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01.14.13

Good morning. It’s Monday, January 14, 2013, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
Veria Living: Peggy K’s Kitchen Cures at 6p; Nirmala’s Spice World at 630p
CW: The Carrie Diaries at 8p
Discovery Channel: Extreme Smuggling at 8p; Shipwreck Men at 9p
MLB Network: Costas at the Movies at 8p
Syfy: Continuum at 8p; Being Human at 9p; Lost Girl at 10p
Destination America: Food Factory at 10p & 1030p
TLC: Pete Rose: Hits & Mrs. at 10p

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The spring edition of Survivor will premiere on CBS with a two-hour episode February 13 at 8p.  The 20 castaways who will compete against each of will be dropped on Caramoan Islands and will consist of ten diehard show fans taking on ten favorite players from the past.  Survivor: Caramoan- Fans vs. Favorites also sees Jeff Probst returning as host.

CBS further revealed summer premiere dates for two original scripted dramas, a new alternative series and the new season of Big Brother.  New reality competition series based on the UK format The Great British Bake Off referred to as Untitled Baking Series debuts May 29 at 8p.  Love Productions USA is producing.  Under the Dome, a new 13-episode serialized drama based on Stephen King’s novel and produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment bows June 24 at 10p.  The premiere of Under the Dome moves Hawaii Five-O to Fridays at 9p during the summer.  The summer reality series Big Brother will sport a longer edition this summer launching June 26 at 9p and broadcasting three nights weekly, Tuesdays at 9p beginning July 2; the live eviction show hosted by Julie Chen on Wednesdays at 9p beginning July 3; and Sunday airings at 8p beginning June 30.  Unforgettable, starring Poppy Montgomery and Dylan Walsh returns for a second season on July 28 at 9p.  Big Brother is executive produced by Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan in association with Endemol USA.  Unforgettable is production by Sony Television Studios in association with CBS Television Studios.

Season 27 of American Masters premieres on PBS February 22 at 9p opening with American Masters Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll.  The premiere episode honors Black History Month and also marks the 40th anniversary of Tharpe’s death.  American Masters is a production of WNET’s THIRTEEN.

A new series on Nat Geo WILD goes inside an elite K-9 training facility, Vohne Liche Kennels (VLK) in rural Indiana when Alpha Dogs debuts February 8 with double episodes at 9p and 930p.  Alpha Dogs will air weekly on Fridays with two episodes and cameras will go behind the scenes meeting the trainers and watching them work these dogs that become members of every branch of the military, the Secret Service and law enforcement agencies worldwide.  Alpha Dogs is produced for Nat Geo WILD by Schweet Entertainment, LLC.

In time for the Oscar season, EPIX presents an exclusive on-air and online series The Envelope Please featuring panel discussions between actors and filmmakers who received Academy Award nominations and Los Angeles Times writers.  Episode content was shot during this year’s Los Angeles Times Envelope Screening Series in association with EPIX.  The Envelope Please premieres on EPIX and its various platforms February 8 at 10p and airs through February 18.

This Wednesday Investigation Discovery bows the new series Dangerous Persuasions which explores ordinary people who were brainwashed into making sacrifices and committing acts of deceit.  Each one-hour episode features stories told through intimate, first-person accounts.  Dangerous Persuasions is co-produced for ID by RAW and Entertainment One Television.

AXS TV will debut the new weekly one-hour stand-up series Gotham Comedy Live this Thursday at 10p.  AXS approved 12 episodes of the series with episodes broadcasting live each week from the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City.  The opening episode features Orlando Jones as host and other upcoming episodes will spotlight Mario Cantone, Robert Kelly and Susie Essman.  Gotham Comedy Live is produced by Killer Bunny Entertainment and Sugar Hit Entertainment in association with the Gotham Comedy Club.

An eighth season of Dexter will land on Showtime’s schedule this summer starting June 30 at 9p.  Dexter will be a lead-in for Showtime’s new series Ray Donovan starring Liev Schreiber as a professional “fixer” for the rich and famous.

An upcoming episode of ABC Family’s Switched at Birth will present an episode entirely told in American Sign Language (ASL), a first for a scripted series on mainstream television.  The episode will air March 4 at 8p and the plot will be told from the perspective of the series’ multiple deaf characters.  Open captions for hearing viewers will be provided.

Bravo reports Thursday’s season premiere of The Millionaire Matchmaker has become the most-watched season debut of the series to date with 1.4 million total viewers and 775,000 with A18-49, a +40% and +23% jump respectively over the prior season’s premiere on August 15, 2011. 

Evelyn Ward, Broadway star of musicals in the 1940s and mother of actor/singer David Cassidy died at the age of 89.  Ms. Ward’s varied Broadway credits include The Firebrand of Florence with her future husband, Jack Cassidy who is David’s father and later husband to Shirley Jones who starred with David in the ABC family sitcom, The Partridge Family.  Ms. Ward also appeared on television as a regular in the 1949 variety series Manhattan Showcase and The College Bowl and also guest starred in such series as Mike Hammer, Dr. Kildare, Perry Mason and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. among others.  Ms. Ward is survived by her son, David and his daughter Katie Ward who stars in CW’s Arrow along with a grandson, singer/songwriter Beau Cassidy.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates:  January 11-13, 2013
Zero Dark Thirty (Sony)                       $24.0 million  4 wk total $29.5m
A Haunted House (Open Road)           $18.8 million  opening weekend
Gangster Squad (Warner Bros.)          $16.7 million  opening weekend
Django Unchained (The Weinstein Co.) $11.1 million  3 wk total $125.4m
Les Miserables (Universal)                   $10.1 million  3 wk total $119.2m
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Warner Bros.) $9.1 million  5 wk total $278.1m
Lincoln (Disney)                                   $6.3 million  10 wk total $152.6m
Parental Guidance (20th Century Fox) $6.1 million  3 wk total $60.7m
Texas Chainsaw 3D (Lionsgate)          $5.2 million  2 wk total $30.8m
Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Co.) $5.0 million  9 wk total $41.3m
Source: Rentrak

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CBS gave a pilot order for an untitled comedy project starring Jim Gaffigan, the former star of Welcome to New York.  Gaffigan will also co-write the comedy with Rescue Me’s Peter Tolan.  Sony Pictures Television and Tolan’s Fedora Entertainment will produce the single-camera semi-autobiographical comedy with Gaffigan as a happily married and harried New York City father of five.  Michael Wimer and Gaffigan’s manager at Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Alex Murray will executive produce.  The project previously landed a put pilot commitment at CBS in September.

An untitled comedy project makes its way to FOX after receiving a pilot order.  From former Saturday Night Life regular Andy Samberg, the pilot is about a diverse group of detectives at a New York precinct.  Dan Goor will be EP along with co-creator/showrunner Mike Schur.  David Miner will also be an EP with Samberg producing.  Universal Television is producing the comedy.

Also from FOX, the network is apparently passing on Greg Berlanti’s pilot Guilty.  The one-hour drama project was first developed for series consideration for the 2012-13 season and also considered as a possible fall 2013 addition.  Cuba Gooding Jr. led the cast which was produced by Warner Bros. Television, Bonanza Productions, Berlanti Productions and Wonderland Sound and Vision. 

On its docket, NBC is prepping a new drama from House’s Katie Jacobs.  NBC gave a put pilot order to I Am Victor, based on Jo Nesbo’s upcoming book.  The drama is based around a divorce attorney with a unique view of relationships and is produced by Universal Television and Management 360.  Nesbo will also write the script and Management 360’s Daniel Rappaport and Meghan Lyvers are involved to serve as EPs. 

NBC further picked up two comedy projects with the first being Joe, Joe and Jane, the semi-autobiographical relationship comedy from Joe Port (New Girl) and Joe Wiseman.  The half-hour project is about a conflict-avoiding children’s book author caught in an ongoing tug-of-war between two needy, flawed people: his wife and his co-author/best friend.  Port and Wiseman will write and serve as EPs on the project which will be produced at 20th Television.  Previously, NBC gave the project a pilot production commitment and a seven-figure penalty.  NBC also gave a pilot order for About a Boy from Parenthood’s Jason Katims.  The half-hour comedy is based on the novel by Nick Hornby and the 2002 Hugh Grant starring film.  Katims will write and be an EP on the pilot which is produced by Universal Television and True Jack. 

CW may do a spinoff series of The Vampire Diaries titled The Originals.  The project would center on the Original family led by Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and will be based on a season four Vampire Diaries episode.  Julie Plec will write the episode and is spearheading the spinoff with Alloy Entertainment’s Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo as executive producers.  The Vampire Diaries episode is slated to air April 25 and depicts Klaus returning to the French Quarter of New Orleans, a city he helped build centuries ago and where he is reunited with his diabolical former protege Marcel.  Phoebe Tonkin will also star in the episode. 

TBS okayed two new unscripted series: Deal With It (wt) from Howie Mandel and Trust Me, I’m a Game Show Host (wt) executive produced by Mark Burnett.  Deal With It is a hidden-camera ambush show based on a format created by Keshet Broadcasting and United Studios.  Viewers watch as unsuspecting members of the public are secretly dared to pull a prank on their unwitting companions with no time to prepare.  If they agree to participate, they must obey all instructions given through an earpiece from a secret control room nearby in order to win cash and prizes.  TBS ordered six episodes of Deal With It, produced for the network by Mandel’s Alevy Productions, Roy Bank’s Banca Studio and Keshet Broadcasting in association with Lionsgate Television.  Mandel, Mike Marks and Bank will all serve as EPs.  Trust Me, I’m a Game Show Host is a comedic game show where two hosts each present the single contestant with a different answer to the same question.  One host gives the correct answer while the other lies and gives an incorrect answer.  The contestant must then choose the right answer to move on in the game.  TBS ordered 10 episodes of Trust Me, I’m a Game Show Host which is produced by Burnett’s joint venture with Hearst Corporation, One Three Media and London-based Monkey.  Burnett and Monkey’s founders Will MacDonald and David Granger will be EPs.  Both series will premiere in late 2013.

Showtime handed a series commitment to Penny Dreadful, a new show where famous literary characters, such as Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray and characters from the novel Dracula become embroiled in Victorian London.  John Logan (Skyfall, Gladiator, Aviator) will write and serve as EP.  Sam Mendes (American Beauty) is also an EP and may direct the first episode. 

A remake of the BBC drama Prisoners’ Wives is in development at Lifetime.  The drama will be produced by Endemol Studios and is based on the Tiger Aspect format about four different women, each struggling to cope with a man in her life serving prison time.  Jeremy Gold and Russ Buchholtz will oversee the project. 

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Thursday A18-49 Analysis:  CBS was the overall winner Thursday among A18-49 at 3.7/10, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  At 8p, CBS’ comedies The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men won with an average of 5.3/16 and Univision’s Por Ella Soy Eva was a distant #2 at 1.9/6.  CBS held the top spot through 9p with Person of Interest at 3.3/9 and ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy was a close second at 3.2/8.  ABC then captured #1 at 10p with Scandal at 2.8/8 and CBS slid to second place with Elementary at 2.4/7.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, January 10, 2013  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 9.1/15            The Big Bang Theory 12.0/19, Two and a Half Men 8.8/14, Person of Interest 9.6/15, Elementary 7.3/12

ABC: 5.1/8               Last Resort 3.6/6, Grey’s Anatomy 6.1/9, Scandal 5.6/9      

NBC: 2.6/4               30 Rock 2.5/4, 1600 Penn [r] 2.5/4, The Office 2.7/4, 1600 Penn [p] 2.4/4, Rock Center with Brian Williams 2.6/4

UNIV: 2.3/4              Por Ella Soy Eva 2.3/4, Amores Verdaderos 2.5/4, Amor Bravio 2.2/4

FOX: 1.7/3                 Mobbed 2.1/3, Glee [r] 1.3/2

CW: 1.3/2                Critics’ Choice Awards 1.3/2

ION: 0.8/1                Without a Trace 0.8/1, Without a Trace 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/1

TELE: 0.8/1              Rosa Diamante 0.8/1, La Patrona 0.8/1, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal 0.9/1, El Rostro de la Venganza 0.6/1

TF: 0.2/0                  Cineplex THR [7p start r] 0.4/1, Made in Cartagena 0.2/0, Quien Eres Tu? 0.1/0

A18-49:  CBS 3.7/10, ABC 2.4/7, UNIV 1.9/5, NBC 1.5/4, FOX 0.9/3, CW 0.6/2, TELE 0.6/2, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.1/0

Randi Pollack advances to Senior Director/Legal and Business Affairs and Digital Media & International Distribution Counsel at A+E Networks.  Randi has been with A+E Networks since 2010 and she will continue to work closely with the company’s Digital Media Division and also is involved with A+E’s International Division handling program sales in Eastern and Central Europe as well as Russia.

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This Day In History, sponsored by Destination America: 1954 – Glamorous movie star Marilyn Monroe marries baseball hero Joe DiMaggio.
 
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: From I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970), what was Jeannie’s birth date? April 1, 64 B.C. Kudos to: Julie Farin-Time Inc.-People Magazine/NYC; Tricia McGee-HRP/NYC; Linda Grillo-Viacom/NYC; Eric Litt-WGN-TV/Chicago; Jaime Klein-Photos by Klein/Van Nuys, CA; Ken DuBow-Opus Distribution/Sherman Oaks, CA; Karen Tobin-Audingo-LA.

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013

ABC: The Bachelor, Castle
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory [r], 2 Broke Girls, Mike & Molly, Hawaii Five-O
CW: The Carrie Diaries [p], The Carrie Diaries
FOX: Bones
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
MyTV: Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: SVU
NBC: The Biggest Loser, Deception
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Market Warriors, Independent Lens
TeleFutura: El Duelo, Made in Cartagena, Quien Eres Tu?
Telemundo: Rosa Diamante, La Patrona, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal, El Rostro de la Venganza
Univision: Por Ella Soy Eva, Amores Verdaderos, Amor Bravio

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