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09.18.14
Good morning. It’s Thursday, September 18, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premiere:
TLC: Breaking Amish at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
Bravo: Extreme Guide to Parenting at 9:30p
FX: Married at 10p, You’re the Worst at 10:30p
SundanceTV: The Honorable Woman at 10p
USA: Rush at 9p, Satisfaction at 10p
We TV: SWV Reunited at 10p
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BITCHIN’ RIDES SERIES PREMIERE
Visionary car designer Dave Kindig will blow your mind
Bitchin’ Rides: Tuesdays at 9/8c only on Velocity
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VELOCITY’S SUCCESS CONTINUES
Double-digit growth with Men 25-54 in August
27 straight months of gains in Persons and Men 25-54
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CBS announced Wednesday it’s changing its rating reporting system for the upcoming fall season. Along with fast affiliate numbers, the net will report Live+7 Day projections. “C7 deals were a significant part of our Upfront negotiations this year, and we are doing more C7 deals all the time,” said CBS Corp. president and CEO Les Moonves. “As technologies continue to improve audience measurement across all platforms, these more precise metrics are becoming the industry standard.”
TNT struck a deal with Marvel for the network television premieres of the next five movies from Marvel Studios, including upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron, to air two years after theatrical releases. “These movies will play a key role in TNT’s long-term success, especially among key adult demos,” said Deborah K. Bradley, SVP, head of program acquisitions, content strategy and licensing for Turner.
Discovery Communications is taking a controlling interest The Hub, ending its partnership with Hasbro, reports the The Wall Street Journal. The kiddie net will be rebranded as a destination for parents as well as children, sources told WSJ, with Hasbro retaining a stake and controlling the 9a-3p hours. A rebrand to Discovery Family could take place as early as 4Q14.
Veria Living is changing its name to Z Living. The move reflects the health and wellness net’s global expansion by aligning it with its largest programming affiliate and worldwide distribution partner, Zee Entertainment. “The desire for this type of content, on a global level, far exceeded even our expectations,” said Z Living CEO Eric Sherman. The linear channel will be launching in Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and the Caribbean by year’s end.
Saturday Night Live alum Bill (“Stefon”) Hader will host the late night sketch show on October 11. Irish singer Hozier (“Take Me to Church”) is the musical guest.
Eighty-one percent of all primetime episodes in the 2013-2014 network television season and the 2013 cable season were directed by Caucasians, and 14 percent by women, according to a new survey conducted by the Directors Guild of America. White males directed 69 percent of the 3500 episodes counted, minority males accounted for 17 percent, white women directed 12 percent and minority females oversaw a meager 2 percent. “It can be shockingly difficult to convince the people who control hiring to make even small improvements to their hiring practices,” said DGA president Paris Barclay. “It’s time for the people who make the hiring decisions…to stop making excuses.”
America’s Funniest Home Videos is partnering with Maker Studios on a YouTube initiative to create original short-form programming for YouTube stars, including ShayFV, a weekly clip show featuring Shay “Shay Carl” Butler. The deal extends a relationship between Maker and Vin Di Bona Productions, creator of AFV; ABC series returns for season 25 Sunday, October 5 at 7p.
ABC Family boasts its “100 Days Until Christmas” graphic campaign on its “25 Days of Christmas” Facebook page received 182,000 shares, making it the net’s most-shared post ever.
Wednesday was D-Day – as in Digital – for A+E Networks. The company’s TV Everywhere apps hit 22 million downloads, the same day as the announcement its A&E, History and Lifetime apps launched on Amazon Fire TV. “It’s a great representation of our commitment to push the digital boundaries for our audiences,” said Dan Suratt, EVP, Digital Media and Brand & Content Licensing.
New York Festivals Television & Film Awards will honor Ken Aagaard, EVP, Operations, Engineering & Production Services, CBS Sports, with its 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be presented on April 15, 2015 at the annual NAB show.
Betsy Thomas has joined NBC comedy Bad Judge as exec producer/showrunner. She replaces Liz Brixius. The Universal Television series starring Kate Walsh premieres Thursday, October 2 at 9p.
Bristow Global Media announced production of a yet-to-be-named docu-series about hockey wives, slated for launch on Canada’s W Network in February 2015.
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New Weather Channel series American Super/Natural explores the origins of meteorological legends (think “bad moon rising”), and looks at modern spooky experiences through the eyes of people who lived through them. Show from Sirens Media bows Sunday, October 5 at 10p.
It’s all Christmas, all the time on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, starting Friday, October 31. A 24/7 holiday schedule will include two new HM&M originals, Signed, Sealed, Delivered for Christmas (premiering Sunday, November 23 at 9p) and The Christmas Secret (bowing Sunday, December 7 at 9p), as well as films from the Hallmark Hall of Fame collection, the annual Christmas Eve Yule log and seasonal faves.
Friday, September 19 is “Joan Day” on E!, as the network honors the life of the late Joan Rivers. A marathon of the iconic comedian’s E! show, Fashion Police, launches at 7a, followed by 90-minute tribute Fashion Police: Celebrating Joan at 8p. Rivers died September 4 at age 81.
Athletes behaving badly now have a home, on TMZ Hollywood Sports, premiering Monday, September 29 on REELZ. Weekday-at-8p gossip show will offer “a fun look at the collision of worlds where sports (with no Xs and Os) meets celebrity,” said net CEO Stan E. Hubbard.
Oxygen Media’s My Crazy Love uses reenactments and interviews to relive outrageous things people have done in the name of romance. Comedic anthology series from Jarrett Creative, part of the net’s rebrand launching October 7, premieres Tuesday, October 28 at 10p.
Lifetime’s Project Runway All Stars is back Thursday, October 30 at 9p, with Alyssa Milano (Charmed) returning as host. Celebrity guest judges for season four include Debra Messing (Will & Grace), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black) and Jersey Shore’s Snooki and JWoww, among others. Spinoff competition Project Runway: Threads, showcasing tween and teen designers, launches Thursday, October 23 at 10:30p, sliding up to its regular time slot at 10p the night of All Stars’ bow.
Animal Planet’s Monsters Inside Me is offering more case studies of terrifying parasitic, bacterial and viral infections. “Prepare to be shocked, disgusted and afraid,” warns the net, starting Thursday, October 9 at 9p. (And don’t forget to wash the produce.)
Season three of Motives and Murders: Cracking the Case premieres on ID Tuesday, September 30 at 8p. True crime series produced by Cineflix in association with ID goes back to the scene of baffling crimes to find answers.
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show returns to CBS Tuesday, December 9 at 10p. This year’s runway spectacle, to be ogled in about 200 countries, will be filmed in London.
Are the wheels in motion for another annihilation of life on Earth? Smithsonian Channel’s Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink explores what triggered past extinctions to find clues about what might be happening today. “If environmental change is great enough, fast enough and on a global scale, the entire planet is in trouble,” says science communicator Sean B. Carroll. Grab a martini and head for the bunker for this special from Tangled Bank Studios, premiering Sunday, November 30 at 8p.
Scientists on the trail of the rare Siberian tiger are the focus of documentary Last Tiger Standing, a Discovery Channel/BBC One co-production airing Thursday, September 25 at 10p.
James D’Arcy (Let’s Be Cops) has been added to the cast of upcoming ABC drama Agent Carter as Edwin Jarvis, butler to Howard Stark.
Activist Gloria Steinem guests on season six of CBS’s The Good Wife as herself. “I made a fool of myself and then had to email her and had to apologize,” star-struck Wife star Julianna Margulies said on Live! With Kelly and Michael.
Sam Richardson jumps from recurring to series regular on season four of HBO’s Veep. Richardson plays an aide of Selina’s.
Ad spending on broadcast network TV was down 7.2 percent for the second quarter, reported Kantar Media, in part due to fewer NCAA March Madness and NBA playoff games. Cable TV spending was a different story, rising 9.3 percent in the quarter from the year before, given an assist by the World Cup and semi-final games of the NCAA tournament that aired on cable for the first time. Spanish-language TV spending got an even bigger boost from the World Cup, seeing a 42 percent jump.
As part of its continuing effort to trim marketing costs, Procter & Gamble posted a request on the NASA web site to “collect ideas” for producing moving images for TV commercials and digital video “at a cost that is significantly lower than today’s average.” A P&G rep told AdAge the post was part of the company’s move to look for “innovative new methods of producing content and cost savings with production.”
UK factual distributor Scorpion TV acquired three new documentaries: SOTF science film Survival of the Fabulous, Garden Thieves’ Boobs, about a model’s attempt to further her career via breast enlargement, and Een van de jongens’ A Goat for a Vote, the story of a school election in Kenya.
UK’s ITV has scrapped its plans for Rising Star. The interactive singing competition from Keshet International saw strong ratings in some countries but didn’t live up to expectations in others, including the U.S., where it ran on ABC this summer. “As a commercial broadcaster, we always need to be as confident as possible about the potential ratings of any new programme format that we have acquired,” an ITV spokesperson told Deadline.
Steve Boyadzhyan, post production coordinator on Dish Nation, put his skills to good use, proposing to his girlfriend of three years, Lucin Kalayjian, on Saturday on a custom “Will you marry me?” red carpet. (She said yes!)
Pamela Jones, owner of agency The Iconic Group, celebrates the first birthday of her son, Jayce Royal, on September 23. Jayce loves carrots and his social media post is #JayceRoyal.
Have any happy news – wedding, engagement, new baby – you’d like to share with your industry colleagues? We want to hear it! Send details [email protected].
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Fox’s Utopia got its first ratings bump since its September 7 premiere, to 1.0/3 among A18-49, up one tenth versus its week-before number.
In its second Tuesday airing, a shift to make room for CBS’s Thursday Night Football, Big Brother matched its week-ago 2.3/8 rating among A18-49, to beat the first results night for ABC’s Dancing with the Stars (2.2/7). Total viewership trophy went to Dancing.
FYI’s Married At First Sight: 6 Months Laterspecial on Tuesday beat last week’s season finale to be the number one telecasteveron the network (FYI or Bio) with total viewers, A25-54, W25-54 and W18-49.
Monday’s season six premiere of The Wendy Williams Show scored a 1.6/11 among W25-54 in metered market ratings, up 50 percent from its year-ago bow.
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Tuesday with 2.1/7, according to Nielsen. CBS’s Big Brother topped the 8p hour with 2.3/8, followed by ABC’s Dancing with the Stars’ 2.2/7. NBC’s America’s Got Talent was first at 9p with 2.6/8, versus 1.5/5 for Univision’s Hasta Fin del Mundo. Talent stayed in the lead at 10p with 2.5/8, followed by 1.1/3 for Telemundo’s Senor de los Cielos.
A18-49: NBC 2.1/7, UNI 1.4/4, ABC 1.2/4, CBS 1.2/4, UNI 1.2/4, ION .4/1, CW .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: September 16, 2014 – time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 5.7/10
America’s Got Talent [r] 3.3/6, America’s Got Talent 6.9/12
ABC: 4.3/7
Dancing with the Stars 8.3/14, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2.1/3, 20/20 From Hell 2.5/4
CBS: 3.5/6
Big Brother 4.0/7, NCSI: Los Angeles [r] 3.5/6, Person of Interest [r] 2.9/5
UNIVISION: 1.7/3
Mi Corazon Es Tuyo 2.0/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.8/3, Malquerida 1.3/2
FOX: 17/3
Utopia 1.5/3, New Girl 1.9/3, Mindy Project 1.7/3
TELE: 1.0/2
Reina de Corazones .6/1, En Otra Piel 1.0/2, Senor de los Cielos 1.3/2
ION: .9/2
Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds .9/1, Criminal Minds .9/2
CW: .6/1
Arrow [r] .6/1, Supernatural [r] .5/1
Patrick Jager joined production and marketing services companies Everwise Entertainment and Banner Media Group as Executive Vice President/Chief Creative Officer and Partner. Previously, Jager served as Senior Vice President/Development with High Noon Entertainment.
This Day In History: 1975 – Heiress Patty Hearst was captured by the FBI, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which satirical series, canceled after 17 episodes, featured appearances from actors who’d starred in shows the new series parodied? Teen soap skewering Grosse Pointe welcomed Beverly Hills, 90210 alums Jason Priestley and Joe E. Tata, Melrose Place’s Kristin Davis, and Saved by the Bell’s Elizabeth Berkley. Kudos to: Andrew Goldman-HBO/NYC, Adam W. Balaban-AMC Networks/NYC. Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA also gets points for naming The 1/2 Hour News Hour (2007).
Today’s Trivia Question – One-Season Wonders Theme Week: Which ‘90s drama featured a never-seen character named Tino? (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 – THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
ABC: Grey’s Anatomy [r], Scandal [r], Scandal [r]
CBS: NFL Thursday, NFL Football
CW: The Vampire Diaries [r], The Originals [r]
FOX: Sleepy Hollow [r], Bones [r]
NBC: The Biggest Loser, The Mysteries of Laura [r]
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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