12/17/14: The Walking Dead spinoff set in Hollywood; Coca-Cola ends sponsorship of American Idol; Spike TV’s Ink Master picked up for sixth season



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12.17.14

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 17, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Finales:
CBS: Survivor at 8p
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen at 8p
HGTV: Property Brothers at Home at 9p
ID: Love the Way You Lie at 10p
Syfy: Ascension at 9p

IN THE NEWS

The locale of AMC‘s The Walking Dead spinoff has finally been revealed. Turns out the zombies are headed for Hollywood, though it has yet to be confirmed if the new series will actually be filmed there. The pilot will be shot in early 2015. Walking Dead is currently filmed in Atlanta.

TLC announced half of the celebrity contributors for the upcoming season of Who Do You Think You Are? Julie Chen, Angie Harmon, Sean Hayes and Bill Paxton will each discover their family history when the new season debuts Tuesday, February 24 at 10p.

Esquire Network will premiere the entire original series The Short Game On Demand beginning Monday, December 22, a full-month before its network premiere on Tuesday, January 20 at 10p. All ten episodes of the series will be viewable on the network’s mobile app, Esquire TV NOW and online at esquiretv.com/NOW, and through multiple MVPD partners, including Comcast, Charter, Time Warner, DirectTV, Verizon and Cablevision. It marks the first time Esquire has premiered an entire series On Demand prior to its network premiere.

Bounce TV has acquired its first off-net series: Roc and The Parent ‘Hood from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution; A Different World from Carsey-Werner and The Hughleys from Twentieth Television. The four shows will constitute the new lineup leading into prime time, Monday through Friday, beginning Monday, January 5 at 5p.

TiVo Research’s Second Annual Millennial Video Entertainment Survey has found that millennials watch more music and less live sports than other generations. Stats show that 43 percent of millennial viewing is of linear TV programs. The difference is in the delivery: millennials prefer streaming sources to MVPDs.

From bewildering births to bizarre medical anomalies, Discovery Life Channel (formerly Discovery Fit And Health) has unveiled a full slate of programing reflecting its new identity, beginning Thursday, January 15 with Outrageous Births: Tales from The Crib at 9p and 50 Ways to Kill Your Mother at 10p. NY ER debuts Friday, January 16 at 10p and 10:30p. Body Bizarre premieres Saturday, January 17 at 9p, while Hoarding: Behind Closed Doors bows on Sunday, January 18 at 10p. The Mistress debuts Wednesday, January 21 at 10p and 10:30p. World’s Worst Mom kicks off on Thursday, January 22 at 9p and 9:30p.

PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

TBS has ordered the comedy Quality Time to pilot. From Broken Lizard, the writing/producing team behind Super Troopers and Beerfest, the project focuses on four college pals who kept their sophomoric ways in suspended animation throughout their 20s and are now becoming fathers. This is the first pilot order from new network president Kevin Reilly.

Starz limited series The Missing is getting a sequel. The 8-part follow-up will again be written by brothers Harry Williams and Jack Williams and unfold over two time frames; however, it will focus on a new case and characters in a new location. The finale of the show’s first installment airs Saturday, January 10.

Logo TV and BBC Worldwide North America have announced a deal for Logo TV to co-produce (with Channel 4 UK) Cucumber and Banana, two interlinked dramas from writer Russell T. Davies (Doctor Who, Queer as Folk). Both dramas, produced by RED Production Company are slated to premiere on Logo TV in early 2015. Said Davies. “It’s 16 years since I created Queer As Folk, which means I’ve had 16 years to build up new characters, new stories, and new insights into our lives. Across both series, we explore gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender stories, as well as love beyond labels – this is 50 shades of gay, and beyond!”

ABC Family has picked up a new scripted drama to series Recovery Road. Based on the young adult novel by Blake Nelson, it focuses on a teenage girl dealing with addiction. Said Karey Burke, the network’s Executive Vice President, Programming and Development, “This series will explore relevant social issues for our audience and shine a light on addiction. It’s a powerful addition to our lineup.”

COMING UP

A&E Network premieres the new nonfiction series Nightwatch from executive producer Dick Wolf, his Wolf Reality, and 44 Blue Productions. The hour-long series follows elite teams of emergency responders as they risk their lives to work the busy, unnerving overnight shift in New Orleans, Louisiana.The show premieres Thursday, January 22 at 10.

Ellen’s Design Challenge, HGTV’s new furniture competition series conceptualized by Ellen DeGeneres, premiere Monday, January 26 at 9p.The six-episode series features six competitors tackling challenges to sketch, design and build extraordinary furniture. The last competitor standing receives a $100,000 cash prize courtesy of Wayfair.com and gets to see her work featured in HGTV Magazine.

Univision Network celebrates some of the greatest telenovela theme songs of all time with 35 performances in the two-hour special Grandes Temas De Telenovela. The Televisa production airs Sunday, December 21 at 8p….

….Not to be outdone, Music Choice celebrates the top Latin songs of 2014 with the multi-platform video and music special MC 100 Latino. Videos from artists including Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, Romeo Santos, Prince Royce, J Balvin, and Larry Hernandez will be available on Music Choice On Demand starting Monday, December 22 and will run through Sunday, January 4, 2015.

Murder She Wrote, one of the most successful television series in TV history, is coming to COZI TV on Friday, January 2.The show will air Monday through Friday from 3p to 5p, Friday from 8p to 11p, and Sunday from 7p to 9p. “We are thrilled to bring this perennial favorite back to TV and we look forward to engaging our viewers as only COZI TV knows how,” said Meredith McGinn, Senior Vice President, COZI TV.

Win a TiVo Roamio! Charlie Brown, the Grinch, Frosty – which holiday special had the most households with kids? Test your smarts, and vote here by December 19 for a chance to take home a TiVo Roamio (and a year of subscription service) just in time for the holidays.

RETURNING SERIES

Spike TV has picked up a sixth season of original tattoo-competition series Ink Master. A new season of 13 episodes is slated for summer 2015.

Season three of History’s drama series Vikings returns on Thursday, February 19 at 10p. The new 10-episode season begins with Ragnar (Travis Fimmel) as King.

BRANDS AND ADVERTISING

American Idol and Coca-Cola are parting ways. The soft drink company, which has sponsored the FOX series since it began, will not be part of its 14th season. “Coca-Cola and FOX have mutually decided to end their 13-year American Idol partnership," a Coca-Cola rep told The Hollywood Reporter. "We look forward to working together on new collaborations in the future.” The show is already negotiating with other potential sponsors to come on before the new season debuts on Wednesday, January 7.

CASTING

JAG alum David James Elliott has landed a guest spot on the CBS hit Scorpion. He’ll appear in an early 2015 episode, playing Bruce Jones, an ex Secret Service agent who turns to Team Scorpion to help recover a buried memory, when he becomes the only hope of catching terrorists planning to break into a top-secret U.S. nuclear missile silo.

Peyton List (The Tomorrow People) has been tapped to guest star on CW‘s The Flash. She’ll play villain Leonard Snart’s little sister, Lisa.

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS

FXX is launching its holiday programming with a series of Christmas-themed mini-marathons of The Simpsons beginning Monday, December 22 at 8p. The festivities continue with a special 24-hour presentation of the feature film A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas beginning Wednesday, December 24 at 8p. The network will ring in the New Year with a Simpsons binge, featuring the premiere and finale episodes from 25 seasons in chronological order, beginning Wednesday, December 31 at 7p with The Simpsons Movie. An encore of the movie airs Thursday, January 1 at 10p.


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RATINGS

During the week of December 8, 2014, ABC delivered 7 of the Top 20 non-sports TV programs in Adults 18-49: Modern Family  No. 4, “black-ish  No. 9, The Middle and The Goldbergs tied at No. 12, while The Great Christmas Light Fight, S.H.I.E.L.D. and Once Upon a Time tied at No. 19.

Judge Judy (7.0) was the top-rated court show for the 950th straight week, a streak that began more than 18 years ago.

Steve Harvey (1.9, up 6%) rocketed 25% among W25-54; while Dr Oz (1.5, up 7%) improved 15% from last year, the most year-to-year growth of any talk show.

Top 11 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 12/1/14 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 7.1AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 7.0AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 6.8AA
Big Bang Theory (WB) 6.0AA
Family Feud (2/T) 5.9AA
Modern Family (2/T) 4.1AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.5AA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD) 3.2AA
Live with Kelly & Michael (DAD) 3.1HH
Two and a Half Men (WB) 3.0AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 3.0AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research

Top 14 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 12/1/14 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
Big Bang Theory (WB) 2.9AA
Modern Family (2/T) 2.5AA
Family Feud (2/T) 1.9AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.7AA
Family Guy (2/T) 1.7AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.4AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 1.4AA
How I Met Your Mother (2/T) 1.4AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.3AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 1.0AA
Mike and Molly (WB) 1.0AA
Seinfeld (SPT) 1.0AA
TMZ (WB) 1.0AA
The Cleveland Show (2/T) 1.0AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research

Broadcast Evening News Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of December 8, 2014)
NBC:
Nightly News 9.37 million total viewers; 1.8/7 2.13 million A25-54
ABC: World News Tonight 8.69 million total viewers; 1.8/7 and 2.12 million A25-54
CBS: Evening News 7.35 million total viewers; 1.4/5 and 1.73 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD

Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share for the week of 12/8/14
NBC:
Sunday Night Football 8.6/25
FOX: The OT 4.4/13
NBC: Football Night America Pt 3 4.1/12
CBS: The Big Bang Theory 3.9/13
CBS: Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 3.4/10
ABC: Modern Family 3.1/10
CBS: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 2.8/9
CBS: Mom 2.6/8
NBC: The Voice (Mon) 2.5/7
CBS: Survivor 2.4/8
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data

Top Ten Basic Cable Network Performance among Total Viewers for the week of: 12/8/2014
Primetime(000)/Total Prog. Day (000)
ESPN
2895/ DSNY 1266
HALL 2048/NICK 1205
FAM 1957/ADSM* 1187
DSNY 1938/FOXN 1103
USA 1704/ESPN 1059
FOXN 1679/TOON 1030
TBSC 1554/USA 995
HIST 1516/HALL 982
DISC 1508/ FAM 894
FX 1497/TNT 879
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of
116,400,000 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+SD. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performances.

Top Ten Basic Cable Network Performance among A18-49 for the week of: 12/8/2014
Primetime (000), Total Prog. Day (000)
ESPN
1352/ADSM* 658
FAM 989/ESPN 564
FX 780/FAM 437
TBSC 768/USA 391
USA 686/FX 380
DISC 663/TBSC 353
ADSM 658/NICK 345
TNT 524/TNT 339
DSNY 521/NAN* 326
HIST 480/DSNY 325
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe
116,400,000 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+SD. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performance.

Top 10 Basic Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 12/8/20014
Atlanta/Green Bay
(ESPN) 6439
Sons of Anarchy (FX) 4215
2014 Week 15 Arizona/St. Louis (NFLN) 3109
Sportscenter (ESPN) 2021
Anarchy Afterword (FX) 1966
American Horror Story (FX) 1919
Gold Rush (DISC) 1860
Love & Hip Hop Hollywood (VH1) 1825
Thursday Night Football Post-Game (NFLN) 1799
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (FAM) 1758
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe
of 116,400,000 homes; Ranked by Delivery (000); Preliminary: Live+SD

Monday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Monday with 2.2/7, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC topped 8p with 2.9/9 for The Voice, followed by a 2.0/6 average for CBS’s 2 Broke Girls and Mike & Molly. NBC’s The Voice held onto the lead at 9p with 2.8/8, versus 2.0/6 for CBS’s Scorpion. At 10p, it was a tie at the top: CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles was #1 with 1.6/5. NBC’s State of Affairs was close behind with 1.5/5.

A18-49: NBC 2.2/7, CBS 1.9/6, ABC 1.2/4, UNI 1.1/3, FOX 0.9/3, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.5/2, ION 0.4/1

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, December 15, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 5.6/10
The Voice 7.4/12, State of Affairs 3.8/7
CBS: 5.6/9
2 Broke Girls 4.9/8, Mike & Molly 4.9/8, Scorpion 6.3/10, NCIS: Los Angeles 6.2/11
ABC: 3.1/5
Great Christmas Light Fight 3.1/5, Castle [r] 3.1/5
FOX 2.0/3
American Country Countdown Awards 2.0/3
UNIVISION: 1.5/2
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 1.7/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.5/2, Malquerida 1.2/2
ION: 1.0/1
Criminal Minds 1.2/2, Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Blue Bloods 0.8/1
CW: 0.8/1
Hart of Dixie 0.8/1, Jane the Virgin 0.8/1
Telemundo: 0.8/1
Los Miserables 0.7/1, Tierra de Reyes 0.6/1, Senora Acero 1.1/2

Sunday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Sunday with 6.0/17, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. FOX’s The OT won 7p with 4.4/13, followed by NBC’s  Football Night America Pt 2 with 2.1/6 and CBS’ 60 Minutes with 1.6/5. NBC grabbed 8p with a 6.1/17 average for Football Nt. America Pt. 3 and NBC Sunday Night Football, followed by a three-way tie for #2 between ABC’s Once Upon A Time, CBS’ Undercover Boss, and FOX’s combined The Simpsons and Brooklyn Nine-Nine with a 1.7/5. NBC Football won 9p with 8.7/25; a 1.4/4 average for Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers kept Fox in second place. NBC’s game finished off the night strong at 10p with 8.6/25, versus 1.2/4 for ABC’s Barbara Walters Presents with 1.5/4.

A18-49: NBC 4.9/14, FOX 2.1/6, CBS 1.5/5, ABC 1.2/3, UNI 0.6/2, TELE 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, December 14 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 8.4/14
Football Night America Pt 2 3.7/6, Football Nt America Pt 3 7.3/12, NBC Sunday Night Football 14.3/24
CBS: 5.7/9
60 Minutes 7.1/12, Undercover Boss 5.6/9, The Mentalist 5.2/8, CSI 4.9/8
ABC: 3.5/5
Backstage with Disney on Broadway 1.9/3, Once Upon A Time 3.4/5, Barbara Walters Presents 5.2/8
FOX: 3.3/5
The OT 7.7/13, Simpsons [r] 3.1/5, Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2.2/3, Family Guy [r] 2.0/3, Bob’s Burgers 1.6/3
UNIVISION: 0.8/1
Identidad Sin Fronteras 0.7/1, Sal y Pimienta 0.8/1
ION: 0.8/1
Christmas Belle 0.8/1, A Perfect Christmas List 0.8/1
TELE: 0.5/1
Celebrando Juntos 0.4/1, Cine Millonario 0.5/1

Saturday A18-49 Analysis: CBS had the most A18-49 viewers Saturday with 1.2/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’ Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer topped 8p with 1.4/5, followed by 0.9/4 for FOX’s UFC Fight Night. At 9p, CBS’s Frosty the Snowman and Frosty Returns combined for the lead with 1.3/5. FOX’s UFC Fight Night rank second with 1.2/4. FOX’s UFC Fight Night took over the #1 spot at 10 with 1.3/5. CBS’ 48 Hours trailed with 1.0/4.

A18-49: CBS 1.2/5, FOX 1.1/4, ABC 0.7/3, UNI 0.5/2, NBC 0.3/1, ION 0.3/1, TELE 0.2/1

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, December 13, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 2.8/5
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer [r] 2.8/5, Frosty the Snowman [r] 2.8/5, Frosty Returns [r] 2.3/4, 48 Hours 3.2/6 [r]
ABC: 2.2/5
Limitless 1.9/4, 20/20 2.5/5
FOX 1.6/3
UFC Fight Night 1.6/3
ION: 1.0/2
A Christmas Kiss [7p start] 0.9/2, A Christmas Kiss II 1.1/2
NBC: 0.9/2
Peter Pan Live! 0.9/2
UNIVISION: 0.7/2
Teleton USA 0.7/2
TELE: 0.3/1
Yo Soy El Artista [7p start] 0.2/0, Cine Exclusivo 0.3/1

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Sonar Entertainment named Tom Patricia to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Limited Series, Miniseries and Movies. Patricia comes to Sonar after consulting for Lionsgate Television since 2013.

BET Networks appointed Stephen Hill as President of Programming. Hill last served as President of Music Programming & Specials at the network.

Comedy Central promoted Ian Friedman to Vice President, Original Programming and Development.

Jupiter Entertainment upped Madeline McAdams to Series Producer of the true crime television series Snapped. McAdams was previously on the post-production staff of the Oxygen Network show.

NJTV, New Jersey’s Public Television Network named Sally Garner as Executive Producer. She previously served as Executive Producer for WNET‘s weekly newsmagazine, MetroFocus.


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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17, 2014


ABC: The Middle, The Goldbergs [r], Modern Family [r], Black-ish [r], Black-ish [r],
Black-ish [r]
CBS: Survivor [
f], Survivor: Live Reunion Show
CW: Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown , The 100
Fox: Hell’s Kitchen [
f]
NBC: Michael Buble’s Christmas in New York, The Sing-Off
PBS: Nature [r], NOVA [r], NOVA [r]
Telemundo: Los Miserables, Tierra de Reyes, Senora de Acero
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, La Malquerida

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