FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 11/15/24)
A&E: Cold Case Files (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Killer Cases (Premiere) at 10pm
APPLE TV+: Silo (Premiere)
CMT: The Last Cowboy (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: The Last Woodmen (Premiere) at 9pm
HISTORY: The UnBelievable with Dan Ackroyd (Premiere) at 9pm
HULU: It’s All Country (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Cobra Kai (Premiere)
SHUDDER/ AMC+: The Creep Tapes (Premiere)
(SATURDAY 11/16/24)
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Charlie XCX, Musical Guest: Charlie XCX at 11:30pm
Craig Melvin will join Savannah Guthrie as co-host of NBC’s “Today” after the January 10 exit of Hoda Kotb. Melvin was named news anchor of today in 2018, and co-host of “Third Hour of Today” in 2019.
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Disney reported its fiscal fourth quarter ended with over 120 million Disney+ core paid subscribers, up 4.4%% versus the prior quarter. Total DTC revenue from Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ rose 13%, with a profit of $321 million, versus a loss of $387 million in the 2023 quarter.
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On the Disney earnings call, CEO Bob Iger maintained that the $71 billion acquisition of 20th Century Fox assets was a crucial component of Disney’s streaming strategy. “We saw a world where streaming was going to proliferate, and we knew we needed not only more content with but more distribution,” he told journalists. “In addition, people forget it came with control of Hulu, and ultimately ownership of Hulu. That distribution — packaged well, integrated well with Disney+ — has enabled us to achieve the numbers we’ve achieved.”
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The Onion won the bidding for the assets of Alex Jones’ InfoWars – but not to continue the conspiracy peddling, obviously. “The Onion’s goal with the acquisition is to end Infowars’ relentless barrage of disinformation for the sake of selling supplements and replace it with The Onion’s relentless barrage of humor for good,” said the satirical news site. Jones’ Free Speech Systems was forced into bankruptcy after a $1.4 billion defamation judgment in favor of the families of the Sandy Hook shooting massacre.
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Paramount is demanding a 50% cut in the price for Nielsen’s measurement services, wrote Nielsen CEO Karthik Rao to media agency and advertising executives, an amount that makes it “unsustainable to provide the support and quality that all Nielsen clients rely upon.” Paramount stopped using Nielsen as its main measurement currency at the end of September, citing “substantial price increases.” Not so, wrote Rao: “Contrary to what Paramount has shared, we are not seeking ‘substantial price increases’ in our proposal. We are simply aiming to maintain fair value for the quality of our services — services that are empirically better than at any point in our history.” Paramount is currently using VideoAmp viewership data.
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ABC has elected not to renew “Lucky 13” for a second season. While the game show was ABC’s most-watched summer series, launching to 2.7 million viewers, producer Studio 1 pre-funded the show in return for a share of ABC’s advertising and product placement sales, and revenue fell short of projections.
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The Television Academy announced its 2025-26 Board of Governors. The list includes 13 newly-elected governors, 15 who were re-elected to serve a second term, and three who are returning to the board after time away. For the second year in a row, the board reflects gender parity, and 47% of its members are from historically marginalized groups, the highest percentage ever.
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Season four of comedy “Mythic Quest,” created by Rob McElhenney,Charlie Day and Megan Ganz, will premiere on Apple TV+ with two episodes on Wednesday, January 29, followed by one new episode weekly through Wednesday, March 26. Anthology series “Side Quest” (FKA “Mere Mortals”), an expansion of the “Mythic Quest” universe, will debut on Wednesday, March 26, with all four episodes.
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Also returning for a fourth season is “Vienna Blood.” The crime drama will air Sundays from January 5-26 on PBS.
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“Paradise” launches Tuesday, January 28 on Hulu. The Dan Fogelman (“This Is Us”) drama series follows the investigation of a shocking murder.
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Season two of NBC’s “Deal or No Deal Island” launches Tuesday, January 7 at 8p with a two-hour premiere. The reality competition moves to its regular 9p time slot the following week.
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Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition Heroes vs. Villains” pits reality show stars against each other starting Sunday, January 5 at 8p.
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A new season of We TV’s “Love During Lockup” kicks off Friday, December 13 at 8p. The docuseries introduces six people outside of prison and follows them through the early stages of their romance with an inmate (or multiple inmates).
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Dark comedy “Bookie” is back for season two on Max starting Thursday, December 12. Guest stars this season will include Charlie Sheen, Ray Romano, Zach Braff, and Brad Garrett.
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Acorn TV crime drama “The Chelsea Detective” returns with a Christmas special on Monday, December 16 that serves as the first episode of the series’ third season.
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“Tribunal Justice,” headed for a season two premiere in early 2025, has been renewed for season three by Prime Video. The court show is produced by Judge Judy Sheindlin.
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Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn, Eric Church, Luke Combs, Riley Green, Jelly Roll, Cody Johnson, Ella Langley, Noah Kahan, Megan Moroney, Kacey Musgraves and Bailey Zimmerman will perform at the 2024 CMA Awards, airing Wednesday, November 20 at 8p on ABC.
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Added to the lineup of performers at NBC’s broadcast of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade are Jennifer Hudson, Kylie Minogue, and Billy Porter. The parade starts at 8:30a on November 28
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Telemundo will also air the Thanksgiving Day Parade, live and in Spanish. Also on deck is the Rockefeller Center tree lighting in New York, on Wednesday, December 4 at 9p, in the special, “Navidades en Rockefeller Center.”
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Paramount Animation and Hasbro Entertainment’s CG-animated film “Transformers One” starts streaming today, November 15 on Paramount+. Subscribers can also access the “Transformers” universe collection featuring all seven live-action films and seasons 1-3 of Paramount+ original animated series “Transformers: Earthspark.”
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Feeling “Wicked”? Ahead of the release of the Universal Pictures’ film,” Xfinity has launched a destination for fans that features an interactive timeline of Oz’s history in pop culture, behind-the-scenes content, music and more. The destination is accessible by saying “Wicked” into the voice remote of Xfinity X1, Xumo Stream Box and Xumo TV devices.
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Holiday special “Josh Groban & Friends Go Home for the Holidays” airs Friday, December 20 at 10p on CBS. “I am honored and excited to host a show with friends old and new to celebrate the unity and togetherness of the holidays,” said Groban. “It’s especially important because it will spread the importance of adoption and will feature the most incredible kids. I can’t wait for everyone to watch with their families, sing along and hopefully make room in their hearts and homes for a child who needs one.”
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Max’s “That Time of Year” spotlights themed curations like “Comfort & Joy,” “Families We’re Thankful For” and “Season of Romance” featuring New Max Original Film “Sweethearts” (November 28) and others. Seasonal Yule logs will also be burning on the platform.
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MOVIES
Red One – Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons, Bonnie Hunt, Kristofer Hive, Kiernan Shipka, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Wesley Kimmel, Nick Kroll, Wyatt Hunt, Clayton Cooper, Lanz Duffy, Marc Evan Jackson, Makana David, Samantha Benson, Ashleigh Domangue
Bird – Nykiya Adams, Franz Rogowski, Barry Keoghan, Jason Buda, Jasmine Hobson, Frankie Box, James Nelson-Joyce, Sarah Beth Harber, Kirsty J. Curtis, Joanne Matthews, Calum Speed, Rhys Yates
STREAMING MOVIES
I’ll Be There (Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play) – Jasmine Batchelor, Ryan Cooper, Dorien Wilson, Victoria Kelleher, Celestina Harris. Ajna Jai, Jeremy Batiste, Gary Newton, Maynard Bagang, Donny Boaz, Ana Belibasis
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MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $387 million.
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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $130 million.
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