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02.25.14
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, February 25, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Mind Games at 10p
AMC: Game of Arms at 10p
CNBC: The Profit at 10p
Discovery: Amish Mafia at 9p, Clash of the Ozarks at 10p
Fashion One: Dining with Style (check local listings)
Nat Geo: Diggers at 10p
OWN: The Tyler Perry Show at 10p
Spike TV: Ink Master at 10p
Telemundo: Camelia La Texana at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
BET: Being Mary Jane at 10p
TLC: My 600-lb Life at 9p
The launch of WWE Network got off to a rocky start Monday, when demand "that exceeded anything we have seen in 14 years of doing e-commerce," according to tech partner Major League Baseball Advanced Media, rendered the video net unable to process orders for most of the morning. By early afternoon, the site was ready and able to sign up $9.99/month subscribers.
CNN has canceled struggling Piers Morgan Live, saying the airdate of the final show "is still to be determined." But Morgan isn’t going down without a fight. "I wouldn’t get too excited @NRA," the gun control advocate tweeted Monday, "I’m not done with you yet." The 9p talker delivered 364,000 viewers on Thursday, according to Nielsen.
If the Supreme Court lets streamer-of-broadcast signals Aereo stay in business, ABC warned in a brief filed Monday, networks would be forced to "reconsider the quality and quantity of the programs they broadcast for free." Court case begins April 22.
NBCUniversal and Xerox announced a cross-portfolio partnership for 30 Seconds to Know, a video series that explains complicated subjects ("Are black holes dangerous?") in a simple format. Each network hub will link to the program’s other participating brands’ content. "We were impressed with NBCUniversal’s integrated approach to media sponsorship across their various platforms," said Barbara Basney, VP, global advertising and media for Xerox. "We’re able to ensure brand consistency across the key networks we advertise on most news and sports."
Netflix and broadband providers have been battling over who should foot the bill for increasing bandwidth loads, but the deal Netflix inked with Comcast, which calls for the streaming service to pay for direct access to the cable and broadband provider’s network, isn’t necessarily a loss. BTIG media analyst Richard Greenfield said in his blog, "We believe Comcast and Netflix reaching a deal illustrates how both companies were able to work out a mutually-agreeable market based solution without government intervention or regulation."
ABC.com launched a short-form video series, Bar-Cabulary, that’s a companion to upcoming new comedy Mixology (sample: Bargument, an argument that’s only important because you’re drunk). Mixology, from ABC Studios and Ryan Seacrest Productions, premieres Wednesday, February 26 at 9:30p on ABC.
MSNBC has partnered with social media startup Vocativ to "connect with fresh voices and perspectives from around the world" for news stories on network and digital properties, said MSNBC president Phil Griffin. Vocativ makes the claim that its proprietary technology analyzes the 80 percent of the Internet that search engines don’t reach.
Tamron Hall was named co-host of the third hour of Today, joining Al Roker, Natalie Morales and Willie Geist. Hall, who had been filling in on the morning news show, is anchor of MSNBC‘s News Nation, and host of TLC‘s Sister Wives, and Investigation Discovery‘s Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall, produced by NBC News Peacock Productions.
TruthCo.‘s "New World of Television" study, analyzing changes in the industry, says cultural success is the most important driver of ratings today. "In the old television model, shows were designed to appeal to the biggest, broadest audience possible," Linda Ong, TruthCo. president and brand strategist, tells Cynopsis. "In the new world of TV, shows created with a very specific, even narrow, vision – more niche than mass – cultivate fervent fans first, that then bring along the rest of the audience."
TiVo released its "Top Chills, Spills and Thrills" lists from the Olympics, and figure skaters topped each one. Top chill: Team USA’s Ashley Wagner consulting the scoreboard after her short program. Top spill: USA’s Jeremy Abbott taking a hard fall as he attempts a quadruple toe loop in the Men’s short program. Top thrill: Russian’s Yulia Lipnitskaya‘s awe-inspiring spin during the short program. Ranking is based on Live+Same Day ratings in DVR homes.
Sportsman Channel extended its partnership with outdoor lifestyle company Mossy Oak, incorporating advertising with the net’s Saturday afternoon waterfowl block, and extending the company’s sponsorship of MeatEater, Thursdays at 8p.
Don’t Miss Out… The call for entries in the third annual Cynopsis Kids !magination + People Awards is now open. The Awards honor the best children’s and family multiplatform programming and marketing, plus the outstanding execs in kids entertainment. This year, we will also be honoring an elite group of Animation Innovators. Entry deadline is Friday, March 14, and we will salute all winners on June 11, 2014, at the !magination Awards ceremony in NY. Please visit the awards website for info: http://www.cynopsis.com/events/kids-awards.
The next celebs to put on their dancing shoes will be revealed on ABC’s Good Morning America Tuesday, March 4. In addition to new co-host Erin Andrews (Fox Sports) replacing Brooke Burke-Charvet, new music director and composer Ray Chew (American Idol) is on board for season 18 of Dancing with the Stars, premiering Monday, March 17 at 8p. As for Burke-Charvet, who just found out Friday she was out, she will "unquestionably be missed by our entire team," exec producer Conrad Green said in a statement. "We’d like to thank Brooke for her years of service."
Bates Motel gets the after-show treatment on Monday, March 3 at 11p, with stars and exec producers sharing insights and answering fan questions. Broadcast in front of a live studio audience, Bates Motel: After Hours will air after the season two premiere of Bates Hotel at 9p and the series premiere of Those Who Kill at 10p.
CMT‘s "Can’t Stop Laughing Week" includes the premieres of Ron White’s Comedy Salute to the Troops 2014 (Sunday, March 23 at 9p) and Jeff Dunham’s Achmed Saves America (TV premiere Friday, March 28 at 10p), as well as a Party Down South Reunion Special on Thursday, March 27 at 10p.
Reelz original reality series Treasure King bows Wednesday, April 2 at 10p. The Asylum Entertainment production follows a larger-than-life collector on the hunt for rare memorabilia.
The fourth season of The Vanilla Ice Project charts the rapper’s progress as he renovates an outdated Florida mansion. "Our bling is going to make this house sing," promised Ice of the project. DIY series debuts Saturday, March 8 at 10p.
Donald Fagan (Steely Dan), Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers) and Boz Scaggs, as The Dukes of September, rock the house (Lido Shuffle, anyone?) at a concert taped in New York’s Lincoln Center that will air on PBS in March. Check local listings.
Hallmark Channel original movie A Ring by Spring, about woman who’s told by a fortuneteller that if she doesn’t get a rock by spring, she’ll never marry, premieres Saturday, March 8 at 7p.
Two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey will guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Oscars special Sunday, March 2 on ABC.
Ann-Margret has a recurring role on Showtime drama Ray Donovan as a once-sizzling star with a past with Ezra (Elliott Gould). Season two of the show, currently in production, will have a summer premiere.
Janet McTeer (The White Queen) has been cast in CBS‘s Battle Creek, opposite Kal Penn. The show, from Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Studios, was created by Breaking Bad‘s Vince Gilligan.
Samuel Anderson will play a new recurring character on the eighth series of Doctor Who, a teacher at Coal Hill School. Anderson made a brief appearance in 50th anniversary special, The Day of the Doctor.
Hope Davis (The Newsroom) and Margarita Levieva have joined the cast of NBC pilot Coercion, from Universal Television and Keshet Media group.
ION announced a deal to produce new episodes of The Listener, with Shaftesbury, CTV and Fox International.The agreement makes ION the exclusive original U.S. television network for current and future seasons of the procedural drama, about a mind-reading police consultant.
Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook) will direct the first episode of ABC summer series Astronaut Wives Club from ABC Studios, Fake Empire and Groundswell Productions, reports Deadline.
SJ Clarkson (Heroes, House, Dexter) will direct the first ep of USA event series Dig. The Universal Cable Productions action drama is slated for a late 2014 premiere.
Amazon Prime Instant Video replaces Amazon’s Lovefilm Instant in the U.K. and Germany tomorrow, February 26. The rebranded streamer has signed a content deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution for U.K. on-demand subscription rights to the first seasons of Arrow, The Following and Revolution, to go live this year, and Hostages and The 100, available in 2015.
ITV Studios Global Entertainment announced it has sold over 460 hours of factual and factual entertainment programming across Europe, including Tricked, Building the Dream, Louisiana Lockdown, Too Cute!, Wild West Alaska and several versions of Four Weddings for Western Europe markets.
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website for additional information on: Who Should Enter, How to Enter, Eligibility Period, Categories, Deadlines, Sponsorship Opportunities, Contact Information and FAQs.The Walking Dead scared up a 6.6 rating among A18-49 to take the demo Sunday night opposite the Olympics’ closing ceremony on NBC. Among total viewers, AMC’s zombie drama came in second to the Sochi spectacle, with 13.1 million.
NBC‘s closing ceremony drew an 8.7/13 household rating with 15.1 million viewers, a steep slide from the 12.1/19 rating and 21.4 million total viewers for the Vancouver Games in 2010. It’s the lowest HH rating ever for a Winter Games close, but up in viewers versus the night ending 2006’s Torino Games (14.8 million).
The season four finale of Downton Abbey attracted an average 8.5 million viewers to PBS on Sunday, according to Nielsen fast nationals, for the show’s most-watched finale ever. The season premiere drew 10.2 million.
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 2/3/14
Program/Live+SD A18-49 US AA%/Live+7 US AA% (+7 Minus SD Contribution)
The Big Bang Theory (CBS)/5.2/8.0/2.8 (54%)
Modern Family (ABC) 3.5/5.6/2.1 (60%)
Elementary (CBS) 1.8/3.3/1.5/83%
How I Met Your Mother (CBS) 3.8/5.3/1.5 (39%)
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) 2.2/3.6/1.4 (64%)
NCIS (CBS) 3.1/4.4/1.3 (42%)
The Following (Fox) 1.9/3.2/1.3 (68%)
Nashville (ABC) 1.3/2.5/1.2 (92%)
Castle (ABC) 2.1/3.3/1.2 (57%)
Criminal Minds (CBS) 2.8/4.0/1.2 (43%)
Source: The Nielsen Company. National Live + Same Day and Live +7 Day Program Ratings. Program rankers based on regular, original telecasts only.
NIELSEN TWITTER TV TOP TEN for the week of 2/17/14-2/23/2014
Program, Date, Unique Audience (000), Tweets (000)
The Walking Dead (AMC), 2/23, 4513.7,353.5
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family), 2/18, 4430.4,654.1
The Bachelor (ABC), 2/17, 3087.4,119.8
Teen Wolf (MTV), 2/17, 2916.2, 425.4
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC), 2/17, 2830.7,157.6
The 45th NAACP Image Awards (TV One), 2/22, 2197.4,76.6
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC), 2/17, 1844.9,58.0
Premio Lo Nuestro (Univision), 2/20, 1810.6, 546.4
American Idol (Fox), 2/19, 1720.2, 78.3
American Idol (Fox), 2/18, 1712.2, 86.3
Source: Nielsen SocialGuide. SocialGuide captures relevant Tweets from three hours before, during and three hours after an episode’s initial broadcast, local time. Unique Audience measures the audience of relevant Tweets ascribed to an episode from when the Tweets are sent until the end of the broadcast day at 5am. The data includes new/live primetime and late fringe episodes only and excludes sports events. Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings are only available for English-language U.S. Broadcast and Cable Networks
Friday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 3.6/12 for Olympics coverage, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC scored 3.6/12 at 8p, followed by .9/3 for Univision’s Por Siempre mi Amore. NBC’s Games maintained the top spot at 9p with 3.7/12, versus 1.7/6 for ABC’s Shark Tank. The Olympics scored 3.6/12 at 10p versus 1.4/5 for ABC’s 20/20.
A18-49: NBC 3.6/12, ABC 1.3/4, UNI 1.1/4, CBS .8/3, FOX .7/2, TELE .4/2
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, February 21, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 8.8/15
Winter Olympics 8.8/15
CBS: 4.0/7
Blue Bloods [r] 3.5/6, Blue Bloods [r] 4.1/7, Blue Bloods [r] 4.5/8
ABC: 3.5/6
Last Man Standing [r] 2.6/5, Last Man Standing [r] 2.5/4, Shark Tank 3.9/7, 20/20 4.0/7
UNIVISION: 1.6/3
Por Siempr mi Amor 1.4/2, Que Vida me Robo 2.0/3, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.5/3
FOX: 1.4/2
Bones 1.9/3, Enlisted 1.0/2, Raising Hope .7/1
CW: .6/1
Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r] .9/2, Whose Line Is it Anyway? .9/1, Originals [r] .4/1
TELE: .6/1
Impostura .6/1, En Otra Piel .6/1, Santa Diabla .6/1
The Weather Company has realigned its New York sales team, expanding Mark Mooney‘s role from Vice President, East Coast Cable Sales to Vice President, East Coast Sales, and adding Alicia Muntzner as Vice President, East Coast Sales. Previously Muntzner was Vice President, Advertising Sales for Style network.
Maureen FitzPatrick has been named Executive Producer of new syndicated court show Hot Bench, produced and distributed by CBS Television Distribution. She joins Executive Producer Randy Douthit. FitzPatrick is currently Executive Vice President of Programming and Development at CTD.
Writer/director/actor Harold Ramis died of a rare autoimmune disease on February 24. He was 69. Ramis co-wrote classic comedies including National Lampoon’s Animal House, Stripes, and Ghostbusters, and directed Caddyshack and National Lampoon’s Vacation.
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This Day In History: 1986 – President Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which journalist did Rory idolize, and eventually get to meet, on Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)? Christiane Amanpour. Kudos to: Katherine Naugher-Scripps Networks/Knoxville, TN, Michael Hochman-MPH Creative Services/Upper Moreland, PA, Laura Brounstein-Cosmopolitan/NYC, Wendy Hoops-SPX Corporation/Charlotte, NC, Jessica Jennings Harris-NCC Media/Chicago, Carly Dasso-Zimmerman/Oakbrook Terrace, IL, Roz Seibold-EDA/Tucson, Joan Lee-KOLD News 13/Tucson, Tena Hawkes-University of Arizona/Tucson, Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas, Todd Schliewen-WOAI/Sinclair/San Antonio, Lucie Prann-The Richards Group/Dallas, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-Angst Productions/LA, Peter S. Alexander-A. Smith Co/LA, Kimberly Austin-Solaris Entertainment/LA
For last week’s question about the first African-American woman featured in a sitcom, Tim Brooks (The Complete Guide to Prime Time Network & Cable TV Shows) points to Amanda Randolph, from the short-lived comedy The Laytons (1948).
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2014
ABC: The Bachelor, Mind Games [p]
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest
CW: The Originals, Supernatural
FOX: Glee, New Girl, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
NBC: The Voice, About a Boy, Growing Up Fisher, Chicago Fire
PBS: American Experience [r], Frontline, Ice Warriors – USA Sled Hockey
Telemundo: La Impostora, En Otra Piel, Camelia La Texana [p]
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