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02.17.17 Good morning. It’s Friday February 17, 2017 and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres:
Animal Planet: Tanked: My Tank from Hell at 9p
Univision: Dale Replay at 8p Tonight’s Finales:
INSP: Handcrafted America at 9:30p
MTV 2: ADD-TV at 11:30p Saturday’s Premieres:
Animal Planet: Dr. Jeff: Double Dose at 8p, The Zoo at 10p
BBCA: Planet Earth II at 9p
HGTV: Log Cabin Living at 11p
Nat Geo Wild: The Adventures of Dr. Buckeye Bottoms at 10p
OWN: For Peete’s Sake at 10p
Sundance: Planet Earth II at 9p Saturday’s Finales:
GAC: Texas Flip N Move at 9p
ID: Your Worst Nightmare at 10p Sunday’s Premieres:
Animal Planet: Finding Bigfoot: Favorite Excursions at 8p, Lone Star Law at 10p
CBS: The Good Fight at 8p
Hallmark: When Calls the Heart at 9p
HBO: Big Little Lies at 9p, Crashing at 10:30p
HGTV: Beachfront Bargain Hunt at 8p and 8:30p
Showtime: Billions at 10p
TLC: Long Island Medium at 8p
Viceland: Trapped at 10p Sunday’s Finales:
DIY: Barnwood Builders at 9p
E!: The Royals at 10p
FOX: Son of Zorn at 8:30p
HGTV: Caribbean Life at 9:30p Monday’s Premieres:
A&E: Bates Motel at 10p
Lifetime: Bates Motel at 10p
LMN: Bates Motel at 10p
VH1: The Breaks at 9p Monday’s Finales:
ID: Murder Calls at 10p
NBC: Timeless at 10p
The Royals will continue to reign. E! Entertainment announced a season four pick-up for the scripted drama. Season 3 averaged 1.1 million total viewers, more than 600,000 in the A18-49 demo and 1.6 million weekly social engagements.
Comedy Central announced that Review will return for its third and final season on Thursday, March 16 at 10p. Series stars Andy Daly as critic Forrest MacNeil.
In an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, Ryan Murphy revealed that Season 7 of American Horror Story will be based on the 2016 presidential election. “Well, I don’t have a title, but the season we begin shooting in June is going to be about the election that we just went through,” said the producer, adding that he thought “that will be interesting for a lot of people."
A third slate of presenters were named for the 89th Oscars telecast that includes Amy Adams, Riz Ahmed, Javier Bardem, John Cho, Dwayne Johnson, Felicity Jones, Leslie Mann, Janelle Monae, David Oyelowo, Emma Stone and Charlize Theron. The ceremony, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel,airs lives on Sunday, February 26 at 7p.
Nominations were announced for the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards. Keith Urban leads with seven, including his seventh for Entertainer of the Year and tenth nod for Male Vocalist of the Year. Seven-time Female Vocalist of the Year Miranda Lambert received six nominations and is once again nominated in the Female Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year categories.
Univision’s Despierta America kicks off its 20th anniversary yearlong celebration on Friday, February 17 at 7a with a reunion of past and present show hosts. The special five-hour edition will feature the return of Ana Maria Canseco, Raul Gonzalez, Giselle Blondet, Rafael Jose, Fernando Arau and Neida Sandoval.
The Paley Center for Media presents a PaleyLive LA event with the cast and creative team of ABC’s American Crime on Wednesday, March 1 at its Beverly Hills location. A panel discussion and audience Q&A will follow an exclusive screening of Season 3 ahead of its March 12 premiere.
RespectAbility board members Jonathan Murray (EP of Real World, Born This Way, Autism the Musical) and Steve Tingus (content expert on inclusion in Hollywood) host summit "Ending Stigmas & Bigotry: Expanding Diverse Employment and Portrayal in the Entertainment Industry both in Front of and Behind the Camera" on Tuesday, February 21 at 2p at Sherman Oaks Hospital, in Sherman Oaks, CA. Participants include stars of Born This Way, as well as people with Autism, multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, physical disabilities, amputations and non-visible disabilities.
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IFC ordered eight episodes of Living With Yourself, a scripted comedy created, written and executive produced by Tim Greenberg (The Daily Show). Series centers on George Elliot, a man burnt out and facing an impasse in his personal and professional life, who undergoes a novel treatment to become a better person
HBO acquired US television rights to David Bowie: The Last Five Years. The documentary film focuses on albums The Next Day and Blackstar and gives insight into Bowie’s creativity during the final years of his life.
Stonestreet Studios is moving forward on pilot Dot. The 50-episode anthology series focuses on women’s issues, particularly abortion rights, across the U.S. Each episode will be set in a different state.
Truli Media joined forces with production company Cinemills Media to form Truli Cinemills. The new venture, headquartered in Burbank, CA, will produce and distribute family-friendly films, documentaries and TV series, in addition to aggregating films and television content from global media markets.
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Syfy competition series Cosplay Melee premieres Tuesday, March 21 at 10p. Cosplayers go head to head each week in a showdown of creativity, costumes and characters. Yvette Nicole Brown hosts.
Adam Carolla And Friends Build Stuff Live debuts Tuesday, March 14 at 10p on Spike. Series features Carolla tackling creative build projects with his celebrity friends. Jimmy Kimmel guests on the opening episode.
Contractor Marnie Oursler renovates properties in the coastal communities near Bethany Beach, DE, in DIY Network’s Big Beach Builds. Premieres Monday, March 20 with back-to-back episodes at 9p and 9:30p.
Season 1 of The A.V. Club bows Thursday, March 16 at 9p on Fusion TV. Hosted by editor-at-large John Teti, the show features the editorial brains behind the pop culture site sharing their perspective on movies, music, television and more.
In celebration of Black History Month, SundanceTV presents Roots: 40th Anniversary Special Event. The miniseries begins airing Saturday, February 25 at 11a and will be followed by sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, presented in two parts on Monday, February 27 and Tuesday, February 28 at 5p.
Colgate Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular bows Saturday, February 18 on ABC. Hosted by Kristi Yamaguchi, Michael Weiss and Olympic gold medalist gymnasts Bart Conner and Nadia Comaneci, the special features figure skaters including Meryl Davis & Charlie White and Nancy Kerrigan, as well as gymnasts Simone Biles and Danell Leyva. Check local listings.
Premiere dates were set for two National Geographic projects. Feature documentary Water & Power: A California Heist, which uncovers the exploitation of California’s water supply, bows Tuesday, March 14 at 9p. Limited series Parched debuts Tuesday, March 21 at 9p.
Beyond the Headlines: Britney Spears airs Saturday, February 18 at 10p on Lifetime. Special is produced by NBC News’ Peacock Productions.
In other Lifetime news, the network premieres ripped-from-the-headline movie, NY Prison Break: The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell on Sunday, April 23 at 8p, exploring the story of a prison staffer who helped two convicts escape. Penelope Ann Miller (American Crime) stars.
El Rey Network celebrates President’s Day with “Deadly Day Off,” a 24-hour marathon of classic horror franchises Poltergeist, A Nightmare on Elm street and Final Destination; episodes of Paranormal State and the El Rey Network original special The People’s Network Showcase Horror Edition. Programming begins Monday, February 20 at 6a.
NOVA‘s Why Trains Crash explores new crash prevention technology on Wednesday, February 22 at 9p on PBS.
Raycom Sports’ A Cut Above: The Legacy of New York City Basketball and the ACC airs in over 100 markets through syndication from February 25 until March 6. The special retraces the roots of The New York Life ACC Tournament and New York City basketball. Show also bows on ESPNU on Monday, February 27 at 12p.
A white paper examining the state of cross-platform attribution and ROI analysis, commissioned by the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement in conjunction with the 4As and written by Sequent Partners, was one of the topics at CIMM’s measurement and data summit on Thursday. “It is critical that data is suitable to your business,” said Jim Spaeth, co-founder of Sequent. “Ask a lot of questions, and demand transparency.” Characteristics of a best-practice solution, according to the white paper, include:
* Provide sufficiently granular and timely detail to enable marketing plans to be optimized mid-course
* Employ a statistical model that can infer causality for all the elements of a marketing plan
*Incorporate a baseline, as well as all the drivers of consumer purchase behavior that could account for any variance in sales or other outcome variables
* Employ data for all variables that is truly representative of the brand’s business
“You have to take more responsibility,” said Spaeth, “and make sure the data works for your brand.”
Rino Scanzoni, executive chairman and CEO, Midas Exchange and Modi Media, GroupM, spoke at the event about working with both comScore and Nielsen to move measurement forward. “Competition is critical,” said Scanzoni. “If we rely on one provider, we’ll always be behind the 8-ball.” As for Facebook’s commitment to be audited by the Media Rating Council, Scanzoni approved, noting, “You can’t grade your own homework.”
Kantar Media’s audio watermarking technology for binding Ad-IDs to commercials and Entertainment ID Registry codes to programming content has been selected to advance to the next stage of review by the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. “This first advancement for efficiently and reliably binding IDs to media assets via an open standard audio watermark is truly revolutionary,” said Jane Clarke, CEO and managing director, CIMM. “The importance of this to the media industry and its potential for spurring further innovation is a much-needed next step in bringing both content creators and advertisers closer to securing a faster and more accurate view of audience engagement across all devices.”
Market research firm IRI partnered with Simulmedia to help CPG marketers better target consumers on linear TV through actual purchase behaviors rather than traditional demographic data, a first for the industry. The alliance will allow brands to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness.
Retta (Parks and Recreation) nabbed a lead opposite Kathleen Rose Perkins and Mae Whitman in Good Girls. The NBC drama pilot follows three suburban wives and mothers who suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe.
Santiago Cabrera (The Musketeers) landed a starring role in upcoming CBS suspense drama Salvation. He’ll play Darius, a self-made billionaire and visionary maverick.
UP TV added series regulars to Date My Dad. New cast members include Cindy Busby (A Puppy for Christmas, Heartland), Lochlyn Munro (Riverdale, White Chicks), Matty Finochio (Season’s Greetings, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland), Karen Holness (Make It Pop, Cashing In) and Chris Gauthier (Once Upon a Time, Eureka). Premieres June 2017.
Jessica Lu (Awkward) and Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) were tapped for regular roles in NBC drama pilot Reverie. The dramatic thriller focuses on Mara (Sarah Shahi), a former detective specializing in human behavior who is brought in when the launch of an advanced virtual reality program has dangerous and unintended consequences.
Cartoon Network debuts new series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs on Monday, March 6 at 5:30p. The comedy is based on Sony Pictures Animation’s 2009 animated feature Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 2013 sequel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2.
Chelsea Handler’s Netflix talk show returns Friday, April 14. Season 2 of Chelsea is changing its format, switching to one hour-long show a week on Fridays. Season 1 featured three half-hour editions released Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Discovery Communications and Snap Inc. announced a deal to develop short-form mobile video shows for Snapchat’s Discover platform. The companies will produce new series as well as shows inspired by properties, like Shark Week and Mythbusters.
AMC Networks International inked distribution deals in key territories with pay-TV operators in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, Iberia and Africa. New Partners include Sky Mexico, Slovak Telekom/DIGI Slovakia and the Euskaltel platform in Spain’s Basque Country.
Discovery launches real life TV channel Quest Red on Freeview, YouView, BT TV, Talk Talk, Sky and Virgin Media on Wednesday, March 15. Channel comes from Discovery Networks UK. Launch includes six-part true crime series Is OJ Innocent? The Missing Evidence and Jo Frost: Nanny on Tour.
Ex-Edemol Shine Group president Tim Hincks and former ITV Director of Television Peter Fincham launched UK-based indie Expectation. The start-up will work across scripted and non-scripted programming.
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Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 time period averages.
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD
CBS: 3.8/7
Hunted 3.2/6, Criminal Minds 4.8/8, Doubt 3.5/7
NBC: 3.6/7
Blindspot 2.6/5, Law & Order: SVU 3.9/7, Chicago PD 4.3/8
ABC: 3.4/6
The Goldbergs 4.0/7, Speechless 3.4/6, Modern Family 4.2/7, black-ish 3.2/6, Match Game 2.3/4
FOX: 3.3/6
Lethal Weapon 3.9/7, Star 2.6/5
Univision: 1.2/2
Pequenos Gigantes USA 1.0/2, Vino el Amor 1.2/2, El Color de la Pasion 1.3/2
TELE: 0.9/2
La Fan 0.6/1, La Dona 0.9/2, El Chema 1.2/2
CW: 0.8/2
Arrow 1.0/2, The 100 0.6/1
Wednesday A19-49 Analysis: ABC 1.9/7, FOX 1.6/6, NBC 1.5/5, CBS 1.3/4, UNI 0.7/2, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.5/2
Source: Nielsen
Larry W. Jones was named CEO of Blackthorn Media. Jones was previously President of TV Land. The 27-year Viacom vet is set to lead the company’s business and creative strategies, including development, production, distribution, marketing and finance of all original content.
Sky Vision hired Jason Simms as Director of Drama and Comedy. Simms last served as Senior Vice President, Global Acquisitions of Fox Networks Group Europe and Africa.
Joe Hengemuehler was appointed Vice President and General Manager of KOLD in Tucson, AZ. Hengemuehler has served as News Director at KOLD, and since the December 2016 retirement of Nick Ulmer was interim General Manager.
Party Over Here tapped Becky Sloviter as Head of Production and Development, under the production company’s multi-year deal with 20th Century Fox Television. Sloviter had been Senior Vice President of The Ink Factory.
Friday Fun Fact: Triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13.
This Day in History: 1933 – Newsweek magazine began publication.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which future prime time soap star guested as a love interest of Hawkeye on M*A*S*H (1972-1983)? Joan Van Ark (Knots Landing). Kudos to: Mark Wajda/Leesburg, FL; Mark Berger-Major Energy/Orangeburg, NY; George Gerritsen-PHD Media/New York City; John Kukla-FOX TV/Dallas, TX; Tim Rank-Blueprint 314/St. Louis, MO; David Smith/Spokane, WA; Jim Katz-Radcliffe Road Pictures/Los Angeles, CA; Pat Brady-CESD/Los Angeles, CA; Michael Shames/Los Angeles, CA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2017
ABC: Last Man Standing, Dr. Ken, Shark Tank, 20/20
CBS: MacGyver, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods
CW: The Vampire Diaries, Reign
FOX: Rosewood, Sleepy Hollow
NBC: Grimm, Emerald City, Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Charlie Rose – The Week, Great Performances
Telemundo: La Fan, La Dona, El Chema
Univision: Dale Replay, Vino el Amor, El Color de la Pasion
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