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Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Wicked City at 10p
Food: Chopper Junior at 8p
Oxygen: Fix My Mom at 9p
Tonight’s Finales:
ABC Family: Monica the Medium at 8p
Cooking: Taco Trip at 10p
El Rey: From Dusk Till Dawn at 9p
ID: Evil Kin at 9p
Syfy: Face Off at 9p
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A familiar face is returning to host The Golden Globes. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced that Ricky Gervais will emcee the award ceremony’s 2016 telecast. Gervais hosted the Globes for three consecutive years from 2010 to 2012, drawing both praise and criticism for his edgy attitude. “We’re excited to have Ricky Gervais back to host the most enjoyable awards show of the season in his own inimitable way,” said NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt. “Disarming and surprising, Ricky is ready to honor – and send up – the best work of the year in film and television.” The ceremony airs live Sunday, January 10 at 8p.
NBC‘s Saturday Night Live is gearing up for some major star power. Matthew McConaughey returns to Studio 8H on November 21 to host the series for the first time in over a decade. He’ll be joined by Grammy winner Adele, who’ll appear as musical guest.
Twitter and CBS News have partnered for the broadcast of the Democratic presidential debate on Saturday, November 14 at 9p. Twitter will provide CBS News with insights, live reaction and questions from voters, some of which may be incorporated into the debate. “Our people have worked with Twitter’s unique curator tools to measure changing responses to what viewers will see on the screen. Twitter integration will inform our coverage and integrate seamlessly with CBSN, our always-on digital network,” said CBS News President David Rhodes.
NATPE’s 13th annual Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Award will honor Steve Harvey, Doug Herzog, Quincy Jones, Sophie Turner Laing and Norman Lear. The special reception will be held on January 20 at the 2016 NATPE Market and Conference in Miami Beach.
For the seventh consecutive year the Screen Actors Guild Awards has been honored with the Environmental Media Association’s Green Seal. The accolade, presented at the 25th Annual EMA Awards on Saturday, October 23, was created to promote responsible production methods.
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NBC is developing The Russians Are Coming from Universal Television and Mila Kunis‘ Orchard Farm Productions. The semi-autobiographical comedy from Sam Wolfson (Finding Carter) focuses on a husband whose Russian in-laws move in upstairs.
FOX has greenlit American Country Countdown’s Top 10 Stories of 2015, a companion piece to spring’s American Country Countdown Awards. The one-hour special airs Thursday, December 17 at 8p and features appearances by Jason Aldean, Kix Brooks, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt, Little Big Town, Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood.
Stewarts and Hamiltons, the docuseries that followed the large blended family of George Hamilton and Alana Stewart, has been canceled. The E! show aired a mere eight episodes.
FX axed Married after two seasons. Creator Andrew Gurland announced the news on Twitter on Monday, thanking the network and fans.
Reelz is packing November with Kennedy-themed programming. The Kennedy Files, a 10-week documentary series premieres Tuesday, November 10 at 9p. Killing JFK: 50 Questions Answered airs Saturday, November 7 at 12p, followed by documentary JFK: The Smoking Gun at 1p and the premiere of Jackie: Behind Closed Doors at 9p. Eight-part miniseries The Kennedys returns Monday, November 16 at 9a. Things wrap on Tuesday, November 17 with Hollywood Scandals “The Kennedys” at 8p and Celebrity Legacies – “John F. Kennedy Jr.” at 11p.
Peabody Award-winning PBS series Craft in America marks the holiday season with an hour titled “Celebration,” premiering nationwide on Friday, December 11 at 10p. The episode examines the role craft plays in holiday customs, focusing on winter observances and traditions.
Start your Halloween Party with The Munsters Marathon on Cozi TV, beginning 12p on Saturday, October 31, and the first television rock opera, “Auto-Tune The Munsters.” The episode “A Man for Marilyn” has been reconstructed around originally composed songs using dialogue from the show to create a first-of-its kind for TV, following in the tradition of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The already-released songs What’s Wrong With Me? and Grandpa Makes A Prince are highlights, at 8p and 11p.
El Rey Network celebrates Halloween with The Puppet Master Marathon, airing Saturday, October 31 at 12a through Sunday, November 1 at 6a. Hosted by producer/writer Charles Band, the stunt features the first five films from the series. Bonus: a contest offering one lucky winner the chance to die in the next Puppet Master film.
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Five single black women from New York City navigate the dating world on FYI‘s #BlackLove, debuting Tuesday, December 8 at 10:15p. In the mix: Monet Bell, who ended up divorcing Vaughn Copeland after appearing on season one of Married at First Sight.
El Rey Network renewed From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series for a third season. The show’s sophomore finale, guest- starring Demi Lovato, airs Tuesday, October 27 at 9p.
ABC Family picked up a second season of Monica the Medium. The reality series’ season one finale tonight 8p.
Christopher Eccleston landed a starring role in BBC One drama The A Word, about a family learning to deal with autism. Series is slated to bow in late spring.
Johnny Ray Gill (Rectify) booked a series regular role in CBS series BrainDead. The show debuts in summer 2016.
Kelli Goss (Big Time Rush) snagged a recurring role in Netflix comedy The Ranch. The series will be released in 2016.
International content distributor DRG acquired worldwide rights to My Son The Jihadi. Documentary tells the story of Thomas, eldest son of an ordinary British family, who left home for Somalia in 2011 to join terrorist group Al Shabaab, an Al Qaeda affiliate.
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With a Live+7 ratings lift, CBS moved into a tie with NBC in A18-49 while maintaining first place finishes in viewers and A25-54 during the third week of the season, according to Nielsen data for the week of October 5 to 11. Among A18-49, CBS added .6 rating points (2.7 from 2.1, up 29 percent), tying NBC after trailing in Live+SD ratings (2.1 versus 2.2). The Big Bang Theory added 5.47 million viewers (to 20.87 million, up 36 percent) and NCIS added 3.87 million (to 20.74 million, up 23 percent) as both series passed Sunday Night Football (19.65 million) as the week’s top two broadcasts.
SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top U.S. Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of October 19, 2015
Program, Date, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Post (000), Fans/Followers (000)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Warner Bros./synd.) 10398, 106, 98, 87648
The Walking Dead (AMC) 3673, 160, 23, 39266
Today Show (NBC) 1584, 538, 3, 8708
Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) 1366, 82, 17, 3997
Good Morning America (ABC) 1301, 716, 2, 7862
Scream Queens (FOX) 1171, 202, 6, 1665
Dancing With The Stars (ABC) 1155, 99, 12, 7706
Empire (FOX) 978, 153, 6, 5131
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 929, 73, 13, 24346
Supernatural (CW) 820, 39, 21, 17674
Source: Shareablee Inc. The total actions metric includes the total volume of post-level likes, shares, favorites, retweets and comments. Total content includes all posts, tweets and media posted by each TV property across all platforms. Actions per post metric notes the average e number of actions garnered by each TV property. Total fans/followers includes Facebook and Twitter and Instagram followers.
NIELSEN TWITTER TV TOP TEN for the week of October 19, 2015
Program, Date, Unique Audience (000), Tweets (000)
2015 MTV EMAs (MTV) 10/25, 5860, 907
The Walking Dead (AMC) 10/25, 5442, 821
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 10/22, 2002, 137
American Horror Story: Hotel (FX) 10/21, 1999, 129
Empire (FOX) 10/21, 1960, 327
WWE Hell in A Cell (Pay-Per-View) 10/25, 1862, 275
WWE Monday Night Raw (USA) 10/19, 1764, 164
Scandal (ABC) 10/22, 1607, 156
Love & Hip Hop Hollywood (VH1) 10/19, 1317, 171
The Voice (NBC) 10/20, 1302, 39
Source: Nielsen. Nielsen Social captures relevant Tweets from three hours before through three hours after broadcast, local time. Unique Audience measures the audience of relevant Tweets ascribed to a program from when the Tweets are sent until the end of the broadcast day at 5am. The data includes new/live primetime and late fringe programming only and excludes sports events. For multicast events, networks are listed alphabetically and metrics reflect the highest Unique Audience across all airing networks.
Friday A18-49 Analysis: ABC held the top spot in the most A18-49 viewers Friday with 1.3/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, CBS’ Amazing Race and ABC’s combination of Last Man Standing and Dr. Ken tied for #1 with 1.2/5; Univision’s Antes Muerta que Lichita followed with 0.7/3. ABC’s Shark Tank topped at 9p with 1.5/6 versus 1.0/4 for CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 and Univision’s Lo Imperdonable. At 10p, ABC’s 20/20 and CBS’ Blue Bloods tied for the lead with 1.2/4. NBC’s Dateline ranked second with 1.1/4.
A18-49: ABC 1.3/5, CBS 1.1/4, UNI 0.9/4, NBC 0.7/3, TELE 0.6/2, FOX 0.4/2, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, October 23, 2015 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 5.3/10
The Amazing Race 3.6/7, Hawaii Five-0 5.5/10, Blue Bloods 6.8/13
ABC: 4.0/7
The Last Man Standing 4.7/9, Dr. Ken 3.9/7, Shark Tank 4.0/7, 20/20 3.4/6
NBC 2.2/4
Undateable 1.8/3, Truth Be Told 1.6/3, Dateline NBC 3.2/6
FOX 1.0/2
Gotham [r] 1.1/2, Rosewood [r] 0.8/2
Univision: 1.3/2
Antes Muerta que Lichita 1.0/2, Lo Imperdonable 1.5/3, Yo No Creo en los Hombres 1.3/2
Telemundo: 0.9/2
Celia 0.9/2, Bajo el Mismo Cielo 0.8/1, Senora Acero 1.0/2
ION: 0.7/1
Criminal Minds 0.8/2, Criminal Minds 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.7/1
CW: 0.6/1
Reign 0.6/1, America’s Next Top Model 0.5/1
Multi-platform media company Macro has hired Kim Roth as President of Production. She last served as president of production at Imagine Entertainment.
Jodie Platt has been named Vice President, Programming and Development, International Production for Sony Pictures Television. She was previously Vice President, Current Programming for ABC Entertainment Group.
Saban Brands has appointed five new executives. Tori Cook, previously Vice President, Retail Business Development at Sanrio, Inc., has been named Senior Vice President of Global Retail Business Development. Marcy George, former founder and CEO of David & Goliath Licensing, has been hired as Vice President of Global Consumer Products. Scott Rosenbaum, who last oversaw Mattel, Inc.’s business and legal affairs, has been appointed Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs. Jennifer Wexler has moved into a full-time role as Senior Vice President of Marketing, after consulting for Saban Brands Lifestyle Group. Stan Wan, another former consultant, joins as Creative Director of SBLG.
A+E has expanded its International Formats Sales Team. Naomi Koh, formerly Head of Studio Partnerships at Channel 5, has been named Director, International Format Sales. Paul Hardy, who last served on Lifetime US’ development team, was appointed International Roving Executive Producer. Robyn Hurd, Senior Director, International Content Sales, takes on an expanded role managing Format Sales in EMEA.
Nadine Santos has returned to Music Choice‘s programming team to lead pop, country and kids formats. Santos worked at Music Choice from 2011-2013 as lead programmer for Music Choice Play linear network, and last served as Assistant Program Director/Music Director at 92.3 AMP Radio in New York.
This Day in History: 1954 – Walt Disney’s first television show, Disneyland, named after the yet-to-be-completed theme park, premiered on ABC.
Answer to Our Last Trivia: Which series included a dolphin character named Darwin? seaQuest DSV(1993-1996). Kudos to: Phyllis McQuillan-MSG Media/NYC, Eric Emeric-AMC Networks/NYC, Andrew Goldman/NYC, James Taguchi-WTVR Richmond/Richmond, VA, Will Allmendinger-Clear Channel Outdoor/Chicago, IL, Dan Whitford-Lakeshore Public Television and Radio/Merrillville, IN, Dory Petsrillo-HRP/Dallas, TX, Chris Kuhrt-DISH Network L.L.C./Englewood, CO, Cammie Buerry-Station Casinos/Las Vegas, NV, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA
Today’s Trivia: What was Boner’s father’s name on Growing Pains (1985-1992)? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone.).
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, 2015
ABC: The Muppets, Fresh Off the Boat, Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Wicked City [p]
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans, Limitless
CW: The Flash, iZombie
FOX: 2015 World Series
NBC: Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris, The Voice, Chicago Fire
PBS: War of the Worlds: American Experience [r], Secrets of the Dead, Frontline
Telemundo: Celia, Bajo el Mismo Cielo, Senora Acero
Univision: Antes Muerta que Lichita, Lo Imperdonable [r], Yo No Creo en los Hombres [r]
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