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10.03.13

Good morning. It’s Thursday, October 3, 2013, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
A&E: Beyond Scared Straight at 10p
ABC: Scandal at 10p
Animal Planet: North Woods Law at 10p
CBS: The Millers at 8:30p
CNBC: America Greed: The Fugitives at 10p
CW: Vampire Diaries at 8p, The Originals at 9p
E!: Society X With Laura Ling at 10p
NBC: Welcome to the Family at 8:30p, Sean Saves the World at 9p
NUVOtv: A Step Away at 10p
PBS: This Old House Hour at 8p

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Reality TV is the new comfort food, reports TruthCo. Based on research for its just-released seventh “Truth Culture Decoder: Reinventing Reality” edition, the brand consultant says reality TV has moved from “exploitative freak shows” to a more conservative phase defined by family bonds. “Duck Dynasty rules as a kind of Waltons-style family show,” says TruthCo. president Linda Ong, “assuring viewers family is the only institution we can trust.”

CBS got the biggest haul at the 34th annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Tuesday night with 12 trophies, six of which went to the net’s 60 Minutes. PBS won nine awards, HBO took home six, CNN had three, National Geographic Channel and NBC each earned two. ABC nabbed one.

Take that, Twitter: This week, Facebook started providing data to the major networks about actions on its site, including likes, comments and shares about television episodes, to try and attract more TV advertisers. Data is collected anonymously and shown in aggregate to protect users’ privacy.

Wilfred was renewed for a fourth season, moving from FX to younger-skewing FXX for a final ten episodes in 2014. According to Variety, FX president John Landgraf wanted to give the show enough notice to tie up storylines.

A Director’s Guild of America report released yesterday said almost three quarters of primetime TV directors in the 2012-13 season were Caucasian males. Caucasian females accounted for 12 percent of the group, minority males 13 percent and minority females 2 percent – down from 4 percent the year before.

ABC has renewed summer series Motive. The Bell Media crime drama ended its first season on August 29.

Outdoor Channel is prepping for hunting season with its “Gear Up and Go” sweepstakes, in partnership with Dick’s Sporting Goods. Prizes include trips and apparel and accessories from Outdoor advertisers. Dick’s is also the sponsor for the net’s 4Q Friday night programming block.

Travel and lifestyle series Raw Travel will debut in almost 78 million homes this weekend, October 5 and 6, announced producer/distributor AIM TV. The half hour weekly show “illustrates the raw and often unglamorous reality of independent travel.”

Bravo‘s Top Chef has four on-screen integrated sponsors for season eleven: Toyota is returning, joined now by Kraft Foods, Chase Sapphire Preferred and Cigna. Integration elements include viewers voting on the best dish made with Kraft cream cheese, and Chase cardholders being given the opportunity to redeem points to attend the Top Chef Restaurant Wars episode. Series airs Wednesdays at 10p.

With SAG-AFTRA TV and theatrical contracts set to expire June 30, 2014, the union announced it will begin working on proposals for negotiations with studios and networks on January 27, 2014.
 
NBC has canceled summer series Camp. The September 11 finale drew 3.2 million viewers.

Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston narrates H2‘s upcoming Big History. The 10-hour series, produced in collaboration with free online course Big History Project, from Professor David Christian and Bill Gates, attempts to show how different disciplines are interconnected. Series debuts Saturday, November 2 at 10p.

Fox issued a series order for Mulaney (working title), from former SNL writer John Mulaney and Lorne Michaels. The comedy, starring Martin Short and Mulaney, was originally developed at NBC, where it was denied a series commitment.

Turner‘s new multi-platform health and wellness entertainment brand upwave (“Live life on the up”) will debut three series during its branded primetime programming block on HLN starting Sunday, December 1. Culinary competition Cook Your A– Off will air at 7p, followed by The Tim Ferriss Experiment at 8p and The Dose with Dr. Billy at 8:30p.

Spike TV has greenlit Frankenfood, a cooking competition featuring unusual fare. Spike TV’s first food-related series, the Sharp Entertainment production will premiere in spring 2014.

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Bob Newhart will reprise his Emmy-winning role, Professor Proton, on CBS‘s The Big Bang Theory. Bill “The Science Guy” Nye, who just exited ABC‘s Dancing With the Stars, is along for the ride, playing Proton’s rival. Episode airs Thursday, November 7 at 8p.

Amber Tamblyn‘s five-ep arc on CBS’s Two and a Half Men has turned into a regular gig, reports Deadline. Season eleven of the sitcom airs Thursdays at 9:30p.

David Tennant (Dr. Who) has been cast Detective Inspector Alec Hardy in the Fox event series adaptation of Broadchurch. Tennant also played the role in season one of BBC America‘s hit U.K. version (casting for season two hasn’t been announced). Tennant will use an American accent for the U.S. version, expected to air during the 2014-2015 season.

Julie White (Go On) will have a major recurring role on season six of Showtime‘s Nurse Jackie. White will play an AA sponsor for Jackie (Edie Falco) when the series returns in 2014.

David Harewood (Homeland) has been cast in HBO pilot, The Money, about a powerful media mogul, says the Hollywood Reporter.

Kevin James inked a deal with Lionsgate to develop projects for movies and television, including a sitcom the King of Queens alum will star in and exec produce.

Keshet International and DC Media, parent company of dick clark productions, have formed joint venture Keshet DCP to develop and finance unscripted programs for English and Spanish-speaking audiences. One of the first out of the gate will be interactive format Rising Star, a live talent show incorporating real-time voting by viewers via an app fully integrated into the show. The competition broke records in Israel this week on Keshet Channel 2, with a 49.4 percent HH share.

SNL alum Will Forte snagged a pilot production commitment from Fox for The Last Man On Earth. The sitcom, from Lord Miller, is about two strangers who have to get along to save the human race.

Turner Broadcasting System and Verizon announced a long-term distribution agreement Wednesday, giving FiOS TV’s five million-plus subscribers on-demand programming and live streaming of all major Turner networks, with easier access to authenticated content.

Entertainment One acquired U.S. and international distribution rights for to travel-focused reality shows from Buck Productions. Project Guatemala follows spoiled young adults who think they’re headed for a luxury vacation but end up volunteering in a poverty-stricken area instead. Our Family Vacation tracks two family trips, including canceled flights and out-of-control parties, shot entirely by the families themselves.

BBC America is planning a global simulcast to celebrate Dr. Who’s 50th anniversary on November 23. The Day of the Doctor will be broadcast simultaneously to millions of viewers in countries including Canada, Brazil and the U.K.

Courtroom series Paternity Court increased 60 percent an A25-54 over its premiere week, “largely due to strong social media and word of mouth,” says John Bryan, President, Domestic Television Distribution for MGM Television. What makes it stand out from the court show crowd? “Watching that level of emotion is appealing and contagious,” Bryan tells Cynopsis.

The guys have it: Excluding its smash debut, week 2 of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. delivered ABC‘s highest A18-49 rating (3.3/10) for Tuesday 8-9p in two years, and ranked as Tuesday’s top show in all key male demos. Still, the show was down about a third from its premiere. The entire lineup saw double-digit dips, with freshman series Lucky 7 plummeting to a .7/2 in the demo.

S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn’t fend off CBS‘s NCIS, which notched 3.5/11 in the Nielsens and an evening-high 20 million viewers for the final appearance of popular cast member Cote de Pablo.

NBC was the only net on Tuesday to skirt big rating declines. Both two-hour The Voice (4.5/13) and newbie Chicago Fire (2.6/8) held steady.

CNN‘s New Day is looking brighter. After a bumpy start, the morning news show, launched in June, grew 29 percent in total viewers year-to-year, to 303,000, and 15 percent in A25-54, to 107,000.

Top 13 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 9/23-9/27/13 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 9/23-9/27/13 ranked in order by HH Rtg

Source: Nielsen Media Research

Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers with 3.9/11, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s The Voice drew 3.8/12 at 8p, followed by CBS’s NCIS with 3.5/11. The Voice grew louder in the 9p hour, averaging 5.1/14 versus a 2.7/7 for CBS’s NCIS: Los Angeles. At 10p NBC continued its streak, earning 2.6/8 for Chicago Fire followed by 2.1/6 for CBS’s Person of Interest.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 – time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

A18-49:  NBC 3.9/11, CBS 2.8/8, ABC 1.9/6, FOX 1.5/4, UNI 1.4/4, ION .5/1. CW .4/1, TELE .4/1, UMA .4/1

CBS Corporation upped John Orlando to Executive Vice President of Government Affairs. Before joining CBS in 2006, Orlando had been head of the National Association of Broadcasters’ Government Relations department.

Steven Polster has been hired to serve as CEO of Rights Trade, signaling the company’s intention to become a big player in the online marketplace for film and television rights. Polster had been responsible for international licensing and distribution at Miramax.

A&E Networks UK appointed Christian Hoyer its Regional Director, Nordic Distribution. Hoyer had been Nordic Sales Director of Distribution for Discovery Networks Nordic.

Matt Sprouse was upped to Vice President of Jupiter Entertainment. Sprouse had been Executive in Charge.

Alex Hoehn-Saric will join Charter Communications as Senior Vice President, Government Affairs. Hoehn-Saric was a policy director for FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel.

Kathryn Porter has been promoted to Vice President of Production at Hoff Productions. Porter joined Hoff in 2003 as Operations Manager.

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This Day In History sponsored by Military Channel: 1872 – Bloomingdale’s opened in NYC. 

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What was the name of Phoebe’s twin sister on Friends (1994-2004), and on which NBC sitcom was she introduced? Ursula first appeared on Mad About You (1992-1999). Kudos to: Eric Emeric-AMC Networks/NYC, Christie Maple-DeVries Global/NYC, Tom Veltre-The Really Interesting Picture Co./NYC, Joel Maxwell/NYC, Lauren Grady-Mercury Werks/Dallas, David Williams-CTV/Knoxville, Andi Leston-Sportsman Channel/New Berlin, WI, Lisa Fikeys-Zimmerman/Chicago, Nicole Sherwood-CTV/Chicago, Tom Boyd-WGN/Chicago, Todd Schliewen-WOAI/San Antonio, Bryan Wallace-HKS/Dallas, Lilian Lemer-MyMac Productions/Venice, CA, Peter Steckelman-The Tennis Channel/Santa Monica, CA, Dan Dise-OMG/Burbank, JK Barrow-HooHoo Productions/Burbank.

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY OCTOBER 3, 2013

ABC: Scandal, Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal [p]
CBS: The Big Bang Theory, The Millers [p], The Crazy Ones, Two and a Half Men, Elementary 
CW: The Vampire Diaries [p], The Originals [r]
FOX: The X Factor, Glee
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds 
MyTV: House, House
NBC: Parks and Recreation, Welcome to the Family [p], Sean Saves the World [p], The Michael J. Fox Show, Parenthood
PBS: The This Old House Hour [p], Call the Midwife[r], Antiques Roadshow [r]
Telemundo: Dama y obrero, Marido en Alquiler, Santa Diabla
UMA: Marea Roja, La Seleccion, La Madame
Univision: Porque el Amor Manda, La Tempestad, Que Bonito Amor

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