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Good morning. It’s Monday October 23, 2017 and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Food Network: Freaky Sweets at 10p
Pasiones: Elif at 8p
VH1: Scared Famous at 9p
Viceland: The Untitled Action Bronson Show at 11:30p
Tonight’s Finale:
Discovery Family Channel: Game of Homes at 10p
IN THE NEWS
Fallout from allegations of sexual harassment, and worse, in the media industry continues unabated.
A spokesman for former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly slammed a New York Times article that appeared Saturday. The Times “printed leaked information provided by anonymous sources that is out of context, false, defamatory, and obviously designed to embarrass Bill O’Reilly and to keep him from competing in the marketplace,” said Mark Fabiani. The Times reported that the month after O’Reilly struck a $32 million agreement with a longtime network analyst to settle sexual harassment allegations, Fox News gave him a 4-year contract extension.
Fox News parent 21st Century Fox responded to Times the story as well, saying O’Reilly’s new contract was made at a time typical for renewals, and “added protections for the company specifically aimed at harassment, including that Mr. O’Reilly could be dismissed if the company was made aware of other allegations or if additional relevant information was obtained in a company investigation.” Fox News exercised that clause in April.
As for the Times, editor Dean Baquet said, “Mr. Fabiani addresses everything but what the story actually says. This article, like our previous reporting on the subject, is accurate and deeply reported and we welcome any challenge to the facts.”
The Television Academy voted “overwhelmingly” to initiate disciplinary hearings against Harvey Weinstein in the wake of the dozens of sexual harassment and assault allegations against him. The Producers Guild, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and BAFTA have already taken action to rid themselves of the disgraced producer. “Sexual harassment in any form is abhorrent and totally unacceptable. Television is a collaborative industry and we fully support those who have been affected by these allegations,” said the Academy in a statement. A hearing has been set, per the group’s bylaws, for early November.
The Director’s Guild of America has also started disciplinary proceedings against Weinstein. “The DGA has a long-standing practice of not commenting on internal union matters,” said guild president Thomas Schlamme on Saturday, “but has decided to make an exception in this case to acknowledge the filing of charges.”
An open letter to the animation community, with 217 signatures from women and non-conforming people, demanded “clearly and enforced sexual harassment” policies, as well as punishment for offenders. The letter went to execs at Disney, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Warner Bros., among others. “When sexual predators are caught at one workplace, they seem to easily find a job at another studio, sometimes even following their victims from job to job,” said the letter. “We are tired of relying on whisper networks to know who isn’t safe to meet with alone.”
Shonda Rhimes may be gone from ABC after signing overall deal with Netflix, but she’s not forgotten. Or even really gone. Speaking at USC’s Institute on Entertainment Law and Business, Disney/ABC TV president Ben Sherwood said, “ABC will always be Shonda’s broadcast home. In fact, she’s told me, told colleagues, she hopes Grey’s Anatomy runs as long as General Hospital does – for another 40 years and beyond.”
Responding to online speculation about why she left Chicago P.D. after 4 seasons (“it sounded like they cut her not she cut them,” read one post), Sophia Bush posted, “took me a long time and a lot of hard work to get out of that show…I left because I wanted to. End of story.” Bush now has a talent holding and development deal with 20th Century Fox Television.
Dr. Jennifer Ashton has been upped to Chief Medical Correspondent for ABC News. Ashton, who was most recently Chief Women’s Health Correspondent, fills the shoes of ABC News Chief Health and Medical Editor, who announced he was leaving to become president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Scripps Howard Foundation is launching a year-long postgraduate fellowship program for four people aiming for journalism leadership positions in the media industry. The program is offered in partnership with the Scripps News Washington Bureau, Newsy and ProPublica. In addition to immersive newsroom residencies, participants will convene for a series of workshops on leadership, project management, innovation and the business of journalism.
Fox Sports is dropping the mic for the World Series – and dropping it deep. Fox is placing 14 underground microphones around the paying field, and will use 8 motion cameras. At-bats and close plays will be captured at 1500 frames per second.
Call for Submissions: Cynopsis is producing its annual Holiday Programming Guide, which comes out on November 15 and will be sent to all Cynopsis subscribers. If your network has holiday-themed programming airing from November 15 through January 1, please send your listing to [email protected] and [email protected] no later than Monday, November 6 with the subject line: Holiday Guide. To be included programs must be listed by date, title of program, and the start and end times each program will air on that date. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CBS gave a pilot production commitment to a reboot of Magnum P.I., from master of revivals Peter Lenkov (writer of CBS updates Hawaii Five-0 and MacGyver), and Davis Entertainment (The Blacklist). CBS Television Studios is co-producing with Universal Television. The Tom Selleck original aired from 1980-1988.
ABC issued a put pilot commitment for a comedy from Liz Meriwether, creator and exec producer of New Girl, and New Girl writer J.J. Philbin. Project centers on a group of single parents who lean on each other as they raise their kids.
Telepictures is developing a syndicated daytime show for Jane Lynch (Glee, Hollywood Game Night) from Lynch and Missy Halperin, reports Deadline. Target launch date is fall 2018.
Comedy Emma’s At Her Dad’s, from Claudia Lonow Rapaport, Hazy Mills and Universal Television, has been put in development at Fox. Show focuses on a 35-ish single mom racing the clock on weekends to sort out her life while her child comes home.
YouTube Red ordered 8-episode dating anxiety comedy series Swipe Right, starring Carly Craig (American Housewife) and created by Craig and Daniel Reisinger, reports Deadline.
The stories of 4 diverse and interconnected couples are told in Vows, a drama from Doug Robinson (The Goldbergs) and Sony Pictures Television, in development at ABC.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: October 20-22, 2017
Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (Lionsgate) $21.7 million, opening weekend
Geostorm (Warner Bros.) $13.3 million, opening weekend
Happy Death Day (Universal) $9.4 million (week 2), cume revenue $40.7 million
Blade Runner 2049 (Warner Bros.) $7.2 million (week 3), cume revenue $74.0 million
Only the Brave (Sony) $6.0 million, opening weekend
The Foreigner (STX) $5.5 million (week 2), cume revenue $22.8 million
It (Warner Bros.) $3.5 million (week 7), cume revenue $320.2 million
The Snowman (Universal) $3.4 million, opening weekend
American Made (Fox) $3.2 million (week 4), cume revenue $45.5 million
Kingsman: The Golden Circle (Fox) $3.0 million (week 5), cume revenue $94.6 million
Source: comScore
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
A new season of CNBC’s Billion Dollar Buyer launches Wednesday, January 3 at 10p, with hospitality mogul and new owner of the Houston Rockets Tilman Fertitta ready to help small businesses score a big deal.
TBS’s Snoop Dogg Presents: The Jokers Wild premieres tomorrow, October 24 at 10p. The reboot of one of Snoop Dogg’s favorite game shows growing up is set in Snoop’s very own casino, including a gigantic slot machine, giant dice and playing cards. The show also features cameos by the likes of Seth Rogen, Wiz Khalifia, Karlie Kloss, Michael Strahan, Method Man, Regis Philbin, Kelly Osbourne and Karraueche Tran.
VIDEOS IN SHORT
E! added to its slate of Snapchat series with Face Forward. The 8-episode makeover series treats a deserving girl to a complete style overhaul. Abercrombie & Fitch is excusive launch partner.
Hulu is marking “Huluween” with an activation that includes a short-form 6-part anthology series called The House. The shorts, available for free, feature haunted houses that pay homage to the horror/scary movie genre.
COMING UP
CNN anchor Anderson Cooper and longtime friend Andy Cohen (Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen) will interview each other and take questions from the audience in “Deep Talk and Shallow Tales,” a live event Saturday, November 4 at 8p at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre Powered By Xfinity in Wallingford, CT.
FXX shows Halloween spirit with a The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” programming event culminating with a 13-hour marathon on Monday, October 31. The marathon will air 26 episodes of “Treehouse” in season order beginning 11a and concluding at 12a.
Pentatonix is returning to NBC with A Very Pentatonix Christmas, set for Monday, Nov. 27 at 10p. The one-hour special, which also features The Voice coach Jennifer Hudson, will have an encore airing on Wednesday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m.
Justice Network is running “Husband Hunters” themed weeks the last two weeks of October, featuring episodes of men who propose marriage and women who propose murder. Episodes from a true-crime library that includes Body of Evidence, Cold Case Files, Secret Lives of Stepford Wives and more will air from 9-11p Monday-Friday.
GOING GLOBAL
Alchimie, the Paris-based company specializing in digital distribution and monetization of video content, struck deals with Inverleigh (Aus), DRG (UK), Creative Media Productions (Aus) and ZDF Enterprises (De).
UK’s Royal Television Society issued a call for entries for its RTS Programme Awards 2018. Wayne Garvie, president of international production at Sony Pictures Television, takes over as chair of the awards from Alex Mahon.
ADVERTISING & BRANDS
Xbox marks the spot: AMC found a taker for 6-second ad spots during season 8 of The Walking Dead. Microsoft’s Xbox snapped up the ads that were available for TWD’s second and third episodes, on October 29 and November 5. The company previously purchased a 60-second spot promoting its Xbox One X console, which aired during the season premiere.
DIGITAL DATA
With the addition of 9 Fox affiliates, Hulu now has deals with over 290 local broadcast stations for its virtual pay TV service. That’s compared to about 200 local stations for AT&T’s DirecTV Now.
CASTING
Military veteran-turned-actor Vincent “Rocco” Vargas has joined the cast of FX’s Sons of Anarchy spin-off, Mayans MC. The recreated pilot has undergone several cast changes.
RATINGS
Fox freshman The Orville (1.9/7 Live+3) posted its highest Thursday rating, gaining a tenth after delivering a 1.8/6 Live+3 rating for three consecutive weeks.
ABC newbie The Good Doctor delivered its biggest lifts yet in its third week to make it the #1 playback gainer for the first time this season in both A18-49 (+1.6 rating points) and Total Viewers (+5.6 million).
National viewership of NFL games is down 7%, to 15.12 million viewers. That’s an improvement from 2016, which saw an 8% drop. And Thursday’s game on CBS rose in viewership, drawing an audience of 14.9 million viewers across all platforms. In October, viewership is averaging 14.79 million across weeks 5, 6 and 7, up +9% versus last year.
TBS’s National League coverage during the 2017 MLB Postseason fueled audience growth across all Turner platforms. This year’s National League Championship Series averaged 6.2 million viewers, up 88% over TBS’s 2016 LCS coverage. Overall, TBS’s 2017 MLB Postseason coverage led the network to win the night eight times across all of cable television in primetime.
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Thursday, October 19, 2017 time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
CBS: 13.26 million
NFL Thursday Night Kickoff 6.53, Thursday Night Football 14.38
ABC: 4.54 million
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 6.02, Toy Story of Terror 4.70, Scandal 4.70, How to Get Away with Murder 3.56
NBC: 5.20 million
Superstore 4.20, The Good Place 3.92, Will & Grace 6.69, Great News 3.69, Chicago Fire 6.35
FOX: 2.43 million
Gotham 2.75, The Orville 2.11
CW: 1.70 million
Supernatural 1.90, Arrow 1.51
TELEMUNDO 1.22 million
Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio 1.01, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso 1.19, El Senor de los Cielos 1.38
UNIVISION: 1.05 million
Enamorandome de Ramon .94, Mi Marido tie Familia 1.22, Caer en Tentacion .99
Thursday A18-49: CBS 4.1/16, NBC 1.2/5, ABC 1.1/4, FOX .7/3, CW .6/2, TELE .6/2, UNI .5/2
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EXECUTIVE MOVES
Jennifer Zaldivar-Clark, Senior Vice President of Talent and Communications for TV Land, will also serve as SVP for Talent at Viacom sib Paramount Network.
IN MEMORIAM
Longtime news reporter Jim Nash passed away October 18, after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 73. The much-admired Nash was most recently a reporter for KTLA, before his retirement in 2014.
Character actor Brent Briscoe died October 18 of complications from a serious fall. He was 56. Briscoe was known to TV viewers from roles on shows including Parks and Recreation and Twin Peaks.
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Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What pin was the mayor frequently seen wearing on Spin City (1996-2002)? An “I Survived Rocky Horror” pin. Kudos to: Holly Hearn-H2 Concierge Marketing/Sarasota, FL, Rev. Mark Wajda/Leesburg, FL, Claire Hambrick-A+E Networks/NYC, Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, Cynthia New-Spectrum Reach/Cape Girardeau, MO, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA
Today’s Trivia Question: On the original Dynasty (1981-1989), who killed Krystle’s ex-husband, Mark Jennings? (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 Friday’s Switcheroo: Phyllis Stickle = Cloris Leachman (Phyllis Lindstrom from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Beverly Ann Stickle on The Facts of Life). Kudos to: Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach, FL, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA
Real Estate Show Anagram: Moderately My Mother (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 – MONDAY OCTOBER 23
ABC: Dancing With the Stars, The Good Doctor
CBS: The Big Bang Theory, 9JKL, Kevin Can Wait, Me, Myself &I , Scorpion
CW: Supergirl, Valor
FOX: Lucifer The Gifted
NBC: The Voice, The Brave
PBS: Antiques Roadshow [r], Antiques Roadshow [r], POV
TELEMUNDO: Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso, El Senor de los Cielos
UNIVISION: Enamorandome de Ramon, Mi Marido Tiene Familia, Caer en Tantacion
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