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10.20.14
Good morning. It’s Monday, October 20, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
CBS: The Millers at 8:30p
Food: Hungry Games at 8p
TBS: American Dad at 9p
Secrets of the Earth at 9p
Cord cutters, be careful what you wish for. With CBS and HBO planning stand-alone streaming services, al a carte viewing is getting more attainable, but “you are going to have to pay more for less choice,” RBC Capital Markets analyst David Bank told the Wall Street Journal. That’s a sentiment echoed at the Cynopsis Future TV Summit last Thursday. “A la carte is not as cheap as people might think,” said Evan Silverman, SVP, Digital Media at A+E Networks. “The cable bundle might be ripe for price adjustment, but for most people, it’s a pretty good deal.”
Fox cut the order for Mulaney from 16 to the 13 already completed. The comedy premiered to a soft 1.0 rating among A18-49, but improved to 1.1 its second outing, and will continue in its Sunday-at-9:30p timeslot.
Former Dancing With the Stars contestant Leah Remini returns to the ABC competition tonight, this time as co-host. The Leah Remini: It’s All Relative star is filling in for Erin Andrews, busy with World Series duties. “I hope ABC has a delay, gonna speak my mind!” warned Remini. Season 19 of Dancing airs Mondays at 8p.
A contestant on VH1’s Dating Naked whose very private parts were inadvertently shown for a split second has no right to the $10 million she’s suing for, said Viacom in a motion for dismissal. Calling Jess Nizewitz a “former model and sometime actress who wanted a shot at fame,” Viacom says Nizewitz signed “not one but three” agreements expressly agreeing to be filmed fully nude, with producers having sole discretion on how the footage was edited. What’s more, stated Viacom, Nizewitz waived her right to sue and is now liable for attorneys fee.
Singer/actress/talk show host Queen Latifah will host CBS’s inaugural broadcast of the Hollywood Film Awards. Show airs live from Hollywood Friday, November 14 at 8p, preceded by a red carpet special at 7:30p.
Lifetime’s not betting on a second season of The Lottery. After premiering to 1.1 million total viewer in July, the thriller went on to average a soft 700,000 in Live+SD.
The dispute between 21st Century Fox and Tribune Media over Fox’s demand for higher programming fees to remain on Seattle station KCPQ-TV ended Friday. “As part of the extended affiliation agreement Tribune has agreed, as of January 2015, to pay additional programming fees to Fox for prime time and sports content provided by the networks,” said Tribune. Fox withdrew the notice of termination it sent Tribune in September; the new deal runs through 2018.
Former American Idol contestant Joanne Borgella died October 18 at age 32 after a battle with endometrial cancer that she had taken public. Borgella, who appeared on season seven of Idol, won season one of Oxygen’s Mo’Nique’s Fat Chance, and appeared on MTV’s Made as well as NUVOtv’s Curvy Girls. “Joanne made a choice to…be a fighter and share her journey with the world,” said her family on Facebook. “Her faith, courage and strength were unshaken through every obstacle she encountered.”
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: October 17-19, 2014
Fury (Sony) $23.5 million, opening weekend
Gone Girl (20th Century Fox) $17.8 million, cume revenue $107.1 million
The Book of Life (20th Century Fox) $17.0 million, opening weekend
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Disney) $12.0 million, cume revenue $36.9 million
The Best of Me (Relativity Media) $10.2 million, opening weekend
Dracula Untold (Universal) $9.9 million, cume revenue $40.7 million
The Judge (Warner Bros.) $7.9 million, cume revenue $26.8 million
Annabelle (Warner Bros.) $7.9 million, cume revenue $74.1 million
The Equalizer (Sony) $5.5 million, cume revenue $89.2 million
The Maze Runner (20th Century Fox) $4.5 million, cume revenue $90.8 million
Source: Rentrak Corporation
PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Here’s a new twist on a dating show: Too Ugly for Love follows 10 singles hiding medical conditions (hair loss, amputated limbs, profuse sweating) that could jeopardize their chances at finding romance. Discovery Networks International commissioned the series from betty, premiering on TLC in South America today, before rolling out across Asia-Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America, Nordics, and Western Europe.
A reboot of The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1969-1972), from Warner Bros. Television and Conaco, has found its way to Fox with penalty, reports Deadline. The project will co-star and be produced by White Collar’s Willie Garson and written and exec produced by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett.
There’s a new dog in town: A sequel to the hit 2008 movie Marley & Me has a put pilot commitment from NBC, where Jenny Bicks (Sex and the City) will write; the film’s director, David Frankel, is set to helm the potential pilot about a pooch who takes the place of a family’s departed pet.
Parks and Recreation’s Amy Poehler is partnering with the NBC comedy’s writer/producer Aisha Muharrar for another workplace comedy at the net. The project about a woman who inherits a church comes from Universal Television and 3 Arts Entertainment.
BBC America is co-producing five-part mini-series London Spy with BBC Two. The thriller, produced by Working Title Television, stars Ben Wishaw (Skyfall) as an innocent drawn into espionage; filming started last week in London.
ABC bought a comedy script from The Simpsons’ Mike and Julie Scully, said the Hollywood Reporter. Raising Adults is loosely based on the married couple’s experience as parents.
Fox issued a script commitment with penalty for a space race drama from Film 44 and 20th Century Fox Television, written by Film 44’s Eli Attie (The West Wing). NBC grounded its space race comedy, Mission Control, last week.
American Idol fans for the first time have a hand in selecting one of the contestants to advance to Hollywood Week. Voting at americanidol.com/poll began Friday for one of four singers chosen by the show, who will win the golden ticket. Poll closes 11:59p on Tuesday, October 21; new season launches on Fox in January.
TLC’s Home Sweet Bus follows a family of 13 who travel the country in a 360-square-foot bus performing faith-based music. One-hour special airs Tuesday, October 28 at 10p.
Want to find out what shows are online and when? Check out Watcheroo, Cynopsis’ 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.
How happy was DirecTV with the premiere of Kingdom? A week after the mixed martial arts drama’s debut, the satcaster issued a 20-ep renewal. The series from creator Byron Balasco and Endemol Studios begins production on half the order next spring for a fall launch; the rest of the batch is slated for 2016.
Destination America’s new show Ghost Asylum, currently ranking as the net’s top series ever among W25-54 and W18-49 in rating and delivery, will be back for another round. “We are thrilled to see the success that Ghost Asylum has had this past season,” Fay Yu, executive producer, DA, tells Cynopsis. “We knew that Americans would not want to miss joining the Tennessee Wraith Chasers on their investigations of some of the most chilling locations in the U.S.”
Season four of Discovery’s Moonshiners is back Tuesday, November 4 at 9p. The distillery-focused docu-series launches one week after Moonshiners: The Off Season catches viewers up on how the shiners spent their time off.
Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking) will play Marilyn Monroe’s mentally ill mother in Lifetime’s Marilyn. Four-hour miniseries based on the book, “The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe,” is set to air in 2015.
Ben Bledsoe (Spirited Away), Brian Jordan Alvarez (You Are What I Want) and Derek Goh (The Brides of March) landed roles in MTV comedy pilot Self Promotion, to be directed by Zach Braff (Scrubs).
Dondre Whitfield (Mistresses) landed a regular role on season four of BET hit Real Husbands of Hollywood. Season three airs Tuesdays at 10p.
Dean Stockwell reunites with former Quantum Leap costar Scott Bakula for a guest appearance on CBS’s NCIS: New Orleans, reports EW. Procedural airs Tuesdays at 9p.
Tao Okamato (Wolverine) scored a guest arc on season three of NBC’s Hannibal. A premiere date has yet to be been announced.
Catalina Sandino Morano (Red Band Society) will recur on the fifth and final season of TNT’s Falling Skies.
CASTING CALL: TV Host with Beauty background/interest. Sean De Simone Casting and luxury skin care brand Tatcha are casting a Brand Rep to sell on QVC. 250 appearances per year. Expr in TV Hosting or as a beauty expert on TV a plus. Should be located w/in 2 hrs of West Chester, PA (Philadelphia). Photo, Resumes and links to [email protected] (10/25)
CASTING CALL: Homeowners/Orlando area: For Backyard Makeover Show. Is your backyard an eyesore? Landscape looks like a jungle? Celeb landscape designer, Jamie Durie is ready to transform your backyard into an oasis! Email us how your unattractive backyard is affecting your family and include your name, age, city, contact number and photos. Email to: [email protected]
Bollore Group, already in possession of about 36 percent of Havas, the world’s sixth largest ad agency, has made an offer for majority control. “The offer highlights the confidence of Bollore in Havas’s strategy as an independent group among the world leading communication players,” said Bollore CEO Vincent Bollore, whose son Yannick is CEO of Havas.
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AMC’s Walking Dead can tack on 5.1 million more total viewers in Live+3 to the 17.3 million it had already scared up for the season five premiere on October 12, making the broadcast the most-watched non-sports show in cable history.
After topping lead-in Scandal October 16, freshman How to Get Away with Murder slipped three tenths to a still-strong 2.8/9 among A18-49 on Thursday, while Scandal held onto 2.9/9 in the demo to lead non-sports programming for ABC.
CBS’s Amazing Race ran up to season highs in total viewers (6.6 million) and A18-49 (1.4) on Friday, according to preliminary Nielsens, up 12 and 27 percent versus last week. ABC’s freshman comedy Cristela dipped just 8 percent from its premiere, to 1.2/4.
The premiere of The Affair had the best-ever Live+3 lift for a Showtime debut, adding 51 percent to the audience (412,000 viewers) for a Live+3 Sunday Total Night delivery of 1.2 million. The pilot also received over 600,000 across on demand and authenticated platforms ahead of its linear premiere, making it the net’s most-watched sneak preview.
Top 10 Primetime Cable Scripted Originals, Live+3 (000) among A18-49 for the week of 10/6/14
AMC: Walking Dead (10/12) 22,372
FX: American Horror Story (10/8) 9998
FX: Sons of Anarchy (10/7) 6629
CMDY: South Park (10/8) 3049
HBO: Boardwalk Empire (10/12) 2560
OWN: If Loving You Is Wrong (10/7) 2118
SHOW: Homeland (10/12) 1994
SYFY: Z Nation (10/10) 1908
BBCA: Doctor Who (10/11) 1781
TNT: Legends (10/8) 1763
Source: NTI, NPower Live+3 data stream: Primetime Cable Scripted Originals as dated. Excludes children’s networks.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: CBS scored the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 5.3/17, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen, dominating every hour with NFL football. CBS scored 4.5/16 to win 8p, followed by 2.4/8 for ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. The game delivered 5.5/17 at 9p, versus 2.9/9 for ABC’s Scandal, and continued to lead at 10p with 5.7/18, versus 2.8/9 for ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder.
A18-49: CBS 5.3/17, ABC 2.7/8, UNI 1.3/4, NBC 1.2/4, FOX 1.2/4, CW .7/2, TELE .5/2, ION .1/0
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, October 16, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 10.0/17
NFL Kick-off 4.8/9, Thursday Night Football 10.1/17
ABC: 6.4/11
Grey’s Anatomy 5.8/10, Scandal 6.7/11, How to Get Away with Murder 6.6/13
FOX: 3.2/5
Bones 4.0/7, Gracepoint 2.3/4
NBC: 2.9/5
Biggest Loser 3.0/5, Bad Judge 3.1/6, A to Z 2.3/4, Parenthood 2.9/5
UNIVISION: 1.7/3
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 2.1/4, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.9/3, Malquerida 1.2/2
CW: 1.0/2
Vampire Diaries 1.1/2, Reign .8/1
TELE: .8/1
Reina de Corazones .6/1, Los Miserables .7/1, Senora Acero 1.1/2
ION: .8/1
Blue Bloods .7/1, Blue Bloods .8/1, Blue Bloods .9/2
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This Day In History: 1968 – Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What name did Lucille Ball use when she worked as a model for Hattie Carnegie? Diane Belmont. Kudos to: Charles Mannino-SubCom, Linda Grillo-Viacom/NYC, Anthony Salerno-Horizon Media/NYC, Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Productions/Burbank, Brian Harder-Comcast Spotlight/Chicago, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL, Mandy Durbin-T Media Sales/LA, Denise Epstein-Disney Media/NYC, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA/LA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY OCTOBER 20, 2014
ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Castle
CBS: Big Bang Theory, The Millers [p], Scorpion, NCIS: Los Angeles
CW: The Originals, Jane the Virgin
FOX: Gotham, Sleep Hollow
NBC: The Voice, The Blacklist
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Roadshow [r], Independent Lens [r]
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, Los Miserables, Senora Acero
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, La Malquerida
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