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08.03.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday August 3, 2016, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres:
BBCA: Dragon’s Den at 9p
DA: Smoked at 10p
E!: Botched by Nature at 9p
Syfy: Ghost Hunters at 9p, Paranormal Witness at 10p
TLC: Love at First Kiss at 10p
Travel: Expedition Unknown: Insider’s Guide at 9p Tonight’s Finales:
Audience Network: Kingdom at 9p
CNBC: West Texas Investors Club at 10p
Freeform: Young & Hungry at 8p, Baby Daddy at 8:30p
Jimmy Fallon will man the mic for the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards. “This is the most spontaneous and uninhibited award show on television, and Jimmy’s playful, disarming comedic brilliance makes him the ideal host,” said NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt. The three-hour telecast airs live on Sunday, January 8 at 8p.
Houdini & Doyle is disappearing from FOX, cancelled after one low-rated season. The period magic drama drew 2.6 million viewers and a .7 demo rating when it premiered last May.
NBC’s America’s Got Talent is renewing all four of its judges – Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel and host Nick Cannon for season 12. "With the addition of Simon, the chemistry between our judges has grown even stronger and it’s easy to see how much enthusiasm they bring to the show night after night," said Paul Telegdy, President, Alternative and Reality Group, NBC Entertainment.
Telemundo will honor Dr. Ana Maria Polo with the “Estrella de Tu Mundo” (Star of Your World) award, in celebration of her 15 years on television, during the 2016 Premios Tu Mundo (Your World Awards). The ceremony airs live Thursday, August 25 at 8p. Polo was first introduced to television audiences in 2001 on Telemundo’s Sala de Parejas (Couple’s Court).
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OWN renewed drama series Queen Sugar ahead of its series premiere with a 16-episode second season order. From filmmaker Ava DuVernay and EP Oprah Winfrey, the series chronicling the lives and loves of three estranged sibling debuts as a two-night event on Tuesday, September 6 (commercial-free) and Wednesday, September 7 at 10p. It will regularly air Wednesday nights at 10p. “When we saw the first cut from Ava we knew right away that we wanted a second season,” said Erik Logan, president, OWN.
Iggy Azalea and her Azalea Street production company have inked a first-look deal with Universal Cable Productions and Wilshire Studios, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment’s scripted and non-scripted programming studios. Azalea will create content designed to reach a millennial audience with topics ranging from empowering young women to social justice and tolerance.
NCIS producer Charles F. Johnson, French producer/director/writer Joy Fleury and producer Karen Gordy have joined forces to develop Amazons. The live-action series centers on 6,000 African female warriors who fought against the French Colonial army and other enemies of the Dahomey Kingdom. A network is not attached to the project.
CBS Sports and active lifestyle and endurance events company Tough Mudder Inc. have struck a multi-year programming deal that brings Tough Mudder to broadcast, cable and digital on CBS Sports, CBS Sports Network and CBSSports.com beginning this fall. The series will provide an inside look at World’s Toughest Mudder, a 24-hour extreme endurance event. In addition, event series Toughest Mudder will debut in 2017.
Discovery three-part miniseries Harley and the Davidsons premieres Monday, September 5 at 9p. Parts two and three will air on Tuesday, September 6, and Wednesday, September 7 at 9p. “This is the type of compelling and honest storytelling that fits perfectly for Discovery Channel,” said Rich Ross, Group President of Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Science Channel. “It is a story about brotherhood, an ironclad will to succeed and going against the conventional wisdom of that time.”
Animal Planet premieres The Million Dollar Duck on Wednesday, September 14 at 9p. The film dives into the eccentric world of the Federal Duck Stamp Contest, the only juried art competition run by the U.S. government. The film received the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature and the Jury Award for Documentary Feature at the 2016 Slamdance Film Festival.
NBC ordered Warren Leight (Law & Order) and Paul Haggis (Crash) project Salvation, a medical series being described as the “first real-time hospital ‘extreme event’ drama,” to pilot. The network is also developing Gideon Raff (Homeland, Tyrant) drama Waking Lions. Series is based on the novel of the same name by Israeli author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen.
Jennifer Salke, NBC Entertainment President, confirmed that the Cruel Intentions revival, which failed to land a pickup last May, is still alive. All options are being explored, including a streaming-only rollout. “It was really a space issue,” explained Salke about the decision to hold off on formally ordering the project for fall, adding that she is determined to “find a place to put it… We wouldn’t have held that talent if we didn’t have every intention of finding an opportunity for the show.”
David Duchovny-led drama, Aquarius, which currently holds a Thursday 10p time slot, is moving back to Saturday night. “David and the talent are really important to us, and we’ll continue to support the show wherever we put it,” said Salke. However, when asked about chances for third renewal, Salke responded, “I think that’s tough.”
Programming wasn’t the only topic on journalists’ minds at TCA. NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt fielded a question about the network’s responsibility for nurturing Donald Trump’s celebrity to the point where the one-time Celebrity Apprentice star is now the Republican presidential candidate. “Isn’t the role of television to create celebrity in the world? That’s what every show does,” answered Greenblatt. “We were happy to have a show that was doing really well, with a guy who was a big TV star. It’s impossible to predict where it goes from there. I think it surprised all of us that he would want to do this, but I guess that’s what’s great about this country.”
NBC is tossing a birthday bash for one of America’s most treasured musical icons. Two-hour special Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come airs Tuesday, December 20 at 9p. The first batch of performers announced includes Andrea Bocelli, Michael Buble, Aretha Franklin, Lady Gaga, Billy Joel, Elton John, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Rufus Wainwright and Stevie Wonder. Also making appearances are Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Kevin Spacey, John Travolta, Bruce Willis and Homer Simpson.
National Geographic Channel charts the events that led to the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan and its unexpected reverberation on history in Killing Reagan, debuting Sunday, October 16 at 8p. Based on the best-selling book by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard and produced by Scott Free Productions, the two-hour movie event will air globally in early 2017 on National Geographic Channels in 171 countries and in 45 languages.
CNN Films premieres Holy Hell on Thursday, September 1 at 9p and 11p. The film reveals the compelling story of life inside Buddhafield, a mysterious spiritual community that originated in the 1980s in West Hollywood.
E! takes WAGS to an all-new coast when WAGS Miami premieres Sunday, October 2 at 10p. The eight-episode, hour-long reality series documents the extravagant lifestyle and real-life drama that’s part of the game for the wife or girlfriend of a professional athlete.
Saturday Night Live alum Kevin Nealon is heading to Man With a Plan as the older brother and business partner Matt LeBlanc’s character. CBS series bows Monday, October 24 at 8:30p.
Tristan May is heading back to The Vampire Diaries as Sarah Salvatore. The series’ eighth and final season premieres Friday, October 21 on The CW.
Josh Kelly is returning to season 2 of UnReal. The Lifetime scripted drama, which gives a fictitious behind-the-scenes glimpse into the chaos surrounding the production of a dating competition program, airs its finale on Monday, August 8 at 10p.
Babou Ceesay (Getting On, Eye In The Sky), Rory Kinnear (Penny Dreadful, Spectre) and Daniel Mays (Line of Duty, Mrs Biggs) have joined six-part Showtime drama thriller Guerrilla. Also joining the cast are Nathaniel Martello-White (Deadmeat), Denise Gough (People, Places & Things), Brandon Scott (Grey’s Anatomy), Zawe Ashton (Not Safe for Work) and Nicholas Pinnock (Fortitude). Set to air on Showtime and Sky Atlantic in 2017, Guerrilla centers on a politically active couple who set out to change the world.
NBC’s Hairspray Live! has added to its cast. Dover Cameron (Liv and Maddie) will play Amber Von Tussle while Garrett Clayton (Teen Beach Movie) takes on Link Larkin. Show goes on Wednesday, December 7 at 8p.
PBS International has closed eight more deals for two-hour Frontline election special The Choice 2016, with EBS (Korea), Public Television Service Foundation (Taiwan), TVN (Poland), LRT (Lithuania), NPO (Netherlands), NTV (Turkey), ABS-CBN (Philippines) and SH Channel 8 (Israel), in addition to 17 deals already secured.
Discovery Communications has taken a minority stake in VS MEDIA, a MultiChannel Network serving digital natives in Greater China. With more than 55 million subscribers and 320 million video views a month, VS MEDIA is the first and largest MCN that focuses on Chinese content creators.
Liberty Global and Discovery Communications announced a long-term, comprehensive renewal of their distribution agreement for Discovery’s portfolio of networks, including Discovery Channel, TLC, ID and Eurosport, to Liberty Global customers across its 12 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Romania, Netherlands, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Deal also includes digital rights.
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Summer ratings were hot during July for Scripps Networks Interactive’s portfolio of cable channels. HGTV ranked #6 in cable for the month, enjoying the highest rated July in network history in both primetime and total day (P25-54). Travel Channel saw its highest rated July since 2013 among P25-54 in prime, posting gains in all demos in prime, including a 22 percent increase among P25-54 and a 28 percent gain among W25-54. DIY Network had its highest rated and most watched July ever in key demos P25-54 (+12 percent), W25-54 (+26 percent), P18-49 and W18-49, and Cooking Channel’s month tied as the highest rated July on record among P25-54.
Telemundo Network was the #1 Spanish-language network during Monday-Friday primetime the weeks of July 25 (814,000) and July 18 (879,000) among A18-49, fueled by new series Silvana Sin Lana at 8p, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso at 9p and Senora Acero 3, La Coyote at 10p, according to Nielsen. For the month of July, Telemundo returned rose in nearly every primetime hour compared to last year among A18-49 during Monday-Friday programming. For the month of July, the network delivered 589,000 viewers in the 7p hour, up 1 percent from last year (582,000); 665,000 viewers in the 8p hour, up 41 percent from last year (471,000); and 710,000 viewers in the 9p hour, up 2 percent from last year (696,000).
FOX Business Network delivered its highest rated month ever in July, according to Nielsen. Business Day saw a 78 percent increase in total viewers with 148,000, while primetime grew 210 percent year-over-year. Lou Dobbs Tonight averaged 265,000 total viewers and 53,000 in A25-54. For the Democratic National Convention coverage, FBN was up 71 percent in total viewers with 200,000 and up 13 percent with 36,000 in A25-54 in primetime vs. the 2012 DNC.
Page Six TV (two-week 1.0 metered market average), which began July 18 in seven major cities, was 25 percent higher than the full-run average for its closest tryout rival, The Preachers (0.8) and 400 percent higher than competing test So-Me (0.2). Among W25-54, Page Six TV averaged a 0.7, which was 75 percent ahead of The Preachers (0.4) and 250 percent better than So-Me (0.2).
In national ratings for the week ending July 24, many syndicated strips were preempted or bumped into the middle of the night by coverage of the Republican National Convention. In daytime time, Live with Kelly (2.3 live plus same day national Nielsen rating, down 8 percent from the week before) and Dr Phil (2.3, down 12 percent) -which went from all originals into all reruns – tied for first place. Among W25-54, Phil (1.1 demo rating) remained in the lead. Ellen DeGeneres (1.7, unchanged) was third.
In access, Family Feud (7.0, unchanged) dominated all game show rivals for the 13th straight week. Wheel of Fortune (5.3, down 9 percent) held on as the number two game show while Jeopardy (5.0, down 11 percent) fell to a new season low.
Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share for the week of July 25, 2016
NBC: America’s Got Talent (7/26) 2.3/9
ABC: The Bachelorette (7/25) 1.9/7
NBC: America’s Got Talent (7/27) 1.8/7
CBS: Big Brother (7/28) 1.8/7
CBS: Big Brother (7/31) 1.7/6
CBS: Big Brother (7/27) 1.7/7
NBC: American Ninja Warrior (7/25) 1.6/6
ABC: Celebrity Family Feud (7/31) 1.5/6
ABC: The Bachelorette Men Tell All (7/26) 1.4/5
CBS: The Big Bang Theory (7/28) 1.3/6
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data
Top 11 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 7/18/16 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Family Feud (2/T) 7.0AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 6.3AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.3AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 5.0AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.6AA
Modern Family (2/T) 2.6AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.6AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 2.6AA
Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.3 AA
Live with Kelly & Michael (DAD) 2.3AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 2.3
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 7/18/16 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
Family Feud (2/T) 2.1AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 2.0AA
Modern Family (2/T) 1.5AA
Family Guy (2/T) 1.4AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.3AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.0AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.0AA
The Cleveland Show (2/T) 1.0AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 0.9AA
2 Broke Girls (WB) 0.9AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Lionsgate TV named Chad Kennedy as Senior Vice President of Current Program. The industry veteran formerly worked at Warner Bros.
This Day in History: This Day in History: 1997 – Garth Brooks performed a free concert in Central Park in New York for HBO.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which short-lived sitcom was set at Camp Tar Creek Army base? At Ease (1983). Kudos to: Matthew Willence-ITN Networks/NYC; David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NYC; Marion Z. Murphy-GroupM Direct/NYC; Terry Gaffigan, Flemington Ice Arena, Flemington, NJ; Matthew Fera-McGarryBowen/Chicago, IL; Paul Blutter-Hollywood Depot Rentals/Burbank, CA; Jeanie Hahle-Stagg Manor International Entertainment/North Hollywood, CA; Ken DuBow-Bob’s Your Uncle, Los Angeles, CA; Bob Telford, SAG/AFTRA, Valley Village, CA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY AUGUST 3, 2016
ABC: CMA Musical Festival: Country’s Night to Rock
CBS: Big Brother, Criminal Minds [r], American Gothic
CW: Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Whose Line Is It Anyway? [r]
Fox: MasterChef
NBC: America’s Got Talent, The Night Shift
PBS: Koko – The Gorilla Who Talks, NOVA [r], Spillover – Zika, Ebola & Beyond
Telemundo: Silvana Sin Lana, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso, Senora Acero 3: Lo Coyote
Univision: Un Camino Hacia El Destino, Tres Veces Ana
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