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04.11.17
Good morning. It’s Tuesday April 11, 2017 and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Discovery: Deadliest Catch at 9p
History: Forged in Fire at 9p
Oxygen: Unprotected at 9p
Science: Space’s Deepest Secrets at 9p
Tonight’s Finales:
Bravo: Imposters at 10p
Comedy: Tosh.0 at 10p, Detroiters at 10:30p
Freeform: The Fosters at 8p, Switched at Birth at 9p
History: Forged in Fire: Cutting Deeper at 8p
ID: Web of Lies at 8p
CMT bought another ticket to Nashville. Picked up after it was canceled by ABC, the country music drama ranks as CMT’s highest-rated and most-watched series (2.1 million weekly viewers in L+7) ever. Midseason 5 premiere date is Thursday, June 1 at 9p; season 6 will launch early next year.
ESPN was first to sign up for Nielsen’s new out-of-home reporting service, capturing linear TV commercial viewing in places like bars and restaurants, frequent host to sports viewers. “Way before TV was multi-platform, it was multi-place – especially for millions of sports fans,” said Ed Ernhardt, president, ESPN global sales and marketing, adding that Nielsen’s new offering “is a significant step forward in measuring the unmeasured to create an accurate total live audience metric.”
Charter Communications is being sued in Missouri for selling subscribers’ personally identifiable information without their consent, according the St. Louis Record. In a class action suit, the cable operator is accused of violating the state’s Merchandising Practices Act.
Drake and The Chainsmokers topped the list of Billboard Music Awards nominations, with a record-tying 22 each. Ceremony airs live from Vegas Sunday, May 21 at 8p on ABC.
We’re officially sold out for World eSports Summit. To add your name to the wait list, email Cynopsis Markeing Coordinator Cathy Pearson at [email protected] for a chance to learn about monetizing booming eSports for your brand.
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We are thrilled to announce our nominees for the 2017 Cynopsis eSports Awards, which will take place during lunch at the World eSports Summit.
Among the finalists are Activision Blizzard, Anheuser Busch, Arby’s, Turner’s ELEAGUE, Intel Extreme Masters, MLG, Mountain Dew, Playstation, Riot, XFINITY Comcast and more.
Kylie Jenner will star in and exec produce E!’s Life of Kylie, focused on the 19-year-old social media sensation’s career and personal life. Bunim/Murray Productions and Ryan Seacrest Productions will produce the 8-episode Keeping Up With the Kardashians spin-off, premiering this summer.
Another reality show spin-off will also debut this summer. Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules Jax & Brittany Take Kentucky follows bad-boy bartender Jax Taylor and his southern belle girlfriend Brittany Cartwright as they leave LA to visit her family on their Kentucky farm. Evolution Media is producing.
ABC Studios International is teaming with Hoodlum Entertainment, the Australian Broadcasting Company and Screen Queensland for crime drama Harrow, to be produced Down Under. Series focuses on a forensic pathologist who is brilliant, unorthodox and possibly a murderer.
Netflix ordered 10 episodes of a horror drama series from Mike Flanagan (Origin of Evil), Amblin TV and Paramount TV. The untitled project reimagines 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House.
Showtime Documentary Films is partnering with Neon to release Risk, focused on WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, in theaters. The movie, over 6 years in the making, will have its TV premiere on Showtime this summer. “It is an exciting time to be working with Showtime and Neon,” said filmmaker Laura Poitras. “Both organizations are thinking outside the box about how to bring complex stories to a wide audience.”
ID’s Sexual Assault in College: Tamron Hall Investigates premieres Sunday, April 30 at 8p. Hall sits down with sexual assault survivors who share heartbreaking stories, as well as the steps being taken to reduce attacks, in the one-hour special.
Spanish-language movie channel Cinelatino is celebrating Easter with a collection of religious movies every night this week, through Sunday, April 16.
Nat Geo WILD’s third annual “Barkfest Weekend” starts Friday, April 14. New specials include Puppies vs. the World on Friday at 8p, and Boss Dog on Saturday at 9p.
Puppies or kittens – which make for awww-inspiring TV? Let us know in the new Cynopsis poll: http://cynopsis.com/poll/.
Oprah Winfrey will pop into CBS’s The Talk for the first time on Monday, April 17. Winfrey will discuss her new HBO film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, as well as her new role as special correspondent on 60 Minutes.
HBO stand-up special T.J. Miller: Meticulously Ridiculous will premiere Saturday, June 17 at 10p. The comic stars in HBO’s Silicon Valley.
Amazon gave a 2-season order for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, from Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls). Dramedy about a 1950s housewife who dives into the world of stand-up comedy stars Rachel Brosnahan (House of Cards).
Video site Dailymotion is relaunching in June, switching focus from user-generated content to a curated feed of professionally produced video. The target audience of A18-49 will find new apps, an Instagram-like design on mobile devices and an array of live-streamed video events.
As advertisers step up the drumbeat for greater transparency in digital ad ratings, Nielsen reported Monday that it has received accreditation from the Media Rating Council for viewability integrations with its Integral Ad Science and Moat. “This latest accreditation of two of Nielsen’s viewability solutions affirms our commitment to providing clients with independent measurement they can trust,” said David Wong, SVP of digital product leadership at Nielsen. On Sunday, the New York Times ran an interview with Marc S. Pritchard, chief brand officer of Procter & Gamble, who spoke for many when he said of digital advertising, “The entire murky, nontransparent and in some cases fraudulent supply chain is the problem. It’s a bigger problem than just any one thing. There’s too much we don’t know and we don’t have validated.”
Alfred Haber Inc. secured international rights for Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees, marking the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Fever. Special airs on CBS Sunday, April 16 at 8p.
Nippon Television Network Corporation announced that Shanghai-based production company Youhug Media has acquired the format rights to drama series Your Home Is My Business! and will be remaking the series in Chinese.
Armoza Formats’new Play Date scored its first international agreement. The docu-series has been signed with ProSiebenSat.1 Germany, which acquired the local rights to the show.
UK factual entertainment channel CBS Reality will premiere crime docu-series The Jury Room on Sunday, May 28. FirstLookTV is producing.
Estrella TV is now available on Roku streaming devices in Mexico. It’s Estralla’s first entry into international distribution. “We see Mexico and Latin America as a huge growth opportunity for Estrella TV,” said Cathy Lewis Edgerton, SVP, distribution and affiliate sales, LBI Media. “They will continue to be a significant area of focus for our organization.”
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Advertisers may have dropped by the dozens in the wake of a N.Y. Times report saying Bill O’Reilly and Fox News Channel paid over $13 million to settle sexual harassment claims made against the host, but his audience grew. The O’Reilly Factor averaged 3.7 million viewers and 652,000 among A25-54 for the week, up 12% on both counts.
HGTV’s Flip or Flop Vegas averaged a .68 rating among viewers P25-54 during its premiere on Thursday, April 6, a 19 percent increase over year-ago levels in the timeslot. The series delivered 2.5 million total viewers and was a top 5 rated program in all of cable for upscale women 25-54.
CBS’s Masters Golf on Sunday delivered 16.13 million viewers and a 3.1 rating among A18-49 at 7p, according to early numbers, as Sergio Garcia claimed his first major title in a playoff.
The season 6 finale of Showtime’s Homeland drew 1.9 million viewers on Sunday, up from 1.1 million for the drama’s season premiere and 1.3 million for the week prior.
NIELSEN SOCIAL CONTENT TOP TEN series & specials for the week of April 3, 2017
Program, Date, Total Interactions (000), Facebook Interactions (000), Twitter Interactions (000)
WWE Monday Night RAW (USA) 858, 573, 285
Prison Break (Fox) 852, 716, 136
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (VH1) 433, 324, 108
Empire (Fox) 418, 352, 66
Scandal (ABC) 386, 281, 105
WWE Smackdown! (USA) 309, 194, 114
The O’Reilly Factor (Fox News) 249, 136, 113
The O’Reilly Factor (Fox News) 236, 178, 58
Dancing With the Stars (ABC) 232, 175, 57
The Voice (NBC) 178, 150, 29
Source: Nielsen. Uniques and interactions are a measure of total relevant U.S. social media activity grossed across Facebook and Twitter from three hours before through three hours after broadcast, local time. Includes primetime and late fringe programming with metrics available across social platforms on Broadcast and National Cable and excludes sports events. For multicast programs, networks are listed alphabetically and metrics reflect the highest volume of interactions across all airing networks, denoted with an asterisk
SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top U.S. Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of April 3, 2017
Program, Date, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Post (000), Fans/Followers (000)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Warner Bros./synd.) 7869, 101, 78, 136955
E! News (E!) 4058, 787m 5m 28885
Prison Break (Fox) 3318, 19, 175, 13563
The Tonight Show (NBC) 1482, 176, 8, 19590
TMZ (Warner Bros./synd.) 1230, 1031, 1, 12966
Good Morning America (ABC) 1129, 483, 2, 11742
Today Show (NBC) 1078, 524, 2, 11555
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 1018, 46, 22, 28960
Dancing With the Stars (ABC) 984, 102, 10, 8900
NBC Nightly News (NBC) 752, 497, 2, 4148
Source: Shareablee Inc. The total actions metric includes the total volume of post-level likes, shares, favorites, retweets and comments. Total content includes all posts, tweets and media posted by each TV property across all platforms. Actions per post metric notes the average e number of actions garnered by each TV property. Total fans/followers includes Facebook and Twitter and Instagram followers
Top 10 Live+7 Playback Rankers by actual gain for the week of March 20, 2017
Live+SD/Live+7/+7 Actual Gain
Empire (Fox) 2.8/4.5/1.7
Designated Survivor (ABC) 1.1/2/5/1.4
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 1.9/3.2/1.3
Scandal (ABC) 1.3/2.5/1.2
Criminal Minds (CBS) 1.3/2.4/1.1
Chicago P.D. (NBC) 1.2/2.3/1/1
Law & Order: SVU (NBC) 1.2/2.3/1/1
Chicago Fire (NBC) 1.2/2.3/1/1
Scorpion (CBS) 1.1/1.9/.8
The Flash (CW) 1.0/1.8/.8
Based on the difference between Nielsen’s first-reported Live + Same Day and the final Live + 7 Day ratings (for regular, original programs only).
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, March 31, 2017 time period averages.
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD
CBS: 5.2/10
MacGyver 4.0/8, Hawaii Five-0 5.4/10, Blue Bloods 6.1/12
NBC: 2.7/5
First Dates 2.5/5, Dateline 2.8/5
ABC: 2.9/6
The Toy Box 2.7/5, Shark Tank 3.2/6, 20/20 2.9/6
FOX: 1.4/3
Rosewood 1.7/3, You the Jury 1.0/2
UNIVISION .8/2
Nosottros Los Guapos .6/1, Vino el Amor 1.0/2, La Piloto .8/2
TELE: .8/1
La Dona .7/1, La Dona .9/2, El Capo .8/1
CW: .6/1
Originals .7/1, Reign .5/1
Friday A19-49: CBS 1.0/4, ABC .9/4, NBC .8/4, TELE .5/2, UNI .5/2, FOX .4/2, CW .3/1
Source: Nielsen
Music Choice promoted Tom Soper to Senior Vice President, National Ad Sales. Soper has been with Music Choice since 2007.
TEGNA named Anne Bentley as Chief Communications Officer. Most recently, Bentley was VP and Head of Corporate Communications for PBS.
Donald Buckley was elevated to Chief Marketing Officer at Showtime Networks. Previously, Buckley was EVP Program Marketing and Digital Services.
TVision Insights hired Mark Green as Chief Strategy Officer. Green’s prior experience includes time at 4C, Simulmedia and Nielsen.
Fox New Channel tapped Amy Listerman to serve as Chief Financial Officer, starting May 1. Listerman arrives from Scripps Networks Interactive, where she was CFO and SVP Advertising Sales and Head of Advertising Sales Data Strategy.
Alisha Hathaway has been named Vice President of Sales, CNBC Events. Previously, Hathaway Global Vice President of Executive Conferences for The Wall Street Journal.
British-born Guy O’Sullivan, founder and President of Canadian production house Proper Television, died suddenly over the weekend at age 49. “Guy had a tremendous impact in the Canadian and international television industry, and was adored by his colleagues and staff,” said the company. No cause of death was given.
This Day in History: 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which 1980s drama included a character who’d been left behind when a traveling circus was run out of town? Flamingo Road’s (1981-82) Lane Ballou had been left behind by Coyne’s Traveling Circus. Kudos to: Cynthia New-Spectrum Reach/Cape Girardeau, MO, Matthew Fera-McGarry Bowen/Chicago, Bob Telford-SAG/AFTRA/Valley Village, CA, Ken DuBow-Bob’s Your Uncle/LA, David Garber-Loyola Marymount University/Playa Vista, CA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA
Today’s Trivia Question: Which procedural focused on a cop who relocated to Florida after being shot in the butt by his captain? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: A limit of four correct answers from each time zone will be selected.).
Answer to Friday’s Initial This: CE played JG on MC = Chad Everett played Joe Gannon on Medical Center. Kudos to: Dennis Aimino-ABC/LA, Joyce A. Brewer-Comcast SportsNet/Chicago, Larry Smith-Scripps Networks Interactive/Knoxville, TN
Reality Show Anagram: Oh Weakest Ammo Home (Email [email protected]; first three respondents with the correct answer who aren’t in trivia will be posted in tomorrow’s newsletter.)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY APRIL 11, 2017
ABC: The Middle, American Housewife, Fresh Off the Boat, Imaginary Mary, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
CBS: NCIS [r], Bull [r], NCIS: New Orleans [r]
CW: The Flash [r], iZombie
FOX: Brooklyn Nine-Nine [r], The Mick, Prison Break
NBC: The Voice, Trial & Error, Trial & Error, Chicago Fire [r]
PBS: Nazi Mega Weapons, American Experience
Telemundo: La Dona, La Dona, El Capo
Univision: La Rosa de Guadalupe, Vino el Amor, La Piloto
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