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04.02.14
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, April 2, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premiere:
Bravo: Million Dollar Listing New York at 9p
Comedy: Triptank at 10:30p
Cooking: Extra Virgin at 8p
E!: Worst Thing I Ever Posted at 8p
History: Down East Dickering at 10p
ID: Dark Minds at 8p
Reelz: Treasure King at 10p
Velocity: Dallas Car Sharks at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
HBO: Doll & Em at 10:30p
UP: Bulloch Family Ranch at 9p
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entertainmentcounts.com.Low-rated Fox drama Rake, starring Greg Kinnear, has been bumped to Saturday, April 5, churning through its last to eps for a two-hour finale. Taking its spot this Friday: a repeat of last season’s Kitchen Nightmares finale. Rake debuted in the post-American Idol Thursday slot before relocating to Fridays on March 14.
BBC America has already picked up season two of The Musketeers, a fresh take on the Alexandre Dumas characters that doesn’t debut stateside until June 22. Sophomore run starts in 2015.
Telemundo has signed TV personality Raul Gonzalez to develop and host a new variety series for the net, as well as contribute to other series and specials. First assignment: co-hosting the Billboard Latin Music Awards Presented by State Farm on Thursday, April 24 at 7p.
Telemundo and NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution are launching a co-branded weekly segment, "Access Hollywood Al Rojo Vivo," to air every Friday on Telemundo news magazine Al Rojo Vivo con Maria Celeste. Produced in LA, the segment is an example of collaboration across the different NBCUniversal brands. "Hispanics are huge consumers of entertainment news so we are very excited to bring this great brand and content to our audience across the country," said Alina Falcon, EVP, News and Alternative Programming.
Hearst Television Inc. announced it is renewing and expanding its pledge to devote extensive coverage of election discourse under its "Commitment 2014" banner. In addition to its nightly 12-minute minimum airtime commitment at its 28 news stations in the 30 days leading up to the 2014 general election, the company is introducing an "In Their Own Words" feature inviting candidates to record video statements that will be made available online and for mobile devices.
Lifestyle Network, geared to the Filipino audience, has launched a series hosted by model Kara Birkenstock focused on food and fashion. Style Bites airs daily with new episodes premiering weekly. For details on the channel go here.
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IDW Entertainment, a division of comic book publisher IDW, and Entertainment One Television have partnered to co-develop, co-fund and co-produce television series based on IDW’s library of over 300 original properties. eOne and IDW will fully fund development of each project with the intent of securing direct-to-series commitments.
A&E greenlit docuseries The Herbert Brothers (wt), about the five sibs who launched an advertising company after their homemade "Doritos Crash the Super Bowl" spot became a sensation. Produced by ZigZag Productions, the series is slated for a summer 2014 premiere.
DirecTV ordered its first original comedy series, Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight, from screenwriter Peter Ackerman (Ice Age). "Television these days feels like the Wild West," said Ackerman, "with new players arriving all the time to stake their claim and create new programming in fresh, new ways." Show has a 10-ep order.
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Former President Bill Clinton, the Dalai Lama and Sir Elton John are among the luminaries featured in 10-part OWN documentary, Operation Change. The series, focused on local organizations working to empower the community, launches Monday, June 23 at 10p.
ID dug into the ’80s to find actors for a new miniseries, Heartbreakers. Judd Nelson (The Breakfast Club), Jack Wagner (General Hospital) and Rob Estes (Melrose Place) are among the actors starring in in true stories about how a dreamboat can turn deadly, reports EW.com. "Instead of having the narrator with documentary interviews, we have the doc interview with fully scripted scenes," said EP Pamela Deutsch. "It really has the feel of a primetime soap opera."
Petals on the Wind, the sequel to Lifetime original movie, Petals in the Attic, will debut Monday, May 26 at 9p. The January premiere of Flowers drew 6.1 million total viewers, ad-supported cable’s most-watched original movie in the demo since 2012.
INSP is running a marathon of family drama The Waltons (1972-1981), featuring the favorite episodes of creator Earl Hamner. The shows, with extra content from interviews with Hamner, air Sunday, April 6 from 1-7:30p, and again from 7:30p-2a.
TVOne‘s live interview Dr. Ben Carson, the first neurosurgeon to successfully separate conjoined twins, on Friday, April 4 at 9a will get an encore telecast that night at 6p.
Ellie Goulding and Zedd will perform selections from the Divergent soundtrack during the 2014 MTV Movie Awards, live on Sunday, April 13 at 9p on MTV.
Steve Schirripa (The Sopranos) once again helps settle scores when Investigation Discovery‘s Karma’s a B*tch returns Thursday, April 17 at 10p. Among the successful payback plots: A woman who sues her ex over "failure to marry" and wins $150,000, and a debt collection agency forced to turn over $10 million for harassment.
Nat Geo WILD‘s Fish Tank Kings comes back "bigger and bolder than ever." One project: building an underwater oasis for "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millan. New season launches Monday, April 28 at 9p.
Esquire didn’t let a little controversy keep it from tossing youth football docuseries Friday Night Tykes a second season. "Friday Night Tykes sparked a national debate about competitive sports, and we think it’s important to continue that discussion," said Matt Hanna, the net’s head of original programming.
Brazilian film star Wagner Moura will play politician Pablo Escobar in Netflix original series Narcos, the story of notorious drug trafficking ring, the Medellin Cartel. The show from Gaumont International Television is set for an early 2015 debut.
Cory Michael Smith (Camp X-Ray) will play Edward Nygma, the future Riddler, in Fox‘s Batman prequel, Gotham.
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Building on a record-breaking 2013 (72 million viewers per month), HGTV and DIY Network will premiere 31 new series, bring back over 54 shows and debut 24 specials in 2014. As part of its eight-city 2014 Upfront tour, Scripps Networks Interactive will hold its fourth presentation in LA at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills today. Upcoming presentations include Chicago (4/9), New York (4/22), Atlanta (4/28) and Minneapolis (5/1). Stars attending today’s presentation include DIY Network’s William Shatner and HGTV’s Property Brothers.
"Buyers will find that HGTV and DIY Network continue to offer a spectrum of programs in the ‘home’ category that makes us the best at attracting the coveted upscale viewer that advertisers want," Kathleen Finch, president, HGTV and DIY Network, tells Cynopsis. "This year we’re adding even more series that feature stars such as William Shatner, Jennie Garth and Daryl Hall, along with our current popular stars including Property Brothers; Rehab Addict Nicole Curtis; the Love It or List It duo Hilary Farr and David Visentin; as well as Rev Run and Vanilla Ice."
Ahead at HGTV: Eight new series, including The Jennie Garth Project. Premiering in June, the show follows single mom Garth (Beverly Hills, 90210) as she renovates a dated Hollywood Hills, CA. Flipping the Block features four couples competing to win big money at auction in the ultimate home-flipping competition, and Flip It Forward stars real estate entrepreneurs and brothers David and Jason Benham as they help families find a fixer-upper and transform it into a dream home. Fixer Upper has a husband and wife home-remodeling team balancing business with parenting, and My Big Family Renovation follows Austin, Texas-based author and popular mommy blogger Jen Hatmaker move and remodel.
At DIY, the brand is expanding its "celebrity home rehab" group with The Shatner Project, a series that follows the home renovation of William Shatner (Star Trek), and Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall, premiering in May, starring singer/songwriter Daryl Hall (Hall & Oates).
DIY will also debut Sledgehammer, starring popular licensed contractor Jason Cameron; First Time Flippers, featuring overzealous property; Family Under Construction: Hawaii, following a family of five’s home renovation in Hawaii, and Disaster Decks, with designer/carpenter Paul LaFrance.
The networks’ popular home giveaway franchise will continue with HGTV’s Dream Home in Lake Tahoe; HGTV’s Smart Home in Nashville; and a new HGTV Urban Oasis. On DIY Network’s Blog Cabin, viewers will have the chance to help design the 2014 vacation home, a 1920s lakeside getaway.
Talk shows Tricia and The Test have been cancelled. NBC Universal‘s Tricia is averaging a .6 HH rating and .4 in W25-54; CBS Television Distribution‘s The Test is also averaging .6 and .4 ratings.
Fishing, hunting and camping gear will be on display during Outdoor Channel’s "Spring Fever" sweepstakes. Daily prize offerings from participating sponsors like Mossy Oak and Shell Rotella will be up for grabs, with the grand prize a camper. The multi-platform campaign drives viewers to a dedicated microsite to enter.
Non-fiction content company Off the Fence struck a deal with new South East Europe broadcaster In The Box TV to provide 3,000 hours of factual programming over two years, to be shown on some of the 12 new channels launching September 1. Shows include titles from Off the Fence’s distribution partnerships with WE tv (Amazing Wedding Cakes, Platinum Weddings, My Fair Wedding) and Smithsonian Networks (Aerial America, Aliens Inside Us), and from Off the Fence’s own content.
getTV, Sony Pictures Television Networks‘ new digital broadcast net, is adding four major market TV stations from the Cox Media Group: WAXN-TV in Charlotte, NC; KIRO-TV in Seattle, WA; and KMYT-TV in Tulsa, OK. In the summer, getTV adds WTEV-TV in Jacksonville, FL.
Pop Monkey Productions announced a raft of deals ahead of MIPTV, including worldwide rights to Fat Pets, Fat Owners, which first aired on Sky Real Lives in the UK. Norwegian distributor Nordic World picked up game show format In The Dark, which first aired on Channel 5 in the UK, Turkey’s The Global Agency acquired rights to dating show Date My Boss and FrenchTV nabbed dating show Kicked To The Kerb.
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How I Met Your Mother went out with a bang Monday night, with the CBS show’s ninth and final season-ender earning series highs in viewers, A18-49 (5.4/16), A18-34 (5.9/20) and A25-54 (5.5/14). At 9p, the series premiere of the net’s Friends with Better Lives averaged 8 million viewers and 2.6/7 in A18-49.
What zombies? On Sunday night, Showtime‘s Shameless had its best night ever, delivering 2.8 million viewers for the night. Season-to-date, Shameless’ season 4 averages 5.7 million weekly viewers, up 8 percent vs. last season, on track to rate as its highest-rated season ever. The net’s House of Lies had its best night of the season with 1.44 million viewers for the night; season-to-date, season 3 is averaging 3 million weekly viewers.
Turner Sports and CBS Sports‘ coverage of the NCAA Basketball Championship across TBS, CBS, TNT and truTV is delivering its highest viewership since 1993. Through the first two weeks, the NCAA Tournament is averaging 9.8 million total viewers; Saturday’s two Elite Eight games on TBS delivered the most-viewed college basketball games in cable television history. Wisconsin versus Arizona averaged 9.9 million total viewers, and Florida versus Dayton averaged 7.2 million total viewers to rank first and second of all time.
March madness took its toll on syndication. Dr Phil (which airs on numerous CBS stations and aired repeats four of five days), usually the talk leader, was down 18 percent and had to settle for a tie for second place with Ellen DeGeneres (2.7, up 4 percent), which was in originals all week. Live with Michael & Kelly was the top talker, even with just two shows live and three repackaged.
DIY Network had its highest-rated and most-watched quarter ever, attracting 4.5 million viewers during prime time each week, with the net’s P25-54 prime time audience growing 17 percent over 1Q13. "We’ve been laying the foundation for this growth for months," said Allison Page, GM, HGTV and DIY. "We’ve got killer series in production to keep the momentum going."
A visit from Vice President Joe Biden gave Rachael Ray a sweet bump. The show grew 15 percent in metered markets (1.5/5) the day of the veep’s appearance March 31, compared to the prior Monday.
OWN boasts its most-watched quarter ever, averaging 508,000 total viewers and delivering double-digit growth across all demos versus the previous quarter, up 32 percent W25-54, up 48 percent total viewers and up 47 percent African-American W25-54.
The Saturday season finale of Hallmark Channel’s When Calls the Heart reached nearly 2.7 million unduplicated viewers. The finale ranked number three in HHs and P2+ for 9-10pm, scoring a 1.9 rating and .9 rating, and placed number 3 in HHs (1,666,000) and P2+ (2,066,000).
Sunday’s Total Divas was the E! series’ second most-watched episode ever and best this season-to-date with 1.55 million total viewers, 616,000 W18-49 and 416,000 W18-34.
Broadcast Evening News Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of March 24, 2014)
NBC: Nightly News 9.6 million total viewers; 2.0/8 and 2.37 million A25-54
ABC: World News 8.46 million total viewers; 1.9/8 and 2.28 million A25-54
CBS: Evening News 7.57 million total viewers; 1.6/6 and 1.94 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week ending 3/23/14 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (CTD, Mon.-Wed.) 7.0AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 6.7 AA
Big Bang Theory (WB) 6.1AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 6.1AA
Family Feud (2/T) 5.3AA
Modern Family (2/T) 4.3AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD, Mon.-Wed.) 3.8AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 3.4AA
Live with Kelly & Michael 2.9
Inside Edition (CTD) 2.8AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Top 12 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week ending 3/23/14 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
Big Bang Theory (WB) 3.2AA
Modern Family (2/T) 2.4AA
Family Guy (2/T) 1.8AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.7AA
Family Feud (2/T) 1.7AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD, Mon.-Wed.) 1.5AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.4AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 1.4AA
How I Met Your Mother (2/T) 1.2AA
Seinfeld (SPT) 1.1AA
Cleveland Show (2/T) 1.1AA
Maury (NBU) 1.1AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share for the week of 3/24/2014
NBC: The Voice (Mon.), 3.7/10
ABC: Modern Family, 3.6/11
CBS: NCAA Basketball (Fri.), 3.6/12
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, 3.5/11
NBC: The Voice (Tues.), 3.4/11
ABC: Scandal, 3.1/10
CBS: 60 Minutes, 2.8/9
NBC: The Blacklist, 2.8/8
ABC: Grey’s Anatomy 2.6/8
CBS: NCAA Basketball (Thurs.), 2.6/8
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data
NIELSEN TWITTER TV TOP TEN for the week of 3/24/14-3/30/2014
Program, Date, Unique Audience (000), Tweets (000)
Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards (Nick), 3/29 6793, 2105
The Walking Dead (AMC), 3/30, 6570, 1012
Teen Wolf (MTV), 3/24, 3830, 780
The Voice (NBC), 3/24, 2445, 102
Scandal (ABC), 3/27, 2324, 463
WWE Monday Night Raw (ABC), 3/24, 2115, 200
The Voice (NBC), 3/25, 1879, 66
Dancing with the Stars (ABC), 3/24, 1807, 98
Basketball Wives LA (VH1) 3/24, 1674, 286
How I Met Your Mother (CBS) 3/24, 1500, 50
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
Top Ten Ad-Supported Basic Cable Network Performance among Total Viewers for the week of: 3/24/2014
Primetime (000)/Total Prm Day (000)
TBSC 3737/NICK 2011
DSNY 2251/DSNY 1387
USA 2143/ADSM* 1259
AMC 1935/USA 1175
HIST 1858/TBSC 1150
FOXN 1755/FOXN 1107
A&E 1502/NAN* 1020
NAN 1446/TNT 1004
TNT 1436/TOON 987
ADSM 1370/HIST 886
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data.?All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 115,800,000 homes.* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen data stream; Preliminary: Live+SD. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8P-11P and Sun 7P-11P. Total day is Mon-Sun 6A-6A for household and demographic performance.
Top Ten Ad-Supported Basic Cable Network Performance among A18-49 for the week of: 3/24/2014
Primetime (000), Total Prm Day (000)
TBSC 1649/ADSM* 706
AMC 1108/TBSC 579
USA 841/NICK 543
A&E 698/NAN* 448
ADSM 686/USA 425
HIST 653/A&E 371
FX 595/TNT 368
FAM 565/AMC 364
DSNY 564/DSNY 333
ESPN 549/ESPN 333
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data.?All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 115,800,000 homes.* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen data stream; Preliminary: Live+SD. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8P-11P and Sun 7P-11P. Total day is Mon-Sun 6A-6A for household and demographic performance
Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 3/24/20014
Walking Dead (AMC) 10157
Talking Dead (AMC) 4670
Duck Dynasty (A&E) 3174
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo) 2212
The Walking Dead Marathon (AMC) 2164
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1933
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1871
The Big Bang Theory (TBSC) 1827
The Walking Dead (AMC) 1809
The Big Bang Theory (TBSC) 1808
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.?All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 115,800,000 home; Ranked by Delivery (000); Preliminary: Live+SD
Monday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Monday with 3.2/9, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. The series finale of CBS’s How I Met Your Mother handily won 8p with 5.4/16, followed by the first hour of NBC’s The Voice, with 3.2/9. The Voice took the lead at 9p with 3.7/10, versus a 2.4/7 average for CBS’s Friends with Better Lives premiere and Mom. NBC was back on top at 10p with 2.8/8 for The Blacklist; Univision’s Que Pobres Tan Ricos was second with 1.3/4.
A18-49:NBC 3.2/9, CBS 3.0/8, ABC 1.9/5, FOX 1.5/4, UNI 1.3/4, CW .4/1, TELE .4/1, ION .4/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, March 31, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
ABC: 7.9/12
Dancing with the Stars 9.2/14, Castle [r] 5.5/8
NBC: 7.2/11
The Voice 7.4/11, The Blacklist 7.0/12
CBS: 5.3/8
How I Met Your Mother [f] 7.7/12, Friends with Better Lives [p] 4.7/7, Mom 4.6/7, Intelligence 3.6/6
Fox: 3.1/5
Bones 3.6/6, The Following 2.6/4
Univision: 1.6/3
Por Siempre Mi Amor 1.4/2, Que Vida me Robo 2.0/3, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.5/3
CW: .7/1
Star-Crossed .7/1, Tomorrow People .7/1
Telemundo: .6/1
Impostora .6/1, En Otra Piel .6/1, Camelia La Texana .6/1
Sunday A18-49 Analysis: CBS won the most A18-49 viewers Sunday with 2.0/6, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’s 60 Minutes topped the first hour with 2.8/9, followed by 1.3/4 for ABC’s America’s Funniest Home Videos. ABC was first at 8p with 2.1/6 for Once Upon a Time, with Fox comedies The Simpsons and Family Guy and CBS’s Amazing Race averaging 2.0/6 to place second. ABC’s Resurrection drew 2.4/6 at 9p, versus 1.8/4 for CBS’s The Good Wife. CBS’s The Mentalist won 10p with 1.5/4, with ABC’s Revenge on its heels with 1.4/4.
A18-49:CBS 2.0/6, ABC 1.8/5, FOX 1.6/4, NBC .9/2, UNI .8/2, TELE .7/2, ION .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, March 30, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 6.8/11
60 Minutes 8.7/15, Amazing Race 5.8/9, The Good Wife 7.0/11, The Mentalist 5.6/10
ABC: 4.0/7
America’s Funniest Home Videos 3.6/6, Once Upon a Time 3.9/6, Resurrection 5.1/8, Revenge 3.4/6
NBC: 2.5/4
The Voice 2.0/3, American Dream Builders 2.0/3, Believe 3.1/5, Crisis 2.8/5
FOX: 2.0/3
Bob’s Burgers 1.3/2, American Dad 1.7/3, Simpsons 2.2/4, Family Guy 2.4/4, Cosmos 2.3/3
UNIVISION: 1.2/2
Aqui Ahora Sun 1.0/2, Nuestra Belleza 1.4/2, Sal y Pimienta 1.2/2
TELE: .9/1
Voz Kids 1.0/2, Suelta La Sopa Extra .5/1
ION: .5/1
Leverage .6/1, Leverage .6/1, Leverage .5/1, Leverage .4/1
Saturday A18-49 Analysis: NBC had the most A18-49 viewers Saturday with .8/3, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s Dateline Mystery snatched 8p with .7/3, followed by a .6/2 average for a set of CBS Comedytimes. Dateline continued in the lead in its second hour with .9/3, versus .5/2 for CBS’s 48 Hours. CBS moved to the top at 10p with .8/3 for 48 Hours, with .7/2 for NBC’s SNL prime taking second.
A18-49:NBC .8/3, CBS .6/2, ABC .4/1, UNI .4/1, ION .4/1, FOX .3/1, TELE .3.1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, March 29, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 2.5/7
Dateline Mystery 3.3/6, SNL Prime 1.7/3
CBS: 2.5/7
Comedytime Saturday 1.7/3, Comedytime Saturday 1.5/3, 48 Hours Special 1.6/3, 48 Hours 2.7/5
ABC: 1.5/3
Mixology 1.0/2, Mixology .8/1, 20/20 Saturday 1.7/3 Nightline Prime 2.0/4
UNIVISION: 1.1/2
Sabado Gigante 1.1/2
ION: 1.0/2
Law & Order: CI .9/2, Law & Order: CI .9/2, Law & Order: CI 1.2/2, Law & Order: CI 1.1/2
FOX .8/1
Almost Human [r] .9/2, The Following [r] .7/1
TELE: .5/1
Voz Kids .5/1, Cine de Impacto .4/1
Joon Lee and Simeon Dawes took on expanded roles at FOX International Channels. Lee adds the title of Managing Director of Hong Kong and Southeast Asia to the position of Executive Vice President of Content & Communications for Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Dawes, Executive Vice President of Advertising Sales & Partnerships for Asia Pacific and the Middle East, adds the role of Managing Director of the Middle East.
Lionsgate signed producer Dave Caplan (Heroes of Cosplay) to an overall deal to develop unscripted programming. Caplan had been Vice President of Development at 51 Minds Entertainment.
Brad Austin has been named Director of Development at Renegade 83 (Naked & Afraid). Austin was previously Director of Development at 10×10 Entertainment.
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JOB OPENING: Sr. WRITER/PRODUCER/BBC AMERICA-NYC: Conceptualize/produce short-form video for on-air/digitl promos, mktg campgns, press reels, VOD/DVD extras. 5 yrs netwk/agncy exp. Excllnt edit/copywritng skills [email protected] (4/8)
JOB OPENING: SR RESEARCH ANALYST/Music Choice/NY: Prgm/Ad Sales research. NPower exp a must. MRI/Rentrak a plus. Standard reports, custom requests & competitive analysis. BA/BS, plus 1-3 yrs relevant research exp. Required. Apply HERE (4/8)
JOB OPENING: MGR MKTG/ION/NY: Support Nat’l Ad Sales team, assist w/development & execution of integrated client solutions 2 – 3 yrs exp mktg, prefer sponsorships, 4-yr deg, prefer Marketing Apply [email protected] EOE (4/8)
JOB OPENING: ASSOCIATE MANAGER, MARKETING SERVICES/ESPN/Coral Gables FL: Assist in the dvlpmnt of high impact sales materials for use by the Sales Teams. Min 2 yrs exp. http://bit.ly/1hdIZM5 (4/8)
JOB OPENING: TVONE/AD SALES COORD/NY: Work w/AE & Planners. POC for agencies. Create flowcharts, handle make good offrs. Trffic & agency Liaison. Self strter, strg org skills, attn to details. BA+2 yrs exp. Resumes: HERE (4/8)
JOB OPENING: TVONE/DR ACCT EXEC/NY: Resp for rev. targets thru DR Sales in assigned, territories. Carryout entire sales process. Comm TV1 ntwork to advertisers. 20-30% dom. Trvel. BA+8yrs sales exp. strg cable industry knwldg. Resumes: HERE (4/8)
JOB OPENING: TEMP MGR, ADV PLTFRM SCHED/AMC/NYC: Manage short & long form content scheduling across all adv pltfrms for AMC, such as VOD, TV Everywhere, and mobile. 10-14 week temp assignment. Submit HERE (4/4)
JOB OPENING: VP INSIGHTS & INNOVATION/THE WEATHER CHANNEL/NY: Min 8 yrs in media research, exp in mnging large initiatives with proven ROI & provide cross-platform research leadership for sales team.Resume to: [email protected] (4/4)
JOB OPENING: PROD ACCT/Conde Nast/NYC: Mng finance & maint financial records during prod as a key link between Finance & company’s Creative & Prgrmng teams. 3-5 yrs ent/prod acctng exp; GL exp a + Full info, Apply Here (4/4)
JOB OPENING: DIGITAL DESIGNER/NBC/LA/Universal City: Min 2 years digital design exp; Flash, After Effects, and ActionScript exp required. Apply: www.nbcunicareers.com JOB # 14040BR (4/4)
JOB OPENING: MGR INTEGRATED MKTG TELEMUNDO/NBCU/NYC: Develop & implement integrated mktg strategies and solutions. 5+ yrs. exp. in mktg. Full info/apply HERE: http://bit.ly/1h9TboS (4/3)
JOB OPENING: SR AE/PRESS MANAGER PR/FERENCOMM/NY: Develop and execute consumer & trade campaigns for leading series & specials. Prior TV publicity exp req’d. Resume and cover to: [email protected] (4/3)
JOB OPENING: RESEARCH ANALYST/Travel/GAC/NYC: Respond to data driven research requests, develop tracking reports and support sales research needs. For more detail www.scrippsnetworks.com #4058 (4/3)
CASTING CALL: Companies can showcase their casting notices/casting calls here. For information on rates and specs for posting a casting notice, please email Trish at [email protected]
EXPERT SERVICES ADS: These ads are for companies or people who offer an expertise in the field of media by way of production, voice over artistry, writing, set development, etc. For information on rates and specs for posting an Expertise Service ad email Trish at [email protected]
EXPERT SERVICE: TV PRODUCTION: svcs available. Ghost & script writer, field prod, commercial acting as well as broadcasting career coach & more. Former LA TV news anchor & award winning reporter looking to work for you. Contact Terri: [email protected] (4/3)
INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always posted for free, and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected].
SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED… There is no charge for placing your Situation Wanted ad… for more information contact Trish Pihonak at [email protected].
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY APRIL 2, 2014
ABC: The Middle, Suburgatory, Modern Family, Mixology, Nashville
CBS: Survivor, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CW: Arrow, The 100
FOX: American Idol
NBC: Revolution, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago PD
PBS: Nature [r], Nova [r], Nova, Secrets of the Dead
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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