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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

 
CNBC renewed Adventure Capitalists. Premiering Tuesday, October 10 at 10p, the second season welcomes new investor, Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson East.
 
HGTV is bringing back Good Bones for a 13-episode third season. The home renovation and flipping series returns in 2018.
 
Danielle Claman Gelber inked a first-look deal with Universal Television to develop and executive produce scripted and non-scripted series for broadcast, cable and streaming platforms. Gelber launched her own company, Acoustic Prods., in 2016 and was previously EVP and Head of Development for Dick Wolf’s Wolf Entertainment.
 
 
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
 
Vanderpump Rules Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky bows Wednesday, August 23 at 9p on Bravo, following bartender Jax Taylor and his sweetheart Brittany Cartwright as they venture to her family’s farm.
 
Cinelatino premieres El Desconocido: La Historia del Cholo Adrian with back-to-back airings on Friday, July 28 at 10p and 11p. The original series centers on the top lieutenant a notorious drug lord.
 
FusionTV‘s five-part limited series, Residente, premieres Sunday, August 6 at 8:30p. Series follows the Grammy-award winning artist as he explores his ancestors’ homelands.
 
The two-night midseason premiere of OWN’s Greenleaf airs Tuesday, August 15 and Wednesday, August 16 at 10p.
 
 
COMING UP
 
Backstreet Boys and Florida Georgia Line join forces to perform never-before-heard renditions of each group’s biggest hits on CMT Crossroads on Wednesday, August 30 at 10p.
 
Ben Gleib hosts the 200th episode of GSN’s Idiotest on Wednesday, July 26 at 10p. The milestone episode features special puzzles and four contestants vying for a $10,000 prize.
 
 
CASTING
 
Jessica Camacho (The Flash) is boarding Season 2 of NBC drama Taken …. Tracy Spiridakos was promoted to series regular on NBC’s Chicago PD…. FXX comedy You’re the Worst tapped Colin Ferguson for a major story arc next season….Tom Felton is not returning as a series regular to the fourth season of The CW’s The Flash.
 
 
VIDEOS IN SHORT
 
Discovery Communications and The Dodo, social’s top animal brand, announced that The Dodo is becoming Project C.A.T.’s exclusive digital partner, creating premium short form content and an online vertical to drive public awareness and donation funding in the global fight to save wild tigers. “The Dodo is the unrivalled leader in digital animal content and a true leader in short-form,” said David Zaslav, President and CEO of Discovery Communications. “We are proud and excited to extend our mission to protect wild tigers with the help of their formidable voice.”
 
ABC News and ATTN: struck an agreement to co-produce original video segments for social media audiences. The deal marries ABC’s journalism with ATTN:’s expertise in social video production. “Great journalism resonates with audience across all platforms,” said Colby Smith, VP, ABC News Digital. “Partnering with ATTN: allows us to experiment even further with new formats. We will take compelling stories and interviews and craft them in a way that feels organic to our digital platforms.”
 
 
DIGITAL DOINGS
 
Netflix issued a 20-episode order for adult animated comedy, Disenchantment, from Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons. Series bows in 2018 with two seasons of 10 episodes each.
 
Start-up Zone TV announced a collaboration with Microsoft and Oovala to introduce a customizable suite of linear TV channels. The plan will offer cable subscribers a $6.95/month option to receive ZoneTV, which will aggregate internet videos from content companies including The New Yorker, Esquire, Glamour and more for fitness, cooking, casual games, sports, lifestyle and kids programming.
 
FuboTV teamed with the National Cable Television Cooperative to enable its companies the ability to provide a broadband and over-the-top streaming TV bundle that includes the sports-focused virtual MVPD service.
 
 
GOING GLOBAL
 
HBO struck a multi-year deal with Russian pay-TV and SVOD outfit Amedia, giving it exclusive rights to its upcoming programs as well as its entire library.  
 
Armoza Formats announced that docu-reality series Play Date was acquired in North America by two top production companies. In the US, Magilla Entertainment took legal right for the show, while it was picked up by ComediHa! In Canada.
 
Drive secured more international sales for Diana, Our Mother: Her Life and Legacy. NDR in German, TV Sweden, Mediaset in Italy and RTL in French Belgium have acquired the documentary film, as well as BBC Worldwide for distribution on its BBC Lifestyle channel in Poland and Africa.
 
Prudence Foundation and Turner Asia Pacific marked their seven-year partnership with the launch of mobile append animated content to help boost financial literacy in families. Cha-Ching Challenge is designed for parents to engage children 7 to 12 in fundamental money management concepts.
 
Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature is now available as a 4K linear TV channel in Canada on cable carrier, Videotron.
 
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RATINGS
 
The Late Night Show with Stephen Colbert ’s “Russia Week,” which covered the host’s trip to St. Petersburg and Moscow, won the week in viewers by its largest margin since its premiere in September 2015, according to Nielsen Live+SD ratings for the week ending July 21. The show averaged 2.87 million viewers, up +14% (from 2.52 million) compared to the same week last year.
 
After a quiet holiday week, the top syndicated magazines came back with sharp gains in the session ending July 16. Extra (1.1 Live+SD up 10% from the week before despite being preempted by The All-Star Game in numerous markets), Access Hollywood (1.1, up 10%) and The Insider (0.9, up 13%) clocked he biggest increases. Entertainment Tonight (2.6, up 8%) was the top-rated magazine for the 50th week in a row. Inside Edition (2.5, up 9%) and TMZ (1.3, up 8%) followed.
 
Also getting favorable Nielsen verdicts were Judge Judy (6.4, up 2%) and Hot Bench (2.3, up 5%).
 
For the week of July 17, Univision finished as the number two broadcast network, regardless of language, with A18-34, as well as number four among A18-49. Jose de Egipto grew its week-to-week audience with Total Viewers 2+ (+8% to 2.1 million), A18-49 (+12% to 845,000) and A18-34 (+9% to 334,000).
 
TV One ’s Rickey Smiley For Real experienced its third consecutive week of growth among W18-49 and second consecutive week of growth among P25-54, W25-54 and overall viewers P2+. Among African American P25-54, the show posted three consecutive weeks of gains.
 
Top 11 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 7/10/17 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Judge Judy (CTD) 6.4 AA
Family Feud (2/T) 6.3 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 5.6 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.4 AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.7 AA
Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.7 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.6 AA
Modern Family (2/T) 2.6 AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 2.5 AA
Hot Bench (CTD) M2.3AA
Two And A Half Men (WB) 2.3 AA
 
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 7/10/17 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 2.0 AA
Family Feud (2/T) 1.8 AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.3 AA
Family Guy (2/T) 1.3 AA
Modern Family (2/T) 1.3 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.0 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.0 AA
Two And A Half Men (WB) 0.8 AA
The Cleveland Show (2/T) 0.8 AA
Last Man Standing (CTD) 0.7 AA
 
Broadcast Evening News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of July 17, 2017
ABC World News Tonight 7,508,000 million total viewers; 1.3/6 and 1,530,000 A25-54
NBC Nightly News 7,242,000 million total viewers; 1.3/7 and 1,598,000 A25-54
CBS Evening News 5,569,000 million total viewers; 1.0/5 and 1,202,000 A25-54
 
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of July 17, 2017
ABC: Good Morning America 3.78 million total viewers; 1.0/10 and 1,145,000 A25-54
NBC: Today 3.63 million total viewers; 1.0/11 and 1,251,000 A25-54
CBS: This Morning 3.18 million total viewers; 0.7/7 and 797,000 A25-54
 
Broadcast Sunday Morning News Shows Ratings July 23, 2017
ABC: This Week 3.23 million total viewers; 874,000/0.7 A25-54
NBC: Meet The Press preempted
CBS: Face The Nation 3.12 million total viewers; 656,000/0.5 A25-54
CBS: Face The Nation 2 1.13 million total viewers; 444,000/0.4 A25-54
FOX: Fox News Sunday 1.47 million total viewers; 442,000/0.3 A25-54
 
Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of July 17, 2017
NBC: The Tonight Show 2.42 million total viewers; 0.59/4 among A18-49
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.62 million total viewers; 0.37/2 among A18-49
CBS: The Late Show 2.87 million total viewers; 0.43/3 among A18-49
 
Top 11 Broadcast Programs Among A18-49 ratings/share for the week of July 17, 2017
NBC: America’s Got Talent (7/18) 2.5/11
CBS: Big Brother (7/19) 1.9/9
CBS: Big Brother (7/20) 1.9/8
CBS: Big Brother (7/23) 1.8/7
NBC: World of Dance (7/18) 1.6/7
ABC: The Bachelorette (7/17) 1.6/7
NBC: American Ninja Warrior (7/17) 1.5/6
CBS: Big Brother (7/21) 1.5/8
CBS: The Big Bang Theory (7/20) 1.1/6
ABC: Celebrity Family Feud (7/23) 1.1/4
NBC: Wall (7/20) 1.1/4
 
Broadcast Sunday Morning News Shows Ratings July 9, 2017
NBC Meet the Press 2.96 million total viewers; 0.7 and 878,000 A25-54
CBS Face the Nation 2.98 million total viewers; 0.6 and 677,000 A25-54
ABC This Week 2.75 million total viewers; 0.6 and 702,000 A25-54
CBS Face the Nation-2 2.04 million total viewers; 0.4 and 439,000 A25-54
FOX News Sunday 1.22 million total viewers; 0.3 and 384,000 A25-54
 
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Monday, July 24, 2017 time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
ABC: 4.7 million
The Bachelorette 6.4, Somewhere Between 2.9
NBC: 4.7 million
American Ninja Warrior 5.7, Midnight Texas 3.6
CBS: 3.6 million
Kevin Can Wait 3.9, Man With a Plan 3.5, Mom 3.9, Life in Pieces 3.3, Scorpion 3.3
FOX: 2.3 million
So You Think You Can Dance 2.8, Superhuman 1.8
Univision: 1.1 million
Jose de Egipto 1.4, La Doble vida de Estela Carrillo 1.2, Rosario Tijeras 0.8
TELE: 1.1 million
Jenni Rivera: Mariposa e Barrio 1.0, La Quereda del Centauro 1.0, El Senor de los Cielos 1.2
CW: 1.0 million
Supergirl 1.0, Who’s Line Is It Anyway 1.0, Who’s Line Is It Anyway 1.0
 
Monday A19-49 Analysis: NBC 1.2/5, ABC 1.1/4, TELE 0.7/3, FOX 0.6/3, UNI 0.6/2, CBS 0.5/2, CW 0.3/1
 
 
EXECUTIVE MOVES
 
Urban One announced a leadership change at TV One. Michelle Rice was appointed the Interim General Manager, succeeding Brad Siegal, who exited the company. Rice had been Executive Vice President, Content Distribution and Marketing.
 
The Jackal Group named Susan Lierle as Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs. She had been a business affairs consultant at Twentieth Century Fox Television.
 
The Television Academy Foundation appointed Jodi Delaney, previously Chief Development Officer at Youth Policy Institute, as Executive Director.
 
David Cameron joined Target Data Corporation as Vice President of Analytics. He previously held key positions at Nielsen, Merkle and Ameritech.
 


This Day in History: 1986 – The Parent Trap II, a made-for-TV sequel to The Parent Trap, premiered on Disney Channel.
 
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What was the first network to air Property Brothers? Canada’s W Network. Kudos to: Holly Hearn-H2 Concierge Marketing/Sarasota, FL; Nicole Langella-Fox Networks/NYC; Claire Hambrick-A+E Networks/NYC; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach, FL; John Kukla-FoxTV/Dallas, TX; Ed Horwitz-CBS Television Studios/Studio City/CA; Jillian Smith-RIVR Media/Los Angeles, CA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank, CA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/Los Angeles, CA; Arthur Reinstein-Corus Entertainment/Toronto, Canada.

Today’s Trivia Question: Why did Sophia leave Sicily and move to New York on Golden Girls (1985-1992)? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four correct answers from each time zone will be selected.)
 
Answer to Our Last Reality Competition Anagram: Flabby Baby Toe = Beat Bobby Flay. Kudos to: Janine Harm-CNBC/Englewood Cliffs, NJ; LaKendra Kennedy-Sinclair Broadcast Group/Hunt Valley, MD; Seraphina Kleinen-S2BN Entertainment/NYC
 
TV Anagram: Mighty Hotter Sin. (Email [email protected] with your answer; first three respondents with the correct answer who aren’t in trivia will be posted in tomorrow’s newsletter.)

 

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY, JULY 26
ABC: The Goldbergs, Speechless, Modern Family, American Housewife, Modern Family, The Goldbergs
CBS: Big Brother, Salvation, Criminal Minds
CW: Arrow, Supernatural
FOX: MasterChef, The F Word with Gordon Ramsay
NBC:
Little Big Shots: Forever Young [f], The Carmichael Show, The Carmichael Show, Law & Order: SVU
PBS: Wild Alaska Live, Nature’s Great Race, NOVA
Telemundo: Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso [p], El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Futbol Central, Copa Oro 2017 CONCACAF

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