11/21/17: DOJ sues to block AT&T/Time Warner merger

CYNOPSIS

Good morning. It’s Tuesday November 21, 2017 and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:

A&E: Who Killed Tupac? at 9p

CNBC: The Profit at 10p

Fusion: Real America with Jorge Ramos at 10p

Great American Country: Log Cabin Fever at 10p

HGTV: Fixer Upper at 9p

MTV: The Challenge at 10p

NBC: Chicago Med at 10p

OWN: Checked Inn at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:

ABC: Dancing With the Stars at 9p

A&E: Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath at 8p

Comedy Central: Tosh.0 at 10p, The Jim Jefferies Show at 10:30p

ID: Dead Silent at 10p

MTV: The Challenge at 9p

IN THE NEWS

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Monday to prevent the $85.4 billion takeover of Time Warner by AT&T. The merger “would greatly harm American consumers,” said Makan Delrahim, head of the antitrust division, adding it would lead to higher monthly television bills and “fewer of the newer, emerging innovative options that consumers are beginning to enjoy.” AT&T begged to differ. David R. McAtee II, senior EVP and general counsel, called the DOJ lawsuit “a radical and inexplicable departure from decades of antitrust precedent,” and said AT&T expects the Court to reject the government’s claims.

Before taking his position in September, Delrahim said last year the merger did not appear to pose “a major antitrust problem.” However, during recent talks he urged the companies to sell Turner Broadcasting or DirecTV, which AT&T declined to do. Although President Trump’s objections to the deal (and fury at Turner’s “fake news” net CNN) has some questioning whether the lawsuit is politically motivated, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that she is “not aware of any specific action” taken by the White House regarding the matter.

Charlie Rose, co-anchor of CBS This Morning and host of PBS’s Charlie Rose the Week, has been accused of sexual misconduct by 8 women, the Washington Post reports. The women, age 21-37, either worked for Rose’s PBS show or aspired to between the late 1990s and 2011, said the Post, when they were subjected to unwanted sexual advances that included Rose making lewd phone calls, walking around naked and groping. “It is essential that these women know I hear them and that I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior,” responded Rose. “I am greatly embarrassed. I have behaved insensitively at times, and I accept responsibility for that, though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate. I always felt that I was pursuing shared feelings, even though I now realize I was mistaken…. All of us, including me, are coming to a newer and deeper recognition of the pain caused by conduct in the past, and have come to a profound new respect for women and their lives.” CBS said it is suspending Rose while it looks into the allegations, and PBS has halted distribution of his talk show.

OWN’s Queen Sugar grabbed the most nominations in television categories for the NAACP Image Awards, with 7. The other drama series nominees were OWN’s Greenleaf, Starz’ Power, NBC’s This Is Us and WGN America’s Underground. Comedy noms went to HBO’s Ballers, ABC’s black-ish, Netflix’s Dear White People and Starz’ Survivor’s Remorse. Ceremony will be broadcast live on TV One on Monday, January 15.

Comcast Xfinity X1 customers can now cast votes for NBC’s The Voice using, aptly enough, their voice remote. “We look forward to amplifying the excitement of the live shows even more by giving fans of watching The Voice on X1 a new way to interact with the show this season,” said Daniel Spinosa, VP, entertainment services for Comcast Cable, calling it “a great example of how we are partnering with networks to leverage the platform to create new interactive experiences.” The Voice airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 8p.

Patricia Janiot will join the Univision News team as co-anchor of late-night newscast Noticiero Univision Edicion Nocturna and primetime news magazine Aqui y Ahora, starting in January. Janiot had most recently been senior anchor of CNN en Espanol.

Danskin with the stars: Nickelodeon is teaming with dance and activewear brand Danskin to launch two collections inspired by Nick star/influencer JoJo Siwa. The partnership includes one collection available now at Target, and another launching in spring 2018 at Kohl’s.

PBS cut Al Franken from last night’s taped broadcast of the Kennedy Center’s ceremony honoring David Letterman. “PBS and WETA, the producing station, felt that the inclusion of Senator Franken in the broadcast at this time would distract from the show’s purpose as a celebration of American humor,” said PBS. The event was taped on October 22, 3 weeks before the former Saturday Night Live star was accused of, then apologized for, forcibly kissing and groping a woman during a 2006 USO tour.

Franken got more bad news when a woman recounted an incident to CNN during which the by-then-senator allegedly put his hand “full-fledged on my rear” as her husband took a photo of them in 2010, at the Minnesota State Fair. Franken said he takes thousands of pictures a year and doesn’t remember the encounter, but feels badly that the woman “came away from our interaction feeling disrespected.”

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

A+E Networks inked a deal with China’s Jiangsu Broadcasting to co-produce Scars of Nanking. The docu-drama about the massacre by Japanese invaders during WWII will premiere Wednesday, December 13 on History in the U.S., History in Asia and simultaneously on Jiangsu Satellite TV.

Marja-Lewis Ryan (6 Balloons) has been named showrunner and exec producer of Showtime’s The L World sequel, currently in development. Series creator Ilene Chaiken will serve as executive producer along with Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey, who all starred in the 2004-2009 original.

YouTube ordered docu-series Best Shot, about ESPN analyst Jay Williams, a college basketball star chosen second in the 2002 NBA draft whose career was crushed the next year by a motorcycle accident. Series comes from SpringHill Entertainment and Boardwalk Pictures in association with Blue Ribbon Content. LeBron James is among the exec producers.

E! gave a pilot commitment plus penalty to Juicy Stories, from Sex and the City’s Michael Patrick King and Amy B. Harris, Warner Horizon Scripted Television and Universal Cable Productions, reports Deadline. Drama is inspired by the founders of Juicy Couture.

NEW & RETURNING SERIES

Season 6 of Lifetime social experiment Married at First Sight launches Tuesday, January 2 at 9p. This time around, Boston singles get hitched to a stranger. Married at First Sight: Matchmaking Special precedes the premiere, at 8p.

All 10 episodes of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, from Sony Pictures Television, will debut Friday, January 12 on Amazon. UK’s Channel 4 premiered the sci-fi anthology series in October.

Four-part comedy-drama The Indian Detective premieres worldwide on Netflix Tuesday, December 19. Comedian Russell Peters, Anupam Kher (The Big Sick), needs-no-ID William Shatner and Christina Cole (Suits) are among the stars.

All season 4 episodes of stylish crime drama Peaky Blinders will be available on Netflix in the U.S. on Thursday, December 21. The season launched on UK’s BBC Two last week.

Travel Channel promises “a shot of adventure and a chaser of fun” when Booze Traveler returns Monday, December 18 at 11p.

Season 4 of New Zealand detective drama The Brokenwood Mysteries launches on Acorn TV on Monday, December 4, along with seasons 1-3 of British drama The Indian Doctor.

Ovation acquired 2-part fashion documentary Inside Dior and documentary series Style Factory from Cineflix Rights, to air on its linear service as well as the newly launched Ovation NOW app.

The Magicians returns to Syfy for season 3 on Wednesday, January 10 at 9p. Season 2 was up year over year 15% among P18-49 and 23% among P18-34.

Scott Peterson: An American Murder Mystery premieres Wednesday, November 29 at 9p on ID. The 2-hour special, part of the net’s An American Murder Story franchise, promises to delve into the dark side of the wife killer.

COMING UP

A 2-hour Golden Globes 75^th Anniversary Special has been set for Wednesday, December 13 at 9p on NBC, with Will & Grace’s Eric McCormack and Debra Messing lined up to host. Awards show airs Sunday, January 7 at 8p; nominations will be announced December 11.

A&E IndieFilms documentary feature A Gray State debuts on A&E Monday, December 11 at 10p. Film focuses on the mysterious death of David Crowley, an Iraq veteran and aspiring filmmaker.

The Africa Channel will air a Death in Paradise marathon on Christmas Day, from 7a-11p. The network describes the stunt as “an escape to paradise from the holiday hustle.”

Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie debuts Friday, November 24 at 7p on Nickelodeon, TeenNIck and Nicktoons. Two-hour movie picks up where the series left off in 2004, with Arnold and pals searching for his missing parents.

“Not only did the president create Christmas, he also recorded himself singing all the holiday hits,” said Comedy Central, of hour-long holiday special I Came Up with Christmas: A President Show Christmas, airing Thursday, November 30 at 10p.

PBS’s Lidia Celebrates: Homegrown Heroes follows chef Lidia Bastianich as she travels the country to farm with and cook with veterans. Special premieres Friday, December 15 at 10p (check local listings).

El Rey Network is presenting its fourth annual “Way of the Turkey” Thanksgiving marathon, 96 hours of kung-fu action starting November 23 at 6a. Stunt kicks off (so to speak) with Clan of the White Lotus.

Fusion documentary The Naked Truth: Trick Shots, exposing a network of coaches and con men who exploit high school basketball players, premieres on Tuesday, November 28 at 8p.

Revolt Icon Award 2017: Queen Latifah will air on Revolt Thanksgiving Day at 8:30p. The honoree’s Star castmates Ryan Destiny and Quincy Brown hosted the gala, which took place last month.

The annual Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, previously available for viewing only online, will air as a one-hour special Friday, December 8 at 8p on NBCSN. The award has been presented every year since the magazine launched in 1954.

Singer/songwriter Kesha will join Old Crow Medicine Show for a CMT Crossroads collaboration debuting Wednesday, December 6 at 10p.

Chris Harrison hosts season preview The Bachelor: Countdown to Arie on Monday, December 11 at 10p, with racecar driver Arie Luyendyk Jr., runner-up on season 8 of The Bachelorette, set to start handing out roses. Season 22 of The Bachelor debuts Monday, January 1 at 8p on ABC.

CASTING

Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman) landed a role in TNT limited series One Day She’ll Darken, opposite Chris Pine.

ADVERTISING

Broadcast groups Sinclair, Tribune, Nextstar and Tegna are banding together to create the TIP (TV Interface Practices) working group, aimed at an agreement across the TV station landscape to make buying and selling local ad spots easier and more efficient. “Many of our advertising agency partners have told us they are unable to leverage our valuable television ad inventory because outdated processes leave them with little or no margin to support a local spot buy,” said Sinclair president Chris Ripley.

DIGITAL DATA

Food Network is throwing a multi-platform holiday Cookie Party on Friday, December 8, with themed content across Facebook Live, Food Network Kitchen, new franchise Food Network Finds, as well as Food Network’s Snapchat Discover channel and leading into Saturday’s holiday-themed episode of The Kitchen.”Our Cookie Party cook-along shows the full capacity of what we can do with our digital, linear and convergent platforms, offering content wherever our Food Network audience is,” said Kathleen Finch, chief programming, content, and brand officer of Scripps Networks Interactive.

GOING GLOBAL

A+E Networks UK commissioned Woodcut Media to produce new factual series Combat Machines for History in the UK. It’s the third series in the Combat franchise.

UK-based factual, entertainment and live events specialist CC-Lab will produce It’s Christmas Live for Sky One. 90-minute concert special will be filmed at Royal Albert Hall.

Amazon signed an agreement with AMC Studios that gives the streamer first-run rights to shows in 28 territories including Australia, Italy, Germany and India.

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RATINGS

Sunday’s American Music Awards on ABC grew by 10% in total viewers versus last year, to 9.0 million, held even in A18-49 (2.4/8) and had a 20% lift among Teens 12-17 (2.0/10).

Outdoor Sportsman Group’s “Deer Week,” a cross-platform initiative that involved a takeover of Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel, gave Outdoor its highest-rated week of 2017 in Prime with M25-54, with a year-over-year increase of 25%. Sportsman increased 91% in Prime with M25-54.

Top 10 Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among Total Viewers for the week of October 30, 2017

Primetime (000)/Total Prog. Day (000)

FOXN 2786/FOXN 1674

ESPN 2241/NICK 1078

HALL 2071/MSNBC 1062

MSNBC 1918/HALL 1060

USA 1457/ESPN 977

AMC 1446/CNN 827

DISC 1275/ADSM* 778

HIST 1219/ID 720

TBSC 1213/DSNY 678

HGTV 1138/NAN* 662

Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 119,600,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24-hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream: Preliminary: Live+7. Primetimes is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performances.

Top 10 Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among A18-49 for the week of October 30, 2017

Primetime (000)/Total Prog. Day (000)

ESPN 996/ADSM* 486

AMC 778/ESPN 467

USA 626/NICK 334

TBSC 553/NAN* 326

BRAV 545/AMC 255

FX 533/HALL 255

ADSM 520/ID 254

HALL 462/USA 252

DISC 436/FOXN 241

TNT 390/TBSC 240

Top-Rated Cable Shows among 18-48 for the week of October 30, 2017 (000)

The Walking Dead (AMC) 7723

Denver/Kansas City (ESPN) 4536

American Horror Story (FX) 2762

Buffalo/N.Y. Jets (NFLN) 2478

Talking Dead (AMC) 2057

The Real Housewives of Atlanta (BRAV) 1915

Love & Hip Hop (VH1) 1862

Teen Mom II (MTV) 1745

Gold Rush (Discovery) 1618

Ohio State/Iowa (ESPN) 1530

Top 11 Live+7 Playback Rankers by actual gain for the week of October 30, 2017

Live+SD/Live+7/+7 Actual Gain

This Is Us (NBC) 2.0/4.4/2.4

The Good Doctor (ABC) 1.9/3.9/+2.0

The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 2.7/4.5/+1.8

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 1.8/3.2/+1.4

Modern Family (ABC) 1.5/2.8/+1.3

Will & Grace (NBC) 1.6/2.9/+1.3

How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) .9/2.1/+1.2

Young Sheldon (CBS) 2.3/3.4/+1.1

Chicago Fire (NBC) 1.0/2.1/+1.1

Scandal (ABC) 1.1/2.1/+1.0

The Orville (FOX) 1.0/2.0/+1.0

Based on the difference between Nielsen’s first-reported Live + Same Day and the final Live + 7 Day ratings (for regular, original programs only)

Live + Same Day Household Viewers (millions): Friday, November 17, 2017 time period averages.

Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD

CBS: 8.53 million

MacGyver 7.17, Hawaii Five-o 9.17, Blue Bloods 9.25

NBC: 4.00 million

Blindspot 3.37, Dateline 4.31 million

ABC: 2.84 million

Once Upon a Time 2.28, 20/20 3.99

FOX: 2.27 million

Hell’s Kitchen 3.21, The Exorcist 1.33

UNIVISION: 1.01 million

Rosa de Guadelipe .96, Mi Marido Tiene Familia 1.11, Caer en Tentacion .94

TELEMUNDO: .90 million

Cesar .63, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso 1.09, Senora Acero 4 .97

CW: .64 million

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend .66, Jane the Virgin .61

Friday A18-49 Analysis: CBS .9/4, NBC .8/3, FOX .6/3, ABC .5/2, TELE .5/2, UNI .5/2, CW .2/1

Source: Nielsen

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Global distributor Kew Media Group appointed Carrie Stein as Executive Vice President, Global Scripted Series. Stein was most recently Executive Vice President of Global Productions for Entertainment One Television.

Chris Foster was named President, Y&R Asia. Foster was most recently President, Global Clients for Publicis Groupe.

AI-powered native advertising platform ADYOULIKE added Frank Pica as Vice President, Demand and Greg Stellato, as Vice President, Supply. Most recently, Pica was at Lockerdome, while Stellat helped grow strategic supply partnerships at Criteo.

Anonymous Content signed directing collective Pantera – Pato Martinez, Brian Kazez and Francisco Canton – for commercial representation in the US and the UK.

IN MEMORIAM

Della Reese, the jazz/gospel singer whose TV credits include talk show Della and Touched By an Angel, died last night at age 86. “I know heaven has a brand new angel this day,” said Reese’s Touched By an Angel co-star, Roma Downey.

British camera operator Mark Milsome died over the weekend in Ghana, filming a stunt scene for BBC/Netflix drama The Forgiving Earth. He was 54. “Mark MIlsome was a hugely talented and a much-respected colleague,” said the BBC. Milsome’s other credits include Call the Midwife, Game of Thrones and Sherlock.

This Day in History: 1973 – President Richard Nixon’s attorney revealed the existence of an 18 1/2-minute gap in one of the White House Watergate tape recordings.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: On the Thanksgiving she cut off Chandler’s toe, what did Friends’ (1994-2004) Monica accidentally put in a bag of ice instead of the toe? A baby carrot. Kudos to: Andrew Goldman-OWNZONES Media Network/NYC, Eric Emeric-AMC Networks/NYC, Nicole Correnti-Fuse Media/NYC, Julie Stowell-Gracenote/Queensbury, NY, Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX, Will Allmendinger-Clear Channel Outdoor/Chicago, Jim Katz-The Carney Awards/LA, Melissa Friedman/LA, Elizabeth Wendorf/Blackwood Seven/LA, David Garber-Loyola Marymount University/Playa Vista, CA

Today’s Trivia Question: Which sitcom’s Thanksgiving episode included the line, “As God as my witness, I though turkeys could fly”? (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 Monday’s Anagram: He Grim Odd Heifer = Freddie Highmore. Kudos to: Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach, FL

Travel Show Anagram: Two Floor Depth (Email [email protected]; 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 – TUESDAY NOVEMBER 21

ABC: The Middle, Fresh Off the Boat, black-ish, Dancing With the Stars [f]

CBS: NCIS, Bull, NCIS: New Orleans

CW: The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

FOX: Lethal Weapon, The Mick, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

NBC: The Voice, This Is Us, Chicago Med [p]

PBS: Finding Your Roots, The Vietnam War [r]

Telemundo: El Cesar, Sin Senos si Hay Paraiso, Senora Acero 4:La Coyote

Univision: La Rosa de Guadelupe, Mi Marido Tiene Familia, Caer en Tentacion

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