A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

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Cynopsis
08.21.12

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 21, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premiere:
Syfy: Face Off at 9p

Tonight’s Finales:
DIY Network: Holmes on Homes at 8p
HGTV: Design Star All Stars at 9p

Beginning September 4, LIVE! with Kelly will unveil who will be Kelly Ripa’s new co-host.  Ripa has been leading the show along with 59 different guest co-hosts since the departure of the show’s longtime host Regis Philbin on November 18, 2011.  LIVE! with Kelly begins a new season on September 3 and is distributed in national syndication by Disney-ABC Domestic Television and is produced by WABC-TV in New York.

National music television network, Fuse, part of The Madison Square Garden Company, will debut new half-hour comedy Off Beat September 14 at 10p.  This weekly original program hosted by comedian Mike E. Winfield and featuring Mal Hall as Winfield’s sidekick, presents over-the-top music-themed online videos and viewer-created clips.  Off Beat consists of 12 episodes which will air through November.  FishBowl Worldwide Media produces the show.

Food Network’s Jeff Mauro, star of Sandwich King will also be seen in the network’s new half-hour series, $24 in 24 airing in primetime starting September 24 at 1030p.  Throughout seven episodes, Mauro will discover the best cheap, local foods in cities across America using a budget of $24 in 24 hours.  Mauro will visit Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City and Philadelphia during the first season.  Mauro’s daytime series Sandwich King is back for a third season on September 9 at 11a.  Sandwich King is produced by Rock Shrimp Productions and $24 in 24 is produced by Custom Productions.

Adding another original series to its lineup, the Live Well Network debuts Food Rush beginning September 8.  The half-hour series follows San Francisco based Chef Ryan Scott as he juggles a catering business, food truck and the opening of a new restaurant while sharing food tips with viewers.  The Live Well Network is operated by the ABC Owned Television Stations Group.

Unscripted series Push Girls received a second season renewal by Sundance Channel.  The series follows the lives of five women who are confined to wheelchairs.  The first season finale airs on August 27 at 10p and the second season will bow in 2013. 

To promote the new season premiere of Deadly Affairs on Investigation Discovery, former daytime soap star Susan Lucci will act as a guide for participants in an interactive online experience, IsItADeadlyAffair.com that launched yesterday.  The virtual event takes participants into the complexities of an illicit affair that is revealed in real-time with Investigation Discovery offering clues through various multiple online platforms.  The final piece of the interactive puzzle will be unveiled during the season premiere of Deadly Affairs September 8 at 10p on Investigation Discovery.

A new season of 19 Kids and Counting is back on TLC as of August 28 at 9p.  The series revisits the Duggar family with the new season kicking off with a one-hour episode.  Figure 8 Films produces the series for TLC.

Sunday’s series premiere of Married to Jonas on E! at 10p tallied close to 1.8 million total viewers as well as 891,000 with A18-49. 

USA Network’s finale of miniseries Political Animals on Sunday attracted 2.3 million total viewers which was a bit less than the 2.6 million total viewers that tuned in for the July premiere episode. 

The 25th anniversary of Shark Week on Discovery Channel pulled in 21.4 million total viewers which topped the 2011 Shark Week that amassed 18.63 million total viewers.

Comedienne and entertainer Phyllis Diller, 95, who turned her trademark witty humor much of the time on herself, died Monday morning in Los Angeles.  During the 1950s, Ms. Diller frequently performed in night clubs and appeared on television at a time when female comics were rare.  Ms. Diller created her stand-up act around the persona of the frugal housewife with her offbeat dress and hair and a husband named “Fang.”  Ms. Diller began her comedic career when she was close to 40, after her first husband, Sherwood Diller, urged her to give up a successful career as an advertising and radio writer.  Throughout her career, Ms. Diller also was a busy mother of five children.  Ms. Diller appeared in movies including Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number and Eight on the Lam with Bob Hope.  In 1966-67, she starred in the ABC sitcom The Pruitts of Southhampton and in 1968 she hosted a short-lived variety series, The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show.  Stand-up comedy continued to be her true love though and she became well-known in performances for her cackling laugh and her outrageous looks that included fright wigs and shoes which deliberately made her legs look as skinny as possible.  After she retired from stand-up, Ms. Diller continued to take cameo roles in movies and TV shows and pursued painting as a serious hobby.  She also published an autobiography, Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse in 2005.  The 2006 film, Goodnight, We Love You was a documentary on her career.  She also wrote two other books, Phyllis Diller’s Housekeeping Hints and Phyllis Diller’s Marriage Manual.

Film director and television producer, Tony Scott died on Sunday of an apparent suicide in Los Angeles.  Mr. Scott was 68.  He was best known as director on the 1986 film Top Gun starring Tom Cruise and he worked with Mr. Cruise again four years later on the film Days of Thunder.  Mr. Scott had been currently working on a sequel film to Top Gun in development.  Along with his brother, Ridley Scott, the two ran Scott Free Productions and were also currently working on a film Killing Lincoln based on the book by Bill O’Reilly.  In addition to numerous television commercials, the brother’s company produced the CBS dramas Numb3rs and The Good Wife as well as a 2011 documentary about the Battle of Gettysburg for HISTORY.  Mr. Scott was married to actress Donna Scott and they have twin sons.

Emmy Award-winning actor, William Windom died August 16 at the age of 88.  Mr. Windom won his Emmy for the 1970 series My World and Welcome to It based on the work of American humorist James Thurber.  He later starred in CBS’ long-running crime series Murder, She Wrote playing a Maine country doctor and friend to Angela Lansbury’s character Jessica Fletcher.  Mr. Windom was also the grandson of a former US Treasury secretary who served under two presidents, James Garfield and Benjamin Harrison.  Mr. Windom’s career spanned six decades and he also appeared in many films including To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), The Americanization of Emily (1964) and The Detective (1968) among other titles.  His TV appearances were numerous with credits including a 1967 episode of Star Trek on NBC, The Twilight Zone, The Wild Wild West, Alias Smith & Jones, Ironside, Kojak, Barney Miller, The Facts of Life, Hotel, Newhart, Murphy Brown, Providence and JAG as well as many others.  Mr. Windom also starred in close to twenty Broadway plays including a 1956 revival of Noel Coward’s Fallen Angels.  Mr. Windom is survived by his fifth wife, Patricia; four children; and four grandchildren.  A memorial service will take place at 2p on September 15 at Theatre West in Los Angeles.

Halogen TV is partnering with Red Bull Media House and has added Red Bull Media’s sports, culture and lifestyle programming to Halogen TV’s new Thursday night lineup beginning this week on August 23.  The Red Bull Media programming includes Ultimate Rush with 20 episodes debuting this Thursday at 8p and Breakdance premiering at 9p; followed by the debut of Halogen TV Original series Surf Life at 10p.

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~PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~

Michael J. Fox will make his series comeback on NBC, the network that ran his series Family Ties 30 years ago.  Fox will star in an as yet untitled comedy series from Sony Pictures Television and Olive Bridge Entertainment.  NBC gave the project a 22-episode commitment which is loosely inspired by people and events in Fox’s real life. “I’m extremely pleased to be back at NBC with a great creative team and a great show,” said Fox. “Bob Greenblatt and all the folks at the network have given me a warm welcome home, and I’m excited to get to work.”  The single-camera series will begin production this year for a fall 2013 launch.  The plot has Fox playing a husband and father of three in New York City coping with family, career and challenges including Parkinson’s disease.  Additional casting will be announced at a future date.  Executive producers and co-creators are Will Gluck and Sam Laybourne with Gluck producing through his Sony Television-based Olive Bridge Entertainment.  Olive Bridge’s Richard Schwartz will as serve as co-EP.

Following IFC’s Adopt-A-Comic program to spotlight the work of one comedian that fits with the network’s brand, IFC introduces its first adoptee, Chris Gethard.  Gethard will host on-air programming, create exclusive content for IFC.com among other projects.  He is additionally developing a comedy series for IFC based on his recent book, A Bad Idea I’m About To Do: True Tales of Seriously Poor Judgment and Stunningly Awkward Adventure.  IFC ordered a pilot script of the Gethard project.  In 2013, Gethard will also be seen in Iron Man 3 and is currently shooting The Heat starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy for 20th Century Fox.

Another Bold and the Beautiful long-time cast member will exit the CBS soap.  Susan Flannery, who plays Stephanie Forrester has reportedly turned in her resignation though has signed a short-term deal to stay with the soap for the writers to pen an exit for Stephanie.  This news follows fellow cast mate’s Ronn Moss’ departure news from two weeks ago.

International Asian channel, AXN will launch the new drama series Last Resort within the same week of the US launch in October.  Last Resort premieres in the US on ABC September 27 at 8p.  AXN is available in more than 104 million homes in 21 countries.

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~ RATINGS ~

Friday A18-49 Analysis:  FOX and Univision shared #1 ratings among A18-49 Friday at 1.3/5 each, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  FOX’s NFL Preseason Game 2 had a narrow win at 8p with a 1.3/6 over Univision’s Por Ella Soy Eva at 1.3/5.  At 9p, Univision flipped into first place with Abismo de Pasion at 1.5/5 while FOX’s NFL Preseason game followed closely at 1.4/5.  Things reversed again during 10p as FOX’s Preseason game won at 1.4/5 and Univision’s Amor Bravio was second at 1.3/4.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, August 17, 2012 time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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ABC: 3.0/6             Shark Tank [r] 2.5/5, 20/20 [r] 3.4/6, 20/20 [r] 3.2/6

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FOX: 2.6/5               NFL on FOX Preseason 2: Detroit at Baltimore 2.6/5

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CBS: 2.5/5              Teachers Rock 1.9/4, CSI: NY [r] 2.5/5, Blue Bloods [r] 3.1/6

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NBC: 2.2/4              America’s Got Talent [r] 2.1/4, Grimm [r] 1.3/2, Dateline 3.3/6

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UNIV: 1.8/3            Por Ella Soy Eva 1.7/3, Abismo de Pasion 2.1/4, Amor Bravio 1.7/3

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ION: 0.7/1              Cold Case 0.7/1, Cold Case 0.7/1, Cold Case 0.7/1

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TELE: 0.7/1             Rosa Diamante 0.6/1, Corazon Valiente 0.7/1, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal 1.0/2, El Rostro de la Venganza 0.5/1

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CW: 0.4/1               Nikita [r] 0.4/1, Nikita [r] 0.4/1

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TF: 0.2/0                Cineplex Fri [7p start] 0.2/0, Cineplex 2 Fri [r] 0.2/0

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A18-49:  FOX 1.3/5, UNIV 1.3/5, ABC 1.2/4, NBC 0.7/3, CBS 0.6/2, TELE 0.5/2, CW 0.2/1, ION 0.2/1, TF 0.2/1

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Peter Rice, Chairman/CEO, Fox Networks Group announced Kevin Reilly was elevated to Chairman/Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX).  In his new position, Kevin will supervise all programming, scheduling, marketing, research, digital and business affairs on behalf of the network. 

Effective immediately, Univision News, a division of Univision Communications Inc. named Keith Summa as VP/News Partnerships.  Keith will work with journalists in both Univision News and within the Univision/ABC joint venture to support and expand reporting in both entities.  Keith will also be Univision News’ liaison with ABC News in the joint venture to work with and develop additional journalism partnerships.  Keith will be based in New York and report to Isaac Lee, President, Univision News.  Prior to this appointment, Keith served as head of the CBS News Investigative Unit since 2007.

Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) bolstered its media and artist relations team by promoting Melissa Victor to VP/Media and Artist Relations.  Based in New York, Melissa will manage media, publicity and artist relations efforts for the artists on IDJMG’s roster.  Melissa will continue to report to Laura Swanson, EVP/Media and Artist Relations.

John Pascarella was promoted to Co-Executive Producer of NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution’s Maury.  For the last second seasons, John has served as Supervising Producer on Maury and in his new role he will continue to oversee the creative and administrative duties of the daily production.  He reports to Paul Faulhaber, Executive Producer of Maury.

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This day in History: 1983 – “La Cage Aux Folles” opens at Palace Theater NYC for 1761 performances.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: For which NBA team did The White Shadow Ken Reeves play? The 6’6″ Ken Reeves portrayed by Ken Howard played for the pre-Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls. Kudos to: Juan P. Delgado/Telemundo/Miami; keith Marder-Halstead property/NY; Phyllis McQuillan-MSG Media/NY; Michael Liebowitz-Liebowriting/NY; Adam Leston-WDJT/Milwaukee; David Hauptman-Denver; Cristina Benavente-High Noon Entertainment/Denver; Cynthia New-CharterMedia/Cape Girardeau; Rick Dellacquila-Consultant/San Diego; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Chill-DIRECTV/LA; Anne Wettig-MundoFox/LA.

Today’s Trivia Question: What make and model of car does Nash Bridges drive? (Email [email protected] 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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Later —
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08.21.12

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

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ABC: The Middle [r], Last Man Standing [r], Happy Endings [r], Don’t Trust the B [r], NY Med
AZTECA: Quiero Ser Grupero, Al Extremo, Futbol de la Liga Mexicana
CBS: NCIS [r], NCIS: LA [r], The Mentalist [r]
CW: Hart of Dixie [r], The LA Complex [r]
FOX: Master Chef [r], Master Chef
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: America’s Got Talent, Go On [r], Animal Practices [r]
PBS: Herbert Hoover: Landslide, History Detectives, Frontline
TELE: Rosa Diamante, Corazon Valiente, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal, El Rostro de la Venganza
UNIV: Por Ella Soy Eva; Abismo de Pasion, La Que No Podia Amar

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