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09.25.14
Good morning. It’s Thursday, September 25, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Grey’s Anatomy at 8p; Scandal at 9p; How to Get Away with Murder at 10p
DIY: Rehab Addict at 10p
FOX: Bones at 8p
NBC: Parenthood at 10p
truTV: Joker’s Wild at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
IFC: Garfunkel & Oates at 10 p
TV One: Love That Girl at 10p
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Gave TANKED its Best Showing in 2014 TANKED & TREEHOUSE MASTERS Delivered 1.2M Viewers From 9-11p
Animal Planet Ranked Among the Top 10 in Cable
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Can Kathy Griffin fill Joan Rivers‘ shoes? According to The Hollywood Reporter, a shortlist of potential replacements has been drawn up to take over for the late great comedienne on E!‘s Fashion Police. Griffin is said to be in serious contention for the job. However, no formal talks have taken place, as the network’s executives feel not enough time has passed since Rivers’ death. The series is set to return on Monday, January 12, following the Golden Globes on Sunday, January 11.
Executives from Starz and Rupert Murdoch‘s 21st Century Fox have reportedly met to discuss a possible acquisition of the premium cable movie service. While there is no deal in place yet, a full acquisition of the company could be valued at more than $3.2 billion, based on its share price of $29.58 Tuesday. Starz said in a statement that "as a public company, we do not comment on rumors or speculation."
After Comcast counted Netflix among those making “extortionate” demands, the streaming-video company has fired back. “It is not extortion to demand that Comcast provide its own customers the broadband speeds they’ve paid for so they can enjoy Netflix,” said a statement responding to Comcast’s FCC filing Wednesday. “It is extortion when Comcast fails to provide its own customers the broadband speed they’ve paid for unless Netflix also pays a ransom.”
James Franco’s behind-the-scenes documentary on Saturday Night Live debuts on Hulu Friday, September 26, the day before the premiere of the NBC sketch comedy’s 40th season. Franco made the movie, about how an episode of SNL is made, while he was a graduate film student at NYU.
Former host of ABC‘s Good Morning America, Joan Lunden, is joining NBC rival Today. Albeit, temporarily. Lunden, who revealed her battle with breast cancer on GMA, will be featured as a special correspondent on the NBC morning show during October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as part of a series on the disease.
In an exclusive deal with The Weinstein Company and Endemol, Netflix has acquired the first two seasons of the British gangster drama Peaky Blinders. The streaming service will premiere Season One on Tuesday, September 30. Season Two will be available in November.
Want to find out what shows are online and when? Then you’re going to love Watcheroo, Cynopsis’ new Digital Programming Guide. Organized by show name, date, and platform, here is everything you’ll need to be caught up on digital premieres, ongoing programs, live-streamed events and integrated series.
Aloha… from Hawaai. Nat Geo WILD and Shine America have greenlit Aloha Vet, a six-episode series that follows veterinarian Scott Sims as he island hops from beaches to mountains to jungles, bringing aid to domestic and wild animals in Hawaii. The series is set to air in spring 2015.
Spike TV and Vince Gerardis, co-executive producer of HBO’s Game of Thrones, have partnered to develop the original scripted series Red Mars, based on Kim Stanley Robinson’s expansive Mars Trilogy. Robinson’s novels about the colonization and transformation of Mars have become a holy grail for science fiction fans. “This series shines a light onto many views of what it means to be human and asks if we can sustain our humanity under incredible duress,” said Sharon Levy, Executive Vice President, Original Series, Spike TV.
Oxygen Media has ordered five series under its new “very real” logo and tagline. The slate, targeting young modern women, includes Preachers of Detroit, a spinoff of Preachers of LA, and new pick-ups The Investment Club, The Prancing Elite Project, The Wilkersons and Finding My Father.
The Weather Channel has given the nod for two new shows. BrainStormers – features three weather hackers who help people solve their weather-related challenges. How Weather Created A Monster goes on the hunt for exotic and often mythical creatures in some of the most extreme environments on earth.
Production on the Bounce TV original series Mann & Wife will begin in November. Husband and wife team David Mann (Madea’s Big Happy Family) and Tamela Mann (Sparkle), stars of the Tyler Perry sitcom Meet The Browns, reunite for this new sitcom, slated to debut in 2015.
For the second year in a row, ABC News is going pink on October 1. A full day of coverage devoted to raising awareness and educating people about breast cancer will be featured on Good Morning America, World News Tonight with David Muir, Nightline, ABCNEWS.com, ABC News Radio, ABC NewsNow, ABC NewsOne and Fusion. This Week with George Stephanopoulos will also air a report on Sunday, October 5. The campaign also includes ABC News’ Pink Pledge, which is live on ABCNewsGoesPink.com, and ABC News’ social team will be sending out factoids about breast cancer every day in October.
Science Channel, the official media sponsor for Manufacturing Day, presents a week-long television event that shines the spotlight on the manufacturing industry with more than 200 episodes of its fan favorite franchise How It’s Made. Programing begins on Monday, September 29 at 9p and will run round-the-clock through Friday, October 3.
America’s Funniest Home Videos celebrates a milestone – 25 years of hilarity – when it kicks off its new season on Sunday, October 5 at 7p on ABC. The video highlights in the premiere episode include clips featuring Ice Bucket Challenges that went wrong, a music montage featuring comedic canines, and host Tom Bergeron playing “Head, Gut or Groin?”
My Five Wives, the TLC series that offers an honest and intimate look into the lives of polygamist Brady Williams and his larger-than-average family, returns on Sunday, October 19 at 10p. The new 10-part season explores changing dynamics, from potential family additions to those leaving and embarking on new journeys away from home.
The Weather Channel‘s Tornado Alley has been picked up for a second season. The show was the network’s third highest performing series of all time.
Call for Submissions: Cynopsis is producing a Halloween Programming Guide which comes out on October 13 and will be sent to all Cynopsis and Cynopsis Kids subscribers. If your network has a Halloween-themed programming airing from October 13-31, 2014, please send your listings to Lynn Leahey, at [email protected] no later than Friday Oct 3. Please include the following information: type of program (i.e. series, special, documentary, movie or holiday-themed episode), title, dates and times of all airings (please indicate when the show first premieres and when subsequent encores will air). A confirmation email will be sent following each submission from Lynn (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).
Noah Munck has been tapped for a recurring role on ABC’s The Goldbergs. The former iCarly star will play Naked Rob, a friend of Barry’s (Troy Gentile) who loves getting in the buff.
AMC‘s The Walking Dead has snagged Tyler James Williams (Go On and Everybody Hates Chris) for a new role. Details about the character are being kept under wraps.
Expansion continues for Bounce TV. The fast-growing network has added WMAR-TV in Baltimore, MD (E.W. Scripps Company) and WSYM-TV in Lansing, MI (Journal Broadcast Group) as its newest affiliates. The additions drive the net past 90% of African American television households and 73% of U.S. TV HHs.
National Geographic Channels International has announced the commission of the new seven-part series Beyond Magic with DMC, a co-production between Argonon’s Windfall Films and So Shoot Me TV. It follows acclaimed magician Drummond Money-Coutts as he explores the history and science of illusion and overcomes unbeatable odds to illustrate captivating tricks on the streets of London, Barcelona, Mexico City, Paris and Singapore and features a stunning death-defying escape stunt filmed in front of a live audience. The series premieres on National Geographic Channel in 170 countries beginning this November.
Portfolio Entertainment has acquired the rights to Seasons 3 and 4 of You Gotta Eat Here! The popular food show has been a winning recipe for the Canadian company, which now distributes over 106 half-hours of the series, including two newly acquired Christmas holiday specials. Sold in over 50 territories, the show will make a return to the UK market with UKTV’s Good Food Channel‘s acquisition of Season 3.
Electus International has announced the sale of Running Wild with Bear Grylls to Discovery Networks International. The series, which premiered in the U.S. on NBC in July, is co-produced by Bear Grylls Ventures and Electus. It will premiere on Discovery Networks International’s factual channels later this fall in nearly 220 countries and territories across Western Europe, CEEMEA (Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa), Latin America and Asia Pacific.
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NCIS: New Orleans premiered with 17.09 million viewers, retaining +95% of its NCIS lead-in and making it the most-watched new series debut to date this season, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Tuesday, Sept. 23. (Live +7-Day projections follow below.) The 12th season premiere of NCIS was first in viewers (17.99m) and second in both adults 25-54 (4.2/12) and adults 18-49 (2.9/10). NCIS was the night’s most-watched program.
USA Network is the #1 ad supported cable entertainment network for the ninth consecutive third quarter in P18-49 (886,000) and P25-54 (935,000), double digits ahead of its nearest competitor in the latter. The network also ranked #1 in P18-34 (426,000) for the quarter. The win comes off the heels of a strong summer for the network, driven by a powerful stable of originals including the network’s marquee original drama Suits, acquired series and WWE Monday Night Raw.
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Tuesday with 3.4/11, according to Nielsen. At 8p, NBC’s The Voice was #1 with 3.7/13, followed by CBS’ NCSI with 2.9/10. NBC’s The Voice continued in the top spot at 9p with 4.6/14. CBS’ NCSI: New Orleans ranked second with 2.5/7. NBC closed out the night in first with Chicago Fire at 2.6/8. ABC’s Forever premiere was #2 with 1.8/6.
A18-49: NBC 3.4/11, CBS 2.4/7, ABC 1.9/6, UNI 1.3/4, FOX 1.0/3, TELE 0.6/2, ION 0.3/1, CW 0.3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: September 23, 2014 – time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 9.4/15
NCSI 11.1/18, NCSI: New Orleans 10.6/17, Person of Interest 6.5/11
NBC: 7.2/12
The Voice 7.8/13, Chicago Fire 6.7/10
ABC: 4.9/8
Dancing with the Stars 6.5/11, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 3.7/6, Forever 4.4/8
UNIVISION: 1.7/3
Mi Corazon Es Tuyo 2.1/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.8/3, Malquerida 1.2/2
FOX: 1.4/2
Utopia 1.2/2, New Girl 1.5/2, Mindy Project 1.4/2
TELE: 1.0/2
Reina de Corazones 0.6/1, En Otra Piel 1.0/2, Senora de Acero 1.3/2
ION: 0.7/1
Criminal Minds 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.6/1
CW: 0.5/1
Arrow [r] 0.5/1, Supernatural [r] 0.4/1
Rod Aissa was promoted to Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Development, Oxygen Media. He was previously Senior Vice President, Original Programming and Development.
Michael Pearce, Head of Global initiatives for Yahoo Studios, and David Roofthooft, Creative Director, Creative Services at HBO have been appointed to New York Festivals World’s Best TV & Films Advisory Board & Grand Jury.
This Day In History: 1970 – The Partridge Family premiered on ABC, giving Screen Gems its second TV-to-pop-chart smash. (The first was The Monkees.)
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: On Dharma and Greg (1997-2002), how did Dharma meet her friend Jane Deaux? They metwhen Dharma dialed a wrong number. Kudos to: Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL, Linda Grillo-Viacom/NYC, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA/LA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA.
Today’s Trivia Question: Who won two prime time Emmy awards for guest starring as Grandma Ida on Malcolm in the Middle? (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 25, 2014
ABC: Grey’s Anatomy [p], Scandal [p], How to Get Away with Murder [p]
CBS: NFL Football
CW: The Vampire Diaries [r], The Originals [r]
FOX: Bones [p], Sleepy Hollow [r],
NBC: The Biggest Loser, Parenthood [p]
PBS: This Old House Hour, Secrets of the Dead, Antiques Roadshow
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, En Otra Piel, El Senor de Acero
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, La Malquerida
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