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03.28.16
Good morning. It’s Monday March 28, 2016, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ASPiRE: Magic in the Making at 9p
Destination America: Haunted Collector at 9p and 10p
HGTV: Listed Sisters at 8p
LMN: The Haunting Of… at 9p, My Haunted House at 10p
TLC: Long Lost Family: Reunited at 8p
Tonight’s Finales:
Freeform: The Fosters at 8p, Recovery Road at 9p
Revolt: Sounds by the Sound at 8p
VH1: K.Michelle: My Life at 9p
Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys will serve as coaches for season 11 of NBC’s The Voice. The singers replace Pharrell Williams, who has been onboard for four seasons back to back, and Gwen Stefani, who had rotated with Christina Aguilera. Stefani is on tour with her new album, and Williams, who tweeted a note welcoming Cyrus to the Voice family, is expected to return. Cyrus is currently advising talent on season 10 of the singing competition, a role Keys played in season seven. Blake Shelton and Adam Levine remain onboard.
CBS gave renewals to 11 series: dramas Blue Bloods, Elementary, Hawaii Five-0, Madam Secretary, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans and Scorpion, comedies Mom and 2 Broke Girls and reality competitions Survivor and The Amazing Race. The shows join previously renewed Big Bang Theory and NCIS. Still awaiting word: Criminal Minds, CSI: Cyber, The Odd Couple and the freshman class, including Code Black, Life in Pieces, Limitless and Supergirl.
HBO is breaking up with critically applauded Togetherness. Season two of the canceled comedy, averaging 330,000 viewers in Live+SD, wraps Sunday, April 10. As for show creators Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass, who have an overall deal with HBO, “We look forward to continuing our strong creative collaboration,” said the pay cabler.
Donald Trump may have sworn off debates, but the GOP frontrunner will take the stage for an MSNBC town hall on Wednesday, March 30, hosted by Chris Matthews in Green Bay, ahead of Wisconsin’s April 5 primary. Fox News Channel was forced to cancel a Republican candidate debate scheduled for March 21 after Trump declared he thought there had been “enough debates” and said he would not participate.
Bette, Bruce, Babs or Sir Paul? Let us know your dream choice for a The Voice coach in the new Cynopsis poll: http://cynopsis.com/poll/.
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Thursday, April 7 – 8:15-10:30 a.m. | Yale Club NYC
The event will feature a case study on the “Save The Park” initiative, a social good partnership between Games for Change and American Express. Also, this year’s presenters are set to include:
-Jennifer Button, Sr Director of Corporate Relations & CSR – Discovery Communications
-Mary Ellen Curran, VP of Community Relations – WWE
-Steve Pacheco, Director of Sponsorship – FedEx
The show will go on despite the fact that production has been suspended on Spike’s Red Mars; exec producer/showrunner Peter Noah has left the project. “We are pausing to ensure we get the script right and to deliver fans what they want,” said the net. The sci-fi show, which got a straight-to-series order in December, had been slated for a January 2017 launch.
Bravo picked up to series My So Called Wife (wt), following a con artist and her exes who unite in a search for the truth about her. Dark comedy from Universal Cable Productions and exec producers Adam Brooks (Definitely, Maybe) and Paul Adelstein (Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce) is slated for a 10-episode first season in 2017.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: March 25-27, 2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Warner Bros.) $170.1 million, opening weekend
Zootopia (Buena Vista) $23.1 million (week 4), cume revenue $240.5 million
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (Universal) $18.1 million, opening weekend
Miracles From Heaven (Sony) $9.5 million (week 2), cume revenue $34.1 million
The Divergent Series: Allegiant (Lionsgate), $9.5 million (week 2), cume revenue $46.6 million
10 Cloverfield Lane (Paramount) $6 million (week 3), cume revenue $56.0 million
Deadpool (Fox) $5.0 million (week 7), cume revenue $349.5 million
London Has Fallen (Focus) $2.9 million (week 4), cume revenue $55.6 million
Hello, My Name Is Doris (Roadside Attractions) $1.7 million, opening weekend
Eye in the Sky (Bleecker Street) $1.0 million, cume revenue $1.7 million (123 theaters)
Source: Rentrak Corporation
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(and just about everything else in Metropolis),
racking up a super-sized 14.3 A18-34 rating for NCM this weekend. NCM – America’s Movie Network
Maybe this is what they were looking for? U2 will be honored with the Innovator Award at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Awards, airing live on Sunday, April 3 on TBS, TNT and truTV at 8p. The iconic rock group will be celebrated for their impact on pop culture and their contributions to music and social causes.
The series finale of Sounds by the Sounds at 8p on Revolt tonight, March 28, features a performance by soul singer Allen Stone. Series focuses on the music and culture of Seattle.
Esquire will air 12-hour special The Real O.J. Simpson Trial on Sunday, April 3 from 9a-9p, recapping the media circus from opening arguments to final verdict, using archival footage. The finale of FX’s dramatized rendering of events, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, airs Tuesday, April 5.
Ghost Asylum just got a little scarier. The Destination America series is back Sunday, April 3 at 10p with a virtual reality experience that allows viewers to join the Wraith Chasers’ search for paranormal activity via Discovery VR, a cross-network digital offering that debuted in August.
Rob Van Winkle, aka Vanilla Ice, is ready to flip again. The new season of DIY’s The Vanilla Ice Project launches Saturday, April 23 at 10p, with the “Ice Ice Baby” singer tackling renovations on a palatial property in Palm Beach, FL.
Season twelve of E!’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians premieres Sunday, May 1 at 9p. The reality show, which last season averaged over 3.0 million total viewers and 2.0 million among A18-9 in Live+3 viewing, ranks as one of the top three ad-supported cable shows on Sundays among adults and women 18-49.
Season three of TNT’s The Last Ship launches Sunday, June 12 at 9p, with a two-hour premiere. Sophomore run will be released May 3 on Blu-ray and DVD.
Fox announced that Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Last Man On Earth have been renewed for new seasons. “We’re so proud of these comedies,” said Fox president of entertainment David Madden. “Each has its own unique voice, but they both boast terrific ensembles with stand-out characters and, of course, phenomenal writing, which are the hallmarks of all great comedies.”
U.S. ad spending will grow 5.1 percent this year, to $192.02 billion, estimates eMarketer, with TV spending up 2.5 percent to $70.6 billion and digital media up 15.4 percent, to $68.82 billion. But traditional TV sales, says the report, will “have a challenging hear ahead” as a result of declining viewership and competition from VOD and streaming services. In 2017, eMarketer forecasts digital media spending will top TV spend for the first time, $77.37 billion to $72.01 billion.
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The premiere of ABC’s The Catch on Thursday delivered the largest audience in the 10p hour in six weeks, up 9 percent to 5.8 million versus the week-ago season finale of How to Get Away With Murder, but was down 14 percent in the A18-49 demo, with 1.2/4.
The finale of Telemundo’s La Querida del Centauro on March 23 was the number one Spanish-language program in primetime among A18-49 and A18-34, delivering 1.14 million and 507,000 viewers, respectively, according to Nielsen. During its run, the show averaged 929,000 A18-49 and 411,00 A18-34.
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live tied its highest-rated late-night telecast in eight months in Households (2.5/6) in metered markets, with a second visit from presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Clinton’s November appearance hit 2.5/7.
With a 90 percent boost from Live+3 ratings, ABC’s Quantico shot up from the number nine broadcast show on Sunday among A18-49 to number two with 1.9, after NBC’s Little Big Shots.
Thomas Lesinski has been named Chief Executive Officer of Sonar Entertainment. Lesinski has served on the Sonar board since 2013, and filled the position of interim CEO.
Writer/actor/singer David Smyrl died March 22 after battling lung cancer. He was 80. Best known as Sesame Street’s Mr. Handford, Smyrl also appeared on shows including Benson and The Cosby Show.
This Day in History: 1963 – Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds premiered in New York.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Other than series host and narrator Rod Serling, who was the only actor to appear in all five seasons of The Twilight Zone (1959-64)? Robert McCord. Kudos to: Gail D. Goins/Atlanta, Jerry A. Kapner-Kapner Group/Montclair, NJ, David Garber-LMU-SFTV/LA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank, Linda Grillo-Viacom/NYC, Dan Haberer-Creo Entertainment/Playa del Rey, CA.
Today’s Trivia Question: Sally Field guested as twins in which medical drama? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone.).
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY MARCH 28, 2016
ABC: Dancing With the Stars, The Catch [r]
CBS: Supergirl, Scorpion, NCIS: Los Angeles
CW: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Jane the Virgin
FOX: Gotham, Lucifer
NBC: The Voice, Blindspot
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Roadshow [r], Independent Lens
Telemundo: Quien es Quien, Eva, Especial El Senor de los Cielos [r], El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Sueno de Amor, Pasion y Poder, El Hotel de los Secretos
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