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| Tonight’s Premieres BYUtv: The Fixers at 7p, Random Acts at 9p, Making Good at 9:30p EPIX: NFL: The Grind at 9p Fubo Sports Network: The Players Lounge with Cobi Jones and PJ Harrison at 8p Tonight’s Finales: CW: Bulletproof at 8p Fox: BH90210 at 9p Lifetime: Married at First Sight at 8:30p, Marrying Millions at 10p FX: Snowfall at 10p PBS: Animal Babies: First Year on Earth at 8p, Magical Land of Oz at 10p IN THE NEWS Songland was renewed by NBC. The songwriting competition is averaging a 1.1 rating among A18-49 and 5.1 million total viewers in Live+7 Nielsens so far this season, and has produced six songs that hit a #1 ranking on the iTunes music chart. Apple released a launch date for its forthcoming streaming service. Apple TV+ will make its debut on November 1 at an introductory price of $4.99 per month and will be available in over 100 countries. The service will roll out its first original series at launch, then add more each month, shared CEO Tim Cook during the company’s product event at its Cupertino headquarters. As part of its Stop Bullying: Speak Up initiative, Cartoon Network is partnering with PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center and 826 National to inspire kids to make a difference and include someone at lunch, recess or wherever it’s needed most. The collaboration comes to life through a joint campaign, Include Someone: Make a Difference, which kicks off this fall in recognition of October’s National Bullying Prevention Month. HGTV’s digital platforms are giving Brady Bunch fans exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the production of A Very Brady Renovation. Six online packages include a glimpse into the personal lives of the show’s cast, untold stories from family members of series creator Sherwood Schwartz, and 70s inspired DIY projects. In addition, digital video series Building Brady has been re-released on the network’s Facebook page. The second and final day of Cynopsis’ That Big TV Conference offered insights and strategies on measurement, content, media breakthroughs and more. Kicking off the morning during the Breakfast with the Brands panel, Oman Quinones, Chief Strategic Officer, La Reyna, observed that, “Casting can become a proxy for diversity.” The panel agreed that having diversity behind the camera is key to achieving meaningful diversity onscreen. During the Next Big Breakthroughs session, Tyler Moody, GM and VP, WarnerMedia Podcast Network, said of podcasting, “It’s been the next big thing year after year,” but has “finally reached the tipping point of mass consumption.” As for the next big trend? “The big question is, what will capture the attention of all those Game of Thrones viewers?” said Shana Krochmal, Head of Digital. During the panel Measurement Matters, Sam Armonda, SVP, National Video Intelligence and Investment, noted of measurement, “The good news is we have a lot more pieces. The bad news is they don’t all fit together.” Lyle Schwartz, President of Investment, GroupM, had this to say in a “Candid Conversation” with Cynopsis Publisher Robbie Caploe: “I hate data,” said Schwartz. “I think that word is used way too often. I don’t work to find data, I work to find information.” In the closing session about superfans, Michelle Vicary, EVP of Programming and Network Publicity at Crown Media Networks, talked about the enthusiastic viewers of Hallmark Channel’s annual Countdown to Christmas stunt: “The fact that you can merchandise an event on television is the next level of success.” |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT Food Network picked up Delicious Miss Brown for a 13-episode second season. The daytime series stars contemporary Southern cook Kardea Brown. Spyglass Media Group’s TV division optioned Stephen King’s latest novel, The Institute, attaching David E. Kelley to adapt and executive produce the limited series, with Jack Bender (Lost) serving as director and executive producer. In addition, Spyglass set a multi-year first look deal with Bender to develop future projects. Disney Channel ordered a second season of hybrid improv/scripted comedy series Just Roll With It and entered an overall development deal with the show’s creators and executive producers, Adam Small and Trevor Moore. The pair will write and produce programming for Disney Channel and Disney+. The Day The World Changed is being developed by filmmakers Steven Rosenbaum (7 Days in September) and Pamela Yoder (Witness 9/11) and MagnifyMedia, reports Deadline. The 8-episode docu-series tracks the design, curation and construction of the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum. The project is set to be completed in time for the 20th anniversary of 9/11 in 2021. Disney+ has nixed Muppets Live Another Day. The ABC Signature-produced scripted comedy series, written and executive produced by Josh Gad (Frozen) and Once Upon A Time creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis, had been in the works at the upcoming streaming platform with a pilot order. NEW & RETURNING SERIES AMC’s Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America premieres Sunday, October 13 at 12a. Each of the show’s six episodes focus on a groundbreaking song pivotal to the evolution of American music and culture including Kanye West’s “Jesus Walks,” Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright,” Run-D.M.C.’s “Rock Box,” Queen Latifah’s “Ladies First” and more. Four of the fiercest women in the home renovation and design business face off in HGTV’s Rock the Block, premiering Monday, October 21 at 9p. Leanne Ford (Restored by the Fords), Mina Starsiak Hawk (Good Bones), Jasmine Roth (Hidden Potential) and Alison Victoria (Windy City Rehab) compete to max-out identical properties in the LA area. Drew Scott (Property Brothers: Forever Home) is set as host. A new season of Ready to Love bows Saturday, October 5 at 10p on OWN. Series explores real-life dating interactions of successful Black men and women in their mid-30s to early 50s, who are looking for an authentic relationship. Psychological thriller Dublin Murders premieres Sunday, November 10 at 8p on Starz. Original series was adapted from Tana French’s Dublin Murder Squad series of novels. Animal Planet debuted Give a Dog a Home Live! on Tuesday with Puppy Bowl’s Dan Schachner serving as host. The show has been billed as cable’s first live weekly animal adoption series and will air live at 12p on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each day, audiences will visit shelters and centers around the U.S. to meet dogs, cats and other animals available for adoption and the people dedicated to their care. COMING UP Smithsonian Channel celebrates great apes with two new specials. Uganda’s Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary is depicted in Isle of Chimps, bowing Wednesday, October 9 at 8p, while Gorillas of Gabon follows a team of trackers searching for Mussiru, an elusive 400-pound silverback western lowland gorilla, on Wednesday, October 16 at 8p. Artificial Intelligence: The Coming Revolution debuts on FOX News Channel on Sunday, September 22 at 8p. The documentary special highlights the future of AI and its impact on business. FOX Business Network and FOX News Channel anchor and Global Markets Editor Maria Bartiromo hosts. Family Feud Live: Celebrity Edition is hitting the road with an all-new fall touring stage show of the game show. Pauly Shore, Chris Kattan and Tom Arnold will alternate as team captains with Rubin Ervin and Alonzo Bodden hosting. Fun kicks off October 23 at Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, NJ. To commemorate CentroAmericaTV’s 15th year on the air, the network will be participating in the Central American Confederation Parade, airing special coverage of the event on Sunday, September 15 at 8p. CASTING Obba Babatunde (Dear White People) will recur in Hulu’s upcoming limited series, Little Fires Everywhere… Corey Hendrix (The Chi) and newcomer Matthew Elam nabbed series regular roles in the fourth season of FX‘s Fargo… Dermot Mulroney (Homecoming, My Best Friend’s Wedding), Anthony Welsh (Fleabag, Black Mirror), Severine Howell-Meri (Doctors, Casualty), Cherelle Skeete (Ordinary Lies, Call the Midwife) and newcomer Gianna Kiehl joined the Season 2 cast of Amazon’s Hanna. MEASUREMENT Discovery partnered with TV measurement firm 605 to expand its TV attribution capabilities and better measure TV’s impact on branding and sales. Discovery and 605 will leverage data aggregated from multiple MVPD and ACR viewership sources totaling nearly 40 million households, the largest ever used for a TV attribution study, taking full-funnel attribution to census scale. STREAMING AMC Networks’ streaming destination, Shudder, debuts Tigers Are Not Afraid on Thursday, September 12. The film, from writer/director Issa Lopez, is set against the backdrop of Mexico’s drug wars and follows a group of orphaned children armed with three magical wishes. The National Football League announced a new partnership with Reddit Inc. that will include a series of “Ask Me Anything” discussions, as well as content and advertising. The series will feature current and former NFL players, league executives, team personnel and famous fans, among others, according to The Wall Street Journal. The NFL plans to run at least one Ask Me Anything a month during the season. Farmers Insurance joined Sesame Street’s 50th celebration with an ad campaign that debuted on September 9 and integrated the show’s characters into the world of Farmers’ “We Know From Experience” initiative. Spots will air on broadcast networks during college football, MLB and NFL games, in-theater and will also be supported digitally with presence on Hulu and Buzzfeed. Farmers is also a sponsor of a short-form video series on Sesame Street’s YouTube channel, which focuses on problem solving. Asians continue to led the market when it come to streaming TV content, according to the latest FOCUS Asian: The Media Landscape 2019 report from Horowitz Research. The report, which covers TV and video subscriptions, viewing behaviors, attitudes toward TV content and more, found that 8 in 10 (78%) Asian TV content viewers are streamers, compared to 65% of TV content viewers overall. Also, overall, the average Asian content viewer spends more than half (52%) of their viewing time with streamed content, while just 39% of content is watched live through traditional TV platforms. Moreover, 1 in 4 Asians stream all their content. CONtv will present a special live broadcast of the 45th Annual Saturn Awards on Friday, September 13 at 9p, including pre-show programming and interactive red-carpet coverage, as well as table cams, commentary and an exclusive Q&A segment. The event will be streamed on CONtv’s live linear channel as well as its direct-to-consumer service. ListenFirst released its Q2 2019 State of Social TV report, which offers insight into social video trends and organic reach, how consumers are engaging with TV pages, and which TV genres, networks and programs are coming out on top in social media. It details the continued growth of YouTube subscribers and viewership for TV pages, momentum of Instagram Stories and the uptick in Facebook and Twitter engagement and fan footprint after a period of decline. Key takeaways from the report include: Instagram is leading the way in audience and interactions, as TV pages saw a 36% increase in Instagram fan footprint and a 26% increase in social engagement on the platform from Q2 2018 to Q2 2019; YouTube is closing in on Instagram with TV pages showing a 35% growth in fan footprint from Q2 2018 to Q2 2019 and a 23% increase in YouTube video views during the same period. And from Q2 2018 to Q2 2019, social engagement for streaming programs grew 73%, while premium cable programs, driven by Game of Thrones, spiked 64%. TECH TALKTremor Video is bringing its video advertising platform to webOS smart TVs from LG Electronics. The ad units will run in a visible position the LG smart TV’s home screen, aiming to drive viewers to an app or drive tune-in campaigns for specific shows and movies. GOING GLOBAL GoQuest Media Ventures inked a licensing agreement with North Macedonian TV channel Kanal 5 for two Ukranian dramas. Eclipse explores a one-sided love that turns into an obsession, while Secrets unravels revelations and hidden family secrets when two childhood lovers reunite and return to their homeland. Banijay Group signed a multi-year, first look deal with UK’s Proper Content to develop and produce series for the UK and international markets. The first three titles are Suicidal: In Our Own Words, How You Can Help Stop Suicide and The School That Tried to End Racism. |
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| RATINGS Monday’s airing of A Very Brady Renovation at 9p was the highest rated season premiere in HGTV history, delivering a 1.43 P25-54 Live+SD rating and a 1.52 among P2+. The premiere of the syndicated daytime talk show Tamron Hall averaged a 1.4/5 Household rating across 51 metered markets, to build over year-ago time period levels by 8% in Households (1.3/4) and delivered 88% retention of its lead-in (1.6/5). Friday night’s live coverage of Seleccion Mexicana propelled Univision to the #1 broadcast network for the night. The soccer match between Mexico and USA drew 2.7 million Total Viewers 2+, 1.5 million A18-49 and 691,000 A18-34. Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of September 2 CBS: The Late Show 2.75 million total viewers; 0.31/3 A18-49 NBC: The Tonight Show 2.15 million total viewers; 0.56/5 A18-49 ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.62 million total viewers; 0.30/2 A18-49 Basic Cable for the week of September 2 Top 5 – Primetime (P2+) ESPN 2,531,000 FNC 2,215,000 MSNBC 1,408,000 HGTV 1,231,000 TLC 1,043,000 Top 5 – Total Day (P2+) FNC 1,313,000 ESPN 1,029,000 MSNBC 833,000 The Weather Channel 665,000 HGTV 662,000 Source: Nielsen TVision’s Top Programs by TV Commercial Viewability/ September Top Primetime Broadcast Programs by TV Commercial Viewability 48 Hours (CBS) 86.9% Reef Break (ABC) 85.4% Instinct (CBS) 84.8% MasterChef (FOX) 78.8% So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) 78.4% Top Cable Programs by TV Commercial Viewability Yellow Stone (Paramount Network) 91.8% My Lottery Dreamhouse (HGTV) 90.4% Ridiculousness (MTV) 87.3% Queen Sugar (OWN) 87.3% Million Dollar Listing New York (Bravo) 86.5% Top 10 Broadcast Programs Among A18-49 ratings/share for the week of September 2 NBC: NBC Sunday Night Football 7.5/31 NBC: NBC NFL Thursday Special 7.1/34 FOX: FOX NFL Sunday Bonus 4.5/20 NBC: NBC NFL Thursday Pre-Kick 4.3/24 NBC: Sunday Night Football Pre-Kick 3.2/13 NBC: NFL Opening Kick-Off Show 3.1/18 ABC: Saturday Night Football 2.7/16 NBC: Football Night America Part 3 2.2/8 NBC: Football Night America Part 2 1.6/7 NBC: America’s Got Talent (Tue) 1.5/7 TV Time’s Binge Report: Most Binged TV Shows for the week of September 2 (Show/Share of Streams) Elite (Netflix) 9.45% 13 Reasons Why (Netflix) 6.94% Friends (NBC) 2.19% Mindhunter (Netflix) 1.76% Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) 1.71% Lucifer (FOX) 1.68% The Big Bang Theory (CBS) 1.60% How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) 1.53% Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) 1.38% Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC) 1.16% *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. Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Monday, September 9 time period averages Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD NBC: 4.57 million American Ninja Warrior 5.00, Dateline NBC 4.13 ABC: 4.03 million Bachelor In Paradise 5.26, Grand Hotel 2.80 CBS: 3.30 million Lip Sync to the Rescue 3.55, Bull 3.04 FOX: 1.92 million So You Think You Can Dance 1.92 UNI: 1.25 million La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.30, Juntos Corazon 1.32, Sin Miedo a la Verdad 1.13 TELE: 1.14 million Exatlon Estados Unidos 1.27, El Final del Paraiso 1.18, Preso No. 1 0.98 CW: 0.97 million Penn & Teller: Fool Us 1.18, Whose Line Is It Anyway? 0.92, Whose Line Is It Anyway? 0.86 Monday A19-49 Ratings ABC 1.2/5, NBC 0.8/4, FOX 0.4/2, CBS 0.4/2, UNI 0.4/2, TELE 0.4/2, CW 0.2/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES Sofia Chang and Richard Warren have both been named President, WarnerMedia Distribution. Chang was previously Executive Vice President of Global Digital Distribution for HBO, while Warren was President, Turner Content Distribution. Extreme Reach appointed Catherine D’Amato as Vice President of Compliance. She joins from PricewaterhouseCoopers where she served as Director of Information Technology Audit Services and Systems and Process Assurance. Yahoo Finance hired journalist Janna Herron to lead personal finance coverage. She joins from USA Today. |
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| This Day in History 1954 –The Miss America pageant was first broadcast on TV. Lee Meriwether of California was crowned winner. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question Which future Oscar nominee played a burned-out punk rocker on House (2004-2012)? Jeremy Renner. Kudos to: Marni C. Gold/Hawthorne, NJ; Rev. Mark Wajda/Lakeland, FL; Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC; Claire Hambrick-A+E Networks/NYC; Susan Nessanbaum -Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/Los Angeles, CA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/Los Angeles, CA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank, CA. Today’s Trivia Question Who sang a song during the opening of Saturday Night Live’s 27th season, shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, to honor NY public officials? (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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| WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11 ABC: The Goldbergs, Schooled, Modern Family, Single Parents, Celebrity Family Feud CBS: Big Brother, SEAL Team, S.W.A.T. CW: Bulletproof [f], Hypnotize Me FOX: MasterChef, BH90210 [f] NBC: America’s Got Talent, Songland, Hollywood Game Night PBS: Animal Babies: First Year on Earth [f], NOVA, Magical Land of Oz [f], Telemundo: Exatlon Estados Unidos, El Final del Paraiso, Preso No. 1 Univision: La Rosa de Guadalupe, La Rosa de Guadalupe, Sin Miedo a la Verdad |
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