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| Good morning. It’s Wednesday June 19, 2019 and this is your first early-morning briefing. Tonight's Premieres: Disney: Just Roll with It at 8p Paramount: Yellowstone at 10p PBS: Rivers of Life at 8p VH1: Basketball Wives at 8p IN THE NEWS Netflix announced via Twitter that its Jennifer Aniston/ Adam Sandler movie, Murder Mystery, was watched by 30.87 million accounts Friday-Sunday, making it the biggest opening weekend for a Netflix film. The count includes 13.37 million accounts in the U.S./Canada and 17.5 million abroad. During a keynote address at the Cannes Lions event, WarnerMedia Entertainment boss Bob Greenblatt discussed the studio’s “arms race” as it closes in on a landmark TV and film deal to keep J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot business at the studio. “There’s a very competitive situation out there, because the other great companies and streaming services also would like to have him,” said Greenblatt. The executive also hinted at a third season of HBO drama Big Little Lies. Add The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to the list of late-night shows that will air live following the two-night Democratic presidential primary debates. As part of the net’s Votegasm 2020 coverage, World War D: Let’s Get Ready to Ramble – Part I & 2 air on Wednesday, June 26 and Thursday, June 27 at 11p on Comedy Central. James Holzhauer’s final Jeopardy! appearance on June 3, ending his record-breaking run on the popular game show, set another record. It was the highest rated episode in 14 years among homes (with 9.0, since May 25, 2005’s 9.2) and Total Viewers with 14.5 million (since November 30, 2004’s 18.0 million). BET Networks announced inaugural social impact conference, META (Media, Entertainment and Technology Alliance) Convened by BET Networks, to explore how people and platforms can work together to positively impact outcomes for the African-American community. The two-day invitation only event takes place Thursday, June 20 and Friday, June 21 in LA as the lead up to BET’s annual BET Experience and BET Awards. TEGNA Inc. completed its previously announced acquisition of 24/7 multicast networks Justice Network and Quest from Cooper Media. TEGNA paid approximately $77 million in cash for 85% of the two networks. “As consumer television viewing habits shift, TEGNA continues to seek opportunities to take full advantage of emerging trends,” said TEGNA president and CEO Dave Lougee. “Justice and Quest allow us to capitalize on over-the-air viewers, which have increased more than 48 percent over the past eight years, with the kind of impactful and entertaining content consumers are demanding.” In the New York office of Mindshare U.S., NeuroLab has launched, using electroencephalogram and galvanic skin response technology to measure neurological responses to brand stories and media. When it comes to audio-only ads vs visual-only ads, “One of the most surprising, and moving, findings from the study was just how enormous the power of audio was for speaking to consumers in very personal ways,” Arafel Buzan, Co-Lead, NeuroLab, Mindshare U.S., tells Cynopsis. “For example, when an ad mentioned ‘love’ we saw 40% higher emotional intensity of the ad when it was audible versus visual. When we hear a love story, we cast the ad with actors from our very own love stories, creating more personal and powerful content. Just think, if you hear an ad about ‘the most beautiful woman in the world’ versus if you’re shown the woman – with the former, when you hear the line you think of your version of beauty, or a loved one. The power of audio to tap into the vividness of our memories and daydreams is a massive underutilized resource in media. We hear so much about personalization in media, but there’s nothing more personal than our own memories.” For more, go to Innovation Station. Money problems for VidAngel, which declared bankruptcy in late 2017, aren’t over yet. The startup streaming service, which edited films to make them more family friendly, was ordered to pay $62.4. million for copyright infringement. Studios including Disney and Warner Bros. would be awarded $75,000 per film that VidAngel sanitized. VidAngel said it will appeal the decision. The Cynopsis team is uniquely positioned to understand which topics are mission critical in every corner of the media industry, and how they intersect. For our biggest event ever, we’ve curated sessions with industry leaders that tackle the challenge of moving the business forward together. You can’t Google this stuff: you need to be in the room. Take a minute to view the agenda for That Big TV Conference taking place this September in NYC. If you feel that we’re missing a topic important to your business, contact me directly: lynn@cynopsis.com. ESPN will present the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance to high school football coach Rob Mendez at The 2019 ESPYS Presented by Capital One. Ceremony airs live Wednesday, July 19 on ABC. |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT TruTV ordered a 13-episode, sophomore season of Tacoma FD, the scripted firehouse comedy series from co-creators Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme of the Super Troopers movie franchise. The show launched as the top new cable comedy among young adults when it debuted earlier this year, and finished among cable’s top 5 scripted comedies. Pre-production begins later this year for a slated release in 2020. Also being upped by TruTV is I’m Sorry, which received a 10-episode third season order. From creator and star Andrea Savage (Veep), scripted comedy follows Andrea (Savage), a confident comedy writer, wife and mother, who exposes her immaturity and neuroses through unexpected life situations. New season is set to debut in 2020. Netflix renewed Queer Eye for a fourth and fifth season. The series will begin airing new episodes on Friday, July 19, when Season 4 debuts. FX tapped Eliza Clark (Animal Kingdom) as writer, executive producer and new showrunner of its upcoming drama series Y, starring Diane Lane. Clark replaces Aida Mashaka Croal and Michael Green, who held the posts on the pilot but exited over creative differences in April. Nickelodeon and Imagine Kids+Family partnered to develop original live-action series Untitled Space Show (wt). Daniel Knauf (Carnivale, The Blacklist) will showrun and write the series, centered on a group of kids who mistakenly launch into space. It will be executive produced by Imagine Entertainment Chairmen Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, Imagine Kids+Family President Stephanie Sperber and Knauf. Nest Seekers International and DIGA Studios teamed to develop unscripted formats for television and digital distribution about the real estate industry. The partnership will take audiences inside the world of beach homes, mega mansions and the personalities who bring them to life. Several shows are slated to debut in 2020. NEW & RETURNING SERIES The wild world of man’s best friend is explored in Amazing Dogs. Hosted by biologist Patrick Aryee, the new Smithsonian Channel series travels the world to study all 34 canine species. Series debuts Sunday, July 28 at 8p. Growing Up Chrisley debuts its second season on Tuesday, August 6 at 10:30p on USA Network. The spinoff of reality hit Chrisley Knows Best follows the 20-something children of the show’s star as they leave home to live in Los Angeles. NOVA premieres The Planets on Wednesday, July 24 as part of PBS’ “Summer of Space.” Five-part miniseries takes viewers on a 4.5-billion-year journey through the story of our solar system. MEASUREMENT At Cannes Lions, data and insights company Kantar announced four new big data and AI-based solutions aimed at helping brands, advertising agencies and media companies more efficiently and accurately build and measure campaigns that have global impact. “At Kantar, we have a longstanding reputation as being the world’s most innovative research and consulting company,” said CEO Eric Salama. “From understanding how your brand is perceived and used by consumers in social media, to ensuring investments are repurposed or directed to the right channels through to calculating ROI, it is clear AI is beginning to have a significant impact in the world of marketing.” For details, go to Cynopsis’Techfront News: http://www.cynopsis.com/techfronts/ COMING UP History celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first man on the moon with Moon Landing: The Lost Tapes, premiering Sunday, July 14 at 10p. Doc includes newly uncovered footage, rare photos and previously untelevised audio interviews. The case of a teenager held captive for 17 years is explored in two-hour special A Fatal Confession: Keith Morrison Investigates, premiering Sunday, July 7 at 10p on ID. ADVERTISING Harris Poll and media verification company DoubleVerify released the results of a new study that showed the majority of consumers online saying it is important that a brand advertises on content that is safe, accurate and trustworthy. Two-thirds (65%) of people said they would stop using the brand if their ad ran next to fake news, and over 60% said the advertisers and sites are equally responsible for making sure any ads run next to “safe” stories. KID STUFF Driver Digital Studios struck a deal with Kidoodle.TV streaming service to add Cool School to its spring slate. Beginning this month, Kidoodle.TV will feature the entire Cool School library with more than 400 episodes available in 145 countries around the word across connected devices including Apple TV, Roku and more. Nickelodeon celebrates 20 years of SpongeBob SquarePants by inviting fans to enter the world of Bikini Bottom at Comic-Con International: San Diego from July 18 to 21. The net will pay tribute to SpongeBob and his undersea friends with activations, panels, talent signing and interactive design elements featuring The Krusty Krab, The Chum Bucket and Mrs. Puff’s Boating School. STREAMING Netflix’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee returns Friday, July 19. Season 11 will have Jerry Seinfeld back in the driver’s seat with an array of new passengers including Eddie Murphy, Seth Rogen, Ricky Gervais, Matthew Broderick, Jamie Foxx, Martin Short and more. Studio 71’s latest series with Facebook Watch, Kids Rule, launches Wednesday, June 19. It follows YouTube creators Kyler and Mad as they give viewers tips and tricks needed to help their families thrive. PBS Digital Studios celebrates the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing with Stellar, a six-episode space-themed miniseries launching on PBS’ YouTube and Facebook pages Thursday, June 20. Hosts Matt Dowd (Space Time), Dianne Cowern (Physics Girl) and Joe Hanson (It’s Okay to be Smart) will be on location at space flight centers around the country highlighting current development in space exploration, astronomy and astrophysics. RYOT Films and HuffPost are launching Short Stories, a partnership to acquire and distribute a slate of premium, short documentary films on HuffPost and across Verizon Media. The initial release, Stanley Stellar: Here For This Reason, which debuted at Tribeca Film Festival, explores the career of photographer Stanley Stellar, who photographed four decades of New York City’s ever-changing gay community. The doc is being released on Wednesday, June 19 to coincide with Pride month. TECH TALK TiVo is preparing to introduce the next generation of its DVR, if a new FCC filing is any indication. The new device, called TiVo Edge, is being made by set-top-box manufacturer Arris. Documents included in the filing indicate this is a “Series 7” device, and it would represent the first major refresh of the TiVo line-up since the introduction of the Series 6 Bolt devices in 2015. On Tuesday, Comcast Corp launched a program to further develop advertising strategy that better targets audiences. The initiative is called “On Addressability” and aims to create standards for addressable advertising, which targets ads to certain households based on their interests. Comcast will team with Charter Communications and Cox Media to pool what they have learned from offering addressable advertising to help other content distributors do the same, including how to ensure customer data is used while complying with privacy standards. Pinterest launched a Complete the Look shopping tool that recommends relevant products in home and fashion categories based on the context or keywords in the search. On Monday in Cannes, Pinterest followed that up by expanding and rebranding its third-party partner program to support a more shoppable experience based on search on the platform. YouTube is testing a new split-screen feature, AR Beauty Try-On, that shows a beauty video at the top of the screen with a stream of the user below. Viewers can access makeup and apply it to their face during the video. M.A.C Cosmetics is the first brand to launch an AR campaign. Facebook revealed plans for its global digital currency, Libra, which will let users send money or make purchases with minimal fees. “Just as people can use their phones to message friends anywhere in the world today, with Libra, the same can be done with money - instantly, securely and at a low cost,” said the company in a white paper. By 2020, Facebook plans for users to be able to make transactions via a standalone app as well as its own family of apps. The currency will be overseen by the Libra Association, made up of more than a dozen companies including Visa and Mastercard. PODCAST POSTS MWM Universe greenlit a second season of podcast Voyage to the Stars. Kirsten Vangsness (Criminal Minds) joins the sci-fi comedy playing Nico, a lesbian space alien who finds herself in a love triangle with fellow crewmembers. GOING GLOBAL GoQuest Media Ventures struck a distribution agreement with Media Group Ukraine for drama series Ruby Ring, Secrets, Rainflower and Eclipse. Red Arrows Studios International scored deals with A+E Networks Germany and A+E Networks UK. A package with A+E Networks Germany includes Countdown to Apollo, Motive to Murder and feature documentaries Fallen, American Anarchist and Forged with Steele. A+E Networks UK picked up the NV Studios’ produced factual entertainment series Pirates Inc for the UK and Africa. Mexico City will be the first city in Latin America to host VidCon, the largest celebration of online video. The inaugural VidCon Mexico will be held at the Citibanamex Center in Mexico City beginning April 30, 2020. |
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| “ The future of AI is similar to the future of most every new technology, which in short is improvement, commoditization, and democratization. How do we make it better, cheaper and get it into the hands of more people?” --David K, Sr. Product Mngr, Watson Video Analytics – IBM Watson Media (Featured speaker at That Big TV Conference on Sept. 9 - 10 in NYC) Sponsored by: Sinclair - NY Interconnect - Friend MTS - iSpot.tv - NCC Media - TV Time - Tubi |
| RATINGS The James Holzhauer era may have come to an end, but a 9.0 single-day rating June 3 for the phenom contestant’s shocking finale gave Jeopardy! (full week 6.8 average Live+SD national Nielsen rating, down 14% from the week before) enough of a boost to finish first among game shows for the 10th week in a row. Family Feud (6.1, steady) took second place, while Wheel of Fortune (5.7, down 3%) and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1.5, unchanged) followed. In daytime, shows faced preemptions for French Open Tennis and President Trump’s London press conference, as well as competition from the Women’s World Cup. Holding its own, despite being partially in reruns, was May sweep champion Judge Judy (6.5, steady) to rank as syndication’s highest rated show of the season. Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of June 3 ranked in order by HH Rtg Jeopardy (CTD) 6.8 AA Judge Judy (CTD) 6.5 AA Family Feud (2/T) 6.1 AA Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.7 AA The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.1 AA Inside Edition (CTD) 2.7 AA Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.5 AA Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.4AA Last Man Standing 2.2 AA Hot Bench (CTD) 2.1 AA Live with Kelly and Ryan 2.1 AA Top 13 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of June 3 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg The Big Bang Theory (WB) 1.4AA Family Feud (2/T) 1.4 AA Judge Judy (CTD) 1.3 AA Jeopardy (CTD) 1.3 AA Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.0 AA Modern Family (2/T) 0.8 AA Family Guy (2/T) 0.8 AA Last Man Standing 0.7 AA Inside Edition (CTD) 0.5 AA Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 0.5 AA Dr. Phil (CTD) 0.5 AA Live with Kelly and Ryan 0.5 AA The Goldbergs 0.5 AA Broadcast Evening News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of June 10 ABC World News Tonight 7.73 million total viewers; 1.2/7 and 1.46 million A25-54 NBC Nightly News 6.88 million total viewers; 1.2/7 and 1.43 million A25-54 CBS Evening News 5.16 million total viewers; 0.8/5 and 887,000 A25-54 Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of June 10 ABC: Good Morning America 3.87 million total viewers; 0.9/10 and 1,068,000 A25-54 NBC: Today 3.65 million total viewers; 0.9/11 and 1,142,000 A25-54 CBS: This Morning 2.84 million total viewers; 0.6/7 and 669,000 A25-54 Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of June 10 CBS: The Late Show 2.67 million total viewers; 0.31/2 among A18-49 NBC: The Tonight Show 1.96 million total viewers; 0.40/3 among A18-49 ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.91 million total viewers; 0.50/4 among A18-49 Basic Cable for the week of June 10 Top 5 – Primetime (P2+) Fox News (2,260,000) MSNBC (1,513,000) HGTV (1,330,000) A&E (1,164,000) USA NETWORK (1,015,000) Top 5 – Total Day (P2+) Fox News (1,225,000) MSNBC (850,000) HGTV (694,000) ID (664,000) NICKELODEON (651,000) Source: Nielsen Top 12 Broadcast Programs Among A18-49 ratings/share for the week of June 10 ABC: NBA Finals on ABC – Game 5 6.7/30 ABC: NBA Finals on ABC – Game 6 6.6/31 NBC: NBC NHL Stanley Cup Finals #7 2.7/14 ABC: NBA Countdown – Game 5 1.7/9 NBC: America’s Got Talent 1.5/8 ABC: NBA Countdown – Game 6 1.5/9 ABC: The Bachelorette 1.3/7 ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live! Game Night 5 1.2/6 ABC: Press Your Luck 0.9/5 NBC: Songland 0.9/4 ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live! Game Night 6 0.9/5 TV Time Binge Report: Most Binged TV Shows for the week of June 10 (Show/Share of Streams) Lucifer (Netflix) 5.06% Good Girls (NBC) 2.22% Friends (NBC) 2.15% The 100 (The CW) 1.95% Marvel’s Jessica Jones (Netflix) 1.75% Game of Thrones (HBO) 1.70% Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 1.58% Designated Survivor (Netflix) 1.56% Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX) 1.42% Trinkets (Netflix) 1.25% 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, June 17 time period averages Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD ABC: 4.63 million The Bachelorette 5.53 Grand Hotel 3.72 NBC: 4.38 million American Ninja Warrior 4.75, Dateline NBC 4.01 CBS: 3.41 million The Neighborhood 3.81, The Neighborhood 3.55, God Friended Me 2.74, Bull 3.55 FOX: 2.15 million Beat Shazam 2.22, So You Think You Can Dance 2.07 CW: 1.12 million Penn & Teller: Fool Us 1.32, Who’s Line Is It Anyway 1.10, Who’s Line Is It Anyway 0.93 TELE: 0.93 million CONMEBOL Copa America 2019 0.60, Betty en NY 0.98, La Reina del Sur 1.22 Monday A18-49 Analysis: ABC 1.2/6, NBC 0.8/4, FOX 0.5/3, CBS 0.4/2, TELE 0.5/3, CW 0.2/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES James Howell was named President and General Manager of the CBS Television Stations’ Los Angeles properties KCBS-TV, KCAL-TV, CBSLA.com and the newly launched CBN Los Angeles, a local direct-to-consumer streaming news service. He succeeds Steve Mauldin, who retired in May. Howell last served as Vice President and General Manager of the CBS Television Stations’ Pittsburgh properties. Magid hired Timmy Spenny as Senior Vice President. Spenny previously held client-facing roles at Teradata and GfK. Ipsos appointed Joseph DeVeny as Head of U.S. Innovation. DeVeny previously held key roles with Ipsos’ Innovation and Marketing Strategy Understanding practices in both Russia and the U.S. Vanessa Chandis was promoted to Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs at NBCUniversal Content Distribution. She had been Senior Counsel since 2015. |
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| This Day in History: 1952 – I’ve Got A Secret, hosted by Garry Moore, debuted on CBS. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What was the first original cartoon in Cartoon Network’s “Cartoon Cartoons” brand? Dexter’s Laboratory. Kudos to: Marni C. Gold/Hawthorne, NJ; Jean Nadeau-WSFX-TV/Wilmington, NC; Matty Fera-McGarry Bowen/Chicago, IL; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station/TX; Steven Iha-Estrella TV/Dallas, TX; Richard Quan-Heat/San Francisco, CA; Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA; Dan Haberer-Creo Entertainment/Playa del Rey, CA; Thomas Moore-Kalt Productions/Los Angeles, CA. Today’s Trivia Question: Which reality series ended up airing as a one-and-done special, after protests from adoption rights groups? (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 JUNE 19 ABC: Press Your Luck, Card Sharks, Match Game CBS: The Amazing Race, NCIS: The Cases They Can’t Forget, S.W.A.T. CW: Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Janet the Virgin FOX: MasterChef, First Responders Live NBC: Ellen’s Game of Games, Ellen’s Game of Games, The InBetween PBS: Rivers of Life [p], When Whales Walked: Journeys in Deep Time Telemundo: CONMEBOL Copa America 2019, Hoy En La Copa America Brasil 2019 Univision: La Reina Soy Yo, La Rosa de Guadalupe, CONCACAF Copa Ora 2019 |
