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08.01.16 Good morning. It’s Monday August 1, 2016, and this is your first early morning briefing. Today’s Premieres:
DISNEY XD: Future Worm! at 11a
DIY: Blog Cabin at 9:30p
NBC: Running Wild Bear Grylls at 10p
TruTV: Fameless at 10p and 10:30p, Comedy Knockout at 11p Tonight’s Finale:
ABC: The Bachelorette at 8p
Joe Biden is heading to NBC procedural Law & Order: SVU. The vice president will play himself in a press conference scene, commending Det. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) for her work in clearing some of New York’s rape kit backlog. Biden and Hargitay have collaborated on several charitable efforts to benefit women in the past, including a 2014 PSA about domestic violence.
Jimmy Buffet, who recurs on Hawaii Five-0 as helicopter pilot Frank Bama, repeatedly referred to the CBS drama’s upcoming Season 7 as “the last season” during a Friday appearance on NBC’s Today. To squelch cancellation rumors and assure Buffet of his character’s fate, showrunner Peter M. Lenkov took to Twitter posting that “Bama is alive and well… For many many MORE seasons.”
Justice Network successfully aided in the capture of two most wanted fugitives in Virginia Beach and Cleveland, thanks to viewer tips. The network airs most wanted fugitives and missing children localized to each market every hour as part of BeSAFE, its safety mission led by John Walsh. To date, 67 fugitives and 53 missing children featured on the network have been either captured or recovered.
Branded content studio Courageous has accomplished all it set out to do, “and then some,” says studio head Otto Bell – including a conference on Wednesday about the state of human augmentation. Find out more in the latest Cynsiders.
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Fox ordered a sophomore run of American Grit, the competition series hosted by WWE star John Cena. Season 2 is currently casting.
The CW is developing Blowback from Star Trek: Beyond director Justin Lin, who will EP the project. The thriller drama explores a romantic weekend in New York City gone haywire, when a young financial analyst’s wife goes missing and he discovers a dead body in his hotel room.
TNT is pursuing a limited series based on Chandra Levy, the young intern with the Federal Bureau of Prisons who went missing in May 2001. Keith Huff (American Crime, House of Cards) is penning the script, based on the book Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: July 29-31, 2016
Jason Bourne (Universal) $60.0 million, opening weekend
Star Trek Beyond (Paramount) $24.0 million (week 2), cume revenue $105.7 million
Bad Moms (STX Entertainment) $23.4 million, opening weekend
The Secret Life of Pets (Universal) $18.2 million (week 4), cume revenue $296.2 million
Lights Out (Warner Bros.) $10.8 million (week 2), cume revenue $42.9 million
Ice Age: Collision Course (Fox) $10.5 million (week 2), cume revenue $42.1 million
Ghostbusters (Sony) $9.8 million (week 3), cume revenue $106.2 million
Nerve (Lionsgate) $9.0 million, opening weekend
Finding Dory (Buena Vista) $4.2 million (week 7), cume revenue $469.0 million
The Legend of Tarzan (Warner Bros.) $2.4 million (week 5), cume revenue $121.9 million
Source: comScore
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National Geographic Channel and Katie Couric Media, along with National Geographic Studios, have partnered on two-hour documentary, Gender Revolution (wt), an in-depth look at the role of genetics, brain chemistry and modern culture on gender fluidity. The doc will premiere on the National Geographic Channel globally in 171 countries and 45 languages, timed to the January 2017 Gender issue of National Geographic Magazine.
Nat Geo has also closed a drama series script development deal with Amblin Television, Sony Pictures Television and CrichtonSun for a global limited series based on the soon-to-be-published Michael Crichton manuscript, Dragon Teeth. The book was discovered by his wife Sherri Crichton among his archives. Project follows the intense rivalry between real-life paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh during a time of intense fossil speculation and discovery. And Nat Geo has announced production of its first virtual reality short documentary film, The Protectors. The project will expose the dangerous reality faced by rangers protecting African elephants from ivory poachers. Director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) and VR creator Imraan Esmail (The Displaced, Valen’s Reef) will co-create the 12-minute VR film in partnership with Here Be Dragons, a leading innovator in VR spherical filmmaking, and Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures.
The network has acquired the worldwide rights the to untitled climate change feature documentary produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Fisher Stevens, Brett Ratner and James Packer. The film explores how society can prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across the globe. Martin Scorsese is executive producer. Nat Geo shoots for the stars with scripted/unscripted hybrid series Mars, centering on both a real and dramatized quest to colonize the planet. Premiere is set for November, and greenlit eight-episode event global scripted miniseries The Long Road Home, based on the New York Times best-seller from Martha Raddatz and first announced as a development deal in November.
Programming President Casey Bloys began HBO’s presentation by announcing the renewal of Real Time with Bill Maher through 2018, bringing its run to 16 seasons. The show has been posting record ratings this election year, currently averaging 4.4 million viewers.
The exec confirmed that Game of Thrones will end its run after 8 seasons, explaining that the move was the decision of creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. “If I could get them to do more, I would take 10 seasons, but we want to take their lead with what they can do and what the best version of the show is,” said Bloys. As for a possible spinoff, Bloys admitted it has been discussed. “But it has to make sense creatively,” he maintained. “I’m open to it. The guys aren’t opposed to it, but there’s no concrete plans.”
Regarding a third installment of True Detective, the show that ended its second season a year ago, Bloys assured that “is not dead.” But don’t hold your breath. “I’m not sure we have the right take for a third season yet,” he added. As for talk of a Deadwood movie from series creator David Milch, Bloys confirmed Milch is writing the script, but no word on a green light.
Jon Stewart’s digital animated series remains on track to launch on HBO before the November Presidential election, with the hope that the show will be up and running by September or October. “It’s an animated parody of a cable news network,” said Bloys. “It’s Onion-like, with video and text.”
Premiere dates for three HBO series were announced. Sci-fi western Westworld bows Sunday, October 2, followed on Sunday, October 9 by comedies Divorce and Insecure. HBO also greenlit a contemporary family drama from Six Feet Under and True Blood producer Alan Ball.
At the top of EPIX’s presentation, co-founder/CEO Mark Greenberg announced a premiere date for spy thriller Berlin Station and comedy Graves: Both will bow on Sunday, October 16. A series adaptation of the movie Get Shorty is still in pre-production, with Alan Colter (The Sopranos, Damages) tapped to direct the opening episode.
Animal Planet celebrates World Lion Day on August 10 with a celebration fit for the king… of the jungle. Throughout the day, the net will air “best of lion programming,” beginning with Big Cat Diary at 6a. The event ends with new special Clash of Africa’s Giants at 9p, which gives viewers a look inside the lives of one of Africa’s growing prides on a quest for survival.
TV One premieres Jean of the Joneses on Sunday, October 23 at 7p. The original movie centers on 25-year-old Jean and her middle-class family of strong-minded women, who, in the wake of tragedy, uncover secrets that teach them a powerful lesson of acceptance.
AXS TV features a marathon of hard rock concerts and documentaries leading up to the concert premiere of Motley Crue The End on Sunday, August 7 at 8p. It all kicks off with The Big Interview: Sammy Hagar hosted by Dan Rather at 9a.
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The Great Food Truck Race and host Tyler Florence are back this August for a food battle on wheels with a twist: this time, the six teams fighting for the $50,000 grand prize are family and have never operated a food truck before. The Great Food Truck Race: Family Face-Off premieres Sunday, August 28 at 9p.
The Open Road with Dr. Chris joins The CBS Dream Team, It’s Epic! three-hour Saturday morning block, when it returns for its fourth season on Saturday, October 1 at 9a on CBS. Each episode features host, veterinarian Chris Brown, in a culturally diverse destination where he uncovers the best-kept secret of the region.
USA Network‘s Chrisley Knows Best returns on Tuesday, August 23 at 10p with new back-to-back episodes. The second half of reality series’ fourth season consists of 14 episodes being billed as “more family focused than ever.”
AXS TV Concerts Hosted by Mark Cuban: The Monkees bows Thursday, August 11 at 9p, kicking off a five-week concert series.
Fresh off her summer run on Maya & Marty, Maya Rudolph is reuniting with another Saturday Night Live alum. Rudolph will join Andy Samberg on a multi-episode arc on Brooklyn Nine-Nine as a U.S. Marshal. She makes her first appearance in the Fox comedy’s season 4 premiere on Tuesday, September 20.
Adrianne Palicki (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will play the female lead opposite Seth MacFarlane in his 13-episode straight-to-series comedic drama for FOX.
ABC’s new legal drama Conviction has added Daniel Franzese (Looking) as a series regular. He’ll play, Jackson Morrison is a sharp-witted, sophisticated political operative.
John Huertas (Castle) nabbed a recurring role on upcoming NBC dramedy This Is Us. He’ll play Mike, a co-worker and best friend of Jack (Milo Ventimiglia).
Showtime has added four new cast members to Season 7 of Shameless. Alicia Coppola will play Sue, a no-nonsense woman who works with Ian Monaghan as the supervisor of a group of EMTs. Arden Myrin is New Monica/Delores, a homeless woman who hooks up with Frank (William H. Macy). Pasha Lychnikoff portrays Yvan, Svetlana’s (Isidora Goreshter) father and Ruby Modine plays Sierra, a new waitress at Patsy Pies.
In more Showtime news, Roadies has added to its guest star list. Set to appear in future episodes are: David Spade as Harris DeSoto, star of the fictional drama Dead Sex, and Rosanna Arquette as an intimidating iconic rock photographer who battles with Shelli (Carla Gugino) over her unusual concepts.
Joaquin Cosio is joining The Strain as a series regular. He’ll play Angel Cusman Hurtado, aka The Silver Angel. The FX series makes its Season 3 premiere on Sunday, August 28.
Aaron Moten (The Night Of) has nabbed the role of Kathy Bates’ son in Netflix’s pot-themed comedy, Disjointed.
Darien Sills-Evans (Treme) and Anna Baryshnikov (Wiener-Dog) have landed series regular roles in CBS comedy pilot Superior Donuts. Project stars Jermaine Fowler and Judd Hirsch.
August is premiere month on Pasiones network. Viewers in Latin America can tune in to four novelas, including Korean romantic comedy Matame, Saname on August 1, Mexican telenovela Triunfo del Amor on August 9, Brazilian drama Lado a Lado on August 15, and Gata Salvaje on August 29. In addition, Centroamerica TV will air the complete 2016 season of the first division soccer tournaments of El Salvador and Costa Rica through December.
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Animal Planet’s The Vet Life ended its freshman season on July 23 hitting a season average of 1.1 million total viewers P2+ in L +3, breaking into the network’s the top three most watched series this year. It also set a record as the net’s top freshman series among W25-54 in three years with an average rating of .57 for the season.
Hell on Wheels finished its five-season run on AMC with a series finale episode that attracted 2.5 million total viewers, including 784,000 A25-54, in Nielsen live+3 ratings.
ABC World News with David Muir averaged 7.540 million Total Viewers, 1.654 million A25-54 and 1.212 million A18-49, delivering it’s most-watched July sweeps in nine years.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: CBS won the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 1.3/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS grabbed the #1 spot at 8p with The Big Bang Theory and Life in Pieces averaging 1.2/5, followed by ABC’s Battlebots with 0.8/3. CBS’ Big Brother topped 9p with 1.8/7, versus Telemundo’s Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso and Univision’s Tres Veces Ana with 0.7/3. NBC’s Democratic National Convention coverage led at 10p with 1.1/4; Telemundo’s Senora Acero: La Coyote and ABC’s Democratic National Convention coverage tied for #2 with 0.9/3.
A18-49: CBS 1.3/5, ABC 0.8/3, NBC 0.8/3, TELE 0.7/3, UNI 0.7/3, FOX 0.6/2, ION 0.3/1, CW 0.2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: July 28, 2016 time period averages.
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 3.4/6
The Big Bang Theory 4.4/8, Life in Pieces 3.2/6, Big Brother 3.6/6, Democratic National Convention 2.5/5
ABC: 2.0/4
Battlebots 1.9/4, Greatest Hits 1.5/3, Democratic National Convention 2.6/5
NBC: 2.0/4
Running Wild With Bear Grylls 1.6/3, Hollywood Game Night 1.7/3, Democratic National Convention 2.8/5
FOX 1.2/2
Home Free 1.2/2, Home Free 1.2/2
ION: 1.2/2
Blue Bloods 1.1/2, Blue Bloods 1.2/2, Blue Bloods 1.3/2
UNIVISION: 1.0/2
Un Camino Hacio el Destino 1.1/2, Tres Veces Ana 1.0/2, Noticias Univision Presents: La Recta Final 0.8/1
TELEMUNDO: 0.9/2
Silvana Sin Lana 0.8/2, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso 0.9/2, Senora Acero: La Coyote 1.1/2
CW: 0.5/1
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 0.5/1, Beauty and the Beast 0.5/1
Michael Giordano has been promoted to Senior Vice President Business Affairs at 20th Century Fox TV. He had been Vice President with the company.
The Paley Center for Media has named nine executives to its Los Angeles Board of Governors: Cris Abrego, Co-Chairman, Endemol Shine Americas and Co-CEO, Endemol Shine North America; Jose Antonio Baston Patino, President of Television and Content, Grupo Televisa; Casey Bloys, President Programming, HBO; Paige Hayes, Entertainment, Media & Communications Advisory Leader, PwC; Stephen Hill, President, Programming, BET Networks; Michael E. Kassan, Chairman & CEO, MediaLink; Isaac Lee, Chief News, Entertainment and Digital Officer, Univision Communications Inc.; Janice Min, Co-President & Chief Creative Officer, The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, and Jennifer Mullin, Co-Chief Executive Officer, FremantleMedia North America.
Weather Channel meteorologist Dave Schwartz died July 30 after a long battle with cancer. He was 63. Schwartz had been an on-air meteorologist for Weather for over 20 years.
This Day in History: 1981 – MTV first aired at 12:01a with Video Killed the Radio Star, by The Buggles.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: When Felix stole Oscar’s money on TV’s first The Odd Couple (1970-1975), how did he invest it? In a Japanese Restaurant. Kudos to: Marc Mondry-MSG Networks/NYC; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach, FL; Linda Grillo-Viacom/NYC; David Garber-Stagg Manor Entertainment Group/North Hollywood, CA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY AUGUST 1, 2016
ABC: The Bachelorette [f], The Bachelorette: After the Final Rose
CBS: Mom, 2 Broke Girls, Mom, The Odd Couple, Scorpion
CW: Supergirl, Supergirl
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance
NBC: American Ninja Warrior, Running Wild With Bear Grylls [p]
PBS: Antiques Road Show, Antiques Road Show, POV
Telemundo: Silvana Sin Lana, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso, Senora Acero: La Coyote
Univision: Un Camino Hacio el Destino, Tres Veces
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