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02.06.12
Good morning. It’s Monday, February 6, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
RLTV: Your Life Redefined at 1130a
NBC: Smash (series debut) at 10p
Tonight’s Finale:
Discovery Channel: First Week In at 9p & 10p
Midseason drama series The Firm has been moved by NBC from Thursdays to Saturdays at 9p beginning February 11. In its place on Thursdays at 10p, NBC will premiere new drama Awake beginning March 1 and until then the network will air repeats of Grimm. In its most recent airing, The Firm delivered a 0.8 rating with A18-49 as well as 3 million total viewers.
FOX is adjusting its schedule by creating a two-hour comedy block on Tuesdays starting March 6 by moving I Hate My Teenage Daughter to the night. On Tuesdays, Raising Hope will open primetime at 8p followed by I Hate My Teenage Daughter at 830p, New Girl airs at 9p and the second season premiere of resurrected comedy Breaking In will return and air at 930p. Glee will rejoin FOX’s schedule with new episodes on April 10.
A sixth season of Sons of Anarchy has been approved by FX and apparently the network is considering adding a seventh season. Series producers 20th Century Fox Television and FX Productions finalized a new three-year deal with Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter to remain in charge of the series and to allow him to develop shows for other networks.
US Asian American entertainment network, MYX TV will premiere the competition reality show, Supermodelme on February 15 at 1030p. The competition series, shot in Singapore, will air Wednesdays at 1030p and feature ten aspiring female models of Asian heritage that have the dream to become supermodels.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: February 3-5, 2012
Chronicle (20th Century Fox) $22.0 million opening weekend
The Woman in Black (CBS Films) $21.0 million opening weekend
The Grey (Open Road) $9.5 million 2 wk total $34.8m
Big Miracle (Universal) $8.5 million opening weekend
Underworld Awakening (Sony) $5.6 million 3 wk total $54.4m
One for the Money (Lionsgate) $5.3 million 2 wk total $19.7m
Red Tails (20th Century Fox) $5.0 million 3 wk total $41.3m
The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) $4.6 million 12 wk total $65.5m
Man on a Ledge (Summit Entertainment) $4.5 million 2 wk total $14.7m
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (Warner Bros.) $3.9 million 7 wk total $26.8m
Source: Rentrak
ABC gave a pilot order for a multi-camera called The Smart One executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres and starring Portia De Rossi. Don Todd is the writer on the project about a brilliant and successful woman who reluctantly goes to work for her less smart though more popular sister. De Rossi will play one of the sisters. Warner Bros. Television and A Very Good Production are producing with Lauren Corrao also serving as executive producer.
FOX’s The X Factor inked a deal with L.A. Reid to remain with the show as judge.
The drama pilot Last Resort created by Shawn Ryan for ABC added Andre Braugher in the lead role. Braugher will play the captain of the nuclear submarine in the project. For the ABC comedy pilot titled How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, former Scrubs star Sarah Chalke was cast to play Polly, a recently divorced single mom who moves in with her eccentric parents.
Season three of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire is adding Bobby Cannavale to play Gyp Rosetti, a charming though ruthless gangster who takes on Nucky (Steve Buscemi) for control of the bootleg business.
Charlie Sheen’s upcoming comedy Anger Management on FX has cast Shawnee Smith to play Sheen’s ex-wife Jennifer. Selma Blair was also cast to play Sheen’s therapist, Kate. Production on the sitcom begins in March and FX has plans to premiere Anger Management this June.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: FOX maintained its top position Thursday with the A18-49 viewers at 4.0/11, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX’s American Idol did best at 8p with 5.5/16 and CBS’ sitcoms The Big Bang Theory and Rob placed second with an average of 4.4/13. During 9p, ABC had the cure with Grey’s Anatomy at 3.6/9 and CBS remained in #2 with Person of Interest at 3.3/9. At 10p, the networks switched places as CBS moved into first with The Mentalist at 2.9/8 and ABC slid down to second place with Private Practice at 2.3/6.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, February 2, 2012 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 8.7/14 The Big Bang Theory 9.8/16, Rob! 6.6/10, Person of Interest 9.2/14, The Mentalist 8.6/14
FOX: 7.2/11 American Idol 10.2/16, The Finder 4.2/6
ABC: 4.8/8 Wipeout 3.3/5, Grey’s Anatomy 6.4/10, Private Practice 4.6/8
NBC: 2.3/4 30 Rock 2.2/4, Parks and Recreation 2.3/4, The Office 3.2/5, Up All Night 2.3/4, The Firm 2.0/3
UNIV: 2.1/3 El Talisman 1.8/3, La Que No Podia Amar 2.4/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.6/3
CW: 1.5/2 Vampire Diaries 1.8/3, Secret Circle 1.2/2
ION: 0.8/1 Cold Case 0.6/1, Cold Case 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2
TELE: 0.7/1 Maid en Manhattan 0.9/1, Flor Salvaje 0.6/1, Relaciones Peligrosas 0.6/1
TF: 0.3/0 Cine de Las Estrellas THR [r] 0.3/0, El Capo 0.3/1
A18-49: FOX 4.0/11, CBS 3.5/10, ABC 2.6/7, UNIV 1.7/5, NBC 1.5/4, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.9/3, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.3/1
Paul FitzPatrick, President/COO of RLTV was named CEO of the network as of January 1, 2012. Paul succeeded Founder John Erickson who will continue as Executive Chairman.
Fisher Interactive Network (FIN) hired Ryan Moore as its new Director/Digital Sales. Ryan will concentrate on managing and increasing revenues and leading the digital marketing team and expand the company’s multiplatform marketing activities.
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This day in History:1778 – France recognizes US, signs treaty of aid in Paris; 1st US treaty.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On the animated series Archer, what is Sterling Archer’s middle name? Mallory. Kudos to: Mallory Dumas-Scripps Networks/NYC; Jeunee Simon-ABC News/Washington DC; Megan Heffernan-Active International/Pearl River, NY; Gabriella Pullano-Initiative/NYC; Roz Seibold-EDA/Tucson; Bryan Wallace-HKS/Dallas; Chris Kuhrt-DISH Network/Englewood, CO; Darlene Tipton-Fox Cable Networks/Los Angeles; TJ Szymczak-YPM, Inc/Irvine, CA; Paul Blutter-General American Group, Inc/Northridge, CA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012
ABC: The Bachelor, Castle
AZTECA: Extra Normal, Buenas Noches America, Al Extremo
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls, Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly, Hawaii Five-0
CW: Gossip Girl, Hart of Dixie
FOX: House, Alcatraz
ION: Cold Case, Cold Case, Criminal Minds
NBC: The Voice, Smash [p]
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Roadshow, Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
TELE: Una Maid en Manhattan, Flor Salvaje, Relaciones Peligrosas
UNIV: Una Familia con Suerte, El Talisman, La Que No Podia Amar
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