Cynopsis 05/28/19: Scott Pelley tells CNN he was fired from anchor job for complaining about "hostile work environment"; NBC cancels A.P. Bio

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Good morning. It’s Tuesday May 28, 2019 and this is your first early-morning briefing.
Tonight's Premieres: Azteca America: La Fortazela at 8p Discovery: Guardians of the Glades at 10p NBC: America’s Got Talent at 8p, Songland at 10p TLC: Sweet Home Sextuplets at 10p TNT: Animal Kingdom at 9p Travel Channel: America Unearthed at 10p USA: Chrisley Knows Best at 10p WGN America: Pure at 10p Tonight's Finales: ABC: 1969 at 10p Science Channel: Secrets of the Lost at 9p, Space’s Deepest Secrets at 10p IN THE NEWS 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley was fired as CBS Evening News anchor in 2017 for repeatedly complaining about the “hostile environment” in the news division, he told CNN’s Reliable Sources. “Four or five years ago, I went to the president of the news division and explained to him that this hostile work environment couldn’t go on, for women and men,” Pelley said, referring to then-president David Rhodes. “He told me if I kept agitating about that internally then I’d lose my job.” Then-CEO Les Moonves “told me he didn’t share my concerns....And so, having exhausted the possibilities in the news division, I went to the chairman of the CBS corporation who listened to me very concerned for an hour, asked me some penetrating questions about what was going on. I didn’t hear back from him but in the next opportunity in my contact, I was let go from the Evening News.” But things are looking up now, according to Pelley. With Moonves and Rhodes gone and a commitment on the part of the company to change the culture, “It’s all blue sky from here,” he said. After sixteen seasons, Adam Levine is leaving as a coach on The Voice. Although NBC announced on May 10 that the Maroon 5 frontman was returning for the competition’s 17th season, Voice alum Gwen Stefani will join returning coaches Blake Shelton, John Legend and Kelly Clarkson instead. Levine explained it’s “time to move on,” describing the job as “an amazing ride.” Tweeted Shelton, “Gonna miss working with that idiot.” NBC cancelled A.P. Bio after two seasons. The high school comedy, exec produced by Seth Meyers, is averaging 2.4 million total viewers and an 0.7 rating among A18-49 season-to-date. “As most canceled shows probably feel, I think we were just hitting our stride and everyone was still loving the work, so this is very hard,” tweeted creator Mike O’Brien. Also down for the count: Whiskey Cavalier. The show “has been fully and finally cancelled,” tweeted creator David Hemingson on Friday. ABC’s freshman comedic drama, axed the week before the upfronts, had been averaging an 0.4 rating among A18-49, but jumped to 0.7 in the demo after Wednesday’s All in the Family/The Jeffersons special, offering hope the decision might be reversed. Kelsey Grammer said there are six different ideas being floated for a revival of his 1993-2004 NBC hit, Frasier. Said Grammer on British talk show Lorraine, “They’re similar – it’s a new life, in a new city.” CBS is facing a lawsuit challenging its right to use the theme music for The Andy Griffith Show in its DVD sales of the series. “CBS has refused to enter into a new agreement with Plaintiffs to authorize its exploitation of the Theme in additional media or to otherwise cease conducting such unauthorized exploitation,” said the complaint on behalf of the heirs of Earle Hagen and Herbert Spencer, the late songwriters, seeking damages for copyright infringement.

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT Hulu ordered an anthology series based on North American Lake Monsters, a collection of stories by Nathan Ballingrud. The first season of the series, created, written and executive produced by Mary Laws (Preacher) and produced by Annapurna Television, will consist of 8 episodes. Sallie Patrick is stepping down as showrunner for the CW’s Dynasty reboot. Co-executive producer Josh Reims has been promoted to EP and will take the reins for season three. Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: May 24-26
Aladdin (BV) $86.1 million, opening weekend John Wicke – Chapter 3: Parabellum (LG/S) $24.4 million (week 2), cume revenue$101.0 million Avengers End Game (BV) $16.8 (week 5), cume revenue $798.2 million Pokeman: Detective Pikachu (WB) $13.3 million (week 3), cume revenue $116.2 million Brightburn (SGem) $7.5 million, opening weekend Booksmart (UAR) $6.5 million, opening weekend A Dog’s Journey (Universal) $4.1 million (week 2), cume revenue $14.9 million The Hustle (UAR) $3.8 million (week 3), cume revenue $9.3 million The Intruder (SGem) $2.3 million (week 4), cume revenue $31.9 million Long Shot (LG/S) $1.6 million (week 4), cume revenue $28.7 million Source: Comscore
NEW & RETURNING SERIES Lifetime’s Marrying Millions, which follows the relationships of couples where one partner is wealthy and the other is not, launches Wednesday, July 10 at 10p. National Geographic’s The Hot Zone follows the story of the Ebola threat, and the people who heroically contained it. EVP of Global Scripted Programming and Documentary Films, Carolyn Bernstein, talks about the evolution of the limited series, continuing tonight at 8p, in Cynsiders. HBO’s Divorce is back for season three on Monday, July 1. The Sarah Jessica Parker drama got a six-episode order in November. TECH TALK There’s a new way to keep up to date on the news, solutions and deals that are disrupting the media industry. Check out Cynopsis’ online TechFronts guide: http://www.cynopsis.com/techfronts/. Starting June 25, support for the Xfinity On Demand app will end on TiVo. “The current platform connecting your TiVo to Xfinity On Demand runs on an out-of-date technology that cannot be upgraded or updated,” said Comcast. The companies have skirmished over a patent dispute since a licensing deal expired in 2016; TiVo most recently filed a patent complaint against Comcast earlier this month. Best Buy canceled pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy Fold phone. While the retailer called the device “one of the most beautiful pieces of mobile engineering in a long time” on its customer support page, “a plethora of unforeseen hiccups” led to the cancellation call. The phone’s release date has been delayed since design flaws were noted by early reviewers. Facebook drew criticism for not taking down (as YouTube did) a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that made it appear she was slurring her words at an event. Facebook reviewers did acknowledge the video as false, and the social media giant reduced its distribution and added an explanatory article in news feeds where it appeared, COMING UP ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night episodes return for the 12th consecutive year during prime time every night of the NBA Finals, beginning with Game One on Thursday, May 30. Guests include Anthony Anderson (black-ish), Jennifer Aniston, Chadwick Boseman (21 Bridges), Jamie Foxx, Spider Man Tom Holland, LL Cool J (Lip Sync Battle) and Adam Sandler. It’s that time of year again! We are checking in with our community to see how we can best serve you. It shouldn’t take more than 3-4 minutes of your time, and all responses are confidential: surveymonkey.com/r/K5DQKZV. (As a thank you, you’ll be entered into a drawing to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card, and a pass to Cynopsis' That Big TV Conference in September! There will be five winners in all.)
DIGITAL DATA The International Trade Commission agreed to investigate a complaint filed by Rovi’s covering patents related to Comcast’s X1 platform. “For more than a decade, Comcast partnered with Rovi to enable its customers to watch what they want, when they want on TV,” said Arvin Patel, EVP and chief intellectual property officer at Rovi. “However, because Comcast refuses to pay licensing fees to use our technology, its customers are being charged more for fewer features, including no access to critical DVR features.” Comcast called the litigation attempt “meritless.” As Disney, WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal prepare to launch new streaming services, Hub Research released it Best Bundle survey, in which 24% of respondents said they felt they had too many online TV subscriptions. That’s up from 14% in 2018. But while one third of those surveyed said they would drop at least one subscription before adding a new one, 64% said they’d keep all their subs even if they add a new service. MEASUREMENT Among challenges that need to be overcome to achieve a unified measurement approach is inertia, says George Musi, EVP of Marketing Sciences for Publicis OneTeam – Citi, and a featured speaker at the Cynopsis Measurement & Data Conference . Other challenges, notes Musi, include: *Impact on resources, cost of doing business and changes in process and systems *The debate over what a new ad impression standard should represent – just exposure or impact on a business outcome *The question of whether true ad duration can be measured and should the quality of exposure be the same for each platform *How will this impact proprietary measures which many want to preserve *The word currency may be too rigid for some who believe that different media require different measures *The adoption of co-viewing impression— whether more than one person was in the room to see an ad on a single screen Musi will be speaking on the panel, “Taking it In-House: How Brands Are Measureing and Interpreting Data Themselves” at the June 11 event. Dave Morgan, CEO Simulmedia, made headlines recently when he resigned from the board of the ARF, citing the need for bolder action in fixing ad measurement. According to Morgan, “We do not have a trusted way to measure the basics of impression reach and frequency across channels, even just the big media channels like linear TV, digital banners, digital video and radio.” He shares his views to clarify his position in Cynsiders. GOING GLOBAL ABC Studios International and Endemol Shine are teaming for an adaptation of coming-of-age novel Goodwood for Australia’s ABC. Alice Bell and Claudia Karvan will produce. Netflix ordered its first Egyptian drama, an adaptation of Ahmed Khaled’s Paranormal. Suspense series is set in the 1960s. Sky Atlantic ordered season three of crime thriller Riviera, starring Julia Styles.

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RATINGS Boosted by the special This is Farrah Fawcett, ABC was Thursday’s most-watched network (4.8 million) and ranked #1 with A18-49 (0.6/3-tie). The finale of MTV’s The Challenge: War of the Worlds delivered 1.04 million viewers and a 1.0 rating among A18-49, the series’ best since 2013. Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions): Thursday, May 23, 2019 time period averages Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD ABC: 4.81 This Is Farrah Fawcett 5.84, Shark Tank 2.76 CBS: 4.77 million Young Sheldon 5.26, Young Sheldon 5.37, Mom 4.68, Life in Pieces 4.48, Elementary 4.08 NBC: 2.13 million Red Nose Day 2.22, Hollywood Game Night 2.04 Telemundo: 1.34 Poquito Tuyo .98, Betty en NY 1.29, La Reina del Sur 1.76 FOX: 1.25 million Paradise Hotel 1.09 CW: 560,000 iZombie 0.69, In the Dark 0.60.
TV Time's Shows on the Rise for the Week of May 20 WHAT/IF (Netflix) - 100% She's Gotta Have It (Netflix) - 96.2% Slasher (Netflix) - 96.1% White Gold (BBC Two) - 64.8% It's Bruno! (Netflix) - 63.0% Catch-22 (Hulu) - 59.6% Chernobyl (HBO) - 56.6% Kuroko's Basketball (MBS) - 53.5% Elementary (CBS) - 52.6% Fleabag (BBC Three) - 43.8% 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 Ratings: ABC 0.6/3, CBS 0.6/3, TELE 0.5/2, NBC 0.4/2, FOX 0.4/2, CW 0.2/1 This Day in History: 1972 – Bugging equipment was installed at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate building. Answer to our last trivia question: Which M*A*S*H spinoff was never picked up, but had its pilot episode air as a CBS special? W*A*L*T*E*R (1984), starring Gary Burghoff as Walter “Radar” O’Reilly. Kudos to: Ken DuBow-Bob’s Your Uncle/Cannes, Jerry Maffia-PMC/NYC, Pete Hazell-Discovery Communications Europe/London, Rev. Mark Wajda/Leesburg, FL, Andrew Goldman-Fathom Events/NYC, Charles Lore/NYC, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/NYC, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA, Tom Boyd-WGN-TV/Chicago, David Prinz von Teck/Spokane, WA, Brian Robin-Pechanga Resort Casino/Temecula, CA Today's Trivia Question: Who was the first winner of The Celebrity Apprentice? (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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