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As a child of the 1970s, Myeshia Mizuno still remembers watching the Richard Dawson incarnation of “Family Feud” at home. Now, she’s the new showrunner on the Steve Harvey-hosted daytime version in syndication and the primetime “Celebrity Family Feud” on ABC — which returns July 9 for its 10th anniversary and landmark 100th episode.

And in taking on those roles — which she began earlier this year, Mizuno is also making history. After much research by the folks at series producer Fremantle, they can confirm that Mizuno is indeed the first-ever Black woman to serve as a network game show showrunner.

“I grew up watching game shows, everyone watched game shows,” Mizuno says. “They have traditionally been run by white males. So, to be the first Black woman to run a primetime network game show is huge. And not just any game show, but an iconic franchise at that! I’m very appreciative of it.

Amazon Freevee has teamed with MGM and Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal to add 23 Fast Channels.

Over the next few months., Freevee will launch 12 MGM channels, including single-title channels The Pink Panther, Stargate, Green Acres and The Outer Limits, alongside branded channels such as MGM Presents, MGM Presents: Action and MGM Presents: Sci-Fi, which will be programmed with premium movies and series including Capote and Red Dawn. They will join Paternity Court, In the Heat of the Night, The Addams Family and Teen Wolf, all of which are currently available on Freevee.

Freevee will launch 11 Wbd channels such as Cake Boss, Extreme Couponing, Ghost Brothers, Paranormal Lockdown, Say Yes to the Dress and Long Lost Family.

“Fast Channels offer Freevee viewers an always-on, 24/7, lean-back viewing experience that immediately connects them to a selection of TV shows, movies, and unscripted programming such as news, sports, and music,” said Ryan Pirozzi,...

MGM and Warner Bros. Discovery channels are coming to Amazon Freevee, adding to the free ad-supported streamer’s growing slate of programming.

The studio will launch 12 Fast channels focused on individual titles including “The Pink Panther,” “Stargate,” “Green Acres,” and “The Outer Limits,” alongside branded channels such as “MGM Presents,” “MGM Presents: Action,” and “MGM Presents: Sci-Fi,” which will be programmed with premium movies and series including “Capote” and “Red Dawn.” The MGM Fast channels join “Paternity Court,” “In the Heat of the Night,”“The Addams Family” and“Teen Wolf,” which are already live on Freevee.

Meanwhile, Warner will launch 11 Fast channels in June featuring Discovery and Wbd studio content such as “Cake Boss,”“Extreme Couponing,” “Ghost Brothers,”“Paranormal Lockdown,” “Say Yes to the Dress,”and “Long Lost Family.”

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Exclusive: Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court will soon be available as a podcast. MGM and Audio Up, the newly launched podcast content production studio, platform and network, are set to launch a new podcast based on the studio’s Emmy-winning, nationally syndicated courtroom series. Additionally, Lake has expanded her relationship with the studio, with an exclusive first-look deal. Under the pact, Lake will work with MGM to develop unscripted and soft-scripted content across platforms, including podcasts.

In Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court, Lake, a former criminal defense attorney and family attorney, presides over highly emotional paternity cases, helping litigants resolve legal paternity issues through mediating discussion and presenting DNA results.

With more than a thousand episodes produced over seven seasons, Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court currently has more than 1.5 million subscribers on its YouTube page. In 2019, the show received its first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program.

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Company hires Mina Patel, Todd Parkin; promotes Annie Khostegyan.

MGM said on Monday it had hired Mina Patel as senior vice-president of worldwide television distribution, and Todd Parkin as senior vice-president and general manager of MGM Domestic Networks.

The company has also promoted Annie Khostegyan to senior vice-president of domestic television distribution.

Patel will lead sales administration operations for MGM Worldwide TV Distribution and reports to Chris Ottinger, president of worldwide television distribution and acquisitions.

Patel most recently worked as a management consultant for non-profit organisations including Step Up On Second. She also served as senior vice-president of sales strategy and operations at CBS Studios International, overseeing digital global content management and supervising administration and sales operations at regional offices in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and North America.

Prior to CBS Studios, she was a vice-president of sales planning and administration at Paramount International Television. She began her career at MGM Studios in International Television Worldwide Sales.

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The National Academy of Television has announced the nominations for the 2017 Daytime Emmy Awards. “The Young and the Restless” leads the pack with 25 nods, including Outstanding Drama Series, two bids for Outstanding Lead Actress for Gina Tognoni and Jess Walton, and two for Outstanding Lead Actor for Peter Bergman and Kristoff St. John.

Competing for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show are “The View,” “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” “Maury,” “Live With Kelly,” and “The Talk.” The ladies of “The View” are also in the run for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Hosts.

The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will take place April 30, in Pasadena, California. See below the nominees in the main categories.

Outstanding Drama Series

The Bold and the Beautiful

Days of Our Lives

General Hospital

The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Lead Actress

Nancy Lee Grahn — Alexis, General Hospital

Gina Tognoni — Phyllis, The Young and the Restless

Heather Tom — Katie, The Bold and the Beautiful...

Nominations for the 44th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday on CBS’ The Talk, and it looks to be a horse race among the four surviving sudsers.

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CBS’ The Young and the Restless walked away with a slight lead, amassing 25 total nods to the 23 netted by both ABC’s General Hospital and CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful. NBC’s Days of Our Lives followed closed with 22 nominations.

This year’s Daytime Emmys will be held Sunday, April 30 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Southern California, with the Creative Arts...

Orion Television is set to distribute “Couples Court” in 73 percent of the country this fall, so you should probably get to know what the heck it is. Legal experts and trial attorneys Dana and Keith Cutler will become the first-ever married couple to preside over a television courtroom, one in which couples come to share their stories of cheating. The husband and wife presiders have been married and practicing law together for nearly 30 years, if readers were wondering about their qualifications. Speaking of legitimacy, the half-hour, year-round weekday syndicated strip hails from David Armour (“Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court,” pictured above). Produced.

Daytime TV’s best and brightest got bittersweet news on Thursday afternoon.

While CBS and The Young and the Restless led the list of networks and programs up for 2016 Daytime Emmy awards — with 77 and 27 nods respectively — the announcement was tempered by the news that the ceremony will not be televised.

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Following the blood-spattered action of Season 2, it’s high time for the culebras to step in front of the camera again, as Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series officially began production on Season 3 today and will begin filming on March 14th, with Rodriguez returning to direct certain episodes.

Press Release: Albuquerque, Nm — March 4, 2016 -Miramax® and El Rey Network announced today the start of production on the third season of its dark and highly-addictive original drama,“From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series.”Comprised of ten hour-long episodes, the series, based on the iconic film franchise of the same name, will feature a returning ensemble cast that includes: D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Eiza González, Jesse Garcia, Madison Davenport, Brandon Soo Hoo, and Jake Busey. Filmmaker and El Rey Network founder Robert Rodriguez will return to direct select episodes this season, which begins shooting March 14 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Paternity tests have become a major part of daytime talk shows like Maury — which is why it was probably inevitable that a show would come along that merged the popular courtroom genre with babies, mamas and the men who may or may not be the father. The syndicated series Paternity Court (check local listings) follows family lawyer Lauren Lake as she administers DNA tests and rules on paternity cases. Lake, whose show was just renewed for Season 2, filled out our TV Guide Magazine "Watch My Show" survey to explain why we should adopt a Paternity Court habit.

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When you hear the title "Paternity Court," it's easy to think of those chair-throwing moments on "Maury" and cringe -- something host Lauren Lake knows all too well.

Howver, the nationally syndicated program, which airs on 140 stations nationwide and is currently #1 in the ratings in the freshman category, beating "Bethenny," "The Queen Latifah Show" and "The Arsenio Hall Show," deviates from the "Maury" model by helping litigants resolve legal issues involving paternity in a manner that respects them, rather than turning them into a spectacle -- a course of action that Lake, an attorney and legal advisor who's regularly contributed to shows like "The View," "Good Morning America" and "Today," tells Zap2it.com was necessary in her taking the job.

It was not only a conscious decision, it was a condition. I would've not been a part of a project that didn't represent families and children well. My entire...