08/15/17: Univision series to air with English subtitles; White House drama lands at NBC; HBO not playing hacker’s game

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Republic, from Blindspot’s Alex Berger, Martin Gero and Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, landed a put pilot commitment from NBC. “Hopeful political drama” follows a moderate Republican president and his new female chief of staff facing an administration in crisis.
 
Winning entries in the Universal Cable Productions second annual “Pitch Fest” have been placed in development at the studio. Futures, by Erin Wood, focuses on 5 brilliant millennials determined to break free from private shareholders who own them. Sci-fi thriller The Haints, from David Merritt II, is set in the early 90s, when 6 African-American teens implicated in a classmate’s murder are determined to bring her back alive. UCP targeted entries focused on diversity, partnering with NBCUniversal Talent Infusion Programs.
 
 
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
 
El Chapo is back for season 2 on Univision Sunday, September 17. But this time around, the series focused on the drug kingpin will air with English subtitles. “Based on intense interest in this story, we are taking an unprecedented step to expand the reach of our breakout series El Chapo by making it accessible with English subtitles on Univision Network,” said Camila Jimenez Villa, co-president and chief content officer of Fusion Media Group. “This move speaks to the uniqueness of a series that has captured the attention of audiences around the world.”
 
New Lifetime competition series American Beauty Star launches Thursday, September 21 at 10:30p. It’s the first reality TV project for exec producer Norton Herrick and Herrick Entertainment.
 
OWN docu-series Released, following former inmates for the first 90 days after their release from prison, premieres Saturday, September 30 at 10p.
 
Universo Vice, produced by Vice Media, launches on Universo Sunday, August 20 at 8p. Ten-episode series is the first time Spanish-language audiences will have access to Vice content. “The program will be a window to the world with a different point of view, a more direct feel without judgment, and in Spanish,” said Bilai Joa Silar, SVP of programming and production.
 
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Millennial tech entrepreneur Garrett Gee, who sold his company to Snapchat for $54 million in 2014, and his sister Miristi Gee travel to the Philippines, the land of their ancestry, for the first time in reality travelogue Discovering Routes. Series launches Tuesday, September 12 at 8p on Myx TV.  
 
 
COMING UP
 
Former NFL quarterback, GMA correspondent and 2004 The Bachelor Jesse Palmer will host syndicated DailyMailTV, launching Monday, September 18. Palmer will continue as an analyst for ESPN.
 
Craft in America, now in its 10th year on PBS, will for the first time head to Mexico to focus on cultural synergies, in Craft in America: Borders on Friday, September 29 at 9p, and Craft in America: Neighbors at 10p (check local listings).
 
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Two-hour Oxygen special Snapped Notorious: Drew Peterson premieres Friday, August 25 at 9p on the rebranded-to-true-crime net. The show, featuring an interview with Peterson’s son, Stephen, marks the 10th anniversary since the disappearance of Peterson’s fourth wife, Stacy Peterson (and is not to be confused with ID’s Drew Peterson: An American Murder Mystery August 27).
 
Ready to have the time of your life? Freeform is celebrating the 30th (!) anniversary of Dirty Dancing with an all-day marathon on Monday, August 21, starting at 7a. The film is also available on the Freeform app and Freeform.com throughout August.
 
 
DIGITAL DATA
 
ABC and the Country Music Association are releasing 360 VR experiences for CMA Fest, including full performances from Dierks Bentley with Cole Swindell and Brett Eldredge on ABC Facebook and YouTube channels, and via Littlestar’s app for headsets and mobile devices. It’s ABC Entertainment Marketing’s third VR production, following 2 executions on Dancing With the Stars. CMA Fest airs Wednesday, August 16 at 8p.
 
Netflix also ordered an original young adult series from UK-based New Pictures. The untitled drama tells the story of teenage love, with a supernatural twist.
 
 
ADVERTISING
 
The benefits of less commercial TV clutter may not be apparent in the short term, suggests an article in the Wall Street Journal, which notes that Viacom attributed a 2% dip in domestic ad sales to a reduced ad loads at its networks. “The reality is the reduced commercialization has not translated to incremental rating points,” Gibbs Haljun, a managing director of GroupM, told the WSJ. But its not just about ratings – “ad effectiveness is true value,” said Donna Speciale, president of Turner ad sales (who did comment on revenue impact). Turner research showed lifts in brand awareness of 30% and 39% at truTV and TNT following cuts in commercial time.
 
Michelle Peluso, SVP and CMO for IBM, will receive the “Great Mind President’s Award” at the ARF awards luncheon, September 19 in NY.
 
 
CASTING
 
Connie Britton (Nashville) will appear in a multi-episode guest arc and Miguel Gomez (The Strain) landed a series regular role on upcoming Showtime comedy SMILF, premiering Sunday, November 5 at 10p. Recurring on the series will be Raven Goodwin (Being Mary Jane) and Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World).
 
Michael Douglas will play an actor-turned-teacher with Alan Arkin as his longtime agent in Netflix comedy, The Kominsky Method, from Chuck Lorre.
 
Blythe Danner has joined the cast of Showtime’s 5-part limited series Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
 
Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) will star in a dramedy in development at Bravo, Suburbs Famous (wt), about a suburban housewife who gains fame in a viral video.
 
Despite the fact that his character’s neck was snapped during season one of Netflix superhero series Jessica Jones, David Tennant will recur on season 2. No details on how that’s gonna work.
 
Barbara Hershey (Damien) will recur on Fox’s revived The X-Files, reports Deadline. Hershey will play a powerful figure representing a mysterious organization.
 
 
 GOING GLOBAL
 
Endemol Shine Group and Universal Television Alternative Studio announced a deal for NBC game show The Wall for SEVEN in Australia.
 
Japan’s Nippon TV is packing six new titles for MIPCOM: scripted format My Son, dramas Overprotected Kahoko and My Lover’s Secret, and non-scripted formats Witness The Fitness, Impress Us, and YES MAN discovers the world. 
 
GRB Entertainment sold crime docs Black and Blue to International Content Media in the Caribbean; The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter to Polsat in Poland; Babies Behind Bars to WP1 Grupa in Poland and Sony Entertainment Networks in the UK; and Until Proven Innocent: The Hannah Overton Story to Sony in the UK.
 
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RATINGS
 
Fox reports Sunday’s Teen Choice Awards delivered 1.9 million total viewers, up 12% from last year, and a .6/2 rating among A18-49, up 20%. Among A18-34, the show was even with .4/2 in early numbers and ranked #1 for the night in Teens (1.5/11).
 
Bravo’s season 9 finale of The Real Housewives of New York City delivered a season high among all key demos, with 1.4 million P18-49 (up +14% versus the prior week’s episode), 1.7 million P25-54 (up +12%), and 2.7 million total viewers (up +6%) in Live+3 Nielsens.
 
USA’s The Sinner grew in its second week in A18-49 (+7% to 1.4 million), A25-54 (+5% to 1.6 million) and A18-34 (+4% to 543,000). Over its first two episodes, the series is averaging 3.5 million P2+ in Live+3.
 
Part 1 of History’s 3-night The Cars That Made America delivered 1.6 million total viewers on Sunday, growing 35% from its first to last half hour and becoming the network’s second most-watched special telecast of 2017 to date in total viewers. Counting Cars, which followed, drew 1.2 million total viewers, up nine percent versus its last premiere. 
 
NIELSEN SOCIAL CONTENT RATINGS: Top Series and Specials by Total Interactions for the week of August 7, 2017
Program, Total Interactions (000), Facebook (000), Twitter (000)
Game of Thrones (HBO) 1383, 952, 431
Teen Choice 2017 (Fox) 867, 314, 553
The Bachelorette (ABC) 838, 378, 459
Big Brother (CBS) 328, 211, 116
WWE Monday Night RAW (USA) 236, 142, 94
Big Brother (CBS) 232, 179, 53
Big Brother (CBS) 222, 179, 44
Power (Starz) 156, 114, 42
Love & Hip Hop: Hollwood (VH1) 155, 71, 84
Insecure (HBO) 152, 23, 129
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 August 7, 2017
Program, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Content (000), Fans/Followers (000)
E! News (E!) 4301, 739, 6, 30283
Shadowhunters (Freeform) 3774, 233, 16, 3731
Teen Wolf (MTV) 3372, 108, 31, 12268
Game of Thrones (HBO) 1930, 46, 42, 31690
TMZ (synd.) 1210, 895, 1, 11947
Today Show (NBC) 1153, 557, 7, 20298
The Tonight Show (NBC) 1074, 153, 7, 1507
Orphan Black (BBCA) 1045, 147, 7, 1507
America’s Got Talent (NBC) 768, 200, 4, 10488
Good Morning America (ABC) 765, 418, 2, 11966
Based on Total Actions (reactions, comments, shares and retweets)
 
Live + Same Day Household Viewers (millions): Friday, August 11, 2017 time period averages.
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD
NBC: 3.93 million
America’s Got Talent 4.06, Dateline 3.69 million
CBS: 4.56 million
MacGyver 4.84, Blue Bloods 5.20, Son of Sam: The Killer Speaks at 3.64
ABC: 3.46 million
Shark Tank 3.45, What Would You Do? 3.14, 20/20 3.81
UNIVISION 1.47 million
Enamorandome de Ramon 1.40, Doble Vida e Carrillo 1.56, Tierra Prometida 1.44
TELE: 1.60 million
Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio 1.48, Sin Senos si Hay Paraiso 1.58, El Senor de los Cielos 1.76
FOX: 1.60 million
MasterChef 1.62, Beat Shazam 1.59
CW: .97 million
Masters of Illusion 1.01, Masters of Illusion .88, Penn & Teller: Fool Us .99

Friday A18-49:  NBC .6/3, ABC .6/3, TELE .6/3, CBS .5/3, UNI .4/2, FOX .4/2, CW .2/1
Source: Nielsen
 
 
EXECUTIVE MOVES
 
Kevin Smith was appointed Senior Vice President Business Development & Partnerships for Dick Clark Productions. Most recently, Smith was SVP at Comcast Media 360.
 
Entertainment Studios hired Eric Gould as Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Investment Officer. Gould comes to Entertainment Studios from Guggenheim, where was a Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager.
 
Hit+Run promoted Noah Korn to Vice President of Development. Korn was previously Director of Development at ITV Studios America.
 
Deluxe Entertainment appointed Walter Schonfeld as President of Deluxe Distribution. Schonfeld, who joined the company in 2016, had been President of Digital Cinema Global Operations.
 
Sling TV founding CEO Roger Lynch is leaving the Dish Network company to join music streaming company Pandora as CEO and President, effective September 18. To fill the hole at Sling TV, Dish Presdent Erik Carlson will start overseeing the OTT service.
 
 
IN MEMORIAM
 
Actor/director/writer Joe Bologna died after battling pancreatic cancer. He was 82. Among the television writing credits for Bologna and his wife of 52 years, Renee Taylor, were TV series Calucci’s Department and American Dream Machine, and specials Acts of Love and Other Comedies and Bedrooms.
 

This Day in History: 1620 – The Mayflower left from Southampton, England with 102 Pilgrims.
 
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Why was Hal Holbrook’s character killed off Designing Women (1986-1993)? Holbrook joined the cast of Evening Shade (1990-1994). Kudos to: Holly Hearn-H2 Concierge Marketing/Sarasota, FL,
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY, AUGUST 15
ABC: Bachelor in Paradise, 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, Hollywood Game Night
PBS: The Bomb [r], Frontline [r] 
Telemundo: Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision:  Enamorandoma de Ramon, La Doble Vida de Estela Carrilo, La Tierra Prometida
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