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04.07.14
Good morning. It’s Monday, April 7, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Today’s Premieres:
AMC: Windtalkers at 10p
DIY: House Crashers at 11p
Food: Kitchen Casino at 9p
Great American Country: Kimberly’s Simply Southern at 4p
Tonight’s Finales:
ID: Stalked: Someone’s Watching at 10p
Syfy: Bitten at 8p, Being Human at 9p, Lost Girl at 10p
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That How I Met Your Mother series finale that had some viewers of the CBS comedy up in arms? There’s another option. In a series of tweets, co-creator Carter Bays revealed an alternate ending that will be included in the DVD series. "We chose the ending we chose and we stand by it," he tweeted. "But we loved the other version too." DVD collection comes out this fall.
NUVOtv reached an agreement to buy music net Fuse from Madison Square Garden Co. Said Jennifer Lopez, NUVOtv shareholder and chief creative officer, "Music is my first love so the acquisition of Fuse is near and dear to my heart. It’s exciting that between NUVOtv and Fuse we’ll have the ability to deliver a broad array of terrific content both from a Latino perspective and across multiple genres, including music, to a broader audience."
The plot of Tuesday’s ABC‘s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be impacted by a big screen revelation in Disney-America‘s Captain America: The Winter Soldier this weekend. ABC teased the twist on Facebook.
Fox cut Glee‘s season order from 22 episodes to 20, citing a production hiatus due to the sudden death of actor Cory Monteith. Despite soft ratings (.9 A18-49 and 2.6 million viewers on Tuesday), the show has been renewed for season six.
In the wake of David Letterman‘s announcement that he’s leaving CBS‘s Late Show, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a top ten list celebrating the talk show host. Number one: "He inspired the first top ten list by a New York State Governor."
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: April 4-6, 2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Disney) $96.2 million, opening weekend
Noah (Paramount) $17.0 million, 2 wk total $72.3 million
Divergent (Lionsgate) $13.0 million, 3 wk total $114.0 million
God’s Not Dead (Freestyle Releasing) $7.7 million, 3 wk total $32.5 million
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) $6.3 million, 5 wk total $33.4 million
Muppets Most Wanted (Disney) $6.3 million, 3 wk total $42.1 million
Mr. Peabody and Sherman (20th Century) $5.3 million, 5 wk total $102.2 million
Sabotage (Open Road) $1.9 million, 2 wk total $8.8 million
Need for Speed (Disney) $1.8 million, 4 wk total $40.8 million
Non-Stop (Universal) $1.8 million, 6 wk total $88.16 million
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Syfy gave a 12-ep order to 12 Monkeys, in addition to the pilot filmed last year, for a January 2015 premiere. The Universal Cable Prods. and Atlas Entertainment drama is based on the 1995 film directed by Terry Gilliam.
Production for season four of Showtime drama Homeland will begin in Cape Town, South Africa, as Carrie (Claire Danes) takes an anti-terror mission in the Middle East. The series will begin production in mid-June and shoot through November of this year.
RCG Productions (comedy writers Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton) struck a deal with FX Productions for two more seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, as well as a series order for a comedy starring Tracy Morgan for FXX. The new show is slated for a January, 2015 premiere.
Keshet DCP, the joint venture between Keshet International and DC Media, parent to dick clark productions, will bring game show format BOOM!, the first co-development deal between KI and DC Media under the Keshet DCP banner established in October 2013, to the U.S. market. The show premiered in Israel with a 41.2 percent share and 26.7 percent HH rating. (The first sale at MIPFormats went to France’s TF1.)
The Gurin Company and Canada’s CBC have teamed to develop new formats for global distribution of Canadian content, launching first in North America and then around the world. "CBC continues to be a huge advocate of these kinds of partnerships, particularly when we can continue to produce great content right here at home," said Jennifer Dettman, executive director, studio and unscripted content, CBC.
ABC‘s new summer series Sing Your Face Off premieres Saturday, May 31 at 9p. Two back-to-back eps of the talent competition air in the slot each week. Bet Your Baby bows the same night, at 8p, for all-original programming on Saturdays.
With Astronaut Wives bumped from summer to midseason, ABC changed premiere dates for returning Rookie Blue and new series The Quest. Blue comes back Thursday, June 19 at 9p (from July 17) and Quest debuts Thursday, July 31 at 8p (from June 19).
Nature‘s "Touching the Wild," the story of a naturalist who spent seven years gaining the trust of a wild mule herd and "become part of these animals’ lives," airs on PBS Wednesday, April 16 at 8p (check local listings).
Add a duet with married country crooners Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton (The Voice), and performances by Eli Young Band and Rascal Flatts to the performance lineup for ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute to the Troops, airing Tuesday, May 20 at 9p on CBS.
Sportsman Channel‘s second quarter lineup features specials including Donnie Vincent’s The River’s Divide tonight, April 7 at 7p; The Legacy, about wild sheep conservation, April 8 at 7p and Buck Knives: Edge of a Legend Thursday, April 10 at 7:30p. The Q2 slate is part of the net’s "Red, Wild & Blue America" initiative. "We are redefining what it means to be American sportsmen and women," said Graig Hale, VP of business development. Amazing America with Sarah Palin and NRA Life of Duty premiered on April 3.
AXS TV renewed celebrity interview series, Tom Green Live for season three. The series will continue to air as part of the "Seriously. Funny. Thursdays." live comedy programming block lineup starting Thursday, June 12 at 9p.
The Dr. Phil Show airs its 2000th episode tomorrow, April 8. Among the guests are a boy who appeared the first season when he was four and weighed 150 pounds, and a season two guest who was the subject of the first live drug intervention on television. The spin-off of The Oprah Winfrey Show premiered in September 2002.
Reality hitmaker 495 Productions (Jersey Shore) was slapped with a lawsuit from a former assistant video editor charging unfair business practices. In a complaint filed Friday, Philip J. Pucci charges the production company didn’t pay proper overtime wages and violated minimum wage laws by forcing non-exempt employees to accept a flat salary for a 60-hour work week. 495 denied the allegations in what it labeled a "meritless lawsuit."
NBCUniversal and Pilgrim Films & Television emerged victorious (barring appeal) in a seven-year legal battle over Syfy series Ghost Hunters. Larry Montz and Daena Smoller alleged they had come up with the idea for the paranormal investigation series and presented it to NBCU. But an appeals court ordered a summary judgment in NBCU’s favor in the most recent permutation of the case, since the claims were made past the statute of limitations.
Grindstone Entertainment Group has acquired North American rights to Last I Heard, the Soprano’s-esque mob drama from filmmaker David Rodriguez. Lionsgate Home Entertainment will handle the release, expected for late 2014.
Bristow Global Media acquired format rights for Canada to the reality series You, Me and My Ex, from Buzz Productions and distributed by Armoza Formats. In the show, a divorcee’s ex and current partner spend a weekend sequestered in an isolated resort.
ITV Studios Global Entertainment announced that its titles for international distribution include new drama series Texas Rising (A+E Studios and ITV Studios America) and Aquarius (ITV Studios America in association with Marty Adelstein Productions), Hallmark movie franchise (set to become a scripted series) The Good Witch and comedy Schitt’s Creek, from Not a Real Company Productions.
DB Woodside (Parenthood) and Brendan Hines (Betrayal) will join USA drama Suits in a multi-episode arc when the series returns this summer for its season four.
BBC Two confirmed via Twitter that Benedict Cumberbatch will star in the net’s Richard III, exec produced by Sam Mendes.
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FremantleMedia brought Who Lives Here? to market. In the new format from 3Bird Media, five strangers tour each other’s homes and try to determine who lives in which house; whoever makes the most correct matches wins a cash prize.
U.K. distributor DCD Rights announced sales of three music shows on hand at Cannes: George Michael Live at Garnier Paris, Jessie J: Alive at the 02 and Santana: Corazon Live from Mexico.
FremantleMedia inked a deal with Katalyst Network (co-founded by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg) and MTV for the international rights, excluding North America, to hidden-camera reality show, Punk’d. The title launches at MIPTV.
Zig Zag Productions and media company Screenz introduced interactive game show format Sofa King at Cannes. In the quiz show, a group of contestants playing in real time from home join studio players.
The night David Letterman announced his retirement, CBS‘s Late Show ratings topped the competition in the 56 metered markets with a HH 3.2/8. Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon scored 2.4/6 on NBC, and ABC‘s Jimmy Kimmel Live came in third with 2.4/6.
Cooking Channel had its own most-watched quarter since launching in 2010, with a 9 percent increase in total views and 6 percent increase in A25-54. Total day viewership was up 6 percent, averaging 29 million P2+ viewers versus year-ago.
HGTV was the most watched cable network on weekends among P25-54 and W25-54 in 1Q14, attracting an average of 14 million viewers Saturday and Sunday between 7a-6p, and ranked as the number 1 cable network on weekends among upscale P25-54 and W25-54.
Telemundo‘s news shows delivered double-digit growth in the first quarter. Enfoque con Jose Diaz-Balart and Al Rojo Vivo con Maria Celeste saw bumps of 26 percent (106,000 vs. 84,000) and 10 percent (483,000 vs. 440,000), respectively, among A18-49 compared to the 1Q13, according to Nielsen. Morning show, Un Nuevo Dia reported its best quarterly ratings ever among A18-49, up 18 percent (110,000 vs. 93,000).
Friday A18-49 Analysis: CBS won the most A18-49 viewers Friday with 2.5/8, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. A 3.9/16 average for CBS’s The Big Bang Theory and The Millers won 8p, followed by 1.8/6 for Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen. ABC took the lead at 9p with 2.7/8 for Grey’s Anatomy, versus a 2.1/6 average for CBS’s Two and a Half Men and The Crazy Ones. Scandal’s 2.9/9 kept ABC on top at 10p, followed by 1.5/5 for CBS’s Elementary.
A18-49: CBS 2.5/8, ABC 2.2/7, FOX 1.6/5, UNI 1.3/4, NBC 1.1/3, CW .3/1, TELE .3/1, ION .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, April 3, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 6.3/11
The Big Bang Theory 10.8/18, The Millers 6.9/11, Two and a Half Men 5.9/9, The Crazy Ones 4.1/7, Elementary 5.0/9
ABC: 4.7/8
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland 2.3/4, Grey’s Anatomy 5.6/9, Scandal 6.2/11
FOX: 3.5/6
Hell’s Kitchen 3.2/5, American Idol 4.9/8, Surviving Jack 2.8/4
NBC: 2.0/3
Community 1.6/3, Parks and Recreation 1.7/3, Hollywood Game Night 2.0/3, Parenthood 2.5/4
UNIVISION: 1.5/3
Por Siempr mi Amor 1.3/2, Que Vida me Robo 2.1/3, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.6/3
TELE: .7/1
Impostura .7/1, En Otra Piel .7/1, Camelia La Texana .7/1
ION: .9/1
Law & Order: CI .8/1, Law & Order: CI 1.0/2, Criminal Minds .9/1
CW: .6/1
Vampire Diaries [r] .6/1, Reign [r] .6/1
Dierdre O’Hearn has been appointed Senior Vice President, Programming and Development for Food Network and Cooking Channel. O’Hearn was previously Vice President, Development & Talent for WE tv.
Loren Tobia was named Vice President of Sales for Display Systems and Services for AccuWeather, Inc. Tobia is a former chairman of Radio Television Digital New Association.
Evox Television named Mary Beth Bambridge as Chief Revenue Officer and Andrew Mersmann as Executive Vice President, Synergy, Strategy and Engagement. Bambridge had been Head of Finance and Operations at Hasbro Studios; Mersmann is a former Editor in Chief of PASSPORT Magazine.
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Tomorrow…
April 8, 2014 | 1:30-3 p.m. ET | Register Now Speakers Include:
Lynn LaRocca – SVP of Marketing and Advertising (Modell’s)
Jon Steinlauf – EVP, Ad Sales and Marketing (Scripps)
Linda Ong – President and Brand Strategist (TruthCo.)
Tom Talbert – Group Director, Media Services (Lowe Campbell Ewald)
This Day In History: 1955 – Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the U.K.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which celeb did not guest on Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001): Tobey Maguire, Christian Slater, Selena Gomez or Mila Kunis? Christian Slater. Kudos to: John Kukla-KDFW-KDFI, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA/LA, Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Productions Rentals/Burbank, Matt Sautter-OpenTV/Golden, CO.
Today’s Trivia Question: What was the name of the soap opera Kelly Ripa’s character was killed off on Hope & Faith (2003-2006)? (Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.).
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY APRIL 7, 2014
ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Castle [r]
CBS: Big Bang Theory [r], Championship Central, NCAA Tournament
CW: Star-Crossed, The Tomorrow People [r]
FOX: Bones, The Following
NBC: The Voice, The Blacklist
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, In Performance at the White House, Independent Lens
Telemundo: La Impostora, En Otra Piel, Camelia La Texana
Univision: Por Siempre Mi Amor, Lo Que la Vida Me Robo, Que Pobres Tan Ricos
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