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08.12.14
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 12, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
A&E: Cement Heads at 10:30p
AMC: 4th and Loud at 9p
Bravo: Below Deck at 9p, The Singles Project at 10p
GSN: Idiotest at 9p
Oxygen: Sisterhood of Hip Hop at 9p
Tonight’s Finales:
Food: Chopped Teen Tournament at 10p
Syfy: The Wil Wheaton Project at 10p
Actor and comedian Robin Williams died Monday at the age of 63. He first became nationally known from TV’s Mork & Mindy, which ran from 1978 to 1982. He won an Oscar for his role in the film Good Will Hunting. The cause of death is believed to be suicide via asphyxiation. He was found on his home. The New York Times quoted Susan Schneider, Williams’ wife, "This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one if its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. I am utterly heartbroken. On behalf of Robin’s family, we are asking for privacy during our time of profound grief. As he is remembered, it is our hope that the focus will not be on Robin’s death but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions."
IN THE NEWS
Showtime is launching season four of Homeland with back-to-back eps on Sunday, October 5 at 9p. “In the aftermath of Homeland’s stunning finale last season [Carrie pregnant with Brody’s baby, overseas assignment], there is such strong anticipation for the start of season four that we wanted to give fans an extra generous helping,” said EVP of programming Gary Levine. The net is jumping on that wave of excitement to push up the premiere of new drama The Affair by a week, to October 12.
E!’s Chelsea Lately ends its seven-year run with a live finale on Tuesday, August 26 at 11p – a bold move for the net outspoken host Chelsea Handler once called a “sad, sad place to live.” But bold is likely ratings gold. Among the A-listers stopping by for the host’s send-off (Jennifer Aniston! Sandra Bullock!) will be Handler’s ex, rap star 50 Cent, the first time they’ll be together since breaking up, according to E!. And closing the show is a musical number with dozens of celebs the net promises “will blow the roof off Stage 1.” Handler’s next stop: Netflix, where she’s signed a deal for specials and a talk show.
Male-targeting Grit and female-focused Escape launch Monday, August 18 at noon with films High Noon and Body Heat, respectively. Nets from Katz Broadcasting are cleared in 50 percent of the country.
The marketing campaign for SundanceTV’s The Honorable Woman, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, includes a Layer app allowing viewers to hold their smart phones or tablets over images on sundance.tv or on Facebook to find clues to upcoming episodes. The net also partnered with Brainfall for online personality quizzes. Drama airs Thursdays at 10p.
A quickie teaser for AMC’s Better Call Saul reveals the Breaking Bad spinoff will premiere in February. The drama has already been renewed for season two.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Amazon’s pilot season, with customers asked to offer feedback on featured shows, launches Thursday, August 28. In contention are comedies The Cosmopolitans, with Adam Brody and Chloe Sevigny; Really, with Sarah Chalke and Selma Blair and Steven Soderbergh-produced Red Oaks. Dramas include Hand of God, starring Ron Perlman and Dana Delany, and Shaun Cassidy’s Hysteria, with Mena Suvari.
BET has three docuseries in the works, the Hollywood Reporter was first to report. A reality show featuring Keyshia Cole (BET’s third) was picked up for six half-hour eps, with orders of eight hour-long eps going to a series focused on rapper Nelly and one following married couple Tamela and David Mann (Meet the Browns).
It’s Shark Week on Discovery, and you know what that means – angry sharks, alien sharks, zombie sharks, non-stop shark cams… still game for a day a the beach? Enter our contest to win a fin-tastic beach pack!
COMING UP
Fusion’s Fusion LIVE is broadcasting from LA this week. The Millennial-focused news show airs weeknights at 8p.
Guilty pleasure net ID takes a different approach in Worst Thing I Ever Did, featuring people revealing their secrets to the ones they’ve wronged. “Shifting ID’s focus from legal consequences to moral ones puts viewers in the front row as everyday people confront their own guilty consciences,” said Henry Schleiff, group president of ID, AHC, Destination America and Discovery Fit & Health. “The series reveals the depths to which humans can sink and the heights to which we can rise when asked for forgiveness.” Show premieres Thursday, August 14 at 10p.
A&E tests the strength of online couples in Love Prison. The seven-episode reality show plops pairs, who correspond online but have never met in person, on an island to spend a week together with no access to technology. Series produced by Leftfield Pictures debuts Monday, September 8 at 10p.
The 66th Emmy Awards is lining up presenters for the kudofest, airing Monday, August 25 on NBC at 8p. Big names onboard so far: Bryan Cranston, Zooey Deschanel, Woody Harrelson, Adam Levine, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julianna Margulies, Matthew McConaughey, Jim Parsons, Amy Poehler, Julia Roberts, Gwen Stefani and Kerry Washington.
Kardashian mama Kris guest co-hosts E! News from Wednesday, August 13-Friday, August 15. Expect Keeping Up with the Kardashians scoop on the pop culture show, airing at 7p and 11:30p.
Univision’s got a new telenovela on tap. La Malquerida (The Bad Mistress), about a toxic love triangle, debuts on the Spanish-language net Monday, August 25 at 10p.
Weather Channel is primed for hurricane season with a special and a series, both premiering Monday, August 18. Top 10 Worst Hurricanes counts down the most damaging storms ever at 8p, followed by the series premiere of Hurricane 360, an eight-parter that offers blow-by-blow accounts of storms and their aftermaths.
Missed last week’s news? Get the roundup at In Case You Missed It.
RETURNING SERIES
USA is bringing summer series Suits back for season five. Season four of the drama, averaging 1.6 million viewers A18-49, airs Wednesdays at 9p.
Cycle 21 of America’s Next Top Model kicks off Monday, August 18 at 9p on CW. Contestants are tasked with rocking the runway to see who can take the best selfie.
DISTRIBUTION & CARRIAGE
CBS and Tribune Entertainment struck a long-term affiliation agreement that moves the net to Tribune’s WTTV in Indianapolis from LIN Media’s WISH-TV, starting January 1, 2015. The CW, currently on WTTV, moves to the station’s multicast channel 4.2.
INTERNATIONAL HAPPENINGS
Electus International optioned the Food Fighters format for Germany, Sweden and the Middle East. Culinary competition airs in the U.S. on NBC, Tuesdays at 8p.
AMC Networks announced the launch of Sundance Channel Global in six new territories: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and Paraguay. Distribution agreements were also reached in Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Peru with pay-TV operators. “Further expansion across all of Latin America is a major priority for us in the months ahead,” said Ed Palluth, EVP of global distribution, AMC Networks International.
DCD Rights sold Penn & Teller Fool Us to the Universal Channel, NBCUniversal’s channel for Asia, and to Prava I Prevodi in the Balkans. Magic show is currently airing in the U.S. on The CW Wednesdays at 8p.
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CASTING
Ed Harris (Apollo 13) plays a villain on HBO pilot Westworld. Harris joins Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs) and Evan Rachel Wood (True Blood).
Grammy winner Patti LaBelle guests for four episodes on FX’s American Horror Story - no singing, just acting, reports TVLine – as the mother of Gabourey Sidibe’s character. Season four launches in October.
Brette Taylor (Unforgettable) joins the season three cast of Nashville in a major recurring role, reports TVLine. Drama returns Wednesday, September 24 at 10p on ABC.
BRANDS AND ADVERTISING
Colgate will be the title sponsor for five figure skating specials on ABC during the 2014-2015 season. The Colgate ABC Skating Series, from producer Disson Skating LLC, will be Colgate’s first major involvement in the sport. “The oral care division is taking the lead position on this title sponsorship, which fits in perfectly with our family friendly skating entertainment specials,” Steve Disson, President of Disson Skating, tells Cynopsis.
A new campaign for Acura’s TLX features edgy spots with songs from the likes of Sex Pistols’ Sid Vicious, singing his nothing-like-Sinatra version of “My Way,” and Ludacris (“Pimpin’ All Over the World”). The music is “a means to underscore and emphasize what we’re trying to do with the whole brand,” Mike Accavitti, SVP and GM of the Acura division of American Honda Motor Co. tells Adweek, “which is position it as more youthful.”
Hoyt Archery is partnering with Sportsman Channel to sponsor the net’s “Whitetail Weekend” programming, airing Saturdays and Sundays from 6p-8.
Some NYC moviegoers got a shock last weekend when they spotted themselves in big-screen promos for TNT’s upcoming drama Legends during NCM Media Networks’ FirstLook pre-show program. Utilizing green screen technology and “near real time” editing, moviegoers were filmed and inserted into the new Legends trailer as “virtual extras.” “TNT is once again taking the lead in finding new ways to connect with consumers on an emotional level,” said Tricia Melton, SVP of entertainment marketing and branding for TNT, TBS and TCM. Legends premieres on Wednesday, August 13 at 9p.
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RATINGS
Discovery reeled in a record number of viewers for Sunday’s launch of “Shark Week.” With a 2.27 P25-54 rating and 3.64 million total viewers P2+ delivery, it was the highest-rated evening ever for Shark Week, now in its 27th year, and the 13-highest rated primetime evening ever for the network.
The rain-delayed, nail-biter PGA championship helped boost CBS numbers Sunday night. Golf scored 2.4/9 among A18-49 and 11.7 million total viewers in the overrun, according to early Nielsen numbers. Unforgettable and Reckless were preempted across most of the country, replaced by 60 Minutes (1.4/4 and 7.4 million viewers) and Big Brother (1.7/5 and 5.4 million).
Fox’s telecast of the 2014 Teen Choice Awards held its year-ago A19-49 rating of .8/3 on Sunday. The show was the night’s top broadcast in persons 12-17 (2.7/13) and 12-34 (1.4/6).
Cinemax medical drama The Knick debuted to an average 354,000 viewers Friday night, with a total of 657,000 over the weekend. The series, starring Clive Owen, has already been renewed for a sophomore run.
The Saturday premiere of Starz drama Outlander delivered 720,000 viewers. Counting replays over the weekend, the number swells to 2.3 million; the show also had nearly 900,000 pre-premiere multi-platform views.
NIELSEN TWITTER TV TOP TEN for the week of 8/4/14
Program, Date, Unique Audience (000), Tweets (000)
Teen Choice (Fox), 8/10, 8380, 4405
CMA Music Festival: Country’s Night to Rock (ABC), 8/5, 2861, 176
Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine (Discovery), 8/10, 2959, 122
Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family), 8/05, 2310, 200
WWE Monday Night Raw (USA), 8/04, 1915, 198
Air Jaws: Fin of Fury (Discovery), 8/10, 1798, 72
Keeping Up with the Kardashians (E!) 8/10, 1749, 54
Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) 8/04, 1582, 38
Teen Wolf (MTV) 8/04, 1568, 224
Big Brother (CBS), 8/07, 1344, 176
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 1.3/6, followed by .9/4 for ABC’s Shark Tank. Univision maintained the lead with 1.6/6 for Que Vida Me Robo, versus .9/3 for ABC’s What Would You Do?. Uni still led the pack at 10p with 1.3/5 for Que Pobres Tan Ricos, while NBC’s Dateline pulled in a 1.1/4.
A18-49: UNI 1.4/6, ABC .9/4, NBC .8/3, CBS .7/3, TELE .6/2, FOX .5/2, CW .2/1, ION .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, August 8, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 3.3/6
CSI [r] 3.2/6, Hawaii Five-0 [r] 2.9/5, Blue Bloods 3.7/7
NBC: 2.7/5
Running Wild with Bear Grylls 1.4/3, Dateline 3.3/6
ABC: 2.7/5
Shark Tank [r] 2.8/6, What Would You Do? 2.3/4, 20/20 2.9/6
UNIVISION: 1.7/3
Mi Corazon Es Tuyo 1.6/3, Que Vida me Robo 1.8/3, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.6/3
FOX: 1.1/2
MasterChef [r] 1.2/2, Bones 1.1/2
TELEMUNDO: .8/2
Reina de Corazones .6/1, En Otra Piel .8/2, Senor de los Cielos .9/2
CW: .7/1
Masters of Illusion .7/2, Whose Line Is it Anyway [r] .6/1, Penn & Teller: Fool Us .7/1
ION .6/1
Law & Order: CI .6/1, Law & Order: CI .6/1, Law & Order: CI .7/1
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Glen Hansen was name Vice President, Content Sales, Asia-Pacific for A+E Networks. Most recently, Hansen was Senior Vice President of Sales & Acquisitions for North America at Zodiak Rights (UK).
Skip Chaisson, founder of production company Skip Film, has been appointed Senior Vice President, Creative & On-Air Promotion for El Rey Network. Chaisson will report to Scott Sassa, vice chair and Robert Rodriguez, network founder and chairman.
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation appointed Cyd Wilson its Executive Director. Wilson is the founder and president of Cyd Wilson Entertainment Marketing.
IN MEMORIAM
Irish actor JJ Murphy died August 8, four days into filming season five of Game of Thrones. Saying Murphy would not be replaced, producers explained in a statement: “He was a lovely man, and the best Denys Mallister we could have hoped for.”
This Day In History: 1981 – IBM introduced its first personal computer, model 5150.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which 1970s series had “Fembots” battling its heroine? The Bionic Woman (1976-1978). Kudos to: Jim Ryan-A+E Networks/NYC, Perry Casciato-CBS 3 & The CW Philly/Philadelphia, Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NYC, Mark Wajda-Catholic Community of St. Paul/Leesburg, FL, Dan Whitford-Lakeshore Public Media/Merrillville, IN, Jim Roche-Me TV/Chicago, Will Allmendinger-Zoommedia/Chicago, Cynthia New-Charter Media/Cape Girardeau, MO, Tena Hawkes-University of Arizona/Tucson, Amy Kessler/San Francisco, David Smith-iVinga/Spokane, WA, Michael Malone/LA, Anne Wettig-Fox Sports 1/LA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY AUGUST 12, 2014
ABC: Extreme Weight Loss, 20/20
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: Chasing Shackleton [r], Chasing Shackleton [r], Chasing Shackleton [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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