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Gallo is a bit of a doofus but I liked him so he'll be missed

Paramount+ 4-part doc series about the self-help Synanon cult. Premieres December 12

Nat Geo documentary on a young evangelical missionary killed by an isolated Indian tribe when he tried to contact and evangelize them. Premieres on Hulu on December 8

Apple+ 3-part doc series about the life and murder of former Beatles musician John Lennon. Premieres December 5 Trailer

Documentary on Max about the legendary Italian director. Premieres December 1

Netflix documentary on journalist/writer Tom Wolfe. Premieres December 1

Renewed! https://deadline.com/2023/11/found-the-irrational-renewed-season-2-nbc-1235643621/

Figures given the budget cuts. I think it could have gone 2 or 3 more seasons

Preview clip:

Premieres on HBO on December 30, time to be announced, and streams on Max

HBO documentary about the entangled lives people and the trees they love (maybe the future press release will make that more clear lol). Premieres Tue, December 12 at 10pm on HBO and streams on Max

My feeling is that it was the above mixed with big backlash from rock musicians and fan who were losing out because Disco was so popular

I believe someone was asking about audience share earlier; it was 36.5% according to this site https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/info.php?detail=ratings&type=date

New programming highlights for December: "Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen", 3 parts, premiering December 3 Frontline: "Inside the Uvalde Response", Dec 5; "Discord Leaks" (how guardsman allegedly leaked classified info on Discord), Dec 12; "Netanyahu, America and the Road to War in Gaza", Dec 19 POV: "How to Have an American Baby" (about shadow economy catering to pregnant Chinese tourists to US), Dec 11 "America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff" (explores the forces driving Americans apart), Dec 19 "Mary Berry's Highland Christmas" (BBC special on Scottish dishes), Dec 19 As always and especially this month, check your local listings as there is a lot of Christmas programming and other holiday specials and repeats this month

SOD interview with Scarlett Fernandez (Charlotte) https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/quick-take-with-general-hospitals-scarlett-fernandez/

Rachel will interview Liz Chaney next Monday, Dec 4

Yes, it tends to be liberal

Here is the source for the worldwide rank of the special on Disney+. I don’t know how it gathered its info. The page I’m posting shows the countries that had a rank for the show, with the rank on the far right column https://flixpatrol.com/title/doctor-who-the-star-beast/

Next doc: "The Great Heisman Race of 1997", premiering December 9 at 9pm immediately following the Heisman Trophy ceremony. The doc talks about the race for the 1997 Heisman Trophy http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2023/11/21/espn-films-latest-30-for-30-the-great-heisman-race-of-1997-premieres-december-9th-at-9-pm-et-immediately-following-the-2023-heisman-trophy-ceremony-on-espn-435511/20231121espn02/

I was just coming here to post that. Best wishes to him on a speedy recovery Here's the article https://tvline.com/news/late-show-with-cancelled-this-week-reruns-colbert-appendix-surgery-1235089582/

The below article says the special on Disney+ did well though they don't seem to say where they get the info from https://www.thepopverse.com/doctor-who-anniversary-special-the-star-beast-ratings-viewership

Note, the Futon Critic has now updated their listings for the 2 remaining specials to say 1:30pm ET

The Quartermaine clan dishes on more turkey day drama https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/exclusive-more-turkey-day-drama-for-general-hospitals-quartermaines/

Disney put out a press release 2 or 3 days before the first special confirming all 3 specials will be shown worldwide at 6:30pm GMT (UK time), so 1:30pm ET in the US or whatever your timezone is compared to the UK

Actually, in the US, it’s Britbox North America that has Classic Who It’s been said that Max has the license for Series 1-13 up to mid-2025, so we’ll see what happens then and whether Disney+ takes those seasons; I have doubts that they would want Classic Who, but I’m not sure if Britbox NA has the exclusive rights in the US or not