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“Today, 18-34-year-old Latinos report spending 34% of their total TV viewing time streaming to the TV set and 14% to a mobile device. Given their screen-agnostic nature, new digital MVPDs have a unique value proposition that may be very appealing to these valuable audiences.”
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Freeform ordered two additional, 10-episode seasons of The Bold Ones, based on the life of former Cosmopolitan editor Joanna Coles. Amanda Lasher (Gossip Girl) joins as executive producer/showrunner. Season one of the breakout show has garnered over 20 million views on Freeform and all digital platforms.
DIY is diving into Pool Kings with an order for 30 new episodes. The series wrapped its first season in September having given the net a 62% boost during its Monday timeslot. New shows are slated to arrive in May 2018.
Fox gave a script commitment plus penalty to Adam & Eva, based on the Dutch series, from Steven Levenson (Masters of Sex), Scripted World and 20th Century Fox Television.
A comedy starring comedian Trae Crowder (stage persona: “the liberal redneck”) nabbed a script commitment plus penalty from ABC. Based on Crowder’s life, the project comes from Warner Bros. Television and Spondoolie Productions.
ABC is also developing Suspects, a cop drama based on the UK series Unforgotten, from the original’s creator Chris Lang, Josh Berman, Sally Haynes, Laura Mackie, BBC Worldwide Productions and Sony Pictures Television.
Independent drama producer and distributor Reel One Entertainment acquired screen rights to Philip K. Dick novella “Second Variety,” and attached veteran showrunner David Titcher (The Librarian) to adapt.
Production has begun on Sonar Entertainment kids’ 6-9 series Go Away, Unicorn!. The series, produced by Sonar Entertainment for Disney Channel in the U.S. and YTV in Canada, will debut in fall 2018, and air on other Disney Networks in multiple territories.
Netflix gave a straight-to-series order to family superhero drama Raising Dion, based on Dennis Liu’s short film about an African-American boy with super abilities. Series comes from Liu; Michael B. Jordan (Friday Night Lights), who will also co-star; Carol Barbee (UnReal); Michael Green (American Gods); and MACRO.
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
A third season of grisly battles begins on Sunday, February 25 at 9p with the return of Starz’ Ash vs Evil Dead. Bruce Campbell is back as the chainsaw-wielding anti-hero, who this time around is joined by long-lost daughter Brandy, played by Arielle Carver-O’Neill (House Husbands).
Don’t try this at home: Discovery Family’s Zak Storm premieres Saturday, October 14 at 9a. Series follows a boy swept into the Bermuda Triangle while competing in a surfing competition.
Ed Stafford: Left for Dead follows the explorer’s attempt to escape from some of the planet’s most extreme environments, with a camera and nothing else, in under 10 days. Survival show launches on Discovery Tuesday, October 10 at 10p.
COMING UP
A Reno, Set Go! Thanksgiving special finds the Bradbury kids – birth, adopted and past fosters – teaming to renovate Sue and Glen’s house while the parents are on their first child-free vacation in 25 years. Reno, Set, Go!: All In the Family airs Monday, November 13 at 10p on Discovery Family.
Buzzr will air an encore of its tribute to game show icon Monty Hall on Saturday, October 7 at 11:30a. The edition will include an episode of Tattletales featuring Hall and his wife as contestants. The Let’s Make a Deal host died September 30 at age 96.
Telemundo Deportes and Combate Americas are partnering to produce the first-ever Telemundo broadcast of a live mixed martial arts event. Copa Combate will take place Saturday, November 11 at 11:30p, live from Cancun.
CASTING
Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson, who memorably starred in 1992’s Howards End and 1993’s Remains of the Day, will reunite for a TV-movie adaptation of King Lear for BBC One and Amazon….Sally Field will recur on Netflix 10-parter Maniac, opposite Emma Stone and Jonah Hill….Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) and Keely Hawes (Line of Duty) will star in 6-part BBC One drama Bodyguard….Grammy winner Jill Scott will play DC villain Lady Eve on CW’s upcoming Black Lightning, debuting midseason 2018….Natalia Cordova-Buckley was upped to series regular for season 5 of ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., returning this winter…..Amirah Vann (Underground) will recur on season 4 of ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder.
VIDEOS IN SHORT
When it comes to short-form video, narrowing the focus is key. “We went to Colorado and interviewed a dozen people about how kids are benefitting from medical marijuana. Our plan was to distribute the doc as several short pieces,” recalls Mike Vainisi, head of editorial at ATTN and a juror at the upcoming Cynopsis Short Form Video Festival. “When we started to edit the footage, we realized that the only way it would work was to identify one narrow aspect of the story for each piece. For short-form video – particularly short-form video distributed on social – the audience expects you to get to the point fast, and they’ll keep scrolling if the narrative starts to meander.”
Genius Kitchen launched over 150 hours of content on GeniusKitchen.com, mobile apps and connected devices. The food-focused digital offering from Scripps Lifestyle Studios includes original shows, recipe and cooking demonstrations, social influencers and classic favorites.
Gunpowder & Sky closed a multi-territory distribution deal for 9 YouTube Red originals. Among the offerings: Escape the Night, Prank Academy and Sing It!.
Preschool learning and entertainment platform Hopster announced the launch of a special educational area inside its app that will help get kids comfortable with STEM subjects naturally. In “Hopster School,” preschoolers will be able to hop in and out of subjects such as science and math and pick up new basic academic skills through curated playlists and games.
DIGITAL DATA
Funny or Die’s No Activity premieres on CBS All Access Sunday, November 12, the same day Star Trek: Discovery wraps. Guest stars on the series, set in the world of a major drug cartel bust, include Will Ferrell, Andy Sedaris and J.K. Simmons.
FuboTV is out of Beta on Apple TV, iOS and Android devices and Chromecast. The sports-first live TV streaming service has begun the rollout of a new design, which can be seen on the new version of its tvOS app, and will be available on other devices later this year. The re-launched Apple TV app includes new features, faster navigation and a fresh user interface and user experience.
Discovery Communications announced a new VR project, Discovery TRVLR. The 38-episode travel docu-series from Here Be Dragons, which visits all seven continents, launches Friday, November 3 exclusively on YouTube, DiscoveryVR.com, and on the Discovery VR app, and can be seen via the new Google Daydream View, Cardboard, Android and iOS phones.
ADVERTISING
AMC’s The Walking Dead will run a 6-second ad immediately before each new episode begins at 9p, starting with the second installment of season 8 (Sunday, October 29). Fox aired its first 6-second linear ad during the Teen Choice Awards in August, and has run short takes during sporting events, but AMC’s offering will be the first major 6-second test in a series.
Interactive video ads on tablets, desktop and mobile devices pack a punch with viewers, according to a report from Interpublic’s Magna and IPG Media Lab units, “The Interactive Effect: A Key to Surviving in the Attention Economy of a Mobile-First World.” In fact, interactive ads added 47% to the time consumers pay attention to a brand, says the study – making them comparable to good ole TV ads.
GOING GLOBAL
BBC One announced the commission of a pilot for The Recording Studio. The show from Boundless follows ordinary people given the opportunity to record a song in a world-class studio.
Quintus Media has delivered programming to ProSiebenSat.1’s documentary channel Kabel Eins Doku, Germany’s free to air channel targeting men between 40 and 64 years of age. Shows include Creating an Ocean, Deception and Megatrains.
Gaumont struck a deal with StyleHaul and Verizon’s go90 for millennial social media drama series, Relationship Status, starring and executive produced by Milo Ventimiglia (This is Us), to media partners worldwide.
COMING TO MIPCOM
Among the entertainment formats Endemol Shine will be bringing to Cannes this month are cooking competition Family Food Fight, breakout quiz show The Wall and game show Armchair Detectives.
Distribution360 has an array of offerings for MIPCOM and MIP Junior. On the kids and family slate are Emmy-winning GIVE, animated Genius Genie and live action series I’m Ready.
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RATINGS
For the first time, ABC’s Modern Family tied Fox’s Empire as Wednesday’s #1 series among A18-49, with a 1.9/7 rating. CBS newcomer SEAL Team was, for the second week, the night’s most watched broadcast, with 8.01 million viewers.
The season 2 premiere of Fox’s Lethal Weapon rose +73% in Live+7 multiplatform viewers (to 7.6 million) versus Live+SD numbers, and saw a +58% boost (to 1.9/8) among A18-49. The season 2 debut of The Mick posted a+785 gain in viewers (to 4.8 million), up +20% from its season one finale.
Also touting Live+7 lifts was CBS, which saw NCIS add +4.13 million viewers (to 17.42 million), Bull boast a gain of +4.02 million (to 14.09 million) and NCIS: New Orleans tack on +3.94 million (to 12.72 million).
The season 4 premiere of Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet delivered 1.4 million Total Viewers P2+ in L+3, up +6% in P2+ viewers vs. the previous season’s viewership average, helping Animal Planet break into ad-supported cable’s Top Five among Total Viewers Saturday at 9p. The series premiere of My Big Far Pet Makeover at 10p averaged 946,000 Total Viewers P2+, up +20%)vs. the network’s P2+ viewership averages among freshman series 2017 to date.
The first installment of Travel Channel’s four-part Expedition Unknown: Hunt for Extraterrestrials on Wednesday saw a +37% increase over the prior 6-week timeslot average. The 10p debut of the after show special, Expedition Unknown: After the Hunt, also posted double digit gains – up 83 percent from its year-ago levels and 27 percent from the prior 6-week timeslot average. Both shows ranked among the top 20 cable programs for their timeslot with P25-54 viewers.
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Wednesday, October 4, 2017 time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
CBS: 7.51 million
Survivor 8.01, SEAL Team 8.36, Criminal Minds 6.16
NBC: 5.89 million
The Blacklist 5.77, Law & Order: SVU 5.77, Chicago PD 6.13
FOX: 3.91 million
Empire 5.82, Star 4.64
ABC: 5.21 million
The Goldbergs 5.729, Speechless 4.59, Modern Family 6.35, American Housewife 4.94, Designated Survivor 4.84
TELEMUNDO: 1.17 million
Jenni Rivera: Mariposa e Barrio 1.03, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso 1.22, El Senor de los Cielos 1.26
UNIVISION: 1.04 million
Enamorandome de Ramon 1.02, Mi Marido tie Familia 1.19. Hoy Voy a Cambiar .89
CW: 1.01 million
Whose Line Is it Anyway? 1.22, Masters of Illusion .81, Masters of Illusion .81
Wednesday A18-49: FOX 1.7/6, ABC 1.4/5, CBS 1.3/5, NBC 1.2/5, TELE .6/3, UNI .5/2, CW .3/1
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Jen Perri has been promoted to Vice President, Univision Creator Network. Prior to Univision, Jen held strategy and development positions at Seventeen, Collective Digital Studios and co-founded BigFrame. Additionally, James Health was promoted to Director, Digital Analytics & Audience Development.
Electus upped Max Richards from Manager to Director, Sales Acquisitions/Head of Sports, and tapped Stephanie Ward to serve as Director Business Affairs. Ward comes to Electus from Discovery.
Mike Carney has been named Chief Operating Officer of Outdoor Sportsman Group Publishing and Branded Media. Previously, Carney was Executive Vice President and Group Publisher for Outdoor Sportsman Group.
Promotion production company Andy Haskins, Inc. hired Nick Belperio for the position of Executive Creative Director. Belperio was a Senior Vice President on FOX Broadcasting Company’s Marketing team.
Friday Fun Fact: On average, workers in the U.S. use only 54% of their vacation days.
This Day in History: 1979 – Pope John Paul II was the first pontiff to visit the White House.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which actress played the same character in four different series? There were two: Linda Dano appeared as Rae Cummings on One Life to Live, General Hospital, All My Children, and Port Charles, and Estelle Getty appeared on Golden Girls, Empty Nest, Nurses and Golden Palace. (And Mariska Hargitay played Olivia Benson on Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order Trial By Jury, Chicago PD and Chicago Fire, notes UpTV’s Robert McDougal.) Kudos to: Stacey Tenenbaum-ST Casting/LA, Adam Havener-AD HAVS Entertainment/LA , Raynard Gadson-AMC/NYC,
Today’s Trivia Question: What job did Charlie’s Angels’ (1976-1981) Sabrina hold before she became a private investigator? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four correct answers from each time zone will be selected.)
Answer to Yesterday’s Anagram: Fairy Fam Fail = Family Affair. Kudos to: Robert Wimbish-Scripps Networks Interactive/Knoxville, TN, Barbara Potasky-NBCUniversal/NYC, Michael Strauss-CoxReps/NYC, Alan Asarch-Business Wire/NYC, Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, Barb Larson-Compass Point, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach, FL, Sally J. Maisel-Wienermania/Van Nuys, CA, Caryn Greenburg, NYC, Gail Goins-Videa/Atlanta, Sally J. Maisel-Wienermania/Van Nuys, CA
Classic Drama Anagram: Not Let Wash (Email [email protected] with your answer; first three respondents with the correct answer who aren’t in trivia will be posted in tomorrow’s newsletter.)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY OCTOBER 6
ABC: Once Upon a Time [p], Marvel’s Inhumans, 20/20
CBS: MacGyver, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods
CW: Masters of Illusion [r], Masters of Illusion [r], Penn & Teller: Fool Us [r]
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen, The Exorcist
NBC: The Brave [r], Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Third Rail with Ozy, Great Performances, The Hispanic Heritage Awards
Telemundo: Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Eliminatorias Copa Mundial 2018, Eliminatorias Copa Mundial 2018
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