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07.27.15 Good morning. It’s Monday July 27, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres:
Cartoon: We Bare Bears at 6:30p
FYI: Unplugged Nation at 10p Tonight’s Finales:
ABC: The Bachelorette at 8p
AHC: Auschwitz: Hitler’s Final Solution at 10p
Discovery: Street Outlaws at 9p
Showtime is pulling the plug on Happyish after one season. Picked up to series in January 2014 with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kathryn Hahn in the lead roles, the dark comedy was eventually revived after Hoffman’s untimely death with Steve Coogan starring. The one-and-only season finale drew a soft 348,000 viewers in Live+3 ratings.
Comedy Central’s Key & Peele will end in September after five seasons. Co-creator Keegan-Michael Key told TheWrap the acclaimed sketch series was shuttering because it’s time for he and co-star Jordan Peele “to explore other things, together and apart.”
Wrestling star Hulk Hogan apologized for racist comments he made in a 2012 radio interview, but it wasn’t enough to get him back in WWE’s good graces. “I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is inconsistent with my own beliefs,” said Hogan in a statement after tapes linked to a lawsuit Hogan brought against Gawker.com were posted online. Hogan is out as judge on USA’s WWE Tough Enough, his name and likeness have been erased from WWE’s website and his contract with WWE terminated. He does have his defenders, though. “There isn’t a racist bone in that man’s body,” tweeted NBA alum Dennis Rodman.
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NBC half-hour comedies Mr. Robinson and The Carmichael Show, originally set to air from 9-10p starting Wednesday, August 5, are breaking up. Now Mr. Robinson will air back-to-back eps for three weeks, followed by three weeks of doubled-up Carmichaels launching August 26. The maneuver gives audiences “a chance to fully engage,” said the net, as well as giving each show a shot an America’s Got Talent lead-in.
The FCC gave the official stamp of approval to AT&T’s $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV on Friday, saying the merger would be “in the public interest.” To seal the deal, AT&T agreed to widen its Internet service in rural areas, expand its gigabit fiber broadband to 12.5 million users, let customers access competing video services over the Internet and not use anticompetitive usage caps. The agreement creates the largest pay-TV service in the U.S., with upwards of 28 million video customers.
Shortly after FCC’s approval for the AT&T/DirecTV merger, AT&T U-Verse and Starz reached a new multi-year carriage agreement. Power producer and co-star Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson had accused AT&T of “dropping all channels that are considered urban friendly,” to which AT&T countered, “We’re not going to negotiate ad deal that is bad for our customers.”
Zac Roloff and Tori Patton of TLC reality show Little People Big World were married on July 25 on the Roloff family farm in Oregon. The wedding will air as a two-hour special on Tuesday, August 25 at 8p.
The Television Academy’s board of governors voted to extend the terms of its current officers and governors by one year, through December 31, 2016. The one-time bylaw amendment meant to “maintain continuity” during a major fundraising campaign and renovation on its headquarters and theater adds a year to CEO Bruce Rosenblum’s four-year term.
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2015 Content Leadership Awards At this year’s event, we will be recognizing three of the industry’s top programming pioneers; presenting them with the2015 Content Leadership Award, followed by a roundtable discussion on the State of Kids Content. These honorees, along with dozens of category finalists, will be honored on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 at the CYNOPSIS KIDS AWARDS breakfast.
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ABC grabbed Black Heart, from Kelly Masterson (Killing Kennedy) and Prospect Park, with penalty. ABC Studios will produce the drama, centered on intrigue in a family-owned energy company.
Fox gave a put pilot commitment to comedy Where Are They Now?, from 20th Century Fox Television. Alec Sulkin and Julius “Goldie” Sharpe write and exec produce.
Jay-Z and Will Smith are producing an HBO miniseries with Aaron Kaplan about African American Emmett Till, murdered in 1955 for allegedly flirting with a white woman. Project comes from Kapital Entertainment, Overbrook Entertainment and Roc Nation.
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Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: July 24-26, 2015
Ant-Man (Buena Vista) $24.8 million, cume revenue $106.1 million
Pixels (Sony) $24.0 million, opening weekend
Minions (Universal) $22.1 million, cume revenue $261.2 million
Trainwreck (Universal) $17.3 million, cume revenue $61.5 million
Southpaw (Weinstein) $16.5 million, opening weekend
Paper Towns (20th Century Fox) $12.5 million, opening weekend
Inside Out (Vuena Vista) $7.4 million, cume revenue $320.3 million
Jurassic World (Universal) $6.9 million, cume revenue $623.8 million
Mr. Holmes (Roadside Attractions) $2.8 million, cume revenue $6.4million
Terminator: Genisys (Paramoung) $2.4 million, cume revenue $85.7 million
Source: Rentrak Corporation
Web series Exploring Kaman jumps to linear on Wednesday, August 5 at 11p on AXS TV. Series chronicles NBA all-star Chris Kaman and his entourage, in over their head on a fishing trip.
Univision celebrates the life and music of Joan Sebastian in El Rey del Jaripeo on Sunday, August 2 at 8p. The Mexican singer-songwriter died July 13 of cancer.
Faran Tahir (Iron Man) has joined the cast of ABC’s American Crime. Season two is filming in Austin, TX.
Actress/supermodel Naomi Campbell landed a multi-ep arc on FX’s American Horror Story: Hotel. New season launches in fall 2015.
Amy Brenneman will reprise her role as Marie de Guise on an episode of CW’s Reign, reports EW. Season three launches Friday, October 9 at 8p.
Turner International Asia Pacific acquired full syndication and broadcast rights for upcoming Korean drama series Saimdang across all platforms in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei. Series from Group 8 stars actress Lee Young-ae, making her comeback to television. “Saimdang is already generating considerable attention right across Asia,” said B.J. Song, president of Group 8. “Lee Young-ae is a huge star, not just in Korea, but around the region.”
Independent Barking Duck Productions (not to be confused with Barking Duck Brewery), launching in the UK by producer Spencer Soloman, aims to develop film, documentaries and scripted drama for UK and U.S. audiences.
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The July 19 premiere of Spike’s Tut delivered 2.6 million viewers, growing to 3.8 million with re-airs that night factored in, and a 1.0 among A18-49in Live+3. The three-night event series is tracking to be the highest-rated scripted series in network history.
Thursday’s season finale of Fox event series Wayward Pines hit 1.2/5 among A18-49, up 33 percent off the prior week, matching its Live+SD high. And the best is likely yet to come: Pines has boasted time shift lifts of up to 130 percent.
The July 17 episode of WE tv’s Marriage Boot Camp: Reality Stars had the highest time-shifted gains of the season. In Live+3, Hank Bassett’s confession to wife Kendra Wilkinson delivered 1.3 million P2+ viewers (up 66 percent from Live+SD), 748,000 among W25-54 (up 102 percent) and 694,000 among W18-49 (up 107 percent).
Food Network ranked sixth among cable Thursday night with Beat Bobby Flay posting a .7 rating A25-54 (630,000 impressions), with 1.3 million P2+ impressions (up 22 percent versus year ago) and ranking number six in its 10p timeslot among cable.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: CBS won the most A18-49 viewers Thursday with 1.4/6, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. CBS topped 8p with a 1.4/6 average for Big Bang Theory and Mom, followed by .9/4 for Univision’s Amores con Trampa. CBS kept the lead at 9p with 1.9/7 for Big Brother, versus 1.2/5 for Fox’s Wayward Pines. Telemundo jumped to first at 10p with 1.3/5 for Senor de los Cielos; NBC’s Dateline Mystery took second with 1.1/4.
A18-49:CBS 1.4/6, NBC .9/4, FOX .9/4, UNI .8/3, TELE .8/3, ABC .7/3, ION .3/1, CW .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, July 23, 2015 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 3.6/7
Big Bang Theory [r] 4.7/10, Mom [r] 3.7/7, Big Brother 3.4/6, Under the Dome 3.0/6
NBC: 3.2/6
Food Fighters 2.3/4, Dateline Mystery 3.7/7
ABC: 2.5/3
Astronaut Wives Club 2.7/5, Mistresses 2.1/4, Rookie Blue 2.7.5
FOX: 1.9/4
Boom 1.4/3, Wayward Pines 2.5/5
UNIVISION: 1.1/1
Amores con Trampa 1.1/2, Lo Impernodable 1.2/2, Yo No Creo en Hombres 1.0/2
ION: 1.1/2
Blue Bloods 1.0/2, Blue Bloods 1.2/2, Blue Bloods 1.2/2
TELEMUNDO: .8/1
Avenida Brasil .7/1, Tierra del Reyes .9/2, Senor de los Cielos 1.5/2
CW: .5/1
Beauty and the Beast .6/1, Dates .3/1, Dates 2 .3/1
Vandalia Films co-founder Juliana Janes has joined Gulfstream Pictures as Senior Vice President Television. Newly created Gulfstream Television has an exclusive deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.
Alexandra Wallace is out as Senior Vice President at NBC News, as new NBC News Chairman Andy Lack takes charge of the division. “Thank you @NBCNews for a great decade,” tweeted Wallace on Friday. “Onward.”
This Day in History: 2003 – Bob Hope died at age 100.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What star did Joey get cast as a butt double for on Friends? Al Pacino. Kudos to: Chris Schwieterman-Gray Television Group/Tallahassee, FL, Paul Schur-Discovery/Silver Spring, MD, Wendi Friedman/NYC, Heather Weldin-WWE Corporation/Stamford, CT, Carly Dasso-Saatchi& Saatchi Chicago, Oak Brook Terrace, IL, Jenna Bellamy-Spectrum Reach/Birmingham, AL, Melissa Friedman/LA, Jim Katz-Radcliffe Road Pictures/LA, Laura Collier-Red Skyline Productions/Burbank, Aditya Putcha, NBCUniversal, Universal City, CA.
Today’s Trivia Question: Which TV tippler once hopped on a cow, thinking it was a horse? (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 – MONDAY JULY 27, 2015
ABC: The Bachelorette [f], After the Final Rose
CBS: 2 Broke Girls [r], Mike & Molly [r], Scorpion [r], NCIS: Los Angeles [r]
CW: Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Whose Life Is it Anyway? [r], Cedric’s Barber Battle
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance
NBC: American Ninja Warrior, Running Wild With Bear Grylls
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Roadshow [r], POV
Telemundo: Avenida Brasil, Tierra de Reyes
Univision: Amores con Trampa, Lo Imperdonable, Yo No Creo en los Hombre
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