08/28/23: Legendary game show host Bob Barker dies at 99

Monday August 28, 2023

Today’s Premieres
Acorn TV: The Chelsea Detective
BritBox: The Museum
Hulu: The Conversations Project
Netflix: Princess Power
PBS: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland at 9p

Today’s Finales
ABC: Claim to Fame at 8p
FOX: Stars on Mars at 8p

IN THE NEWS

Legendary game show host and animal rights advocate Bob Barker died at age 99. Best known for his 35-year run on “The Price Is Right,” which lasted until his retirement in 2007, Barker also hosted “Truth or Consequences” from 1956-1975. “Very sad day for the Price Is Right family, and animal lovers all over the world,” posted the current host of “The Price Is Right,” Drew Carey, on X. “There hasn’t been a day on set that I didn’t think of Bob Barker and thank him.”

Disney+ has canceled “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” after two seasons. The medical dramedy from Kourtney Kang (“Fresh Off the Boat”) was a reboot of “Doogie Howser, M.D.” (1989-93).

Fox News is seeking to dismiss an Arizona man’s defamation suit over January 6 comments. In a lawsuit filed last month, Ray Epps, a Marine veteran, said he was defamed by commentary on the network that implied he was acting as a government agent when he participated in the January 6 insurrection. The network argued, “Even if Fox hosts implied a factual conclusion about Plaintiff, it reflected only their interpretations based on disclosed facts,” noting that the comments were made on opinion programs.

Bring it on, say Bravo and NBCUniversal. After NBCU received letters from lawyers representing reality stars and crew accusing the company of imposing “unlawful” NDAs to “hide criminal and civil wrongs” on reality shows, a Bravo spokesperson issued a statement rejecting the characterization. “Confidentiality clauses are standard practice in reality programming to prevent disclosure of storylines prior to air. They are not intended to prevent disclosure by cast and crew of unlawful acts in the workplace, and they have not been enforced in that manner,” said the rep. “To be clear, any current or former cast or crew is free to discuss and disclose any allegedly unlawful acts in the workplace, such as harassment or discrimination, or any other conduct they have reason to believe is inappropriate.” The spokesperson added Bravo is working with production companies to encourage cast and crew to report any concerns.

Will Amazon make a deal with Disney for an ESPN streaming partnership? The companies are reportedly in early talks about the possibility of sharing the service through one of Amazon’s streaming offerings, with Amazon taking a minority stake in ESPN. Disney CEO Bob Iger said last month that Disney is open to selling part of ESPN.

STRIKE UPDATES

The writers’ strike is still on, but late night and comedy variety writers have landed a win. The WGA and AMPTP have agreed to apply MBA (minimum basic agreement) minimums to comedy variety programs made for new media. The terms do not cover game show or daytime writers, making them “insufficient,” said the WGA.

Don’t get in a war of words with writers. That could be the lesson learned by the AMPTP, who Deadline reports has hired crisis management specialists the Levinson Group to reset the studios’ messaging.

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Disney has pulled the plug on its adaptation of YA book series The Spiderwick Chronicles, announced in 2021 for Disney+, and already filmed. The project from Paramount Television and 20th Television was scrapped as part of Disney’s previously announced cost-cutting content write-off, reports Deadline.

MagellanTV is doubling down on nature content with “Wild Arabia.” The documentary streamer unveiled the new original feature from TV presenter and conservationist Nigel Marven, marking the streamer’s second collaboration with Marven (following the 2023 release “Wild El Salvador: In the Shadow of the Volcanoes”). “Wild Arabia” is currently in production and will debut in 2024.

BIG TV Q&A

The speed of change in the media industry is exciting – and in some cases “more than a little scary,” says Ed McElvain, Mediahub’s EVP, Director of P3 (digital platforms and data-driven media buying). McElvain, who will be speaking at the Cynopsis Big TV Conference next month on a panel about attention measurement, offers a preview of that conversation.

What are brands’ expectations now regarding measurement? How do you anticipate that changing over the next year?
Brands always want to be able to prove ROI by linking media exposure to business outcomes. This will not change but the methods for doing so are becoming more challenging with the proliferation of media choices, walled gardens ecosystems, and privacy restrictions in tracking.

What are new strategies Mediahub has employed that have been successful?
We are focused on identifying durable data that provide strategic advantage in the marketplace. We have developed tools that enable us to identify audiences to drive growth, understand how best to reach them, and then apply filters and algorithms to make sure we’re doing it in quality media for the right price. Specifically, Attention data has emerged as a key pillar of this layered strategy.

What about the media landscape is proving the most challenging right now?
There’s a lot of complexity and change happening, and fast. Privacy and AI in particular are really reshaping our industry. I’m optimistic that we will be a better, stronger industry because of these changes – especially if it moves us away from breaking consumer trust and bad attribution models. But the accelerating speed of change is challenging and it’s more than a little scary to embrace opaque AI models when we don’t really understand exactly how they work… they just do.

NEW & RETURNING SERIES

Life’s a beach: “Bachelor in Paradise” season nine cast members headed for Mexico include Greer Blitzer (“The Bachelor,” season 27), Brayden Bowers (“The Bachelorette,” season 20), Aaron Bryant (“The Bachelorette,” season 20), Peter Cappio (“The Bachelorette,” season 20), Jessica Girod (“The Bachelor,” season 27), Eliza Isichei (“The Bachelor,” season 26, “Bachelor in Paradise,” season eight), Katherine Izzo (“The Bachelor,” season 27), Samantha Jeffries (“The Bachelor,” season 26), Olivia Lewis (“The Bachelor,” season 27), Sean McLaughlin (“The Bachelorette,” season 20), Blake Moynes (“The Bachelorette,” seasons 16 and 17), Mercedes Northup (“The Bachelor, season 27), Rachel Recchia (“The Bachelor,” season 26, “The Bachelorette,” season 19), Kylee Russell (“The Bachelor, season 27), Aaron Schwartzman (“The Bachelorette,” season 20), Will Urena (“The Bachelorette,” season 18), Brooklyn Willie (“The Bachelor,” season 27) and Catherine Wong (“The Bachelor,” season 27).

COMING UP

CBS News launches its “School Matters” series on “CBS Mornings” today. CBS News takes viewers inside America’s schools to highlight stories and trends in education, and find out what matters most to students, teachers and parents in 2023. Today’s episode is set at Seckinger High School and Patrick Elementary School with a look at how the Gwinnett County school district is using AI in their standard state education curriculum.

TECH TALK

Nielsen announced it will use “first party” Amazon data in “Thursday Night Football” ratings. In addition to its national TV panel-level derived data, Nielsen said, “This is a capability not just for Amazon, but something we are offering for any client with a similar need with live streaming program.”

SPORTS ROUNDUP

FOX Sports takes the field for the 30th season of FOX NFL coverage. Hosted by Curt Menefee with Super Bowl champion Terry Bradshaw, analysts include Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson.

Amazon Freevee’s “GOD. FAMILY. FOOTBALL.” premieres September 1. The six-part coming-of-age original docuseries follows former pro footballer, high school football coach and pastor Denny Duron as he comes out of a 30-year retirement to lead the football program he founded at Evangel Christian Academy.

World Rugby and Endeavor Streaming have teamed up to launch a global rugby OTT platform. Ahead of the Rugby World Cup 2023, RugbyPass TV marks the first time the federation has introduced its own, standalone service to stream its international competitions live to fans around the world. Live coverage will kick off on September 8, featuring all fixtures from World Rugby’s upcoming tournaments, including the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups, WXV and the HSBC SVNS series.

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RATINGS

“Futurama” has returned to the streaming charts. The sci-fi animation series’ revival on Hulu delivered 506 million minutes of viewing time for the week of July 24-30, tying for third place with Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer.” “Suits” viewership declined for the first time since June, but remained #1.

TLC’s “Sister Wives” earned the series’ highest rated season premiere in a decade with key demographics. The original series brought in a 2.5 Live+3 rating among W25-54, a 1.6 among A25-54 and reached nearly four million P2+ viewers. “Sister Wives” was also the #1 cable program of the week among W25-54.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

George Sealey is the new EVP of development and production at ReachTV. Sealey will oversee original content for ReachTV and studio and will work with networks, production companies and producers to license content to the network.

IN MEMORIAM

Actress Arleen Sorkin died August 24. She was 67. Sorkin was the real-life inspiration and voice for DC Comics villain Harley Quinn; her notable television work included “Days of Our Lives” and sitcom “Duet.”

This Day in History
1609 – English explorer Henry Hudson discovered and explored the Delaware Bay.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question
What is Zoey’s last name on “Zoey 101” (2005-2008)? Brooks. Kudos to: Jessica Jiang-FOX/NYC, Justin Pierce-JP Consulting Group/LA, Francesca Mauceri/Smithtown, NY, Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./New York, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, Stephanie Nolan-A3/NYC, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank, CA, Stefanie Williams-MMSI/Boise, ID

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What do Amy and Daniel eat that makes them ill in Netflix’s “Beef” (2023)? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four answers per time zone.)

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MONDAY AUGUST 28
ABC: Claim to Fame [p], The $100,000 Pyramid
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: Hawai’i, NCIS: Los Angeles
CW: Son of a Critch, Run the Burbs, Children Ruin Everything, Bump
FOX: Stars on Mars [f], MasterChef
NBC: American Ninja Warrior, Weakest Link
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland [p], Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
Telemundo: Los 50, Secretos de Sangre
Univision: Eternamente Amándonos, Tierra de Esperanza, Mujer

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