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Don’t miss the 6th Annual Kids !magination Awards
Join Cynopsis and your peers on Tuesday, September 19 in New York City as we honor the year’s best in children’s, tween, family programming and marketing at the 6th Annual Kids !magination Awards breakfast and networking mimosa reception. Finalists join us from Hasbro, Food Network, Animal Planet, Netflix, NBCUniversal, Mattel, Silvergate, Sprout, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Litton Entertainment, National Geographic Channel and MANY more !
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Imagine Television Studios and CBS Corp. entered into a 4-year co-financing and first look agreement for scripted and unscripted television and long-form digital programming. CBS platforms will have first look at new Imagine Television series, with CBS Television Studios serving as a production partner and worldwide distributor for programming produced as part of the agreement. “This agreement aligns our broadcast, pay cable and streaming businesses with a best-in-class partner, and represents another strategic opportunity to own and distribute more content across a dynamic television landscape,” said CBS Corp. chairman and CEO Les Moonves.
Starz is developing half-hour drama series, Sweetbitter, based on the bestseller by Stephanie Danler about a 22-year-old transplant navigating the chaotic world of NYC. Plan B Entertainment tapped Stu Zicherman (The Americans) to develop the script with Danler; both will serve as executive producers along with Plan B.
Marty Adelstein is partnering with Shueisha to develop One Piece, the best-selling Japanese comic series, for a live action television series. The adaptation will be executive produced by One Piece publisher Shueisha and author Eiichiro Oda, alongside Adelstein (Good Behavior) and Becky Clements (Good Behavior) through Tomorrow Studios.
Hidden camera prank show Scare Tactics is being revived by Blumhouse Television and producer Scott Hallock, reports Variety. The series ran for 5 seasons between 2003 and 2012 on Syfy.
Blockchain Entertainment has partnered with content innovator Ignition Creative to develop and produce the first season of unscripted docu-series Capitol Makeover: Bitcoin Brigade, following AML Bitcoin creator Marcus Andrade and his team of “currency nerds.”
TCA TALK
“Welcome to the high velocity world of political news,” said PBS VP, news & public affairs Marie Nelson, as word broke that Anthony Scaramucci was out as White House Communications Director. “You think you’re the only ones covering drama, right?” Robert Costa, moderator of PBS’s Washington Week, joked to critics. “We’re waiting for this [panel] and the Mooch is out!”
Queen Victoria, subject of PBS Masterpiece series Victoria, was a woman “desperately in need of contraception,” said the show’s creator and writer Daisy Goodwin at the Television Critics Association summer tour. The mother of 9 “really wanted to be with her handsome husband; she loves going to bed with him but hates the result,” said Goodwin. Heading into season 2, there’s a “real strain” on her marriage to Prince Albert, as well as “many more parallels with [Brexit] than one would expect.”
PBS Kids announced the return of curious canine Ruff Ruffman with a new short-form animated digital series, The Ruff Ruffman Show, debuting Thursday, September 28.
Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will offer a record 33 new holiday movies during their Christmas events, running from Friday, October 27-Monday, January 1. Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” preview special will be hosted by Candace Cameron Bure (Fuller House) while singer Jewel hosts HM&M’s “Most Wonderful Movies of Christmas” sneak peek.
In more Crown Media news, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries inked a development deal with Al Roker for a movie based on the weather expert’s novel, The Midnight Show Murders: A Billy Blessing Novel. Holly Robinson Peete (21 Jump Street) will star in the film, set to premiere in 2018…. Hallmark Movies & Mysteries also struck a development deal with strategist and crisis communications specialist Judy Smith for a movie, The Adjuster, loosely based on her real-life experiences.
Many happy returns: Hallmark Channel renewed Good Witch for season 4, after recently concluded season 3 averaged a 2.6HH rating and over 2.8 million viewers in Live+3 Nielsens….When Calls the Heart will return to Hallmark Channel for season 5 with a two-hour sneak peek during “Countdown to Christmas,” before launching in February 2018….and Hallmark Channel lifestyle series Home & Family was renewed for season 6.
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
MTV is reviving Total Request Live (aka TRL), the 1998-2008 music show. A “centerpiece” studio is under construction in Times Square, net president Chris McCarthy told the New York Times, with launch slated for October. Host Carson Daly will not be back for the revamp; the series will have rotating hosts. McCarthy also told the Times the Moon Man trophy at the MTV Video Music Awards will now be known as Moon Person. VMAs air Sunday, August 27.
SundanceTV is introducing limited series Top of the Lake: China Girl as a 3-night special event starting Sunday, September 10 and continuing Monday, September 11 and Tuesday, September 12, with an encore presentation immediately following each night.
On Wednesday, September 27 at 10p, SundanceTV is premiering psychological thriller Liar, and 4-hour docu-series Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders airs as a two-night special event Saturday, November 18 and Sunday, November 19, anchoring a weekend-long “True Crime Movie Marathon.”
COMING UP
Cher and Cher alike: AXS TV salutes the superstar with 3 days of events kicking off with 1987 film Moonstruck on Thursday, August 10 at 9p. Rock Legends: Cher airs Wednesday, August 23 at 8p, followed the next night by 1990’s Mermaids at 9p.
O.J. Simpson’s White Bronco, made famous during its trek down the 405 in LA 23 years ago, will be featured on History’s Pawn Stars on Monday, August 14 at 10p.
CASTING
Nia Long (The Best Man) has joined the season 9 cast of CBS’s NCIS: Los Angeles, as the team’s new executive assistant. The character will be introduced on the Sunday, October 1 episode….Tony winner Laura Benanti, whose TV credits include Supergirl, has been upped from recurring to series regular on season 3 of TBS’s The Detour….Hartley Sawyer (Saving the Human Race) will recur as Ralph Dibney, aka Elongated Man, in season 4 of CW’s The Flash.
DIGITAL DATA
National CineMedia picked up box office prediction game Fantasy Movie League, the company’s first acquisition as part of a focus on consumer digital products for movie audiences. The game will be featured on NCM’s Noovie cinema pre-show, launching at the end of September.
Sundance Now announced a new 6-part scripted original co-production, Back, created and written by Simon Blackwell (Veep). Comedy premieres in fall 2017 and will debut on SundanceTV later in 2018. The streaming service also acquired 10-part thriller Riviera, starring Julia Stiles, and miniseries Rillington Place, starring Samantha Morton and Tim Roth. Riviera is set to launch Thursday, September 14; Rillington Place starts streaming Thursday, November 9.
BBC Worldwide struck a multi-year licensing deal with Amazon Prime Video for kids’ series from CBeebies and CBBC including Hey Duggee, Go Jetters, Sarah & Duck, Charlie & Lola, Gigglebiz, The Story Of Tracy Beaker and Horrible Histories.
“As an industry, we need to push invalid and poor inventory out of the system, doubling down on higher quality legitimate content,” says Matt Smith, principal evangelist for media at Brightcove, talking about the challenges in monetizing online video. “Conversely, it’s also time to do the same for video advertising latency.” For more insights on the hurdles faced by dynamic ad insertion workflows and what to do about it, check out the latest Cynsiders.
Acorn TV’s fall slate includes the final seasons of cop drama 19-2 and BBC One detective drama George Gently, plus new Kay Mellor BBC One drama Love, Lies and Records, Irish thriller Acceptable Risk, and Aussie legal drama Newton’s Law; as well as new seasons of several of Acorn TV series, including A Place to Call Home, The Brokenwood Mysteries, and Acorn’s most popular series, Doc Martin.
A weekly podcast joins the multiplatform offerings (digital album, console game, art book) exploring the world of Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe. Episodes are available via iTunes, iHeartRadio, Stitcher and other platforms.
GOING GLOBAL
All3media International announced its first acquisitions for new UK drama Ackley Bridge in Spain (Comunidad Filmin) and Portugal (RTP).
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TODAY: CYNOPSIS DIGITAL AWARDS DEADLINE
Don’t forget to enter the 5th Annual Model D and Digital “It List” Awards!
Honoring those in online video content who are at the forefront of their industry, elevating it with their state-of-the-art contributions to branded content, technology, ad campaigns, and original content.
2016 Finalists include: A+E Networks, Bravo, Food Network, Hulu, HBO, Omnimedia, Meredith Video Studios, MTV, NBCUniversal, PBS Digital Studios, Turner, VEVO and more!
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RATINGS
The summer finale episode of NBC’s Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly scored .5/2 among A18-49, up 25% versus its last regularly scheduled show and up 12% in viewers, to 3.53 million. The newsmag is slated to return in the spring. CBS’s Big Brother was the highest-rated and most-watched show of the night, with 1.8/8 in the demo and 6.37 million viewers.
Telemundo is projected to close July as the #3 broadcast network, regardless of language, among A18-34, with 337,000 in the demo, according to Nielsen.
SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top 10 U.S. Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of July 24, 2017
Program, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Content (000), Fans/Followers (000)
Teen Wolf (MTV) 9098, 217, 42, 121998
E! News (E!) 4377, 697, 6, 30166
Shadowhunters (Freeform) 3056, 239, 13, 3648
Game of Thrones (HBO) 1594, 48, 33, 30999
The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 1369, 127, 11, 14856
Good Morning America (ABC) 1327, 528, 2514, 11921
Today Show (NBC) 1319, 558, 2, 11894
Rick and Morty (Adult Swim) 1148, 20, 57, 4190
America’s Got Talent (NBC) 1052, 198, 5, 10313
TMZ (Warner Bros. synd.) 1041, 1017, 1, 13468
Based on Total Actions (reactions, comments, shares and retweets)
Top 10 Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among Total Viewers for the week of July 10, 2017
Primetime (000)/Total Prog. Day (000)
FOXN 2069/NICK 1334
MSNBC 1720/FOXN 1250
USA 1698/MSNBC 944
ESPN 1657/DSNY 864
HGTV 1583/ADSM* 853
HIST 1377/HGTV 843
TBSC 1335/NAN* 802
DISC 1136/ID 765
A&E 1070/USA 759
FX 1068/TOON 731
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream: Preliminary: Live+7. Primetimes is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performances.
Top 10 Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among A18-49 for the week of July 10, 2017
Primetime (000)/Total Prog. Day (000)
ESPN 667/ADSM* 505
USA 667/NAN* 392
TBSC 623/NICK 389
ADSM 512/ID 286
BRAV 500/USA 277
FX 482/TBSC 276
HGTV 440/ESPN 269
A&E 422/HGTV 232
HIST 393/TOON 228
DISC 391/A&E 214
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream: Preliminary: Live+7. Primetimes is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performances.
Top-Rated Cable Shows among 18-48 for the week of July 10, 2017 (000)
2017 Home Run Derby (ESPN) 3435
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta (VH1) 2209
Basketball Wives (VH1) 1799
All Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game (ESPN) 1760
Home Run Derby Prelude (ESPN) 16-7
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1524
The Real Housewives of Orange County (BRAV) 1515
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1479
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1455
Teen Mom Reunion (MTV) 1327
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream: Preliminary: Live+7. Primetimes is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performances.
Live + Same Day Household Viewers (millions): Friday, July 21, 2017 time period averages.
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD
CBS: 4.50 million
MacGyver 3.89, Hawaii Five-0 4.72, Blue Bloods 4.90
NBC: 4.06 million
America’s Got Talent 3.98, Dateline 4.21 million
ABC: 3.31 million
Shark Tank 3.31, What Would You Do? 3.12, 20/20 3.52
UNIVISION 1.61 million
Jose de Egipto 1.85, Doble Vida e Carrillo 1.66, Rosario Tijeras 1.32
TELE: 1.57 million
Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio 1.51, Sin Senos si Hay Paraiso 1.53, El Senor de los Cielos 1.68
FOX: 1.33 million
MasterChef 1.43 million, Beat Shazam 1.23
CW: .93 million
Masters of Illusion 1.00, Penn & Teller: Fool Us .87
Friday A19-49: NBC .8/4, ABC .6/3, TELE .6/7, CBS .5/3, UNI .5/2, FOX .4/2, CW .2/1
Source: Nielsen
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Who’s the boss? When AT&T’s $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner closes, John Stankey will head AT&T’s Time Warner merger integration process, working with Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes before Stankey takes over as CEO of the combined media company. Stankey, who was previously CEO of AT&T Entertainment Group, will continue to report to Randall Stephenson, who will remain AT&T chairman and CEO.
Rebecca Daugherty has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Marketing at ABC Entertainment and ABC Studios, with an executive team that includes Erin Weir, promoted to Senior Vice President, Marketing Strategy, ABC Entertainment. Jill Gershman will fill the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Marketing Creative at ABC Entertainment
Entertainment marketing agency 3AM promoted Chris Eyerman to Executive Creative Director. Eyerman has led 3AM’s creative efforts since the company’s inception.
This Day in History: 1834 – Slavery was abolished in the British Empire.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question : Which Emmy winner for acting in a comedy series said during her acceptance speech, “I’m not funny!”? Nurse Jackie’s Edie Falco, in 2010. Kudos to: Tristan Webster-TVision Insights/NYC, Barbara Potasky-NCBUniversal/ NYC, Jim Kelly-Lee Hecht Harrison/Melville, NY, Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC, Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Pat Brady-CESD/LA, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA
Today’s Trivia Question: The name of which 1970s series comes from a nursery rhyme? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: A limit of four correct answers from each time zone will be selected.).
Answer to Our Last Anagram: A Calm Belly = Ally McBeal. Kudos to: Tom Waring-Trailblazer Studios/Raleigh, NC, Karen Van Vleet-Horizon Media/NYC, Beth Krinock-Discovery/NYC
Real Estate Show Anagram: I Tilt Livers Too (Email [email protected] ; first three respondents with the correct answer who aren’t in trivia will be posted in tomorrow’s newsletter.)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY, AUGUST 1
ABC: The Middle [r], Fresh Off the Boat [r], black-ish [r], black-ish [r], Somewhere Between
CBS: NCIS [r], Bull [r], NCIS: New Orleans [r]
CW: The Flash [r], DC’s Legends of Tomorrow [r]
FOX: Lethal Weapon [r], The Mick [r], Brooklyn Nine-Nine [r]
NBC: America’s Got Talent, World of Dance
PBS: American Experience, Rare – Creatures of the Photo Ark [f], Frontline [r]
Telemundo: Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Jose de Egipto,La DobleVida de Estela Carrilo
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