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CELEBRITY NEWS: SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
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Katerina Graham (The Vampire Diaries) – 35 years old
Rose McGowan (Charmed) – 51 years old
Dweezil Zappa (“Pretty In Pink”/ “Duckman”) – 55 years old
Arnel Pineda (Lead Singer of Journey) – 57 years old
Kristian Alfonso (Days Of Our Lives) – 61 years old
Michael Keaton (Dopesick/ “Spider-Man: Homecoming”) – 73 years old
Cathy Guisewite (creator of Comic Strip Character “Cathy”) – 74 years old
Mavis Leno (Philanthropist, wife of Jay Leno) – 78 years old
William Devane (The Grinder/ Knots Landing) – 85 years old
Carol Lawrence (Broadway Actress/ Valley of the Dolls TV Show) – 92 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 9/5/24)
BRITBOX: Trigger Point (Premiere)
MAX: Coming From America (Premiere)
NETFLIX: The Perfect Couple (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Caught in the Web: The Murders Behind Zona Davis (Premiere)
PEACOCK: Flight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (Premiere)

US ad spend in 2024 will grow 7.2% year-over-year, forecasts ad industry guru Brian Wieser, an upward revision thanks to a second-quarter expansion of 9.6%. Wieser, who launched Madison and Wall in 2023, has raised his 2024 estimate 2.9 points over the past year. Throw political ad spend in the mix, and the US ad economy will hit 10.5%, he writes.
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“Only Murders in the Building was renewed for season five by Hulu. Season four premiered August 27.
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AMC Networks and Charter Communications have reached a multi-year agreement that allows the cable company to continue carriage of AMC’s portfolio of linear cable networks, as well as offer the programmer’s streaming app – AMC+ — within its cable bundle at no additional cost to Charter’s Spectrum TV Select customers. Additionally, Charter will make AMC+ available for purchase to its millions of Internet-only customers.
(Source: Cynopsis) 

A deal with NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution gives Sinclair’s free broadcast network TBD previous seasons of “Saturday Night Live” this fall. TBD will feature classic episodes from seasons 4-37 and various “Best of” specials from each decade of SNL’s run, starting Monday, September 30 with a special all-day marathon. SNL then moves into its regular time period on October 1.
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Nicholas Denton (“Dangerous Liaisons,” “Glitch”) has been cast as the lead in AMC’s “Anne Rice’s The Talamasca,” the third series in an expanding Anne Rice Immortal Universe. The series is slated for a 2025 premiere, with production beginning next month in Manchester, England. The six-episode season will focus on the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe. 
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Warner Bros. Discovery announced the official cohort of producers for the second annual WBD Access Unlock Unscripted pipeline program. The 2024 Access Unlock Unscripted Program participants are: Tobi Abdul (“The Great Canadian Baking Show,” “Shine True”); Courtney Branch (“Dr. Phil,” “The Millennial”); Christopher Collins (“Married at First Sight,” “Sweet Life”); Jack Fox (“Farming for Love,” “History’s Most Haunted”); Jidi Guo (“Brain Fog,” “Behind the Belt”); Taylor Henriquez (“Buzzfeed’s Tasty,” “Christmas Cookie Showdown”); Mikaela King (“The Enchanted Rose,” “Gym Stars”); Danielle Latty (“Maine Cabin Masters,” “What Drives You With John Cena”); Meaghan Mascorro (“Little People,” “Big World,” “Outdaughtered”); Priscilla Rubio (“Flipping Showdown,” “Where We Call Home”); Oluwatoyin Salami (“Unfaithful,” “Real Housewives of Atlanta”); Rajveer Sihota (“Life and Birth, Anni: The Honeymoon Murder”); Ken Tsui (“First One in the Water,” “Woolly Mammoth”).
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Dancing with the Stars” returns for its 33rd season Tuesday, September 17 at 8p on ABC with a new cast of celebrities and professional dancers including: Super Bowl Champion Danny Amendola with partner Witney Carson; con artist Anna Delvey with partner Ezra Sosa; NBA Champion Dwight Howard with partner Daniella Karagach; Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher with partner Alan Bersten; Model and cover girl Brooks Nader with partner Gleb Savchenko; Olympic gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik with partner Rylee Arnold; movie star Eric Roberts with partner Britt Stewart; Tori Spelling with partner Pasha Pashkov; and sitcom and movie actor Reginald VelJohnson with partner Emma Slater. The pairs will be judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts, including Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Court TV unveiled its fall schedule, leading off with its newest original series, “Vinnie Politan Investigates.” Hosted by Vinnie Politan, the show explores every angle of the cases currently capturing the country’s attention, and will air weeknights at 9p, following “Closing Arguments with Vinnie Politan,” which airs at 8p. The second season of the original docuseries “Victim to Verdict with Ted Rowlands” will debut on September 8 at 8 pm. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS News will launch a live third hour of “CBS Mornings” – “CBS Mornings Plus” – on Monday, September 30 with co-hosts Tony Dokoupil and Adriana Diaz, airing weekdays on CBS-owned stations in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit and Miami and simulcast on CBS News 24/7. 
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Tastemade has acquired the rights to TV series “Alison Roman’s Home Movies,” which was previously available only on her YouTube channel. The series will premiere on Wednesday, October 2 on the Tastemade streaming channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Stopping the Steal” debuts Tuesday, September 17 at 9p on HBO. The documentary is an inside account of President Trump’s challenge to the results of the 2020 presidential election as told by former White House staff and appointees, including former Attorney General William Barr, and elected Republican officials in Arizona and Georgia who resisted pressure to change the results of the vote in their states. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Barney, Mattel’s iconic purple dinosaur, will return to television screens for the first time in 14 years with “Barney’s World,” a new animated series featuring original music and updated takes on Barney classics, on Monday, October 14 on Max followed by a linear premiere on Cartoon Network on October 18. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Langley Television Distribution (“Cops”) has acquired the rights to “Bounty Tank” a bounty hunting series set to premiere on The Roky Channel on Sunday, September 15 and Pluto TV and Vizio on Tuesday, October 1. 
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The second season “Colin from Accounts,” will premiere Thursday, September 26 exclusively on Paramount+ in the US. All eight episodes of the new season will be available to stream at launch. Series creators Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer have returned to write, executive produce and star in the upcoming season. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Newly rebranded western-themed FAST channel Western Bound (formerly Cowboy Way channel), will premiere “Elkhorn,” a series focusing on Teddy Roosevelt’s pre-presidential days as a rancher in the Dakota Badlands, on Monday, September 9 at 9p. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

REELZ will air its 200th episode of “On Patrol: Live” on Saturday, September 14 at 9p. Since launch, viewer tips have led to the recovery of 32 missing children through the show’s association with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Black and Missing Foundation.
(Source: Cynopsis)