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Tonight’s Premieres:
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Discovery: Moonshiners at 9p, Porter Ridge at 10p
GSN: The Chase at 8p
Tonight’s Finales:
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Amazon‘s taking a hybrid approach to the distribution of its first two original series. Hoping to reel viewers in, the first three eps will be released at once (a la Netflix), then revert to a weekly schedule via subscription service Prime Instant Video. “We’re constantly experimenting and trying new things,” said Amazon Studios director Roy Price. Alpha House, starring John Goodman launches Friday, November 15 and Betas, with Ed Begley Jr., debuts Friday, November 22.
PBSNewsHour chief national correspondent Ray Suarez has joined Al Jazeera America. The news vet will host daily Inside Story at 5p, starting Monday, November 11.
When Moonshiners returns for its third season tonight, so will sponsor Ole Smokey Moonshine, with a new campaign from Blackboard Co. Spots on the Discovery Channel hit about back woods whiskey distillers tout the product’s ties to Appalachian culture.
Veteran TV and film producer Nicky Weinstock has been lured to Lionsgate TV and Debmar-Mercury to oversee development of comedies using the “10/90” deal formula, reports Variety. In the format, a net skips the pilot step and orders 10 episodes of a series, ordering another 90 if ratings targets are reached. In addition to cost savings, the arrangement allows a show to be pitched earlier to the lucrative syndication market.
When animated comedy American Dad moves from Fox to TBS for its eleventh season next year, co-creator and co-exec producer Mike Barker won’t be making the trip. The decision was made because production “could be running more smoothly,” said the Hollywood Reporter.
Bob Newhart returns to the role that won him an Emmy, The Big Bang Theory‘s Professor Proton, to face off against rival Bill “The Science Guy” Nye. Ep airs Thursday at 8p on CBS.
NatGeoWILD‘s fourth annual Big Cat Week – the net’s most-watched week for the past three years – starts with Man v. Cheetah, when the NFL’s fastest running back, Chris Johnson, races the animal kingdom’s fastest cat. The showdown airs Friday, November 29 at 9p.
Lacey Chabert (Party of Five) stars in LMN original movie Non-Stop, about a woman fighting for her life on a plane flight. The Check Entertainment production airs Friday, November 29 at 8p.
The fifth annual TeenNick HALO Awards (Helping and Leading Others) will be broadcast live for the first time. Creator and exec producer Nick Cannon hosts the show from LA, airing on Nick at Nite Sunday, November 17 at 8p.
PBS‘s “Secrets Of” series concludes next week with a look behind the scenes at the famed English police force. Secrets of Scotland Yard, from Pioneer Productions, airs Sunday, November 17 at 8p.
E! is launching its Saved By the Bell (1989-1993) run with a five-hour marathon Monday, November 11 starting at 7a. After the premiere, four eps will air on the net weekdays from 7-9a.
Western comedy Quick Draw will have a sophomore season on Hulu. Launched in August, in its first go-round the show was usually among the streaming service’s top ten most-watched.
Outside Channel‘s Ultimate Rush 2 comes back to ask extreme sports athletes: What were you thinking? The Red Bull Media production returns Saturday, November 23 at 8:30p. Sophomore season of the net’s eXplorers – Adventures of the Century launches in January 2014.
How can social media increase ratings? Experts share strategies for generating the kind of excitement that boosts viewership at the November 21 Cynopsis webinar, Leveraging Social Media to Drive Tune-In and Ratings.
With Diane English (Murphy Brown) aboard, NBC‘s script commitment for a comedy starring tutu-ed Ellen darlings Sophia Grace and Rosie has turned into a pilot production commitment. English will exec produce through Bend in the Road Productions, with Ellen DeGeneres‘ A Very Good Production and Warner Bros. TV.
TNT has ordered six episodes of APB With Troy Dunn, an unscripted series which has Dunn reuniting people with lost loved ones. The twist? A new social media app that gets viewers involved in the search. Show premieres Friday, January 17 at 10p.
Outside Television and Red Bull Media House expanded their programming partnership to create “huge synergies for both of these active lifestyle brands,” says Outside’s SVP of Programming and Production Rob Faris. Producer Red Bull will provide the adventure net with five more original series, along with documentaries featuring “The Supersonic Man,” Felix Baumgartner.
Aaron Stanford (Nikita) and Amanda Schull (Pretty Little Liars) have been cast in Syfy‘s 12 Monkeys, a pilot from Universal Cable Productions and Atlas Entertainment based on the 1995 science fiction film starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt.
Vince Gilligan will guest on Community, reports EW. The Breaking Bad creator will play a smooth-talking gold-digger on the comedy, returning to NBC for season five on Thursday, January 2 at 8p.
Lifetime pilot Unreal has added Megyn Price (Rules of Engagement), Bryan Batt (Mad Men), Nathalie Kelley (Body of Proof) and Johanna Braddy (Easy A) to its cast, says the Hollywood Reporter. The drama follows the lives of a staffer on a dating reality show.
Jacinda Barrett (Suits) will recur on season two of Fox drama The Following, returning for a 15-week uninterrupted run on Monday, January 20 at 9p.
Emily Wickersham has been upped from guest star to series regular on CBS procedural NCIS. Series airs Tuesdays at 8p.
The Weinstein Company acquired U.S. rights to the first three seasons of U.K. gangster drama Peaky Binders. Season two of the Caryn Mandabach production is drawing 2.4 million viewers for BBC Two.
MTV International greenlit Sleeping with the Family, about young couples who move in with disapproving parents in an attempt to win them over. The Pulse Films docu-series will air on MTV’s channels internationally (excluding the U.S.) starting in spring 2014.
Canada’s Family Channel marks its Bullying Awareness Week, November 18-24, with programming encouraging kids to take a stand against bullying. On Friday, November 22, a new episode of Jessie at 5p kicks off a bullying-themed marathon of the series, followed by a similarly-themed new ep of The Next Step at 7p.
U.K. writer and broadcaster Owen Jones will deliver the Royal Television Society’s annual Huw Wheldon lecture in Glasgow, Scotland. Titled “Totally Shameless: How TV Portrays the Working Class,” the talk will air on BBC later this month.
E.W Scripps has inked a deal with MGM Domestic Television Distribution to take Let’s Ask America into national syndication. The Telepictures game show had a successful launch in 13 Scripps markets last fall.
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Football overrun was a boost to CBS‘s Sunday night lineup: in fast nationals. 60 Minutes was up to 3.2 in A18-49 from 1.3/4 last week, The Amazing Race scored 2.0 (from 1.8/4), and The Good Wife jumped to 1.6 from 1.4/3.
ABC had something to celebrate, too, on Sunday. Once Upon a Time had a three-week high of 2.3/6 in A18-49, according to preliminary numbers, and Revenge jumped 20 percent, to 1.7/4.
AMC‘s The Walking Dead strode past NBC‘s Sunday Night Football in the A18-49 demo, according to early numbers, claiming a 6.8 to the NFL’s still-solid 6.3.
TV Playback Rank, based on the difference between Nielsen’s first-reported Live + Same Day and the final Live + 7 Day rating for the week of October 14, 2013
Program Live+SD
A18-49 US AA% Live+7
| US AA% | +7 minus SD contribution | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Big Bang Theory (CBS) | 5.2 | 7.5 | 2.3 (44%) |
| Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) | 2.7 | 4.8 | 2.1 (78%) |
| The Blacklist (NBC) | 3.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 (67%) |
| Modern Family (ABC) | 4.1 | 5.9 | 1.8 (44%) |
| Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) | 2.8 | 4.5 | 1.7 (61%) |
| Toy Story of Terror (ABC) | 3.1 | 4.8 | 1.7 (55%) |
| Sleepy Hollow (FOX) | 2.7 | 4.4 | 1.7 (63%) |
| Scandal (ABC) | 3.3 | 4.9 | 1.6 (48%) |
| New Girl (FOX) | 1.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 (83%) |
| Elementary (CBS) | 1.5 | 2.9 | 1.4 (93%) |
Source: The Nielsen Company. National Live + Same Day and Live +7 Day Program Ratings. Program rankers based on regular, original telecasts only.
Nielsen Twitter TV Top Ten for the week of October 28, 2013
| Program | Date | Unique Audience (000) | Tweets (000) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Walking Dead (AMC) | 11/3 | 4,254.9 | 359.4 |
| Dancing with the Stars (ABC) | 10/28 | 2,240.0 | 59.3 |
| Saturday Night Live (NBC) | 11/2 | 2,147.1 | 70.4 |
| The X Factor (FOX) | 10/29 | 1,933.8 | 372.5 |
| American Horror Story: Coven (FX) | 10/30 | 1,838.8 | 126.2 |
| The Voice (NBC) | 10/28 | 1,628.4 | 94.0 |
| Awkward (MTV) | 10/29 | 1,605.7 | 75.8 |
| 2013 Gold Glove Awards (ESPN2) | 10/29 | 1,579.9 | 41.5 |
| Scandal (ABC) | 10/31 | 1,548.5 | 193.8 |
| WWE Monday Night Raw (USA) | 10/28 | 1,486.4 | 189.8 |
Source: Nielsen SocialGuide. SocialGuide captures relevant Tweets from three hours before, during and three hours after an episode’s initial broadcast, local time. Unique Audience measures the audience of relevant Tweets ascribed to an episode from when the Tweets are sent until the end of the broadcast day at 5am. The data includes new/live primetime and late fringe episodes only and excludes sports events. Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings are only available for English-language U.S. Broadcast and Cable Networks.
Friday A18-49 Analysis: ABC grabbed the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 1.6/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’s Undercover Boss was tops at 8p with 1.4/5, followed closely by 1.3/5 for Fox’s MasterChef Junior. ABC’s Shark Tank dominated the 9p hour with 2.0/6, trailed by 1.5/5 for NBC’s Grimm. ABC maintained the lead at 10p with 20/20 earning 1.5/5 versus 1.3/4 for NBC’s Dracula.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, October 25, 2013 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
| CBS | 6.3/11 | Undercover Boss 5.7/10, Hawaii Five-0 6.2/10, Blue Bloods 7.0/12 |
|---|---|---|
| ABC | 4.5/8 | Last Man Standing 4.2/8, The Neighbors 2.9/5, Shark Tank 4.6/8, 20/20 5.3/9 |
| NBC | 2.3/4 | Why We (Heart) Vampires 1.7/3, Grimm 3.0/5, Dracula 2.3/4 |
| FOX | 1.8/3 | MasterChef Junior 2.5/4, Sleepy Hollow 1.1/2 |
| UNI | 1.6/3 | Porque el Amor Manda 1.8/3, Tempestad 1.6/3, Mentir Para Vivir 1.3/2 |
| TELE | .7/1 | Marido en Alquiler .7/1, Santa Diablo .6/1 |
| CW | .7/1 | Carrie Diaries .6/1, America’s Top Model .7/1 |
| ION | .5/1 | Cold Case .7/1, Cold Case .7/1, Cold Case .7/1 |
| UMA | .3/0 | Cineplex .3/0, Seleccion, LA .2/0 |
A18-49: ABC 1.6/5, CBS 1.3/4, NBC 1.2/4, UNI 1.2/4, FOX .9/3, TELE .5/2, CW .4/1, ION .2/1, UMA .2/1
Writer-producer Cliff Gould died on October 19. He was 86. Gould’s credits include series like Rawhide and Mod Squad; he also produced the first season of Streets of San Francisco, and created NBC spy series A Man Called Sloane.
Julian P. Hobbs was upped to Vice President Scripted and Non-Fiction Development and Programming for History. Hobbs had been VP Programming and Development for the net.
NBCUniversal promoted Bill McGoldrick to the position of Executive Vice President, Original Content at Syfy, replacing Mark Stern. Jackie de Crinis has been upped to Executive Vice President, Original Programming at USA Network. Previously, McGoldrick was EVP, Original Scripted Programming for USA, while de Crinis had served as Senior Program Executive at USA.
Michael O’Neill has been named Vice President, Unscripted Development for Essential 11 Television Los Angeles. O’Neill has been head of unscripted television in the company’s Sydney office.
Stage3 Productions has hired Jordan Mallari as Vice President of Development. Mallari was previously an executive producer who oversaw shows like Mudcats and BBQ Pitmasters.
Gigi Sohn has resigned as President of Public Knowledge to join the FCC as special counsel for external affairs, for new FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2013
ABC: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Goldbergs, Trophy Wife, In the Spotlight with Robin Roberts: Countdown to the CMA Awards
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Person of Interest
CW: The Originals, Supernatural
FOX: Dads, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl, The Mindy Project
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
MyTV: Bones, Bones
NBC: The Biggest Loser, The Voice
PBS: The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, Jimi Hendrix: American Masters
Telemundo: Marido en Alquiler, Santa Diabla
UMA: Taking Lives, The Mark 2: Redemption
Univision: Porque el Amor Manda, La Tempestad, Mentir Para Vivir
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