04/17/23: “Baywatch” reboot in development at Fremantle

Monday April 17, 2023

Today’s Premieres
GSN: Split Second at 7:30p
HGTV: Love It or List It at 9p
Max: Para – We Are King
Netflix: Oggy Oggy
TLC: 90 Day Fiancé at 8p; You, Me & My Ex at 9p

Today’s Finale
PBS: La Frontera With Pati Jinich at 9p

IN THE NEWS

New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a day dedicated to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” For the series’ impact on the city, April 14 will henceforth be “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Day.” Over the course of five seasons and seven years, the Prime Video series has employed approximately 37,000 actors, craftspeople, dancers, musicians, day players and background actors. Adams said the series “showcases the beautiful streets of New York City, features a strong female lead character, and is the perfect example of how our city’s film and TV industry creates jobs, and generates economic activity.” He added, “We are going to continue to work with studios and stakeholders, like Prime Video, to ensure New York City is made available to them for their production needs.”

WGA members are taking to social media to reveal how they voted on the strike authorization. Also sharing stories of payment and opportunity issues, one writer, Alanna Bennett, wrote that “the system is broken.”

Comcast invested $200 million in Bodhi Tree Systems. Comcast moved into a shareholding position at the James Murdoch-owned company that has become a key player in the revamped Viacom18. Murdoch first launched Bodhi Tree with Uday Shankar, Disney India chairman, last year.

Vanessa Hudgens’ spirituality takes center stage in “Dead Hot.” Alongside her friend, musician GG Magree, Hudgens travels to Salem, Mass. to explore witchcraft, ghosts and spiritual connections in the unscripted film. “During 2020, I think we were all looking for ways to better ourselves, to grow and come out of it as better people,” Hudgens said. “I was actually leading little coven meetings over Zoom with a few other witchy friends. It was such an uplifting community and it had me even more curious about witchcraft. The exploration seemed like a special thing to document and share.”

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Fremantle is developing a “Baywatch” reboot. Currently, no creatives are attached to the remake of the 11-season original drama series that starred David Hasselhoff.

“Hudson & Rex” was greenlit for a sixth season. The Canadian cop series has been added to Beta Film’s sales slate at MipTV in Cannes. The title was first released in Austria in the 1990s, and has become one of Beta’s most successful series.

National Geographic and BBC Studios announced a new limited series. “Lost Gold” (working title) traces the rise and fall of Tommy Thompson, scientist and explorer, from his discovery of the S.S. Central America to his two-year prison sentence. With 600 hours of archive footage and thousands of slides, prints, photos and newspaper clippings, the three-part series will uncover the story of the man who discovered treasure at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Drew Crevello signed on as showrunner for the “Dungeons & Dragons” series. Crevello will also serve as executive producer on the Paramount+ live-action series, with the first episode set to be directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber.

TECH TALK

Comcast Advertising’s AudienceXpress launched a cross-platform campaign analytics solution. Just in time for the 2023 Upfront season, the industry solution is designed to combine targeting and measurement capabilities to drive cross-platform TV advertising campaigns for marketers. Said AudienceXpress & FreeWheel CRO Katy Loria, “In today’s fragmented TV landscape, it’s more important than ever for advertisers to make sure they’re reaching the most engaged audiences possible, regardless of platform or screen.”

IRIS.TV announced a partnership with VIZIO Ads. Intended to support the delivery of ad experiences in the market, VIZIO Ads will work to provide advertisers with transparency at the video level.

NEW & RETURNING SERIES

Pete Davidson plays a fictionalized version of himself in Peacock’s “Bupkis.” The eight-episode series, co-written by Davidson and his collaborator Dave Sirus and showrunner Judah Miller, also stars Joe Pesci, Edie Falco, Ray Romano, Brad Garrett and Chase Sui Wonders. “Bupkis” premieres May 4.

“The Afterparty” kicks off on June 12. Season two of the murder mystery comedy series starring Tiffany Haddish will premiere on Apple TV+ with two episodes, followed by weekly releases every Wednesday through the finale on September 6. Elizabeth Perkins, Zach Woods, Paul Walter Hauser and more have joined the show for season two.

CASTING

Netflix cast Kylie Minogue, Jane Curtin and Eliza Coupe in Shondaland’s “The Residence.” The eight-episode murder-mystery series inspired by Kate Anderson Brower’s novel “The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House” is a modern day whodunnit at an annual State Dinner.

Madeleine Stowe and Stephen Rider have joined “Welcome to Derry.” The “Revenge” actor will have a recurring guest role and the “Daredevil” star will be a series regular in the Max Original series, a prequel to the Stephen King film franchise, “It.”

GOING GLOBAL

Fremantle UK CEO Simon Andreae resigned. Andreae, who was appointed CEO in 2020, wrote that he stepped down to “focus on [his] health, [his] family, and a smaller portfolio of projects.” He continued in a staff memo, “As some of you know, I’ve had some challenges to my health along the way and this has led to me taking some time out recently.”

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RATINGS

Broadcast Nielsen Ratings for Thursday, April 13
Show, P2+ 000s, (A18-49)
ABC: Station 19 3.91 (0.42), Grey’s Anatomy 3.15 (0.38)
CBS: Young Sheldon 6.88 (0.47), Ghosts 6.26 (0.47), So Help Me Todd 4.55 (0.34), CSI: Vegas 3.39 (0.29)
CW: Walker 0.29 (0.04), Superman & Lois 0.24 (0.04)
ION: Chicago P.D. 0.77 (0.1), Chicago P.D. 0.85 (0.1), Chicago P.D. 0.84 (0.1)
FOX: Next Level Chef 1.75 (0.36), Animal Control 1.03 (0.20), Welcome to Flatch 0.60 (0.12)
NBC: Law & Order 2.82 (0.28), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2.71 (0.29), Law & Order: Organized Crime 2.22 (0.28)
Telemundo: La Casa de los Famosos 1.14 (0.27), El Señor de los Cielos 1.65 (0.42), Juego de Mentiras 0.71 (0.20)
Univision: Perdona Nuestros Pecados 1.24 (0.36), Amor Invencible 1.40 (0.39), Cabo 1.42 (0.43)
Source: Nielsen live + same day time period averages

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Executive VP and COO of Gray Television Robert Smith has stepped down. Smith began his TV career as an account executive in 1986.

Pilgrim Media promoted Lauren LeMieux to SVP and head of development. In her new role, LeMieux will focus on packaging producers and talent with creative concepts, identifying foreign formats for adaptation and opportunities for exploiting internally-developed concepts in foreign markets.

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MONDAY APRIL 17
ABC: American Idol, The Good Doctor
CBS: The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola, NCIS, NCIS: Hawai’i
CW: All American, The Flash
FOX: 9-1-1, Fantasy Island
NBC: The Voice, That’s My Jam
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, La Frontera With Pati Jinich [f], Antiques Roadshow
Telemundo: La Casa de los Famosos, El Señor de los Cielos, Juego de Mentiras
Univision: Perdona Nuestros Pecados, El Amor Invencible, Cabo

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