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11.25.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, November 25, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres:
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Lifetime: The Sisterhood at 10p
LMN: Intervention at 9p Tonight’s Finales:
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MTV: Awkward. at 10p
Bravo: The People’s Couch at 10p
PBS: Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. At 8p
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Season one of NBC’s Constantine won’t go past its initial order of 13 episodes, but the series could still get picked up for season two. While ratings have been soft, the drama jumped week to week from .8/3 among A18-49 to 1.1 on Friday, and had an 81 percent Live+3 lift the previous week.
HBO confirmed Rachel McAdams (The Notebook) will star opposite Colin Farrell (Winter’s Tale) and Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers) in season two of True Detective. Also onboard: Kelly Reilly (Black Box) and Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights). Production begins this fall in California.
The Writers Guild of America East filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board against ITV-owned Kirkstall Road Enterprises. The union claims the production company failed to bargain in good faith, instituting a health plan much more expensive than one previously on the table-. “It is incomprehensible that the ITV thinks it can cut pay, violate federal labor law, and stiff-arm the Writers Guild while still proposing to expand its presence in the US television market,” said WGA East executive director Lowell Peterson. Shows involved include NatGeo’s Cesar 911, A&E’s The First 48 and TLC’ Four Weddings.
Former Nightline anchor Bill Weir, who left ABC for CNN last year, will host weekly series The Wonder List for the news net. Eight hour-long eps launch early next year. “When Bill joined CNN, we knew his innovative vision would be an asset to the network as we expand the definition of news with series programming,” said Amy Entelis, CNN Worldwide’s SVP of talent and content development.
Pop, rebranding from TVGN on January 14, will debut Poptv.com on Tumblr the same day. Why launch the new net’s primary digital voice on this particular social platform? “Pop’s target audience are modern grown-ups with a fan-at-heart sensibility who are inherently social,” said Brad Schwartz, president, entertainment and media. “We know that this audience is highly engaged when expressing their fandom and sharing their passions with other fans – and we know they are doing that on Tumblr.”
David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) has joined martial arts drama Badlands (wt) as series director and an exec producer. AMC has ordered six one-hour eps, to premiere in late 2015 or early 2016.
ABC, which gave midseason drama Members Only a straight-to-series-order in January, has canceled the project. A pilot for the ensemble show set at a country club was shot last spring.
Paris-based KABO Family is launching a new TV distribution arm, Kabo International, focusing on worldwide distribution of Kabo scripted and comedy formats, as well as third-party formats.
Filming has begun on The Last Kingdom, announced BBC America, BBC Two and Carnival Films. Alexander Dreymon (American Horror Story) stars in the historical drama, with Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) a recent addition. Cameras are set to roll in Hungary and the UK.
Fyi is thinking small: Tiny House Nation, about people living in mini dream homes, is back for season two Monday, December 22 at 9p. New docu-series Tiny House Hunting follows, at 10p. Both hail from Loud TV.
Dinosaur 13, about the excavation and ensuing controversy surrounding the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found, makes its television premiere on CNN Thursday, December 11 at 9p and 11p. The doc will also be available in simulcast via CNNgo.
Beverly Hills Pawn returns with back-to-back new eps Saturday, January 17 at 9p. Docu-series from Asylum Entertainment will feature items ranging from a piece of Israeli military history to a dress worn by Elizabeth Taylor to a prop inspired by This Is Spinal Tap.
The weather outside maybe frightful, but it could be worse, Weather reminds us in the season two premiere of Why Planes Crash on Monday, December 15 at 9p. Launch follows the season three premieres of Prospectors and Highway Through Hell Sunday, December 7 at 9p and 10p.
Count TLC among the nets raring to celebrate the season. Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo and her husband dress for a charity event as Mr. and Mrs. Claus on Sunday, December 7 at 8p, the night a winning viewer will be surprised with a live reading; Deck the Halls with Dr. Christmas shows celeb homes transformed for the holidays on December 12 at 9p, and new two-hour special The Secret Santa premieres Sunday, December 14 at 7p, tracking a man too good to be true – but who might be anyway.
Season three of Fuse’s highest-rated series ever, Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce, premieres Wednesday, February 25 at 11p. “Big Freedia is that rare artist whose real life brings reality back to its roots,” said executive producer Fenton Bailey.
Spiritual leader Rob Bell stars in a self-named special on OWN premiering Sunday, December 21 at 8p. Lead-in is a best-of edition of Super Soul Sunday: Soul-to-Soul at 7p.
Mnet America, the English-language net for Asian entertainment, will air the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards live on cable, as well as via live stream on the mini-site for talk show Danny from LA (www.dannyfromla.tv) and the Mnet YouTube channel. Set the alarm: broadcast starts Wednesday, December 3 at 4a.
Homeland for the holidays: Showtime is running a Homeland marathon starting Saturday, November 29 at 3p, and catch-up eps of The Affair beginning Sunday, November 30 at 4p. Series return with new episodes Sunday, December 7.
Cynopsis’ annual Holiday Programming Guide has the whens-and-wheres of themed content now through January 1. An updated listing of festive fare can be found here.
Bravo social experiment Friends to Lovers? debuts Monday, January 12 at 10p, with five sets of singles aiming to take their relationships to the next level. A preview special Monday, December 15 at 10:30p offers a peek at the daring daters. Series comes from World of Wonder.
SundanceTV six-parter Babylon premieres Thursday, January 8 at 10p. Dramedy from Nightjack Ltd and Channel 4 is set in a London police force.
Discovery Life’s The Mistress (wt) had better settle on a title, because the docu-series comes roaring out of the gate with back-to-back eps Wednesday, January 21 at 10p and 10:30p. A self-described former mistress of the rich and famous offers tough love to help women escape extramarital affairs, but don’t call it tabloid TV. “At its heart, this series is truly about redemption, rising above temptation, and helping ‘the other woman’ become her own woman,” said Jane Latman, GM, Discovery Life Channel, taking the place of Discovery Fit & Health on January 15.
Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield) will star in TNT’s drug trade drama pilot from exec producers Jerry Bruckenheimer and Michael Bay. Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds) plays his mom.
Stephen Weber (Wings) guests on an episode of Showtime’s House of Lies as a turnaround specialist. Season four of the comedy premieres Sunday, January 11 at 10p.
Lenora Critchlow (A to Z) and Spencer Grammer (Ironside) have been cast as series regulars in NBC midseason comedy Mr. Robinson, starring Craig Robinson (The Office) as a middle school music teacher. Grammer’s half-sister Greer (Awkward) was recently named Miss Golden Globe 2015; Dad is Kelsey Grammer (Frasier).
Hallmark Channel vets Lori Loughlin (When Calls the Heart) and Bailee Madison (A Taste of Romance) return to the net for Northpole 2, a partnership with Hallmark Cards for holiday season 2015 and the centerpiece of the net’s annual “Countdown to Christmas” campaign. Northpole averaged 4 million total viewers for its premiere on November 15.
A stadium covered in edible glitter, a unicorn and a thousand kittens? Maybe not, but count on fireworks in a Super Bowl XLIX halftime show Katy Perry promises, “is going to be crazy,” in a video that also features sponsor Pepsi. Big game airs Sunday, February 1 on NBC.
Budweiser ads this holiday season won’t focus on clomping Clydesdales, according to the Wall Street Journal, as the brand pivots to appeal to the 20-something crowd now enamored of craft beer. Instead of marketing to all ages, as it has in the past, Bud will air spots featuring people in their 20s. “This is a very considered, long-term view of what will turn around the brand,” Brian Perkins, AB InBev’s VP of marketing for Budweiser, told WSJ.
Sportsman is partnering with Alaskan telecommunications provider GCI for GCI Great Alaskan Shootout, a college basketball event on Saturday, November 29 at the Alaska Airlines Center from 11:30a-4:30p.
Canada’s Bell Media won exclusive first-window rights to Lionsgate drama Manhattan (on WGN in the U.S.) for its upcoming SVOD, slated to launch by the end of the year. Also scheduled to stream: Lionsgate TV comedy Deadbeat and Fabrik Entertainment crime thriller Bosch. The as-yet-unnamed Netflix rival will bow with about 10,000 hours of programming.
Bomanbridge Media announced a partnership with Norwegian multi-media children’s company Earthtree Media to exclusively represent their entire catalogue of children’s television programming for all of Asia, with the exception of Korea.
Opposite two old football rivals battling it out in a close match on NBC’s Sunday Night Football, the American Music Awards dipped from last year’s highs in total viewers (11.6 million from 12.9 million) and A18-49 ratings (3.8 from 4.6). Nevertheless, it was enough to hand ABC its biggest Sunday night since the Oscars on March 2.
Football also beat AMC’s The Walking Dead in the young adult demo, after the zombie drama landed on top for three weeks in a row. In fast nationals, Sunday Night Football delivered a 7.1 rating, versus 7.0 for Dead.
NIELSEN TWITTER TV TOP TEN for the week of 11/17/14
Program, Date, Unique Audience (000), Tweets (000)
2014 American Music Awards (ABC), 11/23, 10,265, 5651
Scandal (ABC), 11/20, 3244, 443
American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX), 11/19, 2824, 203
WWE Survivor Series (PPV), 11/23, 2823, 360
The Walking Dead (AMC), 11/23, 2799, 199
The Latin Grammy Awards (Univision), 11/20, 2259, 171
The Voice (NBC), 11,18, 2208, 732
How to Get Away with Murder (ABC), 11/20, 2118, 285
WWE Monday Night Raw (USA), 11/17, 1846, 165
Dancing with the Stars (ABC) 11/17, 1722, 79
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.
TV Playback Rank, based on the difference between Nielsen’s first-reported Live + Same Day and the final Live + 7 Day rating for the week of November 3, 2014
Program, Live+SD A18-49 US AA%, Live +7 US AA%, +7 minus SD contribution, L+SD to L+7 Increase
Big Bang Theory (CBS) 4.3, 6.7, 2.4, 56%
How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) 2.8, 5.0, 2.2, 79%
The Blacklist (NBC) 2.4, 4.3, 1.9, 79%
Scandal (ABC) 2.9, 4.7, 1.8, 62%
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 2.4, 4.1, 1.7, 71%
Criminal Minds (CBS) 2.1, 3.8, 1.7, 81%
Gotham (FOX) 2.4, 4.1, 1.7, 71%
Once Upon a Time (ABC) 2.5, 3.9, 1.4, 56%
Scorpion (CBS) 2.2/ 3.5, 1.3, 59%
Law and Order: SVU (NBC) 1.6, 2.9, 1.3, 81%
Source: The Nielsen Company. Based on original telecasts only.
SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top U.S. Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of November 17
Program, Date, Total Actions (000), % Facebook, % Twitter, % Instagram
The Walking Dead (AMC), 4644, 81.95, 3.02 15.03
Today Show (NBC), 1619, 78.41, 10.36, 11.23
Good Morning America (ABC), 1593, 85.89, 5.49, 8.62
Sons of Anarchy (FX), 1543, 91.31, 4.24, 4.44
America’s Funniest Home Videos (ABC), 148199.13, .03, .84
Dancing with the Stars (ABC) 1231, 18.98, 1.90, 79.12
Fox & Friends (FOXN), 1054, 98.70, .81, .48
The Voice (NBC), 890, 52.02, 20.24, 27.74
South Park (COMEDY), 858, 85.15, 5.29, 9.56
Arrow (CW), 822, 92.32, 2.87, 4.81
Source: Shareablee Inc. The total actions metric includes post-level likes, shares, favorites, retweets and comments. % actions metric notes the portion of actions (likes, shares, favorites, retweets and comments) attributable to a platform.
Friday A18-49 Analysis: ABC had the most A18-49 viewers Friday with 1.6/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s Dateline was first at 8p with 1.5/5, followed by 1.2/4 for Univision’s Mi Corazon es Tuyo and CBS’s Amazing Race. Shark Tank took 9p with 2.0/7, versus 1.4/5 for CBS’s Hawaii Five-0. ABC kept the lead at 10p with 20/20’s 1.6/5, versus 1.3/4 for CBS’s Blue Bloods.
A18-49: ABC 1.6/5, CBS 1.3/4, NBC 1.3/4, UNI .10/4, FOX .6/2, CW .5/2, TELE .5/2
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, November 21, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 5.8/10
Amazing Race 3.7/7, Hawaii Five-0 6.3/11, Blue Bloods 7.3/13
ABC: 4.5/8
Last Man Standing 4.4/8, Cristela 3.3/6, Shark Tank 4.9/8, 20/20 4.6/8
NBC: 3.6/6
Dateline Friday 5.2/9, Grimm 3.3/6, Constantine 2.2/4
UNIVISION: 1.4/3
Mi Corazon Es Tuyo 1.6/3, Hasta Fin Del Mundo 1.5/3, Malquerida 1.1/2
FOX: 1.1/2
MasterChef Junior [r] 1.5/3, Gotham [r] .8/1
CW: .8/1
Whose Line is it Anyway 1.0/2, Whose Line Is it Anyway [r] .9/2, America’s Next Top Model .7/1
TELEMUNDO: .7/1
Reina de Corazones .5/1, Miserables .6/1, Senora Acero 1.0/2
ION: .4/1
Rookie Blue .4/1, Rookie Blue .5/1, Rookie Blue .4/1
Starz named Amy Goldberg Vice President of Production and Dan Myers Vice President of Organizational Development. Goldberg oversees physical production of Starz Original series; Myers will drive talent management and leadership development strategies.
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ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Dancing with the Stars [f]
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans, Person of Interest
CW: The Flash, Supernatural
FOX: MasterChef Junior, New Girl, The Mindy Project
NBC: The Voice, Marry Me, About a Boy, Chicago Fire
PBS: Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. [f], Return to the Wild, Jay Leno: The Mark Twain Prize [r]
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, Los Miserables, Senora de Acero
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, La Malquerida
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