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YES, UNIVISION IS #1 AGAIN.
For the 2nd consecutive July Sweep, Univision is the #1 Network among both A18-49 and A18-34, beating ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC.
LIGHTNING DOES STRIKE TWICE!
Source: Nielsen, NPM, 7/3/14-7/30/14, Mon-Sat 8-11p/Sun 7-11p, A18-49 (000), A18-34 (000), Median age based on Persons 2+ for Univision and Persons 2+ weighted average of ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC, Live+SD.
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08.05.14
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 5, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
HBO: Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Atlanta Falcons at 10p
ID: Evil Kin at 9p
Reelz: Hollywood Hillbillies at 9p, Celebrity Legacies at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
A&E: Shipping Wars at 10:30p
TLC: Buddy’s Bakery Rescue at 10p
Breathe easy, Big Bang Theory fans. Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco have come to agreements with Warner Bros. Television for new three-year contracts, with reported $1 million-per-episode paychecks and larger pieces of the CBS comedy’s backend. Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar are also expected to reach new deals. Production on season eight, now slated to start Wednesday, August 6, was delayed a week during extended contract negotiations.
IN THE NEWS
ABC News took top honors from the Newspaper Guild, a first for a TV network. Brian Ross, Matthew Mosk, Rhonda Schwartz and the ABC News investigative team won the Heywood Broun Award, honoring a "true commitment to championing the underdog against the powerful, the uncaring and the corrupt," for their "Breathless and Burdened" report on black lung disease. The prize is shared by journalists from the Center for Public Integrity, which claimed a Pulitzer for the report in April.
Viewers will have Hyundai to thank for an early peek at the premiere of TNT series Legends. The episode will be available starting Wednesday, August 6, on TNT Video on Demand, the WatchTNT app or on TNTDrama, presented by the 2015 Hyundai Genesis with limited interruption. TNT will also debut original short film The Genesis, born of a branded content partnership between the net and digital content studio New Form. "The film short will embody the dramatic suspense of Legends, while signifying the bold appeal of the Hyundai Genesis as it’s seamlessly integrated as the main character’s vehicle," said TNT. Legends officially debuts Wednesday, August 13 at 9p.
CBS moved up the finale of Extant to Wednesday, September 17, keeping it out of hot competition with the premieres of ABC‘s Modern Family and NBC‘s Law & Order: SVU during premiere week. The Halle Berry summer event series’ most recent outing scored a 1.1 rating among A18-49 and 5.9 million viewers. On September 24, CBS now has slotted a 90-minute premiere for Survivor, followed by a 90-minute Big Brother finale.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Spike TV ordered eight eps of Coaching Bad, with the NFL’s Ray Lewis and anger management specialist Dr. Christian Conte helping coaches change bad behavior. Series set to debut in early 2015.
Telemundo has wrapped production in Boston on season two of culinary competition Top Chef Estrellas. Magical Elves production hands out $100,000 to celeb-chosen charities.
Nickelodeon gave a straight-to-series order for School of Rock, based on the 2003 Paramount Pictures hit starring Jack Black, from Viacom partner Paramount TV. Production begins this fall for a spring 2015 premiere.
COMING UP
Music Choice celebrates the 20-year anniversary of the Essence Festival with a 30-minute special featuring performances and music videos from artists who have performed over the years. Essence Turns 20 is available on on Music Choice Video on Demand through Sunday, August 31.
Animal Planet will deliver "double the cute in half the time," with half-hour versions of Too Cute!, dubbed Too Cute! Pint Size, starting Saturday, August 16 at 8p. Twelve eps of animal baby stories are double stacked each week, starting with the tale of bulldog puppy Dexter.
Prince Charles raids the archives as host of a one-hour documentary about art created by generations of England’s royal family. Royal Paintbox airs for the first time in the U.S. on PBS Friday, September 12 at 10p (check local listings).
Hallmark starts next month off with a Waltons movie marathon, launching at 10a on September 1. The mood turns to romance on Saturdays, with movies Perfect on Paper and Midnight September 20 and September 27 at 9p.
Missed last week’s news? Get the roundup at In Case You Missed It.
MADE TO MEASURE
A new study from Nielsen indicates social media is raising awareness of TV programs. In 2012-versus-2013 comparisons of social media interactions, 25 percent of viewers said they are more aware of programs due to social media, versus 18 percent the year before, and 15 percent said social media made them enjoy programs more, versus 11 percent in 2012. As for those dreaded social media spoilers: 3 percent polled in 2013 said they watch less television because of spoilers, no change from 2012.
DISTRIBUTION & CARRIAGE
The Walt Disney Company and Suddenlink struck a multi-year agreement to deliver Disney content across TV, gaming consoles, computers, smartphones and connected devices. As part of the deal, Suddenlink will introduce Fusion, as well as the SEC Network on August 14 and Longhorn Network with the launch of the college football season.
Year-old Pivot is launching in New York City and Boston on RCN, on channel 114 of HD channel 552
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RETURNING SERIES
Comedy Central announced its fall premiere sked:
Tosh.0: second half of season six bows Tuesday, August 26 at 10p
Adam DeVine’s House Party: season two launches Tuesday, September 9 at 10:30p, moving to its regular Thursday-at-12:30a slot September 11
Brickleberry: season three bows Tuesday, September 16 at 10:30p
South Park: season 18 (!) premieres Wednesday, September 24 at 10p, followed by season four of Key & Peele at 10:30p
H2 brings back 10 Things You Don’t Know About, starring punk rock icon Henry Rollins, on Saturday, August 16 at 10p. Spoiler alert from the Asylum Entertainment series: camels once roamed the Texas prairie.
CW‘s America’s Next Top Model is bringing back the guys for a second season. Cycle 21 will feature seven men and seven women battling out for the title, starting Monday, August 18 at 9p. Encores air Fridays, at 9p, with original eps moving to the Friday slot starting October 3.
Hot in Cleveland spinoff The Soul Man, currently in season three on TV Land, has been renewed for a 12-ep season four in 2015. Over the last three seasons, the comedy has averaged a 3.19 rating among African-American Women 24-54, and 2.65 among African-American Adults 25-54.
CASTING
Rob Morrow (Northern Exposure) stars as an angel on a mission in Hallmark holiday film Debbie Macomber’s Mr. Miracle, now in production in Vancouver.
Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) will guest on ABC musical comedy Galavant, reports TVLine. Galavant will air in early 2015, sandwiched between Once Upon a Time‘s fall and spring runs.
ABC‘s The Goldbergs get a visit from David Spade (Rules of Engagement) this fall. Comedy returns for season two Wednesday, September 24 at 8:30p.
Meredith Baxter (Family Ties) starts boozing it up on Young and Restless Monday, September 8, reports TV Guide, as a charming but manipulative character on the CBS soap.
More suds: Natalie Zea (The Following) will star in ABC drama Members Only, about the shenanigans of a Connecticut country club’s members and staff.
Eddie McClintock has hopped aboard Fox midseason crime drama Backstrom, starring The Office‘s Rainn Wilson.
INTERNATIONAL HAPPENINGS
AMC Networks is rebranding MGM Channel as AMC, with locally-versioned channel feeds on cable and satellite platforms across Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. "It is our intention to replicate our successful U.S. strategy, extending the AMC brand worldwide and creating a broad pipeline for our original content," said AMC Networks COO Ed Carroll.
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RATINGS
CBS is getting good Live+7 Playback news for its summer dramas. The third episode of Under the Dome jumped 68 percent among A18-49, to 3.2, while the second outing of Extant got a 53 percent bump in the demo, to 2.3.
Fox also touted Live+7 numbers, citing a 45 percent increase for the July 14 finale of 24: Live Another Day, to 9.4 million viewers.
ABC‘s Rising Star wasn’t downed by football counterprogramming Sunday. Opposite NBC‘s Hall of Fame game Sunday night, the talent competition was up 14 percent among A18-34, up 20 percent among M18-34 and held steady in A18-49 with .9/3, per early Nielsens.
NIELSEN TWITTER TV TOP TEN series and specials for the week of 7/28/14
Program, Date, Unique Audience (000), Tweets (000)
Sharknado 2 (Syfy), 7/30, 5505, 581
The Bachelorette (ABC), 7/28, 4598, 352
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family), 7/29, 2635, 214
WWE Monday Night Raw (USA), 7/28, 2019, 224
Teen Wolf (MTV), 7/28, 1667, 240
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (E!), 8/3, 1580, 37
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (VH1), 7/28, 1357, 360
2014 Young Hollywood Awards (CW) 7/28, 1181, 44
America’s Got Talent (NBC) 7/29, 924, 60
Big Brother (CBS) 7/31, 882, 91
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: Univision had the most A18-49 viewers Friday with 1.4/6, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. Uni’s Mi Corazon es Tuyo topped the 8p hour with 1.4/6; ABC’s Shark Tank was second with 1.1/5. Univision kept the lead at 9p with 1.5/6 for Que Vida Me Robo, versus 1.2/5 for NBC’s Dateline. Uni and ABC shared first at 10p, with 1.2/5 for Que Pobres Tan Ricos and 20/20.
A18-49: UNI 1.4/6, ABC 1.1/5, NBC .9/4, TELE .7/2, NBC .6/2, CBS .5/2, CW .3/1, ION .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, August 1, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 3.3/6
CSI [r] 3.0/6, Hawaii Five-0 [r] 2.9/6, Blue Bloods 4.0/8
NBC: 2.9/6
Running Wild with Bear Grylls 1.6/3, Dateline 3.9/7, NBC News: Hannah Anderson’s Anatomy of a Kidnapping 3.1/6
ABC: 2.9/6
Shark Tank [r] 3.1/6, What Would You Do? 2.4/5, 20/20 3.3/6
UNIVISION: 1.8/3
De Te Quiero, Te Quiero 1.7/3, Que Vida me Robo 2.0/4, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.6/3
FOX: 1.1/2
MasterChef [r] 1.1/2, Bones [r] 1.1/2
TELEMUNDO: .7/1
Reina de Corazones .5/1, En Otra Piel .7/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.0/2
ION .6/1
Law & Order: CI .6/1, Law & Order: CI .5/1, Law & Order: CI .6/1
CW: .6/1
Whose Line Is it Anyway [r] .6/1, Whose Line Is it Anyway [r] .5/1, Penn & Teller: Fool Us .7/1
EXECUTIVE MOVES
El Rey promoted Chad Blankenship to Senior Vice President, Marketing & Communications, and tapped Katie Lanegran as Vice President, Public Relations. Blankenship joined El Rey in 2013; Lanegran comes to the net from SundanceTV.
Cablevision appointed David Dibble as Chief Technology Officer, effective September 2014. Dibble was most recently Advisor to the CEO at Yahoo.
Mirta Ojito joins Telemundo as Director, News Standards, effective August 25. Ojito has been an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University since 2006.
IN MEMORIAM
James Brady, the White House press secretary seriously wounded in the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, has died after what his family said were "a series of health issues." He was 73. Left permanently disabled, Brady’s crusade for gun control led to a federal law requiring a background check on handgun buyers. "The law that bears Jim’s name has kept guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals," said President Obama said in a statement on Monday. "An untold number of people are alive today who otherwise wouldn’t be, thanks to Jim."
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY AUGUST 5, 2014
ABC: CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock
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, America’s Got Talent
PBS: Mark Twain [r], 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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