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08.14.14
Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 14, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ID: The Worst Thing I Ever Did at 10p
We TV: Braxton Family Values at 9p, SWV Reunited at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
ABC: NY Med at 10p
Fox: Gang Related at 9p
NBC: Last Comic Standing at 9p
TLC: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo at 9p, Leah Remini: It’s All Relative at 10:30p
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Median age: 29 | #1 social reality network in prime | 811,000 total viewers (Source) "There is plenty of talent here worthy of an audience…" – The New York Times
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Update: Survivor‘s work halt didn’t last long. About two dozen non-unionized editors and assistants walked off the job yesterday, after Motion Pictures Editors Guild notified Mark Burnett’s Island Post Productions that the workers want a union contract. “They seek the same health benefits, pensions, and basic protections that their counterparts elsewhere in the industry have long enjoyed,” said Guild president Alan Heim in a statement posted on the union’s web site. Hours later, Island Post agreed to union recognition, and work resumes tomorrow. Post-production work was underway for the Season 29 premiere of the CBS reality show, slated for Wednesday, September 24.
Emmy Awards producers are “in discussion” for a Memoriam segment for Robin Williams. “While we are all still coming to terms with this week’s tragic news,” said exec producer Don Mischer, “we are working to give Robin Williams the proper and meaningful remembrance he so well deserves.” Williams, who just last year honored his mentor, the late Jonathan Winters, at the ceremony, died Monday at age 63. Emmys air live on NBC Monday, August 25.
Nothing beats a big small screen, according to research commissioned by BroadStream Systems. Despite the preponderance of options for TV viewing on PCs, tablets and smartphones, the vast majority of Americans polled said they prefer to watch television shows…on a television, according to a survey by market research firm YouGov that found 82 percent of respondents regularly use their TV set for live TV viewing, versus 14 percent who use a laptop, 10 percent who use a desktop, 8 percent who use a mobile phone and 7 percent a tablet. The survey also showed 64 percent of viewers like to watch their favorite shows in groups – no easy task on a smartphone.
TV spoilers are the worst, according to a TiVo survey. Among people who said they’d had a movie, show or sports outcome spoiled for them, 64 percent of those surveyed said the most common experience was a major plot point on a TV show, with 56 percent reporting it was a character’s death. West Coasters have it the hardest – about 30 percent of respondents in the Pacific time zone say they avoid the Internet when a program with an ending they’re invested in airs in another time zone.
Fusion is producing a documentary with The Simpsons’ Sam Simon, focused on the comedy’s co-creator as he spends the final months of his life fighting for animal rights. Diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 2012, Simon has donated much of his fortune to rescuing animals. “Our hope is to pay tribute to his life and career while also sparking an important conversation about animal rights and empowering young people to be a catalyst for change,” said Fusion CEO Isaac Lee.
Frozen is the gift that keeps on giving for Disney. After reeling in over a billion dollars at the box office worldwide and collecting millions more from album and DVD sales, consumer merchandise and mobile games, the highest-grossing animated film in history will be the focus of a special on ABC. The Story of Frozen: Making A Disney Animated Classic is scheduled for Tuesday, September 2 at 8p. Produced by Lincoln Square Productions, the special promises “exciting announcements about the next chapter of Frozen, and a preview of the film’s characters…in their upcoming appearance on ABC’s Once Upon a Time.”
Former Warner Bros. EVP in the emerging technology division Charles L. Dages was elected Chairman of the governing board of trustees of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Dages has been co-chair of NATAS’ Awards Committee since 2010.
Get ‘em before they’re gone! Networking, keynotes, Commissioners and top brands in the business will all be at the Cynopsis Sports Business Summit and Women of Action on Aug. 19-20 in NY. Our annual sold out conferences continue to deliver with organizations this year that will include Chobani, Twitter, SiriusXM, Mars, CBS Sports, NFL and NBA.For more info and to register, click here.
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Social Media TV… Mergers & Acquisitions… oh my!
"CABLE INTERRUPTED: A BRAVE NEW WORLD" WICT New York’s Executive Women’s Luncheon
Sept. 29, 2014, 11 a.m. 2 p.m. Mandarin Oriental, NYC
Featuring CNN Digital Correspondent Kelly Wallace as moderator.
Panelists include:
Shelley Brindle, HBO; Laura Lee, YouTube;
Craig Moffett, MoffettNathanson; and Matt Strauss, Comcast Cable.
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WGN America is expanding its original programming slate. The net gave a straight-to-series order for drama Titans, from creator/exec producer Peter Mattei and exec producers Paul Giamatti and Peter Tolan (Rescue Me), its third original scripted drama. And pre-production has been authorized for Underground, from creators/exec producers Misha Green (Sons of Anarchy) and Joe Pokaski (Heroes) and exec producer Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind). Both projects will be produced by Sony Pictures Television and Tribune Studios.
The Happy Days episode featuring Robin Williams as an alien from Ork that led to ABC spin-off Mork & Mindy will air on Hub Network Friday, August 15 at 9p and 9:30p. The hour will include a tribute to the actor.
Discovery is mining for ratings with a special Gold Rush lineup set for Tuesday, August 19. At 8p, two-hour “Parker’s Take” has big winner Parker Schnabel offering behind-the-scenes scoop on season four of the network hit and answering questions from fans. At 10p comes “Heroes and Zeroes,” with top moments from last year as well as a sneak peek at season five, premiering in October.
Lifetime movie premiere dates include #PopFan, about a young singer rescued from a car crash by an unstable fan, on Saturday, August 23 at 8p; biopic The Brittany Murphy Story, starring Amanda Fuller (Last Man Standing) on Saturday, September 6 at 8p and revenge drama Deliverance Creek, with author Nicholas Sparks at the helm as exec producer, on Saturday, September 13 at 8p.
Al Jazeera America premieres Edge of Eighteen, a six-part documentary about teens and education, on Sunday, September 7 at 9p. High school students were given camera gear for the project, then documented their lives with video diaries and interviews.
Spark: A Burning Man Story premieres Thursday, August 21 at 8p on Showtime. The 90-minute doc from filmmakers Steve Brown and Jessie Deeter uses interviews and archival footage to explore the history of the summer festival.
Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland) discovers her royal lineage, along with hardship and tragedy, as she explores her family history on TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are?. Ep airs tonight at 9p.
Add former American Idol judge Nicki Minaj to the roster of performers at the MTV Video Music Awards. Show will be broadcast live on Sunday, August 24 at 9p on MTV.
ID is bringing back Surviving Evil for a second season on Wednesday, September 3 at 9p. Charisma Carpenter (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) returns as host of the series, featuring first-person accounts of women who lived to tell about fighting back against vicious attackers.
HBO is grabbing more of The Leftovers. Taking into account time-shifting, replays and streaming, the drama starring Justin Theroux is delivering close to 8 million viewers weekly. Season one finale airs Sunday, September 7 at 10p.
ABC Family picked up a fourth season of Switched at Birth, ahead of the teen drama’s season three final Monday, August 18 at 8p. Switched ranks as cable TV’s top series in its time period in key female demos.
Season two of TLC’s Little People Big World launches with the first of five eps on Tuesday, September 2 at 10p. While the elder Roloffs untangle their marriage bond, twins Jeremy and Zach are ready to tie the knot.
Thandie Newton has been added to HBO pilot Westworld, joining a high-wattage cast including Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris and Evan Rachel Wood. Newton also stars in DirecTV’s Rogue, just picked up for 20 more eps.
Steven Weber (Wings) landed a major recurring role in Syfy thriller Helix, returning for season two in 2015.
Alysia Reiner (Orange Is the New Black) booked a recurring role on ABC’s upcoming How to Get Away with Murder, premiering Thursday, September 25 at 10p.
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A 20/20 special focused on the late Robin Williams was the second highest rated show among the Big Four Tuesday night, earning 1.7/5 among A18-49 and an audience of 7.2 million.
Shark Week 2014 is going swimmingly for Discovery. Day two of the stunt, the network ranked as the number one primetime network in all of television (excluding sports) among M18-49 and P/M/W 18-34 delivery, earning its highest-rated Shark Week Monday ever in key demos during prime time with a 1.81 P25-54 rating, and delivering 3.2 million viewers P2+.
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Tuesday with 1.7/6, according to Nielsen. Univision’s Mi Corazon Es Tuyo was first at 8p with 1.6/6, followed by ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss, CBS’s NCIS and NBC’s Food Fighters, all with 1.0/4. NBC’s America’s Got Talent topped 9p with 2.0/7, versus 1.8/6 for Uni’s Que Vida Me Robo. Talent stayed in the lead at 10p with 2.1/7; ABC’s 20/20 placed second with 1.7/5.
A18-49: NBC 1./6, UNI 1.6/6, ABC 1.4/5, CBS .9/3, TELE .7/2, FOX .6/2, ION .4/1, CW .3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: August 12, 2014 – time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 4.6/8
Food Fighters 2.6/5, America’s Got Talent 5.7/10
CBS: 4.1/7
NCIS [r] 5.2/9, NCIS: Los Angeles [r] 4.0/7, Person of Interest [r] 3.2/6
ABC: 3.4/6
Extreme Weight Loss 2.7/5, 20/20: Robin Williams 4.9/9
UNIVISION: 2.0/3
Mi Corazon Es Tuyo 2.0/4, Que Vida me Robo 2.3/4, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.8/3
TELE: .9/1
Reina de Corazones .8/1, En Otra Piel .8/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.2/2
FOX: .9/2
Family Guy [r] 1.2/2, Brooklyn Nine-Nine [r] .9/2, New Girl [r] .8/1, Mindy Project [r] .9/1
ION: 1.0/2
Criminal Minds .8/1, Criminal Minds .9/1, Criminal Minds 1.0/2
CW: .5/1
Arrow [r] .5/1, Supernatural [r] .5/1
Fox International Channels appointed Cherry Yates to the newly created position of Vice President, Corporate Communications. Yates will continue in her role as Vice President of Global Communications for National Geographic Channels International.
Saurabh Bhatia has been tapped to serve as Chief Executive Officer of mobile video advertising firm Vdopia. Bhatia, a co-founder of the company, had been its Chief Business Officer.
Mary Carole McDonnell announced plans to leave her position as Executive Vice President, Programming for Raycom Media, effective September 2014, to focus her efforts on Bellum Entertainment, the television production company she launched in 2005.
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This Day In History: 2003 – 50 million people lost power in a blackout across the northeastern U.S. and parts of Canada.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which ‘60s sitcom character adored “the minuet, the Ballet Russe and crepes Suzette”? Cathy on The Patty Duke Show (1963-66). Kudos to: Shari Lampert-CNBC/Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Rita Mullin-Science Channel/Silver Spring, MD, Fred Cerullo-Grand Central Partnership/NYC, Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NYC, Larry Glazer-WTTW TV/Chicago, Joe Leydon-Cowboys & Indians Magazine/Houston, Jim Gray-FrogLight Pdns/Missoula, MT, Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas, Richard Quan/San Francisco, Jimmy Cuomo-artboy inc/Hollywood, CA, John Amato-Good Day L.A./KTTV/LA, Drew Smith-BuckShot Prods./LA, Stephen Kelley-9 Story Entertainment/Toronto.
Today’s Trivia Question: Which three sitcoms ended their runs at the top of the Nielsens? (Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.).
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY AUGUST 14, 2014
ABC: The Quest, Rookie Blue, NY Med [f]
CBS: The Big Bang Theory [r], Mom [r], Big Brother, Elementary [r]
CW: The Vampire Diaries [r], The Originals [r]
Fox: Sleepy Hollow [r], Gang Related [f]
NBC: Hollywood Game Night [r], Last Comic Standing [f]
PBS: This Old House Hour [r], Breakfast Special [r], Antiques Roadshow [r]
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, En Otra Piel, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Lo Que la Vida Me Robo, Qhe Pobres Tan Ricos
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