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Maury calls it quits
NBCUniversal on Sunday confirmed that its daytime syndicated talk show Maury will be wrapping with the current season, saying that it was a mutual decision between the studio and veteran host Maury Povich to end the talker made when Maury was most recently renewed in 2020 through the 2021-22 season.
“Maury and I decided two years ago that this season would be the farewell season for the show, and while his retirement is bittersweet, we are so happy for him to be able to spend more time on the golf course,” Tracie Wilson, EVP, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, said in a statement to Deadline. “Maury is a television icon, a pop culture legend and we couldn’t be more proud to have been a part of his incredible career.”
“Six years ago when I was ready to retire, my the NBCUniversal family asked me to continue the show,” he said. “Even though I told them I was ready for assisted living, out of loyalty to NBCUniversal and my more than 100 staff and crew members, Tracie Wilson and I agreed to one more deal. I’m so proud of my relationship with NBCUniversal and all those who worked on the Maury show but as I occasionally tell my guests on Maury, ‘Enough, already!'”
The series was once available on Soweto TV before it went under new management.
Cocomelon expands to more households
Moonbug Entertainment has inked its first multi-territory linear deal, partnering with WarnerMedia to air preschool series CoComelon across EMEA.
Under the deal, WarnerMedia has picked up 170 episodes of the popular series to air on the conglom’s fledgling preschool block Cartoonito across more than 115 countries in the area this year. The brand’s 3D-animated musical episodes, which cover educational topics and nursery rhymes, will roll out in multiple languages, including German, French and Italian.
This partnership expands on Moonbug and WarnerMedia’s previous deal to air CoComelon on Cartoonito in the UK , where it rolled out in April 2021. That was the brand’s first move onto linear TV.
More eVOD originals surface on your TV screens
eMedia Investments told the media lies when saying viewers had to wait a year to see the bulk of content launching exclusively on the platform but that was already suspected when Dokter Ali aired on eExtra a few months after debuting on eVOD.
According to sources, Piet's Sake starring Jamie Bartlett and Kenneth Nkosi is set to be the first eVOD original production alongside Is'phindiselo to make way to e.tv amidst the channel's lineup changes.
Piet is an old school Afrikaans businessman who had immense success during apartheid, however, he is finding it very difficult to navigate in the new and transformation pro South Africa. When he loses all his contracts, he wishes he black, in a spiteful manner in front of one of his employees who he mistreats. In the morning, his wishes have come true, but not in the way he would have wanted. He has swapped lives with Mandla who now is “Piet” the boss and he is Mandla the cleaner. The only way things will go back to normal is after he has learnt an important life lesson.
Piet's Sake airs at 8pm on Saturday, 2 April and rumor has it more eVOD titles will debut on the channel including Atlantis and Daryn's Gym.
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