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| Tonight’s Premieres Discovery: Bering Sea Gold at 9p Netflix: The Last Kids on Earth Tonight’s Finales ABC: Bachelor in Paradise at 8p Bravo: Flipping Exes at 10p NBC: Bring the Funny at 10p USA: Straight Up Steve Austin at 10p VH1: Hip Hop Squares at 8p IN THE NEWS Netflix may soon have no more Friends and get kicked out of The Office, but the streamer landed global exclusive SVOD rights to Seinfeld. “Seinfeld is a one-of-a-kind, iconic, culture-defining show,” said Mike Hopkins, Chairman, Sony Pictures Television. “Now, 30 years after its premiere, Seinfeld remains center stage.” The comedy classic will become available in 2021, when Hulu’s deal expires. Friends is heading to HBO Max, while The Office is relocating to NBCUni’s upcoming direct-to-consumer platform. Built to last: HGTV’s A Very Brady Renovation delivered a 2.10 Live+3 rating among both the P25-54 demo and P2+ on Monday, 9, and drew a 3.91 household rating. The highest-rated season premiere in HGTV history scored more than 10 million total viewers, and posted a whopping 196% increase in the timeslot among P25-54 over year-ago levels and a 320% lift over the prior six-week time period. The episode also delivered a 2.46 Live+3 rating among W25-54 in the timeslot, a 273%increase in the demo for the timeslot versus the prior six-week time-period and a 186% lift versus year-ago levels. And the show attracted 40% more new viewers to HGTV, helping lead HGTV to its highest-rated Monday in network history for Live+3 among HHs as well as among P25-54, W25-54 and M25-54. Also happy about the Brady house (but probably not as happy as HGTV)? Lance Bass (*NSYNC), who bid on the home but lost out to the network. Bass toured the house, renovated to match the original set design for the series, and his reaction was caught on the net’s Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. “This is incredible! It’s perfect,” said the Brady superfan. “I’m so glad HGTV did the right thing.” Series airs Mondays at 9p. Stand-up comic Shane Gillis will not be joining Saturday Night Live after all. Following backlash over past racial and homophobic slurs, unearthed after he was hired last week, Gillis was cut loose by the NBC sketch comedy. “After talking with Shane Gillis, we have decided that he will not be joining SNL,” said a spokesperson for the show. “We want SNL to have a variety of voices and points of view within the show, and we hired Shane on the strength of his talent as comedian and his impressive audition for SNL. We were not aware of his prior remarks that have surfaced over the past few days. The language he used is offensive, hurtful and unacceptable. We are sorry that we did not see these clips earlier, and that our vetting process was not up to our standard.” Was SNL right to let Shane Gillis go? Let us know in the Cynopsis poll. In response to his firing, Gillis tweeted, “It feels ridiculous for comedians to be making serious public statements, but here we are....Of course I wanted to prove myself at SNL, but I understand it would be too much of a distraction. I respect the decision they made. I’m honestly grateful for the opportunity. I was always a mad tv guy anyway.” After suffering an injury during rehearsals that required surgery, Christie Brinkley has been replaced on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars by her daughter, 21-year-old Sports Illustrated model Sailor. “Showbiz is all about getting a break, and Sailor and I both got one on Dancing with the Stars this season,” said Brinkley. “Sailor joined the cast when I got mine.” But while Brinkley joked about the swap, she wasn’t laughing when Wendy Williams suggested during her talker on Monday that Brinkley had faked the accident to get her daughter a job. “I’m totally shocked, because I have been there for Wendy Williams,” the supermodel told People. “I’m really stunned.” Speaking of, the day of its season 11 launch, The Wendy Williams Show was renewed for seasons 12 and 13. “Wendy is family to us, and post-AM news, her program jumpstarts the day in our markets,” said Frank Cicha, EVP Programming at Fox Television Stations. “Plus, she’s got enough wigs to make sure the show never gets stale.” Wendy averaged over 1.6 million viewers and 440,000 W25-54 per day last season. Said Debmar-Mercury Co-Presidents Ira Bernstein and Mort Marcus, “Wendy’s enduring demo strength is matched only by its unwavering support among our valued station partners. Fox, which has been there from the start, remains a big believer in the power of Wendy to deliver the goods and keep its important morning news block viewers from going anywhere.” Walt Disney Co. is pushing TV producers to accept a new payment formula, more akin to what Netflix and Amazon have crafted than traditional deals, as the November launch of streaming service Disney+ approaches. The LA Times reports that in place of backend compensation, in which creators get big payouts when series reach their syndication-friendly 100th episodes, profit participants would get a piece of profits starting the second year of a series, but give Disney control of all future licensing revenue. Producers would be eligible for bonuses based on success and longevity, said the Times. Netflix canceled No Good Nick after one season. Comedy starred Melissa Joan Hart and Sean Astin as a couple who unwittingly welcome a teenaged con artist into their home. Weather preparedness means more than keeping an umbrella handy. Jonathan Porter, AccuWeather VP of Business Services and GM of AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions, explains the high cost to businesses of just “letting weather happen,” in No blackout here: Nexstar and Fox Broadcasting agreed to an extension of their deal that covers the 31 stations that Nexstar owns, operates, programs or for provides services to, as well as the eight Fox affiliates Nexstar picks up from Tribune Media, now that the deal has been approved by the FCC. “We are delighted to reach this long-term extension of our affiliation agreements with Fox well ahead of the expiration date of the existing contracts and in a manner that mutually recognizes the value of our partnership,” said Perry A. Sook, Nexstar Media Group founder, Chairman, President and CEO. Angelica Ross (Pose) will host the 2020 Presidential Candidate Forum on LGBTQ Issues, livestreamed from Coe College in Iowa on September 20 at 7p. Confirmed to participate are Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Sestak, Elizabeth Warren and Marianne Williamson. |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT NBC champ Shaquille O’Neal and his partner, Michael Parris, and their prodco Jersey Legends inked a deal with Back Roads Entertainment. Under the agreement, Back Roads, O’Neal and Parris will create, develop, and produce unscripted and scripted content with an initial focus on game, comedy and family entertainment. O’Neal, Parris and the Jersey Legends team will work closely with Colby Gaines, executive producer and founder of Back Roads, as well as a new development team assigned to the partnership. O’Neal, Parris and Gaines will serve as executive producers on all projects. “This partnership is big and that’s how I like to do things...big,” said Shaq. “Get ready for some incredible content. Showtime is not moving forward with a series adaptation of The Kingkiller Chronicle, based on the book series and exec produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Lionsgate Television is shopping the project. RadicalMedia will serve as creative and production partner for the previously announced Apple TV+ docu-series aimed at dispelling myths about mental health. Joining Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex are directors and executive producers Dawn Porter and Asif Kapadia, and showrunner and executive producer Kahane Cooperman. Cheryl Hines and Rachael Harris will star in and EP an untitled comedy from Christine Pietrosh and Jessica Goldstein (Telenovela), Jason Winer (Single Parents), 20th Century Fox Television and Small Dog Picture Company, reports Deadline. Project landed a put pilot commitment from ABC. NEW & RETURNING SERIES Rise of the Supercarrier sets sail on Smithsonian Channel on Sunday, October 13 at 9p. Three-parter explores HMS Queen Elizabeth, the largest and most advanced warship ever built in Great Britain. Paramount Network’s Battle of the Fittest Couples puts couples through an intense competition that tests not only their physical toughness, but how they work as a team, starting Tuesday, October 15 at 11p. Real-life couple JoJo Fletcher (The Bachelorette) and former NFL quarterback Jordan Rogers host. CBS’ The Price Is Right, returns for its 48th season on Monday, September 23 with a new trick up its sleeve: A contestant will have their cell phone bill, car payment and rent paid for an entire year. A new generation rises for fresh challenges on the next season of Alaska the Last Frontier, launching Sunday, October 6 at 8p on Discovery Channel. GOODTalks, PBS’s new digital series from WNET’s Chasing the Dream initiative, features candid conversations with lawmakers, industry moguls, nonprofit leaders, and more about what the American Dream means in 2019. New episodes will be released monthly, every third Tuesday, at 12p, beginning today. COMING UP The stars realign for ABC’s “Cast From the Past” week, featuring actors and behind-the-scenes talent from Castle, Charmed, Cheers, The Drew Carey Show and more reunite with former castmates on current ABC shows. First up: On Monday, October 7, Robert Sean Leonard (House) checks into another series created by David Shore, The Good Doctor. An Empire State Building music-to-light show will feature Meghan Trainor debuting her cover of theme song “I’ll Be There for You” on “Friends Day,” Sunday, September 22, at 8:30p - the exact time Friends debuted on September 22, 1994. The song will be synced live on iHeartMedia’s Z100 at the same time, then available to download on iTunes and other digital retailers beginning at midnight on September 23. MTV Documentary Films acquired Gay Chorus Deep South, centered on a gospel choir that traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee to bring a message of love and acceptance. “The LGBTQ bias is fierce in southern states,” said Sheila Nevins, who launched MTV Documentary Films after 38 years at HBO. “Faced with unrelenting resistance, these brave men break barriers with song and continue to sing and raise their voices in the name of diversity.” Taylor Swift will serve as the Mega Mentor on Season 17 of NBC’s competition series The Voice, launching Monday, September 23 at 8p. Coaches John Legend and Blake Shelton made the announcement about the “Shake It Off” singer’s return on Instagram. AXS TV is set to broadcast the premiere of Lucha Invades NY, presented by Lucha Libre AAA and IMPACT Wrestling, from the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, on Friday, September 20 at 8p. Action features leading Mexican and internationally-known Luchadores. The characters from PBS KIDS television series Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood will tour over 50 cities across the U.S. beginning in January 2020. All remaining dates for the 2020 tour will go on sale Friday, September 20. The Paley Center for Media has added An Evening with CBS This Morning to its Fall 2019 PaleyLive NY season. Program will take place at the Paley Center’s New York location on Thursday, October 24, 2019, at 6:30p. STREAMING Altice USA announced plans to launch Amazon Prime Video on the Altice One entertainment and connectivity platform. The Prime Video app will be available directly on Altice One and alongside a user’s live, on demand, and streaming video services included with Altice One. Additionally, the Prime Video content will be accessible via the Altice One voice-activated remote control. France’s Canal+ will starting selling Netflix subscriptions on October 15. Subscribers to the channel will be able to add a package that includes a Netflix subscription for an extra fee. TECH TALK Facebook is most effective at driving new leads in local advertising (33%), while referrals from friends or family (27%), search engine marketing (20%), paid social media advertising (19%), company websites (18%), professional referrals (16%) radio (14%), events and sponsorships and newspapers (11% each), and direct mail (9%) round out the top ten, according a study from Borrell Associates. The average local ad budget rose year-over-year from $114,400 to $116,200. Snap is offering a political and advocacy ad library, with comprehensive lists of all the political and advocacy ads on Snapchat from 2018 to the present. “This gives the public an opportunity to find out details about all political advocacy advertising running on our platform,” said the company. Included will be buyers’ target demographics. Business Wire and Onclusive have entered into a strategic partnership to give Business Wire clients real-time reporting on the impact that their content has created. The advanced analytics capability will measure syndicated, earned and social media and will provide insights that include metrics such as volume, social and influencer engagement, advanced sentiment analysis and geolocation CASTING Comedian John Mulaney will play Henry David Thoreau and rapper/actor Wiz Khalifa will portray Death in Apple TV+ dark comedy Dickinson, starring Hailee Steinfeld as poet Emily DIckinson...Luke James (Star), La La Anthony (Power) and Lil Rel Howery (Bird Box) will guest star during season three of Showtime’s The Chi...Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) will star in upcoming Apple TV+ drama Shantaram, centered on an Australian prisoner who finds a new life in the underworld of India...Yael Yurman (Once Upon a Time) landed a series regular role in upcoming Netflix drama Firefly Lane. GOING GLOBAL 9 Story Distribution International has secured international sales for the first season of the 3D animated preschool series Dr. Panda with Cartoonito (Italy), RTL Kids (Netherlands, Luxembourg), YLE (Finland), TVNZ (New Zealand) and HITN (Latin America and Spanish-speaking USA). The series was also licensed to Roku in the US, and to kids learning app Azoomee for the US, UK, Eire, Sweden, Malta and South Africa. eOne preschool animated show Ricky Zoom has landed on Turkish network Minika Cocuk, free to air channels Karusel in Russia and Spacetoon Kids’ T.V channel in the Middle East and North Africa. Kew Media Distribution has acquired international rights to two new Agatha films for UK producer DSP and commissioned by the UK’s Channel 5, which follow the recently broadcast Agatha and the Truth of Murder, already sold to more than 139 territories. German streaming platform Joyn announced its first original drama series. Political thriller Dignity has been commissioned by Joyn in Germany and MEGA in Chile. Series is produced by Story House Productions in Germany and Chilean film and TV producer Invercine & Wood, in co-production with the Chilean television fund CNTV and MEGA. Ireland’s ShinAwiL and Swiss production companies C-FILMS and Point Prod struck an agreement to develop and co-produce a drama series written by Pascal Glatz and Christian Wehrlin in cooperation with 'Mirage screenwriter Bénédicte Charles. Swiss national broadcaster Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is funding development of the script together with its French and German speaking networks SRF and RTS. PODCAST POSTS C13Originals, a division of Cadence13, announced the launch of Long May They Run, a music docu-series about touring bands who have a lasting impact. Season One will focus on the band Phish. Work in Progress, a podcast from actress Sophia Bush, is available today. The podcast, which will air on Tuesdays and Thursdays, includes conversations with people who inspire Bush about how they've gotten to where they are, and where they think they're still going. Tenderfoot TV and Black Mountain Media, creators of the true crime podcast Culpable, have offered a reward of up to $100,000 for new information leading to a conviction in the case of Christian Andreacchio. Over the last 15 weeks, Cuplable has investigated the death of the 21-year-old from Meridian, Mississippi, who was found dead from a single gunshot wound to the head. After a 45-minute investigation, his death was ruled a suicide, although there is substantial evidence that points to Christian’s death being a premeditated homicide. |
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| RATINGS SHAREABLEE TOP TV SHOWS for the week of September 9 Program, Network, Total Actions, Total Content, Actions per Content, Fans & Followers Program, Network, Total Actions, Total Content, Actions per Content, Fans & Followers The Ellen DeGeneres Show (WB/syndicated) 15.5M, 113, 137,054, 187.7M E! News (E!) 8M, 730, 11,012, 36.1M The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 2.5M, 135, 18,525, 20.5M Entertainment Tonight (CBS/syndicated) 1.6M, 545, 2,880, 8.4M Today Show (NBC) 1.5M, 709, 2,109, 13.3M The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) 1.2M, 121, 9,978, 24.7M Good Morning America (ABC) 1.2M, 1,061, 1,124, 13.4M Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) 906K, 116, 7,809, 1.6M The Late Night Show with James Corden (CBS) 868K, 80, 10,852, 6.6M The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) 763K, 88, 8,676, 12.3M Tunity Analytics Top Weekly National Out-of-Home Viewer Rankings for Entertainment Programs for the week of September 9 Program, OOH Viewers (000) The Masked Singer (Fox) 606 The Simpsons (Fox) 505 Family Guy (Fox) 307 Big Brother (CBS) 273 NCIS: New Orleans (CBS) 221 NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) 211 Home Town (HGTV) 206 America’s Got Talent (NBC) 170 Love It or List It (HGTV) 169 House Hunters (HGTV) 162 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 9 The I-Land (Netflix) - 100% Unbelievable (Netflix) - 100% The Ranch (Netflix) 92.4% Titans (DC Universe) 39.6% The Good Doctor (ABC) 36.8% American Horror Story (FX) 23.5% Gotham (FOX) 22.1% The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (Sky Witness) 15.1% Shameless (Showtime) - 11.8%Elite (Netflix) - 9.5% *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 13 time period averages Source: Nielsen Live+SD CBS: 3.96 million Hawaii Five-0 3.86, Magnum P.I. 3.84, Blue Bloods 4.19 NBC: 2.82 million American Ninja Warrior 2.54, Dateline NBC 3.39 ABC: 2.25 million American Housewife 2.35, Fresh Off the Boat 1.91, Reef Break 2.08, 20/20 2.53 FOX: 0.99 million BH90210 0.93, MasterChef 1.06 UNIVISION: 1.07 million Rosa de Guadelupe 1.05, Rosa de Guadelupe 1.16, Sin Miedo a la Verdad 1.01 TELEMUNDO: 1.01 million Exatlon Estados Unidos 1.07, El Final del Paraiso 1.12, Preso No. 1 0.83 CW: 0.34 million EA Sports Madden NFL 20 Classic 0.43, Peaking 0.24 Friday A18-49 Ratings NBC 0.6/4, CBS 0.4/3, ABC 0.3/2, FOX 0.3/2, TELE o.3/2, UNI 0.3/2, CW 0.1/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES Stacey Wolf was promoted from VP to Senior Vice President for Business Affairs for CNN Worldwide. BET Networks appointed of Kimberly Paige as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Most recently, Paige was the Chief Operating and Brand-Building Officer at Sundial Brands. DPAA today announced that NOVUS President Debbie Drutz, a member of the DPAA Board of Directors, will chair its WE.DOOH (Women’s Empowerment in Digital Out-of-Home) initiative, aimed at uniting women working across the digital out-of-home ecosystem. CNBC tapped Denise Contis to serve as Executive Vice President of Programming. Contis worked at Discovery from 2008-2017, most recently as Senior EVP, Development & Production. |
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| This Day in History 1964 – The Beatles were paid a then-record $150,000 for a concert. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question Which short-lived, Florida-set crime series starred a former boxing champ as a detective’s sidekick? Miami Undercover (1961). Kudos to: Charles Lore/NYC, Ted Linhart-NBCU/NYC, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/:LA Today’s Trivia Question On which variety show was Dom DeLuise a regular in sketches set in a barber shop? (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 17 ABC: Bachelor in Paradise [f] CBS: NCIS, FBI, NCIS: New Orleans CW: Pandora, Mysteries Decoded FOX: The Resident, First Responders Live NBC: America’s Got Talent, Bring the Funny [f] PBS: Country Music, Country Music Telemundo: Exatlon Estados Unidos, El Final del Paraiso, Preso No. 1 Univision: La Rosa de Guadelupe, La Userpadora, Sin Miedo a la Verdad |
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