Good morning, this is your first early-morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
AMC: The Terror at 9p, Lodge 49 at 10p
CNBC: American Greed at 10p
CuriosityStream: The Woodstock Bus
HBO: Our Boys at 9p
ID: Extreme Measures at 9p, Twisted Sisters at 10p
PBS: Family Pictures USA at 9p
USA: Straight Up Steve Austin at 11p
Tonight’s Finale:
FX: Legion at 10p
IN THE NEWS
Facebook has approached news outlets including ABC News, The Washington Post, Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal about licensing headlines and previews of news articles for a news section it is reportedly aiming to launch in the fall, according the WSJ. The news outlets, which were offered up to $3 million a year for the content, would have discretion over how their content would appear in the news tab, according to sources.
Revenue for Tribune Media’s Television and Entertainment Segment for 2Q19 was $482.6 million, down 1% from the same period last year. The decrease stemmed from a $17.6 million dip in political advertising revenue, offset by a 13% increase in retrains revenue.
Similar story for E.W Scripps Co. Local Media Division, which reported revenue for the quarter of $249 million, down 4.3% from the prior year due in part to a decline in political advertising. Retrans revenue was up 10%.
Twitter unlocked the account of Mitch McConnell on Friday. The account had been locked on Wednesday after a video was posted that contained a violent threat against the Senate Majority Leader that was deemed “a clear violation of Twitter rules.” The video shows threatening protesters in front of McConnell’s home in Kentucky. The National Republican Senatorial Committee said Thursday it was suspending its spending on Twitter in response to the lockout. Of the reinstatement, Twitter explained, “After multiple appeals from affected users and Leader McConnell’s team confirming their intent to highlight the threats for public discussion, we have reviewed this case more closely. Going forward, the video will be visible on the service with a sensitive media interstitial and only in cases where the Tweet content does not otherwise violate the Twitter Rules.”
A draft executive order from the White House calls for the FCC to develop new rules for how and when the law protects social media websites when they decide to remove or suppress content on their platforms, CNN reports. The summary of the potential order seen by CNN, called “Protecting Americans from Online Censorship,” also calls for new regulations to determine how social media companies filter content. Per the draft, the Federal Trade Commission would take the new regulations into account when filing lawsuits against tech companies.
Combining the Outstanding Younger Actress and Younger Actor categories for the Daytime Emmys is under consideration, reports Variety. The decision by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences would be made amid discussions about gender inclusivity. The category will also combine broadcast and digital drama performers.
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CYNOPSIS TOP WOMEN IN MEDIA AWARDS GALA
September 9 | 5:45PM – 8PM | Tribeca Rooftop, NYC
Cynopsis is celebrating the 2019 Top Women in Media — the outstanding women across every facet of the media industry — TV, digital/tech, esports, sports, marketing and more. From corporate visionaries to rising stars, they are making bold decisions and driving their businesses forward and they deserve their moment in the spotlight.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
AGC Studios, CNN Films, and the BBC Arts are co-financing Passion Pictures-produced Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story. AGC International will handle global distribution rights while CNN Films retains broadcast television rights in North America. BBC Arts will retain broadcast television for BBC Two on terrestrial television, and catch up VOD rights in the UK on BBC iPlayer.
101 Studios optioned the rights to the book Skin Tight: The Bizarre Story of Guess vs. Jordache, reports Deadline. Series would follow the 1980s designer jeans war.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: August 9-11
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Universal) $25.4 million (week 2), cume revenue $108.5 million
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Lionsgate) $20.8 million, opening weekend
The Lion King (Buena Vista) $20.0 million (week 4), cume revenue $473.1 million
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Paramount) $17.0 million, opening weekend
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Sony) $11.6 million (week 3), cume revenue $100.3 million
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Fox) $8.1 million, opening weekend
The Kitchen (Warner Bros.) $5.5 million, opening weekend
Spiderman: Far From Home (Sony) $5.3 million (week 6), cume revenue $370.9 million
Toy Story 4 (Buena Vista) $4.4 million (week 8), cume revenue $419.6 million
Bring the Soul: The Movie (Trafalgar) $2.3 million, opening weekend
Source: Comscore
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
HGTV’s Stay or Sell helps homeowners who love their neighborhood, but have outgrown their house. Minneapolis-area real estate and home renovation experts Brad and Heather Fox save the day starting Tuesday, Aug. 27, at 9p.
At a This Is Us brunch celebrating the drama’s nine Emmy noms, series creator Dan Fogelman teased a major announcement he said would be made at the end of the month. “There’s a lot of secret new cast members who are going to be a big deal,” said Fogelman. NBC series is back for season four on Tuesday, September 24.
Netflix’s Criminal is set to debut Friday, September 20. Cop drama’s episodes take place within the confines of a police interview.
True crime docuseries The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park, which reexamines the 1986 killing of Jennifer Levin at the hands of Robert Chambers, will air over three consecutive nights on SundanceTV and AMC on Wednesday, November 13- Friday, November 15 at 9p.
The Challenge: War of the Worlds 2 is set to premiere on MTV on Wednesday, August 28 at 8p with expanded 90-minute episodes. Fourteen Brits will battle it out against 14 Americans for their share of the $1 million-dollar prize. The show premieres on the heels of the highest-rated season of The Challenge in seven years.
Classic rock series Mixtape launches on AXS TV Thursday, September 12 at 8:30p. Eight-parter puts the spotlight on different rock icons each week as they discuss their favorite songs of all time. Mixtape will be also be available as a podcast on Spotify.
COMING UP
Leslie Jones is headed to Netflix. The SNL stand-out will star in a stand-up special, produced by Jesse Collins Entertainment, in 2020.
CASTING
Jamie Dornan (Once Upon a Time), Christian Slater (Mr. Robot) and Alec Baldwin will star in limited drama series Dr. Death, a project from Universal Content Productions based on the Wondery podcast. UCP is shopping the series…Debra Rupp will co-star in an ABC comedy pilot from Nate Bargatze as the wife of her That 70’s Show castmate Kurtwood Smith.
GOING GLOBAL
Digital kids’ network and studio WildBrain has been appointed by Gutsy Animations to develop a global YouTube strategy for Moominvalley, the new animated adaptation of writer-illustrator Tove Jansson’s classic stories about the Moomins.
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SALARY SURVEY 2019
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RATINGS
Discovery Channel’s Serengeti debuted as the highest-rated nature documentary on all of television since Discovery’s North America in May 2013 among P25-54, earning a 1.20 L+3 rating. The premiere was also Sunday night’s most-watched cable telecast, averaging 3 million total viewers on the network and ranking as Sunday’s #1 cable telecast across all key men: M25-54, M18-49, and M18-34.
Extensive and news coverage of the demonstrations in Puerto Rico made WAPA América the highest-rated Spanish-language cable network from 6a-8p for the two-week period starting July 15, reports the net. On July 24, during the coverage leading up to the Puerto Rican Governor’s overnight resignation, it peaked at nearly 300,000 households,the network’s highest audience ever.
Democratic primary debates struggled to capture the attention of swing voters, according to data from 605. Those who tuned in were more likely to be past primary voters with higher levels of education. Although households in key swing states were 1.03x more likely than the average household to tune into the debates (for an average of 115 minutes), they were even more likely to tune into ABC’s The Bachelorette finale, which aired at the same time.
The season three premiere of TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days on Sunday, August 4 was the 90 Day Fiancé franchise’s highest season debut ever among P/W25-54, W18-49 and P2, averaging 2.4 million P2+ viewers, and was the #1 program on cable among P/W25-54 and W18-49/18-34. The Unexpected season three launch after Before the 90 Days earned a series premiere high for W25-54 and averaged 1.6 million P2+ viewers.
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions): Thursday, August 8 time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
NBC: 4.45 million
The Wall 4.90, Hollywood Game Night 4.72, Law & Order: SVU 3.73,
FOX: 4.45 million
MasterChef 4.88, Spin the Wheel 4.03
CBS: 4.38 million
Big Bang Theory 4.64, Young Sheldon 4.45, Big Brother 5.05, Elementary 3.37
ABC: 3.93 million
Holey Moley 4.69, Family Food Fight 3.80, Reef Break 3.30
TELEMUNDO: 1.14 million
Un Poquito Tuyo 0.87, Betty en NY 1.50, Preso No. 1 1.04
UNIVISION: 1.03 million
La Reina Soy Yo 1.20, Sin Miedo a La Verdad 0.92, Sin Miedio a La Verdad 0.97
CW: 0.99 million
The Outpost 0.97, Two Second Horror Stories 1.01
Thursday A18-49 Ratings
FOX 1.1/6, NBC 1.0/5, CBS 0.9/5, ABC 0.9/5,TELE 0.4/2, UNI 0.4/2, CW 0.3/1
This Day in History
1865 – Joseph Lister performed the first antiseptic surgery.
Answer to our last trivia question
What was the name of the baby girl Naomi gave birth to in the final episode of Mama’s Family (1983-1990)? Tiffany Thelma. Kudos to: Andrew Goldman-Fathom Events/NYC, Jim Kelly-Jim Kelly Consulting/Central Islip, NY, Cherie Wall-Sandbox Entertainment/Nashville, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, David Westberg-SAG AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank, Ken DuBow-Bob’s Your Uncle/LA, Brandon Lynch-GTB/Dallas, Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX
Today’s Trivia Question
The Sandy Duncan Show (1972) was a revised version of which sitcom? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four.)
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MGR, RECRUITING
A+E
NY
Manage the day-to-day recruitment function for a defined set of clients to identify, acquire, assess and hire candidates to fill roles required to meet company business goals. 5+ yrs hands-on recruiting exp, preferably within a media environment; strong HR network of recruiters
Full info HERE
SR DIRECTOR, IT OPERATIONS >>
GSN/Santa Monica: 10+ yrs. Lead & manage infrastructure & applications teams. Active Directory, Azure, VMWare, AWS, SQL Server, Citrix, Telephony, storage, networking. OS: Server 2012, 2016, Windows 10, Mac OS. Manage SOX-404 audits. This is a hands-on technical position. Full info HERE (8/23)
SPECIALIST, AFFILIATE OPERATIONS >>
MLB/Secaucus NJ: Spearhead affil tech/operational efforts (incl launch authorizations, blackout implementation, VOD & TV Everywhere +) for MLB & NHL Networks. Able to work w/prod, engineering & brdcst depts; Min4-6 yrs exp cable affil sales & mktg, sports media, &/or media ops req’d. Full info HERE (8/23)
MGR, RECRUITING >>
A+E/NY: Manage the day-to-day recruitment function for a defined set of clients to identify, acquire, assess and hire candidates to fill roles required to meet company business goals. 5+ yrs hands-on recruiting exp, preferably within a media environment; strong HR network of recruiters Full info HERE (8/23)
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER >>
PointsBet/Denver: Exceptional candidate with broad, hands-on operational skills to lead our US company through our next stage of growth. Min 10+ yrs of operational exp; proven operational success in gaming, sports or technology sectors a +. Strong written/comm skills. Full info HERE (8/22)
DIRECTOR, OTT ADVERTISING STRATEGY >>
NBCU/NYC: Work w/Business Operations & Strategy group & impact new rev generation across the NBCU portfolio by identifying growth opps; 8 yrs work exp; this could incl professional services (e.g., consulting, investment banking) or media exp at a large network/publisher/agency. Full info HERE (8/22)
SR ANALYST, AD SALES STRATEGY >>
NBCU/NYC: Design/execute strategic sales initiatives in the NBCU Digital Partnerships team along w/the wider Ad Sales org. Min 2 yrs exp @ either a leading investment bank, mngmnt consulting firm or in strategy/finance role at a major TMT corp. Full info HERE (8/22)
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE >>
Trifecta Entertainment/NYC: Dynamic individual to focus on developing new and growing business among major agencies via strong relationships and superior client service. 5+ yrs sales exp w/syndication, national cable, broadcast ad sales or media buying background req’d. Full info HERE (8/21)
PRODUCER/SHOOTER/EDITOR >> Overtime/NYC: Applicants should have a min of 2 yrs filming doc and/or reality content. Exp functioning as a one-person-band is mandatory since it will be a standard part of the job. Full info HERE (8/21)
CONSUMER INSIGHTS MGR >>
Gamut – Cox Media/NYC: Lead data-driven rsrch projects that align w/sales objectives & client needs. Thru analysis of mult rsrch sources, he/she will support the media ad sales team to consult clients on their ad strategies. 6-9 yrs of exp in a rsrch or insights role at a media agency. Full info HERE (8/20)
MEDIA INSIGHTS ANALYST >>
Gamut – Cox Media/NYC: Perform data runs & analysis through the use of multiple rsrch sources to support the media ad sales team & consult clients on their media plans. 1+ yr exp in a rsrch or insights role at a media agency, brdcst/dig co., or media rep firm. Full info HERE (8/20)
MGR, AD SALES MARKETING >>
Gamut – Cox Media/NYC: Lead planning/execution of multi-channel mktg strategies designed to drive ad sales revenue for the co. Must possess a demonstrated ability to comm & collaborate with all levels of the org; 5+ yrs of exp in Ad Sales Marketing at a Media, Brdcst or Ent co. pref’d Full info HERE (8/20)
DIGITAL ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE >>
AMI Entertainment Group/NYC: Secure digital advertising from a diverse list of Entertainment, CPG, Beauty, Fashion and misc. Strong knwldg NY based digital advertising mkt. 2+yrs of exp selling online advertising; recent online sales req’d. Full info/apply HERE (8/20)
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS STRATEGY >>
FX/LA: Work cross-functionally w/FX leadership team, while also being resp for creating models, performing analyses around talent term deals, orig prgrmng costs, back-end profit participations, ancillary rev streams, content windowing & AdHoc projects. 5+ yrs relevant exp. MBA req’d. Full info HERE (8/17)
BUSINESS ANALYST, INT’L & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS >>
A+E/NY: Analyze existing business processes & systems functionality; propose new or updated solutions to changing business needs; be an active member of Technology Team. 5+ yrs exp working w/applications & technology solutions that are vendor supported, strong analytical skills, project mgmt exp, detailed oriented, strong communication skills, exp w/HTML, CSS or WordPress preferred. Apply HERE (8/17)
Sales Planner, Direct Response >>
Hallmark/NYC: This position is responsible for providing sales and analytical support to the Direct Response sales team for Crown Media Family Networks: Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and Hallmark Drama. Must have a minimum of 1 years of industry-related experience. Apply HERE (8/16)
DIRECTOR of SALES, USA >>
NHNZ: Generate and maximize sales for NHNZ in the USA through proactive, business orientated, results driven client management. Self-starter with a clear creative vision and an understanding of all things TV. Full info HERE (8/15)
DIRECTOR, PRICING & PLANNING >>
Fuse Media/NYC: Play a critical role in the design, development, planning & execution of our comprehensive product & services pricing strategy. 10+ yrs ad sales exp w/strong understanding of pricing a variety of inventory, within the NY mktt (Nati’l Broadcast/Cable ntwrk) Full info HERE (8/15)
SALES ASSISTANT >>
REELZ/NY: Responsible for providing service to clients on a daily basis, maintaining sales orders and supporting Account Executives and the Management team. BA/BS & Wide Orbit experience preferred. Full info/apply HERE (8/15)
DIRECTOR OF TEAM SALES >>
Momentous/Remote: Responsible for building relationships with professional teams, colleges and universities, coaches, trainers and dietitians to sell our products on a long-term basis. 3+ yrs of team sales exp, preferably in food or supplements. Full info/apply HERE (8/15)
AD SALES ANALYST >>
Discovery Inc/NYC: seeking numbers whiz to learn & leverage rsrch resources to provide data-driven intel for ad sales/mkting initiatives on media rsrch team. Utilize data systems & translate info into digestible presentations. 1-2 yrs media exp. Full info HERE (8/15)
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR >>
BECK Media/Santa Monica CA: Seeking a team member with 2-4 years of corporate communications experience, strong writing chops, deep interest in the business of sports and sponsorship/ strategic partnership experience. For more information apply here (8/15)
MANAGER, AD SALES INSIGHTS, PRIMARY, TARGETING & ATTRIBUTION RESEARCH >>
Turner Sports/NYC: Run custom primary research projects for Turner Sports Ad Sales, including ad effectiveness, ROI studies, audience targeting and attribution, from design to final presentation of results to both internal and external clients. Full info/apply HERE (8/14)
MGR, CAMPAIGN REPORTING & ANALYSIS >>
Viacom/NYC: Resp for media campaign reporting, data aggregation & analysis for performance mktg initiatives. 3-5 yrs exp digital mktg & analytics role on either in-house/client side or at a media or dig. agency w/exp in programmatic & social measurement. Full info HERE (8/14)
MGR, MULTI-PLATFORM MEASURMENT & ANALYTICS >>
Viacom/NYC: Develop/produce regular & ad-hoc reporting, providing various corp stakeholders w/an understanding of how Viacom’s brand portfolio is consumed by distributor and platform.3-5 yrs of exp in TV /video audience research. Full info HERE (8/14)
DIGITAL STRATEGIST >>
Octagon/Stamford CT: Resp for developing and executing investment recommendations for our clients and generating social and digital first marketing campaigns and strategies tailored to specific business objectives. BA deg related field or min 3+ yrs exp in digital/social strategy. Full info HERE (8/13)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, MORNINGS WITH MARIA >>
Fox Business Network/NYC: Responsible for overseeing content for a three-hour morning cable television news program. 8+ years’ experience producing at a local station or News network, Full info HERE (8/13)
DIRECTOR, AD SALES >>
The Weather Channel and Entertainment Studios/Chicago: responsible for generating ad revenue for the Midwest and Detroit Region and achieving target goals. Serve as primary lead with Midwestern Region agency and client relationships. 10 yrs of relevant exp with demonstrated achievements. Full info HERE (8/13)
VP, BRAND MARKETING >>
POINTS BET/Jersey City NJ: Join a growing & fact-paced team in need of VP w/huge hunger & passion for sports knowledge to create, implement, and innovate impactful brand campaigns across advertising, content, PR & more. 7-10 years of consumer brand marketing, sports exp a huge + Full info HERE (8/13)
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FRIDAY AUGUST 9
ABC: Bachelor in Paradise, Grand Hotel
CBS: The Neighborhood, Big Bang Theory, Big Bang Theory, Mom, Bull
CW: Bulletproof, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
FOX: Beat Shazam, So You Think You Can Dance
NBC: American Ninja Warrior, Dateline NBC
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Family Pictures USA [p], POV
Telemundo: Un Poquito Tuyo, Betty en NY, Preso No. 1
Univision: La Reina Soy Yo, Sin Miedo a la Verdad
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