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Good morning. It’s Tuesday, April 15, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Celebrity Wife Swap at 10p
DIY: Yardcore at 10p
Esquire: Knife Fight at 9p
FX: Fargo at 10p
MTV: Awkward at 10p
Nat Geo: Southern Justice at 10p
PBS: Pioneers of Television at 8p
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Carol Burnett will guest star in the season finale of Hallmark Channel‘s Signed, Sealed, Delivered, as the grandmother of one of the mail detectives. Burnett did a special guest turn on a 1997 episode of Touched By an Angel, also produced by Signed’s Martha Williamson. Hallmark series premiere is Sunday, April 20 at 8p.
Investigative reporter Michael Isikoff is out at NBC News. "It’s fair to say there was a mutual agreement that this was a situation that was no longer working out," Isikoff told The Washington Post‘s Erik Wemple. "We’re grateful for all he’s done and wish him the very best," said senior executive producer of NBC News Richard Esposito.
Disney‘s deal for Maker Studios hit another road bump Monday, but emerged intact. Days after former Maker execs applied for a temporary restraining order intended to halt proceedings, alleging breach of contract, Relativity stepped in with what it said was an offer "superior" to Disney’s base $500 million for the online multichannel company. But a California court rejected the restraining order request, and the deal was approved by Maker’s board and the majority of its shareholders. Subject to regulatory approval, the merger is expected to close in a few weeks.
Horror-themed FEARnet, launched in 2006 as a partnership between Comcast, Lionsgate and Sony, will be folded into Comcast’s NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment division, reports Deadline. Comcast closed a deal Monday to take 100 percent ownership. Already at NBCU Cable Entertainment: horror-themed Chiller.
MSNBC and NowThis News, specializing in short-form news videos, launched video series "15 Seconds to Truth" on Monday. The segments, uncovering "a truth hidden behind the day’s conventional wisdom and spin," will run on the network and across social and mobile platforms, building on NBCUniversal and NowThis New’s recently formed partnership.
TV Land is getting Younger. The net issued a 12-ep order for the comedy from Darren Star (Sex and the City), to be produced in the Big Apple and premiere in fall 2014. Sutton Foster (Bunheads), Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire), Debi Mazar (Entourage) and Miriam Shor (GCB) star.
Producer Done + Dusted won two gold medals at the NAB show last week in Las Vegas, for collaborations in the Special Event category for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2013, and in the Variety Special category for Kelly Clarkson’s Cautionary Christmas Music Tale 2013.
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Fyi, an upcoming contemporary lifestyle net from A+E, ordered two hour-long pilots for unscripted relationship shows. You’re the One (wt) follows searches for lost loves, and "breakthrough wedding concept" Marry Me… Today (wt), in partnership with The Knot, has potential grooms secretly using online wish lists to plan and execute fantasy weddings. Fyi launches in July.
CBS Studios International inked an option agreement with RTI Productions for a Spanish-language reboot of over-the-top 80s hit Dynasty.
It’s a date, probably: Discovery Channel announced Sunday, May 11 – weather permitting – as the day climber Joby Ogwyn will take the plunge from Mount Everest wearing a wing suit equipped with cameras. NBC News‘ Willie Geist hosts two-hour Everest Jump Live, from Peacock Productions.
CMT‘s Tobacco Wars documents the lives of fourth and fifth generation Kentucky farmers in the high-stakes dark-fired tobacco industry. Five-part series launches Saturday, April 19 at 10p.
Three-parter Cell Block Psychic aims to bring closure to grieving families by tasking Vicki Monroe with communicating with the dead, as well as convicted killers, to piece together what happened during deadly crimes. Investigation Discovery series premieres Monday, April 21 at 9p.
Oxygen is marking Good Friday with special Preachers of L.A. Presents: Deitrick Haddon and LXW Live in Concert at 8:30a, ahead of an all-day marathon of Preachers of L.A., starting at 10a, followed by movies Sister Act and Sister Act: Back in the Habit at 6p.
Big money’s being invested in digital programming, but where does the revenue lie? On June 19, Cynopsis gathers the sharpest thinkers in digital marketing for the Cynopsis Digital Big Monetization Summit. To learn the next generation business models for developing and distributing digital programming, and the latest ad tech and marketing tools to boost the impact and efficiency of video buys, register here.
Netflix‘s Hemlock Grove is back for season two on Friday, July 11 at 12:01a. "It’s going to blow away all expectations," promised exec producer Eli Roth. "Whenever we wanted to take the story in a dangerous direction, [Netflix] encouraged us to go even further – into a scarier, darker and sexier place." All ten eps of the supernatural thriller will be available at launch in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Latin America and the Nordics and Netherlands.
USA renewed Chrisley Knows Best for a sophomore season. Season one finale of the reality show, which delivered a best-yet 823,000 P18-49 and 1.2 million viewers P2+ on Tuesday, airs April 22 at 10p.
Bye, bye baby! E-Trade‘s new Type E campaign includes ads featuring Kevin Spacey (House of Cards), just launched, as an enigmatic talent scout looking for "Type E" people. Campaign comes from Ogilvy & Mather.
Donald Faison (The Exes) makes an appearance tonight, April 15, on Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge. In the episode, at 10p on Syfy, the seven remaining contestants create creatures that have been "slain" and mounted to the wall of a wizard’s castle.
Dominique McElligott (Hell on Wheels) landed the lead in upcoming ABC drama Astronaut Wives Club, says the Hollywood Reporter. She’ll play the wife of astronaut Alan Shepard in the drama, moved from summer to midseason.
Nazneen Contractor (Star Trek Into Darkness) will recur as a guest star on the USA‘s Covert Affairs, returning this summer for season five.
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CASTING CALL: Homeowners/LA area: For backyard makeover show. Is your backyard an eyesore and your landscape looks like a jungle? Major cable ntwk & celeb landscape designer are ready to transform your backyard into an oasis. Email contact info incl age to: [email protected] (4/20)
CASTING CALL: SINGLE PARENTS w/teens (ages 14-20)/Nationwide: For a brand new docu-series on a major network. Be whisked away on a summer vacation you all will remember forever. Doron Ofir Casting is proud to introduce the official call. More info/apply: www.summertimecasting.com (4/16)
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In Live + 7 numbers for the week of March 24, Modern Family finished as the week’s top broadcast show in A18-49, beating NBC‘s The Voice by 31 percent (5.9 versus 4.5).
HBO‘s Game of Thrones drew 6.3 million viewers on Sunday, its second best after last week’s fourth season premiere (6.6 million). Including an 11p encore, the number rises to 8 million.
The premiere of the seventh and final season of AMC‘s Mad Men Sunday delivered 2.3 million total viewers, down from season six’s 3.4 million viewers and the lowest since 2008. On the plus side: the show is the most upscale-skewing show in ad-supported television in the demo, according to Nielsen, and was the number one television show on iTunes.
The first of three installments of Golf Channel event Arnie was the most-watched original film on the net’s history, with Sunday’s showing drawing 471,000 viewers. Conclusion airs tonight, April 15 at 10p.
TV PLAYBACK RANK, based on the difference between Nielsen’s first-reported Live + Same Day and the final Live + 7 Day rating for the week of 3/24/14
Program/Live+SD A18-49 US AA%/Live+7 US AA%/+7 Minus SD Contribution)
Modern Family (ABC) 3.9/5.9/2.3 (64%)
The Blacklist (NBC) 2.8/5.0/2.2 (79%)
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 2.6/4.4/1.8 (69%)
Scandal (ABC) 3.1/4.7/1.6 (52%)
How I Met Your Mother (CBS) 3.5/4.9/1.4 (40%)
The Following (FOX) 1.4/2.8/1.4 (100%)
Person of Interest (CBS) 2.0/3.2/1.2 (60%)
NCIS (CBS) 2.5/3.7/1.5 (48%)
Nashville (ABC) 1.3/2.9/1.1 (85%)
Castle (ABC) 1.8/2.6/1.2 (61%)
Source: The Nielsen Company. National Live + Same Day and Live +7 Day Program Ratings. Program rankers based on regular, original telecasts only
NIELSEN TWITTER TV TOP TEN for the week of 4/7/14
Program, Date, Unique Audience (000), Tweets (000)
2014 MTV Movie Awards (MTV), 4/13, 9100, 2411
Game of Thrones (HBO), 4/13, 4513, 250
WWE Monday Night RAW (USA), 4/07, 3010, 364
Mad Men (AMC), 4/13, 2562, 60
2014 MYV Movie Awards Preshow (MTV), 4/13, 1948, 31
Scandal (ABC), 4/10, 1895, 347
The Voice (NBC), 4/07, 1771, 66
The Voice (NBC), 4/08, 1506, 60
Dancing with the Stars (ABC) 4/07, 1405, 66
Basketball Wives LA (VH1) 4/07, 1400, 177
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
Friday A18-49 Analysis: ABC won the most A18-49 viewers Friday with 1.4/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. Fox’s Kitchen Nightmares scared up 1.2/5 to win at 8p, followed by an average 1.1/4 for ABC’s Last Man Standing and The Neighbors. Shark Tank topped 9p with 1.8/6, versus 1.3/5 CBS’s Hawaii Five-0. ABC’s 20/20 was first with 1.5/5 at 10p, with CBS’s Blue Bloods a close second (1.4/5).
A18-49: ABC 1.4/5, CBS 1.3/4, FOX 1.2/4, UNI 1.0/3, NBC .9/3, TELE .4/1, CW .3/1, ION .1/0
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, April 11, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 5.9/11
Unforgettable 4.8/8, Hawaii Five-0 5.7/10, Blue Bloods 7.1/13
ABC: 3.8/7
Last Man Standing 3.7/7, The Neighbors 2.6/5, Shark Tank 4.5/8, 20/20 3.8/7
NBC: 2.3/4
Brian Williams Reporting 2.5/5, Grimm 2.9/5, Hannibal 1.5/3
FOX: 1.9/3
Kitchen Nightmares 2.0/4, Kitchen Nightmares 1.8/3
UNIVISION: 1.5/3
Por Siempr mi Amor 1.3/2, Que Vida me Robo 1.8/3, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.4/3
CW: .7/1
Whose Line Is it Anyway? .9/2, Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r] .8/2, Hart of Dixie .6/1
TELE: .6/1
Impostura .6/1, En Otra Piel .6/1, Camelia La Texana .5/1
ION: .4/1
Burn Notice .4/1, Burn Notice .4/1, Psych .4/1
Howard T. Owens is stepping down as President of National Geographic Channels in June. "Howard injected remarkable energy into the National Geographic Channels brand," said CEO David Lyle. "He has been an invaluable member of our leadership team."
Steve Koonin exited his post as President of Turner Entertainment Networks to become part owner and CEO of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team. Koonin had had held the Turner post, overseeing TNT, TBS, truTV and TCM, since 2000.
Discovery Communications upped Rita Mullin to General Manager, Science Channel, effective June 2. Mullin had been Executive Vice President, Programming and Development at OWN.
Brad Bessey has been promoted to oversee both Entertainment Tonight and The Insider for CBS Television Distribution. Bessey had been Executive Producer of The Insider; in his expanded role, he adds the title to ET.
Vernon Church has been appointed to the newly created role of COO at TruthCo. Previously, Church managed end-to-end digital, content, social and operational solutions for media businesses from his consultancy, Cakeworthy Advisors.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY APRIL 15, 2014
ABC: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [r], Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Celebrity Wife Swap [p]
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest
CW: The Originals, Supernatural
FOX: Glee, New Girl, The Mindy Project
NBC: The Voice, About a Boy, Growing Up Fisher, Chicago Fire
PBS: Pioneers of Television [p], The Address
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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