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02.06.15 Good morning. It’s Friday, February 6, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing. Today’s Premieres:
Disney Channel: Miles From Tomorrowland at 9a
ID: Who the (Bleep) Did I Marry? at 9p, Sex Sent Me to the Slammer at 10p Saturday’s Premieres:
Adult Swim: Kill la Kill at 12:30a (Sunday)
Discovery and Science: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? at 10p
DIY: Renovation Realities at 9p Saturday’s Finales:
FOX: Red Band Society at 8p
TNT: Transporter: The Series at 10p Sunday’s Premieres:
AMC: Better Call Saul at 10p
Destination America: Ghosts in My House at 9p, Ghostly Encounters at 10p
Great American Country: Flea Market Flip at 8p
HBO: The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst at 8p
History: Legend of the Superstition Mountains at 10p
OWN: Super Soul Sunday at 11a, In Deep Shift with Jonas Elrod at 12p
Spike: Coaching Bad at 10p Sunday’s Finale:
Food: Daphne Dishes at 12p
Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal is stepping down from her position, but isn’t leaving the lot.
“I have spent almost my entire professional life at Sony Pictures and I am energized to be starting this new chapter based at the company I call home,” said Pascal, who’s launching a production venture at the studio. “I am happy to say that Amy’s decision is not the end of her relationship with the studio but the start of a new and exciting chapter in her extraordinary career that promises to be mutually beneficial,” said Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton. The announcement comes in the wake of the computer hacking scandal related to Seth Rogan movie The Interview.
During Wednesday night’s newscast, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams offered a retraction and apology for his claim that he had been in a helicopter downed by enemy fire in Iraq in 2003. In fact, said Williams, the helicopter he rode in arrived at the site an hour later. “In an effort to honor and thank a veteran who protected me and so many others after a ground-fire incident in the desert during the Iraq war, I made a mistake in recalling the incidents of 12 years ago,” said Williams. “I want to apologize.”
Dan Rather, who retired from CBS News ten years ago after being forced to retract a report on George W. Bush’s National Guard service, responded to the Williams scandal by telling Politico Williams is “an honest, decent man,” but the Twitterverse was less generous. Using trending hashtags #BrianWilliamsMemories and #BrianWilliamsMisremembers, social media users Photoshopped pictures of the anchor “reporting” from sites like the creation of the Declaration of Independence and the first moon landing.
NBC handed out early renewals to dramas The Blacklist, Grimm, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD and Law & Order: SVU. Awaiting word: Mysteries of Laura, Constantine, State of Affairs, Marry Me and About a Boy.
Acknowledging in an earnings call that Fox’s programming bench this season was “a little thin” and ratings left ad revenue “well short of plan,” Chase Carey, president and COO of 21st Century Fox said the next 21 months will be “a period of investment in new programming” at Fox: “Our priority is really building hits, first and foremost.” On the up side, cable properties FX Networks, Fox News and Fox Sports 1 saw an 11 percent gain in ad revenue for the reporting period.
Damon Wayans Jr. is leaving Fox’s New Girl at the end of the comedy’s fourth season, airing Tuesdays at 9p. “Working with this incredibly talented and funny cast and crew has been one of the best experiences of my career,” said Wayans. Apparently, the feeling’s mutual. “We are working on crafting an exit for him that will leave the door open for many more returns,” said exec producer Liz Meriwether.
Reality TV, meet crowdsourcing. TV and streaming show The Startup Hour aims to give startup businesses the opportunity to make their pitches directly to registered, approved and accredited viewers, with a web based application that allows average consumers to invest in companies while watching the show. Filming of pitches starts March 13 at the SXSW festival in Austin, followed by an eight-city tour; show launches in six U.S. markets and streams worldwide beginning Wednesday, May 13.
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USA picked up six more season three episodes of Chrisley Knows Best, for a total of 18 to launch this summer. Season two of the reality show from Maverick TV and All3Media averaged 1.24 million viewers A18-49 (up 31 percent over season one) and 2.32 million total viewers (up 37 percent).
No sooner had season two launched, than BET gave the go-ahead for season three of Being Mary Jane. Breakout drama starring Gabrielle Union airs Tuesdays at 10p.
HBO ordered a pilot for Insecure, a comedy co-created by YouTube star Issa Rae and The Nightly Show’s Larry Wilmore about modern-day African-American life.
James Burrows, whose imposing comedy pilot track record includes future hits Cheers, Friends and The Big Bang Theory, will direct the untitled Suzanne Martin comedy for NBC and Universal Television, and Joe Time for CBS and Warner Bros. Television.
USA is premiering the fourth annual NFL Characters Unite tonight at 7p, part of the net’s public service campaign to combat bullying, prejudice and discrimination. In the documentary, NFL players including Mario Williams (Buffalo Bills), Jamaal Charles (Kansas City Chiefs), Richard Sherman (Seattle Seahawks), and Darren Sproles (Philadelphia Eagles) share personal stories of challenges they’ve had to overcome. “Going into this project four years ago, I was sure the most rewarding part would be seeing the direct positive effect the superstars would have on the kids we feature,” exec producer Charlie Ebersol, founder and CEO of The Company, tells Cynopsis. “However, while that is phenomenal, the most rewarding part was the monumental outpouring of support viewers. It’s easy to think you are just a little pebble in a big world, so it’s incredibly gratifying to find out that a pebble thrown into the pond can make huge ripples.”
Hallmark’s “Countdown to Valentine’s Day” continues tonight with original movie premieres I Do, I Do, I Do at 8p, So You Said Yes tomorrow at 8p and Cloudy with a Chance of Love on Sunday, February 8 at 8p.
Taking a different approach to V-Day, El Rey is marking the date (also its first anniversary) with a “Rip Your Heart Out” marathon, starting Saturday, February 14 at 10 with an El Rey Presents: The Director’s Chair interview with horrormeister John Carpenter (Halloween). Seven classic Italian horror movies follow.
Kathy Griffin, new co-host of Fashion Police, pops in to surprise her bride-to-be assistant with wedding gown guidance when TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress returns for season 13 Friday, March 6 at 10p.
AHC launches season two of Codes and Conspiracies at 10p on February 16, Presidents’ Day, with “Founding Fathers.” The installment answers questions like: Did one of this country’s founders use sex as an instrument of diplomacy?
Prepare for cuteness overload with the return of Unlikely Animal Friends on Friday, February 27 at 10p. Nat Geo WILD gets the stories behind oft-viral videos showing the connection between pairs like a chicken and a Chihuahua.
Season four of Lab Rats, Disney XD’s number one comedy series, premieres with a one-hour episode and a new name, Lab Rats: Bionic Island, on Wednesday, March 18 at 8:30p.
HBO’s Game of Thrones, FX’s American Horror Story: Freak Show and Fox/NatGeo’s Cosmos: A Space Odyssey all took home honors at Wednesday’s 13th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards in LA. Thrones was winner in three categories.
Jack Black will appear on the Oscars in “a very special sequence,” announced producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Awards show takes place live on ABC Sunday, February 22, with Neil Patrick Harris manning the mic.
Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg) is set to star in Fox’s untitled comedy pilot produced by Dana Klein (Friends), reports Deadline. Elfman will play a working mom in competition with her stay-at-home sister-in-law.
Mira Sorvino (Mighty Aphrodite) will recur on CBS’s Stalker as an FBI agent. Psychological thriller from Kevin Williamson airs Wednesdays at 10p.
Meryl Hathaway (The Comeback) and Miles Fisher (Psycho) landed the leads opposite Shaquille O’Neal in TruTV workplace comedy pilot Shaq Inc.
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Starcom MediaVest Group and FourthWall Media announced a partnership granting agency access to anonymous, non-aggregated granular viewership data from set-top boxes from FourthWall. “As a longtime believer in the power of set-top box data to transform TV, it is very exciting to have this kind of access to large scale granular data that can help our clients more precisely plan, place and optimize media,” said Lisa Weinstein, president, global digital, data & analytics at SMG. “Our partnership with FourthWall will give us access to TV viewing data that will help complete a missing link in convergence attribution analytics and offer more precise TV optimization to our clients.”
Funny or Die spoofs you-know-which Nationwide Super Bowl ad, showing what happens when that sad little boy gets to heaven – and harshes the vibe up there, too. Check it out here.
BabyFirst launched on Bright House Networks‘ digital basic tier, a move that adds 2.5 million Bright House customers in Detroit, Indianapolis, Central Florida, Tampa, Birmingham and Bakersfield. BabyFirst’s distribution now stands at more than 50 million U.S. homes in English and Spanish (through SAP).
UK-based distributor DCD Rights added to international sales for political thriller The Code, a Playmaker Production for ABC, including a pan regional deal with Sundance Channel for Asia and Middle East and Tou TV for Canada. Recent home entertainment deals have also been signed with Universal Pictures Germany for German-speaking territories and Universal Pictures Video for France.
The series premiere of ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat drew 7.9 million viewers and a 2.5/8 rating among A18-49 on Wednesday, according to Nielsen, the second-best comedy debut of the season behind the net’s black-ish.
Fox’s Empire delivered is fourth consecutive total viewer increase, to 11.5 million, and had a .3 lift (to 4.6/14) among A18-49 versus last week.
During the week of January 26, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live had a 27 percent rise in total viewers (to 2.93 million) and 33 percent among A18-49 (to 862,000) to hit 9-week highs.
ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos ranked number one for the second straight week among A25-54, according to Nielsen, with the top telecast of the season in the demo among any of the Sunday public affair programs.
Sunday Morning News Shows February 1, 2015
CBS: Face the Nation 3.82 million total viewers; .9/1.1 million A25-54
ABC: This Week 3.45 million total viewers; 1.0/1.2 million A25-54
NBC: Meet the Press 3.33 million total viewers; .9/1.12 million A25-54
CBS: Face the Nation-2 2.49 million total viewers; .6/711,000 A25-54
FOX: Fox News Sunday 1.47 million total viewers; .4/493,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD
Broadcast Morning Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of January 26, 2015)
ABC: GMA5.60 million total viewers; 1.7/13 and 2.08 million A25-54
NBC: Today5.23 million total viewers; 1.7/13 and 2.00 million A25-54
CBS This Morning 3.48 million total viewers; 1.0/7 and 1.15 million A25-54
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD
Late Night Talk Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of January 26, 2015)
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live2.93 million total viewers; .7/3 A18-49
CBS Late Show 2.85 million total viewers, .5/2 A18-49
NBC: The Tonight Show [r] 2.78 million total viewers; .8/4 A18-49
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers and A18-49 Live+SD
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: FOX won the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 3.8/12, according to Nielsen. Fox was first at 8p with 3.1/10 for American Idol, followed by a 2.4/8 average for ABC’s The Middle and Fresh Off the Boat. Fox’s Empire topped 9p with 4.6/14, versus a 2.9/9 average for ABC’s Modern Family and Fresh Off the Boat. Tied for first at 10p were CBS’s Stalker and ABC’s Nashville, with 1.3/4.
A18-49: FOX 3.8/12, ABC 2.2/7, CBS 1.5/9, NBC 1.3/4, UNI 1.2/4, CW .9/3, TELE .6/2, ION .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: February 4, 2015 – time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
FOX: 6.9/11
American Idol 6.7/11, Empire 7.2/12
CBS: 5.7/9
The Mentalist 5.5/9, Criminal Minds 6.6/11, Stalker 4.9/9
NBC: 4.3/7
Mysteries of Laura 4.1/7, Law and Order: SVU 4.0/7, Chicago PD 4.8/8
ABC: 4.6/8
The Middle 5.2/9, Fresh Off the Boat 4.9/8, Modern Family 5.9/9, Fresh Off the Boat 4.6/7, Nashville 3.5/6
UNIVISION: 1.7/3
Mi Corazon Es Tuyo 1.7/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.8/3, Que te Perdone Dios…Yo No 1.5/3
CW: 1.4/2
Arrow 1.8/3, The Hundred .9/2
TELE: .8/1
Los Miserables .8/1, Tierra de Reyes .7/1, Duenos del Paraiso 1.0/2
ION: .6/1
Cold Case .6/1, Cold Case .5/1, Cold Case .6/1
Havas Worldwide announced appointments within Havas Worldwide New York: Tim Maleeny, Sean Lyons and Matt Weiss have been appointed to the role of Managing Partners, reporting to Andrew Benett, Global CEO, Havas Worldwide and Havas Creative Group. Maleeny, Lyons, and Weiss will also continue in their existing roles as Chief Strategy Officer NY, Global Chief Digital Officer, and Global Chief Marketing Officer, respectively.
ITV Studios named Bruce Gersh to the position of Executive Vice President & Head of Digital, Strategy and Branded Entertainment. Most recently, Gersh was Senior Vice President, Business Development, Disney-ABC Television Group.
Actress and singer Mary Healey died February 3 of natural causes. She was 96. Healy’s television work with her husband, Peter Lind Hayes, included sitcom Peter Loves Mary, The Peter Lind Show and The Star of the Family.
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Friday Fun Fact: A single snowstorm can drop 39 million tons of snow, carrying the energy equivalent to 120 atom bombs.
This Day in History: 1952 – Britain’s King George VI died. His daughter, Elizabeth II, took the throne.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which long-running drama series featured guest appearances by Willie Aames (Eight Is Enough), Todd Bridges (Diff’rent Strokes) and David Faustino (Married…With Children)? Little House on the Prairie (1974-1982). Kudos to: Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC, Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NYC, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL, Amy Kessler/San Francisco.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6, 2015
ABC: Last Man Standing, Cristela, Shark Tank, 20/20
CBS: Undercover Boss, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods
CW: Hart of Dixie, Whose Line Is It, Anyway? [r], Masters of Illusion
FOX: World’s Funniest Fails, Glee
NBC: Constantine, Grimm, Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Charlie Rose, Shakespeare Uncovered, Shakespeare Uncovered
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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