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09.05.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, September 5, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres:
AHC: The War to End All Wars at 10p
ID: Young, Hot & Crooked at 10p and 10:30p Tonight’s Finale:
HBO: Jonah from Tonga at 10p Saturday’s Premieres:
Destination America: Buying Alaska at 9p
DIY: Brother vs. Brother at 11a
MSNBC: Lockup, Fairfax, VA: Extended Stay at 10p
OWN: Iyanla: Fix My Life at 9p, Six Little McGhees at 10p
Starz: The Chair at 11p
UniMas: Cine Cantinflas at 7p Saturday’s Finale:
DIY: Daryl’s Restoration Over-Hall at 10p Sunday’s Premieres:
Al Jazeera America: Edge of Eighteen at 9p
Destination America: Ghost Asylum at 10p
Galavision: La Casa de La Risa at 7p, Humor Es Los Comediantes at 8p
E!: Total Divas at 9p
Fox: Utopia at 8p
FYI: Pressure Cooker at 10p
HGTV: My Flipping Family at 12p
OWN: Super Soul Sunday at 11a, Help Desk at 12p, The Specials at 2:30p, Oprah’s Life Class at 9p
TLC: Angels Among Us at 10p
Travel: Extreme Hotels at 8p
Univision: Va Por Ti at 8p, Sal y Pimienta at 10p Sundays Finales:
ABC: Wipeout at 8p
HBO: The Leftovers at 10p
HGTV: Flipping the Block at 9p
History 2: Ancient Impossible at 10p
Joan Rivers passed away September 4. The pioneering 81-year-old comedian and Fashion Police host had been hospitalized for eight days, after going into cardiac arrest during an August 28 medical procedure. “My mother’s greatest joy in life was to make people laugh,” said her daughter and Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? co-star, Melissa Rivers. “Although that is difficult to do right now, I know her final wish would be that we return to laughing soon.” Scott Sternberg, Executive Producer with Joan and Melissa on the web series In Bed With Joan told Cynopsis, “I learned so much from Joan each and every week. She treated everyone like they were a king or queen and she never stopped giving it her all, no matter what. She is by far one of the greatest people I ever knew. She made all of us laugh and all of us love. I will miss her so much.”
Long-time friend Henry Schleiff, group president of ID, DA, AHC and Discovery Fit & Health, tells Cynopsis, “I knew Joan for more than 30 years and while we all recognized her incredible humor and extraordinary work ethic, I can honestly say that her greatest qualities were her loyal friendship and incredible exuberance for life: her intelligence was exceeded only by her genuine warmth. Indeed, Joan broke down so many barriers in her career and had so many projects yet to come.”
The View has completed its refresh, with outspoken actress Rosie Perez and George W. Bush’s former communications chief Nicholle Wallace joining Rosie O’Donnell and Whoopi Goldberg on the daytime chatfest. Goldberg was the last woman standing after Barbara Walters retired in May and Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd exited over the summer. Season 18 launches Monday, September 15.
ABC announced contestants for the next incarnation of Dancing with the Stars, and it was the usual wildly diverse mashup of celebs – maybe more so? Competing for the mirror ball trophy: Ultimate Fighting Champ Randy Couture, comedian Tommy Chong, Fresh Prince of Bel Air’s Alfonso Ribeiro, Olympian Lolo Jones, Duck Dynasty’s Sadie Robertson, Lea Thompson (Back to the Future), Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls), NASCAR’s Michael Waltrip, talk show host Tavis Smiley, designer Betsey Johnson, soap star Antonio Sabato Jr., Pretty Little Liars’ Janel Parrish and YouTube beauty guru Bethany Mota (whose 7 million subscribers won’t hurt). Season 19 premieres Monday, September 15 at 8p.
CMT and country music star Dustin Lynch are teaming to encourage people to go back to school, part of the net’s “CMT Empowering Education” drive. Fans are asked to pledge their commitment to education on social media using online crowdsourcing tool Thunderclap; if 500 people sign up by September 18, Thunderclap will blast a message of support across social media. Added incentive: one participant wins a VIP trip to the 2015 CMT Music Awards in Nashville.
Time for a ratings refresher? Join Cynopsis on Wednesday, September 24 for an exclusive training webinar, Understanding the Latest Ratings Advancements. From new metrics to better target your marketing and programming, to how to differentiate among multi platform, media, video, mobile and ad measurements, our agency and research experts will guide you through the latest in measurement science. Click here for more info.
Travel Channel gave the green light to five new series. Hello Goodbye (wt), from Ellen DeGeneres’ A Very Good Production and Telepictures, is set in airports; Loud TV’s Hotel Showdown features competing hotel owners; TV Planet (wt), produced by Zodiac Americas, explores the wildest television shows around the world, and previously announced pilots Metropolis and Only Happens In… are being developed into a series of specials.
NBC has put in development a comedy that would air live – including commercials. Hospitality comes from Chris Moynihan, Sean Hayes (Sean Saves the World) and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills Prods. and Universal TV.
MTV greenlit a “comedic half-hour docuseries” starring rapper Ja Rule. Produced by MTV and 51 Minds Entertainment, the show counts Queen Latifah among its exec producers. “Ja Rule is the modern day reality rap star version of Bill Cosby’s role from The Cosby Show,” said MTV programming president Susanne Daniels.
HBO acquired U.S. and Canadian TV rights to Mick Jagger-produced documentary, Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown, to bow on the premium cabler Monday, October 27 at 9p. The Rolling Stone front man boasts of “amazing never-before-seen photos and video from James Brown’s estate.” Jagger is also producing a drama for HBO with Martin Scorsese.
Singer Al Green, Tom Hanks, ballerina Patricia McBride, Sting and Lily Tomlin will be toasted at the 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors. Event will be broadcast Tuesday, December 30 at 9p on CBS.
Lockup returns to MSNBC Saturday, September 6 at 10p. Prison docuseries from 44 Blue Productions goes behind bars in Fairfax, VA, where a confrontation with staff jeopardizes an inmate’s shot at freedom.
BBC News explores how the history of Holland and Belgium influenced Europe’s culture in 3-parter The High Art of the Low Countries. Andrew Graham-Dixon starts at the altarpiece of Ghent Cathedral tonight at 10:10p, in an ep repeating Saturday at 11:10p and Sunday at 5:10p.
Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire) joins CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood to talk about his days as an NYC firefighter on Sunday, September 7 at 9a. The actor produced and stars in a new documentary, A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY.
E! peeks behind the runway for two E! From Fashion Week specials, premiering tonight and September 12 at 9p. The net promises insider scoop and hot party coverage.
Cozi TV’s ready for Fashion Week, too, with Guide to Style. Experts offer fashion tips and pick the top ten outfits of 2014 tonight at 10:30p, with airings throughout the month.
Dayton, OH is getting its very own reality show. Locally produced The Valley, from LIN Media, follows six high school students on Dayton’s CW (WBDT-TV) starting Sunday, September 14 at 8p. “There was a ton of interest in the local community,” Joe Abouzeid, Dayton CW president and GM, tells Cynopsis. “We had an amazing turnout for the casting call. It was a difficult choice to narrow it down to six teenagers but the cast is amazing. They are going through a stressful, yet exciting time in their lives and it keeps the show very entertaining for people of all ages.”
California’s also going local, with Sheriffs…El Dorado County. Reality series following officers on patrol launches Saturday, September 20 after college football on Fox and Fox40 News, at approximately 8:30p, with a Sunday-at-11p encore.
Was music exec Chris Lighty the victim of foul play? The season three premiere of Celebrity Crime Files turns to friends including LL Cool J and Busta Rhymes for answers Monday, September 8 at 10p on TV One.
Dr. Phil is back for round thirteen on Tuesday, September 9. Kicking off the season is the case of Robyn Gardner’s disappearance in Aruba. In the hot seat: Gardner’s travel companion, Gary Giordano, facing the victim’s sister.
The Birthday Boys comes back for season two Friday, October 17 at 11:30p on IFC. The long list of guest stars on the sketch comedy from Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad) and Ben Stiller’s (Zoolander) Red Hour includes SNL alum Dana Carvey, Jack Black (Tenacious D), Ellie Klemper (The Office) and Sandra Bernhard (Roseanne).
Matt Nable (Riddick) will play villain Ra’s al Ghul in season three of CW’s Arrow. Comic book drama returns Wednesday, October 8 at 8p.
Serinda Swan (Breakout Kings) will guest in a story arc on NBC’s Chicago Fire, returning Tuesday, September 23 at 10p.
CASTING CALL: Animal Planet’s-My Cat From Hell: Are you a CELEBRITY with an out of control cat? 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, city, contact number and cat’s age, breed and photos. Email to: [email protected]
Beyond Distribution picked up reality series from two New Zealand producers. Life Flight hails from Starfish Pictures and Real Lives Less Ordinary comes from Jam TV; both will launch at MIPCOM.
Outdoor Channel will be free to DISH customers until September 30. Viewers can find the active lifestyle net on channel 396. Bonus: DISH and Outdoor are giving away a trip to Vegas for the net’s 15th Annual Golden Moose Awards.
Scripps Networks Interactive is launching HGTV in Singapore. Debuting on StarHub in December 2014, it will be the first regional channel dedicated to the home and lifestyle category in Asia. In addition to shows like Property Brothers and Kitchen Cousins, the net will air localized original short-form content.
Rebranding itself CVS Health, CVS Caremark Corp. yanked tobacco from its shelves this week and launched a campaign with two TV ads, “We Wish” and “Deep Breath,” encouraging people to stop smoking. “By eliminating cigarettes and tobacco products from sale in our stores, we can make a difference in the health of all Americans,” said Larry J. Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Health. New tagline: “Health is everything.”
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In a big news month, CNN surged 46 percent in August versus July, with 503,000 total viewers across total day and 154,000 among A25-54, a 43 percent bump. In primetime the net drew 629,000 viewers, up 39 percent, and 214,000 in the news demo, a 60 percent lift. It was enough to push the net back in the number two position in total viewers and A25-54, behind Fox News, a spot MSNBC grabbed in primetime last month.
FXX’s 12-day Simpsons marathon averaged 841,000 among A18-49 in primetime, up 658 percent over its previous average, and 633,000 in the demo in total day, versus 56,000 – catapulting the net’s A18-49 basic cable rank from 49th in primetime to number one.
Wednesday’s Penn & Teller: Fool Us on CW was up 40 percent among A18-49 versus the prior week, according to Nielsen, hitting .7/2 in the demo. At 2.1 million, viewership was up 30 percent.
Velocity ended August with double digit growth versus the same period last year, boasting 27 straight months of Primetime gains in Persons and Men 25-54: up 21 percent in P25-54, up 15 percent in M25-54 and up 10 percent in HH during Prime delivery in August 2014 versus August 2013. Zooming into September, Tuesday’s series premiere of Bitchin Rides set a ratings record with .51 among M18+, the net’s highest-rated telecast yet in the demo.
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: CBS had the most A18-49 viewers Wednesday with 1.4/5, according to Nielsen. CBS won 8p with 2.3/8 for Big Brother, followed by 1.5/5 for Uni’s Mi Corazon Es Tuyo. NBC’s America’s Got Talent topped 9p with 2.0/6, versus 1.4/4 for Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance. Telemundo’s Senor de los Cielos scored first at 10p with 1.2/4, followed by back-to-back eps of ABC’s Modern Family with 1.1/4.
A18-49: CBS 1.4/5, FOX 1.3/5, UNI 1.3/4, NBC 1.3/4, ABC 1.1/4, TELE .7/2, CW .4/2, ION .3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 4.5/8
America’s Got Talent [r] 4.0/7, America’s Got Talent 6.2/10, Taxi Brooklyn 3.3/6
CBS: 3.6/6
Big Brother 3.9/7, Criminal Minds [r] 3.1/5, Extant 3.8/7
ABC: 2.4/4
The Goldbergs [r] 2.8/5, The Goldbergs [r] 2.5/4, The Goldbergs [r] 2.2/4, The Goldbergs [r] 2.2/4, Modern Family [r] 2.s/4, Modern Family [r] 2.4/4
FOX: 2.6/4
So You Think You Can Dance 2.6/4
UNIVISION: 1.6/3
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 1.9/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.7/3, Malquerida 1.3/2
TELE: .9/1
Reina de Corazones .5/1, En Otra Piel .9/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.3/2
CW: .8/1
Penn & Teller: Fool Us 1.2/2, The Hundred [r] .4/1
ION: .7/1
Cold Case .8/1, Cold Case .7/1, Cold Case .7/1
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Tuesday with 1.6/5, according to Nielsen. Univision’s Mi Corazon Es Tuyo was first at 8p with 1.6/5, followed by CBS’s NCIS with 1.3/5. NBC’s America’s Got Talent topped 9p with 1.8/6, versus 1.5/5 for CBS’s NCIS Special. Talent stayed in the lead at 10p with 1.8/6; Tele’s Senor de los Cielos took second with 1.1/4.
A18-49: NBC 1.6/5, CBS 1.3/4, UNI 1.3/4, ABC 1.0/3, FOX .7/2, TELE .7/2, ION .4/1, CW .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: September 2, 2014 – time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 6.0/10
NCIS [r] 6.5/11, NCIS Special [r] 6.7/11, NCIS: Los Angeles [r] 4.7/8
NBC: 4.5/8
Food Fighters 2.7/5, America’s Got Talent 5.4/9
ABC: 2.3/4
Story of Frozen 3.0/5, Extreme Weight Loss 2.0/3
UNIVISION: 1.7/3
Mi Corazon Es Tuyo 1.9/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.8/3, Malquerida 1.3/2
FOX: 1.0/2
MasterChef [r] 1.3/2 .9/1, New Girl [r] .7/1, Mindy Project [r] .8/1
ION: 1.0/2
Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds .9/2
TELE: .9/1
Reina de Corazones .5/1, En Otra Piel .9/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.3/2
CW: .4/1
Arrow [r] .5/1, Supernatural [r] .4/1
BET Networks appointed Pete Danielsen as Executive Vice President of Program Planning, Scheduling & Acquisitions for BET and Centric. Danielsen was most recently Executive Vice President of Worldwide Programming at Viacom Media Networks.
Robin Sproul has been promoted to Vice President of Public Affairs, and Jonathan Greenberger upped to Vice President and Bureau Chief, at ABC News. Sproul has been Washington Bureau Chief for 21 years; Greenberger is, and will continue to serve as, Executive Producer of This Week.
Reality producer Wilson Surratt joins My Entertainment as Senior Vice President of Development. Surratt is the owner of New York-based indie South of Broad Productions.
Jupiter Entertainment promoted Victoria Drew to the position of Manager of Social Media and Promotions. Drew had been an Associate Producer at the production company.
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Friday Fun Fact: The town of Nothing, Arizona has nothing except a sign and an abandoned gas station.
This Day In History: 1929 – Happy 85th birthday, Bob Newhart!
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: In which drama series was a main character’s wedding called off at the last minute because of the unexpected death of the actor playing her fiance? Judging Amy’s (1999-2005) Maxine (Tyne Daly) lost Jared Duff due to Richard Crenna’s untimely death. Kudos to: Linda Grillo-Viacom/NYC, Stacey Tenenbaum-ST Casting/LA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
ABC: Stand Up to Cancer, Shark Tank [r], 20/20 [r]
CBS: Stand Up to Cancer, Hawaii Five-0 [r], Blue Bloods [r]
CW: Masters of Illusion, Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r], America’s Next Top Model [r]
FOX: Stand Up to Cancer, Bones [r]
NBC: Stand Up to Cancer, Dateline NBC [r], NBC News Primetime Special
PBS: Washington Week, Charlie Rose, Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace, American Masters [r]
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, En Otra Piel, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, La Malquerida
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