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Good morning. It’s Thursday, February 27, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
HGTV: Crowded House at 11p
History: Vikings at 10p
IFC: Portlandia at 10p
Sundance Channel: The Red Road at 9p
We TV: Mary, Mary
Tonight’s Finale:
HGTV: Rehab Addict at 9p and 9:30p
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Turns out Ripper Street wasn’t so dead after all. BBC America announced Wednesday that the period crime drama, canceled last year due to low ratings, has been revived by an agreement with Amazon. The same day Amazon Prime Instant Video launched in the U.K. came word that the cult fave series has been commissioned for a third season, with Amazon landing U.K. subscription streaming rights to all three seasons. BBC controller of drama commissioning Ben Stephenson said, "This deal gives fans another series of the show they love at excellent value to the license fee-payer." Season two airs on BBC America Saturdays at 9p.
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio will guest on The Good Wife on Sunday, March 16. Former Mayor Bloomberg also made an appearance on the show, set in Chicago but shot in New York.
NBC will broadcast Clear Channel’s first iHeartRadio Music Awards, produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions and Clear Channel Media. "We feel fortunate being on the ground floor of the iHeartRadio Music Awards," said NBC president of alternative and late night programming Paul Telegdy. Telecast is slated for Thursday, May 1.
The CW announced the dates for four-hour event series Labyrinth. The historical miniseries, filmed in France and South Africa, will air Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23 at 8p.
CW also shared finale dates for nine shows: The Tomorrow People (Monday, May 5 at 9p), Star-Crossed (Monday, May 12 at 8p), The Originals (Tuesday, May 13 at 8p), Arrow (Wednesday, May 14 at 8p), The Vampire Diaries and Reign (Thursday, May 15 at 8p and 9p), Hart of Dixie (Friday, May 16 at 9p), Supernatural (Tuesday, May 20 at 9p) and The 100 (Wednesday, June 11 at 9p).
Production of Strike Back has been delayed at least six months. The Cinemax action drama was in Thailand filming its fourth and final season when star Sullivan Stapleton was seriously injured off the set.
SundanceTV launched a short form animated series as a companion to The Red Road (premiering tonight, February 27, at 9p) to help viewers understand exactly what enigmatic episode titles like "The Woman Who Fell from the Sky" really mean. "The Red Road: So it Begins" will roll out weekly on Sundance.TV and Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, alongside each linear ep.
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A+E Networks announced six series for upcoming lifestyle net FYI: The Epic Meal Show (wt), featuring "mind-blowing" recipes, from The Collective and Nexttime Productions; The Feed (wt) "part road show, part buddy comedy, part talk show," from Giant Pirates; chef contest World Food Championships from Sharp Entertainment; Tiny House Nation (wt) about mini dream homes, from Loud TV; reality competition Renovation Row (wt) from Jane Street Entertainment, and B.O.R.N. to Style, a lifestyle makeover series from Left/Right. Bio rebrand FYI launches July 7.
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.
Controversial Bachelor Juan Palbo Galavis gets grilled by the women he rejected (and two who dumped him) on the ABC dating competition’s "The Women Tell All" ep airing Monday, March 3 at 8p.
First-person accounts and archival footage color Brothers in War, chronicling the boot camp-to-battle experiences of one of the last infantry companies sent to Vietnam. Nat Geo documentary, narrated by Charlie Sheen (Platoon), premieres Wednesday, March 26 at 8p.
Syfy‘s Face Off jets to Tokyo for "Ego Trip Abroad," in which the makeup artists are tasked with creating a character based on anime… with "a surprise personal twist." Ep airs Tuesday, March 4 at 9p.
Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory offers a sneak peek at upcoming comedy/cooking competition Snack Off tonight, Thursday, February 27 at 10:30p. John Legend is one of the contestants – and Legend’s new bride, supermodel Chrissy Teigen, is a judge.
Comedy and bluegrass collide in the first live concert performance broadcast of Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell on PBS. Check local listings March 1-16.
Hip hop’s Sway and Fat Joe will host MTV2‘s Off the Bat from the MLB Man Cave, along with Girl Code and Guy Code stars Chris Distefano and Melanie Iglesias. The weekly show, part of the multi-year partnership between MTV and Major League Baseball, will be exec produced by World Series MVP David Ortiz and a rotation of other MLB stars. Pittsburgh Pirates All-Star Andrew McCutchen was announced as an exec producer but has bowed out, explaining to MLB.com, "It is a very time-consuming commitment. I just couldn’t see being able to pull it off." Show premieres in April.
El Rey action series Matador will premiere in July, with net founder Robert Rodriguez directing the first ep. Speaking of, El Rey Network Presents: the Director’s Chair will have an April debut.
Looking will get a sophomore season on HBO. The gay-themed comedy grew from 338,000 viewers at launch to 519,000 on February 23. Looking airs Sundays at 10:30p.
NBC announced summer premiere dates for American Ninja Warrior and America’s Got Talent. Warrior returns Monday, May 26 at 8p, for its sixth season, with repeats airing on Esquire; season nine of Talent premieres Tuesday, May 27.
Season two of Sundance TV‘s The Writer’s Room launches Monday, April 14 at 10p. First show up for scrutiny from host Jim Rash (Community): Scandal. "It’s such an honor to sit with writers I’ve admired for years and share with our audience the creative process and how words on a page come to life," said Rash.
Wild parties and over-the-top outfits return when season three of TLC‘s My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding premieres on Thursday, April 3 at 9p.
Spike TV‘s Bar Rescue is back for a third season on Sunday, March 9 at 9p. First stop: a lounge in Omaha, NE, where a heavy-drinking owner has his business taken over by his partners.
CMJ Productions renewed agreements with Investigation Discovery for season two of A Stranger in My Home and season three of Fatal Vows
Christopher Lloyd (Taxi) and Cary Elwes (Psych) will guest on the second season of BYUtv drama Granite Flats, premiering Sunday, April 6 at 9p. Also appearing: General Hospital‘s Finola Hughes, as an Avon Lady/KGB spy. Cable net BTUtv is funded by Brigham Young University.
Comedy Central‘s Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele (Key & Peele) will appear on FX‘s upcoming limited drama Fargo. The adaptation of the 1996 Coen Brothers film, starring Billy Bob Thornton, premieres April 15.
Actor/comedian/ writer Larry Wilmore (Larry Wilmore’s Race, Religion & Sex) will appear in new USA comedy Playing House, premiering this spring.
Taraji P. Henson (Person of Interest) will play the female lead in Fox drama Empire, per the Hollywood Reporter, as the wife of Terrence Howard‘s character.
Who will harness the Twitterverse Sunday night? Marketers are strategizing ways to generate positive Twitter buzz during the Oscars, according to AdWeek. "Planned spontaneity is the order of the day," Jordan Bitterman, chief strategy officer at Mindshare, told the mag. Show airs live on ABC.
ABC’s Good Morning America will be on hand for Oscar madness and its aftermath. On Friday, February 28, Robin Roberts reports from inside the Dolby Theatre, including an interview with host Ellen DeGeneres. On Monday, March 3 the GMA gang anchor live from LA, with highlights from the show, and a performance from John Legend. Brooke Burke-Charvet, recently ousted from Dancing with the Stars, will offer red carpet dish.
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The Winter Olympics sent a chill through much of syndication programming the week ending February 16. Shows on some NBC affiliates were preempted, and programs that did air had stiff competition. NBCUniversal‘s Access Hollywood broke through by covering news of the Games, earning a 2.2 rating, according to Nielsen, up 5 percent from the week prior and up 22 percent versus last year.
Despite the Olympics disadvantage, LIVE with Kelly and Michael scored a 3.1 rating, down a not surprising 14 percent versus last week but enough to tie with Dr. Phil for top talker, and up 19 percent in HH versus the year-ago week.
Tuesday’s premiere of Game of Arms drew 1 million viewers and 626,000 A18-49, according to Nielsen, making the arm wrestling show the net’s highest weeknight unscripted series premiere ever.
HGTV was the second highest-rated cable network among the upscale P25-54 audience on Sunday night, with over 5.4 million total and audience growth over the prior four weeks among all key demos, including a 38 percent increase in P25-54 ratings. The net was the third highest-rated cable network among upscale M25-54, delivering a 69 percent increase among M25-54 – its highest-rated Sunday night in that demo since January 2013.
The two-hour season finale of BET‘s Being Mary Jane on Tuesday delivered 2.6 million viewers P2+ from 9-10p, and 3.3 million from 10-11p.
The Thursday, February 24 season three finale of WE tv‘s Braxton Family Values delivered nearly 1.5 million total viewers and 896,000 A18-49, and the freshman finale of SWV Reunited delivered more than 1 million total viewers and 672,000 A18-49.
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week ending 2/02/14 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Judge Judy (CTD) 7.6 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 7.2AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 6.7AA
Big Bang Theory (WB) 6.4AA
Family Feud (2/T) 5.7AA
Modern Family (2/T) 4.7AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 3.9AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.5AA
Live with Kelly & Michael (DAD) 3.1AA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD) 3.1AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week ending 2/02/14 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
Big Bang Theory (WB) 3.4 AA
Modern Family (2/T) 2.9AA
Family Guy (2/T) 2.1
Family Feud (2/T) 2.0
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.8
Two and a Half Men (WB) 1.7
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.6
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.6
How I Met Your Mother (2/T) 1.5
Cleveland Show (2/T) 1.2
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Monday with 2.6/7, according to Nielsen. NBC’s The Voice earned 3.7/11 at 8p, versus 2.6/8 for CBS’s NCIS. ABC’s The Bachelor sprung into action to win its second hour with 2.6/7, over 2.3/6 for NCIS: Los Angeles. At 10p it was a tie at first, with CBS’s Person of Interest and NBC’s Chicago both drawing 1.8/5.
A18-49: NBC 2.6/17, CBS 2.2/6, ABC 2.0/6, FOX 1.3/4, UNI 1.2/3, CW .9/2, TELE .6/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 8.8/14
NCIS 10.8/17, NCIS: Los Angeles 8.4/13, Person of Interest 7.1/12
NBC: 6.5/9
The Voice 7.8/12, About a Boy 4.9/8, Growing Up Fisher 4.3/7, Chicago Fire 4.4/8
ABC: 4.5/7
The Bachelor 5.5/8, Mind Games [p] 2.4/4
FOX: 1.8/3
Glee 1.9/3, New Girl 1.8/3, Brooklyn Nine-Nine 1.7/3
UNIVISION: 1.7/2
Por Siempre mi Amor 1.6/2, Que Vida me Robo 2.2/3, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.4/2
TELE: .8/1
Impostura .6/1, En Otra Piel .8/1, Camilia la Texana .9/2
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This Day In History: 1964 -The Italian government requested aid to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from falling over.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which future procedural star played Lance White, a private investigator who sometimes worked with Jim Rockford on The Rockford Files (1974-1980)?Tom Selleck. Kudos to: Ed Goode-Connelly Partners/Boston, Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing, Inc./NYC, Matthew Willence-ITN Networks/NYC, Mark Prince-MEC/PPS/NYC, Joel Dearing-Virtual News Center/Indianapolis, Dan Whitford-Lakeshore Public Media/Merrillville, IN, John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas, Cynthia New-Charter Media/Cape Girardeau, MO, Rick Pike-InterMedia Advertising/Woodland Hills, CA, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-Angst Productions/Hollywood, CA, Jaeson Cayne-Cayne-O Productions/Encinitas, CA, Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27, 2014
ABC: Countdown to the Oscars, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal
CBS: The Big Bang Theory, The Millers, Two and a Half Men, The Crazy Ones, Elementary
CW: The Vampire Diaries, Reign
FOX: American Idol, Rake
NBC: Community, Parks and Recreation, Hollywood Game Night, Parenthood
PBS: This Old House Hour, Chasing Shackleton [r], Antiques Roadshow [r]
Telemundo: La Impostora, En Otra Piel, Camelia La Texana
Univision: Por Siempre Mi Amore, Lo Que la Vida Me Robo, Que Pobres Tan Ricos
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