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Good morning. It’s Thursday June 8, 2017 and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:

Animal Planet: Alaska: The Last Frontier: Frozen Edge at 9p

El Rey: Man at Arms: Art of War at 8p, Rite of Passage at 9p

History: Mountain Men at 9p

ID: Sin City Justice at 10p

USA: Queen of the South at 10p

Viceland: King of the Road at 9p, Party Legends at 10p, American Boyband at 10:30p

Tonight’s Finale:

ID: Fear Thy Neighbor at 9p

Viewernomics: Consumer behavior points to the continued importance of the TV set – in a three-year trend of device consumption, data shows that STB VOD and OTT devices have been the largest disruptors in the market, evolving from just 9% combined share in the Q4’14 to 41% in Q4’16.

(Brought to you by Turner, tbs & TNT – Source: FreeWheel Video Monetization Report 4Q 2016).

IN THE NEWS

James Comey’s televised testimony in today’s Senate hearing is airing live on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Univision and PBS, along with cable news and other outlets; some nets plan to air the former FBI director’s remarks without commercial interruption. Networks got a head start on coverage of the highly-anticipated event when seven pages of written testimony were released, at Comey’s request, yesterday.

Before those 7 damning (or not, depending on which channel you watched) pages appeared, pro-President Donald Trump Super Pac, Great America Alliance, posted a 30-second ad attacking the former FBI director as “just another DC insider in it for himself.” The spot is also slated to run during cable news coverage of the hearing.

Epix struck a deal with Honda that integrates its streaming video app in a connected car. “As vehicles evolve to become the ultimate mobile device, we are pleased to work with Honda to develop new entertainment experiences for second and third row passengers and pioneer this next chapter of streaming video and true TV Everywhere,” said Epix CEO Mark Greenberg. Rear-seat service in the 2018 Honda Odyssey minivan will be powered by Delphi Automotive and OpenMobile.

Dish Network was ordered to pay $280 million for making calls to phone numbers on “do not call” lists, violating telemarketing protection laws. The federal judge also included a 20-year permanent injunction. Dish said it “respectfully disagrees” with the decision and will appeal.

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is honoring Rashida Jones (Angie Tribeca) with its Actors Inspiration Award, for giving back to the community. Presentation takes place Monday, June 12 at the foundation’s 8^th annual Los Angeles Golf Classic.

On Wednesday morning, NESN addressed announcer Jerry Remy’s remarks during a Yankee game the night before about Masahiro Tanka. Remy said the pitcher should “learn baseball language” rather than rely on a translator during games. “NESN does not agree with any such views expressed by Jerry Remy and we know from talking to Jerry that he regrets making them,” said the regional sports net in a statement. “The network sincerely apologizes to anyone who was offended by Jerry’s comments.”

Kristin Chenoweth, an Emmy-winner for Pushing Daisies, will host the 2017 Television Critics Association Awards, taking place August 5 at the Beverly Hilton. Twelve awards will go to programming that made an impact last season.

U.S. entertainment and media revenues will rise from $635 billion in 2016 to $$759 billion in 2021, predicts PwC in its Global Entertainment and Media Outlook report. Mature segments are in decline, but internet and digital content continues to grow (albeit at a slower pace) and esports and virtual reality are just starting to accelerate, notes the report. "The next era of differentiation in E&M is being defined and propelled by consumers' increased demand for live, immersive, sharable experiences,” said Deborah Bothun, PwC’s Global Entertainment & Meida leader. “Consumers want to get closer, more engaged and better connected with the stories they love – both in the physical and digital worlds."

Cynopsis Measurement & Data Conference

August 3 |Dream Downtown, NYC |11:30AM – 4:00PM

Despite all the chatter and change about ad loads, undefined currencies, metrics and more, there has yet to be a smart, focused conversation on where we are (and aren’t) and the necessary steps to get there. This conference is that conversation. Leading the discussion will be industry experts from Facebook, NBCU, ABC, Hulu, Quigley-Simpson, 22squared, one2one Media and more.

Seating is limited, so be sure to register your team today

PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

ITV America signed Scout Productions ( Queer Eye ) to an exclusive pod deal calling for producers and Scout Productions founders David Collins and Michael Williams to create and produce series across a range of genres under the ITV America banner.

3 Ball Entertainment inked a co-production deal with independent producer and development exec Rebecca Halpern (Animal Witness) to develop and produce unscripted and scripted content for television, OTT and digital platforms. Several projects are already in development.

Period crime drama Warrior got a 10-episode order from Cinemax. Created and exec produced by Jonathan Tropper (Banshee), series was inspired by an idea from the late martial arts icon, Bruce Lee.

Travel Channel has started production on Expedition Unknown: Hunt for Extraterrestrials, following adventurer Josh Gates as he searches for proof that life exists on other planets. Four episode special event is slated for an October premiere.

NEW & RETURNING SERIES

Season 2 of HGTV’s Listed Sisters launches Wednesday, July 12 at 11p, featuring twins Alana and Lex LeBlanc helping Nashville families get the homes of their dreams.

Acorn TV is heating up summer with the U.S. premieres of Loch Ness (Monday, June 19), season 3 of Janet King (Monday, July 3), season 19 of Midsomer Murders (Monday, July 17), special Murdoch Mysteries: Once a Murdoch Christmas (Monday, July 24), season 7 of Vera (Monday, August 21) and The Good Karma Hospital (Monday, August 21).

GSN ’s new Emogenius launches Wednesday, June 14 at 9p. Half-hour game show will be hosted by Hunter March (AwesomenessTV).

Black Ink Crew: Chicago is back for season 3 on VH1 starting Wednesday, July 19 at 8p, with political unrest during the White House transition as a backdrop.

COMING UP

AXS TV wants viewers to “Have a Willie Nice Day” with an all-day country block starting Sunday, June 25 at 8a. Headline event: The premiere of An Intimate Evening with Willie and Merle at 8p, showing Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard recording their final album together.

Fusion TV is commemorating World Oceans Day today with special programming and digital content from Project Earth, the net’s environmental unit. Among the highlights: special report Shark Tourism at 10p, outlining how ecotourism could be the key to saving the world’s sharks.

CASTING

Tiffani Thiessen will co-star in straight-to-series Netflix comedy Alex & Katie, about two best friends about to enter high school. Thiessen, who starred in the 1989-1993 teen sitcom Saved By the Bell, will play Alexa’s mother.

Jennifer Connelly (Winter’s Tale) will star opposite Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs in TNT pilot Snowpiercer, set after the world enters a new ice age.

DIGITAL DEVELOPMENTS

Second-screen live TV sports prediction platform WinView launched an interactive baseball prediction game on its multi-sports mobile app that enables users to compete against other fans by predicting the results of each at-bat during the live telecast and win cash prizes. The free WinView Games app is available on the iOS and Android app stores.

Nielsen’s Social Content Ratings reported 2.9 billion social interactions across Facebook and Twitter for the season just past. AMC’s The Walking Dead handily topped the 10 most talked about series, followed by Empire (Fox), The Bachelor (ABC), This Is Us (NBC), Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (VH1), The Voice (NBC), WWE Monday Night RAW (USA), Saturday Night Live (NBC), Love & Hip Hop (VH1) and American Horror Story: 6 (FX).

Bloomberg and Twitter are teaming for uninterrupted special live coverage of former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence today. Bloomberg is Twitter's exclusive premium live partner for the broadcast; the live stream will be available on Twitter globally via @business.

TNT is also teaming with Twitter, in its case for the series premiere of Claws, set in a Florida nail salon. The show will stream on Twitter after its launch Sunday, June 11 at 9p across TNT’s platforms, in a cable drama first. “A streaming encore on Twitter has the power to reach new audiences and catch the attention of viewers who might not otherwise have sampled our show,” said Michael Engleman, EVP of entertainment marketing and brand innovation.

Fox Networks Group announced plans to expand the availability of its new FOX NOW streaming experience on multiple platforms, including launching on iOS immediately; Roku devices and Android will be added later this month. The app offers content from FOX, FX and National Geographic together for the first time in one app.

GOING GLOBAL

all3media International signed deals with CEE broadcasters prior to NATPE Budapest including culinary content, as Hungary’s TV2 becomes the new home for Gordon Ramsay’s The F Word (UK), and interiors programming, with The Great Interior Design Challenge, as well as multiple pickups for high-end documentaries covering topics from gardens to travel.

HGTV saw the biggest overall viewership increase among Poland’s top 25 lifestyle channels, with a year-over-year gain in market share of 277 percent versus TVN Meteo Active, the network it replaced.

Canada’s Wow Unlimited Media and Bell Media entered into a strategic partnership in kids and youth entertainment that “will drive our planned multi-platform rollout of a new paradigm in entertainment for kids and youth across North America” said Michael Hirsh, chairman and CEO of Wow. “In addition, the support and collaborative efforts of Canada’s leading media and telecommunication company will provide strong momentum to Wow’s global expansion plans.”

To Snapchat or Instagram Stories… that is the question

Cynopsis Digital’s latest webinar, Snapchat vs. Instagram Stories: A How & When Guide , on Thursday, June 29, will focus on which features are unique to these essential tools, the demos reached on either app, and when - and how - to implement a dual strategy that incorporates both platforms. Hear from agencies Laundry Service & Cycle, Giant Spoon and more!

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RATINGS

The premiere of season 5B of CMT’s Nashville delivered 1.7 million viewers on Thursday, down from 2.0 million for the season premiere (and its arrival on CMT), but up 6% among A18-49, to .81 in Live+3 Nielsens.

Judge Judy (6.9 Live+SD average) topped syndication in the May sweep for the eighth year in a row. Dr. Phil (3.3) was the top talker, equaling its second highest May number since 2008. True-crime series Crime Watch Daily (0.9) grew 13% from its 2015 premiere, and shot up 60% in top market New York on WPIX, while renewed newcomer Harry (1.0) drew over 1.2 million viewers daily and clocked large time period increases in several metered markets, including 53% in Fort Myers, 175% in Tampa and 400% in St. Louis.

Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Potomac grew from the prior week’s episode in all key demos, including 873,000 P18-49 (up +3%) and 2 million total viewers (up +5%) in Live+3 Nielsens. Southern Charm Savannah drew 503,000 P18-49 and 1.03 million total viewers (both up +9%), and Below Deck Mediterranean hit a season high among all key demos, including 980,000 P18-49 (up +11%) and 1.2 million P25-54 and 1.9 million total viewers (both up 15%).

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the May 2017 sweep ranked in order by HH Rtg

Judge Judy (CTD) 6.9 AA

Family Feud (2/T) 6.3 AA

Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.8 AA

Jeopardy (CTD) 5.7 AA

The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.8 AA

Dr. Phil (CTD) 3.3 AA

Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.9 AA

Inside Edition (CTD) 2.7 AA

Modern Family (2/T) 2.6 AA

Live with Kelly and Ryan (DAD) 2.3 AA

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the May 2017 sweep ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg

The Big Bang Theory (WB) 2.0 AA

Family Feud (2/T) 1.8 AA

Judge Judy (CTD) 1.5 AA

Modern Family (2/T) 1.3 AA

Family Guy (2/T) 1.2 AA

Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.1 AA

Jeopardy (CTD) 1.1 AA

Dr. Phil (CTD) 0.8 AA

Two And A Half Men (WB) 0.8 AA

The Cleveland Show (2/T) 0.8 AA

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Brian Robbins, founder of AwesomenessTV, has been tapped to oversee Paramount Players, a production division formed to develop, produce and market movies based on content from Viacom brands like MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.

Gretchen Palek and Shawn Witt have been elevated to co-presidents of ITV America’s Leftfield Pictures. Palek had been SVP, Talent & Casting, while Witt was formerly SVP of Programming for Leftfield.

Russ Buchholz has been named to the newly created role of Executive Vice President, Head of Creative Affairs, Circle of Confusion Television Studios. Buchholz had been SVP, Creative Affairs for Endemol Shine Studios.

IN MEMORIAM

Costume designer Rita Riggs died June 5. She was 86. Among Riggs’ television credits were All in the Family, Sanford & Son, Maude, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and One Day at a Time.

This Day in History: 1824 - The washing machine was patented by Noah Cushing in Quebec.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What fraternity were Danny and Joey members of in college on Full House (1987-1995)? Chi Sigma Sigma. Kudos to: Cynthia New-Spectrum Reach/Cape Girardeau, MO, Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX,

Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Deerfield Beach, FL, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA

Today’s Trivia Question: For which sitcom did Betty White receive her first Emmy nomination? (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.)

Answer to Initial This: AH played LA on HIMYM = Alyson Hannigan played Lily Aldrin on How I Met Your Mother. Kudos to: Paige Levy-OMD/NYC, Jerry Mafia-PMC/NYC, Nicole Langella-FOX Networks/NYC

Reality Show Anagram: Debt Maniac Needleworker(Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer; first three respondents with the correct answer who aren’t in trivia will be posted in tomorrow’s newsletter.)

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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - THURSDAY JUNE 8, 2017

ABC: Celebrity Family Feud [r], Celebrity Family Feud [r], The $100,000 Pyramid [r]

CBS: The Big Bang Theory [r], Superior Donuts [r], Mom [r], Life in Pieces [r], Bull [r]

CW: Supernatural [r], Supernatural [r]

FOX: Beat Shazam, Love Connection

NBC: 2017 Stanley Cup Final

PBS: This Old House Hour [r], Inside the Court of Henry VIII [r], Antiques Roadshow [r]

Telemundo: El Capo, La Quereda del Centauro, La Quereda del Centauro
Univision: La Reina de la Cancion, La doble vida de Estela Carrillo, La Piloto