NFL Sunday Ticket pricing / "Succession" sets new record / WBD's "Max" launch event / Six Dick Wolf shows renewed

Plus today's calendar, "Picard" IMAX screenings, YouTube Creator Clash 2, Lopez's "The Mother," "Family Stallone" on Paramount+, and more

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Google announced pricing for NFL Sunday Ticket packages on YouTube. The out-of-market NFL games will be available via YouTube to anyone in the US via a standalone subscription, whether or not they already subscribe to YouTube TV. More: For YouTube TV subscribers, Sunday Ticket packages will cost $349 for the full 2023 season, a bit more than DirecTV's $293.94 seasonal price tag. Non-YouTube TV subscribers will pay $100 more per year, or $449. Discounted "pre-sale" subscriptions are available starting Tuesday, April 11, and will be offered through June 6; they start at $289 for YouTube TV subscribers and $349 for everyone else. VARIETY

The third episode of "Succession" Season 4 -- which features a much-discussed twist -- set a new viewership record for the series. Around 2.5 million viewers watched "Succession" on Sunday night across both the HBO cable network and streaming services. More: The previous record was held by the Season 4 "Succession" premiere, which was viewed by around 2.3 million viewers on its debut Sunday, and has reached around 7 million total viewers to date. That was a 62% improvement over viewership of the Season 3 premiere, and the best performance of any HBO original season premiere since the launch of HBO Max in May 2020. Producers took a number of precautions to keep the Episode 3 revelations a secret. [CAUTION: This link contains spoilers for "Succession" Season 4, Episode 3.] DEADLINE

DAILY CALENDAR TUESDAY, APRIL 11 US WOMEN'S SOCCER: The US Women's National Team has two matches this week against the Republic of Ireland as the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup fast approaches later this year. The first match streamed Saturday on Peacock; Tuesday's match starts at 7:30 pm ET on both HBO Max and Peacock. [HBO Max and Peacock] FBI TRUE: True-crime docuseries from "FBI" franchise co-creator Craig Turk. Each episode examines a real-life case from the perspectives of the agents who oversaw the investigations. Season 2 debuts today on Paramount+. [Paramount+] YONDER: Debut sci-fi drama series from Korea, about a widower (Shin Ha-kyun) who receives a mysterious invitation to a place called "Yonder," where he can meet up with his late wife (Han Ji-min) for the last time. [Paramount+] AM I BEING UNREASONABLE? 6-part comedy-thriller series from the UK, originally broadcast on BBC One in September 2022. Daisy May Cooper and Selin Hizli co-star as mothers who become close friends while concealing dark secrets from one another. Lenny Rush, Jessica Hynes, and Dustin Demri-Burns co-star. [Hulu] ALL AMERICAN: HOMECOMING: The drama series -- a spinoff of "All American" -- looks at the world of college sports from the perspectives of two elite young athletes: one from Chicago and the other Beverly Hills. Season 2 aired earlier this year on CW and hits Netflix today. Geffri Maya, Peyton Alex Smith, Kelly Jenrette, Cory Hardrict, and Sylvester Powell co-star. [Netflix] LEANNE MORGAN: I'M EVERY WOMAN: The comedian's first Netflix special features material about growing up in Tennessee, being married for over 20 years, and becoming a grandmother. Morgan rose to success on YouTube, where her previous special -- "So Yummy" -- currently has over 50 million views. [Netflix] AN INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN COX: Hour-long special featuring an extended version of a BBC interview with the "Succession" star that originally aired in 2022. [BritBox] TICKET TO PARADISE: 2022 romantic comedy feature starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts as divorced parents who join forces to sabotage their daughter's (Kaitlyn Dever) destination wedding in Bali. Billie Lourd, Maxime Bouttier, and Lucas Bravo co-star; "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again" vet Ol Parker wrote and directed. [Amazon]

The cast of HBO's "Succession" Warner Bros. Discovery executives will unveil specific plans for "Max," the combined HBO Max-Discovery+ streaming platform, during a launch event on Wednesday. Subscriptions to the new service will cost $16 a month, around the same price as a current HBO Max membership. More: The combined streaming platform has been at the center of CEO David Zaslav's plans for the company since the 2022 WarnerMedia/Discovery merger. Warner Bros. Discovery CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels has called the launch of new platform "one of our big, big priorities for this year" and "an absolutely critical milestone." WBD's stated goal is to increase overall streaming subscribers from its current level of 96.1 million to 130 million by 2025; Netflix is currently at 231 million global subscribers, while Disney has 235 million across all of its platforms. HBO Max subscribers are expected to be moved en masse over to the new platform; Discovery+ will remain as a standalone offering. NEW YORK TIMES

"Law & Order: SVU" NBC renewed six different shows from mega-producer Dick Wolf for new seasons. That includes all three current series from both the "Law & Order" and "One Chicago" franchises. More: This will bring "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" to a total of 25 seasons, 2 more than the franchise's flagship show, "Law & Order," which was off the air for around a decade before returning. The original "Law & Order" series will air its 500th episode this coming season. This will also mark the 12th season for "Chicago Fire," 11th for "Chicago PD," and ninth for "Chicago Med." Including just these shows alone, Wolf will have produced more than 84 seasons of television for NBC; if you include canceled series, the total rises to over 100 seasons. AV CLUB

The final two episodes of "Star Trek: Picard" will screen in select IMAX theaters on April 19. The screenings will be followed by a livestreamed Q&A with the show's cast. More: Tickets for the event are free, and become availalbe this Wednesday, April 12. The third and final season of "Picard" serves as a reunion for much of the cast of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," including Patrick Stewart, Gates McFadden, Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, and Brent Spiner. Though Season 3 will wrap up the story, showrunner Terry Matalas has teased potential spinoffs, including one called "Star Trek: Legacy" featuring new characters introduced in "PIcard." Cities hosting IMAX screenings include Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC. COLLIDER

The second YouTube "Creator Clash" event takes place this Saturday. While some online influencers have pivoted their careers to professional boxing or wrestling, Creator Clash events are less focused on dramatic rivalries and big payouts, and more centered on fun and charitable giving. More: Last year's debut Creator Clash event sold out the 10,000-seat Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida, and drew an audience of more than 100,000 on pay-per-view; it raised $1.3 million for the Alzheimer's Association, American Heart Association, and Healing Horse Therapy Center. Last year's event now has more than 3.3 million views on YouTube. A planned bout between Chris Ray Gunn and Tyler "Froggy Fresh" Cassidy in the super featherweight category was canceled following unspecified allegations about Cassidy's behavior. NBC NEWS

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