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10.29.14
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, October 29, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
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All four of CBS’s new dramas – NCIS: New Orleans, Scorpion, Madam Secretary and Stalker – got full season orders. The NCIS spinoff is the season’s top new series, averaging 16.16 viewers and a 2.8 rating among A18-49; Scorpion is second. “These four shows have had an immediate impact on our schedule by improving nights, winning time periods and adding more hours of success across our primetime lineup,” said Nina Tassler, chairman, CBS Entertainment.
IN THE NEWS
Rich Ross has been named president of Discovery Channel, effective January 2015. Ross had been CEO of Shine America. “On top of being just a great guy, Rich also is mission driven, with a commitment to quality, blue-chip programming and is a terrific fit with Discovery,” said Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav, to whom he will report. Ross replaces interim president Marjorie Kaplan, who will continue to serve as group president of TLC and Animal Planet, with the addition of Velocity.
After the announcement of Rich Ross’s departure from Shine America on Tuesday came word that Cris Abrego and Charlie Corwin will serve as co-chairmen and co-CEOs of the North American branch of the joint venture combining Shine Group, Endemol and Core Media. They continue to report to Tim Hincks, appointed president of the coming global content provider.
The Mysteries of Laura was the first of NBC’s new series to get a full-season order. In Live+7, the police dramedy is averaging 1.9 in A18-49 and 9.3 million total viewers.
Queen Latifah-hosted Hollywood Film Awards is rounding up A-listers. The first batch of celebs announced for the event’s inaugural broadcast, airing Friday, November 14 at 8 on CBS, includes Gerard Butler, Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Julianne Moore, Chris Pratt, Channing Tatum, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley.
HBO is expected to eliminate about 7 percent of its 2400 employees starting as early as this week, reports Variety. The trim is part of cost-cutting measures at parent company Time Warner already felt at Turner.
Sons of Anarchy creator/exec producer Kurt Sutter was directing the series finale when he had to be rushed to the hospital Monday for an emergency appendectomy. Exec producer Paris Barclay took over, with Sutter expected back in the director’s chair today. Sutter’s Twitter followers were treated to a pic of his removed appendix.
Lucha Underground, the freestyle wrestling series premiering tonight at 8p on El Rey, will also air in Spanish on Unimas. “The intense action, humor, drama and great characters will speak to both English and Spanish-language audiences,” said exec producer and El Rey co-founder John Fogelman. Unimas launch date: November 1.
Designing women: To mark the launch of E! reality competition House of DVF, six Lady Liberty statues will be installed in NYC, adorned on Diane Von Furstenberg prints, today through November 1. Show launches Sunday, November 2 at 10p.
A+E Networks doesn’t start with A+ for nothing. The company’s History Channel has partnered with the University of Oklahoma to offer a branded interactive, immersive online course for transferable college credit. “United States, 1865 to the Present” enrollment launched Tuesday at History.com/courses. Taught by OU professor and renowned historian Steve Gillon, class begins January 12.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
MTV ordered 10 eps of Scream, an adaptation of the horror film franchise, from Dimension TV. Jill Blotevogel is exec producer and showrunner. Also among the exec producers: Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and Wes Craven.
Recording artist Pitbull is developing two reality series with The Weinstein Company. Pitbull: The Lyfe explores the “We Are One” singer’s on-the-road and recording studio experiences, while The REAL Change Project focuses on celebs talking about how they made it big, and who inspired them, with an eye toward raising money for educators.
Big Brother is headed to China. The Endemol reality format launches a ten-week run in early 2015 on digital video platform Youku Tudou.
Logo TV ordered a satirical news show offering gay and straight perspectives on the week’s headlines. Comedian Stephen Guarino (The Big Gay Sketch Show) and Mike E. Winfield (The Office) host The Straight Out Report, launching Friday, November 7 at 10p.
A comedy from The Daily Show’s Jason Jones & Samantha Bee, based on their experiences with family vacations, got a pilot order from TBS. Jones, who wrote the pilot with wife Bee, will star.
CNN Films and RADiUS are teaming for a documentary about sexual assault on college campuses. Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering (The Invisible War) will direct and produce the film, slated for a 2015 release in theaters and premiering on CNN later in the year.
Production wrapped in Ohio on Amish country-set Love Finds You in Charm. Coming-of-age drama, a follow-up to UP’s Love Finds You in Sugarcreek, is slated for an early 2015 premiere on the net.
New Contest! Wrap it up with Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. The nets aregearing up for the holiday season with 2600 hours of themed programming – enter for a chance to get an early start on the holidays, too, with a deluxe gift wrapping package. Details here.
COMING UP
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert will weigh in on midterms in special live, consecutive Comedy Central editions election night. Stewart’s “Democalypse 2014: America Remembers it Forgot to Vote” premieres at 11p, followed by Colbert in (deep breath) “Midterms ‘014: Detour to Gridlock: An Exciting Thing That I Am Totally Interested In – Wait! Don’t Change the Channel. Look At This Video of a Duckling Following a Cat Dressed Like a Shark Riding a Roomba! ‘014” at 11:30p.
Two-hour scripted feature The Whale: Revenge from the Deep premieres on Animal Planet Wednesday, November 26 at 9p. The story, based on the true account of the whaling ship Essex, is narrated by Martin Sheen.
Al Jazeera America investigative program Fault Lines presents “The Disappeared” on Saturday, November 1 at 7p. Doc focuses on the humanitarian crisis of forced disappearances and kidnappings in Mexico.
RETURNING SERIES
History’s Ax Men logs on for season eight Sunday, November 30 at 9p. Two new timber teams join the reality show from Original Productions.
GSN gave a season two pick-up to Idiotest, with Ben Gleib returning for a 65-ep run. The order comes on the heels of renewals for matchmaking series It Takes a Church and body painting competition Skin Wars.
DISTRIBUTION AND CARRIAGE
Hulu is adding more series from Viacom to its lineup, including The Ren & Stimpy Show, Drake & Josh and Hey Arnold from Nickelodeon, as well as shows from Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, BET, Logo, Spike and TV Land.
GRB Entertainment acquired Six Hours, a documentary about 2013’s Typhoon Yolanda, featuring survivors of the devastating natural disaster.
LA-based MarVista Entertainment and Canada’s Original Pictures announced production and distribution collaboration on An En Vogue Christmas, a holiday movie for Lifetime starring David Alan Grier (Bad Teacher), Genelle Williams (Bitten) and the members of R&B group En Vogue. Movie premieres Saturday, November 22 on Lifetime in the U.S. and November 29 in Canada.
CASTING
Kelli Garner (Pan Am) landed the role of Marilyn Monroe in Lifetime biopic Marilyn. Susan Sarandon has already been tapped to play the blonde bombshell’s mentally ill mom.
Dynasty’s Joan Collins will guest on upcoming Pop docu-series Queens of Drama, reports TheWrap. Thinkfactory Media show about soap stars trying to develop a new series premieres after TVGN rebrands as Pop in 2015.
ADVERTISING AND BRANDS
Multi-platform video and music net Music Choice launched a VOD series with Hyundai. Pioneers focuses on musicians discussing their creative processes and influences.
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RATINGS
CBS’s 2 Broke Girls returned Monday to a solid 2.4 rating among A18-49, up 9 percent versus its 8p time slot premiere last season, according to Nielsen. For the second week of its sophomore run, The Millers scored a 1.7 in the demo, down 19 percent from its season premiere last week.
Discovery Networks International reported record growth in viewership and online in 3Q14, with 643 million viewers (up 6 percent year-over-year), and 10 million unique visitors to its non-U.S. websites, an 11 percent bump YOY.
Court show Hot Bench remained the top newcomer in first-run syndication the week ending October 19, with a 1.5 HH rating, followed by Meredith Vieira and Celebrity Name Game, both with 1.2. In the A25-54 demo, Name Game was first with .9; Bench and The Real tied for second with .8, and Vieira was fourth with .7.
Syndie talker The Wendy Williams Show set an HH rating high of 1.8 the week ending October 19, as well as a season-high 1.2 among W25-54.
Food Network’s Sunday night ranked third among cable nets with a .6 rating among A25-54. The season finale of Halloween Wars landed third in its 9p timeslotwith a .9 rating, up 13 percent from last season’s finale, while Cutthroat Kitchen ranked second at 10p with .7.
The season premiere of TBS’s American Dad! rose to 2.7 million total viewers in Live+3 delivery, for the launch on TBS and encore on Adult Swim. Toss in digital plays and preliminary VOD and the reach grows to 3.2 million viewers.
TBS game show Deal With It returned Friday with a preliminary Live+SD audience of 1.1 million viewers for the premiere and encore.
Discovery delivered double digit increases in both Primetime viewership and ratings in October 2014 versus October 2013, and boasted five of the top 10 unscripted series among P25-54 for the month on cable: Gold Rush, Fast N’ Loud, Misfit Garage, Edge of Alaska and Alaska: The Last Frontier, as well as the top seven unscripted series among Men for the month.
American Heroes Channel had its best October ever (since its 2005 launch as Military) in Prime for delivery among P2+ (188,000) and HH (158,000), marking 13 consecutive months of year-over-year Prime delivery gains among P2+, and 12 consecutive months of year-over-year Prime delivery gains among HH.
Broadcast Evening News Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of October 20, 2014)
NBC: Nightly News8.40 million total viewers; 1.6/7 1.98 million A25-54
ABC: World NewsTonight7.95 million total viewers; 1.7/7 and 2.02 million A25-54
CBS: Evening News 6.48 million total viewers; 1.3/5 and 1.58 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD
Top Ten Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share for the week of 10/20/14
NBC: Sunday Night Football 7.1/19
CBS+NFLN: Thursday Night Football 6.7/21
CBS: Big Bang Theory 4.6/14
FOX: World Series Game 2 3.4/11
FOX: World Series Game 1 3.4/11
NBC: The Voice (Mon.) 3.4/10
ABC: Modern Family 3.4/10
NBC: Football Nt America Pt. 3 3.4/11
FOX: World Series Game 5 3.3/9
NBC: The Voice (Tues.) 3.3/10
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data
Top Ten Basic Cable Network Performance among Total Viewers for the week of: 10/20/2014
Primetime(000)/Total Prog. Day (000)
ESPN 2952/NICK 1265
AMC 1729/DSNY 1209
DSNY 1712/ESPN 1208
FOXN 1637/FOXN 1069
USA 1617/ADSM* 1009
TBSC 1519/USA 975
DISC 1251/TOON 828
HGTV 1206/TNT 798
FX 1126/ NAN* 777
HIST 1116/AMC 692
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 115,800 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+SD. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performances.
Top Ten Basic Cable Network Performance among A18-49 for the week of: 10/20/2014
Primetime (000), Total Prog. Day (000)
ESPN 1308/ESPN 584
AMC 1008/ADSM* 552
TBSC 753/USA 385
USA 657/NICK 363
FX 618/AMC 356
ADSM 536/NAN* 353
DISC 509/TBSC 326
FAM 503/FX 309
DSNY 403/DSNY 306
CMDY 394/TNT 296
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data. All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 115,800 homes. * + Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen Data stream; Preliminary: Live+SD. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8p-11p and Sun 7p-11p. Total day is Mon-Sun 6a-6a for household and demographic performance.
Top 10 Basic Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 10/20/20014
Walking Dead 9p (AMC) 8848
Houston/Pittsburgh (ESPN) 6154
Talking Dead (AMC) 3364
Sons of Anarchy (FX) 2872
American Horror Story (FX) 2803
Ole Miss/LSU (ESPN) 1939
Sportscenter (ESPN) 1849
Walking Dead (8p) (AMC 1820
2014 Week 8 San Diego vs. Denver (NFLN) 1761
NFL Network Thursday Night Football-Sustainer (NFLN) 1702
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.?All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 115,800,000 home; Ranked by Delivery (000); Preliminary: Live+SD
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week ending 10/19/14 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Judge Judy (CTD) 6.9AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 6.4AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 6.1AA
Family Feud (2/T) 6.1AA
Big Bang Theory (WB) 5.8AA
Modern Family (2/T) 3.9AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.3AA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD) 3.2AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 3.2AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 2.9AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week ending 10/19/14 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
Big Bang Theory (WB) 2.8AA
Modern Family (2/T) 2.3AA
Family Feud (2/T) 2.0AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.8AA
Family Guy (2/T) 1.5AA
How I Met Your Mother (2/T) 1.3AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 1.5AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.3AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.2 AA
Cleveland Show (2/T) 1.2AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Monday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Monday with 3.3/9, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC topped 8p with 3.6/11 for The Voice, followed by 2.2 for Fox’s Gotham. The second hour of The Voice won 9p with 3.8/11, versus 2.3/5 for CBS’s Scorpion. NBC was still first at 10p with 2.5/7 for The Blacklist; CBS’s NCIS: Los Angeles and ABC’s Castle shared second with 1.6/5.
A18-49:NBC 3.3/9, CBS 1.9/6, FOX 1.9/5, ABC 1.8/5, UNI 1.3/4, CW .5/2, TELE .5/1, ION .3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, October 27, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
ABC: 7.6/12
Dancing with the Stars 8.4/13, Castle 5.9/10
NBC: 7.0/11
The Voice 7.6/12, The Blacklist 6.0/10
CBS: 7.0/11
2 Broke Girls 5.2/8, The Millers 4.3/7, Scorpion 6.5/10, NCIS: Los Angeles 5.7/9
FOX 3.2/5
Gotham 3.6/6, Sleepy Hollow 2.7/4
Univision: 1.7/3
Mi Corazon es Tuyo 2.0/3, Hasta Fin del Mundo 1.8/3, Malquerida 1.2/2
CW: .8/1
Originals .8/1, Jane the Virgin .8/1
Telemundo: .8/1
Reina Corazones .6/1, Los Miserables .7/1, Senora Acaro 1.0/2
ION: .7/1
Criminal Minds .8/1, Criminal Minds .8/1, Blue Bloods .5/1
Sunday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Sunday with 5.8/16, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. An average 5.1/15 for NBC’s Football Nt. America Part 3 and Sunday Night Football topped 8p, versus 3.1/9 for Game 5 of the World Series on Fox. NBC’s game scored 7.2/19 to win 9p, followed by 3.3/9 for baseball on Fox. Football still led at 10p with 7.3/20; the World Series was second with 3.5/10.
A18-49: NBC 5.8/16, FOX 2.7/8, CBS 1.8/5, ABC 1.3/4, UNI 1.0/3, ION .4/1, TELE .3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, October 19 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 9.1/15
Football Night America Pt 2 1.9/3, Football Nt America Pt 3 5.8/10, NBC Sunday Night Football 10.9/17
CBS: 7.7/12
60 Minutes 6.5/13, Madam Secretary 7.6/12, The Good Wife 6.7/11
FOX: 6.0/10
World Series 1.0/2, World Series Game 5 7.3/12
ABC: 2.8/5
Star Wars Rebels 1.5/3 Once Upon a Time 3.9/6, Resurrection 2.8/4, Revenge 3.0/5
Univision: 1.3/2
Aqui Ahora Sun 1.0/2, Va Por Ti Sun 1.4/2, Sal y Pimienta 1.2/2
ION: 1.0/2
Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds .9/1
TELE: .3/1
Yo Soy El Artista .3/1, Suelta la Sopa Extra .2/0
Saturday A18-49 Analysis: FOX had the most A18-49 viewers Saturday with 2.6/10, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen, winning every hour with Game 4 of the World Series. Fox’s game scored 1.9/8 to win 8p, versus 1.1/5 for ABC’s Saturday Night Football. Baseball topped 9p with 2.8/10, followed by 1.2/5 for ABC’s college match-up. The World Series hit 3.0/11 at 10p, versus 1.1/4 for ABC.
A18-49:FOX 2.6/10, ABC 1.3/5, CBS .6/2, UNI.6/2, NBC .4/1, ION .2/1, TELE .1/0
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, October 25, 2014 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
FOX 6.3/12
World Series Game 4 6.3/12
ABC: 2.9/6
College Football 2.9/6
CBS: 2.6/5
Crimetime Saturday [r] 1.8/3, 48 Hours Special 2.6/5, 48 Hours 3.5/7
NBC: 1.2/2
Mysteries of Laura [r] 1.4/3, Constantine [r] 1.0/2, SNL Prime [r] 1.2/2
UNIVISION: 1.1/2
Sabado Gigante 1.1/2
ION: .7/1
Law & Order: CI .6/1, Law & Order: CI .7/1, Law & Order: CI .7/1
TELE: .1/0
Yo Soy el Artista .2/0, Futbol Estelar Leon .1/0
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Fox Networks Groups promoted Toby Byrne to President, Advertising Sales for FNG. Byrne had been Fox Broadcasting President of Sales.
BBC Worldwide North America upped Nigel Gaines to Chief Financial Officer. Gaines had been Senior Vice President of Finance.
Nigel Cox-Hagen has been named Senior Vice President, Marketing, Creative and Branding, ABC Family. Most recently, Cox-Hagen served as Executive Vice President, Creative and Consumer for VH1 Networks.
High Noon Entertainment appointed Jill Schwartz to the position of Senior Vice President, Development. Previously, Schwartz served as Senior Vice President of Alternative Programming and Development for Fox Television Studios.
Golf lifestyle net Back9Network expanded its advisory board with the addition of Steve Astephen (Wasserman Media Group), Tom DiBenedetto (Boston International Group), Chris Lencheski (Phoenicia) and Gregg Tryhus (Grayhawk Development). The board, launched earlier this month, consists of thought leaders from diverse industries.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 2014
ABC: The Middle, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, Black-ish, Nashville
CBS: Survivor, Criminal Minds, Stalker
CW: Arrow, The 100
Fox: World Series
NBC: The Mysteries of Laura, Law & Order: SVU [r], Chicago PD [r]
PBS: Nature [r], NOVA, How We Got to Now
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, Los Miserables, Senora de Acero
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Hasta el Fin del Mundo, La Malquerida
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