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Good morning. It’s Wednesday January 13, 2016, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Premieres:
A&E: Duck Dynasty at 9p
e Second Chance at 9p
NBC: Second Chance at 9p
PBS: Natural Born Hustlers at 8p
Syfy: Face Off at 9p
TV Land: Younger at 10p
VH1: Mob Wives at 8p
Tonight’s Finale:
FX: American Horror Story: Hotel at 10p
Ted Danson (CSI: Cyber), who shot to fame on NBC’s Cheers (1982-1993), and Kristen Bell (House of Lies) have been cast in NBC comedy Good Place, about a woman trying to turn over a new leaf. The network ordered 13 episodes of the Michael Schur (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) series, produced by Universal Television, 3 Arts Entertainment and Fremulon. Danson will not return to CSI: Cyber, CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller shared at TCA, while Bell would be able to continue on Lies should that show return to Showtime for season six.
Old home week: Eva Longoria will make a guest appearance on season four of Lifetime’s Devious Maids, where she is an exec producer. The series was created by Marc Cherry, who also created Longoria’s Desperate Housewives character, Gabby. James Denton, another Desperate alum, will recur as the head of a movie studio.
Rand Paul, bumped from Thursday’s main GOP debate on Fox Business Network based on the average of five national polls, won’t be showing up for the net’s earlier, also-running event. “By any reasonable criteria, Sen. Paul has a top-tier campaign,” said Paul’s campaign ina statement. “He will not let the media decide the tiers of this race and will instead take his message directly to the voters of New Hampshire and Iowa.” Making the cut were Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Christ Christie, Jeb Bush and John Kasich.
FX’s American Horror Story: Hotel, ABC’s black-ish, Fox’s Empire and Scream Queens, and Starz’s Power are the first honorees announced for the 33rd Annual PaleyFest Los Angeles, returning to the Dolby Theatre March 11-20.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the theme for the 2016 Oscars broadcast: “We all dream in gold” (promo is here). Chris Rock hosts the big night Sunday, February 28.
Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos will moderate a conversation with Normal Lear and Quincy Jones during the NATPE market in Miami. The men hit the stage Wednesday, January 20 at 2p at the Eden Roc resort.
WGN America announced a panel event, “The Making of WGN America’s Underground,” during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Underground exec producer John Legend, as well the escape thriller’s cast and creative team, will be on hand Saturday, January 23 at 7p in Park City, Utah. Show debuts Wednesday, March 9 at 10p.
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Pop and Lionsgate start production this month on workplace comedy series Traci from Nightcap (wt), set behind the scenes at a late night talk show. Ali Wentworth (Head Case) stars and is an exec producer.
A comedy from Live! With Kelly and Michael’s Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos’s (Alpha House) Milojo Productions and Andrew Leeds is in development at ABC, reports Deadline. Show centers on a couple irritated by their three daughters’ romantic partners.
Courteney Cox (Cougar Town) headlines a comedy project for Fox from Robert Padnick (The Office) and ABC Studios. Cox is also attached as an exec producer.
Miniseries American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story, from Stephen David Entertainment and Playboy’s Alta Loma Entertainment, is scheduled to start production this year. Producers will have access to Hefner archives – as well as 60+ years of magazines.
Fox gave a pilot order to a time travel comedy from Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Last Man on Earth). The duo’s Son of Zorn, starring Jason Sudekis, had gotten a series order from Fox.
Televisa USA Development, a subsidiary of Mexican media company Grupo Televisa, has partnered with Santa Fe- and London-based Atalaya Productions to develop Aztecs, an English-language series based on Daniel Peters’ The Luck of Huemac. Michael Chernuchin (Black Sails) has signed on as showrunner.
Hour-long special El Chapo: Caught!, focused on the recent capture of Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, airs Sunday, January 17 at 8p on American Heroes Channel. “With the world’s most elite tracking forces supporting Mexico on the hunt for El Chapo, what great irony is it that Sean Penn and his quest for an exclusive interview with Guzman lead to his capture?” said Henry Schleiff, group president, ID, AHC and Destination America. “The Penn is not mightier than the sword [ed. note: ha!], which is proven in El Chapo: Caught! because it showcases the incredible work by real professionals – regardless of borders.”
Thirty years after the space shuttle Challenger tragedy, Nat Geo will air a special featuring NASA footage and news reports, as well as audio recordings from inside the cockpit. One-hour Challenger Disaster: Lost Tapes premieres Monday, January 25 at 9p.
Season ten of Syfy’s Face Off debuts tonight “with exciting new contestants from all over the world who do some of the best SFX make-up we’ve ever seen on this show,” Heather Olander, SVP, Alternative Programming, tells Cynopsis. Guest judges like Gale Ann Hurd (The Walking Dead), Jason Blum, Lance Henriksen, and more will “throw some exciting curveballs into the mix.”
In case you missed it: EPIX 2 will air documentary Underwater Dreams, the story of the sons of undocumented Mexican immigrants who defeated MIT to win a robotics competition, tonight at 8p, followed by Spare Parts, a feature film based on the story. Shows also ran last night on EPIX following the State of the Union address.
CBS has a deep bench for its live, four-hour Super Bowl pre-game show. Action starts at 2p on Sunday, February 7, with host James Brown, analysts Boomer Esiason, Bill Cowher, Tony Gonzalez and Bart Scott, as well as Ian Eagle, Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Amy Trask, NFL Insider Jason La Canfora and reporters Tracy Wolfson, Evan Washburn and Allie LaForce, and Contributor Jim Rome.
Far from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, but part of CBS’s pre-game package, CBS This Morning’s Gayle King will interview President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama live from the White House.
Digital streaming news network CBSN is launching a new series of immersive, long-form reports. CBSN Originals “are the next step forward in the evolution of CBSN,” said CBS News president David Rhodes. “Audiences are increasingly coming to CBSN for anchored reporting from the U.S. and around the globe, as well as CBS News content on demand. CBSN Originals will bring a new dimension to the service, with in-depth reporting specifically for digital platforms.”
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Four-week limited series War & Peace premieres Monday, January 18 at 9p on A&E, History and Lifetime. Cast includes Lily James (Downton Abbey), Jim Broadbent (Iris), Paul Dano (Love and Mercy) and James Norton (Happy Valley).
Bounce TV is expanding into hour-long drama with Saints & Sinners, centered on the pursuit of power at a large southern church. Vanessa Bell Calloway (Shameless), Clifton Powell (Ray) and Gloria Reuben (ER) are among the stars. Launch date: Sunday (of course!), March 6 at 9p.
Ford will be a key sponsor for Fox’s The X-Files, with a Ford Explorer integrated into the show’s two-part premiere, and more Fords driving by in later episodes. The auto company was also a sponsor of the original 1993-2002 series, which had David Duchovny’s Mulder driving a Ford truck. “As part of our overall partnership with Ford, we were able to work out a sponsorship in X-Files as well,” said Toby Byrne, president of ad sales at Fox Networks Group.
Whose ad spending will increase in the next year? According to the Fall 2015 Beta Research Ad Executive Study, “In comparison to 2014, rankings increased for ESPN2, Discovery Channel, NBCSN and NBC on percent planning to increase ad spending in the next 12 months,” said Andrew Klein, president, cable TV division.
Display ad spend will hit $32.17 billion in 2016, up from $26.15 billion, predicts eMarketer. Search advertising will rise, too, to $29.24 billion from $26.53, not enough to keep up with display. It’s a trend that will continue, according to eMarketer’s forecast, with display spend growing to $46.69 billion in 2019, versus $40.6 billion for search.
Although Person of Interest exec producer J.J. Abrams said on Saturday at the TCA winter press tour that his “guess” is that the drama’s upcoming fifth season will be its last, on Tuesday CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller insisted no decision has been made. The season’s last episode “could function as a season or a series finale,” hedged Geller.
Charlie Rose said he will be the first to speak with Sean Penn about the Oscar winner’s secret interviews with Mexican drug lord “El Chapo.” “I have a thousand questions,” said the CBS This Morning co-anchor. “It’s a remarkable story.” As for when the sit-down will occur, “I’d hope sooner rather than later. I’m prepared to do it whenever I get the green light from him and his lawyers.”
Dinosaur Train is on the move. The CGI animated series is now showing on ZooMoo Network Asia, as the channel expands its programming to preschool audiences.
FremantleMedia International grabbed international distribution rights to Kudo psychological thriller Apple Tree Yard. Four-parter is based on the Louise Doughty best-seller.
UK indie Raconteur Associates, launched at the end of 2015, closed a first look deal with BBC Worldwide. Raconteur’s focus is on high end, non-scripted programming and formats.
Anne, from Moira Walley-Beckett (Breaking Bad) and based on children’s novel Anne of Green Gables, was greenlit by Canada’s CBC. Eight-parter is slated for a 2017 launch.
Entertainment Studios is launching daily comedy talker Trending Funny for fall 2016 broadcast syndication and cable. The one-hour show will be hosted by a panel of comedians. What makes it stand out from the pack? “Trending Funny is a very unique show and the perfect mix of pop culture, social media and comedy,” Byron Allen, founder/chairman/CEO of ES, tells Cynopsis.
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Counting multi-platform viewing, CBS reports its primetime lineup is delivering bigger audiences than it was 15 years ago. Across linear, DVR, VOD and streaming, the net’s 2015-2016 scripted and reality series are averaging 13,207,964 viewers, versus 12,509,306 in the 2000-2001 season.
NBC boasts it is leading the season in the A18-49 demo by 17 percent, the biggest margin for a network at this point in the season in 14 years. CBS has viewer bragging rights, winning the week ending January 10 by the largest margin of any network this season (+3.89 million). And ABC notes it delivered five of the top ten non-sports programs in A18-49 for the week, hitting a four-week high in young adults.
Thursday’s season two premiere of Lip Sync Battle, featuring Channing Tatum and his wife, Jenna Dewan Tatum, was the number one ranked show among A18-49 (3.45), A18-34 (3.43), W18-34 (4.6) and W18-49 (4.34) in all of television in the timeslot, delivering a network record 4.7 million viewers in Live+3.
Sunday’s special El Chapo-themed Aqui y Ahora on Univision averaged 3.0 million total viewers, as well as 1.4 million A18-49 and 580,000 A18-34, outperforming 60 Minutes in the demos.
CNBC boasts a 31% increase among P25-54 viewers in 2015, its most-watched year in the demo since 2001.The news net has delivered eight consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth in P25-54.
Food Network’s Worst Cooks in America posted a 1.0 rating across A25-54 (940,000 IMP), up 29% versus year-ago and ranking #4 in Sunday’s 9p timeslot; among A25-34 the season’s second episode posted a .9 rating (270,000 IMP), up 43% and ranking #6 in the timeslot
With over 23 million total viewers tuned in to prime time the week of January 4, HGTV was a top 5 cable network. The net had its highest-rated week ever among M25-54 viewers in prime time (Monday-Sunday 8p-12a) and the second highest-rated prime time week in HGTV history among P25-54 with .62. HGTV also ranked as the #1 cable network among upscale P25-54 and upscale W25-54 in primetime, and ranked as the #2 cable network among W25-54 prime ratings.
The January 9 premiere of Hallmark Channel’s Love’s Complicated, the latest entry in the net’s “Winterfest” programming event, averaged a 2.0 HH rating and 2.2 million total viewers, the number one rated movie of the week.
Broadcast Evening News Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of January 4, 2016)
ABC: World News Tonight 9.772 million total viewers; 1.8/7 2.19 million A25-54
NBC: Nightly News 9.687 million total viewers; 2.0/7 2.42 million A25-54
CBS: Evening News 8.206 million total viewers; 1.7/6 and 981,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD
Top 11 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share for the week of January 4, 2016
CBS: AFC Wildcard Playoff (1.9) 10.1/32
NBC: The Golden Globes (1/10) 5.5/16
CBS: The Big Bang Theory (1/7) 3.8/13
FOX: The Simpsons (1/10) 3.6/10
FOX: American Idol (1/6) 3.0/10
ABC: Modern Family (1/6) 2.8/9
CBS: NCIS (1/5) 2.7/9
FOX: American Idol (1/7) 2.7/9
CBS: NCIS: New Orleans (1/5) 2.5/8
CBS: Scorpion (1/4) 2.2/6
ABC: The Bachelor (1/4) 2.2/7
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data
Top Ten Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among Total Viewers for the week of: 12/21/2015
Primetime (000)/Total Prog. Day (000)
ESPN 3381/ ESPN 1335
USA 2457/ NICK 1287
FAM 2327/ FAM 1239
NFLN 2046/ DSNY 1206
TBSC 2001/ USA 1177
HALL 1968/ HALL 1118
TNT 1778/ TOON 1091
DSNY 1517/ ADSM* 1076
HGTV 1503/ TNT 979
DISC 1401/ FOXN 968
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performances.
Top Ten Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among A18-49 for the week of 12/21/2015
Primetime (000), Total Prog. Day (000)
ESPN 1255/ FAM 620
FAM 1215/ ADSM* 614
TBSC 930/ ESPN 556
NFLN 817/ TBSC 458
USA 772/ NAN* 435
TNT 645/ TNT 375
ADSM 639/ NICK 368
BRAV 574/ USA 359
FX 488/ TOON 348
DISC 471/ FX 304
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performance.
Top-Rated Cable Shows Live+7 Performance among A18-49 for the week of 12/21/2015
Detroit Lions/New Orleans Saints (ESPN) 4386
Washington/Philadelphia (NFLN) 3240
San Diego/Oakland (NFLN) 3108
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (BRAV) 2539
Love and Hip Hop (VH1) 2251
Elf (FAM) 1807
SportsCenter (ESPN) 1803
San Antonio (ESPN) 1757
Thursday Night Football Post-Game (NFLN) 1715
The Curse of Oak Island (HIST) 1714
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and
demographic performance.
Monday A18-49 Analysis: ABC had the most A18-49 viewers Monday with 1.6/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. ABC’s The Bachelor squeaked past a double dose of CBS Big Bang Theory repeats to win 8p, 2.0/6 to 1.9/6, maintaining the lead at 9p with 1.9/6 opposite 1.4/4 for CBS’s Scorpion. Telemundo’s Senora Acero and Univision’s Yo No Creo en Hombres tied at the top at 10p with 1.2/4; NBC’s Biggest Loser was right behind with 1.1/3, followed by ABC’s Bachelor Live and CBS’s NCIS: Los Angeles with 1.0/3.
A18-49: ABC 1.6/5, CBS 1.4/4, NBC 1.1/3, UNI 1.0/3, TELE .9/3, FOX .9/3, CW .4/1, ION .4/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, January 11, 2016 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 4.9/8
Big Bang Theory [r] 5.5/9, Big Bang Theory [r] 5.2/8, Scorpion [r] 4.7/7, NCIS: Los Angeles [r] 4.5/8
ABC: 4.0/6
The Bachelor 4.6/7, Bachelor Live 2.7/5
NBC: 2.5/4
Superstore 3.4/5, Telenovela 2.4/4, Biggest Loser 2.3/4
FOX: 1.5/2
MasterChef: Junior [r] 1.5/2
UNIVISION: 1.4/3
Antes Muerta Lichita 1.2/2, Pasion y Poder 1.3/2, Yo No Creo En Hombres 1.6/3
TELEMUNDO: 1.2/2
Celia 1.1/2, Bajo el Mismo Cielo 1.1/2, Senora Acero 1.4/2
ION: .9/1
Criminal Minds 1.1/2, Criminal Minds .9/1, Criminal Minds .8/1
CW: 0.8/1
Whose Line Is It Anyway [r] .7/1, Whose Line Is It Anyway .7/1, Penn & Teller [r] .8/1
Sunday A18-49 Analysis: NBC had the most A18-49 viewers Sunday with 9.4/15, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s Golden Globes Arrivals led at 7p with 1.4/4, followed by .9/3 for Univision’s Aqui Ahora. The Globes took off at 8p with 5.3/15, versus 3.6/10 and 2.1/6 for Fox’s The Simpsons and Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life. NBC’s Globes telecast won 9p with 5.6/16, opposite 1.8/5/ 1.5/4 for Fox’s Family Guy/Bordertown. The trophyfest maintained the lead at 10p with 5.6/17; CBS’s CSI: Cyber drew 1.0/3 for second place.
A18-49: NBC 9.4/15, CBS 4.7/8, FOX 3.7/6, ABC 1.5/2, UNI 1.1/3, TELE .5/1, ION .3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, January 10, 2016 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 11.8/19
Golden Globe Award Arrivals 4.0/6, Golden Globe Awards 11.1/18
CBS: 4.7/8
60 Minutes 4.6/7, Madam Secretary 5.5/8, The Good Wife 4.8/7, CSI: Cyber 4.1/7
FOX: 2.4/4
The Simpsons 4.7/7, Cooper Barrett’s Guide 2.7/4, Family Guy 2.4/4, Bordertown 2.2/4
ABC: 1.9/3
America’s Funniest Home Videos 2.5/4, Galavant 1.4/2, Quantico [r] 1.0/2
UNIVISION: 1.6/3
Aqui Ahora 1.6/3, Sal y Pimienta 1.4/2
ION: 0.6/1
Leverage .7/1, Leverage .7/1, Leverage .6/1, Leverage .6/1
TELEMUNDO: .6/1
Gran Hermano .6/1
Saturday A18-49 Analysis: CBS had the most A18-49 viewers Saturday with 10/32, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’s AFC Wildcard Playoff scored 9.0/30 to win 8p, versus 1.2/4 and .8/3 for two eps of ABC’s black-ish. CBS’s game dominated the field at 9p with 9.6/30, followed by .9/3 for NBC’s Dateline. Football won 10p with 10.6/32, opposite .9/3 for ABC’s 20/20.
A18-49: CBS 10/32, ABC .9/3, NBC .7/2, UNI .6/2, ION .3/1, TELE .3/1, FOX .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, January 9, 2016 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 17.4/30
AFC Wildcard Pregame 6.8/12, AFC Wildcard Playoff 17.5/30
NBC: 2.7/5
Dateline Mystery 3.1/5, Shades of Blue 1.9/3
ABC: 2.1/4
black-ish [r] 2.4/4, black-ish [r] 1.7/3, black-ish [r] 1.6/3, black-ish [r] 1.5/3, 20/20 2.7/5
ION: .9/2
Law & Order .9/2, Law & Order 1.0/2, Law & Order .9/2
UNIVISION: .8/2
Sabadazo Sat .5/1, Captura de El Chapo .9/2
FOX: .5/1
Cooper Barrett’s Guide [r] .6/1, Bordertown [r] .4/1, Rosewood [r] .5/1
TELEMUNDO: .5/1
Cine en Casa .4/1, Que Noche .5/1
Diane Jackson has been promoted to Chief Production Officer at DDB Chicago. Most recently, Jackson executive-produced the award-winning McDonald’s “Twitter Super Bowl Takeover.”
Bravo and Oxygen Media named Barry Rosenberg Vice President, Communications. Most recently, Rosenberg was Vice President, Corporate Communications for A+E Networks.
UK’s Arrow Media appointed Howard Swartz as Executive Vice President, Development and Production. Previously, Swartz was Vice President, Documentaries and Specials at Discovery Channel.
Dominic Crossley-Holland has been named Executive Producer at UK’s Nutopia. Crossley-Holland is the former Head of History and Business Programming for BBC Productions.
Agency JumpLine Group named Laura Schooling as Managing Director, overseeing Marketing and Operations for JumpLine and BehindTheLineProductions. Most recently, Schooling was Chief Marketing Officer of Jumpstart Automotive Group.
New York-based media company A24 tapped Sasha Lloyd to head up International. Lloyd, who previously worked at Goldman Sachs, will oversee all film and television distribution and business development in the international marketplace.
Actor David Margulies died January 11 after a long illness. He was 78. In addition to film roles, Margulies was known to The Sopranos fans as lawyer Neil Mink, and will appear in ABC’s upcoming Madoff.
This Day in History: 1990 – Douglas Wilder, the country’s first elected black governor, took the oath of office in Virginia.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question:What was the name of Jonny 2×4’s imaginary friend on Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999-2009)? Plank. Kudos to: Rev. Mark Wajda/Leesburg, FL, TJ Healy-Black Sheep Productions/Montchanin, DE, Michael Ritz/BucStar Consulting/NYC, Erin Allen-Turner Entertainment News/Atlanta, Patti Rodriguez-Sinclair Broadcast Group, Richard Quan-BSSP/San Francisco, Dory Petsrillo-HRP/Dallas, Matt Sautter-Imagine Communications/Denver, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank.
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JOB OPENING: CDM COORDINATOR/ATL: Provides supp. to CDM for creation of sales & mkting materials & presentations, promotions, campaigns, events & analyses. Min 2-5 yrs comm, mkting or B2B sales. Prior cust. mgmt exp. req. Prof. w/ Word, Excel, PPt. Adobe Creative Ste optional. Res: recruiting@uptv.com (1/19)
JOB OPENING: DIR MKTG STRATEGY/Discovery Channel/LA: Discovery, home of cable’s biggest and best shows is on a quest for a seasoned marketer to come aboard and help launch innovative consumer campaigns everyone will be talking about in 2016. Curious? Click HERE (1/19)
JOB OPENING: DR AE/BabyFirst/NY: Report to SVP. Base + commission. Entrepreneurial company with home office flexibility; min. 4 years exp. selling women/kids networks preferred. Work with overseas traffic and LA HQ. Apply to jobs@bf-tv.com (1/16)
JOB OPENING: FREELANCE PROJECT MGR/NICKELODEON/NY: Oversee off air brand & events projects & corp presentations. Act as liason btwn creative team & client, mng budget/sched, route to stakeholders. Ability to assume accountability. Min 3-5 yrs exp. Resumes HERE (1/16)
JOB OPENING: PROGRAMMING COORD/Tennis Channel/Santa Monica: Point person for Prgrmng Group, working w/Prod & Ops to ensure that all deliverables are accounted for & prepared to go to air. Able to handle confidential discreetly. Min 1 yrs exp TV & sports ind exp a +. Resumes HERE (1/16)
JOB OPENING: AFFILIATE MKTG ACCOUNT EXEC/iN DEMAND/NYC: Manage contractual and business relationship with MVPD’s, identify new bus opportunities, support marketing promotions & team. Min 3-5 yrs exp sales/marketing mgmt. 20% travel. Apply resume@indemand.com (1/16)
JOB OPENING: MGR PROGRAM INVENTORY & ADMIN/AMCN/NY: Mmgt, tracking and rights assessment of all AMCN program content. Must have expertise in cable industry media rights. 6+ years in Program Inventory and/or Contract Management. Full info/apply HERE (1/16)
JOB OPENING: VP SPONSORSHIPS & AD SALES/Interlude/NY: Leader to dvlp/grow our rev stream. Exp building/leading teams that generate rev from brand advrtsrs & record of closing big deals, a ntwrk of contacts & a self-starter spirit needed. 15+ yrs exp Full info/apply HERE (1/15)
JOB OPENING: DIR, AFFILIATE SALES/Music Choice/NYC: Oversee sales, affiliate relations & local promo efforts. Min 5-7 yrs exp strategic sales & mktg cable/dist or related ind. Knwlg contractual language & negotiation of complex carriage agreements. Full info/apply HERE (1/15)
JOB OPENING: SR MGR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS/CMA/Nashville: Dvlp/maint strategic partnerships to meet CMA imperatives-promote Country Music to corp America, create strategic alliances w/companies that can further Country Music & their mission. Resumes HERE (1/15)
JOB OPENING: PROGRAMMATIC SALES DEV ASSOC: Candidate to connect w/ high quality leads.1+yrs exp selling ad solutions or software to Advertisers, Agencies or DSP’s. BA/BS req’d or equivalent exp w/in advrtsng tech ind. NY, SF, LA, Chic, ATL. Full info/apply HERE (1/15)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, GMD/NBA/NYC: Leading role in the distribution and monetization of the NBA’s int’l programming portfolio across TV and digital platforms. Min 7 yrs of TV & digital media industry exp. Apply HERE (1/14)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, GMD/NBA/NYC: Identify & develop content licensing opportunities, negotiate deal terms & manage NBA’s domestic media partners. Min 7 yrs exp negotiating and structuring content distribution deals. Apply HERE (1/14)
JOB OPENING: SVP, PLANNING & INSIGHTS/Performics/Chicago: Lead team resp for providing strategic insights via knwldg of trends & rsch combined w/full understanding of how to activate data. 10+yrs bus exp in Interactive mktg, media, and strategic brand/acct plan’g. Res/cvr HERE (1/14)
JOB OPENING: MGR, AD SALES & INTEGRATED PARTNERSHIP/Crown Media Family Networks/LA: Support VP of AD Sales & Integrated Partnerships thru oversight of integration & added value processes. Mng lifestyle integration scripts & process. BS req and min 4 yrs exp. Apply HERE (1/14)
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SITUATION WANTED: PRODUCER: My expertise is creating and producing morning news formats. I can fix your morning show. Contact me: http://morningnewsexpert.com/morning-news-expert/ (1/20)
SITUATION WANTED: T.J. Shanks, Producer and Director with 15 years experience in build/process, talk, hosted, and docu-soap experience. Experienced working with Discovery, BRAVO, MTV, Comedy Central, E!, Animal Planet, & Spike. Located in Los Angeles CA. tjshanks@yahoo.com (1/19)
SITUATION WANTED: Associate Producer: Exp’d AP in NYC with five and half yrs exp in film and TV with extensive experience in production management and coordinating. Very organized, detail oriented, and adaptable. Email: melejohn@gmail.com for resume and references. (1/19)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13, 2016
ABC: The Middle, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, black-ish, American Crime
CBS: 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, Criminal Minds, Code Black
CW: The Flash [r], Arrow [r]
Fox: American Idol, Second Chance [p]
NBC: The Mysteries of Laura, Law & Order: SVU, Chicago PD
PBS: Nature, NOVA, Earth’s Natural Wonders
Telemundo: Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, La Querida del Centauro
Univision: Antes Muerta que Lichita, Pasion y Poder
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