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09.26.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, September 26, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premiere:
ABC: Shark Tank at 8p, 20/20 at 10p
CBS: The Amazing Race at 8p, Hawaii Five-0 at 9p, Blue Bloods at 10p
NBC: Dateline NBC at 9p
PBS: Live From Lincoln Center at 9p Tonight’s Finale:
CMT: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team at 9p Saturday’s Premieres:
CBS: 48 Hours at 10p
Cooking: Simply Laura at 1:30p
CMT: Instant Jam: Kenny Chesney at 10p Sunday’s Premieres:
ABC: Once Upon a Time at 8p, Resurrection at 9p, Revenge at 10p
CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation at 10p
CNN: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown at 9p, This Is Life with Lisa Ling at 10p
Fox: The Simpsons at 8p, Brooklyn Nine-Nine at 8:30p, Family Guy at 9p
Ovation: Pineapple Dance Studios at 7p Sunday’s Finales:
E!: #RichKids of Beverly Hills at 10p
Food: The Great Food Truck Race at 9p
Lifetime: The Lottery at 10p
Showtime: Ray Donovan at 9p, Masters of Sex at 10p
Weather: Fat Guy in the Woods at 10p
The Hub Network relaunches as Discovery Family Channel effective October 13, its focus broadening to serve families in primetime as well as children during the day. Tom Cosgrove has been appointed GM. “While the trend is for family members to scatter at home to pursue different interests, we believe television can actually be an inspiration for bringing families together,” said Discovery group president Henry Schleiff, who will oversee the transition and to whom Cosgrove will report.“Our goal for Discovery Family Channel is to curate and program content that will grab entire families.”
Starting this Sunday, September 28, there’ll be a double dose of CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood. After the morning news program airs on CBS, Smithsonian Channel, a joint venture of CBS Corp.’s Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution, will rebroadcast the show at 2p, and up to four times later during the week. Launched in 1979, Sunday Morning finished the 2013-2014 season as the top Sunday morning news program in viewers and among A25-54 (averaging 5.79 million viewers and 1.4/7 in the demo), posting its best audience delivery since the advent of People Meters in 1987.
CBS switched its game plan for upcoming Monday nights. The net will air back-to-back eps of Big Bang Theory (the second a repeat) for the next three weeks at 8p, instead of following the hit comedy with Mom, which was to have had its season two premiere September 29 at 8:30. The Millers premieres in the 8:30p slot October 20, with Mom premiering Thursday, October 30 at 8:30p, when Bang makes its move back to Thursdays with the exit of Thursday Night Football.
DirecTV shareholders put their stamp of approval on Thursday to the sale of the company to AT&T, with over 99 percent in favor of the merger. Still to come: approval by federal regulators.
Fox is rattling the format of ratings-challenged reality experiment Utopia. Next week viewers enter the picture when the cast selects two Utopians for possible exile, with Utopiatv.com passport members adding a third. One of the three will leave; two two new candidates arrive to compete for the open spot. Utopia airs tonight at 8p.
Author and U.S. Army veteran Wes Moore will host a live, all-day “American Graduate Day 2014” event, streamed from the Tisch WNET Studios in NYC. “Public television is the best way to tell honest, thorough and complete stories,” said Moore. “So many times we have fragmented conversations about education – we talk about early childhood or K-12 or higher ed – and the truth is… it’s about the whole educational journey.” Broadcast on Saturday, September 27 runs from 11a-6p on WNET.
Discovery Communications and nonprofit Discovery Learning Alliance, launched by Discovery Comm. in 1997, announced their participation in Clinton Global Initiative CHARGE (The Collaborative for Harnessing Ambition and Resources for Girls’ Education). Discovery Project will work to get more girls in school in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, and help develop more effective teachers.
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NBC gave a pilot production commitment to conspiracy thriller Endgame, from The Blacklist’s Sony Pictures Television and Davis Entertainment. John Rogers (Leverage) will write.
UK’s Tern TV takes flight with two new commissions. Air Ambulance ER, a co-production with GroupM Entertainment for Sky One, follows “chopper doctor” teams in Britain. Documentary Roman Britain from the Air, for ITV, uses aerial photography to show what Roman Britain looked like.
TNT ordered a pilot, Lumen, about a family transported to a mystical alternate world. TNT Original Productions will produce in association with Steve Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment, Full Fathom Five and ABC Signature Studios.
Who wants to be a marijuana millionaire? That’s what web reality series The Marijuana Show is finding out, with 22 “ganjapreneurs” competing for a chance to win financing and mentorship for their business ideas (hemp butter, anyone?). Coming up: an intense – yet, we imagine, oddly mellow – boot camp October 7-12 in Denver with six finalists. “We love the freedom of the web-series format to tell these entrepreneurs’ stories,” said show co-creator Karen Paull. “I think we’ve found in the push for marijuana legalization that sometimes you just need to get out there, take a risk and do it and the culture will follow. I’m not sure conventional television is there yet.”
TV One has a treat for viewers: an anthology of three short horror films just in time for Halloween. The Fright Night Files airs Saturday, October 18 at 8p. “Though we have been successful in the past with genre-based programming with our Easter and Christmas offerings, it was important to expand into this specific space, where there are so few representations in African American programming,” said Cathy Hughes, founder and chairperson of Radio One Inc.
CBS renewed Big Brother for seasons 17 and 18, to run in the summers of 2015 and 2016. The most recent iteration of the reality hit, which had its finale on Wednesday, was up 2 percent in viewers (to 7.56 million) and 4 percent in A18-49 (to 2.7/9). After-show Big Brother After Dark will also be back, airing exclusively on upcoming cable net POP, rebranded from TVGN.
Syfy summer series Dominion and Defiance have been renewed with 13-ep orders. Dominion averaged 1.6 million during its freshman run; Defiance averaged 1.56 million during season two. Dramas return in 2015.
Season three of WE tv’s Tamar & Vince launches Thursday, October 23 at 10p, with the singer readying her tour. Sophomore season of the reality show delivered 1.1 million total viewers in Live+3, a 29 percent boost over season one.
Kelly Nishimoto, host of bridal reality show Something Borrowed, Something New, takes on a new role on the season premiere when she reveals she’s the one getting married and needs help getting ready for her big day. Series from Trium Entertainment returns Friday, October 10 at 10p.
Outlander picks up where its midseason finale (Saturday, September 27 at 9p) leaves off on April 4. The series, adapted from the Diana Gabaldon best-sellers, has already been renewed for season two.
Starcom MediaVest Group will integrate Nielsen Catalina Solutions into its TV planning system, to assist advertisers in targeting consumers segments with high potential for purchase, then select programs to reach those consumers. “Media’s next wave is integrating large-scale data sets and software platforms into existing planning and buying systems to deliver the most effective advertising to the right audience,” said NCS CEO Mike Nazzaro.
Audi, Chevrolet and Lincoln will increase their marketing budgets next year, reports AdAge, quoting execs for the car companies at the Automotive News Marketing Seminar. “We’re building the brand, we’re growing the brand, we’ve got new products to launch,” said director of Global Lincoln Matt VanDyke.
Rachel McAdams has been offered the female lead in season two of HBO’s True Detective, reports Variety. She would join Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn.
Saturday Night Live alum Molly Shannon will guest on season two of CBS’s The Millers. Comedy returns Thursday, October 30 at 8:30p.
Craig Robinson (The Office) will return as a likable car thief on season two of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, reports EW. Season two of the Fox comedy premieres Sunday at 8:30p
DCD Rights sold Bridezillas and spinoff Marriage Boot Camp to ITV’s new lifestyle and entertainment channel, ITVBe. Head of acquired series Sasha Breslau said the reality shows are the right fit for the new channel because they feature “real lives, and big characters.”
Arts net Ovation is partnering with Shine International to distribute new original docu-series Young Marvels, following the journeys of eight gifted children. The series, produced by Tremendous! Entertainment, debuted in the U.S. this summer.
Multi-format weather news service WeatherNation is partnering with WAAY-TV ABC 31 to broadcast 24/7 weather news on digital TV channel 31.2 across Huntsville, Decatur, and Florence, AL, and on area cable systems across northern Alabama.
Danielle Sudol, from Starcom MediaVest, welcomed a baby girl, Violet Grace, on July 25. Congrats, Danielle!
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New ABC comedy Black-ish got off to a running start, following Modern Family Wednesday night with the best-ever total viewer retention for a regular comedy debut in the slot (99 percent) and best in five years among A18-49 (89 percent), delivering 10.8 million total viewers and a 3.3/10 rating in the demo.
CBS’s Survivor had its highest-rated premiere among A18-49 (2.7/9) since 2012 on Wednesday, while Big Brother followed with its highest-rated finale since 2011 (2.6/8 in the demo).
For the 2013-14 TV season, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live grew for the 5th consecutive year to deliver its most-watched season ever (2.6 million), surpassing the prior year’s previous high by 7 percent and up among A18-49 for the 2nd straight year, to deliver a 10-year high.
Over at NBC, Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon had the best Tonight Show third quarter in six years among A18-49 and total viewers (1.18 and 3.93 million).
ABC’s Good Morning America was the top morning news program for the 2013-2014 season for the second year in total viewers (5.57 million) and among A25-54 (1.8/14), posting its largest season margins over NBC’s Today (4.87 million and 1.6/13) in both categories since Nielsen’s electronic database started in 1991.
Saturday’s Outlanders wedding episode delivered 3.8 million Live+3 viewers, reports Starz, a 19 percent increase from the week prior and a 38 percent boost from the freshman series’ premiere.
CBS Daytime ended the 2013-2014 broadcast year in the top spot for the 28th consecutive year, with Let’s Make a Deal and The Talk landing with their largest audiences ever. Let’s Make a Deal 1 averaged 2.93 million viewers and Let’s Make a Deal 2 averaged 3.39 million, both up 9 percent versus last year, and The Talk was up 10 percent, with 2.67 million viewers.
Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of September 15, 2014
NBC: The Tonight Show, 4.22 million total viewers and 1.11/5 A18-49
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live, 2.46 million total viewers and .59/3 A18-49
CBS: Late Show, 2.11 million viewers and .43/2 A18-49
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of September 15, 2014
ABC: GMA 5.47 million total viewers; 1.8/14 and 2.10 million A25-54
NBC: Today 4.61 million total viewers; 1.5/13 and 1.84 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 2.90 million total viewers; .8/6 and 910,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Sunday Morning News Shows September 21, 2014
ABC: This Week 3.01 million total viewers; .8 and 1.01 million A25-54
CBS: Face the Nation 2.92 million total viewers; .6 and 736,000 A25-54
NBC: Meet the Press 2.41 million total viewers; .5 and 657,000 A25-54
CBS: Face the Nation-2 1.51 million total viewers, .3 and 326,000 A25-54
FOX: Fox News Sunday 1.25 million total viewers; .3 and 374,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: CBS had the most A18-49 viewers Wednesday with 2.7/9, according to Nielsen. CBS won 8p with 2.8/10 for Survivor, followed by a 2.3/8 average for ABC’s The Middle and The Goldbergs. ABC was tops at 9p with a 3.6/11 average for Modern Family and Black-ish, versus a 2.6/8 average for the last half hour of CBS’s Survivor, and the first half-hour of Big Brother. CBS’s Big Brother was first at 10p with 2.6/9 for Big Brother; NBC’s Chicago PD was second with 1.9/6.
A18-49: CBS 2.7/9, ABC 2.5/8, NBC 1.9/6, UNI 1.2/4, FOX 1.2/4, TELE .7/2, CW .5/1, ION .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 6.2/11
Mysteries of Laura 6.7/12, Law and Order: SVU 6.5/11, Chicago PD 5.5/10
ABC: 5.1/9
The Middle 4.7/8, The Goldbergs 4.3/7, Modern Family 6.8/11, Black-ish 6.9/11, Nashville 4.0/7
CBS: 4.9/8
Survivor 5.7/10, Big Brother 4.0/7
FOX: 2.2/4
Hell’s Kitchen 2.2/4, Red Band Society 2.2/4
UNIVISION: 1.7/3
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 2.0/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.8/3, Malquerida 1.2/2
TELE: .9/2
Reina de Corazones .6/1, En Otra Piel 1.1/2, Senora de Acero 1.1/2
CW: .8/1
Penn & Teller: Fool Us .9/2, Penn & Teller [r] .8/1
ION: .6/1
Cold Case .6/1, Cold Case .5/1, Cold Case .7/1
Character actor Don Keefer died September 7 of natural causes. He was 98. Keefer, a founding member of the Actors Studio in New York, had numerous film and theater roles, as well as guest parts on series including The Twilight Zone, Bewitched, The Munsters and ER.
Friday Fun Fact: “J” was last letter added to the modern English alphabet.
This Day In History: 1969 – The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” was released.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Who won two prime time Emmy awards for guest starring as Grandma Ida on Malcolm in the Middle? Cloris Leachman, in 2002 and 2006. Kudos to: Scott Jenkins-Gracenote/Queensbury, NY, Michael Bannon-Zimmerman Advertising/Ft. Lauderdale, Jim Kelly-Lee Hecht Harrison/Melville, NY, David Michaels-NATAS/NYC, Kathryn Kieser-Haworth Marketing and Media/Minneapolis, Joel Dearing-Virtual News Center/Indianapolis, Tim Rank-True Media/Chesterfield, MO, Karl Duesterhaus-Continental TV Sales/Chicago, Lisa Casparian-GSN/Santa Monica, CA, Daniel Dise-OmnicomMediaGroup/Burbank, Anne Vega-Freelance Producer/LA, Sarah Pousho/San Francisco.
Today’s Trivia Question: On Rescue Me (2004-2011), how did Tommy’s uncle Teddy meet his future wife, Ellie? (Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.).
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2014
ABC: Shark Tank [p], 20/20 [p]
CBS: The Amazing Race [p], Hawaii Five-0 [p], Blue Bloods [p]
CW: Masters of Illusion, Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r], America’s Next Top Model [r]
FOX: Utopia, Gotham [r]
NBC: The Mysteries of Laura, Dateline NBC [p]
PBS: America After Ferguson, Live from Lincoln Center [p]
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, En Otra Piel, Senora de Acero
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, La Malquerida
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