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Wednesday, FEB. 6th | NYC
In addition to our talented TV Awards finalists and Rising Star honorees, we’re proud to announce that Henry Schleiff, Group President of Discovery, will be receiving the prestigious Luminary Award. Don’t miss this gathering of television’s best and brightest!
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Believe it. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Is making another comeback, 100 years after Robert L. Ripley launched the brand. Travel Channel ordered a reboot of the series with Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, Burn Notice) as host and EP. Look for the revival to showcase “the most astonishing, real and one-of-a-kind stories.” The series, currently in production at Ripley Warehouse in Orlando, is slated to debut in summer 2019.
NBC greenlit Secret Society, a female-focused comedy from Barry producer Emily Heller, Girlboss creator Kay Cannon and Laverne McKinnon’s K&L Productions and Universal TV. Project is written by Heller and centers on Beth, a struggling reporter tired of feeling invisible in her small town, who recruits other women to help take over a dying branch of an all-male secret society.
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
Season five of A&E’s 60 Days In bows Thursday, January 3, at 10p. “There are a lot of ‘firsts’ this season,” says Greg Henry, Lucky 8 Co-President and the series’ Executive Producer. “We’re at an all-new facility – Pinal County, our first jail in the West – and for the first time in series history, our participants actually meet each other before going in and are each given specific missions by the sheriff. Also, because it’s our fifth season and our third jail, many of them have certain expectations and strategies upon entering, which adds an exciting new layer to the experience.”
The Pearson family drama continues when This Is Us returns after its mid-season break on Tuesday, January 15, at 9p on NBC.
Entries are now open for the 8th Annual Cynopsis Sports Media Awards, honoring the tops sports programs, campaigns and people … make sure you submit by the deadline on January 25!
Telemundo premieres La Voz, the first-ever Spanish-language version of The Voice in the U.S., on Sunday, January 13, at 9p. Reality competition Exatlon returns Monday, January 21, at 7p.
Also on Telemundo, Consumer Reports series Taller del Consumidor arrives on Saturday, January 5, at 10:30a. Weekly half hour goes behind the scenes at the nonprofit organization to give people information on products and services.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns to HBO for a sixth season on Sunday, February 17. Weekly satire received a three-season pickup in 2017.
COMING UP
Thirteen’s NYC-ARTS celebrates groundbreaking women in arts in January. Programming kicks off with a profile on acclaimed soprano Julia Bullock on Thursday, January 3, at 8p.
DISTRIBUTION
The E.W. Scripps Company closed on its acquisition of three ABC-affiliated television stations in Florida and Texas owned by Raycom Media. KXXV and KRHD in Waco-Temple-Bryan, TX, and WTXL in Tallahassee, FL, were divested as part of Gray Television’s acquisition of Raycom.
TEGNA Inc. completed its previously announced acquisition of WTOL, the CBS affiliate in Toledo, OH, and KWES, the NBC affiliate in Midland-Odessa, TX, from Gray Television, Inc. for $105 million in cash.
SOCIAL GOOD
To celebrate yesterday’s second-season premiere of grown-ish, Freeform teamed with scholarship app Scholly on a program that will pay off up to $125,000 in student loan debt.
CASTING
Kal Penn (Designated Survivor) and Sean Astin (Stranger Things) will make guest appearances in an upcoming episode of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory.
DIGITAL DOINGS
The Roku Channel will soon be offering premium subscriptions. The company, which offers free ad-supported movies and television shows, said its millions of viewers will have the opportunity to subscribe to Showtime, Starz, EPIX and 22 other premium channels through The Roku Channel later this month.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, Inc. acquired APlus.com, the digital media company co-founded and chaired by Ashton Kutcher, for $15 million in cash and stock. “Our historic relationship with A Plus has greatly benefited our company as we used A Plus’s ability to generate video vides to help attract major advertisers to sponsor our television series,” said William J. Rouhana, Jr., Chairman and CEO. “By eliminating video view distribution costs, this acquisition is expected to result in $5 million of cost savings for 2019 and will enhance our ability to increase the commitments we make to advertisers and increase our number of original series.”
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Saluting TV’s Commitment to Community
Now more than ever it’s crucial for media organizations to utilize their influence for the greater good of the community and we look forward to shining a light on these altruistic companies. Whether the focus is disaster-relief, humanitarian efforts, public service announcements, health and safety, environmental relief or something else, we can’t wait to see how your brand has made its mark in 2018!
Deadline to enter is Friday, January 4 – Enter Now
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RATINGS
Food Network closed out 2018 with ratings on pace to finish up +4% versus a year ago for Live+3 P25-54, +7% for Women 25-54 and +6% for Millennials. The net is also tracking to post its best December since 2011.
FBN scored its highest-rated year ever across Business Day and Total Day in Total Viewers. In Business Day viewership, the net was up 8% in Total Viewers (213,000) compared to 2017 and drew in 25,000 viewers form the key demo. In Total Day, FBN was up 3% in Total Viewers (149,000).
FOX News Channel was the highest-rated cable news network in Total Day among Total Viewers (P2+) and the demo (A25-54) for the week of December 24, according to Nielsen Media Research. In Total Day, FNC garnered 966,000 total viewers and 166,000 in the 25-54 demo and was the third-most-watched network in all of basic cable in P2+. Additionally, FNC was the fourth-most-watched network in basic cable among all of primetime, garnering 1.3 million Total Viewers and 186,000 in the 25-54 demo.
TV Time January Anticipation Report
The most-anticipated television series for January 2019
NEW SHOWS:
- Good Trouble (Freeform) – 1/8
- Deadly Class (SyFy) – 1/16
- The Passage (FOX) – 1/14
- Roswell, New Mexico (The CW) – 1/10
- Fam (CBS) – 1/14
RETURNING SHOWS:
- True Detective (HBO) – 1/13
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC) – 1/10
- Gotham (FOX) – 1/3
- Young Justice: Outsiders (DC Universe) – 1/4
- The Blacklist (NBC) – 1/3
Methodology: TV Time ranked the tens of millions of show followers for TV series in the app to determine the most-anticipated global broadcast, cable and OTT series of January 2019.
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Tuesday, January 1, 2018, time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
CBS: 4.96
NCIS 5.44, FBI 5.04, NCIS: New Orleans 4.40
NBC: 2.92
Ellen’s Game of Games 4.43, This Is Us 2.28, New Amsterdam 2.04
FOX: 2.56
Lethal Weapon 3.37, The Gifted 1.74
ABC: 2.49
The Conners 3.85, The Kids Are Alright 2.49, black-ish 2.19, Splitting Up Together 1.86, The Rookie 2.08
CW: 0.79
The Flash 0.67, Penn & Teller: Fool Us 0.90
Tuesday A19-49: FOX 0.6/3, NBC 0.6/3, CBS 0.5/2, ABC 0.5/2, CW 0.2/1
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Netflix named Spencer Neumann as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding David Wells. Neumann was previously CFO of Activision Blizzard.
Google ad veteran Art Zeidman was tapped to head the new ad sales unit of independent digital content studio Collab as Executive Vice President, Growth.
Following the completion of S4’s merger with MightyHive, Pete Kim, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of MightyHive, and Christopher S. Martin, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of MightyHive, will join S4 Capital’s board of directors.
IN MEMORIAM
Emmy winner Bob Einstein, who recurred on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, died on Wednesday in Indian Wells, CA. He was 76. The actor had recently been diagnosed with cancer.
WWE interviewer Gene Okerlund has died. He was 76. A cause of death was not immediately available.
This Day in History: 1941 – The Andrew Sisters recorded “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” on Decca Records.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which 1970s sitcom family lived in Tuckahoe, NY? The Findlays in Maude (1972-1978). Kudos to: Joanne Milano-Assembly Media/NYC; Claire Hambrick-A+E Networks/NYC; Karyn Hecht-Trifecta Entertainment & Media/NYC; Jim Kelly-Lee Hecht Harrison/Melville, NY; John Kukla-KDFW FOX 4/ Dallas, TX; Tom Boyd-WGN TV/Chicago, IL; Scott Cohn-Twiddlewater Media, Ltd./Santa Cruz, CA; Bill Bracken-Brad Lachman Productions/Burbank, CA; John Amato-KTLA/Los Angeles, CA; John Ferlazzo/London, UK
Today’s Trivia Question: Which five-time Academy Award nominee played Jim’s ex-cheerleader girlfriend, Katy, on The Office (2005-2014)? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four.)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY JANUARY 3
ABC: The Conners, The Conners, The Last Days of John F. Kennedy Jr.
CBS: The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, S.W.A.T.
CW: Supernatural, Legacies
FOX: Gotham [p], The Orville
NBC: Titan Games [p], The Blacklist [p]
PBS: This Old House Hour, Craft in America, Antiques Road Show
Telemundo: Latin American Music Awards 2018
Univision: La Rosa de Guadalupe, Mi Marido Tiene Mas Familia, Latin Grammy: Aqui Entre Nos
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