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04.27.15
Good morning. It’s Monday April 27, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Azteca America: Baila si Puedes at 7p
Science: Countdown to Catastrophe at 8p
Weather: Tornado Alley at 9p
Tonight’s Finales:
American Heroes Channel: Hitler: The Rise and Fall at 10p
History: Rivermen at 10p
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E! confirmed on Friday the launch of a “ground-breaking, authentic” reality series following former Olympian Bruce Jenner’s life as a transgender woman. “This series will present an unfiltered look as Bruce boldly steps into uncharted territory and is true to himself for the first time,” said Jeff Olde, EVP, programming and development. Eight-parter premieres Sunday, July 26 at 9p.
Any doubts about public interest in Jenner’s transition were vanquished when Nielsen ratings came in for ABC’s 20/20: Bruce Jenner – The Interview. The two-hour special was Friday’s top show in total viewers (16.9 million and A18-49 (5.2/17), and the biggest Friday non-sports telecast since 2003 in young adults.
Comcast officially pulled the plug Friday on its plan to buy Time Warner Cable, a $45.2 billion deal in the works since February of last year. “It wasn’t going to happen,” CEO Brian Roberts told CNBC. “That’s the judgment we heard the government had reached.” The agreement was structured so the company does not have to pay a break-up fee.
NBC’s investigation into Brian Williams’ reporting has turned up six instances of questionable statements, according to the New York Times. One newly-uncovered incident involved discrepancies in the NBC News anchor’s reporting from Tahrir Square in Cairo in 2011. The review of Williams’ work is not completed and no conclusions have been reached, said the Times. Williams remains under six-month suspension.
The Daytime Emmys were handed out this weekend, with Creative Arts categories presented Friday at an event at the Universal Hilton, and a live telecast on Pop on Sunday. Of note: a three-way tie for Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series, between Donna Mills (General Hospital), Fred Willard(The Bold and the Beautiful) and Ray Wise (The Young and the Restless). Discovery Family Channel’s R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series was named Outstanding Children’s Series, and The People’s Court Outstanding Legal Program. Outstanding Morning Program went to CBS Sunday Morning, Live! With Kelly & Michael won Outstanding Talk Sow Host and Jeopardy won Outstanding Game Show. For a complete list of winner, go here.
Jake Tapper was named anchor of CNN’s State of the Union, replacing Candy Crowley, who left in December. Tapper will remain CNN’s chief Washington correspondent and anchor of The Lead.
Discovery renewed Deadliest Catch for season 12. The 13-time Emmy winner from Original Productions is up 7 percent in P25-54 and total viewers versus last season’s average. Series airs Tuesdays at 9p.
Three months after its launch, Justice Network has helped recover a missing child. The multicast net’s 30-second message about a Houston girl who had been missing since 2013 led to a tip from a viewer that was forwarded to law enforcement, and resulted in the her rescue. “Someone watching the Justice Network recognized this child and did the right thing,” said John Walsh (America’s Most Wanted), host and spokesperson for the net.
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Production began last week on ABC Family original drama Recovery Road, about a teen’s struggle with addiction. Lawrence Trilling (Parenthood) is directing the episode, headed for a 2016 debut.
Intrigue and Pomodoro Stories struck a deal for first-look rights to Pomodoro’s catalogue of scripted formats, which have been produced in more than 15 countries.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: April 24-26, 2015
Furious 7 (Universal) $18.3 million, cume revenue $320.5 million
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (Sony) $15.5 million, cume revenue $43.9 million
The Age of Adeline (Lionsgate) $14.4 million, opening weekend
Home (20th Century Fox) $8.3 million, cume revenue $153.8 million
Unfriended (Universal) $6.2 million, cume revenue $25.2 million
Ed Machina (A24 Films) $5.4 million, cume revenie $6.9 million
The Longest Ride (20th Century Fox) $4.4 million, cume revenue $30.4 million
Get Hard (Lionsgate) $3.9 million, cume revenue $84.1 million
Monkey Kingdom (Disney) $3.6 million, cume revenue $10.3 million
Woman In Gold (The Weinstein Company) $3.5 million, cume revenue $21.6 million
Divergent Series: The Insurgent (Lionsgate) $6.9 million, cume revenue $114.8 million
Cinderella (Disney) $7.2 million, cume revenue $180.8 million
Source: Rentrak Corporation
Monster Week returns to Animal Planet Sunday, May 17, running through Monday, May 25. Programming includes the likes of Serial Killer Tiger at Large on Monday, May 18 at 8p, Deadly After Dark on Tuesday, May 19 at 8p and Killer Hornets From Hell on Wednesday, May 20 at 8p.
Raekwon takes over Music Choice’s Rap Channel today. Tracks featuring the hip hop legend will be featured throughout the day, along a sneak peek of his new album at 8p, a day before its release.
Kent State – The Day the ’60s Died airs Tuesday, April 28 at 8p. Documentary about the shooting and its aftermath is part of a special PBS programming block related to the Vietnam War.
AirAsia 8501: Anatomy of a Crash airs Tuesday, April 28 at 10p on Science Channel. Documentary will look at weather patterns, demonstrate the consequences of a mid-air stall and use computer-generated animation to break down radar data from the final moments of Malaysia Airlines flight 370.
AXS TV’s live coverage of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell will feature performers including Elton John, The Who, Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band, No Doubt and Keith Urban, airing daily May 1-3 at 4p.
BBQ With Franklin, featuring pitmaster Aaron Franklin on visits to notable BBQ joints, launches on PBS in May (check local listings). Show is based on the YouTube channel series, created in 2012 by KLRU-TV, Austin PBS.
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries airs a “Mystery Movie” marathon on Sunday, May 16, kicking off at 9a with Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery. Murder, starring Biggest Loser’s Alison Sweeney and Cameron Mathison, recently named correspondent and weekend co-anchor at Entertainment Tonight, has its world premiere Saturday, May 2 at 9p.
The Association of National Advertisers and the 4A’s have created a task force, made up of industry leaders from the marketer and agency communities, to address concerns about media transparency. Said Nancy Hill, 4A’s CEO and co-chair of the group, “The Task Force has a very important focus to ensure that the longstanding partnership between clients and agencies is grounded in trust and understanding.” The group sets to work in early May.
BET Networks’ 2015 programming slate features more original programming hours than ever before, it was announced at the Viacom-owned company’s Upfront at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. Brandy Norwood and Kelly Rowland were on hand to promote romantic comedy Zoe Moon, starring Norwood as a single mom embarking on a new life, and Chasing Destiny, featuring Destiny’s Child member Rowland’s search for the next female superstar group.
Also coming up for BET: Punk’d, a revival of the MTV series; docu-series The Label, focused on record companies and About the Business, set in the Hollywood entertainment world; Criminals at Work, a look at crime in the workplace and DeSean Jackson: Home Team, centered on the NFL star’s home life.
Getting ready for Centric’s African-American women audience are reality show According to Alex, featuring Whoopi Goldberg’s daughter, Alex Martin Dean; docu-series #MyCurrentSituation, showing people grappling with situations in the workplace; Curve Appeal, a makeover show for plus-size women with Queen Latifah exec producing and docu-series From the Bottom Up, showing women working on making comebacks.
“Black consumers experience BET Networks differently than any other network because of our 35 years of history, tremendous experience and insights,” said Debra Lee, chairman and CEO, BET Networks. “We continue to give our viewers what they want – high quality content that respects, reflects and elevates them.”
Frank Langella will return for season four of FX’s The Americans, as a KGB handler. “It’s just awesome to be able to write for him,” said creator/exec producer Joe Weisberg.
Evan Peters has joined the cast of American Horror Story: Hotel. Peters, like Sarah Paulson, will have starred in all five AHS installments. Production begins on Hotel in late summer in LA, launching on FX in October.
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ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy rose seven tenths versus last week to a 2.8 rating among A18-49 on Thursday, a seven-month high. The exit of leading man Patrick Dempsey, who still had a year left on his contract, had been accidentally leaked online by EW. “After 11 seasons on Grey’s Anatomy, Patrick Dempsey is moving on to pursue other interests,” said ABC. “’McDreamy’ will be greatly missed.”
Discovery was number one in all of cable in the P25-54 and P18-49 demos in primetime the week of April 13, according to Nielsen L+3 ratings. The net’s top three programs for the week were Deadliest Catch (2.51 in P25-54, 1.97 in P18-49), Naked and Afraid (2.2 and 1.85) and Fast N’ Loud (1.55 and 1.28).
Don’t judge the season three premiere ratings of Orphan Black by BBC America, where it landed 535,000 total viewers, down 13 percent from the season two opener. The debut aired simultaneously across AMC Networks channels, and with AMC, IFC, SundanceTV and WE tv numbers added in, the show drew 1.9 million viewers in Live+3, up 51 percent over last year’s BBCA bow.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: CBS and ABC tied for the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 2.0/7, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS earned a 2.8/10 average at 8p for Big Bang Theory and The Odd Couple, to tie ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. ABC’s Scandal was first at 9p with 2.3/7, followed by a 1.8/6 average for CBS’s Mom and Big Bang rerun. CBS was back in a tie for the top spot at 10p, earning 1.3/4 for Elementary versus Univision’s 1.3/5 for Senor de los Cielos.
A18-49:ABC 2.0/7, CBS 2.0/7, UNI 1.1/4, NBC .9/3, FOX .9/3, TELE .8/3, CW .5/2, ION .3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, April 23, 2015 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 6.0/10
Big Bang Theory 8.9/16, The Odd Couple 5.9/10, Mom 5.7/10, Big Bang Theory [r] 5.3/9, Elementary 5.0/9
ABC: 5.0/9
Grey’s Anatomy 6.5/11, Scandal 5.6/9, American Crime 2.9/5
NBC: 3.6/6
The Blacklist [r] 2.3/4, The Blacklist 4.7/8, Dateline 3.9/7
FOX: 2.4/4
Bones 2.9/5, Backstrom 1.9/3
UNIVISION: 1.4/2
Amores con Trampa 1.4/2, Hasta Fin Del Mundo 1.6/3, Que to Perdone Dios 1.3/2
ION: 1.2/2
Blue Bloods 1.1/2, Blue Bloods 1.2/2, Blue Bloods 1.2/2
TELEMUNDO: 1.0/2
Avenida Brasil .7/1, Tierra de Reyes .8/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.5/3
CW: .7/1
Vampire Diaries .9/2, Reign .5/1
BET Networks appointed Zola Mashariki as Executive Vice President and Head of Original Programming.Most recently, Mashariki was Senior Vice President of Production at Fox Searchlight Pictures.
As part of an expansion of its digital efforts, Fusion announced promotions within its digital team, including Alexis Madrigal to Editor in Chief of Fusion; Hillary Frey to Executive Editor; Anna Holmes to Editorial Director, and Jane Spencer to Senior Vice President, Emerging Platforms.
Tuwisha Rogers was named Vice President of Brand Leadership for One Solution. Previously, Rogers owned consulting firm Wish Factor Consulting.
This Day in History: 1965 – Legendary newsman Edward R. Murrow died at the age of 57.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: How did Ann and Donald meet on That Girl (1966-1971)? At the shooting of a TV commercial. Kudos to: Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Bill Timms-Lava Entertainment/NYC, Dory Petsrillo-HRP/Dallas, Alan Perris/Beverly Hills, Jerry Jones/San Francisco, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA/LA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY APRIL 27, 2015
ABC: Dancing With the Stars, Castle
CBS: 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, Stalker, NCIS: Los Angeles
CW: The Originals, Jane the Virgin
FOX: Gotham, The Following
NBC: The Voice, The Night Shift
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, The Draft, Dick Cavett’s Vietnam
Telemundo: Avenida Brasil, Tierra de Reyes, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Amores con Trampa, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, Que te Perdone Dios…Yo No
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