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04.21.14
Good morning. It’s Monday, April 21, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Cartoon: The Boondocks at 10:30p
Food: Rewrapped at 8p
HGTV: House Hunters Off the Grid at 10:30p
ID: Cell Block Psychic at 9p
MTV: The Ex and the Why at 6p, Time’s Up at 6:30p
Tonight’s Finales:
Bravo: Southern Charm at 10p
Discovery: Lords of the Car Hoards at 10p
FX: Archer at 10p
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Lara Spencer has been upped to co-anchor on Good Morning America, joining Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos. New ABC News president James Goldston broke the news in a memo to staff on Friday. "A key member of our on-air team, Lara Spencer, rejoined ABC three years ago – bringing her style, humor, sunny confidence, wonderful journalism and storytelling to GMA," said Goldston. "Lara clearly is an essential ingredient in the success we have enjoyed."
Discovery canceled its planned May 11 two-hour event series, Everest Jump Live, after an avalanche on Friday killed at least 13 Sherpa climbing guides. "In light of the overwhelming tragedy at Mt. Everest and respect for the families of the fallen, Discovery Channel will not be going forward with Everest Jump Live," said a statement from the net. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the whole Sherpa community." Seven NBC News‘ Peacock Productions crew members, on site at Everest preparing for Joby Ogwyn‘s winged-suit leap from the summit when the tragedy struck, were unharmed.
The FCC offered details on Friday regarding its upcoming auction of broadcast airwaves for wireless use, with an incentive auction intended to encourage stations to participate. Said FCC chairman Tom Wheeler in a blog post, "Getting the Incentive Auction right will revolutionize how spectrum is allocated. By marrying the economics of demand (think wireless providers) with the economics of current spectrum holders (think television broadcasters), the Incentive Auction will allow market forces to determine the highest and best use of spectrum."
Gwen Stefani will step in for a pregnant Christina Aguilera as a coach on NBC‘s The Voice, reports TMZ. The No Doubt singer joins newcomer Pharrell Williams and regulars Adam Levine and Blake Shelton when filming for season seven begins in June.
First Lady Michelle Obama guests on ABC‘s Nashville, along with country star Kellie Pickler, when Rayna organizes a charity concert at Fort Campbell. Episode airs Wednesday, May 7 at 10p.
NBC announced the date for a three-hour special celebrating the 40 anniversary of Saturday Night Live: February 15, 2015. Calling it "just one of the many ways we plan to celebrate SNL’s historic 40th season next year," NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt didn’t offer specifics about who’ll be onboard. SNL premiered October 11, 1975.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: April 18-20, 2014
Captain America (Disney) $26.6 million, 3 wk total $201.5 million
Rio 2 (20th Century) $22.5 million, 2 wk total $75.4 million
Heaven Is for Real (Sony) $21.5 million, opening weekend
Transcendence (Warner Bros.) $11.2 million, opening weekend
A Haunted House 2 (Open Road) $9.1 million, opening weekend
Draft Day (Lionsgate) $5.9 million, 2 wk total $19.5 million
Divergent (Lionsgate) $5.8 million, 5 wk total $133.9 million
Oculus (Relativity Media) $5.2 million, 2 wk total $21.2 million
Noah (Paramount) $5 million, 4 wk total $93.3 million
God’s Not Dead (Freestyle Releasing) $4.8 million, 5 wk total $48.3 million
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TLC ordered 18 more eps of wedding series Something Borrowed, Something New, with production slated to begin later this month. Before season two wrapped Friday, the show was averaging 1.1 million P2+ viewers.
Universal Cable Productions in association with Larkin Goldstein has a comedy project in development for Millennial-loving Pivot. Panic Years follows four friends prone to panic and poor decisions after they hit the "wrong side" of 25.
Ed Stafford (Walking the Amazon, Naked Castaway) puts his survival skills to the test once again in Discovery five-parter Marooned. Series from Tigress Productions shows Stafford braving brutal conditions from Botswana to Brunei starting Wednesday, April 23 at 10p.
HGTV is adding a new series to its 2014 lineup: The Brothers Big Reno Project. The renovation challenge show, featuring Property Brothers Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott, bows in November.
Crackle, a unit of Sony Pictures Television, today debuts SuperSong, an hour-long special documenting the experiences of singer Ricky Martin and music producer Salaam Remi as they record a track for the official album of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The tune was written by the winner of a contest launched last December by Sony; "Vida" and its video will be available for download on iTunes tomorrow, April 22.
The finale of ID‘s Unusual Suspects is now Sunday, April 27 at 9p. The crime series showcases real-life cases "with twists and turns, multiple suspects and an unlikely culprit."
Syfy special effects/makeup competition Face Off is back for season seven in July with the theme, "Life and Death." Season six finale airs Tuesday, April 22 at 9p.
Hyundai may be the official automotive sponsor of the World Cup, but you’ll be seeing a lot of Volkswagen during the matches, too. AdAge reports the automaker will be making major buys on ESPN, ABC and Univision to promote its GTI model, popular with young males and Hispanics. "The alignment between who watched the World Cup and who drives a GTI is perfect," said Volkswagen of America VP-marketing, Vinay Shahani. "That’s a match made in heaven for us." The campaign, from Deutsch, Los Angeles, launches with the start of the World Cup on June 12.
YouTube has a plan to reserve prime ad space for marketers who buy in advance, under a category of content labeled "Google Preferred." A report in tubefilter says the list is made up of the top 5 percent of channels in 14 different content verticals, and includes the likes of BBQ Pit Boys (Food), Smosh (Comedy), The Ellen Show (Entertainment and Pop Culture), WWE (Sports) and National Geographic (Science & Education).
Add comedian Blake Anderson (Workaholics) to the guest list on the season finale of NBC‘s Parks and Recreation, reports EW. Anderson, playing the founder of a tech start-up, appears on the season six closer Thursday, April 24 at 8p.
Rhys Coiro (Hostages) and Joe Egender (Hunger) join Ray Liotta, Brendan Fraser, Bill Paxton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in History mini-series Texas Rising (wt), from A+E Studios and ITV Studios.
CASTING CALL: Southern CA women ages 25-40/Lighthearted Entertainment: For new show on Major Cable Ntwrk. Makeover inside & out w/help of 2 top notch life coaches. If you want to look good & feel better about a problem in your life, Email: [email protected] incl contact info/3 photos of yourself & brief paragraph about why you need this makeover. (4/22)
ABC‘s Scandal posted its best-ever season finale numbers on Thursday, up 15 percent from last year for its second-largest audience ever.
On a different note, NBC‘s Parks and Recreation hit a series low .9 A18-49 rating, while Fox’s Surviving Jack is hanging onto life support with 1.0.
Time-shifting is giving Mad Men a healthy boost. In Live+3, the AMC drama’s season seven premiere was up 62 percent in total viewers versus same day, to 3.7 million, and up 74 percent among A18-49, to 1.8 million.
Last week Nat Geo had its highest-rated Thursday night ever, with a big assist from the season two premiere of Life Below Zero. The story of six people batting sub-zero conditions in Alaska scored a series-high 1.1 in M25-54 and .6 in P18-49, averaging 1.5 million total viewers P2+. "Our viewers are drawn to programs that are original, entertaining, and above all else, authentic," Heather Moran, EVP of programming and strategy, tells Cynopsis. "We’re excited to take them deep into the Alaskan wilderness, where winter isn’t coming… it never left."
ABC‘s Jimmy Kimmel Live: Behind the Scandalabra on Thursday scored season highs in HH (3.4/8) in the 56 U.S. Metered Markets and A18-49 (1.4/6) in the 25 LPM Markets. The Scandal-themed episode, featuring an interview with show creator Shonda Rimes and appearances by cast members, was the show’s highest-rated telecast since moving to 11:35p in January 2013 and beat late night rivals NBC‘s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and CBS‘s Late Show with David Letterman, both in repeats.
Julio Garcia has been appointed Vice President of Human Resources & Operations for Jerry Bruckheimer Films. Garcia was previously with NUVOtv.
Writer Doris Kanter died March 18. She was 95. The widow of writer/producer/director Hal Kanter and an accomplished video artist, Kanter wrote for television shows including Night Court and Chico and the Man.
TV and music producer and personal manager Ken Greengrass died April 10 at age 87. Greengrass produced numerous television shows, winning an Emmy Award for NBC’s How the Beatles Changed the World. Among his clients were Diahann Carroll, Florence Henderson and Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gourme.
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This Day In History: 1940 – The "Take It or Leave It" radio quiz show first aired on CBS. Top prize: $64.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which of Betty White‘s Golden Girls co-stars appeared on Mama’s Family (1983-1990), where White recurred as Ellen Harper Jackson? Rue McClanahan. Kudos to: Mitch Burg-SNTA/NYC, Ken Nice-Yoh/Silver Spring, MD, Larry Kahn-Golf Channel/Orlando, Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NYC, Greg Cavaluzzo-Horizon Media/NYC, Mark Rummell-Productioneered Parts Corp./The Woodlands, TX, John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas, Barb Throm-True Media/St. Louis, MO, Heather Floore-KDAF-TV, CW33/Dallas, Tom Boyd-WGN/Chicago, Kerri Huyck/Pasco, WA, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, Gary Moglovkin-NBC Studios/Studio City, CA, Sabrina Sparlin-Network Talent Agency/Studio City, CA.
Today’s Trivia Question: Which Everybody Loves Raymond star was a regular on Remington Steele (1982-1987)? (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 21, 2014
ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Castle
CBS: 2 Broke Girls, Friends with Better Lives, Mike & Molly, The Big Bang Theory [r], NCIS: Los Angeles [r]
CW: Star-Crossed, The Tomorrow People
FOX: Bones, The Following
NBC: The Voice, The Blacklist
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, 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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