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05.17.16

Good morning. It’s Tuesday May 17, 2016, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
BET: Inside the Label at 8p
Fox: Coupled at 9p
PBS: Genealogy Road Show at 8p

Tonight’s Finales:
ABC: Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at 9p
CBS: NCIS at 8p, NCIS: New Orleans at 9p
Great American Country: Log Cabin Living at 9p
ID: See No Evil at 9p
NBC: Chicago Med at 9p, Chicago Fire at 10p

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IN THE NEWS

CBS has renewed freshman dramas Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and Code Black, as well as comedy The Odd Couple and reality series Undercover Boss for new seasons. But it’s one and done for Rush Hour.

Up is going in a new direction. The net’s “We Get Family” tagline heralds new programming that veers a bit from its gospel/faith and family roots. Sandwiched between the former ABC Family and Hallmark, Up is aiming for the “Me to We” life stage – getting married, having children and raising kids. “Our extensive, 18-month research endeavor revealed that over 42 million adults are searching for family in mind programming. We believe this is a substantial opportunity and as the most trusted brand for family content, we are poised to own it,” said Amy Winter, EVP and GM, UPtv.

Viacom is hosting what it has dubbed a Datafront, today in NYC, to explore changes in the media business and its impact on consumers and marketers. “This is a watershed moment for television as data has redefined how we consider so many aspects of the business, from alternative currencies to measurement to branded entertainment," said Kern Schireson, EVP Data Strategy and Consumer Intelligence. Topics included the convergence of screens, measurement, brand content creation and how to authentically speak to fans.

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PRODUCTION

PepsiCo’s in-house Creators League is opening of a new content studio in NYC, with plans to collaborate with AOL’s Partner Studios and Tip “T.I.” Harris. Creators League will serve as an internal production arm for branded content, brand-inspired long and short form scripted series and films, reality and competition, OTT and digital content. “Consumers are hungry for inventive, engaging content, delivered in a timely fashion and across a multitude of channels,”  said Brad Jakeman, president, PepsiCo Global Beverage Group. “Creators League will allow us to provide that content with maximum speed, efficiency and creative control.”

PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew launched the Mtn Dew Green Label Multi-Channel Network, the first brand-owned MCN, partnering with influencers who will create YouTube content across key verticals (action sports, hoops, art, music, gaming and racing). By eliminating the traditional third-party, the brand explains it eliminates the third-party management fee. The arrangement also provides a new revenue stream from ad sales revenue, and delivers a more authentic relationship to influencers. For their part, influencers get a long-term brand integration deal.

DISTRIBUTION

Cinedigm ’s faith and family Dove Channel has added new programming from Litton Entertainment. The three-week rollout begins Tuesday, May 17. Included in the distribution deal: Jack Hanna’s Wild Countdown; Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin, an exploration of Earth’s least understood resource, our oceans; Born to Explore with Richard Wiese; Sea Rescue, focusing on the stories of marine animal rescue, rehabilitation, and return to the wild; and The Wildlife Docs, following the challenging lives of a veterinary staff that cares for over 12,000 animals.

Ride Television Network, Inc. (RIDE TV) and the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative reached an agreement to make RIDE TV available to NRTC members’ video subscribers.  RIDE TV debuted in the fall of 2014 and serves the equestrian lifestyle community.

UPFRONTS UPDATE

Why combine NBCUniversal’s broadcast and cable presentations? “We manage that company as one company,” said CEO Steve Burke at the company’s Upfront on Monday. “Hopefully this will come through during our two hours today.”

NBC, poised to finish first for the full 52-week September to September 2015-16 primetime season in A18-49, announced three new series, as well as a Thursday NFL package. “Coming off the Rio Olympics in August, we can’t wait to get the fall underway,” said Robert Greenblatt, chairman, NBC Entertainment. Drama highlights include This Is Us, from Dan Fogelman (Crazy, Stupid, Love), where seemingly disparate people’s lives intersect in the most curious ways; and Timeless, from Eric Kripke (Revolution) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield), focused a scientist, soldier and history professor who must change the past while trying to capture a dangerous fugitive.

Midseason dramas include Taken, which will air at 10p Mondays in the prime post-Voice timeslot, spin-off Chicago Justice, Emerald City, a reimagination of The Wizard of Oz, spin-off The Blacklist: Redemption, and Midnight, Texas, based on the hit book about the vampires, witches, psychics and hit men who inhabit this small town.

On the comedy side, this fall Emmy Award winner Mike Schur returns to NBC with The Good Place, starring Kristen Bell and Ted Danson. One of the most anticipated shows of the new season is the return of The New Celebrity Apprentice, with Arnold Schwarzenegger taking control of the boardroom post-Donald Trump. Said Paul Telegdy, NBC Entertainment President of Alternative and Late Night Programming, “We can honestly say we’ve never been more excited about a new slate of alternative series than we are this year.” More on NBCUni cable tomorrow…

Fox has slated a midseason return for Prison Break. The six-episode event series reteams the cast and crew of the original series that aired from 2005 to 2009. The trailer presented at the net’s upfront presentation suggests that Wentworth Miller’s Michael Scofield, who was believed to be dead, isn’t. The series is slated for a Thursday 9p time slot when it launches, following Rosewood.

Fox TV Group chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman were optimistic when questioned about another installment of The X-Files event series. “We have had conversations with (creator) Chris Carter and David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. I believe everyone is on board to do another installment of the show,” said Walden. The series was the second-most-watched Fox program on VOD last season behind Empire.

24: Legacy, the latest reboot of the 24 franchise, will debut on Sunday, February 5  right after Fox’s broadcast of the Super Bowl. The series, which chronicles a race against the clock to stop a devastating terrorist attack on United States soil, is in signature real-time format, but in 12 episodes; half that of the original.

The net’s remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show is slated to air in October. The two-hour event follows Janet Weiss (Victoria Justice) and Brad Majors (Ryan McCartan), who stumble upon the bizarre abode of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Laverne Cox), a sexually ambiguous, flirtatious mad scientist.

Emphasizing the evolution of Univision Communications Inc.‘s broad array of complementary media brands and how they are being leveraged to create more meaningful buying opportunities for marketers, the company’s 2016 upfront presentation focused on the theme "United We Stand. Together We Grow." "Univision is evolving to be a media company of the future, with more catered programming and advanced offerings that better position us to reach a rapidly evolving consumer marketplace. The strength of our relationship with U.S. Hispanics has allowed us to expand our capabilities to account for more than language," said Randy Falco, president and CEO of Univision Communications. "Now, we not only serve one of the biggest growth populations in America, but also the nation’s next generation of growth consumers  the diverse American youth.…Simply put, we are taking steps to ensure UCI continues to be a powerful, innovative partner for marketers."

Between its controlling investment in The Onion, and an agreement with ABC to become the sole owner of Fusion, the Company is doubling down on comedy content across linear and digital. The new slate of sitcoms caters to a more youthful audience, including 40y20, which explores what happens when a divorced, 40-year-old dad and his 20-year-old son live together like bachelors, and Super X, which centers on how friends Lalo and Alex’s lives change when an accident leaves Alex with superpowers. UCI will also further leverage both Flama and Udisea through sponsored interstitials on Univision Network, UniMas and Galavision and, in 2017, The Onion will gain a linear home with the launch of a new show on Fusion.

Working with Televisa to reimagine telenovelas and make them more relevant to the evolving Hispanic consumer, UCI’s approach will be on shorter, crisper stories on Univision Network and a focus on fast-paced action series and real-life stories on UniMas. New shows slated for the season include, Mujeres De Negro, Tres Veces Ana, and El Principe, all of which will allow fans to consume content across multiple platforms in the UCI ecosystem.

COMING UP

The video for Adele’s single Send My Love (To Your New Lover), from her latest album 25, will make its worldwide debut during the 2016 Billboard Music Awards. The awards show, hosted by Ludacris and Ciara, and airs live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 22 at 8p on ABC.

TED Talks: War & Peace premieres Monday, May 30 at 10p on PBS.  (Check local listings.) The special explores the impact of war through the eyes of those who have experienced its every aspect: soldiers, journalists, doctors, mothers and more.

WE tv has made the first episode of the second season of Match Made in Heaven available free across a variety of distribution platforms in advance of its linear network premiere on Thursday, May 19 at 10p. The reality dating show, hosted by Sherri Shepherd, features businessman and former pro football player Stevie Baggs searching for true love with 18 beautiful bachelorettes. The episode is available on WEtv.com, through cable/satellite/telco video on demand, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and anywhere a viewer typically finds WE tv content.

History special Alexander Hamilton (wt) bows Sunday, June 26 at 9p. The two-hour documentary captures the life and times of our nation’s forgotten (until Broadway, have you tried to get tickets/) founding father.

STUNTS

TV One is welcoming summer with an Empire Memorial Day marathon. Viewers can binge watch the Lyon family and their dynastic drama starting with Season 1 on Sunday, May 29 at 12p, followed by Season 2 on Monday, May 30 at 7a.

In celebration of the franchise’s 50th anniversary this year, HDNET Movies is presenting a Star Trek movie marathon on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30 starting at 10a. The line-up includes Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and Star Trek Insurrection.

NEW & RETURNING SERIES

Reelz’ Hollywood 911 premieres Saturday, June 11 at 10p. The original series features first-person perspective on celebrities’ most dangerous moments as heard through 911 calls, including the actual emergency calls made by Sandra Bullock during a terrifying home invasion and Justin Bieber as paparazzi pursued him at high speed on a freeway. The network’s returning series Murder Made Me Famous bows Saturday, July 23 at 9p, followed by CopyCat Killers at 10p.

History has unveiled its summer original programming lineup. Roots premieres Monday, May 30 at 9p. Barbarians Rising, the story of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire from the perspective of the barbarian leaders who brought it down, bows Monday, June 6 at 9p. Six, which follows a Navy SEAL team whose 2014 mission to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan goes awry when they uncover a U.S. citizen working as a jihadist fighter, debuts Monday, July 18 at 10p.  Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour, a new non-scripted series featuring Ozzy Osbourne and Jack Osbourne hitting the road in a father-son journey, premieres Wednesday, July 27 at 10p. Big Easy Motors which explores undiscovered treasure in the bayous of Louisiana, debuts premieres Tuesday, July 5 at 10p. Forged in Fire’s sophomore season debuts Tuesday, August 23.

Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern is back for a tenth season on Tuesday, June 21 at 9p, as the chef and culinary explorer continues his quest to taste unique foods in every corner of the globe. In the premiere, Zimmern travels to Madrid and discovers some new spins on some old classics  snail soup, whole baby pig head, rabbit paella and beef fat bonbon. Yum!

In commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the massacre at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC, Investigation Discovery returns with a third installment of its Hate in America franchise. Hate in America: Lone Wolves centers on this story and other acts of domestic terrorism executed by “lone wolf” perpetrators. Bowing Saturday, May 21 at 8p, it follows veteran journalist Tony Harris and the Southern Poverty Law Center as they investigate the rise of the lone wolf.

AMC will air live after show Talking Preacher, following the season premiere and finale episodes of new series Preacher. Hosted by comic Chris Hardwick, the hour-long talk show will feature cast, creators, producers and celebrity fans discussing the supernatural, dark comedy. Talking Preacher debuts Sunday, May 29 at 10:30p, after an encore airing of Preacher’s pilot episode at 9p. The second installment will air after Preacher’s season finale on Sunday, July 31 at 10p. Preacher debuts Sunday, May 22 at 10p.

Lifetime’s Gold Medal Families bows Tuesday, June 28, at 9p. The docuseries showcases six Olympic hopefuls and their families, revealing the lengths, economic hardships and personal sacrifices they go through to get their elite athlete to the podium of the World Games.

CASTING

Toby Jones has been tapped to play the villain in Season 4 of BBC series Sherlock. The veteran actor starred on British series The Secret Agent and Detectorists and plays a scientist on Fox’s Wayward Pines.

KID STUFF

The Fred Rogers Company and 9 Story Media Group have appointed Imports Dragon as global master toy partner for Peg + Cat, the animated PBS KIDS series. Under the new agreement, Imports Dragon will translate some of the show’s characters, along with its signature math and problem-solving concepts, into a collection of toys for preschoolers ages 3-5.

GLOBAL GOINGs ON

TCB Media Rights has brokered a raft of pre-sale deals for its growing slate of history titles from UK indie Like A Shot Entertainment. Inside Secret Societies, commissioned by US channel American Heroes, has been taken by VIASAT World, RMC Decouverte France and Foxtel Australia. Also headed for Australia is The Private Lives of the Tudors, a UKTV commission based on the book by historian Tracy Borman. The Somme: The First 24 Hours has been pre-sold to SBS and Foxtel in Australia, as well as Historic Channel, which is available in 39 countries across Russia, the CIS and the Baltics.

9 Story Media Group’s CG action-adventure preschool series Top Wing has been picked up by Nickelodeon.  The net has secured exclusive rights to the animated, action-adventure show for its channels worldwide, excluding Canada.

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RATINGS

The finale of WGN America thriller Underground was the #1 scripted original series on cable last Wednesday night among A25-54 and A18-49 in Live+3 viewing.  At 10p the show posted strong lifts over Live+SD, increasing 81 percent in A25-54 (911,000 vs. 502,000), 80 percent among A18-49 (866,000 vs. 481,000) and 76 percent in Total Viewers (1.8 million vs. 1 million).  Season-to-date, Underground scored 3 million Total Viewers in Live + 7 viewing.

TV One’s marathon of Empire’s second season (except Fox’s upcoming May 18 season finale) posted the network’s best-ever Saturday total day performance among Households (.51/295,000), W18-49 (.42/132,000) and total viewers 2+ (.27/402,000).

SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top U.S. Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of May 9, 2016
Program, Date, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Post (000), Fans/Followers (000)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Warner Bros./synd.) 5998, 93, 64, 113825
Good Morning America (ABC) 1522, 842, 2, 9435
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (NBC) 1285, 358, 4, 3013
Today Show (NBC) 1225, 586, 2, 9881
The Voice (NBC) 1204, 341, 4, 19594
Once Upon A Time (ABC) 974, 70, 14, 8470
Dancing With the Stars (ABC) 906, 908, 9, 8239
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 903, 56, 16, 25529
Empire (FOX) 893, 201, 4, 7243
Saturday Night Live (NBC) 804, 121, 7, 7960
Source: Shareablee Inc. The total actions metric includes the total volume of post-level likes, shares, favorites, retweets and comments. Total content includes all posts, tweets and media posted by each TV property across all platforms. Actions per post metric notes the average e number of actions garnered by each TV property. Total fans/followers includes Facebook and Twitter and Instagram followers.

TV PLAYBACK RANK, based on the difference between Nielsen’s first-reported Live + Same Day rating and the final Live + 7 Day rating for the week of April 25, 2016
Program, Live+SD A18-49 US AA%, Live +7 US AA%
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 3.4, 5.4
Empire (Fox) 3.8, 5.7
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 2.0, 3.7
Scandal (ABC) 1.6, 2.9
Blacklist (NBC) 1.2, 2.5
Blindspot (NBC) 1.4, 2.6
Quantico (ABC) 1.0, 2.0
Chicago Fire (NBC) 1.7, 2.7
Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC) 1.0, 2.9
Scorpion (CBS) 1.6, 2.5
Source: The Nielsen Company. Based on original telecasts only.

NIELSEN TWITTER TV TOP TEN for the week of May 9, 2016
Program, Date, Tweets (000)
The Voice (NBC) 5/10, 582
Empire (Fox) 5/11, 298
Game of Thrones (HBO, HBO Latino) 5/15, 200
Saturday Night Live (NBC) 5/14, 132
WWE Monday Night RAW (USA) 5/9, 129
Nuestra Belleza Latina (Univision) 5/15, 94
Scandal (ABC) 5/12, 94
The Voice (NBC) 5/9, 83
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 5/12, 78
Supernatural (The CW) 5/11, 69
Source: Nielsen. Nielsen Social captures relevant Tweets from three hours before through three hours after broadcast, local time. Unique Audience measures the audience of relevant Tweets ascribed to a program from when the Tweets are sent until the end of the broadcast day at 5am. The data includes new/live primetime and late fringe programming only and excludes sports events. For multicast events, networks are listed alphabetically and metrics reflect the highest Unique Audience across all airing networks.

Top Ten Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among Total Viewers for the week of: 4/25/2016
Primetime(000)/Total Prog. Day (000)
TNT 2608/ NICK 1201
FOXN 2018/FOXN 1179
ESPN 1910/ADSM* 1114
USA 1611/DSNY 1034
DSNY 1550/TNT 1017
DISC 1498/TOON 864
HGTV 1468/HGTV 862
TBSC 1422/ USA 860
HIST 1318/ESPN 816
CNN 1253/NAN* 804
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performances.

Top Ten Basic Cable Network Live+7 Performance among A18-49 for the week of 4/25/2016
Primetime (000), Total Prog. Day (000)
TNT 1299/ADSM* 663
ESPN 926/TNT 471
TBSC 689/ESPN 443
ADSM 656/NAN* 411
DISC 614/NICK 372
USA 612/USA 315
AMC 499/TBSC 311
BRAV 474/TOON 291
AEN 449/DSNY 285
HGTC 445/HGTV 276
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performance.

Top-Rated Cable Shows among A18-49 for the week of 4/25/2016
Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) 4456
NFL Draft (ESPN) 3375
Love & Hip Hop Atlanta (VH1) 2502
Teen Mom II (MTV) 2365
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (EN)  2165
Houston/Golden State (TNT) 2021
Blank Ink Crew (VH1) 1921
60 Days In (AEN) 1853
Indiana/Toronto (TNT) 1842
Oklahoma City/San Antonio (TNT) 1795
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe 116,400,000 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+7. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performance.

Friday A18-49 Analysis: CBS won the most A18-49 viewers Friday with 1.1/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS grabbed the top spot at 8p with Amazing Race at 1.1/5, followed by ABC’s Beyond the Tank with 0.7/3. ABC’s Shark Tank took over the lead at 9p with 1.2/5. CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 trailed with 1.1/5. CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 finished the night at #1 with 1.2/5. ABC’s 20/20 was #2 with 0.9/4.

A18-49: CBS 1.1/5, ABC 0.9/4, NBC 0.7/3, UNI 0.6/3, TELE 0.6/2, Fox 0.4/2, CW 0.4/2, ION 0.3/1

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: May 13, 2016 time period averages.
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 4.9/10
The Amazing Race 3.8/8, Hawaii Five-0 5.4/10, Hawaii Five-0 5.6/11
ABC: 3.0/6
Beyond the Tank 2.4/5, Shark Tank 3.4/6, 20/20 3.0/6
NBC: 2.3/5
Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon 1.9/4, Grimm 2.2/4, Dateline NBC 2.9/6\
FOX 1.2/2
Jumping the Broom 1.2/2
UNIVISION: 1.0/2
Un Camino Hacia el Destino 1.0/2, Yago 0.9/2, El Hotel de los Secretos 1.0/2
CW: 0.6/1
The Vampire Diaries 0.7/1, The Originals 0.5/1
ION: 0.8/1

Criminal Minds 0.8/2, Criminal Minds 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.8/1
TELEMUNDO: 0.8/1
Eva La Trailera 0.7/1, La Esclava Blanca 0.8/1, El Senor de los Cielos 0.9/2

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Discovery Communications has upped Robert S. Scanlon to Executive Vice President and General Manager of Velocity and Automotive Content. Prior to Velocity, Scanlon served as Vice President in the Discovery Communications Emerging Networks Group.

Smithsonian Channel has named Joanna Brahim to the newly created role of Vice President, Communications. She joins the network from TLC, where she served as Senior Director, Publicity.

Joe Pietroni has been promoted to Chief Technology Officer of Endemol Shine Group. He las served as Director of Technical Development, Apps and Games.

Fusion has announced two strategic appointments. Jason Wagenheim, a veteran of Conde Nast, has joined the company as Senior Vice President Brand Partnerships and Head of Revenue. In addition, Megan Gilbert, formerly Content Director at Studio@Gawker, has been appointed Director of Branded Content for Lightworks, the expanding creative and branded content studio that will work across the recently announced Fusion Media Group.

This Day in History: 2000 – The final episode of Beverly Hills 90210 aired on Fox.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What was Gomer’s girlfriend Lou-Ann’s job when they met, on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964-1969)? A singer in a nightclub. Kudos to: Lilly Borisenko-HBO/NYC; Tom Profit-Babcock Knolls Entertainment/Studio City, CA; Bob Telford-SAG-AFTRA/Valley Village, CA; Jerry Jones/San Francisco, CA.

Today’s Trivia Question: What album cover did Sydney have framed above her mantle on Melrose Place (1992-1999)? (Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone.).

TV SHOW ANAGRAM: Sinc (Email trivia@cynopsis.com; first three respondents with the correct answer who aren’t in trivia – will be posted along with the answer on www.Cynopsis.com.)

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JOB OPENING: ANALYST, PROGRAM RESEARCH/NBCU Bravo & Oxygen/NYC: Proven strong statistical analysis exp. Proactive thinker, multitasker and good comm skills required. BA Deg/GPA 3.5. Full info/apply HERE (5/19)

JOB OPENING: MGR DIGITAL DATA STEWARDSHIP/Discovery/NY: Develop digital analytics capabilities, create processes and best practices across the biz, oversee the lifecycle for data rationalization, sourcing, standardization, integration, and integrity. Est strong relationships with broader team and extrnl vendors. Full info/apply HERE (5/19)

JOB OPENING: MANAGER, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING/Scripps Networks Interactive/Knoxville, TN: Support CDM team on renewal strategies, tactics, and plans for all accounts. Present sales proposals, contribute to development of key client maintenance & documentation. For more detail www.scrippsnetworks.com J100994 or J100806 (5/19)

JOB OPENING: PRODUCERS, ASSIGNMENT EDITORS, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS/WRNN-TV, FIOS1 News/ Rye Brook NY: is currently recruiting for News positions. Candidates must have TV News experience & be able to work an overnight & wknd shift. Full info/apply HERE (5/19)

JOB OPENING: SR PARTNERSHIPS MGR, ADVANCED TV/THE TRADE DESK/NYC: Responsible for dvlpmnt/execution of strategic partnerships 7+ yrs of exp TV advertising in sales/business dvlpmnt for Nat’l Brdcst Ntwrks, MVPDs, Syndicators, OTT devices, Video SSPs or Local Brdcst. Full info/apply HERE (5/19)

JOB OPENING: Sr. DIR. DIGITAL OPS/FUSETV/NY: Provide guidance on strat. direction, planning & org structures to support evolving dig. ad sales business. Operations of campaign trafficking, delivery, optimization, inventory forecasting and analysis. click on our career page @ www.fuse.tv (5/19)

JOB OPENING:INTEGRATED MKTG Sr. MANAGER/FUSE/NYC: Strategic dvlpmt & execution of multiplatform integrated mktg solutions for potential/existing Ad Sales clients. Exp: Mktg/Ad Sales/Mgmt/Media/Crtv Writing Full info/apply @ www.fuse.tv (5/19)

JOB OPENING: ENTERTAINMENT COUNSEL/DORSEY PICTURES/Denver: Reality TV Prod Co. outside Denver Colorado seeking in-house Entertainment Counsel. Successful candidate must be licensed or willing to become licensed in Colorado & have 8-10 yrs of TV exp. Please send resumes and salary requirements to adorsey@dorseytv.com (5/18)

JOB OPENING: COMEDY WRITER/COMEDY/VARIETY TV SHOW/LA: Comedy/Variety TV show looking for excellent joke writer for staff WGA position. Must be flexible, fast, & positive! Have a unique point of view and lots of ideas. 2 years writing exp is preferred. Resumes HERE tvresumes123@gmail.com (5/18)

JOB OPENING: SVOD SUBSCRIPTION MARKETING DIRECTOR/TCM FilmStruck/ATL: Play a lead role in dvlpmnt of Turner’s first domestic (SVOD) business, FilmStruck. Drive forecasts & results for FilmStruck subscriptions & revenues. Previous exp w/a subscription service. Full info/apply HERE (5/18)

JOB OPENING: JUNIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/Adspace Networks/LA: Entrepreneurial spirit wanted! 1-3 years’ experience with media agency or media sales; supports SVP of West Coast Sales, manage developmental accounts. 65K+. Resumes to: ediblasi@adspacenetworks.com (5/18)

JOB OPENING: SR COORD PRODUCER – PROG & PROD/Discovery/NY or LA: Producer w/creative audience engagement ideas to prod/manage multiplatform content. Manage reversion/reloads to bring fresh eyes to linear. Partner cross-departmentally to oversee strategic vision/direction of ntwk programming. Full info/apply HERE (5/18)

JOB OPENING: MGR OF ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING, MEDIA OPS/Crown Media Family Networks/LA: Oversee delivery of Orig Programming media: completed movies, series, specials, etc. Assure quality control & timely delivery of media. BA req & min 5 yrs exp in post prod. Apply HERE (5/18)

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY MAY 17, 2016

ABC: Fresh Off the Boat, The Real O’Neals, Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. [f]

CBS: NCIS [f], NCIS: New Orleans [f], Person of Interest

CW: The Flash, Containment

FOX: Megyn Kelly Presents, Coupled [p]

NBC: The Voice, Chicago Med [f], Chicago Fire [f]

PBS: Genealogy Road Show [p], Secrets of the Dead, Frontline

Telemundo: Eva, la Trailera, La Esclava Blanca, El Senor de los Cielos

Univision: Un Camino Hacia el Destino, Yago, El Hotel de los Secretos

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