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06.27.16
Good morning. It’s Monday June 27, 2016, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
TLC: My Big Fat Fabulous Life: More Fab at 8p
UniMas: La Ronca de Oro at 9p
Univision: Por Siempre Joan Sebastian 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
AMC: TURN: Washington’s Spies at 10p
Food: Kids BBQ Championship at 8p
Freeform: Monica the Medium at 10p
Nat Geo: Mygrations at 9p, Port Protection at 10p
TBS: American Dad at 8:30p
IN THE NEWS
While the U.S. and global markets were plunging on Friday after the United Kingdom voted itself out of the European Market, Discovery Communications, which launched the Discovery Channel in the UK in 1989, seemed to be taking the surprising Brexit vote in stride. “We are accustomed to operating in an industry and a world where change is constant,” said the company in a statement. “We will work closely with U.K. and E.U. leaders to successfully navigate this change and find new opportunities to shape our future. In the short-term and medium-term, our currency hedging program will significantly minimize the foreign exchange impact of the Brexit vote on our financial performance.” By day’s end, the Dow Jones U.S. Media index had closed down 3.6 percent.
A class action antitrust lawsuit alleging collusion leading to anti-competitive pricing for DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket customers was amended on Friday, dropping CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC from the proceeding. DirecTV and the NFL remain as defendants, with the sports teams accused of creating a “lucrative monopoly” by not availing themselves of cable, satellite or Internet distribution channels individually.
Upfront selling is going “phenomenally well,” said CBS chairman and CEO Les Moonves at the Cannes Lions event last week. “We had a rough year a year ago at the upfront and that’s because people were confused about digital.” What a difference a year makes. “We’ve figured out the combination of television and digital is extremely effective,” said Moonves, adding that OTT is the company’s future.
Gilmore Girls’ Alexis Bledel appears in character as Rory Gilmore in a Twitter video with First Lady Michelle Obama promoting the Let Girls Learn initiative. Rory arrives with a load of books (“I brought all of Shakespeare – you can’t go wrong with the Bard”) for the First Lady’s trip to Liberia, Morocco and Spain. GG ended in 2007 with Rory preparing to follow Barack Obama’s campaign; four-part revival Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life debuts on Netflix this fall.
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E! News has a new home – a state of the art, multi-stage newsroom for all of E! News’ properties, including broadcast, digital, mobile and social. The space is equipped with head-to-toe screens and the latest high definition video capabilities, socially plugged-in technology including vertical video walls and real-time audience feedback tools. Not to mention a fully stocked bar area. New space will be on display tonight at 7p and 11p.
New Charter, sprung from the Charter/Time Warner Cable/Bright House Network deal, will have a steady performance in 2Q16 despite the complexity of integration, predict UBS analysts. Forecast: the company will lose 40,000 residential video subscribers in 2Q16, versus 74,000 in the year ago quarter, and gain 248,000 broadband subscribers, versus last year’s 244,000. “We expect net subscriber adds to show normal seasonal pressure but improve [year over year] given issues at telco competitors,” said a research note.
For the second year, HITN-TV is partnering with Kids First! to offer kids in New York City a week-long day camp geared for film buffs. The Kids First! Film Critics Boot Camp will be held in August at HITN-TV studio headquarters in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. For more info, visit the Kids First! web site.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
CNBC announced LeBron James’ and Maverick Carter’s selection as host for upcoming unscripted primetime series, Cleveland Hustles, premiering??Wednesday, August 24 at 10p. The series teams four successful Cleveland business leaders with local entrepreneurs looking for an investment to launch their own brick-and-mortar stores.B. Bonin Bough, chief media & eCommerce officer at Mondelez International, takes the reins.
Writer Sheldon Turner and producing partner Jennifer Klein of Vendetta Productions inked a two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television to develop new projects for network, cable and streaming services. “They have incredible taste in material, and they gravitate toward smart, muscular storytelling with fascinating characters and urgency,” said 20th president Jonnie Davis. “They’re a fantastic addition to our roster, and all the networks are eager to work with them, as are we.”
Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: June 24-26, 2016
Finding Dory (Buena Vista) $73.2 million (week 2), cume revenue $286.6 million
Independence Day: Resurgence (Fox) $41.6 million, opening weekend
Central Intelligence (Warner Bros.) $18.4 million (week 2), $69.3 million
The Shallows (Sony) $16.7 million, opening weekend
Free State of Jones (STX) $7.8 million, opening weekend
The Conjuring 2 (Warner Bros.) $7.7 million (week 3), cume revenue $86.9 million
Now You See Me 2 (Lionsgate) $5.7 million (week 3), cume revenue $52.1 million
X-Men: The Apocalypse (Fox) $2.5 (week 5), cume revenue $151.1 million
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (Paramount) $2.4 million (week 4), cume revenue $77.1 million
Alice Through the Looking Glass (Buena Vista) $2.1 million (week 5), cume revenue $74.6 million
Source: comScore
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COMING UP
Anthony Anderson (black-ish) will appear on an episode of new Travel Channel series The Best Place to Be, produced by Queen Latifah and Shakim Compere at Flavor Unit. Anderson’s segment was taped in Barcelona. His assessment of the experience? “I WILL be back!” said Anderson.
HDNet Movies offers a 24-hour “Celebrate the West” marathon on Monday, July 4, starting at 6a with The Life and Times of Roy Bean, followed by Bad Day at Black Rock, A Big Hand for the Little Lady, Hombre, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, The Horse Soldiers and Cimarron. Then the HDNet airs it all over again.
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
Season two of Born This Way launches Tuesday, July 26 at 10p. The A&E reality series follows young adults with Down Syndrome. Among the subjects: Megan, working on her own successful clothing line, whose desire to move to LA by herself puts her at odds with her mom.
Basketball Wives LA is back for season five on Sunday, July 17 at 9p. Last season the reality show made VH1 the number one cable network in the time period among W18-34.
What’s the best way for media companies and brands to use and monetize – Facebook Live? Jason George, CEO of Telescope, tackles that question and more in the latest Cynsiders.
CASTING
James Earl (Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life) stays in the Fox family with a series regular role on season two of Scream Queens. He joins sophomore run additions John Stamos and Taylor Lautner.
David Walton (About a Boy) landed a major recurring role in season four of Masters of Sex. Showtime drama returns Monday, September 11 at 10p.w
DIGITAL DOINGS
TLC is going live – the network brought back reality show A Baby Story as a Facebook broadcast. On Friday at 4:21a, the show went live to follow mom Rossio as she progressed in labor before giving birth at home, offering viewers an uncut, real-time view of the event. Next live birth is due on (or around) June 27. Series first aired on TLC and Discovery in 1998. “A Baby Story was at the cornerstone of TLC’s programming for years, and taking this concept to the digital space was a natural move as we continue to deliver heartfelt and raw milestone moments,” Scott Lewers, SVP, Multi-Platform Programming & Digital Media, TLC, tells Cynopsis. “We hope this is the first of many new babies we welcome by sharing the story of their arrival on TLCme.”
YouTube ordered a full season of Lionsgate drama series Step Up, based on the film franchise. Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot and Meredith Milton, all producers of the films, will exec produce the series, along with Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan Tatum, who co-starred in the original Step Up film.
Hulu announced premiere dates for three series. New dramas Chance and Shut Eye debut Wednesday, October 19 and Wednesday, December 7, respectively, while The Mindy Project is back for season five on Tuesday, October 4. The streamer’s first feature film, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week, drops Saturday, September 17.
Haters Back Off, starring YouTube celeb Colleen Ballinger-Evans, launches on Netflix October 14. Eight-part series is based on the character Miranda Sings.
Registration is now open for the Cynopsis Digital Webinar: How to Monetize Virtual and Augmented Reality on Thursday, July 21 at 1:30p. Learn about the best strategies and tactics to maximize ROI from investments in VR & AR.
The UCB Show, a weekly sketch comedy series from Upright Citizens Brigade founders Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Ian Roberts and Matt Besser, has been renewed for season two at Seeso. The streaming comedy channel also acquired Thank You Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon, celebrating late comedian Del Close.
Netflix’s House of Cards won The Grand Prix award at Cannes Lions for Integrated. From BBH New York, the campaign – “F.U. 2016” – featured a spot resembling a political ad that ran during a Republican debate on CNN. “The brilliant work leveraged current culture in the US to draw in its audience,” said BBH founder Sir John Hegarty.
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RATINGS
The season finale of Hallmark’s The Good Witch averaged a 2.7 HH rating and 2.9 million viewers in Live+3, placing the net #1 among HH and total viewer rating and delivery in the Sunday 9p time period. For the full season, Hallmark was the second highest-rated and third most-watched cable net in the time period.
Travel Channel’s Expedition Unknown delivered its strongest performing episode of the season on Wednesday, June 22, with more than 1.5 million total viewers and a 140 percent ratings increase among P25-54 versus its year-ago time slot. It marked the series’ highest-rated premiere in season two and the highest-rated episode since March, 2015.
Good ratings news for Univision this month includes the Spanish-language net ranking as the number three network through June 22 among A18-49 and A18-34, and out-delivering one of more of the Big Four 21 out of 24 nights in the A18-34 demo and 15 out of 24 nights among A18-49. “We are very pleased with our blockbuster results,” Jessica Rodriguez, CMO and head of program scheduling for Univision, tells Cynopsis adding there’s more on the way: “We continue to work to superserve this audience as evidenced in the upcoming roster of summer premieres.”
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: CBS won the most A18-49viewersThursdaywith1.2/5, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS averaged 1.3/5 with Big Bang Theory and Life in Pieces to win 8p, followed by 1.0/4 for the first hour of ABC’s BattleBots. CBS’s Big Brother was first at 9p with 1.7/7, followed by 1.0/4 for BattleBots. ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud topped 10p with 1.1/4; Telemundo’s Senor de los Cielos was second with .9/4.
A18-49: CBS 1.2/5, ABC 1.0/4, FOX .7/3, NBC .6/2, TELE .6/2, UNI .5/2, ION .3/1, CW .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: June 23, 2016 time period averages.
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 3.4/6
Spartan [r] 1.6/3, Spartan 1.7/3, Aquarius 1.2/2
CBS: 3.2/6
The Big Bang Theory [r] 4.6/9, Life in Pieces [r] 3.3/6, Mom [r] 3.5/7, Big Brother 3.5/7, Code Black 2.2/4
ABC: 2.5/5
BattleBots 2.3/4, Celebrity Family Feud 2.9/6
FOX 2.1/4
Bones 2.9/6, Home Free 1.4/3
ION: 1.2/2
Blue Bloods 1.1/2, Blue Bloods 1.3/3, Blue Bloods 1.2/2
TELEMUNDO: .9/1
Eva, la Trailera .8/2, Esclava Blanca .8/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.1/2
UNIVISION: .8/2
Camino Hacia Destino 1.0/2, Tres Veces Ana .9/2, Yago .6/1
CW: .6/1
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow .5/1, Beauty and the Beast .6/1
IN MEMORIAM
Broadcast executive Norm Potter died June 11. In addition to posts at ABC, RKO, WTBS and Petry Television, Potter was President of Financial News, a partner in Potter/Sutton Advertising Sales, and the principal of Top Media Sales.
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This Day in History: 1880 – Helen Keller was born.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY JUNE 27, 2016
ABC: The Bachelorette, Mistresses
CBS: Mom [r], 2 Broke Girls [r], Scorpion [r], BrainDead
CW: Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r], Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r], Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r], Whose Line Is it Anyway? [r]
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance?, Houdini & Doyle
NBC: U.S. Olympic Trials, American Ninja Warrior
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Roadshow [r], POV
Telemundo: Eva, la Trailera, La Esciava Blanca, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Un Camino Hacia el Destino, Tres Veces Ana, Yago
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