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05.05.14
Good morning. It’s Monday, May 5, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Fox: 24: Live Another Day at 8p
FX: Louie at 10p
Great American Country: Feasting on Asphalt at 8p
Tonight’s Finales:
A&E: Bates Motel at 10p
CBS: 2 Broke Girls at 8p
CW: The Tomorrow People at 9p
E!: The Fabulist at 8:30p
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ALL TOGETHER. MORE.
Harness The Power Of The NBCUniversal Lifestyle Group To Drive Your Business
ALL TOGETHER. YOUNG. 9 years younger than the TV average.
ALL TOGETHER. AFFLUENT. 11% more affluent than the TV average.
ALL TOGETHER. SOCIAL. 3.4 million social impressions delivered every day.
ALL TOGETHER. GROWING. +5% vs. last year.
Source: together.nbcuni.com.
Nat Geo said it was "ncredibly saddened" by the deaths of two officers who had appeared on the net’s Alaska State Troopers, and plans to add a tribute to Thursday’s episode honoring the men. Patrick "Scott" Johnson and Gabriel Rich, members of the Fairbanks Rural Service unit, were fatally shot in the line of duty on Wednesday in the tiny Yukon River village of Tanana. "We have a long and proud association with the troopers, and consider them a member of our extended channel family," said Nat Geo, which is pulling from rotation repeats featuring the officers. Troopers airs Thursdays at 10p.
NBC News named Chris Jansing senior White House correspondent, and shifted White House correspondent Peter Alexander to the position of national correspondent. NBC News president Deborah Turness said the moves will allow NBC News political director Chuck Todd "to dedicate more of his time to the signature razor-sharp analysis and expertise our audiences can’t get enough of" ahead of the mid-terms and 2016 Presidential elections. Jansing has anchored MSNBC‘s Jansing & Co. since 2010.
Meet the Press producer Chris Donovan left after 12 years at the NBC News show to join ABC as senior producer for rival This Week, as well as GMA and specials. Responding to reports that his exit was the result of friction with Press anchor David Gregory, Donoval told Page Six, "I had an incredible run at Meet the Press and only left because I was given an amazing opportunity at ABC News." NBC News’ Deborah Turness characterized the rumors as "vindictive, personal and, above all, untrue."
As original cast member Sandra Oh heads for the exit at Grey’s Anatomy, the still-going-strong hospital drama re-upped Sara Ramirez, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. for two-year deals. Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey inked two year extensions in January. Season ten finale airs Thursday, May 15 at 9p.
ESPN will be all over FIFA, promising the "most comprehensive presentation to date" of the 2014 World Cup contest. Between ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, all 64 matches will air live, from June 12-July 13, with extensive coverage across platforms and programs, including an interactive bracket challenge.
Great American Country is putting money where viewers’ mouths are – sort of – with a weekly watch-and-win sweepstakes this month. Every Monday starting tonight, a code will be revealed during dining series Feasting on Asphalt; viewers who go online and enter the correct word have a chance at a $5000 prize.
Cast your vote in our latest poll:Whose NewFront presentation have you liked best so far?
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: May 2-4, 2014
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Sony) $92.0 million, opening weekend
The Other Woman (20th Century) $14.2 million, 2 wk total $47.3 million
Heaven Is for Real (Sony) $8.7 million, 3 wk total $65.6 million
Captain America (Disney) $7.7 million, 5 wk total $237.1 million
Rio 2 (20th Century) $7.6 million, 4 wk total $106.5 million
Brick Mansion (Relativity Media) $3.5 million, 2 wk total $15.5 million
Divergent (Lionsgate) $2.2 million, 7 wk total $142.7 million
The Quiet Ones (Lionsgate) $2.0 million, 2 wk total $6.8 million
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight) $1.7 million, 9 wk total $51.5 million
Bears (Disney) $1.6 million, 3 wk total $14.3 million
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Lifetime placed an 8-ep order for docu-series Child Genius, a Shed Media US production, in cooperation with MENSA, showing gifted children and their families preparing for a national intelligence competition. The show, based on U.K. format Child Genius, is currently casting for "the most intelligent kids in the country."
Aaron Lee, co-exec producer of Family Guy, signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television. "He’s just a hugely funny, up-and-coming irreverent voice," said 20th TV chairman and CEO Gary Newman.
Australian pop-punk band 5 Seconds of Summer will perform at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards, airing live on ABC Sunday, May 18 at 8p. They join acts including Jason Derulo, Imagine Dragons and John Legend.
CBS Daytime gives a shout-out to moms this week, with The Talk‘s annual Mother’s Mystery Week, featuring the show’s hosts trying to guess the celeb offspring of guest moms; bouquets and beauty packages on Friday’s Let’s Make a Deal (mothers at home can get in on the action at www.cbs.com/deal), and a themed Price Is Right on Friday for an audience of mothers and their kids.
AXS TV‘s Dan Rather Presents reports on the severity of the nation’s problem dealing with the mentally ill on Tuesday, May 6 at 8p.
7Up has partnered with Hispanic entertainment net mun2 for Dance y Electro Powered by 7UP. The 12-week series featuring electric dance music premieres Thursday, May 8 at 4p. The network is "providing the insight and access that our Hispanic millennial fans want to see," said Dave Falk, VP of marketing for 7UP. "mun2 is very much on the pulse of what’s trending."
Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond) is onboard HBO‘s untitled rock ‘n roll drama pilot with Bobby Cannavale as a record exec trying to resurrect his label. Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, George Mastras (Breaking Bad) and Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire) are executive producers.
Will Yun Lee (The Wolverine) will recur on season seven of HBO‘s True Blood, as a revenge-seeking urban cowboy.
Electus International is partnering with Russia’s YBW Group to produce 15 episodes of cooking competition Food Fighters for CTC.
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Click here for sourceABC‘s Grey’s Anatomy led the 9p hour on Thursday in Households and among A18-49 with an ep featuring former cast member Isaiah Washington. CBS‘s Big Bang Theory had the evening’s high of 9.7/17 in HH and 4.5/16 in the young adult demo.
In competition with the first iHeartRadio Music Awards on NBC (1.7/5), Thursday’s Idol fell to a series low among A18-49, to 1.5/5.
Spiderman couldn’t rescue NBC‘s Saturday Night Live from tying a season low. While host Andrew Garfield‘s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 burned through the weekend box office, his SNL appearance rated 2.0 A18-49 in the 25 People Meter markets and 3.9 in metered households.
ABC won Friday night with a 1.8 rating among A18-49, according to preliminary Nielsens, its best number since November 2012. Special Shark Tank: Swimming with Sharks opened at 8p with 1.5, followed by 2.2 for Shark Tank. A 20/20 with Barbara Walters’ eleventh hour V. Staviano interview scored 1.7 at 10p.
The season three premiere of TV One‘s R&B Divas Atlanta was the network’s highest rated primetime original series year-to-date among P25-54 (.57 and 338,000 viewers) and HH (.63 and 357,000) in Live +3 ratings.
History‘s Vikings season two finale averaged 3.4 million total viewers, 1.6 million A25-54 and 1.4 million A18-49 on Thursday. That’s down a bit from 3.6 million viewers for the season one finale, but it was the night’s most tweeted cable program, with a Twitter audience up 202 percent from the season one closer. The drama was renewed in March for a third season.
Lifetime‘s Bring It! scored season high ratings across key demos for Wednesday’s spring finale. The docuseries delivered 2.3 million total viewers, a 128 percent gain versus its March 5 premiere, and averaged 1.2 million A18-49 (up 122 percent), 1 million A25-54 (up 125 percent) and 988,000 W18-49 (up 120 percent), making it the net’s fastest-growing first season ever.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: CBS won the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 2.2/7, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. A 3.3/12 average for CBS’s The Big Bang Theory and The Millers won 8p, versus the 1.6/6 shared by Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen and NBC’s iHeartRadio Music Awards. ABC took the lead at 9p with 2.6/8 for Grey’s Anatomy, followed by a 1.8/5 average for CBS’s Two and a Half Men and Bad Teacher. NBC’s awards show won 10 p with 1.7/5, with CBS’s Elementary (1.6/5) right behind.
A18-49: CBS 2.2/7, NBC 1.7/5, ABC 1.6/5, FOX 1.4/5, UNI 1.3/5, CW .6/2, TELE .4/1, ION .3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, May 1, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 6.0/10
The Big Bang Theory 9.7/17, The Millers 5.9/10, Two and a Half Men 5.7/9, Bad Teacher 4.3/7, Elementary 5.2/9
ABC: 4.4/7
Grey’s Anatomy 3.1/5 [r], Grey’s Anatomy 6.1/10, Black Box 3.9/7
NBC: 3.4/6
iHeartRadio Music Awards 3.4/6
FOX: 3.0/5
Hell’s Kitchen 2.7/5, American Idol 4.3/7, Surviving Jack 2.3/4
UNIVISION: 1.7/3
Por Siempre mi Amor 1.6/3, Que Vida me Robo 2.1/3, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.5/3
CW: 1.1/2
Vampire Diaries 1.2/2, Reign .9/2
ION: 1.0/2
Law & Order: CI .9/2, Law & Order: CI 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.1/2
TELE: .6/1
Impostora .6/1, En Otra Piel .6/1, Camelia la Texana .6/1
Amy Reinhard was tapped to serve as President, Worldwide Television and Home Media Acquisitions for Paramount Home Media Distribution. Reinhard will oversee sales and licensing of Paramount content across pay TV, broadcast, cable and SVOD.
Universal Television named Stacey Silverman Vice President, Drama Development, starting June 1. Silverman will report to Senior Vice President, Drama Development Russell Rothberg.
Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. died April 2. He was 95. Zimbalist starred in 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I., and guested on numerous shows including Maverick, Hotel and Murder, She Wrote. He also had a recurring role on Remington Steele, starring his daughter, Stephanie Zimbalist.
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This Day In History: 1961 – Alan Shepard became the second person and first American to travel in space, piloting the Freedom 7 mission.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: On The West Wing (1999-2006), what was President Jed Bartlet’s favorite movie? The Lion in Winter (we’ll give credit for presidential fave Dial M for Murder, too). Kudos to: Bob Melvin-NBC Sports Group/NYC, Wendy Stone-Gold Channel/Orlando, Jordan Bienstock-Katz Broadcasting/Atlanta, Melanie Ashley-In Demand/NYC, Matt Sautter-OpenTV/Golden, CO, Stacey Tenenbaum-Pinkertons Casting/LA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment, Inc., Allison Parkin/LA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY MAY 5, 2014
ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Castle
CBS: 2 Broke Girls [f], Friends with Better Lives, Mike & Molly, Mom [r], NCIS: Los Angeles [r]
CW: Star-Crossed, The Tomorrow People [f]
FOX: 24: Live Another Day [p]
NBC: The Voice, The Blacklist
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Roadshow [r], Independent Lens [r]
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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