I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on One Day at a Time, Vice, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, The Weeknd, POV, Into the Dark, SHIVER TV, and Freakonomics Radio.
- Pop TV’s Emmy®-winning comedy One Day at a Time will be supersized in a simulcast event with ViacomCBS sibling networks TV Land and Logo on Tuesday, March 24 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT. The highly-anticipated new season can be previewed in a new trailer released today. One Day at a Time airs following all-new episodes of the final season of Schitt's Creek, and will move to its permanent time slot April 14th – Tuesdays, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.
- Showtime has released the trailer for the Emmy®-winning documentary series Vice ahead of its premiere on Sunday, March 29 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The 13-episode season will deliver immersive reporting from the frontlines of global conflicts, civil uprisings and beyond, tackling complex geopolitical stories from all corners of the globe. Kicking off the season premiere, VICE's team gained unique access at Camp al-Hol in Northeastern Syria, where tens of thousands of women and children who once lived under ISIS are currently being held. Correspondent Hind Hassan investigates how a power vacuum has left brigades of radicalized ISIS women revolting against Kurdish security personnel, fighting for a resurgence of the terror group in the region. The debut episode will also give an inside look at the hidden arena of cell phone hacking, as correspondent Krishna Andavolu investigates how young video-gamers-turned-criminals are devastating their victims’ lives, stealing millions of dollars through an underground practice known as SIM swapping.
- Republic Records releases Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist: Season 1, Episode 6 (Music from the Original TV Series) in conjunction with the critically acclaimed new NBC television series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, produced by Lionsgate and Universal Television in association with the Tannenbaum Company, Feigco Entertainment and Universal Music Group’s Polygram Entertainment. Get it via Republic Records HERE. New EPs will be released in tandem with each new episode of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, which will air weekly on Sundays at 9pm ET/ PT on NBC.
- The Weeknd has shared his highly anticipated new album, After Hours, out today everywhere via XO Records / Republic Records. The first two songs from the album, "Heartless" and "Blinding Lights", have already taken the world by storm, earning Platinum status and bringing The Weeknd into the Top 10 artists of all time for RIAA singles. In addition to acclaimed live TV performances on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live! - he made his fourth appearance on Saturday Night Live performing "Blinding Lights" and debuted new song "Scared To Live", along with the hilarious comedy skit "On the Couch". "Heartless" became The Weeknd's 4th #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, while "Blinding Lights" became his 7th #1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart, the most for any artist ever. Internationally "Blinding Lights" has been the #1 airplay song and #1 official single in multiple countries for several consecutive weeks, as well as Spotify's #1 Global Song for 30 days and counting. On Wednesday, After Hours broke Apple Music's all-time pre-add record with nearly 1,000,000 album pre-adds before release, surpassing the previous record held by Billie Eilish in 2019.
- You have never met her—or anyone quite like her—but she could be your next door neighbor, your best friend, or your new favorite artist. Hailing from a small town in Minnesota, her family eschewed social media and television, so she learned how to write poetry, play piano, and compose songs. Now, she says, “hello i am” on her debut single today. Get it HERE via LAVA/Republic Records.
- In a hidden safehouse in the Ghanaian forest, social workers help two children recover from a childhood enslaved to fishermen on Lake Volta, the largest manmade lake on Earth. But their story takes an unexpected turn when their rescuer embarks on another rescue mission and asks the children for help. Directed by Alyssa Fedele and Zachary Fink, The Rescue List has its national broadcast debut on the PBS documentary series POV and pov.org on Monday, March 23, 2020 at 10 p.m. (check local listings). The film is a co-production of Collective Hunch and American Documentary | POV. POV is American television’s longest-running independent documentary series now in its 32nd season.
- Looking for thrilling jump scares, feel-good moments, and everything in between? Into the Dark has got you covered! From Valentine's Day to Thanksgiving to New Year's Eve, celebrate 18 holidays with an edge-of-your-seat weekend binge! About 27 hours of episodes are now available to binge-watch at home for a terrifying marathon of suspense! You can also catch the series' latest installment, Crawlers, just in time for a belated St. Patrick's Day celebration.
- TERROR TV, the only streaming channel of the genre that focuses on independent fright films first, announces a new station: SHIVER TV. This sister-channel of TERROR TV possesses a stunning catalog of indie fright films – FREE! SHIVER TV is available via ROKU for Free. The flagship channel, TERROR TV, also features a podcast, a blog featuring reviews of the movies on the station, and at least one new film each week.
- In today's episode of Freakonomics Radio, several leading economists explain the guidance their research offers for the COVID-19 crisis, and what some of the less-explored implications of this situation could be. For instance:
· What do the data indicate might come of the sudden increase in working from home, in terms of worker productivity and the future of remote work?
· Will schools being closed lead to innovations in teaching, and could this finally be the tipping point for online learning?
· Is there a small environmental silver lining in the black pandemic cloud?
Listen to the new episode at https://freakonomics.com/podcast/covid-19-effects/
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