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Good morning. It’s Monday, November 3, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Bravo: Vanderpump Rules at 9p, Euros of Hollywood at 10p
VH1: K.Michelle: My Life at 9p
Tonight’s Finales:
Food: Restaurant Impossible at 10p
ID: Beauty Queen Murders at 10p
NBC canceled low-rated Thursday comedies Bad Judge and A to Z. The freshman shows, which delivered .9/3 and .7/2 among A18-49, respectively, on their last outings, will remain in the 9p and 9:30p timeslots as they finish out their 13-ep orders. The Blacklist had already been scheduled to move to Thursdays at 9p post-Super Bowl.
A fatal crash of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo on Friday put the future of an NBC-ordered reality series in question. The net had reached a deal a year ago with Virgin Galactic and Mark Burnett’s One Three Media for Space Race, which would have contestants compete to win a flight into space aboard the craft. In Friday’s tragedy, the pilot was killed and another person seriously injured during a test flight in California’s Mojave Desert.
Kevin Reilly is back in the game at Turner Broadcasting. Two weeks after they ended, talks between the former chairman of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting and Turner are back on for the head of programming position left vacant with Michael Wright’s departure two months ago, reported Deadline. Reilly left Fox in June.
Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction) will replace Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) in upcoming NBC mini-series The Slap, reports TVLine. Parker, recovering from pneumonia, had to bow out for health reasons. Filming has already started in New York.
Stephen Colbert announced an official end date for Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report: December 18. Colbert slides over to CBS’s Late Show next year; Larry Wilmore and The Minority Report take the Comedy slot in January.
Blame Netflix, said Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Todd Juenger in a report analyzing the 3Q14 drop in C3 ratings for ad-supported TV. “We examine all the evidence at hand and come to a strong conclusion that SVOD is primarily to blame,” said Juenger, predicting another 4 percent decline in linear TV thanks to Netflix. “It seems SVOD is no longer incremental, it has become cannibalistic.” Report said the drop is biggest in primetime and among younger demos.
Starz mob drama Magic City, canceled last year after two seasons, will be revived on the big screen with Bruce Willis and Bill Murray joining series regulars Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Danny Huston, Olga Kurylenko and Kelly Lynch. Mitch Glazer, who created the 1962-set show, wrote the script and will direct.
Woody Harrelson (True Detective) will take a third stab at hosting Saturday Night Live, on November 15. Musical act is hip hop’s Kendrick Lamar. It’s been a while since Harrelson last manned the NBC late night sketch comedy show – his prior stints were in 1989 and 1992.
Investigation Discovery launched Saturday in Denmark, the latest leg of an international rollout that began in 2009 that now has the net reaching over 100 million viewers outside the U.S. Launched six years ago Stateside, ID has grown from a top 50 network to a top five net for women. “I knew that Investigation Discovery could become a top ten brand in the U.S. and could also feed an international appetite for compelling, emotional mysteries,” said group president Henry Schleiff. “These incredible true stories of human nature are, indeed, universal, as demonstrated by the prolific success of the content around the world.”
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: October 31-November 2, 2014
Nightcrawler (Open Road) $10.9 million, opening weekend
Ouija (Universal) $10.9 million, cume revenue $35.0 million
Fury (Sony) $9.1.0 million, cume revenue $60.4 million
Gone Girl (20thCentury Fox) $8.8 million, cume revenue $136.6 million
The Book of Life (20th Century Fox) $8.3 million, cume revenue $40.5 million
John Wick (Lionsgate) $8.1 million, cume revenue $27.6 million
St. Vincent (The Weinstein Company) $7.8 million, cume revenue $19.5 million
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Disney) $7.0 million, cume revenue $53.6 million
The Judge (Warner Bros.) $3.4 million, cume revenue $39.5 million
Dracula Untold (Universal) $2.9 million, cume revenue $52.9 million
Source: Rentrak Corporation
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TNT gave a series order to Agent X, starring Sharon Stone as Vice President of the U.S. Jeff Hephner (Interstellar) and Gerald McRaney (House of Cards) are also onboard. “Agent X is a perfect fit for TNT’s expanding lineup of action dramas,” said Lillah McCarthy, SVP of TNT and TBS original productions. “It’s a slick, high-energy thrill ride with lots of twists and turns, big action sequences and kick-ass stunts.” And it’s set for a second-half-of-2015 debut.
TNT also ordered a pilot for Breed, about a series of mysterious murders and the creatures who may be committing them. Writer John Scott Shepherd, director Scott Winant (Fargo) and producer Nicky Weinstock will exec produce.
AMC is passing on drama pilots Knifeman, set in 18th century London, and action-adventure/sci-fi series Galyntine, both AMC owned and produced. “We have enormous admiration and appreciation for everyone involved in these projects,” said the net.
Reelz has two new reality series ready for launch. Extreme Escapes, featuring death-defying stunts (i.e., a magician attempting an “insane car drop before being crushed”) premieres Saturday, November 29 at 8p, and Screen Machines (misfits building replicas of famous cars) makes its debut Tuesday, December 2 at 11p.
Regular people with fabulous inventions are the focus of Game Changers, premiering on Science Friday, November 7 at 8p. The following week, the net launches “Space Week,” a five-night event including the debut of new series Strip the Cosmos on Wednesday, November 12 at 10p. Breakthrough Prize, simulcast with Discovery on Saturday, November 15 at 6p, honors excellence in science with accolades – and tens of millions of dollars.
Cooking decks the channel with specials Holiday Feast with Kelis on Sunday, December 7 at 8p, and Rev Run’s Happy Holidays on Sunday, December 14 at 8p. Not feeling festive? Grinches can fill up on new series Pizza Masters and Taco Trip, premiering Tuesday, December 16 at 9p and 9:30p.
The November 8 finale of Doctor Who in the UK will have an extended running time of 60 minutes. And it looks like the sci-fi drama will need it. “With Cybermen on the streets of London, old friends unite against old enemies and the Doctor takes to the air in a startling new role,” teased the BBC.
Dead on Campus,a thriller starring Katelyn Tarver (Big Time Rush), Tamara Duarte (De Grassi: The Next Generation) and Noam Jenkins (Rookie Blue)premieres on Lifetime Saturday, November 8 at 8p. Movie was produced by Reel One Entertainment.
PBS renewed ITV’s Vicious for season two. Six new episodes premiere this summer as part of a lineup of UK programming. Ian KcKellen and Derek Jacobi star in the comedy.
The Meredith Vieira Show has been renewed on the NBC Owned Television Stations for a sophomore season. “Meredith has grown creatively since launch, continues to gain viewers and we are optimistic it will emerge as a staple in daytime,” said Ed Swindler, president, NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution and NBC Broadcast Operations. The talker is currently sold in 98 percent of the country.
Starz landed the rights for the film Northmen – A Viking Saga from Ascot Elite Entertainment Group, covering all distribution rights across all platforms for the U.S. and Canada, as well as a future exclusive U.S. pay TV premiere on the Starz premium networks.
Fusion acquired exclusive TV right to True Son following its premiere at the 2014 Tribeca film festival. The documentary about a 22-year-old’s campaign to win a seat on a Stockton, CA City Council bows Tuesday, November 18 at 9p, and will be featured at Fusion’s RiseUp summit in Washington, D.C. the next day.
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With Thursday football over, CBS placed second to ABC in the A18-49 demo on the night. Two and a Half Men returned with 2.4/7; the premiere of The McCarthys lost seven tenths of that lead-in with a rating of 1.7/5. Elementary started season three with a 1.2/4.
LeBron James didn’t have a great night on Thursday, but TNT did, as 4 million viewers tuned in to see the Knicks play spoiler for the return of the Cavaliers’ prodigal son. That’s up 51 percent versus the same slot last year.
Over 30 days of multi-platform viewership, Fox reports the series premiere of Gotham drew an average audience of 22.2 million viewers, up 168 percent versus its Live+SD viewership. Five million of that audience came from non-linear viewing, on Hulu, FoxNow and 4+ Day VOD.
Live with Kelly and Michael scored its highest-rated Halloween show in 9 years in Households, with 4.0/13 in Metered Markets, and its highest-rated telecast since its post-Oscars broadcast in March.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: ABC scored the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 2.5/8, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS averaged 3.3/11 for Big Bang Theory and Mom to win 8p, followed by 1.7/6 for ABC’s Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown special. ABC’s Scandal took first at 9p with 3.1/9, versus a 2.1/6 average for CBS’s Two and a Half Men and The McCarthys. ABC topped 10p with 2.7/8 for How to Get Away with Murder; CBS’s Elementary was second with 1.2/4.
A18-49: ABC 2.5/8, CBS 2.2/7, UNI 1.2/4, NBC 1.0/3, FOX 1.0/3, CW .6/2, TELE .5/2, ION .2/0
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, October 30, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 6.4/11
Big Bang Theory 10.0/17, Mom 7.0/11, Two and a Half Men 6.4/10, The McCarthys 5.2/8, Elementary 4.9/8
ABC: 5.3/9
Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown 3.6/6, Scandal 6.3/10, How to Get Away with Murder 6.0/10
NBC: 2.8/5
Biggest Loser 3.0/5, Bad Judge 2.6/4, A to Z 1.7/3, Parenthood 2.6/5
FOX: 2.6/4
Bones 3.6/6, Gracepoint 2.1/3
UNIVISION: 1.6/3
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 1.9/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.8/3, Malquerida 1.2/2
CW: .9/2
Vampire Diaries 1.1/2, Reign .8/1
ION: .9/2
Blue Bloods .8/1, Blue Bloods .9/2, Blue Bloods .9/2
TELE: .8/1
Reina de Corazones .5/1, Los Miserables .7/1, Senora Acero 1.1/2
AMC Networks appointed Mike Moriarty as Managing Director, AMC Networks International-Zone, expanding his current role as Managing Director of the company’s Central Europe operations and DMC, an advanced digital media and technology facility.
Fusion announced hires for its new Silicon Valley bureau. Onboard: Forbes’ Kashmir Hill to serve as Senior Editor and New York magazine’s Kevin Roose, to write for digital, co-exec produce an upcoming TV show and manage the editorial team.
Michael Goldfine joined Fullscreen as Chief Content Officer. Goldfine came from RockStream Studios, a digital media company he founded in 2012.
Music director Ian Fraser died October 31 of complications from cancer. He was 81. With 11 Emmy Awards and 21 nominations, Fraser was the most-honored musician in television. He conducted the 1984, 1993 and 2002 Emmy shows, among numerous specials that included the 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY NOVEMBER 3, 2014
ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Countdown to the CMA Awards
CBS: 2 Broke Girls, The Millers, Scorpion, NCIS: Los Angeles
CW: The Originals, Jane the Virgin
FOX: Gotham, Sleepy Hollow
NBC: The Voice, The Blacklist
PBS: Antiques Roadshow [r], Antiques Roadshow [r], Independent Lens
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, Los Miserables, Senora Acero
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, La Malquerida
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