A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM ABC FAMILY

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Cynopsis
06.11.13

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

Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC Family: Pretty Little Liars at 8p, Twisted at 9p
A&E: Shipping Wars at 10p
NUVOtv: Curvy Girls at 10p
TLC: My Teen Is Pregnant and So Am I at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:
MTV: Awkward at 10p
TBS: Who Gets the Last Laugh? at 10p

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM LIFETIME

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FOX‘s American Idol has named its new executive producer. Swedish television executive Per Blankens will take over the series’ upcoming 13th season. Blankens previously served as executive producer on Idol, the top-rated Swedish version of the singing competition franchise. He was also Managing Director of Friday TV, part of the Shine Group, and Head of Programmes for the Scandinavian production company Meter Television, where he oversaw the Swedish versions of MasterChef and The Biggest Loser.   

It’s official. Sony Pictures Television has confirmed that Dan Harmon and Chris McKenna are heading back to the NBC comedy Community. Series creator and showrunner Harmon and former co-executive producer McKenna are returning as executive producers for Season 5.

During the opening session of the Cable Show in Washington DC today, network executives dug right into the subject of SVOD. AMC Networks president/CEO Josh Sapan emphasized the importance of second screen content and webisodes, during, and “most importantly between seasons. Off-season creates a great opportunity for growth,” noted Sapan. Meanwhile, Showtime chair/CEO Matt Blank added that he “isn’t terribly concerned with how many people are watching the premiere of one of our shows” at the actual broadcast time. That’s because when it comes to programs such as Homeland and Nurse Jackie, upward of 70% of premiere viewing occurs outside that television slot. “For us, it’s all about content disruptors,” he said.

It’s time for a wedding. Fans of The Real Housewives of Orange County who watched Tamra Barney find true love with Eddie Judge will have a front row seat at their California coast nuptials. Bravo Media is walking down the aisle with Barney and Judge in the three-part series Tamra’s OC Wedding, premiering Monday, September 2 at 8p. The limited-run series is produced by Evolution Media for Bravo.

CNBC Prime’s The Profit will join the network’s primetime reality line-up on Tuesday nights beginning July 23 at 9p. In each episode, America’s turnaround king Marcus Lemonis goes on the hunt for struggling businesses desperate for cash and ripe for a deal, and he’s putting over $2 million of his own money on the line. Once inside the company, he’ll do almost anything to save it and make himself a profit; even if it means firing the president, promoting the secretary, or doing the work himself.

Things are going to get hot! Kelsey’s Essentials premieres Wednesday, July 3 at 8p on the Cooking Channel with a visit to the first annual Hot Sauce Expo, where hot sauce is added to all savory and sweet foods. Then, Kelsey visits JoJo Collins, who turns up the heat on her homemade Sriracha, before getting started on her own hot sauce menu: Fresno pepper hot sauce, spicy kale Caesar salad and spicy roasted chicken.

Fuse is expanding its programming line-up with the launch of three original series. Insane Clown Posse Theater, produced by Fuse and set to premiere Wednesday, July 24, features Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope‘s twisted take on what’s new in music and popular culture. G-Thing, produced by Fuse and Paulina Williams and slated to debut Wednesday, July 24, looks into the lives of G-Fella, an Italian-American rapper, and his family as they try to launch the first “family style” run record label. Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce [wt], produced by World of Wonder and set to premiere Wednesday, September 18, explores the underground world of the New Orleans hip hop scene known as Bounce.

A new report from the IDC forecasts global shipments of “smart connected devices” (PCs, tablets, smartphones) to surpass 1.7 billion units by 2014, which means the screen fragmentation that everyone in our industry is talking about is going to continue. It will be one of the central topics discussed during Cynopsis Digital’s BIG Monetization Summit, which is now exactly a week away. If you haven’t registered yet, do it. See you there!

Syfy’s extreme game show Total Blackout will end its summer season with a special celebrity episode on Tuesday, July 9 at 9:30p. In “Celebrity Blackout,” international music star Aubrey O’Day, television host Bob Guiney, and actors Erin Way and Neil Grayston will go head-to-head in the dark for the opportunity to win up to $15,000 for their individual charities: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (Guiney), Responsibility (O’Day), Lungevity (Way), and Doctors without Borders (Grayston).

TV One will premiere R&B Divas LA via Video on Demand on Sunday, July 7, a full three days in advance of the series’ network launch. It marks the first time TV One will debut and promote an original series on VOD before it airs on the linear network on Wednesday, July 10 at 10p. A follow-up to TV One’s popular R&B Divas Atlanta, the Los Angeles series centers on West Coast divas Kelly Price, Chante Moore, Dawn Robinson, Lil’ Mo, Claudette Ortiz and Michel’le.

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM REELZCHANNEL

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Following the success of The ’80s: The Decade That Made Us, National Geographic Channel has announced its next event special, The ’90s: The Last Great Decade? From Nutopia, the new miniseries will spotlight pivotal ’90s moments, people and innovations that shaped our current history. “Nutopia proved to be an amazing creative partner and we want to recreate the success on the next groundbreaking, cinematic special event. And maybe I will grow out my Beverly Hills, 90210 sideburns again,” said Alan Eyres, Senior Vice President of Programming and Development.

COZI TV, the network developed by the NBC Owned Television Stations division of NBCUniversal, is now available in 47.5 million homes or 42 percent of the country. The network, which officially launched at the beginning of 2013, has added WMFP in Boston, KUBE in Houston and KHSB in Kansas City to its roster of affiliates.

CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless is moving to TVGN (TV Guide Network) for its exclusive basic cable airings. Beginning Monday, July 1, fans can catch same day episodes of the show every weeknight at 7p with encore airings the following morning at 10a. The Young and the Restless is produced by Bell Dramatic Serial Company in association with Sony Pictures Television.

BBC America has renewed Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan for a second season. The adventure series from Cream Productions and Wildfire Television will premiere in 2014.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has ordered additional episodes of its popular Saturday night original series Iyanla: Fix My Life, Raising Whitley and Life with LaToya. Iyanla: Fix My Life, currently in its second season, will return with six new episodes beginning Saturday, July 20 at 9p. The network has also ordered 10 additional episodes of Raising Whitley and 12 new episodes of Life with La Toya to air in early 2014.

The cast of the HBO drama pilot The Leftovers is taking shape. Carrie Coon, Ann Dowd, Christopher Eccleston and Amanda Warren have been tapped to star opposite Justin Theroux. Coon will portray Nora, a wife and mother who is suddenly neither. Dowd will play Patti Levin, the leader of the local chapter of cult/movement Guilty Remnant. Eccleston will play Matt Jamison, a former reverend and current editor of his self-published tabloid. Warren will portray Mayor Lucy Warburton.

Up-and-comer Will Rothhaar has been cast as assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in National Geographic Channel‘s two-hour factual drama Killing Kennedy from Scott Free Productions.

ITV Studios Global Entertainment has signed further deals for Mr Selfridge in Africa, Italy and the Netherlands, bringing the total number of sales to 99 countries worldwide. The latest sales include a major pan-territory deal, which will see Mr Selfridge air on BBC Entertainment across Africa. The drama has also been acquired by NBC Universal Global Networks Italia for its DIVA Universal channel and NPO in the Netherlands.

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ION Media Networks‘ flagship network ION Television continues its steady rise in the ratings, having seen a year-to-year increase in Q1 2013 in both households (up 3% to 824,000) and total viewers (1,051,000 vs. 1,015,000) during prime viewing hours. Also, in Q1 2013 vs. Q4 2012, ION Television generated double-digit growth in prime, up 12% with adults 25-54 and up 10% with women 25-54. (Source: Based on Nielsen C3 impressions, M-Su/7p-1a). Of particular note, Criminal Minds experienced across-the-board growth in key demos in 1Q13 vs. 1Q12. The procedural drama saw 13% increases in both households (1,159,000 vs. 1,030,000) and total viewers (1,473,000 vs. 1,300,000), and is up 8% among adults 18-49 (574,000 vs. 532,000) and 9% among women 18-49 (381,000 vs. 351,000).

Friday A18-49 Analysis:  Univision won the night among A18-49 viewers Friday with a 1.3/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, ABC’s Shark Tank led the pack at 1.3/5, followed by Univision’s Porque el Amor Manda at 1.2/5. Univision’s Amores Verdaderos took the top spot at 9p at 1.6/6. ABC’s What Would You Do? placed second at 1.3/4. Telemundo’s  Rumbo al Mundial was #1 at 10p at 1.2/4. ABC’s 20/20 and Univision’s Que Bonito Amor tied for second at 1.1/4.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, June 7, 2013 time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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NBC: 3.9/7          Dateline NBC 4.5/8, Rock Center With Brian Williams 3.3/6

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CBS: 3.1/5        American Baking Competition [r] 2.2/4, Hawaii Five-0 [r] 3.0/5, Blue Bloods [r] 4.1/7

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ABC: 3.0/6             Shark Tank [r] 3.2/6, What Would You Do 2.6/5, 20/20 [r] 3.1/6

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UNI: 1.8/3            Porque el Amor Manda 1.7/3, Amores Verdaderos 2.2/4, Que Bonito Amor 1.6/3

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FOX: 1.6/3            Bones [r] 2.1/4, The Following [r] 1.1/2

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TEL: 0.8/1             Pasion Prohibida 0.7/1, Junto Al Tri 0.5/1, Rumbo al Mundial 1.3/2

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ION: 0.6/1            Cold Case 0.6/1, Cold Case 0.6/1, Cold Case  0.6/1

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CW: 0.5/1               Nikita [r] 0.5/1, Supernatural  [r] 0.5/1

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

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A18-49:  UNI 1.3/5, ABC 1.2/4, NBC 1.1/4, FOX 0.7/3, CBS 0.7/2,  TEL 0.7/2, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1,  UMA 0.2/1

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Alan Perris, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Academy Foundation‘s longtime Chief Operating Officer, will retire at the end of the year. Perris joined the Television Academy in 2006 and upon his retirement will have served in his current role for eight years. As COO, Perris has overseen the day-to-day activities of the Academy and its Foundation and their various long-term initiatives, as well a managed the executives in charge of all key departments and support staff. A search is underway for his successor.

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment has promoted Nathan Hart to President. Hart, who has been with the company since 2002, last served as Co-President. In his new position, he will oversee financial, sales, operations and acquisitions decisions and work to maximize the future growth of the company.
 
COZI TV has named Diane Petzke as Director of Programming and Promotion. Petzke, formerly Manager and Director of Programming for NYC Media, will oversee scheduling for COZI TV and expand awareness of the network through an aggressive marketing and social media strategy.

Lee Heffernan has been appointed Agency Development Director of Wier/Stewart Advertising. Heffernan previously held key positions with Lifetime Television, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Turner Networks, AMC Network‘s WE: Women’s Entertainment and in-cinema advertising leader Screenvision.

The Paley Center for Media has announced three key appointments. Diane Lewis has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Programming and will be responsible for all Paley Center programs in New York and Los Angeles, including industry and public programs, along with educational activities. Maureen Reidy has been named Chief Marketing Officer and will oversee all marketing, communications, digital and social media, creative services and commercial revenues. Maxim Thorne has been appointed Executive Vice President of Development and will be responsible for expanding and deepening the Paley Center’s impact and resources and overseeing all development and fundraising activities.

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This Day In History, sponsored by Discovery Fit & Health: 2002 – American Idol began airing on FOX.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What inspired Big Pussy’s nickname on The Sopranos? He used to be a cat burglar. Kudos to: Robyn Simensky-Initiative/NYC; Brent Nisbett/New York; Chuck Gordon-Clear Channel Media/Mobile, AL; Ron Salcedo-Zimmerman/Nashville, TN; Dan Haberer-Creo Entertainment, Playa del Rey, CA; Cammie Buerry-Station Casinos/Las Vegas, NV; Russ Talley-Hulu.com/Los Angeles,CA.

Today’s Trivia Question – What was the name of the lodge Frank belonged to on Everybody Loves Raymond? (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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Keep Watching & Reading,
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06.11.13

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY JUNE 11, 2013

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ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live, NBA Countdown, 2013 NBA Finals
CBS: NCIS [r], NCIS: Los Angeles [r], Brooklyn DA
CW: Hart of Dixie [r], America’s Next Top Model [r]
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
MyTV: House, House
NBC: The Voice,  America’s Got Talent
PBS: Helen of Troy, Frontline
Telemundo: Pasion Prohibida, La Patrona, El Senor de los Cielos
UMA: Futbol, Futbol
Univision: Porque el Amor Manda, Amores Verdaderos, Que Bonito Amor

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