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[12/13/22 - 11:50 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, December 13
Updates include: Netflix axes "Warrior Nun" after two seasons; Starz pulls the plug on "Step Up: High Water"; and Garcelle Beauvais to recur on Hulu's "The Other Black Girl."

[12/13/22 - 03:45 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers
Season to date, "Nightline" is growing compared to the same point last season in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

[12/13/22 - 03:06 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of December 5: "Wednesday" Crosses 1 Billion Hours Viewed; "Harry & Meghan" Is Biggest Documentary Debut; "Troll" Ascends to the Top of the Most Popular List
In its third week, the comedy mystery starring Jenna Ortega has crossed 1 billion hours viewed with a total of 1.02 billion total hours viewed, becoming only the third title to cross this milestone within its first 28 days.

[12/13/22 - 01:25 PM]
Final Season of ALLBLK's Longest Running Series "A House Divided" Premieres Thursday, January 12
LisaRaye McCoy, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Paula Jai Parker, Demetria McKinney and more return for the fifth and final chapter.

[12/13/22 - 01:00 PM]
"60 Minutes" Is in the Top 5 Again and Has Been a Top 10 Broadcast Series for 13 Straight Weeks
The series remains America's #1 primetime news program in viewers and has been a top 10 broadcast series for 13 consecutive weeks.

[12/13/22 - 12:59 PM]
Hallmark Channel's "Countdown to Christmas" Continues to Be Viewers' #1 Home for the Holidays in Its Eighth Week
This past weekend's original holiday movie premieres, "The Most Colorful Time of the Year," "Christmas Class Reunion," and "The Holiday Sitter," propelled Hallmark Channel to be the #1 entertainment cable network of the week in Total Day and Weekend Total Day among key demos.

[12/13/22 - 12:02 PM]
All-New Six-Part Docuseries "Gold, Lies & Videotape" Explores the Greatest Treasure Hunt in American History
From Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Archie Gips' Unrealistic Ideas, the six-part docuseries premieres on Friday, January 13 at 9:00/8:00c on Discovery Channel and will be available to stream the same day on discovery+.

[12/13/22 - 12:01 PM]
"Sanditon" Season 3 to Be the Final Season
Said run will premiere on Sunday, March 19 at 9:00/8:00c on PBS.

[12/13/22 - 11:41 AM]
"Tamron Hall" Delivers Its 2nd Most-Watched Week of the Season
"Tamron Hall" averaged over 1 million Total Viewers on all five days of the week.

[12/13/22 - 11:04 AM]
Video: Showtime Debuts Official Trailer for Second Season of "Your Honor"
The 10-episode season will debut on demand and on streaming Friday, January 13 and on-air on Sunday, January 15 at 9:00/8:00c.

[12/13/22 - 11:01 AM]
Video: "Ginny & Georgia" Season 2 - Official Trailer - Netflix
New relationships and challenges await Georgia and Ginny as they navigate life in Wellsbury - until secrets from the past threaten everything.

[12/13/22 - 10:34 AM]
Peacock Announces Luke Kirby, Ashley Madekwe and Gustaf Hammarsten as Series Regulars in Season Two of Peacock's Critically Acclaimed Anthology Series "Dr. Death"
They'll star alongside Edgar Ramirez and Mandy Moore in the highly anticipated second season of the anthology series.

[12/13/22 - 10:01 AM]
Video: "Kaleidoscope" - Official Trailer - Netflix
A master thief and his crew attempt an epic and elaborate heist worth $7 billion dollars - but betrayal, greed and other threats undermine their plans.

[12/13/22 - 09:01 AM]
Second Season of Emmy Award-Winning "The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder" Premieres February 1 on Disney+
The series recently won "Outstanding Casting for An Animated Program" at the inaugural Children's & Family Emmy Awards.

[12/13/22 - 09:00 AM]
Apple TV+ Travel Series "The Reluctant Traveler," Hosted by Emmy Award Winner Eugene Levy, to Premiere on February 24, 2023
The eight-episode series follows Levy as he visits some of the world's most beautiful and intriguing destinations in Costa Rica, Finland, Italy, Japan, Maldives, Portugal, South Africa and the United States, exploring remarkable hotels and the places and cultures surrounding them.

[12/13/22 - 08:54 AM]
Viewership for "NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC" Season Debut Up Five Percent Averaging 3,140,000 Viewers
The NBA Finals rematch, in which the Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics, generated an average audience of 3,140,000 viewers.

[12/13/22 - 08:31 AM]
Video: "Bling Empire: New York" - Official Clip - Netflix
A new cast of stylish Asian American socialites flaunts their fortunes - and fashions - while bringing the drama and living it up in New York City.

[12/13/22 - 08:03 AM]
Denver-Based Builder Rico Leon Salvages Homes Stuck in Renovation Nightmares in New HGTV Series "Rico to the Rescue"
Driven by his parents' past experience with a crooked contractor, Rico is an advocate for desperate families who need an empathetic expert to fix their stressful situations.

[12/13/22 - 08:02 AM]
Emmy Award-Winning "RuPaul's Drag Race" Ruveals the New Queens of Season 15 Premiering with Back-to-Back Episodes on Friday, January 6 at 8PM ET/PT on MTV
"RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked," the Emmy award-winning aftershow, will premiere immediately following on MTV.

[12/13/22 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "Mathieu Dufour at Bell Centre" - Official Trailer - Netflix
In a freewheeling stand-up performance for a packed Montreal arena, the comedian shares stories about paintball mishaps, McDonald's misdeeds and more.

[12/13/22 - 08:00 AM]
First Look and Date Announcement: Hulu Original "How I Met Your Father"
The series returns for its second season with one episode on Tuesday, January 24 with new episodes following weekly.

[12/13/22 - 07:58 AM]
Fuse's Powerful New Series "Like a Girl," Featuring Pro-Athletes, Olympians and Champions, Premieres March 27
The six-part series, hosted by model, designer and former college athlete Beija Marie Velez, takes an unfiltered look into the unique perspective of women in sports today.

[12/13/22 - 07:12 AM]
CNN Original Series & CNN Films Sets 2023 Programming Slate
Newly announced projects include "Giuliani: What Happened to America's Mayor?," "United States of Scandal with Jake Tapper" and "Vegas: The Story of Sin City."

[12/13/22 - 07:01 AM]
Video: "Dog Gone" - Official Trailer - Rob Lowe, Johnny Berchtold, Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Netflix
When his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication.

[12/13/22 - 07:00 AM]
CBS Presents "The 76th Annual Tony Awards" to Air Live Sunday, June 11, 2023
Nominations for the 2022 Tony Awards will be announced on Tuesday, May 2.

[12/13/22 - 06:30 AM]
Paramount+ Reveals Premiere Date and First Look Images for New Original Film "At Midnight," A Romantic Comedy Starring Diego Boneta and Monica Barbaro
A charming romantic comedy, the film centers around Alejandro (Diego Boneta), an ambitious hotel manager, and Sophie (Monica Barbaro), a movie star navigating the politics of Hollywood.

[12/13/22 - 06:01 AM]
Video: "The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker" - Official Trailer - Netflix
This shocking documentary chronicles a happy-go-lucky nomad's ascent to viral stardom and the steep downward spiral that resulted in his imprisonment.

[12/13/22 - 06:00 AM]
Nickelodeon's Multidimensional Crossover Special, "SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone," Makes a Splash on Friday, January 13
"SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone" is a journey into an hour of television where two dimensions can become three, and French divers can wear black ties.

[12/12/22 - 11:20 PM]
Development Update: Monday, December 12
Updates include: HBO Max continues scripted purge; Starz rescinds second season order for "Dangerous Liaisons"; and Lily Gladstone rounds out the cast of Hulu's "Under the Bridge."

[12/12/22 - 09:01 PM]
Video: "Call Me Chihiro" - Official Trailer - Netflix
If you meet her, the whole world will change.

[12/12/22 - 07:01 PM]
Video: "The Interest of Love" - Official Trailer - Netflix
Four men and women working at the same bank get entangled in a complicated romance as they discover how far they're willing to go for love.

[12/12/22 - 03:30 PM]
NBC Renews Its Freshman Drama Series "Quantum Leap" for a Second Season
The "Quantum Leap" pilot is currently up to a 2.0 rating in the 18-49 demo and 10.8 million viewers across linear, digital and streaming platforms.

[12/12/22 - 01:01 PM]
Video: "The Drop" - Official Trailer - Hulu
Lex (Anna Konkle) and Mani (Jermaine Fowler) are a happily married young couple, running their dream artisanal bakery in Los Angeles and excited about starting a family together.

[12/12/22 - 11:30 AM]
Paramount+ Announces Documentary Series Exploring the History of Soft Rock Music, "Sometimes When We Touch," to Premiere Tuesday, Jan. 3
The series is the untold story of soft rock, whose artists dominated pop music worldwide in the '70s, only to crash and burn in the '80s, eventually experiencing one of the most unlikely comebacks in music history.

[12/12/22 - 11:16 AM]
The Fraggles Rock on as Apple TV+ Renews Iconic Emmy Award-Winning Series "Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock" for Season Two
Tony and Grammy Award winner, and Emmy Award nominee Daveed Diggs returns for season two alongside Academy Award winner Ariana DeBose, Emmy Award winner Brett Goldstein and Emmy Award winner Catherine O'Hara in guest star roles.

[12/12/22 - 11:16 AM]
"Snap" - New Psychological Thriller from Eric Benet Premieres Thursday, December 22 on ALLBLK
The thrilling psychological anthology aims to address difficult social and ethical topics, head on, through a unique method of storytelling that disrupts conventional opinions.

[12/12/22 - 11:02 AM]
Video: "Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence" - February 9 - Hulu
The series follows the story from the cult's origins in 2010 on the Sarah Lawrence campus until its recent demise, when the last members find their own paths to survival.

[12/12/22 - 11:00 AM]
MTV and Paramount+ Greenlight Global Expansion of "RuPaul's Drag Race with Global All Stars" and Three New Editions in Brazil, Germany and Mexico Airing on Paramount+ and MTV
As part of the new expansion, the U.S. series of "RuPaul's Drag Race" heads to MTV for season 15 on Friday, January 6 at 8:00/7:00c.

[12/12/22 - 10:45 AM]
ABC News Studios Announces Three New True Crime Docu-Series, Streaming Exclusively on Hulu, Premiering Thursdays in January 2023
"Death in the Dorms," "Web of Death" and "Killing County" follow a notable lineup by ABC News Studios on Hulu.

[12/12/22 - 10:36 AM]
"NCIS," "NCIS: Hawai'i" and "NCIS: Los Angeles" Unite for the First Time in an Action-Packed Three-Hour Crossover Event, Monday, Jan. 9
Said crossover event was previously scheduled for the week prior, January 2.

[12/12/22 - 10:32 AM]
Disney+ Greenlights "Witch Mountain" Pilot, A Reimagining of the Successful Film Franchise
The series is a modern reinvention of the cult classic that takes place in the shadow of "Witch Mountain," following two teens that develop strange abilities and discover their sleepy suburb may not be as idyllic as it seems.

[12/12/22 - 09:12 AM]
Disney+ Announces Dec. 23 Streaming Debut of Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Strange World"
"Strange World" introduces a legendary family of explorers, the Clades, as they attempt to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob called Splat; Legend, the family dog; and a slew of ravenous creatures.

[12/12/22 - 09:04 AM]
"Street Outlaws: OKC" Returns to Discovery Channel Monday, January 2
This season, the 405 reclaims their roots, upping the ante with each driver building out and racing brand-new, high-powered small tire race cars reflective of street racing in the early days.

[12/12/22 - 08:34 AM]
Video: "The Circle" Season 5 - Official Trailer - Netflix
Eight new players set up single profiles to sniff out catfish, form friendships and make the most of second chances in this fifth trip around The Circle.

[12/12/22 - 08:02 AM]
"Teen Mom 2" Stars Chelsea and Cole DeBoer Flex Their Design and Renovation Skills in New HGTV Series "Down Home Fab" Premiering Monday, Jan. 16
The six hour-long episodes will spotlight the couple's burgeoning renovation business in their hometown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

[12/12/22 - 06:43 AM]
Superstar Racing Experience, ESPN Announce Multiyear Rights Agreement
In Summer of 2023, the races will air on six consecutive Thursday nights at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN and the ESPN App, bringing back the iconic "ESPN Thursday Night Thunder" branding.

[12/12/22 - 06:37 AM]
"Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?" Returns for Season 2 on HBO Max on Fri. January 6 and CNN on Sun. January 8 at 7pm ET
During season one, CNN Anchor Chris Wallace sat down and broke news with CEOs, newsmakers, luminaries, pop music sensations, and Hollywood legends, such as George Clooney, Shania Twain, Tyler Perry, Meghan Trainor, Alex Rodriguez, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Quentin Tarantino and many others.

[12/12/22 - 04:01 AM]
Video: "Harry & Meghan" - Official Trailer 2 - Netflix
In an unprecedented and in-depth documentary series, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex share the other side of their high-profile love story.

[12/12/22 - 01:01 AM]
Video: "Alpha Males" - Official Trailer - Netflix
A lost job, an open relationship, a sexless marriage, a divorce. Four middle-age friends in Madrid try to navigate the changing world of masculinity.

[12/11/22 - 04:01 PM]
Suzy and Yang Se-jong's Thrilling Romance "Doona!," Only on Netflix
A former K-pop idol and an ordinary college student meet as housemates.







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[02/26/26 - 02:46 PM]
Netflix Declines to Raise Offer for Warner Bros.
"The transaction we negotiated would have created shareholder value with a clear path to regulatory approval. However, we've always been disciplined, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance's latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive, so we are declining to match the Paramount Skydance bid," said co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters.

[02/26/26 - 02:19 PM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Soars to Season High with Best Audience in Over a Year
"Live" has now ranked as the No. 1 talk show in syndication for 157 consecutive weeks across all key measures.

[02/26/26 - 02:08 PM]
Britbox Unveils Spring Slate with "The Lady" Starring Mia McKenna-Bruce; Premieres March 18
Other highlights include the return of "Hope Street" and the debut of "Mudtown."

[02/26/26 - 01:36 PM]
Paramount Comments on Warner Bros. Discovery Board's Determination of Paramount's Proposal as Superior
David Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Paramount, said: "We are pleased WBD's Board has unanimously affirmed the superior value of our offer, which delivers to WBD shareholders superior value, certainty and speed to closing."

[02/26/26 - 01:16 PM]
Warner Bros. Discovery Board of Directors Determines Revised Proposal from Paramount Skydance Constitutes a "Company Superior Proposal"
Under the terms of the Netflix merger agreement, this notice triggers a four business day period during which Netflix has the right to propose revisions to the Netflix merger agreement so that the PSKY proposal would cease to constitute a "Company Superior Proposal."

[02/26/26 - 01:00 PM]
FOX Television Network Renews Hit Joel McHale Series "Animal Control" for Season Five
In addition, the first three seasons of the series are currently streaming on Netflix, and the show has been sold in territories around the world.

[02/26/26 - 10:31 AM]
More Stars Take the Stage to Present at the 98th Oscars
Javier Bardem, Chris Evans, Chase Infiniti, Demi Moore, Kumail Nanjiani and Maya Rudolph are among the featured talent.

[02/26/26 - 10:30 AM]
Video: AMC Networks Unveils Captivating Sneak Peek Scene from "The Vampire Lestat"
In the new rock and roll centric season, the Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by "muses" from his wild and rebellious past.

[02/26/26 - 10:21 AM]
Feed the Children Teams Up with FOX's "Next Level Chef" to Put Child Hunger to Bed
The year-round campaign rallies the public alongside donors, volunteers, and partners to provide kids with the food and resources they need to rise and thrive every day.

[02/26/26 - 10:01 AM]
"Running Point" Season Two Returns April 23 on Netflix
Isla Gordon (Kate Hudson) is no longer the surprise choice to lead the Los Angeles Waves, she's the one everyone is watching.

[02/26/26 - 10:01 AM]
Season Three of the HBO Original Comedy Series "The Comeback" Debuts March 22
New episodes of the eight-episode season will debut weekly leading up to the series finale on Sunday, May 10.

[02/26/26 - 10:00 AM]
CBS Launches New Podcast "NCIS: Partners & Probies" Hosted by Series Stars Brian Dietzen and Diona Reasonover, Offering Fans an Inside Look at the #1 TV Franchise Worldwide
Premiering Tuesday, March 3, new episodes will roll out weekly.

[02/26/26 - 09:14 AM]
FOX Sports Assembles World-Class Broadcast Team for 2026 World Baseball Classic
Headlining FOX MLB's coverage of Team USA matchups and knockout rounds are highly acclaimed play-by-play announcers Joe Davis, Adam Amin and Kevin Kugler; expert analysts John Smoltz, A.J. Pierzynski and Adam Wainwright; and veteran reporters Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci.

[02/26/26 - 09:01 AM]
Video: Trailer & Key Art - "Sunny Nights" Starring Will Forte & D'Arcy Carden
After a critical acclaimed Australian debut, the darkly comedic crime drama starring Will Forte and D'Arcy Carden makes its U.S. debut on March 11 on Hulu.

[02/26/26 - 09:01 AM]
BritBox Announces April 7th Premiere for "A Taste for Murder"
The six-part crime procedural produced by Eagle Eye Drama and in association with ITV Studios stars Warren Brown, Phyllis Logan, and Cristiana Dell'Anna, and was shot on location in Croatia and Italy last year.