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| A new Senate bill, the Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act, would enable copyright holders to subpoena training records of generative AI models to find out if their work was used to train the model. “This is simple: if your work is used to train A.I., there should be a way for you, the copyright holder, to determine that it’s been used by a training model, and you should get compensated if it was,” said Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), who introduced the bill. “We need to give America’s musicians, artists, and creators a tool to find out when A.I. companies are using their work to train models without artists’ permission.”
Donald Trump’s first network interview since winning the election will be with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker, scheduled to air on Sunday, December 8 on NBC. Viewers will get teasers of the talk beforehand – the interview will take place today, with highlights released across NBC News, NBS News Now and NBCNews.com.
Nominations for Critics Choice Awards were announced on Thursday, and FX/Hulu’s “Shogun” led the pack with six nominations, followed by ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” “Apple TV+’s “Disclaimer,” HBO/Max’s “Hacks” and “The Penguin,” and FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows,” with each collecting four nods. Not in the running for a fifth consecutive award for best talk show is HBO’s “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver,” because it was kicked out of the category. As the Television Academy did in 2023, the Critic’s Choice Association pulled “Last Week” from talk show competitors since if does not involve conversation. But unlike the TV Academy, the CCA did not create a new category for shows that no longer fit the talk show definition. |
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| MEASUREMENT |
| Nielsen and TikTok are teaming for a new integration the measurement company says “provides a holistic view of campaign performance across publishers and platforms, and for the first time, enables cross-media measurement so that advertisers and agencies can compare ad performance on TikTok across all screens, including digital, CTV, and linear.” The integration with TikTok uses cleanroom technology and provides panels and data assets to provide independent and verified reporting of demographic data for campaign measurement in Nielsen ONE.
Kargo announced a partnership with TVision aimed at helping advertisers to better understand audience engagement on CTV. “Kargo’s new partnership with TVision allows us to offer our clients unparalleled insights into how viewers engage with CTV content, ensuring that each impression counts and that brands can connect with viewers in a more intentional and effective way,” said Kargo COO Michael Shaughnessy. |
| DEALS |
| Interpublic Group has sold the digital company Huge, which has been acquired by AEA Investors, a private investment firm, and is joining forces with Hero Digital, an existing AEA portfolio company. IPG also acquired privately-held Intelligence Node to bolster its position in commerce and retail media. “As commerce and retail media continue their rapid convergence, actionable data is paramount to maximizing brand performance,” said Interpublic CEO Philippe Krakowsky.
Experian has acquired Audigent, an ad agency data activation and identity platform. With the addition of Audigent’s combined first-party publisher data and inventory network, Experian adds sell-side distribution to its existing demand-side capabilities and builds on its holistic identity activation technology. Over the past three years, Experian and Audigent have partnered to deliver a range of industry innovations including the integration of Experian data into the Audigent SmartPMP and the creation of Experian Contextually-Indexed Audiences, which combines deterministic audience targeting with contextual targeting. “Experian data and identity solutions already underpin much of today’s advertising spend,” said Scott Brown, Group President, Experian Financial and Marketing Solutions. “With our acquisition of Audigent, we’re bolstering our industry recognized best-in-class data and technology, enabling a better understanding of consumers and driving better outcomes for marketers.” |
| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT |
| A reboot of “Scrubs” is in development at ABC from 20th Television. The project was stalled for aa time as series creator Bill Lawrence negotiated with Warner Bros. Television, where he under an exclusive overall deal, to develop the show. “Scrubs” ran from 2001-10, launching on NBC and moving to ABC for its eighth and ninth seasons.
Max has renewed “Like Water for Chocolate” for a second season. The drama has become the most watched Latin American content on Max worldwide and has climbed to rank among the top three most watched series on the platform during its premiere month. |
| NEW & RETURNING SHOWS |
| Season two of Taylor Sheridan’s “1923” debuts Sunday, February 23 on Paramount. The “Yellowstone” prequel series stars Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford.
New HGTV series “Betting on Paradise” premieres Tuesday, January 7 at 9p. During the six one-hour episodes, a couple, with two young daughters in tow, will move sight unseen to the coastal town of Jacó and buy a crumbling piece of prime real estate with the dream of creating a luxury boutique hotel. |
 The first four episodes of Apple TV+ family comedy “Government Cheese,” starring David Oyelowo, who also serves as executive producer, will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, April 16, followed by one episode weekly every Wednesday through May 28.
ID’s “Murder Under the Friday Night Lights” kicks off with a special two-hour season premiere focused on the downfall of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez. ”Aaron Hernandez and the Untold Murders of Bristol” premieres Wednesday, January 8 at 9p.
Kansas City Chiefs’ two-part docuseries “Viva Chiefs Kingdom” is set to make its US television debut on Universo Sunday, December 8 at. Following the premiere, the Chiefs meet the Los Angeles Chargers for Week 14 of Sunday Night Football at 8p. |
 Season two of “A Real Bug’s Life,” diving into the world of insects, starts streaming Wednesday, January 15 on Disney.
BritBox’s 2025 slate launches Thursday, January 2 with the season 14 premiere of “Vera.” |
Today’s Premieres
HGTV: My Lottery Dream Home at 9p
History: Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo at 10p
Hulu: Paris Has Fallen; Buddy’s Holiday Recipe Rumble
Nat Geo Wild: Inside the Enchanted Forests at 9p
Netflix: Echoes of the Past
Prime Video: The Sticky
The Roku Channel: Clash of the Cookbooks
truTV: Evolve & Flex with Lance Fresh at 9p
Sunday’s Premieres
A&E: Rachael Ray’s Holidays at 10a
PBS: Lucy Worsley’s Holmes vs. Doyle at 8p |
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| TECH |
| At its AWD re-Invent conference this week, Amazon introduced Amazon Nova, a new generation of foundation models that include fast text-to-text model Amazon Nova Micro; Amazon Nova Lite, Pro and Premier, multimodal models that can process text, images and videos to generate text; Amazon Nova Canvas, which generates studio-quality images; and Amazon Nova Reel which generates studio-quality videos. “Inside Amazon, we have about 1,000 generative AI applications in motion, and we’ve had a bird’s-eye view of what application builders are still grappling with,” said Rohit Prasad, SVP of Amazon Artificial General Intelligence. “Our new Amazon Nova models are intended to help with these challenges for internal and external builders, and provide compelling intelligence and content generation while also delivering meaningful progress on latency, cost-effectiveness, customization, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and agentic capabilities.”
Addressable infrastructure 33Across announced an expansion of its partnership with PubMatic to incorporate Lexicon’s addressability capabilities. With the integration with PubMatic Connect, buyers now target cookieless audiences across more than 500 unique audience segments, offering greater scale and precision in their programmatic “Expanding our supply-side audience partnership with PubMatic to include Lexicon capabilities is a pivotal move in helping marketers connect with users across all browsers,” said Paul Bell, President of 33Across. “By integrating cookieless addressability into PubMatic Connect, we’re empowering clients to expand their reach while prioritizing user privacy. |
| STREAMING |
| ReachTV, home of live sports for travelers, and Bloomberg inked a multi-year agreement to integrate programming and sponsors across the network’s platforms. As part of the deal, ReachTV will air live three hours of Bloomberg Television every morning Monday through Friday across the company’s network of screens at over 2,400 airport gates and 750 venues at 90 airports across North America, plus another 500,000 hotel rooms. Bloomberg Media will also syndicate ReachTV Originals across its Bloomberg Originals streaming platforms. In addition, the companies will work together to integrate sponsors across platforms. |
| COMING UP |
| ABC will air a special preview of “American Idol” following the live telecast of The Oscars on Sunday, March 2, ahead of the new season premiere on March 9.
Jamie Foxx will address his mysterious 2023 hospitalization in Netflix special “Jamie Foxx What Happened Was,” dropping Tuesday, December 10. |
 The lineup for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2025” includes Carrie Underwood, Megan Moroney and Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Dayanara Torres will return as co-host in Puerto Rico. The show kicks off a 8p.
Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends” will present an interview on set with incoming First Lady Melania Trump this morning. It marks Mrs. Trump’s first interview since the election.
FAST channel Western Bound will premiere the original Christmas film “Christmas in Maple Hills on Saturday, December 7 at 8p. |
| SPORTS REPORT |
| Monumental Sports Network plans to stream seven D.C.-area high school basketball tournaments during the 2024-25 season. The seven tournaments feature both boys and girls games and will take place at various locations throughout Maryland and Virginia. |
| GOING GLOBAL |
| WildBrain inked a partnership with Paramount to bring “Sonic Prime” to Nickelodeon. The agreement will see 22 half-hour episodes and one hour-long special come to Nickelodeon in the US and Australia on December 7, followed by Italy on December 23. The series will then launch in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the UK and Ireland in 2025.
Italian-based RIVA Studio has acquired TeamTO, saving the French animation studio from bankruptcy. The acquisition was officially approved by the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris on Thursday. |
| RATINGS |
| Newsmax’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight” on Monday at 7p delivered 509,000 viewers per minute. At 8p. “Finnerty” drew 377,000. |
| EXECUTIVE MOVES |
| Marc Burstein is retiring from his role as senior executive producer of special events at ABC News at the end of next year. Burstein planned for and/or executive produced every major news event that aired outside of regularly scheduled programs on ABC since July 1997. |
This Day in History
1921 – The Irish Free State was established as an independent member of the British Commonwealth.
Friday Fun Fact
Wearing a tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5%.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question
On “Dirt” (2007-08), how had Don severed his finger? Journalist Don severed his finger while getting a photograph for a story. Kudos to: Justin Pierce-JP Consulting Group/LA; Susan Nessanbaum Golderg-M and S Entertainment/LA
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Richard Winters is the main character in which miniseries? (Email your answer to [email protected] and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. A limit of four answers per time zone.) |
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