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Good morning. It’s Thursday, February 5, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Great American Country: United Sweets of America at 6p, A Very Barry Branson at 9p
NBC: Allegiance at 10p
Tonight’s Finale:
Food: Beat Bobby Flay at 10p
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WAY MORE FUN.Source: Nielsen, 1/29/15, 10-10:30pm, A18-49, P2+ (000), Live + 3 data. Social: Nielsen Social Twitter TV Rankings for 1/29/15.
Rosie Perez is back in her co-host seat, but co-exec producer Brian Balthazar is putting The View behind him just six months into the job. One day after Perez, rumored to be out at the ABC morning talker, returned from a pre-planned hiatus, came word that Balthazar had decided to return to HGTV. The former exec producer for shows including House Hunters will serve as VP, programming and development. “The opportunity to develop long form lifestyle programming is something I have always had a passion for,” said the exec. “While my time at The View was brief, I will continue to be a big fan of the show…don’t be surprised to find me cheering the ladies on from a seat in the studio audience.” A source at The View tells Cynopsis the decision to leave was not an easy one, and “Brian will be missed. But people here respect his decision to follow his heart with this opportunity, and do what he does best.”
Rentrak struck a deal with Tribune Broadcasting to provide the company with its local market ratings services for all Tribune Broadcasting television stations. Rentrak has been furnishing ratings information to Tribune’s stations in Cleveland and Des Moines since 2012, which are renewed in the new pact. “In today’s rapidly changing media landscape, our partnership with Rentrak will provide us with consumer behavior insight from a significant measurement footprint in each market,” said Larry Wert, president of broadcast media for Tribune Broadcasting. “Rentrak’s data will help our stations make more informed decisions and provide our clients with detailed audience viewing information.”
CBS yanked The McCarthys from its Thursday schedule. Originally slated to air tonight and February 12 before a planned hiatus, the show has been replaced with Big Bang Theory reruns. The comedy was averaging 6.79 million total viewers and 1.5 among A18-49; four unaired episodes remain from its order of 15.
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CW picked up the pilot for Cheerleader Death Squad from Marc Cherry (Desperate Housewives) and Neal Baer (Under the Dome). CBS Television Studios mystery drama focuses on a CIA agent-turned-prep school teacher who enlists his students in espionage.
NBC issued a pilot order for an untitled comedy from Aseem Batra and Joe and Anthony Russo (Animal Practice), about two best buds whose relationship hits a snag when one of them meets the perfect woman.
Bravo gave the green light for a sophomore season of its first scripted series, Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce, from Universal Cable Productions. The January 27 telecast earned a series high1.5 million total viewers, 983,000 A25-54 and 872,000 A18-49 in Live+3.
Project Runway All Stars Season 4 Reunion has Alyssa Milano dishing Twitter tantrums, behind-the-scenes moments, motherhood and her fellow judges on Thursday, February 19 at 9p.
Aspiring entrepreneurs have the chance to turn ideas into reality in Food Network’s Food Fortunes, launching Monday, March 9 at 10p. Inventors pitch a room full of consumers on a food product, overseen by a panel of potential investors.
Season two of Nat Geo DIY series Building Wild premieres Tuesday, February 24 at 9p, with construction odd couple and “Cabin Kings” Paul DiMeo (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) teamed with woodsman Pat Bakaitis using repurposed material to create off-the-map retreats. Series premiere of Cabin Fever, featuring log cabin builds, follows at 10p.
History is making it easy for viewers to catch up on Vikings season two at History.com or via the History Watch Apps, ahead of the drama’s season three premiere on Thursday, February 19, at 10p. Brian Joyce, SVP, History ad sales tells Cynopsis, “Vikings has been enjoying great momentum. We wanted to give our passionate fans a chance to get well caught up on History’s digital platforms.”
The premiere date for BBC America’s Broadchurch is Wednesday, March 4 at 10p. Joining David Tennant and Olivia Colman for season two are Charlotte Rampling and Academy Award nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste, as the Sandbrook case “bursts back open, unraveling Hardy’s past and bringing shocking truths to the surface.”
Smithsonian Channel’s L.A. Frock Stars, featuring searches for vintage fashions at Hollywood boutique The Way We Wore, starts its sophomore session Thursday, March 19 at 9p. Highlight: a 1957 Dior haute couture dress that catches the eye of store owner Doris Raymond.
HBO’s The Casual Vacancy, adapted from the book by J.K. Rowling, premieres Wednesday, April 29 at 8p with back-to-back eps. Cast of the miniseries, presented by HBO in association with the BBC, includes Harry Potter’s Michael Gambon.
It Takes a Church is back for season two Thursday, March 26 at 8p, with Natalie Grant again on hand as host. Look for special appearances by David & Tamela Mann (Madea’s Big Happy Family) and American Idol runner up Bo Bice over the course of the season, as a congregation of cupids play matchmaker.
OWN offers a double dose of food-themed docu-series with soul food restaurant-set Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s making its second season debut Saturday, February 28 at 9p, leading into the series bow of 2 Fat 2 Fly, focused on a food truck business, at 10p.
To lasso excitement for upcoming docu-series Outlaw Country, premiering Tuesday, February 24 at 10p, WGN America is offering making-of special Outlaw Country: Bad Blood on Thursday, February 12 at 9p, on Tribune stations across the country. The half-hour offers a look at how drones and hidden cameras were employed to show the exploits of a small town’s street crew and the task force assigned to take them down.
New to the lineup of celebs digging into their family history when TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are? returns Sunday, March 8 at 10p are singer Melissa Etheridge (scandalous marriage), Ugly Betty’s America Ferrara (violence in Central America), Scandal’s Tony Goldwyn (heroic 3x great grandparents) and Josh Groban (renowned scientist relative).
Ovation closed a licensing deal with international distributor FCCE for exclusive U.S. broadcast rights to Wall of SoundandFilms & Stars.The series will premiere this quarter on the arts net.
What do brands want? “More value, whether it’s associated with content, social, or data,” said Jeff Lucas, Viacom Media Networks head of sales, music and entertainment at a panel hosted by the Entertainment, Media, and Communications division of the UJA-Federation of New York. From the buying side, understanding programmatic is top of mind. Marianne Gambelli, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Horizon Media, said that her agency had just taken a road trip to discuss the tool with clients. Asked about the changing role of the ad agency when so many brands are producing their own content and dealing directly with their consumers, Gambelli acknowledged, “It’s more evolved. But you need an intermediary to go through it all.”
Global advertising agency Publicis Groupe said Wednesday that having received all regulatory and antitrust approvals, it expects its $3.7 billion tender offer for leading digital ad agency Sapient will be completed by the end of the week. Publicis abandoned a $35 billion merger with Omnicom in May.
It’s Fox’s turn at bat with the Primetime Emmy Awards, and the net has set the date at Sunday, September 20 at 8p, live from LA. Last year’s production aired Monday, August 25, to clear the decks for NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Creative Arts Emmys ceremony will be held Saturday, September, airing on a date TBD on FXX.
Latest all-star duets announced for Sunday’s Grammy Awards, airing at 8p on CBS: Beck will perform a song from his nominated album with Coldplay’s Chris Martin, and Mary J. Blige is set to sing with Sam Smith. For the first time, CBS is live streaming the event via CBS All Access in 14 major markets; CBS.com and the CBS App for iOS and Android will offer coverage of red carpet arrivals and behind-the-scenes action.
Pop and Entertainment Tonight are partnering for live red carpet shows for two of the biggest awards show of the year. ET at the Grammys Live on Pop airs Grammy night from 5-8p, and ET at the Oscars Live on Pop is set for Sunday, February 22 from 5-7:30. Specials will include questions from fans submitted via social media.
Drama performer pre-nominations were announced for the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmys, based on voting via an online judging ballot for Lead Actor and Actress and Supporting Actor and Actress. For a list of pre-nominated performers, who will proceed to the Blue Ribbon Round, go here.
Billy Baldwin (Gossip Girl), Andy Buckley (Veep) and Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls) will be special guest stars on season three of VH1’s Hit the Floor, beginning production this week for a premiere later this year.
Glee’s Naya Rivera landed a recurring role on season three of Lifetime’s Devious Maids, returning this summer. Glee is in its sixth and final season Fridays at 9p on Fox.
Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) is set to guest in a major arc on Gotham, as a handsome serial killer. Drama airs Mondays at 8p on Fox.
Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives) guests on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU, as the sixth wife of a novelist played by Robert Vaughn (Man From U.N.C.L.E.). “They make a terrific SVU couple,” said exec producer Warren Leight, “with all that entails.” Show airs Wednesday, February 25 at 9p.
Trina McGee and Blake Clark, who appeared on ABC’s 1993-2000 coming-of-age series Boy Meets World, will guest on season two of Disney Channel spinoff Girl Meets World.
Finesse Mitchell (Saturday Night Live) landed a recurring role on HBO comedy pilot Brothers in Atlanta, exec produced by SNL’s Lorne Michaels.
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Banijay International licensed format It’s Only TV to MTV in Lebanon. Originally produced by Banijay Group company H2O Productions for France’s D8, the irreverent TV-themed panel show is being adapted for Lebanon by Studiovision.
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ENTER by February 19th & save $150/entry!Exclusive: Big things came from a small package on FYI. Season two of the net’s Tiny House Nation delivered an average 456,000 total viewers weekly, up a big 77 percent from the season one average, and drew 233,000 among A25-54, up 82 percent from season one. With 194,000 among A18-49, the season had a 76 percent lift.
Exclusive: For January 2015, Cartoon Network is number two in total day delivery, outperforming the same month year-ago by 20 percent among Kids 6-11 in Live+7. It’s the first time the net has reached second overall since 2005.
History’s three-part Sons of Liberty delivered an overall average 4.1 million total viewers, 1.8 million A25-54 and 1.5 A18-49 in Live+3 delivery over its entirety on January 25, 26 and 27, gaining 38 percent more viewers among A25-54 in Live+3 compared to its Live+SD performance.
The season four premiere of truTV’s Impractical Jokers on January 29 drew over 2 million viewers in Live+3, a gain of 63 percent compared to Live+SD, with 1.4 million among A18-49, a 56 percent lift.
Discovery‘s Gold Rush was the number one program in all of television among M25-54 (4.4), M18-49 (3.48) and M18-34 (2.18) delivery for the fifth consecutive week on Friday in L+3.Alaskan Bush People scored a series-high 2.64 among P25-54 and 4.89 million total viewers P2+. Discovery was also the number one cable network on Friday night among both W18-49 and W25-54.
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: CBS won the most A18-49 viewers Tuesday with 2.1/7, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS topped 8p with 2.6/8 for NCIS, followed by 1.9/6 for ABC’s Shark Tank. CBS’s NCIS: New Orleans drew 2.2/7 for first at 9p, versus 1.3/4 for ABC’s Marvel’s Agent Carter. NBC grabbed the lead at 10p with 1.6/5 for Chicago Fire, followed by 1.4/5 for CBS’s Person of Interest.
A18-49:CBS 2.1/7, ABC 1.4/4, UNI 1.2/4, FOX 1.4/4, NBC 1.1/4, CW 1.1/3, TELE .6/2, ION .5/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: February 3, 2015 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 9.2/15
NCIS 11.6/19, NCIS: New Orleans 10.2/16, Person of Interest 5.9/10
ABC: 3.4/6
Shark Tank 4.5/7, Marvel’s Agent Carter 2.6/4, Forever 3.0/5
NBC: 2.8/4
Parks and Recreation 2.2/4, Parks and Recreation [r] 1.3/2, Marry Me 1.4/2, About a Boy 1.9/3, Chicago Fire 4.3/8
FOX 2.3/4
MasterChef Junior 2.9/5, New Girl 1.8/3, Mindy Project 1.5/2
UNIVISION: 1.7/3
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 1.9/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.7/3, Que te Perdone Dios…Yo No 1.5/3
CW: 1.7/3
Flash 2.1/3, Supernatural 1.3/2
ION: 1.1/2
Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.1/2, Criminal Minds 1.3/2
Telemundo: .9/1
Los Miserables .8/1, Tierra de Reyes .8/1, Senora Acero 1.0/2
BBC AMERICA named Nena Rodrigue to the newly-created position of Executive Vice President, Original Programming, Acquisitions and Production. Rodrigue was formerly Senior Vice President, Programming and Production of SundanceTV.
ITV Studios America tapped Lucienne Papon to serve as Senior Vice President, Scripted Television. Previously, Papon was Head of Development and Production for Martin Campbell Productions.
The Weather Channel upped Brittany Smith to Senior Vice President of Distribution. Smith has been with Weather for four years.
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This Day in History: 2001 – It was announced that Kelly Ripa would be Regis Philbin’s new host on what would become Live! With Regis and Kelly.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: On The Brady Bunch (1969-1974), who arranged for Marcia to meet her crush, Desi Arnaz, Jr.? Alice, through Lucille Ball’s housekeeper. Kudos to: Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NYC, Beth Chandler-Shinebox, Inc./Nazareth, PA, Anthony Salerno-Horizon Media/NYC, Karen Kelly-SPUH/New Brunswick, NJ, Dan Whitford-Lakeshore Public Television and Radio/Merrillville, IN, Lisa Nordstrom-Compass Point Media/MN, Christie Locascio-Disney Channel/Burbank, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg/M and S Entertainment/LA, Joe Swaney, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA/LA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2015
ABC: Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away With Murder
CBS: Big Bang Theory, Mom, Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory [r], Elementary
CW: The Vampire Diaries, Reign
FOX: American Idol, Blackstrom
NBC: The Blacklist [r], The Blacklist, Allegiance [p]
PBS: This Old House Hour [r], Masterpiece Mystery [r], Antiques Roadshow [r]
Telemundo: Los Miserables, Tierra de Reyes, Duenos del Paraiso
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, Que te Perdone Dios…Yo No
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