03/28/18: NBCUniversal talks disruption on Innovation Day

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NBCUniversal gathered its top advertising clients and leaders from different industries for its fourth annual Innovation Day, aimed at exploring disruptive technologies that might be applied to the media business. After Will & Grace’s Sean Hayes welcomed the crowd – noting, “I’m NBC’s answer to Young Sheldon!” – topics ranged from AI, to the evolving shopping experience to the future of storytelling. “We as storytellers need to rethink how we are interacting with customers, and advertisers need to do the same,” said Jeffrey Katzenberg. Measurement also needs rethinking, offered John Swift, CEO of investment at Omnicom Media Group North America. “We need to move past the idea of ‘matching luggage’ for measurement,” said Swift. “The more we try to force TV measurement across platforms, the more we miss platforms’ value.” Then there’s Facebook. “Facebook’s business model is based on capturing data that many times people don’t know they’re giving, and then selling that data, very often electronically, to a buyer where Facebook doesn’t even know the buyer,” said NBCUni CEO Steve Burke. “So there’s a whole series of things going on in their business model that are very different from our business model.”
 
Speaking of, word came from CNN yesterday that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to testify before Congress, in the wake of the revelation that data firm Cambridge Analytica accessed personal data from over 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has asked Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify at a hearing about data privacy on April 10.
 
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Post-Cambridge Analytica scandal, 8% of people surveyed said they will stop using Facebook over concerns about abuse of personal data. 19% said they would use it “significantly less” and 26% said they would use it “somewhat less.” Securities firm Raymond James shared the results, but added, “We believe these user concerns could ease as the news cycle slows on this topic.”
 

A virtual reality installation that aims to convey the despair and danger faced by immigrants trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border has arrived in Washington, D.C. “Carne y Arena” (“Virtually present, Physically invisible”), from Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, offers a 6-minute immersive experience demonstrating the desperate circumstances of people journeying in the desert. Plans are for the installation, which premiered at Cannes in 2017, to be open 12 hours a day until August.
Cinemax renewed Strike Back for season 6. “The rebirth of Strike Back has reestablished Cinemax as a destination for adrenalized, entertaining action series,” said Kary Antholis, president, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming. Season 5 finale airs Friday, April 6 at 10p.
 
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
 
Amazon Studios ordered Cortes, a mini-series centered on legendary explorer Hernan Cortes, from Steven Spielberg and Amblin TelevisionJavier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) will star.
 
Simon Mirren (Criminal Minds) and Jamie Carmichael (Black Book) are partnering for a TV and film production sales company. Based in LA, Atlantic Nomad is aiming for a high-end TV drama slate of 6-10 original series over the next year.
 
A docu-series based on biography Tiger Woods, released yesterday, is being developed by Alex Gibney and his Jigsaw Productions. The book’s authors, Jeff Benedict and Armen Keyeyian, will exec produce with Gibney.
 
Nickelodeon and prolific producer Dan Schneider and his Schneider’s Bakery (iCarly, Drake & Josh, Henry Danger) are not extending their current deal. “Since several Schneider’s Bakery projects are wrapping up, both sides agreed this is a natural time for Nickelodeon and Schneider’s Bakery to pursue other opportunities and projects,” said the net in a statement.
 
Marblemedia’s Holy Baloney, a play-along 10-episode, 3-minute series for kids, has been greenlit by Canada’s CBC Kids for a spring 2018 launch at CBC Kids and on the CBC TV App.
 
Timberman-Beverly Prods. (Elementary, SEAL Team) is pulling up stakes at CBS Television Studios after 8 years to head to ABC Studios, where Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly will develop projects for broadcast, cable and streaming services.
 
Critical Content is producing a documentary about “the godfather of gangster rap,” Eric “Eazy-E” Wright. Project will explore alternative theories surrounding Wright’s death. 
 
 
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
 
New History competition series Forged in Fire: Knife or Death launches Tuesday, April 17 at 10p. WWE Hall of Famer and host Bill Goldberg oversees the slicing of flying watermelons, the hacking of ice blocks and the general severing of ropes, tubes and metals.
 
AMC’s Humans is back for season 3 Tuesday, June 5 at 10p. Eight-episode run is set in a parallel present, exploring what happens when the lines between humans and machines are blurred.

The season 2 premiere of Freeform’s Famous in Love airs Wednesday, April 4 at 8p.
 
 
COMING UP

James Corden landed a third CBS primetime special. The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special, featuring a new karaoke session as well as Corden’s favorite late show moments (guests TBD), is slated for Monday, April 23 at 10p. The bar is high – specials in 2016 and 2017 scored Emmy Awards.
 
Conan Without Borders: Italy will air as a primetime special on TBS Wednesday, April 11 at 10p. Conan O’Brien’s ninth international adventure in 3 years, the special will include his guest turn on Italian soap opera, Un Posto Al Sole.
 
For the first time, former winners of NBC’s The Voice will serve as advisors during the knockout rounds. Cassadee Pope, Jordan Smith, Chris Blue and Chloe Kohanski will be on hand to help Kelly Clarkson, Alicia Keys, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton tune up talent beginning Monday, April 2 at 8p.
 
 
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NBCUniversal kicked off its Upfront brand campaign Tuesday. Original advertisements featuring company talent (Will & Grace! This Is Us! Lester Holt!) will run on NBCU’s networks leading up to company’s Upfront presentation May 14 at Radio City Music Hall; campaign creative and content will run also run on NBCUniversal digital sites and the platforms of the company’s strategic partners including Apple News, BuzzFeed and Vox Media. Linear and digital ads will take advantage of NBCU’s Audience Studio advertising capabilities, including its Audience Targeting Platform.
 
Nest and CBSThe Late Show teamed to deliver more show content during the late nighter’s first-ever takeover of a regularly scheduled advertising break last night. Host Stephen Colbert introduced viewers to “More Show Presented by: Google’s Nest Hello video doorbell.” The entry into ad pod takeovers featuring sponsored original content is just the beginning, said Jo Ann Ross, president and chief advertising revenue officer at CBS Corp., adding, “We will continue to work with the show, and across all of our dayparts, to innovate and expand on what we offer our advertisers.”
 
 
CASTING
 
Connie Britton (9-1-1, Nashville) will star in the first season of Bravo’s scripted anthology series Dirty John, based on the articles and true crime podcast of the same name from LA Times reporter Christopher Goffard.  
 
Allison Sweeney has something else cooking at Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. The star/EP of the Murder She Baked franchise will star in and exec produce The Chronicle Mysteries, focused on a novelist/podcaster.
 
Douglas Smith (Big Love) landed a role as an offbeat surfer in season 2 of HBO’s Big Little Lies.
 
Christina Milian (Grandfathered) will play a medical student in Fox musical drama pilot Mixtape, from Joshua Safran (Quantico).
 
 
DIGITAL DATA
 
Endeavor acquired streaming technology firm NeuLion for $250 million. The companies aren’t strangers – NeuLion streamed UFC league owner Endeavor’s match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor last year. “Throughout our content portfolio, client base, and broader network of rights holders we’ve encountered many different platforms for distributing and monetizing content,” said Ariel Emanuel, CEO, Endeavor. “NeuLion provides an ideal combination of technology and client services.”
 
Turner is launching a new premium live sports streaming service, Bleacher Report Live, in April. What sets it apart? In addition to the usual sports leagues, the OTT offering will include content to engage niche affinity audiences (think World Arm Wrestling League). The platform’s core services include the ability for viewers to find and watch live sports and scroll through a feed of real-time sporting events, as well as personalization features and tools to help fans locate their favorite games.
 
Monster-themed digital network Crypt TV raised $6.2 million in a Series A round which will go toward continued serialization of content like Sunny Family Cult, as well as developing long-form content partnerships with studios and networks. Pumping in money were previous investors Blumhouse Productions, NBCUniversal, Lerer Hippeau and Advance Capital.
 
Brown Sugar, the SVOD service from Bounce, will offer new episodes from season 3 of Bounce drama Saints & Sinners the morning after each Sunday night premiere on Bounce, with seasons 1 and 2 available now. 
 
Social media research firm Fizziology introduced a real-time monitor that uses A.I. to create an early detection system for sudden changes in organic social conversation around a brand, competitor, or category. VelocityWatcher monitors conversation taking place outside of owned social channels, including the complaints and crises that don’t pop up as notifications. “We created VelocityWatcher so that clients can be alerted to changes in the entire social conversation beyond what they are currently seeing through owned social accounts,” said Ben Carlson, co-founder and co-president of Fizziology. “A negative story that catches fire in social media can hurt brand value and impact customer sentiment in just hours. Speed – knowing what is happening as it is happening – is critical for both digital marketing success and for crisis management.”
 
Cinedigm’s fandom-centric entertainment channel CONtv has been added to select VIZIO SmartCast and VIZIO Internat Apps Plus smart TVs. CONtv’s library includes original series, TV classics and behind-the-scenes programming.
 
Apple introduced a new iPad at its education event in Chicago yesterday. The 9.7-inch 32GB model – $299 for schools and $329 for consumers – is a rival to Chromebooks, which have grown increasingly popular in schools. The iPad can use Apple’s Pencil stylus, and is more powerful than most laptops and Chromebooks.
 
Google has updated the Play Movies & TV app for Android to show which apps are streaming programming a user is interested in. The 28 partners at launch include ABC, CBS, Fox Now, NBC, Hulu and HBO Now (but no Netflix). There’s also access to genres, and a ratings system for personalized recommendations.
 
 
GOING GLOBAL
 
Factual crime series 21st Century Serial Killer, from UK indie FirstLookTV, has been greenlit through DCD Rights’ Producer Support InitiativeThe series has been pre-sold to UKTV for its Really channel.
 
Among the deals all3media international has concluded for adventure series Escape, produced by Maverick TV for Channel 4: De AGOSTINI Editore in Italy for Alpha, a pan-regional agreement with AETN18 Media Pvt Ltd. for India and the Indian Sub-continent, as well as acquisitions by Celestial Tiger Entertainment for linear rights across South East Asia, Filmlux in the Netherlands, among others
 
BBC One and Remarkable Television announced that feel-good entertainment show All Together Now will be returning to BBC One for a second season, with Rob Beckett back as host. BBC One also commissioned 5-part dating/dancing series Flirty Dancing from Second Star.
 
Turner International India Private Limited announced the appointment of IndiaCast Media Distribution Private Limited as its exclusive distribution agent for distribution of Turner channels CNN International, Pogo, Cartoon Network, WB, HBO and HBO HD to consumers in India, Nepal and Bhutan.
 
Among the shows Rive Gauche Television has licensed ahead of MIPTV are Something’s Killing Me, headed to Bell Media in Canada, and Homicide’s Elite, picked up by CBS AMC Networks UK Channels Partnership.
 
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RATINGS
 
Hallmark Channel movie Royal Matchmaker on Saturday averaged a 2.7HH rating, 2.8 million total viewers and 438,000 W25-54, and was the highest-rated cable movie of the week among Households, W25-54, A25-54, W18-49 and p2+.
 
March Madness preemptions and competition didn’t score points with many syndicated shows the week of March 12. Wheel of Fortune dipped 15% (to 5.6), Dr. Phil was down 13% (to 2.8), Jeopardy dropped 12% (to 5.9) and Judge Judy slipped 11% (to 6.5). On the plus side, as Wendy Williams went from repeats to originals with fill-in host Jerry O’Connell, the show rose 22% (to 1.1).
 
March Madness-fueled TBS topped the prime time cable chart the week of March 19-24 with an average 3.1 million viewers, snapping Fox News’ 9-week winning streak in weekly prime time. FNC averaged 2.2 million viewers, followed by 2 million for MSNBC and 1.5 million for HGTV and USA Network.
 
Fox News still ruled cable in total day with 1.4 million total viewers. And while threats of a global trade war led to another tumultuous week in the markets, FBN’s Business Day coverage drew a winning 224,000 total viewers.
 
Univision’s El Rico y Lazaro averaged 1.8 million Total Viewers 2+ with week-to-week audience gains among A18-49 (+5% to 708,000) and A18-34 (+3% to 302,000) the week of March 19.
 
In its premiere week, UniMas adventure reality competition Reto 4 Elementos: Naturaleza Extrema increased the time-period average by double-digit margins versus prior four-week performance as it drew in 345,000 Total Viewers 2+ (+47%), 164,000 A18-49 (+46%) and 54,000 A18-34 (+10%).
 
The premiere of Syfy Superman series Krypton drew an audience of over 2.6 million people in Live+3 Nielsens, the net’s best new series premiere since Ascension in 2014.
 
NIELSEN SOCIAL CONTENT RATINGS: Top Series and Specials by Total Interactions for the week of March 19, 2018
Program, Total Interactions (000), Facebook (000), Twitter (000)
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards (NICK) 7953, 264, 7393, 295
WWE Monday Night RAW (USA) 2034, 234, 1495, 305
WWE Smackdown (USA_ 1427, 172, 997, 257
The Walking Dead (AMC) 1231, 191, 884, 157
RuPaul’s Drag Rave (VH1) 962, 86, 724, 151
Shadowhunters (Freeform) 798, 12, 720, 65
American Idol (ABC) 682, 146, 484, 52
Riverdale (CW) 601, 12, 492, 97
American Idol (ABC) 579, 262, 244, 73
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (VH1) 550, 212, 185, 153
Source: Nielsen. Interactions are a measure of total relevant U.S. social media activity grossed across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter from three hours before through three hours after broadcast, local time.  
 
Top 12 Broadcast Programs Among A18-49 ratings/share for the week of March 19, 2018
60 Minutes (CBS) 4.0/16
NCAA Championship (CBS) 2.7/11
NCAA Championship (CBS) 2.4/11
The Voice (NBC) 2.3/9
The Voice (NBC) 2.2/9
NCAA Championship (CBS) 2.0/8
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 1.9/8
NCAA Championship (CBS) 1.9/8
Survivor (CBS) 1.8/7
American Idol (ABC) 1.7/6
9-1-1 (Fox) 1.7/7
Modern Family (ABC) 1.7/6
Source: Nielsen
 
Top 11 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 3/12/18 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Judge Judy (CTD) 6.5 AA
Family Feud (2/T) 6.4 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 5.9 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.6 AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.9 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.3 AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 3.1 AA
Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.8 AA
Hot Bench (CTD) 2.4 AA
Live with Kelly and Ryan (DAD) 2.3AA
Modern Family (2/T) 2.3
 
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 3/12/18 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 2.0 AA
Family Feud (2/T) 1.7 AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.4 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.2 AA
Modern Family (2/T) 1.2 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.1 AA
Family Guy (2/T) 1.1 AA
The Goldbergs (SPT) 1.0 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 0.8 AA
The Cleveland Show (2/T) 0.8 AA
 
Broadcast Evening News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of March 19, 2018
ABC World News Tonight 9.00 million total viewers; 1.6/7 and 1.922 million A25-54
NBC Nightly News 8.70 million total viewers; 1.7/8 and 2.06 million A25-54
CBS Evening News 6.92 million total viewers; 1.3/6 and 1.62 million A25-54
 
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of March 19, 2018
ABC: Good Morning America 4.29 million total viewers; 1.2/11 and 1.40 million A25-54
NBC: Today 4.09 million total viewers; 1.3/11 and 1.52 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 3.42 million total viewers; 0.8/7 and 970,000 A25-54
 
Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of March 19, 2018
CBS: The Late Show 2.991 million total viewers; 0.46/3 among A18-49
NBC: The Tonight Show 2.56 million total viewers; 0.58/3 among A18-49
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 2.26 million total viewers; 0.45/3 among A18-49
 
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Monday, March 26, 2018 time period averages
Source: Nielsen
NBC: 8.34 million
The Voice 10.37, Good Girls 4.28
ABC: 8.25 million
American Idol 7.68, The Good Doctor 9.39
CBS: 4.90 million
Kevin Can Wait 5.68, Man with a Plan 5.44, Superior Donuts 4.64, Livingly Biblically 3.98, Scorpion 4.84
FOX: 3.69 million
Lucifer 3.16, The Resident 4.21
UNI: 1.10 million
El Rico y Lazaro 1.12, Papa a toda madre 1.06, Por Amar Sin Ley 1.13
CW: 1.01 million
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 1.31, iZombie 0.71
TELE: 0.80 million
Jose, Jose Principe de la cancion 0.68, Al otro lado del muro 0.80, Enemigo Intimo 0.91
 
Monday A18-49 Analysis:  NBC 1.7/6, ABC 1.6/6, CBS .8/3, FOX .8/3, UNI .6/2, TELE .4/2, CW .3/1
 
 
EXECUTIVE MOVES
 
As part of the announcement that John Leguizamo and his partners are expanding their Latino media and entertainment company to form NGL Collective, Joe Bernard  was named as Chief Revenue Officer. Bernard was previously Senior Vice President of Client Development for NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises.
 
Erin Miskey has been promoted to Vice President, Bravo Production & Operations. Miskey had been a manager with the production & operations team.
 
A.I. video personalization and programming platform IRIS.TV appointed Daniel Harrison as Chief Revenue Officer. Harrison joins the company from Oracle, where he was Head of Advanced TV Solutions for Oracle Data Cloud.
 
Melinda Lee was named Chief Content Officer of BuzzFeed Media Brands. Lee joined Meredith in 2016.
 
Chris Guarino will join The Hill as an executive producer of the recently created television division, working on the launch of a slate of new streaming programming later this spring. Guarino’s experience includes exec producing CNN shows like Inside Politics and Crossfire.
 
Will Nothacker and Joe Weinstock have been named co-presidents of Spoke Studios. Nothacker was most recently Creative Director at ITV Creative, while Weinstock served as SVP of Development at Leftfield Pictures.
 
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This Day in History: 1979 A nuclear accident occurred inside a reactor at the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania.
 
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question:  Which sitcom cast included an advice-giving mannequin? The Monkees (1966-1968). Kudos to: Mike Schenker-Mike Schenker, Consulting, James Ryan-A+E Networks/NYC, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA
 
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Answer to Our Last Anagram: Align By Civil Bill = Living Bibically. Kudos to: Charlene White-A+E Networks/Stamford, CT, Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, LaKendra Kennedy-Sinclair Broadcast Group/Hunt Valley, MD
 
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY MARCH 28
ABC: The Goldbergs, Alex, Inc. [p], Modern Family, Splitting Up Together [r], Designated Survivor
CBS: Survivor, SEAL Team, Criminal Minds
CW: Riverdale, Life Sentence
FOX: Empire, Star
NBC: The Voice, Andrew Lloyd Webber Tribute
PBS: Nature [r], NOVA [r], WWII Megaweapons
Telemundo: Jose, Jose, el principe de la cancion, Al otro lado del muro, Enemigo intimo
Univision: El rico y Lazaro, Papa a toda madre, Por Amar Sin Ley

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