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09.05.13
Good morning. It’s Thursday, September 5, 2013, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ID: Double Cross at 9p, Forbidden at 10p
NatGeo: Yukon Gold at 7p
OWN: The Customer Is Always Right? at 10p
WeTV: Tamar and Vince at 9p
Tonight’s Finales:
FX: Wilfred at 10p
GAC: Farm Kings at 9p
Showtime may be fretting about its Homeland season 3 premiere leaking online, but ABC has a different strategy – purposely making three of its new series available ahead of their broadcast launches. The net is premiering The Goldbergs, Trophy Wife and Back in the Game on demand via watchABC.com, and the watchABC app for smart phone and tablets, through Tuesday, September 17. Broadcast bows aren’t until Tuesday, September 24 for Goldbergs and Wife (9p and 9:30p) and Wednesday, September 25 at 8:30p for Game.
In a Wednesday appearance, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves confirmed on CNBC that digital rights played a big part in the dispute with Time Warner Cable that led to a month-long blackout for over three million TWC subscribers. “One of the things we were fighting for is the ability to slice and dice our content all over the place,” said Moonves. “To put it on Netflix, to put it on Amazon, to let people binge view.”
MTV announced launch dates for two new docu-series designed to appeal to millennials. Big Tips Texas, from Breitenbach Creative + Media, explores the lives of waitresses in a Texas bar trying to make their dreams a reality, while Never Nominated‘s Scrubbing In follows twentysomething nurses who relocate to California. Tips debuts Wednesday, October 9 at 10p; Scrubbing bows Thursday, October 24 at 10p.
HBO has nabbed U.S. TV rights for Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus from documentary filmmaker Madeline Sackler (The Lottery). “After working on this film in secret because of censorship in Belarus,” said Sackler, “we are very excited to be sharing it with audiences on HBO.” Movie premieres Sunday, September 8 at the Toronto Film Festival.
Premium entertainment net Epix is launching a series, Personal with Bill Rhoden, featuring intimate interviews with athletes and sports enthusiasts. Co-exec producer is Seth G. Abraham. Series, produced by Starship SA, LLC, premieres in early 2014.
Season two of Farm Kings wraps tonight. GAC‘s highest rated non-music show, the docu-series owes its popularity to the fact that, “This is a real show about the ups and downs of hard workers in a tough, competitive climate,” Sarah Trahern, GM of the net, tells Cynopsis. Finale airs at 9p.
Presenters for the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards include Heidi Klum (Project Runway), Mark Burnett and Roma Downey (The Bible), Joelle Carter (Justified), Neil Patrick Harris (host of CBS‘s live Emmys show on September 22) and Yeardley Smith (The Simpsons). Awards will be handed out on Sunday September 15 in LA, with a two-hour edited show airing Saturday, September 21 at 9p on FXX.
AMC is partnering with U of California, Irvine and tech firm Infrastructure for a free, eight-week online course called “Society, Science, Survival: Lessons From AMC’s The Walking Dead.” Classes will explore “scholarly topics through the lens of a hypothetical zombie apocalypse,” starting Monday, October 14 at www.canvas.net/TWD. The Walking Dead was the top-rated entertainment show in A18-49 last season.
HBO has renewed drama The Newsroom, according to its Emmy-nominated star. “It’s official. #Newsroom is coming back for a Season 3,” tweeted Jeff Daniels on Tuesday. Series averaged 2 million viewers.
Jodie Foster is directing a season two ep of Netflix drama House of Cards, reports Vulture. The Oscar winner also directed an episode of Orange Is the New Black for the streaming service.
Blue, starring Julia Stiles (The Bourne Ultimatum) as a single mom/secret escort, is in production for season three on YouTube channel WIGS. Eric Stoltz (Mask) will join the cast, as well as Stiles’ real-life sister, Jane O’Hara (Law & Order) playing her on-screen sib. The top scripted drama on YouTube, with over 26 million views, Blue also became available on Hulu.com in June.
When Style brings back Jerseylicious for a sixth season, the gang will journey outside the salon to soak up sun in Asbury Park. It appears they’ll have an eager audience – wedding pics of the show’s Tracy and Corey got over a million page views on StyleNetwork.com, according to Omniture. Series returns Sunday, October 6 at 8p.
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Dancing With the Stars has twelve new celebs ready to salsa. Valerie Harper, Leah Remini (King of Queens), Jack Osbourne (media personality/son of Ozzy), NFL’s Keyshawn Johnson, Nicole Polizzi (Jersey Shore), singer Christina Milan, Amber Riley (Glee), Elizabeth Berkley Lauren (Saved By the Bell), comedian Bill Engvall, Disney‘s Corbin Bleu, Brant Daugherty (Pretty Little Liars) and “Science Guy” Bill Nye will all be on hand for season 17 of the BBC Productions competition, premiering Monday, September 16 at 8p on ABC.
Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills, 90210) will play a casino mogul on the 300th ep of CSI. Former cast member Marg Helgenberger will also guest. The CBS procedural returns for season 14 on Wednesday, September 24 at 9p.
Cop drama Motive has added Warren Christie (Alphas) to its season two cast as the homicide department team commander. The Canadian series from Foundation Features and Lark Productions airs on ABC, where it wrapped up season one on August 30, and CTV in Canada.
Graham McTavish (24) and Gary Lewis (Billy Elliot) have been cast in upcoming Starz drama Outlander. Series begins filming in Scotland this fall, for a 2014 premiere.
REELZ has become a co-production and equity partner in OK! TV. The upcoming entertainment news show comes from American Media, home of tabs National Enquirer and Star, and producer Unconventional Partners. Reelz CEO Stan Hubbard says AMI “will work with us to build a multi-platform entertainment experience for our viewers.” Show premieres Monday, September 9.
~ PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT ~
Fox has handed a script commitment to Ellen DeGeneres‘ A Very Good Production and Warner Bros TV for a sitcom based on the life of syndicated TV’s Judge Greg Mathis. The show is about a judge who rose from the streets to turn his life around.
Damaged Goods earned a pilot commitment with penalty from ABC. Lauren Iungerich (Awkward) will exec produce and write the pilot; Warner Bros will produce.
Sitcom Here’s Your Damn Family has sold to Fox with penalty. The sitcom from Warner Bros centers on a thirtysomething man living at home whose world falls apart when his mom gets married.
FremantleMedia grabbed international format rights for hit Irish reality series Genealogy Roadshow. The series, from Big Mountain Productions, digs into family secrets to help people find their place in history. “The format has just hit a nerve,” said Philip McGovern, Big Mountain CEO. “Everyone wants answers.”
Fox Television Studios has partnered with Netherlands-based Eyeworks Group to jointly develop scripted programming for both the U.S. and international markets, from Scandinavian writers. The deal allows the companies, who collaborated on The Killing for AMC, to develop stories with international appeal from the idea stage, and give FTVS “access to gifted writers with fresh voices who are outside the traditional realm of Hollywood,” said Fox studio president David Madden.
Cable net WGN America has ordered Manhattan, a drama about building the first atomic bomb. The show, to be produced by Skydance Television, Tribune Studios and Lionsgate Television, will premiere in summer 2014.
Alcon Television Group acquired rights to The Expanse, a best-selling series about the discovery of alien life.
Munich-based Red Arrow Intl. acquired worldwide rights to Australia’s format House Rules from Seven Network. In the renovation-themed hit reality show, renewed for a sophomore season Down Under, couples compete to have their mortgages paid off. Adding a “killer twist to the makeover genre” accounts for the show’s appeal, said Henrik Pabst, format acquisitions SVP at Red Arrow.
Distributor GRB announced it has sold more than 100 hours of programming in Australia. Deals include American Greed and Gothic Killer to Foxtel, and Great White Highway and Full Force Nature to Discovery Australia.
Toronto-based 9 Story Entertainment has sold prank reality show Extreme Babysitting to Nickelodeon UK. Show is produced by General Purpose Pictures.
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America’s Got Talent topped the broadcast ratings chart Tuesday night, drawing 2.3 A18-49 for NBC and helping the net average 1.9 in the demo and 7.1 million viewers for the night, per Nielsen fast nationals. Univision’s telenovela lineup came in second in A18-49 with a 1.6 rating and 3.8 million viewers.
The Tuesday finale of OWN‘s Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots broke the net’s ratings records. With 2.6 million viewers and 2.21 million W25-54, it was the top telecast across all key measures. Series returns in January 2014.
Jon Stewart had more than 2 million viewers welcome him back to The Daily Show Tuesday night after a lengthy summer break. That’s 22 percent better than Stewart-hosted eps have averaged this year.
The fourth season summer finale of teen drama Pretty Little Liars on Tuesday night was ABC Family‘s top-rated telecast of all time in A18-34 (2.1 million/3.1 rating) and W18-49 (2.3 million/3.5 rating), in Live +3. The finale was also the most tweeted series telecast ever, collecting 1.9 million tweets.
Season three of TV Land‘s The Exes, which wrapped August 28, was its highest-rated ever. The sitcom averaged over 1.4 million total viewers, per Nielsen, up 20 percent from season two, and scored .7 with A25-54, up 21 percent versus its second season. The show has been picked up for another ten eps.
Top Ten Ad-Supported Basic Cable Network Performance among Total Viewers for the week of: 8/26/-9/01/13
Primetime |
(000) |
Total Prm Day |
(000) |
ESPN |
2507 |
NICK |
1758 |
USA |
2397 |
DSNY |
1540 |
DSNY |
2136 |
ADSM* |
1350 |
A&E |
1970 |
ESPN |
1207 |
TNT |
1898 |
TNT |
1135 |
TBSC |
1854 |
USA |
1114 |
HIST |
1818 |
NAN* |
1086 |
ADSM |
1589 |
TOON |
1061 |
FOXN |
1588 |
FOXN |
1043 |
FX |
1211 |
HIST |
863 |
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data.
All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 114,600,000 homes.
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day.
Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen data stream; Preliminary: Live+SD. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8P-11P and Sun 7P-11P. Total day is Mon-Sun 6A-6A for household and demographic performance.
Top Ten Ad-Supported Basic Cable Network Performance among A18-49 for the week of: 8/26-9/01/13
Primetime |
(000) |
Total Prm Day |
(000) |
ESPN |
1117 |
ADSM* |
830 |
TBSC |
1009 |
ESPN |
674 |
USA |
886 |
NICK |
500 |
ADSM |
850 |
NAN* |
491 |
A&E |
789 |
TNT |
422 |
HIST |
647 |
TBSC |
416 |
TNT |
605 |
USA |
413 |
FX |
600 |
FX |
350 |
MTV |
568 |
TOON |
350 |
CMDY |
471 |
A&E |
329 |
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data.
All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 114,600,000 homes.
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day.
Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen data stream; Preliminary: Live+SD. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8P-11P and Sun 7P-11P. Total day is Mon-Sun 6A-6A for household and demographic performance.
Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 8/26-9/01/13
A&E |
Duck Dynasty (Wed 10p) |
56190 |
AMC |
Breaking Bad |
2767 |
ESPN |
Virginia Tech/Alabama |
2609 |
ESPN |
Rice/Texas |
2175 |
ESPN |
Sportscenter |
2124 |
USA |
WWE Entertainment (Mon 10p) |
1982 |
A&E |
Duck Dynasty (Wed 9:30p) |
1974 |
USA |
WWE Entertainment (Mon 9p) |
1903 |
ESPN |
NASCAR Sprint Cup |
1901 |
A&E |
Modern Dads |
1892 |
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 114,600,000 home; Ranked by Delivery (000); Preliminary: Live+SD
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 8/19/13-8/23/13 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Big Bang Theory (WB) |
6.3 AA |
Judge Judy (CTD) |
6.2AA |
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) |
5.7 AA |
Jeopardy ICTD) |
4.9 AA |
Family Feud (2/T) |
4.5 AA |
Two and a Half Men (WB) |
4.3 AA |
Family Guy (2/T) |
3.4 AA |
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) |
3.2 AA |
Dr. Phil Show (CTD) |
2.7 AA |
Law & Order: CI |
2.7 AA |
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 8/19/13-8/23/13 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
Big Bang Theory (WB) |
3.4 AA |
Family Guy (2/T) |
2.4 AA |
Two and a Half Men (WB) |
1.9 AA |
How I Met Your Mother (2/T) |
1.6 AA |
Family Feud (2/T) |
1.6 AA |
King of the Hill (2/T) |
1.5 AA |
Judge Judy (CTD) |
1.4 AA |
Friends (WB) |
1.3 AA |
Seinfeld (SPT) |
1.2 AA |
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) |
1.2 AA |
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating and (000) for the week of August 26, 2013
ABC |
Saturday Night Football |
3.1 |
3923 |
CBS |
Under the Dome |
2.5 |
3201 |
FOX |
MasterChef Wed |
2.4 |
3102 |
NBC |
America’s Got Talent Wed |
2.2 |
2766 |
NBC |
America’s got Talent Tues |
2.2 |
2807 |
FOX |
MasterChef Wed |
2.1 |
2657 |
CBS |
Big Brother Wed |
2.1 |
2621 |
CBS |
Big Brother Sun |
1.8 |
2338 |
CBS |
Big Brother Thurs |
1.8 |
2270 |
NBC |
American Ninja Warriors |
1.7 |
2165 |
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data
Broadcast Evening News Weekly Average Ratings (week of August 26, 2013)
NBC: 7.62 million total viewers; 1.6/6 and 1.88 million A25-54
ABC: 7.10 million total viewers; 1.5/6 and 1.79 million A25-54
CBS: 6.32 million total viewers; 1.3/5 and 1.53 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD
Monday A18-49 Analysis: CBS won the most A18-49 viewers with 1.7/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. The first hour of NBC’s American Ninja Warriors topped the 8p hour with 1.7/5, followed by 1.6/5 for Univision’s Porque al Amor Manda. Warriors also won the 9p battle, with 2.0/5 versus 1.4/4 for ABC’s Mistresses. At 10p CBS stepped in, racking up 2.7/8 for Under the Dome, followed by the 1.1/3 Univision drew for Que Bonito Amor.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, September 2, 2013 – time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS |
4.3/7 |
How I Met Your Mother [r] 2.6/4, Mike & Molly [r] 2.6/4, 2 Broke Girls [r] 3.3/5, Mike & Molly [r] 3.8/6, Under the Dome 6.7/11 |
ABC |
2.8/5 |
Shark Tank [r] 3.1/5, Mistresses 2.7/4, Castle [r] 2.6/4 |
NBC |
2.4/4 |
American Ninja Warrior 3.0/5, Siberia 1.1/2 |
UNI |
1.7/3 |
Porque el Amor Manda 2.0/3, Tempestad 1.6/3, Que Bonito Amor 1.6/3 |
ION |
1.3/2 |
Criminal Minds [r] 1.3/2, Criminal Minds [r] 1.4/2, Criminal Minds [r] 1.3/2 |
FOX |
1.0/2 |
Raising Hope [r] 1.1/2, Raising Hope [r] 1.0/2, New Girl [r] 1.0/2, Mindy Project [r] .9/1 |
TELE |
.7/1 |
Dama y Obrero .6/1, Marido en Alquiler .8/1, Santa Diabla .7/1 |
UMA |
.5/1 |
Futbol .3/1, Liga MX .6/1 |
CW |
.4/1 |
Hart of Dixie [r] .4/1, Breaking Pointe .3/1 |
A18-49: CBS 1.7/5, NBC 1.4/4, UNI 1.4/3, ABC 1.1/3, FOX .6/2, ION .6/2, TELE .5/1, UMA .4/2, CW .2/1
Sunday A18-49 Analysis: CBS grabbed the most A18-49 viewers with 1.1/4, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. At 7p, CBS drew 1.0/4 for 60 Minutes, trailed by .6/3 for a Fox American Dad/Simpsons combo. Big Brother scored 1.8/7 for CBS at 8p, versus .9/4 for Fox comedies Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers. Univision took the lead at 9p with 1.1/4 for Parodiando 2, edging past a 1.1/3 for Fox’s Family Guy set. NBC got the last laugh at 10p, with a 1.0/3 for TV’s Funniest of Funnies outscoring the .8/3 CBS earned for The Mentalist.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, September 1, 2013 – time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS |
4.2/8 |
60 Minutes [r] 5.5/11, Big Brother 3.7/7, Unforgettable 4.4/8, The Mentalist [r] 3.3/6 |
ABC |
2.0/4 |
ABC Fall Preview 1.5/3, Secret Millionaire 2.4/5 |
NBC |
1.9/4 |
America’s Got Talent 1.4/3, TV’s Funniest of Funniests 2.4/4 |
FOX |
1.2/2 |
American Dad [r] .8/2, Simpsons [r] 1.1/2, Simpsons [r] 1.4/3, Bob’s Burgers [r] 1.1/2, Family Guy [r] 1.3/2, Family Guy [r] 1.4/2 |
UNI |
1.2/2 |
Aqui Ahora .9/2, Parodiando 2 1.5/3, Sal y Pimienta 1.3/2 |
ION |
.6/1 |
Law & Order:CSI [r] .5/1, Law & Order:CSI [r] .6/1, Law & Order: CSI [r] .6/1, Law & Order: CSI [r] .7/1 |
TELE |
.6/1 |
Cine Millionario .4/1, Cinema Millionario II .7/1 |
UMA |
.4/0 |
Madame, LA .2/0, Madame, LA .2/0, Madame, LA .2/0 |
A18-49: CBS 1.1/4, FOX .9/3, UNI .7/2, ABC .6/2, TELE .5/2, UNI .2/a, UMA .1/0
Saturday A18-49 Analysis: ABC grabbed the most A18-49 viewers Saturday night, scoring tops in every hour with college football. ABC knocked down the competition at 8p with 2.5/10 versus .7/2 for NBC’s American Ninja Warrior. The net drew a 3.3/12 at 9p, to beat a .7/3 for Univision’s Sabado Gigante. At 10p, the closest to tackle ABC’s 3.2/11 was a .9/3 for CBSs 48 Hours.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, August 31, 2013 – time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
ABC |
4.6/9 |
Pre-game 3.1/6, Saturday Night Football 4.8/9 |
CBS |
2.7/5 |
Mike & Molly [r] 1.6/3, Two and a Half Men [r] 1.6/3, 48 Hours [r] 2.9/5, 48 Hours [r] 3.7/7 |
FOX |
1.3/2 |
Cops [r] 1.2/3, Cops [r] 1.4/3, Bones [r] 1.2/2 |
UNI |
1.2/2 |
Sabada Gigante 1.2/2 |
NBC |
1.1/2 |
American Ninja Warriors 1.2/2, Do No Harm 1.0/2 |
ION |
.5/1 |
Monk [r] .5/1, Monk [r] .5/1, Monk [r] .6/1 |
TELE |
.3/1 |
Cine de Impacto .3/1 |
UMA |
.3/1 |
Cineplex .3/1 |
A18-49: ABC 3/11, UNI .7/2, CBS .6/2, NBC .6/2, FOX .5/2, UMA .3/1, TELE .2/1, ION .1/1
JoAnn Alfano has been tapped by NBCU International Television Production as Executive Vice President, Scripted Programming. Alfano, who starts in October, will oversee the development and production of scripted programming and manage the division’s partnerships with Working Title Television and Lark Productions. Previously, Alfano was President of Television at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Robert Blair and Jim Brehm have been promoted to Executive Vice President, Warner Bros International Television Distribution. David Decker has been bumped up to Executive Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs. Previously, Blair was SVP, Northern Europe, Middle East and Africa; Brehm was SVP, Sales in Canada, Asia Pacific and Latin America, and Decker served as EVP, Business and Legal Affairs in the company’s domestic operations.
MGM‘s Michael Brown has been upped to Executive Vice President Worldwide Marketing, from EVP Marketing. In Brown’s new position he adds film marketing to his duties overseeing TV and home entertainment.
Ryan Seacrest Productions has named Jason Sarlanis its Senior Vice President of Development and Vanessa Grunstein the Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs. Sarlanis was an original programming exec at E!, where he helped launch franchises like Keeping Up with the Kardashians (a Seacrest production). Grunstein joins the company after serving as Director of Business Affairs at NBCUniversal.
Temple Street Productions has appointed Carlos Pacheco as Director, Partnerships at Boat Rockers Studios, located in Toronto. Before joining Boat Rockers, Pacheco was Digital Director at Just For Laughs.
Joanna Webb joins Canadian producer and distributor Shaftesbury as Senior Vice President, Content Strategy. She most recently served as Managing Director of Mojojo Media.
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JOB OPENING: AD SALES EXEC/Captivate Network/LA: Min 3 yrs media sales in SCA or NCA. Need current contacts, ability to get client/agency meetings and drive revenue. Apply: HERE (9/11)
JOB OPENING: BROADCAST EXEC: Brdcst group dvlpng interactive shows seeks exec well-versed in social TV ecosystem w/5+ yrs of digital exp. Applicants should be exp’d building/mktg multi-screen experiences. Resume: [email protected] (9/10)
JOB OPENING: LOG EDITOR/REVOLT TV/LA: BA req’d. 2 yrs exp in TV ops & traffic pref’d. Mng on-air program log, playlist delivery & reconciliation. Exp with Wide Orbit a + Send resumes to: [email protected] (9/10)
JOB OPENING: ASSC. DIRECTOR OF ON-AIR PROMOTIONS/Atlanta, GA: Manage on-air promotions, drop-ins, live studio reads, handle promotion schedules. Req’d: Min 7 yrs exp, Wide Orbit/AVID Media Composer exp. Apply: http://goo.gl/ald535 (9/10)
JOB OPENING: VP OF NON FICTION PROG/LIFETIME/LA: More info/apply. https://secure.sterlingdirect.com/jobboard/Default.aspx?JOBBOARDID=618&JobDetail=170977 (9/10)
JOB OPENING: NON-LINEAR VIDEO EDITOR/Sportsman Channel/WI or NY: Seeking highly creative Final Cut/Premiere editor. 3+ yrs exp in brdcst/cbl or agency editorial exp. Apply: www.thesportsmanchannel.com (9/10)
JOB OPENING: MANAGER, (FREELANCE) INTEGRATED/truTV/NYC: Development & execution of integrated advertiser marketing solutions across all platforms. 3-5 yrs, solid linear & digital ad sales exp. Resume: [email protected] (9/10)
JOB OPENING: SR WRITER/PROD-ON-AIR PROMOS/YES Network/Stamford CT: 5 yrs exp. Highly-motivated sports enthusiast to dvlp concepts; prod spots/topicals; promotion; sales & mktg materials; oversee all pre/post prod. Res: HERE (9/10)
JOB OPENING: VP RETAIL SALES/NICKELODEON/Bentonville AR: Resp for overall bus. at Walmart & Sam’s to maximize revs. Work w/key licens’g partners. 10+ yrs exp retail sales, retail promos mktg or classic mktg. Details/apply: HERE (9/10)
JOB OPENING: DIG. INTERACTIVE MGR/WZTV/Nashville: ensure that all digital objectives, incl’g Internet & Mobile, maintain or exceed co. rev growth goals. 3+ yrs media sales exp, w/dig. media strongly pref’d. Full info/apply: HERE (9/10)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, SOCIAL MEDIA/LA: Oversee FX Networks social media presence & manage social media team on multiple services. Oversee development of content and applications. 6+ yrs media exp. Apply: http://goo.gl/JT5ppz (9/6)
JOB OPENING: SR RSRCH ANALYST/ESPN/NYC: Will report, track & provide analysis of nat’l & local TV ratings data for the ESPN networks and ESPN on ABC, as well as competitors. Min 1 year exp. Full info/apply: HERE (9/6)
JOB OPENING: VP, REMOTE OPS &ENGINEERING/CBS SPORTS/NY: Manage operations and engineering for remote events. 10+ yrs remote broadcast engineering exp. Apply
www.cbscorporation.com/careers ID 15827BR (9/6)
JOB OPENING: DIR, DEVEL/Discovery/MD or NY: Powerhouse devel mind to create/conceptualize high caliber Discovery Channel series/specials/stunts. Hip to trends in male genre nonfic space. Proven track record @prod comp req’d. HERE (9/6)
JOB OPENING: SALES RESEARCH MANAGER/NYC: Manage sales research for USA. Expertise in Explorer, TVToolbox, Simmons/MRI, Excel, ppt. 4+ years research exp. Apply online HERE (9/6)
JOB OPENING: MGR MEDIA OPTIMIZATION (SR ANALYST +)/Weather Channel/NYC: Work w/advrtsng sales & pricing/plan’g leadership to dvlp new commercial optmztion methods leveraging new tech/data insights. 5 yrs media exp sales plan’g & media math. Resume: HERE (9/6)
JOB OPENING: MGR, CONSUMER MKTG/Nickelodeon/NYC: Support Dir in dvlpmnt of mktg launch plans from initial series positioning through prod. Agency acct exp pref’d. 5 yrs of relevant media exp. Full info/apply HERE (9/6)
JOB OPENING: PACKAGE/SEGMENT PRODUCER/Atlanta: Create, develop story ideas from conception to air including writing, coordination of assets, booking guests & overseeing all aspects of production. Resumes to [email protected] (9/6)
EXPERT SERVICES ADS: These ads are for companies or people who offer an expertise in the field of media by way of production, voice over artistry, writing, set development, etc. For information on rates and specs for posting an Expertise Service ad email Trish at [email protected]
INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always posted for free, and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected].
FALL /SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: PRODUCTION INTERN: Assist with all aspects of hit TV series entering its third season. Intern will be on location on a farm while filming in the Pittsburgh suburb. Immediate start. Resume: [email protected] (9/12)
FALL INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Creative Services, NY: Asst w/all aspects of on-air promo prod. FT M-F needed, prior internship in Creative Services is a +. Must be enrolled in school – Jr/Sr & Grad students eligible. Resume: [email protected] (9/9)
SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED… There is no charge for placing your Situation Wanted ad… for more information contact Trish Pihonak at [email protected].
SITUATION WANTED: SPORTS AND EVENT MARKETING EXPERT: Corporate Sponsorships, Event Activation and Retail Marketing programs for Fortune 500 brands; 3+ years w/Sports Agencies and Professional Teams; MBA; Contact: [email protected] (9/12)
SITUATION WANTED: Emmy-nominated TV Host. Experienced Producer & Writer available for Hosting & Reporting. Agency Represented. See juliandujarric.wix.com/JulianDujarric for resume, bio, and reel. Contact: [email protected] (9/11)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
ABC: Wipeout, Rookie Blue
CBS: The Big Bang Theory [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Big Brother, Elementary [r]
CW: The Vampire Diaries [r], America’s Next Top Model [r]
FOX: Glee [r], New Girl [r], The Mindy Project [r]
ION: Criminal Minds [r], Criminal Minds [r], Criminal Minds [r]
MyTV: White Collar [r], White Collar [r]
NBC: Football Night in America, NFL Football
PBS: The This Old House Hour, The National Parks
Telemundo: Dama y obrero, Marido en Alquiler, Santa Diabla
UMA: El Guardian de la Paz, La Seleccion, La Madame
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