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03.01.17
Good morning. It’s Wednesday March 1, 2017 and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
CNBC: The Deed at 10p
HBO: UConn: The March to Madness at 10p
Lifetime: Bringing Up Ballers at 10p
MTV: Catfish: The TV Show at 8p
Tonight’s Finales:
CBS: Hunted at 8p
USA: Suits at 10p
IN THE NEWS
FX gave the green light to a second installment of Ryan Murphy’s Feud, before the first debuts. The network ordered a 10-episode second season of the anthology project, which in round two will focus on Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The first season, which debuts this Sunday (March 5) delves into the feud between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford and stars Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange, respectively.
Making an Impact: On behalf of National Geographic, Katie Couric will present the inaugural Impact Award- Network to Courteney Monroe, CEO of Nat Geo Global Networks, at the Cynopsis Social Good Awards breakfast tomorrow (March 2) in New York City. There are just a few seats left, come join the celebration: http://www.cynopsis.com/event/2017-socialgood.
Disney, Fox, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. are all carrying a torch. The media conglomerates are officially on board in the efforts to bring the 2024 Olympics to LA.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Fox is developing music-infused drama series Cotton Club, based in Harlem in the Roaring ’20s. Project comes from former Empire co-exec producer Ayanna Floyd, who serves as showrunner; Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, producers of NBC’s live musical franchise; Broadway director Kenny Leon; and music executive LA Reid. Sony Pictures TV is producing.
Showtime Networks picked up five-part limited series Melrose, starring and exec-produced by Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game, Sherlock). David Nicholls (Far From the Madding Crowd, One Day) is writing all five episodes of the television adaptation, based on the Patrick Melrose series of decade- and globe-spanning semiautobiographical novels written by Edward St. Aubyn. Series, a co-production of Showtime and Sky Atlantic, comically skewers the upper class as it tracks the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery. Michael Jackson, who recently formed drama banner Two Cities Television, and Rachael Horovitz (Moneyball, Grey Gardens) also serve as executive producers. Melrose will be the Two Cities’ first production. Along with Cumberbatch, Adam Ackland will exec-produce for SunnyMarch.
FremantleMedia North America signed a first-look deal with award-winning author Neil Gaiman that enables FMNA and Gaiman to adapt any of his work, from novels to short stories, for television. FMNA and Gaiman first began their relationship when the two joined forces to adapt Gaiman’s American Gods. The new deal also allows for adaptation of projects involving third party source material and intellectual properties. The partnership spans Gaiman’s involvement in all creative capacities, including as a writer and as a producer.
INSP announced the destinations for Season 2 of State Plate, the Taylor Hicks-hosted culinary travel series set to return in late-summer. They include Alabama, Maryland, Mississippi, New York Oregon and Pennsylvania.
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
Several season premieres on tap this month at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Half-hour comedy Love Thy Neighbor returns Saturday, March 4; family drama Greenleaf returns Wednesday, March 15 at 10p; and sleek drama If Loving You Is Wrong returns on Tuesday, March 21 at 9p.
Original docu-series Collision Course is set to return to Reelz on Saturday, March 18 at 9p. The series explores the stories and scenes of crashes involving celebrities, including Justin Bieber, Paul Walker, John Denver, Tracy Morgan and John F. Kennedy Jr.
Bravo Media’s The Real Housewives of Potomac returns Sunday, April 2 at 9p. Season 2 features Gizelle Bryant, Karen Huger, Ashley Darby, Robyn Dixon, Charrisse Jackson-Jordan and new housewife Monique Samuels.
Cynopsis hosted a Branded Content webinar yesterday with info-packed presentations (and videos) from BEN,Discovery,ESPN,The Weather Channel and Scripps Networks Interactive. If you missed out, get everything on-demand and be in the the know.
COMING UP
NBC Sports will air PGA Tour 2017: Arnold Palmer on Sunday, March 5 at 1p. The special, presented by Mastercard, chronicles Palmer’s historic career and profound impact on both the PGA Tour and the world of sports.
Antenna TV is getting its green on for St. Paddy’s Day, airing 34 episodes over 17 hours of Green Acres. The marathon begins at 5a Friday, March 17.
Concrete Evidence: A Fixer Upper Mystery (working title) will debut on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries on Sunday, April 2 at 9p. Singer/songwriter Jewel stars in and serves as executive producer of this second installment of the mystery movie franchise based on author Kate Carlisle’s series of books. Concrete Evidence follows the owner of a restoration company who stumbles across clues hidden in the old homes where she works.
Newtown, a documentary from Independent Lens that explores the aftermath and resilience in the community devastated by trauma after the school shootings on December 14, 2012, will premiere on PBS stations on Monday, April 3 at 10p.
Little Mix will take the stage at the 2017 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards to perform a medley of their singles Shout Out to My Ex and Touch. Little Mix joins previously announced performers Machine Gun Kelly and Camila Cabello at the event, which airs live Saturday, March 11 at 8p on Nick.
John Ridley teams up with ABC News’ Lincoln Square Productions to direct and produce feature-length doc Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992, pegged to the 25th anniversary of the LA uprising that ensued after the verdict in the Rodney King case was announced. The feature-length special airs Friday, April 28 at 9p on ABC.
HBO has set May 20 as the premiere date for The Wizard of Lies, its movie starring Robert De Niro as Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff and Michelle Pfeiffer as his wife.
CASTING
Jenna Fischer (The Office) is the female lead in ABC’s comedy pilot Splitting Up Together, from Emily Kapnek, Ellen DeGeneres‘ A Very Good Produnction and Warner Bros TV. Series follows a couple whose marriage is reignited by their divorce.
Casting news today for two The Good Wife alums. Rita Wilson and Archie Panjabi are reuniting for an untitled Fox drama pilot written by Up in the Air co-writer Sheldon Turner, directed by This Is Us‘ John Requa & Glenn Ficarra and exec-produced by Scandal co-executive producer Judy Smith.
Chicago Fire cast Kamal Angelo Bolden (Rosewood) for the remaining four to five episodes of the firefighter drama’s fifth season as a recurring guest star with an option to become a regular in Season 6.
Shemar Moore, who departed CBS’ Criminal Minds last spring after 11 seasons, is back at the network as the star of drama pilot S.W.A.T., inspired by the 2003 Sony movie that was based on the 1975 ABC series.
Lyndon Smith (Parenthood) has scooped up a lead in ABC’s untitled legal drama pilot from Shondaland and ABC Studios. Ben Shenkman (Royal Pains) has also been cast in the pilot.
Antwon Tanner (One Tree Hill) scored a recurring role in Get Shorty, Epix‘s original series, based on Elmore Leonard’s 1990 thriller comedy novel.
ABC tapped Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels) as the lead character, Black Bolt, in Marvel’s Inhumans, its new series that explores the never-before-told adventure of the royal family including Black Bolt, the enigmatic King of the Inhumans, whose voice is so powerful a whisper can destroy a city.
Emerson Brooks is extending his role on The Last Ship with the evolution next year to a permanent part on TNT’s postapocalyptic naval drama. Brooks is already slated to recur in Season 4, which debuts this summer and is based on William Brinkley’s 1988 novel.
Antonio Jaramillo will co-star opposite JD Pardo in Mayans MC, the Sons of Anarchy spinoff pilot for FX from Kurt Sutter that’s set in the aftermath of SOA’s Season 7.
Did the President’s speech to Congress last night make you feel better or worse about where the country is headed? Let us know in the new Cynopsis poll: http://cynopsis.com/poll/.
ADVERTISING
American Girl, Aquabeads, Chrysler, Comcast Xfinity, Flavor Blasted Goldfish, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Shapes and The Walt Disney Studios are set as sponsors for the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards, airing on April 30 on Disney Channel. “We view the RDMA as an opportunity to connect with, and be relevant to, the lives of today’s families who are watching via multiple screens, who want information about the goods and services available to them and who make many purchasing decisions together, with both parents and kids,” said Rita Ferro, president, ad sales, for Disney ABC.
DIGITAL DOINGS
Hallmark Channel launched its streaming TV Everywhere app on Roku players and integrated Roku TVs. Hallmark Channel Everywhere on Roku, created in partnership with Bottle Rocket’s TV Everywhere platform AWE, will give authenticated users access to a curated selection of Hallmark Channel’s original movies and specials, as well as day-after-air full eps of its scripted primetime series and daytime program Home & Family.
YouTube’s anticipated live TV bundle will launch “in the next few months.” This was word from the Google-owned video portal, which said the service will pack more than 40 channels and cost $35 a month.
GOING GLOBAL
Comcast NBCUniversal agreed to purchase the 49 percent of Universal Studios Japan it does not already own. Comcast NBCU will acquire the stake from Goldman Sachs, former USJ CEO Glenn Gumpel, private equity firm MBK Partners and hedge fund Owl Creek Asset Management for $2.3 billion, including the assumption of USJ net debt.
Discovery Science picked up exclusive TV rights for Quintas Media’s pop science series Evil Knows! In The Name of Science for more than 100 countries including the territories of Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, the Benelux, the Middle East and Africa.
Canal 22 Mexico will debut two specials on Saturday, March 4: Vientos Noticias que Vuelan (News that Flys), the first newscast in Mexico to be produced by boys and girls, in which they present national and international issues of interest to them, at 9a, and a tribute Lola Beltran, the Mexican recording artist, actress and TV Presenter whose career spanned more than 40 years, at 8p.
Kids entertainment production house Cake launched the second season of its preschool series Space Racers, with 40 new episodes.
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RATINGS
NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd is celebrating a February sweeps win in total viewers and all key demographics. This is the show’s first February across-the-board sweep in three years. An average of 4.048 million total viewers tuned into MTP, the its biggest February sweep crowd in nine years, giving it an edge over CBS’ Face the Nation (3.722 million), ABC‘s This Week (3.327 million) and Fox News Sunday (1.669 million).
Ratings success continued in February for Scripps Networks Interactive and its digital arm Scripps Lifestyle Studios, which garnered more than 770 million digital video views, quadrupling last year’s views. HGTV topped February as the No. 1 primetime network among W25-54 and upscale W25-54. February 2017 closed as the net’s second-highest-rated February ever with A25-54 on HGTV, ranking No. 5 among ad-supported cable and No. 1 in weekends. Food Network ended February with a 5 percent lift among A18-49 and 2 percent ratings gains among both A25-54 and W25-54. Travel Channel saw 10 percent ratings growth among M25-54 for the month; DIY Network experienced 20 percent YoY growth, making it the highest-rated and most watched February in network history among A25-54 and W25-54; and Cooking Channel delivered its highest-rated and most watched February ever among both A25-54 (+13 percent) and W25-54 (+10 percent). Great American Country’s Living Alaska concluded its highest-rated season ever, growing its timeslot 121 percent over last year.
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of February 20, 2017
ABC Good Morning America 4.61 million total viewers, 1.3/11 and 1.50 million A25-54
NBC Today 4.25 million total viewers, 1.3/11 and 1.58 million A25-54
CBS This Morning 3.68 million total viewers, 0.9/8 and 1.08 million A25-54
Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of February 20, 2017
CBS Late Show 3.069 million total viewers, .53/3 A18-49
NBC Tonight 2.885 million total viewers, .68/4 A18-49
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.890 million total viewers, .42/2 A18-49
Comedy Central Daily Show .703 million total viewers, .25 A18-49
TBS Conan .481 million total viewers, .22 A18-49
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, February 28, 2017 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD
CBS: 4.1/7
Big Bang Theory 4.7/8, Man With a Plan 4.2/7, Superior Donuts 4.0/7, 2 Broke Girls 3.6/6, Scorpion 4.4/9
ABC: 3.5/6
The Bachelor 5.0/8, When We Rise: Night I 2.0/4
NBC: 6/11
The Voice 7.7/13, Taken 4.6/9
FOX: 2.2/4
Legacy Day One 2.4.4, APB 2.1/4
UNIVISION 1.1/2
Pequenos Gigantes 1.1/2, Vino el Amor 1.0/2, Color de la Pasion 1.1/2
TELE: .9/2
La Fan .6/1, La Dona .9/2, El Chema 1.1/2
CW: 1/3
Supergirl 1.3/2, Jane the Virgin .6/1
Wednesday A19-49 Analysis CBS 1.2/4, ABC 1.6/6, NBC 2.3/9, FOX .9/4, TELE .6/2, UNI .8/5, CW .5/1
Source: Nielsen
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Jonathan Wald is departing CNN to become SVP, programming and development, at MSNBC. Wald had been executive producer of Don Lemon’s primetime show at CNN.
Kendis Gibson was named co-anchor of ABC News’ America This Morning and World News Now co-anchor, joining Diane Macedo. Gibson, who filled in for the newscasts last year, joined ABC News in December 2014. Prior to that, he was an anchor and reporter at WJLA in Washington, DC.
Comedy Central GM David Bernath is leaving the company after 12 years, effective March 15 and will be replaced by Tanya Giles, a Viacom veteran who’s being promoted to that role.
JP Bommel is new the president/CEO at NATPE. Bommel previously held the position of managing director and COO at the television and content industry association since August 2015.
Shelly Sumpter Gillyard has been promoted to the new position of EVP, talent, music and events at the Nickelodeon Group. Sumpter Gillyard oversees all talent relations across live TV events, music and live-action programming.
Entertainment One Television appointed Gary Gradinger to the role of EVP, global business and legal affairs. Gradinger comes to eOne with more than 20 years of television industry experience, most recently working with Lionsgate Television and Lionsgate Digital Studios.
A+E Networks hired Kevin McAuliffe as a consultant for The Bridge, the company’s new creative-led ad agency. Most recently, McAuliffe served as SVP, global partnership & branded content, for WME|IMG.
Valerie Meraz has been promoted to SVP of content acquisitions & strategy for Turner‘s entertainment networks. She joined Turner in 2012 as VP of program acquisitions.
Jannat Gargi, a film producer and manager of documentary films for Vulcan Productions, will join the Redford Center’s Board of Directors. The nonprofit Redford Center, co-founded by Robert Redford, was established to transform social and environmental issues into entertaining, educational, solutions-oriented content.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment appointed Elana Sofko as its SVP of business development and distribution, and Michael Winter as its SVP of programming and development. Sofko previously led digital initiatives for WWE and ESPN.
Susana Zepeda Cagan has been named VP of talent for Turner Classic Movies (TCM) & FilmStruck. She previously served as head of talent and studio relations for NBCU’s Fandango.
The Fusion Media Group announced media lawyer Lynn Oberlander will become general counsel for the Gizmodo Media Group. Oberlander joins GMG from First Look Media Works, where she served as general counsel, media operations since early 2014.
This Day in History: 1961- The Peace Corps was established by President John F. Kennedy.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY MARCH 1, 2017
ABC: The Goldbergs, Modern Family, When We Rise
CBS: Hunted, Criminal Minds, Bull
CW: Arrow, The 100
FOX: Lethal Weapon, Star
NBC: Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Justice
PBS: Spy in the Wild: A Nature Miniseries, Africa’s Great Civilizations
Telemundo: La Fan, La Dona, El Chema
Univision: Pequenos Gigantes USA, Vino el Amor, El Color de la Pasion
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