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CELEBRITY NEWS: AUGUST 20, 2024
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Demi Lovato (Singer) – 32 years old
Alex Newell (Glee) – 32 years old
Andrew Garfield (“The Amazing Spider-Man” movies) – 41 years old
Kimberly Stewart (Rod Stewart’s Daughter) – 45 years old
Amy Adams (“Justice League”/ “American Hustle”) – 50 years old
Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit) – 54 years old
Billy Gardell (Mike & Molly) – 55 years old
Lawrence “KRS One” Parker (Rapper) – 59 years old
Carole Radziwill (Real Housewives of New York City) – 61 years old
Joan Allen (“The Bourne Legacy”/ “The Bourne Ultimatum”) – 68 years old
Al Roker (Today Show) – 70 years old
Peter Horton (Thirtysomething) – 71 years old
Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) – 76 years old
Connie Chung (Journalist) – 78 years old
Don King (Boxing Promoter) – 93 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (TUESDAY 8/20/24)
NBC, ABC, CBS: Decision 2024: Democratic National Convention at 10pm
CNN, MSNBC: Decision 2024: Democratic National Convention at 8pm
HGTV: Divided by Design (Premiere) at 9pm
HULU: Muslim Matchmaker (Premiere)
MHZ Choice: TouTouYouTou (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Terror Tuesday: Extreme (Premiere)
PEACOCK: Face to Face with Scott Peterson (Premiere)

Talk show legend Phil Donahue died August 18 after a long illness. He was 88. “The Phil Donahue Show” premiered in 1967 on WLWD-TV in Dayton, Ohio, and had a 29-year run in syndication (with a name change to “Donahue” in 1974). Donahue was the first talk show host to invite the audience to question his guests, roaming the aisle with his microphone, covering subjects that ran the gamut from politics to abortion to go-go dancers. Donahue collected 20 Daytime Emmy Awards, and his show at its peak averaged eight million viewers. Posted Oprah Winfrey on Instagram, “There wouldn’t have been an Oprah Show without Phil Donahue being the first to prove that daytime talk and women watching should be taken seriously. He was a pioneer.”
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Almin Karamehmedovic has been named President, ABC News. “He is a widely respected, seasoned journalist of the highest order who has worked his way up to senior executive producer of ‘World News Tonight with David Muir,’ earning the trust of colleagues and industry peers along the way,” said Debra OConnell, President, News Group and Networks, Disney Entertainment. Karamehmedovic succeeds Kim Godwin, who exited in May after three years in the role.
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Play nice, Peacock told “Love Island USA” fans ahead of last night’s season six reunion. Posted the streamer on social media, “The cast are all part of the ‘Love Island USA’ fam now, and while we love your passion for them, we ask that you always choose to be kind. Let’s lift them up and spread the love.” Days earlier, the show’s casting team at City Media posted a similar request, noting, “Cyberbullying is a real issue that can affect our participants.”
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Unilever has appointed WPP to consolidate all strategic and creative services at a global level for its Beauty & Wellbeing brands. WPP already serviced Dove and Vaseline.
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Fox Entertainment Studios is teaming with Israel’s yes TV for “One Day in October,” a four-part scripted anthology series centered on the attack by Hamas on October 7 that launched the Israel-Hamas war. Created by Oded Davidoff and Daniel Finkelman, the drama series, which is filmed on location in Israel, is being produced by Finkelman’s Sparks Go and ZOA Films.
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HBO and the BBC are set to co-produce “First Day on Earth,” a ten-episode drama series starring and written by Michaela Coel (“I May Destroy You”). Coel will serve as executive producer alongside Jesse Armstrong, Phil Clarke and Roberto Troni for Various Artists Limited, in association with A24. 
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Hopping aboard the season two cast of Fox anthology series “The Accused” are Debra Winger (“An Officer and a Gentleman”), Mercedes Ruehl (“The Fisher King”), and Christine Ebersole (“Wolf of Wall Street”). The season kicks off Tuesday, October 8 at 8p, having had its original debut date bumped due to the vice presidential debate on October 1.
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Gina Rodriguez will move from co-hosting game show “Lucky 13” on ABC to playing an assistant district attorney on season three of the network’s “Will Trent.” The actress also starred ABC sitcom “Not Dead Yet,” which was canceled in May after two seasons.
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Apple TV+’s “Bad Sisters” is back for season two on Wednesday, November 13. The comedic drama from Sharon Horgan will launch with two episodes, and run through December 25.
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Season five of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” launchesWednesday, September 18 at 9p on. What to expect this go-round? Bravo promises “an avalanche of fractured friendships, earthshattering rumors and high fashion.”
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Amber Ruffin (“The Amber Ruffin Show”) and Michael Ian Black (“Wet Hot American Summer”) will serve as team captains for CNN’s upcoming comedy panel series “Have I Got News for You,” adapted from the BBC show. The ten-episode series debuts Saturday, September 14 at 9p.
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Two-part “Killer Cakes” premieres Thursday, October 8 on Prime Video. The baking competition, hosted by Matthew Lillard (“Scream”), has contestants “unleash their twisted imaginations and create cakes so disgusting, so disturbing, and so realistic, it’s the stuff of nightmares,” according to the description.
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Circle Country announced the television broadcast of Post Malone’s Grand Ole Opry debut on Saturday, August 24 at 9p. This event was filmed on August 14.
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July was FOX News Digital’s best month in multiplatform minutes and views since January 2021, according to Comscore, closing out the month reaching 3.9 billion total multiplatform minutes, 1.9 billion total multiplatform views, and 119 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors.
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Sports platform OutKick finished July up 8% month over month with 25 million multiplatform views, and saw 6% growth year over year in multiplatform views, according to Comscore. 
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Actor John Aprea died August 5 of natural causes. He was 83. Aprea’s television roles included “The Montefuscos,” “Matt Houston” and “Full House,” among others.
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