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Cynopsis
05.23.13

Good morning. It’s Thursday May 23, 2013, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Rookie Blue at 10p
FOX: Does Someone Have to Go? at 9p
ID: Fatal Encounters at 9p, Behind Mansion Walls at 10p
NBC: Save Me at 8p
Weather: The Oklahoma Tornado Tragedy: A Weather Channel Special Presentation at 9p

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

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Broadway’s best will continue on CBS. The network has reached a new agreement with The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing that will keep the annual Tony Awards broadcast on CBS through2018. The awards show, which honors theater professionals for distinguished achievement on Broadway, has been a part of the CBS family for 35 years. The 67th Annual Tony Awards, hosted Neil Patrick Harris, will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 9 at 8p.

Get ready to rumble… in the kitchen. Destination America‘s newest food competition series, Last Call Food Brawl, premieres Monday, June 10 at 10p. Each episode visits a different American city to challenge four cooks, hailing from 24-hour diners to Mom & Pop eateries, in a cook-off to determine who will be crowned the king or queen of late night bites. The show heads to some of the biggest late night cities in the U.S., including New Orleans, Austin, Memphis, Nashville and Atlanta. Each week, only one contestant will win the coveted Golden Fry Basket. The show is produced by Jane Street.

Presented by Sundance Channel and Entertainment Weekly, The Writers’ Room is set to premiere on Monday, July 29 and will be hosted by Academy Award-winning screenwriter (“The Descendants”), comedian and actor Jim Rash (Community). The six episode half-hour series will spotlight an array of scripted television shows from today’s pioneering cable dramas, including Breaking Bad, Dexter, Game of Thrones and American Horror Story to the most critically acclaimed and popular network sitcoms, including Parks and Recreation and New Girl. The roundtable talk show will delve into the world of TV’s creative masterminds, divulging inside details about their smartest choices, toughest decisions and biggest mistakes.

Ready to get in touch with the spirit world? BIO brings back Celebrity Ghost Stories and The Haunting Of… for all-new seasons on Saturday, June 1 at 9p and 10p, respectively. Celebrity Ghost Stories, told through first-person narrative by notable personalities who believe they’ve experienced the other side, features George Wendt, Wayne Newton and Ace Frehley (KISS) on its premiere. Psychic-medium Kim Russo shares insight with Barry Bostwick on The Haunting Of… premiere, when the actor returns to a former residence that he and his family once shared with a ghost. Both shows are produced by Jarrett Creative for BIO Channel.

Bounce TV unveiled its first Upfront programming slate, including five original new series and the revival of The Newlywed Game. “Advertisers with young targets are very high on our Bunim/Murray produced series BRKDWN as well as the non-scripted Step Wars series,” Dennis Ray, Executive Vice President, Advertising Sales, told Cynopsis. “There’s also tremendous interest from a number of advertisers in the health and beauty categories for our romantic reality show The Keepsake. The show that seems to have resonated the most is our new original sitcom, My Crazy Roommate.”

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association announced nominations for the 3rd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards, which will be held on Monday, June 10. HBO led the networks in nominations with 21, followed closely by FX which collected 19. Topping the list of nominated series are American Horror Story: Asylum (FX) and The Big Bang Theory (CBS) with six nominations each. Other series with multiple nominations include Parks and Recreation (NBC) and Top of the Lake (Sundance) with five each and The Americans (FX), Breaking Bad (AMC), Game of Thrones (HBO), The Good Wife (CBS), Louie (FX), New Girl (FOX) and Political Animals (USA) with four each. For the first time the show will be webcast live on UStream at: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/critics-choice-television-awards. 

Fans of ABC‘s The Bachelorette will be able to submit questions and receive real-time responses from the show’s new star Desiree Hartsock, during the East Coast broadcast of the show’s season premiere Monday, May 27 from 8 to 10 p. Hartsook will be up on Twitter at @DesHartsock.

Style Media‘s first-ever live, weekly topical series Style Pop has set its premiere date for Thursday, June 6 at 8p. Hosted by style guru Jeannie Mai and fashion maven Louise Roe, this half-hour series will go behind the fashion lines and in front of the latest trends in fashion and pop culture.

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Talk about being made for a gig. Superstar veteran comedian Billy Crystal is set to play a superstar veteran comedian in The Comedians. FX has ordered to pilot the half-hour comedy series, that centers on Crystal’s character, who’s reluctantly teamed with a younger, edgier comedian for a late-night comedy sketch show. The series, produced by Fox Television Studios, is scheduled for this summer.

Ricky Schroder and his production company have teamed up with the U.S. Army to produce Starting Strong, an unscripted series that provides a look at Army life through the eyes of potential soldiers, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The 10-week series, which is being directed, narrated and produced by Schroder via Ricky Schroder Productions, is set to debut Sunday, June 2 in 16 FOX affiliate markets. Four additional episodes will air online.

Former MTV executive David Janollari has signed a three-year development deal with NBC. He’ll be tasked with developing scripted projects for the network. The move reunites Janollari with NBC entertainment president Bob Greenblatt. The duo worked together to develop such memorable series as American Family and Six Feet Under.

CBS has ordered the single-camera comedy Bad Teacher for the 2013-2014 season. Based on the hit feature film of the same name, the series will star Ari Graynor as an inappropriate and unapologetic former trophy wife who masquerades as a teacher to find a new man after her husband leaves her penniless. Hilary Winston, Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, Sam Hansen, Jimmy Miller and Michael Lasker are executive producers for Sony Pictures Television in association with CBS Television Studios and Mosaic Media Group.

Comedy Central has inked a multiplatform development deal with comedian Hannibal Buress. The pact includes a pilot commitment, which Buress will executive produce and star in, a recurring role on the upcoming comedy Broad City, a one-hour stand-up special, and a nationwide tour.

USA Network has greenlit the half-hour comedy pilot Divide & Conquer from executive producer and writer Peter Ocko (The Office, Fairly Legal). The pilot is from Universal Cable Productions.

TLC is reviving Who Do You Think You Are? The network has ordered eight episodes of the former NBC reality series that looks at the personal histories of celebrities to uncover their family background. The series, produced by Shed Media U.S. and Is or Isn’t Entertainment, is set to premiere Tuesday, July 23 and has already slated episodes for Christina Applegate, Cindy Crawford, Zooey Deschanel and Chris O’Donnell.

Emma Roberts is the latest cast addition to FX‘s American Horror Story: The Coven. There are no details on her character, who’s being simply described as a party girl.

Billy Baldwin will guest star in the last two episodes of the upcoming season of BBC America drama Copper. He’ll play William “Wild Bill” Estace, a Tammany Hall power broker. Also appearing at the end of the season is Lindy Booth (Kick-A$$ 2, Fairly Legal) as Teresa Trembley, protected witness of a high-profile murder in Five Points.

Showtime has announced guest stars that will appear in the third season of Homeland, which premieres Sunday, September 29 at 9p. Among them: Joanna Merlin (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit) as Jessica Brody’s mother; Nazanin Boniadi (How I Met Your Mother) as Fara an analyst; Amy Morton (Boss) as Carrie Mathison’s CIA appointed attorney Erin Kimbal; Gary Wilmes (Louie) as Dr. Richardson, a psychiatrist helping Dana Brody; Sam Underwood (The Last Keepers) as Leo, a troubled new friend of Dana’s; Tracy Letts (Prison Break) as Senator Andrew Lockhart; Broadway vet Lawrence Clayton (Dreamgirls, The Big C) as Admiral Jim Pennington; and Pedro Pascal (Graceland) as Majority Counsel David Portillo. The series is produced by FOX 21.

Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus) has been tapped to star in the new Cinemax pilot Quarry, based on the book by Max Allan Collins. He’ll play a Marine sniper who returns home from Vietnam to find that he’s been shunned by those he loves.

Foxtel has commissioned an Australian version of Maverick‘s Embarrassing Bodies, the health series that tackles obscure medical conditions people are too self-conscious to talk to their doctor about. The series currently airs in more than 100 markets around the world, including Australia on Foxtel’s LifeStyle YOU, with local versions produced in Belgium, Holland, France and now Australia. “Embarrassing Bodies is one of LifeStyle YOU’s most successful properties, so it is a huge win for Foxtel not only to have secured the rights to a local version,” said Hannah Barnes, Foxtel’s Head of Programming and Commissions  LifeStyle Channels. Titled Embarrassing Bodies Down Under, the show will be produced by Shine Australia exclusively for Foxtel’s LifeStyle YOU channel, with production on the series to commence next month.

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Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 5/13-5/17/13 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Judge Judy (CTD)                                             6.7 AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB)                               6.5 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                   6.3 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                                5.8 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                4.6 AA
Family Feud (2/T)                                             4.5 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                           3.5 AA
Family Guy (2/T)                                               3.4 AA
Inside Edition (CTD)                                         3.0 AA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD)                                         2.9 AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 5/13-5/17/13 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
The Big Bang Theory (WB)                               3.4AA
Family Guy (2/T)                                               2.2 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                1.9 AA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                             1.7 AA
Family Feud (2/T)                                             1.6 AA
How I Met Your Mother (2/T)                           1.6 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                   1.3 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                                1.3 AA
King of the Hill (2/T)                                         1.3 AA
Friends (WB)                                                    1.2 AA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                   1.1 AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research

Tuesday A18-49 Analysis:  NBC won the lead among A18-49 viewers on Tuesday with a 2.3/7, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s NBC News: Oklahoma Tornado and FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance tied for first at 8p at 2.0/6, followed by Univision’s Porque El Amor Manda at 1.6/5. At  9p, NBC’s The Voice led at 3.2/9. ABC’s Dancing With the Stars finale placed second at 2.4/7. ABC closed out the night on top at 10p with Dancing With the Stars at 2.9/9. NBC’s Grimm trailed 1.7/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, April 21, 2013  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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ABC: 6.6/11           The Bachelor’s Funniest Moments 3.3/6, Dancing with the Stars 9.8/15

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CBS: 5.1/8      NCIS: Los Angeles [r] 5.1/8, NCIS  [r] 5.2/8,  NCIS  [r] 4.9/8

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NBC: 4.9/8         NBC News: Oklahoma Tornado 5.2/9, The Voice 6.3/10, Grimm 3.3/5

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FOX: 2.8/5           So You Think You Can Dance 2.8/5

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UNI: 2.0/3       Porque El Amor Manda 1.9/3, Amores Verdaderos 2.5/4, Que Bonito Amor 1.7/3

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

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TEL: 1.0/2            Pasion Prohibida 0.7/1, La Patrona 1.1/2, El Senor de los Cielos  1.2/2

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CW: 0.4/1             Vampire Diaries [r] 0.4/1, America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.3/1

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UMA: 0.2/0           Cineplex [7p start] 0.2/0, Heroes Del Norte 0.2/0, Rosario Tijeras 0.1/0

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A18-49: NBC 2.3/7, ABC 2.0/6, FOX 2.0/6, UNI 1.6/5, CBS 1.3/4, TEL 0.9/3, ION 0.4/1, CW 0.3/1, UMA 0.1/0

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Telemundo Area de la Bahia has appointed Juan Miguel Muniz as Vice President of News, effective immediately. Muniz, who last served as Vice President of News at Telemundo Puerto Rico, will be responsible for managing the station’s news operations, including the planning and production of news.

International visual effects, design and content company Gravity has announced that three key creative and production executives from Superfad NY have re-assembled as SCOUT, a new division of Gravity. SCOUT is led by Creative Directors Chace Hartman and Brian Drucker, along with Head of Production Whitney Green.

Campfire, a New York marketing agency, has hired Nick Braccia as Creative Director, effective immediately. Braccia, who previously served as Group Creative Director at G2USA, will be tasked with leading the company’s creative development.

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This Day In History, sponsored by Military Channel: 2005 – During an interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Tom Cruise leapt onto her couch and proclaimed his love for Katie Holmes.  

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Kate Mulgrew starred as Mrs. Columbo in the short-lived Columbo spinoff. Kudos to: Bob Cook-B.C. Entertainment Group, Inc./Orlando, FL; Tom Winiarski-Turner Entertainment Sales/NYC; Barry Schiffer-WJZ-TV/Baltimore, MD; Michael Hochman-MPH Creative Services/Upper Moreland, PA; Will Allmendinger-Captivate/Chicago, IL; Kathryn Kieser-Haworth Marketing and Media/Minneapolis, MN; Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas, TX; Dory Melman Petsrillo-Petry Television/Dallas, TX; Pat Brady-CESD/Los Angeles,CA; Roz Seibold-EDA/Tucson, AZ; Adina Montgomery-Disney/ABC Television Group/Burbank, CA; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment Inc./Los Angeles, CA.

Today’s Trivia Question: What employee on The Office looked forward to coming to work on free pretzel day? (Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.).

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05.23.13

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY MAY 23, 2013

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ABC: Wipe Out, Motive, Rookie Blue [p]
CBS: The Big Bang Theory [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Person of Interest [r], Elementary
CW: The Vampire Diaries, Beauty and the Beast
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen, Does Someone Have to Go? [p]
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
MyTV: White Collar, White Collar
NBC: Save Me [p], Save Me, The Office [r], Parks and Recreation [r], Hannibal
PBS: The This Old House Hour, Frontline, Antiques Roadshow
Telemundo: Pasion Prohibida, La Patrona, El Senor de los Cielos
UMA: El Reino del Fuego,  Los Heroes Del Norte, Sin Ellas no Hay Paraiso
Univision: Porque el Amor Manda, Amores Verdaderos, Que Bonito Amor

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