Friday, May 11th, 2012

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Source: The Nielsen Company, NPM, 12/27/10-12/25/11, Mon-Sat 8-11pm/Sun 7-11pm, Live+SD, A18-49(000).
Live viewing data based on Live, Live+7 (UNI, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX). Qualifications available upon request.

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05.11.12

Good morning. It’s Friday, May 11, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premiere:
USA Network: Common Law at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:
CBS: Undercover Boss at 8p; CSI: NY at 9p; Blue Bloods at 10p
FOX: The Finder at 8p; Fringe at 9p

Saturday’s Premieres:
HGTV: Elbow Room at 1p, Going Yard at 5p, Mom Caves at 8:30p
Cooking Channel: The Perfect Three at 230p
Nat Geo WILD: Fish Tank Kings at 10p

Sunday’s Premieres:
Food Network: Cupcake Champions at 8p; Next Food Network Star at 9p
DIY Network: Brothers On Call at 9p
TLC: Sister Wives at 9p

Sunday’s Finales:
ABC: Once Upon a Time at 8p; Desperate Housewives (series finale) at 9p
CBS: Survivor: One World at 8p
VH1: Mob Wives at 8p
FOX: American Dad at 930p

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+48% A18-49 +38% M18-34 +83% W18-49 +96% M25-54

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Source: Nielsen Media 05/08/12 live+sd data; vs. prior 4 weeks

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~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~

Before its Upfront presentation next week, FOX handed out several cancelations to first season series Alcatraz and the Bones spinoff series The Finder, also in its first season. Alcatraz is from J.J. Abrams and stars Sarah Jones and Jorge Garcia and The Finder is from Hart Hanson and stars Geoff Stults. FOX further has canceled Breaking In from Sony Pictures Television for the second time and officially has canceled the sitcom I Hate My Teenage Daughter starring Jamie Pressly and Katie Finneran. On its renewal list, FOX is continuing with Touch, starring Kiefer Sutherland, American Dad, Bones, The Cleveland Show, Fringe, Glee, Kitchen Nightmares, New Girl, Raising Hope and The Simpsons.

NBC ordered two new dramas prior to its Upfront event. Both dramas are produced by Universal Television and they include Infamous (formerly titled Notorious during development season), a soap about a female detective who goes undercover with the wealthy family she grew up in as the maid’s daughter to solve the murder of the heiress who was once her close friend. BermanBraun produces Infamous with Universal Television. From Peter Traugott Productions and Universal is the drama Do No Harm, a modern-day take on the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde story about a renowned neurosurgeon that has a destructive alter ego. NBC additionally has picked up Parenthood for another season and 30 Rock is returning for its final 13-episode season.

The Courteney Cox-starring sitcom Cougar Town is switching from ABC to TBS where the cable network has ordered a fourth season with new episodes set to premiere in early 2013. TBS also has secured the encore rights to Cougar Town’s first three seasons comprising of 61 episodes that have aired on ABC. Cougar Town is produced by ABC Studios.

DirecTV has ordered its first-ever original scripted series, Rogue starring Thandie Newton with 10 episodes. Rogue is described as a suspense/drama about a “morally and emotionally conflicted cop, Grace (Newton) who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death.” Matthew Parkhill created the series and Nick Hamm, Steven Marrs, John Morayniss and Michael Rosenberg are serving as executive producers. Rogue is slated to debut in summer 2013.

Over-the-air broadcast television network, Bounce TV targeting African Americans will launch its second new original comedy series, Uptown Comic on June 18 directly after the series premiere of the network’s previously-announced sitcom Family Time. Uptown Comic is a half-hour series highlighting stage and skit performances by up-and-coming comics from around the country. Production is currently underway on Uptown Comic which is being filmed in front of a live studio audience at the African American comedy club, Uptown Comedy Corner in Atlanta. Actor/comedian Joe Torry is hosting the series. On June 18, Family Time, the new half-hour situation comedy will debut first at 8p followed by the series launch of Uptown Comic at 830p. Rainforest Films is producing Uptown Comic, the same producers behind the current theatrical film Think Like a Man.

The new series Narrow Escapes of WWII, debuting next Tuesday on Military Channel at 10p, relates true acts of courage by generals and troops that ended up saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. Through personal stories and recreations, the 13-episode series relates the raids and battles where these acts of courage and bravery took place. Narrow Escapes of WWII is produced by IMG Media for Military Channel.

As a follow up to A+E Networks Upfront presentation Wednesday evening, A&E Network is readying the new medical thriller miniseries Coma which will premiere later this summer or by early September. Coma is a four-hour miniseries starring Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn, James Woods, Geena Davis, Lauren Ambrose and Steven Pasquale and is a modern-day retelling of the novel by Robin Cook and the film by Michael Crichton. A&E Network will air Coma over two nights. The miniseries is executive produced by Ridley and Tony Scott, David W. Zucker, Martin Erlichman and Mikail Salomon (Band of Brothers) who is also directing. Sony Pictures Television is producing Coma for A&E Network.

Throughout the summer, Logo serves up a new four-part series, Scandalicious that focuses on recent headlines involving celebrities and sprinkled with comedic perspective from Alec Mapa and Debra Wilson. The series opens May 25 at 8p with Scandalicious: 20 Shocking Celebrity Rants followed by Scandalicious: 20 Extreme Celebrity Feuds on June 1 at 8p; then Scandalicious: 20 Juiciest Celebrity Scandals of Passion in July (date TBD) and Scandalicious: Sexiest Nearly Naked Celebs in August (date TBD). The series is produced by Comcast Entertainment Studios.

British actor/comedian Russell Brand is hosting the upcoming MTV Movie Awards airing live on MTV June 3 at 9p from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA. This is Brand’s first hosting gig for the MTV Movie Awards though he emceed the Video Music Awards on MTV in 2008 and 2009.

BBC America revised the premiere date of its docu-style comedy series Twenty Twelve, with 13 half-hour episodes to June 30 at Midnight. The series follows the team in charge of delivering the London Olympics to the world. Downton Abbey’s Hugh Bonneville leads the ensemble cast and David Tennant narrates. Twenty Twelve is part of BBC America’s Ministry of Laughs comedy block and also is part of the network’s Summer of London programming that highlights the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations in June to the London Olympics in August. BBC America will also premiere the 90-minute documentary Going for Gold The ’48 Games on June 25 at 9p.

This past Friday, National Geographic Channel debuted the five-part docu-series Goldfathers which takes a look inside Alaska’s secretive modern-day gold mining culture. The premiere last Friday was the highest-rated show of the night for Nat Geo. Goldfathers continues on Fridays at 10p and is produced by Prospector Productions.

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~ DISTRIBUTION, CARRIAGE & CLEARANCE ~

Beginning next month, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution will be offering the CBS sitcoms Mike & Molly and 2 Broke Girls in off-net syndication, reports B&C. Both series will be offered to cable networks and TV stations. Mike & Molly will go into its third season on CBS while 2 Broke Girls is currently in its first season on CBS. Mike & Molly will be available for a 2014 syndication premiere and 2 Broke Girls will be ready to launch in syndication in 2015.

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Source: Nielsen, 12/26/11 – 3/11/12 vs. 9/26/11 – 12/25/11

~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~

HBO is working on a weekly newsmagazine project with new media brand Vice and the show will also be called Vice. Shane Smith, Vice’s founder will host the series and serve as executive producer with Bill Maher, current host his own show on HBO, along with Vice’s CCO Eddy Moretti. CNN’s Fareed Zakaria will be a consultant for the program. The series will focus on Vice brand’s youthful perspectives on domestic and international news.

Two new comedy series are on tap at TBS. The cable network ordered six episodes of Deon Cole’s Black Box starring Conan writer/performer Deon Cole. TBS also ordered nine episodes of Who Gets the Last Laugh? (wt), a comedic series from Jason Goldberg and Ashton Kutcher, co-creators of Punk’d. The pair of shows will bow in 2013. Deon Cole’s Black Box has Cole offering his point of view on video clips found across the media landscape and is produced by Conaco LLC in association with Warner Horizon Television with EPs Conaco’s Conan O’Brien, Jeff Ross and David Kissinger in addition to Cole and Doug Karo. Who Gets the Last Laugh? pits two comedians against each other as they try to out-do each other with prank challenges. This series is produced by Katalyst in association with Warner Horizon Television with Goldberg serving as EP and show-runner and Kutcher also serving as EP.

The stars of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy including Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh, Justin Chambers, James Pickens, Jr. and Chandra Wilson have all signed new two-year deals to continue with the medical drama from Shonda Rhimes. ABC has not yet ordered a ninth season of Grey’s Anatomy though will reveal its 2012-2013 primetime schedule at its Upfront presentation next Tuesday.

Treat Williams (Everwood, Heartland) will be part of the fourth season of USA Network’s series White Collar in the recurring role as Sam, a gruff undercover officer from Washington, D.C. who is tied somehow to Neal’s past. White Collar is set to premiere the new season on USA Network July 10.

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~ RATINGS ~

Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of April 30, 2012)
NBC: Today 5.24 million total viewers; 1.9/14 and 2.27 million A25-54
ABC: GMA 5.17 million total viewers; 1.7/12 and 2.05 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 2.68 million total viewers; 0.9/6 and 1.07 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Broadcast Late-Night Shows – Weekly Average Ratings (week of April 30, 2012)
ABC: Nightline 3.87 million total viewers; 1.3 and 1.51 million A25-54; 0.9 and 1.14 million A18-49
NBC: Tonight Show 3.61 million total viewers; 1.1 and 1.37 million A25-54; 0.8 and 1.05 million A18-49
CBS: Late Show 3.05 million total viewers; 1.0 and 1.21 million A25-54; 0.7 and 872,000 A18-49

Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: FOX was rock steady Wednesday winning the A18-49 demo at 4.5/13, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. FOX scored the top ratings at 8p with American Idol at 4.2/13 and CBS’ Survivor: One World was #2 at 2.8/9. American Idol on FOX won again at 9p with a 4.8/13 followed by ABC’s comedies Modern Family and Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 at an average of 3.4/9. FOX slipped in more of American Idol in the first part of the 10p hour which delivered a 5.0/13 and CBS’ CSI was next at 2.4/7 and ABC followed with Revenge at 2.2/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 (May Sweep Day 14) time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

FOX: 10.0/16 American Idol 10.0/16

CBS: 6.7/11 Survivor: One World 6.1/10, Criminal Minds 7.4/11, CSI 6.8/11

ABC: 4.7/8 The Middle 4.3/7, Suburgatory 3.9/6, Modern Family 6.4/10, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 3.7/6, Revenge 4.8/8

NBC: 3.2/5 Off Their Rockers 3.4/6, Off Their Rockers 3.2/5, Rock Center with Brian Williams 2.2/3, Law & Order: SVU 4.1/7

UNIV: 2.3/4 Una Familia con Suerte 2.2/4, Abismo de Pasion 2.2/3, La Que No Podia Amar 2.3/4

TF: 0.8/1 Cine de las Estreallas WED 0.3/0, Liga Mexicana Futbol WED: America vs. Monterrey 0.8/1

ION: 0.7/1 Cold Case 0.7/1, Cold Case 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.8/1

TELE: 0.7/1 Maid en Manhattan 0.8/1, Corazon Valiente 0.7/1, Relaciones Peligrosas 0.5/1

CW: 0.6/1 America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.5/1, America’s Next Top Model 0.7/1

A18-49: FOX 4.5/13, CBS 2.7/8, ABC 2.5/7, UNIV 1.9/5, NBC 1.3/4, TF 0.8/2, CW 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1

~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~

Former Viacom Media Networks marketing executive Samantha Maltin was tapped as SVP/Marketing for History, H2 and its roster of brands, effective immediately. In her new role, Samantha will supervise all facets of marketing including the expansion of H2 across all media. Samantha will report to Nancy Dubuc, President/GM, History and Lifetime Networks.

ALL3MEDIA U.S.A. added Anne Jordan as SVP/Business Affairs where she will work beside SVP/Finance Menaka Swampillai-Evans to offer business affairs and legal support for the ALL3MEDIA companies as they emerge into the US market. Previously, Anne was the General Counsel and EVP for the Africa Channel, a worldwide cable network that she helped launch in the US and the UK.

Brooklyn-based creative agency Big Spaceship hired Yaniv Kanfi as VP/Product and Partnerships, effective immediately. Yaniv will be responsible for the agency’s continued growth via new strategic partnerships and will also head the agency’s IP practice. He reports to Alasdair Lloyd-Jones, COO.

Effective immediately, Emily Mayer has become VP/Development at Comcast Entertainment Studios. Emily will find and develop new series for the studio in addition to pitching and selling the projects.

Hubert Drabik was named to the newly-created position of Head/Sales, Central Europe at Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Networks. Hubert will work mostly out of Poland while reporting to John Rossiter, GM, SPT Networks Central Europe based at the regional headquarters in Budapest.

JWT New York appointed Paul Sutton as Director/Digital Production. Paul will head all digital production activities for the agency’s flagship office. He joins JWT from CP+B where he was Group Executive Producer heading a production on a host of clients including Best Buy, Burger King, Coke Zero and more.

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Número uno… by a mile.

GALAVISIÓN is Spanish-language cable’s #1 network, delivering an average of 2-3 times the audience of its nearest competitor.

GALAVISIÓN connects U.S. Hispanics to the very best of modern Mexico, with edge.

Source:The Nielsen Company,NPM-Hispanic 9/26/11-4/29/12. ?Most current data Total Day: Mon-Sun 7A-2A (time period data)?Ranking based on Hispanic Total Viewers 2+, Hispanic Adults 18-49

Friday Fun Fact: During World War II, La-Z-Boy manufactured seats for tanks, torpedo boats, gun turrets, and armored cars.

This day in History: 330 – Constantinople (Byzantium) becomes capital of Roman Empire.

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012

ABC: Shark Tank, Primetime: What Would You Do?, 20/20
AZTECA: Extra Normal, Al Extremo, Buenas Noches America
CBS: Uncover Boss [f], CSI:NY [f], Blue Bloods [f]
CW: Nikita, Supernatural
FOX: The Finder [f], Fringe [f]
ION: Cold Case, Cold Case, Cold Case
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are?, Grimm, Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Need to Know, Craft in America [p], One Voice
TELE: Una Maid en Manhattan, Corazon Valiente, Relaciones Peligrosas
UNIV: Una Familia con Suerte; Abismo de Pasion, La Que No Podia Amar