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Good morning. It’s Wednesday August 1, 2018 and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:

Cooking: Cheap Eats at 10p

Freeform: Alone Together at 8p and 8:30p

PBS: Outback at 8p, Wonders of Mexico at 9p

USA: The Sinner at 10p

VH1: Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party at 9p and at 9:30p

Tonight’s Finales:
CW: The Originals at 9p

History: SIX at 10p

Lifetime: Seatbelt Psychic at 10:30p

IN THE NEWS

NBC and Sony Pictures Television are collaborating on a two-part Timeless series finale to air during the holidays, offering closure to fans of the cult fave. According to EPs Shawn Ryan and Eric Kripke, “While we wish we could’ve made another dozen seasons of Timeless, this is the next best thing….The studio, network, cast and crew are all doing this for one reason only: the fans. Because they deserve it.”

On the heels of sexual misconduct allegations against Les Moonves, the CBS CEO and other executives at the network were accused of destroying evidence in the company’s battle with Shari Redstone and her family-owned National Amusements. In the Delaware filing, which was unsealed on Tuesday, Moonves, CBS COO Joe Ianniello and others are accused of using the self-destructing messaging app TigerText to communicate. CBS countered that its execs were following the advice of the media company’s security team after the 2014 cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment emails.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences responded to a threat by all four daytime dramas to boycott the Daytime Emmy Awards, via a joint letter sent to the organization’s leadership on Monday, unless changes are made. NATAS Chairman Terry O’Reilly acknowledged the correspondence raised concerns about some elements of the 2018 Daytime Emmy Awards. “We always take concerns about our systems seriously… and out of an abundance of caution I have instructed that outside counsel be retained to evaluate these concerns and conduct an independent look at them.”

Jennifer Lopez will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2018 VMAs, airing Monday, August 20 at 9p on MTV. Lopez is also set to perform at the show and is nominated for two VMAs for her recent single, Dinero,

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

OWN renewed romantic drama Love Is___ for a second season. The series premiered June 18 with 1.2 million viewers and a 1.2 W25-54 rating (Live+3), and it was the night’s #2 telecast on all television among African American women.

HBO landed The Time Traveler’s Wife from UK writer/producer Steven Moffat (Dr. Who, Sherlock) and gave it a straight-to-series order. The project had reportedly been pursued by multiple outlets, including Amazon.

Sonar Entertainment teamed with comedian/actor Felipe Esparza to develop Crossing Over – Bad Decisions Along the Border With Felipe Esparza. Project offers an up close and personal look at America’s southern border.

Hulu issued a pilot order to an adaptation of Less Than Zero, based on Bret Easton Ellis’ novel of the same name. Austin Abrams (The Walking Dead, Paper Town) is cast as the lead in the project, which follows a college freshman who returns home for Christmas to spend time with his ex-girlfriend and his friend who struggles with addiction.

Poldark producer Mammoth Screen is adapting Alexander Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo and working with Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield on the remake. Story follows the Bourbon Restoration through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France ahead of the Hundred Days period, when Napoleon returned to power.

Motor Trend Group greenlit two original series, Uncaged (wt) and 2018 Best Driver’s Car, exclusively for the Motor Trend App. Both are scheduled to premiere this fall. “We’re creating best-in-class content featuring top experts that will rev the engine of motor minded fans everywhere,” said Robert S. Scanlon, president Velocity and Motor Trend Group Video Content.

Season 5 of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. premieres Tuesday, January 8 at 8p on PBS. Check local listings.

NEW & RETURNING SERIES

Flipping Out returns to Bravo for its 11^th season on Tuesday, September 11 at 10p.

Estrella TV is adding El Mameluco to its programming lineup, beginning Monday August 6. The daily one-hour entertainment show will feature celebrity news and commentary on pop culture presented by four diverse hosts. To air Monday through Friday at 4p.

COMING UP

National Geographic airs four-night multi-platform event Yellowstone Live beginning Sunday, August 5 at 9p. To complement the live broadcast that captures America’s greatest wilderness, the network is giving viewers behind-the-scene access on its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts.

ID’s Sugar Town premieres Monday, August 6 at 8p. The documentary explores the White family’s search for justice for their son’s suspicious death while in police custody.

RESEARCH

Nielsen released a reimagined Nielsen Total Audience Report representative of the first quarter of 2018, offering a comprehensive view into the behaviors and stories developing across the media landscape. Among key highlights: On average, U.S. adults spend over 11 hours a day connected to linear and digital media and almost six hours a day with video alone. Two-thirds of U.S. TV households have devices capable of streaming content to the TV set, and one out of 10 minutes of television use in streaming capable homes is streaming to the TV set. Young adults 18-34 spend the largest percentage of time with TV-connected devices and digital devices compared to other demographics. As of Q1 2018, nearly three percent of TV homes subscribe to a virtual multichannel video programming distributor.

TV Time launched its TVLytics platform, a new television measurement solution that leverages billions of first-party data points from the TV Time consumer app to provide insight on viewing patterns and trends for today’s cross-platform TV landscape. The platform will show viewing patterns across all global OTT, broadcast and cable network and all devices.

CASTING

Chris Carmack (Nashville) is set for a recurring role in the upcoming 15^th season of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy… Jake Abel (Percy Jackson & The Olympians) and David Barrera (Bosch) will recur in Bravo’s true crime anthology series Dirty John… Sam Huntington (Being Human) landed a recurring role on upcoming ABC comedy A Million Little Things…Jolene Purdy (Orange Is the New Black) nabbed a recurring role on Season 4 of Syfy’s The Magicians… Genie Francis is returning to ABC’s General Hospital and begins taping in September.

DIGITAL DATA

ComScore is launching a new “Campaign Ratings” platform in beta this September. All major TV networks and OTT players have signed up to test it, including ABC, CBS, CNN, Disney, FOX, Freeform, GroupM, NBCUniversal, The CW Network, Turner and Viacom. Powered by Hulu, the new platform will “provide media buyers and sellers with trusted, unduplicated measurement of ad campaigns across linear TV, OTT, desktop and mobile platforms,” the companies said in a statement.

Retail revenue from consumer technology spending is set to reach $377 billion in 2018, a 6% increase over 2017, according to the Consumer Technology Association mid-year update. Market growth will be driven by artificial intelligence, voice-recognition technology and fast connectivity. In addition, wi-fi solutions, wireless earbuds and augmented and virtual realty headsets will each pass the $1 billion wholesale revenue mark for the first time.

Netflix is releasing a five-minute video that depicts the essence of its upcoming movie Like Father, starring Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer and premiering on Friday, August 3. The project centers a workaholic executive (Bell), who’s been left at the altar, and ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with her estranged workaholic father (Grammer).

Facebook said it has identified eight Facebook pages, 17 Facebook profiles and seven Instagram accounts involved in a coordinated campaign aimed at influencing the midterm elections. The accounts ran 150 ads between April 2017 and June 2018, paid for in American and Canadian dollars. “These bad actors have been more careful to cover their tracks, in part due to the actions we’ve taken to prevent abuse over the past year,” said Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy.

Schitt’s Creek is available on the new POP NOW app, which can be downloaded to Apple, Roku or Android devices.

On Tuesday, VRV became the official home of Killjoys in the U.S. with the launch of all three seasons to the platform. It’s the first time VRV has licensed a current TV series directly from traditional TV. “The VRV community continues to signal their desire for sci-fi content, so we have partnered with NBCU and SyFy to bring Killjoys to VRV this August. The diverse cast and storytelling blends comedy, action and drama within this genre, which is everything our audience loves,” said Eric Berman, Head of Business Development and Content Partnerships, VRV, Ellation. “This is just the beginning, as we continue to engage with traditional cable networks to bring quality television content to fans of VRV.” VRV will also have exclusive rights to seasons 4 and 5, after their air on linear.

GOING GLOBAL

Zoomin.TV and Baidu Baijiahao partnered to produce 144 episodes of original short-form series Amazing China Stories. The project showcases stories of Chinese living abroad, domestic pioneers, international fans of Chinese culture and other stories relevant to China’s Gen Z.

One America News Network and A Wealth of Entertainment (AWE) secured a distribution agreement with the Canadian Communication Systems Alliance, which represents over 100 video providers across Canada.

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RATINGS

Hallmark Channel’s annual “Summer Nights” programming stunt kicked off on Saturday night with the premiere of Love on Safari, which marked the most-watched and highest rated cable program of the day and week among Households, excluding news and sports. The project averaged a 2.5 Household rating, 2.6 million Total Viewers an 376,000 W25-54.

Univision Network aired three hours of premieres Sunday night, driving the network into first place among Spanish-language broadcasters. Some 4.8 million Total Viewers 2+ tuned in to all or park of the three-hour block.

FOX Business Network marked its 14^th consecutive month as the leader in business news, according to Nielsen Media Research.

In a week where almost every daytime program in first-run syndication was down due in part to preemptions for coverage of the Helsinki summit and its aftermath, the top three court shows surged to recent highs in the session ending July 22. Despite being in reruns, Judge Judy (four-week high 6.3 Live+SD national rating, up 2% from the week before tied access game show champ Family Feud as syndication’s number one program overall. Hot Bench (five-week high 2.1, up 11%) was mostly in repeats, but ranked as the third highest show in daytime. People’s Court (1.4, up 8%) rose to a four-week high.

Top 13 Broadcast Programs Among A18-49 ratings/share for the week of July 23, 2018

NBC: America’s Got Talent 2.0/9

ABC: The Bachelorette 1.5/2

CBS: Big Brother 1.5/2

NBC: World of Dance 1.2/6

NBC American Ninja Warrior 1.0/7

NBC: World of Dance 1.0/7

FOX: MasterChef 1.0/7

FOX: 24 Hours to Hell and Back 0.9/10

FOX: The Four 0.9/10

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 7/16/18 ranked in order by HH Rtg

Family Feud (2/T) 6.3 AA

Judge Judy (CTD) 6.3 AA

Jeopardy (CTD) 5.6 AA

Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 5.3 AA

The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.2 AA

Inside Edition (CTD) 2.8 AA

Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.7 AA

Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.6 AA

Last Man Standing (2/T) 2.4 AA

Hot Bench 2.1 AA

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 7/16/18 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg

Family Feud (2/T) 1.8 AA

The Big Bang Theory (WB) 1.6AA

Judge Judy (CTD) 1.3 AA

Jeopardy (CTD) 1.0 AA

Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.0 AA

Last Man Standing 0.9 AA

Modern Family (2/T) 0.9 AA

Family Guy (2/T) 0.9 AA

The Goldbergs (SPT) 0.8AA

The Cleveland Show (2/T) 0.7AA

Broadcast Evening News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of July 23, 2018

ABC World News Tonight 7.87 million total viewers; 1.3/7 and 1.60 million A25-54

NBC Nightly News 7.27 million total viewers; 1.3/7 and 1.53 million A25-54

CBS Evening News 5.61 million total viewers; 0.9/5 and 1.10 million A25-54

Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of July 23, 2018

ABC: Good Morning America 3.77 million total viewers; 0.9/10 and 1,124,000 A25-54

NBC: Today 3.57 million total viewers; 1.0/11 and 1,174,000 A25-54

CBS: This Morning 2.85 million total viewers; 0.6/6 and 676,000 A25-54

Broadcast Sunday Morning News Shows Ratings July 29, 2018

NBC Meet the Press 2.85 million total viewers; 0.6 and 699,000 A25-54

ABC This Week 2.63 million total viewers; 0.5 and 637,000 A25-54

CBS Face the Nation 2.47 million total viewers; 0.4 and 453,000 A25-54

CBS Face the Nation-2 1.73 million total viewers; 0.4 and 315,000 A25-54

FOX News Sunday 1.14 million total viewers; 0.2 and 284,000 A25-54

Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of July 23, 2018

CBS: The Late Show 2.80 million total viewers; 0.37/2 among A18-49

NBC: The Tonight Show 2.05 million total viewers; 0.45/3 among A18-49

ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.73 million total viewers; 0.34/2 among A18-49

Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Monday, July 30, 2018 time period averages

Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD

NBC: 4.94 million

American Ninja Warrior 5.27, Dateline NBC 4.61

ABC: 4.28 million

The Bachelorette 5.44, The Proposal 3.11

CBS: 3.43 million

Mom 4.25, Life in Pieces 3.47, Salvation 2.61, Elementary 3.38

FOX: 2.28 million

So You Think You Can Dance 2.60, 9-1-1 1.95

CW: 1.17 million

Penn & Teller: Fool Us 1.46, Whose Line Is It Anyway? 1.06, Whose Line Is It Anyway? 0.98

TELE: 0.94 million

Exation 0.63 Sin senos si paraiso 0.95, El Senor de los Cielos 1.24

Monday A18-49: ABC 1.1/5, NBC 1.0/5, TELE 0.6/3, FOX 0.5/2, CBS 0.5/2, CW 0.3/1

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Pamela Post, formerly Senior Vice President Programming and Head of West Coast for MTV, VHI and Logo, was promoted to Head of Scripted for MTV, VHI and Logo.

Brandlive hired Jeff Allen, previously Global Head of Strategy and Partnerships for Brightcove, as Chief Executive Officer.

Erin McCallion was appointed Vice President for US Marketing at Outbrain. She joins from Mediaocean, where she served as Vice President of Global Marketing.

CBS upped Russ Berhman from Senior Vice President to Executive Vice President, Ad Sales Strategy, Planning and Administration. He replaces Dean Kaplan who is retiring.

This Day in History: 1981 – Music video network MTV launched.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which show won the first Emmy for Outstanding Morning Program? Good Morning America and Today Show shared the inaugural award in 2007. Kudos to: Gary Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc/NYC; Cherie Wall-Sandbox Entertainment/Nashville, TV; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank, CA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/Los Angeles, CA; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/St. Andrews, Fife/Scotland.

Today’s Trivia Question: Which TV family’s home was the exterior shot used for the Dragonfly Inn that Lorelai and Sookie bought and renovated on Gilmore Girls (2000-2007)? (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: Glib Man In Lunch = Bill Cunningham. Kudos to: Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL; Charlene White-A+E Networks/Stamford, CT; Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, CA.

Today’s Classic Comedy Anagram: Knitted for Serfs (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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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1

ABC: The Goldbergs, The Goldbergs, Modern Family, American Housewife, Shark Tank

CBS: Big Brother, TKO Total Knockout, SEAL Team

CW: Burden of Truth, The Originals [f]

FOX: MasterChef, Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back

NBC: World of Dance, Reverie

PBS: Outback [p], Wonders of Mexico [p], NOVA

Telemundo: Exation, Sin senos si paraiso, El Senor de los Cielos

Univision: El rico y Lazaro, La Bella y las bestias, La Piloto