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CYNOPSIS
07.09.14

 

Good morning.It’s Wednesday, July 9, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.

 

Tonight’s Premieres:
CBS: Extant at 9p
Discovery: American Muscle at 9p
FX: The Bridge at 10p
FYI: Rowhouse Showdown at 9p, Tiny House Nation at 10p
Nat Geo: Die Trying at 10p
Reelz: Beverly Hills Pawn at 9p, Mansion Hunters at 10p
Science: How the Universe Works at 9p

 

Tonight’s Finales:
Bravo: Untying the Knot at 10p
ID: Dead of Night at 9p

 

Guess Rosie O’Donnell likes The View. Outspoken O’Donnell, who had lively clashes during her run as moderator on the daytime talker from 2006-2007, is “extremely close to wrapping up negotiations” to return, reports CBS News. There’s plenty of room at the table: Barbara Walters left the show in May, and Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd are also out, leaving Whoopi Goldberg the last one sitting.

 

Discovery Fit & Health is getting a makeover. On January 15, the net will debut as Discovery Life Channel, fusing successful programming from DF&H with new content focused on people facing hardships and taking risks. Aiming for a P25-54 audience with an emphasis on women, the channel remains under the purview of Henry Schleiff, group president of ID, Destination America and AHC. The shift “gives us a chance to make bigger, bolder programming choices while always, central to our brand mission, revealing life at its most critical turning points,” said Shleiff.

Nielsen will be launching mobile measurement this fall, reported Nielsen EVP, US Media Cheryl Idell at the Television Critics Association Tuesday. The data won’t be included in the ratings during a September-November “preview period,” but is expected to included by year’s end; mobile views that carry the same ad load as the on-air broadcast will be incorporated in ratings numbers. Idell also wanted to disabuse the audience of the notion that live TV viewing is down, saying it has remained stable for the last three years as time-shifting rose 30 percent.

As if they didn’t have enough to look forward to, Comic-Con attendees will get first crack at the Marge Simpson-inspired makeup collection from cosmetics company MAC, during a one-day sale in San Diego July 26. Everyone else will just have to wait for Marge-ish nail stickers ($16.50), eye shadows ($44) and the like to hit the Web August 28.

ABC‘s telecast of the 49th Annual MDA Telethon will include the top four performances ever featured on the Muscular Dystrophy fundraiser, chosen by the public. Visitors to http://mda.org/showofstrength/vote are invited to watch clips and cast their votes for stars like Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra and The Jackson Five. Telethon airs Sunday, August 31 at 9p.

Conan is a hit in China. The TBS late night talker scored over 3 million hits in less than two weeks after premiering on online site Sohu Video. The show appears with Chinese subtitles.

AMC Networks is re-branding Chellomedia, a collection of television networks distributed worldwide that it acquired in February, to AMC Networks International. Also under the umbrella: AMC/Sundance Global. “Re-naming Chellomedia is a natural next step as we continue to integrate this portfolio of channels and transition AMC Networks into a global media company,” said AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll.

Duck Dynasty was the big winner at Licensing Expo 2014 in Vegas, taking home the prize for Overall Best Licensed Program of the Year. Credit a wide fan base that allows for creativity, said Kate Winn, SVP, A+E Networks consumer products, allowing for a licensing program “with something for everyone – men, women, kids, even the family dog!”

 

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Writer/showrunner Scott Silveri (Friends) struck a deal with 20th Century Fox to develop series and supervise other writers.

Banking on real estate and renovation programming to keep fueling ratings, HGTV and DIY greenlit five new series. HGTV ordered Crowded House (Stander Productions), Tiny House Builders (wt; Gurney Productions), Half Price Paradise (Scott Brothers Entertainment), and Colonial Rehab (wt; Magnetic Prodcutions), while DIY picked up Amish RENOgades (Juma Entertaiment), featuring craftsmen from Vanilla Ice Goes Amish.

Entertainment One Television will develop and produce Sharp Objects, a drama series based on the novel by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), who will exec produce. Blumhouse Productions is producing with Jason Blum and Charles Layton as exec producers.

Joe Wiesberg and Joel Fields (The Americans) have signed 2-year overall production deals with FX Productions. The agreements cover all projects developed for television, including The Americans.

Great American Country adds to its line-up of all-American themed programming with LogHeads, about a Kentucky family running the world’s largest maker of handcrafted log furnishings. What’s the appeal? “It’s got spirited characters working on cool projects in a unique industry,” said Steven Lerner, SVP of programming and development for GAC, HGTV and DIY. “You can tell these people are having a blast.”

Singer/Rising Star host Josh Groban joins IFC‘s Comedy Bang! Bang! host Scott Aukerman for the show’s mid-season finale, looking at the “golden age of television.” The episode, shot in black and white, airs Thursday, July 10 at 10:30p.

People push themselves to the limits in Nat Geo‘s Die Trying, premiering Wednesday, July 9 at 10p. First up: experts on the trail of a hybrid polar-grizzly bear.

Oprah Winfrey speaks with Matthew Sandusky, adopted son of disgraced former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, about the sexual abuse he suffered as a child on a special Oprah Prime airing Thursday, July 17 at 9p on OWN.

Big Cat Week returns to Nat Geo WILD this fall, with five new specials: Dinner with Big Cats (wt), hosted by big cat tracker Boone Smith; Future Cats (wt); Fishing Leopards (wt); Tiger’s Revenge, and Leap of the Lynx (wt). The event is part of Nat Geo’s Big Cats Initiative, a commitment by the National Geographic Society to stop poaching and support conservation efforts.

Nat Geo special 9/10: The Final Hours chronicles the day before the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. “September 10, 2001, was just a day like any other, but of course, it was so much more than that,” said director Erik Nelson. “We’ve tried to construct a time portal back to that day, back to this now lost world.” Documentary premieres Sunday, September 7 at 9p.

Season five of MTV‘s Ridiculousness launches Thursday, July 10 at 10p, followed by the one-hour special debut of competition series Snack-Off at 10:30p. Both shows come courtesy of the twisted mind of Rob Dyrdek.  

Gator Boys is back for season five on Animal Planet with a two-part premiere Sunday, August 3 at 9p, following a trip down memory lane at 7p. Series’ regular air date is Sundays at 8p.

Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) has joined the season two cast of CBS‘s The Millers as a series regular. Hayes starred in and exec produced last season’s Sean Saves the World on NBC.

Sam Waterston has been cast in upcoming Netflix series Grace and Frankie as the husband of Lily Tomlin‘s character, and the beau of Martin Sheen‘s. Comedy premieres in 2015.

Courtney Love joins the seventh and final season of Sons of Anarchy in a pivotal multi-ep arc, reports TV Line. It will be the controversial rocker’s first TV acting role. FX drama returns this fall.

Marin Ireland (Homeland) will recur on season two of Showtime‘s Masters of Sex, returning Sunday, July 13 at 10p.

Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) is joining season four of ABC‘s Once Upon a Time in a storyline inspired by Frozen, reports EW.

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The “Ultimate Racetrack” BMW video that has a speeding M4 coupe careening along the edge of an aircraft carrier at sea had some YouTube viewers suggesting the heart-stopping set-up was fake – and that’s okay. “We know there is debate and we encourage that,” Andrew Simon, chief creative officer at Cundari, told Adweek.

Peace Point Rights culinary series Food Truck Face Off has been sold to Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic, to air on TLC. The series is hosted by former NFL quarterback and Bachelor star Jesse Palmer.

Cinedigm and Stephen J. Cannell Productions struck a multi-year home entertainment distribution deal for the Cannell television library.The agreement for series including 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Wiseguy and Silk Stalkings covers home video, SVOD and EST digital rights.

 

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CBS’s Under the Dome hit a series-low 1.7 rating among A18-49 for its season two second outing, but was still Monday’s most-watched program, with 7.7 million total viewers, according to preliminary Nielsens. ABC‘s The Bachelorette was up 13 percent over last week, to match its summer high 1.8/6.

Sunday’s The ’90s: The Last Great Decade? delivered 1.1 million viewers and a .8 rating among A25-54, making it the second- highest-rated July telecast ever on Nat Geo.

DIY had its best weekend ever (Saturday and Sunday 7a-8p) in 2Q14, averaging 109,000 among P25-54, 49,000 among M25-54 and 60,000 among W25-54. In primetime, the net averaged 83,000 among P25-54, an increase iof 8 percent.

Friday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Friday with 1.0/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks won 8p with .8/5, followed by .6/3 for Univision’s De Te Quiero, Te Quiero and ABC’s Shark Tank. Fireworks still led at 9p with 1.3/6, versus 1.0/5 for Uni’s Que Vida me Robo. At 10p, there was a tie at the top between Univision’s Que Pobres Tan Ricos and NBC’s 4th of July spectacle, both scoring .9/4.

A18-49:  ABC 1.4/5, NBC 1.0/4, UNI .9/3, CBS .6/3, TELE .5/2, FOX .4/2, CW .4/2, ION .2/1

Live + Same Day Household Ratings:Friday, July 4, 2014  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 3.0/7
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks 3.2/8, Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks 2.5/6
CBS: 2.3/5
Undercover Boss [r] 1.7/4, Hawaii Five-0 [r] 2.3/5, Blue Bloods [r] 2.8/7
ABC: 2.0/5
Shark Tank [r] 2.0/5, What Would You Do? 1.6/4, 20/20 2.5/6
UNIVISION: 1.2/3
De Te Quiero, Te Quiero .9/2, Que Vida me Robo 1.4/3, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.2/3
FOX: .7/2
Masterchef [r] .8/2, 24: Live Another Day [r] .5/1
TELE: .5/1
Celeb Indepenencia Apocalypto .5/1
ION: .6/1
Law & Order: CI .6/1, Law & Order: CI .6/1, Law & Order: CI .6/1
CW: .4/1
Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r] .5/1, Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r] .5/1, Reign [r] .2/1

Zodiak Media named Michael Carrington CEO of its UK production company, The Foundation. Carrington had been Vice President of Global Content & Executive Producer at HIT Entertainment.

Wendell Wenjen joined Simulmedia as Vice President, Business Development. Most recently, Wenjen was Director of Interactive TV and Advertising Platforms at LG Electronics.

This Day In History: 1850 – President Zachary Taylor died after only 16 months in office.   

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: How did Pam Davidson meet her future husband, Ralph, on Greatest American Hero (1981-1983)? Pam was Ralph’s divorce lawyer. Kudos to: Vinnie Potestivo-VPE Talent/NYC, Barry Schiffer-CBS/Baltimore, Mark Berger-Major Energy/Orangeburg, NY, Cammie Buerry-Station Casinos/Las Vegas, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA/LA, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA.

Today’s Trivia Question: Who replaced Michael Douglas on Streets of San Francisco (1972-1977) when Douglas left television for a film career?(Email trivia@cynopsis.comwith your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.).

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY 9, 2014

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ABC: The Middle [r], The Goldbergs [r], Modern Family [r], The Middle [r], Motive
CBS: Big Brother, Extant [p], Criminal Minds [r]
CW: iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party, Whose Line Is It Anyway? [r]
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance
NBC: America’s Got Talent [r], Taxi Brooklyn
PBS: Nature [r], Nova [r], Secrets of the Dead
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, En Otra Piel, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: De Que Te Quiero, Te Quiero, Lo Que la Vida Me Robo, Que Pobres Tan Ricos

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