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This week......
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I'm sorry Nate, but this schedule is WAY above average.
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this will change the way you watch Roku.....
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and there's a Rugrat on the floor!
Let's................ Get................... Lit!
Amy Irons: From around the world....across the country....and in your neighborhoods, NOW......in its 9th consecutive year, this is.................................
And now, the (Nearly) world-famous contestant...Pierre Kelly!
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The Tubi opening toss up story.
Halloween is over and the holidays are looming — that means it’s time to look ahead at TV’s midseason. ABC on Friday revealed winter 2027 dates for a number of its series, with reality franchise godfather The Bachelor is moving to Sundays for the first time.
The net also set premiere dates for new seasons of High Potential, Will Trent, Abbott Elementary, Shifting Gears, American Idol and others. See the full schedule below.
Season 30 of The Bachelor was ordered in June 2025, three months after two of its top showrunners exited among allegations of a “toxic” workplace. Network brass said in April that The Bachelor would return in 2027.
Bookending The Bachelor starting March 21 are America’s Funniest Home Videos and the Season 18 premiere of What Would You Do?
ABC’s midseason sked kicks off with the Season 5 premiere of Will Trent on Tuesday, January 5, followed by the third-season arrival of High Potential, which leads in to new docuseries Surviving a Scandal.
The Wednesday lineup bows January 6 with a two-episode Season 3 premiere of the Tim Allen-Kat Dennings sitcom Shifting Gears. Fellow comedy Abbott Elementary‘s sixth session starts a week later on January 13 The network said last month that Season 9 of The Rookie and its new spinoff The Rookie: North will bow on January 6.
Popular dramas 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Nashville and Grey’s Anatomy return to the Thursday night lineup with midseason premieres on Thursday, January 7. ABC’s untitled Grey’s Anatomy spinoff will debut during the 2027-28 TV season.
On the unscripted front, American Idol will kick off its silver-anniversary season on Monday, February 8, one week after the special American Idol at 25 (working title) airs. Celebrity Jeopardy! returns for Season 5 on Friday, January 29.
ABC also has a trio of previously announced one-night mega-specials with the 69th Grammy Awards ceremony February 9, Super Bowl LXI on February 14 and the 99th Academy Awards on March 14.
ABC's 2027 MIDSEASON SCHEDULE (all times ET/PT unless noted, game shows in bold):
Tuesday, January 5
- 8p: Will Trent (Season 5 premiere)
- 9p: High Potential (Season 3 premiere)
- 10p: Surviving a Scandal (Series premiere)
Wednesday, January 6
- 8p: Shifting Gears (Two-episode Season 3 premiere)
- 9p: The Rookie (Season 9 premiere)
- 10p: The Rookie North (Series premiere)
Thursday, January 7
- 8p:: 9-1-1 (Season 10 midseason return)
- 9p: 9-1-1: Nashville (Season 2 midseason return)
- 10p: Grey’s Anatomy (Season 23 midseason return)
Wednesday, January 13
- 8:31p: Abbott Elementary (Season 6 midseason return)
Friday, January 29
- 8p: Celebrity Jeopardy! (Season 5 premiere)
Monday, February 1
- 8p: American Idol at 25 (w/t)
Sunday, February 7
- 7p E/4p PT: Grammy Awards
Monday, February 8
- 8p: American Idol (Season 25 premiere)
- 10p: Shark Tank (New time period)
Sunday, February 14
- 6:30p E/3:30p P: Super Bowl LXI
- 10:15p: High Potential
Sunday, March 14
- 7p E/4p P: The Oscars
Sunday, March 21
- 7p: America’s Funniest Home Videos
- 8:01p: The Bachelor (Season 30 Premiere)
- 10:01p: What Would You Do? (Season 18 Premiere)
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And ABC is owned by Disney which also owns ESPN who made this.
The 2-minute drill. Wanna play it at home? Here's what you need.
3 friends as contestants, 4 players to make up a panel, one scorekeeper and a host.
The scorekeeper will act as timekeeper to time 2 minutes exactly on a smartphone or smartwatch. Have the panel ask questions about sports or pop culture and have it play exactly like the game. 3 contestants will get their specialty subject in the final round for one winner. And oh yeah, write a bunch of questions ALL.............DAY...............LONG. Otherwise, look up ebay, dust off your old computer and play this game..............................
Wished it was added on Steam.
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Fox meets Roku and things go............well...............you'll see after this.
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Amy: Today's program is sponsored by....The Riley and Kimmy Show.
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Chris Killian, are you listening?
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And now a word from the City of Bartlett.
Just make sure it's not bird popping on your car. Or somebody's else's car.
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The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division Friday announced that it closed its investigation into Fox Corp.’s $22 billion acquisition of Roku after finding the deal “is not likely to result in harm to competition.”
However, Fox — which announced the completion of the Roku deal Friday — made several commitments to the DOJ in connection with the deal.
According to the DOJ, “Consistent with the Division’s finding that the transaction is unlikely to result in harm to competition, Fox has committed that Roku will remain an open and neutral content partner post-merger.”
Specifically, Fox has committed to abide by the following four conditions:
- Fox will continue carrying non-Fox content on Roku for a period of at least three years “consistent with historical Roku practice.”
- Fox “will not discriminate against non-Fox content” in search results. For application placement on Roku, Fox will continue to allow users to reconfigure application configurations on the home screen.
- Fox will continue to provide data products to third parties on commercially reasonable terms consistent with Roku’s standard distribution agreement.
- Fox will maintain existing contractual firewall commitments to content partners for competitively sensitive non-Fox content data, including aggregated and non-aggregated data that can be inferred from, or collected through, commercial activities of non-Fox content providers or their uses on Roku products, including click, search, view, and voice data for a period of at least three years.
The DOJ’s Antitrust Division opened an investigation into Fox’s proposed Roku acquisition, as is customary, and in September issued second requests for documentation to Fox and Roku. According to the agency, the division “analyzed whether the proposed merger may harm competition among free, ad-supported streaming providers” and “considered whether Fox might use its control of the Roku platform to disadvantage its content rivals post-merger.”
The Justice Department concluded that Fox’s Roku takeover would be “unlikely” to introduce “substantial risk of harm.”
Lachlan K. Murdoch, Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Fox Corporation, said: "The closing of this acquisition advances the long-term strategy of FOX. Beginning today, our top priority for the combined company is to continue to relentlessly serve audiences and partners, while reinforcing the openness and choice that is the essence of the Roku platform. Our shared entrepreneurial passion and clear conviction toward building the future together with our new Roku colleagues gives us great confidence in the opportunities ahead of us."
Roku founder Anthony Wood will join the FOX board of directors. He will also serve as Co-Chair, FOX Digital Platforms, the newly formed division that includes Roku, Tubi, FOX One, Red Seat Ventures, and other digital products and services across the Company, alongside Paul Cheesbrough, who assumes the role of Co-Chair and CEO, FOX Digital Platforms.
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“Wheel of Fortune” introduced some new features for its Season 44, and it appears to be paying off with viewers. The long-running syndicated game show is averaging 8.59 million viewers in linear this year, up 17% from last year, while its household rating is a 4.8, up 16% from last year. M
eanwhile, producer Sony Pictures Television also reports that “Wheel of Fortune” on streaming is up 78% with total viewers and up 29% with adults 25-54. (“Wheel of Fortune” streams on Peacock, Hulu and Hulu on Disney+). Sony said the show reaches a total of nearly 37 million total viewers so far this season and says “Wheel” is the No. 1 entertainment program on TV.
In Season 44, “Wheel of Fortune” gameplay added a new opening round, dubbed “Fortune Frenzy,” which follows contestants as they’re given 30 seconds to solve as many puzzles as possible. That means more puzzles at the start of the show.
Sony said the ratings increase also comes as it assumes marketing, promotions and affiliate relations for “Wheel.” A year ago, CBS Media Ventures and Sony Pictures TV settled their long-running battle over the distribution of “Wheel” and “Jeopardy.” As part of their settlement, Sony took over international distribution of “Wheel” last year, while CBS kept domestic distribution through 2027-2028 (at which point Sony takes it over). CBS continued to handle marketing, promotions and affiliate relations last year, but all of that moved to Sony starting this fall.
“We’ve been very deliberate about using audience insights to inform how we evolve ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ introducing meaningful changes that keep the format fresh while protecting what has made the franchise so enduring,” said Sony Pictures TV president of game shows Suzanne Prete in a statement. “At a time when the broader linear landscape is challenged, growing our audience and ranking as the No. 1 entertainment series on television is a strong validation of that approach. We’re particularly proud of the tremendous growth we’re seeing on streaming, which reflects our continued focus on expanding the reach of ‘Wheel’ and meeting audiences wherever and however they choose to watch.”
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Netflix‘s proposed acquisition of the historic Radford Studio Center lot has stalled as the entertainment giant weighs whether to move forward with purchase, raising questions of how much production space it expects to need in Los Angeles and whether it believes owning a major Hollywood lot still makes sense.
“Netflix has not closed the transaction, and they are not deciding to close it until sometime maybe later in the year,” said Hudson Pacific CEO Victor Coleman during an earnings call on Thursday. “Or not.”
Netflix is the third-biggest tenant of Hudson Pacific properties, leasing the ICON, EPIC and CUE buildings at Sunset Studios in Los Angeles. One line of speculation has been that Netflix is looking to become an owner rather than a tenant in L.A. and that Radford would fit the bill for a sprawling studio property.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that there’s been an extension in the initial 90-day due diligence period for Netflix to examine the Radford property, according to a person familiar with the transaction. The development doesn’t necessarily signal the deal won’t close, this source cautions, though it highlights the gravity of taking on a sprawling production campus in L.A. as filming levels in the region hover around historic lows.
In recent years, Netflix and other studios have prioritized shooting in other states and countries where labor and other costs are cheaper that offer more generous filming subsidies.
The expectation in Hollywood real estate circles is that the deal will ultimately close. “Everyone assumes it’s going to get done,” this source says. The transaction, estimated at $330 million to $400 million, comes as Netflix reassesses its commitments to soundstage space in L.A. The company has been cancelling some obligations with Hudson Pacific, the source adds, potentially suggesting that it’s taking seriously a shift from leasing production space to owning it.
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And here's a follow along on The Vow.
There’s one bachelor, 10 women vying for his love and Chris Harrison.
In Fox Nation’s upcoming dating series “The Vow,” the ex-“Bachelor” host steps into familiar territory, five years after his controversial exit from the ABC franchise.
The trailer puts 30-year-old Jace Cates front and center as he splits his attention between the female contestants. “I think Jace would be an amazing dad. Oh my gosh, like, put a baby in me now!” says one cast member as Cates is seen cradling an infant.
Premiering on Nov. 11 on Fox Nation, the streamer will roll out one episode per week until the Dec. 9 finale.
Per the description, the show will explore “whether shared values, faith, communication, and long-term goals can build a relationship designed to last long after the cameras stop rolling. At a time when much of modern dating culture is driven by fleeting connections and social media attention, the series offers a different approach by placing the focus on meaningful relationships, commitment and building a life together.”
When Fox Nation put out the first teaser for “The Vow,” it did shy away from the connection between Harrison and TV’s most iconic dating show. In the teaser, the host throws a red rose — the symbol of “The Bachelor” — on the ground before threatening to step on it. Plus, “The Vow” will feature an appearance from Sean and Catherine Lowe, whose love story unfolded on Season 17 of “The Bachelor” in 2013. The pair has been married since and is one of the most famous examples of a long-lasting relationship to form on reality television.
Harrison hosted “The Bachelor” and all of its spinoffs from the series’ inception in 2002. He exited the franchise in 2021 after comments he made defending former contestant Rachael Kirkconnell drew sharp backlash and were perceived by some as racially insensitive.
“I’m so excited to be back helping people find love, and Fox Nation has been an incredible partner in bringing this vision to life,” Harrison said in a statement. “We were inspired by the faith-driven renaissance happening across America, and as a result, I believe we’ve created the most authentic dating show on television today. At a time when so many people feel dating has become harder than ever, ‘The Vow’ asks a simple but important question: Can genuine, lasting love still be found in the modern world? The stakes couldn’t be higher. I’m incredibly proud and honored to put my name on this show.”
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The Voice is gearing up to give viewers a special look at the behind-the-scenes of the show with the launch of its first-ever TikTok Live companion show, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Launching Nov. 9 and continuing through the season 30 finale on Dec. 14, Josh “Bru” Brubaker will host the new show weekly on Mondays that streams 20 minutes before each broadcast and continues through the televised show.
The TikTok Live show will feature interviews with The Voice artists and coaches, serving as “the ultimate, unfiltered backstage pass to the high-stakes live shows exclusively on the official Voice TikTok handle.”
“Each week, the livestream will elevate the fan experience with rotating celebrity co-hosts, special guest appearances, and deep-dive looks into the high-energy backstage environment that can only be unlocked on TikTok,” a description reads. “From raw, unscripted emotions minutes after performances to the pulsing real-time energy of the studio, viewers won’t just watch The Voice — they’ll live it. They’ll be pulling back the curtain on The Voice like never before.”
Bru said in a statement shared with THR, “I grew up watching The Voice, so getting to go from being a fan of the show to actually being part of it is one of those moments that feels almost too surreal to put into words. I am so honored and grateful for the opportunity to help bring its first ever TikTok Live companion show to life. Music has always been such a huge part of my world, and I can’t wait to celebrate these incredible artists, connect with fans, and experience the magic of The Voice from a whole new perspective!”
Bru, also known professionally as Bru on the Radio, is an Emmy-winning host, known for sharing behind-the-scenes looks at his radio career hosting on Audacy. He has over 5 million followers across platforms, and hosts The Bru Show weekdays on Audacy pop stations across the country.
The Voice is currently airing its 30th season, with Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson, Queen Latifah and Riley Green serving as coaches.
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But hold...................it! It's time for the Mistplay Game Break. Since we had many viewers asking it to bring this one back, so we're doing another round of.........................
What TV show am I describing?
The show was about single dad Doug Brody (John Bedford Lloyd), who is abducted by single alien mom Cookie (Margaret Trigg). The two fall in love, get married, and try to live a normal life on Earth as a mixed family.
Can you name that show? Find out after this from....................uh................Daria on Tiktok.
It'll be tonight on Tammy Tuckey's Youtube page and next week on most of these RTE America stations straight after The First 25 with Chris Moyles and a 5-minute BBC News summary. We'll be here next Wednesday as well. And after all of this on these 2 shows next week, it follows this.
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