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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
 
HGTV’s going to the Extreme. As the highest-rated home-renovation series of all time, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is getting a reboot at the network with 10 new episodes headed to production. HGTV plans to spotlight its own talent in the weekly race to complete a custom whole-home renovation for a deserving family. New eps are slated to premiere in early 2020 and HGTV secured rights to air 100 existing eps of the original series, which aired on ABC for nine seasons from 2003-2012.
 
National Parker, a half-hour comedy from Jenna Fischer (Splitting Up Together) and writer Alexandra Henrikson (Maniac), is in development at Freeform. From Warner Horizon Scripted Television, series follows social media-obsessed Parker Adams, who decides to leave the big city to become a park ranger in Alaska after a bad breakup. Fischer will serve as exec producer; Henrikson will serve as co-exec producer and will write the pilot script.
 
Grace and Frankie will return for a sixth season in 2020 on Netflix, which announced the renewal and preproduction on the new season of the Jane Fonda- and Lily Tomlin-starring series. Season five debuts this Friday.
 
Dorsey Pictures, a Red Arrow Studios company, is expanding its development and production slate to include multiple true crime series, documentary specials and pilots with WGN, Oxygen, Reelz and other networks. Among projects are Dog’s Most Wanted for WGN’s first unscripted series in more than five years; doc special Slenderman Stabbing: The Untold Story, slated to debut on Reelz Saturday, January 26; and an upcoming true crime series and special for Oxygen. Dorsey also currently produces series Building Alaska, Building Off the Grid and Maine Cabin Masters.
 
Saloon Media, a Blue Ant Media production company specializing in globally relevant factual television, is producing feature-length doc 9/11 Kids about the 16 schoolchildren who were with President George W. Bush at Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Fla., on the morning of September 11, 2001. Commissioned by the channel documentary, the film tracks down the kids today to find out what has happened since then.
 
Sky-owned free-to-air channel Pick commissioned Woodcut Media to produce factual entertainment series Paranormal Caught on Camera. Delving into the realm of the paranormal as industry experts attempt to capture evidence of supernatural activity on camera, series is exec-produced by Marvyn Benoit (Sky) and Matthew Gordon (Woodcut Media).
 
His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf, led by Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter, is adapting of Jim Shepard’s novel Kiss of the Wolf. Story follows a mother and her 11-year-old son who keep secret their hit-and-run accident, which kills an acquaintance, while the victim’s friends go to great lengths to avenge his death.
 
 
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
 
Drama series The Code and The Red Line got spring premiere dates on CBS, as did the returning Ransom. The Code will premiere Tuesday, April 9, at 9p before it moves into its regular Monday time period on April 15 at 9p. From Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti and starring Noah Wyle, The Red Line will air in two-hour installments over four consecutive Sundays beginning April 28, following 60 Minutes at 8p. Ransom returns for its third season Saturday, February 16, at 8p.
 
Bravo Media jets off to Latin America with new docuseries Mexican Dynasties. Premiering Tuesday, February 26, at 10p, it delves into three family dynasties - the Allendes, the Bessudos and the Madrazos - whose fortunes stem from the entertainment, beverage and luxury car industries, respectively.
 
TBS dropped a trailer for the second season of Tracy Morgan- and Tiffany Haddish-starring The Last O.G. and set a premiere date of Tuesday, April 2, at 10:30p. Among season 2 guests are hip hop artists Method Man, Rev Run, Talib Kweli and Rakim.
 
 
COMING UP
 
Documentary Burn the Stage: The Movie, which puts the lens on K-pop group BTS and their 2017 concert tour, will begin streaming on the YouTube Premium subscription service Friday, January 18, at 11p.
 
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Fifteen-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys will host the 61st Annual Grammy Awards, airing live on Sunday, February 10, at 8p.
 
Criminal Minds’ Aisha Tyler will host the 71st Annual DGA Awards, February 2 in Hollywood.
 
 
DIGITAL DATA
 
Hold on to your remote. Netflix is raising subscription prices 13 percent to 18 percent in the steepest increase since it segued into streaming more than a decade ago. Increased fees will take effect immediately for new subscribers and be phased in over three months for existing subscribers. The news dropped two days before Netflix was set to share quarterly earnings. Netflix Basic will now cost $9, up from $8; HD Standard, its most popular package, will now cost $13, up from $11, and 4K Premium will cost $16, up from $14.
 
Roku responded to backlash yesterday over its decision to carry a channel for Infowars, the website of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, by saying Infowars was not in violation of its terms of use, according to a report by Digiday. Other platforms including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Apple’s App Store have removed Jones and Infowars from their services.
 
Live TV sports streaming service fubotv reported that user engagement reached an all-time high in December, jumping nearly three times over its December 2017 numbers. Connected TV usage was the largest driver of this engagement, exceeding 70 hours per subscriber in December; users spent nearly 90 hours in December on the leading connected device in that category.
 
Streaming service Pluto TV is launching two new channels on its platform - Pluto TV Sitcoms (Channel 255) and Pluto TV Cine (Channel 69).
 
 
ADVERTISING
 
Among top lines from SpotX’s just-released 2019 Video Advertising Trends Report, which advises that both buyers and sellers remain flexible and open to change:
* The U.S. remains the OTT leader with more than half of all global OTT viewing; Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia are close behind with linear broadcasts in OTT environments and large emphasis on mobile.
* In 2018, OTT viewing grew by 17 percent YoY, total U.S. OTT households now number 59.5 million, 63.5 percent of U.S. households with Wi-Fi.
* Advertisers are gaining access to more data for personalization.
* An investment in local language content will be the key to global growth.
* Pay TV providers still capture 4 hours and 46 minutes of adults’ TV time (live and time-shifted).
* MVPDs will offset subscriber losses and increase net revenues by raising subscription costs.
* Local ad revenues are expected to decline 4.9 percent in 2019 because political dollars will recede before the big 2020 push.
* Consumers are experiencing ad fatigue. Media owners and advertisers must start to live up to new expectations for ads including making them engaging, non-disruptive and relevant.
* Programmatic direct and private marketplace deals will account for 79.6 percent of all programmatic deals by the end of 2019.
 
 
CASTING
 
Matt Walsh (Veep) scored the lead in the pilot for ABC family comedy Happy Accident… Goran Visnjic (Timeless, ER) will return to NBC in a recurring role on This Is Us…. Li Jun Li (The Exorcist) is in as a series regular on upcoming Netflix martial arts series Wu Assassins.
 
 
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
 
Season 3 of original suspense drama Ransom heads back to Canada’s Global network beginning Saturday, February 16, at 8p.
 
Big Bad Boo Studios and broadcast partners TVO Kids, Knowledge Kids and CBC Radio Canada green-lit production of season 2 of original animated series 16 Hudson. Season 1 had a soft launch with English public channels in Canada in the fall and is now launching on all channels, including on SRC Radio Canada in French-speaking areas. Digital Media components include several eps around cultural holidays.
 
Spanish production, distribution and service studio company Motion Pictures signed a co-production deal with Brazil’s Gloobinho and secured presales for new animation series MyaGO. First season is in production, with season 2 expected in June 2019. Both seasons have been picked up by YLE (Finland), while SVT (Sweden), TVNZ (New Zealand) and HOP! (Israel) acquired the first season.
 
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RATINGS
 
Monday night’s premiere of Telemundo’s La Voz (The Voice) ranked as the No. 1 reality show in Spanish-language television among A18-34 with an average of 304,000 viewers, according to Nielsen. The premiere also averaged 1.4 million Total Viewers and 667,000 A18-49, improving Telemundo’s 9-11p Sunday-night time slot by 37% versus the last quarter in the demo.
 
Driven by the record-setting launch of the reality competition series The Masked Singer, FOX kicked off 2019 as the top network, winning the week of December 31. It averaged a 2.7/11 in Live + 7 Day ratings for the week, up +29% versus the same week last year. The Masked Singer’s Wednesday, January 2, debut posted a 4.2/17 L7 and 13.0 million L7 Total Viewers, setting the mark for the greatest ever L7 gain from Live + Same Day among unscripted debuts in A18-49 (+1.2 rating point) and Total Viewers (+3.6 million Total Viewers).
 
Hallmark Channel’s original movie premiere One Winter Proposal, airing last weekend as part of the net’s annual “Winterfest” programming event, averaged a 2.8 HH rating, 2.9 million Total Viewers, and 446,000 W25-54. It propelled the network to be the highest-rated and most-watched cable network during primetime for the week among HH, excluding news and sports.
 
Syndicated entertainment magazines successfully parlayed Golden Globes excitement into strong ratings for the session ending January 6. The group’s highest-percentage winners in the opening week of 2019 were magazine leader Entertainment Tonight (2.8 live plus same day national Nielsen rating, up 22% from the week before), Access (1.2, up 20%), Extra (1.0, up 11%), which also grew 25% in the key W25-54 demo, and Daily Mail TV (0.9, up 13%), which ratcheted up 33% in the coveted demo. Sophomore Page Six TV registered monster gains in most of the largest markets, including surges of 60% in NYC, 25% in Philadelphia and 50% in Dallas.
 
In syndicated daytime, Dr. Phil (2.3, steady), in reruns, and Live with Kelly and Ryan (2.3, steady) tied for first place in talk, followed by Ellen DeGeneres (2.1, up 17%), Maury (1.4, unchanged), Steve Wilkos (1.2, up 9%), repeat eps of Steve Harvey’s Steve (1.1, down 8%), Wendy Williams (1.1, unchanged) and Rachael Ray (1.1, unchanged). The No. 1 program overall was Judge Judy (6.5, up 8%), even though it aired reruns all five days. 
 
Top 10 Broadcast Programs Among A18-49 ratings/share for the week of January 7, 2019
FOX: NFC Playoff Sun 10.3/39
FOX: NFC Playoff-Post Sun 7.3/27
NBC: NFL Playoff Post Div 5.1/22
FOX: Simpsons 2.8/12
FOX: NFC Playoff-Pre Sat 2.4/11
CBS: Big Bang Theory 2.3/10
FOX: Masked Singer 2.1/8
FOX: Bob’s Burgers 1.9/8
CBS: Young Sheldon 1.8/7
NBC: AGT Champions 1.7/7
 
Top 13 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week ended January 6, 2019, ranked in order by HH Rtg
Judge Judy (CTD) 6.5 AA
Family Feud (2/T) 6.0AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 6.0 AA
Jeopardy! (CTD) 5.8 AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.4 AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 2.7AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.8 AA
Live with Kelly and Ryan (DAD) 2.3 AA
Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.3 AA
Hot Bench (AT) 2.2 AA
Ellen DeGeneres Show (AB) 2.1 AA
Last Man Standing (2/T) 2.0 AA
Modern Family (AT) 2.0 AA
 
Top 13 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week ended January 6, 2019, ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
Family Feud (2/T) 1.6 AA 
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 1.6 AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.4 AA
Jeopardy! (CTD) 1.2 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.2 AA
Modern Family (2/T) 1.0 AA
Family Guy (2/T) 0.8 AA
Entertainment Tonight (AT) 0.7 AA
Last Man Standing (2/T) 0.7 AA
Inside Edition (AT) 0.6 AA
Dr. Phil (AT) 0.5 AA
Hot Bench (AT) 0.5 AA
Live with Kelly and Ryan (DAD) 0.5 AA
 
Basic Cable Ratings Week of January 6, 2019
Top 5 – Primetime (P2+)
ESPN (4,275,000)
FOX News (2,502,000)
MSNBC (2,186,000)
CNN (1,339,000)
HGTV TV (1,330,000)
 
Top 5 – Total Day (P2+)
FOX News (1,387,000)
MSNBC (1,205,000)
ESPN (1,203,000)
CNN (832,000)
Nickelodeon (793,000)
(Source: Nielsen)
TV Time’s Binge Report for the Week of January 7, 2019
  1. You (Netflix) - 5.33%
  2. Sex Education (Netflix) - 3.08%
  3. Friends (NBC) - 2.66%
  4. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC) - 2.05%
  5. Gossip Girl (The CW) - 1.90%
  6. A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix) - 1.54%
  7. Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) - 1.51%
  8. Titans (DC Universe) - 1.43%
  9. How I Met Your Mother (CBS) - 1.38%
  10. Vikings (History) - 1.28%
*The weekly Binge Report ranks shows with the most binge sessions. A binge session is when four or more episodes of a show are watched and tracked in our TV Time app within a given day.
 
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of January 7, 2019
ABC: Good Morning America 4.09 million total viewers; 1.0/10 and 1.23 million A25-54
NBC: Today 4.16 million total viewers; 1.2/12 and 1.47 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 3.07 million total viewers; 0.7/7 and 806,000 A25-54
 
Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of January 7, 2019
CBS: The Late Show 3.10 million total viewers and .41/3 A18-49
NBC: The Tonight Show 2.20 million total viewers and .48/3 A18-49
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.86 million total viewers and .35/2 A18-49
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions): Monday, January 14, 2018, time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
NBC: 8.47 million
America’s Got Talent: The Champions 9.96, Manifest 5.49
ABC: 5.80 million
The Bachelor 5.60, The Good Doctor 6.21,
CBS: 6.24 million
The Neighborhood 6.88, Happy Together 5.14, Magnum PI 5.93, Bull 7.02
FOX: 5.37 million
The Resident 5.52, The Passage 5.22
Univision: 970,000 
Jesus 981,000, Mi Marido Tiene Mas Familia 991,000, Amar a Muerte 927,000
Telemundo: 857,000
La Sultana 951,000, Falsa Identidad 927,000, Senora Acero 693,000
CW: 720,000
Howie Mandel Stand-Up Extravaganza 0.72,
 
Monday A18-49 Rating: ABC 1.5/6, FOX 1.2/6, NBC 1.5/6, CBS .9/4, UNI .4/2, TELE .3/2, CW .2/1
 
 
EXECUTIVE MOVES
 
Seth Winter is joining new FOX to lead sports ad sales for the company. He formerly headed up NBC Sports ad sales.
 
WNET appointed Susie Hernandez to the position of senior director, programming. Most recently she was the executive director of TV at KQED in San Francisco.
 
ABC News and Mic alum Marc Paskin joined UTA’s News & Broadcast division as an agent.
 
Media consultancy MightyHive hired Rashaad Jamal as VP of learning and development. Jamal previously was engagement manager at McKinsey & Co.
 
 
IN MEMORIAM
 
Broadway legend Carol Channing, known for her signature lead role in Hello, Dolly! and who continued performing into her 90s, has died. She was 97. Channing was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 1995 and was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981.
 
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16
ABC: The Goldbergs, Schooled, Modern Family, Single Parents, Match Game
CBS: The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, NCIS, FBI
CW: Riverdale, All American
FOX: Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back, The Masked Singer 
NBC: Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D.
PBS: Nature, NOVA, Sinking Cities
Telemundo: La Sultana, Falsa Identidad, Senora Acero
Univision: Jesus, Mi Marido Tiene Mas Familia, Amar a Muerte

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