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06.18.15
Good morning. It’s Thursday June 18, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: The Astronaut Wives Club at 8p, Mistresses at 9p
History: Mountain Men at 9p, Alone at 10p
USA: Complications at 9p
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*Click here for source.Who better to follow in Joan Rivers‘ footsteps than her daughter? E! announced Melissa Rivers will be the new co-host of Fashion Police when the series returns Monday, August 31 with coverage of MTV’s Video Music Awards. Rivers joins current panelists Giuliana Rancic and Brad Goreski, while continuing to serve as executive producer.
That ’70s Show co-stars Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson are teaming up for new Netflix series The Ranch. The multi-camera comedy, from Two and a Half Men showrunners Don Reo and Jim Patterson, follows a semi-professional football star (Kutcher), who returns home to help his brother (Masterson) run their family’s Colorado ranch. The show has been given a straight-to-series, 20-episode order and is slated to premiere in 2016.
David Simon, the creative force behind The Wire and Treme, is collaborating with George Pelecanos to develop The Deuce for HBO. The potential new series documents the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s.
Big Brother season 17 will include a transgender woman among its houseguests. “Audrey Middleton is a Big Brother super fan who applied online, like many other hopeful Houseguests, and was open about her transition in the application process,” said CBS. “It is customary for Big Brother Houseguests to share personal news inside the house, and Audrey plans to discuss her story with the houseguests in her own words during the premiere episode on Wednesday, June 24.” Another twist: BB Takeover, featuring weekly surprise guests who announce a new turn in the game.
Exclusive: Azteca America has secured the exclusive broadcast rights to the home games of four Liga MX teams. In addition to the current league champions Santos Laguna, Monarcas Morelia and Xolos de Tijuana, Azteca is now the official broadcaster of Club Atlas, one of Mexico’s premier teams. The new season of Apertura kicks off on Friday, July 24, featuring the match between Santos and Club Leon.
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Marc Webb inked an overall deal with CBS. Under the terms of the two-year pact, The Amazing Spider-Man director will develop new projects for network and cable, as well as direct projects for the studio. Webb will also serve as exec producer on CBS’s Limitless adaptation and The CW‘s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
Cougar Town co-creator Kevin Biegel inked a two-year agreement with ABC that has him working on his own projects, as well as serving as consulting producer on the net’s mid-season family comedy The Real O’Neals.
Esquire Network‘s Car Matchmaker returns for a second season on Wednesday, June 24 at 9p. The lineup of celeb guests includes Rolling Stones bassist Darryl Jones, comedian Jay Larson, Grey’s Anatomy alum Patrick Dempsey, Los Angeles Clipper Matt Barnes and Oakland Raider Donald Penn.
Celebrity Family Feud kicks off Sunday, June 28 at 8p on ABC. Players from the National Football League’s AFC go head-to-head with the NFC, and, in a separate game, professional dancers from Dancing With the Stars face off against participants from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Teams compete to win money for a charity of their choice.
Masters of Illusion returns with more mind-bending magic on Friday, July 10 at 8p. The CW series, hosted by Dean Cain, features sleight of hand by cutting-edge illusionists and escape artists in front of a studio audience.
Transgender teen Nicole Maines makes her acting debut as a guest star in Royal Pains Tuesday, June 23 at 10p on USA. Maines plays Anna, a teenage, transgender choreographer.
Destination America honors dads with a daytime block of BBQ Pitmasters starting at 10a on Sunday, June 21. The special presentation features five back-to-back episodes of the series as chefs from coast-to-coast duke it out from behind the grill.
El Rey Network celebrates Father’s Day with a Kung Fu marathon dedicated to prolific director Shaw Brothers’ history and the Father of Kung Fu Cinema, Chang Cheh. Beginning Saturday, June 20 at 6a, the net will air films including The Five Deadly Venoms, Disciples of Shaolin, and One-Armed Swordsman.
ABC airs three companion piece editions of Extreme Weight Loss – Love Can’t Weight, beginning Tuesday, June 23 at 9p. Hosts and trainers Chris Powell and Heidi Powell will help three obese couples get in shape, both physically and emotionally, for their weddings.
The dawn of the nuclear age is explored in The Bomb, premiering Tuesday, July 28 at 8p on PBS. The special features newly restored footage of nuclear weaponry, some of which has only recently been declassified by the Department of Defense.
Laurence Dobiesz is joining season 2 of Starz drama Outlander as villain Jack Randall’s kinder, gentler younger brother.
Another Coach alum is returning for NBC‘s revival. Bill Fagerbakke, who played special teams coach Michael “Dauber” Dybinski, has signed on as a series regular.
Charles Grodin nabbed a role in the ABC drama Madoff. He’ll portray entrepreneur and philanthropist Carl Shapiro.
Spike TV and True Value announced a major partnership for Catch A Contractor. True Value products and retailer experts will be featured in both in-show visual integrations and a special vignette hosted by Skip Bedell over the course of the 10-episode third season, premiering Sunday, June 21 at 10p on Spike.
Discovery Family Channel serves up another helping of Strawberry Shortcake’s Berry Bitty Adventures with its season 4 premiere at 12:30p on Saturday, June 20.
Cartoon Network Studios’ newest original animated comedy series, We Bare Bears, premieres Monday, July 27, at 6:30p on Cartoon Network before settling into its regular time slot Thursdays at 6:30p. The show centers on three bear brothers trying to fit in and make friends.
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. announced a long-term affiliation agreement with the CBS Television Network covering four of its owned stations, including KGPE-TV in Fresno, CA; KREX-TV in Grand Junction, CO; KLAS-TV in Las Vegas, NV and WTAJ-TV in Altoona, PA. In addition, Mission Broadcasting, Inc. entered into a new agreement for WYOU-TV in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA.
Big Brother is headed to Turkey. The reality series is slated to debut on Star TV later this year. Endemol Shine Turkey will produce.
ABC’s broadcasts of the NBA Finals were the highest-rated in the network’s history. The six-game series averaged a 13.9 overnight rating, up from the 10.6 rating posted by the 2014 Finals. The sixth game, which aired on Tuesday and saw the Warriors win it all over the Cavaliers, posted a 15.9 overnight rating, according to Nielsen, the highest game six in ABC’s history of airing the Finals.
UP original film Love Finds You In Charm set a new ratings high for the network as its strongest original movie for the year among W25-54 on its premiere night, June 7. Based on Live+SD data, the movie reached 2.2 million viewers P2+ during its premiere week and is UP’s highest rated premiere movie year to date among W18-49 and W25-54.
The Phineas and Ferb simulcast on Disney XD and Disney Channel delivered 3.8 million unique total viewers, including 2.4 million Kids 2-14 and nearly 1.0 million A18-49. On Disney XD, the show’s primary channel since Summer 2014, the finale stood as the series’ top original telecast on the network in total viewers (1.4 million) and across target kid and boy demographics.
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: ABC had the most A18-49 viewers Tuesday with 4.2/14, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s America’s Got Talent led at 8p with 2.2/8, followed by FOX’s 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup with 2.0/8. At 9p, ABC’s NBA Finals topped with 6.8/23; NBC’s America’s Got Talent ranked second with 2.5/8. ABC’s NBA Finals closed out the night at number one at 10p with 9.3/19 versus 1.3/4 for NBC’s I Can Do That.
A18-49: ABC 4.2/14, FOX 1.8/7, NBC 1.8/6, UNI 0.9/3, CBS 0.8/2, TELE 0.7/2, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
ABC: 6.9/13
Jimmy Kimmel Live 3.1/6, NBA Countdown 4.3/8, NBA Finals 13.4/24
NBC: 4.3/8
America’s Got Talent 6.0/10, I Can Do That 2.6/5
CBS: 4.2/7
NCIS [r] 5.0/9, NCIS: New Orleans [r] 4.1/7, 48 Hours [r] 3.4/6
FOX 2.8/5?
2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup 2.8/5
UNIVISION: 1.3/2
Amores con Trampa 1.2/2, Lo Imperdonable 1.3/2, Que te Perdone Dios… Yo No 1.4/2
ION: 0.9/2?
Criminal Minds 0.8/2, Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2
Telemundo: 0.9/1?
Avenida Brasil 0.6/1, Tierra de Reyes 0.8/1, El Senor de los Cielos 1.2/2
CW: 0.7/1
The Flash [r] 0.7/1, iZombie [r] 0.6/1
Advisory firm MediaLink named Howard Homonoff to its leadership team as Senior Vice President, following a 13-year tenure consulting.
This Day in History: 2006 – Dan Rather’s final CBS News report aired on CBS Sunday Morning.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What had been the name of Monica’s imaginary high school boyfriend on Friends (1994-2004)? Jared. Kudos to: Kevin Brush-ABC Television/NYC; Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NYC; Cynthia New-Charter/Cape Girardeau, MO; Paul Blutter-Hollywood Depot Rentals/Burbank, CA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA.
Today’s Trivia Question: What condition does Lucille suffer from on Arrested Development? (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 – THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2015
ABC: The Astronaut Wives Club [p], Mistresses [p]
CBS: The Big Bang Theory [r], The Odd Couple [r], Mom [r], Mike & Molly [r], Elementary [r]
CW: Beauty and the Beast, The Vampire Diaries [r]
FOX: 2015 U.S. Open Golf Championship
NBC: Dateline NBC, Acquarius, Hannibal
PBS: This Old House Hour [r], Masterpiece Mystery! [r]
Telemundo: Avenida Brasil, Tierra de Reyes, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Amores con Trampa, Lo Imperdonable, Que te Perdone Dios…Yo No
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