04/18/17: Another job for Steve Harvey; Tomi Lahren has The Blaze hot under the collar; E! wants more Revenge

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IN THE NEWS
 
Fox has expanded its Showtime at the Apollo specials into a full-on series, with Steve Harvey onboard as host. “We all had such a blast on the two specials that aired earlier this season that we thought it really deserved being a weekly event,” said Harvey. The show, focused on finding the next great comic and next great music star, is slated for the 2017-18 season.
 
Conservative The Blaze countersued Tomi Lahren, saying the host’s pro-choice comments on The View last month that got her suspended were “simply the latest in a series of events that led The Blaze management to conclude that The Blaze did not intend to extend her contract beyond the end of its term in September 2017.” As for Lahren’s suit claiming The Blaze terminated her 2-year contract early, The Blaze says she is still employed and being paid, and they were just exercising a “pay or play” option.
 
The FCC approved the sale of Time Warner TV station WPCH  Meredith for $70 million. The transaction likely smoothes the path for AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, since the deal would now not involve a broadcast license.
 
Sinclair Broadcast Group has enlisted former Trump campaign spokesman Boris Epshteyn as chief political analyst. Epshteyn will offer insight on political stories for Sinclair’s 173 stations. “Over a year ago, we made a commitment to provide additional political content that goes beyond the podium to provide a true point of difference with additional context,” said Scott Livingston, Sinclair VP of news. “Mr. Epshteyn brings a unique perspective to the political conversation and will play a pivotal role in our mission to dissect the stories in the headlines.”
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
 
E! greenlit Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian for an 8-episode second season. Unscripted series is produced by Khlomoney Entertainment, Rogue Atlas Productions in association with Lionsgate Television and Ryan Seacrest Productions.
 
ID ordered a follow-up episode of real-time docu-series Killing Richard Glossip, offering new leads in the case of an Oklahoma man sentenced to death. “We have documented several important new discoveries and leads that are critical to Richard Glossip’s case,” said filmmaker Joe Berlinger, adding that the chance for deeper exploration into leads uncovered in the first 4 episodes could “prevent a tragic miscarriage of justice.” Episodes 2 and 3 air tonight. 
 
 
COMING UP
 
Biography Presents: Joyce Mitchell and the New York Prison Break premieres on Lifetime Monday, April 24 at 10p. One-hour doc tells the story of the woman who helped two murderers escape from New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility.
 
Al Madrigal: Shrimpin’ Ain’t Easy is the first of 3 Showtime stand-up specials from comedians starring in the new drama I’m Dying Up Here. Madrigal’s special on Friday, May 5 at 9p will be followed by Andrew Santino: Home Field Advantage on Friday, June 2 and Erik Griffin: The Ugly Truth on July 7. Dying debuts Sunday, June 4 at 10p.
 
The Paley Center for Media will feature the exhibit You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Art & Artistry of Hairspray Live! from April 22-May 21at the Beverly Hills location. Immersive exhibit Is based on the NBC musical event.
 
 
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
 
Limited series JFK Declassified: Tracking Oswald follows a former CIA agent and former LAPD lieutenant on their independent investigation into Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Six-parter launches Tuesday, April 25 at 10p on History.
 
“Big, Bad Sandwich Slam” launches season 2 of Cooking Channel’s Big Bad BBQ Brawl on Tuesday, May 2 at 10p. Peppers are the ingrediant lighting a fire under the chefs this episode.
 
Season 4 of History bladesmith competition Forged in Fire continues with episode 2 tonight at 9p. To what does executive producer and president of Outpost Entertainment Jodi Flynn attribute the show’s success? “Season 3 was our most-watched to date, and that is really due to the bladesmiths who bring an incredible amount of skill and intensity to each episode, while never being cutthroat or hateful,” Flynn tells Cynopsis. “There’s a degree of camaraderie among them that’s very rare in a competition series.”
 
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DIGITAL DATA
 
People/Entertainment Weekly Network offers a themed programming lineup tied to People Magazine’s annual “World’s Most Beautiful People” issue, starting today and streaming throughout the week. First up: Behind-the-scenes footage of Hollywood elite and their families.
 
RFD-TV and FamilyNet joined Sling TV’s “Heartland Extra,” available on the Sling Orange or Sling Blue services for an extra $5/month. In addition to RFD-TV and FamilyNet, Heartland Extra includes Sportsman Channel, Outdoor Channel, World Fishing Network and PixL.
 
 
ADVERTISING
 
Viacom has launched a rebooted cross-network trade campaign. The tag line remains “For All Fankind,” but the talent is new, and elements include an “epic house party video” featuring talent from the still photography campaign jumping to life with fans (think Trevor Noah dancing, SpongeBob poolside). For the first time, the campaign will be able to be used in a turnkey way by the brands globally, and there will be a website, http://fans.viacom.com, where the tech campaign will live in addition to print, online and outdoor buys.
 
Canoe estimates its delivery VOD ad impressions rose to almost $5 billion in 1Q17, up 21% from the same period last year. The handler of VOD dynamic ad insertion, owned by Comcast, Cox and Charter, said 75% of its 2286 campaigns during the quarter were for external clients, and 25% for network tune-in.
 
Among video ad formats, pre-roll ads are considered the least intrusive, and boast the best recall on mobile devices and desktops, according to IPG Media Lab and YouMe. 67% of those surveyed said social video on mobile didn’t disturb their browsing experience, versus 53% for pre-roll.
 
 
CASTING
 
Steven Ogg (Simon), Katelyn Nacon (Enid) and Pollyanna McIntosh (Jadis) will be walking taller on season 8 of AMC’s The Walking Dead, upped to series regulars.
 
Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones) will play a man who takes over his identical twin’s life in Norwegian drama Twin.
 
Tyler Labine (Deadbeat) scored the lead in BBA America and Netflix’s Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, as a small-town sheriff.
 
D.L. Hughley (The Hughleys) has replaced Romany Malco in CBS comedy pilot Brothered Up, about a lone wolf cop paired with a gung-ho partner.
 
 
DISTRIBUTION
 
EPIX renewed its distribution agreement with Frontier Communications Corporation, which provides communications services to communities in 29 states. EPIX, EPIX 2, EPIX Hits and EPIX Drive-In will be available in packages and on their own.  
 
AT&T struck a deal with Fox Networks Group that will add 14 more Fox-affiliated to streaming service DirecTV Now. The addition means 90% of the top 20 markets are covered.
 
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 RATINGS
 
On April 8, Animal Planet’s Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet drew a season high among A25-54 (0.50) and W25-54 (0.69) and averaged 1.2 million viewers in Live +3, up +25% vs. season to-date averages among A25-54. Later that night, the season finale of freshman series The Zoo hit series highs among A25-54 (0.46) and W25-54 (0.54). 
 
CBS’s Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Bee Gees topped Sunday with 10.3 million total viewers and 1.2/4 among A18-49. Versus last year’s special, Sinatra 100: An All-Star Grammy Concert, the show was up 50% in the demo.
 
NIELSEN SOCIAL CONTENT TOP TEN series & specials for the week of April 10, 2017
Program, Date, Total Interactions (000), Facebook Interactions (000), Twitter Interactions (000)
Stayin’ Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees (CBS) 4/16, 1487, 1451, 36
WWE Monday Night RAW (USA) 4/10, 533, 328, 206
Saturday Night Live (NBC) 4/15, 457, 176, 280
Empire (Fox) 4/12, 370, 304, 66
Dancing With the Stars (ABC) 4/10, 303, 224, 79
WWE Smackdown! (4/11) 283, 152, 131
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (VH1) 4/10, 253, 200, 63
Scandal (ABC) 4/13, 207, 27, 80
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 4/13, 168, 121, 47
Prison Break (Fox) 4/11, 145, 106, 39
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
 
Top Ten Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among Total Viewers for the week of March 27, 2017
Primetime (000)/Total Prog. Day (000)
FOXN 2321/FOXN 1403
AMC 1810/NICK 1236
USA 1741/MSNBC 951
MSNBC 1729/HGTV 871
HGTV 1623/ADSM* 821
ESPN 1617/DSNY 816
TBSC 1542/ID 783
DISC 1466/USA 780
FX 1256/CNN 774
TNT 1251/NAN* 757
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 116,400,000 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+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performances.
 
Top Ten Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among A18-49 for the week of March 27 2017
Primetime (000), Total Prog. Day (000)
AMC 1008/ADSM* 508
USA 732/NAN* 385
TBSC 877/NICK 264
ESPN 631/ESPN 336
DISC 625/USA 310
FX 577/ TBSC 298
ADSM  525/AMC 294
TNT 512/ID 284
VH1 491/TNT 261
BRAV 479/HGTV 259
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe 116,400,000 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+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performance.
 
Top-Rated Cable Shows among A18-49 for the week of March 27, 2017 (000)
The Walking Dead (AMC) 10286
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta (VH1) 2848
Into The Badlands (HBO) 2567
Street Outlaws (DISC) 2463
Talking Dead (AMC) 2191
Real Housewives of Atlanta (Bravo) 2038
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1832
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1743
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1730
Chrisley Knows Best (USA) 1689
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe 116,400,000 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+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performance.
 
SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top U.S. Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of April 10, 2017
Program, Date, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Post (000), Fans/Followers (000)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Warner Bros./synd.) 7930, 108,73,137627
E! News (E!) 3892, 765, 5, 28978
Saturday Night Live (NBC) 2158, 105, 21, 10141
Today Show (NBC) 2148, 514, 4, 11556
TMZ (Warner Bros./synd.) 1614, 981, 2, 12982
Prison Break (Fox) 1269, 13, 98, 13646
Dancing With the Stars (ABC) 1225, 89, 14, 8925
Good Morning American (ABC) 1084, 502, 2, 11676
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 965, 44, 22, 29018
Empire (Fox) 897, 100, 9, 9414
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 11 Live+7 Playback Rankers by actual gain for the week of March 27, 2017

Live+SD/Live+7/+7 Actual Gain
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 2.6//4.2/1.6
Designated Survivor (ABC) 1.1/2.6/1.5
Modern Family (ABC) 2.1/3.5/1.4
Empire (Fox) 2.4/3.8/1.4
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 2.0/3.3/1.3
Scandal (ABC) 1.5/2.5/1.0
Criminal Minds (CBS) 1.2/2/2/1.0
Chicago P.D. (NBC) 1.2/2.2/1.0
Chicago Med (NBC) .9/1.8/.9
Law & Order: SVU (NBC) 1.1/2.0/.9
Chicago Fire (NBC) 1.4/2.3/.9
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: 5.1/10
MacGyver 4.0/8, Hawaii Five-0 5.3/10, Blue Bloods 6.0/12
NBC: 2.6/5
First Dates 2.1/4, Dateline 2.9/6
ABC: 2.4/5
The Toy Box 2.1/4, Shark Tank 2.7/5, 20/20 2.6/5
FOX: 1.2/3
Rosewood 1.6/3, You the Jury .8/2
UNIVISION .8/2
Viernes Santo v Espe .7/1, Vino el Amor 1.0/2, La Piloto .8/2
TELE: .5/1
Cine Special .4/1, La Dona .6/1, El Capo .6/1
CW: .5/1
Originals .6/1, Reign .4/1
 
Friday A19-49:  ABC .9/4, CBS .9/4, NBC .8/4, UNI .5/2, TELE .4/2, FOX .4/2, CW .3/1
Source: Nielsen
 
 
EXECUTIVE MOVES
 
Discovery elevated Lara Richardson to Group Executive Vice President of Marketing for Discovery, Animal Planet and Science Channel. Richardson was most recently Senior Vice President of Marketing for Discovery Channel.
 
Azteca America named Angelina Losada as Vice President of the Los Angeles National Spot Office, where she will be responsible for all National Spot sales on the West Coast. Prior to Azteca, Losada served on national sales teams for Telemundo.
 
Jonathan Lee was promoted to Senior Vice President of Media Operations and Strategy at RLTV. As part of his new role, Lee will focus on maximizing the reach of RLTV content, expanding digital offerings and developing strategic partnerships.
 
Simulmedia announced that David Levy, President of Turner, has joined the Simulmedia Board of Directors. Levy replaces Rachel Lam, former head of Time Warner Investments, who has retired.
 

This Day in History:  1997 – Thirty weeks into the season, the TV ratings report had NBC in the lead among A18-49 with a 6.7 average for the season, followed by Fox and ABC with 5.5 and CBS with 4.3.
 
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which series that debuted in 1997 had the tagline: “She’s got her head in the clouds. He’s got his feet on the ground. Together, they’re a match made in heaven”? Dharma & Greg. Kudos to: Brianne Maciejowski-Miles/Sarasota, FL, Luke Watson-Roker Labs/NYC, Rick Dascher-Turner Studios/Atlanta, Gail Goins-Videa/Atlanta, John Kukla-KDFW Fox 4/Dallas, Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas, Cynthia New-Spectrum Reach/Cape Girardeau, MO, Matthew Schaefer/Saint Paul, MN, Gretchen Brady-KTVT/KTXA/Dallas, Tim Rank-blueprints314/St. Louis, MO, Barbara Brace-Warner Bros./LA, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, David Garber-Loyola Marymount University/Playa Vista, CA, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA
 
Today’s Trivia Question – Cynopsis 20th Anniversary Theme Week: The answer to the first Cynopsis trivia question was Lionel. What was the question?  (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.).
 
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY APRIL 18, 2017
 ABC: The Middle, American Housewife, Fresh Off the Boat, Imaginary Mary, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

CBS: NCIS, Bull, NCIS: New Orleans
CW: The Flash [r], iZombie  
FOX: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Mick [r], Prison Break  
NBC: The Voice, Trial & Error, Trial & Error [f]
PBS: Grand Coulee Dam:  American Experience, Frontline
Telemundo: La Dona, La Dona, El Capo  
Univision: La Reina de la Cancion, Vino el Amor, La Piloto
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