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| Good morning, this is your first early-morning briefing. Tonight's Premieres: DIY: Restored at 9p FX: Snowfall at 10p History: The Strongest Man in History at 10p Hulu: Harlots Lifetime: Marrying Millions at 10p Pop: Florida Girls at 10p Revolt: Funny AF at 10p Tonight’s Finales: ID: The Killer Beside Me at 9p, Lone Star Justice at 10p IN THE NEWS HBO Max is the name of WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming service,which will carry the complete 236-episode library of Friends, plus The CW’s upcoming Batwoman, original movies from Greg Berlanti and Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, and full libraries of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Pretty Little Liars and more. Under new arrangements with Warner Bros Television and others, former Netflix mainstay Friends is headed to the new service in a five-year deal reportedly with a price tag of $425 million. A beta version of HBO Max is expected out by the end of 2019, with the full service launch in spring 2020. “HBO Max will bring together the diverse riches of WarnerMedia to create programming and user experiences not seen before in a streaming platform,” said Robert Greenblatt, chairman, WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-To-Consumer. “HBO’s world-class programming leads the way, the quality of which will be the guiding principle for our new array of Max Originals, our exciting acquisitions, and the very best of the Warner Bros libraries, starting with the phenomenon that is Friends.” Among HBO programming previously announced for 2020-21 are Stephen King’s mystery The Outsider, horror series Lovecraft Country, exec-produced by Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams, and The Undoing, a psychological thriller from David E. Kelley, directed by Susanne Bier, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. Joel McHale, Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Usher and Chris Long are among presenters for the 2019 ESPYS, presented by Capital One. The awards event, airing live on ABC on Wednesday, July 10, at 8p, will bring together top athletes and celebrities to honor the best moments in sports. Fresh from their World Cup win, the US Women’s National Soccer Team will be in attendance, as will Dwyane Wade, Gabrielle Union, Odell Beckham Jr., Chloe Kim and Caitlyn Jenner. Fox’s Emmy-winning So You Think You Can Dance is again hitting the road, with a live tour celebrating its 16th season slated to kick off this fall. Top 10 finalists will perform in 40 cities beginning October 12 in Atlantic City. Cynopsis applauds all the companies and women leading the industry forward and will be honoring Hulu and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) as Top Women in Media “Distinguished Companies” for their commitment to support and encourage women in media. See the full list of honorees and join us at the Top Women in Media Awards Gala September 9. Register today! |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT IMDb is in the game with its first-ever scripted series You’re Not a Monster, whose voice cast includes Kelsey Grammer, Ellie Kemper, Aparna Nancherla, Patton Oswalt and Eric Stonestreet. Slated for a fall debut, the animated series will get a sneak peek at Comic-Con. Series shows that even movie monsters have emotional issues, and Grammer will return to the therapist chair as a former psychiatrist-turned-vampire who mentors his great-great grandson Max (Stonestreet), who’s inherited his practice. Created and written by Frank Lesser (The Colbert Report), with Lily Stuart Streiff as animation director, You’re Not a Monster is produced for IMDb by Bold Soul Studios, Grammnet and Ranker. It will debut at http://www.imdb.com/monster as well as IMDb’s streaming video channel and apps. The Now, a new scripted series from Peter Farrelly (Green Book) and Anonymous Content, is headed for short-form video platform Quibi. Co-written by Farrelly, Steve Leff (The Ranch) and Pete Jones (Hall Pass), series follows a guy who’s about to commit suicide when his plans are thwarted when his nagging mom tells him his brother just committed suicide. This after his dad’s previous suicide, so the protagonist has to learn to cope with his life. The late Steve Golin and Jeff Okin exec produce, with Anonymous Content producing. Classic series Supermarket Sweep is heading back to UK. ITV2 ordered a 20-ep primetime run of the format reboot, based on the Al Howard-created show that aired on ABC from 1965-67. Fremantle-owned Thames is producing the new show. Divine Rights Media’s Mike Landry and Derek S. Jancisin teamed to option the rights to Andy McDermott’s Wilde/Chase book series with a plan to launch a format franchise beginning with the first title, The Hunt for Atlantis. Aaron Berg is on board to write and produce along with Landry, with Jancisin exec producing. YA drama series The Society is getting a second season on Netflix. Slated to premiere in 2020, series follows a cohort of teens who are mysteriously transported to a facsimile of their wealthy New England town without any trace of their parents, where they must establish order and form alliances in order to survive. The Society was created by Chris Keyser and stars Kathryn Newton. Event producer Andy King, who stole the show in Netflix’s Dyre Fest doc, inked a talent deal with Spoke Studios, a Wheelhouse Entertainment company. King—who catapulted in the pop-culture-sphere following his candid account of the Fyre Fest debacle in Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened—is the centerpiece of a TV project the studio is shopping. Original talk shows, podcasts and unscripted series that leverage King’s frankness and expertise in talent/brand relations are also being considered. Britain’s Renowned Films and The Story Lab formed a partnership to develop entertainment and factual projects during the next two years. First project from IRenowned, which is backed by Critical Content and the studio behind Bravo’s Backyard Envy, and Ninja Warrior backer Story Lab set their first joint project, is You Are Not A Loan, which follows a small town that pools its residents’ collective debt for the greater good. A recent study says that Netflix could make $1B in advertising if they introduce an ad supported version. And when? Competitors saying it’s inevitable. On September 10, join players from Hulu, NCC Media and Viacom who’ll be having this discussion at the Cynopsis That Big TV Conference during the panel, “OTT: IT’s an AVOD World.” Oxygen Media today (July 10) is wooing superfans with the launch of its loyalty club Detective’s Den, through which members will receive exclusive content, access to Oxygen personalities and the opportunity to join a community of armchair experts on everything related to true crime. Fans can sign up by email for free at www.oxygen.com/detectives-den. NEW & RETURNING SERIES The Great Pyramid of Giza, the Colosseum, the Great Wall of China and the Notre Dame Cathedral are all in the spotlight in new Science Channel engineering series If We Built it Today. Premiering Sunday, July 14 at 10p, series examines what it would take to build these structures today in terms of materials, cost, labor and more. Hulu dropped the season 2 trailer for horror series Light As A Feather, from AwesomenessTV, Wattpad and Kelsey Grammer’s Grammnet. The eight-ep new season, which premieres Friday, July 26, features McKenna (Liana Liberato), having inherited the curse brought on by the lethal game of Light As A Feather, plagued by a ticking clock compelling her to play a new round of the game. VH1’s Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood returns Monday, August 5 at 8p. Season highlights will include a behind-the-scenes look at The Millennium Tour with B2K band members Fizz and J Boog; and the return of Omarion’s ex and the mother of his children, Apryl Jones. Indie filmmaker Christopher Garetano begins a boots-on-the-ground investigation into the legends, mysteries and first-person accounts that fuel creepy conspiracy theories and unexplained occurrences in new Travel Channel series Strange World. Premiering Sunday, August 11 at 10p, eight hour-long eps will immerse viewers in everything from the alleged curse of James Dean’s death car to the legend of Polybius, an ‘80s arcade game supposedly created as a mind-control experiment gone amuck. Clear the aisles… new Food Network series Supermarket Stakeout, premiering Tuesday, August 13 at 10p, engages chefs in a competition where blind luck, negotiation and cooking skills are the key ingredients to success. Hosted by Iron Chef and Chopped judge Alex Guarnaschelli, each ep kicks off with a culinary ambush outside a local supermarket, where four competitors approach unsuspecting shoppers leaving the store to negotiate the bags right out of their hands—without knowing what's inside—and then take to pop-up kitchens outside local supermarkets to create culinary feats. Um, Actually (@UmActuallyShow), the game show for nerds, by nerds starring creator, host and super-nerd, Mike Trapp, returns for a second season on CollegeHumor’s subscription-based streaming service Dropout on Saturday, July 20. A new episode of the 10-ep season will be released each following Saturday through September 21. Series features Trapp asking a panel of guest contestants to correct statements on a variety of nerdy pop culture topics. COMING UP The second part of HBO Documentary Films’ two-part crime series I Love You, Now Die airs tonight (July 10) on HBO. Doc, from director Erin Lee Carr and producer Andrew Rossi, dives into the 2014 texting suicide case that made national headlines after 18-year-old Conrad Roy killed himself in his car in Fairhaven, Mass. Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills three-part reunion premieres on Tuesday, July 16 at 9p and will run on consecutive Tuesdays with host Andy Cohen joining Erika Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave, Kyle Richards, Denise Richards, Lisa Rinna and Camille Grammer as they revisit a wildly unpredictable season. Lisa Vanderpump did not attend the reunion. NY public television Thirteen’s exclusive broadcast premiere of documentary Sid Caesar: On the Language of Comedy, will bow on the channel Friday, July 19 at 10:30p and also be available Monday, July 22 to viewers around the country via PBS Passport. CMA Fest will bring country music acts together for three hours of collaborations and performances in a special airing Sunday, Aug. 4 at 8p on ABC. Hosted by Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini with guest host Bobby Bones, CMA Fest brings the annual fan experience to TV for the 16th straight year. Performances include Lil Nas X joined by Billy Ray Cyrus and Keith Urban, Ballerini and the Chainsmokers, and Brothers Osborne with Brooks & Dunn and Ashley McBryde. The life and legacy of Patrick Swayze will be commemorated in I Am Patrick Swayze, a new doc from Paramount Network and Network Entertainment that bows Sunday, August 18 at 9p on Swayze’s birthday. The latest installment in Paramount Net’s “I Am” franchise, project includes interviews with the late Ghost and Dirty Dancing star’s friends and family including his widow Lisa Niemi, and co-stars Sam Elliott, Jennifer Grey, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Lowe, Kelly Lynch, Demi Moore and more. Doc, which will premiere at the San Antonio Film Festival Friday, August 2, is directed by Adrian Buitenhuis; exec producers include Paul Gertz, Kent Wingerak, Derik Murray and Chaz Gray. TECH TALK President Trump cannot block Twitter users. This according to a ruling yesterday by a federal appeals court, which found the action would violate the First Amendment rights of users. In a 3-0 decision, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan determined the Constitution does not permit Trump to limit access to his account. In response, the Department of Justice Department called the ruling “fundamentally misconceived.” Seven Twitter users filed the original lawsuit via the The Knight First Amendment Institute after Trump blocked them from his account in 2017. XITE’s music video experience is now available on Roku devices in the US. XITE gives viewers access to music videos available through major and indie music labels, and the option to choose from curated channels. Centro announced an API integration with LinkedIn to automate campaign performance reporting. The company is the first cross-channel ad-buying platform for both site-direct and programmatic that automatically pulls in ad spend data from Facebook, Google Search and now LinkedIn. Advertisers using LinkedIn’s self-serve ad platform now will receive daily performance data in Centro’s Basis, which is used by agencies to consolidate digital operations across programmatic, direct, search and social campaigns. STREAMING After a dramatic switch in distributors away from Universal Pictures, Netflix landed heist thriller Red Notice, starring Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds. The streamer greenlit the Rawson Marshall Thurber-directed film and set a 2020 production start. When initially was sold as a pitch, Red Notice was among the biggest film packages brokered last year. Netflix lost out to Universal in the initial deal-making. Gaia, the subscription streaming video service dedicated to media for mind, body and soul , is debuting original series Sacred Power: Mastering the Nature of Your Soul. The 12-part series features author and lecturer Caroline Myss delivering messages of transformation and renewal that are simultaneously ancient and progressive. KIDS NEWS Netflix is teaming with King Features for its latest kids series, The Cuphead Show!, a take on the popular Cuphead videogame that enlists super-old-school ‘30s-style animation. Series will expand on the game’s characters, misadventures and universe, with an animation style inspired by the classic Fleischer cartoons. PODCAST POSTS Nielsen launched the Nielsen Podcast Listener Buying Power Service from Nielsen Scarborough, with iHeartMedia, Cadence13, Midroll, Westwood One and Cabana as charter clients. Clients will be able to profile shows using program titles collected from Nielsen subscribers in order to connect specific types of listeners with particular advertisers and specific program-level insights. Nielsen Podcast Listener Buying Power Service has an effective sample of close to 30,000 respondents, with the ability to capture results for specific programs. It also uses targeted questions on podcast listening with more than 12 podcast genres, more than 2,000 retail/plan-to-buy categories and hundreds of advertisers. Yahoo News dropped a new podcast, Conspiracyland, which culminates a yearlong investigation into the unsolved murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich. In the summer of 2016, Russian intelligence agents secretly planted a fake report claiming that Rich was gunned down by a squad of assassins working for Hillary Clinton, giving rise to a conspiracy theory that captivated conservative activists. First two episodes are now available, followed by new eps every Tuesday. New podcast Carrier, whose voice cast is led by Cynthia Erivo (Widows, Bad Times at the El Royale), dropped a trailer featuring Erivo in the role of a long-haul truck driver who during her all-night trip across rural America discovers she’s transporting a trailer with disturbing contents. Erivo also co-produces the podcast from QCode, which is the outfit behind Rami Malek podcast Blackout. Carrier debuts July 15 on Apple Podcasts. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BBC One commissioned a four-part fashion series hosted by former Big Brother host Rylan Clark-Neal. You Are What You Wear (working title), from ITV-backed producer MultiStory Media, takes place in a veritable department store of dreams. Drama and children’s programming are in the air at Viacom’s UK production studio. Sister broadcast net Channel 5 canceled long-running series Big Brother, and the studio is now eyeing other genres, with psychological thriller Cold Call in the works as well as a reboot of All Creatures Great and Small with Howards End producer Playground and PBS. Its kids shingle Milkshake has re-commissioned Floogals, Little Princess, Peppa Pig and 25-part original Monkey’s Amazing Adventures. France’s Canal Plus confirmed reports it could lose close to 500 employees. In a statement yesterday the company noted it needs to “transform its French activities…This could lead to the departure of a maximum of 492 people, conducted exclusively on a voluntary basis.” The process will begin on July 15. CASTING Felicity Jones will co-star in George Clooney’s untitled Netflix film adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s 2016 novel Good Morning, Midnight… Alana de la Garza, who co-stars in CBS’ upcoming FBI: Most Wanted midseason drama, joins flagship series FBI as a series regular, reprising her role as Isobel Castile. |
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| RATINGS Fox News Channel saw sunny ratings for its coverage of Donald Trump’s speech on the National Mall on July 4, drawing a total audience of 4.6 million. Additionally, July 4, 2019 drew the best Independence Day primetime ratings FNC has had in its nearly 23 years on the air. Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions): Monday, July 8, 2019 time period averages Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD ABC: 4.96 million The Bachelorette 5.99, Grand Hotel 2.89 NBC: 4.25 million American Ninja Warrior 4.48, Dateline 3.79 CBS: 3.69 million The Neighborhood 3.60, The Neighborhood 3.30, The Code 3.79, Bull 3.83 FOX: 2.25 million Beat Shazam 2.34 CW: 1.05 million Penn & Teller: Fool Us 1.18, Whose Line Is it Anyway? 0.95, Whose Line Is it Anyway? 0.91 Monday A18-49 Rating ABC 1.2/6, NBC 0.8/4, FOX 0.5/3, CBS 0.4/2, CW 0.2/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES AMC Networks promoted two execs in its nonfiction and alternative programming group, which is responsible for developing and overseeing unscripted content for AMC, BBC America and SundanceTV. Marco Bresaz, who joined the company in 2010, has been promoted to SVP of non-fiction and alternative programming. Kelly Nash, who joined in 2015, has been promoted to VP, nonfiction and alternative programming. Two new promotions at CNBC, where Lacy O’Toole will become managing editor of CNBC Business News and Jason Gewirtz will shift into a revamped VP, news position. CBS Newspath correspondent Nikki Battiste has been named a CBS News correspondent, based in NY. Adswerve, a Google marketing platform consultancy and provider, hired Scott Sullivan as chief sales officer. Prior to Adswerve, Sullivan served as head of industry, platforms at Google. Facebook European content chief Patrick Walker is exiting the social media platform. Walker joined Facebook in 2016 and has been serving as director of media partnerships, EMEA. Refinery29 appointed Stacy Fuller SVP, head of integrated marketing solutions. Fuller has worked at R/GA NY, Translation NY and BrandBuzz NY. Most recently, she was a consultant with Universal Music Group, SiriusXM, and Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. This Day in History 1938 - Howard Hughes completed a 91-hour flight around the world. Answer to our last trivia question Which 1965-66 series switched from a comedy to a spy show midway through its run? The John Forsythe Show. Kudos to: Charles Lore-consultant/NY; Ken DuBow-Bob's Your Uncle/LA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank Today's Trivia Question What was the first animated series produced for television? (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.). |
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| WEDNESDAY, JULY 10 ABC: The 2019 ESPYs CBS: Love Island, Big Brother, S.W.A.T. CW: Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Jane the Virgin FOX: MasterChef, First Responders Live NBC: Ellen’s Game of Games, SongLand, The InBetween PBS: NOVA, American Experience Telemundo: Un Poquito Tuyo, Betty en NY, La Reina del Sur Univision: La Reina Soy Yo, La Rosa de Guadelupe, Por Amar Sin Ley |
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