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| Good morning, this is your first early-morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: Hulu: Light As a Feather, Veronica Mars Netflix: Orange Is the New Black Tonight’s Finales: Discovery: BattleBots at 8p, Savage Builds at 11p Disney: Andi Mack at 8p Saturday’s Premieres: DIY: The Vanilla Ice Project at 9p NIckelodeon: Henry Danger the Musical at 8p Ovation: Frankie Drake Mysteries at 7p Sunday’s Premieres: Discovery: Shark After Dark at 11p Epix: Pennyworth at 9p Smithsonian Channel: Amazing Dogs at 8p TLC GO: Unexpected: Baby Bumps Sunday’s Finales: AMC: NOS4A2 at 9p Food: The Great Food Truck Race at 9p TLC: 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After at 8p, sMothered at 10p IN THE NEWS It’s a wrap, again, for Will & Grace. The series will end with its upcoming season (the reboot’s third) in 2020. “When NBC had the opportunity to reconnect this amazing cast and creative team, we jumped at the chance,” said George Cheeks and Paul Telegdy, Co-Chairmen, NBC Entertainment. “The impact and legacy of Will & Grace simply can’t be overstated, both as a true game-changer in the portrayal of the LGBTQ community and as one of the finest comedies in television history.” “We think of the Will & Grace’ reboot episodes the way Karen Walker thinks of martinis – 51 is not enough, 53 is too many,” said executive producers Max Mutchnick, David Kohan and James Burrows. “That is why, after consulting with the cast, we all have decided this will be the final season of Will & Grace.” NBC revived the comedy in 2017. Nick Lachey (98 Degrees) will host Nickelodeon’s upcoming music competition series, America’s Most Musical Family, with Grammy winner Ciara, digital sensation David Dobrik and singer/songwriter/actor Debbie Gibson onboard as judges for the show. The net announced the lineup Thursday at TCA, and although the series isn’t slated to debut until the fall, Cynopsis got a preview from its talent squad. “My initial thoughts were, How did no one ever come up with this concept before now?” said Lachey. “It’s such a great, no-brainer concept. I wish I had come up with it myself.” Gibson says her own early competitions give her perspective. “I got rejected from Star Search literally seven times singing my original songs,” recalls the “Only in My Dreams” singer. “I feel like every experience I ever had, whether it was a nurturing one or one where I was simply rejected, has toughened me up.” For more, go to Cynsiders. NBC Olympics and Twitter have partnered to amplify coverage of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad from Tokyo, Japan in 2020, with a daily original studio program live from Tokyo, a daily poll that will allow fans on Twitter to choose one live look-in to NBC’s Primetime or Primetime Plus broadcasts each night, and video highlights throughout each competition day. BritBox is significantly expanding its programming roster with several new originals, live events and the addition of some beloved UK programs, announced BritBox President Soumya Sriraman at TCA. Among the new series are crime drama The Bay, starring Morven Christie (Granchester) and Jonas Armstrong (Ripper Street); The Victim, a four-part drama starring Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire) about a mother’s quest for justice following her son’s murder; and Father Brown, starring Mark Williams (Harry Potter) as a crime-solving Catholic priest. According to Tunity Analytics, special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before Congress on Wednesday drew significant out-of-home viewing. The first portion of Mueller’s testimony (8a to 12p) before the House Judiciary Committee, averaged 3.8 million OOH viewers across Fox News, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, CBS and ABC. Mueller’s afternoon testimony before the House Intelligence Committee averaged a combined 3.00 million OOH viewers, with the full seven-hour testimony averaging 6.8 million OOH viewers. CBS’ new reality romance series, Love Island, is heading to Pop TV. A marathon of the series will begin airing on Saturday, July 27 at 9a and run to midnight and will include every episode from the show’s July 9 premiere Want to meet the leaders changing the world of sports – including on-air talent, production, marketing, social, esports and more? Join us at the Cynopsis Top Women in Media Awards Gala September 9th in NYC. See the full list of Top Women in Media and Top Women in Sports honorees and reserve your table before August 9th. Discovery’s “Shark Week,” kicking off Sunday, July 28 at 8p, has new partners this go-round including the Association of Volleyball Professionals, DJ Jauz, Pintrill, The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale, Tarte, and USA Swimming. Returning partners include Southwest Airlines, Great Clips, Pledgeling, Ubisoft and Georgetown Cupcake. |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT Jeff Bridges is set to star in upcoming FX drama The Old Man, marking his return to series television for the first time in over 50 years. Based on the eponymous novel by Thomas Perry, the series centers on a retired CIA officer who’s been living off the grid for years. Project is being written by Black Sails co-creators Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine. IFC issued an early fifth season renewal to Baroness vonSketch Show. The all-female series, which premieres its fourth season on Monday, October 30, satirizes daily modern life. IFC acquired the Canadian comedy in 2017. Disney Junior ordered a third season of Muppet Babies ahead of its sophomore season premiere. The preschooler series, which premiered in March 2018, has garnered over 140 million views across all social media and digital viewing platforms and ranks as Disney Channel’s #1 series among Kids 2-8. WarnerMedia’s upcoming streaming platform HBO Max issued a pilot order to comedy Delilah, starring Jessica Rothe (La La Land). The project hails from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman. Delilah centers on a woman who, after a life-changing event, takes the first step toward putting her life back together by introducing herself to a complete stranger, who may or may not be her real father, and his family. BBC America ordered Eden (wt), its first original series from Blue Planet and Planet Earth producer BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit. The wildlife series commission comes as the net ramps up its natural history content. From EP Mark Brownlow, who worked on Blue Planet II and Planet Earth, Eden explores the 15% of the Earth’s land surface that remains untouched wilderness. NBCUniversal International Studios’ Carnival Films acquired the rights to The Second Sleep, the novel from Robert Harris. It’s set to be adapted into a series by writer Bill Gallagher (Jamestown, Paranoid and Lark Rise to Candleford). The thriller explores the story of young priest who arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor, whose obsession with the Ancients’ artefacts might have led to his death. NEW & RETURNING SERIES The truth behind the sinking of World War II warship, the USS Eagle 56, is investigated in Hunt for Eagle 56. The three-part series bows Sunday, September 22 at 9p on Smithsonian Channel. Oxygen premieres Killer Motive on Sunday, August 25 at 7p. From the producers of NBC’s Dateline, the eight-episode series is hosted by NBC News correspondent Stephanie Gosk and Troy Roberts, and explores the dark twisted motives that led to gruesome killings. AMC’s Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America bows Sunday, October 13 at 12a. From Executive Producers Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Alex Gibney and directors Erik Parker and One9, each episode of this documentary zeroes in on a groundbreaking song pivotal to the evolution of American music and culture. The Preppy Murder: Death in Central Park will be simulcast on AMC and Sundance TV over three consecutive nights beginning Wednesday, November 13 at 9p. Series reexamines the 1986 killing of Jennifer Levin at the hands of Robert Chambers. Season 2 of This Close premieres on SundanceTV on Thursday, September 12 at 12a. The dramedy, created, written by and starring Shoshannah Stern and Josh Feldman, delves into the love and friendship between two best friends living in LA. Meanwhile, the net debuts The Cry, a psychological thriller based on Helen FitzGerald’s best-selling book of the same name, on Wednesday, October 23 at 11p. IFC released premiere dates for two new series. Toast of London bows Wednesday, December 4 at 12a. The half-hour comedy centers on Steve Toast (Matt Berry) an eccentric, middle-aged actor with a sketchy past who spend more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on it. Sherman’s Showcase, a musical sketch comedy hosted by Sherman McDaniels that takes viewers through time exploring a 40-year library of fictional musical variety show, debuts Wednesday, July 31 at 10p. NBC’s new late-night series, A Little Late with Lilly Singh, is set to bow Monday, September 16. Executive produced by John Irwin (Late Night With Conan O’Brien, MadTV), the half-hour show will take over the slot held by Last Call With Carson Daly, which ended its run in May. Busy? We get it. That’s why the Cynopsis Digital Awards nomination form is simple, easy and done entirely online. Click here to get started, and be sure to enter your breakthrough content, campaigns or tech before August 1st! ID anthology series Mind of a Monster starts by delving into the psyche of serial killer Ted Bundy, on Sunday August 18 from 9p-11p. Also on tap at ID: Truth About Murder with Sunny Hostin, launching Tuesday, October 22 at 10p. Six-parter follows the ABC legal correspondent as she travels to the sites of America’s most perplexing cases. And season two of In Pursuit with John Walsh premieres in early 2020; season one led to the capture of three fugitives. Travel Channel resurrects its Halloween event, “Ghostober,” with premieres every night of the month, starting with Most Terrifying Places on Tuesday, October 1 at 10p. Stunt comes after the net’s highest-rated October in 2018. COMING UP CMA Fest is set for Sunday, August 4 at 8p on ABC. Airing for the 16th consecutive year, the primetime concert special will be hosted by Thomas Rhett and Kelsea Ballerini with special guest host Bobby Bones. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 50th Anniversary Celebration will debut on BBC America this September. Special honors the famous comedy group with a marathon of Monty Python’s Flying Circus episodes, Monty Python’s Life of Brian and Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The net will also premiere Blue Planet Now, a four-episode follow up to Blue Planet II, and animated special Doctor Who: The Macra Terror this fall. AMC is continuing its tradition of Halloween and Christmas marathons. FearFest, now in its 23rd consecutive year, bows Sunday, October 13 at 10a. The horror marathon brings the fright leading up to October 31 with 19 days of genre programming featuring 80 films. In addition, Best Ever Christmas returns Monday, November 25 at 7p. This year’s event, which runs through Christmas Day, features the largest slate of holiday programs to date and expands to all five networks. CASTING Xosha Roquemore (The Mindy Project) and Alano Miller (Underground) landed leads in OWN anthology Cherish the Day, premiering in winter 2020...Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me) will star opposite Kim Cattrall in new FOX drama Filthy Rich, while Kurt Fuller, who guested in CBS pilot Evil, was upped to series regular, reports Deadline. TECH TALK Mozilla’s mixed reality browser Firefox Reality debuted live on Facebook’s Oculus Quest VR headset on Thursday. It offers users an alternative to the built-in Oculus browser with a big focus on privacy. “To protect our users from the pervasive tracking and collection of personal data by ad networks and tech companies, Firefox Reality has Enhanced Tracking Protection enabled by default,” said Mozilla staff program manager Janice Von Itter in a blog post. “We strongly believe privacy shouldn’t be relegated to optional settings. As an added bonus, these protections work in the background and actually increase the speed of the browser.” Firefox Reality also supports multi-language search. STREAMING The Preview Channel will introduce a new video streaming app by the end of the year that will offer morning and evening original blocks of short form programming, focused on movie and video game trailers. Content will run between two and six minutes in length and air seven days a week. The application will be ad-supported and free to consumers, and will be algorithmically compiled by its partner XUMO TV. CuriosityStream has begun production on the second installment of its original The History Of... anthology series. Set to bow in early 2020, the multi-part event will take audiences on a journey around the world to explore the past, present and future of what make houses homes. GOING GLOBAL Amazon Prime Video licensed Augusta Rua from Armoza Formats for Latin America. The psychological drama, based on the novel Allenby Street by Gadi Taub, aired successfully on TNT Brazil. It premieres for subscribers, this month. |
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| RATINGS DreamWorks Where’s Waldo was the highest rated series launch among preschoolers on Universal Kids in two years. Across all airings over its three-day premiere, the show reached over 500,000 Total Viewers. Last week’s episode of Bravo’s Below Deck Mediterranean was the most-watched episode of the series to date among Total Viewers, delivering 1.3 million P18-49 (up +3% versus the prior week), 1.5 million P25-54 (up +2%) and 2.7 million Total Viewers (up +6%). Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Wednesday, July 24, 2019 time period averages Source: Nielsen Live+SD ABC: 3.43 million Press Your Luck 3.69, Card Sharks 3.32, Match Game 3.28 CBS: 2.76 million Love Island 2.31, Big Brother 3.82, S.W.A.T. 2.14 FOX: 2.58 million MasterChef 3.15, First Responders Live 2.00 NBC: 2.48 million Ellen’s Game of Games 3.36, Songland 1.93, The InBetween 2.15 UNIVISION: 1.13 million La Reina Soy Yo 1.07, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.11, Por Amar Sin Ley 1.19 CW: 1.12 million Penn & Teller: Fool Us 1.16, Jane the Virgin 1.07 Wednesday A19-49 Rating CBS 0.6/4, ABC 0.6/3, FOX 0.6/3, NBC 0.5/3, CW 0.3/2 EXECUTIVE MOVES Peter Johnson was named Head of Television at Makeready. He was previously President of Television Development at MRC. Fremantle announced two new hires to its international distribution team. Harry Gamsu, former Vice President of Non-Scripted at Red Arrow Studios International, was appointed Vice President on Non-Scripted Content Acquisitions. Ceire Clark was named Senior Acquisitions Manager, joining from All3media International where she managed non-scripted acquisition. Doug Bensimon was promoted from Manager, Current Series, Disney Television Animation to Director, Current Series, Disney Television Animation. Elyse Findley was elevated from Coordinator, Current Series, Disney Television Animation to Manager, Current Series, Disney Television Animation. Friday Fun Fact You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. This Day in History 1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question For which series did Carol Burnett win her first Emmy? The Garry Moore Show, in 1962. Kudos to: Rev. Mark Wajda/Leesburg, FL; Charles Lore/NYC; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL; Dorie Petsrillo-CoxReps/Dallas, TX; Joe Leydon-Cowboys & Indians Magazine/Houston, TX; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station/TX; Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, CA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/Los Angeles, CA; Greg Stewart/Los Angeles, CA; Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA. Today’s Trivia Question On which sitcom did Jim Nabors make a cameo appearance as Gomer Pyle, when the lead character was sent a letter to report for military duty? (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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| FRIDAY JULY 26 ABC: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., 20/20 CBS: Love Island, Hawaii Five-0, Blue Bloods CW: Masters of Illusion, The Big Stage, The Outpost FOX: First Responders Live, MasterChef NBC: American Ninja Warrior, Dateline NBC PBS: Washington Week, Firing Line with Margaret Hoover, The Rockies: Kingdoms of the Sky, The Andes: Telemundo: Un Poquito Tuyo, Betty en NY, La Reina del Sur Univision: La Reina Soy Yo, La Rosa de Guadalupe, Por Amar Sin Ley |
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