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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
 
Amazon Studios ordered animated series Invincible from The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker and artist Ryan Ottley. Based on Kirkman’s comic book series of the same name, the project marks the first series greenlit under the overall deal Amazon Studios struck with Kirkman last year.
 
Apple greenlit Little America, a half-hour anthology series from Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, the Oscar-nominated writers of The Big Sick. Project is inspired by the true stories featured in Epic Magazine and described as a small, collective portrait of America’s immigrants. 
 
Sky One renewed buddy cop drama Bulletproof, starring Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters, for a six-part second season.
 
Netflix ordered a sophomore season of Llama Llama. Jennifer Garner leads the voice cast of the preschool cartoon based on the book series by Anna Dewdney from Genius Brands International, which premiered in 20 countries in January.
 
Hulu acquired Crime + Punishment, a doc that goes behind the scenes to expose discriminatory policing practices, intimidation and corruption within the New York Police Department. The project, which debuted at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, went on to win the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Social Impact Filmmaking. The streamer will partner with IFC Films to release the documentary simultaneously in theaters and on Hulu on August 24.
 
Millennial and Gen Z men are an exclusive group, but an influential one. Bleacher Report is one brand engaging the demo, with content that goes beyond sports. “Bleacher Report recognized the growing hunger for content that sits at the intersection of sports and culture,” said Ed Romaine, chief brand officer. “Unlike prior generations of sports fans, millennials and Gen Z are thirsty for culture. They have many passion points and seek to engage and cultivate them in a seamless manner.” For more insights from Romaine, as well as speakers from Newsy, Engagement Labs and Adult Swim, register for the July 12 webinar, “Connecting With The New Young Male Demo” here.
 
 
NEW & RETURNING SERIES
 
No Passport Required, a six-parter hosted by chef Marcus Samuelsson, bows Tuesday, July 10 at 9p on PBS. Series explores America through the culture of food in six U.S. cities.
 
Bounce premieres season four of comedy In The Cut on Monday, July 2 at 9p.
 
Bravo Media’s Shahs of Sunset returns for a seventh season on Thursday, August 2 at 9p.
 
CNBC’s Deadly Rich debuts Monday, July 9 at 10p. The true crime series takes viewers inside the lives and deaths of the one percent.
 
Professional contractor Mike Holmes and his son, home renovation expert Mike Jr., transform tired properties into dream houses, when DIY Network’s Holmes & Holmes returns Tuesday, July 10 at 9p.
 
 
COMING UP
 
History presents Detroit: Comeback City on Sunday, July 1 at 9p. Narrated by JK Simmons, original doc recounts the rise, fall and rebirth of Detroit through the iconic Michigan Central Station.
 
Alexa PenaVega (Spy Kids) and Carlos PenaVega (Big Time Rush) host Hallmark Channel’s “2018 Summer Nights Preview Special” on Saturday, June 23 at 11p. The duo will give viewers a sneak peek at the network’s programming event, featuring five original movie premieres -  namely, Love on Safari, A Summer to Remember, Love at Sea, Pearl in Paradise and Season for Love.
 
How are you watching the World Cup? Let us know in the Cynopsis poll: http://www.cynopsis.com/poll/. Our last poll asked who your favorite Friend was. Chandler came in first with 37% of the vote, followed by Phoebe (22%), Joey (14%), Rachel (13%), Monica (10%) and poor Ross (3%).
 
 
CASTING
 
Breaking Bad vet Giancarlo Esposito will co-star opposite Carla Cugino in upcoming Cinemax drama Jett.
 
 
DIGITAL DATA
 
Nielsen and Comcast-owned FreeWheel are getting set to measure OTT and set-top-box VOD viewing, following Nielsen’s agreement with Comcast to incorporate its set-top-box viewing data into panel data. “Nielsen is committed to building measurement solutions that account for the entire television ecosystem, from linear and - in view of our plans with Comcast and FreeWheel - across over-the top and set-top-box video on-demand inventory,” said Megan Clarken, global president of Watch at Nielsen.
 
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether Apple must face a lawsuit by consumers who allege the App Store’s pricing model violates antitrust laws. The battle focuses on Apple’s app store business model, which calls for a 70-30 revenue split with developers. In a complaint filed in 2011, a group of iPhone users alleged that Apple’s 30% commission from developers got passed on to consumers and that the company was able to charge the markup because it wielded monopoly power over the distribution of iPhone apps. U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, in the North District of California, dismissed the lawsuit in 2014, ruling that developers were the ones affected by the 30% commission.
 
Mediaocean and IBM iX announced the launch of a blockchain consortium for the digital media supply chain. Bringing together some of the world’s largest advertisers, agencies and global business design partners, including Kimberly-Clark, Pfizer, Unilever and IBM Watson Advertising, the group aims to provide transparency and build trust and accountability in the advertising ecosystem.
 
UBS analyst Jon Hodulik predicted that virtual pay TV services, including DirecTV Now, Sling TV and YouTube TV, will collectively have about 9.2 million subscribers by the end of 2018, and that streaming skinny bundles will represent around 25% of all pay TV subscriptions by 2022 – about 24 million users in total. “As these offerings continue to improve - closing programming gaps, adding features and improving transmission quality – and traditional TV consumption falls, we expect the streamers to become increasingly attractive,” noted Hodulik’s report.  
 
Roku is setting up an a la carte distribution platform similar to Amazon’s channels offering, according to Variety. Per the report, Roku will establish a dedicated channel for subscription direct-to-consumer program platforms, like CBS All Access and HBO Now, that will let users authenticate, pay for and view content all in one place.
 
 
GOING GLOBAL    
 
Netflix inked its first European overall series deal with Jantie Friese and Baran bo Odar, the German duo behind Dark. The twosome will produce projects for the streamer worldwide.
 
TRT World Citizen is launching a week-long campaign commemorating UN’s World Refugee Day today, featuring a number of explainer videos highlighting the lives of refugees living in Turkish camps. In addition, TRT World Citizen staff produced a call-to-action video shedding light on the plight of 10,000 child refugees missing throughout Europe.
 
Acorn TV secured U.S. rights to Australian drama Mystery Road, starring Judy Davis (Feud) and Aaron Pederson (Jack Irish), from All3Media International. Series is slated to air on the SVOD service in August.
 
Free-to-air UK channel Pick greenlit How I Caught the Killer from Woodcut Media. The factual true crime series explores what it’s really like to be a police officer working on murder cases.
 
New international broadcast deals were secured for Acamar Films series Bing, including RAI YoYo in Italy, Fox Kids in Finland, RSI Switzerland, Ceska Televize in the Czech Republic, CJ Korea English Gem Channel in South Korea and Karousel’s O! in Russia.
 
Quintus Media secured a package deal with AMC Networks International Central and North Europe for its Spektrum channel in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia. Documentaries include The Most Dangerous Ways To School, Planet School, Mega Transports and Ultimate Vehicles.
 
An Arabic-language version of Mondo TV’s Sissi the Young Empress is expected to appear on JeemTV beginning September 2018.
 
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RATINGS
 
Judge Judy (7.0 Live+SD national Nielsen, up 3% from the week before) topped syndication for the 16th week in a row. Despite running repeats for part of the week, the court show continued to grow, improving 8% from last year.
 
Dr. Phil (3.0, up 7%) was the week’s only other first-run strip moving up, even though it was in reruns all five days. Phil was the highest rated talker for the 92nd week in a row and rose 11% from last year. Live with Kelly and Ryan (2.1, down 5%) nabbed second place, followed by Ellen DeGeneres (1.9, unchanged) and Maury (1.3, down 7%).

TV Time Binge Report: Most Binged TV Shows for the week of June 11, 2018
(Show/Share of Streams)
13 Reasons Why (Netflix) 3.51%
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 2.13%
Friends (NBC) 1.76%
The 100 (The CW) 1.59%
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX) 1.58%
Westworld (HBO) 1.51%
The Originals (The CW) 1.48%
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) 1.315
Riverdale (The CW) 1.26%
Sense8 (Netflix0 1.20%
SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top US Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of May 8, 2017
Program, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Content (000), Fans/Followers (000)
E! News (E!) 8605, 93, 93, 160393
Ellen DeGeneres (Warner Bros. Syn) 6474, 673, 10, 33015
America’s Got Talent (NBC) 2336, 53, 44, 7178
Fox & Friends (Fox News) 1267, 131, 10, 21835
RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1) 1101, 512, 2, 3999
Late Night with James Corden (CBS) 1078, 1109, .972, 14443
The Originals (The CW) 1073, 117, 9, 4592
TMZ (Warner Bros. Syn) 931, 168, 6, 16404
Today Show (NBC) 906,119, 8, 2525
World of Dance (NBC) 808, 103, 8, 16546
Includes the total volume of post-level likes, shares, favorites, retweets and comments. Total content includes all posts, tweets and media posted by each TV property across all platforms. Actions per post metric notes the average number of actions garnered by each TV property. Total fans/followers include Facebook and Twitter and Instagram followers.
 
Top 12 Broadcast Programs Among A18-49 ratings/share for the week of June 11, 2018
NBC: America’s Got Talent 2.3/10
NBC: World of Dance 1.4/7
ABC: The Bachelorette 1.4/6
ABC: Celebrity Family Feud 1.1/5
NBC American Ninja Warrior 1.1/5
FOX: 24 Hours to Hell and Back 1.1/5
CBS: The Big Bang Theory 1.0/5
ABC: The $100,000 Pyramid 1.0/4
FOX: MasterChef 1.0/5
CBS: Young Sheldon 0.9/5
 
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 6/4/18 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Judge Judy (CTD) 7.0 AA
Family Feud (2/T) 6.1 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 5.5 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.4 AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.4 AA
Dr. Phil (CTD) 3.0 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.9 AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 2.8 AA
Hot Bench (CTD) 2.2 AA
Live With Kelly and Ryan (DAD) 2.0AA
 
Top 11 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 6/4/18 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 1.7AA
Family Feud (2/T) 1.6 AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.4 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.0 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.0 AA
Modern Family (2/T) 1.0 AA
Family Guy (2/T) 0.9 AA
The Goldbergs (SPT) 0.8AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 0.7 AA
Last Man Standing 0.7 AA
The Cleveland Show (2/T) 0.7 AA
Broadcast Evening News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of June 11, 2018
ABC World News Tonight 7.67 million total viewers; 1.3/7 and 1.56 million A25-54
NBC Nightly News 7.33 million total viewers; 1.3/7 and 1.57 million A25-54
CBS Evening News 5.54 million total viewers; 0.9/5 and 1.09 million A25-54
 
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of June 11, 2018
ABC: Good Morning America 3.88 million total viewers; 0.9/10 and 1,107,000 A25-54
NBC: Today 3.72 million total viewers; 1.0/11 and 1,241,000 A25-54
CBS: This Morning 2.95 million total viewers; 0.6/7 and 753,000 A25-54
 
Broadcast Sunday Morning News Shows Ratings June 17, 2018
NBC Meet the Press 2.92 million total viewers; 0.6 and 701,000 A25-54
CBS Face the Nation 2.67 million total viewers; 0.4 and 509,000 A25-54
ABC This Week 2.53 million total viewers; 0.6 and 665,000 A25-54
CBS Face the Nation-2 1.83 million total viewers; 0.3 and 372,000 A25-54
FOX News Sunday *pre-empted
 
Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of June 11, 2018
CBS: The Late Show 2.87 million total viewers; 0.39/3 among A18-49
NBC: The Tonight Show 2.18 million total viewers; 0.49/3 among A18-49
ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.84 million total viewers; 0.38/3 among A18-49
 
Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Monday, May 21, 2018 time period averages
Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD
ABC: 4.76 million
The Bachelorette 5.67, The Proposal 3.85
CBS: 4.27 million
Mom 4.40, Man with a Plan 3.84, NCIS: New Orleans 4.27, Elementary 4.57
NBC: 3.72 million
Running Wild with Bear Grylls 3.20, American Ninja Warrior 4.23
FOX: 2.65 million
So You Think You Can Dance 3.13, So You Think You Can Dance 2.17
CW: 1.22 million
Supergirl 1.79, Whose Line Is It Anyway? 0.96, Whose Line Is It Anyway? 0.90
UNI: 1.18 million
El Rico y Lazaro 1.20, La Bella y las bestias 1.13, Por Amar Sin Ley 1.20
TELE: 0.89 million
Mi Familia Perfecta 0.66 Sin senos si paraiso 0.93, El Senor de los Cielos 1.07
Monday A18-49 Analysis: ABC 1.2/5, NBC 0.9/4, FOX 0.7/3, CBS 0.6/3, TELE 0.6/3, UNI 0.5/2, CW 0.4/2
 
 
EXECUTIVE MOVES
 
Isabel Davis, formerly Head of International at BFI, was tapped as Executive Director of Scotland’s Screen Unit.  Move takes effect in September.
 
Insight TV named Poppy Mason-Watts as PR and Communications Manager. She was previously Director of Corporate Communications and PR at FOX Networks Group Asia.
 
Radical Point Media hired Carmen Lugo as Senior Manager of Integrated Content Solutions. The sales industry leader had held posts at Canada’s Bell Media, Globe and Mail, Shaw/Corus and St. Joseph Media.
 
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This Day in History: 1948 – Toast of the Town, hosted by Ed Sullivan, debuted on CBS.
 
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which series was set in the fictional 15th precinct of NYC? NYPD Blue (1993-2005). Kudos to: Phyllis McQuillan-MSG Networks/NYC; Jackie French-MTV/NYC; Charles Lore/NYC; Claire Hambrick-A+E Networks/NYC; Lisa Richards-Twin Cities Public Television/Saint Paul, MN; John Kukla-KDFW FOX 4/Dallas, TX; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX; Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas, TX; Dan Haberer-Creo Entertainment/Playa del Rey, CA; Thomas Moore-Kalt Productions/ Los Angeles, CA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank, CA; Peter Steckelman-Tennis Channel/Santa Monica, CA.
 
Today’s Trivia Question: Where did Malcolm in the Middle’s (2000-2006) mom Jane work? (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.)
 
Answer to Our Last Anagram: Mean At Banjos = Jason Bateman. Kudos to: Jerry Mafia/NYC; Charlene White-A+E Networks/Stamford, CT; Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, CA.
 
Today’s Sitcom Anagram: Dunk That Ether (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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JOB OPENING: AD SALES ASSISTANT/Baby First TV/NY: Reports to EVP & AE Ad Sales. Detailed & organized. Ability to multi-task in fast past env. Prof in EXL & PPT. College grad welcome! Reply to jobs@bf-tv.com (6/23)

JOB OPENING: PRODUCT SUPPORT SPECIALIST/WOT/SAN FRAN OR BIRMINGHAM AL: Partner with our customers and support with how-to questions regarding the use of WO Traffic. 2+ yrs of exp in a Digital ad serving envir & 2+ yrs exp at a TV, radio or cable station in the traffic or operations dept. Full info/apply HERE (6/23)
 
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JOB OPENING: COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR/PAC-12/SF: In this critical role, you will drive corporate communications, executive communications and internal/stakeholder communications efforts for the Pac-12 Networks. Min 10 yrs exp in strategic communications, including corporate communications. For full posting/apply HERE (6/23)
JOB OPENING: MANAGER, RECRUITING/A+E/NY: Mng domestic recruiting function to identify, assess & hire the best & brightest. Oversee JD process, est candidate pipeline, mng ntwrkg & social media opps to enhance recruitment efforts. 5+ yrs recruitment exp within media. Strong HR ntwrk of recruiters. Apply HERE (6/23)
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JOB OPENING: EDITOR/PR News/NYC: For The Social Shake Up Show. Resp for event content creation, prgrmng, writing agendas & on-site mngmnt for conferences, awards prgrms & webinars. Write/edit articles for website related to industry. 3+ yrs writing, editing & social media exp in deadline-oriented envir. Full info/apply HERE (6/22)

JOB OPENING: TRAFFIC COORDINATOR/Crown Media Family Networks/NY: Edit daily broadcast logs, execute agency traffic instructions and maintain commercial inventory for Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, and Hallmark Drama. Detail oriented w/strong orgnzt’l skills. 2 yrs tv/radio traffic exp. req. Full info/apply HERE (6/21)

JOB OPENING: JR PREDITOR/NBCU/LA: Junior Preditor will create innovative concepts, copy and cuts, across all media, to help promote our brand and programs. Some experience within a TV broadcast or creative agency environment – a portfolio showcasing creative work. Full info/apply HERE (6/21)
 
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - WEDNESDAY JUNE 20
ABC: The Goldbergs, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, American Housewife, Shark Tank
CBS: NCIS: Los Angeles, SEAL Team, Code Black
CW: Supergirl, The Originals
FOX: MasterChef, Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back
NBC: World of Dance, World of Dance, Reverie
PBS: Nature, NOVA
Telemundo: Mi Familia Perfecta, Sin senos si paraiso, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: El rico y Lazaro, La Bella y las bestias, Por Amar Sin Ley