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Good morning. It’s Wednesday May 29, 2019 and this is your first early-morning briefing.

Tonight's Premieres:

CBS: NCIS: The Cases They Can’t Forget at 9p

FOX: MasterChef at 8p
FXX: Archer at 10p

HGTV: Property Brothers: Forever Home at p

NBC: American Ninja Warrior at 8p, The InBetween at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:

FX: What We Do in the Shadows at 10p

ID: See No Evil at 9p, Homicide City at 10p

National Geographic: The Hot Zone at 10p

Syfy: Happy at 10p

IN THE NEWS

Netflix has taken a stand against Georgia’s recent passage of a strict abortion law, with Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos announcing on Tuesday that the streaming service would rethink its “entire investment in Georgia” if legislation known as the “heartbeat bill” becomes a state law. The bill would outlaw abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected and is set to become a law next year. “We have many women working on productions in Georgia, whose rights, along with millions of others, will be severely restricted by this law,” said Sarandos in a statement. “It’s why we will work with the ACLU and others to fight it in court. Given the legislation has not yet been implemented, we’ll continue to film there – while also supporting partners and artists who choose not to.” Netflix projects currently filming in the state include The Liberator, Christmas on the Square, Holidate, the second season of Insatiable and the third season of Ozark.

British comedy Gavin & Stacey is set for a one-off Christmas special. James Corden shared a photo of the script on Twitter, noting that he and co-writer Ruth Jones had been “keeping this secret for a while.” Baby Cow Productions, which produced the original series, will produce the special with Fulwell 73 and Tidy Productions. The project was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content and Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy.

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 here.

Pandora is teaming with NBC to promote Songland, the new songwriting competition series that debuted on Tuesday. NBC and Pandora are creating a takeover of Pandora’s station, Today’s Pandora.

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Hear about the two biggest acquisitions of the year - AT&T + WarnerMedia and Discovery + Scripps - from respective executives behind the moves: Donna Speciale (WarnerMedia) and Jon Steinlauf (Discovery).

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

BET Network greenlit digital talk series Black Coffee. Hosted by Marc Lamont Hill, the live daily morning show will feature interviews with celebrities, athletes and social media stars. The show is set to premiere on Monday, June 3 at 10a across multiple platforms including YouTube, Facebook Watch, Twitter, BET Now App and Bet.com.

Netflix secured an exclusive, multi-year overall deal for scripted series programming with Michael Sugar’s Sugar23, reports Deadline. The agreement includes a first look for unscripted series, as well. It puts Sugar’s TV deal under the same roof as his feature deal, which was inked last October.

Happy Valley producer Red Production Company is adapting Jess Phillips’ book, Everywoman: One Woman’s Truth About Speaking the Truth, into a TV drama. Phillips, a rising British political star and critic of Brexit, published the book of stories from her own life in 2017 via Random House. The series will be co-produced by Red, which produces Netflix’s Safe and BBC’s Years and Years, and Lucy Dyke (The Split, Black Mirror).

Amazon Studios ordered young adult drama pilot The Wilds from writer-executive producer Sarah Streicher (Daredevil) and ABC Signature Studios. Amy B. Harris will serve as executive producer and showrunner on the project, which is ABC Signature’s first series for Amazon. Described as part survival drama, part dystopic slumber party, The Wilds follows a group of teenage girls from radically different backgrounds after an airplane crash strands them on a deserted island.

“These women are all so cool and interesting I need to step up my game!” – direct quote from one of the Top Women in Media judges. Joins us for a special night of celebrations at the Top Women in Media Awards Gala Dinner September 9 in Tribeca, NYC and see what all the buzz is about. Reserve your table today!

NEW & RETURNING SERIES

Chrissy Teigen and John Legend face off against Lisa Vanderpump and the cast of Vanderpump Rules when Celebrity Family Feud returns for its fifth season on Sunday, June 9 at 8p on ABC.

History unveils new video footage from Unidentified: Inside America’s UFO Investigation of Navy pilots Lt. Ryan Graves and Lt. Danny Aucoin, who have reported multiple sightings of unexplained flying objects off the East Coast to the Pentagon and Congress. Six-part nonfiction series bows Friday, May 31 at 10p.

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Fan-favorite characters explore new places this June on Cartoon Network. New episodes of OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes begin Sunday, June 2 at 4:30p, while Ben 10 bows Saturday, June 22 at 12p and Summer Camp Island returns Sunday, June 23 at 12p.

The third and final season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones begins streaming Friday, June 14. All 13 episodes of the Netflix superhero series will be released at the same time, globally.

DIGITAL DATA

Driver Digital Studios has teamed with Alita Friedman, CEO of Alita’s Brand Bar to expand its licensing and content distribution partnerships, including Cool School, a kids’ channel on YouTube and YouTube Kids. As the studio’s official licensing agency, Friedman will seed out and evaluate partnership opportunities across all categories including hard lines, soft lines, live events and entertainment, as well as new content distribution platforms.

ESPN+ nabbed exclusive English-language rights to Copa America soccer, which takes place between June 14 and July 7 in Brazil. The entire 26-match tournament will be carried on the subscription streamer in English and Portuguese.

Comcast is set to launch a new commercial-free, on-demand movie service called Hitz that will replace Cinemax in some channel packages. The service, which will feature over 200 movies from a variety of studios and rotate over time, will be available at part of Xfinity Premier, Super and certain other TV packages at no extra cost. For Xfinity subscribers who still want Cinemax for its original content, Comcast will continue to sell $12-per-month subscriptions to the premium channel.

TECH TALK

Most adults see technology as the biggest driver of change and think that that’s a good thing, according to findings in the seventh annual trends report by Ford. The report examines the drivers of behavioral change around the world via a survey of 13,000 adults, conducted by Harris Insights and Analytics for Ford. Some 87% of adults say technology is the biggest driver of today’s change, while 79% say that technology is a force for good. However, that doesn’t mean that consumers like all tech prompted change. Some 69% of millennials, 68% of Gen Z, 62% of Gen X and 53% of Baby Boomers would like to undo some behavioral changes that happened because of technology.

Apple has been sued by three consumers who live in Rhode Island and Michigan and allege the company violated their privacy by sharing information about their music listening habits with third parties. The lawsuit was filed late last week in California and alleges that Apple has been selling this data directly and also giving iOS app developers access to other related data. The plaintiffs are seeing class-action status for their lawsuit. If found guilty, Apple could be forced to pay damages to residents of the two states who had their music listening habits disclosed.

PODCAST POSTS

Broadcaster Anna Maria Tremonti will produce and host original projects for CBS Podcasts, starting this fall with a one-on-one interview series. To focus on these ventures, Tremonti is leaving her post as host of CBC Radio One’s The Current on June 21.

GOING GLOBAL

Indian talk show host and director Karan John is set to host a dating talk show for Netflix in India. What The Love? centers on the wives of Bollywood stars, who discuss their husbands’ careers and struggles, and how their relationships have survived. Filming is expected to begin in 2020.

Canal+ Group acquired M7, an independent pay-TV company with operations in Benelux and Central Europe. It marks the largest overseas deal Canal has made in nearly two decades. M7 will give Canal access to new markets and provide a pipeline for its original productions and extensive film library.

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RATINGS

TV Time’s Shows on the Rise Report 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) 96.2%

Chernobyl (HBO) 56.6%

Kuroko’s Basketball (MBS) 53.5%

Elementary (CBS) 52.6%

Fleabag (BBC Three) 43.8%

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.

SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top US Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of May 20

Program, Total Actions (millions), Total Content, Actions per Content (000), Fans/Followers (millions)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Warner Bros./synd.) 15.1, 125, 120, 181.9

E! News (E!) 12.8, 571, 22, 35.5

The Voice (NBC) 3.4, 229, 15, 24.4

RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) 2.9, 102, 28, 5.9

Entertainment Tonight (CBS/syndicated) 2.1, 731, 3, 8.2

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (Freeform) 1.7, 110, 16, 26.8

Today Show (NBC) 1.5, 701, 2, 13.1

The Late Late Show with James Corden 1.3, 102, 13, 6.3

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) 1.1,118, 9, 24.1

Good Morning America (ABC) 917K, 921, .995, 13.1

Based on Total Actions (reactions, comments, shares and retweets)

Top 11 Live+7 Playback Rankers by actual gain for the week of May 6 Live+SD/Live+7/+7 Actual Gain

The Big Bang Theory 2.0/ 3.6/ 1.6

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 1.4/ 2.5/ 1.1

Modern Family (ABC) 1.0/ 2.1/ 1.1

911 (FOX) 1.1/ 2.2/ 1.1

Law & Order: SVU (NBC) 0.7/ 1/6/ 0.9

Young Sheldon (CBS) 1.5/ 2.3/ 0.8

Chicago Fire (NBC) 1.0/ 1.8/ 1.0

Chicago PD (NBC) 0.9/ 1.7 / 0.8

New Amsterdam (NBC) 0.8/ 1.6/ 0.8

NCIS (CBS) 1.0/ 1.7/ 0.7

Chicago Med (NBC) 1.0/ 1.7/ 0.7

Based on the difference between Nielsen’s first-reported Live + Same Day and the final Live + 7 Day ratings (for regular/original programs only)

Tunity Analytics Top Weekly National Out-of-Home Viewer Rankings for Entertainment Programs for the week of May 20

Program, OOH Viewers (000)

Live in Front of a Studio Audience (ABC) 378

The Voice (NBC) 308

All About “All in the Family” and “The Jeffersons” (ABC) 295

Blood and Treasure (CBS) 254

The Voice (NBC) 228

Chicago Fire (NBC) 226

Chicago PD (NBC) 212

Chicago Med (NBC) 199

Love It or List It (HGTV) 181

Love It or List It (HGTV) 177

Source: Tunity Analytics. Viewing estimates are derived from the Tunity mobile app usage. OOH Impressions are calculated using Tunity Analytics proprietary estimation model.

TV Time Binge Report: Most Binged TV Shows for the week of May 20

(Show/Share of Streams)

Lucifer (FOX) 6.52%

Game of Thrones (HBO) 4.86%

The Society (Netflix) 2.48%

The Rain (Netflix) 2.48%

The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 2.18%

Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 1.99%

Friends (NBC) 1.88%

Riverdale (The CW) 1.79%

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX) 1.71%

How I Met Your Mother (CBS) 1.12%

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.

Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Monday, May 27 time period averages

Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD

NBC: 5.15 million

2019 Stanley Cup Finals Game 1 5.15

ABC: 4.00 million

The Bachelorette 4.68 Celebrity Family Feud 3.31

CBS: 3.38 million

The Neighborhood 3.83, Man with a Plan 3.29, The Code 2.71, Bull 3.69

FOX: 2.33 million

Beat Shazam 2.45, 9-1-1 2.21

CW: 1.08 million

Howie Mandel Standup Extravaganza 1.08

Monday A18-49: NBC 1.5/7, ABC 1.0/5, FOX 0.6/3, CBS 0.4/2

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Guy Cacciarelli joined in-video shopping software company Simustream as Vice President of Sales. The veteran Viacom and Madison Square Garden Company executive recently served as a consultant for several media and entertainment companies.

This Day in History: 1942 – Bing Crosby recorded “White Christmas”.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Who was the first winner of Celebrity Apprentice? Piers Morgan. Kudos to: Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL; Charmaine Leary/NYC; Charlie Connor-KOKI-KMYT/Tulsa, OK; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station/TX; Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, CA; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/Los Angeles, CA; Thomas Moore-Kalt Productions/Los Angeles, CA; David Westburg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank, CA.

Today’s Trivia Question: What actress turned down the role of Kris Munroe on Charlie’s Angels (1976-1981) to focus on her film career? (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.)

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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - WEDNESDAY MAY 29

ABC: The Goldbergs, Schooled, Modern Family, American Housewife, Modern Family, The Goldbergs

CBS: The Amazing Race, NCIS: The Cases They Can’t Forget [p], NCIS: The Cases They Can’t Forget

CW: My Last Days, Janet the Virgin

FOX: MasterChef [p], Gordon Ramsay’s 24-Hour to Hell and Back

NBC: American Ninja Warrior [p], The InBetween [p]

PBS: Nature, NOVA, Light Falls

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

Univision: La Reina Soy Yo, Silvia Pinal, Frente a Ti, Por Amar Sin Ley