TV news for Jan. 5-11, 2025

ABC news
‘General Hospital’ Releases Trigger Warning About Today’s Episode In Light Of Fires In L.A. County  (Jan. 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/general-hospital-releases-trigger-warning-jan-9-episode-wildfires-1236251664/
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CBS news
CBS Shifts ‘Hollywood Squares’ Premiere Due To Ongoing Fires  (Jan. 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/cbs-hollywood-squares-premiere-reschedule-1236252783/
‘Fire Country’ Pulled This Week Amid LA Fires, ‘Chicago Fire’ Airing Tonight As Scheduled  (Jan. 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/fire-country-pulled-la-fires-chicago-fire-airing-1236250645/
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NBC news
‘Fire Country’ Pulled This Week Amid LA Fires, ‘Chicago Fire’ Airing Tonight As Scheduled  (Jan. 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/fire-country-pulled-la-fires-chicago-fire-airing-1236250645/
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Cable channel news
Showtime’s ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Casts David Zayas, Jack Alcott & James Remar As Series Regulars  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/dexter-resurrection-david-zayas-jack-alcott-james-remar-1236250108/
‘Shogun’ Season 2 Writers Room Nearly Finished, Producers Reveal — Golden Globes Backstage [FX] (Jan. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/shogun-season-2-writers-room-update-golden-globes-1236248936/
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Streaming service news--Apple TV+
‘Severance’ Season 2 Premiere Canceled Amid Devastating L.A. Wildfires (Jan. 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/severance-season-2-premiere-canceled-los-angeles-fires-1236252684/
Everything We Know About ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ Season 2  (Jan. 9)
https://deadline.com/feature/the-last-thing-he-told-me-season-2-news-1236253136/
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Streaming service news--Disney+
Disney+’s ‘Hyper Knife’ Stars Sul Kyung-gu & Park Eun-bin Talk New Medical Thriller; Streamer Sets March 19 Release Date  (Jan. 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/disney-hyper-knife-korea-sul-kyung-gu-park-eun-bin-medical-thriller-streamer-sets-release-date-1236252621/
‘Holes’ Gender-Swapped Reboot Gets Disney+ Pilot Order  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/holes-gender-swapped-reboot-disney-plus-pilot-1236250414/
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Streaming service news--Max
‘The West Wing’ Mysteriously Drops From Max, But Will Return Wednesday (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/the-west-wing-drops-from-max-will-return-wednesday-1236250580/
‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2: Everything We Know So Far  (Jan. 6)
https://deadline.com/feature/the-last-of-us-season-2-cast-release-date-everything-to-know-1235940502/
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Streaming service news--Netflix
‘Kinda Pregnant’ Trailer: Amy Schumer Fabricates A Pregnancy In Netflix/Happy Madison Rom-Com  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/video/kinda-pregnant-trailer-amy-schumer-netflix/
Everything We Know About ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ So Far  (Jan. 6)
https://deadline.com/feature/happy-gilmore-2-everything-we-know-1236046403/
‘Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae & Hwang Dong-hyuk Tease “More Twists & Turns” For Season 3: “It’s Going To Be Chaotic”
https://deadline.com/2025/01/squid-game-lee-jung-jae-hwang-dong-hyuk-tease-season-3-final-1236247418/
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Streaming service news--Paramount+
Paramount+ JonBenét Ramsey Limited Series With Melissa McCarthy & Clive Owen Sets Title
https://deadline.com/2025/01/paramount-jonbenet-ramsey-limited-series-title-1236247136/
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Streaming service news--Peacock
‘Friday Night Lights’ Alum Taylor Kitsch Says He’s “Been Asked” To Be Part Of Peacock’s Reboot  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/friday-night-lights-taylor-kitsch-peacock-reboot-1236250870/
Nelly & Ashanti Series Set At Peacock From Critical Content  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/nelly-ashanti-reality-series-peacock-1236249193/
‘Grimm’ Reboot Movie In Works At Peacock From Josh Berman & Original Series’ Creative Team  (Jan. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/grimm-reboot-peacock-josh-berman-david-greenwalt-jim-kouf-1236241072/
NBCUniversal Debuts “Live In Browse” Feature On Peacock And Other Ways To Help Advertisers And Viewers Connect  (Jan. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/nbcuniversal-peacock-feature-advertising-engagement-viewers-1236246645/
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Streaming service news--Prime Video
‘Maxton Hall’ Star Damian Hardung Discusses Intense Season 2 Challenges (Jan. 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/damian-hardung-discusses-maxton-hall-season-2-challenges-1236252636/
Prime Video’s ‘Harlem’ To End With Season 3; Final Trailer Drops  (Jan. 8)
https://deadline.com/video/harlem-cancelled-trailer-season-3/
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Streaming service news--Other services
‘Severance’ Season 1 To Stream Free On Roku Channel Before Second Season Premiere On Apple TV+  (Jan. 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/severance-streaming-free-roku-channel-before-second-season-premiere-apple-tv-plus-1236252835/
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International series news
‘The Traitors’: BBC & Studio Lambert Accused Of Being Misleading About Hit Show’s Scottish Roots  (Jan. 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/the-traitors-bbc-scottish-roots-accusations-1236252481/
Alan Cumming & Natalie Cassidy Join Cast Of ‘Boarders’ Season 2  (Jan. 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/alan-cumming-natalie-cassidy-boarders-season-2-1236251061/
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Ratings
‘Monday Night Raw’ Inaugural Netflix Event Draws 2.6M Same-Day Households  (Jan. 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/monday-night-raw-premiere-viewership-netflix-wwe-1236251947/
‘Squid Game’ Season 2 Aims To Dethrone Its Predecessor, Soaring To Second On Netflix’s All-Time Non-English TV List After 12 Days  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/squid-game-season-2-viewership-rises-second-most-popular-non-english-series-1236250247/
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The business of TV
What Just Happened? Winners & Losers In The Venu Sports Meltdown (Jan. 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/venu-sports-winners-losers-disney-espn-fubo-fox-warner-bros-discovery-1236254159/
Venu Sports Joint Venture Scrapped By Partners  (Jan. 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/venu-sports-joint-venture-discontinued-1236253500/
Disney Expands “Magic Words” Ad Feature To Live Programming, Touts Other Tech Advancements At CES Showcase  (Jan. 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/disney-expands-magic-words-ad-feature-live-programming-ces-showcase-1236252181/
NBCU, Fox, WBD, DirecTV & Comcast Execs Say Their Unusual Ad Collaboration Can Help Close The Gap With Big Tech  (Jan. 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/nbcu-fox-wbd-directv-amp-comcast-on-their-universal-ads-plan-to-challenge-big-tech-1236251351/
Disney Says It Has Averaged 157M Global Monthly Streaming Users (And 112M Domestic) Over Past Six Months  (Jan. 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/disney-million-global-monthly-streaming-users-ces-2025-1236252007/
Billion-Dollar Television City Expansion Gets Final Approval By L.A. City Council ­ Update  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/television-city-expansion-final-vote-1236249555/
Discovery+ Raises Monthly Price By $1  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/discovery-plus-price-hike-warner-bros-max-streaming-1236249655/
Roku Takes Victory Lap As It Surpasses 90 Million Streaming Households (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/roku-passes-90-million-streaming-households-in-january-1236249788/
Paramount Global, Comcast Renew Distribution Deal That Now Includes Paramount+ With Showtime  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/paramount-global-comcast-distribution-deal-paramount-with-showtime-1236249742/
‘Black Doves’ Producer Jane Featherstone Says BBC Has “Multiple Shows They Can’t Fund”  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/jane-featherstone-bbc-has-shows-they-cant-fund-1236249688/
Disney To Merge Hulu Live TV With Fubo, Settling Venu Lawsuit (Jan. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/disney-hulu-live-tv-fubo-settles-venu-lawsuit-1236248646/
Tubi Hits 97M Monthly Users And 10B Annual Streaming Hours  (Jan. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/tubi-2024-million-monthly-users-billion-streaming-hours-fox-1236246111/
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Obituaries
Bill Byrge Dies: Actor From ‘Ernest’ Movies Was 92  (Jan. 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/bill-byrge-dies-bobby-ernest-movies-age-92-1236253707/
Gwen Van Dam Dies: Veteran Character Actress Was 96  (Jan. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/gwen-van-dam-dead-veteran-character-actress-1236246914/
[She died on Dec. 19 and apparently was still acting at, or close to, the time of her death.]
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Other News
‘Hacks’ Altadena Mansion Destroyed As More Historic Homes Used In Hollywood Productions Feared Lost In LA Fires  (Jan. 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/hacks-altadena-mansion-destroyed-la-fires-hollywood-locations-1236252254/
‘S.W.A.T.’, ‘Abbott Elementary’, ‘Hacks’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ & ‘NCIS’ Among Series Pausing Production Amid LA Fires ­ Update  (Jan. 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/fires-tv-series-production-shutdown-hacks-happys-place-suits-la-1236251237/
2025 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming  (Jan. 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/2025-tv-premiere-dates-1235811038/
‘The Price Is Right’, ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ & ‘After Midnight’ Pause Tapings Amid L.A. Fires  (Jan. 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/the-price-is-right-jimmy-kimmel-live-after-midnight-pause-tapings-la-fires-1236251406/
SAG Awards Nominations: ‘Wicked’ & ‘A Complete Unknown’ Lead Film Field; ‘Shogun’ Tops TV  (Jan. 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/sag-awards-nominations-2025-1236249911/
‘On Call’ Star Eriq La Salle On Returning To Series TV, Playing An OG Cop & Working Alongside Lori Loughlin  (Jan. 7)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/on-call-eriq-la-salle-returning-to-series-tv-prime-video-1236249052/
TV Cancellations Photo Gallery: Series Ending In 2024 & Beyond  (Jan. 6)
https://deadline.com/gallery/tv-cancellations-2024-photo-gallery/
Golden Globes Analysis: A Shakeup In The Race For Oscar While On The TV Side It Is A Rerun Of The Emmys  (Jan. 6)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/golden-globes-analysis-a-shakeup-in-the-race-for-oscar-while-on-the-tv-side-it-is-a-rerun-of-the-emmys-1236248501/ Golden Globes: Full List of Winners  (Jan. 6)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/golden-globes-2025-winners-list/best-motion-picture-musical-or-comedy-10/
Jodie Foster Praises Streamers For “Exciting Narrative Filmmaking” & Reflects On Her Career After Another ‘True Detective’ Win — Golden Globes Backstage  (Jan. 5)
https://deadline.com/2025/01/jodie-foster-praises-streamers-true-detective-golden-globes-1236248276/