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CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 1, 2024
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Jessica Andrea (Pop Singer/ Logic’s 1st wife) – 32 years old
Drew Sidora (“CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story”/ “Step Up”) – 39 years old
Kevin Fredricks (Comedian/ YouTube Star KevOnStage) – 41 years old
Jaime Dornan (“Fifty Shades of Grey” movies) – 42 years old
Darius McCrary (Family Matters) – 48 years old
James Murray (Comedian/ Impractical Jokers) – 48 years old
Tina Atkins-Campbell (Mary, Mary) – 50 years old
Wes Anderson (Director) – 55 years old
Kelly Bensimon (The Real Housewives of New York) – 56 years old
Tim McGraw (Country Singer) – 57 years old
Ray Parker Jr. (“Ghostbusters” Soundtrack) – 70 years old
Dann Florek (Law & Order: SVU) – 74 years old
Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous) – 78 years old
Rita Coolidge (Pop Singer) – 79 years old
Judy Collins (Singer) – 85 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/1/24)
ABC: Jeopardy! Masters (Premiere) at 8pm
APPLE TV+: Acapulco (Premiere)
FOOD NETWORK: Supermarket Stakeout (Premiere) at 9pm
HULU: Shardlake (Premiere)
LIFETIME: Dance Moms: Epic Showdowns (Premiere) at 10pm
NETFLIX: Heeramandi: The Diamond (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Frankly Speaking (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: Behind the Music (Premiere)
SYFY: Chucky (Finale) at 10pm

Netflix has ordered UK reality series “Cheaters: Unfinished Business” (w/t). Co-produced by Lifted Entertainment (“Love Island”) and 12 Yard, the show follows ex-couples who try to forgive and forget.
(Source: Cynopsis) 

“The Forsyte Saga,” based on the novels by John Galsworthy, is being adapted as a TV series for the third time. The PBS Masterpiece series from Mammoth Screen (“Victoria”) will be written by Debbie Horsfield. Past versions premiered on the BBC in 1967, and ITV in 2002.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new independent production company with a focus on premium scripted content has opened in London. Alef UK is headed by Gilles Bannier (“Blue Lights”) as Creative Director. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO comedy series “Fantasmas,” created, directed, written and starring Julio Torres (“Los Espookys”), debuts this June on HBO.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ready for heartbreak? MTV’s got you covered with “Help! I’m in a Secret Relationship,” coming back for a new season on Monday, May 21 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New seasons of true crime series are on the way from ID, including “Crimes Gone Viral” (premiering Tuesday, May 7 at 9p), “In Pursuit with John Walsh” (Wednesday, May 8 at 10p), “Signs of a Psychopath” (Sunday, June 2 at 10p), “American Monster” (Sunday, June 16 at 9”), “High Speed Chase” and “Last Night Lockup” (Tuesday, June 25 at 9p and 10p), and “Fear Thy Neighbor” (Wednesday, June 26 at 10p).
(Source: Cynopsis) 

Season four of INSP original series “Wild West Chronicles” kicks off Thursday, June 20 at 8p. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

David Letterman, Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld and Sarah Silverman are four of the guests lassoed for John Mulaney’s six-part Netflix series, “Everybody’s in LA,” filmed during the Netflix Is a Joke festival. The first episode drops Friday, May 3. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Maine Cabin Masters: Building Italy” premieres Monday, June 17 at 9p on Magnolia Network.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Who Killed WCW?”, exploring the rise and fall of World Championship Wrestling, premieres Tuesday, June 4 on Vice TV. “The iconic rise and fall of WCW is one of professional wrestling’s most captivating stories – full of big dreams, massive successes, painful failures, and the harsh realities of the pro wrestling business,” said EP Dwayne Johnson. “With wrestling viewership and fan engagement at an ultimate high, there has never been a more perfect time to tell top-quality wrestling stories.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Married interior designers use their professional rivalry to fuel their creativity in the new HGTV docuseries, “Divided By Design,” premiering Monday, June 10, at 10p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oxygen True Crime is celebrating the 20th anniversary of “Snapped”with a special on Sunday, May 12 at 6p that reexamines the Internet’s first murder trial, taking viewers back to the days of internet chat rooms and clever screen names, VHS tapes sent via snail mail, and a scarcity of cell phones. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBCUniversal is planning to make a bid in the neighborhood of $2.5 billion per year for a package of NBA games, reports The Wall Street Journal. The exclusive negotiating window for Warner Bros. Discovery to cut a deal for current partner TNT expired last week. TNT had paid an average of $1.2 billion under its deal. Disney is reportedly set to pay an average $2.6 billion per year, up from $1.5 billion.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Early Days of ESPN: 300 Daydreams and Nightmares “surely is one of the great sports stories and arguably one of the great business stories, too,” says the book’s author, and ESPN’s founding executive producer, Peter Fox, who soldiered on despite critics’ insistence that an all-sports network could never work.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Baby Reindeer” is getting bigger. The stalker series not only retained its position as Netflix’s most-watched English-language series of the week, it rose to 22 million viewers from April 22-28, up from 13 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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