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WEEK OF OCTOBER 24TH:
MONDAY: HALLOWEEN BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP (FOOD)
TUESDAY: MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP: GAME 6 (TBS)
WEDNESDAY: PROPERTY BROTHERS: FOREVER HOME (HGTV)
THURSDAY: GHOST ADVENTURES (TRVL)
FRIDAY: GOLD RUSH (DSC)
SATURDAY: LOVE & MARRIAGE: HUNTSVILLE (OWN)
SUNDAY: THE MURDOCHS: EMPIRE OF INFLUENCE (CNN)

Today’s Premieres
BET: After Happily Ever After at 10p
Cooking Channel: Snack On This! at 8p
Disney+: In the Soop: Friendcation
FX: American Horror Story: NYC at 10p
IFC: Documentary Now! at 10p
Netflix: Green Glove Gang; Notre-Dame; Love Is Blind
PBS: Nature at 8p
Peacock: The Devil’s Watch

Today’s Finale
E!: Growing Up Chrisley at 9

IN THE NEWS

Fifty percent of characters in streaming TV series during 2021-22 were women, versus 48% for broadcast TV, according to the latest report from the Center for Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University, “Boxed In: Women on Screen and Behind the Scenes on Broadcast and Streaming Television in 2021-22.” Broadcast came out on top in some diversity categories, including Black female (28% vs. 21%) and Latina (7% vs. 3%) in major roles. Behind the scenes, 37% of people working in key roles on streaming programs were women, compared to 31% in broadcast.

Netflix had the biggest haul of nominations for the 38th Artios Awards, recognizing achievements in casting. The streamer drew ten nods, for series including “Ozark,” “Maid” and “Inventing Anna.” HBO and HBO Max, Apple TV+ and Hulu tied for second in the TV category, with five nominations each.

In even better news for Netflix, the company beat Wall Street estimates for 3Q22, with global subscribers up to 223.09 million from 220.67 million in the quarter prior, and revenue of $7.9 billion versus estimates of $7.8 billion. “After a challenging first half, we believe we’re on a path to reaccelerate growth,” said the company in a letter to shareholders. “The key is pleasing members. It’s why we’ve always focused on winning the competition for viewing every day. When our series and movies excite our members, they tell their friends, and then more people watch, join and stay with us.”

News site Semafor launched yesterday, promising to build “a new kind of trusted news source for this interconnected world, based on journalistic transparency and a platform that delivers shared facts while giving a voice to a range of informed, competing views.” The site was created by Ben Smith, former EOC of Buzzfeed, and former Bloomberg CEO Justin Smith.

Comedy Central is reportedly considering replacing “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah with rotating hosts when the show returns from hiatus in January. Noah’s farewell broadcast is December 8.

Harlem Festival of Culture and AMC Networks announced a new multi-year partnership in which AMC Networks will be the presenting sponsor of all HFC screenings for its inaugural year. A series of live entertainment event experiences will lead up to a multi-day outdoor music festival to be held in Summer 2023 that pays homage to the groundbreaking Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969. In addition to the screening events, the partnership will also include AMC Networks supporting HFC through programming, talent and live event integration.

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

BET+ has renewed “College Hill: Celebrity Edition” for a second season. A new class of celebrities will live together and join HBCU Alabama State University along with Ray J, returning from the first season.

All Her Little Secrets, the bestseller by Wanda M. Norris, is being developed as a limited series by Showtime. Uzo Aduba (“Orange Is the New Black”) will star and executive produce the project, from writer Aurin Squire (“Evil”), Reform Media Group and CBS Studios, where both Aduba and Squire are under overall deals.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and Publicis Media’s APX Content Ventures, dedicated to investing mission-driven programming, are extending their current agreement to expand the companies’ content financing partnership and elevate the voices of underserved audiences. The first project greenlit under the extended agreement is the reality series “Dirty Pool with J.B. Smoove,” starring J.B. Smoove (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), which will premiere on Crackle and Redbox in late 2023.

TelevisaUnivision and Globo have struck a strategic alliance for distribution and co-production that will involve, initially, three productions in the fiction genre. The first productions that are already included in the deal are two ViX+ productions by TelevisaUnivision: the recently launched series “La Mujer del Diablo” (The Devil’s Wife) and upcoming series “Travesuras de la Niña Mala” (Bad Girl) and the Globoplay Original telenovela “Todas Las Flores” (All the Flowers).

Prime Video is developing “Seven Wonders,” based on Ben Mezrich’s novel about a race to solve an ancient mystery tied to the Seven Wonders of the World. Simu Liu (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”) will star and executive produce. Written by Adam Cozad (“The Legend of Tarzan”) and to be directed by Justin Lin (“S.W.A.T.”), the project comes from Perfect Storm Entertainment, Flynn Picture Company and Universal Television.

Jeannie Mai Jenkins (“The Real”) will host Amazon Freevee cooking competition “America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation,” premiering December 9. Winner gets $100,000 and the chance to write their own cookbook.

NEW SERIES

Three-part docuseries “Low Country: The Murdagh Dynasty,” exploring the legacy of a family whose decades of powerful influence over the legal system in the South Carolina lowcountry unraveled amid accusations of fraud, deception, and murder, debuts Thursday, November 3 on HBO Max.

USA Network game show “Barmageddon” premieres Monday, December 5 at 11p. Blake Shelton and Carson Daly star in and executive produce “the celebrity game show you never knew you needed.”

COMING UP

HDNET Movies is offering a creepy collection of horror classics this Halloween with its “Flick Or Treat” stunt. The four-day block of movies run Friday, October 28 at 8a through Monday, October 31.

Turner Classic Movies’ TCM Classic Film Festival is set for Thursday, April 13 through Sunday, April 16 on Hollywood Boulevard within the theme “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet: Celebrating Film Legacies.”

Horror thriller “Mid-Century” finds a streaming home on Peacock starting October 24. The film focuses on a couple whose vacation rental turns deadly.

Comedy Central special “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Midterms – America Unfollows Democracy” follows the increasing number of GOP voters who reject the 2020 election results and consciously nominate people who threaten the election process. The half-hour is set to premiere on November 1 at 11:30p.

SPORTS

Amazon and the NFL are launching a new tradition with the addition of a newly scheduled “Black Friday” game the Friday after Thanksgiving Day. The first-ever NFL “Black Friday” game will take place on November 24, 2023 with an expected kickoff time of 3p. The participating teams will be announced when the 2023 schedule is released. “Thanksgiving is synonymous with football, and we’re excited to give our fans another day of NFL action during this holiday weekend,” said Hans Schroeder, chief operating officer for NFL Media. “Amazon is uniquely positioned to partner with us for this game as ‘Black Friday’ is one of the most important days of the year for their business.”

NBC Sports will feather Peacock’s nest with FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 coverage, announcing that every match will stream live on the platform in Spanish, and offer live and exclusive Spanish-language coverage, a dedicated World Cup Hub and the Copa Mundial 24/7 Virtual Channel in Spanish produced by Tplus, Telemundo’s digital content brand. The first 12 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2022 will be available to Peacock subscribers on the free tier, while the remaining 52 games (beginning on November 24) will be available to Peacock Premium subscribers.

Bleacher Report will exclusively stream an alternate viewing experience for the ALCS Game 1 today as well as for Game 4 on Sunday in the B/R app with special MLB guest in Arizona Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen. Gallen will be joined by Jaime Maggio for Game 1 and 2016 World Series Champion Dexter Fowler for Game 4. The livestream will pair hosts alongside the TBS feed via TVE authentication for the critical final 7th, 8th and 9th innings and lean in to engage fans throughout inside the chat.

Globant announced a multi-year agreement with FIFA to push the FIFA+ streaming platform and support football’s flagship events, starting with the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Additionally, the company will be a Regional Support of this year’s FIFA World Cup in North America and Europe as well as a Sponsor of the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia and New Zealand 2023. Finally, Globant will also be a FIFAe Series Global Sponsor in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and a worldwide Tournament Supporter of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2024, FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2024, FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025 and FIFA U-20 World Cup 2025. Attached is a press release with more details on the agreement.

Mobile platform Buzzer announced renewals of its multi-year partnerships with the NBA and WNBA. The platform will continue to distribute the live out-of-market game subscription services NBA League Pass and WNBA League Pass.

Chris Jericho, the Ring of Honor World Champion and leader of the Jericho Appreciation Society, has signed a contract extension through December 2025 with AEW. Jericho will increase his responsibilities within AEW, serving as a producer and creative advisor in addition to continuing as a mentor to young talent.

TECH TALK

Twitter is asking a judge to toss out a class-action complaint accusing the company of asking for users’ contact information for security purposes, then using the data for ad targeting. Twitter argues that its internal use of contact information was consistent with statements in its privacy policy, and says that Lauren Price, the woman who brought the case, can’t establish that she was injured by Twitter’s alleged use of her contact information. “Twitter did not sell – or even disclose – her information to advertisers, and there is no allegation in plaintiff’s complaint … that Twitter sold account holder information to anyone. Nor could there be,” wrote Twitter in documents filed with the U.S. District Court judge. “The complaint should be dismissed.”

STREAMING

Netflix is rolling out a new feature worldwide that enables users transfer all of their personalized viewing data to a new account. “People move. Families grow. Relationships end. But throughout these life changes, your Netflix experience should stay the same,” wrote Netflix Product Manager Timi Kosztin in a blog post. The feature is being introduced ahead of Netflix’s planned 2023 crackdown on password sharing.

UTA was armed for Advertising Week with new insights about trends in the streaming arena and how brands should prioritize entertainment marketing opportunities. Key data includes:
· 96.5% of consumers say high quality content is the #1 priority for subscribing (and staying subscribed) to a streaming service. 75.6% also prioritize the availability of diverse content and voices.
· Quality content is defined as: Personal Relevance – 70% of consumers want content that’s specific to their own passions; Creator Involvement – 73% define quality content as content from creators/celebrities they admire or with unique POVs; and Cultural Relevance – 59% define quality content as those that impact the cultural zeitgeist.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment and VIDAA USA, the company developing and managing the VIDAA platform on Hisense Smart TVs, struck an agreement to add Crackle streaming services and a Crackle-branded remote control button on devices powered by VIDAA OS. The button will be available starting early next year on Hisense TVs sold in the US.

Family Entertainment Television has launched FETV and FMC on Philo. “With our continued expansion of FETV and FMC among virtual providers, we look forward to building on our ratings momentum for both networks,” said Cara Conte, SVP of Affiliate Sales for FETV and FMC.

GOING GLOBAL

Global Screen announced the sale of the new documentary “Munich ’72,” a co-production with SIPUR (formerly Tadmor Entertainment) and Israel’s Channel 8, to Poland’s CANAL+, Italian broadcaster La 7, Slovenia’s RTV and Spanish’s Filmin.

9 Story Distribution International announced that preschool series “Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood” has been picked up by CBeebies and is now available to children across the UK on BBC iPlayer.

MIPCOM Mentions: TelevisaUnivision’s catalogue features 11 new original titles and hundreds of hours of productions, including premium series, novelas and reality shows…. MSR Media’s slate includes four new films: “The Island,” “Ocean Deep,” “Black Noise” and “ Strictly Confidential.”

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RATINGS

CBS Sports reports huge audiences this past weekend as its coverage across the NFL and college football, garnering 50.418 million viewers in combined average viewership in addition to more than 10 billion minutes consumed. Sunday’s highly-anticipated Bills-Chiefs rematch averaged 25.407 million viewers, the most-watched Week 6 NFL ON CBS game window in 15 years, up 7% over last year’s Week 6 window on CBS. Tennessee’s 52-49 victory over Alabama on Saturday scored as the most-watched Alabama-Tennessee game on record (since 1987) and the most-watched game of the season on any network, averaging 11.557 million viewers and up 145% vs. last year’s meeting.

FOX Deportes saw the San Diego Padres upset of the Los Angeles Dodgers rank as the most-watched MLB Divisional Series in Spanish-language TV history. The four-game series registered an average of 206k total viewers. Games 2, 3,4 were the most-watched games, respectively, in Divisional Series history in Spanish.

Ryan Murphy is killing it with true crime series on Netflix. Murphy’s “The Watcher” clocked 125 million hours viewed in its first five days out, while another Murphy series, “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” placed second with 123 million additional hours, for a total of 824 million hours viewed.

For the first time in eight years, ABC’s “Good Morning America” was tops in total viewers (2.98 million) and the A25-54 demo (697,000) for the first four weeks of a season. NBC’s “Today” was second, with 2.78 million viewers and 690,000 among A25-54.

HGTV spinoff “Good Bones: Risky Business” averaged a .51 Live+3 rating among P25-54 and a .71 among W25-54. Attracting more than 11.5 million total viewers during its six-week run on Tuesday nights, the series also averaged a .54 Live+3 rating among upscale P25-54 and a .73 among upscale W25-54.

In syndication, “Jeopardy!” (5.2 Live+SD national Nielsen rating, up 4% from the week before) broke its prior week’s tie with “Family Feud” (4.8, down 4%) to top syndication the week ending October 9. Growing at the category’s fastest pace was game show newcomer “Pictionary,” (0.5, up 25%) which equaled its season high.

Nielsen Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of October 3 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Jeopardy! (CMV) 5.2 AA
Family Feud (CMV) 4.8 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CMV) 4.8 AA
Judge Judy (CMV) 4.1 AA
Inside Edition (CMV) 2.1 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CMV) 2.0 AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 1.9 AA
Live With Kelly and Ryan (DAD) 1.5 AA
Dr. Phil (CMV) 1.3 AA
Hot Bench (AT) 1.2 AA

Nielsen Basic Cable Ranker for the week of October 10
Network, P2+ AA (000)
Prime Time
ESPN 3006
TBS 2496
Fox News 2186
Fox Sports 1 1370
MSNBC 1310
HGTV 808
Hallmark Channel 780
TLC 673
TNT 656
CNN 649
Total Day
Fox News 1419
ESPN 896
TBS 848
MSNBC 843
Fox Sports 1 562
CNN 560
HGTV 447
Hallmark Channel 435
Food Network 435
INSP 362

Broadcast Nielsen Ratings for Monday, October 17
Show, P2+ 000s, (A18-49)
ABC: Bachelor in Paradise 2.09 (0.5), The Good Doctor 3.00 (0.3)
CBS: The Neighborhood 5.51 (0.6), Bob Hearts Abishola 5.07 (0.4), NCIS 6.91 (0.4), NCIS: Hawai’i 4.93 (0.4)
CW: All American 0.39 (0.1), All American: Homecoming 0.27 (0.1)
FOX: 9-1-1 4.97 (0.6), The Cleaning Lady 2.11 (0.3)
NBC: The Voice 6.23 (0.7), Quantum Leap 2.41 (0.3)
Telemundo: Exatlon Estados Unidos 0.98 (0.2), Infiel: Historia de un Engaño 1.14 (0.3)
Univision: La Herencia un Legado de Amor 1.64 (0.6), Ricos Tambien Lloran 1.62 (0.5), Madrastra 1.18 (0.4)
Source: Nielsen live + same day time period averages

This Day in History
1944 – “I Remember Mama” opened on Broadway, with Marlon Brando making his Broadway debut in a minor role.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question
The cast of which miniseries included Ray Liotta, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Brendan Fraser? History’s “Texas Rising” (2015). Kudos to: Chloe King-FilmRise/NYC; Joe Lyons-Fox Sports/Florida; Phyllis McQuillan-MSG Networks/NYC; Rosemary Cunningham-Weigel Broadcasting/Chicago; Louis Lewow-FITE/Atlanta; Andy Ehlen-Grady Britton/Portand, OR; Amy Levy-Amy Levy Public Relations/LA; Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA

Today’s Trivia Question
Which performer had Emmy-winning or Emmy-nominated roles on “Lou Grant” (1977-82) and “The Sopranos” (1999-2007)? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four answers per time zone.)

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