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12.12.14
Good morning. It’s Friday, December 12, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Friday’s Premiere:
TNT: Wake Up Call at 9p
Sunday’s Premieres:
AHC: Secrets of the Bible at 10p
CBS: Undercover Boss at 8p
Science: Biblical Conspiracies at 9p
Sunday’s Finales:
Food: Holiday Baking Championship at 9p
HBO: The Newsroom at 9p, Getting On at 10:30p
Nominees for the 2015 Golden Globe Awards were announced Thursday morning. Among the TV nods: for best drama series, it’s Showtime’s The Affair, HBO’s Game of Thrones, CBS’s The Good Wife and Netflix’s House of Cards. Competing for best comedy series are HBO’s Girls and Silicon Valley, CW’s Jane the Virgin, Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black and Amazon’s Transparent. Ceremony airs Sunday, January 11 on NBC. For a full list, go here.
Of note: Showtime’s nine Globes nods were the most in its history, and the net’s The Affair was the only freshman series to earn nods for lead actor, actress and drama series. HBO won the most network noms, with 15, while FX’s Fargo scored the most series mentions with five. First-timers CW, Cinemax and Amazon got seats at the table with nominations for Jane the Virgin, The Knick and Transparent. Conspicuous by their absence: Awards magnets Modern Family and Big Bang Theory.
David Letterman may be clearing out of The Late Show on May 20, but Stephen Colbert won’t be slipping into the long-time host’s seat while it’s still warm. Although Colbert’s signing off on Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report December 18, he won’t start his CBS late night job until August or September, according to the LA Times.
Colbert’s last days on Comedy Central will include visits from Seth Rogen, rapper Kendrick Lamar and military veteran Phil Clay. But the last night of his nine-year run Colbert has reserved for his “colleague and lifelong friend” Grimmy, the Grim Reaper.
Les Moonves won’t be job-hunting anytime soon. CBS Corporation extended the president and CEO’s contract – set to conclude in 2017 – through June 2019, at which point Moonves will become an executive advisor to the company he joined in 1995, with an option to establish a production company under CBS’s auspices.
Twitter users are less likely than non-users to be cord cutters or nevers, according to a new study, “The Twitter Effect: Understanding Twitter’s Role in TV Behaviors,” from Ipsos MedaCT. They are also watching just as much broadcast and cable content as non-users, and are significantly more likely to be experts or influencers of TV – with knowledge increasing with frequency of Twitter use. While 38 percent of monthly tweeters say people seek out their opinions about TV shows, the number jumps to 60 percent for daily tweeters.
The CBS Television Station group and mobile tech company Curb have partnered to create a new taxi TV media platform. Content from CBS-owned stations now appears in video screens in over 2000 vehicles in LA, Minneapolis-St. Paul, with local content for 5000 Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth and Denver cars on the way.
Move over, Millennials – Cynopsis is hosting a webinar offering insights into the new demo media and marketers must reach. “Generation Edge: Catching the New Wave of Viewers” is coming February 26. Mark your calendar!
ABC Family picked up docu-series My Transparent Life, about a teenager who learns his parents are getting a divorce and his dad is becoming woman, direct to series from Ryan Seacrest Productions. The dive into unscripted tracks with the net’s sensibility. “While Ben’s family situation is unusual, the themes and coming-of-age issues are universal, and we think our viewers will find a real connection to them,” said net president Tom Ascheim.
Commercial production company Studio Center is pushing into long-form, non-fiction television with the launch of Studio Center Entertainment.
Saban Brands has formed two new units within the company. “With the development of Saban Brands Lifestyle Group and Saban Brands Entertainment Group, we now have the opportunity to further elevate our current and future portfolio of properties in each of these sectors,” said Elie Dekel, president of Saban Brands.
Limited series Betty White’s Smartest Animals in America premieres on White’s 93rd birthday, Saturday, January 17, at 8p, on Great American Country. Said animal lover White, who communes with the likes of dolphins, elephants and badgers in the special, “Any excuse to be around animal, I’ll take it!”
FYI has two reality show premieres set for Tuesday, January 13. Spin-off Married at First Sight: The First Year launches at 9p, following the two out of six couples still wed to the strangers they said “I do” to, and Mikie Saves the Date, focused on event planner Mikie Russo. Married is produced for FYI by Kinetic Content; Mike hails from High Noon Entertainment.
Hallmark Channel debuts holiday movies Best Christmas Party Ever on Saturday, December 13 at 8p, and The Christmas Parade on Sunday, December 14 at 8p, part of the net’s “Countdown to Christmas.”
VH1’s Sorority Sisters, following the lives of women from four different Greek groups, launches Monday, December 15 at 9p. Series is produced by Juma Entertainment and Eastern TV.
CMT starts off the New Year with a 10-hour Cops Reloaded marathon, beginning at 11a on Thursday, January 1. No need to feel shy if you’re nursing a hangover – the event will be hosted by the cast of Party Down South 2. That night, there’s an 11p sneak peek at the premiere of My Big Redneck Family, making its official return Saturday, January 17 at 10p.
OWN documentary Michael Sam airs Saturday, December 27 at 9p. The special following the first openly gay football player drafted into the NFL originated as a series, but the game plan changed to allow Sam to focus on football.
TLC has five Kate Plus Eight specials on tap for early 2015, starting Tuesday, January 13 at 9p, with the brood collecting crabs, playing pilgrim, holding a yard sale and (uh oh) undergoing a home renovation.
Win a TiVo Roamio! Charlie Brown, the Grinch, Frosty – which holiday special had the most households with kids? Test your smarts, and vote here for a chance to take home a TiVo Roamio (and a year of subscription service) just in time for the holidays.
Four real estate-related series are headed home to HGTV. Love It or List It, Too is back Friday, January 2 at 9p, followed by Love It or List It on Monday, January 5 at 9p. Fixer-Upper returns Tuesday, January 6 at 9p, and the Property Brothers are raring to renovate starting Wednesday, January 7 at 9p.
DIY’s Rev Run’s Renovation is back for season two Saturday, January 3 at 10p. Shouldn’t the rapper’s New Jersey mansion makeover be completed by now? Not if the fam wants a super sleek bowling alley, rockin’ pool house and secret theater room….
Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? returns to ID for season five on Saturday, December 20 at 8p. The first-person accounts of flirtations turned fatal “has become a quintessential series in ID’s programming lineup,” said Henry Shleiff, group president of ID, AHC, DA, Discovery Fit & Health and Discovery Family Channel.
Broadchurch is back on BBC America for season two on Wednesday, February 4 at 10p. Check out the trailer here.
TV One’s Fatal Attraction has been renewed for a third season. True crime docu-series from Jupiter Entertainment returns January 5.
Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Dish Network reached a new retrans deal covering 60 network affiliated and local stations in 46 markets. The deal was struck before the expiration of a third contract extension.
While news broadcasts may be holding steady, their credibility with young viewers isn’t. Linda Ong of TruthCo. has some solutions: Check them out in Cynsiders.
Camille de Pazzis (The Following) joins season three of Netflix’s Hemlock Grove, as an old soul masquerading in a young body.
Blair Underwood (L.A. Law) will recur on ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a man from Melinda May’s past. S.H.I.E.L.D. returns Tuesday, March 3 for the rest of season two.
Zara Zoe (Skin Deep) won the lead role in TNT drama pilot Lumen, about a family transported to an alternate world.
“Jessie’s Girl” singer Rick Springfield, whose acting credits include General Hospital, has joined season two of HBO’s True Detective.
Court show Hot Bench, the number one new first-run syndicated strip of the season with a 1.5HH rating and 2 million viewers, has been renewed for a second season and upgraded in five of the top ten markets for the remainder of the season, announced CTD and Queen Bee Productions.
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ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos was Sunday’s number one public affairs program in both total viewers and A25-54, winning in total viewers for the first time this season, with week-to-week boosts of 19 percent in viewers and 31 percent in the news demo.
Up reports Marry Us for Christmas was its strongest original movie premiere this year among W18-49, ranking in the top ten among all ad-supported cable nets in African-American key demos. The movie’s 7p premiere on December 7, combined with its 9p encore, reached 1.6 million viewers.
Syndicated Steve Harvey had its best November sweeps yet, averaging a 1.9HH rating, up 6 percent versus season two’s November 2013 performance, and up 46 percent from 2012.
While NBC’s Today and ABC’s Good Morning America jockey for the top morning show spot (with GMA taking the viewer and A25-54 crowns this season), CBS This Morning boasts it was the only show the week of December 5 to post a gain in total viewers (to the tune of 160,000, up 5 percent) versus the same week last year.
The premiere of TV One’s Second Chance Christmas on December 6 posted a .27 rating among P25-54 (158,000) and .51HH rating (287,000), and was the number one movie telecast on cable for the night in the Black A25-54 and F25-54 demos, according to Nielsen.
Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of December 1, 2014
ABC: Nightline, 1.63 million total viewers and .4/507,000 A18-49
NBC: Late Night, 1.45 million viewers and .6/689,000 A18-49
CBS: Late Late Show, 1.31 million total viewers and .4/465,000 A18-49
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Sunday Morning News Shows December 7, 2014
ABC: This Week 3.14 million total viewers; .8 and 1.01 million A25-54
CBS: Face the Nation 3.13 million total viewers; .7 and 881,000 A25-54
NBC: Meet the Press 2.87 million total viewers; .7 and 888,000 A25-54
CBS: Face the Nation-2 2.01 million total viewers; .4 and 496,000 A25-54
FOX: Fox News Sunday: 1.47 million total viewers; .4 and 448,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of December 1, 2014 , 2014
ABC: GMA 5.78 million total viewers; 1.7/14 and 2.08 million A25-54
NBC: Today 5.13 million total viewers; 1.7/13 and 1.99 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 3.27 million total viewers; .8/7 and 982,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: ABC had the most A18-49 viewers Wednesday with 2.1/7, according to Nielsen. CBS’s Survivor won 8p with 2.4/8, followed by 2.2/7 for ABC’s The Middle and The Goldbergs. A 2.7/9 average for ABC’s Modern Family and Black-ish took the top spot at 9p, versus 2.1/7 for CBS’s Criminal Minds. ABC’s Nashville and NBC’s Chicago PD tied at 10p with 1.5/5; CBS’s Stalker was close behind with 1.4/5.
A18-49: ABC 2.1/7, CBS 2.0/6, NBC 1.4/4, UNI 1.0/3, FOX 1.2/4, CW .8/3, TELE .5/2, ION .3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 5.5/9
Survivor 5.5/9, Criminal Minds 6.3/10, Stalker 4.8/9
NBC: 4.7/8
Mysteries of Laura 5.3/9, Law and Order: SVU 4.5/7, Chicago PD 4.3/8
ABC: 4.6/8
The Middle 5.0/8, The Goldbergs 4.4/7, Modern Family 5.9/10, Black-ish 4.6/8, Nashville 3.8/7
FOX: 2.1/4
Hell’s Kitchen 2.3/4, Hell’s Kitchen 2.0/3
UNIVISION: 1.5/2
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 1.7/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.6/3, Malquerida 1.2/2
CW: 1.5/2
Arrow 1.9/3, The 100 1.0/2
TELEMUNDO: .8/1
Reina de Corazones 0.6/1, Tierra de Reyes .6/1, Senora de Acero 1.1/2
ION: 0.7/1
Cold Case 0.8/1, Cold Case 0.7/1, Cold Case 0.7/1
Former NBCUniversal EVP Rick Olshansky has been tapped to serve as Head of Business Affairs for AMC, reporting to network President Charlie Collier. Olshansky had worked as a business affairs consultant with Microsoft Xbox Entertainment Studios.
A+E Networks Asia appointed Brad Cox as Senior Director, Content – Lifestyle & Entertainment Channels, and Thomas Tan as Creative Director. Previously, Cox held senior programming positions at Active TV and ANTV; Tan was an author and creative consultant for various channels.
Christine Cipriani Joneshas been named Vice President ofStudio Center Entertainment.Jones was previously Director of Development at m2 Pictures.
Alex Hoff has been named Vice President of Development and Alicia Keating steps into his former role as Director of Development at Hoff Productions. Previously, Keating worked at Pink Sneakers and TwoFourAmerica.
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Friday Fun Fact: Thanks to a successful marketing campaign in 1974, KFC is such a hotspot in Japan on Christmas that people wait on line for hours, or order their meals months in advance.
This Day in History: 1915 – Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, NJ.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which sitcom character had an unfaithful ex-husband she sneeringly referred to as Dr. Dick? Maryann, played by Christine Baranski, on Cybill (1995-1998). Kudos to: Jim Kelly-Lee Hecht Harrison/Melville, NY, Smiti Kumar-Merrill Lynch/NYC, Jim Semmelman/NYC, Kathy Yarbrough/Ft. Myers, FL, Kimmi Ray-Garman Productions/Oklahoma City, OK, Cynthia New-Charter Media/Cape Girardeau, MO, Aaron Paquette-Vision Critival/Fort Worth, TX, Dona Nelson/Santa Barbara, CA, Melissa Friedman/LA, Coleen Raymann/Burbank, CA, Yolanda Sayles-Don Buchwald and Associates/LA.
Today’s Trivia Question: Which singer/actress was featured on episodes of The Monkees, Murphy Brown and Wings? (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 DECEMBER 12, 2014
ABC: Last Man Standing, Cristela, Shark Tank, 20/20
CBS: The Amazing Race, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods
CW: The Librarians [r]
FOX: MasterChef Junior [r]
NBC: Dateline NBC, Grimm, Constantine Live from Lincoln Center
Telemundo: Los Miserables, Tierra de Reyes, Senora Acero
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Teleton USA
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