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Tonight’s Premieres:
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Science: Close Encounters: Examined at 9p
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Tonight’s Finale:
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Emmy-winning actor James Garner died Saturday at age 86. Garner, who found success in film (Victor/Victoria, The Notebook), as well as television, was best known as the star of detective series The Rockford Files (1974-80).
FX is no longer issuing press releases or analysis related to Live+Same Day ratings, saying not only do those numbers "no longer accurately reflect the audience delivery for a scripted entertainment program," but "grossly mischaracterize the actual audience due to the multiple data streams and platforms." Ratings reports for the net from now on will start with Live+3 delivery.
The case against Live+Same Day was made again at a Saturday TCA session. "If you were a sports reporter, you would not report the winner based on the third-inning score," said CBS‘s chief research officer, David Poltrack. "That’s what you’re doing if you use Live+Same Day ratings."
Having Fox network and studio 20th Century Television both under the purview of Dana Walden and Gary Newman will benefit both entities, said Fox Networks Group chairman Peter Rice at TCA on Sunday: "We’re telling the creative community, we have this great network and a great studio, you can speak to us in a single voice."
AMC‘s Breaking Bad won the TCA Program of the Year, CBS‘s The Good Wife took home Outstanding Achievement in Drama (phew!) and HBO‘s Veep and FX’s Louie tied in the Outstanding Comedy category. Winners were chosen by the TCA’s 220 critics and reporters. No big surprises – the list had been leaked online Saturday afternoon, ahead of the evening’s ceremony.
Sinclair Broadcasting is launching American Sports Network on stations it owns, offering live sports events from over 50 colleges. "This is another example of our foray into the content creation business," said Sinclair CEO David Smith. Action begins with the launch of college football season.
Rob Marciano has jumped from his co-anchor spot at Entertainment Tonight to ABC News, as senior meteorologist. Marciano will report weather headlines on Good Morning America Weekend and partner with chief meteorologist Ginger Zee for coverage across all ABC News broadcasts and platforms. Zee replaced Sam Champion, who decamped for The Weather Channel, in December.
Have we seen the end of the traditional fall season? Yup, according to Nina Tassler. "It’s all year long," the chairman of CBS Entertainment tells Cynopsis. "We don’t refer to it as midseason anymore. We have year round programming, summer strategy. It’s all about creating content and then deciding, will this thrive as a summer event or a limited event series?"
The CW has superheroes Arrow and The Flash… is Batman a possibility down the line? "Batman is not at the moment on the table," CW president Mark Pedowitz tells Cynopsis. But don’t give up on the Caped Crusader. Adds the exec, "Hopefully someday it might be."
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: July 18-20, 2014
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Fox) $36.0 million, 2 wk total $140 million
Purge: The Anarchy (Universal) $28.4 million, opening weekend
Planes: Fire and Rescue (Disney) $18.0 million, opening weekend
Sex Tape (Sony) $15.0 million, opening weekend
Transformers (Paramount) $10.0 million, 4 wk total $227.2 million
Tammy (Warner Bros.) $7.7 million, 3 wk total $71.3 million
22 Jump Street (Sony) $4.7 million, 6 wk total $180.5 million
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (20th Century) $3.8 million, 6 wk total $160.7 million
Maleficent (Disney) $3.3 million, 8 wk total $228.4 million
Earth to Echo (Relativity Media) $3.3 million, 3 wk total $32.0 million
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CW ordered another round of improv show Whose Line Is it Anyway? from Angst Productions and Hat Trick Productions. The 24 new half-hour eps will debut in 2015.
Principal photography is underway in Montreal for action-thriller The Fixer. Four-hour mini-series from Muse Entertaiment starring Eric Dane (Grey’s Anatomy) and Kathleen Robertson (Boss) is distributed worldwide by Sonar Entertainment.
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The 12th and final season of CBS‘s Two and a Half Men will feature heterosexual Walden (Ashton Kutcher) marrying Alan (Jon Cryer) so they can adopt a child as a gay couple. Touchy topic? "No offense is intended, and I hope none is taken," show creator Chuck Lorre told The Hollywood Reporter "We can’t go out with dignity, because we’ve never had any."
FYI original series Red Hot Design premieres Friday, August 15 at 10p. The Cineflix Inc. production shows a cutting-edge designer working to take vintage metal finds from scrapyard to centerpiece.
Three rival outfitting businesses in Idaho compete to lead the best wilderness excursions on truTV‘s Way Out West, debuting tonight at 10p. The reality show from Rogue-Atlas Productions in association with Lionsgate TV features families battling bears, rescuing cattle and racing down roller coaster rapids to keep customers happy.
Comedian Rodney Carrington‘s stand-up special, Laughter’s Good, premieres on CMT Friday, July 25 at 9p.
Showtime announced premiere dates: Season four of Homeland, set in the Middle East and shot in South Africa, arrives Sunday, October 5 at 9p. The Affair, currently in production on Montauk, NY, makes its bow two weeks later at 10p.
More on Showtime: documentary Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes, chronicling the recording of new music from long-lost Bob Dylan lyrics, has a Friday, November 21 at 9p premiere. Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Marcus Mumford create music for two-dozen recently-discovered lyrics written in 1967.
Cynopsis has a new web feature called "In Case You Missed It," a quick, concise, roundup of the top stories of the previous week. Check it out at In Case You Missed It.
Season five of Sportsman‘s MeatEater with Steven Rinella premieres Thursday, July 31 at 8p. Need to catch up? A season marathon begins Monday, July 28 at 7p.
TNT‘s Falling Skies, averaging 5.5 million viewers in Live+7, will return for a fifth and final season. The net is also bringing back The Last Ship, averaging 7.2 million viewers in Live+7, for a sophomore run, and The Closer spin-off Major Crimes, averaging 7 million viewers in Live+7, for a fourth go-round.
Distribution company Mance Media has acquired exclusive worldwide rights to winemaking competition series Best Bottle, from Gemini Digital Films. Ten eps are slated for fall. A kickstarter campaign through August 16 aims to uncork funds for production, offering perks including VIP set visits and winery tours.
Showtime Networks‘ authentication service, Showtime Anytime, is now available to RCN subscribers.
Jaime Pressly, currently starring in TV Land comedy Jennifer Falls, will recur on season two of CBS‘s Mom, premiering Monday, September 29 at 8:30p.
Hank Azaria (The Simpsons) joins upcoming Fox animated comedy Bordertown as the voice of border patrol agent Bud Buckwld.
Wentworth Miller (Prison Break) will guest star on CW‘s The Flash. The Arrow spin-off premieres Tuesday, October 7 at 8p.
Steven Pasquale (Broadway’s The Bridges of Madison County) is onboard season six of CBS‘s The Good Wife, launching Sunday, September 21 at 9p.
Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters) landed a recurring role on Lifetime thriller The Lottery. Drama airs Sundays at 10p.
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Contact Trish Pihonak to fill that position today.FX‘s The Strain premiere and encore runs drew 8 million total viewers and 4.2 million A18-49 in Live+3 viewing. The first airing, on July 13, delivered 4.73 million total viewers and 2.43 million A18-49. "For a show to come out of the gate like this in the most crowded environment in TV history is just amazing," said John Landgraf, CEO, FX Networks and FX Productions.
Season two of HGTV‘s recently wrapped Brother vs. Brother posted a 19 percent ratings increase versus year ago, and outperformed the net’s prime average by 21 percent among P25-54. The fall finale was the number two ranked ad-supported cable program on Sunday at 9p among upscale P25-54.
The premieres of USA‘s Rush and Satisfaction each drew 1.7 million viewers Thursday night, with 493,000 A18-49 for Rush and 626,000 in the demo for Satisfaction.
VH1‘s Dating Naked premiered Thursday to 826,000 total viewers and 480,000 A19-49, up 150 percent in the demo and up 147 percent in total viewers over the same time period last quarter. Candidly Nicole‘s debut drew 551,000 viewers (up 51 percent in A18-49 with 325,000), while the premiere of LeAnn and Eddie at 10:30p brought 374,000 viewers and 252,000 among A18-49, up 19 percent.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: Univision scored the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 1.7/6, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen won 8p with 1.7/7, followed by 1.5/6 for Uni’s Premios Juvenatud. CBS’s Big Brother topped the 9p hour with 2.2/8, versus 2.0/7 for the second hour of Uni’s Premios Juventud. Uni’s Premios Juventud made its way to first at 10p with 1.9/7, followed by 1.1/4 for NBC’s Last Comic Standing.
A18-49: UNI 1.7/6, CBS 1.3/5, FOX 1.3/5, NBC .9/3, ABC .8/3, TELE .6/2, ION .4/2, CW .1/0
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, July 17, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 3.3/6
The Big Bang Theory [r] 4.5/9, The Millers [r] 3.3/6, Big Brother 3.8/7, Elementary [r] 2.0/4
ABC: 3.2/6
Black Box 2.6/5, Rookie Blue 3.6/6, NY Med 3.5/6
FOX: 2.3/4
Hell’s Kitchen 3.0/6, Gang Related 1.6/3
UNIVISION: 2.2/4
Premios Juventud 2.2/4
NBC: 2.1/4
Hollywood Game Night [r] 2.6/5, Welcome to Sweden 1.8/3, Working the Engels 1.4/2, Last Comic Standing 2.1/4
ION: 1.0/2
Criminal Minds 1.02, Criminal Minds 1.1/2, Flashpoint .8/1
TELE: .8/1
Reina de Corazones .7/1, En Otra Piel .7/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.1/2
CW: .3/1
Vampire Diaries [r] .3/1, Originals [r] .3/1
Emmy-nominated writer Jerry McNeely died July 14 of Parkinson’s disease. He was 86. McNeely wrote for numerous TV series, including Ironside, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Lucas Tanner, and produced Our House. He earned an Emmy nod for writing the TV-movie Something for Joey.
Actress Skye McCole Bartusiak died July 19. She was 21. No cause of death was given. In addition to guest star appearances on TV shows including CSI and Lost, Bartusiak had a recurring role as Megan Matheson on 24.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY 21, 2014
ABC: The Bachelorette, Mistresses
CBS: 2 Broke Girls [r], Mom [r], Mike & Molly [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Under the Dome
CW: Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Backpackers, Whose Line Is it, Anyway? [r], Seed [p]
FOX: MasterChef, Hotel Hell [p],
NBC: Last Comic Standing [r], American Ninja Warrior
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Roadshow [r], POV
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones En Otra Piel, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Lo Que la Vida Me Robo, Que Pobres Tan Ricos
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