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05.27.14
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, May 27, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Extreme Weight Loss at 8p
DFA: 20/20 Mysterious Minds at 10p
Esquire: Boundless at 10p
ID: Sinister Ministers: Collared at 10p
Lifetime: Little Women: LA at 9p
NBC: America’s Got Talent at 8p, The Night Shift at 10p
OWN: The Haves and the Have Nots at 9p
Science: Alien Encounters at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
BBC America: Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan at 10p
ID: Secret Lives of Stepford Wives at 8:30p
Lifetime: Tru Tori at 10p
PBS: Coming Back with Wes Moore at 8p
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM UNIVISION
Growth is the same in any language, but only Univision delivers it this Upfront season. Univision Network is leading the way with ratings up 5% since the beginning of the year, while the Big 4 English-Language Networks are down –18% & Top English Cable slipping -20%. THAT’S RETURN ON INFLUENCE. For more click here.
TBS canceled ratings-challenged late-nighter The Pete Holmes Show after two seasons. "We recognize Pete as one of the most relevant comedians working today," said the net. "We loved the show and gave it two chances, we just couldn’t draw the audience needed to justify a third round." But no hard feelings. "I got to work everday in a magical chocolate factory of joy," Holmes posted on Facebook Friday night. "It was a great experience from start to finish, and I have nothing but love and thanks for all involved." Show ends Wednesday, June 18.
Amazon‘s fishing for more takers for its already-hot Fire TV. The online retailer is making it easy for selected customers to accept a 30-day free trial of the set-top box designed to compete with the likes of Apple TV and Roku – hit "apply offer" on the invite email, and Fire TV will be added to your cart. Keep it past the month and you’re charged the regular $99 price; return it and shipping is covered by Amazon.
CBS is running new eps of 48 Hours on Mondays at 10p through June 16. The newsmag will continue to air on Saturdays, with updated reruns.
Netflix is in talks with the creators of Wet Hot American Summer to adapt the 2001 summer camp comedy into a series, reports Variety. Original cast included Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler and David Hyde Pierce.
Quentin Tarantino wants to add footage to his 2012 movie, Django Unchained, and turn it into a four-hour mini-series for cable, the director told an audience in Cannes. "People roll their eyes at a four-hour movie," said Tarantino, "but a four-hour miniseries that they like, they are dying to watch all four parts."
Sneak peek: Fox released the trailer for fall drama Red Band Society, exec produced by Steven Speilberg and starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer.
Former Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" anchor Norm MacDonald isn’t being shy about his desire to replace the departing Craig Ferguson as host of CBS‘s Late Late Night. "It would be so cool to get that job," MacDonald told the New York Times. And a Twitter campaign is getting attention. "You want to be part of the conversation," MacDonald told the Times. "If it takes walking up to the table where the conversation is taking place, I don’t think that’s so terrible."
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: May 23-25, 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past (20th Century Fox) $90.7 million, opening weekend
Godzilla (Warner Bros.) $31.4 million, 2 wk total $148.8 million
Blended (Warner Bros.) $14.2 million, opening weekend
Neighbors (Universal) $13.9 million, 3 wk total $113.6 million
The Amazing Spider Man-2 (Sony) $7.8 million, 4 wk total $184.9 million
Million Dollar Arm (Disney) $7.1 million, 2 wk total $20.6 million
The Other Woman (20th Century) $3.7 million, 5 wk total $77.8 million
Rio 2 (20th Century) $2.5 million, 7 wk total $121.6 million
Chef (Open Road) $2.3 million, 3 wk total $3.5 million
Heaven Is for Real (Sony) $2.0 million, 6 wk total $85.8 million
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A USA NETWORK EVENT SERIES
PRODUCTION COMMENCES JUNE 1ST
FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS OF
HEROES AND HOMELANDSTARRING JASON ISAACS AND ANNE HECHE
In this provocative six-episode international thriller, an FBI agent’s investigation into the murder of a young American archaeologist uncovers a conspiracy 2000 years in the making. Coming this fall.
USA Network. Characters Welcome.
Animal Planet gave the green light to a sophomore season of Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters. Season one of the ITV Studios America reality show averaged 766,000 viewers per premiere episode.
Development exec Tracy Katsky has launched production company KatCo, a pod at Aaron Kaplan‘s Kapital Entertainment, reports Deadline. Projects developed by KatCo would be produced in association with Kapital.
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Tween dream Justin Bieber will appear on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance to introduce a new element to the show: competing dance crews. Viewers vote via Twitter; winner gets to perform on the season finale. Two-hour season premiere is Wednesday, May 28 at 8p.
Esquire launches Thursday night block "Movies to Live By" on June 5 at 8p. The collection, "containing all of life’s knowledge that men seek" kicks off with All the President’s Men, and includes Mad Max, Predator, Cool Hand Luke and Snakes on a Plane (!), among others.
Starz drama Power premieres Saturday, June 7 at 9p. Exec producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson penned the title theme, "Big Rich Town"; music video is here. The net’s Outlander, based on Diana Gabaldon’s best-sellers, bows Saturday, August 9 at 9p.
It didn’t give away much, but BBC America‘s trailer for season eight of Dr. Who, with Peter Capaldi stepping in as the 12th Doctor, did reveal an August premiere. Capaldi replaces Matt Smith.
Hallmark‘s Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove returns for season two Saturday, July 19 at 8p.
Epix airs a week’s worth of late-night comedy specials during "Serious About Comedy" week Monday, June 16-Sunday June 22. Among the jokers: Tom Papa, Dennis Miller and Jenny McCarthy.
Marketers understand the importance of TV’s most coveted new demo, Hispanic Millennials but what are the most effective strategies for connecting with them? A Cynopsis webinar on June 10, How to reach the new Millennials, offers the latest insights and must-have elements for any campaign targeted to these active brand experimenters.
Catherine Dent (The Shield) has been cast in AMC pilot Galantine, playing the survivor of a global disaster. Shooting starts next month in Utah.
Mark Pellegrino (Lost) nabbed the lead in upcoming A&E supernatural drama The Returned, from A+E Studios and FremantleMedia North America.
What’s behind the incredible resurgence of the historical miniseries? Find out here.
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truTV‘s freshman series The Carbonaro Effect jumped 40 percent in the A18-34 demo its second week, to 458,000. Its 699,000 A18-49 was an increase of 11 percent over the premiere. In Live + Same Day delivery, the show drew over 1.1 million viewers, with a median age of 30, four years younger than the premiere episode.
NBC‘s Last Comic Standing returned Thursday for the first time since 2010 to a 1.7/6 share among A18-49, enough to win the 10p timeslot. Four years ago, it premiered to 2.0/6.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 1.5/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. A 1.8/7 average for CBS’s The Big Bang Theory and The Millers won 8p, versus 1.6/6 for Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen. Univision’s Que Vida Me Robo won 9p with 1.7/5, followed by NBC’s 1.6/5 for Last Comic Standing. Comic took the lead at 10p with 1.8/6, versus 1.3/4 for Uni’s Que Pobres Tan Ricos.
A18-49: NBC 1.5/5, CBS 1.3/4, UNI 1.3/4, FOX 1.2/4, ABC .7/3, TELE .5/2, CW .4/1, ION .3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, May 22, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 3.9/7
The Big Bang Theory 5.9/11 [r], The Millers 3.9/7 [r], Two and a Half Men [r] 3.8/7, Bad Teacher 3.1/5, Elementary [r] 3.2/6
NBC: 3.1/6
Hollywood Game Night 2.6/5, Last Comic Standing 3.4/6
FOX: 2.3/4
Hell’s Kitchen 2.7/5, Gang Related 2.0/3
ABC: 2.2/4
Bachelorette Special 2.0/4, Modern Family [r] 1.9/3, Black Box 2.7/5
UNIVISION: 1.6/3
De Te Quiereo, Te Quiero 1.2/2, Que Vida me Robo 2.1/4, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.5/3
CW: .9/2
Labyrinth .9/2
ION .8/1
Law & Order: CI .7/1, Law & Order: CI .8/1, Criminal Minds .9/2
TELE: .7/1
Impostora .7/1, En Otra Piel .7/1, Camelia la Texana .7/1
Actor Matthew Cowles died May 22. He was 69. In addition to roles on stage (Sweet Bird of Youth) and screen (Shutter Island), Cowles won two Emmys for his memorable role as Billy Clyde Tuggle on All My Children. Cowles was married to Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) since 1983.
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This Day In History: 1969 – Construction began on Walt Disney World. The park opened in October 1971.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: On The Bob Newhart Show (1972-1978), how was the actor who recurred as the mailman for Bob Hartley’s office building related to Newhart in real life? Bill Quinn was Newhart’s father-in-law. Kudos to: Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NYC, Mark Wajda-Catholic Community of St. Paul/Leesburg, FL, Kevin Moran-Barney Productions/Sayerville, NJ, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL, Peter Alexander/Upper Ground Enterprises, Paul Schur-Discovery/LA, Susan Nessanbaum-Golberg-M and S Entertainment, Inc./LA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY MAY 27, 2014
ABC: Extreme Weight Loss [p], Celebrity Wife Swap
CBS: NCIS [r], NCIS: Los Angeles, [r] Person of Interest [r]
FOX: Riot, I Wanna Marry Harry
NBC: America’s Got Talent [p], The Night Shift [p]
PBS: Coming Back with Wes Moore [f], D-Day 360, Frontline
Telemundo: La Impostora, En Otra Piel, Camelia La Texana
Univision: De Que Te Quiero, Te Quiero, Lo Que la Vida Me Robo, Que Pobres Tan Ricos
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