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Shark Tank Season 17 Guest Sharks; Tubi YA Comedy Film with Paris Berelc

Shark Tank, the critically acclaimed and multi-Emmy® Award-winning business-themed unscripted series that celebrates entrepreneurship in America, returns to ABC and Hulu Wednesdays this fall with a powerhouse lineup of business tycoons and Guest Sharks featured throughout the season. The Sharks – tough, self-made, multimillionaire and billionaire tycoons — will continue their search to invest in the best businesses and products that America has to offer, and will once again give people from all walks of life the chance to chase the American dream and potentially secure business deals that could make them millionaires.

The season 17 guest Sharks include the following:
● Allison Ellsworth, founder and chief brand officer, poppi
● Chip and Joanna Gaines, owners and founders, Magnolia
● Alexis Ohanian, venture capitalist and founder, Seven Seven Six; co-founder, Reddit
● Kendra Scott, owner and founder, Kendra Scott
● Michael Strahan, co-anchor, Good Morning America and co-founder of SMAC
● Fawn Weaver, founder and CEO, Uncle Nearest Inc.
● Rashaun Williams, venture capitalist, Atlanta Falcons LP

These Guest Sharks will appear throughout the season alongside the Sharks: real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran; prolific CPG investor and inventor Lori Greiner; cyber security technology innovator Robert Herjavec; fashion and branding expert Daymond John; Daniel Lubetzky, founder of KIND Snacks, Camino Partners and Builders; and venture capitalist Kevin O’Leary.

Tubi, Fox Corporation's ad-supported streaming service, announced Paris Berelc (Alexa & Katie) will star opposite Asher Angel (Shazam! Fury of the Gods) in the Tubi Original YA Romantic Comedy Film Kissing Is the Easy Part. Jennifer Robertson (Ginny & Georgia) also joins the cast as Angel's mother. Fawzia Mirza (The Queen of My Dreams) is set to direct the film, which is based on the popular Wattpad webnovel (currently at 31.9 million reads) of the same name by Christine Duann adapted by Rebecca Webb. Both Berelc and Mirza also serve as executive producers.

Berelc is set to play "Flora," the effortlessly cool girl everyone at school knows - popular, funny, unpredictable and opinionated - who resists the academic path her parents envision for her and creates a connection with her tutor, "Sean" (Angel), that forces her to question everything she thought she knew about herself, love and her own potential. Robertson plays "Erin," a warm and kind single mother raising her kids after the passing of her late husband who welcomes "Flora" into her family and watches with joy as her son (Angel) finds love for the first time. The romantic comedy tells the story of a straight-A overachiever who makes a deal to tutor a popular wild child in exchange for a college recommendation letter to his dream school, but when sparks fly, school is the least of their problems.

The film was previously announced at Fox Upfront as part of Tubi's young adult programming slate. Additional cast includes Tom Keat (Fear Street: Prom Queen), Hayley Festeryga (This Time), Roshahn Dhoré (Adults), Mark Ballantyne (The Way Home), Rosalie Turmel (Cirkus) and Sorika Wolf (Fargo).

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Tubi Comedy Series Demascus Premieres in August; LEGO Masters Jr. Lines Up Celebs for 4-Week Event

Tubi, Fox Corporation's ad-supported streaming service, announced it has partnered with AMC Networks to premiere Demascus, the six episode half-hour comedic sci-fi series from playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm and AMC Studios that focuses on the title character as a Tubi Original. The limited series is executive produced by Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul), via his Gran Via Productions banner and Myki Bajaj of Gran Via. Kirk A. Moore (American Crime, For Life) and Chisholm serve as co-showrunners. The series will premiere exclusively on Tubi Thursday, August 7th.

The comedy follows Demascus (Okieriete Onaodowan, Station 19), a Black man who goes on a journey of self-discovery using an experimental reality-bending technology. The series is a comedic, genre-defying, coming-of-age story that explores the gulf between Black male perspectives. Also starring are Janet Hubert (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), Caleb Eberhardt (Judas and the Black Messiah), Shakira Ja'nai Paye (Single Drunk Female, black-ish) and Martin Lawrence (in a recurring role).

LEGO Masters Jr., a Four-Week Special Event Series Airing Mondays 8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT on Fox and hosted by television personality Kelly Osbourne with celebrity contestants including Ravi V. Patel, Andy Richter, Jordin Sparks, Alison Sweeney and Porsha Williams. Amy Corbett and Boone Langston (season one finalist and LEGO designer) join the special as Brickmasters and judges.

Based on the hit competition series LEGO Masters, LEGO Masters Jr. brings imagination, design and creativity to life when junior LEGO enthusiasts (ages 9-17) are paired with a celebrity partner as they go head-to-head with infinite possibilities and an unlimited supply of LEGO bricks. The teams will compete against each other in ambitious brick-building challenges to be crowned the country's most talented amateur LEGO builder.

In each episode, the junior builders and their celebrity teammate will work to impress the judges with their incredible creations and then, during the finale, the top teams will face off to win the ultimate LEGO trophy, a $50,000 grand prize and the prestigious title of LEGO Masters Jr. LEGO Masters Jr. launches Monday, August 18 at 8:00 PM PT/ET and streams the next day on Hulu.

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Tubi's New Comedy The Z-Suite Launches February 6; The White Lotus Renewed for Season 4

Generations clash when the award-winning C-suite at Atelier Ad Agency is canceled and pushed out and the Gen Z social media team is put in charge. New comedy series The Z-Suite starring Lauren Graham, Spencer Stevenson, Madison Shamoun, Nico Santos, Anna Bezahler and Evan Marsh premieres February 6 on Tubi! The Original comedy series will premiere with two episodes and new ones to follow each week.

Advertising maven Monica Marks (Lauren Graham, Gilmore Girls) and her loyal right hand executive Doug Garcia (Nico Santos, Superstore) have long been at the top of the Madison Avenue world. But after a record scratch blunder, they are suddenly canceled, pushed out and replaced by the agency's rising Gen Z employees led by social media manager, Kriska Thompson (Madison Shamoun, The Lake). Refusing to go quietly, Monica launches her biggest campaign yet- getting their careers back and taking down the eager team of Gen-Zers who are just getting comfortable in their new roles. May the best generation win.

The Emmy®-winning HBO Original series The White Lotus, from Mike White, has been renewed for a fourth season, ahead of the season three debut. The eight-episode third season of the Emmy®-winning HBO Original series The White Lotus, from Mike White, debuts Sunday, February 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. The social satire is set at an exclusive Thai resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.

Season 3 cast: Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, Aimee Lou Wood. Additional cast include Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Scott Glenn, Dom Hetrakul, Julian Kostov, Charlotte Le Bon, Morgana O’Reilly, and Shalini Peiris.

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We Got Time Today, A New Tubi Talk Show; Bill Maher Gets 13th HBO Special

We Got Time Today, a new talk show is coming to Tubi. Deion Sanders and Rocsi Diaz discuss the latest in news, culture, entertainment, and sports as well as conduct interviews with celebrity guests. Premiering on Tubi November 19 at 8pm ET/5pm PT. The talk show will be produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment and is set to roll out 20 one-hour episodes each Tuesday on a weekly cadence. View the trailer below.

The HBO Original comedy special Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This? debuts in January, marking Maher's 13th comedy special for the network. The comedian, writer, and host of Real Time with Bill Maher will tape his special in front of a live audience at the CIBC Theater in Chicago, Illinois.

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Colin Jost to Host Pop Culture Jeopardy!; Tubi Picks Up Comedy-Drama Series

Prime Video and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have announced Colin Jost as host of Pop Culture Jeopardy!, the first Jeopardy! series created exclusively for a major streaming service. The multiple Emmy(R) Award-winning writer, actor, and comedian will be behind the lectern when Pop Culture Jeopardy! premieres on Prime Video. Pop Culture Jeopardy! is a brand-new twist on the classic quiz show's "answer-and-question" format that combines the academic rigor of Jeopardy! with the excitement and unpredictability of pop culture. Contestants, playing in teams of three, will need to be experts in categories from Alternative Rock to The Avengers; Broadway to MMA; Gen Z to Zendaya as they compete in a tournament-style event for the grand prize and ultimate bragging rights.

Tubi (www.tubi.tv), Fox Corporation's ad-supported streaming service, announced that it will once again be the exclusive home in North America and LATAM for the BBC's critically acclaimed coming-of-age series Boarders, when it returns for a second season. The six-episode second season of the comedy-drama will be a co-production between Tubi and the BBC, and will be produced by Studio Lambert, part of All3Media, in association with All3Media International for the BBC. The first season of Boarders was Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a 100% rating. Written by BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Boarders follows the lives of five talented Black teenagers from inner-city London as they navigate life at an elite boarding school. As previously announced by the BBC, the second season will see a new era for the students at St Gilbert's. With the headmaster who brought them on now suspended following a school rebellion, the acting headmistress has made her intentions clear- she wants them gone. The first season focused on the five outsiders as they begin to thrive in this new boarding school environment and the second season will test them in how much they're willing to sacrifice to survive.

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Labels: Amazon Prime, Boarders, Fox, Jeopardy, Tubi

Nexstar Media Group to Acquire The CW Network; Tubi Orders Breaking Bear, New Animated Comedy

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 75 percent ownership interest in The CW Network. Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global, the current co-owners of The CW, will each retain a 12.5 percent ownership interest in The CW and will continue to produce original, scripted content for the Network. Nexstar, together with its partner stations, is the nation's largest local television broadcasting company and the largest CW affiliate group with 37 CW and CW Plus affiliates, including affiliates in five of the top ten DMAs, accounting for 32 percent of the Network's national reach. The proposed transaction is expected to create value for Nexstar shareholders by solidifying the Company's revenue opportunities as the largest CW affiliate, diversifying its content outside of news, increasing its exposure to the national advertising market, establishing it as a participant in advertising video-on-demand services and improving The CW ratings, revenue, and profitability, by prioritizing programing for the Network's broadcast audience. Mark Pedowitz will continue to serve as The CW's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, with responsibility for day-to-day operations. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter.

Tubi (www.tubi.tv) announced that it has greenlit the adult animated series, Breaking Bear. Created by Julien Nitzberg (The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia) and produced by Cartel Entertainment (Creepshow, Twelve Forever and Day of the Dead) and Tom DeLonge's To The Stars Media (Monsters of California, Unidentified), Breaking Bear parodies the tropes of mobster dramas, comically combining elements of Yogi Bear with The Sopranos. Breaking Bear follows the escapades of three bear siblings who decide they have to start selling drugs in order to raise money and save their home after gas companies start fracking next to their cave. The bears soon enlist other forest animals in a scheme that will pit them against oil companies, The Russian Mafia, local Hell's Angels and polar bears who hate anything that isn't white.

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SitcomsOnline Digest: Brooklyn Nine-Nine Coming to an End; Chappelle's Show Returns to Netflix

Welcome to SitcomsOnline Digest! This week, we are hearing about the end of two NBC sitcoms, a new addition to MeTV, and more. Let's get going!

• Brooklyn Nine-Nine is coming to an end after a healthy eight season run, and cast members are reacting. (Deadline) 
• A date has been set for the final episode of Superstore. (TVLine)
  
• As Tubi tries to be more and more like a real linear TV experience, they've now added live local newscasts in several cities. (Deadline)
• Suzanne Somers had an incident with a nearly naked intruder during a Facebook live stream. (Vulture)
  
• The Jetsons is coming to MeTV. (SitcomsOnline)  

WEEKLY PLANNER (FEBRUARY 13 - FEBRUARY 19)

• Chappelle's Show is back on Netflix after a dispute between the star and Comedy Central has been worked out.
• NBC has two new sitcoms, Young Rock and Kenan, on Tuesday night.
  
• Saturday Night Live is new tonight with Regina King, who has experience being on the NBC Saturday night lineup decades ago as a child on 227, as host.
• The Decades binge this weekend is Hawaii Five-O.
• Cozi has a Valentine's Day themed marathon of The Office tomorrow.
  
• Even though it's technically already aired twice, The Great North "officially" debuts tomorrow on Fox.
  

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Labels: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Chappelle's Show, SitcomsOnline Digest, Superstore, The Jetsons, Tubi

Catch Last Season's Holiday Sitcom The Moodys Before Season 2; Tiffani Thiessen Hosting Deliciousness, Spin-off of Ridiculousness

This holiday season, Fox Entertainment and its free ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) streaming platform, Tubi, will jointly encore Fox's critically acclaimed comedy, The Moodys, starring and executive-produced by Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominees Denis Leary (Rescue Me) and Elizabeth Perkins (Sharp Objects). Beginning this Wednesday, Nov. 25, Tubi will stream all six episodes of The Moodys' freshman season, while Fox will air the sitcom's first two episodes on Sunday, Dec. 20, from 8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT. The Moodys marks Fox's first scripted series to be made available on Tubi. The platform currently streams the network's hit unscripted programs The Masked Singer, I Can See Your Voice, Lego Masters, Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back, Beat Shazam and Ultimate Tag.

Recently renewed for a second season to premiere this coming spring, The Moodys follows a tight knit, but slightly dysfunctional, family through their misadventures. The family includes SEAN SR. (Leary), his wife, ANN (Perkins), and their three grown children - DAN (Francois Arnaud, Midnight, Texas), the youngest of the siblings and the "creative one"; BRIDGET (Chelsea Frei, Sideswiped), the middle sister and the "overachiever"; and SEAN JR. (Jay Baruchel, Man Seeking Woman, How to Train Your Dragon franchise), the oldest sibling and "screw-up," still living at home with his parents. The Moodys also features María Gabriela de Faría (Deadly Class), Josh Segarra (Orange Is the New Black), Kevin Bigley (Here and Now) and Gerry Dee (Mr. D.).

MTV announced a new spin-off of Ridiculousness, with an all-new food themed, Deliciousness hosted by cookbook author of 'Pull Up a Chair' and host of Dinner at Tiffani's Tiffani Thiessen (Netflix's Alexa & Katie, Beverly Hills 90210, Saved by the Bell). Joining her on the couch will be a dais of panelists including Angela Kinsey (The Office), Kel Mitchell (All That, Kenan & Kel) and Tim Chantarangsu (Basic to Bougie). The brand new series will kick off with a one week holiday-themed special event from December 14 to December 18 at 7PM ET/PT. From food blunders to restaurant fails to kids in the kitchen and more, Deliciousness celebrates our greatest indulgences - food and drink. Helping to satisfy the foodie in all of us, each episode will showcase the internet's most viral and entertaining videos.

Get a double dose of holiday cheer when Ridiculousness returns with 10 all-new holiday themed episodes beginning at 6PM ET/PT leading into Deliciousness at 7PM ET/PT. Hosted by Rob Dyrdek, Ridiculousness is an internet video clip show with celebrity guests and co-hosts Sterling "Steelo" Brim and Chanel West Coast. Want a pizza the action? Follow Ridiculousness on social media for all your Deliciousness cravings and join the conversation by using #Deliciousness online: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube.

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Labels: Alexa & Katie, Fox, MTV, Saved by the Bell, The Moodys, Tubi