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FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY11/4/22)
APPLE TV+: Slumberkins (Premiere)
DISNEY+: Marvel Studios Legends (Premiere)
NBC: Lopez vs. Lopez at 8p; Young Rock (Premiere) at 8:30pm
NETFLIX: Buying Beverly Hills (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Fabulous (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Lookism (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Manifest (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: El Presidente
VIX+: Mujeres Asesinas
SHOWTIME: The Lincoln Project (Finale) at 8pm

(SATURDAY 11/5/22)
TCM: Musical Matinee (Premiere) at 12pm
TRAVEL CHANNEL: Jack Osbourne’s Haunted Homecoming (Premiere) at 9pm
THE WEATHER CHANNEL: Uncharted Adventure (Premiere) at 9pm
NBC: Saturday Night Live – Host: Amy Schumer, Musical Guest: Steve Lacy at 11:30pm
HGTV: Help! I Wrecked My House (Finale) at 9pm

(SUNDAY 11/6/22)
BBC AMERICA: Mood (Premiere) at 8pm
BRAVO: Family Karma (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD NETWORK: Christmas Cookie Challenge (Premiere) at 8pm
OXYGEN: Sleeping With Death (Premiere) at 7pm
SHOWTIME: Spector (Premiere) at 9pm
SMITHSONIAN: Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League (Premiere)
STARZ: Dangerous Liaisons (Premiere) at 9pm

ABC, CBS and NBC are preempting their primetime schedules on Tuesday, November 8 to cover the midterm elections. Fox will air “The Resident” and “Monarch” as regularly scheduled, with election updates from local stations, and The CW will air repeats.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CNBC has canceled “The News with Shepard Smith.” “The quality journalism Shep and his team delivered each weeknight was exemplary and not lost on us or our 7 p.m. audience,” wrote CNBC President KC Sullivan in a memo to employees, explaining that the networks needs to “prioritize and focus on our core strengths of business news and personal finance.” A new evening hour devoted to business news is expected in 2023. Shepard, who made the high-profile jump from Fox News to CNBC in 2020, will exit the network with the final episode later this month.
(Source: Cynopsis)

David Letterman has interviewed Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky for a special standalone episode of Netflix’s “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.” Letterman traveled to Kyiv for the interview, which is set to premiere later this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Difficult decisions were made at Sony Pictures Television, with Glenn Adilman and Scott Landsman, EVP and SVP of comedy development, among senior executives let go. “I realize these changes will be an adjustment for many of you; change is never easy. But it is essential that we remain agile and flexible in order to maximize new opportunities as our industry continues to evolve,” wrote new studio president Katherine Pope in a note to staff. “There has been immense change in our business over the last few years, and I know this flexibility will serve us well in the future.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sky and Peacock have ordered a series inspired by Frederick Forsyth’s thriller The Day of The Jackal and its 1973 film adaptation from Universal Pictures. While remaining true to the DNA of the original IP, the drama will delve deeper into the anti-hero at the center of the story. The series will be produced by Carnival Films, which is part of Universal International Studios, in association with Sky Studios. Irish screenwriter Ronan Bennett is attached to write and showrun.
(Source: Cynopsis)

WildBrain has signed an overall first look deal with Bonnie Arnold(“How to Train Your Dragon”), who will spearhead episodic projects, TV specials and features. Initial projects include Which Way to Anywhere, the latest novel from Cressida Cowell, as well as Cowell’s Emily Brown picture books. WildBrain has exclusively optioned both properties from Cowell.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Adam Kassen (“Cold Justice”) and Liz Yale Marsh (“Little Richard: I Am Everything”) inked exclusive overall deals with Universal Television Alternative Studio. “We are excited to partner with two of the best in the business, Adam and Liz, to build, diversify and propel our premium slate,” said Toby Gorman, President, UTAS. “It’s been thrilling to make dreams come true with our game shows and competition programs, and we’re putting that same level of passion into these additional unscripted spaces.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lineup Industries has scored a US commission from Game Show Network for trivia game show “Switch. The first season of the half-hour original series will premiere in nearly 2023, produced by DIGA Studios with actor Jeff Hephner (“For All Mankind”) signed on to host.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Casting notes: Bellamy Young and Eric McCormack have joined the cast of Hulu’s “The Other Black Girl” as series regulars… The voice cast for animated holiday special “Reindeer in Here” includes Adam Devine, Jim Gaffigan, Melissa Villasenor, Henry Winkler, Candace Cameron Bure, Donald Faison, Jo Koy, Gabriel Bateman and Brooke Monroe Conaway. The special premieres Tuesday, November 29 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Two January premieres at Freeform: “grown-ish” kicks off the second half of it fifth season on Wednesday, January 18 at 10:30p. Newcomer “The Watchful Eye” arrives Monday, January 30 at 9p with a double episode premiere; the drama follows a woman working as a nanny for a family in a building with deadly secrets.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO late-nighter “Game Theory with Bomani Jones” is back for a second season on a new night, starting Friday, January 20 at 11p. Its former timeslot was Sundays.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new season of HGTV’s “Home Town” kicks off Sunday, December 4 at 8p. The series attracted 26 million viewers last season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Hulu’s “Reasonable Doubt” will make its broadcast television debut on ABC with a special airing of its premiere episode on Thursday, November 10 at 10p. Produced by ABC Signature with all-Black writing staff, it’s the first scripted series from Onyx Collective.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The 2023 “CMT Music Awards” will air Sunday April 2 at 8p on CBS, live for the first time from Austin’s Moody Center.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Meanwhile, a slew of presenters were announced for “The 56th Annual CMA Awards.” Among the non-country artists featured will be Los Angeles Dodgers Star Mookie Betts; actress Jessica Chastain; Sarah Drew (“Amber Brown”); “Yellowstone” star Cole Hauser; and Rex Linn (“Young Sheldon”). The show airs on ABC Wednesday, November 9 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ryan Reynolds will be honored with the People’s Icon award at the 2022 “People’s Choice Awards,” airing Sunday, December 6 at 9p on NBC and E!.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Spectrum is saluting the troops on Veteran’s Day with movies available on the Spectrum On Demand portal under the category For the Troops from November 8-14. Films include “American Sniper,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “A Private War” and more.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Oxygen and CrimeCon are teaming for CrimeCon: Give-Back-a-Thon, a livestream event hosted by true-crime investigative journalist Stephanie Bauer. The live auction will open on November 25 at 8p, with items remaining open for bidding through Giving Tuesday, November 29.
(Source: Cynopsis)

All 15 NBA games on Monday, November 7 will be available for free on the new NBA App. All 30 NBA teams will be in action with games starting at 7p with the Washington Wizards vs. Charlotte Hornets and all subsequent matchups tipping off 15 minutes apart.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Live+SD viewership of Fox’s “Call Me Kat” jumped 28% for the episode following the fatal car crash of cast member Leslie Jordan. Jordan was in the middle of production on the comedy’s third season when he died at age 67.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
Armageddon Time – Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Banks Repeta, Jaylin Webb, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Sell, Andrew Polk, Tovah Feldshuh, Marcia Haufrecht, Teddy Coluca

NYC STREET FAIRS
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MEGA MILLIONS
Today’s Jackpot is $119 million.

You can now play in 43 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

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POWERBALL
Saturday’s Jackpot is $1.5 Billion. 

Powerball is played in 43 states.

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CELEBRITY NEWS: NOVEMBER 3, 2022
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Kendall Jenner (Keeping Up With The Kardashians) – 27 years old
Colin Kaepernick (NFL Player) – 35 years old
Joseline Hernandez (Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta) – 36 years old
Mariel Madrid (Keone & Mari/ NBC’s World of Dance) – 37 years old
Sticky Fingaz (Onyx) – 49 years old
Dolph Lundgren (“Rocky IV”) – 65 years old
Phil Simms (former NFL Player) – 67 years old
Adam Ant (Singer) – 68 years old
Kathy Kinney (The Drew Carey Show) – 68 years old
Kate Capshaw (“Indiana Jones And the Temple Of Doom”) – 69 years old
Dennis Miller (Comedian) – 69 years old
Roseanne Barr (Roseanne) – 70 years old
Anna Wintour (Vogue Magazine) – 73 years old
Larry Holmes (Boxer) – 73 years old
Shadoe Stevens (Radio Personality/ The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson) – 75 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 11/3/22)
A&E: The First 48 (Premiere) at 8pm
HBO MAX: Low Country: The Murdaugh Dynasty (Premiere)
HBO MAX: My Sesame Street Friends (Premiere)
HBO MAX: Sesame Street; Titans (Premiere)
HGTV: Rehab Addict Lake House Rescue (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: The Dragon Prince (Premiere)
NICK: The Really Loud House (Premiere) at 7pm
PEACOCK: The Capture (Premiere)
SUNDANCE NOW: The Suspect (Premiere)
WE TV: Hip Hop Homicides (Premiere) at 9pm
USA: Race for the Championship (Finale) at 10pm

Netflix’s cheapest membership tier, Basic With Ads, debuts today. The tier is priced at $6.99/month, $3.00 cheaper than its current $9.99 Basic plan. The move marks Netflix’s foray into the ad-supported space, a move it had long resisted, and comes a month before rival streamer Disney+ will introduce its own ad-supported tier.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Paramount Global plans “meaningful and sizeable” cost cuts in the coming months to balance streaming investments with declining pay-TV operations. CFO Naveen Chopra said there was the possibility of a restructuring charge landing in the fourth quarter, as Paramount wrestles with the global downturn in the ad market and turbulent global economy. Chopra and CEO Bob Bakish spoke on a conference call with analysts after the company posted weaker than expected financial results for its third quarter. Bakish noted that Paramount is dealing with “a complex environment and economic period, and in response is “taking aggressive, precise actions to gain additional efficiency across our cable networks, streaming platforms, advertising sales, marketing and global operations.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former CBS chief Les Moonves and Paramount Global have agreed to pay $9.75 million to resolve an investigation by the New York State Attorney General’s office. The settlement includes $7.25 from CBS and $2.5 from Moonves, confirmed in a letter on Tuesday to the judge ruling on the shareholder lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York. Moonves was terminated after an independent investigation substantiated many of the claims of sexual misconduct.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In more Paramount news, the company stuck a multi-year distribution agreement with Virgin Media, extending the pair’s long-term partnership. Streamer Paramount+ will debut on Virgin TV in the UK in 2023. AVOD service Pluto TV will also appear on Virgin Media’s TV360 and Stream services, while networks Channel 5, MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon remain on the platform.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HGTV ordered 10 new episodes of “Bargain Block.” The renovation series, which follows partners Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas on their journey to restore Detroit’s iconic American neighborhoods one house at a time, attracted more than 18 million viewers and ranked as a top 3 non-new/sports cable series among upscale P25-54 and upscale W25-54 in its sophomore run.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Truly Original set a first-look deal with comedy producers Jim Biederman (“Kids in the Hall”) and Jodi Lennon (“At Home with Amy Sedaris”). The duo will help expand the production company’s comedic slate of unscripted series for streaming and broadcast.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Game Show Network has named actor Jeff Hephner (“Power Book II: Ghost”) host of its upcoming quick-moving trivia game show, “Switch.” The half-hour series, set to premiere in 2023, features five players answering three rounds of trivia questions. The winner earns the right to play the bonus round for $10,000.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Amazon Freevee greenlit a coming-of-age drama from “Queen Sono” from creator Kagiso Lediga and Camila Soloojee; Skybound Galactic, a part of Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment; Johannesburg-based producer Diprente and Sony Pictures Television. The eight-episode series follows Ella Gardner, whose life is turned upside down when she is uprooted form her native Oakland, CA to Johannesburg, South Africa to live with her estranged father and his new family.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“The Last of Us” bows Sunday, January 15 at 9p on HBO and HBO Max. The HBO Original drama series takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed, and Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Mystery-of-the-week drama “Poker Face,” premieres with four episodes on Thursday, January 26 on Peacock. The series marks the television debut of Rian Johnson (“Knives Out,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”) and stars Natasha Lyonne (“Russian Doll,” “Orange Is the New Black”).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Climate documentary series “A la Vie, A la Terre” bows Wednesday, November 9 at 8:30p on TV5MONDEUSA. The program explores the most beautiful and remote locations on earth, showing viewers how climate change has impacted them.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Get ready for the holidays with “Mary Berry’s Ultimate Christmas.” The beloved British home cook and her friends a guide to creating a festive Christmas feast. The special premieres Monday, December 19 at 9p (check local listings) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS Video app.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HBO Original comedy special “Lil Rel Howery: I Said It. Y’All Thinking It.” debuts Saturday, November 12 at 10p. Written and performed by actor and comedian Lil Rel Howery, the special will be available on HBO and HBO Max.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Meanwhile, “Santa Camp” debuts Thursday, November 17 on HBO Max. The doc delves into the horde of professional Santas, Mrs. Clauses and elves who descend on a campsite in the New Hampshire woods to learn their trade. This year, the organizers decide to tackle the lack of diversity in the industry.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts hosts “20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda,” debuting Friday, November 4 on ABC. The special explores the evolution of Black Panther from the 1960s comic to the 2018 film.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New documentary “Move Me” bows on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, November 7, following first-time filmmaker, dancer and writer Kelsey Peterson’s journey to reclaim her body after a 2912 spinal cord injury left her paralyzed at 27.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Tamron Hall” built for the second straight week in Total Viewers (+4%, 980,000 vs. 939,000) to draw its second biggest audience of the season. Among Women 25-54 the show was up 50% (0.3 vs. 0.2 rating) and held even week-to-week in Households (0.7 rating).
(Source: Cynopsis)