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| Tuesday November 19, 2024 |
 IN THE NEWS |
| Thirty-seven percent of respondents to a Pew Research Center Study who were between the ages of 18 and 29 said they “regularly get news” from influencers. That’s versus 21% of all Americans, regardless of age, and 26% of respondents aged 30-40. As for political leanings, Pew reported “minimal differences” between Republicans and Democrats. News influencers were found to most likely to be on X – 85% said they had X accounts, compared to 50% on Instagram and 44% on YouTube. |
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| Members of the Writers Guild East have voted to authorize a strike against PBS if they can’t reach a contract agreement before midnight on November 21. “Writers Guild members at PBS would much rather end the week with a fair and equitable contract than with a strike,” said WGAE president Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. “But they are also willing to do what is necessary to reach an agreement that reflects their working conditions and meets their very reasonable demands.”
FuboTV has introduced four new interactive CTV ad formats, including:
· Video spots are equipped with a custom overlay featuring a QR code that leads to a desired URL and path to purchase. Calls-to-action can be tailored to the creative.
· Brands can embed themed trivia questions or polls directly into video spots without interrupting the stream.
· A scrollable carousel featuring products enabling advertisers to showcase multiple iterations of creative and messaging within one singular ad unit.
· Audiences are served real-time, creative tailored to regional geo-locations. |
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| Cynopsis Awards and Events
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Contact Stephanie Cronk for more details on securing your 2025 Holiday Package. |
| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT |
| Apple TV+ has ordered “Cape Fear,” a 10-episode thriller executive produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, as well as Javier Bardem, who will star.
The SpringHill Company and Fulwell73 have raised $40 million from existing investors as they confirm their merger. “Together, we’ll continue doing what we do best, and now we’ll do it as a global entertainment studio with more to offer our partners,” said a statement from both companies. SpringHill CEO Maverick Carter and Leo Pearlman, Fulwell’s managing partner, will serve as joint CEOs of the yet-to-be-named new company. |
 Telemundo is launching a live reality competition, “Miss Universe Latina, El Reality,” set to premiere in 2025. Latinas will compete for a chance to be crowned the first-ever Miss Universe Latina delegate, representing Latina women in the 74th edition of the pageant. “Miss Universe has always held a special place among the Latin community,” said Ronald Day, President of Entertainment and Chief Content Officer at Telemundo. “Latinos in the United Sates are now 65 million strong, and we are excited to partner with the Miss Universe Organization to elevate and celebrate our rich cultural diversity on such an important global stage.” |
| NEW & RETURNING SERIES |
| Fox’s slate of January premieres kicks off with the return of “Hell’s Kitchen” on Thursday, January 2 at 8p, followed by the return of “Animal Control” for season three at 9p, and new workplace “Going Dutch” at 9:30p. New medical drama “Doc” debuts Tuesday, January 7 at 9p, after “Kitchen Nightmares: Road to Super Bowl LIX.” The next night brings the launch of “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” at 8p. “Lone Star” and “Rescue: Hi-Surf” make their winter premieres on Monday, January 20 at 8p and 9p. |
 Fox also revealed that the season three premiere of “The Floor” will get the prime post-Super Bowl slot on Sunday, February 9, replacing previously-announced “Rescue Hi-Surf.”
“Monday Night RAW” starts its Netflix run on January 6 at 5p, live from the Intuit Dome in LA. The WWE show previously aired on USA Network. |
Today’s Premieres
Bravo: The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills at 8p
History: Tales from Oak Island at 10p
Hulu: Interior Chinatown
NBC: Night Court at 8:30p
Netflix: Zombieverse
Peacock: Making Manson |
| COMING UP |
| Carrie Underwood’s headed to Hulu. Concert special “Carrie Underwood,” celebrating the Grammy winner’s Las Vegas residency, will air in January.
Asian entertainment destination Rakuten Viki will hold its annual International K-Drama Day on Friday, November 29. In addition to the festivities, fans will have access to premium content streaming on Viki for a limited time, and K-Drama “Love Your Enemy” will make its debut on Saturday, November 23.
Presenters set for the CMA Awards include Olympics champ Simone Biles; actors Jeff Bridges, Freddie Freeman (“Doctor Odyssey”), and Billy Bob Thornton (“Landman”); and World Series MVP Freddie Freeman, among others. The show airs Wednesday, November 20 at 8p on ABC.
Max comedy special “Rose Matafeo: On and On and On” drops Thursday, December 19. It’s Matafeo’s second stand-up special.
FOX News Media’s fifth annual “All-American Christmas Tree Lighting” takes place Friday, November 22 at 5p during “The Five.” Gavin DeGraw will perform.
The presenter line-up for 52nd International Emmy Awards will include Ali Ahn (“Agatha All Along”), Armin Amiri (“And Just Like That”), Kelly AuCoin (“Billions”), Laura Benanti (“Life & Beth”), Skye P. Marshall (“Matlock”), Folake Olowofoyeku (“Bob Hearts Abishola”) and Jane Seymour (“Harry Wild”), to name a few. The ceremony takes place Monday, November 25 in NYC. |
| TECH TALK |
| Perplexity has introduced an AI commerce experience, Buy with Pro, which lets Perplexity Pro users check out on its website or app for select products. There’s also visual search tool Snap to Shop, and a product discovery experience with unbiased recommendations. Perplexity has also launched a free program designed to give merchants a straightforward process for sharing data. The AI-powered shopping assistant “marks a big leap forward in how we serve our users – empowering seamless native actions right from an answer,” reads the company’s website. “Shopping online just got 10x more easy and fun.”
LiveRamp has expanded the Quick Start Insight on its data collaboration platform to offer Media Intelligence across a network of premium publishers. The standardized insights in the LiveRamp Clean Room powered by Habu enable clients to more quickly access and deploy media performance metrics, including audience overlaps, optimal frequency, and last-touch attribution. “Data collaboration is a powerful accelerant for business growth and should not be held back by paperwork or a lack of technical expertise,” said Kimberly Bloomston, Chief Product Officer at LiveRamp. “As we continue investing in our collaboration network and ways for clients to unlock immediate value from data collaboration tools such as clean rooms, we look forward to soon expanding these initial Quick Start Insights to additional client types and needs, including retail.” |
| STREAMING |
| Adsmovil, a minority-owned digital-first Hispanic media company, launched FAST channels Romance and Suspenso in Spanish on Roku, Fire TV, Android, IOS, and Apple TV. The channels’ programming is also available in English and Spanish via Nuestra.TV’s AVOD platform.
The Bold Baking Network’s “Knead To Know” special brings together renowned bakers to support No Kid Hungry’s mission to end childhood hunger. The show can be found on YouTube.
Tastemade has launched a new cooking app, Tastemade Cooking, that offers recipes developed by the Tastemade culinary team and creators. Each recipe will include a how-to video; the app also has a Virtual Recipe Box and the ability to create a consolidated grocery list. |
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Cynopsis Standouts
Last Call to Nominate for the Cynopsis Standout Awards – Deadline Extended to December 3rd!
Have a media professional on your team who’s going above and beyond? Now’s your chance to spotlight their achievements! The deadline to enter the Cynopsis Standout Awards has been extended to December 3rd, so there’s still time to recognize those making an impact in technology, leadership, marketing, and more. Celebrate their excellence and let their hard work shine. Don’t miss out on this chance to recognize your standouts!
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| SPORTS REPORT |
 Netflix is thinking big for its inaugural NFL Christmas Gameday. Beyoncé will serve as halftime performer during the streamer’s second of two games, as the Houston Texans host the Baltimore Ravens at 4:30p. Produced by Beyoncé’s Parkwood Entertainment and Jesse Collins Entertainment, the halftime show will be the first live performance of songs from the Cowboy Carter album.
Fans in Wisconsin will be able to watch Milwaukee Bucks games for the second year in a row through a deal structure led by Weigel Broadcasting Co. Stations from Weigel (WMLW & WYTU, Milwaukee and WMEI, Green Bay), Gray Television (WECX – La Crosse/Eau Claire and WYOW – Wausau), and Morgan Murphy Media (WISC – Madison) will offer games on over-the-air television.
On Saturday, November 23 FloCollege, the newly launched platform from FloSports, will exclusively stream the Opendorse Bowl Series, featuring the highest ranked teams to not make the NCAA tournament representing the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference, the North Coast Athletic Conference, the Ohio Athletic Conference and the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. Coverage for the series starts at 1p.
Play-by-play commentator Adam Alexander and analyst Steve Letarte will join the previously-announced Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the broadcast booth coverage of the NASCAR Cup Series. |
| GOING GLOBAL |
| SquareOne is developing the German language version of “Night Therapy,” the first international option deal for the format. The drama launched on Israel’s yes TV in June.
Epic Storyworlds is producing a YouTube series based comic book character Guiby the Super Baby. The animated series will premiere in French on Télé-Québec in 2025. |
| RATINGS |
| “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” viewership is up 16% year-over-year, delivering 3.61 million total viewers. That’s according to VideoAmp Live+7 data for the week of September 23.
Nielsen updated the average audience for Thursday’s “TNF” game on Prime Video to 15.51 million viewers, to make it the most-watched “TNF on Prime” event in seven weeks, and the third most-watched of the season. |
| EXECUTIVE MOVES |
| Iain Coyle and Joe McVey have launched comedy content creation label Square Pears in partnership with Nest Productions, with Derek Drennan and Stew Batt appointed as MDs and Marisa Erftemeijer as Head of Production. McVey was most recently director of development for Jackpot Productions and Coyle was previously Head of Comedy at UKTV/Dave. |
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This Day in History
2007 – Amazon began selling the Kindle.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question
Bob Hope holds the record for most times hosting the Oscars broadcast at 19, but who is in second place? Billy Crystal, who hosted nine times. Kudos to: Phyllis McQuillan-MSG Networks/NYC; Lisa Ciancarelli-Nexstar Media/NYC; C.J. Bottitta-Big Picture Productions/Apex, NC; Brianne Maciejowski-BZM Producing/Sarasota, FL; Wendy Holmes/Denver; Patricia Bisant-KCM Media Group/Denver; Kevin Moran-Blarney Productions/Pasadena, CA; Larry Hutchings/Pismo Beach, CA; Ken DuBow-DuBow Media Distribution/LA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA
Today’s Trivia Question
How many actresses played Billie Jo on “Petticoat Junction” (1963-70)? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four answers per time zone.) |
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