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CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 30, 2024
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Sean Giambrone (ABC’s The Goldbergs) – 25 years old
Remy Ma (Rapper) – 44 years old
Cee Lo Green (R&B Singer) – 49 years old
Idina Menzel (“Frozen”/Broadway Star) – 53 years old
Duncan Jones (Director/ David Bowie’s son) – 53 years old
Sonya Curry (Educator/ Stephen, Seth & Sydel Curry’s Mother) – 58 years old
Wynonna Judd (Country Singer) – 60 years old
Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine) – 60 years old
Ralph Carter (Good Times) – 63 years old
Ted McGinley (Hope & Faith/ Married…With Children) – 66 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 5/30/24)
A&E: 60 Days In (Premiere) at 9pm
A&E: Inmate to Roommate (Premiere) at 10pm
FOOD NETWORK: Outchef’d (Premiere) at 9:30pm
MTV: Teen Mom: The Next Chapter (Premiere) at 8pm
NETFLIX: Geek Girl (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Eric (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: The Pyramid Game (Premiere)
PEACOCK: We Are Lady Parts (Premiere)
ABC: 9-1-1 (Finale) at 8pm
ABC: Grey’s Anatomy (Finale) at 9pm
ABC: Station 19 (Finale) at 10pm
HISTORY: Swamp People: Serpent Invasion (Finale) at 9pm 

The CW will broadcast college football’s Arizona Bowl, featuring teams from the Mountain West Conference and Mid-American Conference – and a mouthful of a name. The Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Presented by Gin & Juice by Dre and Snoop will take place in Arizona Stadium in Tucson on Saturday, December 28. “As we continue to bring high-adrenaline sports content to The CW, we are excited to welcome the Arizona Bowl back to our air this December,” said CW President Dennis Miller. “With the star power of Snoop Dogg fueling the excitement, we are looking forward to capturing even more viewers this year in what promises to be an action-packed football match-up.” The game will conclude The CW’s college football schedule for 2024, which features 13 ACC games and 11 games with either Oregon State and/or Washington State. Last year’s Arizona Bowl on CW, sponsored by Barstool Sports, drew over 1.1 million viewers. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Human Rights Campaign and Showtime are launching the fifth year of “Queer to Stay: An LGBTQ+ Business Preservation Initiative,” aimed at supporting LGBTQ+ small businesses. Applications to participate run through August 31. The initiative launched in June 2020, addressing the financial hardships faced during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the fifth iteration of the program, Queer to Stay will reach $1 million in total distributed funding, awarding 100 businesses across the country over its lifetime.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Allen Media Group has launched three of its streaming brands on Amazon’s Fire TV Channels. Fire TV and Echo Show device customers can stream AMG’s Local Now FAST channels, The Weather Channel en Español, and 21 Allen Media Broadcasting television stations.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Prime Video has ordered “Young Sherlock” to series. The origin story of Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective will be directed and executive produced by Guy Ritchie. “In ‘Young Sherlock’ we’re going to see an exhilarating new version of the detective everyone thinks they know in a way they’ve never imagined before,” said Ritchie. “We’re going to crack open this enigmatic character, find out what makes him tick, and learn how he becomes the genius we all love.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Acorn TV and ZDF greenlit a third season of “Chelsea Detective” from Expectation. Filming is underway for the UK mystery drama in and around London with Adrian Scarborough (“Killing Eve”) and Vanessa Emme (“Dublin Murders”) reprising their roles. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

On the way from Netflix: “Maschi Veri,” an eight-episode comedy from Banijay label Groenlandia. The series, produced by Matteo Rovere, will drop on Netflix in 2025.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Amazon MGM Studios ordered drama “Band,” about teens in a school marching band. Daniel Barnz and Ben Barnz executive produce under their We’re Not Brothers company, which has an overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios. David Stone of TFC Productions also exec produces.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Casting notes: Glenn Close has joined the cast of Netflix film “Wake Up Dead Man,” the third in the “Knives Out” film series starring Daniel Craig…Camila Morrone (“Daisy Jones & the Six”) landed a major role opposite Tom Hiddleston in season two of “The Night Manager,” from the BBC and Amazon. The UK drama is based on the work of John le Carré….Kadeem Hardison (“grown-ish”) has joined graphic novel series “Criminal” as a series regular.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HGTV’s “100 Day Dream Home” returns Sunday, June 30 at 9p, with a twist: families can have renovations done in three months or less. The series attracted 15.5 million viewers last time around.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season four of INSP docudrama “Wild West Chronicles” has a new debut date: Wednesday, September 4 at 10p. The season was originally slated to kick off June 20.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction” will investigate the veracity behind personal accounts of otherworldly experiences starting Wednesday, June 19 at 10p on Discovery Channel. UFO experts Mitch Horowitz and Chrissy Newton use scientific data to dissect real life encounters with extraterrestrial activity and determine whether or not they can be explained. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

TLC’s “90 Day Fiance: The Other Way” returns on Monday, July 1 at 8p,as viewers follow six couples who have fallen in love with partners from foreign lands and decide to move abroad to live with them. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season four of biblical drama “The Chosen,” which began as a crowd-funded project, starts streaming Sunday, June 2 at 7p on “The Chosen” app. Additional viewing options will be announced soon.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Weigel Broadcasting unveiled the programming schedule for its new network, MeTV Toons, launching Tuesday, June 25. Daily and weekend curated blocks include a Monday – Saturday lineup of cartoons like Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Mr. Magoo, Tom & Jerry and others, in their own programming block, presented for a full hour every weekday at 1p, plus an hour on weeknights Monday-Saturday at 10p. The Sunday lineup features Flintstones Family Sunday from 1-3p, and Scooby Doo! Sunday Specials from 3-5p. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Recording artist Karol G will be honored with the “Woman of the Year” award at this year’s “Billboard Latin Women in Music special,” airing Sunday, June 9 at 9p on Telemundo.
(Source: Cynopsis)