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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 2/10/20)
TELEMUNDO: Operación Pacifico (Premiere) at 10pm
COOKING CHANNEL: The Best Thing I Ever Ate (Finale) at 9pm
ViacomCBS is reportedly considering creating a new ad-supported streaming service that would combine assets from CBS All Access, Pluto TV, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, Comedy Central and Paramount Pictures. An ad-free version would also be available, as well as a premium package including Showtime, sources told CNBC. More is expected to be shared during the company’s earnings call on February 20.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On Saturday, CBS News President Susan Zirinsky said the network “fully support[s] Gayle King and her integrity as a journalist.” The day before, Oprah Winfrey told Today hosts that her good friend, CBS This Morning co-anchor King, “now has death threats and has to now travel with security,” following an interview with former WNBA star Lisa Leslie during which King asked about the 2003 sexual assault case against the late Kobe Bryant. “We find the threats against her or any journalist doing their job reprehensible,” Zirinsky told the Associated Press. On February 6, King said the clip from the Bryant interview was taken out of context.
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HBO Max is close to a deal with Warner Bros. Television for a Friends reunion special, complete with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, reports Deadline. Friend-of-Friends Ellen DeGeneres is reportedly a top contender as host the nonscripted event. The one-hour show would help kick off the upcoming streamer, which will be home to the Friends library.
(Source: Cynopsis)
On Sunday, an animated series from Grammy winner John Legend started rolling out on Facebook. “To celebrate this Valentine’s Day, we reached out, asked for stories of love and family and friendship, and we got letters from all around the globe,” said Legend. “Telling tales full of heart, and hope and inspiration and hilarity.” Episodes of Dear John: Legendary Love Letters drop daily on Legend’s Facebook page through February 14.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The X Factor is taking a break in the UK. Originally slated to broadcast its final season on ITV this year, the reality competition produced by Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment and Thames Television will rest until 2021, allowing the format to be reassessed and refreshed.
(Source: Cynopsis)
BBC host Michael McIntyre will star in a stand-up special for Netflix, taped at the London Palladium on March 5 and 6. Hungry Bear Media is producing.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS ordered two drama pilots: Good Sam, from Katie Wech (BH90210), Jennie Snyder (Jane the Virgin) and Snyder’s Sutton St. Productions, centered on a female surgeon; and Out the Door, from Evan Katz (24) and Jerry Bruckheimer Television, about an LAPD detective eager to retire. Studio for both is CBS Television Studios.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A+E Networks offered more details on its live speaker series,HISTORYTalks, which launches Saturday, February 29 in NYC and feature a session with President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush in conversation with presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Additional conversations will include Billie Jean King, Padma Lakshmi, Gloria Steinem, Ronan Farrow, Trevor Noah and more.
(Source: Cynopsis)
A new iteration of Brain Games is airing Mondays on Nat Geo, with host Keegan-Michael Key testing the brain power of celebrities like Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell, Tiffany Haddish, Jack Black, Ted Danson and Rebel Wilson and more.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Chris Wood (Supergirl) has joined the cast of ABC sequel pilot thirtysomething(else)…Sam Claflin (Peaky Blinders) landed the male lead opposite Riley Keough in Amazon’s upcoming Daisy Jones & The Six…Lindsay Morgan (The 100) will play the female lead opposite Jared Padalecki in CW’ The Walker.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The premiere of CBS’s Tommy on Thursday grew its 10p timeslot by over 1.5 million viewers, versus the season finale of Evil.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox boasted TV’s highest-rated week in three years in Live+3 Nielsens the week of January 27, powered by Super Bowl LIV, the season three premiere of The Masked Singer and 9-1-1: Lone Star. In its post-Super Bowl perch, The Masker Singer delivered 9.1/40 and 26.7 million viewers (28.6 multi-platform viewers), television’s #1 entertainment telecast in two years and the highest-rated and most-watched reality telecast in eight years. Additionally, it was FOX’s #1 entertainment telecast in six years, since New Girl’s 2014 post-Bowl telecast.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Friday’s Democratic debate on ABC delivered 7.9 million viewers, up from the 7.4 million who watched last month’s event on CNN, but down from the first Dem debate, which drew 15.3 million viewers on its first night and 18.1 million on its second on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Actor Robert Conrad died February 8 of heart failure. He was 84. Conrad was best known for his roles in The Wild Wild West, Baa Baa Black Sheep and Hawaiian Eye.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedian Orson Bean died Friday, February 7 after being fatally struck by two cars in LA. He was 91. In addition to acting roles on Broadway and in film, Bean appeared in numerous television shows, most notably as a panelist on game shows like To Tell the Truth and Match Game.
(Source: Cynopsis)
92ND ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS (OSCARS) – WINNERS LIST
https://www.eonline.com/news/1120364/2020-oscars-winners-the-complete-list#photo-1071838
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Birds of Prey – $33.3 million
Bad Boys For Life – $12 million
1917 – $9 million
Dolittle – $6.7 million
Jumanji: The Next Level – $5.5 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
