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| Today’s Premieres AT&T Audience: Mr. Mercedes at 10p BYUtv: Dinner Takes All at 7p, Battle of the Ages at 8p MTV: Ghosted: Love Gone Missing at 9p Netflix: Terrace House: Tokyo PBS: American Experience at 9p Tonight’s Finales: BET: The Next Big Thing at 10p CNBC: Cash Pad at 10p Fox: First Responders Live at 9p USA: Growing Up Chrisley at 10:30p IN THE NEWS Adam Stotsky is exiting his post as president of E!, ending 18 years at NBCUniversal. Stotsky, who informed the company staff of his departure on Monday via an email, will work on his transition with Frances Berweick, President, Lifestyle Networks, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. Berweick will take over Stotsky’s responsibilities in the interim. Anthem Sports & Entertainment acquired a majority interest in HDNet LLC, parent of AXS TV and HDNet Movies. Mark Cuban and AEG will continue to participate as equity partners, while Steve Harvey enters into a strategic agreement for content development and promotion. “Anthem’s combination of targeted brands, enthusiastic audiences, operational expertise, international footprint and vision makes them an ideal partner to take AXS TV and HDNet Movies to their next levels,” said Cuban. Added Harvey, “My team and I see great opportunity in Anthem. They have incredible shows, experiential entertainment, and a huge reach. We look forward to collaborating with Anthem on content development that will surprise and delight this newly expanded audience.” Attorneys general from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico went before the Supreme Court on Monday to unveil a major antitrust investigation of Google. The latest scrutiny in Washington facing the tech giant involves top state officials from both parties, initially focusing on advertising and search. However, the investigation could grow to encompass other areas. Awkwafina’s upcoming Comedy Central series has officially been named Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens. Set to bow in 2020, the 10-episode comedy is loosely based on the actress’ life. The series will feature a slate of predominantly female and diverse directors including Natasha Lyonne (Russian Dolls), Lucia Aniello (Broad City), Jamie Babbit (But I’m A Cheerleader) and more. Jennifer Lopez will be honored with the iHeartRadio Premio Corazon Latino Award at the 2019 iHeart Radio Fiesta Latina on Saturday, November 2. Host Enrique Santos will present Lopez with the award honoring an individual whose work enhances the lives, heritage and future of the Latin community. The event will livestream exclusively on LiveXLive.com and the network’s mobile, OTT and web-based app. It will also be broadcast live on iHeartMedia Spanish-Pop, Tropical, regional Mexican and Spanish Adult Hit radio stations nationwide on Saturday, November 2. Cynopsis’ two-day That Big TV Conference got off to a “big” start yesterday, beginning with the Industry Leaders Set the (Big) Stage for 2020 panel, and one hot topic was streaming. Adam Rattner, EVP, Managing Director, Samsung USA, One Publicis Team Samsung, added a twist to a question about how many streaming services people will be willing to pay for. “How many will they pay for - and how many will they watch through other people’s logins?” he asked. Wherever and whatever people watch, said Blake Sabatinelli, CEO of Newsy: “Television is television is television.” During the Big Deals panel, Discovery Chief U.S. Advertising Sales Officer Jon Steinlauf admitted there were challenges to Discovery’s acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive. “You’re going to lose some great people because these are great organizations,” he acknowledged. But now, “We used to be number five. Now we’re the leaders – so we act like leaders.” There was also the Brady Bunch photo booth, marking the launch of HGTV’s A Very Brady Renovation last night, as well as a donut wall (thank you, ListenFirst), trivia game, “You Call Yourself a New Yorker” (prize: a big TV, of course – congrats, Don from LA!), and more. The learning - and networking and fun - continues today. There’s still time to register online, or on-site. Author, archivist and film professor Jacqueline Stewart is joining Turner Classic Movies as host of Silent Sunday Nights. Stewart will introduce films and provide historical context for the franchise. Cottonwood Media appointed Beacon Rock Growth as licensing agent for Find Me in Paris in the U.S. and Canada. Currently airing on Hulu in the U.S. and CBC in Canada, the tween dream series has been sold to 130 countries and broadcast in over 80 territories nationwide. |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT HBO renewed comedy The Righteous Gemstones for a second season. The series, which debuted on August 18, stars Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green and centers on a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work. Grammy winner Brad Paisley is set to star in and executive produce Fish Out Of Water, a comedy being developed by Amazon from A.D. Miles (Arrested Development), Will Arnett and Sony Pictures TV, where Arnett is under an overall deal. Written by Miles, it’s being described as a Larry Sanders take on celebrity vanity projects that takes a behind-the-scenes look at Paisley’s struggle to keep a simple fishing show from turning into his own personal Fyre Festival. Amanda Peet (The Romanoffs) and Christian Slater (Mr. Robot) will headline the sophomore season of anthology series Dirty John to air on USA Network. Like the first installment, which aired on Bravo, Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story will be based on a true crime story. The CW and Warner Bros. Television are developing a gothic horror drama based on the 1966-71 cult classic soap opera Dark Shadows, reports Deadline. Dark Shadows: Reincarnation will be written by Mark B. Perry (Revenge), who will exec produce with Amasia Entertainment’s Michael Helfant, Bradley Gallo and Tracy Mercer, with Tracy Curtis and Cathy Curtis, daughters of Dark Shadows creator Dan Curtis. Bad Wolf is developing Soho 1918, a gritty drugs, sex and nightclubs drama set in London’s Soho in the aftermath of World War I, reports Deadline. The project hails from rising playwright, screenwriter and director Polly Stenham and Alex Warren, direct of Ruth Wilson-fronted Eleanor. Bad Wok is currently pitching the drama to global streamers and international broadcasters. Netflix commissioned Lightbox to produce Tell Me Who I Am, a film that explores the story of identical twin brothers. When Alex Marcus wakes up from a coma after a motorcycle accident and has forgotten everything, he relies on Marcus to give him his memory back. However, the idyllic childhood Marcus paints conceals a traumatic family secret. Directed by Ed Perkins and produced by Simon Chinn, the film is set to launch on the streamer on Friday, October 18. Congratulations to all the 2019 Top Women in Media honorees who wowed us last night at the SOLD OUT awards gala. What an honor to celebrate you. See the full list of honorees here. Special thanks to our Platinum Sponsor: Turnkey Search. NEW & RETURNING SERIES Bravo takes a deep dive into gender bias with In A Man’s World, premiering Tuesday, October 1 at 10p. The series, from Viola Davis and husband Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions and Lucky 8 follows four women who embark on the journey of a lifetime when they transform into men to experience life from the opposite side. Survivor returns on Wednesday, September 25 on CBS. The show’s 39th season features past winners Boston Rob Mariano and Sandra Diaz-Twine. The pair will serve as mentors to some of the castaways, who visit them on the Island of the Idols to learn skills and strategy. JJ Da Boss and his team of drivers gear up for another racing season on Street Outlaws: Memphis, debuting Monday, September 30 at 8p on Discovery. BET premieres Tyler Perry’s original dramas The Oval and Sistas on Wednesday, October 9 at 9p and 10p, respectively. The Oval tells the story of a family placed in the White House, while highlighting the lives of the staff who run the iconic residence. Sistas follows a group of single black females navigating their love lives, careers and friendship. The Busby family returns to TLC with new episodes of Outdaughtered on Tuesday, October 1 at 8p. In the special two-hour premiere, America’s first all-female quintuplets celebrate their fourth birthday and big sister Blayke turns 8. Good work, literally… Join Cynopsis as we spotlight our peers in media who are making the world a better place one campaign at a time. In addition to social good initiatives, The Cynopsis Best Of The Best Awards will salute breakthroughs in kids media and national TV programming with recognition (and quite possibly, a trophy) at the first-ever Cynopsis Best of the Best Awards event (this February in NYC). View all categories, here. ADVERTISING Comcast Spotlight has launched TV Ad Planner, a new industry offering that allows advertisers to purchase TV in a similar manner to buying digital media. It also opens up TV advertising to a new set of local advertisers and small businesses. In addition to being able to buy their own TV ad campaign, small business owners can also create a TV spot for as little as $295 in less than 72 hours. TV Ad Planner is now live in 57 markets and will be rolling out to additional markets later this year. STREAMING Premiere subscription video on demand service BET+, a joint venture between BET Networks and Tyler Perry Studios, is set to launch in the U.S. on Thursday, September 19. The streamer will feature more than 1,000 hours of content, including exclusive new original programming and series, movies and specials from BET Networks, as well as leading African American content creators like Tyler Perry, Tracy Oliver, Will Packer and more. In honor of Scooby’s 50th birthday, Boomerang will make every episode and movie featuring the iconic canine free to stream for a limited time. The event will run throughout the weekend starting Friday, September 13. FuboTV’s free, ad-supported sports streaming network is live. Original programs include news show Call It a Night with Julie Stewart-Binks and The Players Lounge with Cobi Jones and PJ Harrison, as well as series produced with partners including FanDuel, Stadium, The Players Tribune, USA TODAY, VSiN and Young Hollywood. Comedy brand CH Media and Reddit partnered to launch co-branded digital pilot PhotoChop’d, a riff on user generated content posted to Reddit’s r/photoshopbattles community. The pilot premiers on Reddit on Tuesday, September 10 and on Drawfee’s YouTube channel on Wednesday, September 11. Power Players is available on the CN App ahead of its premiere on the Cartoon Network on Saturday, September 21 at 12:30p. After Dog’s Most Wanted debuted as the #1 unscripted series in WGN history on Wednesday, September 4, attracting nearly 1.7 million Total Viewers, the network decided to make the premiere available to fans online. The episode began streaming on Monday at 9a and is available for 48 hours. TECH TALK Roku is expanding its TV licensing program to Europe. Manufacturers can now license Roku TV reference designs and use Roku OS to build smart TVs for sale in European markets. The news was announced during the IFA trade show in Berlin. A number of US Senators joined forces to ask Google CEO Sundar Pichai to expand Content ID, YouTube’s copyright infringement technology, to more members of the creative community. The Senators asked that YouTube send representatives to participate in a roundtable to answer their questions. “Google has demonstrated an interest in protecting original content on YouTube. However, by limiting the use of Contend ID to more popular users, Google hinders copyright holders with smaller catalogues from reaping the benefits of its actions,” said Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.). “Talented creators, including Nashville’s song-writing community, are disproportionately at risk of infringement.” A new sharing option will soon allow Spotify users to recommend tracks and podcasts directly to their friends and followers on Snapchat. The feature lets users either add albums, tracks or podcasts to a story, or share them directly. Users who see a shared song in a story, or receive a listening recommendation from a Snapchat friend, will get to see the full album art. To listen, they can swipe up and tap on the context card. It automatically opens the Spotify app, if it’s installed on their phones. Slomo.tv will demonstrate its new Arrow III at IBC 2019. Arrow III is a cost-effective entry level server for professional television production and is positioned as a workhorse for broadcasting sports events and recording for NLE of various TV shows. CASTING Katey Segal is returning to ABC’s The Conners for a 10-episde arc as Louise, an ex-rock drummer who now manages Casita Bonita and went to high school with Dan (John Goodman). Hailee Steinfeld is in talks to join the cast of Marvel superhero stand-alone series Hawkeye for the soon-to-launch Disney+ streaming service… Keegan-Michael Key (Dolemite Is My Name) and Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story, The Practice) will recur in the upcoming season of CBS All Access’ Funny or Die comedy series No Activity… Melissa George (The Good Wife) is set to recur in Netflix series The Eddy, reports Deadline. KID STUFF Axel and his team of secret toy heroes is currently available in six sneak peek episodes of Power Players on the CN App. The series premieres on the Cartoon Network on Saturday, September 21 at 12:30p GOING GLOBAL Emily Watson (Chernobyl) will front psychological thriller Too Close for British broadcaster ITV, a mini-series from Snowed-In Productions in association with All3Media International. Based on the novel of the same title, it centers on a forensic psychiatrist (Watson) assigned to work with a woman accused of a heinous crime, but claims not to remember a thing. Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi brand, DUST, announced that its sci-fi channel DUSTXis going international. It’s set to launch on additional OTT platforms including Comcast FLEX, Vizio TV and Sling TV, as well as on Samsung TV Plus in the UK. DUST also has new series, Orpheus Project and Restoration, that will be available to stream on DUSTX,this month. |
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| RATINGS The season six finale of TV Land’s Younger drew 1.2 million total viewers in L+3 and ranks as the #1 rated season finale in series history among W25-54 (1.4 rating). The episode also scored season highs among P25-54 (.89 rating), W18-49 (1.1) and P18-49 (.70), while outperforming the season-to-date average by double digits in those demos (L+3). SHAREABLEE TOP TV SHOWS for the week of September 2 Program, Network, Total Actions, Total Content, Actions per Content, Fans & Followers Program, Network, Total Actions, Total Content, Actions per Content, Fans & Followers E! News (E!) 8M, 649, 12,368, 36.1M The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 1.8M, 99, 18,040, 20.5M Today Show (NBC) 1.4M, 687, 2,086, 13.3M Entertainment Tonight (CBS/synd) 1.2M, 497, 2,497, 8.4M America’s Got Talent (NBC) 993K, 165, 6,019, 15.6M The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) 901K, 101, 8,925, 24.7M Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) 748K, 98, 7,634, 1.6M Suits (USA Network) 666K, 81, 8,217, 5.9M TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC) 575K, 465, 1237, 2.8M The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) 573K, 51, 11,230, 12.3M Tunity Analytics Top Weekly National Out-of-Home Viewer Rankings for Entertainment Programs for the week of September 2 Program, OOH Viewers (000) The Simpsons (FOX) 2244 Last Man Standing (FOX) 616 Family Guy (FOX) 303 Big Brother (CBS) 207 Flip or Flop (HGTV) 170 Fixer Upper (HGTV) 169 NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) 153 Property Brothers (HGTV) 143 House Hunters (HGTV) 141 Young Sheldon (CBS) 133 Source: Tunity Analytics. Viewing estimates are derived from the Tunity mobile app usage. OOH impressions are calculated using Tunity Analytics propriety estimation model. TV Time’s Shows on the Rise Report for the week of September 2 Elite (Netflix) 97.7% The Marseillais vs the Rest of the World (W9) 97.3% The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (Sky Witness) 91.8% The Titans (DC Universe) 73.5% The A List (BBC iPlayer) 64.6% Station 19 (ABC) 57.8% Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir (TF1) 51% The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix) 47.5% Carnival Row (Amazon Prime Video) 45.1% Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 33.8% *Methodology: Every week, millions of viewers around the world use TV Time to track their favorite series. “Shows on the Rise” is calculated by determining the week-over-week growth in episodes watched for a given program. Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Friday, September 6 time period averages Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD CBS: 3.93 million Hawaii Five-0 4.00, Magnum P.I. 3.80, Blue Bloods 3.98 NBC: 3.08 million American Ninja Warrior 2.85, Dateline NBC 3.31 ABC: 2.43 million American Housewife 2.27, Fresh Off the Boat 1.62, What Would You Do? 2.46, 20/20 3.38 FOX: 0.99 million BH90210 1.02, MasterChef 0.96 UNI: 1.94 million Futbol Central 1.20, Futbol 2.68 TELE: 1.68 million Exatlon Estados Unidos 1.77, El Final del Paraiso 1.73, Preso No. 1 1.53 CW: 0.96 million Masters of Illusion 1.10, The Big Stage 0.90, Hypnotize Me 0.87 Friday A19-49 Ratings UNI 1.1/3, NBC 0.6/4, CBS 0.4/2, ABC 0.4/2, FOX 0.3/2, TELE 0.3/2, CW 0.2/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES Pamela Duckworth was named Head of fubo Sports Network and Original Programming. Duckworth is the founder of Duckworth Entertainment. Paramount Network promoted Lauren Ruggiero to Senior Vice President, Scripted Original Series. She last served as Vice President, Scripted Original Series. Zoe Soon has been appointed Vice President for Mobile at IAB. Soon previously served as General Manager of Apps and Email at Business Insider. Daily Motion hired Gregory Jamet as Global Head of Brand Safety. |
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| This Day in History 1997 – Discovery bought Travel Channel for $20 million. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question Which preview to an Oscar winning movie lasted just five episodes on the small screen? Casablanca (1983). Kudos to: Andrew Goldman-Fathom Events/NYC; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/Los Angeles, CA. Today’s Trivia Question Which future Oscar nominee played a burned-out punk rocker on House (2004-2012)? (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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| TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 10 ABC: Bachelor in Paradise, The Conners, The Conners CBS: NCIS, FBI, NCIS: New Orleans CW: Pandora, Mysteries Decoded FOX: The Resident, First Responders Live [f] NBC: America’s Got Talent, Bring the Funny PBS: Finding Your Roots, American Experience [p], Frontline Telemundo: Exatlon Estados Unidos, El Final del Paraiso, Preso No. 1 Univision: Futbol, Futbol |
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