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    The Oscars finally have producers, host remains undecided 

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    In this Jan. 23, 2016 file photo released by Producers Guild of America, PGA Chairs Jennifer Todd, left, and Michael De Luca arrive at the 27th annual Producers Guild Awards in Los Angeles. The duo will produce the 89th Academy Awards on Feb. 26, 2017. (Jordan Strauss/Producers Guild of America via AP )
    NEW YORK (AP) --

    The Oscars finally have their producers: Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd will produce the 89th Academy Awards.

    The announcement Friday by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences came much later than usual and after widespread conjecture over who would take the reins of next year's ceremony. Reginald Hudlin and David Hill, who produced this year's show, were jettisoned after the Chris Rock-hosted broadcast, marked by the "OscarsSoWhite" backlash, drew 34.4 million viewers, one of the show's smallest audiences.

    De Luca is a veteran producer and three-time Oscar nominee. Todd is president of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's Pearl Street Films. They're both first-time Oscars producers. Dawn Hudson, academy chief executive, pledged they would create an "entertaining, unexpected" show.

    The Oscars will be held Feb. 26 in Hollywood, California.

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    WWE’s “Monday Night RAW” Netflix debut averages 2.6M households in U.S., had 4.9M views globally

    Thursday, January 9, 2025
    From left, Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria, WWE President Nick Khan and WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque discuss the World Wrestling Entertainment and Netflix during an event at Netflix's headquarters in Los Angeles on Dec. 3, 2024. (Meg Oliphant/WWE/Netflix via AP)

    The first episode of World Wrestling Entertainment's "Monday Night RAW" on Netflix had 4.9 million viewers globally and 2.6 million households in the U.S., according to VideoAmp. Monday's three-hour show from the Intuit Dome outside of Los Angeles kicked off WWE's 10-year partnership with Netflix. The agreement, reached last January, is worth in excess of $5 billion with an option for Netflix to extend for an additional 10 years or opt out after five. "RAW" averaged 1.2 million viewers last year on USA Network, according to Nielsen. Using Nielsen figures, it would be the highest-viewed episode since last year's April 8 show, which was the night after WrestleMania, averaged 2.36 million in the U.S. According to WWE, it was the most-viewed episode in five years. The global figures do not include the 92 countries or territories where Netflix doesn't yet distribute WWE, which includes France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, the Philippines and South Korea. Netflix — which has 282.3 million subscribers in more than 190 countries — is the exclusive home of "Raw" in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Latin America, with additional countries to be added over time. Read More

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