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Originally, the NASCAR Xfinity Series was not due to begin airing races on The CW until the 2025 season.

NASCAR is putting the petal to the metal on its new deal with The CW. The racing league’s Xfinity Series was due to shift its races to The CW as its primary broadcast home starting with the 2025 season, but this week it announced that the final eight races of the 2024 Xfinity season will exclusively air on the channel instead of current broadcast partners like FS1 or USA Network.

NASCAR Xfinity races on The CW begin Friday, Sept. 20, and continue through the season’s end. Races will still be produced by NBC Sports, and will feature analysis from Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte. The NASCAR Cup Series will air on Fox, NBC, TNT, and Prime Video starting in 2025. 30-Day Free Trial $8.99+ / month amazon.com

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The CW is giving viewers an early taste of NASCAR coverage, adding eight Xfinity Series races to the fall schedule ahead of the 2025 start of a 6-year rights deal.

The run of season-ending races will start September 20 in the Xfinity Series Championship from Phoenix Raceway on Saturday, November 9. NBC Sports will handle production, with Rick Allen serving as lead race announcer alongside analysts Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte, and NBC Sports VP of Motorsports Jeff Behnke in charge of production.

The CW announced last summer that it will will take over exclusive rights in 2025 to the NASCAR Xfinity Series, which is on the next tier down from NASCAR’s main Cup Series but nonetheless has an avid fan base. Most of the Xfinity Series drivers are young up-and-comers in the sport, and the races take place in major cities and on many well-established tracks.

The rights deal will bring 33 live races,...

Get ready to watch the green flag drop one last time, NASCAR fans. The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series championship will take place Sunday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. Et on NBC and Peacock, live from Phoenix Raceway. Only four drivers remain with a shot at winning the championship, but who will outrace his opponents to stand atop the pinnacle of NASCAR greatness? Find out with a subscription to Peacock or a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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About 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship

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The 2023 NASCAR Xfinity season is about to end, but first, a champion must be crowned! The Xfinity Series Championship will be held at Phoenix Raceway on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. Et on USA Network. Justin Allgaier, Cole Custer, John-Hunter Nemechek, and Sam Mayer are the four drivers that could take home the title this year, but who will be successful? Find out with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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About 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship

Last week’s Xfinity Series race at Martinsville had about as dramatic a finish as it could have. A red flag led to an overtime restart, which caused one of the...

The 2023 NASCAR season has almost concluded, but there’s been no champion declared yet! Two of the final four championship spots have been claimed by Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson, but the other two are decidedly up for grabs at the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500, which takes place Sunday, Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. Et on NBC. Find out which four drivers will have a shot to win the NASCAR championship with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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About 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500

The race for the final four is about as tight as it could be heading into the home stretch. William Byron and Ryan Blaney currently...

It’s playoff season in NASCAR, which means the drivers still standing in the race for the Cup will have to work harder than ever this weekend! The NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500 from Talladega Superspeedway begins Sunday, Oct. 1 at 2 p.m. Et on NBC. There are only 12 drivers with a shot at a championship this season, but which will finish this race tops in the standings? Find out with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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About NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500

William Byron is the Cup Series points leader heading into the YellaWood 500. Byron won the Autotrader EchoPark 400 at Texas Motor Speedway last weekend, helping him edge out...

The quest for the NASCAR Cup championship takes all 16 playoff racers to Kansas City, Kansas for the Hollywood Casino 400. A stacked playoff field led by Kyle Larson, William Byron, and Tyler Reddick will try to navigate the giant oval and earn a spot in the round of 12. Larson already has a playoff win under his belt — can he add another this Sunday? Find out this Sunday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. Et on USA Network. Watch the action with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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About the Hollywood Casino 400

Kansas Speedway is a 1.5-mile oval track known for its unique banking. The track has hosted...

The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs are ready to begin! The playoffs start Sunday, Sept. 3 at 6 p.m. Et under the lights at Darlington Raceway on USA Network when the green flag drops on the 2023 Southern 500. Sixteen drivers will be racing their tailpipes off in order to make sure they make the first cut in the playoffs, and the rest will be competing for prize money and bragging rights! You can watch the race with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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About 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Southern 500

As always, two-time Daytona 500 Champion and NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., 21-time Cup Series race winner and “The Mayor” of NASCAR Jeff Burton,...

There are still four playoff spots up for grabs in the NASCAR Xfinity Series! That’s why the 2023 Xfinity Series Help a Hero 200, which takes place Saturday, Sept. 2 at 3:30 p.m. Et on USA Network is so important. It’s the penultimate race of the Xfinity Series season, and you can bet there’ll be a mad dash for the final few playoff spots still available. You can watch your favorite drivers race to the finish of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series season with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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Get ready for one last ride in 2023, NASCAR fans. The Coke Zero Sugar 400 from Daytona International Speedway begins Saturday, Aug. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Et on NBC and Peacock. It’s the last race of the regular season, and there’s still one playoff spot up for grabs. Who will secure it and keep their season going, and who will have the heartbreak of knowing they came just short? Find out with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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The 2023 Coke Zero Sugar 400 will also be available to stream live in its entirety on Peacock, especially helpful for markets where NFL preseason games are occurring.

Bowling? I thought NASCAR was about auto racing! No need to fear, gearheads, the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen is a 220 mile race that begins Sunday, Aug. 20 at 3 p.m. Et on USA Network. It’s the second-to-last race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, so drivers on the brink of the playoffs will be racing hard to secure their spots! You can watch the race with a 5-Day Free Trial of Directv Stream.

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About 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Go Bowling at The Glen

The race will be presented “Radio Style,” which means announcers will be positioned strategically around the track,...

The plans for a new trilogy starting with Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes now make sense, thanks to information revealed by the upcoming film's writers. The Planet of the Apes franchise kicked off in 1968 with the release of the original film, during which a group of astronauts found themselves on a strange world inhabited by intelligent apes and primitive humans, a story spanning five films, a television series, and an animated series, before Tim Burton attempted a reboot in 2001. Though this was a critical failure, Rise of the Planet of the Apes successfully rebooted the franchise in 2011, penned by screenwriters Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa.

Each film in the more recent Planet of the Apes trilogy, including Rise, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and War for the Planet of the Apes, achieved critical acclaim, making the development of further films in the franchise inevitable. This is...

Fans of special effects icon Ray Harryhausen should rejoice at the remastering of 1961’s Mysterious Island, a sequel of sorts to Jules Verne’s more celebrated 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which had been memorably adapted by Richard Fleischer in 1954. Director Cy Endfield takes the reigns on this big budget spectacle which tends to suffer from a bout of sequel-itis as regards the bombastic fervor of gigantic, menacing creatures taking precedence over characterization or narrative energy. Still, the production quality does display the same sense of movie magic specific to a certain period of cinema where Harryhausen’s signature Dynamation would influence generations of future filmmakers.

During the 1865 siege of Richmond, Virginia, a handful of soldiers, both Union and Confederate, escape the stockade via a hot air balloon, ending up somewhere on a strange island in the Pacific Ocean. Captain Cyrus Harding (Michael Craig) more or less resumes control of the men,...

[With Dawn of the Planet of the Apes opening on Friday, July 11th, I'm taking a look back at the Planet of the Apes movie franchise. These reviews contain spoilers.] Planet of the Apes, in addition to being one of the best and most enduring sci-fi films ever made, is also one of the genre's most cynical, pessimistic, and depressing entries. We tend to gloss over that aspect because it's tempered with people dressed up as apes. Wearing an ape costume really relives a lot of the tension, and turns Franklin J. Schaffner's classic 1968 film into a subversive piece of entertainment filled with action and suspense. These elements are essential in a film that eviscerates not only the prejudices and conflicts of the 1960s, but the inequities and shortcomings we continue to experience almost 50 years later. Astronaut George Taylor (Charlton Heston) and his crewmates Landon (Robert Gunner), Dodge (Jeff Burton), and Stewart (Dianne Stanley) have left Earth in 1972, and because of Einstein's Law of Relativity, they don't expect to return until 2673. However, their ship inexplicably crashes on an alien...

The new "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" isn't connected in any concrete way to the original five film series that ran from 1968 to 1973 or Tim Burton's reboot from 2001.  But even though "Rise" establishes its own, new continuity (of the apes), it still contains a ton of references, shout-outs and easter eggs to its old school brethren (or simian, in this case).  Here are all the ones this long-time "Ape" fan caught. And be aware that this piece may contains extensive Spoilers for every film in the series.

1. Character Names (of the Apes)

Most of the main cast of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" are named with a wink to the past.  The leader of the ape rebellion, Caesar (Andy Serkis) shares his moniker with the similar character, played by Roddy McDowell, from "Conquest of" and "Battle For the Planet of the Apes."  Scientists at the...

A scene from Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Photo: 20th Century Fox Over the weekend I revisited the original Planet of the Apes films. I would have watched Tim Burton's 2001 remake had it been available on Netflix streaming, but since it wasn't I didn't particularly care to have them send the DVD to me. I've seen that film once in my life and that was enough. However, the original five films are awfully entertaining and as well as thought-provoking. Themes of slavery, power, nuclear war, ignorance, intolerance and so on are peppered throughout all five films, five films that are also incredibly dark in nature.

Tonight I will be seeing Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 20th Century Fox's return to the franchise for the first time since the 2001 debacle and the first film in the franchise to not use men in rubber ape suits, but...