| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLE HALL OF FAME | 2019 Cable Hall of Fame Celebration Presented by The Cable Center May 2, 2019 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, NYC 2019 Honorees - Leslie Ellis, president, Ellis Edits, Inc.
- Phil Kent, former chairman and CEO, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- Kyle McSlarrow, SVP, customer experience, Comcast
- Steve Miron, CEO, Advance/Newhouse
- MTV, Founding Creators
- Susan Swain and Rob Kennedy, president and co-CEOs, C-SPAN
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT Ernest Dickerson (The Walking Dead) will direct ten episodes of CBS All Access’ Interrogation, as well as exec produce. Each episode of the true crime drama is based on an interrogation from real police files. Netflix, Hasbro and Rooster Teeth are teaming for animated series War for Cybertron, set in the Transformers universe. Animation studio is Polygon Pictures. SNL alum Chris Rock will direct and executive produce NBC’s comedy pilot Saving Kenan, starring and exec produced by SNL’s Kenan Thompson. Project comes from Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video, with Universal Television. Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: February 15-17 Alita: Battle Angel (Fox) $27.8 million, opening weekend The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (Warner Bros.) $21.1 million (week 2), cume revenue $62.7 million Isn’t It Romantic (Warner Bros.) $14.2 million, opening weekend What Men Want (Paramount) $10.9 million (week 2), cume revenue $36.2 million Happy Death Day 2U (Universal) $9.8 million, opening weekend Cold Pursuit (Lionsgate) $6.0 million (week 2), cume revenue $21.1 million The Upside (STX) $5.6 million (week 6), cume revenue $94.2 million Glass (Universal) $3.9 million (week 5), cume revenue $104.5 million The Prodigy (Orion) $3.2 million (week 2), cume revenue $11.0 million Green Book (Universal) $2.8million (week 14), cume revenue $65.8 million Source: Comscore NEW AND RETURNING SERIES ID has some killer premieres lined up for the second half of February. Season five of See No Evil launches Wednesday, February 20 at 9p, while new series Hometown Homicide debuts Tuesday, February 26 at 9p and Killing Time arrives Thursday, February 28 at 10p. Hasbro and Nickelodeon are teaming for the return of the Power Rangers with a new television series, Power Rangers Beach Morphers, premiering on Saturday, March 2, at 8a. HBO’s Barry starts its sophomore run Sunday, March 31 at 10p. Bill Hader stars as a hitman who decides to pursue an acting career. COMING UP Queen, the subject of Oscar nominee Bohemian Rhapsody, will play at the Academy Awards Sunday on ABC. American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert is vocalist, replacing the late Freddie Mercury. “We will rock the Oscars,” tweeted Lambert on Sunday. The Resurgence: DeMarcus Cousins premieres on Showtime Saturday, April 13 at 8p. Documentary chronicles the NBA superstar’s grueling comeback from a career-threatening injury. Comedian/former SNL writer John Mulaney will take his second turn at bat as host of NBC’s Saturday Night Live on March 2. Musical guest will be Thomas Rhett. TECH TALK AT&T, as it proceeds with Airship, a new way to build a cloud, inked a deal with source cloud company Mirantis to help build out and manage the infrastructure for its 5G network. “AT&T is the biggest, baddest, oldest telco out there,” Mirantis cofounder and CMO Boris Renski told Business Insider. “For this refresh cycle, for the first time in telco history, they are choosing to not buy new [proprietary] boxes but, instead, use tech open sourced by Google to refresh their network for their 5G cycle. This will set the precedent in the industry.” Calling tech bloggers: If you’d like to share your insights and expertise on the Cynopsis web site, contact Lynn@Cynopsis.com to be considered for submission. DIGITAL CBS projects it will have 22 million U.S. subscribers across CBS All Access and Showime OTT by 2022, up from eight million now. “Our strategy of creating more of the premium content that audiences want and making it available across new and traditional platforms continues to pay off, driving quarterly increases in subscribers at CBS and Showtime, both consecutively and year over year,” said Joe Ianniello, president and acting CEO at CBS. Ianniello said the company is generating significant momentum with its direct-to-consumer platforms, which represent “one of our most powerful long-term growth drivers.” NBA Digital struck a deal with Facebook that will bring NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, and NBA 2K League game recaps to Facebook Watch. “Through Facebook’s innovative Watch Party experience, basketball fans around the world can interact in real-time and share in their passion for the game,” said Sam Farber, NBA VP of Digital Media. Spotify is making a big bet on podcasting, ponying up about $337 for podcast producer Gimlet Media and services provider Anchor FM, according to an SEC filing. “We are building a platform that provides a meaningful opportunity for creators, excites and engages our users, and builds an even more robust business model for Spotify in an industry we believe will become significantly larger when you add Internet-level monetization to it,” blogged Spotify Founder and CEO Daniel Ek after the announcement of the deal. Hearst Magazines acquired female-centered lifestyle news YouTube channel network Clevver, which had been owned by now-shuttered Defy Media and engages more than 15 million subscribers. “This investment underscores our commitment to premium video that super-serves our audience of young women and will further accelerate our growth on YouTube and other digital video platforms,” said Hearst Magazines. ADVERTISING Digital ad revenue was $26.2 billion in 3Q18, up 22% versus the year prior, according to a report for the IAB from PwC U.S. “Last year saw significant growth in the OTT marketplace and in the direct-to-consumer brand ecosystem - contributing factors in digital’s successful Q3,” said Sue Hogan, SVP of Research and Measurement for the IAB. There are hundreds of millions of dollars left on the table that publishers could easily get back each year, says Marty Kratky-Katz, CEO of ad recovery solutions company Blockthrough. The secret? “Striking the balance between helping publishers recoup the most revenue, while providing ad experiences that users are OK with (and avoiding incurring the wrath of the most hardcore ad avoiders),” says Kratky-Katz. For more, check out the new Cynsiders. GOING GLOBAL London-based independent content distributor Scorpion TV, announced its first deals for Landmarks Live in Concert. The first season of the live-music docu-travel series has been sold to Brazil’s TV Globo, as well as airlines in the US, the UK and Italy via deals with inflight specialist Spafax. Viacom International Media Networks is joining forces with Facebook in the UK to launch a live and interactive quiz game show on Facebook Watch called MTV STAX. MTV will be one of the first UK partners to utilize Facebook Watch’s new game show functionality. “We know that there’s a great appetite at the moment for live interactive quiz shows and our fans are tapped into popular culture, so this feels like a very natural fit for MTV,”msaid Joanna Wells, Vice President, Digital Content, Youth and Entertainment commented, Nippon TV acquired the rights for the Japan broadcast of the South Korean drama series Mother, a remake of its very own drama series.
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Rose Williams (Reign) and Theo James (Downton Abbey) landed the leads in ITV and PBS’s Masterpiece drama based on Jane Austen’s unfinished drama, Sandition...Jessica Garza (The Purge) and Johnathan Nieves (New Amsterdam) have joined the cast of Showtime sequel Penny Dreadful: City of Angels as series regulars...Crazy Rich Asians co-star Ken Jeong will star in CBS comedy pilot The Emperor of Malibu, from Asians writers Kevin Kwan...Wendy Malick (Hot in Cleveland) has boarded the cast of Fox comedy pilot Richard Lovely...Nickie Micheaux (Animal Kingdom) and Alexis Louder (Harriet) will recur on NBC’s Chicago P.D....Katja Herbers (Westworld) scored the female lead in CBS drama pilot Evil. SHORT FORM MTV and Viacom Digital Studios International greenlit four new short form originals: Singled Out, a digital reimagining of the dating show; Cribs franchise extender Geordie Cribs; adulting reality series Chloe Ferry is a Grown Up; and cooking show Scotty’s Tea. The shows will be produced by the UK Production arm of Viacom International Digital studios. Stockholm-based production company Dramacorp’s first commission from Nordic Entertainment Group is short-form YA horror series Cryptid. Production starts in August in Finland. |
| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE | REGISTER BEFORE TOMORROW NIGHT (WEDNESDAY) The Cynopsis Short Form Film Festival MAR 6, 2019 | 3:30PM – 7:15PM | SVA Theatre, NYC Register today for panels that address the rapid evolution of short form, led by experts from Attn:, Awesomeness, Bleacher Report, Canvas Media Studios, CNE, Kovert Creative, Hollister, Red Bull Media House, Viacom and Whistle (click here to view panelists). The awards program spotlights our impressive 2019 finalists, and offers networking, networking, networking! |
RATINGS ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy hit a series low 1.4/7 among A18-49 on Thursday, but that was still enough to win the night in the demo on a low viewership Valentine’s Day. Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) February 14 time period averages Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD CBS: 6.69 million The Big Bang Theory 8.24, Young Sheldon 7.69, Mom 7.62, Fam 5.47, S.W.A.T. 5.56 ABC: 4.70 million Grey’s Anatomy 6.54, A Million Little Things 4.98, How to Get Away With Murder 2.57 NBC: 3.75 million The Titan Games 4.32, Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2.59, Will & Grace 2.96, Law & Order: SVU 4.16 FOX: 2.70 million Gotham 2.32, The Orville 3.09 CW: 0.66 million Top 14 Valentine’s Day Movies 0.80, Legacies 0.51 UNIVISION: 1.08 million Jesus 1.09, Mi Marido Tiene Mas Familia1.14, Amar a Muerte 1.02 TELEMUNDO: 0.71 million Exatlon Estados Unidos 0.76, Betty en NY 0.81, El Baron 0.57
Tunity Analytics Weekly National Out-of-Home Viewer Rankings for Entertainment Programs for the week of February 11 Program, OOH Viewers (000) The Simpsons (Fox) 1659 Saturday Night Live (NBC) 370 Amwerica’s Got Talent (NBC) 318 S.W.A.T. (CBS) 293 Family Guy (Fox) 279 NCIS (CBS) 259 FBI (CBS) 237 Blue Bloods (CBS) 234 Young Sheldon (CBS) 233 Chicago P.D. (NBC) 232 Source: Tunity Analytics. Viewing estimates are derived from the Tunity mobile app usage. OOH impressions are calculated using Tunuity Analytics proprietary estimation model. TV Time's Shows on the Rise for the Week of February 11 The Umbrella Academy (Netflix) - 100% The Dragon Prince (Netflix) 96.40% Dirty John (Bravo) 95.40% The Rookie (ABC) 67.10% F.B.I. (CBS) 63.70% American Dad! (TBS) 63.70% New Amsterdam (NBC) 63.30% Convent Mysteries (Rai) 63.00% Lethal Weapon (FOX) 60.90% The Walking Dead (AMC) 56.80% Methodology: Every week, millions of viewers around the world use TV Time to track their favorite series. “Shows on the Rise” is calculated by determining the week-over-week growth in episodes watched for a given program.
Thursday A18-49: CBS 1.0/5, ABC 1.0/5, NBC 0.9/5, FOX 0.7/3, UNI 0.5/2, TELE 0.3/2, CW 0.2/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES Hearts & Science CEO Scott Hagegorn has been promoted to CEO of Omnicom Media Group’s North American operations. He takes the reins from Page Thompson, who is retiring after 40 years at the company. Deepak Jesrani and Lisa Roos have been appointed Senior Vice President, Drama Development, and Mike Nunes has been named Senior Vice President, Current Development at NBC. Jesrani and Nunes were promoted, while Roos was VP, Scripted Programming at Warner Horizon TV. Mike Nelson was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Fox Television Stations, effective March 1. Currently EVP and CFO for Twentieth Century Fox Film, Nelson replaces Joe Dorrego, who was appointed Chief Investor Relations Officer and EVP of Corporate Initiatives for FOX Corporation. IN MEMORIAM Emmy nominated writer Christopher Knopf (The Girl Who Spelled Freedom) died February 13 of congestive heart failure. He was 91. Knopf was a former President of the Writers Guild of America.
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| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE | Cynopsis Presents… THAT BIG TV CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 9 & 10, 2019 | NYC In 2020, the entertainment and media market is expected to be worth more than $720 billion. With those kinds of dollars, it’s imperative that the media world – from brands and agencies to programmers, researchers, and strategists – masters the market. Save the date for That Big TV Conference , and learn how content is being best leveraged, to the ways in which data is being used to attract advertisers and audience. |
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: How old was Harry stone when he was appointed to the bench on Night Court (1984-92)? 34. Kudos to: Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX, Rev. Mark Wajda/Leesburg, FL, Andrew Goldman-Fathom Events/NYC, Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL, Dan Haberer-Creo Entertainment/Playa del Rey, CA, David Garber-Loyola Marymount University/Playa Vista, CA, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA, Robert Mercado-Bein/Miami Today’s Trivia Question: Which TV show’s main characters drove a Pontiac GTO equipped with a parachute? Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four correct answers from each time zone will be selected.) |
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Sr WEB MGR /Vin Di Bona Productions/LA: Manage and grow VDBP portfolio of web properties. Develop and manage VDBP digital products (email newsletters, merch store, apps). 5+ yrs of work exp specifically doing digital creative project/prod management. Full info HERE (2/27)
SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/WSNS Telemundo TV/Chicago: Exp’d & dynamic sales person to negotiate/sell multi-platform solutions incl TV, digital & experiential opps. Min 3 yrs exp work in TV sales or other area of Media Sales incl prospecting new clients & negotiating business proposals/closing deals. FULL info HERE (2/27) DIRECTOR, DIGITAL SALES RESEARCH/The CW Network/NYC: The CW Network seeks a Director, Digital Sales Research for their Media Sales & Planning team. Must have 6+ years digital research experience. Full info/apply HERE (2/27)
VP, L&BA/A+E/LA: Draft & negotiate agreements relating to the development, licensing, and/or prod of scripted programming for A+E Networks portfolio including A+E Studios. 7+ yrs legal exp with a minimum of 3 yrs at a studio or network. Must have scripted exp and be a member of CA or NY Bar(s). Apply HERE (2/26)
VP, BUSINESS & LEGAL AFFAIRS/Discovery/LA: Handle deal negotiations, provide legal advice/guidance & draft/review agreements for Discovery Studios prog/prod transactions. 8+ yrs exp working in-house at entertainment company. Full info HERE (2/26)
LEGAL ADMIN ASST/Reavis Page Jump LLP/NYC: Exp’d admin asst to work w/our attorneys (incl head of entertainment group) fast-paced high-quality collaborative setting. Fast-thinking take ownership type of person for this role to support 2 partners & 1 assoc. 3-5 yrs solid legal support exp a must. Full info HERE (2/26) LEGAL ASSOCIATE/Reavis Page Jump LLP/NYC: Exp’d associate to work w/head of Media&ent group. Resp for structuring /reviewing/drafting/negotiating transactions primarily in film, TV & new media. 4-6 yrs legal exp and excellent academic history. Full info HERE (2/23) MGR, DISTRIBUTION STRATEGY/Viacom/NYC: Lead dvlpmnt/implementation of new products & business models that Viacom &/or its distribution partners can pursue to generate value. 2-3 yrs Corp Strategy/Bus. Dvlpmnt, Investment Banking, or Strategy Consulting. Deep understanding/passion for media mkt trends. Full info HERE (2/23)
SR DIRECTOR, SEARCH & PROGRAMMATIC AUDIENCE BUYING/NBCU/Universal City CA: Resp for the planning and execution of all search and programmatic planning and buying. Min 10yrs exp in media/search/paid digital agency, advertising agency, direct marketing, cable/broadcasting or similar media envir. Full info/apply HERE (2/23)
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MANAGER, SOCIAL AUDIENCE BUYING/NBC Entertainment/Universal City CA: Assist the Director, Social Audience Buying with the planning and execution of all social planning and buying. Min 3 yrs of exp in media/social/paid digital agency, advertising agency, direct marketing, cable/broadcasting or similar media environment. Full info HERE (2/22) SUPERVISOR ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT/REV/XP esports/CHI: Help maintain & grow existing business w/current clients; assist bringing new clients on board. Four-six years of agency experience, servicing client accounts on a day-to-day basis. Full info HERE (2/22)
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ASSISTANT MANAGER, CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT/NBC SPORTS/Stamford: Responsible for developing and implementing end-to-end CRM segmentation strategies. Minimum 5 years relevant work experience, including internships. Full info HERE (2/21)
MANAGER, GRAPHICS TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING/NBC SPORTS/Stamford CT: Responsible for the design, documentation, maintenance, and workflow management of the Graphics & Visual Design facilities connected to systems. Min 4 yrs exp with Chyron: Mosaic, Lyric, LyricX. Full info HERE (2/21)
DIRECTOR, PROGRAM RESEARCH & MEDIA ANALYTICS/NBCU/Universal City CA: Support the VP of Prgrm Rsarch & Media Analytics on all program rsrch & media analytics needs. BA deg & Min 7 yrs of exp focusing on business intelligence & analytics for an entertainment, technology or marketing performance company. Full info HERE (2/20)
MANAGER, PROGRAM RESEARCH & MEDIA ANALYTICS/NBCU/Universal City CA: Supports the Director of Program Research and Media Analytics on all program research and media analytics needs. Min 3 yrs exp focusing on analytics for an entertainment, technology or mktg performance co. Full info HERE (2/20)
DIRECTOR, SOCIAL AUDIENCE BUYING/NBCU/Universal City CA: Responsible for the planning and execution of all social planning and buying. Minimum 8 years of experience in media/social/paid digital agency, advertising agency, direct marketing, cable/broadcasting or similar media environment. Full info HERE (2/20)
DIRECTOR, BRANDED CONTENT CREATIVE/FX NETWORK/LA: oversee creative for all branded content and brand partnership projects from development of concepts through scripting, production and delivery. Multi-platform projects may include live-action shoots, original animation, sponsored streams and more. Full info HERE (2/20) |
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 ABC: American Housewife, The Kids Are Alright, black-ish, Splitting UpTogether, The Rookie CBS: NCIS, FBI, NCIS: New Orleans CW: The Flash, Roswell, New Mexico FOX: Lethal Weapn, The Gifted NBC: Ellen’s Game of Games, This Is Us, New Amsterdam PBS: Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates r., American Masters TELEMUNDO: Exatlon Estados Unidos, Betty en NY, El Baron UNIVISION: Jesus, Mi Marido Tiene Mas Familia, Amar a Muerte |
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