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Good morning. It’s Monday June 26, 2017 and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:

AMC: Talking Preacher at 10p

Discovery: Street Outlaws: New Orleans at 9p

PBS: POV at 9p

TLC: 90 Day Fiancee: Extended at 8p

Tonight’s Finales:

Bravo: Southern Charm at 9p, Southern Charm Savannah at 10:15p

ID: The Real Story With Maria Elena Salinas at 10p

MTV: Teen Mom OG at 9p

Telemundo: El Capo at 8p

IN THE NEWS

ABC canceled Downward Dog after 6 episodes. The comedy, which will have a 2-part series finale tomorrow, June 27, dipped to lows of 3.1 million viewers and .6 among A18-49 last week. But co-creators Samm Hodges and Michael Killen aren’t giving up, writing in a note to fans, “We’re not done. The crazy amazing love you the fans have shown for DD combined with the critical response make us confident there is a future and we are committed to finding a new home.”

The CEO of Murray Energy Corporation is suing Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver, his staff and HBO for defamation for a segment about the coal industry in which Robert Murray was mocked as a “geriatric Dr. Evil.” (Murray has claimed a deadly mine collapse was the fault of an earthquake, while a government investigation pinned the blame on unauthorized mine practices.) “We have confidence in the staff of Last Week Tonight and do not believe anything in the show this week violated Mr. Murray's or Murray Energy's rights," said HBO in a statement.

The delay getting season 3 of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty off the ground isn’t because of conflict between creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland. While season 2 ended back in October 2015, “The reason S3 took long is because it took long to write, because it was S3 of a show that we were scared to make worse than S2 or S1,” tweeted Harmon on Saturday. “It’s a common yet odd phenomenon. Tail-chasing, perfectionism, overthinking?”

CNN retracted, and apologized for, a story on its web site about Senate investigators looking for ties between Trump transition team member Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, and a Russian investment fund managed by a Kremlin bank. “Classy move,” tweeted Scaramucci on Saturday. “Apology accepted. Everyone makes mistakes.”

ABC drama Still Star-Crossed has been cut from its Monday slot after 3 low-rated weeks, but is set to return on Saturday, July 8. The Shondaland Romeo & Juliet sequel opened to 2.3 million viewers and .5 among !8-49, dropping to 1.6 million viewers and .3 in the demo its last Monday airing.

Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing) was elected president of the Director’s Guild of America at its convention in LA over the weekend. Schlamme has been a member of the guild for over 40 years, and had been its 3^rd vice president. He replaces outgoing president Paris Barclay.

Outdoor Channel acquired cable syndicated rights to the first 6 seasons of Deadliest Catch. Season 13 of the fishing series airs Tuesdays at 9p on Discovery.

Rafael Amaya, star of Telemundo’s El Senor de Los Cielos, will receive the award for Outstanding Achievement in Hispanic Television at the Hispanic Television Summit on October 19. The summit is part of NYC Television Week.

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The 3^rd Annual Cynopsis Rising Star Awards is accepting nominations until tomorrow.

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Entry Deadline: June 28, 2017

Awards Event: September, 2017

PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Jason Ensler has inked a deal with 20^th Century Fox Television that calls for him to serve as executive producer/director of season 2 of Fox drama The Exorcist. Ensler had directed 2 season-one episodes.

Syfy ordered a pilot for supernatural thriller Nightflyers, based on the novella by George R.R. Martin, from Universal Cable Productions and Hypnotic.

9 Story Media Group is in production on an original series for YouTube Red. Furze World Wonders, 9 Story’s first production for the You Tube subscription service, is set to launch this fall and will be available for YouTube Red subscribers on YouTube and the YouTube Kids app.

Australia’s Hoodlum Entertainment (Secrets & Lies) inked a first-look deal with ABC Studios International to develop new content for the global marketplace.

UK-based Chalkboard TV landed a commission from the BBC for historical-crime series My Grandad Was Innocent, which has criminal lawyers investigating murders where the convicted went to the gallows pleading innocence. Series is slated to launch on BBC One in early 2018.

Code Black exec producer/showrunner Michael Seitzman will also fill that role on season 3 of ABC’s Quantico. ABC Television Studios produces both shows.

Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: June 23-25, 2017

Transformers: The Last Knight (Paramount) $45.3 million, opening weekend

Cars 3 (Buena Vista) $25.2 million (week 2), cume revenue $99.9 million

Wonder Woman (Warner Bros.) $25.2 million (week 3), cume revenue $318.4 million

47 Meters Down (Entertainment Studios) $7.4 million (week 2) cume revenue $24.3 million

Eyez on Me (Lionsgate) $5.9 million (week 2), cume revenue $38.6 million

The Mummy (Universal) $5.8 million (week 3), cume revenue $68.5 million

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell Tales (Buena Vista) $5.3 million (week 5), cume revenue $160.0 million

Rough Night (Sony) $4.7 million (week 2), cume revenue $16.6 million

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (Fox) $4.3 million (week 4), cume revenue $65.7 million

Guardians of the Galaxy (Buena Vista) $3.0 million (week 8), cume revenue $380.2 million

Source: comScore

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COMING UP

Vice Special Report: A World in Disarray will premiere on HBO Friday, July 21 at 10p. Doc will examine the past, present and future of American foreign policy.

Insta Family? Hair Goddess? Choccywoccydoodah? Which summer series are you most likely to sample? Let us know in the new Cynopsis poll: http://www.cynopsis.com/poll/.

DIGITAL DATA

Its new live TV package could go far towards lining Hulu’s coffers, according to MoffettNathanson Research. Analysts said the service, launched last month, could generate annual ad revenue of $71.1 million and $568.3 million in subscriber fees once it lands 1.18 million subscribers. On the high end, Hulu Live could generate $474.3 million from ads and $2.27 billion in sub revenue.

Netflix’s Girlboss, which premiered April 21, will not make it to a second season. Comedy from Denver & Delilah centered on a broke anarchist turned unlikely entrepreneur. The cancellation follows the streaming service’s axing of The Get Down and Sense8.

ADVERTISING

Cannes Lions is assembling an advisory committee to help ensure the Festival responds to the needs of the industry. Already onboard are Marc Pritchard, chief brand officer of Procter & Gamble; Keith Weed chief marketing and communications officer, Unilever; Fernando Machado, head of brand marketing, Burger King; Fiona Carter, chief brand officer, AT&T; and Jan Derck van Karnebeek, chief commercial officer at Heineken. More members are expected to be announced soon.

CASTING

Mireille Enos (The Catch) landed a role opposite Peter Dinklage and Jamie Dornan in upcoming HBO movie My Dinner With Herve.

Lolita Davidovich (The Longest Ride), Heather Graham (The Hangover), Elizabeth Reaser (The Twilight Saga) and Larry Cedar (Trial & Error) have been added to the cast of NBC’s Law Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.

Newcomer Emily Rudd will star in upcoming USA comedic crime drama Olive Forever, following a high school student/cat burglar.

DIGITAL DATA

Netflix grabbed global rights for upcoming CW reboot Dynasty, produced by CBS Television Studios.

Snapchat and Instagram Stories: A How & When Guide

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RATINGS

The premiere of ABC’s Boy Band on Thursday delivered 3.0 million viewers and .7/3 among A18-49. The debut of The Gong Show beat that, grabbing 3.8 million viewers and .9/4 in the demo.

Live + Same Day Household AA Rating: Wednesday, June 21, 2017 time period averages.

Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD

ABC: 1.8/4

The Goldbergs 1.9/4, Speechless 1.5/3, Modern Family 1.9/4, American Housewife 1.7/3, To Tell the Truth 1.9/4

CBS: 2.4/5

Undercover Boss 2.0/4, Criminal Minds 2.6/5, Code Black 2.6/5

NBC: 2.7/5

Little Big Shots 4.7/9, Carmichael Show 2.5/5, Carmichael Show 1.8/3, This Is Us 1.3/3

UNIVISION: .9/2

Jose de Egipto .9/2, Doble Vida E Carrillo .9/2, La Piloto .9/2

TELE: .8/1

El Capo .6/1, Querida de Centauro.7/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.1/2

CW.4/1

Arrow .4/1, DCs Legends of Tomorrow .4/1

Wednesday A19-49: FOX .8/4, ABC .7/3, NBC .7/3, CBS .6/3, TELE .6/3, UNI .5/2, CW .2/1

Source: Nielsen

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Christian Murphy has been named Senior Vice President, Daytime & Programming Partnerships at A+E Networks. Previously, Murphy was SVP, Network Business Development.

IN MEMORIAM

Legendary New York newsman Gabe Pressman died June 23. He was 93. Pressman, who joined WNBC in 1956, won 11 Emmys for his intrepid reporting, and was listed as a senior correspondent until his death.

This Day in History: 1870 - Christmas was declared a federal holiday in the U.S.

Answer to Friday’s Trivia Question: Which late comedic actor and director’s early television commercial work included ads for Excedrin and Bic Banana Ink Crayons? Charles Nelson Reilly. Kudos to: Holly Hearn-H2 Concierge Marketing/Sarasota, FL, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA, Cherie Wall-Sandbox Entertainment/Nashville, TN, Ken DuBow-Bob’s Your Uncle/LA, John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas, Dennis Amino-ABC/LA

Today’s Trivia Question: Which crime drama cop had once been arrested for vagrancy after running away from her prostitute mother? (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 Friday’s Anagram: I Create In Bag = Angie Tribeca. Kudos to: Maitlyn Phan-Viacom/NYC, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA

Animated Series Anagram: Had Eleventh Scowl (Email trivia@cynopsis.com; 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 - MONDAY JUNE 26, 2017

ABC: The Bachelorette, Still Star-Crossed

CBS: Kevin Can Wait [r], Man with a Plan [r], Mom [r], Life in Pieces [r], Scorpion [r]

CW: Supergirl [r], Whose Line Is It Anyway? [r], Whose Line Is It Anyway? [r]

FOX: So You Think You Can Dance, Superhuman

NBC: American Ninja Warrior, Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge

PBS: Antiques Roadshow, POV [p]

Telemundo: El Capo, La Querida del Centauro, El Senor de los Cielos

Univision: Jose de Egipto, La Doble Vida de Estala Carrilo, La Piloto