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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. 
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
 
Paramount Television and Anonymous Content extended their partnership through the end of 2019, with Paramount retaining first-look rights to produce and distribute scripted television programming developed by Anonymous Content for broadcast, premium cable, cable and online audiences. The collaboration, which thus far has led to buzzy series like Netflix’ 13 Reasons Why and Maniac, will now also include a co-financing component.
 
Amazon grabbed the rights to a Lucille Ball biopic with a script by Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network) and Cate Blanchett as possible star. Ball’s children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., will produce, with Escape Artists.
 
 
TCA TALK
 
A Crackle stop-motion animation special, SuperMansion: Drag Me to Halloween, is slated to premiere on Thursday, October 5, it was announced at the TCA summer tour. Bryan Cranston, a SuperMansion exec producer, is among the voice cast; Lake Bell (Boston Legal) and Phil LaMarr (MADtv) guest voice.
 
Crackle also unveiled plans to release an interactive and immersive VR experience based on drama StartUp. Season 2, which starts its 10-episode sophomore season on Thursday, September 28, picks up after the takeover by the Russian mob of digital currency GenCoin.
 
The President Trump era will offer plenty of fodder for season 2 of Netflix revival One Day at a Time, which focuses on a Latino family, said executive producer Gloria Calderon Kellett, but storylines won’t name Trump directly. “We’re addressing a world where 45 is president and deal with specific things,” said the EP. “There’s an overall feeling and demeanor in how this family feels.”
 
 
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
 
What’s the dish? Celebrity chef Bobby Flay and season 9 Food Network Star winner Damaris Phillips host new daytime cook/talk series The Bobby and Damaris Show starting Sunday, September 3 at 12:30p on Food Network. Among the drop-ins for culinary conversation are Ina Garten and Katie Lee.
 
Also coming up next month on Food Network is the season premiere of Valerie’s Home Cooking on Saturday, September 16 at 12p, and the debut of this year’s Halloween Baking Championship on Monday, September 25 at 9p.
 
ID has renewed newsmagazine The Real Story with Maria Elena Salinas for a 10-episode second season, premiering in 2018. Salinas recently announced her departure as Univision News anchor by year’s end.
 
In murkier waters, ID’s Swamp Murders is back for season 5 on Saturday, August 19 at 10p. First up: the case of a real estate agent whose body is discovered along the Missouri River.
 
Also renewed for a sophomore run is WE tv’s From Not to Hot, following “Mama June” Shannon as she discovers that the 300 pounds she dropped was the least of her problems.
 
OWN ordered a third season of Greenleaf, year to date the #5 original scripted series on ad-supported cable in W25-54 Live+3 viewing, and upped Rick Fox to series regular. Second half of season 2 launches with a 2-night premiere on Tuesday, August 15 and Wednesday, August 16 at 10p.
 
Nickelodeon’s animated Mysticons, following 4 girls who transform into legendary warriors, debuts Monday, August 28 at 4p. Half-hour series will air at 4p through September 1, then continue with premieres in its regular timeslot of Sundays at 12p.
 
American Heroes Channel explores Adolf Hitler’s march to absolute power in Project Nazi: The Blueprints of Evil, a 6-part series launching tomorrow, August 9 at 10p.
 
Complex Networks’ Rated Red coming-of age comedy Play By Play has been renewed for season 2 and 3, to air exclusively on go90. Finale of season 1 is Tuesday, August 15.
 
Diesel Brothers returns to Motor Mondays on Discovery September 4 at 9p. The network promises “bigger and badder builds” this time around.
 
All the talk about health care makes us wonder: Who was your favorite TV doctor? Let us know in the new Cynopsis poll: http://cynopsis.com/poll/.
 
 
COMING UP
 
ABC’s The View celebrates its 20th anniversary on Friday, August 11 with a rebroadcast of its 1997 premiere, with Barbara Walters, moderator Meredith Vieira and co-hosts Joy Behar, Star Jones and Debbie Matanopoulos.
 
Three’s Company alums Jenilee Harrison and Richard Kline will board the ‘70s Rock & Romance Cruise through the Caribbean March 3-8, hosting special events powered by Antenna TV. The 1977-1984 sitcom airs on Antenna TV weekdays at 5p.
 
Who’s behind the buzz in children’s media? You’ll find the talent behind the most creative, exciting shows today at the Cynopsis’ Kids !magination Awards breakfast and champagne celebration on Tuesday, September 19 in NYC. Reserve your seat to toast finalists from Roblox, Amazon, Sprout, Litton Entertainment, Jim Henson, Cartoon Network, Saban Brands, Discovery Family, Mattel and many more! 
 
Fusion TV’s The A.V. Club Hosted By John Teti traveled to the set of The Price Is Right, now in its 46th season, for a behind-the-scenes look at the game show. Super fan Teti, who got to have his own “come on down!” moment, calls the experience “a dream come true.” Special ep airs Thursday, August 10 at 9p.
 
 
DIGITAL DATA
 
In its first-ever acquisition, Netflix is buying comic book publisher Millarworld (Kingsman) from Mark Millar, who will continue to work on new stories for the streaming service. “As creator and re-inventor of some of the most memorable stories and characters in recent history, ranging from Marvel’s The Avengers to Millarworld’s Kick-Ass, Kingsman, Wanted and Reborn franchises, Mark is as close as you can get to a modern day Stan Lee,” said chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
 
In a first, Showtime is offering direct-to-consumer purchase of the Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs. “The Notorious” Conor McGregor boxing match, taking place Saturday, August 26 at 9p. The highly anticipated showdown, available for purchase through cable, telco and streaming providers and on UFC.tv, will also be available on ShowtimePPV.com and through the Showtime PPV app on Apple mobile devices.
 
Kids VOD network Kabillion has launched Kabillion en Espanol, a Spanish-language app on the Roku platform. The app features titles including Dive Olly Dive, The DaVincibles and ToddWorld.
 
 
ADVERTISING
 
Avon has signed on as the official beauty sponsor for season 16 of Lifetime’s Project Runway. Host Tim Gunn surprised a crowd of 6000 sales reps with the news at their annual RepFest Convention in Nashville. The partnership includes Avon releasing behind-the-scenes content on social channels to help viewers create “runway to reality” looks at home.
 
Petco is back as a national sponsor of NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations’ “Clear the Shelters,” a pet adoption campaign. On August 19, participating shelters will offer low-cost or waived adoption fees. Since its national expansion in 2015, the initiative has resulted on over 70,000 forever homes.
 
 
 GOING GLOBAL
 
Comedy Central UK renewed The Chris Ramsey Show for a second season, evolving the Avalon produced program into the channel’s first ever weekly, topical talk show. Avalon produces.
 
GRB Entertainment announced sales of wildlife and extreme nature programs to Japan, Chine, France and Poland. Among the sales were When Fish Attack to Nippon Television Japan and Hubu Media China, and Extreme Animal Obsessions to in Poland.
 
International kids SVOD OKIDOKI is available in France on Samsung Smart TVs. Alchimie is offering two months of free trial to new users.  
 
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RATINGS
 
ID was July’s #1 ad-supported cable network for total day delivery among both P25-54 (up five ranks from July 2016) and W25-54 (up one rank from July 2016). It was ID’s best July ever in prime and total day delivery for all key demos on Live+3 viewing, averaging more than 1 million viewers in prime for the month among P2+.
 
TLC ended July in the top 10 ad-supported cable networks in prime time among W25-54 (#5), W18-49 (#6) and W18-34 (#9), with double-digit year-over-year delivery increases, and was #1 among women on Sundays.
 
Being on the other side of the Trump administration isn’t hurting MSNBC. During primetime weekday hours in July, MSNBC drew 2.13 million viewers, behind  Fox News’ 2.36 million but pulling ahead of CNN’s 961,000, according to Nielsen. But don’t cry for CNN, on track to have its second-highest primetime viewership since 2008 and best ever in full-day numbers.
 
The news just keeps getting better for Disney’s Descendants 2, which posted 10.9 million total viewers in Live+7 data. To date, Descendants 2 has reached over 26 million viewers on linear TV alone.
 
The August 2 episode of TV Land’s Younger reached a season high .85 among A24-54 in Live+3, a playback lift of 119% over its Live+SD rating. It was also the most-watched episode in series history, with 1.3 million viewers in Live+3.
 
CBS’s canceled Doubt topped the list of July’s TVision’s Attention Index, measuring eyes on screen. What’s that about? “Doubt was the first show cancelled for the 2016-2017 season, but its un-aired episodes gained traction with the summer audience,” noted Mark Green, TVision chief strategy office, to Cynopsis. “It is worth considering: do summer viewers crave more scripted programming or did “Doubt” just need more time to capture the attention of its audience?”
 
TVision’s MONTHLY ATTENION INDEX for Primetime Broadcast and Cable Shows in July
Broadcast:
Doubt (CBS) 203.8
To Tell the Truth (ABC) 161.9
Boy Band (ABC) 159.1
So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) 145.7
Love Connection (FOX) 144.4
Cable:
Married at First Sight (Lifetime) 188.7
The Challenge (MTV) 168.8
I Am Jazz (TLC) 168.4
The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 167.9
Say Yes to the Dress (TLC) 165.7
TVision measures actual eyes on screen attention from an opt-in panel of 7500 people at 2000 U.S. households, second by second with privacy safe facial recognition technology.
 
NIELSEN SOCIAL CONTENT RATINGS: Top Series and Specials by Total Interactions for the week of July 31, 2017
Program, Total Interactions (000), Facebook (000), Twitter (000)
Game of Thrones (HBO) 2408, 1803, 605
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (Syfy) 424, 346, 78
Big Brother (CBS) 366, 226, 140
Power (Starz) 289, 250, 39
WWE Monday Night RAW (USA) 279, 192, 86
Big Brother (CBS) 222, 164, 58
Big Brother (CBS) 200, 154, 45
WWE Smackdown! (USA) 171, 91, 80
America’s Got Talent (NBC) 142, 117, 25
Queen Sugar (OWN) 134, 96, 39
Source: Nielsen. Uniques and Interactions are a measure of total relevant U.S. social media activity grossed across Facebook and Twitter from three hours before through three hours after broadcast, local time. Includes primetime and late fringe programming with metrics available across social platforms on Broadcast and National Cable and excludes sports events.
 
SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top 10 U.S. Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of July 31, 2017
Program, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Content (000), Fans/Followers (000)
Teen Wolf (MTV) 5550, 142, 39, 12242
E! News (E!) 3626, 805, 5, 30228
Shadowhunters (Freeform) 2985, 216, 14, 3689
Game of Thrones (HBO) 1871, 53, 35, 31270
Today Show (NBC) 1317, 588, 2, 11924
America’s Got Talent (NBC) 1122, 199, 6, 10418
Good Morning America (ABC) 1083, 450, 2, 11946
The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 1041, 121, 9, 14915
The Fosters (Freeform) 912, 185, 5, 3968
TMZ (Warner Bros. synd.) 878, 1, .9. 13488
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 17, 2017
Primetime (000)/Total Prog. Day (000)
DSNY 2240/NICK 1317
FOXN 1939/FOXN 1240
MSNBC 1833/DSNY 1128
USA 1663/MSNBC 969
DISC 1631/HGTV 871
HGTV 1581/ADSM* 865
HIST 1378/NAN* 759
TBSC 1278/TOON 735
HALL 1109/ID 718
ID 1052/USA 710
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 17, 2017
Primetime (000)/Total Prog. Day (000)
USA 688/ADSM* 516
DISC 646/NICK 388
DSNY 578/NAN* 385
TBSC 557/DSNY 283
ADSM 511/USA 275
BRAVO 466/ID 257
FX 442/HGTV 254
VH1 432/DISC 249
HGTV 429/TBSC 245
HIST 423/TOON 231
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 17, 2017 (000)
Descendants 2 (DSNY) 3000
Phelps vs. Shark (DISC) 2645
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta (VH1) 2397
Teen Mom 2 (MTV) 2032
Shark-Croc Showdown (DISC) 1745
Basketball Wives (VH1) 1731
The Real Housewives of Orange County (BRAV) 1693
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1604
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1579
WWE Entertainment (USA) 1506
 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, August 4, 2017 time period averages.
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD
NBC: 4.05 million
America’s Got Talent 4.19, Dateline 3.76 million
CBS: 3.59 million
WE Day 1.91, Hawaii Five-0 3.86, Blue Bloods 4.99
ABC: 3.32 million
Shark Tank 3.51, What Would You Do? 3.06, 20/20 3.40
UNIVISION 1.66 million
Jose de Egipto 2.27, Doble Vida e Carrillo 1.57, Rosa de Guadelipe 1.15
TELE: 1.46 million
Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio 1.19, Sin Senos si Hay Paraiso 1.43, El Senor de los Cielos 1.77
FOX: 1.38 million
MasterChef 1.47, Beat Shazam 1.29
CW: 1.10 million
Masters of Illusion 1.24, Masters of Illusion 1.14, Penn & Teller: Fool Us .91

Friday A19-49: NBC .8/4, ABC .7/3, TELE .6/3, UNI .5/2, FOX .5/2, CBS .4/2, CW .2/1
Source: Nielsen
 
 
EXECUTIVE MOVES
 
Evan Silverman was promoted to Executive Vice President, Global Digital Products and Platforms, A+E Networks, and will oversee digital product, technology and design teams for A&E, History, Lifetime, FYI and LMN. Previously, Silverman was SVP, Digital Media for A+E Networks.
 
 
IN MEMORIAM
 
Actor Ty Hardin died August 3. He was 87. Hardin was known to television audiences for Cheyenne and its spinoff, Bronco.
 

This Day in History:  1945 – The USSR established a communist government in North Korea.
 
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question:  Which animal appeared in both Lost in Space (1965-1968) and Daktari (1966-1969)? Judy the Chimp. Kudos to: Jim Katz-Radcliffe Road Pictures/LA, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank, Ken DuBow, Bob’s Your Uncle/LA, Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX, John Kukla-KDFW Fox 4/Dallas, Patti Rodriguez-Sinclair Broadcast Group, James Ryan-A+E Networks/NYC, Brad Stern-POM Technologies/NYC, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach, FL
 
Today’s Trivia Question – Pets Theme Week: Which piano-playing pet watched Walter Cronkite? (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: Anagram: Tenth Doe Whispers = The President Show. Kudos to: David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NYC, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA
 
Classic Comedy Anagram: A Big Meek Ram! (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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JOB OPENING: SENIOR BUSINESS ANALYST/AD SALES SYSTEMS/A+E Networks/NY: Sr. Business Analyst for Ad Sales Systems will be responsible for managing all Digital & CRM Systems for the Ad Sales group. This is a high growth opportunity in A+E Networks Global Technology Group. Full Info/Apply HERE (8/11)


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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY, AUGUST 8
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 [f]
PBS: Secrets of the Dead [r, Ireland’s Wild Coast [r] 
Telemundo: Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision:  Enamorandoma de Ramon, La DobleVida de Estela Carrilo, La Tierra Prometida
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