☀️WONKA Delivers, and Specialty Shows Life!
WB wins bidding war against Streamers / 'Ghosts' cast gets big paydays / Hamm to lead first series since 'Mad Men'
Evenin! This is Sean McNulty (connect with me on LinkedIn here if ya like), and here’s the Hollywood + Media news to know on SUNDAY December 17, 2023.
Where the NFC East teams were 0-3 today, getting outscored 83-36… and none of the games were even that close. Nice showing fellas 🤌🤛.
AND: SONY TV is going with one host for the daily syndicated version of Jeopardy! going forward - Ken Jennings. As for Mayim Bialik, she may still continue to host some of the primetime shows (Celebrity Jeopardy etc), but it’s TBA.
PLUS: TIKTOK is asking top ad firms to spend 50%+ more on the platform in 2024. I’m also asking NETFLIX for $1 each time I write its name in this newsletter next year, but not sure that’s gonna happen either. #thinkbig
ALSO: SNL will return Jan. 20 with Jacob Elordi and Reneé Rapp.
KUDOS: To Demi Lovato, who is now engaged to songwriter Justin ‘Jutes’ Lutes.
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Kudos to the slim 39% majority who had Wonka hitting on-target for tracking, between $36 Mil and $41 Mil. I was a tad bit optimistic in going with the $41 Mil+ crowd.
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