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05.10.13
Good morning. It’s Friday May 10, 2013, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Friday’s Finales:
CBS: Vegas at 9p, Blue Bloods at 10p
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares at 8p, Touch at 9p
NBC: Fashion Star at 8p
Sunday’s Premieres:
HBO: Family Tree at 10:30p
ID: Evil In-Law at 9p
Nat Geo: Ultimate Survival Alaska at 10p
Style: XOX Betsey Johnson at 8p, Resale Royalty at 9p
TLC: Long Island Medium at 9p, Breaking Amish: Brave New World at 10p
Sunday’s Finales:
ABC: Once Upon a Time at 8p; Revenge at 9p
CBS: Survivor: Caramoan at 8p
FOX: Bob’s Burgers at 8:30p; American Dad at 9:30
Nat Geo: Wicked Tuna at 9p
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“We are literally taking our number of original programming hours and boosting them by over 400%,” announced Robert Weiss, Ovation‘s Chief Creative Officer, at the network’s New York upfront presentation yesterday. “With this seismic shift in our programming focus, we’re making the leap to become a full-service arts network — America’s only arts network.” Here’s a look at what’s coming up.
New series
The Kuhnert Chronicles transports viewers on journeys across the globe and through the annals of art history via Harvard professor, international art expert and classical theater director Flynn Kuhnert’s art-filled Beverly Hills mansion. The show premieres summer 2013.
Each week, The Art of… profiles three people whose boundary-pushing work is elevated the level of art — from tattoo and street artists to mechanics and mixologists. The series premieres in July.
Culture Pop showcases the newest events and personalities in every creative field. It debuts in June.
Award-winning actors, directors, and screenwriters sit down with celebrated film critic Elvis Mitchell and offer insight into how creative teams were assembled, how projects found their footing, and the circumstances that kept each film from falling apart on Cinema Confidential. Hollywood heavyweights like Brad Pitt, Judd Apatow, George Clooney and Seth Rogen are among the personalities featured on the series, which premieres this summer.
Produced by the BBC, the scripted series A Young Doctor’s Notebook is a darkly humorous account of the experiences of a newly graduated young doctor who lands a post at a small hospital in a remote village during the Russian Revolution. The series, which stars Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe, premieres this summer.
Four more high-profile 2013 original programs will be announced in June.
Ovation also has 16 projects in fast-track development, including The Mentor, featuring successful artists in every medium paying tribute to the teachers, coaches, and directors who were instrumental in their formative years; Popstalgia, exploring passionate collectors showing off their prized items; and I Can’t Do That, where the artistically challenged are matched with experts to teach them to excel in activities they never thought they could — from ballroom dancing to sculpting.
Say it isn’t so! E! News is reporting that the last original American Idol judge Randy Jackson is leaving the singing competition series. Jackson, who’s been with Idol for 12 years, will be focusing on his company Dream Merchant 21 as well as other projects. Rumors have been circulating for weeks that FOX has been itching to replace all four of the show’s judges.
NBC has been pretty busy. It will be cancelling 1600 Penn, Up All Night, Deception, Whitney, and Guys with Kids. Taking their places on the lineup are five new series, the names of which have been released in advance of its upfront on Monday, says the Hollywood Reporter:
Dramas: Crisis, starring Dermot Mulroney and Gillian Anderson, from Writer/Executive Producer Rand Ravich, Executive Produced by Far Shariat, from 20th Television. Believe stars Jake McLaughlin. Writers and Executive Producers are Alfonso Cuaron and Mark Friedman. Executive Producers are J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk. From Warner Bros. Television and Bad Robot.
Comedies: About a Boy, based on the Hugh Grant movie and Nick Hornby novel, starring David Walton and Minnie Driver. Writer/Executive Producer is Jason Katims. Executive producers are Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jane Rosenthal and Robert DeNiro, from Universal Television, True Jack Productions, Working Title Productions, and Tribeca Productions.
Sean Saves the World, with Sean Hayes. Writer and Executive Producer is Victor Fresco. Executive Producers are Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner, from Universal Television and Hazy Mills.
The Family Guide, loosely based on D.J. Nash’s life, starring Parker Posey. Executive Producer and Writer is DJ Nash. Executive Producers are Jason Batemen and Jim Garavente. From Universal Television and Aggregate Films.
The pint-sized beauty queens are back on Wednesday, June 5 at 9p with the season six premiere of Toddlers & Tiaras on TLC. The new season features 13 episodes about young competitors and their families. Among the highlights: a mom who causes such an outburst that she gets kicked out of her daughter’s pageant and a feisty grandmother who gets into a fight with a pageant director, resulting in a visit from the police.
Spike TV is inking up for a new season of Tattoo Nightmares with back-to-back premiere episodes on Tuesday, May 28 at 10 and 10:30p. The show will explore more real people with crazy, heartbreaking and sometimes hilarious stories behind their really bad tattoos as they seek out the help of some of the best tattoo cover-up artists in the business to fix them. The series is produced by 495 Productions.
Fire up your grills. ABC‘s The Chew is going primetime with all things barbecue in the Ultimate BBQ Cookout Countdown, airing Saturday, May 25 at 9p. The show’s co-hosts Mario Batali, Michael Symon, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly and Daphne Oz will rove the country from Alabama to San Diego to find the most unforgettable barbecues and cookouts. Tune in to find out who’ll be crowned the ultimate grilling genius.
CBS‘s Elementary is headed to London to film its second season premiere episode. It marks the first time the series has shot on location outside of New York. Production for the new season begins in July.
Morgan Freeman returns to Science Channel to host the fourth installment of Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman on Wednesday, June 5 at 10p. Featuring nine riveting episodes, the new season analyzes perplexing issues that have puzzled mankind for generations.Season four’s premiere explores the charged topic, When Does Life Begin? The series is produced by Revelations Entertainment.
How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris is returning to host The 67th Annual Tony Awards live from Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sunday, June 9 at 8p on CBS. This will be Harris’ fourth time hosting the Tonys. He previously served as host of the 63rd, 65th and 66th shows. As he did in 2012, Harris will also act as a producer, along with executive producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White Cherry Entertainment.
Telemundo Media has announced the launch of Fluency, a new Los Angeles based multi-platform production studio, to develop and produce premium content for U.S. Hispanics in Spanish and English. Fluency’s slate will feature programming across a variety of genres from romantic comedy to science fiction to adventure. Series currently in development include La Buena Mala, (The Good Bad One) a romantic comedy with a fantasy twist featuring Angelica Celaya and John Ecker, and ISA, a sci-fi coming of age story.
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RLJ Entertainment Inc., created by Robert L. Johnson, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and The RLJ Companies, has announced the launch of two paid channels on YouTube under the Acorn TV and OnCue brands.
CBS has renewed Criminal Minds, its long-running procedural, for a ninth season. The network announced the news via Twitter.
NBC has announced its first comedy renewal heading into its upfront presentation on Monday. Parks and Recreations will be back for a sixth season.
TNT has greenlit a second season of Boston’s Finest, the police docudrama which debuted in March. Six new episodes of the show have been ordered.
Netflix has reached a multi-year licensing agreement with the Disney/ABC Television Group, making Netflix the only U.S. subscription service to offer Disney Junior’s Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Disney XD’s Tron: Uprising. Both shows are currently available to members. Netlix has also gained the rights to Handy Manny, Special Agent Oso and JoJo’s Circus, which will be available later this month.
Electro-pop duo group 30H!3 has been tapped as guest music supervisors on MTV‘s The Real World: Portland. The pair will personally select songs for the Wednesday, May 15 episode airing at 10p.
BBC‘s flagship channel BBC One has ordered a pilot for a U.K. remake of Everybody Loves Raymond, titled The Smiths. The show will star comedian Lee Mack and Catherine Tate and be set in Cheshire, England. Silver River Productions is producing the pilot, which will be shot in front of a live audience this month.
UK factual production house World Media Rights has sold HD series CIA Declassified to the Military Channel, Discovery Communications‘ U.S. network dedicated to real-world stories of valor, heroism, and courage from pivotal moments in American history. CIA Declassified takes viewers behind-the-scenes of America’s most top-secret, covert operations of national security — from assassinations to the overthrowing of dangerous regimes. IMG Entertainment is distributing the series internationally.
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Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of April 29, 2013)
ABC: GMA 5.62 million total viewers; 1.7/12 and 2.05 million A25-54
NBC: Today 4.66 million total viewers; 1.6/12 and 1.95 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 3.01 million total viewers; 0.9/7 and 1.10million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Broadcast Sunday Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings (Sunday, May 5, 2013)
CBS: Face the Nation 2.90 million total viewers; 0.6 and 742,000 A25-54
NBC: Meet the Press 2.56 million total viewers; 0.7 and 778,000 A25-54
ABC: This Week 2.37 million total viewers; 0.5 and 646,000 A25-54
CBS: Face the Nation-2 1.62 million total viewers; 0.4 and 471,000 A25-54
FOX: FOX News Sunday 1.12 million total viewers; 0.3 and 378,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: FOX came out on top Wednesday night delivering a 2.9/8 among A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, NBC’s The Voice ranked #1 at 2.8/9. FOX’s American Idol and CBS’ Survivor: Caramoan tied for #2 at 2.6/8. ABC’s Modern Family took over the lead from 9 to 9:30p at 3.3/9, followed by FOX’s American Idol at 3.2/9. At 9:30, FOX’s Idol took over first place at 3.3/9. CBS’ Criminal Minds was second at 2.5/7. At 10p, CBS’ CSI took over the top spot at 2.2/6, while NBC’s Chicago Fire trailed at 1.8/5.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
FOX: 6.8/11 American Idol 6.8/11
CBS: 6.2/10 Survivor: Caramoan 5.8/9, Criminal Minds 6.5/10, CSI 6.4/10
NBC: 5.0/8 The Voice 5.7/9, Law & Order: SVU 4.8/7, Chicago Fire 4.6/8
ABC: 4.0/7 The Middle 4.3/7, Family Tools 3.0/5, Modern Family 5.6/9, How to Live with Your Parents 3.6/6, Nashville 3.7/6
UNIV: 2.0/3 Porque el Amor Manda 1.9/3, Amores Verdaderos 2.4/4, Que Bonito Amor 1.7/3
CW: 1.5/3 Arrow 1.6/3, Supernatural 1.3/2
TELE: 1.0/2 Pasion Prohibida 0.7/1, La Patrona 1.0/2, Senor de los Cielos 1.3/2
ION: 0.5/1 WWE Main Event 0.8/1, Flashpoint 0.4/1, Flashpoint 0.4/1
UMA: 0.2/0 Cineplex WED [7p start r] 0.3/0, Heroes Del Norte 0.2/0, Sin Ellas No Paraiso 0.2/0
A18-49: FOX 2.9/8, CBS 2.4/7, NBC 2.2/6, ABC 2.0/5, UNI 1.5/4, CW 1.0/3, TEL 0.8/2, ION 0.3/1, UMA 0.1/0
Cox Media Group has announced three appointments. Jane Williams, formerly Senior Vice President of Television, has been named Executive Vice President of Television. She will oversee all of CMG’s television markets and manage syndicated programming for the stations. Kim Guthrie, formerly Senior Vice President of Radio, has been appointed Executive Vice President of Radio and will oversee all of CMG’s radio markets. Marian Pittman has been named Vice President of News and Marketing for Television.
Dwight Fairback has been named Senior Vice President of New Business of National Sales at Screenvision. Fairback, a veteran television executive, previously worked at Viacom. In addition, Screenvision has hired Kimberly Noakes, who last served in Primetime National Sales at CBS Television, and James Fusco, formerly digital advertising sales of Nickelodeon Kids & Family, to fulfill new matching roles as Account Executives, National Sales.
Billy Kimball, former executive producer of The Al Franken Show, is joining Fusion as Senior Vice President and Chief Programming Officer. In addition, Elise Roedenbeck has joined the network as an on air contributor for all the network’s programs and platforms. Roedenbeck previously served as the New York bureau chief at the news and satire site poncho.com.
The Online Publishers Association has named Noah Mallin Vice President of Marketing. Mallin, previously Vice President Group Director, Social Marketing at Digitas, will head the marketing team out of OPA’s New York office, spearheading communications, outreach and innovation priorities.
Sonic Branding Agency Man Made Music has named Grammy nominated musician and music industry executive Jose Luis Revelo as Director of Business Development and Music Strategy, Latin Markets. Revelo will lead the Hispanic markets for Man Made Music in business development, partnerships and creative disciplines.
Craig McGillivray has been named Vice President, Distribution at Peacock Alley. McGillivray previously served as Territory Manager for DHX Media, where he oversaw a catalog of over 8500 half hours and was responsible for fostering and managing relationships with leading broadcasters including Nickelodeon, Disney, Turner, and Discovery.
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Friday Fun Fact: Stereoscopic 3D television was first demonstrated on August 10, 1928 by John Logie Baird at his company’s premises in London.
This Day In History, sponsored by Destination America: 1983 – The last episode of Laverne and Shirley aired on ABC.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Seth MacFarlane studied animation at the Rhode Island School of Design. Kudos to: Andrew Goldman-HBO/NYC; David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NYC; Tony Ferranti-MSI/Warwick, RI; Matt Guertin–Active International/Pearl River, NY; John Kukla KDFW/Dallas; Marc Freden-On The Marc Productions/Santa Fe, NM; Jaime Klein-Photo By Klein/Van Nuys, CA; Pat Brady-CESD/LA; Miriam Aardahl-OMD/LA; Paul Gygli-NBCUniversal Television Distribution/Universal City, CA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY MAY 10, 2013
ABC: Shark Tank [r], Shark Tank, 20/20
CBS: Undercover Boss, Vegas, Blue Bloods
CW: Nikita, Supernatual [r]
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares, Touch
ION: Cold Case, Cold Case, Cold Case
MyTV: Monk, Monk
NBC: Fashion Star, Dateline NBC, Rock Center with Brian Williams
PBS: Washington Week, Need to Know, Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings, Broadway or Bust
Telemundo: Pasion Prohibida, La Patrona, El Senor de los Cielos
UMA: La Gran Estafa, El Duro 2
Univision: Porque el Amor Manda, Amores Verdaderos, Que Bonito Amor
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