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09.29.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, September 29, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. Today’s Premieres:
ABC: Castle at 10p
CBS: NCIS: Los Angeles at 10p
ID: The First Kill at 8p
Bravo assumed control of production of season 4 of Shahs of Sunset from Ryan Seacrest Productions on Friday. Work on the reality show, originally scheduled to return on Monday, October 13, has been held up by 16 editors striking for an IATSE contract. “RSP has deferred to the network’s decision for Bravo to assume all remaining production duties,” said an RSP statement, adding it “will be unable to continue working with the editors that were previously engaged on this production.” The Motion Pictures Guild weighed in, saying “it is an egregious violation” to discharge an employee for exercising their right to organize, and promising to “aggressively defend the rights of our membership.”
Who’s the biggest-grossing SNL alum of them all? Bloomberg Businessweek released a list of Saturday Night Live’s top box office stars and Eddie Murphy ($5.79 billion) was had of the class, followed by Dan Aykroyd ($4.26 billion), Robert Downey Jr. ($3.9 billion), Ben Stiller ($3.87 billion) and Bill Murray ($3.43 billion). SNL launched its 40th season on Saturday.
An anchor for Cablevision’s News 12 The Bronx managed to draw outraged responses from viewers over a segment on crossing guards. Matt Pieper, apparently thinking the show had gone to commercial, was heard saying, “And Dave wants you to also mention that parents should do their f—ing jobs and walk their little kids school on their own and not rely on everyone else. Kind of like people relying on government assistance for their entire lives.” Saying it “deeply regrets” the incident – now gone viral – News 12 The Bronx said “steps have been taken to deal with the employees involved.”
TV One has partnered with the National Urban League in a campaign to encourage the African-American community to fight for equitable implementation of education standards in public schools. Two spots for the “Put Our Children 1st” initiative are designed to “provide clarity and understanding regarding the significant need for high-quality educational standards like Common Core State Standards,” said Alfred Liggins III, chairman of the board of TV One.
Celebs sure like their caffeine fix. Hopping aboard the new season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee for chats with Jerry Seinfeld will be Jimmy Fallon, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Bill Burr, Fred Armisen, Ali Wentworth and Colleen Ballinge. Season five launches on Crackle and at ComediansinCarsGettingCoffee.com on Thursday, November 6.
Interactive music video net Music Choice Play is running a contest, part of Music Choice’s “Take Back Your Music “campaign, that will send a fan to London to see pop rock group OneRepublic perform at the O2 Arena on October 22. Know someone who wants to meet the band? Head here for details.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: September 26-28, 2014
The Equalizer (20th Century Fox) $35.0 million, opening weekend
The Maze Runner (20th Century Fox) $17.5 million, cume revenue $58.0 million
The Boxtrolls (Focus Features) $17.2 million, opening weekend
This Is Where I Leave You (Warner Bros.) $7.0 million, cume revenue $22.6 million
Dolphin Tale 2 (Warner Bros.) $4.8 million, cume revenue $33.7 million
No Good Deed (Sony) $4.6 million, cume revenue $46.6 million
A Walk Among the Tombstones (Universal) $4.2 million, cume revenue $20.9 million
Guardians of the Galaxy (Disney) $3.8 million, cume revenue $319.2 million
Let’s Be Cops (20th Century Fox) $1.5 million, cume revenue $79.6 million
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Paramount) $1.5 million, cume revenue $187.2 million
Source: Rentrak Corporation
PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Universal Cable Productions optioned the rights to Catherine Linka’s first novel, “A Girl Called Fearless,” and its sequel, to be released in May, to develop into a young adult-targeting series. Amy Baer’s Gidden Media, Peter Donaldson and R.D. Robb and Brad Luff of Station 3 Entertainment will produce.
The 46th NAACP Image Awards airs live on TV One on Friday, February 6 at 9p. Expect nominees announcements Tuesday, December 9 at 9a.
CMT celebrates five of the biggest country music stars of 2014 in a live, 90-minute special, CMT Artists of the Year. The net promises “rocking performances and surprise guests” in – where else? – Nashville on Tuesday, December 2 at 8p.
Viewers tuning into ABC Family’s “Hunger Games” weekend will get a sneak peek at the net’s Pretty Little Liars Christmas special episode during the first hour of The Hunger Games’ Sunday, October 12 airing at 8p. Fans who tweet pics to @ABCFamily using #HungerGamesWeekend have a chance to be featured in a ten-second spot airing during the film.
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.
Lifetime placed a 13-ep order for season three of Devious Maids, exec produced by Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria. Season two of the soapy drama, which ended July 13, made Lifetime the top cable net in its Sunday 10p time period with total females, W18+, W25-54 and W18-49.
TV One renewed R&B Divas LA for season three, a decision D’Angela Proctor, SVP of programming and production, called “a no-brainer.” The music reality show, among the top five original series in primetime among A25-54 African Americans in the third quarter, is slated for an early 2015 return. Part two of last season’s reunion show airs Wednesday, October 1 at 10p, hosted by talk show host Wendy Williams.
Animal Planet’s Redwood Kings is back for a sophomore run in spring 2015. Season one delivered 764,000 P2+ viewers.
Syfy ordered six more episodes of magic-themed reality competition Wizard Wars, said the Hollywood Reporter. The series from A. Smith & Co. delivered 1.3 million total viewers in Live+7 and was the net’s number one unscripted series of the year among men.
NBC’s Sunday Night Football and CBS’s Thursday Night Football are the costliest homes for ads this season, averaging $627,300 and $483,333, respectively, for a 30-second spot, according to a new AdAge survey. The priciest scripted series is AMC hit Walking Dead, at $400,000; the top broadcast earner is CBS’s The Big Bang Theory, averaging $344,827. NBC’s The Blacklist is number four among broadcast shows with a $282,987 average, up 40 percent versus last season. Biggest price gainer: Fox’s Sleepy Hollow, up 47 percent to $202,500.
The Television Syndication Company is representing Small Town Big Deal for domestic and international syndication. Airing on RFD since 2012, the lifestyle series will be offered for first run syndication in fall 2015 as a weekly half hour.
ABC’s adaptation of Keshet International format Rising Star got a lukewarm reaction Stateside, and UK’s ITV dropped the project, but the singing competition got a red-hot welcome on France’s M6. The Thursday premiere delivered an average audience of 3.8 million viewers, for M6’s best launch since 2007.
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Actor Josh Holloway will star in USA sci-fi pilot Colony. The project reunites Holloway with Colony writer-producer Carlton Cuse, showrunner on Lost.
Angela Kinsey (The Office) will recur on upcoming TBS comedy Your Family or Mind, replacing Mary Elizabeth Ellis, who played the role in the pilot. Kinsey also stars in Hulu parody The Hotwives of Orlando.
Patricia Richardson will guest on former Home Improvement co-star Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing, as a woman handy with a tile saw and bitter about her ex. Comedy returns to ABC Friday, October 3 at 8p.
Ernie Hudson’s busy this season. The Ghostbusters star, recurring in CBS’s Scorpion, will guest as the ex-husband of Wendie Malick’s character on Hot in Cleveland and play a love interest for Lily Tomlin’s character in an arc on new Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie, both in airing in 2015.
Dutch actor Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) will recur on ABC midseason musical fairytale series Galavant, as King Richard’s older brother.
Ksenia Solo (Lost Girl) joins AMC Revolutionary War drama Turn for season two, launching in 2015.
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Thursday night’s Yankees/Orioles game was the most-viewed game ever on the YES Network. Derek Jeter’s moving last hurrah at Yankee Stadium averaged 1.25 million viewers in the New York Designated Market Area (a 10.84 average HH rating), peaking at 1.99 million viewers from 10:15-10:30p, for the most-viewed quarter in YES’ history.
It was a Shonda Rimes trifecta on ABC Thursday: In its earlier, 8p time slot Grey’s Anatomy had its most-watched telecast in two years (9.8 million total viewers, with 3.0/11 A18-49), Scandal delivered series highs in total viewers (11.9 million) and in the demo (3.9/11) in its new 9p time slot, and the series premiere of How to Get Away with Murder killed it with 14 million total viewers and a 3.9/12 rating.
The season six premiere of ABC’s Shark Tank on Friday was the business reality show’s most-watched-ever season debut, with 7.1 million total viewers, according to early numbers, and equaled its 1.8/7 high among A18-49. The showing helped ABC score its best opening season Friday in six years.
Fox’s Uptopia had a 39 percent lift versus the Friday prior among A18-49, to .7/3. The ep included an audience vote for elimination.
Animal Planet’s Friday, September 19 episode of Tanked, featuring Shaquille O’Neal, delivered more than 1.3 million P2+ viewers across its 10p premiere and 12a encore. A special episode of Treehouse Masters, renewed for three, drew 1.7 million P2+ viewers in its two airings; series returns in January.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: CBS scored the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 5.9/19, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen, dominating every hour with NFL football. CBS averaged 3.8/13 at 8p between Kick-off Pt. 2 and the game, followed by 3.1/11 for ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. The game scored 6.7/20 at 9p, versus 3.9/11 for ABC’s Scandal, and continued to lead at 10p with 6.7/21, versus 3.9/12 for ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder.
A18-49: CBS 5.9/19, ABC 3.6/11, NBC 1.3/4, FOX 1.1/4, UNI 1.0/4, TELE .7/2, ION .3/1, CW .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, September 25, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS:
NFL Kick-off 4.7/9, Thursday Night Football 10.2/17
ABC: 2.7/5
Grey’s Anatomy 6.7/11, Scandal 8.1/13, How to Get Away with Murder 9.5/16
NBC: 2.9/5
Biggest Loser 2.9/5, Parenthood 2.8/5
FOX: 2.7/4
Bones 3.9/7, Sleepy Hollow [r] 1.4/2
UNIVISION: 1.7/3
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 2.1/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.8/3, Malquerida 1.3/2
TELE: 1.0/2
Reina de Corazones .6/1, En Otra Piel 1.1/2, Senora Acero 1.2/2
ION: .8/1
Criminal Minds .8/1, Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Cold Case .6/1
CW: .4/1
Vampire Diaries [r] .4/1, Originals [r] .3/1
Peace Point Entertainment appointed Nicole Hamilton as Vice President, Creative & Development. Previously, Hamilton was Senior Director of Factual Entertainment at Temple Street Productions.
Broadway veteran Michael McCarty died of heart failure September 26. He was 68. In addition to numerous theater roles, McCarty appeared on TV shows including ER, 3rd Rock From the Sun and Murder One.
This Day In History: 1978 – Pope John Paul I was found dead just over a month after he became head of the Catholic Church.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: On Rescue Me (2004-2011), how did Tommy’s uncle Teddy meet his future wife, Ellie? Ellie wrote to him while he was in prison for murdering the drunk driver who killed Tommy’s son. Kudos to: Phyllis McQuillan-MSG Media Group/NYC, Bev Wolfe-Fox/NYC, Cheri Rice-MOROCH/Atlanta, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL, Will Allmendinger-Zoommedia/Chicago, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA/LA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Castle [p]
CBS: Big Bang Theory, Big Bang Theory [r], Scorpion, NCIS: Los Angeles [p]
CW: iHearRadio Music Festival Night 1
FOX: Gotham, Sleep Hollow
NBC: The Voice, The Blacklist
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Roadshow [r], The Hispanic Heritage Awards
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones En Otra Piel, Senora Acero
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, La Malquerida
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