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11.13.12
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, November 13, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Today’s Premieres:
Animal Planet: Frontier Earth at 8p
HISTORY: Mankind The Story of All of Us at 9p
National Geographic Channel: Doomsday Preppers at 9p & 10p
TLC: Little People Big World: Wedding Farm at 9p; Extreme Couponing at 10p & 1030p
truTV: Hardcore Pawn at 9p
Bravo: Million Dollar Decorators at 10p
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Discovery Channel’s latest new six-episode series, Ghost Town Gold follows two present-day explorers, Brit Eaton and Scott Glaves as they search for priceless treasure in abandoned towns of the Old West. From railroad relics to cowboy articles, the duo tracks down items that might appeal to collectors. Produced by JWM Productions, Ghost Town Gold premieres on Discovery Channel this Thursday at 10p. An encore airing of the series will also premiere on Destination America starting January 1 at 10p.
Real-life series PANIC 9-1-1 debuts on A&E November 29 at 10p. The three one-hour episodes use audio from real 9-1-1 calls to narrate stories involving life-and-death situations. PANIC 9-1-1 is produced by Sirens Media for A&E.
Syfy set the premiere date for its acquired time-traveling police drama, Continuum for January 14 at 8p. Continuum stars Rachel Nichols as Kiera Cameron, a cop from the future who discovers she is trapped in the present day. Also on January 14, Syfy will debut the third season premieres of Being Human at 9p followed by Lost Girl at 10p. Syfy picked up the first two seasons of Continuum for on-air as well as the US home entertainment rights to the series. Universal Studios Home Entertainment will handle the DVD distribution for the series and are targeting a DVD release soon after the season finale on Syfy. Continuum has successfully aired in Canada and is produced by Reunion Pictures.
Randy Jackson’s MTV series, America’s Best Dance Crew has been canceled by the network. Produced by Warner Horizon, America’s Best Dance Crew featured dance crews competing for a $100,000 grand prize.
Investigation Discovery renewed its real-life soap opera Deadly Affairs for a second season and has also invited former daytime drama star, Susan Lucci, back as host. Deadly Affairs debuted with 3.5 million total viewers in September, making it the second highest series premiere in the network’s history. Produced for Investigation Discovery by Sirens Media, Deadly Affairs will offer more stories of love that turned into crimes of passion when it premieres as a summer anchor series in 2013.
Also renewed for a second season is E!’s Married to Jonas produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions. The next season will follow musician Kevin Jonas and his wife Danielle (Dani) as the Jonas Brothers finish their new album and go back on tour for the first time in three years. Dani additionally tries her hand at opening her own business back in New Jersey. The second season of Married to Jonas will debut next spring on E!.
Eight more episodes of Mario Lopez: One-On-One were approved by nuvoTV. The series, featuring Mario Lopez as host, as he conducts exclusive and intimate interviews with today’s top Latinos. Upcoming episodes focus on George Lopez on November 29 and Gloria and Emilio Estefan on December 7. Production is underway on the remaining episodes. In addition, nuvoTV is partnering with DISH Network on a national promotion surrounding Maria Lopez: One-On-One. The multi-faceted campaign began November 7 and continues through December 5, accessing DISH’s 14 million subscribers.
Once TV Mexico, owned by Mexico’s educational institution, Instituto Politecnico Nacional will bow its new 13-episode, one-hour drama series, Estado de gracia via its international signal beginning November 18 at 2a. The series is a political suspense drama exploring current social problems and personal conflicts surrounding Congresswoman Julieta Toscano (Karina Gidi) as she pushes for an initiative to legalize drugs in Mexico as a new way to attack against drug dealing which then changes her professional and personal life forever.
Last Saturday’s season two premiere of Redneck Island on CMT has become the network’s highest-rated series premiere in its history. Redneck Island delivered a 0.75 rating with A18-49 viewers and tallied 1.4 million total viewers, based on early Nielsen reporting.
The season premiere of Finding Bigfoot on Animal Planet last Sunday drew in 1.28 million total viewers and also posted a 0.8 rating among A25-54 and a 0.8 rating with both M25-54 and W25-54.
Programming Note: This Thursday, National Geographic Channel (NGC) will premiere a one-hour comprehensive cable documentary detailing Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath with Superstorm 2012 at 10p. The documentary will encore this Sunday at 7p and will also air worldwide this month in 172 countries under the title, Superstorm New York: What Really Happened. NGC’s sister Spanish language network, Nat Geo Mundo will premiere the special on November 23 at 10p.
Call for Submissions: Cynopsis is producing our Holiday Programming Guide which comes out November 27 and will be sent to all Cynopsis and Cynopsis Kids subscribers. If your network has holiday-themed programming airing December 1-31, 2012, please send your listings to Lisa Ball, Editor at [email protected] no later than this Friday, November 16. Please include the following information: type of program (i.e. series, special, documentary, movie or holiday-themed episode), title, dates and times of all airings (please indicate when the show first premieres and when subsequent encores will air). A confirmation email will be sent following each submission from Lisa (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).
Science Channel is airing all five seasons of Fringe beginning at the beginning with the network premiere of the two-hour pilot and the first episode on November 20 from 8-11p. Science Channel will continue with more of Fringe’s season one with an all-day marathon on November 23 from 1030a to 11p and also on November 24 from 1130a to 11p. Fringe will then settle into its regular time slot on Science Channel Tuesdays from 8-11p starting November 27 with season two. Fringe is produced by Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
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PREMIERES TONIGHT 9P Stephen Colbert has said, “My favorite Nat Geo show has got be the new series, Doomsday Preppers”
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MTV2 is working with comedian, actor and host, Nick Cannon and his NCredible Entertainment to retool his sketch comedy and improv series, Nick Cannon Presents Wild ‘N Out. The improv comedy show will launch next year and begin a search for the next generation of comedians. Aspiring comedians can visit http://NCredible.com for casting and open audition information. Nick Cannon Presents Wild ‘N Out originally aired on MTV from 2005-07 featuring up-and-coming comics and specials guests who participate in improv battles.
Executive producer of FX’s Wilfred series, Randall Einhorn inked an overall deal with FX Productions to develop, executive produce and direct more projects for the cable network. As part of the deal, Einhorn will remain in place on Wilfred as a producer and director.
Lorraine Toussaint (Saving Grace, Friday Night Lights) landed a recurring role on ABC’s Body of Proof playing Angela Martin, a police chief who tangles with new addition Tommy (Mark Valley) and Megan (Dana Delaney). Toussaint will join the series in the middle of its third season. ABC has not yet set the premiere date of Body of Proof for midseason.
A+E Networks has licensed the Australian format rights for the series American Pickers to Foxtel. Aussie Pickers will air on A&E in Australia and the network is managed locally by Foxtel. Shine Australia will produce the 10-episode series which debuts next year.
Primetime National Ratings from Friday, November 9 will be available in an upcoming edition.
Programming veteran Susanne Daniels, formerly Head/Programming at The WB Television Network has joined MTV as President/Programming. In her new position, Susanne will oversee all development and programming for the network, encompassing scripted and reality series, news and documentaries, production and talent. Based in Los Angeles, Susanne will report to Van Toffler, President, MTV Music & Logo Group and to Stephen Friedman, President, MTV.
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) named David Michaels, the actor/producer and founder of TV Cares as Senior Executive Director of the Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards. Previously for the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, David served as Co-Chairman of the Daytime Emmy Awards and was on the Board of Governors for 14 years in addition to various other committees.
Rob Marciano was tapped as Co-Anchor for the syndicated magazine show Entertainment Tonight from CBS Television Distribution. Rob will co-anchor the show with Nancy O’Dell starting January 2013. Prior to this new gig, Rob was with CNN News Group where he has been a news and weather anchor since 2003. He had also worked across the CNN Network as a field correspondent and substitute anchor.
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Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: During its 20 years on TV, how many total episodes did Gunsmoke rack up? 635 total eps. Kudos to: Evelyn Fitzsimmons-MediaVest/NYC; Joyce Pizzo-Deutsche Bank/NYC; Jean Caggiano-Active International; Cammie Buerry-Stations Casino/Las Vegas; Randall Bosley-Studio Talent Group/Santa Monica, CA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; Jerry Jones-A La Carte Communications/San Francisco.
Today’s Trivia Question: On Little House on the Prairie, Alison Arngrim who played “nasty” Nellie Oleson originally auditioned for two other roles on the show and was turned down before being cast on the spot as Nellie. Which roles were they? (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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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
ABC: Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars Results, Happy Endings, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, Private Practice
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Vegas
CW: Hart of Dixie, Emily Owens, M.D.
FOX: Raising Hope, Ben and Kate, New Girl, The Mindy Project
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
MyTV: House, House
NBC: The Voice, Go On, The New Normal, Parenthood
PBS: American Masters: Woody Guthrie: Ain’t Got No Home, Frontline: The Suicide Plan
TeleFutura: Verdades que Matan, Tiro Mortal
Telemundo: Rosa Diamante, Corazon Valiente, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal, El Rostro de la Venganza
Univision: Por Ella Soy Eva, Amores Verdaderos, Amor Bravio
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