05/30/23: Why "Succession" had to end

Tuesday May 30, 2023

Today’s Premieres
NBC: America’s Got Talent at 8p; Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge at 10p
PBS: Lidia Celebrates America at 9p
Prime Video: The Ride
TLC: Doubling Down With the Derricos at 10p

Today’s Finales
ABC: The Game Show Show at 10p
BET: Carl Weber’s The Family Business at 9p

IN THE NEWS

“I don’t feel like I’ll be able to write anything as good as this again,” said Jesse Armstrong, creator of “Succession,” in the “Inside the Episode” segment following the HBO hit’s series finale on Sunday. So why end the series? Armstrong said once it became “clear” to him how the show should wrap, “I had lots of emotional sadness, but it felt like, ‘This is how the show goes.’”

Fox News’ “Hannity” is presenting a town hall with former President Donald Trump on Thursday, June 1 at 9p in Iowa. The event will be pre-taped earlier that day.

Why is NBCU syndicated talker “The Kelly Clarkson Show” moving from LA to NYC for season five? Turns out, it’s personal. “My family is East Coast, they’re North Carolina based. So it was one of those things where I just had to,” Clarkson told Nancy O’Dell on TalkShopLive, adding that she and her family “really needed a fresh start.”

Forty-five percent of consumers say they don’t pay attention to back to school ads, according to a survey from Cint. But the data offers insights into what can make an ad stand out:
· 51% of consumers responded that humor will make them enjoy a back to school shopping ad.
· 53% of respondents said a catchy song is the number one reason they remember a back to school shopping ad.
· Facebook is the number one place for consumers to watch back to school ads (30%) followed by TV (19%) and YouTube (16%).
· 59% of consumers will be shopping at stores like Target and Walmart this back to school season and 39% plan to shop at marketplaces like Amazon.

DirecTV has inked a distribution deal with start-up Telly, the company that announced plans to give away 55” 4K dual-screen TVs later this summer. New DirecTV Stream customers will receive priority registration on the waiting list for the freebies. “Telly is the biggest innovation in TV since color, and through our new collaboration, DirecTV STREAM customers will be among the very first homes in America to experience the ultimate television living room upgrade,” said Ilya Pozin, Founder and CEO of Telly.

The Writers Guild of America, on strike since May 2, is asking Tony Award-nominated members to not attend the June 11 ceremony. They are allowed to pre-tape an acceptance speech or ask a non-member to accept in their place. The ceremony will air, in a modified format with only awards presentations and show performances but no original scripted content, on CBS and Paramount+.

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NEW & RETURNING SERIES

OUTtv announced its first original UK commissions: unscripted interactive comedy series “Rosie Runs Riot” and stand-up comedy series “Live at the Queer Comedy Club.” Both launch on OUTtv globally later this year, and simultaneously on UK channel Froot.tv.

Discovery’s “Hoffman Family Gold” is back for a new season on Friday, June 16 at 9p. This time around, father/son conflict creates drama along with brushfires, floods and wild animals.

STREAMING

Through a new deal with Sling Freestream, Cineverse has reached its first third-party distribution agreement for its true crime channel Crime Hunters.

COMING UP

Nickelodeon’s “Nick News” will report on the US states that have instituted bans on TikTok, on Wednesday, May 31, at 7p. The episode will also feature a group of kids who have abandoned social media and traded in their smart phones for flip phones.

“Dirty Tennis,” the newly remastered 1989 parodyshort starring the late Dick Van Patten and Bruce (now Caitlyn) Jenner, will debut on streaming platforms on June 3.

SPORTS ROUNDUP

Pixellot has launched the Show S3 camera, an AI-automated video camera which delivers image quality with a 50% boost in resolution, meaning improved AI visual tracking algorithms which significantly upgrades ball and player tracking. The S3 will it allow sports organizations to scale at a faster and more cost-effective pace.

GOING GLOBAL

NBCUniversal is partnering with Indian streaming service JioCinema for a deal that includes content from across Comcast NBCU brands and production companies. Titles in the thousands of hours of programming range from “Young Rock” to “Downton Abbey,” “The Office” and “Shrek.”

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RATINGS

Broadcast Nielsen Ratings for May 25
Show, P2+ 000s, (A18-49)
ABC: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 1.95 (0.28)
CBS: Young Sheldon 3.76 (0.28), Ghosts 3.19 (0.26), So Help Me Todd 2.44 (0.18), CSI: Vegas 2.01 (0.16)
CW: Walker 0.21 (0.04), 100 Days to Indy 0.22 (0.05)
FOX: Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars 0.97 (0.16), Animal Control 0.69 (0.13), Animal Control 0.77 (0.14)
ION: Chicago PD 0.92 (0.12), Chicago PD 0.97 (0.11), Chicago PD 0.93 (0.1)
NBC: The Wall 2.38 (0.210, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2.30 (0.24), Magnum P.I. 0.59 (0.16)
Telemundo: Top Chef VIP 0.87 (0.21), Secretos de Sangre 0.79 (0.17)
Univision: Mujer 0.97 (0.26), Futbol Central 0.86 (0.25), LIGA MX 1.96 (0.71)
Source: Nielsen live + same day time period averages

IN MEMORIAM

Actor George Maharis died May 24 at age 94. Maharis was best known for role on “Route 66.”

This Day in History
1806 – Future US President Andrew Jackson killed Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accused Jackson’s wife of bigamy.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question
Which 2001 war drama was based on a book by the same name? “Band of Brothers.” Kudos to: Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA; Pete Hazell-Warner Bros. Discovery/London; Aaron Paquette-AccelerateSG/Fort Worth, TX; Rev. Mark Wajda/Clermont, FL; Matt Laramee-Southern New Hampshire University/Manchester, NH; Bob Tombs-Effectv/Bloomfield, NJ; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank; Sean Meenagh-Effectv/Danbury, CT

Today’s Trivia Question
Which miniseries was set in the US ten years after the country was taken over by the Soviet Union? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four answers per time zone.)

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MONDAY MAY 30
ABC: Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, Celebrity Jeopardy!, The Game Show Show [f]
CBS: FBI, FBI: International, FBI: Most Wanted
CW: Superman & Lois, Gotham Knights
FOX: Beat Shazam, Don’t Forget the Lyrics!
NBC: America’s Got Talent [p], Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge [p]
PBS: Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Lidia Celebrates America [p], Frontline
Telemundo: Top Chef VIP, Secretos de Sangre
Univision: Perdona Nuestros Pecados, El Amor Invencible. Mujer

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