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IN THE NEWS
HBO ordered a follow-up to hit miniseries Big Little Lies, starring exec producers Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon; also returning is writer David E. Kelley. Andrea Arnold (American Honey) will direct. Shortly after HBO shared the Big Little Lies news, the Producers Guild of America reclassified the show from a limited series to an episodic drama series for its 2018 PGA Awards – despite the fact that voting had already begum. Voting will re-start, and votes cast before the change will be annulled. With the order of a second season, Big Little Lies “no longer qualifies” for the Long-Form Programs category, explained the guild in an email to members.
As employees brace for a deal to sell assets possibly being announced this week, 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch and co-executive chairs Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch sent an email to staff that addressed jitters – but did little to relieve them. “While we can’t comment on market speculation, we do want to address the impact we know this is having on all of you,” said the Murdochs. “Uncertainty always breeds unease. In every way, our focus is on our businesses and on the welfare of our colleagues.”
As CBS digital services make meaningful gains, the company has begun a round of layoffs and buyouts at its broadcast and syndication group. But the layoffs will affect fewer than 50 employees, according to Variety. In addition to seeing growth at CBS All Access, Showtime and streaming news channel CBSN, CBS is plotting the launch of streamer CBS Sports HQ.
TV One is suspending production of NewsOne Now as a daily morning news show. The final live show is slated for Thursday, December 21 at 7a. “We had to make a tough decision to suspend a show we all love,” said interim GM Michelle L. Rice, adding that the show “struggled to attract a wide audience.” Host and managing editor Roland Martin will continue to be featured across Urban One platforms. NewsOne Now launched in 2013.
CNN corrected a report on Friday that said presidential candidate Donald Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., received a web address and decryption key providing access to hacked WikiLeaks documents on September 4, 2016. In fact the Trumps received the email on September 14, the day after the documents were made public. CNN said that since the erroneous date had been confirmed by 2 sources, and the reporters had followed editorial guidelines before correcting the error, no disciplinary action would be taken. That didn’t appease POTUS, who tweeted, “Fake News CNN made a vicious and purposeful mistake yesterday…. Watch to see if @CNN fires those responsible, or was it just gross incompetence?”
There’s been a lot of debate on TV news nets about Senator Al Franken’s decision to step down amid allegations (and in one case, visual proof) of sexual misbehavior. Do you think Franken was right to resign? Let us know in the Cynopsis poll: http://cynopsis.com/poll/.
Responding to a post asking if she had nothing to say about her disgraced Today co-host Matt Lauer, with whom she worked for 10 years, Katie Couric played it classy. “It’s incredibly upsetting and I will say something when I’m ready to,” she replied. “Thanks for your interest.”
Call for Submissions: Cynopsis is compiling a special Upfronts Guide, to help media buyers and planners get the information they need to navigate the network landscape during crunch time. The guide will come out in early 2018, ahead of the events and meetings that help determine buying decisions, and live on the Cynopsis web site along with our other robust Upfronts coverage. To be included, media companies must submit a list of networks with average audience/target demo/one line description or mission statement for the network/event details (if applicable)/contact info and a logo by January 11 to [email protected]. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact [email protected].
Coming home winners from the 33rd Annual IDA Documentary Awards were PBS’s Independent Lens for Best Curated Series, HBO’s The Defiant Ones for Best Limited Series, and BBC America’s Planet Earth II for Best Episodic Series.
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Join us for the 17th Holiday Rock & Roll Bash
A benefit for The Lustgarten Foundation in support of pancreatic cancer research
Wednesday, December 13, 2017 | Location: TAO DOWNTOWN NYC
Presented by Madison Square Garden and AMC Networks
Thanks to private funding, 100% of every dollar donated goes directly to pancreatic cancer research.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Writer/producer Patrick Somerville (Maniac) struck an overall deal with to develop TV and digital projects exclusively for Paramount Television, reports Deadline. That will include a TV project based on Alissa Nutting novel Made for Love.
Kilroy County, based on Dutch series Holland’s Hoop, is in development at Showtime. Drama comes from Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor and Jim Burke, Roberto Benabib (The Brink), Miguel Arteta (Getting On), Scripted World, IM Global and Endemol Shine North America.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: December 8-10, 2017
Coco (Buena Vista) $18.3 million (week 3), cume revenue $135.5 million
Justice League (Warner Bros.) $9.6 million (week 4), cume revenue $212.1 million
Wonder (Lionsgate) $8.5 million (week 4), cume revenue $100.3 million
The Disaster Artist (A24) $6.4 million (week 2), cume revenue $8.0 million
Thor: Ragnarok (Buena Vista) $6.3 million (week 6), cume revenue $301.2 million
Daddy’s Home 2 (Paramount) $6.0 million (week 5), cume revenue $91.2 million
Murder on the Orient Express (Fox) $5.1 million (week 5), cume revenue $92.7 million
Lady Bird (A24) $3.5 million (week 6), cume revenue $21.3 million
Just Getting Started (Broad Green Pictures) $3.2 million, opening weekend
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Fox Searchlight) $2.9 million (week 5), cume revenue $18.3 million
Source: comScore
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A Winter Wonderland
Wondering what moviegoers went to see this weekend? Wonder has been a wonderful top performer since its release, and we’re in wonderment as it once again teamed up with Coco and Justice League and won the weekend, delivering NCM a 5.4 A18-34 rating.
We’re America’s Movie Network , and with our unbeatable original content, Millennial reach, and movie audience data, you’ll be wonderstruck by all the ways we can help your campaign succeed.
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COMING UP
Following Doctor Who Christmas special Twice Upon a Time on Sunday, December 25 at 9p, BBC America will air retrospective Doctor Who: Farewell to Peter Capaldi. The special will include archive footage and interviews of Capaldi’s residence as the Twelfth Doctor.
Ho ho Homer: FXX is offering a week of holiday-themed episodes of The Simpsons, beginning Monday, December 18 at 6p. The show continues in its regular time period, then ends with 12 back-to-back episodes from 6p to midnight on Christmas. Among the holiday plans for FXX sib FX is a “Christmas Family Movie Marathon” on Sunday, December 24 from 11a-3a, and Monday, December 25 from 7a-2a, kicking off with Rio and Rio 2.
CW is also aiming to make spirits bright, with Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown, airing Tuesday, December 12 at 9p.
Alfre Woodard, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Bell, and Sharon Stone will reel off the nominees for the 75th Anniversary of the Golden Globe Awards on Monday, Dec. 11, 2017 from the Beverly Hilton. Announcement will livestream on Facebook Live and Goldenglobes.com at 8:15 this morning; Today will broadcast it starting at 8:38.
Freeform’s “Movie Night with Karlie Kloss” starts off on Thursday, December 28 with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets at 6:30p, followed by insider peek Beyond: What Lies Ahead at 10:30p.
The second half of Austin City Limits’ season 43 launches Saturday, January 6 on PBS stations (check local listings).
The season finale of Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, tonight at 10p on AMC, focuses on the band of unhappy artists who left DC Comics to form a new company, Image, where creators could keep creative control of their characters.
NEW AND RETURNING SERIES
AMC’s The Terror will have a two-hour series premiere on Monday, March 26 at 9p. Ten-episode thriller centers on the Royal Navy’s voyage to discover the Northwest Passage.
Actress/model Corinne Foxx will join Fox’s Beat Shazam as DJ for season 2. Her dad Jamie Foxx hosts the interactive music game show.
America’s Next Top Model returns to VH1 on Tuesday, January 9 at 8p. For the first time, there will be no age limit for contestants.
New Lifetime docu-series This Time Next Year debuts Tuesday, January 16 at 10p, hosted by Cat Deeley. Transformation show is based on a UK format.
Netflix’s Marvel’s Jessica Jones is back for season 2 on Thursday, March 8. Returning cast members Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss and Eka Darville will be joined by newcomers including Janet McTeer and J.R. Ramirez.
On the way from AXS TV: new countdown series The Top Ten Revealed, premiering Sunday, February 11 at 9:30p; the season 6 launch of The Big Interview with Dan Rather on Tuesday, February 27 at 9p; and the season 3 arrival of Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar on Sunday, April 8 at 9p, followed by new Eddie Money reality series Real Money at 9:30p.
CASTING
Shock rock’s Alice Cooper will play King Herod in NBC rock concert Jesus Christ Superstar Live!, exec produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice, Marc Platt, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron. Event airs Easter Sunday, April1.
Starz rounded out the recurring cast of half-hour drama series Vida, focused on 2 Mexican-American sisters, with Elena Campbell-Martinez (Jane the Virgin), Ramses Jiminez (Fear the Walking Dead), Luis Bordonada (The Bridge), Elizabeth De Razzo (Eastbound & Down), Renee Victor (Weeds), Adelina Anthony (Gold Star) and Erika Soto (Romeo & Juliet).
Singer/songwriter (and The Voice judge in Holland) Ilse DeLange will make her acting debut in a recurring role on season 6 of CMT’s Nashville, premiering Thursday, January 4 at 9p.
DISTRIBUTION & CARRIAGE
TeleXitos, the Telemundo Station Group’s Spanish-language multicast network, is now available on Spectrum. The network will continue to be carried in all top 10 U.S. Hispanic television markets.
Univision Communications and Frontier Communications have renewed their distribution agreement covering UCI’s portfolio of local stations and networks. Frontier will continue carriage of UCI’s stations and networks across the company’s FiOS and Vantage markets including Univision, UniMas, Galavision, Univision Deportes, El Rey, FOROtv, TLNovelas, Telehit, Bandamax, De Pelicula and De Pelicula Clasico.
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Visionaries, rebels, mentors, rising stars…
Take your place as one of the top women in digital media.
Cynopsis is honoring the incredible accomplishments of women in every field, including excellence in digital content, marketing, advertising, social media and online content. Past honorees have been digital-savvy innovators from a range of companies ( view last year’s honorees ). The deadline is Jan. 9 and honorees will be celebrated at our annual awards breakfast on Mar. 14 in NYC.
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RATINGS
Nielsen’s new Total Live Audience measurement, which includes streaming and OOH viewership, gave ESPN a bump of 23% in day viewership and 28% in primetime among A18-34 in the 7 weeks between September 25 and November 12. College football had the biggest audience ratings lift among millennials, with 33% versus 16% among all viewers.
Black Ink Crew gave VH1 its highest-rated Wednesday premiere in network history, with 1.13 among A18-49. Across the premiere and first encore, the show drew 2 million P2+ total viewers. The finale of Black In Crew: Chicago posted a .96 rating among A18-49 in Live+SD.
The premiere of History’s Knightfall was watched by 1.8 million total viewers, tying as the #3 cable drama launch of 2017.
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Thursday, December 7, 2017 time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
NBC: 13.47 million
Football Night America 6.64, NFL Football 14.61
CBS: 9.11 million
The Big Bang Theory 14.41, Young Sheldon 12.49, Mom 8.78, Life in Pieces 6.49, S.W.A.T. 6.25
ABC: 3.95 million
Shrek the Halls 4.53, Toy Story that Time Forgot 3.68, The Great American Baking Show 3.84
FOX: 3.04 million
Gotham 2.54, The Orville 3.54
CW: 1.52 million
Supernatural 1.74, Arrow 1.30
UNIVISION 1.2 million
Rosa de Guadalupe 1.18, Futbol Central .89, LIGA MX 1.35
TELEMUNDO .77 million
Milagros de Navidad .77, Sangre de mi Tierro .72, Senora Acero 4: La Coyote .84
Thursday A18-49: NBC 3.9/16, CBS 1.6/6, ABC .9/4, UNI .9/3, FOX .8/3, CW .5/2, TELE .4/2,
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This Day in History: 1946 – UNICEF was formed.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What was the name of Richie Cunningham’s wife at the end of Happy Days (1974-1984)? Lori Beth. Kudos to: Andrew Goldman-OWNZones/NYC, Phyllis McQhillan-MSG Networks/NYC, Rick Dascher-Turner Studios/Atlanta, Rob Casalaina-ITN/NYC, Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX, Dan Whitford-WTTW/Chicago, Matthew Fera-McgarryBowen/Chicago, Cherie Wall-Sandbox Entertainment/Nashville, Eric Litt-Tribune Broadcasting/Chicago, Dale Warshaw-KMSB/KTTU/Tucson, Squirrel Rippley-Dark Horse Media/Tucson, Mark Ahn-FX/LA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Jim Katz-The Carney Awards/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/Nicaragua
Today’s Trivia Question: Who played Dick Van Dyke’s wife in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971-1974)?(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 Our Last Anagram: Aw Mother Yell Shut Can = The Tracey Ullman Show. Kudos to: Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach, FL
TV Drama Anagram: Hackers Ease Hopes (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 DECEMBER 11
ABC: The Great Christmas Light Fight, The Bachelor
CBS: Kevin Can Wait Man With a Plan, Superior Donuts, 9JKL, Scorpion
CW: Penn & Teller: Fool Us [r], Valor
FOX: Lucifer, The Gifted
NBC: The Voice, Better Late Than Never
PBS: Antiques Roadshow [r], Antiques Roadshow [r], Independent Lens [r]
TELEMUNDO: Milagros de Navidad, Sangre de mi Tierro, Senora Acero 4: La Coyote
UNIVISION: Rey David, Mi Marido Tiene Familia, Caer en Tantacion
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