JOB OF THE WEEK MANAGER CASTING UNIVERSAL CABLE PRODUCTIONS Universal City, CA Cast on-air talent for NBCU production group. Min. 5 years scripted casting experience required. Full info/apply HERE. CYNOPSISCLASSIFIEDADVANTAGE 02.10.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, February 10, 2015, and this is your weekly issue of Cynopsis: Classified Advantage! CYNOPSIS CLASSIFIEDS JOB OPENING: ACCT EXEC. […]
Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul debuted to a cable premiere record 6.9 million viewers and a 3.4 rating among A18-49 on Sunday. AMC lead-in Walking Dead, back for the second half of its fifth season, drew 15.6 million total viewers and 8.0 among A18-49, even with last year’s midseason bow
TLC ordered a second helping of My Big Fat Fabulous Life. Season one of the docu-series from Pilgrim Studios, averaging 1.2 million P2+ viewers its first season, ends tonight with back-to-back eps starting at 10p, followed by a half-hour retrospective special, My Big Fat Fabulous Life: The Skinny.
Honda is onboard as the presenting sponsor of Community when it returns for its sixth season and its premiere on Yahoo Screen. The sponsorship includes several integrations this season, pre-roll video ads on new episodes and series highlights, and premium display and audience advertising across Yahoo’s network as part of a one-year program. Season six […]
DanceOn Network, which counts Madonna as a co-founder, is releasing the next ep of original docu-series The Edge today at 8:30a. The segment features a behind the scenes look at the making of singer/songwriter Ne-Yo’s new video. The second season premiere, which featured Sia, marked the series’ largest viewership, with 1 million views. DanceOn was […]
FOX Sports opened the books on its 15th season of NASCAR, lining up 80+ hours of coverage of Daytona Speedweeks leading up to the Daytona 500 on Feb. 22 at 1p. Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip and Larry McReynolds will call the race. The trio is joined on pit road by newcomers Jamie Little, Chris Neville, […]
RIP to Ed Sabol, founder of NFL Films, who died Monday in his home in Scottsdale at the age of 98. During his tenure (1964-1995), NFL Films won 52 Emmy Awards for his transformational work. In a statement on NFL.com, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated: “Through his determination and innovative spirit, Ed Sabol transformed how […]
NBC News anchor Brian Williams is taking time off from his newscast for “the next several days” in the wake of his claim, since retracted, that he was on a helicopter in Iraq hit by enemy fire. In a note to staff, Williams explained it has “become painfully apparent to me that I am presently […]
Rosie O’Donnell is leaving The View this week, six months after joining the ABC morning show. As she deals with the breakup of her marriage, O’Donnell – whose first, year-long tenure on the talker ended in 2007 – is putting “family and health first,” said her publicist. As for ABC, the net “has been wonderfully […]
A House of Representatives oversight committee is investigating possible improper influence by the White House on the FCC’s new broadband and net neutrality rules. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Friday wrote to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler requesting all documented communications between the Commission and the White […]