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CELEBRITY NEWS: NOVEMBER 1, 2022
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Max Burkholder (NBC’s Parenthood) – 25 years old
Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl) – 36 years old
Jenny McCarthy (TV Host) – 50 years old
Toni Collette (“Little Miss Sunshine”/ “The Sixth Sense”) – 50 years old
Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – 60 years old
Tim Cook (CEO of Apple, Inc.) – 62 years old
Lyle Lovett (Country Singer) – 65 years old
David Foster (Music Producer) – 73 years old
Belita Moreno (George Lopez) – 73 years old
Robert Foxworth (“Transformers” movies/Falcon Crest) – 81 years old 

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 11/1/22)
BRAVO: Below Deck Adventure (Premiere) at 9p
DISCOVERY+: Mary McCartney Serves it Up (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Gabby’s Dollhouse (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Young Royals (Premiere)
PBS: Frontline (Premiere) at 10pm
TLC: Little People, Big World (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: I Am Shauna Rae (Premiere) at 10pm
THE WEATHER CHANNEL: Storm of Suspicion (Premiere) at 8pm
FOOD NETWORK: Bobby’s Triple Threat (Finale) at 9pm

“DC’s Stargirl” will end with season three, currently airing on The CW. But viewers will not be left hanging. “With all the brewing changes at the network, we were aware this was possibly the last season, so we wrote with that in mind and have delivered what I believe to be the best season of ‘Stargirl’ yet, with complete creative closure,” said series creator Geoff Johns.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution and Sinclair Broadcast Group have renewed their agreement for ABC affiliates across all Sinclair stations into 2026. “The renewals reflect the evolving media landscape and the continued value of the symbiotic relationship between ABC’s programming and the local news and syndicated content we provide,” said Will Bell, SVP and Head of Distribution and Network Relations for Sinclair.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In more Sinclair news, the company reports its Growth Networks Group – Comet, Charge!, and TBD – grew faster than all other digital multicast networks, across all dayparts in 3Q22. Driven by the additions of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “CSI:NY,” along with nearly 15 million additional TV households, the networks saw double digit ratings increases. Comet realized a 31% increase in access, CHARGE! up 31% in primetime and TBD scored a 27% increase for total day.
(Source: Cynopsis)

New Twitter head Elon Musk hopes to revive Vine, the video-looping app shuttered by Twitter in 2016. Axios reports Musk instructed engineers to examine Vine’s old code base, with the goal of rebooting it by the end of the year. Musk posted a poll on Sunday asking Twitter users if they’d like a return of Vine; 69.5% of voters gave the idea a thumbs up.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Urban One hosted about 200 advertisers, talent and executives for “One Night of Black Culture” last week in NYC. The evening, dedicated to showcasing Black culture, music, and arts through the lens Urban One’s platforms, included a panel discussion with D.L. Hughley, Chef Jernard, Erica Campbell, Jake & Jazz Smollett, and Lore’l as well as a performance by Alicia Keys.
(Source: Cynopsis)

 Peacock handed a series order to “Friday the 13th” prequel “Crystal Lake,” from A24 and writer, showrunner and executive producer Bryan Fuller. A24, Marc Toberoff, Victor Miller and Rob Barsamian will also executive produce. “I discovered ‘Friday the 13th’ in the pages of Famous Monsters magazine when I was 10 years old and I have been thinking about this story ever since,” said Fuller.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Glasgow-based production company Freedom Scripted has acquired the rights to Lucid, the memoir by Lucy Holden. Freedom Scripted is turning the book into a TV series, with Holden attached to adapt.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The footballers coming from the famous Benfica Campus are featuredin the docuseries “Factory of Dreams: Benfica,” from NEO Studios. The show is set for distribution in the US along with key European and Asia markets in the coming weeks. Both current academy players and some of the club’s famous graduates are featured in four episodes incorporating a year of filming.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Eight actors have been added to the season two cast of Apple TV+ workplace thriller “Severance”: Bob Baliban (“The Chair”); Robby Benson (“One to One”); Stefano Carannante (“Mirabilia”); Gwendoline Christie (“Game of Thrones”); John Noble (“Fringe”); Olafur Darri Olafsson (“The Tourist”); Alia Shawkat (“Search Party”); and Merritt Wever (“Godless”).
(Source: Cynopsis)

In more casting news, Cristin Milioti will play the female lead in HBO Max limited series “The Penguin (wt), opposite Colin Farrell….Mark Consuelos (“Alpha House”) has joined HBO Max’s “The Girls on the Bus” in a recurring role….Onboard Fox’s “Animal Control” are Michael Rowland (“This Week at the Comedy Central”), Grace Palmer (“Good Grief”), Gerry Dee (“The Moodys”), Kelli Ogmundson (“Cavendish”), and Alvina August (“Nancy Drew”).
(Source: Cynopsis)

MeTV stunt “A Very Merry MeTV” kicks off Sunday, November 20 at 12p with Thanksgiving and holiday-themed episodes from classic TV shows, plus TV movies, specials and more. Programming continues through Christmas Day.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The list of performers for the “2022 American Music Awards” includes Carrie Underwood, Imagine Dragons, J.I.D, P!NK, Tems, Wizkid and Yola. The ceremony takes place Sunday, November 29 at 8p on ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Kanal D Drama premieres romantic comedy “Romance a la Vuelta” tomorrow, November 2 through its linear channel and app in the US. The series will be dubbed into Spanish. “Surprisingly, the success of our Turkish series continues to provoke great admiration and desire for the prototypical Turkish man, to whom Latinas have assigned all the attributes of the classic heartthrob: seductive, elegant, cultured, and successful, and this profile has dethroned traditional Latin American heartthrobs forever,” said Francheska León de la Barra, Marketing Manager of Kanal D Drama.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” featuring the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers, delivered its largest Week 8 audience since 2015, averaging a Total Audience Delivery of approximately 21.0 million viewers. Viewership, based on preliminary data across NBC TV, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital, and NFL Digital platforms tops last year’s Week 8 “SNF” game by 24% (Cowboys-Vikings, 16.9 million).
(Source: Cynopsis)

The season two premiere of “The White Lotus” drew just over 1.5 million viewers in the US on Sunday night across HBO Max and linear telecasts, according to a combination of Nielsen and first party data. Total cross-platform viewing was up 63% vs. the season one premiere night (944,000) and up 35% compared to the average debut night audience for each episode across season one (1.1 million).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Last week’s “Halloween Baking Championship” ranked as the #1 non-news/sports cable program among P/W18+ and P/W 25-54 and hit a season high, posting 1.0 P18+ / 1.4 W18+ L3 ratings, and now stands as Food Network’s highest-rated telecast since April among both demos.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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CELEBRITY NEWS: OCTOBER 31, 2022
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Willow Smith (Will & Jada’s Daughter) – 22 years old
Letitia Wright (“Black Panther”) – 29 years old
Samaire Armstrong (The O.C.) – 42 years old
Eddie Kaye Thomas (“American Pie” movies) – 42 years old
Piper Perabo (ABC’s Notorious/ “Coyote Ugly”) – 46 years old
Vanilla Ice (Rapper) – 55 years old
Adam Horovitz (Beastie Boys) – 56 years old
Mike O’Malley (Glee) – 56 years old
Rob Schneider (“Deuce Bigalow”) – 59 years old
Dermot Mulroney (“My Best Friend’s Wedding”) – 59 years old
Peter Jackson (Director) – 61 years old
Larry Mullen Jr. (U2) – 61 years old
Michael DeLorenzo (New York Undercover/ Fame) – 63 years old
Jane Pauley (former Today Show co-host) – 72 years old
Deidre Hall (Days of Our Lives) – 75 years old
Dan Rather (60 Minutes) – 91 years old
Lee Grant (“Shampoo”) – 97 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 10/31/22)
FREEVEE: Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Inside Man (Premiere)
TV ONE: Sins of the City (Premiere) at 10pm
VH1: Love and Hip Hop: Where Are They Now? (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD NETWORK: Halloween Baking Championship (Finale) at 9pm
FOOD NETWORK: Halloween Cookie Challenge (Finale) at 10pm

“The Real Love Boat,” launched on CBS on October 5, is moving to the network’s streaming sib, Paramount+ for the remainder of its run. The reality show’s premiere episode drew 2.4 million viewers; numbers have since fallen below 2 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CNN’s long-term plan “will no longer rely on commissioned projects,”CNN Worldwide Chairman and CEO Chris Licht informed staffers in a memo. Licht added that longform content “remains an important pillar of our programming”; the move to in-house production is a cost-cutting measure in the face of the rising cost of third-party content.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Twitter will be forming a content moderation council with “widely diverse viewpoints,” tweeted Elon Musk after gaining control of the company. “No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes.” The announcement came after Musk fired Twitter chief executive Parag Agrawal, top policy executive Vijaya Gadde, CFO Ned Segal and and general counsel Sean Edgett, and dissolved the board of directors.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Pointing to a report that Musk’s takeover sparked a nearly 500% increase in the use of a racial slur on Twitter, NBA star LeBron James tweeted, “This is scary AF. So many damn unfit people saying hate speech is free speech.” Shonda Rhimes was among those deciding to quit Twitter under its new ownership. “Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned. Bye,” tweeted the TV titan. Donald Trump had a different take. “I am very happy that Twitter now is in sane hands and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs that truly hate out country,” posted the former president on Truth Social.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix has renewed “The Witcher” for season four, with a major recast: Liam Hemsworth (“The Hunger Games”) will replace Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia. Cavill, who is reprising his role as Superman in an upcoming film as well as starring in “Enola Holmes 2,” posted on Instagram, “I pass the torch with reverence for the time spent embodying Geralt and enthusiasm to see Liam’s take on this most fascinating and nuanced of men. Liam, good sir, this character has such a wonderful depth to him, enjoy diving in and seeing what you can find.” Season three of the fantasy series is slated to premiere in summer 2023.
(Source: Cynopsis)

 “She Gets It from Me,” a comedy from Dan Bucatinsky (“Scandal”), is in development at CBS. Cristela Alonzo (“Cristela”) is set to star and will co-write and exec produce with Bucatinsky. Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican and Ryan Seacrest Productions are producing for ABC Signature.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also in development at CBS is “Book Club,” a comedy from Dan Kopelman and Susanna Wolff (“Me, Myself and I”), Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV and CBS Studios. The story follows a group of women who discover a book that gives them witch powers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

How to follow Steve Martin and Martin Short? “Only Murders in the Building” co-creator John Hoffman is writing and executive producing a project for Apple TV+ based on the podcast “Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy.” The potential limited series comes from Imagine Television.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ID is amplifying increased awareness around Domestic Violence Awareness Month this October with its “No Excuse for Abuse” campaign.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Michaela Watkins (“Casual”) and Dan Bakkedahl (“Veep”) are set to star in “Dinner with the Parents,” Amazon Freevee’s remake of UK comedy “Friday Night Dinner.” CBS Studios and Big Talk are producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Breaking Beyond,” a docuseries following six world class breakerdancers across the globe, premieres on Insight TV on November 19. Breaking will be featured as an Olympic sport in 2024.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TikTok star Alix Traeger (think Caesar salad) is partnering with Target to bring exclusive, curated content as well as competition on Food Network’s “Chopped.” “Social Showdown” premieres tomorrow, November 1 at 8p.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“The Last Cowboy” is back for season three on CMT on November 18 at 10p. The competition series from Taylor Sheridan (“Yellowstone”) focuses on participants in the sport of horse reining.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” makes its NBC debut on December 1 at 8p. Parton stars as herself, meta-y, in a movie musical about the making of a live TV special.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“The Silent Twins,” telling the true story of twins who only communicated with each other, premieres November 4 on Peacock. The film is based on the best-selling book.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Big 12 is locking in its long-term plans, according to multiple reports, and is finalizing a media deal that will run through at least the 2030-31 season in a six-year, $2.3 billion extension of its media rights agreement with partners ESPN and Fox Sports. The new accord, which kicks in starting in 2025, includes ESPN owning more than 60% of the inventory and Fox adding more college basketball.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Milwaukee Bucks victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Oct. 26 ranked as ESPN’s most-watched NBA regular season weeknight early game in four years, dating back to Nov. 2018 – according to Nielsen. The game generated 2,001,000 viewers across ESPN and ESPN2 combined. In addition, Wednesday’s late game – Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Denver Nuggets – averaged 1,816,000 viewers on ESPN.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Hollywood Bowl transforms into Casita from “Encanto” in a concert event, “Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl,” with a special introduction by Lin-Manuel Miranda. From Disney Branded Television and produced by Fulwell 73 Productions, the original special will be available to stream on Wednesday, Dec. 28 on Disney+.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Producer Stephen C. Grossman died October 26 of complications from Covid-19. He was 76. Grossman served as copresident of The American Association of Producers, and was instrumental in the merger of that group with the Producer’s Guild of America.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Black Adam – $27.7 million
Ticket To Paradise – $10 million
Prey For The Devil – $7 million
Smile – $5 million
Halloween Ends – $3.8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)