore,” will pen and exec-produce.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Discreet is expanding to the US, with former Techicolor head of creative development Steven Wendland at the helm. The new studio will expand original IP development and production in the kids and family space for film, television, gaming, apps and interactive publishing. Discreet clients include Technicolor, Anima Estudios and Titmouse.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Premiering Saturday, March 6 on discovery+ is a new batch of “Super Soul” in-depth interviews conducted by Oprah Winfrey. This round of the series, from OWN, will feature Andra Day, Chip and Joanna Gaines, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sharon Stone, among others.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new season of “Gold Rush: Dave Turin’s Lost Mine” hits the small screen Friday, March 19, on Discovery Channel and discovery+. Miner Dave Turin returns for an emotional journey through Colorado, a change of operations due to pandemic travel restrictions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix picked April Fool’s Day for the season 2 launch of “Prank Encounters.” Hosted by Gaten Matarazzo, each ep combines fear and funny as it takes two strangers on the surprise ride of a lifetime… April 1 is also the Netflix premiere date for “Worn Stories,” a series about our bizarre and sentimental connections to old clothes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also at Netflix, April 2 is the premiere date for “The Serpent,” an eight-part series based on the life of serial conman Charles Sobhraj and the attempts to bring him to justice. Posing as a gem dealer, Sobhraj and his girlfriend Marie-Andree Leclerc carried out a spree of crimes on the Asian “Hippie Trail,” across Thailand, Nepal and India in 1975-76 and became the chief suspects in a series of murders of young Western travelers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Made For Love,” a cynically poignant story of love and divorce, will debut on HBO Max in April. It follows a thirty-something woman who, while on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to a controlling tech billionaire, discovers her husband had implanted a monitoring device in her brain, allowing him to track her.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“CBS This Morning” is under way with its annual Road To The Grammys promo, which will provide coverage leading up to the 63rd annual awards event on March 14. Nominated musicians Dua Lipa, Black Pumas, Jhene Aiko and host Trevor Noah are among those who’ll be in the interview seat.
(Source: Cynopsis)

More than a dozen country music artists, including Sara Evans and Travis Tritt, are on tap for a new Circle Network special benefiting Feeding America. Airing Saturday, March 6 at 8:30p, the special will feature stories from families who have been affected by hunger.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“My Birthday Romance,” about a woman determined to find love before her 35th birthday to get her family off her back, debuts on UPtv Sunday, March 7 at 7p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Comedy special “Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American” will debut on Netflix on Thursday, March 18. The streamer dropped a trailer for the special, Bargatze’s second for Netflix.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Shudder is turning April into “Halfway to Halloween” month with a slate of programming including a new season of “Creepshow,” the return of “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” and a new exclusive movie every week. A live Halfway to Halloween Hotline will provide subscribers with personalized horror movie recommendations.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Upcoming from PBS are Masterpiece’s “Atantic Crossing,” about the WW2-era relationship between President Franklin Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Martha, debuting Sunday, April 4, at 9p, and docuseries “Hemingway,” from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, which airs Monday, April 5-Wednesday, April 7 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Kevin Hart drama “Fatherhood” will debut on Netflix on Friday, June 18, through a licensing deal with Sony and the Obamas’ Higher Ground Productions. Directed by Paul Weitz, film is about a single father who brings up his baby girl and is based on the book Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love by Matthew Logelin.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Square is buying a majority stake in Jay-Z’s streaming music platform Tidal for a price tag of $297 million in cash and stock. As part of the deal, Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter will join the board of directors of Square, a financial services and payments company launched by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. Tidal will operate independently within Square.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix’s “Firefly Lane” landed on top in Nielsen’s US streaming rankings for the week of February 1-7, with 1.3 billion total viewing minutes for its 10 episodes. Disney+’s “WandaVision,” the only non-Netflix show in the top 10, recorded its best week in terms of total viewing, notching 589 million views across five half-hour eps.
(Source: Cynopsis

A different kind of Star is born. Nickelodeon greenlit “The Patrick Star Show,” the second spinoff of its venerable “SpongeBob SquarePants” series. Billed as a family sitcom featuring the animated starfish as a child, the series is slated to debut this summer with Bill Fagerbakke, the longtime voice of Patrick Star set to continue his role.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Apple TV+’s kids roster is growing. New special “It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown” will premiere Friday March 26, featuring the whole gang getting in the holiday spirit. “Ghostwriter: Beyond the Page,” a series for young adventurers that’s hosted by children’s book author D.J. MacHale, debuts Thursday, April 1. Throughout each segment, “Ghostwriter” characters will pop in and help tackle various challenges in the writing process.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Jeff Schine (“SEAL Team”) is in a series regular opposite Rose Rollins and Josh Lucas in Spectrum Originals’ “Long Slow Exhale”… Andrea Martin (“Great News”), Robert Ri’chard (“Empire”), Juani Feliz (“Blue Bloods”), Kate Rockwell (“Mean Girls: The Musical”) and Sullivan Jones (“The Surrogate”) landed recurring roles on Amazon’s “Harlem”… Reginald VelJohnson, who co-starred in the 1989 film “Turner & Hooch,” will reprise his role on the upcoming “Turner & Hooch” sequel series for Disney+.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sarah Niles (“Trying,” “I May Destroy You”) joined Apple comedy series “Ted Lasso” as a regular for season 2… Showtime drama series “American Rust” handed recurring roles to Dallas Roberts (“The Good Wife”), Clea Lewis (“The Americans”) and Nicole Chanel Williams (“Boomerang”)… Saycon Sengbloh (“In the Dark”) scored a lead role as the mom in the ABC comedy pilot “The Wonder Years”… Chelsea Harris is moving up to a series regular on TNT’s “Snowpiercer.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group secured a bevvy of international deals for CBS’ much-buzzed Oprah Winfrey interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that airs Sunday, March 7. “Oprah With Meghan And Harry” has been licensed in more than 70 territories, including the UK (ITV), Australia (Network 10), Canada (Global TV) and Israel (yesDocu).
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Coming 2 America (Amazon Prime) – Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Kiki Layne, Bella Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Louie Anderson, Wesley Snipes, Teyana Taylor, John Amos, Vanessa Bell Calloway
Boogie – Taylor Takahashi, Taylour Page, Pop Smoke, Pamelyn Chase, Perry Yung, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Mike Moh, Domenick Lombardozzi, Alexa Mareka, Eddie Huang
Raya and the Last Dragon (Animated) – Kelly Marie Tran, Awkwafina, Isaac Wang, Gemma Chan, Daniel Dae Kim, Benedict Wong, Jona Xiao, Sandra Oh, Lucille Soong, Alan Tudyk
Chaos Walking – Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, Mads Mikkelson, Ray McKinnon, Nick Jonas, David Oyelowo, Cynthia Erivo, Demian Bichir
My Salinger Year – Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seana Kerslake, Brian F. O’Byrne, Colm Feore, Theodore Pellerin, Yanic Truesdale, Hamza Haq

MEGA MILLIONS
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