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07.25.14
Good morning. It’s Friday, July 25, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premiere:
History 2: In Search of Aliens at 10p
VH1: The Love Guru at 10p
Tonight’s Finale:
DA: Mountain Monsters at 9p
We: Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars at 9p
Saturday’s Premieres:
History: WWI: The First Modern War at 8p
Saturday’s Finales:
BBCA: Almost Royal at 10p
DIY: Disaster Decks at 8p
ID: Happily Never After at 10p
Sunday’s Premieres:
TLC: Escaping Alaska at 10p
WGN: Manhattan at 9p
Sunday’s Finale:
Mexicanal: El Rayo Vida de Lucha at 10:30p
Game, set, mock tennis match? HBO is teaming with Andy Samberg and Murray Miller (writer and co-executive producer of Girls) on 7 Days in Hell, a mockumentary about pro tennis rivals competing in a seven-day match at Wimbledon. Samberg will play superstar bad boy Aaron Williams, while Kit Harington (Game of Thrones) portrays prodigy Charles Lloyd Poole. The all-star cast includes Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Lena Dunham (Girls), Will Forte (Last Man on Earth), Karen Gillan (Selfie), Howie Mandel, Michael Sheen, Mary Steenburgen, June Squibb and Soledad O’Brien.
Anchor Bay Entertainment has partnered with AMC and Republic Records to offer fans of The Walking Dead an exclusive soundtrack with the release of The Walking Dead: The Complete Fourth Season on Blu-ray and DVD. The sets will be made available through Walmart.
The Television Academy unveiled its plans for this year’s Emmy after-parties: the 2014 Creative Arts Ball on Saturday, August 16 and the 66th Emmy Awards Governors Ball on Monday, August 25. Guests at both soirees, which include all of the year’s nominees and presenters, will experience a "kaleidoscope of color," fusing modern optics and lighting technologies with creative color concepts. "This year’s theme and decor are metaphors for the creative excellence, vibrancy and richness of our industry and this television season," said Governors Ball Committee Chair Russ Patrick.
TV Land‘s revival of Candid Camera has a new co-host. Mayim Bialik (The Big Bang Theory) has been tapped to work alongside Peter Funt, the son of the show’s creator and host, Allen Funt. The series will premiere on Monday, August 11 with a new episode airing from Monday through Thursday that week. Episodes will then move to Tuesday nights.
Andy Dean is stepping down as host of Premiere Networks‘ America Now on August 8 to run his technology company, ConnectPal.com. Joe Pags, host of The Weekend, will step in as guest host beginning August 11. A full-time replacement will be announced after Labor Day.
Encore Westerns will commemorate the life of film and TV legend James Garner with an all-day marathon on Saturday, July 26, beginning at 8a. It will feature 12 episodes of his hit series Maverick and the films Skin Game, Support Your Local Gunfighter and A Man Called Sledge.
Diane Johnson, CEO of Vancouver-based Descriptive Video Works, and her team have won the Audio Description Project of the American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Achievement Award Media. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the establishment and continued development of significant audio description programs in media.
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Jerry Seinfeld announced a new series of video vignettes motivated by his Crackle series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, called Single Shots. The show will feature two-minute long vids of past Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee guests discussing one topic that includes both never-before-seen footage and previously aired content. The first "shot" premiered yesterday with Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman and Brian Regan talking about donuts.
Fashion Rocks, a star-studded concert honoring the relationship between fashion and music, returns Tuesday, September 9 at 9p on CBS. Ryan Seacrest will host the live show from Barclays Center in New York City. The evening will feature performances by Afrojack, The Band Perry, Duran Duran, KISS, Miranda Lambert, Jennifer Lopez, Nico & Vinz, Rita Ora, Pitbull and Usher.
History‘s Ice Road Truckers airs its 100th episode on Monday, July 28 at 10p. "Since its premiere in June 2007, these warriors of the ice roads have brought viewers raw, gripping television doing one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. It is extremely fitting that the 100th episode is coinciding with the drivers facing the most brutal winter in centuries – the polar vortex. We are extremely proud to have them be a part of the History family," said Dirk Hoogstra, Executive Vice President and General Manager, History and H2.
The debut of OWN‘s Operation Change, a 10-part documentary series giving viewers unprecedented access to some of the world’s most dangerous, desolate and poverty-stricken places, has been changed. Operation Change: South Africa will now air Monday, August 4 at 9p.
ASPiRE will premiere a new season of ABFF Independent hosted by Omari Hardwick in October. The weekly original series presents the best independent shorts, feature films and documentaries from emerging Black artists. In addition, this fall, the network will presents Historically Black Colleges and Universities live sports events and related series, including six football games, 12 men’s and women’s basketball games, and a new season of the sports highlights show Inside The Game.
MTV‘s fashion series House of Style, which tours LA’s best vintage stores, is coming back with a new host, hip hop artist Iggy Azalea. Season 8 premieres Monday, August 4 on MTV.com and across the networks’ social media platforms.
Sportsman Channel returns with a full week of Aporkalypse 2014, beginning Monday, August 4 at 7p. The series exposes America’s wild hog epidemic and frontline stories of the battle to contain the problem.
A new U.S. patent has been granted to FourthWall Media, another in a series of patents for its Ad Widgets interactive technology. The technology allows cable operators or any distributor of interactive television commercials to rapidly deploy new interactive ad units with unprecedented reliability, which eliminates the need for testing each individual interactive spot.
ASPiRE has launched on Time Warner Cable systems in Texas. Markets covered include San Antonio (channel 185), Austin (channel 185), Corpus Christi (channel 499) and Beaumont (channel 499). The launches bring ASPiRE’s distribution to more than 20 million households.
Jessica Biel will guest star on the Season 4 premiere of New Girl on FOX. She’ll play Kat, a sexy scientist, who competes with Zooey Deschanel’s Jess over a cute guy.
Charley Koontz, remembered as Community’s "Fat Neil," has landed a series regular spot on the upcoming CBS spinoff CSI: Cyber.
Mircea Monroe (Episodes, Hart of Dixie) and Aimee Garcia (Dexter) have been added to the cast of the TV Land comedy pilot Impastor.
All My Children alum Finn Wittrock is joining American Horror Story: Freak Show on FX.
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Last Thursday’s episode of CMT‘s Party Down South made network history with 1,156,000 total viewers and a 1.03 rating (Live +3). Among Adults 18-49, the series grew +27% over the season one average and +12% in total viewers.
Television viewers embraced Married life, as FX‘s newest original comedy series scored 1.5 million Total Viewers and 1.1 Million Adults 18-49 in its initial run (7/17/14, 10:00-10:30 PM). Its two encore telecasts combined to deliver an audience of 2.2 million Total Viewers and 1.6 million Adults 18-49 (Live+3 basis).
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of July 14, 2014
ABC: GMA 4.81 million total viewers; 1.5/13 and 1.78 million A25-54
NBC: Today 4.21 million total viewers; 1.3/12 and 1.56 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 2.76 million total viewers; 0.7/6 and 806,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Sunday Morning News Shows July 20, 2014
ABC: This Week 2.85 million total viewers; 0.7 and 896,000 A25-54
CBS: Face the Nation 2.84 million total viewers; 0.7 and 785,000 A25-54
NBC: Meet the Press 2.43 million total viewers; 0.6 and 723,000 A25-54
CBS: Face the Nation-2 1.52 million total viewers; 0.3 and 379,000 A25-54
FOX: Fox News Sunday: 1.01 million total viewers; 0.2 and 288,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: NBC had the most A18-49 viewers Wednesday with 1.7/6, according to Nielsen. CBS won the 8p slot with 2.3/9 for Big Brother, followed by NBC’s America’s Got Talent with 2.1/8. At 9p, NBC’s America’s Got Talent took the lead with 2.6/9. Univision’s Que Vida Me Robo was second with 1.6/5. Univision’s Que Pobres Tan Ricos kept the network on top at 10p with 1.5/5. NBC’s Taxi Brooklyn trailed with 1.0/3.
A18-49: NBC 1.7/6, UNI 1.5/4, CBS 1.4/5, FOX 1.1/4, ABC 0.9/3, TELE 0.7/2, ION 0.2/1, CW .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 4.7/9
America’s Got Talent 6.0/11, Taxi Brooklyn 3.3/6
CBS: 3.9/7
Big Brother 4.0/7, Extant 4.2/7, Criminal Minds [r] 3.4/6
ABC: 2.5/4
The Middle [r] 2.8/5, The Goldbergs [r] 2.4/4, Modern Family [r] 2.5/4, The Middle [r] 2.2/4, Motive 2.5/4
FOX: 2.3/4
So You Think You Can Dance 2.3/4
UNIVISION: 1.9/3
Mi Corazon Es Tuyo 1.8/3, Que Vida Me Robo 2.0/4, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.8/3
TELE: 0.8/1
Reina de Corazones 0.6/1, En Otra Piel .8/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.1/2
ION: 0.7/1
Cold Case 0.7/1, Cold Case 0.7/1, Law & Order: CI 0.6/1
CW: 0.5/1
Arrow [r] 0.6/1, The Hundred [r] 0.4/1
AOL also appointed Marta Martinez as Head of Global Video Ad Sales. The position that had been vacant since Charles Gabriel departed in June.
Getty Images has named Susan Smith Ellis as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of the global digital media company. An accomplished marketing and advertising leader, she last served as Chief Marketing Officer of Morgan Stanley.
RLJ Entertainment Inc. has hired Stuart Shaw as Managing Director of RLJE International. He was previously Director of International Sales & Marketing for Miramax’s London office. Additionally, Lesley Fromant, Managing Director of RLJE Australia is retiring on January 15, 2015.
Friday Fun Fact: Tootsie Rolls were the first wrapped penny candy to be sold in the Unites States.
This Day In History: 1985 – A spokesperson for Rock Hudson confirmed the screen icon had AIDS.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which sitcom character used the alias "Grandmaster B" to try and impress girls? Bud Bundy, from Married…With Children. Kudos to: Carl Schellenberger-VCA/NY, Jim Bono-Crown Media Family Networks/NY, Michael Hochman-MPH Creative Services/Upper Moreland, PA, Patty Youngross-Media Biz/Atlanta, GA, Dan Whitford-Lakeshore Public Media/Merrillville, Indiana, Todd Schliewen-WOAI NBC News4 Sinclair/San Antonio, TX, Adam Leston-Weigel Broadcasting Co./Milwaukee, WI, Mark Ahn-FX Networks/LA, Adam Deverell-CoxReps/LA, Damon Parry-MediaVest/LA, Jerry Jones-A La Carte Comm/San Francisco, CA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY 25, 2014
ABC: Shark Tank [r], What Would You Do? [r], 20/20 [r]
CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation [r], Hawaii Five-0 [r], Blue Bloods [r]
CW: Colin & Brad: Two Man Group [r], Reign [r]
FOX: MasterChef [r], 24: Live Another Day [r]
NBC: Dateline NBC, Crossbones
PBS: Washington Week, Charlie Rose, Tina Fey: The Mark Twain Prize [r]
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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