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02.10.15
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, February 10, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Discovery: Amish Mafia at 9p
FYI: Marry Me…Today at 10p
Science: What on Earth? at 9p
Tonight’s Finales:
TBS: Ground Floor at 10p
TLC: Kate Plus 8 at 9p, My Big Fat Fabulous Life at 10:30p
Velocity: Overhaulin’ at 9p
Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul debuted to a cable premiere record 6.9 million viewers and a 3.4 rating among A18-49 on Sunday. AMC lead-in Walking Dead, back for the second half of its fifth season, drew 15.6 million total viewers and 8.0 among A18-49, even with last year’s midseason bow.
Those rumors that Katie Couric is after NBC News anchor Brian Williams’ job? “Completely untrue,” tweeted Couric on Monday. “Wishing my friends at my former home the best during this tough time.”
Dish’s Sling TV has gone national, adding AMC to a $20/month core package that already included ESPN, TNT, TBS, Food, HGTV, Travel, Cartoon Disney, CNN, El Rey and Galavision. Tacking on an extra $5 will get cord cutters a Sports Extra pack, with additional ESPN nets, Universal Sports, Univision Deportes, beIN Sports and SEC Network. “We believe Sling TV is a game changing service that enhances the existing television landscape,” said CEO Roger Lynch.
The FCC’s proposals for stricter laws governing the Internet had the NY Times questioning whether Comcast’s acquisition of Time Warner Cable, announced a year ago, will make it through regulatory hurdles. “What the F.C.C. is now apparently going to adopt signals a much harder line on their view of the state of competition in the broadband market,” Kevin Werbach, a former F.C.C. counsel and professor at Penn’s Wharton School,” told the paper. “If their view is that the market is not working as it is right now, it’s less likely that they’re going to feel that a combination of two of the largest players is going to be in the public interest.” But the merger still appears likely, said Craig Moffett of MoffettNathanson Research, who sets odds at 70-30 that the deal will pass muster.
Animal Planet and AT&T are launching a coast-to-coast search for felines with flair, to appear in the net’s Saturday, May 2 special, America’s Next Cat Star. Viewers can upload head shots and videos of their charismatic kitties at AnimalPlanet.com/AmericasNextCatStar.
The fourth season of ABC Family’s Melissa & Joey will be its last. With the lead characters married and ready to start a family, “It seemed like a natural time” to bring the net’s highest-rated comedy to a close, said Karey Burke, EVP, programming and development. The 100th episode of the comedy airs as the mid-season finale Wednesday, March 18 at 8p.
Top TiVo moments at the 2015 Grammys Sunday night: Madonna’s performance of “Living for Love,” Sam Smith winning Best Pop Vocal Album and Pharrell’s stylized version of his hit, “Happy.”
FremantleMedia International and SundanceTV are partnering to bring Deutschland 83 to the U.S. The eight-parter will be the first German-language drama to air on a major U.S. network.
Weigel Broadcasting is debuting radio station MeTV FM in Chicago, featuring music “deemed oldies by some programmers but considered gold by our target audience.” Think Sweet Baby James, Motown and Song Sung Blue. “MeTV FM on 87.7 allows us to develop a brand extension of our classic TV Network by bringing back the baby boomer’s soundtrack,” Neal Sabin, Vice Chairman, Weigel Broadcasting Co., tells Cynopsis.
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Rob Reiner and Andrew Lenchewski (Royal Pains) acquired political satire novel The Global War on Morris to develop as a cable comedy series. Book was inspired by author Steve Israel’s time on the House Armed Services Committee.
Notice something odd on Google Earth? You’re not alone. New Science series What On Earth? focuses on unexplored areas of the planet that are being exposed thanks to the proliferation of satellites. “What on Earth? is a show we could not have made even 10 years ago,” Neil Laird, exec producer, at Science, tells Cynopsis. “Satellites using the highest technology are finding historical treasures that have been buried for centuries. That indelible search to find the answers to some of history’s most perplexing questions is at the heart of this series and will pique the curiosity of every Science Channel viewer.” Series premieres tonight at 9p.
CBS’s soap operas aren’t the net’s only daytime shows getting Valentine’s action this week. On Friday, February 13, Let’s Make a Deal has an audience of single traders and a game of “Let’s Make a Date, while The Price Is Right audience is made up of engaged couples playing for prizes like wedding bands and honeymoons.
Comedian Kevin Hart will serve as Roast Master for Comedy Central’s skewering of Justin Bieber. Noted Comedy’s president of original programming, Kent Alterman, “They say only a good friend would verbally eviscerate another good friend for all his vulnerabilities. Kevin Hart is a very good friend.” Show tapes March 14 to premiere Monday, March 30 at 10p.
Familiar Nickelodeon faces Jace Norman (Henry Danger), Isabela Moner (100 Things to do Before High School), Jack Griffo (The Thundermans) and Tony Cavalero (School of Rock) star in the net’s Splitting Adam. The original movie, about a 15-year-old who accidentally clones himself, bows Monday, February 16 at 7p and will be available for purchase on download-to-own platforms the next day and on Nick.com and the Nick app March 1-15.
Showtime released a teaser for dramedy Happyish, premiering Sunday, April 26 at 9:30p. Star Steve Coogan (Philomena) inhabits the role originally intended for the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, who died February 2, 2014.
TLC ordered a second helping of My Big Fat Fabulous Life. Season one of the docu-series from Pilgrim Studios, averaging 1.2 million P2+ viewers its first season, ends tonight with back-to-back eps starting at 10p, followed by a half-hour retrospective special, My Big Fat Fabulous Life: The Skinny.
Season four of Discovery’s Bering Sea Gold returns Friday March 13 at 10p. Docu-series from Original Productions brings drama, danger, and the most gold ever in the show’s history.
So what if managing a Cinnabon in Nebraska isn’t exactly Saul Goodman’s dream job? The baked goods chain is taking advantage of the publicity by partnering with AMC for a Better Call Saul promotion. In addition to MiniBon giveaways last night, the second night of the Breaking Bad spinoff’s two-night series premiere event, participating bakeries will feature Better Call Saul materials, and participate in a Twitter sweepstakes. The prize: free treats for a year.
Walter Goggins (Justified) landed the co-lead in HBO’s Vice Principals, set in a high school. His character’s ex-wife is played by Busy Philipps (Cougar Town).
The Following’s Adan Canto won the lead in NBC pilot The Curse of the Fuentes Women, a drama from Silvio Horta (Ugly Betty) about a mysterious man who changes the lives of a family of women.
Reba McEntire will guest star on season four of ABC Family’s Baby Daddy, reuniting the country star with her former Reba castmate, Melissa Peterman. Baby Daddy airs Wednesdays at 8:30p.
David Morrissey (The Walking Dead) has been added to the season two cast of CBS summer series Extant. Morrissey will recur as a man with a history with Halle Berry’s character.
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Start your new career here.Opposite AMC’s Better Call Saul and The Walking Dead, CBS’s Grammys telecast on Sunday delivered 25.3 million viewers and an 8.5 rating among A18-49, the lowest results in six years but more than double NBC, ABC and Fox’s numbers combined.
The season four finale of Discovery’s Moonshiner on Tuesday, February 3 scored a season best 1.57 P25-54 rating and more than three million total viewers in L+3. It was the night’s number one unscripted program on cable among P2+, M25-54, M18-49 and M18-34 delivery; in its 9p time period it was also the top cable program among M25-54, M18-49 and M18-34 delivery.
TV PLAYBACK RANK, based on the difference between Nielsen’s first-reported Live + Same Day and the final Live + 7 Day rating for the week of 1/19/15
Program/Live+SD A18-49 US AA%/Live+7 US AA
Empire (FOX) 4.4/6.3
Gotham (FOX) 2.2/3.8
Criminal Minds (CBS) 2.0, 3.5
Elementary (CBS) 1.5, 2.7
Scorpion (CBS) 2.3, 3.5
Parenthood (NBC) 1.3, 2.5
Chicago PD (NBC) 1.5, 2.7
NICS: Los Angeles (CBS) 1.5, 2.6
Sleepy Hollow (Fox) 1.3, 2.4
Law and Order: SVU (NBC) 1.3, 2.4
Source: The Nielsen Compan.y DVR playback rankers, based on the difference between Nielsen’s first-reported Live + Same Day and the final Live + 7 Day ratings (for regular, original programs only).
NIELSEN TWITTER TV TOP TEN for the week of 2/2/15
Program, Date, Unique Audience (000), Tweets (000)
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS), 2/8, 13,317, 13,432
The Walking Dead (AMC), 2/8, 5995, 746
The Bachelor (ABC), 2/2, 3634, 169
Better Call Saul (AMC), 2/8, 3085, 106
Scandal (ABC) 2/5, 2883, 344
The 46th NAACP Image Awards (TV One) 2/6, 2061, 92
Empire (Fox), 2/4, 1808, 332
The EE British Academy Film Awards (BBC America), 2/8, 1674, 43
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), 2/5, 1674, 66
WWE Monday Night Raw (USA) 2/2, 1646, 206
Source: Nielsen. Nielsen Social captures relevant Tweets from three hours before through three hours after broadcast, local time. Unique Audience measures the audience of relevant Tweets ascribed to a program from when the Tweets are sent until the end of the broadcast day at 5am. The data includes new/live primetime and late fringe programming only and excludes sports events. For multicast events, networks are listed alphabetically and metrics reflect the highest Unique Audience across all airing networks.
Friday A18-49 Analysis: ABC won the most A18-49 viewers Friday with 1.4/5, according to Nielsen. CBS was first at 8p with 1.3/5 for Undercover Boss, followed by a 1.2/4 average for ABC’s Last Man Standing and Cristela. ABC’s Shark Tank grabbed 9p with 2.0/7, versus 1.3/4 for CBS’s Hawaii Five-0. CBS’s Blue Bloods retook the lead at 10p with 1.3/4; ABC was right behind with 1.2/4 for 20/20.
A18-49:ABC 1.4/5, ABC 1.3/5, UNI 1.1/4, NBC 1.0/4, FOX .7/2, TELE .5/1, CW .4/1, ION .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, February 6, 2015 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 6.2/11
Undercover Boss 5.0/9, Hawaii Five-0 6.3/11, Blue Bloods 7.2/13
ABC: 4.1/7
Last Man Standing 4.5/8, Cristela 3.4/6, Shark Tank 4.7/8, 20/20 3.6/9
NBC: 2.8/5
Constantine 2.0/4, Grimm 2.9/5, Dateline 3.0/5
UNIVISION: 1.5/3
Mi Corazon Es Tuyo 1.6/3, Hasta Fin Del Mundo 1.6/3, Que to Perdone Dios 1.4/3
FOX: 1.3/2
World’s Funniest Fails 1.6/3, Glee 1.1/2
TELEMUNDO: .7/1
Los Miserables .7/1, Tierre de Reyes .6/1, Duenos del Paraiso .9/2
CW: .7/1
Hart of Dixie .8/1, Whose Line Is it Anyway [r] .5/1, Masters of Illusion .6/1
ION: .5/1
Friday 7 pm Movie .4/1, Friday 9 pm Movie .5/1
Univision Communications named Kevin Conroy Chief Strategy & Data Officer and President, Enterprise Development for UCI and Isaac Lee as UCI president of News & Digital and Fusion CEO. Conroy and Lee are corporate officers for UCI and will continue to report to UCI President and CEO Randy Falco.
Jack Dempsey Southerland III was named Senior Vice President, Programmatic Solutions at ad tech company PulsePoint. Southerland was most recently Senior Vice President, Programmatic Solutions at Varick Media.
Saban Brands appointed Shannon Smith and promoted Tim Quinlan as Vice Presidents of Business and Legal Affairs. Smith was previously Senior Counsel at AMC Networks; Quinlan joined Saban in 2013.
This Day in History: 1763 – France ceded Canada to England under the Treaty of Paris.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which sitcom character was played by an actor whose real-life father played his dad, and future wife played his girlfriend? Spin City’s (1996-2002) Charlie Crawford, played by Charlie Sheen. Kudos to: Adam DePaul-WPBF/Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA
Today’s Trivia Question: Which actress, best known to TV audiences for her roles as sitcom moms, played a woman who continued to set a place for her husband at the dinner table long after he deserted the family? (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 – TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2015
ABC: Fresh Off the Boat, Fresh Off the Boat, Marvel’s Agent Carter, Forever
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans, Person of Interest
CW: The Flash, Supernatural
FOX: MasterChef Junior, New Girl, The Mindy Project
NBC: Parks and Recreation, Parks and Recreation, Marry Me, About a Boy, Chicago Fire
PBS: Geneology Roadshow, The Forgotten Plague: American Experience, Frontline
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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