Mornin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on MONDAY January 15, 2023.
Where this about sums up the COWBOYS’ season. Nicely done PACKERS!
The local Dallas NBC affiliate of course kept it super classy – dumping out of the game with about 1:45 left instead of letting the game, ya know, finish… and watching Detroit fans enjoy their first playoff victory since the 1990s started. Never change Dallas.
BRRR: Always nice to see Taylor joining the real fans in the stands owner’s box of AAROWHEAD STADIUM in the -10 degree tundra of KANSAS CITY on Saturday night. Always sucks when condensation from the heat in the luxury suite ruins your view of the game amirite? 🙄
AND: I’ll break down what that “23 Million viewers for the PEACOCK NFL Wildcard game” headline out there means (and kudos to Ted the series finally getting plenty of love on PEACOCK 🥳)… and what it doesn’t – but a big congrats goes out to NBC on a huge number regardless of the particulars, and for running a quality streaming-only production. I watched it both on my phone and TV at various points and also had zero issues.
ALSO: Here are your PGA Award film & TV nominees.
PLUS: Here are your Critics Choice Awards winners.
THEN: This was a fascinating 60 Minutes piece last night on CBS around advances in brain surgery… some only using ultrasound waves, to help those with severe drug addiction and Alzheimer’s disease. Highly recommend.
HOUSEKEEPING: No Wakeup tomorrow since ya’ll are off today, see ya Weds.
MOST IMPORTANTLY: A happy Martin Luther King Jr. day to you all.
WAKEUP FRIDAY POLL
Good luck to the EMMYS tonight, which is now has to deal with an NFL game in the 4:30 p.m. window on CBS, which will more or less lead right into the 8 p.m. game on ABC/ESPN.
Here’s what ya’ll think:
Under 4 Million: 36%
4 Mil to 5 Mil: 33%
5 Mil to 6 Mil: 17%
6 Mil to 7 Mil: 9%
Over 7 Mil: 5%
IN THIS EDITION
A busy MLK weekend at the box office – the weekly breakdown of the numbers and audience reactions to note.
PIXAR, UNI MUSIC layoffs are next, as AMAZON reconsiders APAC programming strategy.
Project news at CBS, NETFLIX, LIONSGATE, APPLE and more.
Add the NFL to the investment ‘kicking tires’ crew in 2024, this time over at ESPN, and more
📽 THE SILVER SCREEN
BOX OFFICE (4-day totals)
Mean Girls shows strength through the weekend… as Jason Statham returns to box office success, specialty holds tight, where the Migration process stands, The Color Purple’s astounding plummet, and much more. So, best to do as Regina says 👆…
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