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09.04.12
Good morning.It’s Tuesday, September 4, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Today’s/Tonight’s Premieres:
Syndication Premieres: LIVE! with Kelly; Steve Harvey
ABC: The View at 11a
Current TV: Joy Behar: Say Anything at 6p
Bravo: Flipping Out at 9p
Tonight’s Finales:
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen (part 1 finale) at 8p; MasterChef (part 1 finale) at 9p
ABC Family: Beverly Hills Nannies at 9p
HBO: Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Miami Dolphins at 10p
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
FOX ordered a second season of Hotel Hell, the series where chef Gordon Ramsay and a group of hospitality experts travel the US to fix terrible hotels, inns and bed and breakfasts. According to FOX, Hotel Hell is one of the top 10 shows overall this summer among A18-49. Hotel owners who would like to apply for the next season of Hotel Hell and are in need of Ramsay’s help, send an email to: [email protected]. Hotel Hell is produced by One Potato Two Potato Inc. (part of the All3Media group).
For its next new series, Discovery Channel journeys to Austin, Texas and delves into the world of auto-flipping when Texas Car Wars premieres this Thursday at 10p. The series watches as four competitive auto body shops compete in bidding wars to find the best junk vehicles to turn them into treasures. The eight-episode series is produced by Megalomedia for Discovery Channel.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: August 31-September 3, 2012
Possession, The (Lionsgate) $21.3 million opening weekend
Lawless (The Weinstein Co.) $13.0 million 1 wk total $15.1m
Expendables 2, The (Lionsgate) $11.2 million 3 wk total $68.6m
Bourne Legacy, The (Universal) $9.4 million 4 wk total $98.4m
ParaNorman (Focus Features) $8.8 million 3 wk total $40.3m
Odd Life of Timothy Green, The (Disney) $8.5 million 3 wk total $38.4m
Dark Knight Rises, The (Warner Bros.) $7.9 million 7 wk total $433.2m
2016 Obama’s America (Rocky Mountain Pictures) $7.1 million 8 wk total $20.3m
Campaign, The (Warner Bros.) $7.0 million 4 wk total $74.6m
Hope Springs (Sony) $6.0 million 4 wk total $53.4m
Source: Rentrak
~ DISTRIBUTION, CARRIAGE & CLEARANCE ~
Late last week, AT&T U-verse TV and CBS Corporation renewed their content carriage deal involving retransmission consent for CBS Owned Stations and continued carriage of Showtime, The Smithsonian Channel and The CBS Sports Network. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Trifecta Entertainment & Media has sold Star Wars: The Clone Wars from Lucasfilm in more than 85% of the US and will also be involved with all ad sales for the series. The first syndicated season will have an initial 44 half-hour episodes (broadcast in 22 one-hour blocks). The series will launch in national syndication on stations with the premiere of the three-hour feature film, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the final film in the Stars Wars saga written and directed by George Lucas. Star Wars: The Clone Wars will be broadcast on CBS, Tribune/Local, Weigel and Cox stations in the following markets: WLNY/New York; WCIU/Chicago; KTVU/San Francisco; KCPQ/Seattle; WATL/Atlanta; WTOG/Tampa; KMAX/Sacramento; WXIN-WTTV/Indianapolis; and WNOL/New Orleans. The CW+ will air the series in markets 100 and above. Other stations groups airing the series include Newport, Lin, Belo, Roberts, Barrington and Titan.
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~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Robin Williams, whose early career included a starring turn as Mork on ABC’s 1978-1982 sitcom Mork & Mindy, may be making a comeback to television. Williams is working with David E. Kelley on an untitled half-hour comedy project for CBS that is set in the world of advertising. Kelley wrote the project and will serve as EP with 20th Television producing. Bill D’Elia, who has worked as EP on a number of Kelley projects including Harry’s Law, Boston Legal, The Practice and Ally McBeal will also be an EP on the Williams sitcom. Williams’ most recent appearances include guest starring roles on FX’s Louie and Wilfred.
Ken Kwapis, former producer/director of The Office has sold two family-themed half-hour comedies to NBC. The first is tentatively titled Fred and Marilyn and is inspired by the real-life relationship between writer Scott Prendergast and his mother. The second comedy is based on the Joey Pigza book series by Jack Gantos and is described as a high-definition family comedy with Claudia Silver writing the script. Kwapis and Alexandra Beattie will manage both projects which are in pilot script stage through their In Cahoots production company.
A terrorism drama from Pamela Davis (House) is making its way to ABC as the network handed Double Felix a script order, reports THR. The drama is about a family man who after suffering a traumatic brain injury tries to regain his memory and finds out he may have been part of a domestic terrorist plot. Davis, who is writer/producer on USA Network’s Common Law, will write the script and serve as EP on Double Felix which is produced by ABC Studios along with Junction Entertainment.
Speculation is circulating if Randy Jackson will be exiting FOX’s American Idol. According to various reports, he will likely not leave the show, though may not remain as a judge for the upcoming 12th season. The reports indicate Jackson may shift into the role as mentor. FOX has not officially announced any further details on who else will fill the judges’ roles after the show inked a deal with Mariah Carey.
Nick Zano has signed on to appear in at least six episodes of ABC’s Happy Endings when it returns in October. Zano will play the love interest for Penny (Casey Wilson).
Veteran medical series Grey’s Anatomy on ABC cast Desperate Housewives alum Steven Culp in a recurring role. Culp will recur during the ninth season in the role as Dr. Parker, a top surgeon. Grey’s Anatomy is back on ABC as of September 27.
Also on ABC, actress Angelique Cabral was cast in a recurring role in the upcoming second season of Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, cites TVLine. Cabral will play June’s attractive new co-worker and will also be her new nemesis. Apartment 23 premieres its second season on October 23 at 930p.
When the fourth season of revived Arrested Development debuts on Netflix next spring, Henry Winkler is back reprising his role as incompetent family attorney Barry Zuckerkorn. Winkler will appear in multiple episodes and Netflix has at least 10 episodes in store for Arrested Development.
~ INTERNATIONAL HAPPENINGS ~
Banijay International, the distribution unit of international production company, Banijay Group has opened a new London office. The goal is to strengthen the company’s brand in all global media markets. Several staffers from the Paris and Copenhagen offices will re-locate to London and the company has plans to add more team members to Banijay International workforce.
Sony Pictures Television’s networks, Asia picked up the third season of BBC’s drama Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman for beTV. Production on season three will begin filming in early 2013.
French-language international TV network, TV5MONDE renewed its contract with Ericsson through the end of 2018 and has expanded its agreement to include the integration and operation of its new platform. TV5MONDE is available globally and is distributed as both a linear tradition TV (broadcast) network and as non-linear (fixed and mobile internet websites, webTV, VOD, mobile apps, connected TV). Ericsson’s new products will help TV5MONDE streamline the management of its various broadcast modes.
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~ RATINGS ~
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: CBS delivered the same ratings Thursday as the prior week at 1.7/5 among A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, the average of CBS’ repeat comedies The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men and Univision’s Por Ella Soy Eva tied for #1 at 1.5/5 each followed by ABC’s Wipeout at 1.1/4. Big Brother on CBS ruled at 9p with a 1.9/6 and Univision tagged along in second place with Abismo de Pasion at 1.7/5. Then at 10p, ABC’s Vote 2012 coverage of the RNC did best at 1.0/3 though NBC’s Decision 2012 RNC coverage was a close #2 at 0.9/3 (note: no ratings data was available for CBS or Univision).
Live + Same Day Household Ratings:Thursday, August 30, 2012 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 3.6/6 The Big Bang Theory [r] 4.1/7, Two and a Half Men [r] 3.3/5, Big Brother 14 3.5/5
ABC: 2.5/4 Wipeout 2.2/4, Rookie Blue 2.5/4, Vote 2012: RNC 2.9/5
UNIV: 2.1/3 Por Ella Soy Eva 1.9/3, Abismo de Pasion 2.1/3
NBC: 2.0/3 The Office [r] 1.4/2, Parks and Recreation [r] 1.1/2, Saving Hope 1.8/3, Decision 2012: RNC 2.6/4
FOX: 1.3/2 Raising Hope [r] 1.3/2, New Girl [r] 1.2/2, Glee [r] 1.4/2
ION: 1.0/2 Cold Case 0.9/1, Cold Case 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.1/2
TELE: 0.9/1 Alfombra de Premios Tu Mundo 0.8/1, Premios Tu Mundo 0.9/2
CW: 0.5/1 Vampire Diaries [r] 0.5/1, The Next 0.4/1
TF: 0.3/0 Cineplex THR [7p start r] 0.3/0, Cineplex 2 THR [r] 0.3/0
A18-49: CBS 1.7/5, UNIV 1.6/5, ABC 1.0/3, FOX 0.8/2, NBC 0.7/2, TELE 0.7/2, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.2/1
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
KIRO 7 Eyewitness News, owned by Cox Media Group and the CBS affiliate serving Western Washington, hired John Knicely and David Ham for its news staff in October. John will become Anchor of the weekday morning news and report for the evening news while David will become a General Assignment Reporter.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
ABC: The Middle [r], Last Man Standing [r], Happy Endings [r], Don’t Trust the B… [r], Democratic National Convention
AZTECA: La Isla, Al Extremo, Lo Que la Gente Cuenta
CBS: NCIS [r], NCIS: LA [r], Democratic National Convention
CW: Hart of Dixie [r], The Next [r].
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen, Master Chef
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: America’s Got Talent, Democratic National Convention
PBS: Democratic National Convention
TELE: Rosa Diamante, Corazon Valiente, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal, El Rostro de la Venganza
UNIV: Por Ella Soy Eva; Abismo de Pasion, Amor Bravio
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