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07.22.14
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 22, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
BBC America: Nature’s Weirdest at 9p
Create TV: Eat! Drink! Italy! with Vic Rallo at 6:30p
DIY: Holmes Makes it Right at 9p
NBC: Food Fighters at 8p
Syfy: Face Off at 9p
Travel: Food Paradise at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
Bravo: The Real Housewives of New York City at 9p
Lifetime: Little Women: LA at 10p
PBS: History Detectives Special Investigations at 9p
Velocity: What’s in the Barn? at 10p
FXX is making the most of its landmark The Simpsons deal. Starting Tuesday, September 2, the animated comedy will air in fringe, primetime and late-night dayparts on weekdays and weekends, with themed mini-marathons from 4p-8p leading into Sunday’s 8p broadcast on Fox. FXX is also launching "Simpsons World," featuring branded content through SimpsonsWorld.com and handheld/connected devices via FXNow, in October; viewers will be able to access every episode, and curate personalized playlists. "Our goal was to create the deepest digital archive of any show ever," said FX president of marketing and on-air promotions Stephanie Gibbons. And as previously announced, the net will air 25 seasons – 522 episodes – of the animated comedy in a row, 24 hours a day for 12 days starting Thursday, August 21.
IN THE NEWS
ABC correspondent Paula Faris is joining the Good Morning America Weekend anchor team, replacing Bianna Golodryga, announced ABC News president James Goldston in a memo to staff. Golodryga is leaving to join Yahoo as news and finance anchor – but it’s not goodbye forever. "Because of our great partnership with Yahoo!, she will continue to appear on our air and will contribute frequent reports to the Yahoo-ABC News Network," said Goldston.
Netflix reported that total streaming members went over the 50 million mark, and U.S. members topped 36 million, up 570,000 from March. In a letter to shareholders, the video streaming company also expressed its determination to keep Internet service providers from "holding our joint customers hostage with poor performance to extract payments from us, other Internet firms, and other Internet transit suppliers."
Any chance CBS CEO Les Moonves regrets plunking down $275 million for the rights to Thursday Night Football, debuting on the net September 11? "We pay a lot of money for football, and we make a lot of money on football," Moonves told TV writers last week. "This is a sure thing."
Telemundo launched a campaign aimed at encouraging students to pursue education in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM). The year-round effort will include on-air public service announcements featuring Noticiero Telemundo‘s anchor Jose Diaz-Balart and reporter Vanessa Hauc as its official education champions, and the distribution of thousands of backpacks to students across key markets.Telemundo is also celebrating "Education Week" with a series of special segments in its network and local newscasts, and its public affairs program, Enfoque con Jose Diaz-Balart.
The Country Music Association and Music Choice are partnering to promote CMA content, starting with CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock, airing Tuesday, August 5 at 8p on ABC. A CMA Music Festival category will be available on Music Choice Video on Demand, and Music Choice Today’s Country Music Channel will feature a CMA Music Festival block August 3-5 from 6p-8p.
The Casting Society of America is accepting submissions for the 30th Annual Artios Awards in the categories of TV, theater and new media. Awards will be handed out during a bicoastal event January 22, 2015. Details here.
PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
BSkyB acquired a 70 percent stake in Love Productions (Great British Bake-off). "This is a significant step for our growing international content business," said managing director, content Sophie Turner Laing. "Love is one of the U.K.’s most innovative and creative independent producers with a track record of success across a range of genres, both in the U.K. and globally."
COMING UP
Fusion anchor Jorge Ramos will be at the U.S.-Mexican border for today’s special edition of America with Jorge Ramos at 10p, a close-up look at the journey of unaccompanied children fleeing their home countries. Ramos’s reporting will also be featured on ABC’s Good Morning America, World News and Nightline. Fusion is a joint venture between Univision and Disney/ABC TV.
Two-night miniseries Houdini, starring Adrien Brody (The Pianist) as the legendary escape artist, airs on History Monday, September 1 and Tuesday, September 2 at 9p. The Lionsgate/A+E Studios co-production co-stars Kristen Connolly (House of Cards) and Evan Jones (The Book of Eli).
Contestants had better be handy with a hammer DIY‘s newest renovation show. Homeowners can have a room or two totally redone on Sledgehammer, but only if they can completely gut it in 30 minutes. If not, it’s clean-up time. "Risky, yes – but the payoff could be great," says host Jason Cameron. Series premieres Wednesday, August 6 at 10 and 10:30p.
TCM celebrates the film career of James Garner, who died July 19 at age 86, with a marathon of 12 of his movies on Monday, July 28. 1956′s Toward the Unknown leads things off at 6a.
Velocity‘s Garage Squad comes to the rescue of beloved but beat-up autos – like a ’66 Ford Mustang whose owner hasn’t been able to drive it since the steering came off in his hands while he was driving. Series premieres Friday, August 1 at 9p.
Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), who picked up the Male Summer TV Star award at last year’s Teen Choice Awards, will be hosting the whole shebang this year. Canada’s Magic ("Rude") and English boy band Rixton join previously-announced Jason Derulo as performers on the broadcast Sunday, August 10 at 8p.
BRANDS & ADVERTISING
Fred Armisen is starring in a new digital video/social experiment for Heineken, which has the Portlandia star anonymously calling NYC pay phones to see who picks up. Most surprising? "That anyone spoke to me at all," Armisen told AdAge. The campaign from Wieden & Kennedy encourages people to enter their phone numbers at RoutineInterruptions.com to win rewards that will "inspire them to try something new."
Discovery Channel is swimming in marketing partners for Shark Week. Southwest Airlines is offering exclusive content onboard flights; LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics launches limited edition Shark Fin Soap on July 30; Cold Stone Creamery serves up "Shark Week Frenzy" and "The Great Blue Cupcake" treats through August 19; in-salon co-branded signage will appear in Great Clips, also donating to shark conservation efforts, and Georgetown Cupcake will offer custom Shark Week cupcakes in stores and at Discovery.com. Summer event returns to Discovery Sunday, August 10 at 8p.
RETURNING SERIES
Fargo is coming back to FX for a second installment with a new cast, a new time period and a new "true crime" story. Not changing? Exec producer and writer Noah Hawley. Count John Landgraf a fan. "Noah’s audacious, bordering on hubristic riff on my favorite Coen brothers film earned 18 Emmy nominations – the most for a single program in our history," said the CEO of FX Networks & FX Productions in making the announcement. "Fargo was nothing short of breathtaking."
Also back on FX: Louie. The Louis C.K. observational comedy will have a seven-episode season five, slated for a spring 2015 premiere. The series scored five Emmy nods, including best comedy. "Louie’s fourth season was once again groundbreaking. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking – always thought provoking," said Landgraf.
Veterinarian Jan Pol is back making house calls on Nat Geo WILD‘s number one series, The Incredible Dr. Pol, starting Saturday, August 23 at 9p. First projects: a guinea pig castration, starving piglets and a calf with a dislocated hip.
What was your favorite James Garner role? Cast your vote in the new Cynopsis poll.
DISTRIBUTION & CARRIAGE
WCCB-TV will launch digital multicast net Antenna TV in Charlotte, NC next month. Antenna, available on 88 affiliates, features classics like I Dream of Jeannie, The Partridge Family and Hazel.
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CASTING
Broadway star Bernadette Peters (Into the Woods) will guest on Bravo dramedy Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce, premiering Tuesday, December 2 at 10p.
Brian Hallisay (The Client List) has joined the season four cast of ABC‘s Revenge in a heavily recurring role. Drama returns Sunday, September 28 at 10p.
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RATINGS
The season two debut of CBS‘s Under the Dome had a greater Live+7 playback lift in viewers and A25-54 than the show’s premiere a year ago, according to Nielsen L7 ratings for Monday, June 30. The drama added 4.6 million viewers (up 49 percent, versus a 31 percent lift in 2013) and a 61 percent ratings bump in the demo (to 4.5, versus a 36 percent lift in 2013).
ABC singing competition Rising Star took a dip Sunday, according to early Nielsens, averaging 1.0 among A18-49 for a series low. CBS‘s Big Brother was tops for the night with a 2.1 in the demo, down one tenth from last week. In total viewers, CBS’s 60 Minutes was first in broadcast with 7.7 million.
NIELSEN TWITTER TV TOP TEN for the week of 7/14/14
Program, Date, Unique Audience (000), Tweets (000)
2014 Espys (ESPN, ESPN Deportes), 7/16, 8304, 1585
The Bachelorette (ABC), 7/13, 2687, 121
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family), 7/15, 2618, 261
WWE Monday Night RAW (USA), 7/14, 2217, 214
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (VH1), 7/14, 1999, 986
Premios Juventud 2014 (Univision), 7/17, 1927,986
Teen Wolf (MTV), 7/14, 1908, 287
Kids Choice Sports (Nick) 7/17, 1586, 21
Finding Carter (MTV) 7/8, 1845, 143
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (E!), 7/20, 1519, 41
WWE Battleground (PPV), 7/20 1452, 246
Source: Nielsen. Nielsen Social captures relevant tweets from three hours before, during and three hours after an episode’s initial broadcast, local time. Unique Audience measures the audience of relevant Tweets ascribed to an episode from when the Tweets are sent until the end of the broadcast day at 5a. The data includes new/live primetime and late fringe episodes only and excludes sports events.
Friday A18-49 Analysis: ABC and Univision tied for the most A18-49 viewers Friday with 1.1/4, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s Dateline topped the 8p hour with 1.1/5, followed by .9/4 for ABC’s Shark Tank. Dateline was still in first at 9p with 1.4/5, versus 1.3/5 for Univision’s Que Vida Me Robo, versus 1.2/5 for Dateline’s second hour. ABC won 10p with 1.4/5 for ABC’s 20/20; Uni came in second with 1.1/4 for Que Pobres Tan Ricos.
A18-49: ABC 1.1/4, UNI 1.1/4, NBC 1.0/4, CBS .6/3, TELE .6/2, FOX .4/2, CW .2/1, ION .1/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, July 18, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 3.4/7
CSI [r] 2.6/5, Hawaii Five-0 [r] 3.3/6, Blue Bloods 4.0/8
NBC: 3.3/6
Dateline 4.1/8, Crossbones 1.7/3
ABC: 3.1/6
Shark Tank [r] 2.8/6, What Would You Do? 2.5/5, 20/20 4.0/8
UNIVISION: 1.5/3
De Te Quiero, Te Quiero 1.3/3, Que Vida me Robo 1.8/3, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.5/3
FOX: .9/2
MasterChef [r] 1.0/2, 24: Live Another Day [r] .7/1
TELEMUNDO: .8/1
Reina de Corazones .6/1, En Otra Piel .7/1, Senore de los Cielos 1.1/2
CW: .5/1
Whose Line Is it Anyway [r] .7/1, Whose Line Is it Anyway [r] .7/1, Seed .4/1, Backpackers .3/1
ION .5/1
Law & Order: CI .6/1, Law & Order: CI .5/1, Law & Order: CI .5/1
EXECUTIVE MOVES
TLC named Tom King Vice President, Creative Marketing. Most recently, King was Senior Creative Director at Science Channel.
Tia Maggini joins Lifetime as Vice President, Original Movies. Most recently, Maggini was Vice President of Television for Josephson Entertainment.
Grant Rosenquist has been promoted to the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Media Insight and Planning Director at InterMedia Advertising. Rosenquist had been VP of Analytics and Insight.
TVGN appointed Debra Wichser as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Wichser served as Vice President, Corporate Development for CBS Corporation. TVGN is a CBS/Lionsgate partnership.
IN MEMORIAM
Screenwriter/director/producer John Fasano died in his sleep on July 19. He was 52. Known for his work on horror films, Fasano was also nominated for a Writer’s Guild Award for TNT’s The Hunchback; other TV credits included docudrama Saving Jessica Lynch.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY 22, 2014
ABC: Extreme Weight Loss, Celebrity Wife Swap
CBS: NCIS [r], NCIS: Los Angeles, [r] Person of Interest [r]
CW: Arrow [r], Supernatural [r]
FOX: Family Guy [r], Brooklyn Nine-Nine [r], New Girl [r], The Mindy Project [r]
NBC: Food Fighters [p], America’s Got Talent
PBS: Al Capone: Icon, History Detectives Special Investigations [f], Frontline [r]
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, En Otra Piel, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Lo Que la Vida Me Robo, Que Pobres Tan Ricos
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