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12.12.16
Good morning. It’s Monday December 12, 2016 and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Animal Planet: River Monsters: Legendary Locations at 8p
Travel: Booze Traveler at 10p
VH1: America’s Next Top Model at 10p
Viceland: Big Night Out at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
TV One: Fatal Attraction at 9p, Justice By Any Means at 10p
President-elect Donald Trump will keep his executive producer title on The New Celebrity Apprentice, premiering January 2 on NBC and now hosted by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Faced with possible conflict of interest concerns, former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told CNN on Friday, “Presidents have a right to do things in their spare time.” Trump himself went a step further on Saturday, tweeting, “Will devote ZERO TIME!”, followed by a tweet labeling CNN’s “ridiculous & untrue – FAKE NEWS!”
In related news, the future POTUS’s earned media for the month of November was $752.6 million, up from $568.5 million in October, according to mediaQuant. Since the presidential campaigns began in July 2015, Trump has racked up $6.4 billion in earned media, versus $3.7 billion for Hillary Clinton.
UK’s Sky has agreed to 21st Century Fox’s offer price of $15 billion, adding “certain material offer terms remain under discussion and there can be no certainty an offer will be made.” Fox said it would announce a decision one way or another by January 6. Rupert Murdoch tried to buy Sky, which he’d created then lost control of, in 2010, but plans were scratched in the wake of the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
Metadata vendor Gracenote is being sold to Nielsen for upwards of $500 million, reports Variety. What reportedly draws Nielsen to the company is Gracenote’s automatic content recognition technology, allowing Gracennot to match metadata with what’s onscreen. Tribune bought Gracenote from Sony for $170 million in 2013.
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NBC ordered a special aimed at finding the next puppet act, from Talpa Media, The Jim Henson Company, Craig Ferguson and Universal Television Alternative Studios. Top Puppet will premiere in the summer.
CW is developing hour-long drama Transcience, from Ian Somerhalder’s (The Vampire Diaries) and Nikki Reed’s Rare Bird Productions. Warner Bros. Television is the studio.
CW’s Reign is almost over. The soft-rated period drama’s upcoming season 4, launching February 10, will be its last.
ABC put in development crime drama Down in the Valley, from writer-directors David Posamentier and Geoff Moore (Better Living Through Chemistry) and TriStar Television, about a female police officer who finds a small-town paradise isn’t all it seems.
Drama Basket Case, from Jeff Eastin (Graceland) and Jeff Eastin (Life in Pieces), based on the 2002 bestseller, landed a script commitment from Fox. 20th Century Fox Television is the studio.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: December 9-11, 2016
Moana (Buena Vista) $18.8 million (week 3), cume revenue $145.0 million
Office Christmas Party (Paramount) $17.5 million, opening weekend
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Warner Bros.) $10.8 million (week 3), cume revenue $199.3 million
Arrival (Paramount) $5.6 million (week 5), cume revenue $81.5 million
Doctor Strange (Buena Vista) $4.6 million (week 6), cume revenue $222.4 million
Allied (Paramount) $4.0 million (week 3), cume revenue $35.6 million
Nocturnal Animals (Focus) $3.2 million (week 4), cume revenue $6.2 million
Manchester By the Sea (Roadside Attractions) $3.2 million (week 4) $8.3 million
Trolls (Fox) $3.1 million (week 6), cume revenue $145.5 million
Hacksaw Ridge (Lionsgate) $2.3 million (week 6), cume revenue $60.9 million
Source: comScore
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Snowflakes, beer, reindeer, shots, Santas, dancers…Office Christmas Party brought a rowdy party to theatres this past weekend – and Millennials showed up, giving NCM a wild 5.3 A18-34 rating.
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Reel South is back for season 2 on World Channel Sunday, January 8 at 9p. The documentary series focused on Southern storytelling returns with a new host, Grammy winner Darius Rucker.
Do you think Donald Trump should remain an executive producer on The New Celebrity Apprentice? Let us know in the new Cynopsis poll.
The “short, temporary leave of absence” of Gurney Productions founders Scott and Dierdre Gurney ended with their termination last week by owner ITV America. “Following a meeting with Scott and Deirdre Gurney, the Board of Gurney Productions has been left with no alternative but to terminate their employment and file a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California on the grounds of self-dealing, fraudulent concealment and breach of contract,” said a Gurney Productions spokesperson. ITV America alleges after selling a majority interest of their company, the Gurneys secretly formed a new production company, Snake River Productions, “as part of an unlawful plan to misappropriate the Company’s corporate opportunities for themselves and to artificially inflate the Company’s EBITDA,” according to a filing.
A U.S. magistrate judge on Friday recommended that a court order LMNO to hand over footage for season two of TLC series 7 Little Johnstons to Discovery Communications. The supplier held onto the shows since Discovery accused LMNO of deceptive business practices and canceled its contract after paying $2 million for the season. LMNO said the dispute hinges what they claim is a less-than-agreed-on price, not an unwillingness to release the shows, and will file its response and appeal this week.
That’s a lot of duct tape: Science Channel is airing every episode of Mythbusters, from Friday, December 23–Sunday, January 3 at 6a. The “Mythbusters Mega Marathon” episodes will air in chronological order.
Dolly Parton will join Pentatonix on A Pentatonix Christmas Special, airing Wednesday, December 14 at 8p on NBC. Parton and the a cappella group received a Grammy nomination for their arrangement of “Jolene.”
ABC News’ The Year: 2016 looks back at the most memorable and newsworthy moments of the year on Tuesday, December 20. Two-hour annual special airs at 9p.
Bounce TV newsmagazine Ed Gordon explores what a Trump presidency might mean for African Americans on Tuesday, December 13 at 10p. Interviews include Black Caucus members Maxine Water, G.K. Butterfield, former RNC chairman Michael Steele and others.
Juie Andrews returns for the eighth time to host From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2017, on THIRTEEN’s Great Performances Sunday, January 1 at 2:30 and 7:30p on PBS. The event features melodies of the Strauss family and their contemporaries.
American Heroes Channel pays tribute to the late astronaut and Senator John Glenn today with its best space-themed programming. The net will encore episodes of When We Left Earth: The NASA Mission, then at 10p presents original special One Giant Leap. Glenn died December 8 at age 95.
TV One’s NewsOne Now is extending its broadcast an additional hour during this week. The special year-end extended broadcast (7-9a) will offer viewers more in-depth coverage and reflect on 2016’s top stories in news, politics, entertainment, and sports, and pay tribute to prominent African Americans who passed away with year with a memorial vignette.
Hurry and you can catch the live announcement of the nominees for the 74th Annual Golden Globes Awards by Don Cheadle, Laura Dern and Anna Kendrick. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is livestreaming the announcement on Facebook Live and GoldenGlobes.com at 8:15a.
Hold on to your Swiss Army knife. The original MacGyver is set to save the day, twice a weekday, on MeTV starting Monday, December 19, at 5p and 9p. Reboot airs Fridays at 8p on CBS.
Mike Dupud (X-Men: Days of Future Past) landed a recurring role on season four of Starz drama Power, as the vicious leader of a powerful cartel.
Christopher Gorham will recur on CBS’s 2 Broke Girls, as a friendly contractor who hits it off with Caroline.
Hulu closed a deal for exclusive SVOD rights to Louis C.K.’s Horace and Pete. Series is available to stream in its entirety.
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The premiere of Mariah’s World on E! and Bravo averaged 527,000 among A18-49 and 843,000 total viewers on E!, and 689,000 A8-49 and 1.33 million on Bravo. The 8-parter will settle into Sundays on E!.
Fox’s Pitch posted a series high in Live+3 versus Live+SD numbers, growing 63 percent to 3.9 million viewers.
NBC’s Saturday Night Live scored a 4.8 rating in metered market households and 2.3 among A18-49 with John Cena hosting, a best since the show after the Presidential election.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, December 8, 2016 based on time period averages.
Source: Nielsen
NBC: 9.8/17
NFL Thursday Night 5.0/9, NBC Thursday Night Football 10.5/19
CBS: 4.5/8
Big Bang Theory 6.1/10, Great Indoors 4.6/8, Mom 4.8/8, Life in Pieces 4.0/7, Pure Genius 3.6/7
ABC 2.2/4
Toy Story Time Forgot 2.3/4, Shrek the Halls 2.2/4, Great American Baking Championship 2.6/4, Notorious 1.7/3
FOX: 2.1/4
Taraji’s White Hot Holidays 2.3/4, Pitch 1.9/3
CW: 1.1/2
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 1.2/2, Supernatural 1.0/2
UNIVISION: 1.1/2
Despertar Contigo 1.0/2, Vino El Amor 1.2/2, El Color de la Pasion 1.1/2
TELEMUNDO: 1.0/2
Silvana Sin Lana .9/1, La Dona .9/2, El Cheme 1.1/2
A18-49 Ratings: NBC 5.1/18, CBS 1.3/5, ABC .8/3, FOX .8/3, CW .7/2, TELE .7/2, UNI .6/2
Actor Joe Mascolo died December 8 after battling Alzheimer’s. He was 87. Mascolo was best known for his role as Days of Our Lives’ Stefano DiMera, which he played on and off since 1982.
This Day in History: 1925 – The first motel opened, in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which TV show was based on the book Home Before Morning, written by a former U.S. Army nurse? China Beach. Kudos to: Phyllis Rosenstein-Mediassociates/Sandy Hook, CT, Andy Morris-Reelz, Rose Anderson-New York Festivals/NYC, Ellen Falb-Newmark-NBCUniversal/NYC, Courtney Baran-Huber-Cartoon Network/NYC, Matt Fera-McgarryBowen/Chicago, Paul Blutter-Hollywood Depot Rentals/Burbank, Will Allmendinger-Clear Channel Outdoor/Chicago, Pat Brady-CESD/LA, Robin Szollosi-Loyola Marymount University/Playa Vista, CA, Greg Stewart-LA, Matt Sautter-Imagine Communications/Denver, Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas
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Classic Sitcom Initial This: J.K., then G.G. played GW on DtM (Email [email protected]; first three respondents with the correct answer who aren’t in trivia – will be posted along with the answer on www.Cynopsis.com.)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY DECEMBER 12, 2016
ABC: The Great Christmas Light Fight, The Great American Baking Show [r]
CBS: Kevin Can Wait, Man With a Plan, 2 Broke Girls, The Odd Couple, Scorpion
CW: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer, Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown
FOX: Gotham [r], Lucifer [r]
NBC: The Voice, Timeless
PBS: Antiques Roadshow [r], Antiques Roadshow [r], The Greeks [r]
Telemundo: Silvana Sin Lana, La Dona, El Chema
Univision: Despertar Contigo, Vino el Amor, El Color de la Pasion
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