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08.18.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, August 18, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres:
Cooking: Carnival Eats at 10:30p
CW: America’s Next Top Model at 9p
Discovery: Fast N’ Loud at 9p
Escape: network launch at 12p
Grit: network launch at 12p
Univision: Hasta el Fin del Mundo at 9p
VH1: Atlanta Exes at 9p
Weather: Hurricane 360 at 9p Tonight’s Finales:
ABC Family: Switched at Birth at 8p, The Fosters at 9p
Bravo: The Real Housewives of Orange County at 9p
DIY: Yard Crashers at 10p, Kitchen Crashers at 11p
HBO nabbed the most awards at the Creative Arts Emmys Saturday night. NBC was second with ten – including five for Saturday Night Live, the most for any series while PBS brought home eight and Fox and Netflix each won seven. Among the winners: Orange Is the New Black’s Uzo Aduba for Outstanding Guest Actress, Hollywood Game Night’s Jane Lynch for Outstanding Host for a Reality Program, Discovery’s Deadliest Catch for Unstructured Reality Program, Shark Tank for Structured Reality Program and Showtime’s Years of Living Dangerously for Outstanding Documentary. A two-hour edited version of the presentation airs Sunday, August 24 on FXM, the day before the live 66th Annual Primetime Emmys on NBC. For more winners go here.
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Craig Ferguson is in final negotiations to host a syndicated talker for Tribune Media in a 7p time slot. Ferguson announced in April that he would leave CBS’s Late Late Show in December; he hosts syndicated game show Celebrity Name Game starting in fall 2015.
Former Vice President Al Gore, whose CurrentTV was sold for $500 million and rebranded Al Jazeera America, is suing for fraud and breach of contract, claiming AJA withheld $65 million of proceeds from the sale. “Our outside counsel is reviewing the complaint,” said the net. “We think it relates to a commercial dispute between former shareholders of Current Media and Al Jazeera America.”
After a promo photo for period drama Downton Abbey made headlines because it showed an historically inaccurate plastic water bottle on the mantelpiece beside Lord Grantham and Lady Edith, ITV released another photo of the cast, all holding bottles, in support of the charity WaterAid. “The cast and crew came up with the idea of turning some of this attention towards an issue around water that really matters,” said a statement. Season five of Downton premieres Stateside in January 2015.
BET is launching its largest prize giveaway ever. Grand prize: a “BET We Got You Season Pass,” for six all-expense-paid trips to each BET award show and events in 2015 (2015: BET Honors, Black Girls Rock!, BET Awards, Hip Hop Awards,Soul Train Awards and the BET Experience). The “BET Tune In & Turn Up! Watch & Win Sweepstakes” follows the BET Awards’ drawing 7.9 million viewers and 11 million tweets in June; contest runs today, August 18 through September 29. Viewers can get codes by watching BET and enter to win at bet.com/turnup.
WWE debuted a new logo on Twitter. The company describes the symbol as “a more contemporary, bold and powerful image while maintaining the iconic ‘W,’ which has been part of the company’s long-storied history.” Logo got its on-air premiere during SummerSlam on Sunday.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: August 15-17, 2014
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Paramount) $28.4 million, 2 wk total $117.6 million
Guardians of the Galaxy (Disney) $24.7 million, 3 wk total $222.3 million
Let’s Be Cops (20th Century Fox) $17.7 million, total $26.1 million
The Expendables 3 (Lionsgate) $16.2 million, opening weekend
The Giver (The Weinstein Company) $12.8 million, opening weekend
Into the Storm (Warner Bros.) $7.7 million, 2 wk total $31.3 million
The Hundred Foot Journey (Disney) $7.1 million, 2 wk total $23.6 million
Lucy (Universal) $5.3 million, 4 wk total $107.5 million
Step Up All In (Lionsgate) $2.7 million, 2 wk total $11.8 million
Boyhood (IFC Films) $2.2 million, 5 wk total $13.8 million
Source: Rentrak Corporation
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Starz and Sony Pictures Television have teamed for a second season of Outlander. The 16-ep season one premiered August 9, surpassing five million multiplatform views in the first week.
CBS gave a put pilot commitment to an untitled comedy from Dan Sterling (The Office) and Phil Lord & Chris Miller (The Lego Movie), reports Deadline. The project comes from 20th Century Fox Television.
Also at 20th Century Fox TV: Glenn Gordon Caron (Moonlighting), who signed a two-year overall deal with the studio, according to Deadline. Caron is an exec producer on FX drama Tyrant.
Stu Zicherman (Six Degrees) has a show in development at Showtime, a half-hour comedy project from True Jack Prods. about modern dating.
While showrunner Ed Bernero (Criminal Minds) is leaving NBC spy thriller State of Affairs, EW reports it’s not because of any friction with star Katherine Heigl. Affairs premieres Monday, November 17 at 10p.
Connor Hines landed a blind script deal with ABC Studios for a half-hour project. Hines is creator and star of Kickstarter-funded web series Local Attraction.
Get up to speed with the latest in TV measurement on Wednesday, September 24 at Cynopsis’ exclusive training webinar, Understanding the Latest Ratings Advancements. From new metrics to bettertarget yourmarketing and programming, to how to differentiate amongmulti platform, media, video, mobile and ad measurements, our agency and research experts will guide you through the latest in measurement science. Brian Adgate, SVP/Director of Research for Horizon Media; Brian Fuhrer, SVP Product Leadership and Cross-Platform TV Audience Measurement at Nielsen; and Bruce Goerlich, Chief Research Officer for Rentrak will be presenting. Click here for more info.
The Fosters fun isn’t over after the summer finale of the ABC Family drama tonight at 9p. Immediately following the episode, an after-show live party will recap the finale, and actors will answer questions from fans. TheFostersAfterShow.com starts at 10p.
Season three of WE tv’s Kendra on Top promises stories ripped from the headlines, literally, as reality star Kendra Wilkinson deals with the revelation that her basketball star husband cheated on her with a transsexual when she was eight months pregnant. “Our marriage is down the drain,” says Wilkinson in the trailer. Premiere date: Friday, October 3 at 10p.
Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) will host the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show on Sunday, August 24. Red carpet coverage will include performances from Charli XCX and X Factor-created Fifth Harmony.
One day away! 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.
If the tiara fits: Primetime soap queen Joan Collins (Dynasty) has been cast in a guest starring role on E!’s first scripted series, The Royals, as mom to Elizabeth Hurley’s Queen Helena. Drama is slated for a 2015 premiere.
Bex Taylor-Klaus is replacing Amy Forsyth (Reign) in MTV pilot Scream. Also added: Connor Weil (Sharknado), Bobby Campo (The Final Destination) and Joel Gretsch (The 4400).
James Belushi (According to Jim), Terry Kinney (Oz) and Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield) were added to the cast of HBO’s Show Me a Hero. Oscar Isaac and Catherine Keener star in the six-hour miniseries.
Yeardley Smith (The Simpsons) joins the cast of ABC sudser Revenge, reports TVLine. Season four launches Sunday, September 28 at 10p.
Ryan McPartlin (Chuck) guests on an arc of NBC’s upcoming Bad Judge, as a love interest for the main character, played by Kate Walsh (Private Practice). Series premiered Thursday, October 2 at 9p.
CASTING CALL: Animal Planet’s-My Cat From Hell: Is your cat out of control? Expert behaviorist, Jackson Galaxy can help transform your cat back to the feline you love! Email the issues you are experiencing and include your name, age, city, contact number and cat’s age, breed and photos. Email to: [email protected]
Shawn Hollenbach, Creative Director, Social Media at Lifetime, was married to Chip Killingsworth on July 25 in New York City. Congrats!
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NBC’s Last Comic Standing hit a nine-week high among A18-49 for its season eight finale, averaging 1.4/5 in its two hours. The season finale of Fox’s Gang Related was up 17 percent in the demo versus last week, with .7/2.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: UNI scored the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 1.6/6, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. Univision won 8p with 1.5/6 for Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, followed by a 1.4/6 average for CBS’s The Big Bang Theory and The Millers. CBS topped 9p with 2.2/8 for Big Brother, versus 2.1/7 for Univision’s Que Vida Me Robo. The second hour of NBC’s Last Comic Standing led at 10p with 1.5/5, followed by Uni’s Que Pobres Tan Ricos with 1.3/4.
A18-49: UNI 1.6.6, CBS 1.4/5, NBC 1.3/5, ABC .7/3, FOX .6/2, TELE .6/2, ION .3/1, CW .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, August 14, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 3.5/6
The Big Bang Theory [r] 5.0/10, Mom [r] 3.8/7, Big Brother 3.9/7, Elementary [r] 2.1/4
NBC: 2.8/5
Hollywood Game Night [r] 2.4/4, Last Comic Standing 3.0/5
ABC: 2.7/5
The Quest 1.4/3, Rookie Blue 3.1/5, NY Med 3.4/6
UNIVISION: 2.0/4
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 1.9/4, Que Vida Me Robo 2.5/4, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.7/3
FOX: 1.3/2
Sleepy Hollow [r] 1.0/2, Gang Related 1.6/3
ION: 1.0/2
Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.1/2, Cold Case .9/2
TELE: .8/1
Reina de Corazones .5/1, En Otra Piel .7/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.2/2
CW: .3/1
Vampire Diaries [r] .3/1, Originals [r] .3/1
This Day In History: 1969 – The Woodstock Music and Art Fair ended with a set by Jimi Hendrix.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: On Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005), what was Frank’s job before he retired? Bookkeeper. He had also been a registered real estate agent. Kudos to: Mark Wajda-Catholic Community of St. Paul/Leesburg, FL, Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC, Michael Goodman-Radio One Atlanta/Atlanta, Robyn Simensky-Initiative/NYC, Eric Little-Antenna TV/THIS TV/Chicago, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA/LA, Susan Nessanbaum-Golderg-M and S Entertainment/LA, Dan Haberer-Creo Entertainment/Playa del Rey, CA.
Today’s Trivia Question The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977) theme week:What was the occupation of Phyllis’s never-seen husband, Lars? (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 – MONDAY AUGUST 18, 2014
ABC: Bachelor in Paradise, Mistresses
CBS: 2 Broke Girls [r], Mom [r], Mike & Molly [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Under the Dome
CW: Whose Line Is it Anyway?, Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r], America’s Next Top Model [p]
FOX: MasterChef, Hotel Hell
NBC: Running Wild with Bear Grylls, American Ninja Warrior
PBS: Antiques Roadshow [r], Antiques Roadshow [r], POV [r]
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones En Otra Piel, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Lo Que la Vida Me Robo, Que Pobres Tan Ricos
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