CYNOPSIS
08.26.16
Good morning. It’s Friday August 26, 2016, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Friday’s Premieres:
A&E: Behind Bars: Overtime at 10p
Discovery: Bering Sea Gold at 9p, Blue Collar Backers at 10p
ID: Killer Clergy at 10p
Saturday’s Premieres:
Great American Country: Salvage Dawgs at 8p
ID: Deadly Women at 10p
Saturday’s Finales:
ABC: Boston EMS at 10p
DIY: Renovation Realities at 9p
Sunday’s Premieres:
Destination America: Haunted Case Files at 10p
Food Network: Guy’s Superstar Grocery Games at 8p, The Great Food Truck Race at 9p
FX: The Strain at 10p
ID: On the Case With Paula Zahn at 10p
Sunday’s Finales:
ABC: The $100,000 Pyramid at 9p
Showtime: Roadies at 10p
IN THE NEWS
She’s back. Tracey Ullman is headed back to HBO in the six-episode sketch comedy series Tracey Ullman’s Show. The series aired earlier in 2016 in the U.K. on BBC One. Ullman’s show, slated to premiere on HBO October 28 at 11p, features the comic in a variety of roles.
The HLN door is revolving. Days after Ashleigh Banfield announced she was leaving CNN to head to its sister net, HLN confirmed Dr. Drew Pinsky’s show Dr. Drew will draw to a close September 22. Pinsky will stay onboard as a contributor with CNN Worldwide. CNN EVP Ken Jautz confirmed the news in a statement: “Dr. Drew and his team have delivered more than five years of creative shows, and I want to thank them for their hard work and distinctive programming.”
Mark your calendars. The 48th NAACP Image Awards will telecast live on TV One on Saturday, February 11, 2017 as a two-hour special from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. Anthony Anderson, Image Awards winner, Emmy-award nominated actor and star of black-ish, returns as host for the Awards. The telecast on TV One will also include a live preshow from the red carpet. Last year’s production team will be returning, including exec producers Reginald Hudlin and Phil Gurin, director Tony McCuin, co-executive producers Kimmie H. Kim and Byron Phillips, and talent producer Robin Reinhardt.
Just weeks ahead of the season 3 debut of Fox’s Empire, a class action lawsuit surrounding the first two eps of season 2 is brewing against the network and the show. The guardians of two former residents of Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago claim residents were mistreated during filming, told to stay in their pods essentially on “lockdown.”
An attorney for Glenn Beck, commentator and founder of TheBlaze, told a judge Beck will not comply with an order mandating he disclose the identities of those who told his producers Saudi Arabian student Abdulrahman Alharbi was the "money man" who gave orders for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Comedy Central has some brotherly love. The network put in development a comedy about sibs who flee their racist upbringing and ditch the Midwest for South Central LA. It’s co-written, exec-produced and staring Zack Pearlman (The Intern, Mulaney) and Julian Sergi (War Dogs, Key & Peele). Andrew Guest (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Community) is onboard to pen the series with Pearlman and Sergi. Payman Benz (Key & Peele) will direct, should a pilot be made.
Juno scribe Diablo Cody together with Berlanti Productions landed their adaptation of U.K. comedy series Raised by Wolves at ABC. The network has given the project, written by Cody, a script commitment plus penalty.
Michael Rauch, who served as exec producer/showrunner on USA series Royal Pains, sold his untitled drama about polar opposite identical twin brothers who team up in the courtroom to CBS. Rauch is executive-producing with Jennifer Lopez through her Nuyorican Productions.
Spy dramedy Unit Zero, from black-ish creator Kenya Barris and supervising producer Lindsey Shockley, has landed at ABC, with Toni Collette onboard to star and exec produce. The project is from ABC Studios, where Barris has an overall deal.
FYI greenlit new original series Stove Tots, which follows gifted pint-sized chefs who, with their parents, are on a quest to become the nation’s next culinary star. Series, from the producers of Dance Moms, is slated to premiere in 2017. Each episode will feature a new group of culinary kids, along with their overbearing parents, as they prepare recipes, search for inspiration and deal with the pressures of competition.
Fox gave a put pilot commitment to a new buddy drama from House creator David Shore, Charlie’s Angels director McG and John Davis’ Davis Entertainment (The Blacklist), according to Deadline. The project is loosely based on the 1965 adventure series I Spy and hails from Sony Pictures TV, where Davis Entertainment and Shore are based.
As The Vampire Diaries prepares to wind down after its eighth season, three of the CW show’s exec producers – Chad Fiveash, Julie Plec and James Stoteraux - are teaming for new hourlong drama Rise at the network and Warner Bros. TV. From Plec’s studio-based My So-Called Company, the new series features a band of unlikely heroes who arise during a period of martial law following a terrorist attack.
COMING UP
A&E Network marks the 20th anniversary of the infamous murder of the child beauty queen with two-hour documentary The Killing of JonBenet: The Truth Uncovered, premiering Monday, September 5 at 9p. Doc includes never-before-seen case details and the first sit-down interview with dad John Ramsey.
The Chainsmokers will take the stage at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards, airing Sunday, August 28 at 9p. The pop act joins previously announced performers Britney Spears featuring G-Eazy, Ariana Grande with Nicki Minaj, Nick Jonas featuring Ty Dolla $ign, Future and Rihanna.
Long before Bigfoot was a household name, there was Yeti the so-called abominable snowman. Travel Channel’s four-week special event Expedition Unknown: Hunt for the Yeti, beginning Wednesday, October 5 at 9p, follows adventurer Josh Gates as he embarks on a journey through Nepal and Bhutan, in search of the truth behind the legend.
Additional performers Alicia Keys, Miranda Lambert, Chris Young, Dan + Shay and The Band Perry will perform at the 10th annual ACM Honors, which makes its television debut Friday, September 9 at 9p on CBS. The Honors fete the special honorees and off-camera category winners from the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards.
Showtime set a September 24, 9p, premiere date for documentary Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee. Oscar nominee and two-time Sundance Film Festival winner Nanette Burstein (American Teen) investigates the mysterious life of visionary antivirus entrepreneur John McAfee. The film has been selected to make its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
The second season of Viceland’s Emmy-nominated Gaycation, co-hosted by Ellen Page and Ian Daniel, drops Wednesday, September 7 at 10:30p.
The comedic trio of Fred Armisen, Bill Hader and exec producer Seth Meyers return to pay tribute to renowned documentaries in "Season 51" of Documentary Now! On IFC. Series returns Wednesday, September 14 at 10p.
Real estate/renovation power couple Dave and Kortney Wilson will return to HGTV with fresh episodes of Masters of Flip on Monday, October 3 at 9p.
Bravo Media enlists boisterous real estate agent Reza Farahan (Shahs of Sunset) and interior designer Taylor Spellman to help couples, living under separate roofs, figure out which residence they should call home in new half-hour series Yours, Mine or Ours. Show premieres Monday, October 3 at 10p.
American Supergroup will premiere on Pop on Tuesday, October 11 at 8p, MTV Live on Thursday, October 13 at 8p and MTV Classic on Friday, October 14 at 7p.
The music competition series which showcases the creation and evolution of a new band in the country series will run for nine weeks on all networks and will include eight one-hour episodes and a 90-minute finale.
WGN America will bring back its supernatural thriller Salem on Wednesday, November 2, time TBA, with recording artist Marilyn Mason guesting as bloody barber surgeon Thomas Dinley.
CASTING
Monica Barbaro (UnReal) scored a regular gig on NBC legal drama series Chicago Justice, the fourth series in Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise.
Ryan Lochte’s encore to the scuttlebutt in Rio? The Olympic gold medalist is joining ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. The deal apparently was on the table before the Olympics and Lochte’s false account of his run-in with the police in Brazil.
Access Hollywood’s style producer, Anthony Ramos, will serve as a guest judge on the new season of Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders: Making the Team.
DIGITAL DOINGS
In partnership with the New York Television Festival, IFC announced a curated selection of seven comedy projects from previous years’ Official Selections were added to the network’s online hub Comedy Crib. The exclusive Comedy Crib collaboration will highlight the selected projects through the end of the year and will place IFC and Comedy Crib at the upcoming 12th annual NYTF, where they will be seeking additional projects for the platform.
Endemol Shine Group is playing more games. Specifically, the company launched developer and publisher Good Catch to create games across multiple platforms for global audiences. The new brand builds on the success of games such as quiz app Pointless Quiz and two games for the global Mr. Bean brand. Endemol Shine UK’s head of apps and games, Anil Mistry will serve as Good Catch managing director.
GLOBAL GOINGS ON
CBC announced premiere dates for its fall 2016 television season. New primetime series include reality-driven This Is High School, premiering Sunday, October 2; comedy Kim’s Convenience, premiering Tuesday, October 4; and political thriller Shoot the Messenger, premiering Monday, October 10. In daytime, the network will premiere The Goods on Monday, October 3, and new kids series Dot on Tuesday, September 6.
British company ITV has withdrawn its bid for film and TV indie studio Entertainment One. Earlier this month, ITV had submitted a bid that valued eOne at $1.3 billion, a number eOne said at the time “fundamentally undervalues the company and its prospects.”
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RATINGS
CBS’ Big Brother delivered its largest audience on any night this season and matched season highs in A18-49, A25-54 and A18-34, according to Nielsen Live +3 same day ratings for Wednesday, August 24.
Season 7 of BBC One’s The Great British Bake Off set a record on Wednesday with an audience average of 10.4 million viewers in its 8p timeslot, and a peak audience of 11.4 million. That tops the network’s most-watched moments of the Rio Olympics, which peaked at 11.1 million viewers.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 based on time period averages.
Source: NTI. Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD
NBC: 4.8/9
America’s Got Talent [r] 4.5/8, America’s Got Talent 6.4/11, Night Shift 3.6/7
CBS: 2.7/5
Big Brother 4.0/7, Criminal Minds [r] 2.2/4, American Gothic 1.8/4
ABC: 1.8/3
The Goldbergs [r] 2.2/4, The Goldbergs [r] 2.0/3, The Goldbergs [r] 1.8/3, The Goldbergs [r] 1.6 /3, Modern Family [r] 1.8/3, black-ish [r] 1.5/3
FOX: 2.5/5
MasterChef Five Star Food 2.5/5, MasterChef 2.6/5
UNIVISION: .9/2
Un Camino Hacia el Destino 1.1/2, Tres Veces Ana 1.1/2, Narcos .5/1
Telemundo: 1.0/2
Silvana Sin Lana .8/1, Sin Senos Si Hai Paraiso .9/2, Senora Acero 3: La Coyote 1.1/2
CW: .8/2
Penn & Teller: Fool Us .9/2, Whose Life Is it Anyway? .8/1, Whose Life Is it Anyway? .7/1
Wednesday A18-49: NBC 5.8/22, CBS 1/4, ABC 0.5/2, TELE .7/2, UNI .6/2, FOX 0.7/3, CW 0.3/1
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Veteran TV exec Tim Bock joins Dick Clark Productions as SVP, where he’ll oversee production for American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest and other projects. He most recently served as VP, production for ABC’s alternative series & specials department.
Deidre Bosa will return to CNBC as a fulltime tech reporter on October 1. Bosa will be based in the network’s San Francisco bureau.
mOcean hired Mitch Monson as creative director/client partner. An Emmy-winning designer, Monson has collaborated with networks and brands including ABC, Al Jazeera, Canal+, Comedy Central, FOX, HBO, Showtime, Canon, IBM, and Nike. He was also instrumental in creating the iconic Love Symbol for The Artist Formerly Known as Prince.
VH1 hired Creative Director Kevin Jordan to oversee brand voice and visual identity. Jordan is a 20-year ad industry veteran.
Friday Not-So-Fun Fact: For the class of 2014, the average student debt burden was $28,110 for those who borrowed.
This Day in History: 1974 – Charles Lindburgh died at age 72.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which former talk show host made a guest appearance on Laverne & Shirley (1976-1983)? Jay Leno. Kudos to: Casey Krehbiel-Blue Bow Tie Productions/NY; Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NY; Karen Yaldoo-Comcast Spotlight/Bingham Farms, MI; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX; Paul Blutter-Hollywood Depot Rentals/Burbank; Pastor Dennis Hahle-Stagg Manor International Entertainment/North Hollywood, CA; Jim Katz-Radcliffe Road Pictures/LA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA; Bob Telford-SAG/AFTRA/Valley Village, CA
Today’s Trivia Question: Who are the only husband-and-wife team to appear simultaneously as cast members on NBC’s Saturday Night Live? (Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone.).
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 2016
ABC: Shark Tank[r], What Would You Do?, 20/20
CBS: NFL Football
CW: Masters of Illusion, Masters of Illusion [r], Penn & Teller: Fool Us [r]
FOX: MasterChef [r]
NBC: America’s Got Talent [r], Dateline NBC [r]
PBS: Washington Week with Gwen Ifill, Charlie Rose: The Dave Clark Five [r]
Telemundo: Silvana Sin Lana, Sin Senos Si Hai Paraiso, Senora Acero 3: La Coyote
Univision: Un Camino Hacio el Destino, Tres Veces Ana, Narcos
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