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05.02.11
Good morning. It’s Monday, May 2, 2011, and this is your first early morning briefing. As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here .
Tonight’s Premieres:
TeleFutura: La Pola at 7p
National Geographic Channel: Taboo at 9p & 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
A&E: Relapse at 9p; Paranormal State at 10p & 1030p
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After much delay, NBC will debut its anthology dramedy series, Love Bites on June 2 at 10p. The series, starring Becki Newton will air this summer in the Thursday at 10p time period.
Prince William and Catherine Middleton’s Royal Wedding in London last Friday was covered live by a slew of networks here in the US. Nielsen reports eleven networks including ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, BBC America, CNN, E!, FOX News Channel, MSNBC and TLC carried live coverage from approximately 6a to 715a and the sum of the average audience was 22.8 million viewers. In comparison, though, the coverage of Princess Diana’s funeral in September 1997 was watched by 33.2 million in the US. Taking a snapshot of the morning news programs from 7-9a, NBC’s Today did best, according to fast national results from Nielsen, with more than 9.6 million total viewers; ABC’s Good Morning America tallied 8.7 million total viewers; while CBS’ The Early Show recorded 3.9 million total viewers. There was much additional buzz about the royal nuptials online and E! Online said it broke its own single day record for most page views last Friday with 23.6 million. E! Online offered full coverage and live streaming of the Royal Wedding. The site also attracted the second highest number of visitors at 1.5 million and visits at 1.9 million.
New spinoff investigative series, The First 48: Missing Persons opens on A&E Network June 2 at 10p. The new series, a spinoff of A&E’s The First 48, follows the Chicago Police Department’s missing persons division during the crucial first 48 hours searching for a missing person. The hour-long series is produced by Found Films, LLC for A&E.
A new reality competition show searching for the next talent to star on FOX’s Glee series launches on Oxygen when The Glee Project premieres June 12 at 9p. The Glee Project is from Glee’s creator Ryan Murphy and executive producer Dante Di Loreto and follows 12 talented performers as they compete to win a seven-episode guest starring role on Glee. The 10-episode competition series is produced by Ryan Murphy Television and Embassy Row.
A NEW installment on the Cyn opsis | Sports news page, “Which Sportscaster Carries the Most Appeal with Consumers?“, is written by Chris Pursell, and sponsored by CBS Sports Network . Feel free to add your comments or thoughts at the bottom of the Sports page about his story, his opinions, suggestions on future stories and or anything else. CBS Sports Network, available to 95 million homes, the 24-hour network has hundreds of live games, expert analysis and award winning programming.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: April 29-May 1, 2011
Fast Five (Universal) $83.6 million opening weekend
Rio (20th Century Fox) $14.4 million 3 wk total $103.6m
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family (Lionsgate) $10.1 million 2 wk total $41.1m
Water For Elephants (20th Century Fox) $9.1 million 2 wk total $32.3m
Prom (Disney) $5.0 million opening weekend
Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil (The Weinstein Co.) $4.1 million opening weekend
Soul Surfer (Sony) $3.3 million 4 wk total $33.8m
Insidious (FilmDistrict) $2.7 million 5 wk total $48.3m
HOP (Universal) $2.6 million 5 wk total $105.3m
Source Code (Summit Entertainment) $2.5 million 5 wk total $48.9m
Source: Rentrak
UPFRONT 2011: Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas
Bilingual/bicultural network targeting US Latino audience, Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas revealed its upfront plans which offers continuity for its “MTV, Music and More” branding. Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas serves up four new series:
- Quiero Mi Baby New series follows young Latinos as they become parents while involved in a multicultural relationship.
- Popland Plot follows one young girl’s journey from small town life to the big city world filled with celebrities, parties and a paparazzi lifestyle.
- Date My Abuela (wt) Series has grandchildren setting up dates for the centerpiece of their families grandma.
- Las Escalera Docu-series looks at the life of today’s Latin superstars using never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews.
Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas is bringing back seven series to its lineup:
- Quiero Mis Quinces Series goes behind-the-scenes of the coming of age party of a Quinceanera.
- Quiero Mi Boda This series offers a look inside cross-cultural weddings from the traditions, tastes and religion plus family that sometimes clash.
- George Lopez Comedian George Lopez stars is this family comedy series based in Los Angeles.
- Unplugged Showcases performances from today’s top Latino artists.
- Lo Que Te Pica Daily show offering news, gossip, scandals, music and revealing interviews of celebrities.
- Bellator Mixed Martial Arts series features the best fighters in the industry including Latino champs lightweight Eddie Alvarez and middleweight Hector Lombard.
- TNA Impact! Professional wrestling show highlighting superstars of the ring such as Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and more. Commentary provided by ringside experts Hector Guerrero and Willie Urbina.
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facebook.com/ MeetAtMaclarens | wgnamerica .com | twitter.com/ MeetAtMaclarens.FX found its leading man for its drama pilot American Horror Story in Dylan McDermott (Private Practice). McDermott will play the husband of Connie Britton’s character. American Horror Story is from Glee co-creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk and also stars Jessica Lange.
Three celebrity singers and a music producer are joining the celebrity cast of NBC’s The Voice. NBC is adding singers Reba, Monica and Sia Furler as well as music producer Adam Blackstone as advisers working as assistants alongside the established celebrity coaches Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton.
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Thursday A18-49 Analysis: FOX paced ahead of the competition Thursday night at 4.2/12 among A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, American Idol on FOX beat the rest at 5.7/17 with CBS’ comedies The Big Bang Theory and Rules of Engagement averaging a second place showing at 2.8/9. NBC’s supersized The Office episode during 9p topped with a 4.2/11 followed by ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy at 3.7/9. Then at 10p, it was CBS’ turn to win with The Mentalist at 2.6/7 and ABC’s Private Practice posted a 2.2/6 in #2.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, April 28, 2011 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
FOX: 8.7/14 American Idol 11.5/19, Bones 5.8/9
CBS: 7.0/11 The Big Bang Theory 6.4/11, Rules of Engagement 4.8/7, CSI 6.8/10, The Mentalist 8.5/14
ABC: 5.4/9 20/20 Special Edition 4.6/8, Grey’s Anatomy 7.0/11, Private Practice 4.5/7
NBC: 3.1/5 Community 2.2/4, The Office [r] 2.0/3, The Office 4.8/7, Parks and Recreation 2.8/4, 30 Rock 2.4/4
UNIV: 1.9/3 Teresa 1.9/3, Los 50 Mas Bellos de People 2011 1.7/3
CW: 1.4/2 Vampire Diaries 1.7/3, Nikita 1.1/2
TELE: 1.2/2 Premios Billboard de la Musica Latina 1.2/2
ION: 1.0/2 Criminal Minds 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 1.2/2
TF: 0.3/0 Dona Bella [7p start] 0.2/0, Fiesta de Pelicula 0.4/1
A18-49: FOX 4.2/12, CBS 2.6/7, NBC 2.5/7, ABC 2.4/7, UNIV 1.4/4, TELE 1.0/3, CW 0.9/3, ION 0.5/1, TF 0.3/1
CNBC’s anchor Erin Burnett is moving to CNN Worldwide to become Anchor/Chief Business and Economics Correspondent. Starting in June, Erin will anchor a weekday general news program and will be a contributor for CNN’s national and international breaking news events in addition to contributing to CNN.com. Erin will be based at CNN’s New York headquarters.
CBS News’ Face the Nation promoted Mary Hager to Executive Producer up from Senior Producer, a position she has held for two years. Mary started her career at CBS News in 1991.
Todd D. Hansen named COO with Sportsman Channel. Todd was a co-founder of Sportsman Channel in 2003 and since has been the network’s SVP/CMO. In his expanded role, Todd will supervise operations, new revenue and growth opportunities in addition to overseeing resource allocation, Corporate Communications and Digital Media. Todd reports to Gavin Harvey, CEO.
WNET New York Public Media said Laura Savini will no longer be the VP/Marketing and Communications at WLIW21. Instead, Laura is establishing a new company, Untamed Hair Productions & Consulting. Laura is a well-known fixture on the public television station for more than twenty years and she will continue as an on-air host at WLIW21.
This day in History: 1970 – Student anti-war protesters at Ohio’s Kent State University burn down the campus ROTC building. The National Guard took control of the campus.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: If you’re a regular at the Victoria Pub, what show are you on? THE EASTENDERS Kudos to: Jeffrey Hira-Nickelodeon/NY; Robert Twilley-Jupiter Ent/ETZ; Marta Davies-Smarta Media/Coconut Creek; Cathy Rich/Pompano Beach; Dan Harrison-CBS/LA; Susan Nessanbaum Goldberg-RoCart Prods/Hollywood; Dan Haberer-Creo Ent/Playa del Rey; Matthew Bergeron-Disney Channels Worldwide/Burbank
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05.02.11
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY, MAY 2, 2011
ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Castle
AZTECA: Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, Mad Love, Two and a Half Men [r], Mike & Molly, Hawaii Five-0
CW: 90210, Gossip Girl
FOX: House, The Chicago Code
ION: Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: Chuck, The Event, L&O: LA
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, American Experience [r]
TELE: Aurora, Los Herederos del Monte, La Reina del Sur
UNIV: Teresa, Triunfo del Amor
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