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Good morning. It’s Thursday May 23, 2019 and this is your first early-morning briefing.

 

Tonight's Premieres:

HGTV: Christina on the Coast at 9p

MTV: How Far Is Tattoo Far at 9p

Netflix: Slasher; Solstice

Sundance TV: The Name of the Rose at 10p

 

Tonight's Finale:

ID: The Face of Evil at 10p

 

 

IN THE NEWS

 

The LA Pride Parade will be televised for the first time on KABC, which inked a three-year deal with nonprofit parade and LA Pride Fest producer Christopher Street West. This year’s parade is slated for Sunday, June 9; the two-hour live broadcast, 11a-1p, will be hosted by Raven-Symone, and KABC’s Ellen Leyva and Brandi Hitt. KABC also will air a preshow at 6:30 p.m. June 8.

 

Bravo announced the inaugural BravoCon, an interactive experience for fans featuring live performances, insider panels, unique activations and VIP access to Bravo’s biggest shows and Bravolebrities that hits NY Friday, November 15-Sunday, November 17. As part of the event, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen will host an evening extravaganza filmed in front of its largest audience ever.

 

YES Network will become the official regional TV partner of the WNBA’s New York Liberty this season. YES will televise 16 Liberty home games, beginning Friday, May 24 at 8p. CBS Sports Network also will telecast one Liberty home game this season, on August 23.

 

You can go home again. Weather forecaster Sam Champion is joining NY’s WABC-TV as weather anchor for weekday morning and noon broadcasts. Champion was long an forecaster with ABC before joining The Weather Channel from 2013-16. He starts at WABC on Monday, June 3.

 

Taraji P. Henson is scheduled to testify in front of the newly formed Congressional Black Caucus Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health on Friday, June 7 at 9:30a. She’ll be supporting the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation’s mission to eradicate the stigma surrounding mental illness in the African American community and addressing the increasing suicide rate among Black youth. Henson and BLHF also will host the inaugural “Can We Talk? conference and benefit dinner in DC immediately following the hearing. 

 

Join Cynopsis at That Big TV Conference as we go one-on-one with GroupM’s Lyle Schwartz about the media marketplace. We’ll dive into an analysis of the 2020-21 Upfronts, risks and opportunities for 2020, the rise of consultancies and where they belong in the media landscape, what brands are asking for from agencies that’s new, and more. You won’t be able to google this stuff—you need to be in the room – register before June 7.

 

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

 

The L-Word: Generation Q is the name of Showtime’s L Word sequel, slated to debut this fall. The eight-ep series begins production in LA this summer, with Marja-Lewis Ryan (The Four-Faced Liar, 6 Balloons) serving as showrunner and exec producer, with original series creator Ilene Chaiken and original series stars Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moennig and Leisha Hailey all returning. Kristen Campo also serves as exec producer. The pilot is directed by Steph Green, who also serves as exec producer on the episode.

 

Fresh from eight seasons on HBO’s Game of Thrones, most recently as a co-exec producer, Bryan Cogman is joining Amazon’s upcoming Lord of the Rings series, following an overall deal he inked with Amazon in September.

 

Producer/director/writer Seth Gordon and his Exhibit A inked a new three-year overall deal at Sony Pictures Television, where he’s been based for the past eight years. Gordon and producing partner Julia Gunn will continue to develop and produce new series projects for Sony hrough Exhibit A.

 

Netflix is adapting Erin Entrada Kelly’s Newbery-winning novel Hello, Universe, the story of unexpected friendships that arise in a neighborhood, as a film for families. Playwright/screenwriter Michael Golamco (Always Be My Maybe) will adapt; Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi of Significant Productions will produce.

 

Benny Binion, the cowboy, gangster, philanthropist and killer who created the World Series of Poker, is the subject of a scripted series based on the Doug J. Swanson biography Blood Aces, optioned by Argo producer Tim Headington and Theresa Steele Page’s production shingle Ley Line.

 

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller, and the supernatural, renewed original series The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs for a second season. In each ep, Briggs presents an eclectic horror movie double feature, interrupting the films to expound upon their merits, histories and significance to genre cinema.

 

NBCUniversal International Formats licensed Quebecor Content series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, to be produced by ComediHa! in Quebec City. The move marks the first international version of the Golden Globe and Emmy-winning comedy, which currently airs on NBC in the States.

 

Anonymous Content, Chapter One, Hopscotch Features and Joel Edgerton (Boy Erased) scored rights to produce a TV drama adaptation of Australian best-selling book Boy Swallows Universe. Project is the first from Anonymous Content’s new UK spin-off Chapter One. Coming-of-age story is set in the ‘80s in Brisbane’s violent working-class suburbs and follows a boy trying to find his way.

 

Open Door Co., Nomad Films and TVO announced the TVO original documentary series Political Blind Date will return for season 2, with12 new episodes. The series sparks meaningful debate with some of Canada’s notable politicians.

 

 

NEW & RETURNING SERIES

 

Six-ep Science Channel series Truth Behind the Moon Landing, premiering Sunday, June 2 at 10p, will dissect popular conspiracy claims surrounding the iconic moon landing nearly 50 years ago with the help of former NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, former FBI agent Chad Jenkins and author Mike Bara.

 

TNT launched the official season 3 trailer for Claws, which returns to the network Sunday, June 9 at 9p.

 

OWN unleashed a trailer and key art for the season 4 return of drama series Queen Sugar, on Wednesday, June 12 at 9p. New season follows the Bordelon family as they discover Nova is publishing her memoir that divulges long-held family secrets.

 

Chuck Zukowski, a former Colorado law enforcement officer, has been investigating UFO-related incidents for 30 years. Now, together with his son Daniel Zukowski and investigator Heather Taddy he’s pursuing cases authorities ignore in new Travel Channel series Alien Highway, premiering Wednesday, June 12 at 10p.

 

WeTV dropped a sneak peak for season 3 of Growing Up Hip Hop: Atlanta, which drops Thursday, June 13 at 9p. Among the drama this season R. Kelly’s ex-wife Andrea “Drea” Kelly and her three children move back to Atlanta and are breaking their silence regarding their child support battle.

 

Good Trouble returns to Freeform for season 2 on Tuesday, June 18 at 8p. In the first ep, the outcome of the Jamal Thompson case is decided, and Callie is forced to decide what she’s willing to fight for; in ep 2 Mariana’s new relationship complicates her work environment.

 

VH1 is bringing back 16 eps of Basketball Wives on a new night this summer. Series premieres Wednesday, June 19 at 8p and features new drama as the ladies are tested like never before while balancing life’s unexpected turns, career endeavors and strained relationships.

 

Netflix will bring back gritty docuseries Girls Incarcerated for a second season on June 21… Then, Orange Is the New Black will premiere its seventh and final season on Friday, July 26 on Netflix, which dropped new photos of what’s ahead.

 

CBS will debut the US version of international reality series Love Island on Tuesday, July 9 at 8p. New episodes of the show—which brings a group of single “Islanders” together in a villa in Fiji for a summer of friendships, relationships and, let’s face it, drama—will air every weeknight through Wednesday, August 7. Series is produced by ITV Entertainment.

 

 

COMING UP

 

A&E Network celebrates the lives of Farrah Fawcett and John F. Kennedy Jr. through two in-depth original documentaries airing under the “Biography” banner surrounding the anniversaries of their deaths. Biography: Farrah Fawcett Forever and Biography: JFK Jr. –The Final Year will air Tuesday, July 9 at 9p and Tuesday, July 16 at 9p, respectively.

 

Lifetime set July 27 for the premiere of its latest Book to Screen movie special, V.C Andrews' Casteel Family Movie Series Event. The Andrews’ event will air consecutively every Saturday at 8p through August 24, and follows the life of Heaven Casteel and her siblings after their father devises a scheme that threatens to destroy their dreams and separate the family forever.

 

 

DIGITAL DATA

 

Poker Central and CBS are teaming to live-stream the gold bracelet events at the 50th annual World Series of Poker across platforms including PokerGO, Poker Central’s direct-to-consumer OTT service, and CBS All Access, from May 30-July 16, with additional coverage to air on CBS Sports Network and CBS Sports Digital platforms.

 

 

TECH TALK

Snapchat on Tuesday quickly scrubbed a handful of X-rated AR lenses that adult entertainment company Naughty America distributed on the service to promote its business. However, the studio at press time still was distributing the source files that allow Snapchat users to build their X-rated lenses of their own. Naughty America CEO Andreas Hronopoulos told Variety he understood the lenses to be in compliance with Snapchat’s policies, arguing he wasn’t making them publicly available. Snapchat disagreed, and took down Naughty America’s account and its lenses.

 

YouTube is poised this summer to change the way it displays channel subscriber counts, shifting to a model where it provides only rounded figures instead of actual follower numbers.

 

 

KIDS NEWS

 

Nickelodeon revealed a first look of the upcoming SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout, featuring for the first time the voice cast behind SpongeBob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, Squidward and Plankton playing human versions of their animated characters, plus guest star David Hasselhoff (Baywatch). The mixed live-action and animated special premieres Friday, July 12, at 7p.

 

Believe Entertainment Group and former Nickelodeon EVP Keith Dawkins, CEO of newly formed Rock Hill Media Ventures, are partnering to create kids and family programming. The companies will jointly develop and bring to market initiatives with the goal of building global franchises built around kids-based IP.

 

Corus Entertainment acquired the Canadian broadcast rights for Guru Studio’s preschool series Pikwik. The animated series, which began production last August, will launch in Canada on Treehouse in early 2020 to coincide with the US premiere on Disney Junior.

 

Toonz Media Group and Turkey-based Fauna Entertainment are co-producing Briko, a CGI animation and live action edutainment adventure series. Aimed at K4-7, series follows a curious and creative young boy and his best friend, a hyperactive rabbit named Hepi as they navigate the contents of a surprise box in each ep.

 

 

CASTING

 

Netflix rounded out the cast for Latinx series Gentefied. Julissa Calderon (WTF Baron Davis, Revenge), Annie Gonzalez (Shameless, Good Girls Revolt), Laura Patalano (Alex, Inc., Vida), Felipe Esparza (They’re Not Gonna Laugh At You, Translate This), Rafael Sigler (Ugly Betty, Cars), Jaime Alvarez (Grey’s Anatomy Shameless), Bianca Melgar, Michelle Ortiz, and Alejandro Patino are all in for recurring roles… Kaliko Kauahi, who’s recurred as Sandra since season 1 of NBC’s Superstore, landed a series regular role.

 

 

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

 

HBO Europe ordered Por H o Por B (Whatever), a hipster series set in Madrid written by Manuela Burlo Moreno featuring characters are based on her short film Pipas.

 

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JOB OF THE DAY

SALES PLANNER/UP TV/NYC: Resp. for dev/implementing media proposals and working directly with Acct Execs. and Pricing & Planning. College deg. & 1+ yrs cable exp. in ad sales ind.  Strong Microsoft Office & DealMaker skills a +. Good comm, interpersonal & organzt'l skills. Send Resume: HERE (6/6)

PROJECT MANAGER/WideOrbit/NYC: Partner closely w/clients, overseeing large, complex implementation projects. 5+ yrs exp managing/delivering enterprise software or IT projects, Media indstry exp, Knwldg of proposal & inv mngmnt systems used by nat’l cable networks is highly desirable. Full info HERE (6/5)

FREELANCE STRATEGIC PLANNING & OPS COORDINATOR/Nickelodeon Velocity/NY: Support VP in all strategic planning ops, communications & training initiatives for Nick team that dvlps custom mktg campaigns for Advertising partners. Proactive/strategic thinker with excellent comm skills. 2-4 yrs of mktg or strategy plan’g exp. Full info HERE (6/4)

INVENTORY & PLANNING MGR/Katz Networks (Bounce, Court TV, Escape, Grit, Laff, Brown Sugar) /NYC: Support VP, Pricing, Planning and Inventory w/all things related to inventory & managing the day to day business processes & sales assistants & planners. Min 5-7 yrs exp including; sales planner exp and/or Inventory mngmnt and commercial operations. Full info HERE (6/4)

SALES DIRECTORS/VideoAmp/NY/LA/Chicago: Experts needed to identify opportunity, articulate value & close deals that deliver value to clients & VideoAmp a must. Dedication to value-based solution selling & delivering value for clients. Exceptional track rec for breaking into & building major acct relationships. Full info HERE (5/31)

AD SALES ASSISTANT/Weather/NYC: Provide support to Ad Sales Acct Execs to srvc clients, and all aspects of media schedules. Extremely detail oriented w/orgnzt’l skills to keep efficient work sched. BS or 2 yrs exp. req. Full info HERE (5/31)

BRAND DIRECTOR/NBC 7 & TELEMUNDO/San Diego: Ensure all platforms are consistent with the overall voice and tone of our stations’ images. BA deg or equivalent work exp. Min 5 yrs of mktg, brand development, or creative prod exp. Working knowledge of editing platforms, final cut pro. Full info HERE (5/31)

SALES ASSISTANT DIRECT RESPONSE/OPPORTUNITY MEDIA/NYC/LI: Seeking an energetic achiever w/excellent written & organizational skills for role to assist in supporting growing revenue for dynamic DR Team: BA Degree, Min 2 yrs DR Experience req.  Wide Orbit Knowledge a + Full info HERE (5/31)

CBS SPORTS SENIOR WRITER/PRODUCER, ON-AIR PROMOTION/NYC: Write/produce all wkly promos for CBS Sports with particular knowledge of NFL, College Football, NCAA BB Tournament, PGA & the Masters. Pressure player with superior conceptual skills. Min 7 yrs exp as promo producer req’d. Full info HERE (5/30)

VP, TV SALES & SPONSORSHIP/Stadium/Chicago: Nat’l sports network seeks VP resp to drive new business rev & dvlp sponsorship prgrms by working w/clients & agencies. Leverage expertise & network to capitalize on linear-specific opps. 10+ yrs exp rev dvlpmnt w/progressively resp roles focused on integrated sponsorship. Full info HERE (5/30)

SR DIRECTOR, DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS/Viacom/NYC: Lead ops for new media and linear distribution, act as SME and thought leader across all brands. 5+ yrs leadership and ops exp within media or technology industry. Full info HERE (5/30)

TALENT COORDINATOR/INSP/CHARLOTTE NC: Multi-tasking dynamo w/strong orgnzt’l skills to support team in optimizing celeb appearances. Mng travel plans incl setting up logistics for principal photography, promotional events, media tours & talent interviews.2 yrs exp in a leadership or management role. Full info HERE (5/30)

AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MGR/Frederator Digital/NYC: Proven track record as dig producer resp for oversight of the Frederator Digital, channel, and show brands incl maintaining on brand identity and delivering on brand promises. 4-6 yrs of aud development and/or digital mktg exp. Full info HERE (5/29)

VP, PARTNERSHIPS, DISTRIBUTION BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/Viacom/NYC: Resp for driving revenue w/new & existing partners thru distribution of Viacom Media Networks content. 10+ yrs of work exp, incl sales or business development exp. Strong knowledge of the content distribution landscape both traditional/digital. Full info HERE (5/28)

HEAD OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS/Counter Logic Gaming/Culver City CA: Oversee all bus. Operations & resp for the team’s P&L, business strategy and operations, and coord with MSG Marketing and Sponsorship. 7+ yrs exp w/at least 3-5 yrs exp in a Sr leadership running bus. operations role in a corp environment. Full info HERE (5/28)

DIRECT RESPONSE MEDIA BUYER/Icon International/Greenwich CT: Must have ability to negotiate with clients on media cost and possess the ability to work constructively with other buyers and assistants in the dept. DR exp. A must 5-7 yrs. Detail oriented w/solid communication skills. Full info HERE (5/27)

MGR, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS/Ad Council/NYC: Build/mng relationships w/ existing & potential media partners that help drive impact for Ad Council's 40+ social impact campaigns. Asst VP, Media in prospecting new biz w/focus on growth areas. 3+ yrs digital & traditional media/cross-platform sales exp. Full info HERE (5/27)

WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - THURSDAY MAY 23

ABC: This is Farrah Fawcett, Shark Tank

CBS: Young Sheldon, Young Sheldon, Mom, Life in Pieces, Elementary

CW: iZombie, In the Dark

FOX: Paradise Hotel

NBC: Red Nose Day, Hollywood Game Night

PBS: This Old House Hour, Les Miserables on Masterpiece, Antiques Roadshow

Telemundo: Un Poquito Tuyo, Betty en NY, La Reina del Sur

Univision: La Reina Soy Yo, Futbol Central, Futbol Mexicano Primera Division