12.14.12
Good morning. It’s Friday, December 14, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Finales:
Sundance Channel: Restless at 9p
Destination America: A Haunting at 10p
Saturday’s Premieres:
FOX: Cops at 8p
OWN: Six Little McGhees at 10p
WE tv: Marry Me in NYC at 10p
Saturday’s Finales:
OWN: Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s at 9p
WE tv: My Fair Wedding with David Tutera at 9p
Sunday’s Premieres:
Destination America: BBQ Pitmasters at 9p
Investigation Discovery: On the Case with Paula Zahn at 10p
Sunday’s Finales:
MTV2: The Dub Magazine Project at 1p
CBS: Survivor: Philippines at 8p
Style Network: Big Rich Texas at 8p; Glam Fairy at 9p
Showtime: Dexter at 9p; Homeland at 10p
DIY Network: Building Alaska at 10p
HGTV: House Hunters Renovations at 10p
FOX revealed its winter premiere dates for new and returning series (as well as one series finale):
January 14: Bones (two-hour winter premiere) at 8p
January 16: American Idol (two-hour season premiere, part 1) at 8p
January 17: American Idol (two-hour season premiere, part 2) at 8p
January 18: Fringe (100th episode and two-hour series finale) at 8p
January 21: The Following (series premiere) at 9p
February 8: Touch (two-hour season premiere) at 8p
The final episode of ABC’s Private Practice, the series starring Kate Walsh from Shonda Rhimes that was a spin-off of Grey’s Anatomy will air January 22. Original cast member Audra McDonald will also return for the last episode titled In Which We Say Goodbye.
Logo launches a live, late-night talk show focused on intimate relationships shot in front of a live studio audience. The Sex Show premieres February 4 with live broadcasts for both coasts at 11p each night. Heidi Hamilton hosts the show that will feature a panel of relationship experts including former porn star Katie Morgan, psychic life coach Dougall Fraser and relationship and sexuality expert Dr. Mike Dow who will take calls from the audience via phone, video chat and social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. Logo’s show will also go live each night with an online version focusing on questions and content that is too much for TV. The show is produced by Banca Studio in association with Lionsgate Television.
The new weekly live late-night comedy series Nikki & Sara LIVE will debut on MTV January 29 at 11p. This half-hour comedy show is set in front of a live studio audience hosted by comedians Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer based out of MTV’s Times Square Studio. The show, inspired by Glaser and Schaefer’s popular podcast You Had to Be There will showcase their comedic wit, celebrity interviews and man on the street segments focused on the latest stories and pop culture trends, entertainment, music and more.
Premiere dates in the New Year for several VH1 series were unveiled yesterday: Mob Wives returns for a third season on January 6 at 8p; previously announced new reality matchmaking series Making Mr. Right bows January 6 at 9p; Love & Hip Hop is back for a third season starting January 7 at 8p produced by Monami Entertainment and NFGTV; new docu-series Black Ink Crew debuts January 7 at 9p produced by Big Fish Entertainment; Best Week Ever is back beginning January 18 at 10p; and new weekly program The Jenny McCarthy Show premieres February 8 at 1030p.
TV Land renewed The Soul Man starring Cedric “The Entertainer” and Niecy Nash for a second season and also ordered a third season of The Exes. The Soul Man delivered a 3.6 rating with the African American A25-54 viewers and averaged 1.4 million total viewers each week. The Exes, starring Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, David Alan Basche, Kelly Stables and Kristen Johnston averaged 1.2 million total viewers per week. Both series were renewed with 10 episodes each and are slated to premiere in June 2013.
A second season of Discovery Channel’s Bering Sea Gold premieres January 4 at 10p. From Thom Beers’ Original Productions (Deadliest Catch), the series travels to the frontier town of Nome, Alaska where fortune hunters seek gold at the bottom of the Bering Sea.
In anticipation of NATPE’s 50th Anniversary market and conference taking place January 28-30 at the Fountainebleau Resort in Miami Beach, President/CEO Rod Perth announced yesterday the buyer registration numbers and exhibiting companies are pacing ahead of recent years. This year’s theme is Beyond Disruption with top leaders from the television, technology and advertising industries all meeting to celebrate NATPE’s history and peering into the future of the industry. NATPE has additionally planned numerous special networking events and parties in celebration of its 50th Anniversary. For a list of presenters and a schedule of events, please visit: http://natpemarket.com.
Last Tuesday’s sneak peak of new series Amish Mafia on Discovery Channel drew in 3.41 million total viewers and delivered a 2.13 A25-54 rating. Then on Wednesday night, the series premiere of Amish Mafia tallied 3.64 million viewers. New episodes of Amish Mafia air on Wednesdays at 9p followed by new episodes of Moonshiners at 10p.
Programming Note: Due to the death of singer Jenni Rivera, the Tony Bennett concert Feliz Navidad Con Los Nuestros… Tony Bennett y Sus Amigos on Univision which was scheduled to air December 9 will now air December 23 at 9p. The one-hour special is hosted by Univision’s Giselle Blondet and includes segments with Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Romeo Santos and more. Also this Sunday, Univision’s newsmagazine Aqui y Ahora (Here and Now) airs a special edition dedicated to Jenni Rivera at 7p.
Clarification: Kevin Michael Connolly, star of Travel Channel’s new original series Armed & Readywas born without legs. The series will follow him as he creates new rigs to travel anywhere and to conquer anything without using his wheelchair or prosthetics. Armed & Ready is produced by Crazy Legs Productions and the half-hour episode premieres February 26 at 10p and 1030p.
The Walt Disney Company and Cox Communications announced a comprehensive long-term distribution deal to deliver Disney lineup of sports, news and entertainment programming to Cox TV customers across television, computers, smartphones, tablets, gaming devices and internet-enabled television. This new renewal agreement boosts the multichannel business model and supports both companies’ goal to deliver video content to customers across multiple platforms. The new multi-year deal includes the launch of WatchESPN (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Goal Line and ESPN Buzzer Beater) as the first of TWDC’s existing authenticated products being made available to Cox customers. Additional authenticated products including WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney XD and WATCH Disney Junior will launch next week. In the near future WATCH ABC and WATCH ABC Family will be available to Cox subscribers. These products give Cox customers more opportunities to access live and VOD content both in the home and out-of-home, via computers, smartphones, tablets and gaming consoles.
TMZ Live, the TMZ.com one-hour daily entertainment news program from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution (WBDTD) will expand from seven to 17 FOX-owned stations starting Fall 2013. The series which began online will move to more broadcast stations following a March 2012 test on the FOX-owned station in Los Angeles, KTTV FOX 11. After this test was deemed successful, the program debuted in June on KSAZ, the FOX-owned station in Phoenix. In October 2012, FOX Television Stations (FTS) then expanded the series to five more stations: WFXT/Boston, WFLD/Chicago, KDFW/Dallas, WJBK/Detroit and KMSP/Minneapolis. The additional FOX stations to premiere the series in Fall 2013 include WNYW/New York, WTXF/Philadelphia, WTTG/Washington, DC, WAGA/Atlanta, KRIV/Houston, WTVT/Tampa and WOFL/Orlando. Beyond Fall 2013, WBDTD will sell the show outside the FOX markets. The series is available on an all cash basis formatted for 15 minutes of commercials reserved for local station sales.
REELZCHANNEL announced DISH subscribers nationwide can now view the network in hi-def via DISH’s America’s Top 120 programming package.
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HISTORY is moving forward with a reality series based on the descendants of the famous feuding families, the Hatfields and the McCoys produced by Wild Eyes Productions. The original feud took place in the late 19th century in Tug Fork, the area along the Kentucky and West Virginia border. In 2003, a truce was declared between the two families. This news comes after HISTORY aired its successful six-hour miniseries, Hatfields & McCoys, starring Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton and Tom Berenger that averaged 14 million viewers across three nights. HISTORY is also developing another six-hour miniseries about the Texas Rangers called Texas Rising from Hatfields & McCoys EP Leslie Greif and co-writer Ted Mann.
Soon after Tyler Perry signed an overall deal for scripted fare at OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, details on two series has emerged, per THR. Perry will write, direct and executive produce a multi-camera comedy titled Love Thy Neighbor set at Love’s Diner where every day the menu serves up good food, great laughs, life lessons and love for the eclectic neighbors. The second project is a drama titled The Haves and the Have Nots centered on the dynamics of the affluent Cyrer family and the poverty-stricken family of their housekeeper, Hanna and the obstacles and secrets that exist within both. Details on how many episodes each series will receive and other production personnel were not disclosed.
Film entertainment company Exclusive Media, with offices in Los Angeles and London, has established a television division and forged a global first-look development and distribution deal withFremantleMedia Enterprises. Exclusive Media Television (EMTV) will be headed by Exclusive Media Vice Chairman and Hammer President Simon Oakes. The new deal gives FME a first-look on all of EMTV’s commissioned programs to distribute globally.
Former X-Files star Gillian Anderson has joined the cast of NBC’s Hannibal for a handful of episodes. Anderson will play the personal therapist of the titular Dr. Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen).
Canadian French language television network V licensed the original diving format, Stars In Danger: High Diving from Banijay International. The format will be produced locally by La Presse Tele to premiere in winter/spring 2013. Pre-production on the one-hour episodes begins immediately with shooting set to begin in early 2013.
Azteca, producer of Spanish-language television programming has expanded its pay-TV network Azteca International in the central region of Quebec. The signal launched on December 5 through integrated communications company Videotron, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc.
Nielsen is launching Nielsen Online Brand Effect in the UK, a measurement and optimization tool giving advertisers, agencies and publishers the chance to evaluate their online campaigns with audiences in real time.
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of December 3, 2012)
ABC: GMA 5.02 million total viewers; 1.6/11 and 1.89 million A25-54
NBC: Today 4.68 million total viewers; 1.6/11 and 1.88 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 2.48 million total viewers; 0.8/6 and 949,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Broadcast Late Night Weekly Average Ratings (week of December 3, 2012)
ABC Nightline: 3.84 million total viewers; 1.2 and 1.45 million A25-54; 0.9 and 1.13 million A18-49
NBC Tonight Show: 3.50 million total viewers; 1.1 and 1.30 million A25-54; 0.8 and 1.04 million A18-49
CBS Late Show: 3.16 million total viewers; 1.1 and 1.27 million A25-54; 0.7 and 920,000 A18-49
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: CBS and FOX shared the top spot Wednesday at 2.7/8 each amongA18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, CBS’ Survivor: Philippines did best at 2.8/8 while FOX’s The X Factor placed second at 2.6/8. ABC won at 9p with a combination of Modern Family and the Barbara Walters Presents the 10 Most Fascinating People of 2012 special at an average of 3.2/9 with CBS’ Criminal Minds a step behind at 3.1/8. CBS then grabbed the last win of the night during 10p as CSI posted a 2.2/6 with the Barbara Walters Presents special on ABC next at 2.1/6.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 6.6/11 Survivor: Philippines 6.3/10, Criminal Minds 7.5/12, CSI 6.1/10
ABC: 5.0/8 The Middle 4.6/7, The Neighbors 3.4/5, Modern Family 6.6/10, Barbara Walters Presents 10 Most Fascinating People of 2012 5.2/8
FOX: 4.7/7 The X Factor 4.7/7
NBC: 2.6/4 Whitney 2.5/4, Guys With Kids [r] 1.9/3, Take It All 2.2/3, Chicago Fire 3.3/5
UNIV: 2.0/3 Por Ella Soy Eva 1.9/3, Amores Verdaderos 2.2/3, Amor Bravio 1.9/3
CW: 1.4/2 Arrow 1.9/3, Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 1.0/1
ION: 0.8/1 Concert for Sandy Relief [730-11p] 0.8/1
TELE: 0.7/1 Rosa Diamante 0.7/1, Corazon Valiente 0.7/1, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal 1.0/2, El Rostro de la Venganza 0.6/1
TF: 0.3/1 Cineplex WED [7p start r] 0.3/1, Fiesta de Pelicula WED 0.3/1
A18-49: CBS 2.7/8, FOX 2.7/8, ABC 2.4/7, UNIV 1.6/4, NBC 1.2/3, CW 0.8/2, TELE 0.6/2, ION 0.4/1, TF 0.2/1
Jenn Kuzmyk, VP/Development, Factual at Toronto-based Cream Productions is departing the company as of December 31 though will continue to consult on select projects in the future. Jenn has been with Cream Productions for more than four years and is leaving to pursue other opportunities.
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Friday Fun Fact: The “S” in Harry S. Truman didn’t stand for anything; President Truman had a middle initial but no real middle name.
This day in History: 1799 – first US President George Washington dies at his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: In Little House on the Prairie, what was the name of Laura’s horse? Bunny. Kudos to: Robyn Simensky-Initiative/NYC; Wendy Stone-Golf Channel/Orlando; Cindy McFaden-Comcast Spotlight/Fredericksburg, VA; Linda Grillo-Viacom/NYC; Lisa Richards-Harpo Productions/Chicago; Julie Houston-Tom Scott Communications Shop/Boise, ID; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; Miriam Aardahl-OMD/LA; Marty Wadsworth-Directors Guild of America/LA
Today’s Trivia Question: Family Dramas Theme Week: The pilot episode for The Waltons aired as the TV movie, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story on December 19, 1971. Who played the mother, Olivia Walton? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.).
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