LIV Golf to CW / YouTube TV new interface / HBO grabs "The List" / Apple TV+ 2023 debuts

Plus today's calendar, Hopkins joins Peacock gladiator drama, "All Quiet" scores 14 BAFTA noms, "Gossip Girl" canceled, and more

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Phil Mickelson The LIV Golf circuit, backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, signed a TV deal with the CW Network. LIV tournaments will air on television on CW and also stream on the network's app and website. More: This is the first US broadcast TV deal for LIV Golf events, which have previously only been available as internet livestreams. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed; LIV has not purchased airtime on CW, but reached a mutually beneficial contract with the network. Larger networks were apparently unwilling to negotiate with LIV due to their pre-standing relationships with the rival PGA Tour; Fox has generally pulled back from golf coverage. CW will not be directly involved in producing the content, which will be done in-house by LIV Golf. High-profile LIV Golf competitors include Phil Mickelson, Brooks Koepka, and Cameron Smith. NEW YORK TIMES

YouTube TV upgraded its live channel guide with a simplified interface. The new guide features more programming and recommendations up top, along with a variety of filters for drilling down quickly into specific genres of content or platforms. More: YouTube TV head of design Esther Ahn described the new interface as a hybrid of "a grid and a feed." The changes were designed to cut down on what YouTube calls "decision fatigue," the sometimes-awkward process by which users locate something to watch. Accoding to YouTube TV's research, users typically rely on the "Library" guide to verify whether or not new episodes of their favorite shows have debuted, so they now make this information more easy to find quickly at the top of the hub. The upgraded library rolls out to YouTube TV subscribers across all platforms this month. THE VERGE

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DAILY CALENDAR THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 THAT '90s SHOW: Debut comedy series, serving as a direct sequel to the classic Fox sitcom "That '70s Show." Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp reprise their roles as Red and Kitty Forman, who welcome their granddaughter Leia (Callie Haverda) to spend the summer with them in Wisconsin. "'70s Show" vets Topher Grace, Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher, Laura Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama, Don Stark, and Tommy Chong also make appearances. [Netflix] THE PEZ OUTLAW: Humorous documentary profiling Steve Glew, who notoriously smuggled rare Pez dispensers into the US from Eastern Europe in the 1990s, earning millions but angering both the Pez Corporation and international collectors in the process. "Legend of Cocaine Island" and "Alabama Snake" producers Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel directed. [Netflix] JUNJI ITO MANIAC: JAPANESE TALES OF THE MACABRE: Animated anthology horror series from Japan, based on stories by the legendary manga artist. "Steamboy" and "Divine Gate" vet Shinobu Tagashira directed. [Netflix] ALKHALLAT+ This satirical dark comedy anthology -- based on a popular TV series -- is Netflix's first original feature from Saudi Arabia. It features four new interconnected stories, all involving "social deception and trickery." [Netflix] WOMEN AT WAR (LES COMBATTANTES): Debut historical drama series from France, tracking the intersecting lives of four women on the homefront in the early days of WWI. Audrey Fleurot, Julie De Bona, Camille Lou, and Sofia Essaïdi co-star. [Netflix] WEB OF DEATH: Six-part true-crime docuseries from ABC News, looking at the various strategies employed by amateur online investigators to help solve puzzling homicide cases that have baffled authorities. [Hulu] TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER: In the National Geographic true-crime docuseries, the journalist and correspondent explores the complex and dangerous world of international black markets, including ghost guns, organs, drugs, stolen property, and more. Season 3 premiered Wednesday on cable; new episodes hit Hulu on Thursdays. [Hulu] SORRY ABOUT THE DEMON: Horror-comedy starring Jon Michael Simpson as a young guy who gets dumped, then moves into a house that's filled with restless spirits eager to possess human bodies. Writer/director Emily Hagins produced her first film -- "Pathogen" -- when she was just 13 years old. [Shudder]

A series adaptation of Yomi Adegoke's novel "The List" is headed to HBO Max. The streamer secured the rights to the book following a bidding war with a number of rival networks and platforms, particularly from the UK. More: HBO will co-produce the series along with The BBC and the A24 studio. The novel will be published in July, and centers on a journalist on the verge of marrying the love of her life, before she hears about the publication of a mysterious "List." Adegoke is a columnist and journalist who previously published 2018's "Slay in Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible," based on interviews with 39 successful Black British women. She also created the TV docuseries "Black Love," which aired in the UK on Channel 4. DEADLINE

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"The Reluctant Traveler" During its presentation to the Television Critics Association (TCA) winter tour this week, Apple premiered new trailers for several high-profile upcoming shows. Apple's next big debut, the comedy series "Shrinking" starring Jason Segel and Harrison Ford, arrives on January 27. More: "Shrinking" -- co-created by Segal and "Ted Lasso" vets Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein" -- centers on a grieving therapist (Segal) who decides to give his patients more hands-on, practical advice. The sci-fi comedy "Hello Tomorrow!" -- starring Billy Crudup as a lunar timeshare salesman in a retro-futuristic version of the 1950s -- debuts on February 17. The globe-trotting docuseries "The Reluctant Traveler" finds actor Eugene Levy departing his comfort zone and exploring far-flung locations around the world; it lands on February 24. The smash hit soccer comedy "Ted Lasso" returns for its third season this spring; Apple unveiled a new image featuring Ted (Jason Sudeikis) and his now arch-rival Nathan (Nick Mohammed). VARIETY

Two-time Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins joined the cast of Peacock's period drama series "Those About to Die." He'll portray Emperor Vespasian in the series, which is set in the complex and violent world of Ancient Roman gladiators. More: The series is based on a nonfiction book by author Daniel Mannix, and looks at the ways that gladiatorial sports intersected with politics and business in the Roman world. The series will enter production at Cinecitta Studios in Rome this March. "Saving Private Ryan" screenwriter Robert Rodat penned the adaptation and will executive produce along with filmmaker Roland Emmerich; the duo previously collaborated on the Revolutionary War film "The Patriot." DEADLINE

Netflix's German-language war drama "All Quiet on the Western Front" secured 14 nominations at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), the most of any feature. The World War I film is based on the classic 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque, and comes from co-writer/director Edward Berger. More: In a surprise move, the film grabbed more nominations than award season favorites "Everything Everywhere All At Once" and "The Banshees of Inishirin," which both received 10 total noms. Other top BAFTA nominees include Baz Luhrmann's biopic "Elvis" and Todd Field's intense character study "Tár." "All Quiet" tied the all-time BAFTA record as the most-nominated non-English language film; the previous record holder is 2000's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Most of the nominations came in technical categories, but Berger is also competing for Best Director against Martin McDonagh ("Inishirin"), Todd Field ("Tár"), Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert ("Everything Everywhere"), Park Chan-wook ("Decision to Leave"), and Gina Prince-Bythewood ("The Woman King"). NEW YORK TIMES

QUICK HITS Giving dry a try this January? Do it for less. Experience great-tasting non-alcoholic beer without the hangover! Enjoy $10 off your first purchase.* HBO Max canceled the "Gossip Girl" reboot after two seasons. Tatyana Ali -- who played Ashley Banks on the original "Fresh Prince" -- is set to recur in Season 2 of the Peacock dramatic reboot "Bel-Air"; she'll play an English literature teacher in the new episodes. In a November 2021 interview with ITV that went unnoticed at the time it aired, "Tiger King" star Carole Baskin claims her mysteriously missing ex-husband Don Lewis has been located, alive, in Costa Rica. YouTube will resume its position as the official title sponsor for the VidCon social media convention in 2023; last year, TikTok signed on as the official VidCon corporate partner for the first time. Original "Pink Ranger" actor Amy Jo Johnson explained her absence from Netflix's upcoming "Power Rangers" reunion special, noting that she was willing to appear but "didn't say yes to what was offered." Apple's thriller series "The Last Thing He Told Me" -- based on the novel by Laura Dave and starring Jennifer Garner -- arrives on April 14. Netflix renewed the unscripted luxury real estate series "Selling the OC" for two additional seasons. Amazon grabbed the global rights to the Filipino horror movie "In My Mother's Skin," which premieres this weekend at Sundance. Cinedigm grabbed the North American streaming rights for the acclaimed lo-fi indie comedy "Yelling Fire in an Empty Theater," which will stream on the Fandor platform. Customer trust is critical. Here's how to enhance your security without overextending your resources.* *This is sponsored content

Lon Harris is the writer and editor of Inside Streaming and was the very first person to ever write an Inside newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also writes about TV and film for Fandom, Screen Junkies, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamma Ray and others. Plus he has a Game of Thrones podcast called "Casterly Talk" and competes on The Movie Trivia Schmoedown as "The Professor." Editor Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade.

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