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CELEBRITY NEWS: JANUARY 6, 2020
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Flynn Bloom (Orlando Bloom & Miranda Kerr’s son) – 9 years old
Rayan Lopez (Mindless Behavior) – 24 years old
Courtney Eaton (Mad Max: Fury Road) – 24 years old
Irina Shayk (Model) – 34 years old
Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) – 36 years old
Eric Trump (Entrepreneur) – 36 years old
Eddie Redmayne (“The Danish Game”) – 38 years old
Danny Pintauro (Who’s The Boss) – 44 years old
Julie Chen (The Talk) – 50 years old
Gabrielle Reece (Vollyball Player) – 50 years old
Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead) – 51 years old
Ann Marie “Ree” Drummond (Chef, Pioneer Woman) – 51 years old
Peter Gunz (Rapper) – 51 years old
Nigella Lawson (Chef, Nigella Bites) – 60 years old
Howie Long (NFL Sportscaster) – 60 years old
Rowan Atkinson (“Mr. Bean’s Holiday”) – 65 years old
Trudie Styler (Sting’s wife, “Snatch”) – 66 years old 

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 1/6/20)
ABC: The Bachelor (Premiere) at 8pm
CARTOON NETWORK: Infinity Train (Premiere) at 7:30pm
FOOD NETWORK: Kids Baking Championship (Premiere) at 9pm
GSN: Get A Clue (Premiere) at 4pm
NBC: America’s Got Talent: The Champions (Premiere) at 8pm
NBC: Manifest (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Antiques Roadshow (Premiere) at 8pm
VH1: Love & Hip Hop: Miami (Premiere) at 9pm

Ricky Gervais landed both laughs and groans as host of Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, where the A-listers in the room were, as usual, his prime targets. Encouraging winners to just thank their agents and God, Gervais noted, “You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything…most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.” That didn’t keep presenter Jennifer Aniston from reading a speech from Best Actor/Miniseries winner Russell Crowe (The Loudest Voice), who was in his home country, Australia, as wildfires raged, that urged climate change action based on science.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A newly unsealed PBS investigative report related to lawsuits over the dismissal of Tavis Smiley accuses the former talk show host of engaging in sexual relationships with subordinates and guests, verbal abuse and unwanted sexual comments. Smiley, who hosted Tavis Smiley for 14 years, denies the allegations. Smiley sued PBS for breach of contract when his show was canceled amid misconduct allegations; in a countersuit, PBS is asking for the return of $1.9 million in production advances. A trial is scheduled for February 10.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Directors Guild of America sent an email to members informing them that the submission for Jill Soloway for Transparent Musical Finale was “inadvertently omitted” from the ballot. Anyone who wished to recast their vote was offered the opportunity to do so online; nominations are slated to be announced today.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A&E’s Live PD was the #1 program in 2019 in DVR and VOD viewing, according to Vizio TV data unit Inscape. The Voice and This Is Us placed second and third in the DVR category, while Teen Mom 2 and Grey’s Anatomy followed in VOD viewing. The top three programs for OTT were Grey’s Anatomy, Live PD and This Is Us. The top eight programs in live viewing were sports and news shows – #9 was Friends. In 2018, Live PD was tops in DVR, VOD and OTT viewing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A former member of Discovery’s Deadliest Catch crew was one of two survivors of a boating accident in rough, icy waters off the coast of Alaska. Dean Gribble Jr. was found along with another passenger suffering from hypothermia after the crabbing vessel capsized; five other people were missing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

BBC America handed Killing Eve an early season four renewal, months ahead of its season three premiere. “How could we not have massive confidence in Killing Eve? It has won big in every major award show and is the highest growing show on US television for six years,” said Sarah Barnett, President, AMC Networks Entertainment Group and AMC Studios. Season two of the drama had the highest rate of growth of any returning TV drama since the final season of AMC’s Breaking Bad in 2013, doubling its season one audience in Live+SD Nielsens.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson is teaming with Blumhouse Television to develop an interview series featuring topical, provocative subject matter. Blumhouse is also producer of Showtime’s The Loudest Voice, which tells the story of FNC founder Roger Ailes and Carlson’s part in his downfall. “We see a kindred spirit in Gretchen who is unafraid to shine a light where others may not dare to look and we’re happy that she has made Blumhouse a home,” said Blumhouse TV co-presidents Jeremy Gold and Marci Wiseman.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Daily morning shows E! News and Pop of the Morning debut today on E! at 7a and 11a, respectively. In E! News, hosts Lilliana Vazquez and Scott Tweede cover pop culture, lifestyle and entertainment stories, while Pop offers an unfiltered, more in-depth and irreverent look at news stories.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Amazon Prime Video’s Hunters makes its debut Friday, February 21.Conspiracy thriller series starring Al Pacino follows a band of Nazi hunters in 1977 NYC who discover a plot to create a Fourth Reich in the US.
(Source: Cynopsis)

USA Network wrapped 2019 as the #1 cable net in the A18-49 demo for the third consecutive year, and among A25-54 for the second consecutive year, according to Nielsen. USA also boasted the #1 new series (Temptation Island), the #1 new drama (Treadstone) and the #1 returning drama (Queen of the South) among A18-49.
(Source: Cynopsis)

NFL regular season football averaged 16.5 million viewers for the league’s national TV games, according to Nielsen, up 5% year-over-year. Digital viewership was up 51%, to 487,000.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Univision’s Feliz 2020 averaged 2 million Total Viewers, 830,000 A18-49 and 371,000 A18-34 on Tuesday, up +37%, +41% and +40%, respectively, versus 2018.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The season premiere of Fox’s Last Man Standing topped Thursday night among A18-49, with a 1.0 rating. ABC special What Is Jeopardy? was #1 in viewers, with 7.81 million.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Masked Singer debuted in the UK on Saturday, averaging a night-topping 5.5 million viewers for ITV, ahead of the season two premiere of Simon Cowell’s The Greatest Dancer (3.2 million). It was ITV’s best new entertainment premiere since 2013’s Splash!.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Economist Adam Smith died December 27 after battling cancer. He was 58. Smith, who was Futures Director at GroupM, was known in the ad industry for his “This Year Next Year” forecast.
(Source: Cynopsis)

2020 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS – WINNERS LIST
https://www.eonline.com/news/1106608/2020-golden-globe-awards-winners-the-complete-list

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker – $33.7 million
Jumanji: The Next Level – $26.5 million
Little Women – $13.6 million
The Grudge – $11.3 million
Frozen II – $11.3 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)

CELEBRITY NEWS: JANUARY 3, 2020
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Eissa Al Mana (Janet Jackson & Wissam Al Mana’s son) – 3 years old
Greta Thunberg (Climate Change Activist) – 17 years old
Alex D. Linz (“Home Alone 3”/ “One Fine Day”) – 31 years old
Lloyd Polite (R&B Singer) – 34 years old
Eli Manning (NFL Player) – 39 years old
Kimberley Locke (American Idol, 3rd Season) – 42 years old
Angela Yee (NY Radio Host on Power 105) – 44 years old
Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years) – 45 years old
Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk Co-Founder/ DJ) – 45 years old
Mimi Faust (Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta) – 48 years old
Mel Gibson (“Lethel Weapon” movies) – 64 years old
Victoria Principal (Dallas) – 70 years old
Dabney Coleman (Boardwalk Empire/ “Tootsie”/ “9 To 5”) – 88 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (FRIDAY 1/3/20)
DISCOVERY: The Dirt (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: Antiques Road Show (Premiere) at 9pm
TRAVEL CHANNEL: Kindred Spirits (Premiere) at 9pm
WE: Love After Lockup (Premiere) at 9pm
WE: Extreme Love (Premiere) at 10pm
AMAZON: James May: Our Man in Japan (Premiere)

(SATURDAY 1/4/20)
TLC: Say Yes To The Dress (Premiere) at 8pm
TRAVEL CHANNEL: Haunted Hospitals (Premiere) at 10pm
CARTOON: Transformers Cyberverse (Finale) at 6:30am
LIFETIME: Surviving R. Kelly (Finale) at 8pm
NETFLIX: Dracula (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Go! Go! Cory Carson

(SUNDAY 1/5/20)
E!: E! Live From The Red Carpet: The 2020 Golden Globe Awards at 6pm
NBC: Golden Globes Arrivals Special at 7:30pm
NBC: The 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at 8pm
A&E: Live PD: Police Patrol (Premiere) at 8pm
DISCOVERY: Naked & Afraid (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD NETWORK: Delicious Miss Brown (Premiere) at 12pm
FOOD NETWORK: Worst Cooks in America (Premiere) at 9pm
HLN: Vengeance: Killer Coworkers (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Evil Lives Here (Premiere) at 9pm
SMITHSONIAN: Air Disasters (Premiere) at 8pm
SMITHSONIAN: Disasters at Sea (Premiere) at 9pm
TLC: Sister Wives (Premiere) at 9pm
THE WEATHER CHANNEL: Highway Through Hell (Premiere) at 8pm
FOX: Bless The Harts (Finale) at 8:30pm

Former HBO chief Richard Plelper and his just-launched Eden Productions inked a five-year exclusive deal with Apple TV+. “Apple is one of the most creative companies in the world, and the perfect home for my new production company and next chapter,” said Plepler. The exec announced in February, ahead of AT&T’s purchase of HBO parent WarnerMedia, that he was leaving after almost 28 years.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Daytime talk show RuPaul is not moving forward in syndication, after last summer’s three-week trial run in Fox markets. The show, which mixed celebrity interviews with aspirational messaging, was distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. The news comes ahead of the January 10 launch of RuPaul’s Netflix comedy, AJ and the Queen.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Court TV will air coverage of the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein beginning Monday, January 6 at 9a as jury selection gets underway. Court TV anchors will be led by Seema Iyer, who will host coverage from an on-location studio, with analysis from the network’s Atlanta headquarters.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions have partnered with Facebook for the official red carpet pre-show for the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards livestreams on Sunday, January 5 at 6p. Meanwhile, The Talk’s Sharon Osbourne will join Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Frazier to guest co-host ET’s red carpet coverage of the Globes.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Nominating ballots for the 92nd annual Academy Awards were sent out to roughly 8,700 active voting members, who have until Tuesday, January 7 to submit their nominees for the best of 2019. Noms will be announced on Monday, January 13, with the Oscars will being held two weeks earlier this year, on Sunday, February 9.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Irishman, Dolemite Is My Name, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Little Women and Joker were among the film nominees for the 35th Artios Awards, the Casting Society of America announced on Thursday. The Artios Awards honor casting directors’ contribution to film, television and theater. Winners will be revealed on Thursday, January 30 at ceremonies in Los Angeles, NYC and London.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix renewed Raising Dion for an eight-episode second season. The superhero drama was named one of the streamer’s 10 most popular series of 2019. Carol Barbee is set to return as showrunner and Michael B. Jordan, who appeared in the first season, will be back as executive producer alongside Kenny Goodman, Kim Roth, Dennis Liu and Charles D. King’s MACRO. Production is set to begin this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl XVI is back Sunday, February 2 at 3p, with Team Ruff and Team Fluff featuring 96 puppies from 61 shelters. This year includes “Pup Close and Personal” stories feature Jonathan and Drew Scott, Whitney Cummings and Emmylou Harris.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Three new Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood episodes premiere beginning Monday, January 6 on PBS KIDS. Each features fresh strategies to tackle with children in 2020, including how to stay calm at a restaurant and what’s neat about playing your own way.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix announced the official title and premiere date of the C.J. Walker project starring Octavia Spencer. Four-part limited series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker is set to debut on Friday, March 20.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Bravo launched Style & Living on BravoTV.com. The new “super vertical” is a source for lifestyle content including fashion, beauty, home, food and wellness.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC dominated the final night of 2019 with its New Year’s Eve primetime lineup, garnering 8.4 million Total Viewers and 2.4/13 A18-49. Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020: Part 1 led its 2-hour time period by wide margins from 8-10p among A18-49 (1.9/11), while Part 2 nabbed10.7 million total viewers, ranking as the highest rated entertainment telecast of any network in primetime this fall among A18-49 (3.2/17).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Monday’s 10p premiere of new A&E series Alaska PD garnered 613,000 A25-54, 471,000 A18-49 and 1.3 million Total Viewers. It was the #2 cable launch of the 2019/2020 TV season behind A&E’s Court Cam.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Rookie talk show stars Kelly Clarkson (1.5 Live+SD national Nielsen rating, up 15% from the week before and Tamron Hall (1.0, up 11%) were the only new syndicated series moving up in the session ending December 22. Clarkson was the season’s number one newcomer for the 15th straight week, scoring its biggest rating since its premiere week despite being in reruns. Hall matched its highest numbers of the season and was the top-rated show in its time period in major markets like Atlanta, where on WSB at 3p it outperformed all competition.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Magazines forging ahead were Access Hollywood (1.5, up 7%) and Daily Mail TV (0.9%, up 13%). Access matched its season high and jumped 17% in the W25-54 demo, while Daily Mail also equaled its best rating of the season and rose 25% among W25-54.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MOVIES
The Grudge – Betty Gilpin, Andrea Riseborough, William Sadler, John Cho, Lin Shaye

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