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Unscripted shows from TV channels like Food Network, TLC and HGTV helped Discovery beat Wall Street’s profit expectations despite a slight revenue dip fueled by the coronavirus. The broadcasting giant said its portfolio of TV brands lost 6 percent of its total subscribers from the first quarter of 2019. Among its biggest channels, including Discovery, …
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Magnolia Network, Discovery’s joint venture with “Fixer Upper” stars Chip and Joanna Gaines, has delayed its launch, originally slated for Oct.4, due to production shutdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The network, which will take over Discovery’s DIY Network after a rebrand, also has unveiled its inaugural slate of original series. It includes eight new …
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Move over, Chip and Joanna Gaines — here come the “Flipped” team of Cricket and Jann Melfi. Kaitlin Olson (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) and Will Forte (“Saturday Night Live”) co-star as a deranged husband-and-wife duo who get into the house-flipping world on the new Quibi comedy series (she plays Cricket, he’s Jann). “I was …
Unscripted shows from TV channels like Food Network, TLC and HGTV helped Discovery beat Wall Street’s profit expectations despite a slight revenue dip fueled by the coronavirus. The broadcasting giant said its portfolio of TV brands lost 6 percent of its total subscribers from the first quarter of 2019. Among its biggest channels, including Discovery, …
