Cynopsis 08/31/18: Viacom objects to Weinstein deal; Actress announces Shameless exit; DGA finds "encouraging" diversity gains

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Good morning. It’s Friday August 31, 2018 and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
Discovery: Deadliest Catch at 10p Saturday’s Premieres: Animal Planet: My Cat From Hell at 8p, Warriors and Wolves at 10p Sunday’s Premieres: AXS TV: The X Factor UK at 8p Bravo: Married to Medicine at 8p HGTV: Caribbean Life at 9p and 9:30p Sunday’s Finales: Fox News: OBJECTified at 8p Weather Channel: SOS: How to Survive at 8p Monday’s Premieres:
Food Network: Baked at 10p Great American Country: Renovation Realities: Dale Jr. & Amy at 8p ID: Twisted Sisters at 10p Monday’s Finale:
Bravo: Southern Charm Savannah at 10p IN THE NEWS Not so fast, said Viacom of the proposed settlement between The Weinstein Co., its buyer, Lantern Entertainment, and Netflix. Viacom had provided the $9 million Weinstein needed to finish production of Scream, on the condition it received proceeds from Netflix’s international distribution of the series. But an agreement between Lantern and Netflix released the streamer from its obligation to accept delivery of certain shows, including Scream. “The net result is a huge windfall for Lantern at the expense of Viacom, the debtors’ estates and unsecured creditors,” argued Viacom attorneys, saying the company it wasn’t told about key assets of the deal that directly affect it. President Trump took aim at TV news in a particularly strong series of tweets yesterday, claiming CNN’s “hatred and extreme bias” of him has “clouded their thinking and made them unable to function,” and NBC anchor Lester Holt “got caught fudging my tape on Russia.” Trump also slammed “fake books.” The Department of Justice’s antitrust division informed Comcast Corp. this month that while antitrust restrictions placed on the company after its acquisition of NBCUniversal seven years ago are set to expire, DOJ oversight aimed at protecting emerging the online video market is not going to end. “The department retains jurisdiction to enforce the antitrust laws and takes its obligations seriously,” said Makan Delrahim, head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, in a letter. “We would appreciate your cooperation in keeping us informed by providing the department with any plans you may have to change your policies or practices involving video programming and distribution.” Sony Pictures Television laid off staffers in its programming, distribution and home entertainment divisions this week, the latest in a series of cuts this year. Sony Pictures TV chairman Mike Hopkins warned in June that a company reorganization would mean “some difficult decisions.” Showtime’s Shameless is losing a long-time cast member. “We were saddened when Emmy Rossum let us know that the upcoming ninth season of Shameless would be her last,” said Showtime Networks president of programming Gary Levine. “But we are filled with an overwhelming sense of joy and gratitude for Emmy’s inspired work on our series, of course in front of the camera but also behind it.” Wrote Rossum on Facebook, “Try not to think of me as being gone, just think of me as moving down the block.” A new DGA study found “encouraging” gains in diversity among first-time episodic TV directors, with 41% women and 31% minorities in the 2017-18 season. The year before, the numbers were 33% and 27%, respectively. Star Trek will be recognized with the Governors Award at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 8. “Not only have all the franchises promoted inclusiveness and acceptance of all people, and inspired creative thought about space exploration and our future, but the technical innovations sparked by the franchise are incredibly significant to the evolution of television production, and also to the communication and computer tools we use in our daily life,” said Mark Spatny, Governors Award Committee chair. National Amusements asked a Delaware Chancery Court judge to force CBS Corp. to provide more documents related to the governance of CBS during the past two years, arguing that documents marked privileged were heavily redacted, but did not qualify as privileged. The motion is part of the lawsuit over control of CBS that is headed to trial on October 3.

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT YouTube has given a pilot order to half-hour comedy It’s a Man’s World (working title), written by Theresa Rebeck (Smash), to be produced by Assembly Entertainment in association with ITV Studios America. The pilot will be executive produced by Assembly Entertainment CEO Christina Wayne (I’m Dying Up Here) and Rebeck; Jill Greenberg is the co-executive producer. Original script was written by Heidi Schreck (Billions). Production begins in the fall. Intaglio Films, the new scripted drama venture between Beta Film and ZDF Enterprises, and ndF International Production are jointly developing a new series based on Frank Schaetzing’s bestselling environmental thriller novel, The Swarm. Production begins in 2019. OUTtv commissioned three new series: FAK YAASS from Bulldog Productions, Drag Heals from Border2Border Entertainment and Dr. Barry from Arcadia Content. The network also ordered a fourth season of Mom vs Matchmaker from Go Button Media and second seasons of Never Apart from Never Apart TV and Popporn from Border2Border Entertainment. Management and production company The Cartel is expanding its footprint in North America by launching Cartel Pictures Canada, to bolster the company’s independent and television production business in Winnipeg. New venture will focus on production, financing and development of TV movies, independent films, and television series. Sherlock versus Sherlock! We asked Cynopsis readers which TV detectives were the best of their decade. Our last poll has Sherlock Holmes from Elementary versus Sherlock Holmes from Sherlock. This polls ends today at noon, at which point we’re taking your winners from the past seven weeks and pitting them against one another in our new poll, “Best TV Detective of All Time”. Will you choose Emma Peel or Columbo? Rockford or Magnum? Castle or Mulder? Vote at http://cynopsis.com/poll/. Winner will be announced next Thursday night on our web site. NEW & RETURNING SERIES History documentary Watergate will have a theatrical release October 12 in New York and LA, before airing on TV Friday-Sunday, November 2-4. “This special event series provides the most comprehensive look at the investigation, featuring many of the heroes and villains who played prominent roles in the scandal whose repercussions are still being felt today,” said Eli Lehrer, EVP and GM of History. Mid-term election date Tuesday, November 6. Netflix is premiering Chinese drama The Rise of the Phoenixes on Friday, September 14, globally. 70-episode series is loosely based on the novel Huang Quan. ID has a killer September in store, with the premieres of new series What Lies Beneath (Wednesday, September 5 at 9p), To Catch a Killer (Thursday, September 13 at 10p), and In Plain Sight (Friday, September 14 at 10p). Deadly Women is back for more mayhem Friday, September 14 at 9p. EstrellaTV talker Noches Con Platanito is back for season five on Tuesday, September 4, at 9p, featuring interviews, musical performances, games and comedy. Tracey Ullman’s Show returns for season three on HBO on Friday, September 28, a week after its premiere at the Tribeca TV festival. Season two of AT&T Audience comedy Loudermilk debuts Tuesday, October 16 at 10p. NBC and Litton Entertainment unveiled the net’s “The More You Know” Saturday morning programming block, launching October 6 with two new and three returning series. Consumer 101 and Vets Saving Pets are set to make their debut alongside The Voyager with Josh Garcia, Naturally, Danny Seo and The Champion Within. Wolves and Warriors, following U.S. Navy veteran Matt Simmons and Dr. Lorin Lindner, the husband-and-wife team that run Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC), a private sanctuary that rescues wolves and wolf-dog hybrids and pairs them with combat veterans working to overcome the traumas of war, debuts Saturday, September 1 at 10p on Animal Planet. What can viewers expect? “Through LARC and the Warriors and Wolves program, Matt and Lorin have created an inspiring and incredibly unique example of the many ways in which human beings and animals can learn from one another, and at times, help each other heal,” EP Shawn Witt, co-president of Leftfield Pictures, tells Cynopsis. “The series has something for every member of the family – from the rescued wolves, to intimate portraits of the combat veterans employed at LARC, high risk animal rescues and uplifting stories of companionship. Animal Planet is known for its programming that highlights the powerful relationships that exist between animals and people.” COMING UP CBS can’t wait for you to feel good. The net is offering advance digital access to the premiere episode of new series God Friended Me across the CBS app, CBS All Access, CBS.com, Facebook Premieres, Twitter, Instagram’s IGTV and multiple EST platforms, beginning today at 2p. “This is a show that deserves advance exposure. Once people see God Friended Me, they respond to its positive and life-affirming values,” said George Schweitzer, president, CBS Marketing Group. “Our marketing strategy is to get it previewed a full month early – free and uninterrupted – so viewers can sample it for themselves and help spread the word.” Series makes its linear debut Sunday, September 30 at 8:30p. Justice Network is running a Labor Day Murder Mystery binge on Monday, September 3 from 9p-midnight. Shows include Pretty Bad Girls, Poisoned Passions and Most Evil. The season two finale of Fox News’ OBJECTified will feature Charlie’s Angels alum Jaclyn Smith, on Sunday September 2 at 8p. Special editions of ABC’s Bachelor in Paradise offers twists and turns like a fan-fave engagement when couples from seasons past come back to the beach where it all began on Monday, September 3 and Tuesday, September 4.
CASTING Jimmi Simpson (Westworld) will star opposite Ben Kingsley as a young grafter in Epix drama Our Lady, LTD. DIGITAL DATA The Interactive Advertising Bureau announced the initial line-up of content creators for the first-ever Digital Content NewFronts West, taking place in LA on October 9-10. The event will introduce brands and media buyers to original digital video programming and showcase advertising opportunities across emerging media, including podcasts and virtual reality. Presenters will include Digitas, Ellen Digital Network, Gallery Media Group (PureWow, ONE37pm), Jukin Media, LiveXLive Media, Inc., Los Angeles Times, Meredith Corporation, The New York Times, Snap Inc., SoulPancake, Unity Technologies, Viacom Digital Studios, VICE, and FameBit By YouTube. Flooded with complaints over its coverage in the UK of U.S. Open tennis, Amazon worked to address issues with picture and sound quality, odd camera angles and the inability to replay completed matches. “We are working with customers to address specific issues – we listen to all customer feedback and are continuously working to improve the service,” said an Amazon spokesperson. Amazon nabbed the UK rights to the tournament in April. Maps in apps like Snapchat, The Weather Channel and StreetEasy were vandalized by an anti-Semitic user who changed the name of NYC to Jewtropolis. The incident appeared to have occurred via third party mapping data provider Mapbox. “We apologize to customers and users who were exposed to this disgusting attack,” said Mapbox, which removed the name change as well as other edits. “We will continue to investigate this act and make appropriate changes.” Apple set a date for its next iPhone event: September 12. An invite said the event will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater on Apple’s new campus in Cupertino, CA. Republican Senator Orrin Hatch asked the Federal Trade Commission to reopen an examination into Google’s practices in online search and digital advertising, which closed in 2013 without major enforcement action. Hatch cited reports that Google “has, on occasion, decided to remove from its platforms legal businesses that the company apparently does not agree with.” The request comes after President Trump accused Google’s search engine of promoting negative coverage of him and hinted at taking action.
DC Universe Digital Subscription Service launches Saturday, September 15, on “Batman Day.” The service’s original series Titans drops October 12, after its October 3 debut at Comic-Con, and will air weekly on the platform. Stand Up To Cancer is producing its #Up2Us: Stand Up To Cancer | The Digital Live Show,as a one-hour standalone digital event from 4p-5p, one hour before the 6th biennial telecast on Friday, September 7. The Digital Live show will be co-hosted by longtime Stand Up 2 Cancer supporter Max Greenfield, Tyler Posey, who lost his mother to breast cancer in 2014, and Brenda Song, who lost her grandfather to cancer and whose mother is a three-time breast cancer survivor. Additionally, the digital show will feature stars and influencers like Uzo Aduba, Katie Couric, Ken Jeong, Olivia Holt, Candice Patton, Maddie Ziegler, Liza Koshy, Rhett + Link and more. Jaunt, producer and distributor of immersive XR content, announced new R&D initiatives that support its Jaunt XR Platform. The B2B solution, which enables partners to distribute augmented, virtual, and mixed reality content through their own apps and channels, is a move away from attracting consumers and towards licensing its software to companies and brands. Roku shares slipped 4.9% on Wednesday following a report that Amazon is launching a free, ad-supported video service for people who use Fire TV streaming video devices – all 48 million of them. Amazon’s shares rose 3.4%. GOING GLOBAL Banijay Rights acquired international distribution rights to new Spanish crime thriller Hierro, co-produced by Portocabo, Atlantique Productions and ARTE France.

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RATINGS Overnight ratings for the first three days of U.S. Open tennis on ESPN were up 20% from last year, to .6. Wednesday’s matches peaked with a 1.3 rating from 8:30p-9:15p. Katz networks posted August gains: Bounce had its third consecutive month of growth in Primetime in Household delivery (218,000, +3%) and among P18-49 (+5%); Laff grew audience for the third consecutive month in August, with Primetime viewership gains of +55% in Households (202,000), +55% in P2+ (255,000); Escape also posted its third consecutive month of growth in Prime among Households (+27%, 151,000) and Total Viewers (+21%, 170,000); and Grit grew year-over-year in Households (261,000, +11%) and Total Viewers (294,000, +4%) in Primetime. TV Time Anticipation Report - the most anticipated new and returning television shows for September 2018 New TV Shows: You (Lifetime) - 9/9 Maniac (Netflix) - 9/21 The Purge (USA) - 9/4 Manifest (NBC) - 9/24 5Mayans M.C. (FX) - 9/4 Returning TV Shows: Marvel's Iron Fist S2 (Netflix) - 9/7 Atypical S2 (Netflix) - 9/7 American Horror Story (FX) - 9/12 BoJack Horseman S5 (Netflix) - 9/14 The Good Place (NBC) - 9/27 TV Time analyzed data from their community of 13M registered users to find out exactly what were the most anticipated global broadcast, cable and OTT television series for September 2018. Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Wednesday, August 29, 2018 time period averages Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD NBC: 7.48 million America’s Got Talent 9.90, World of Dance 5.06 CBS: 3.78 million Big Brother 5.77, SEAL Team 2.66, Criminal Minds 2.93 FOX: 3.39 million MasterChef 3.39 ABC: 2.30 million The Goldbergs 2.92, American Housewife 2.26, Modern Family 2.45, American Housewife 2.01, Shark Tank 1.86 TELE: 0.97 million Exation 0.80, Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso 0.98, El Senor de los Cielos 1.12 UNI: 0.93 million Rico y Lazaro 1.15, La Bella y Las Bestias 0.93, El Piloto 2 0.69 CW: 0.54 million Burden of Proof 0.57, Supergirl 0.51 Wednesday A19-49: NBC 1.3/6, FOX 1.0/5, CBS .8/4, ABC .6/3, ELE .6/3, UNI .4/2, CW .1/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES Endemol Shine Group promoted Yannick Ferrero to Group Director, Commercial Operations; his role will extend to incorporate the gaming and brand licensing divisions in addition to his existing digital remit. Jane Smith has been upped to the new broader role of Group Director, Brand Licensing and Gaming. CBS Corp. named Philip Wiser as Chief Technology Officer. Wiser was previously Global Chief Technology Officer for Hearst. Friday Fun Fact: The average American spends over $1000 on coffee each year. This Day in History: 1422 – Henry VI became King of England at 9 months old. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Which series featured a 7-foot plus character who could shrink to 11 inches by pressing a nerve on his neck? Misfits of Science's (1985-1986) Dr. Elvin Lincoln. Kudos to: Dan Woo-JPL Productions/NYC, Rob Casalana-ITN/NYC, Jim Ryan-A+E Networks/NYC, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA, Len Appel-Warner Bros., Today’s Trivia Question: Which future Friends star starred in the pilot for Frasier (1993-2004), but was replaced? (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: Enchant a Joker = Jonathan Creek. Kudos to: Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Jess LaPenta-Razor & Tie Media/NYC New Series Anagram: Lord Alone (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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