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"This looks like love at first season." – Entertainment Weekly
Just 9 weeks after FYI’s debut, the two-hour finale ranked…
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09.15.14
Good morning. It’s Monday, September 15, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Dancing with the Stars at 8p
HGTV: Urban Oasis at 11p
ID: Twisted at 10p
Syndicated: Hot Bench, Bridezillas
VH1: Love & Hip Hip Hollywood at 8p
Tonight’s Finales:
Food: Eating America with Anthony Anderson at 10:30p
Fox: MasterChef at 8p
NBC: American Ninja Warrior at 8p
Saturday Night Live writer and The Daily Show correspondent Michael Che will go in front of the SNL cameras as co-anchor of its “Weekend Update” segments, alongside Colin Jost. He replaces Cecily Strong, who remains onboard as a regular. As for possible viewer backlash over the move, “No point in being angry or sad for me for something I’m genuinely happy about!” posted Strong on Instagram. “Unless you are a person who just enjoys being angry or sad.” Season 40 of the NBC sketch comedy premieres September 27.
Ben McKenzie was injured Friday on the set of upcoming Fox drama Gotham. “Holy concrete wall, Batman!” McKenzie posted on Instagram, along with pics of a gash on his head, “fight sequence gone awry….Back to work Monday.” Gotham bows Monday, September 22 at 8p.
Jenna Wolfe joins Today as the NBC morning show’s first Lifestyle and Fitness Correspondent, as well as serving as NBC News National Correspondent. “This new role is tailor-made for Jenna,” said NBC News president Deborah Turness. “Anyone who has seen her health and fitness segments on Today, as well as her reporting across all of our platforms, knows what a brilliant expert she is.”
DirecTV plans to launch an online TV service directed at Hispanics, confirmed company CEO Michael White at an investor conference on Friday, noting, “There’s an ethnic opportunity.” Reuters reports that Univision will be a major supplier of content for the service, to be called YaVeo.
Multiple screens are helping, not hurting TV viewership, according to a new Viacom study. In “Getting with the Program: TV’s Funnels, Paths and Hurdles,” 47 percent of multi-screeners said it’s important to watch their favorite shows live, versus 23 percent of single screeners, and 57 percent of the 1500 Viacom viewers ages 13-44 surveyed said TV is their favorite way to sample a TV show, versus 22 percent for streaming, 10 percent for DVR and 6 percent for VOD. And while 45 percent of multi-screeners expressed loyalty to a few networks, only 22 percent of single screeners did.
Ready for more Bud Bundy? E! reports a Married…With Children spinoff is in the works at Sony Pictures Television, bringing back David Faustino as the Bundy son. Married, one of Fox’s first original series, ran from 1987-1997.
New Hallmark “Hall of Fame” movies will now debut on Hallmark Channel, after 63 years premiering on broadcast TV, the last three on ABC with encore presentations on Hallmark the following week. “This move is an important next step for us,” said Brad Moore, president of Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions. “Hallmark Channel’s strong brand, distinctive positioning, and highly-effective audience delivery present exciting opportunities for us.” First to premiere in the new arrangement: One Christmas Eve, starring Anne Heche (Men in Trees) on Sunday, November 30.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: September 12-14, 2014
No Good Deed (Sony) $24.5 million, opening weekend
Dolphin Tale 2 (Warner Bros.) $16.6 million, opening weekend
Guardians of the Galaxy (Disney) $8.0 million, cume revenue $305.9 million
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Paramount) $4.8 million, cume revenue $181.0 million
Let’s Be Cops (20th Century Fox) $4.3 million, cume revenue $73.0 million
The Drop (Fox Searchlight) $4.2 million, opening weekend
If I Stay (Warner Bros.) $4.2 million, cume revenue $44.9 million
The November Man (Relativity Media) $2.8 million, cume revenue $22.5 million
The Giver (The Weinstein Company) $2.6 million, cume revenue $41.3 million
The Hundred Foot Journey (Disney) $2.5 million, cume revenue $49.4 million
Source: Rentrak Corporation
A standalone HBO Go service may become reality, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes hinted on Friday. Currently, accessing HBO’s on-demand service requires a cable subscription. “We’re seriously considering what is the best way to deal with online distribution,” Bewkes said. Do you think this is a good idea? Let us know by taking our poll at Cynopsis.com.
Friends with Better Lives alum Kevin Connolly signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television to develop new projects. “We got to know Kevin well during Friends With Better Lives, and were blown away by his energy and passion for the creative process,” said 20th TV president of creative affairs Jonnie Davis. “He’s bursting with ideas and has great taste in material and a keen awareness of what makes for a great television show.”
NBC bought a comedy written by SNL alum Kevin Nealon and his wife, Susan Yeagley (Parks & Recreation). Project tells the story of a recently divorced couple who still own a business together.
The comedy project from Kapital Entertainment starring National Lampoon Vacation Griswolds Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo has a script commitment with penalty from ABC and ABC Studios. Brad Copeland (Arrested Development) joins as writer.
Angela Kinsey (The Office) will co-create and co-write a comedy for ABC and Sony Pictures Television, about a woman who befriends her ex’s new girlfriend. Showrunner Darlene Hunt will exec produce with Kinsey, Will Gluck, Rachel Specter and Audrey Wauchope.
Tricon Films & Television announced the international launch of new food and decor series Dining INNvasion, documenting the rejuvenation of dated inns. The series marks the first new production in Tricon’s multi-title acquisition agreement with General Purpose Entertainment; series premiered on September 5th on Canada’s Blue Ant Media’s Cottage Life channel.
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 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. Brad Adgate, SVP/Director of Research for Horizon Media; Brian Fuhrer, SVP Product Leadership and Cross-Platform TV Audience Measurement at Nielsen; Bruce Goerlich, Chief Research Officer for Rentrak and Mainak Mazumdar, Chief Science Officer at Simulmedia will be presenting. Click here for more info.
Four battling sisters are torn apart, then, in a desperate move, join forces again to survive. And since it’s Discovery Channel, they’re tigers. Drama-packed special Tigress Blood, documenting a unique relationship in the wild, airs Saturday, September 20 at 8p.
Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family returns today at 10a for season three. Premiere week includes a lesson on knitting without needles, an update from Congresswoman Michele Bachmann and DIY “No-Poo” shampoo.
Sportsman is running an NRANews Cam & Co. Watch ‘N Win promotion starting tonight at 6p, running through Friday, September 19. Prize package includes a trip to see the show at its Farmville, VA studios, and a seat with Cam Edwards at the “Heart of Virginia Friends of NRA Banquet” on Saturday, September 27.
Canada’s Farpoint Films and Peace Point Entertainment announced the start of production on new half-hour series, Escape Or Die!, for OLN, documenting the exploits of escape artist Dean Gunnarson. Peace Point Rights will handle international distribution of the series.
TNT gave the go-ahead for a 10-ep season two for Murder in the First. The police drama averaged over 4.7 million viewers in Live+7 this summer, with 1.3 million A25-54.
The sixth and final season of USA’s White Collar, originally scheduled to debut in 2015, will make an earlier bow: Thursday, November 6.
CBS daytime game show The Price Is Right brings back classic grocery game “Time is Money” with a new spin for season 43, launching Monday, September 22. Let’s Make a Deal returns for season six the same day.
The U.S. Air Force is running its first major campaign since 2012, including three ads that will run nationally during NFL games and prime time through December. The effort from GSD&M brings back the Air Force’s “aim high” slogan, in video on a new website as well as a PlayStation integration.
Mandy Moore (Entourage) will recur on Fox’s upcoming Red Band Society as a doctor. Hospital drama premieres Wednesday, September 17 at 9p.
Mykelti Williamson (Justified) joins season three of Nashville, in a recurring role that calls for the actor to show off his singing pipes. ABC country music drama returns Wednesday, September 24 at 10p.
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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
CBS scored with Thursday Night Football. The premiere delivered the net’s largest primetime Thursday audience (19.44 million viewers) since 2007 and its best among A18-49 (6.9 million) since 2006.
Up against football, the season 16 premiere of NBC’s Biggest Loser was down 30 percent in the A18-49 demo from its season 15 launch, to 1.6/5.
Bad news: Ratings for the first Friday airing of Fox’s Utopia dipped to .7 among A18-49, from .9 for its Tuesday ep, and to 1.8 million total viewers from 2.5 million. Good news: In Live+3, the reality show jumped 20 percent from its September premiere, to a 2.4 rating among A18-49.
Tuesday’s Bitchin’ Rides on Velocity scored its highest-rated telecast this year for both P18-34 and W18-34, and was the highest-delivering telecast ever on Velocity in the demos, drawing 113,000 P18-34 and 55,000 W18-34. What’s the appeal to the young crowd? “Dave and his Kindig It Design crew are compelling, real-life craftsman who create handcrafted, one-of-a-kind cars,” Bob Scanlon, Velocity general manager, tells Cynopsis. “His original, eclectic sense of style has really connected with a younger Velocity audience.”
The season five premiere VH1’s Couples Therapy with Dr. Jenn hit a series high.7 rating among A18-49, up 24 percent over last season’s premiere. The episode garnered over 1 million total viewers; combined with a 10:30 PM encore, it was seen by 1.3 million total viewers.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: CBS scored the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 7.4/24, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen, dominating every hour with NFL football. CBS scored 6.6/23 at 8p, followed by 1.6/5 for NBC’s Biggest Loser and Univision’s Mi Corazon ed Tuyo. The game scored 7.7/24 at 9p, versus 1.7/5 for NBC’s Loser, and continued to lead at 10p with 7.9/25, versus 1.1/3 for Telemundo’s Senor se los Cielos.
A18-49: CBS 7.4/24, NBC 1.4/4, UNI 1.3/4, FOX .7/2, TELE .7/2, ION .3/1, CW .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, September 11, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 12.6/22
NFL Kick-off Pt. 2 6.7/13, Thursday Night Football 12.7/22
NBC: 3.3/6
Biggest Loser 3.5/6, NBC News: Secret Lives of Pets 2.8/5
ABC: 1.5/3
The Quest 1.3/2, Shark Tank [r] 1.9/3
FOX: 1.6/3
Hell’s Kitchen 1.6/3, Bones [r] 1.4/3
UNIVISION: 1.5/3
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 1.9/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.6/3, Malquerida 1.1/2
ION: .9/2
Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.1/2, Cold Case .7/1
TELE: .9/1
Reina de Corazones .6/1, En Otra Piel .9/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.3/2
CW: .4/1
Vampire Diaries [r] .4/1, Originals [r] .4/1
New England Cable News named Kenny Plotnik as Vice President of News, effective October 6. With nearly 40 years of local television experience, including a stint as Vice President of News at the New York Tri-State area’s WABC, Plotnik most recently led his own consulting practice.
Director/writer Theodore J. Flicker died in his sleep September 12. He was 84. The co-creator of Barney Miller also worked on TV shows including The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show and The Streets of San Francisco.
Actor Denny Miller died September 12 of ALS. He was 80. Miller appeared on numerous TV series, including I Dream of Jeannie, I Spy, M*A*S*H and Dallas, as well as having regular roles on Wagon Train and Mona McCluskey.
This Day In History: 1957 – Bachelor Father, starring John Forsythe, premiered.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which drama was dropped by one network after one season, then ran for nine more seasons on another net? JAG. Kudos to: Jay Goldstein-AdMore/NYC, Amy Horowitz/NYC, Tracy Pruzan-Roy-Syfy/NYC, Scott Collins-AMC Networks/NYC, Charlie Connor-KOKI-KMYT/Tulsa, Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas, Aaron Paquette-Vision Critical/Fort Worth, TX, Lucie Prann-The Richards Group/Dallas, Adam Leston-Weigel Broadcasting/Milwaukee, Dan Whitford-Lakshore Public Media/Merrillville, IN, Kathryn Kieser-Haworth Marketing and Media/Minneapolis, Bob Gillan-Brownstone Entertainment/LA, Paul Gygli-NBCUniversal/Universal City, CA, Steve Callahan-ASI Entertainment/LA, Dan Haberer-Creo Entertainment/Playa del Rey, CA.
Today’s Trivia Question – One-Season Wonders: Which detective comedy paired a 1970s-80s sitcom sweetheart with a future Friends star? (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 SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
ABC: Dancing with the Stars [p], Castle [r]
CBS: Big Bang Theory [r], Mom [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Big Bang Theory [r], Under the Dome
CW: Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r], Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r], America’s Next Top Model
FOX: MasterChef [f]
NBC: American Ninja Warrior [f]
PBS: The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History [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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