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Today at the Television Critics Association session, YouTube showcased its upcoming Original series and announced renewals for 2018/2019. From ambitious projects and compelling documentaries showcasing YouTube stars, to inventive comedies, bold dramas and live events featuring from some of the biggest names in Hollywood, YouTube continues to offer innovative programming that engages its audience. Since the launch of YouTube Originals in 2015, Original content has been viewed more than 650 million times.

Freeform announces its programming schedule for August 2018, which includes the season two premiere of the Freeform comedy “Alone Together” and the summer finales of the critically acclaimed series “Marvel's Cloak & Dagger” and “The Bold Type.”

The exploratory and progressive rock band, Papadosio has announced the release of their next full length album, Content Coma, due out on September 7.  “Pool of Stars” is the second single to be released off Content Coma, last month the band released “Distress Signal”.  

Today, Texas' genre bending rock 'n roller Israel Nash, releases his fifth studio album, Lifted (Desert Forklore Music/Thirty Tigers). Lifted is available now on all digital service platforms and for physical purchase at www.israelnash.com. Nash and his band kick off their extensive album release tour tonight with a hometown show at the Historic Scoot Inn in Austin, TX, before heading out to 25+ cities across the country, including a stop at the at the inaugural Holler On the Hill Festival in Indianapolis, IN and the Americana Music Festival in Nashville this September. All announced dates and tickets are available now at www.israelnash.com 

Netflix has ordered eight additional episodes of Altered Carbon from Skydance Television. The series is based on the classic science fiction novels by Richard K. Morgan.

AT&T* AUDIENCE Network is unveiling its upcoming programming lineup today at the summer Television Critics Association tour in Los Angeles.

While showing the world how to flip a home for profit, break through walls to reinvent spaces or create a fantasy lifestyle on a beach or under a big sky, HGTV turns every day stories of finding, buying, selling and renovating homes into can't-miss television that attracts more than 41.3 million primetime viewers each month. Its most popular experts have transcended home and landscaping to become pop culture phenoms – amassing millions of social media followers. With nine new series slated to premiere in the next six months, HGTV continues to cultivate a cadre of stars who are destined to join such super fan favorites as Jonathan and Drew Scott of the Emmy®-nominated series Property Brothers, Tarek and Christina El Moussa of Flip or Flop, Hilary Farr and David Visentin of Love It or List It and Chip and Joanna Gaines from the Emmy®-nominated series Fixer Upper.

Hearst and The Walt Disney Company today announced that Paul Buccieri has been named president of A+E Networks Group after having served as president, A+E Studios and A+E Networks Portfolio Group, since 2016. The announcement was made by Steven R. Swartz, president and CEO of Hearst, and Ben Sherwood, co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney|ABC Television. Buccieri will report to the A+E Networks Group's board of directors.

International DJ and producer Carnage has unveiled the lineup for his upcoming RARE Festival, an annual one-day event that Carnage himself has been curating since 2015. 

As noted in USA TODAY, the world's largest honky-tonk, Billy Bob's IS Texas. It's the home of big-name concerts, bull riding and chicken fried steak with a reputation as gigantic as the state itself...a with a new dance floor, Billy Bob's Texas fans will be two-stepping throughout the month of August with top name entertainers gracing its historic stage.

'CMA Fest,' the Music Event of Summer, premieres WEDNESDAY, AUG. 8 (8:00-11:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. The three-hour prime-time special broadcasts for its 15th straight year with Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini returning as hosts, bringing Country Music's Ultimate Fan Experience to a national television audience.

Reservoir announces the signing of British writer-performer Alex Hepburn to a worldwide publishing deal. The deal includes global rights to her entire catalog, including her recently released EP, If You Stay.

3-time GRAMMY®-nominated, 11-time Stellar Award-winning chart topper Travis Greenepresents a power-packed weekend of entertainment, worship, and community festivities with this year's Engage Culture Weekend – to inspire and engage a celebration of God's love and the culture today among attendees.  Leading a charge in being an agent for change and a openhearted pursuit of God that have reached sold-out crowds around the world in his concerts and acclaimed albums The Hill and Crossover: Live from Music City, Travis Greene will welcome a range of special guests during Engage Culture Weekend from Friday August 17th to Sunday August 19th in Columbia, SC – reaching out beyond the church to engage and take the inspiring power and message of worship out to the masses – in serving the greater community and those in need.  

Outlaw country artist James Carothers has released his new single, “Sinners and Saints,” off his upcoming album, Still Country, Still King: A Tribute To George Jones. The single was exclusively premiered by Taste of Country yesterday. “Sinners and Saints” is available for streaming and download, and the album is available for preorder here.

In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner reflects on her life and career. Weaving together her recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with friends (Chevy Chase, Lorne Michaels, Laraine Newman, Paul Shaffer and Martin Short), rare home movies and diaries read by modern-day comedians inspired by Gilda (Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Cecily Strong), LOVE, GILDA opens up a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story.

Several new titles are headed to Amazon Prime this August! See below for a complete list!

Multiple GRAMMY® Award-winner Jason Mraz has unveiled the latest track from his hugely anticipated new studio album, Know. “More Than Friends (Feat. Meghan Trainor)” is available today at all DSPs and streaming services; the ebullient track is joined by a lyric video, streaming now at the official Jason Mraz official YouTube channel HERE.

Southern California-based singer/songwriter Matt Costa's fifth full-length album—and first in five years—Santa Rosa Fangs is out now on Dangerbird Records and available for purchase/streaming at http://radi.al/SantaRosaFangs.

Deep under the Arctic Ocean, American submarine Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen, 300) is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress when he discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing, threatening to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Captain Glass must now assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to rescue the kidnapped Russian president and sneak through enemy waters to stop WWIII.

Hollywood legend Glenn Close joins Hoda Kotb the TODAY studio to discuss her new film, “The Wife,” which is already gaining early Oscar buzz. Close opens about working with her daughter, actress Annie Starke, who portrays a young version of Close's character. Close says she left purposely left the set on days Starke was shooting. “She's naturally talented and I thought it's between her and the director,” Close said. “You don't want your Mom around!”