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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Limited series Watergate, from George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Bridge of Spies writer Matt Charman is in development at Netflix, reports Deadline. Producer is Sonar Entertainment.
Workplace comedy Spaced Out, from Bill Lawrence (Scrubs) and Warner Bros. Television, is in development at CBS. The project, set in the world of commercial space travel, went to pilot last season at NBC.
Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment inked a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Television. LuckyChap’s first project under the deal, revenge fantasy Shattered Glass, was sold to NBC.
Rob Lowe is set to direct and star in a remake of 1956 thriller The Bad Seed for Lifetime, reports Deadline. The project is in negotiations with Warner Bros., owner of the rights to the title.
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: December 15-17, 2017
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Buena Vista) $220.0 million, opening weekend
Ferdinand (Fox) $13.3 million, opening weekend
Coco (Buena Vista) $10.0 million (week 4), cume revenue $150.8 million
Wonder (Lionsgate) $5.4 million (week 5), cume revenue $109.3 million
Justice League (Warner Bros.) $4.2 million (week 5), cume revenue $219.5 million
Daddy’s Home 2 (Paramount) $3.8 million (week 6), cume revenue $96.6 million
Thor: Ragnarok (Buena Vista) $3.0 million (week 7), cume revenue $306.4 million
The Disaster Artist (A24) $2.6 milllion (week 3), cume revenue $12.9 million
Murder on the Orient Express (Fox) $2.5 million (week 6), cume revenue $7.3million
Lady Bird (A24) $2.1 million (week 7), cume revenue $26.0 million
Source: comScore
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COMING UP
CBS live concert event Elton John: I’m Still Standing – A Grammy Salute will air 2 days after music’s big night, on Tuesday, January 30 at 8p. On hand to pay tribute to Sir Elton will be Miley Cyrus, Kesha, Miranda Lambert, John Legend, Little Big Town, Chris Martin, Maren Morris, Sam Smith and Keith Urban.
Kelly Clarkson, Demi Lovato, N.E.R.D., Charlie Puth, Sia and season 12 winner Chris Blue will perform on the live 2-hour Tuesday season finale of NBC’s The Voice on Tuesday, December 19 at 9p. Clarkson is joining the show as coach in spring 2018.
Yes, Virginia, Die Hard is a Christmas movie. At least it is according to Dish, which reports more Americans watch Die Hard on Christmas Eve than Miracle on 34th Street, Home Alone or The Santa Clause, according to its historical viewership. This year, thanks to Dish’s “12 Days of Die Hard,” customers can watch the movie on demand through Tuesday, December 26. Yipp-ki-yay!
The season finale of Smithsonian Channel’s Survival in the Skies airs Tuesday, December 19 at 9p. The show about air travel may well be seen in space – the astronauts aboard the ISS were sent a screening link for the show.
HDNet Movies event “And the Oscar Goes To…Presented by Richard Roeper” will feature non-stop Academy Award winning films for 32 days, from February 1 to March 4. Among the 75 films featured are Birdman, Braveheart, Witness, Funny Girl, Black Swan and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
On the series finale of TNT’s Major Crimes, airing Tuesday, January 9 at 9p, Lt. Tao is stuck in a room with a potential bomb, and Provenza finally identifies the real Ms. Bechtal.
Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) is set as host of NBC’s Saturday Night Live on January 13. Musical guest will be Halsey.
NEW AND RETURNING SERIES
ABC is reviving Roseanne with a special hour-long premiere on Tuesday, March 27 at 8p. The comedy, complete with the original cast, takes up its regular 8:30p timeslot on April 3.
Netflix comedy Love returns for its third, and it turns out final, season, on March 9. “I am really excited about the third season of Love,” said series creator and exec producer Judd Apatow. “I think it is our sweetest, funniest season and ends our story in a beautiful way.”
OWN has 3 Tyler Perry premieres set for January. The Haves and the Have Nots returns for “its most explosive season yet” on Tuesday, January 9 at 9p, followed the next night by the season 3 bow of If Loving You Is Wrong at 10p. Things lighten up on Tuesday, January 16, with the series launch of comedy The Paynes at 10p and 10:30p.
New episodes of 1st Look debut on NBC owned stations and over 200 NBC affiliates starting Saturday, January 6 after Saturday Night Live (check local listings). First up: Hosts Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti take a shine to the Golden Globes.
Showtime is offering viewers a sneak peek at upcoming coming-of-age drama The Chi now, on YouTube, Facebook and SHO.com, as well as multiple streaming providers’ devices, web sites, apps and on demand channels. Series makes its linear bow Sunday, January 7 at 10p.
ABC’s Once Upon a Time returns Friday, March 2 at 8p. Winter finale aired December 15.
It’s season sweet 16 for Say Yes to the Dress, returning to TLC Saturday, January 6 at 8p. This go-round, Randy Fenoli gets back to his roots by designing wedding gowns.
True crime anthology series Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. launches Tuesday, February 27 at 10p on USA.
CASTING
Might Sir Ian McKelllen consider taking his role of Gandalf to the small screen in Amazon’s TV adaptation of Lord of the Rings? Perhaps, if his comments to BBC Radio 2’s Graham Norton can be believed. “I haven’t said yes because I haven’t been asked,” said McKellen.
Andrew Gower (Outlander) and Jamie Harris (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) will recur in Amazon’s Carnival Row.
DIGITAL DATA
Rival streamers Netflix and Amazon are in agreement on one thing: both think the FCC’s rollback of net neutrality rules stinks. “I am extremely disappointed in the FCC decision…We’ll continue to work with our peers, partners and customers to find ways to ensure an open and fair internet,” tweeted Amazon CTO Werner Vogels. “We’re disappointed in the decision to gut #NetNeutrality protections that ushered in an unprecedented era of innovation, creativity & civic engagement,” said Netflix. Facebook labeled the decision “disappointing and harmful.”
ABC Owned Stations Group is updating its apps. The refresh allows viewers to choose topics and locations they want to follow, opt in to personalized alerts, and watch exclusive live video streams.
Media Audits International announced the creation of an OTT digital audit program to audit distribution carriage agreements and subscriber/transactional records maintained by OTT content distributors, including multichannel video programming distributors for skinny bundles of cable and satellite television channels. MAI, in operation for 30+ years, currently audits more than 100 million cable, telco, and IPTV households per year.
fuboTV is out of Beta on Roku. The sports-first live streaming service has a new design, and an added entertainment section with on-demand, upgraded video control and cloud DVR.
ADVERTISING& AGENCIES
Havas Group “cultural epicenter” The Annex, a millennial-led model staffed by influential creative voices, is expanding from Chicago with 6 new locations, including NYC, LA, Atlanta, Singapore, Paris and Tokyo. “The Annex acts as a living, breathing study in emerging markets and allows us and the brands that we work with to tap into these markets.” Brands involved so far have included Coca-Cola and Mike’s Hard Lemonade.
GOING GLOBAL
Beano Studios sold its original series, Dennis & Gnasher, to ABC Australia, following its launch on UK’s CBBC.
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RATINGS
There are lots of ways to slice TV ratings – demographics, eyes on screen, genre, social and more. For a snapshot of who rose to the top in select categories in 2017, check out the Cynopsis Top 100.
As 2017 winds down, truTV boasts it’s the youngest and most upscale network in cable TV, and #1 in cable entertainment (excluding sports and news) with primetime median HH income of $66,000. Since rebranding as a comedy network in 3Q14, the net’s median age has dropped from 43 to 34.
ABC animated special Olaf’s Frozen Adventure drew 5.7 million viewers and a 1.4/6 among A18-49, and was Thursday’s #1 TV show with Female Teens 12-17 and Kids 2-11.
The audience for season 2 of The Crown skewed older (50% of the audience was over 50) and was the most upscale (median income almost $90,000) of other Netflix originals Nielsen has reported on, said the measurement company. Nielson also said the royal drama averaged nearly 1.3 million viewers P2+ within 3 days of its availability, and close to 600,000 A18-49.
Univision reports it is set to finish 2017 as the #1 Spanish-language network with an average 1.7 million total viewers 2+, 739,000 A18-49, and 324,000 A18-34 during primetime.
Meanwhile, Telemundo reports in the fourth quarter, it is pacing to end the year as the #1 Spanish-language network season-to-date in Monday-Friday 8-11p primetime among A18-49 (868,000), A18-34 (395,000) and total viewers (1.69 million), according to Nielsen.
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Thursday, December 14, 2017 time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
CBS: 8.89 million
The Big Bang Theory 13.55, Young Sheldon 11.62, Mom 8.73, Life in Pieces 6.63, S.W.A.T. 6.39
NBC: 7.70 million
Football Night America 6.19, NFL Football 8.00
ABC: 3.61 million
Olaf’s Frozen Adventure 5.67, Disney Prep and Landing 4.15, The Great Christmas Light Fight 2.96
FOX: 2.99 million
Showtime at the Apollo 3.19, Taraji’s White Hot Holidays 2.79
CW: 1.08 million
iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 1.18, Whose Life Is it Anyway? .75
UNIVISION 1.1 million
Rey David 1.28, Mi Marido tie Familia 1.19, Cair en Tentacion .88
TELEMUNDO .82 million
Milagros de Navidad .84, Sangre de mi Tierro .75, Senora Acero 4: La Coyote .87
Thursday A18-49: NBC 2.0/8, CBS 1.5/6, ABC .9/4, FOX .7/3, UNI .5/2, UNI .4/2, CW .3/1
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Thomas Ferguson has been named Vice President, Licensing and Partnerships, Endemol Shine North America. Ferguson, who joined the company in 2013, was most recently Director, Licensing Partnerships.
This Day in History: 1892: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet Nutcracker Suite premiered.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What was the Cookie Monster’s name on Sesame Street before he discovered cookies? Sid. Kudos to: John Ferlazzo/London, Rev. Mark Wajda/Leesburg, FL, Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC, Ann Kearns-AMK Licensing/Lynbrook, NY, Kristen McGregor/LA, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach, FL, David Wetberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank, Cynthia New-Spectrum Reach/Cape Girardeau, MO, David Garber-Loyola Marymount University/Playa Vista, CA
Today’s Trivia Question: When Roseanne found marijuana in her house during season 6 of Roseanne (1988-1997), whose was it? (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: Bops Into Clubs = Boston Public. Kudos to: Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA
Classic Kids Show Anagram: A Wretchedly Good Cougar (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 18
ABC: The Great Christmas Light Fight [f], The Year in Memoriam 2017
CBS: Kevin Can Wait, Man With a Plan, Superior Donuts, 9JKL, Scorpion
CW: Popstar’s Best of 2017, The Hollywood Walk of Fame Honors
FOX: Lucifer [r], The Gifted [r]
NBC: The Voice, Ellen’s Game of Games [p]
PBS: Antiques Roadshow [r], Antiques Roadshow [r], Independent Lens
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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