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Good morning. It’s Thursday July 16, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
AHC: Evolution of Evil at 10p
Cooking: Carnival Eats at 10p
DIY: Income Property at 9p
FX: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll at 10p, Married at 10:30p
GSN: Chain Reaction at 9p
Syfy: Geeks Who Drink at 11p, Reactor at 11:30p
truTV: Impractical Jokers at 10p, Friends of the People at 10:30p
Tonight’s Finales:
Destination America: BBQ Pitmasters at 10p
Travel: Mysteries at the Hotel at 10p
WE tv: Cutting It: In the ATL at 10p
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AMC renewed Turn: Washington’s Spies for a third season of 10 episodes. The Revolutionary War period drama averaged 1.6 million viewers during its last run, not exactly Walking Dead numbers, but, “We loved what we saw creatively” in season two, said Charlie Collier, president of AMC and SundanceTV. “The show achieved something that is increasingly rare in television today – a growing audience during the season. Turn continues to attract a dedicated and distinctively upscale audience across multiple platforms.” In fact, Turn ranked as the third most affluent scripted drama among A18-49 and A25-54 on ad-supported television in the 2014-15 season, behind Mad Men and FX’s The Americans.
The Television Academy and Google have teamed to provide Chromecast devices to all 18,500 Academy members for viewing and voting on final Emmy nominees. It’s “the latest move by the Academy to evolve and enhance the viewing and voting procedures,” said the group, which eliminated paper ballots last year.
Meghan McCain has joined Premiere Networks news/talk radio program America Now as host. McCain co-hosted Pivot late-nighter TakePart Live, canceled last year.
The slate of Kennedy Center Honors honorees this year includes rock band Eagles, Carole King, George Lucas, Rita Moreno, conductor Seiji Ozawa and Cicely Tyson. The 38th annual presentation will be broadcast Tuesday, December 29 at 9p on CBS, home of the special every year since its debut.
The Television Academy’s 67th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards will take place Saturday, July 25 at The Skirball Cultural Center’s Guerin Pavilion in Herscher Hall. Hosted by Comedy Bang! Bang!’s Scott Aukerman, the show will hand out honors for achievements produced, financed and controlled by LA TV stations and cable systems.
In a new filing with the FCC, Netflix gave a thumbs up to Charter’s purchase of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, in exchange for free usage of Charter’s network through 2018. “Charter’s new peering policy is a welcome and significant departure from the efforts of some ISPs to collect excess tolls to the Internet,” wrote Christopher Libertelli, VP of global public policy at Netflix. “This new policy and the commitment to apply it across the ‘New Charter’ footprint is a substantial public-interest benefit and will support scaling the Internet to meet consumers’ growing demand for online services and help foster continued innovation across the Internet ecosystem.”
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump elected to release a financial disclosure form with the FCC. Included: net worth in excess of TEN BILLION DOLLARS (his caps, not ours). In addition, says the document, after NBC renewed The Apprentice, “Mr. Trump decided to turn them down in order to run for President of the United States. NBC was not happy. During the 14 seasons of The Apprentice, Mr. Trump was paid $213,606.575.” The average cost of a 30-second spot on The Apprentice during the 2014-2015 season was under $65,000, according to Variety.
VH1 hosted a two-mile tandem bike parade that started in Central Park yesterday, with 175 sets of twins onboard. The spectacle celebrated the net’s reality competition Twinning, premiering Wednesday, July 22 at 10p.
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The first series from Time Inc. “next generation” production company Rampante will be New Orleans, Here & Now, timed to the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Six short films focused on real stories will be made available across Time Inc.’s digital properties. New Orleans-born actress Patricia Clarkson and Scott Bakula (NCIS: New Orleans) are exec producers on the project from Killer Films and New Orleans-based Field Office Films.
Bravo has three new unscripted projects on its development slate. Shahs of Sunset star/real estate agent Reza Farahan and decorator Taylor Spellman will star in Yours, Mine or Ours (wt), from JV Productions, helping couples find their first home together. Tabatha Coffey (Shear Genius) returns to the net for self-help show Tabatha’s Life Takeover (wt), produced by Morocco Junction Entertainment and All3Media, offering an assist to people in need of a life makeover. And in Heir Heads (wt), from Lime Pictures and All3Media, heirs get a trial period as CEO of the family business.
After pilot airings of Listed Sisters drew over 2 million viewers and HGTV’s best rating of the year among A25-54 in the time period, the net ordered a full season of 12 episodes of the real estate show. Produced by Coolfire Studios, full season starts in 2016.
Syfy’s second annual “Sharknado Week,” running July 18-25, includes seven original movies. Roboshark (great white gobbles an alien space probe, terrorizes Seattle) kicks things off Saturday, July 18 at 7p. Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! splashes down Wednesday, July 22 at 9p.
We’re excited to announce a new speaker for the Cynopsis Kids App webinar taking place next Tuesday on July 21. Corus Entertainment’s Vice President of Digital (Kids Division) Caitlin O’Donovan will join the expert panel consisting of speakers from BabyFirst, PlayWell and Moms with Apps, who will steer you toward optimal app development, discovery and post-purchase success. Details here.
Spike’s Bar Rescue gets an early start Sunday, July 19, taking the 8p slot to make room for the premiere of three-night event series Tut at 9p. Rescue moves back to 9p the following week.
Sony Movie Channel will present “The Recline,” a block of westerns, every Wednesday in August starting at 8p. Comanche Station (1960), starring Randolph Scott, kicks things off August 5.
Self-made millionaires Rooster McConaughey (brother of Matthew) and Butch Gilliam offer entrepreneurs a chance to secure funding in West Texas Investors Club, premiering Tuesday, August 4 at 10p on CNBC.
Weekly show Fashionably Late with Rachel Zoe launches Thursday, September 24 at 10:30p. The half-hour Lifetime talker looks at the world through the lens of fashion.
Bigger, better…more onions? Esquire competition series The Next Great Burger offers culinary hopefuls the chance to showcase their high-calorie creations, starting Tuesday, July 21 at 10p.
TLC’s Our Little Family returns Tuesday, August 18 at 10p, and this time around the clan will cross over with the net’s Little People Big World for an episode. Season one of Family attracted 1.7 million P2+ viewers and was a top 5 cable program in its time period with women.
WGN’s Manhattan is back for season two Tuesday, October 13 at 9p. Drama explores events leading up to the first detonation of an atomic weapon.
Also back for a sophomore run is Destination America’s BBQ Pit Wars. The Pit War teams will face some of the toughest competition ever on the BBQ circuit starting Thursday, July 23 at 10p.
Travel summons season 11 of Ghost Adventures on Saturday, August 22 at 9p. In the opener, the team travels to Scotch Grove, Iowa to investigate 150-year-old Edinburgh Manor, once home to the incurably insane. The investigation takes a frightening turn….
The new season of TV One’s Unsung Hollywood, premiering Wednesday, July 22 at 8p, focuses on comedians Bernie Mac and George Wallace, actor Billy Dee Williams, Sammy Davis, Jr. and the movie Carwash.
Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) has joined the cast of upcoming SundanceTV series Hap and Leonard, picked up for six one-hour eps to air in 2016. Hendricks left the female lead in Showtime’s Roadies after the decision was made to re-conceive the character.
Anne Winters (Tyrant) stars in The Bride He Bought Online, about teen cyber bullying, premiering on Lifetime Saturday, July 18 at 8p. Travis Hammer (Dig) and Alexandra Paul (Baywatch) co-star.
Anabelle Acosta (Ballers) will recur on ABC’s upcoming Quantico. Drama starring Priyanka Chopra premieres Sunday, September 27 at 10p.
Sunkrish Bala (The Walking Dead) landed a season-long story arc on ABC’s Castle. He’ll play a tech analyst with a complicated past.
Nikki Reed has joined Fox’s Sleepy Hollow as a series regular. The Twilight alum plays Betsy Ross in season three, launching Thursday, October 1.
NBCUniversal closed its upfront with close to $6 billion in revenue, up 2 percent versus last year for the entire portfolio. “The market responded favorably to the innovative ways we are reaching and targeting our companies,” said NBCU. Digital video business grew 50 percent, reflecting “the growing importance of multiplatform partnerships.”
Canada’s Peace Point Rights sold over 100 hours from their food, documentary and scripted libraries including Bake with Anna Olson and Fresh with Anna Olson to Scripps Networks International, Takedown: The DNA of GSP to iTunes and Xbox, and Signed, Sealed, Delivered to Africa’s Seed Entertainment.
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The MLB All-Star Game on Fox topped Tuesday but didn’t hurt reality competitions. ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss was up two tenths versus last week, to .8/3 among A18-49, and NBC’s America’s Got Talent also saw a two tenths week to week gain, to 2.5/9 in the demo. Scripted didn’t fare as well: CBS’s Zoo slipped two tenths, to 1.0/3.
Seven out of 12 syndicated talk shows were up Fourth of July week. Leading the pack: Live With Kelly & Michael, up 4 percent with 2.7 to take first place in the category among HHs, and tied for the top spot among W25-54 with Wendy Williams (1.3). In households, Williams was up 29 percent year to year, the most of any talk show; Jerry Springer (1.4) came next, up 27 percent.
Family Feud was steady with last week and up 44 percent from last year with 6.2. Wheel of Fortune was down 3 percent versus last week to hit a season low.
Top 10 M-F Syndicate Strip Series for the week of June 29 ranked in order of HH Rtg
Judge Judy (CTD) 6.4AA
Family Feud 6.2AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 6.0AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.8AA
Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.8AA
Modern Family (2/T) 3.0AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.0AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 2.9AA
Live With Kelly and Michael (DAD) 2.7AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 2.6AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Top 12 M-F Syndicate Strip Series for the week of June 29 ranked in order of A18-49 Rtg
Big Bang Theory (WB) 2.2AA
Family Feud 2.2AA
Modern Family (2/T) 1.7AA
Family Guy (2/T) 1.5AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.5AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.0AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.0AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 1.0AA
Seinfeld (SPT) .9AA
Mike and Molly (WB) .9AA
How I Met Your Mothers (2/T) .9AA
Cleveland Show (2/T) .9AA
Source: Nielsen Media Research
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: FOX had the most A18-49 viewers Tuesday with 3.1/11 according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen, winning every hour with the MLB All-Star Game. Baseball scored 3.1/12 to steal 8p, followed by 2.3/9 for NBC’s America’s Got Talent. Fox’s game topped 9p with 3.3/12, versus 2.7/9 for Talent. Fox closed the night with 3.2/11 at 10p; NBC’s Hollywood Game Night was second with 1.4/5.
A18-49: FOX 3.1/11, NBC 2.1/8, ABC .8/3, UNI .8/3, CBS .8/3, TELE .7/3, ION .4/2, CW .3/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
FOX 6.6/12
MLB All-Star Game 6.6/12
NBC: 5.2/9
America’s Got Talent 6.3/11, Hollywood Game Night 3.1/6
CBS: 4.2/8
NCIS [r] 4.6/8, Zoo 4.2/7, CIS: New Orleans [r] 3.8/7
ABC: 1.8/3
Fresh Off the Boat [r] 1.9/4, black-ish [r] 1.6/3, Extreme Weight Loss 1.8/3
UNIVISION: 1.1/2
Amores con Trampa 1.1/2, Lo Imperdonable 1.2/2, Yo NoCreo en Hombres 1.0/2
Telemundo: 0.9/1
Avenida Brasil 0.6/1, Tierra de Reyes 0.8/1, El Senor de los Cielos 1.2/2
ION: 0.8/1
Criminal Minds 0.9/2, Criminal Minds 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.8/1
CW: 0.7/1
The Flash [r] 0.8/2, iZombie [r] 0.5/1
BBC Worldwide appointed Dawn Williamson Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales and Tim Wastney Vice President, Advertising Sales. Most recently, Williamson was General Sales Manager at iHeartMedia; Wastney was formerly VP of Global Business Intelligence for BBC Advertising.
TV journalist Marlene Sanders died July 14 from cancer. She was 84. Sanders, one of television’s first female war correspondents, was the first network newswoman to report from Vietnam, said her son, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
This Day in History: 1957 – John Glenn set a transcontinental speed record, flying from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which Welcome Back Kotter (1975-1979) Sweathog dated Julie’s sister? Epstein. Kudos to: Linda Grillo-Viacom/NY, Jerry Kapner- Kapner Group/Montclair, NJ, Tom Winiarski-NBCUniversal/NYC, John Kukla-KDFW-KDFI/Dallas, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, James Oshita-New Day Marketing/Santa Barbara, Paul Blutter-Hollywood Depot Rentals/Burbank, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-Generate/Beverly Hills, Arthur Ronstein-Shaw Media/Toronto.
Today’s Trivia Question: What was Skippy’s full name on Family Ties (1982-1989)? (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 JULY 16, 2015
ABC: The Astronaut Wives Club, Mistresses, Rookie Blue
CBS: Big Bang Theory [r], Mom [r], Big Brother, Under the Dome
CW: Beauty and the Beast, Dates, Dates
FOX: BOOM!, Wayward Pines
NBC: Food Fighters, Dateline
PBS: This Old House Hour [r], Masterpiece Mystery! [r], Antiques Roadshow [r]
Telemundo: Avenida Brasil, Tierra de Reyes, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Preios Juventud 2015
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