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Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off? Nothing." – USA Today
"The show looks as awesome as we had all hoped it would" – Time Magazine
Prepare yourself for Dwayne Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Anne Hathaway, John Legend, Emily Blunt, Stephen Merchant, Common, and more.
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Good morning. It’s Friday April 3, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Animal Planet: The Pool Master at 9p
E!: The Grace Helbig Show at 10:30p
Science: Survivorman: Bigfoot at 10p
TBS: Meet the Smiths at 9p
Travel: Mysteries at the Museum at 9p
Tonight’s Finales:
Lifetime: Preacher’s Daughters at 10p
Telemundo: La Biblia at 10p
Saturday’s Premieres:
Animal Planet: My Cat From Hell at 8p
Discovery Family: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic at 11a
HGTV: Log Cabin Living at 11p and 11:30p
Sunday’s Premieres:
Animal Planet: River Monsters at 9p, 100 Miles From Nowhere at 10p
Destination America: Ghost Asylum at 10p
HGTV: Five Day Flip at 12p
Lifetime: The Lizzie Borden Chronicles at 10p
Nat Geo: The Raft at 10p
Nat Geo WILD: Kingdom of the North at 9p
NBC: A.D. The Bible Continues at 9p, American Odyssey at 10p
PBS: Wolf Hall on Masterpiece at 10p
WGN: Salem at 10p
Sunday’s Finales:
CNN: Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery at 9p
Discovery Life: Body Bizarre at 10p
Showtime: Shameless at 9p
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tech-splorers & mobile-connected
shopaholics with an eye for fashion
car enthusiasts
active vacation adventurers
Season Premiere Sunday, April 5 at 10/9c on WGN America
Believe it …or not: After word leaked that Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig had secretly filmed a Lifetime movie about a couple whose plans to adopt a baby go awry, the Saturday Night Live alums announced they were pulling the plug. "We are deepening disappointed that our planned project was made public," they said in a statement, adding "it is in the best interest of everyone to forgo the project entirely, and we thank Lifetime and all the people who were ready to help us make this film."
TV One viewers get three chances to watch the 30th Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards – including Michelle Williams performing with former Destiny’s Child band mates Kelly Rowland and Beyonce. The show airs back-to-back at 6p, 8p and 10p on Sunday, April 5, part of the net’s effort to “encourage viewers to spend part of their Easter weekend with TV One,” said D’Angela Proctor, SVP programming and production.
Fred Armisen (Portlandia) will host the Peabody Awards ceremony on May 31, in an event moved from lunchtime to evening and complete with red carpet. Winners, for excellence in storytelling, will be announced in four stages, including one on Good Morning America; the evening ceremony airs in primetime on Pivot. “The changes better represent what the awards are and have been,” said Jeffrey P. Jones, director of the George Foster Peabody Awards at the University of Georgia.
Looks like well-known germaphobe Howie Mandel will be shaking hands on season ten of America’s Got Talent. At NBCU’s summer press tour on Thursday, Mandel said that while he’d put his therapist in a “whole new tax bracket” dealing with his OCD, it took all of five minutes for one of the upcoming season’s contestants to hypnotize him into “touching things I never touched before.” New season launches May 26 on NBC.
Tommy Tune is set to receive a special Lifetime Achievement award at the Tonys, airing Sunday, June 7 on CBS. The nine-time Tony winning performer/director/choreographer is currently touring in a one-man show.
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NBC ordered two specials starring the season nine winner of America’s Got Talent, documenting his journey from Rhode Island to a headlining gig in Las Vegas. No airdates yet for Mat Franco’s Got Magic, from FremantleMedia North America.
Ingrid Escajeda (Justified) inked a deal with 20th Century Fox Television to develop and supervise projects. First up: a co-exec producer role on Fox hit Empire.
After the Sunday, April 5 season seven premiere of River Monsters, Animal Planet’s best-performing series, the net is introducing 100 Miles From Nowhere. Docu-series features three adventurous pals traveling to remote locations on foot, raft, skis and skateboard – with every expedition self-shot. “It’s so different from anything else on television,” said Marjorie Kaplan, group president for Animal Planet, TLC and Velocity. “These are guys you want to spend time with.” New series bows at 10p.
“Blood will be spilled,” promises El Rey Network of its “Carmageddon” movie marathon Saturday, April 4. Cars-ploitation films launch with Dennis Weaver in Duel at 10a.
Restaurant chefs have the chance to meet their online critics – and hopefully sway their opinions – in FYI’s Say It To My Face!, debuting Saturday, May 9 at 9p from Pie Town Productions.
In a summer slate packed with ten original series, TNT announced launch dates for three new arrivals: drama Proof, starring Jennifer Beals and Matthew Modine, bows Tuesday, June 16 at 10p, after Rizzoli & Isles; spin-off Cold Justice: Sex Crimes premieres Friday, July 31 after Cold Justice and police drama Public Morals, from Edward Burns and Steven Spielberg, debuts Monday, August 17 at 9p.
A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery premieres Saturday, April 4 at 9p on both Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, a first for the sister nets. Candace Cameron Bure and Marilu Henner star.
The season finale of Body Bizarre lives up to its name with a man born with three legs, a woman covered in bubble-shaped growths and possibly the world’s tallest teenager, airing on Discovery Life Saturday, April 4 at 10p.
Drama continues when the cast of VH1’s Love & Hip Hop NYC reunites for a two-part special Monday, April 6 and April 13 at 8p. Season five has been the top non-sports telecast on Mondays among W18-49 since its premiere.
Haunted hotspots are the setting for Ghost Asylum, returning for season two on Destination America Sunday, April 5 at 10p. Warning: The abandoned sanitariums and penitentiaries where the Tennessee Wraith Chasers hunt ghosts “are not for the faint of heart,” said Marc Etkind, net GM.
Season three of WE tv’s Marriage Boot Camp Reality Stars launches Friday, May 29 at 9p. Cast includes Kendra Wilkinson and Hank Baskett (Kendra on Top), Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and Lauren Pesce (The Sorrentinos), Aubrey O’Day and Travis Garland (Making the Band, All About Aubrey), Tami Roman and Reggie Youngblood (Basketball Wives), and Jeff Schroeder and Jordan Lloyd (Big Brother).
Neutrogena Naturals isn’t just trying to eliminate water waste with its new campaign for environmentally friendly makeup wipes – it’s wiping out TV ads, too. The company’s annual Earth Month campaign is all digital, centered on the #WipeforWater hashtag on Twitter and Instagram with an assist from social-savvy spokesperson Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) and online influencers. The strategy “makes our spend effective and efficient with messaging that’s much more relevant to consumers,” brand manager Simon Geraghty said in Adweek.
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“CMT is on fire,” says Jayson Dinsmore, EVP development at the net. “We are producing more original content than ever before and have a rich pipeline of fresh and innovative ideas.”
At NYC’s TimesCenter yesterday, CMT unveiled a programming slate that included five new series, including Still the King, starring Billy Ray Cyrus as a washed up one hit wonder-turned-Elvis impersonator, as well as I Love Kellie Pickler (wt), featuring the country singer and former American Idol contestant, from Ryan Seacrest Productions; its first-ever nightly talk show, headlined by comedian Josh Wolf and produced by Chelsea Handler; The Ed Bassmaster Show, starring the YouTube phenomenon; coming-of-age docu-series Gainesville, and limited series American Speed: The True Story of NASCAR.
Returning to the net: Party Down South, Party Down South 2 and Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge, as well as CMT Music Awards, CMT Artists of the Year and CMT Championship Kickoff Party. Said Dinsmore, “We’re enlisting some of the biggest names in the industry to unleash a groundbreaking new programming slate including epic events and music specials, a bold scripted comedy and brilliant documentaries.”
Annaleigh Ashford (Masters of Sex) joins CBS pilot Super Clyde as a series regular. Comedy is centered on a fast-food worker (Charlie McDermott) who decides to become a superhero.
Connection III Entertainment Corp.’s Made in Hollywood and Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition have been renewed with total U.S. household clearances of over 90 percent for both series, heading into their 11th and 10th seasons, respectively.
Gaumont Animation secured sales for animated CGI series Calimero to Discovery Kids (Latin America), TiJI (Russia), TG4 (Ireland), RTBF (Belgium), Ketnet (Belgium), Zappelin (The Netherlands), Just4Kids (Benelux), Hop (Israel), Prava i Prevodi (Serbia) and RTV (Slovenia).
Among FremantleMedia International’s offerings at MIPTV are procedural No Offence, cold war drama Deutschland 83, MTV thriller Eye Candy and drama Billy & Billie, from screenwriter Neil LaBute.
Keshet International is headed to Cannes with trivia game show Trade Up and comedy format Imported.
Content Television will debut documentary Mandela, My Dad and Me, focused on Idris Elba’s (The Wire) mission to honor his idol, Nelson Mendela, and his late father.
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*** DEADLINE TO SUBMIT IS MONDAY ****The Late Show with James Corden averaged 1.5 million viewers and .4/3 among A18-49 and .5/3 among A25-54 for its premiere week, up 6 percent in viewers versus last year, and even in the demos. Socially speaking, the show’s YouTube channel jumped 330 percent in subscribers.
ABC freshman black-ish rose .3 among A18-49 Wednesday to reach 2.4, its highest demo number since November 19.
HGTV’s Fixer Upper closed the season up 72 percent among viewers P25-54 versus season one, and 104 percent versus the same period last year. The January 20 episode was the highest-rated single telecast of any series on the net in five years, and among the top 25 ever on HGTV. Tuesdays at 10p, the renovation show was the number two cable program among upscale W25-54.
GSN announced it closed 1Q15 with its most-watched quarter ever in primetime, total day, fringe, late night and weekend daytime in key demos.
Bounce TV posted double-digit gains in 1Q15 in households and key sales demos during Total Day with increases of 15 percent among Households (133,000), 13 percent in P2+ (174,000), 12 percent in P18+ (155,000) and 13 percent among P25-54 (79,000).
In 1Q15, CBS This Morning Saturday delivered the net’s largest Saturday morning news first quarter audience ever. The broadcast was up 9 percent from last year, to 2.19 million viewers, with a 20 percent increase in A25-54 (to .6/4) versus 2014.
Cooking Channel’s Rev Run’s Sunday Suppers season 2 premiere P25-54 impressions were up 23 percent versus the season one launch, and up 42 percent versus year-ago.
TV One posted a 49 percent increase in P18-49 and 36 percent lift among P25-54 in 1Q15, for the net’s best-ever quarterly performance in primetime, to rank among the top ten ad-supported cable nets in primetime among Black W25-54.
Sunday Morning News Shows March 29, 2015
CBS: Face the Nation 3.24 million total viewers; .7 and 825,000 A25-54
NBC: Meet the Press 2.87 million total viewers; .6 and 695,000 A25-54
ABC: This Week 2.61 million total viewers; .7 and 817,000 A25-54
CBS: Face the Nation-2 1.75 million total viewers; .3 and 418,000 A25-54
FOX: Fox News Sunday 1.35 million total viewers; .4 and 419,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD
Broadcast Morning Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of March 23, 2015)
ABC: Good Morning America 5.41 million total viewers; 1.6/13 and 1.94 million A25-54
NBC: Today 4.68 million total viewers; 1.5/12 and 1.8 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 3.28 million total viewers; .8/7 and 985,000 A25-54
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD
Late Night Talk Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of March 23, 2015)
CBS: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 3.3 million viewers, .9/4 A18-49
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 2.7 million total viewers; .61/3 A18-49
CBS: Late Show With David Letterman 2.7 million total viewers; .56/3 A18-49
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers and A18-49 Live+SD
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: ABC won the most A18-49 viewers Wednesday with 1.9/7, according to Nielsen. CBS was first at 8p with 2.2/8 for Survivor, followed by a 1.9/7 average for ABC’s The Middle and The Goldbergs. ABC won 9p with a 2.7/9 average for Modern Family and black-ish; FOX took second with 1.9/6 for American Idol. It was NBC at the top at 10p with 1.6/5 for Chicago PD, versus 1.3/4 for ABC’s Nashville.
A18-49: ABC 1.9/7, FOX 1.8/6, CBS 1.3/5, NBC 1.3/5, CW .7/2
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: April 1, 2015 – time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 4.5/8
Survivor 5.5/10, The Dovekeepers 4.1/7
FOX: 5.2/7
American Idol 5.2/9
NBC: 4.3/8
Mysteries of Laura 4.2/7, Law and Order: SVU 4.2/7, Chicago PD 4.6/8
ABC: 4.4/8
The Middle 4.8/9, The Goldbergs 4.3/7, Modern Family 5.7/10, black-ish 4.6/8, Nashville 3.5/6
UNIVISION: 1.6/3
Amores con Trampa 1.5/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.7/3, Que te Perdone Dios…Yo No 1.5/3
CW: 1.3/2
Arrow 1.6/3, Supernatural 1.1/2
TELE: .8/2
La Biblia .9/2, Tierra de Reyes .7/1, Duenos del Paraiso .9/2
ION: .6/1
Ghost Whisperer .6/1, Ghost Whisperer .6/1, Ghost Whisperer .6/1
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Direct marketing agency Lockard & Wechsler promoted Asieya Pine to President. Pine, who joined the company in 1999, was previously Executive Vice President, Managing Director. Eddie Wilders was elevated to Senior Vice President of Research and Analytics.
Visual effects and creative content studio Framestore named Derek Macleod-Veilleux Executive Producer. Macleod-Veilleux was most recently Head of Production at MPC.
Televangelist Robert Schuller died April 2, two years after being diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He was 88. Sculler hosted Hour of Power from 1970 until 2010.
Friday Fun Fact: The average life of a $1 bill is less than six years. A $5 or $10 bill lasts just over four.
This Day in History: 1924 – Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What was Larry’s occupation on Three’s Company (1977-1984)? Used car salesman. Kudos to: Carl Schellenberger-VCA/NYC, Marc Wollis-NBC Sports Group/NYC, Karen Kelly-SPUH/New Brunswick, NJ, Robyn Simensky-Initiative/NYC, Eric Litt-Tribune Broadcasting/Chicago, Bev Ellinger-WANDTV/Decatur, IL, Lisa Fikeys-Zimmerman/Chicago, Paul Blutter-Hollywood Depot Rentals/LA, Mark Ahn-FX Networks/LA, Alan Perris/Beverly Hills, Sandra Mueller-KTLA/LA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY APRIL 3, 2015
ABC: Last Man Standing, Cristela, Shark Tank [r], 20/20 [r]
CBS: The Amazing Race, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods
CW: Here Comes Peter Cottontail [r], Whose Line Is It Anyway [r]? Whose Line Is It Anyway? [r]
FOX: 21 Jump Street
NBC: Grimm, Dateline NBC [r], Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Charlie Rose, Live From Lincoln Center, Great Performances
Telemundo: La Biblia, La Biblia, La Biblia [f]
Univision: Amores con Trampa, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, Que te Perdone Dios…Yo No
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