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IN THE NEWS

NBC released fall premiere dates for the 2017-2018 season. Season 13 of The Voice, with Blake Shelton, Adam Levine, Miley Cyrus and new coach Jennifer Hudson, bows Monday, September 25, followed by new military drama The Brave. This is Us returns September 26 at 9p, and Will and Grace owns 9p on Thursdays, as of September 28^th. For the full lineup, click here.

CBS announced the 16 houseguests who will embark on a new season of Big Brother, debuting over two nights on Wednesday, June 28 at 8p and Thursday, June 29 at 9p. New cast includes a government engineer, a rodeo clown, a microbiologist and a cosplay artist. Julie Chen returns as host.

ViceMedia secured a $450 million investment from asset firm TPG, raising its valuation to $5.7 billion. CEO Shane Smith told CNBC that the move gives the company resources to “build up the largest millennial video library in the world.”

The two-hour series finale of Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars airs Tuesday, June 27 at 8p. Immediately following, stars Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell and Sasha Pieterse, and executive producer I. Marlene King sit down for an hour-long after-show to discuss behind-the scenes insights and top moments. An all-day marathon of Season 7 starts at 11a.

The Television Critics Association announced its nominations for the 2017 TCA Awards. HBO leads with12 noms, followed by FX with 11, Netflix with 10 and NBC with 7. The Handmaid’s Tale garnered Hulu its first TCA nominations with four in total. Competing for Program of the Year are FX’s Atlanta, HBO’s Big Little Lies, The Leftovers, Stranger Things, This Is Us and the Handmaid’s Tale. The awards are presented on Saturday, August 5.

In June, INSP announced a voting competition in which viewers got to choose one of the states featured in Season 2 of culinary travel series State Plate. On Tuesday, host Taylor Hicks took to his fan page on Facebook Live and announced the results: North Carolina. “Being one of the original 13 colonies, North Carolina has some amazing stories to tell about their culinary heritage,” said Hicks. New episodes premiere on Friday, August 11 at 8p.

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Gloria Calderon Kellett, co-creator, EP and co-showrunner of Netflix’s One Day at a Time, inked a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures TV, the studio behind the reboot. Per the pact’s terms she’ll continue her work at the comedy series, while developing, writing, producing and directing projects for network, cable and streaming platforms via her Big Girl Pants Pictures.

Time Warner inked a $100 million development deal with Snap, reports the Wall Street Journal. The companies will jointly develop up to 10 shows a year, with Time Warner committing to purchasing ads on Snap over the next two years for HBO, Warner Bros., and Turner networks.

NEW & RETURNING SERIES

Star Trek: Discovery premieres Sunday, September 24, with a special broadcast premiere on CBS at 8:30p. The first and second episodes of the sci-fi series will also be available on-demand at CBS All Access.

Boy Band bows Thursday, June 22 at 8p on ABC. Host Rita Ora welcomes 30 young male vocalists as they audition before musical icons Emma Bunton, Nick Carter and Timbaland.

Eric and Lindsey Bennett are back with more So-Cal home renovations, when HGTV’s Desert Flippers returns on Thursday, July 20 at 11p.

Penn & Teller: Fool Us makes its summer premiere on Thursday, July 13 at 8p on CW.

Vanilla Ice brings the bling in a new season of The Vanilla Ice Project, premiering Saturday, July 15 at 10p on DIY Network.

Ghosts of Shepherdstown returns for a sophomore run on Monday, July 10 at 10p on Destination America.

VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood is back for a fourth season on Monday, July 24 at 8p. R&B superstar Keyshia Cole joins the cast.

Outdoor Channel is heating up the summer with a fresh slate of programming. The net is offering 70 news seasons of shows including, Gunnytime with R. Lee Ermey, Hunt Masters and CRUSH with Lee & Tiffany. New series Survival Science bows Monday, July 3 at 9p.

COMING UP

Discovery focuses the world’s attention on the single greatest agent of death in modern human history, with the film Mosquito. Airs Thursday, July 6 at 9p on Discovery Channel and Discovery networks around the world.

CMT premieres the first-ever, outdoor “CMT Crossroads” with Earth, Wind & Fire on Friday, June 23 at 10p.

ADVERTISING

iHeartMedia and Fox Networks Group joined up to create Smart A/V Audiences, a suite of data-driven advertising products available to the marketplace offering campaigns including both audio and video creative units integrated onto one platform, based on FNG and iHeartMedia data sets.

National Geographic and Rolex have formed a global exploration partnership to support research and invention, promote conservation, and inspire the next generation of explorers. It will have a five-year focus on the oceans, poles and mountains.

Yoplait is encouraging moms to shake off judgment and “Mom On” with the launch of a fully-integrated marketing campaign from 72andSunny New York in partnership with Fast Horse and Mindshare. Campaign is a partnership with The NBCU Content Studio, a first for the brand.

CASTING

Amirah Vann (Underground) landed a recurring role on Season 6 of TNT’s Major Crimes.

Sean Bean (Broken, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings) was cast in upcoming Crackle drama The Oath.

Jacki Weaver (Silver Linings Playbook) nabbed a co-starring role in TNT mystery drama pilot The Deep Mad Dark.

KID STUFF

Discovery Kids teamed with Cirque du Soleil Images, the multimedia production division of Cirque du Soleil, on an original English-language action series to be produced by Apartment 11 in association with TVOKids. Set at a fictional boarding school for kid circus performers, it tells the story of an extraordinary group of young artists, athletes and acrobats.

DIGITAL DOINGS

In time for summer, ABC is announcing three new original short-form digital comedies: Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions’ Juneteenth tribute, American Koko, from Diarra Kilpatrick; animated comedy Ginger Snaps from Warner Bros. Television Group’s Blue Ribbon Content; and The Off Season. Available live on ABC.com and the ABC App.

Netflix slotted a premiere date for Atypical: Friday, August 11. The new comedy, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Keir Gilchrist, is a coming-of-age story of 18-year-old Sam (Gilchrist), who’s on the autism spectrum.

Red Bull Youth America’s Cup streams live from Bermuda’s Great Sound on Red Bull TV on Tuesday, June 20 and Wednesday, June 21 at 1p.

GOING GLOBAL

Cannes-Can: The 64th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity got underway, and the jurors from PR, Outdoor and Glass championed gender equality, each awarding Fearless Girl by McCann New York, for State Street Global Advisors, a Grand Prix. Glass Lion Jury President Wendy Clark, President and CEO, DDB Worldwide, North America, said the work had both “inspired and transformed the world.” A second Grand Prix was awarded in Outdoor to Twitter, San Francisco, for its campaign, comprised of 10 executions: Cannabis, Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Guns, Muhammad Ali, Putin, Sonogram, Prince, Saturday Night Live, Hands Up and Eyes: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

The X Factor UK reupped its judging panel for its upcoming 14^th season. Coming back are show creator Simon Cowell along with Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh. AXS TV will air the show in the U.S.

MTV International greenlit Single AF, a new social-first format playing out live across MTV’s Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapcat accounts over two weeks in June and July. On-air series follows in November.

Breakthrough Entertainment struck a deal with HBO Europe to bring the first installment of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables trilogy into homes across 14 countries in Central Europe.

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RATINGS

Fox’s MasterChef (1.4/7 Live+3, +27% vs. Live+SD) grew +17% from a week ago, tying its premiere rating from two weeks prior. The show was also Wednesday’s top program with a +17% edge over Little Big Shots (1.2/6 Live+3).

Univision’s broadcast of Sandra Padilla being named La Reina de la Cancion garnered 4.8 million Total Viewers 2+, 863,000 A18-49 and 333,000 A18-34, making it the number one Spanish-language network during its two-hour finale. The show out-performed its closest competitor by double-digit margins among Total Viewers 2+ (+61%), A18-49 (+70%) and A18-34 (+68%). For the entire night (8-11p) Univision as the number two network, out-delivering CBS, NBC, FOX and CW among A18-34.

NIELSEN SOCIAL CONTENT RATINGS: Top Series and Specials by Total Interactions for the week of June 12, 2017

Program, Total Interactions (000), Facebook (000), Twitter (000)

WWE Money in the Bank (Pay-Per-View) 525, 257, 267

America’s Got Talent (NBC) 349,312, 37

WWE Monday Night RAW (USA) 331, 249, 82

Love & Hip Hop Atlanta (VH1) 317, 229, 88

Pretty Little Liars (Freeform) 196, 137, 58

WWE Smackdown (USA) 172, 125, 47

30 for 30 (ESPN) 110, 78, 32

RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) 88, 45, 43

Basketball Wives (VH1) 85, 57, 29

30 for 30 (ESPN) 67, 53, 15

SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top US Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of June 12, 2017

Program, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Content (000), Fans/Followers (000)

Pretty Little Liars (Freeform) 4680, 217, 22, 25956

E! News (E!) 3675, 747, 5, 29831

America’s Got Talent (NBC) 3247, 208, 16, 8989

Shadowhunters (Freeform) 2136, 219, 10, 3445

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) 1775, 170, 10, 2099

Today Show (NBC) 1498, 648, 2, 11751

Little Big Shots (NBC) 1403, 71, 20, 3161

TMZ (Warner Bros./synd.) 1138, 973, 1, 13217

Good Morning America (ABC) 1098, 594, 2, 11804

The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 895, 135, 7, 14512

Includes the total volume of post-level likes, shares, favorites, retweets and comments. Total content includes all posts, tweets and media posted by each TV property across all platforms. Actions per post metric notes the average number of actions garnered by each TV property. Total fans/followers include Facebook and Twitter and Instagram followers.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, June 16, 2017 time period averages

Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD

CBS: 3.2/7

48 Hours: Death by Text 2.8/6, Hawaii Five-0 3.0/6, Blue Bloods 3.7/8

NBC: 2.9/6

America’s Got Talent 2.8/6, Dateline NBC 2.9/6

ABC: 2.3/5

Shark Tank 3.2/5, 20/20 2.3/5

FOX: 1.1/3

FOX U.S. Open Golf 1.3/3, So You Think You Can Dance 0.8/2

UNIVISION: 0.9/2

La Rose De Guadalupe 0.9/2, La doble vida de Estrela Carrillo 0.9/2, La Piloto 0.8/2

CW: 0.6/1

The Originals 0.7/1, Reign 0.5/1

TELE: 0.6/1

El Capo 0.5/1, La Querida del Centauro 0.6/1, La Querida del Centauro 0.7/1

Friday A19-49 Analysis: NBC 0.9/4, ABC 0.6/4, CBS 0.6/3, UNI 0.6/3, FOX 0.4/3, CW 0.3/2, TELE 0.4/2

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Matt Cherniss, President and General Manager of WGN America and Tribune Studios since March 2013, is stepping down at the end of the month.

Denise Contis is leaving her post as Senior EVP Development and Production, Discovery Communications after nearly nine years; initially at TLC and then at Discovery Channel. There is no immediate replacement.

ESPN upped Connor Shell, who oversees ESPN films, original content, audio and the company’s talent office, to Executive Vice President of Content. In addition, Justin Connolly, Executive Vice President of Affiliate Sales and Marketing, adds strategy and development to his current duties, overseeing distribution for Disney and ESPN Media Networks. Marie Donoghue, Executive Vice President of Global Business and Content Strategy, will remain with ESPN through the end of the year in an advisory role.

Justin Manfredi joined AMC and SundanceTV as Senior Vice President of Marketing. He had been Global Senior Director of Digital Marketing at Activision.

Ivan Dunleavy, previously Chief Executive Officer of Pinewood Group, was hired as non-executive Chairman of VFX firm Milk.

FreemantleMedia International appointed Nick Pawsey as Vice President of Sales and Distribution. He last served as Director of Sales, Strategy and Development at NBC Universal International Television.

AccuWeather hired Bill McGarry as Vice President of Sales. He had been Chief Revenue Officer at The Daily Beast.

Comcast hired David Clark to run Advanced Advertising Group, the new umbrella for its ad tech businesses. He was previously an executive at The Weather Channel.

Outdoor Sportsman Group promoted Bill Osborn to Executive Vice President of Networks Group. He had served as Senior Vice President of Marketing.

This Day in History: 1973 – American Bandstand celebrated its 20^th anniversary with a special featuring Little Richard, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Cheech and Chong and Three Dog Night.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which farm-raised TV character once had a one-eyed pig? Rose on The Golden Girls (1985-1992). Kudos to: Andrew Goldman-TVtibi/NYC; Rev. Mark Wajda/Leesburg, FL; Cynthia New/Cape Girardeau, MO; Paul Blutter-Walk and Talke Production Rentals/Burbank, CA; David Garber-Loyola Marymount/Plays Vista, CA; Heidi Fydal-CBS 8/The CW/San Diego, CA; Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo/CA.

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY JUNE 20, 2017

ABC: Downward Dog, The Middle, blackish, blackish, American Housewife, Fresh Off the Boat
CBS: NCIS, Bull, NCIS: New Orleans
CW: The Flash, iZombie
FOX: Lethal Weapon, The Mick, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Prison Break
NBC: America’s Got Talent, World of Dance

PBS: The Story of China [p], Frontline

Telemundo: Especial El Senor de Los Cielos, El Senor de Los Cielos

Univision: Jose de Egipto, La doble vida de Estela Carrillo, La Piloto