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| Tonight’s Premieres: CNBC: Jay Leno’s Garage at 10p ID: Homicide Hunter: Lt. Joe Kenda at 9p, The Murder Tapes at 10p MTV: The Challenge at 9p PBS: Animal Babies: First Year on Earth at 8p, Magical Land of Oz at 10p Viceland: Terror at 9p Tonight’s Finale: Paramount: Yellowstone at 10p IN THE NEWS After five years and two Emmy noms, Leslie Jones is leaving NBC’s Saturday Night Live. The popular cast member has a full dance card, with an upcoming Netflix stand-up special and film roles. Another busy SNL stand-out whose future was in question, Kate McKinnon, will be back for season 45, which premieres September 28. TBS’s Conan O’Brien will help “broker the deal” for President Trump in Conan Without Borders: Greenland, a primetime special airing Tuesday, September 3, at 10p. It’s not the first time presidential talk prompted O’Brien to travel – the late night host also flew to Mexico City in 2017 and Haiti in 2018. At least until recently, U.S. cable news nets gave the fires that are eating up areas of the Amazon rain forest less than 7% of the coverage they afforded the fire in Paris’ Notre Dame cathedral, according to Media Matters. The combined cable news coverage of the Amazon fires peaked at 11 segments that mention the fires per day, versus 150 segments for Notre Dame, according to the media watchdog. Media mergers would be tougher under a Bernie Sanders administration, according to a plan the Democratic candidate outlined in the Columbia Journalism Review. Sanders said media companies would have to disclose whether deals would result in significant journalism layoffs, and require them to arrange employee stock ownership plans. Sanders said he would also limit the number of stations that large broadcasting corporations can own in each market and nationwide. |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT The Goldbergs exec producer Adam F. Goldberg is stepping down as showrunner from the ABC comedy he created. He’ll be replaced in the position by Chris Bishop and Alex Barrow. Fremantle and Wahana Kreator Nusantara are partnering on scripted projects including The Sacred Riana: Bedtime Stories, an English-language, Asian horror anthology series set around the continent and inspired by folklore and urban legends. Each self-contained, stand-alone episode has a unique cast and storyline. The Five People You Meet in Heaven, based on the best-selling novel by Mitch Albom, landed a script-to-series commitment from Fox. Albom will write, and Warner Bros. TV and Fox Entertainment produce. Albom EPs with Keith Eisner (Designated Survivor). ABC gave a put pilot commitment to a comedy starring Modern Family’s Sarah Hyland and written by Emily V. Gordon (The Big Sick), from 20th Century Fox TV and The Walk Up Company. Short-form video platform Quibi ordered a mash-up of hot genres with Murder House Flip, a true crime home renovation series from Josh Berman (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Chris King (Penny Dreadful), Katherine Ramsland and Sony Pictures TV that turns homes with shocking histories from morbid to marvelous. NEW & RETURNING SERIES TLC’s Long Island Medium returns for a new season on Friday, October 18 at 9p. Celeb guests this go-round include Tatum O’Neal, Wayne Brady, Louie Anderson, Michael Fishman, Bronson Pinchot, Arie & Lauren Luyendyk, Taylor Dayne, Kate Flannery and Reginald VelJohnson. The final run of USA’s Mr. Robot launches Sunday, October 6 at 10p. Set during the 2015 Christmas holiday, the season will be “filled with answers, hacking and blood” - oh, my! Bering Sea Gold sets sail again on Tuesday, September 17 at 9p on Discovery. Netflix gang drama Top Boy, continuing the story told in the Channel 4 drama that ended in 2013, makes its global premiere on Friday, September 13. Ten-part season comes from the series’ original creator, Ronan Bennett. Season two of Pop TV’s Hot Date debuts Friday, September 20 at 10p. Sketch comedy series was inspired by the CollegeHumor digital series. COMING UP Court TV will have former anchor Beth Karas appear as a guest host. The veteran legal analyst will appear on the network on Friday, August 30. The Paley Center for Media announced the return of PaleyFest NY for a seventh year, taking place October 4-15 at the Paley Center New York location. Highlights include sessions on ABC’s black-ish on October 13, Netflix’s The Kominsky Method on October 11, and TBS’s Search Party on October 7. Turner Classic Movies announced that the TCM Classic Film Festival will return for its 11th consecutive year and run from April 16- April 19, 2020 in Hollywood, CA. This year’s theme: “Grand Illusions: Fantastic Worlds on Film.” CASTING Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) has boarded the cast of NBC midseason dramedy Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, as the character Carmen Cusack played in the pilot...Singer/actress Demi Lovato will appear on three episodes of NBC’s Will & Grace, repots EW...Chelsea Frei (Victoria Gotti: My Father’s Daughter) landed a lead role in Fox holiday event series A Moody’s Christmas...Lela Loren (Power) scored a role on season two of Netflix’s Altered Carbon. STREAMING Almost three-quarters of US homes subscribe to at least one of the top SVOD services, Amazon Prime, Hulu or Netflix, according to Leichtman Research Group’s report, “Emerging Video Service 2019.” That’s up from 64% in 2017 and 52% in 2015. As for cheaters, Netflix users were the worst offenders, with 27% saying they shared their subs with someone outside their home, versus 19% for Hulu and 10% for Amazon. Apple TV+’s Dickinson will premiere at the Tribeca TV Festival, taking place September 12-15, ahead of its streaming premiere on September 14. Screening will be followed by a discussion with stars Hailee Steinfeld and Jane Krakowski, series creator Alena Smith and others. Netflix’s The Irishman, the crime drama from Martin Scorsese, will have a 27-day theatrical window before it hits the streaming service on November 27. Film makes its world premiere opening the New York Film Festival on September 27. DISTRIBUTION CBS Television Distribution’s new advertiser-supported digital lifestyle network Dabl is now cleared in over 80% of the country for launch on September 9. In addition to the previously announced CBS Television Stations group, which will anchor the launch, Dabl will be distributed on the digital spectrum of television stations from groups including Sinclair, Tribune, Graham, Meredith, Quincy Media, News-Press & Gazette, Capitol Broadcasting, Bahakel and Univision. Dabl will showcase the libraries of Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse, as well as programming from other names and brands. Insight TV added three new distribution platforms to its US base: Marquette Adams Communications and Electric Power Board of Chattanooga, as well as Highlands Cable Group. Insight TV focuses on original adventure sports and lifestyle programming. Down to Shop announced the launch of its 2.0 version. DTS has made a major investment into live programming, showcasing live shows hosted by DTS original characters three or more times a day, and designed a proprietary interactive technology that allows users to participate on-screen, in real-time via native comment, live game show features and a choose-your-own-adventure format. TECH TALK Roku is on pace to reach 80 million active accounts by 2025, up from 30 million now, estimates William Blair analyst Ralph Schackart. That sets it on a faster growth trajectory than Netflix. “Looking at Roku’s most recent nine quarters against those of Netflix in the beginning stages of Phase II, Roku, on average, achieved 9% quarter-over-quarter growth, compared with Netflix’s average of 8%,” said Schackart. Comcast is introducing a TV remote app for its X1 video business customers. Employees can manage up to 16 TVs at once using the Xfinity TV Remote App, which also supports voice controls. Up to $65,000 of every $100,000 spent on location advertising is outside of the targeted area or is based on signals of insufficient quality to deliver target requirements, according to a report from location intelligence company Location Sciences. On the plus side, 40% of suppliers showed nearly 100% accuracy in location, and 35% showed nearly 100% accuracy in signal quality. PODCAST POSTS Centro released the latest episode of its monthly podcast, AdTech Unfiltered. The podcast dissects and discusses key concepts and ideas in ad tech, digital media and advertising. GOING GLOBAL Endemol Shine International licensed seasons 1 and 2 of MasterChef Latino and new seasons of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Trading Spaces to Discovery Latin America for their Discovery Home and Health channel across the region. VICE Studios and Canada’s OUTtv are joining forces to produce a makeover series that celebrates the transgender and gender non-conforming community. Clothes Minded will center around transgender and gender non-conforming young adults who are nervous for a key event coming up in their lives because they are still working to feel comfortable with their identity. Pretty Little Liars will be remade for Asian digital service Viu, localized in Bahasa and filmed in Bali. Deal for the remake was between Warner Bros. International Television Production and Viu owner PCCW Media Group. |
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| RATINGS The season six premiere of the Starz’ Power delivered the largest audience for a scripted premium cable series premiere this summer with 2.3 million total viewers on Sunday, ranking as the second largest audience for a scripted premium series debut this year. CNN’s Sunday town hall with Democratic candidates Steve Bullock and Bill de Blasio drew 402,000 total viewers and 82,000 among A25-54, down 25% in viewers and 38% in the demo versus its 2019 average for the night. In syndication try-out news, week six of the six-week test that began July 15 for comedic game show Punchline (0.3/1 weighted metered market average) lost 40% from both its lead-ins and August 2018 time periods. The national numbers for week one of a three week test for talker Jerry O, starring Jerry O’Connell and airing on the Fox O&Os in Wendy Williams’ time periods, was included in the blended 0.9 national rating for Wendy repeats in the session ending August 18. That tied the previous week of the usual Wendy. Paramount Network’s Yellowstone ranked as the #1 telecast in Live+3 ratings among the P18-49 (2.1) and P25-54 (2.8) demos. Driven by the Liga MX showdown between America and Tigres UANL on Saturday night, Univision finished as the #1 broadcast network, among A18-49, with 609,000 viewers in the demo. The premiere of Telemundo’s El Secreto de Selena (Selena’s Secret) ranked as the #1 primetime show last Sunday night in Spanish-language television among A8-49, delivering 565,000 young adults. Tunity Analytics Top 10 Out-of-Home Entertainment Programs week of August 19 Show/Network/(000’s) Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) 244 Flip or Flop (HGTV) 174 Home Town (HGTV) 168 Love It or List It (HGTV) 156 Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) 155 Flip or Flop Atlanta (HGTV) 141 Flea Market Flip (HGTV) 131 Celebrity Family Feud (ABC) 128 Big Brother (CBS) 115 America’s Got Talent (NBC) 115 Source: Tunity Analytics. Viewing estimates are derived from Tunity mobile app usage for the week beginning August 19, 2019. OOH viewer impressions are calculated using Tunity Analytics proprietary estimation model. TV Time's Binge Report for the week of August 19 13 Reasons Why (Netflix) - 7.68% MINDHUNTER (Netflix) - 3.86% Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) - 2.41% Friends (NBC) - 2.25% Lucifer (Netflix) - 2.08% Cable Girls (Netflix) - 1.60% Money Heist (Netflix) - 1.57% Stranger Things (Netflix) - 1.54% How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) - 1.43% The Big Bang Theory (CBS) - 1.40% Methodology - The weekly Binge Report ranks shows with the most binge sessions. A binge session is when four or more episodes of a show are watched and tracked in our TV Time app within a given day. Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of August 12 ranked in order by HH Rtg Judge Judy (CTD) 5.9 AA Family Feud (CTD) 5.8 AA Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 4.9 AA Jeopardy (CTD) 4.7 AA The Big Bang Theory (WB) 3.7 AA Inside Edition (CTD) 2.5 AA Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.3 AA Last Man Standing (2/T) 2.1 AA Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.0A A Hot Bench (CTD) 2.0 AA Top 11 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of August 12 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg Family Feud (2/T) 1.3 AA The Big Bang Theory (WB) 1.2 AA Judge Judy (CTD) 1.1 AA Family Guy (2/T) 1.0 AA Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 0.9 AA Modern Family (2/T) 0.8 AA Jeopardy (CTD) 0.8 AA Last Man Standing (2/T) 0.7 AA Inside Edition (CTD) 0.5 AA Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 0.5 AA The Goldbergs (SPT) 0.5 AA Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of August 19 CBS: The Late Show 1.80 million total viewers; 0.24/2 among A18-49 NBC: The Tonight Show 1.67 million total viewers; 0.28/2 among A18-49 ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.50 million total viewers; 0.27/2 among A18-49 Basic Cable Top 5, week of August 19 Primetime (P2+) Fox News (2,396,000) ESPN (2,138,000) MSNBC (1,517,000) HG TV (1,276,000) USA (1,070,000) Basic Cable Top 5 – Total Day (P2+) Fox News (1,323,000) MSNBC (856,000) HG TV (695,000) ESPN (684,000) Nickelodeon (655,000) Top 13 Broadcast Programs Among A18-49 ratings/share for the week of August 19 NBC: America’s Got Talent 1.6/8 NBC: NFL Pre-season 1.58 ABC: Bachelor in Paradise 1.3/7 CBS: Big Brother 1.3/7 CBS: Big Brother 1.2/6 CBS: Big Brother 1.2/6 ABC: Bachelor in Paradise 1.2/6 NBC: America’s Got Talent 1.1/6 FOX: NFL Pre-season 0.9/5 ABC: Celebrity Family Feud 0.8/4 NBC: American Ninja Warrior 0.8/4 FOX: BH90210 0.8/4 ABC: America’s Funniest Home Videos 0.8/4 Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Monday, August 26 time period averages Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD NBC: 4.37 million American Ninja Warrior 4.84, Dateline NBC 3.44 ABC: 3.89 million Bachelor In Paradise 4.55, Grand Hotel 2.59 CBS: 3.49 million The Neighborhood 3.54, The Big Bang Theory 3.43, The Big Bang Theory 3.66, Mom 3.38, Bull 3.46 FOX: 2.06 million So You Think You Can Dance 2.06 TELE: 1.19 million Exatlon Estados 1.19, Final del Paraiso 1.27, Preso No. 1 1.00 UNI: 1.19 million La Reina Soy Yo 1.45, Juntos Corazon 1.15, Sin Miedo a la Verdad 0.98 CW: 0.82 million Penn & Teller: Fool Us 1.23, Whose Line Is It Anyway? 0.82, I Ship It 0.40 Monday A18-49 Rating ABC 0.9/5, NBC 0.8/4, CBS 0.5/3, FOX 0.4/2, TELE 0.4/2, UNI 0.3/2, CW 0.2/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES AMC Networks announced that Bob Broussard, President of Distribution since 2006, has informed the company of his desire to retire at the end of the year. “When I got here in August of 1989, I would never have dreamed of the three decades that followed, a remarkably rewarding and stimulating period of growth and success, as AMC reinvented itself time and again and ultimately became a force in original programming far beyond any of our expectations, and across five national networks,” Broussard said. “I am so proud of our affiliate team and all that we have accomplished.” Melanie Hamilton has joined Comcast Spotlight as Vice President of National Sales. Hamilton was previously Head of Industry for Google’s telecom sector. Nickelodeon has named Ashley Kaplan to the role of Senior Vice President, Digital Studios, and Luke Wahl has been named Vice President, Digital Studios, reporting to Kaplan. Kaplan previously served as SVP, Creative and Production at Fullscreen Media, while Wahl was Head of Video Gear at Gear Patrol. Univision News promoted María Martínez-Guzmán to Senior Vice President and Executive News Director. She had been Vice President, News Gathering for Univision News. This Day in History 1907 – The United Parcel Service was founded. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question At which school did Professor Everett teach in Nanny and the Professor (1970-1971)? Collier University. Kudos to: Ken DuBow-Bob’s Your Uncle/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank, An Cheng-Telepictures/Burbank, Mike Seidel-CSI Sports/Jersey City, NJ, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, Charles Lore/NYC, Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX, Kathryn Tesoriero-GroupM/NYC, Jim Ryan-A+E Networks/NYC, John Ferlazzo/London Today’s Trivia Question The caffeine-addicted character in which series was a fan of sitcoms Green Acres and Mr. Ed? |
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| WEDNESDAY AUGUST 28 ABC: The Goldbergs, Schooled, Modern Family, Single Parents, Celebrity Family Feud CBS: Big Brother, SEAL Team, S.W.A.T. CW: Bulletproof, Hypnotize Me FOX: MasterChef, BH90210 NBC: America’s Got Talent, Songland, Hollywood Game Night PBS: Animal Babies: First Year on Earth [p], NOVA, Magical Land of Oz [p] Telemundo: Exatlon Estados Unidos, El Final del Paraiso, Preso No. 1 Univision: La Reina Soy Yo, Juntos, el Corazon Nunca se Equivoca, Sin Miedo a la Verdad |
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