A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM SYFY

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04.11.13

Good morning. It’s Thursday April 11, 2013, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
A&E: The Killer Speaks at 10p       
History: Chasing Tail at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:
FX: Archer at 10p, Legit at 10:30p
NBC: Go On at 9:30p

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Syfy and Chiller President Dave Howe has announced an intriguing programming slate featuring Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx executive producing, writing and directing a horror anthology series, a trio of new reality series, and 19 scripted and reality development projects. Here’s a look at what’s coming up.

Reality series

Joe Rogan Questions Everything [wt], premiering Tuesday, July 16 at 9p, centers on paranormal mystery-addict Joe Rogan, who ventures into unknown worlds and untapped territories to search for answers to life’s most startling theories. Production company: A. Smith & Co.

Cosworld [wt], premiering Tuesday, August 27 at 10p, is a six-episode docuseries that lifts the veil on the imaginative world of cosplay competition. Production company: 51 Minds, an Endemol Company.

Fandemonium [wt], which debuts in fall 2013, celebrates the unique, often misunderstood, and fascinating fan girl and fan boy culture. Production company: 495 Productions.

Scripted series

An untitled Jamie Foxx project, premiering in October, will be in the vein of Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone. Studio: Universal Cable Productions.

A team of scientists investigate a possible disease outbreak in an Arctic research facility and find themselves trying to protect the world from annihilation in Helix. Production company: Lynda Obst Pictures & Tall Ship Productions.

Pilots

High Moon explores what happens when the countries of Earth establish colonies to mine the Moon’s resources and discover a new form of life. Universal Cable Productions will serve as the studio.

Long form development project Ringworld is a four-hour mini-series based on the Hugo Award-winning novel by Larry Niven, while Childhood’s End is based on the Arthur C. Clarke novel.

Nine new scripted series in development include No Place, in which Syfy joins forces with Fox Television Studios, director/producer Robert Zemeckis, producers Jack Rapke and Jackie Levine, and feature film writing team John Brancato and Michael Ferris. The show centers on residents of a high-tech gated community, who awaken one morning to find themselves cut off from the rest of reality. Only one man has contact with the powers responsible for what is known as The Rift, and he must lead his fellow residents beyond the void to discover the truth. Circle of Confusion  and Top Cow will produce the project.

Eight new reality series in development include The Jim Henson Creature Shop, which will give aspiring creature makers the opportunity to win the job of a lifetime: an apprenticeship with the Creature Shop.

Two long form scripted developments: Eyes of the Dragon (Universal Cable Productions and Ostar Productions), based on Stephen King’s best-selling novel, and Darkfall (The Jim Henson Company and Universal Cable Productions), which explores what happens when modern forms of power and technology become a thing of the past.

Get ready to laugh out loud. IFC has announced it is developing 11 new comedy projects for 2014 series consideration. “This latest development slate represents IFC’s continued commitment to uncovering and creating comedy shows that are bold, smart and unconventional,” said Debbie DeMontreux, IFC’s senior vice president of original programming. “We set ourselves apart by tapping into all facets of entertainment to find fresh ideas for comedic series, and by working with well known and up-and-coming talent that share our ‘slightly off’ sensibility.” Here’s a look at what’s coming up.

Pilots ordered

Comedy Timms Industrial Piping [wt] is shot in stop-motion animation with baby dolls repurposed as adult characters and modeled on 1980s primetime soaps like Dynasty. The show is produced by Conrad’s Chicago-based company, Elephant Pictures.

Produced by Abominable Pictures’ Jonathan Stern, Garfunkel & Oates follows the aspirations and misadventures of female comedy-folk duo Riki Lindhome (Garfunkel) and Kate Micucci (Oates). The show begins production in May.

Two newly single guys who travel around the world looking for love, and in the process form an invaluable friendship in Internation Plan. The pilot, produced by @radical.media, begins production in mid-April in Stockholm.

Scripts Ordered

American Storage tells the tale of what happens when an employee at a storage facility befriends a guy he finds living in one of the units.

Cult Following follows two friends who jointly run a health food restaurant and inadvertently become cult leaders.

In God’s Work actor/comedian Kyle Dunnigan plays multiple characters living in a community that surrounds a Connecticut church.

Part Terminator, part X-Files, part Mork and Mindy, the supernatural buddy comedy Jetpackula follows a washed up comic book illustrator, who befriends a vampire from the future.

Stupid Life is  based on comedian Chris Gethard’s recent autobiographical book of the same name.
 
Trigger Men follows two friends and former hit men as one tries to clean up his act and the other pulls him deeper into trouble.

Created and written by Megan Mullally and newcomer Tina Kapousis, Two Idiots centers on a pair of odd women raised in an old world Beverly Hills hotel.

IFC, in partnership with the New York Television Festival awarded a script deal and the 2012 “Out of the Box” prize to Damian Lanigan of Brooklyn, NY. The project, Wasps, centers on a dysfunctional Main Line Philadelphia family who have squandered away their money and are left with nothing but the shared ownership of an enormous family mansion.

Lifetime is set to premiere its highly-anticipated new drama Devious Maids, executive produced by Desperate Housewives’ Marc Cherry and Eva Longoria, on Sunday, June 23 at 10p. The ensemble all-star cast, Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), Dania Ramirez (Entourage), Roselyn Sanchez (Without a Trace), Edy Ganem (Livin’ Loud) and Judy Reyes (Scrubs), portray five maids with ambition and dreams of their own while working for the rich and famous in Beverly Hills. In the series premiere, the women turn to one another for support when their friend and fellow maid Flora is brutally murdered at the home of her employers during one of the largest society events of the year. Inspired by the hit telenovela, Ellas son la Alegria del Hogar, Devious Maids is produced by ABC Studios.

FOX will present an on-screen, double-box, live camera feed of American Idol during a commercial break on the show’s Thursday, April 11 episode, which airs at 8p. The behind-the-scenes excitement will continue during the ad break, giving viewers an exclusive peek from backstage, the IDOL stage and the audience. The live show content will appear on-screen simultaneously alongside each official sponsor’s commercial.

Get ready for a major cooking battle. Food Network is pitting Iron Chef against Iron Chef in the first-ever Iron Chef America: Tournament of Champions. With five episodes and a panel of revolving judges, the tournament features high-stakes, bracket-style battles between the best of the best in the culinary world. The tournament begins Sunday, May 5 at 10p with a face-off between the two newest Iron Chefs, Alex Guarnaschelli and Geoffrey Zakarian. Iron Chef America is produced by LEG/Triage Entertainment.

A&E Network is scheduling summer drama this Memorial Day, debuting back-to-back new seasons of Longmire, from Warner Horizon Television, and The Glades, from Fox Television Studios. Season 4 of The Glades premieres Monday, May 27 at 9p, followed by Season 2 of Longmire at 10p. The Glades is packed with more mystery and intrigue from Florida’s favorite homicide investigator, kicking off with Detective Longworth delving into a 150-year-old ghost story to solve the murder of an heiress found dead in a haunted plantation house. Meanwhile, in the season premiere of Longmire, a prison transfer goes awry and Walt urgently pursues a serial killer and his fellow escapees, who have taken hostages. The Glades is produced by Fox Television Studios for A&E Network. Longmire is produced by The Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Horizon Television.

REELZCHANNEL has announced that ten episodes of the reality docuseries The Capones will premiere in fall 2013. The show centers on the dysfunctional descendants of infamous gangster Al Capone. With a notorious bloodline and larger-than-life personalities, this workplace docuseries follows the goodfellas as they run the family Italian restaurant and try to keep peace at the Capone mansion, where the extended clan all living under one roof. The Capones is produced by Asylum Entertainment.

Following the death of cast member Shain Gandee, MTV is pulling the plug on Buckwild. “After careful consideration, MTV will not be moving forward with season two of Buckwild in West Virginia,” the network said via a statement. “We love the cast and the show and this was not an easy decision, but given Shain’s tragic passing and essential presence on the show, we felt it was not appropriate to continue without him. Instead, we are working on a meaningful way to pay tribute to his memory on our air and privately.” Gandee will be celebrated on Sunday, April 14 at 8p, when MTV runs the special Buckwild: WV to the NYC, which was shot before production on season two. The tribute will follow the airing of the entire first season of Buckwild.

Aspiring comedy writers take note. Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) and the NYTVF have announced the sixth annual FOX-NYTVF comedy script contest. The contest invites would-be television writers to enter their scripts for original half-hour comedy TV pilots for the opportunity to win $25,000 and a development deal with FOX. Scripts must present an original idea for a potential half-hour comedy series. The opening date for submissions is Monday, May 20 and the winner will be announced at the 9th Annual New York Television Festival held October 21-26, 2013.

Animal Planet‘s Call of the Wildman returns for a second season on Sunday, June 2, at 9p with 20 new episodes. With the phenomenon of Turtleman taking America by storm, Ernie is now busier than ever  protecting homes and businesses from new and wilder varmints including coyotes, llamas, venomous snakes, pigeons, skunks, crocodiles and even bulls. The show is produced by Sharp Entertainment for Animal Planet.

May the psychic force be with you. TLC‘s Long Island Medium returns for a fourth season on Sunday, May 12, beginning at 8p with a Long Island Medium: On the Road special, as Theresa heads to Florida to surprise three unsuspecting fans with readings. Two back-to-back premiere episodes follow at 9p and 9:30p. Season four highlights the usual chaos in the Caputo household and is packed with more emotional readings. Plus, Theresa finds out the answer to the question everyone wants to know: Why was she given this gift? Long Island Medium is produced by Magilla Entertainment for TLC.

Rick and Leslie DeAngelo from TLC‘s I Found the Gown are back for a second season, premiering on Friday, April 19at 10p. The married couple and owners of Vows, a discount bridal boutique in Boston, return to BrideDay promising to deliver high-end designer dresses with deeply discounted price tags. This season, each episode will follow their expeditions as they share their found treasures with three excited brides and the Vows consultants.

Starz‘s 1950’s Miami-based drama series Magic City will return on Friday, June 14 at 9p. This season, Ike Evans will risk everything in a life and death battle to rid his Miramar Playa Hotel of the mob and Ben “The Butcher” Diamond.

Fringe returns to Science Channel this weekend in a special two-day long marathon. The network will air the first 11 episodes of Season Three on Saturday, April 13 from 9a to 8p and the final 11 episodes on Sunday, April 14 from 9a to 8p.

Yvonne Strahovskiis returning to the Showtime drama Dexter. She’ll reprise her role as Hannah, a serial killer, in the show’s eighth season.

WEtv has green-lit the docu-series The Lylas, which follows Grammy winner Bruno Mars’ four sisters as they embark on their musical careers. The show centers on Tiara, Tahiti and Presley, who move from their home in Hawaii to join big sister Jaime in Los Angeles and work to record their first album together. The show, which will air Friday nights beginning in the fall and consist of eight hour long episodes, hails from Asylum Entertainment, Steve Michaels, Jonathan Koch, David Garner, Ben Ricciardi, Glenn Carrano, Lauren Gellert and Suzanne and Suzanne Murch.

Walgreens and NBC‘s The Biggest Loser have joined forces to launch a new web series that follows former Season 7 contestant Filipe Fa’s journey to lose weight and keep it off. Through eight original episodes, fans can follow Filipe, who is pushed to get fit by his cousin Sione Fa, who was also a season 7 contestant and is now a personal fitness trainer at The Biggest Loser Resort in Utah. Since appearing on the NBC series, the two cousins have gone down dramatically different fitness paths. Sione, who shed over 146 pounds, has kept off the weight, while Filipe, who lost 135 pounds, has gained over 119 pounds and reverted back to a life-threatening weight of nearly 350 pounds. Training at The Biggest Loser Resorts with Sione, Filipe will get a second chance to regain his life. Visit http://www.nbc.com/the-biggest-loser/ to follow Filipe’s journey.

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Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 4/1-4/5/13 ranked in order by HH Rtg
The Big Bang Theory (WB)                               7.4 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                   7.2 AA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                         6.8 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                               5.9AA
Family Feud (2/T)                                        4.8 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                 4.7 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                            3.6 AA
Family Guy (2/T)                                             3.3 AA
Law & Order: CI  (NBU)                                   3.0 AA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD)                                         2.8 AA   
Source: Nielsen Media Research

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 4/1-4/5/13 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
The Big Bang Theory (WB)                               4.2AA
Family Guy (2/T)                                             2.3 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                 2.1 AA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                            1.7 AA
How I Met Your Mother (2/T)                            1.6 AA
Family Feud (2/T)                                            1.6 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                    1.5 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                               1.4 AA
King of the Hill (2/T)                                        1.3 AA
Law & Order:CO (NBU)                                    1.2 AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research

Tuesday A18-49 Analysis:  NBC led among A18-49 viewers on Tuesday with a 3.0/9, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s Voice began the night on top at 8p at 4.4/14, and CBS’ NCIS followed at 2.7/9. At 9p CBS took over the lead with NCIS: Los Angeles at 2.7/7. ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and Univision’s Amores Verdaderos tied for second at 2.0/5. Univision’s Amor Bravio took over the top spot at 10p at 1.9/5, while CBS’ Golden Boy followed at 1.5/4.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, April 9, 2013  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 8.3/13             NCIS 10.8/17, NCIS: Los Angeles 8.9/13, Golden Boy 5.2/9

ABC:5.9/9             Splash 3.4/5, Dancing With the Stars 8.1/12, Body of Proof 6.2/10

NBC: 5.4/9           The Voice 8.2/13, Ready for Love 2.5/4

FOX: 2.4/4             Hell’s Kitchen 2.8/4,  New Girl 2.6/4, The Mindy Project 1.7/3

UNIV: 2.2/4       Porque El Amor Manda 2.0/3, Amores Verdaderos 2.3/4, Amor Bravio 2.4/4

ION: 1.0/1             Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds  0.9/1, Criminal Minds  1.1/2

TELE: 0.9/1            Pasion Prohibida 0.8/1, La Patrona 1.2/2, El Rostro de la Venganza 0.7/1

CW: 0.6/1             Hart of Dixie 0.8/1, America’s Model Challenge [r] 0.4/1

UMA: 0.2/0            Cineplex TUE [7p start r] 0.3/0, Heroes Del Norte 0.2/0, Rosario Tijeras 0.2/0

A18-49: NBC 3.0/9, CBS 2.3/7, FOX 1.9/5, UNI 1.8/5, ABC 1.5/4, TEL 0.7/2, CW 0.4/2, ION 0.4/1, UMA 0.2/0 ,

GroupM is expanding its lineup of multicultural media services under the auspices of the newly established unit GroupM Multicultural. The new division will be led by Gonzalo Del Fa, an experienced, multicultural media agency executive, who is currently Managing Director of MEC Bravo, the Hispanic media specialist division at GroupM agency MEC. Del Fa begins his new role immediately.

Petra Malenicka has been appointed to the new role of Vice President, Ad Sales Western Europe for CNNI Commercial. Malenicka, previously Ad Sales Director for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets, inherits an expanded remit including the UK, France, Benelux and the Nordics and also joins Rani Raad’s, EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, CNN International, executive management team. 

Cablevision has announced a realignment of its senior leadership team. Kristin Dolan, who previously served as senior executive vice president, product management, marketing and development, has been appointed President of Optimum Services. Wilt Hildenbrand has been named Senior Advisor, Customer Care, Technology and Networks. Brian Sweeney has been named Senior Executive Vice President, Strategy.

Brooklyn creative agency Big Spaceship has announced the promotion of Ranae Heuer to the role of Managing Director, a new position at the agency,effective immediately. Heuer who spent four years leading BigSpaceship’s client service and production teams, is tasked with strategically steering the company and developing partnerships with its clients as well as staffing, contracting and ensuring the most innovative digital solutions are brought forward.

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This Day In History, sponsored by Destination America: 1939 – Louise Lasser star of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was born. 

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What show did Claire Danes get her start on? My So Called Life. Kudos to: Ken Nice/Silver Spring, MD; Amy Horowitz-Mediacom/NYC; Rachael King-Radiate Media/Atlanta, GA; Tom Winiarski-Turner Entertainment/NYC; Lisa Nordstrom-Compass Point Media/Minneapolis,MN; Mary Brannen-Merriam-Webster Inc/Chicago, IL; Tom Boyd–WGN/Chicago, IL; Jessica Hoyt–Zephyr Media Group/Evanston, IL; Kerri Huyck-CFB/Pasco, WA; Lisa Tatum-Roehrig-10×10 Entertainment/Los Angeles, CA; Margot Lockridge-Viacom Media Networks/Los Angeles, CA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/Los Angeles, CA; Mira Laufer-Corus Entertainment/Toronto, Canada.

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY APRIL 11, 2013

ABC: Wife Swap, Grey’s Anatomy [r], Scandal [r]
CBS: The Big Bang Theory [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Person of Interest [r], Elementary [r]
CW: The Vampire Diaries [r], Beauty and the Beast [r]
FOX: American Idol, Glee
ION: Without a Trace, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds
MyTV: White Collar, White Collar
NBC: Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office [r], Go On, Hannibal
PBS: The This Old House Hour, Frontline, Antiques Roadshow
Telemundo: Pasion Prohibida, La Patrona, El Rostro de la Venganza
UMA: Cuentos Que No Son Cuento, Los Heroes Del Norte, Rosario Tijeras
Univision: Porque el Amor Manda, Amores Verdaderos, Amor Bravio

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