FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (MONDAY 6/26/23)
ABC: Claim to Fame (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC: The Bachelorette (Premiere) at 9pm
ACORN TV: Cannes Confidential (Premiere)
BET+: Average Joe (Premiere)
FX: Reservation Dogs (Premiere) at 10pm
PBS: POV (Premiere) at 10pm
FUSE: Big Freedia Means Business (Finale) at 9pm
The Directors Guild of America has ratified an agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, with 87% of members voting in favor of the deal. “Our new contract secures gains on wages, global streaming residuals, safety, diversity and creative rights that build for the future and impact every category of member in our Guild,” said DGA President Lesli Linka Glatter.
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Meanwhile, actors’ guild contract negotiations with the AMPTP have been “extremely productive,” said SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher. “We’re standing strong and we’re going to achieve a seminal deal.” Negotiations started June 7.
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Ahead of Tuesday’s launch of Paramount+ with Showtime, Paramount+ has canceled four shows. “We are refining our content offering to deliver the best streaming experience for subscribers,” said a statement from the company. “This is consistent with our content strategy since launch and across our business, which ensures we make smart, efficient choices, informed by audience data and insights. We are removing select programming as we look to optimize Showtime’s robust slate of premium originals.”
Axed are the revival of “The Game” and drag queen singing competition “Queen of the Universe” after two seasons; prequel “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” after one; and animated kids’ show “Star Trek: Prodigy,” despite its renewal in 2021 for a second run. All of the series will be removed from Paramount+ (“a particularly brutal move,” wrote “Pink Ladies” creator Annabel Oakes on Instagram) and shopped by their studios. Like Disney and WBD before it, Paramount Global will take a tax write-off for the move.
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Season five of “Magnum P.I.”, picked by NBC after CBS canceled the show last year, will be its last – barring another rescue. Ten more episodes remain and have been scheduled for midseason 2024.
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“Last King of the Cross” has been renewed for a second season on Paramount+. The Australian crime drama follows the journey of a nightclub mogul.
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Also headed for a sophomore run is Peacock’s “Bupkis,” starring Pete Davidson, Edie Falco and Joe Pesci. “Bupkis” is executive produced by Lorne Michaels for Broadway Video.
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What’s the next move for Geraldo Rivera? The journalist’s final appearances on Fox News’ “The Five” are slated for June 29 and 30, but he has said his contract with the network runs through 2025. “I am unsure about my next career move,” tweeted Rivera on Friday, adding that he’ll make an announcement this Friday about whether his future includes FNC or not. Last week, Rivera said “growing tension that goes beyond editorial differences” prompted his exit from “The Five.”
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The Federal Trade Commission has proposed rules making it easier for consumers to cancel subscriptions, and imposing penalties for companies violating those rules. The proposal would make canceling a subscription “at least as easy” as signing up for it. Not so fast, said Computer & Communications Industry Association SVP and Chief of Staff Stephane Joyce, who warned, “The expansive, new rules would create duplicative and inconsistent obligations that would invite confusion and uncertainty for both businesses and consumers.”
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Warner Bros. Discovery is reportedly negotiating to sell half of its film and TV music publishing assets, to the tune of around $500 million. No word on which assets are up for grabs, but the library includes a wealth of titles.
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Tom Brokaw opened up to his former “Today” co-host Jane Pauley, now host of “CBS News Sunday Morning,” about his ten-year battle with incurable blood cancer. Brokaw, “NBC Nightly News” anchor from 1982-2004, told Pauley the condition forced him to walk away from his elder statesman role at NBC News. “I really had to give up my daily activity with NBC,” he told Pauley. “You know, I had to walk away from them, as they were walking away from me.”
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An adaptation of the novel Forget Me Not, which follows an ambitious wedding planner working with her florist ex, is being adapted for TV by Universal International Studios. “I am absolutely ecstatic to be working with Universal International Studios on an adaptation of Forget Me Not,” said author Julie Soto. “I was blown away when I heard the news that they were interested in my book and even more excited at the prospect of a series adaptation.”
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“Love During Lockup” returns for a new season on WE tv on Friday, July 21 at 9p. The “Love After Lockup” spinoff follows people in romances with prisoners (props to the publicist who came up with the line, “It’s time to cell-abrate love!”).
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“Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks” will honor the late Tina Turner, with Rutledge Wood (“Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge”) and Zuri Hall (“Access Hollywood”) serving as hosts. The spectacle airs Tuesday, July 4 at 8p on NBC.
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The Heroes & Icons Network is the new destination for Weigel Broadcasting Co.’s annual 4th of July presentation of “Rod, White & Blue: A Twilight Zone Celebration,” a marathon of 86 episodes of “The Twilight Zone” series airing from Sunday, July 2 at 12p-Tuesday, July 4 at 12p. The stunt previously aired on Decades network.
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“The Slumber Party,” a coming-of-age comedy based on the YA novel The Sleepover by Jen Malone, is set to debut Thursday, July 27 at 8p on Disney Channel. The film depicts the aftermath of a sleepover birthday party hypnotism gone wrong.
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YouTube TV is dropping the New York Mets’ pay-TV network, SNY,effective June 30. In a tweet, NYI encouraged YouTube viewers to “find another provider” to watch Mets games. SNY is controlled by Sterling Equities; Charter and Comcast hold minority stakes.
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NBC Sports Washington is being rebranded to Monumental Sports Network, following the RSN’s sale from Comcast to Monumental last year. In addition to new visuals, the revamped net will include an interview show hosted by Rachel Nichols and alternate broadcast feeds for Wizards and Capitals games.
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The premiere episode of “The Walking Dead: Dead City” is the #1 season premiere in the history of AMC+ in terms of viewership across all new and returning series, including “The Walking Dead.” In linear viewership, the first episode of the new series attracted a total premiere audience of 2 million viewers, 768,000 among A25-54 and 573,000 among A18-49 in Nielsen Live+3 ratings. The linear ratings reflect total viewership of a multi-network simulcast and Sunday night encores on AMC.
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The NBA draft averaged 3.74 million viewers across ESPN (both rounds) and ABC (first round), up 23% from last year, to rank as the most-watched program of the day across all of television.
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2023 BET AWARDS – COMPLETE WINNERS LIST
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WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse – $19 million
Elemental – $18.4 million
The Flash – $15.1 million
No Hard Feelings – $15 million
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – $11.8 million
(Source: Box Office Mojo)
