01/28/16: Media General seals the deal with Nexstar; Tom Wheeler proposes freeing the set-top box; Joseph Fiennes to play the King of Pop



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01.28.16

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Tonight’s Premieres:
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IN THE NEWS

Media General accepted an offer from Nexstar Broadcasting that would create an entity with 171 stations in 100 markets, reaching 39 percent of U.S. television households, pending regulatory approval. “We intend to implement our proven strategy of focusing on local programming and effective digital media marketing solutions across the assets being acquired,” said Nexstar CEO Perry Sook. Meredith, which had struck its own deal to merge with Media General in September, wound up with a $60 million break-up fee.

“We can’t give in to terrorizations toward any of our employees,” read a statement from Fox News following Donald Trump’s announcement that he was dropping out of tonight’s GOP debate. The network said Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski threatened to cause trouble for Megyn Kelly if she wasn’t removed as moderator. Lewandowski “was warned not to level any more threats, but he continued to do so,” said FNC. Trump was still welcome at the debate, added the network, “but he can’t dictate the moderators or the questions.” Responded Trump via Twitter: “I refuse to call Megyn Kelly a bimbo, because that would not be politically correct. Instead I will only call her a lightweight reporter!” Last word goes to Kelly, who told Extra on Wednesday, “I will be surprised he if doesn’t show up.”

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PactUS president David Lyle (former CEO of National Geographic Channels) was working his way up and back down the East Coast when Cynopsis caught up with him in New York this week. Lyle is meeting with executives to bring them up to speed on what the nascent association is offering to its growing membership.Before coming to snow-covered Manhattan (“I should have brought more than one pair of shoes”), Lyle was working the cabanas and NATPE conference floor in Miami Beach. What’s the message? “In today’s swirling environment, the companies who will emerge victorious will be the ones that are best prepared to take advantage of new opportunities as soon as they emerge,” Lyle tells Cynopsis. “In that spirit, PactUS aims to provide our members with a host of insights and information with regards to, but not limited to, sponsorship openings, business and legal issues and international opportunities. We also lobby local and state governments as well as industry leaders to ensure scripted and unscripted TV production is recognized for the powerful economic driver that it is.” For more, go here.

TV nominees for the 27th Annual GLAAD Awards include Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Faking It, Grace and Frankie, Looking, Master of None, Modern Family, Orange Is the New Black, Please Like Me, Transparent and Vicious for comedy series, and Arrow, Black Sails, Empire, The Fosters, Grey’s Anatomy, How to Get Away With Murder, Nashville, Orphan Black, Sense8 and Shameless for drama. Winners will be announced at ceremonies April 2 at the Beverly Hilton and May 14 at NYC’s Waldorf-Astoria. Logo will televise the awards as a one-hour special.

El Rey Network released the first of four one-shot comic books based on wrestling series Lucha Underground.The next three comics will be released biweekly and to help bridge story lines in between seasons and offer new information into the lives of Vampiro, Catrina, Mil Muertes, and notorious owner and promoter Dario Cueto, among others.

Noting that the cost of cable set-top boxes has risen by 185 percent over the past 20 years while the cost of computers and TVs has dropped by 90 percent, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler unveiled a proposal that would require pay TV distributors to let independent manufacturers create devices that can unencrypt shows and blend pay TV programming with streaming service content. “Just as consumers shop at retail for a smartphone today, and they can choose to purchase a wireless router instead of leasing one from their provider, consumers will have the same choice to use a competitive device with a third-party app if they choose,” said Wheeler. The newly formed, 47-member Future of TV Coalition, including the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and American Cable Association, called foul, arguing the move “would force programmers and TV providers to dismantle their shows and services for [manufacturers]to repackage, reuse, and exploit without negotiating for the rights like everybody else in the market does today.”

Travels With Darley, a video short form series on AOL, is moving to broadcast. The travel series produced by DCN Creative has launched on PBS stations with eight half-hours. “As we film, we’re constantly thinking of ways to utilize our content in diverse mediums, whether it’s a digital short or half hour episode,” said DCN co-founder Darley Newman. “The experiential, authentic nature of each story and high-quality, visually appealing content engages today’s savvy viewer on a variety of platforms in a personal, authentic way.”

Kato Kaelin is hosting a talk show with long-time friend Will Stumpe called Sports Haters, reports EW. Clarified Kaelin, who became a household name as a witness in the 1994-1995 murder trial of O.J. Simpson, “We don’t hate sports. We hate the stupid stuff that goes with it. Like back-to-back Viagra commercials.” The show will stream on FilmOn.com starting Saturday, January 30, with Saturday night airings on Dish Network’s FOTV.


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PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

 
Fox gave a pilot order for medical procedural Zoobiquity, written by Stephen Nathan and Jon Collier (Bones) and based on the book by Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz about a cardiologist who teams with a veterinarian.

Dream Team got the go-ahead from ABC. The comedy project centered on a kids’ soccer coach, from Kari Lizer and Bill Wrubel (Will & Grace), comes from Warner Bros. Television.

Crackle ordered hour-long drama series Start Up, centered on messy dealings at a tech company in Miami. Filming starts this week in San Juan, Puerto Rico on the 10-parter from Critical Content and Hollywood Gang Productions.

Leftfield Pictures is partnering with actress/producer La La Anthony and Timbaland (Empire) to develop a docuseries spotlighting the Face Time Agency, a casting agency for booking music video and hip hop fashion models. Anthony will exec produce the project, with Timbaland onboard as executive music producer. Executive producers for Leftfield are David George and Will Nothacker. Derek Gordon also executive produces.

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COMING UP

Viceland, the Vice culture and lifestyle cable channel launching February 29, offered a peek at upcoming programming (Gaycation, Weediquette, Balls Deep, among others). “It feels like most channels are just a collection of shows,” said Spike Jonze, the new net’s creative director. “We wanted Viceland to be different, to feel like everything on there has a reason to exist and a strong point of view. Our mission with the channel is not that different from what our mission is as a company: It’s us trying to understand the world we live in by producing pieces about things we’re curious about, or confused about, or that we think are funny.”

Digital multicast channel Antenna TV remembers the late Abe Vigoda with a six-hour marathon of episodes of Barney Miller starting at 4p on Saturday, January 30. Vigoda, who memorably played Fish on the series, died January 26 at age 94.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will be featured on the Saturday, January 30 episode of Rock the Park, part of Litton’s Weekend Adventure block of programming on ABC Stations. Jewell is working to raise awareness about national parks. Litton Entertainment also announced it, along with its partners, won 16 awards from the Parents’ Choice Foundation for its children’s programming.

Nat Geo WILD is marking the 50th Super Bowl with a “supersized” edition its Fish Bowl. Goldie starts circling the 50-gallon tank Sunday, February 7 at 6p.

The series debut of TV One multigenerational comedy Here We Go Again launches Tuesday, February 9 at 8p, followed by the season two premiere of dramedy Born Again Virgin at 8:30p.

Two-hour self-explanatory special Super Bowl’s Greatest Halftime Shows will air Friday, February 5 at 9p on CBS. In addition to highlights from past shows, there will be interviews with producers and performers.

The efforts of animal behaviorist Kevin Richardson to transport wild animals to a new home is chronicled in Smithsonian Channel two-parter Predator Road Trip: Backseat Lions on Wednesday, February 24 at 8p and Predator Road Trip: Hyena Breakout one week later.

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and spin-off series Xena: Warrior Princess are being added to the Heroes & Icons TV Network lineup starting Monday, February 8. Hercules will air weeknights at 6p and Saturdays at 3p, followed by Xena at 7p weeknights and 4p on Saturdays.

STUNTS

Destination America is airing a programming stunt, “Bigfoot: The One That Got Away” from Monday, February 8 to Thursday, February 11, followed by an all-new episode of Mountain Monsters: Bigfoot Edition on Saturday, February 13 at 10p. Viewers hoping for a Valentine can visit DA’s mock dating site, Monstrrr, for inspiration.

Marathon “Hail to the Chiefs” launches President’s Day, February 15 at noon on American Heroes Channel. Programming is centered on the country’s commanders-in-chief, and culminates with the premiere of America: Fact Vs. Fiction: Presidential Special at 8p.

Turner Classic Movies kicks off its annual 31 Days of Oscar programming stunt on Monday, February 1 at 6a with Gigi (1938). This year’s theme: “31 Days (and 360 Degrees) of Oscar,” featuring films with each connected to the next by a performer with a role in both. Which leads us to…

AWARDS UPDATES

Grammy duets for the 58th annual awards show will include James Bay and Tori Kelly, Andra Day and Ellie Goulding, and Sam Hunt with Carrie Underwood. (More to come, of course.) Show airs live on CBS Monday, February 15 at 8p.

Nominations are open for the 2016 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards. Dog owners can nominate heroic hounds at www.herodogawards.org; two-hour special will air on Hallmark Channel this fall.

ADVERTISING AND BRANDS

Thanks to a strong scatter market, total national advertising for 4Q15 will rise 4.4 percent to $10.8 billion for major broadcast and cable network groups, according to MoffettNathanson Research. AMC Networks is looking at a 15 percent bump (to $274 million), Disney cable nets can expect a 14.3 percent hike (to $1.4 billion), CBS should get a 5.6 percent lift (to $1.29 billion), and NBC will rise 5 percent (to $1.74 billion). Other winners in the forecast: Scripps (up 6.5 percent to $472 million), Time Warner (up 6.0 percent to $1.0 billion), Discovery Communications (up 4 percent to $410 million), Fox cable nets (up 3.5 percent to $514 million) and NBCUniversal (up 1 percent to $1.01 billion). “A robust scatter market…is offsetting some pockets of continued weak rating trends,” said the report.

Amazon is running its first Super Bowl ad, reports AdWeek. The spot stars Alec Baldwin in his first Big Game commercial since 2009’s for Hulu, along with NFL superstar Dan Marino, and touts Amazon’s Alexa-powered connected speaker, Echo.
 
La-Z-Boy and Lyrica are sponsoring “All Heart” programming on RLTV, the net for adults 50+. The first week of February, RLTV celebrates American Heart Month with heart-healthy episodes from series like Growing Bolder and Whole Body Health, while the week leading into Valentine’s Day will focus on relationships, romance and recipes.

DISTRIBUTION AND CARRIAGE

Electus secured deals for its Smartest Person format with Fremantle in France, Constantin Entertainment in Germany and Fremantle Portugal, as well as an agreement with Mandarina Television for 16 episodes produced for Argentina’s El Trece. Media Headquarters’ Canada’s Smartest Person is already a hit up North.

CASTING

Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love) will play Michael Jackson (yes, the King of Pop) in road trip movie Elizabeth, Michael & Marlon, for UK’s Sky Arts. Film chronicles a supposed journey taken after the 9/11 attacks that had Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando renting a car together to escape NYC. Stockard Channing plays Taylor and Brian Cox tackles Brando.

Malina Weissman (Supergirl) will play Violet in Netflix series Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Filming is slated to begin in March.

Dawn-Lyen Gardner (Heroes), Kofi Siriboe (Awkward) and Omar J. Dorsey (Ray Donovan) have joined the cast of the OWN drama Queen Sugar.

Taylor Spreitler (Melissa & Joey) landed a series regular role on the untitled Kevin James comedy at CBS, from Hey Eddie Productions and CBS Television Studios, about a newly retired police officer.

GLOBAL GOINGS-ON

CBS Corporation and Stan, a joint venture between Nine Entertainment Co. and Fairfax Media, inked a long-term, exclusive licensing agreement that will bring Showtime programming to the Australian streaming service, as well as provide Stan with an exclusive license to the Showtime brand and trademark.


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RATINGS

The CW’s The Flash rose 8 percent over last week among A18-49 on Tuesday at 8p to score 1.4/5, enough to tie a rerun of CBS hit NCIS in the demo.

Week two of USA‘s Colony drew over 3.5 million P2+ combined viewers (2.7 million for the 10p telecast and 778,000 for a 1a encore), and grew in all key demos, with significant Live+3 lifts: up 9% 25-54 (1.3 million viewers, up 138% over LS), up 4% 18-49 (1.2 million viewers, up 137% over LS) and up 4% P2+ (up 116% over LS), making it the number two primetime entertainment program on ad supported cable for total viewers.

Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship posted a .8 rating across A25-54 (770K impressions), up 37% versus year-ago, and scored a .6 rating among A25-34 (190K impressions), up 15% versus last year. Cake Wars posted a .6 rating (600K impressions) among A25-54, up 12% and a .5 rating (160K impressions) among A25-34, up 15%.

Monday’s finale of Telemundo’s Bajo el Mismo Cielos averaged 1.21 million viewers among A18-49, and delivered 2.43 million total viewers at 9p. At 10p, La Querida del Centauro delivered 1.11 million A18-49 viewers, helping make Telemundo the number one Spanish-language broadcast net for the night in the demo.

Bravo! Last Monday’s Vanderpump Rules hit a series high among all key demos with 1.7 million P18-49, 1.8 million P25-54 and 2.6 million total viewers, while the January 21 episode of Top Chef earned its highest-rated episode of the season to-date with 1.2 million P18-49, over 1.3 million P25-54 and 2.1 million total viewers.

The top five syndicated talk shows held steady the week ending January 17. Dr. Phil topped the genre with a 3.2 Live+SD rating, Live With Kelly and Michael kept 3.1 and Ellen DeGeneres scored 2.7, followed by Steve Harvey and Maury, both holding onto 1.9.  

Crime Watch Daily was the highest-rated new strip with 1.0, holding a series high. Second place newcomer, canceled FABLife, kept its own series high of .9.

The January 25 series premiere of VH1’s Stevie J & Joseline Go Hollywood grabbed a 1.8 rating among A18-49 and ranked as the number one cable show in its time period among W18-34 and W18-49. Combined with a midnight encore, the show drew a total of 3.6 million total viewers.
 
Broadcast Evening News ShowsWeekly Average Ratings (week of January 18, 2016)
NBC:
Nightly News 10.319 million total viewers2.3/8 and 2.743 million A25-54
ABC: World News Tonight 9.787 million total viewers; 1.9/7 and 2.277 million A25-54
CBS: Evening News 8.473 million total viewers; 1.8/6 and 2.086 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD
 
Top 12 Broadcast Programs among
A18-49 rating/share for the week of January 18, 2016
FOX: NFC Championship (1/24) 15.7/42
FOX: NFC: The OT (1/24) 9.1/25
FOX: The X-Files (1.24) 6.1/19
CBS: NCIS (1.19) 2.4/8
FOX: American Idol (1/21) 2.4/8
FOX: American Idol (1/20) 2.4/8
CBS: Big Bang Theory (1/21) 2.2/8
ABC: The Bachelor (1/18) 2.2/6
CBS: Scorpion (1/18) 2.0/6
CBS: Criminal Minds (1/20) 2.0/6
CBS: Life in Pieces (1/21) 2.0/6
ABC: The Goldbergs (1/20) 2.0/6
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of January 11 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Judge Judy (CTD) 7.7AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 7.3AA
Family Feud (2/T) 7.0AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 6.6AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 6.2AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.6AA
Modern Family (2/T) 3.5AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 3.2AA
Dr. Phil (CTD) 3.2AA
Live with Kelly & Michael (DAD) 3.1AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of January 11 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 3.0AA
Family Feud (2/T) 2.3AA
Modern Family (2/T) 2.1AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.9AA
Family Guy (2/T) 1.6AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.6AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.4AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 1.3AA
2 Broke Girls (WB) 1.2AA
Cleveland Show (2/T) 1.1AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research

Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: NBC led with the most A18-49 viewers Monday with 1.5/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CW’s The Flash and CBS’s NCIS tied for first at 8p with 1.4/5, followed by 1.2/4 for NBC’s Hollywood Game Night. NBC rose to first at 9p with 1.7/5 for Chicago Med, versus 1.2/4 for CBS’s NCIS: New Orleans. NBC maintained the lead at 10p with 1.8/6 for Chicago Fire, opposite .8/3 for CBS’s Limitless.

A18-49: NBC 1.5/5, CBS 1.1/3, FOX 1.0/3, CW 1.0/3, ABC .8/3, UNI .8/3, TELE .6/2, ION .5/1

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 5.4/9
NCIS [r] 7.5/12, NCIS: New Orleans [r] 5.8/9, Limitless [r] 3.0/6
NBC: 4.5/8
Hollywood Game Night 3.0/5, Chicago Med 5.0/8, Chicago Fire 5.5/10                   
ABC: 1.8/3
Fresh Off the Boat [r] 2.3/4, Muppets [r] 1.4/2, Marvel’s Agent Carter 1.9/3, What Would You Do? 1.7/3
FOX: 1.6/3
New Girl 1.8/3, Grandfathered 1.6/3, Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.5/2, The Grinder 1.3/2
CW: 1.6/3
The Flash 2.3/4, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow [r] 1.0/2
UNIVISION: 1.2/2
Antes Muerta Lichita 1.2/2, Pasion y Poder 1.3/2, Hotel de los Secretos 1.2/2
ION: 1.0/2
Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.0/2
TELEMUNDO: .9/2
Celia 1.0/2, Bajo el Mismo Cielo .9/2, Querida Centauro .9/2

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Ruth Anne Herman was promoted to Executive Vice President, Human Resources for Fox Networks Group. Herman had been SVP, Human Resources for FNG.

Keshet UK appointed Howard Burch to the newly created role of Head of Drama. Previously, Burch was Head of Television at Vertigo Films.

3 Ball Entertainment’s DJ Nurre, who joined the company as an editor in 2004, has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Programming and Development.

Craig Averill joined entertainment law firm Serling Rooks Hunter McKoy & Worob, LLP as a partner. Averill had been an “of counsel” attorney to the firm for eight years.



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JOB OPENING: SR DIGITAL STRATEGIST/BUYER/North Jersey: Execute/implement & steward ad campaigns. 4-7 yrs exp. Deep knwldg current & emerging digital platforms. Highly self-driven & exp w/Digital Med Mngmnt sys i.e. Prisma a +. Strong negotiating skills. Resume: [email protected] (1/30)

JOB OPENING: DIR, SOCIAL MEDIA & FAN ENGAGEMENT/A&E/HISTORY (NON-STAFF)/NY: Resp for oversight & strategy of social media community for A&E & HISTORY. 4 yr under grad deg & min 6+ yrs hands-on social media exp cable industry/ent mktg &/or agency. Full info/apply HERE (1/29)

JOB OPENING: NAT’L SALES MGR/NESN/Watertown MA: Dvlp/implement goals for all NESN’s nat’l sales activity. Mng/direct nat’l rep firm nationwide & achieve nat’l sales rev objectives. 8+ yrs media sales exp & 3+ yrs nat’l sales mngmnt or nat’l rep firm exp req’d. Full info/apply HERE (1/29)

JOB OPENING: EDITORIAL DIR/LOGO/NYC: Spearhead editorial strategy of creative mktg by creating positioning documents/briefs for each program/property. Min 6-8 yrs exp Media/brdcst/Advrtsng. Strong leadership capabilities; ability to mng, motivate & collaborate. Full info/apply HERE (1/29)

CASTING CALL: Companies can showcase their casting notices/casting calls here. For information on rates and specs for posting a casting notice, please email Trish at [email protected]

EXPERT SERVICES ADS: These ads are for companies or people who offer an expertise in the field of media by way of production, voice over artistry, writing, set development, etc. For information on rates and specs for posting an Expertise Service ad email Trish at [email protected]

INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always posted for free, and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected].

SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED… There is no charge for placing your Situation Wanted ad… for more information contact Trish Pihonak at trish@cynopsis.com

SITUATION WANTED: Experienced PARTNERSHIP MARKETING & PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR with a background in TV and film in LA. Worked for CBS and DreamWorks Animation managing the execution of multiple partnerships. E: [email protected] (2/3)

E-mail [email protected] or call Trish Pihonak at 203-899-8459 for rates and specs for Job Openings.


WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY JANUARY 28, 2016


ABC: Beyond the Tank, My Diet Is Better Than Yours [f]
CBS: Big Bang Theory [r], Mom [r], Big Bang Theory [r], Angel From Hell, Elementary
CW: DC’s Legends of Tomorrw, The 100
Fox: American Idol
NBC: You, Me and the Apocalypse [
p], The Blacklist, Shades of  Blue
PBS: This Old House Hour, Antiques Roadshow [r], Mercy Street [r]
Telemundo: Celia, Eva la Trailers, La Querida del Centauro [r]
Univision: Antes Muerta que Lichita, Pasion y Poder, El Hotel de los Secretos

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