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DISCOVERY: Caught! (Premiere) at 9pm
FOOD NETWORK: Selina + Chef: Home for the Holidays (Premiere) at 8pm
HULU: Wild Crime (Premiere)
MAX: Bookie (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Obliterated (Premiere)
PEACOCK: Paris in Love (Premiere)
ABC: The Golden Bachelor (Finale) at 8pm
Disney’s linear networks are not for sale, said CEO Bob Iger at the New York Times DealBook Summit on Wednesday. While Iger had floated the idea in July, that was “a means of my saying to Wall Street or the investment community that our heads were not in the sand about the challenges those businesses were having,” he explained. “I did not want to get accused of being kind of an old media executive. Our company had already shown the ability to basically adapt to new circumstances. So, 1) I wanted to convey that and 2) see what the reaction would be.” And while media coverage of his comments last summer suggested the networks were on the block, “I did not say they were for sale,” said Iger.
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Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav was also at the summit, and it sure sounded like there are no hard feelings between the CEO and fired CNN head Chris Licht (who was in the audience during Zaslav’s session). “There are a lot of good days and a lot of tough days. Chris has had a lot of great days,” noted Zaslav. “He created ‘Morning Joe.’ He created ‘CBS This Morning.’ We had a lot of fun and a lot of battles together. Chris is going to have a lot of great chapters and hopefully some of those with us at Warner Bros. He’s very talented.”
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MGM+ has ordered a 10-episode season four of “Godfather of Harlem,”starring Forest Whitaker. The series, produced by ABC Signature, is MGM+’s #1 acquisition driver for subscribers.
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Score! Michigan’s victory over Ohio State was the most-watched regular season college football game on any network since 2011. The Fox Sports broadcast drew 19.065 viewers, up 11% over the same match-up in 2022. And Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff” averaged 2.34 million viewers, Saturday’s most-watched college pre-game show.
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Season five of CBS’ “Bob Hearts Abishola” will be its last. “We are so proud to call ‘Bob Hearts Abishola’ a CBS comedy as it helped establish a new generation of programming at the Network,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “This series expertly showcased a family love story and workplace comedy about the immigrant experience with heartfelt humor and emotion while also authentically portraying Nigerian culture.” The upcoming 13-episode season will run from February 12 to May 13.
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Jamie Lyn Spears (“Zoey 101”) has left ITV’s “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here.” A spokesperson for the UK reality series said Spears left for medical reasons, and had been “a fantastic campmate who has triumphed at trials and bonded well with her fell celebrities.” As for Spears, on her penultimate episode she told her castmates, “I hate it, I hate it, I hate it here. This is where people go to have the worst days of their lives.”
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Bunim/Murray Productions and Candace Bushnell are teaming to develop a reality dating series. Bushnell, author of the book which inspired HBO’s “Sex and the City,” is also the author of 2019’s “Is There Still Sex in the City?”. And that’s the name of the new show, following four friends in their fifties who relocate from the city to a country chateau, where they will date a variety of men. “We feel that Candace’s brand has grown with her audience and her expertise in the dating space is an incredible entry point for an immersive dating experiment,” said Julie Pizzi, President, Bunim/Murray.
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“Shogun,” an adaptation of James Clavell’s novel, debuts Tuesday, February 27 on Hulu. The premiere of the 10-episode limited series will include the first two episodes, followed by a new episode each week. In addition to its day-and-date global streaming launch, the FX linear channel will telecast new episodes once each week.
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“Saturday Night Live” alum Kate McKinnon returns to the NBC sketch show for her first time as host on December 16, with musical guest Billie Eilish. That’s one week after Adam Driver makes his fourth appearance as host, accompanied by second-timer Olivia Rodrigo.
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“TMZ’s Merry Elfin’ Christmas Special” airs Tuesday, December 5 at 9p on Fox. Celebrity guests including Shaq, Tiffany Haddish, Bill Maher, Kyle Richards, Mark Cuban and Gavin DeGraw.
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Billionaire investor Charlie Munger sat down with CNBC’s Becky Quickon November 14 for a special interview to commemorate his soon-to-come 100th birthday. Munger passed away on November 28 at the age of 99. “Charlie Munger: A Life of Wit and Wisdom,” including the interview, celebrates Munger’s life and career today at 8p on the business news net.
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Amazon introduced Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant for businesses. Users can have tailored conversations, solve problems, generate content, take actions, and more. Amazon Q is aware of which systems users can access, so they can ask detailed questions and get tailored results that include only information they are authorized to see.
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Chivas v. Pumas airs live from Akron Stadium tonight, November 30 at 10p on Telemundo, Universo and Peacock. Telemundo Deportes pregame and postgame show “Futbol Estelar Chivas Extra” airs at 9p and 12a, respectively, on Universo and Peacock.
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Jeannie Kedas is joining ABC News as SVP, Publicity and Communications. Kedas was previously at First Look Media, where she served as Chief Communications Officer and EVP.
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Tony-winning actress Frances Sternhagen died November 27. She was 93. While heralded on Broadway, Sternhagen was perhaps best known to TV audiences as Cliff’s mother on “Cheers.”
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