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08.15.16
Good morning. It’s Monday August 15, 2016, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Today’s Premiere:
VH1: Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood at 8p
Tonight’s Finale:
MTV: Are You the One? at 10p
Actor Thomas Gibson, suspended last week following an alleged on-set altercation two weeks earlier on Criminal Minds, was let go on Friday. “Creative details for how the character’s exit will be addressed in the show will be announced at a later date,” said a statement from ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios. Gibson, who has been with Criminal Minds since its premiere in 2005, said, “I love Criminal Minds and have put my heart and soul into it for the last twelve years. I had hoped to see it through to the end, but that won’t be possible now. I would just like to say thank you to the writers, producers, actors, our amazing crew, and, most importantly, the best fans that a show could ever hope to have.” Crime drama returns to CBS Wednesday, September 28 at 9p.
Fox News Channel named Fox Television Studios CEO Jack Abernethy and SVP Bill Shine co-presidents of Fox News Channel. They replace Roger Ailes, who left last month, after being accused of sexual harassment. “Jack was integral to the launch and success of Fox News nearly 20 years ago and we’re delighted he’s going to take on this additional role,” said Fox executive chairman Rupert Murdoch. “Bill Shine has developed and produced a signature primetime that has dominated the cable news landscape for 14 of his 20 years with Fox News. His leadership and keen eye for programming has played a fundamental role in the success of both Fox News and Fox Business Network.” Suzanne Scott was named EVP, programming and development.”
The directors/EPs of Making A Murderer responded to the overturned conviction of Brendan Dassey, one of two men convicted in the murder case questioned in the Netflix docu-series. “This recent news shows the criminal justice system at work,” said Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos. “As we have done for the past 10 years, we will continue to document the story as it unfolds, and follow it wherever it may lead.” Dassey’s uncle Steven Avery, serving a life sentence, has appealed his conviction.
Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly have been promoted to co-head writers for season 42 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, reports TheWrap. The duo have been responsible for sketches including “Bern Your Enthusiasm,” starring Larry David as Bernie Sanders, and “(Do It On My) Twin Bed.”
Did Unfiltered host Dennis Michael Lynch take his show’s title a little too seriously? The ardent Donald Trump supporter said on-air Wednesday that conservative NewsmaxTV wanted to restrict his Trump views. He was taken off the air and replaced by another host; by Thursday, he wrote on his website, “The program is finished.” Lynch said he plans to start his own network.
Charge! A Texas TV station is producing a lifestyle show set in one of the country’s largest shopping malls. Houston Life will air weekdays on KRPC, Graham Media’s NBC affiliate in Space City. “Our team is working hard on what promises to be an energetic, fun and informative experience for our viewers,” said KPRC VP and GM Jerry Martin.
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Critical Content announced the launch of internal incubator Critical Labs, made up of 10 millennials tasked with developing and producing original IP for traditional media, digital and OTT. SVP Josh Bingham will oversee the operation. “These days you hear a lot of corporate jargonist as throwing around silly catchphrases like ‘millennial-facing,’” said Bingham. “I only sort of know what that means, but every day I’m actually facing a room full of inspired millennials and empowering them to create shows and content that they would want to watch and engage with. Not sure if that makes me Doc Brown or Nikola Tesla, but it feels like we’re on to something.”
CBS grabbed a comedy project from Carter Bays and Craig Thomas (How I Met Your Mother), comedian Chris Distefano and Sony Pictures Television. Inspired by the comedy of Distefano, laughs focus on two 20somethings raising their newborn daughter in raucous Italian and Puerto Rican families.
Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder (Ringer) inked a two-year overall deal with Universal Television that includes serving as exec producers on new midseason NBC drama Midnight, Texas.
Writer-producer Jami O’Brien (Hell on Wheels) signed two-year overall deal with AMC that calls for her to join the writing staff of Fear the Walking Dead, and write and exec produce supernatural horror series NOS4A2.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: August 12-14, 2016
Suicide Squad (Warner Bros.) $43.7 million (week 2), cume revenue $222.9 million
Sausage Party (Sony) $33.6 million, opening weekend
Pete’s Dragon (Buena Vista) $21.5 million, opening weekend
Jason Bourne (Universal) $13.6 million (week 3), cume revenue $126.8 million
Bad Moms (STX Entertainment) $11.4 million (week 3), cume revenue $71.5 million
The Secret Life of Pets (Universal) $8.8 million (week 6), cume revenue $335.9 million
Star Trek Beyond (Paramount) $6.8 million (week 4), cume revenue $139.7 million
Florence Foster Jenkins (Paramount) $6.6 million, opening weekend
Nine Lives (Europacorp) $3.5 million (week 2), cume revenue $13.6 million
Lights Out (Warner Bros.) $3.2 million (week 4), cume revenue $61.1 million
Source: comScore
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Broadcast ratings may have dipped this Olympics season, but “This will be our most economically successful Games in history,” said NBC Sports Group chairman Mark Lazarus in a conference call. Lazarus revealed that NBC sold $30 million of additional advertising since the Games began, over and above the record-breaking $1.2 billion sold before. With coverage spread across 10 channels and events streamed online, “Overall, our ratings consumption is meeting our expectations, the mix is just a little different,” said Lazarus. “Our advertisers are happy.” To harmonize measurement data, NBCUniversal has created a tool called Total Audience Delivery for the Olympics, showing how many viewers have seen Olympics content across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.
Who will win for best educational series and what’s the leading online game for kids? The winners will be revealed (plus many more) at our Kids !magination Awards breakfast next month on 9/27. We look forward to seeing you and your team there! Register here.
NEW AND RETURNING SERIES
Following a brief hiatus, Showtime’s The Circus returns Sunday, September 11 at 8p, in time for the first scheduled presidential debate between nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on September 26.
Do you think Donald Trump will participate in the presidential debates? Let us know in the new Cynopsis poll.
PBS’s Forces of Nature, a four-part co-production with BBC, premieres Wednesday, September 14 at 8p. Series explores the elements that have kept Earth on the move for billions of years.
True crime fans have a killer week ahead. The season four premiere of ID’s Swamp Murders airs Tuesday, August 16 at 9p, followed by the season finales of Six Degrees of Murder on Wednesday, August 17 at 10, Passport to Murder on Friday, August 19 at 10p and How (Not) to Kill Your Husband on Saturday, August 20 at 10p.
HGTV renewed Masters of Flip for season two. The renovation series set in Nashville will be back in October. During its freshman run, the show drew more than 12 million viewers.
CNBC’s Ground Zero: Freedom vs Fear premieres Thursday, September 1 at 10p. Documentary tells the story of the redevelopment the site, with exclusive access inside the new security command center.
Rocko’s Modern Life is coming back as a one-hour special. The animated series starring an Australian wallaby aired on Nickelodeon from 1993-1996. “I’m very happy to be rejoining Rocko and my friends from O-Town again,” said the show’s creator, Joe Murray. “What I have found by bringing these characters back is that it’s not so much about nostalgia, but a sense that they still feel relevant and fresh to me, and after twenty years, they can’t wait to comment on modern life in the 21st century.”
Disney nets will air a most-ever 100 NBA games next season, including 82 on ESPN and 18 on ABC. From January to April, games will air four days a week.
Tonight is the premiere of MTV’s True Life: We Are Orlando. The special episode of the True Life docu-series follows survivors of the Orlando anti-LGBT shooting, starting at 8p. A True Life: We Are Orlando digital series has been running on MTV social channels.
Fusion is hosting a Libertarian presidential forum, hosted by Jorge Ramos and Alicia Menendez. The one-hour event, focused on presidential candidate Gary Johnson and VP candidate Wiliam Weld airs Wednesday, August 17 at 8p.
Tiya Sircar landed a major recurring role in upcoming NBC comedy The Good Place, starring Ted Danson and Kristen Bell. Series bows Monday, September 19 at 10p.
Showtime’s streaming service has over one million subscribers, announced Showtime president David Nevins at TCA. But the success of the app doesn’t signal the end of cable companies, according to Nevins. “Bundling is not going away,” predicted the exec. “The truth is cable companies are seeing a resurgence. In five years, different people will be putting out different bundles.”
Woodcut Media is producing docu-series Combat Ships for A+E Networks UK. The 10-parter is slated to premiere on channel H2 in early 2017.
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NBC’s coverage of the Olympics on Friday averaged 6.3/25 among A18-49, according to early numbers. ABC landed in second place among the Big Four with .9/4 across the board for Shark Tank, What Would You Do? and 20/20.
Reruns of CBS’s Big Bang Theory and Life in Pieces were up among A18-49 on Thursday (to 1.4 from 1.3 and 1.2 from 1.0, respectively) versus the prior week, despite facing Olympics competition.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, August 11, 2016 fast affiliate ratings.
Source: Nielsen.
NBC: 17.8/31
Olympics 17.8/31
CBS: 3.1/5
The Big Bang Theory [r] 4.2/8, Life in Pieces [r] 3.1/5 Big Brother 3.6/6, Code Black 2.0/4
ABC: 1.7/3
Battlebots [r] 1.8/3, $100,000 Pyramid [r] 1.7/3, Match Game [r] 1.6/3
FOX 1.5/3
Rosewood [r] 1.5/3, Bones [r] 1.5/2
UNIVISION: 1.0/2
Un Camino Hacio el Destino 1.1/2, Tres Veces Ana 1.0/2, Tres Ana .9/2
CW: .7/1
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow .8/1, Beauty and the Beast .7/1
Thursday A18-49 Ratings: NBC 9.0/31, CBS 1.3/4, ABC .6/2, FOX .6/2, UNI .6/2, CW .4/1
This Day in History: 1971 – President Richard Nixon announced there would be a 90-day freeze on wages, rents and prices.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What did the Inspector have on his car sticker in Sledge Hammer (1986-1988)? I Love Violence. Kudos to: James Ryan-A+E Networks/NYC, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach, FL, Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX, Susan Nessanbam-Goldberg-Generate/LA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank, Chris Remy Rock Neely-Boeing International Entertainment Group/Long Beach, CA, John Feriazzo/London
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY AUGUST 15, 2016
ABC: Bachelor in Paradise, Mistresses
CBS: Mom [r], 2 Broke Girls [r], Mom [r], The Odd Couple [r], Scorpion [r]
CW: Supergirl [r], Supergirl [r]
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance
NBC: Rio Olympics
PBS: Antiques Road Show, American Experience [r]
Telemundo: Silvana Sin Lana, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso, Senora Acero: La Coyote
Univision: Un Camino Hacio el Destino, Tres Veces Ana
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