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09.14.15 Good morning. It’s Monday September 14, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Dancing with the Stars at 8p
FYI: Big Kitchens at 10p
HGTV: Tiny Luxury at 11p
Oxygen: Crazy Talk at 7p
PBS: American Experience at 9p
Travel: Uncommon Grounds at 11p Tonight’s Finales:
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance at 8p
NBC: American Ninja Warrior at 8p
The first ceremony for the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys took place Saturday in LA, honoring guest performers and behind-the-scenes talent. HBO was the big winner with 29 awards, followed by 11 for NBC and eight for ABC. HBO’s Game of Thrones grabbed eight statuettes, followed by five for FX’s American Horror Story: Freak Show. Amazon landed its first three Emmys, all for Transparent, and WGN America got its first award, for main title design on Manhattan. For a complete list of winners go here. An edited version of the event airs on FXX Saturday, September 19 at 8p and 10:30p.
The Church of Scientology wasn’t a fan of Alex Gibney’s scathing documentary about their organization, but Emmy was – HBO film Going Clear: Scientology and Prison of Belief took home three Creative Arts Emmys. And backlash from the church isn’t keeping Gibney from pushing forward. “There’s a lot more material that I’ve received and a lot more information to come out,” he told journalists Saturday. Since the IRS has yet to revoke its tax exemption, said Gibney, “there’s more to be done.”
Guess Donald Trump is a little too busy to tangle with NBC. The real estate mogul/GOP presidential candidate announced via Twitter on Friday that he had purchased the net’s half of the Miss Universe Organization and “settled all lawsuits against them.” NBC and Univision scuttled plans to air the pageant, part of a co-venture with Trump, after Trump made derogatory comments about Mexican immigrants in June. Trump didn’t mention his $10 million lawsuit against Univision.
In more Trump news, the candidate will guest on CBS’s Late Show on Tuesday, September 22. The Stephen Colbert punchline (Oreo, anyone?) will appear the same night as Obama administration energy secretary Dr. Ernest Moniz.
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For those who read their Cynopsis early: GOP candidate Ben Carson will appear on TV One’s News One Now, a weekday news program hosted by Roland S. Martin, this morning. Show starts at 7a.
To amp up the engagement for music reality competition La Banda, Univision launched the Univision Conecta App. “Ninety-one percent of Univision’s viewers watch live, and with Univision Conecta and through cross-platform social activities, we will engage live viewers including billennials, bilingual millennials, with decisive and insider experiences,” said Mark Lopez, EVP and GM of Univision Digital. Leaving no platform unturned, Uni will also roll out activities across Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Snapchat, Twitter, Vine and YouTube. Show launched Sunday.
The Madison Square Garden Company announced it plans to spinoff of its sports and entertainment businesses from its media business.Upon completion of the transaction, expected on September 30, MSG will be a standalone media company and will change its name to MSG Networks. Andrea Greenberg was named MSG Networks president and chief executive, reporting to executive chairman James Dolan; Bret Richter was named the future company’s CFO.
If you want The Dirt, you’ll have to go to Matt Rogers. The TV personality/singer/songwriter has been named host of Discovery’s Gold Rush pre-show, returning Friday, October 16 at 8p. Rogers won’t need to study up. “Gold Rush has such a massive following and I’m definitely one of its biggest fans,” he said. “I can’t wait to dive in.”
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Fox ordered a new script for martial arts drama Warrior, from David DiGilio (Traveler) and Parkes/MacDonald. Project had been developed at NBC last season.
NBC picked up a comedy project from UnbeliEVAble Entertainment about an unlikely Texas Ranger. Eva Longoria is exec producing with Ben Spector.
Raycom Media acquired WebStream Sports, a provider of live sports production for TV and the web. WebStream will operate as a new division of Raycom Media. WebStream founder John Servizzi will continue as CEO and Greg Weitekamp remains as president.
ABC ordered comedy Downward Dog, based on a web series. The project will be a co-production between Legendary TV and ABC Studios.
YouTube star Chester See will star in, write and exec produce ABC Family dramedy project Over the Top through Maker Studios. Disney acquired the online video company last year.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: September 11-13, 2015
The Perfect Guy (Screen Gems) $26.7 million, opening weekend
The Visit (Universal) $25.7 million, opening weekend
War Room (TriStar) $7.4 million, cume revenue $39.2 million
A Walk in the Woods (Broad Green Pictures) $4.2 million, cume revenue $19.9 million
Mission: Impossible – Rogue (Paramount) $4.2 million, cume revenue $188.2 million
Straight Outta Compton (Universal) $4.1 million, cume revenue $155.7 million
No Escape (Weinstein) $2.3 million, cume revenue $24.2 million
The Transporter Refueled (Europacorp) $2.7 million, cume revenue $13.3 million
90 Minutes in Heaven (Samuel Goldwyn) $2.2 million, opening weekend
Un Gallo con Mucho Heuvos (Pantelion) $1.9 million, cume revenue $6.7 million
Source: Rentrak Corporation
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The wildest moments of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York City are spotlighted in a Real Housewives 100th Episode Watch What Happens Live Special on Thursday, September 17 at 8p. Andy Cohen hosts, of course.
Fox’s The X-Files event will have premieres at Mipcom on October 6, and at New York Comic-Con on October 10. TV fans will have to cool their heels until Sunday, January 24, when the show launches after the NFC Championship Game.
French channel TV5Monde USA has two fashion docs on the way. Monday, September 28 at 6:45 brings 2005 Chanel Fashion House doc Signed Chanel. Christian Dior, the Couturier and his Double arrives Monday, October 5 at 3:50p… just in time for Paris Fashion Week.
Logo kicks off NYC’s Fashion Week with the premiere of doc Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution. The story of a face-off between American and French designers airs tonight at 9p.
Season three of Dallas Car Sharks launches Wednesday, September 16 at 10p on Velocity. There’s a new shark in the Lone Star State: a Bronx transplant who tries to muscle out the competition.
Tony Award winner Blythe Danner will host season two of Theater Close-Up, showcasing Off-Broadway and regional productions. The collaboration between THIRTEEN and NYC-area theaters premieres Thursday, October 1 at 9p.
The potential of the Asian television market is huge, and Turner International Asia Pacific’s Marianne Lee is in the thick of it. What’s Lee’s take on a region where the number of pay-TV subscribers is expected to reach 700 million by 2020? Find out in the new Cynsiders.
Season two of Monopoly Millionaire’s Club debuted over the weekend. What makes it stand out from the syndie pack? “It’s the only show on television where you’re going to see someone play for a million dollars every day,” exec producer Kevin Belinkoff tells Cynopsis. “Our players aren’t cast. They’re real people from all over the United States playing for big money.And all of the lottery winners in the audience share in the contestant’s winnings, so unlike any other show, everyone can play and everyone can win.” Having Billy Gardell (Mike & Molly) as host doesn’t hurt . “Billy is a big part of the show’s success,” acknowledges Belinkoff. “His background as a comic allows him to be funny and spontaneous, but just as important, Billy loves games. He understands what makes our games work.” Show is produced by Scientific Games Productions.
Lifestyle talk show FABLife launches today, with a panel led by Tyra Banks. To kick things off, supermodel Banks and fashion expert Joe Zee will surprise a waitress who has never worn makeup with a makeover.
Richard Armitage (Hannibal) and Michelle Forbes (True Blood) have joined the cast of Epix 10-parter Berlin Station. Spy series debuts in fall 2016.
Patrick Schwarzenegger (son of Maria and Arnold) is onboard Fox anthology series Scream Queens, announced creator Ryan Murphy via Twitter. Comedy-horror show debuts Tuesday, September 22 at 8p.
Vanessa Lengies (Glee) landed a series regular role on Fox midseason drama Lookinglass, centered on a 75-year-old brought back to life as a 35-year-old with near-superhuman abilities.
Another Glee alum, Jacob Artist, will recur in a multi-episode arc on ABC’s Quantico, launching Sunday, September 27 at 10p.
Richard Roundtree (Being Mary Jane) will recur on NBC drama The Player. Vegas crime thriller (“Break the rules. Beat the house”) premieres Thursday, September 24 at 10p.
Australian actress Essie Davis is onboard the next installment of HBO’s Game of Thrones, reports EW. As part of a Braavosi theater troupe, Davis’ character will play Cersai Lannister. Season six launches in 2016.
More noise for Univision music reality show La Banda: The net announced Verizon, Toyota, Walmart, Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 2, Taco Bell, Cheerios and Yoplait as official sponsors for the premiere. And it’s not just about 30-second spots. “We’re excited to feature unique branded content integrations that will raise the bar in music entertainment across TV and digital,” said Keith Turner, president of ad sales and marketing, Univision Communications Inc.
Sports programming racked up $8.47 billion in ad sales for the Big Four during the 2014-2015 season, accounting for 37 percent of total ad revenue, according to Kantar Media estimates. Top sports earner: CBS, with $2.8 billion. Biggest spender was Chevrolet, with $323 million.
All3media International secured the first local adaptation for Undercover Boss for Latin American viewers. Brazil’s Globo will debut the format.
Cop drama Trapped became the first Icelandic series acquired for U.S. broadcast. The Weinstein Company grabbed rights at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Thursday’s Patriots/Steelers NFL game on NBC averaged 27.4 million viewers, the second most-watched NFL Kickoff game in its 14-year history, according to Nielsen fast nationals.
Telemundo’s Monday-Friday programming at 10p is set to deliver the net’s highest-rated season ever in the daypart, with 1.19 million A18-49 viewers. Since the season three launch of El Senor de los Cielos on April 21, Telemundo ranks as the number one network at 10p among A18-34 weekdays, with 712,000 viewers.
The finale of Food Network‘s Camp Cutthroat posted a .6 rating among A25-54, +33% versus year-ago, to rank 7th in the Wednesday 9p timeslot among cable. Over its five-week run, the series averaged a .6 rating among A25-54 (+56% versus year-ago), .7 among A25-34 (+139%) and .6 among A18-49 (+69%). The series was watched by a total of over 16 million P2+ viewers, with over 5 million of those viewers under the age of 34 and an average age of 41.
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of August 31, 2015
ABC: GMA 4.78 million total viewers; 1.4/2 and 1.63 million A25-54
NBC: Today 4.32 million total viewers; 1.4/12 and 1.65 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 3.30 million total viewers; .8/7 and 893,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Sunday Morning News Shows September 6, 2015
CBS: Face the Nation 2.96 million viewers; .5 and 619,000 A25-54
NBC: Meet the Press 2.90 million viewers; .6 and 737,000 A25-54
ABC: This Week 2.82 million viewers; .7 and 873,000 A25-54
CBS: Face the Nation-2 1.73 million viewers; .3 and 381,000 A25-54
FOX: Fox News Sunday 1.35 million viewers; .4 and 419,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 9.3/32, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen, winning every hour with football. NBC averaged 6.7/25 for NFL Opening Kickoff and the beginning of the Steelers/Patriots game to win at 8p, versus an average 1.4/5 for CBS’s Big Bang Theory and Mom. NBC scored 10.8/35 to lead at 9p, followed by 2.0/6 for CBS’s Big Brother. NBC ended a big night with 10.4/33 at 10p; Telemundo’s Senor de los Cielos was second with 1.2/4.
A18-49:NBC 9.3/32, CBS 1.4/4, UNI 1.1/4, TELE .7/3, ABC .6/2, FOX .5/2, ION .3/1, CW .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, September 10, 2015 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 14.8/26
NFL Opening Kickoff 7.8/15, Pittsburgh at New England 16.2/28
CBS: 3.6/6
Big Bang Theory [r] 5.0/9, Mom [r] 3.5/6, Big Brother 3.7/6, Under the Dome 2.7/5
ABC: 2.0/4
Shark Tank [r] 2.8/5, Scandal [r] 1.8/3, How to Get Away With Murder 1.6/3
UNIVISION: 1.5/3
Amores con Trampa 1.4/2, Lo Impernodable 1.6/3, Yo No Creo en Hombres 1.4/3
FOX: 1.3/2
Boom 1.2/2, Bones [r] 1.5/2
ION: 1.0/2
Blue Bloods .8/1, Blue Bloods 1.2/2, Blue Bloods 1.1/2
TELEMUNDO: 1.0/2
Avenida Brasil .7/1, Bajo el Mismo .9/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.4/3
CW: .5/1
Beauty and the Beast .5/1, Arrow [r] .4/1
NBCUniversal named Caley Gray to the newly created position of Vice President, Communications in the NBCUniversal Content Distribution Group. Gray joined NBCU in 2013 as Senior Director, Corporate Communications.
India’s Videocon d2h Limited appointed Himanshu Dhoreliya as Content Head. Most recently, Dhoreliya was CEO and co-founder of TelevisionPost.com.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 2015
ABC: Dancing With the Stars [p], DanceBattle America
CBS: Big Bang Theory [r], Odd Couple [r]. Scorpion [r], NCIS: LA [r]
CW: Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Significant Mother
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance [f]
NBC: American Ninja Warrior [f]
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, American Experience [p]
Telemundo: Avenida Brasil, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Amores con Trampa, Lo Imperdonable, Yo No Creo en lose Hombres
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