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Esports & gaming is taking center stage as significant communities of Millennials convene to interact, engage and compete in global tournaments, which now offer paydays that can reach seven figures. Join us on June 27 for the webinar, How Sports Brands Can Leverage the Sports Explosion and hear from sports executives at the NFL , Big Ten Network , and more who have made the jump into this lucrative industry.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
National Geographic and Nike Inc. announced the documentary Breaking2 (working title), chronicling the journey three of the world’s most elite distance runners to break the two-hour marathon barrier. National Geographic Studios, in association with production house Dirty Robber, will produce the film. Breaking2 will have its broadcast premiere this September on NatGeo in the US and Europe and be made available globally on digital platforms.
Leslie Greif & Thinkfactory Media partnered with Grammy winner Desmond Child and songwriter/producer Andreas Carlsson to produce a limited series about the late boy band impresario Lou Pearlman. The trio have the the rights to the Vanity Fair article “Mad About The Boys” written by Bryan Burrough (published November 2007) and the crime-thriller The Hit Charade by Tyler Gray (published November 11, 2008 by HarperCollins), upon which the television event series will be based.
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
NBC real estate and design show Open House will make its mid-season debut June 17 featuring guest hosts including celebrity designer Nate Berkus; talent from Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise; Top Chef judge Gail Simmons; and People magazine and Entertainment Weekly’s editorial director Jess Cagle.
“Throwdown Thursdays” are back on MTV with the season 9 premiere of freestyle improve Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out, featuring special guest captain Chance the Rapper on Thursday, June 29 at 11p.
TLC is taking a fresh look at marriage on The Spouse House, a 10-ep series that follows 14 singles who each want nothing more than to find their true love and spend the rest of their lives together. Series premieres Sunday, July 9 at 10p.
The second season of truTV’s Adam Ruins Everything debuts July 11 at 10p, featuring Adam Conover tackling topics including childbirth, weight loss, the economy, dating, the suburbs, hospitals, college, science, conspiracy theories, fine art, wellness, and things we learned in school.
COMING UP
Second down the aisle in Hallmark Channel’s annual June Weddings programming event, with new original nuptial-themed movie premieres every Saturday throughout the month, is the Saturday, June 10, debut of The Perfect Bride. The Wedding March 2: Resorting to Love premieres Saturday, June 17 at 9p; My Favorite Wedding premieres Saturday, June 24, at 9p.
Bravo Media’s Inside the Actors Studio, hosted by James Lipton welcomes Scarlett Johansson to the stage on Thursday, June 22 at 8p.
This Sunday, June 11, The Weather Channel will air Storms in 3D, giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the augmented reality technology the network uses to bring storms to life in the studio.
Discovery Channel will revisit experiments and maverick mechanics with classic eps of Mythbusters and Monster Garage during a “Throwback Weekend” beginning Saturday, June 17 at 7p.
As part of HDNet Movies’ Totally 80s Month event, hosted by Judge Reinhold, the network is featuring a three-day, 31-film marathon of classic ‘80s films starting on Saturday, June 24 at 6a through Monday, June 26.
The Telemundo Station Group will dispatch six journalists to Russia to deliver special coverage of the FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017, which begins on Saturday, June 17 and concludes Sunday, July 2.
AWARDS SHOW WATCH
The 71st Annual Tony Awards, airing Sunday, June 11 at 8p on CBS, will feature performances by the casts of 2017 Tony-nominated shows including Bandstand, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Falsettos, Groundhog Day The Musical, Hello, Dolly!, Miss Saigon, and additional performances by Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr. and the Radio City Rockettes.
Turner announced Monty Williams will be the recipient of the inaugural Sager Strong Award at the first-ever NBA Awards, airing Monday, June 26 at 9p on the network.
CASTING
Mickey Sumner (Frances Ha) scored a lead opposite Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs in TNT‘s pilot Snowpiercer.
Suleka Mathew (Red Widow) booked a recurring arc on TNT’s Claws, the dark comedy series starring Niecy Nash.
Lifetime added five to Cocaine Godmother, its original movie starring Catherine Zeta-Jones. In are Jenny Pellicer (The Bridge), Raul Mendez (Narcos), Jose Julian (A Better Life), Juan Pablo Espinosa (La Fan) and Warren Christie (The Catch).
GOING GLOBAL
MGM Worldwide Television Distribution announced French television distributor TF1 acquired rights to Steve Harvey’s Funderdome ahead of its US premiere on June 11 on ABC. This marks the first international adaptation of the show announced by MGM.
Discovery Communications and Eurosport yesterday met with members of the Paris 2024 Olympic Bid Committee in a show of support for an Olympic Games to be held in Europe in 2024.
Boat Rocker Rights announced a slate of sales, including the Xploration Station block to AB Groupe, France; AMC, Central & Eastern Europe picked up Xploration programs Outer Space and Nature Knows Best. Spektrum, in Poland, picked up Selling Big and Hammer & Chew; AMC, CEE also licensed Chef Michael’s Kitchen, I Wrecked My House and Bake with Anna Olson. Additional sales for Bake with Anna Olson includes Digiturk, Turkey and I Wrecked My House to Discovery, US Hispanic and Talit Communications, Israel. Talit also picked up All For Nothing and Weekend Reno. Additionally, Ice Racer Showdown has been sold to Discovery, CEEMEA, as well as JCG, Korea.
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RATINGS
Game 3 of the 2017 NBA Finals on ABC – the Golden State Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 118-113 in an instant classic – delivered 14.1 million viewers and a 4.9/21 rating among A18-49, the net’s most-watched ever primetime delivery with any Game 3.
YES’ primetime New York Yankees telecasts dominated cable in the NY DMA in April and May, as the network’s average TV Household ratings for its primetime Yankees games soundly beat the ratings of all other cable networks’ primetime schedules on nights when YES televised Yankees games. In addition, viewership for YES’ Yankees telecasts through the first two months of the 2017 season was up by 50 percent year-over-year.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, June 7, 2017 time period averages.
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD
ABC: 8.1/15
Jimmy Kimmel Live 2.6/5, NBA Countdown 3.5/7, NBA Finals 11.3/21
CBS: 3/6
NCIS: New Orleans 3.4/7 Criminal Minds 3.2/6, Code Black 2.5/8
FOX: 1.7/3
Master Chef 2.4, The F Word 1.4/3
NBC: 2.6/5
Little Big Shots 4.4/8, The Carmichael Show 2.4/4, Superstore 1.5/3, This Is Us 1.3/3
UNIVISION:0 1/2
Reina de la Cancion 1/2, Doble Vida E Carrillo 1/2, La Piloto 0.9/2
TELE: 0.6/1
El Capo 0.6/1, Querida de Centauro 0.6/1, Querida de Centauro 0.5/1
CW: 0.4/1
Arrow 0.4/1/, The Hundred 0.4/1
Wednesday A19-49: ABC 4.9/20, FOX 0.8/3, NBC 0.7/3, CBS 0.6/3, TELE .4/1, UNI .6/2, CW 0.2/1
Source: Nielsen
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, June 6, 2017 time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
ABC 1.6/3
Downward Dog (2.3/5), The Middle (1.7/3), black-ish (1.6/3), black-ish (1.5/3), American Housewife (1.4/3), Fresh Off the Boat (1.2/2)
NBC: 6.3/12
America’s Got Talent (7.3/13), World of Dance (5.3/10)
CBS 3.8/7
NCIS (4.4/8), Bull (3.8/7), 48 Hours: NCIS (3.2/6)
FOX: .8/1
Lethal Weapon (1.2/2), The Mick (0.8/1), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (0.7/1)
CW: .4/1
The Flash (0.4/1), iZombie (0.5/1)
UNIVISION: 0.9/2
Reina de la Cancion 1.0/2, La Doble Vida de Estela Carrillo 0.9/2, La Piloto 0.9/2
TELE: 0.6/1
El Capo 0.6/1, La Querida del Centauro 0.6/1, La Querida del Centauro 0.6/1
Tuesday A18-49: NBC 2.4/10, CBS .6/2, ABC .6/2, UNI .6/2, FOX .4/2, TELE .4/2, CW .2/1
Source: Nielsen
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Nickelodeon promoted two members of its consumer products retail development team: Tara Gartman Shaw to VP, retail development for Walmart, and Alana Visco to VP, retail development for specialty and value channels.
AMC and SundanceTV promoted Mac McKean EVP of innovation, from SVP of digital media.
Friday Fact: J. Edgar Hoover in 1924 at age 29 became the head of the FBI’s forerunner, the Bureau of Investigation. When Hoover died at 77, he had spent 48 years at the helm of the service. FBI directors are now limited to 10-year terms.
This Day in History: 1980 – Richard Pryor was severely burned by a “free-base” mixture that exploded. He was hospitalized more than two months.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: For which sitcom did Betty White receive her first Emmy nomination? Life with Elizabeth (1953-1955). Kudos to: Sandra Engstrom-NBC Universal/NY; Natasha Manners-Floy-ABC-TV/Disney/NY; John Kukla-KDFW FOX/Dallas-Fort Worth; Larry Hutchings/Nipomo, CA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG•AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank
Today’s Trivia Question: Who is the only actor to win two Emmys in the same year? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: A limit of four correct answers from each time zone will be selected.).
Answer to yesterday’s Reality Show Anagram: Debt Maniac Needleworker = Below Deck Mediterranean.
Reality Series Anagram: Motel Exit ‘N Camera Pods (Email [email protected]; first three respondents with the correct answer who aren’t in trivia will be posted in tomorrow’s newsletter.)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY JUNE 9, 2017
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live, NBA Countdown, 2017 NBA Finals
CBS: MacGyver, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods
CW: The Originals, Reign
FOX: Master Chef, Lucifer
NBC: America’s Got Talent, Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Charlie Rose – The Week, Jimi Hendrix: American Masters
Telemundo: El Capo, La Querida del Centauro, La Querida del Centauro
Univision: La Rosa de Guadelupe, La Doble Vida de Estrela Carrillo, La Piloto
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