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| Tonight’s Premieres ABC: 20/20 at 9p CBS: Hawaii Five-0 at 8p, Magnum PI at 9p, Blue Bloods at 10p NBC: Dateline NBC at 9p Syfy: Van Heising at 10p Tonight’s Finales CW: Masters of Illusion at 8p, The Big Stage at 8:30p Saturday’s Finale Animal Planet: The Zoo: San Diego at 9p Sunday’s Premieres ABC: Shark Tank at 9p, The Rookie at 10p Animal Planet: Lone Star Law at 9p CBS: God Friended Me at 8:30p, NCIS: Los Angeles at 9:30p CNN: Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies at 9p, This Is Life With Lisa Ling at 10p Cooking: Snack Attack at 8:30p Epix: Godfather of Harlem at 10p Food: Halloween Wars at 9p Fox: The Simpsons at 8p, Bless the Harts at 8:30p, Bob’s Burgers at 9p, Family Guy at 9:30p PBS: The Durrells in Corfu on Masterpiece at 8p, Poldark on Masterpiece at 9p Sunday’s Finales ABC: Celebrity Family Feud at 8p AMC: Fear the Walking Dead at 9p, Preacher at 10p Epix: Pennyworth at 10p Hallmark: Chesapeake Shores at 8p Weather: SOS: How To Survive at 9p, Weather Gone Viral at 10p IN THE NEWS Fox-owned TV stations in 17 markets plus FS1, FS2, Big Ten Network, Fox Soccer Plus and Fox Deportes went dark on Dish Network - the latest in a string of carriage disputes. The impasse, which affects Dish’s 12 million satellite households and the millions who subscribe to Sling TV, comes as Fox kicks off its first broadcast season as the newly trimmed Fox Corp. WarnerMedia released its inaugural diversity and inclusion interim report covering 2018 with regard to corporate operations and TV content, films and digital programming created by its properties. The report breaks down D&! into the areas of workforce, content and community. In workforce and production staffing, the company’s global workforce was 54 percent male and 46 percent female, while the US is 53 percent male and 47 percent female. Regarding people of color, 42 percent of the workforce in non-manager positions are people of color; that percentage tends to decrease going up the ladder to senior level positions. NBC’s upcoming second winter season of America’s Got Talent: The Champions will launch with singer Alesha Dixon replacing former judge Mel B. Dixon, who hails from Britain’s Got Talent, will join the returning panel of judges Simon Cowell, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel, and returning host Terry Crews. Sinclair Broadcast Group CEO Chris Ripley said the final $9.6 billion price the Sinclair-led investor group paid for Disney’s sale of former Fox regional sport nets “way underachieved expectations” - a boon for the buyers including Sinclair and Byron Allen. Speaking at Advertising Week, Ripley noted heightened Wall Street and media attention on the RSNs made the environment difficult. “In fact, if I was Disney and I had a choice, I would have pulled the sale,” he said of the deal, which Wall Street initially projected would deliver $15 billion-$20 billion to Disney. Which categories will You win? The Cynopsis Best Of The Best Awards encompass every aspect of national TV programming including linear TV, digital content, marketing, and more with over 40 categories to choose from. View categories here, and enter before October 23! Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway, a one-night benefit concert Monday, November 4 that benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will feature Whoopi Goldberg and performers from across the gamut of Disney’s stage productions. The SAG-AFTRA Foundation named writer/director/producer Greg Berlanti and Jennifer Aniston as honorees for its 4th Annual Patron of the Artists Awards, to be held on Thursday, November 7 in LA. Ready for your next career move? Visit Cynopsis’ career center today to get started! The Paley Center for Media is heading back to NY for its 24th Paley International Council Summit: Agility in Media: Navigating the Global Market, November 14-15. Summit brings together dignitaries, CEOs and tech and media other leaders. This year’s roster includes James A. Baker III, former Secretary of State; Henry A. Kissinger, former US Secretary of State and chairman, Kissinger Associates; Shari Redstone, CBS & Viacom and Advancit Capital; and Discovery Inc. CEO David Zaslav. |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT Absentia will return to Amazon for a third season. Series, starring and exec-produced by Stana Katic, will start its next run in 2020 exclusively on Prime Video in the US, and in select global markets. One month after the series premiere, On Becoming A God In Central Florida got a season two pickup from Showtime. Dark comedy, from Sony’s TriStar Television, follows the cult of free enterprise and one woman’s relentless pursuit of the American Dream. CBS Corp. opened “CBS Stages Canada,” a multi-use production facility near Toronto that includes six soundstages, production offices, support facilities and auxiliary services for large-scale television and film production. Michael Sugar’s Sugar23 launched an Alternative & Unscripted division, headed by former Lifetime reality exec David Hillman. Hillman exec-produced more than 35 series and numerous specials during his 14-year tenure at Lifetime, including Project Runway; competition series Glam Masters, hosted by Laverne Cox; and This Time Next Year. Viacom International Studios signed an agreement with YouTube Originals to develop a reality show that will be made available exclusively on YouTube via Viacom comedy channel Porta Dos Fundos. The New Future Ex Porta Actor will document the search for a new comedian to join the Porta Dos Fundos’ cast, and will film in Brazil. NEW & RETURNING SERIES This Sunday, September 29 a new season of Forest Whitaker-starring Godfather of Harlem begins airing on Epix. Series is inspired by the true story of infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early ‘60s returned from 11 years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. HGTV hit A Very Brady Renovation is the latest in a string of Brady Bunch spin-offs. Check more out here. RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is crossing the pond for a US debut on Logo on October 11 at 8p. Like its US sister, which has picked up multiple Emmys for reality series and host RuPaul Charles, the UK incarnation showcases the charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent of top drag queens. Travel Channel presents a terrifying chapter in America’s history in four-part docudrama Witches of Salem, beginning on Sunday, October 6 at 10p. Limited series reveals how extreme beliefs can completely change how communities collectively think and, in this case, fatally act. Another podcast plot is headed to the small screen. Talk/variety-themed The Read with Kid Fury and Crissle, produced by Avalon Television and based on the like-named podcast, will debut on Fuse on Friday, October 11 at 11p. Podcast, featuring the duo and guests dropping cultural commentary on topics relevant to Millennials and Gen Zers, has drawn 85 million listens worldwide. The seventh season of Hulu original Letterkenny is slated to premiere Monday, October 14.Series revolves around the dustups Wayne (Jared Keeso) and his buds get into with their small-town rivals. MTV’s newest digital original series, eight-ep Teen Code, launches this week on Snapchat. From Viacom Digital Studios, the spinoff of the net’s shows Guy Code and Girl Code calls on social media influencers, comedians and musicians to give viewers the ultimate guide on how to survive the woes and wonders of adolescence. COMING UP Entertainment Tonight hits the Big Apple tonight to broadcast the show from the Blue Bloods set with guest co-host Donnie Wahlberg. In celebration Blue Bloods’ 10th season premiere and 200th episode airing at 10p tomorrow on CBS, the special edition of ET will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look and interviews with the cast. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman sits down with Norah O’Donnell in Jeddah on CBS’ 52nd season premiere of 60 Minutes on Sunday, September 29 at 7:30p. The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s saga about organized crime in the post-war US, will debut on Netflix on November 27, following its theatrical run beginning November 1. All-star cast includes Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and Harvey Keitel. In celebration of America’s Funniest Videos’ 30-year anniversary, ABC will air AFV: America, This is You! on Sunday, December 8 at 8p, following a new ep of the show. Retrospective will probe the series’ history and its influence on pop culture, while current host Alfonso Ribeiro and former hosts Bob Saget and Tom Bergeron reminisce about their individual styles of hosting. TECH TALK Like it or not, Facebook will test whether hiding like counts makes for a better social networking experience. FB will begin hiding the number of likes and other engagement metrics from personal posts and ads in Australia beginning this week. Amazon is the biggest purveyor of European films outside of Europe, according to a new report from Ampere Analysis for the European Audiovisual Observatory. With twice as many titles as Netflix, European films comprise 14 percent of all unique titles in the 79 global subscription-based Amazon services across 21 countries worldwide. The behemoth counts 3,281 unique European films, compared to Netflix’s 1,816, and romcom Love Actually is the most present across Amazon services. In other Amazon news, the company debuted the redesign of its streaming service Twitch, which includes a new logo and brighter purple color. Twitch tweaks are part of a marketing campaign designed to let audiences know the service is about more than gaming. Tesla’s latest software system upgrade brings new entertainment options including support for Netflix, YouTube and Hulu (or Hulu with Live TV) accounts to stream video from the cars’ center displays. For safety reasons, streaming video features will work only when the car is in park. KIDS NEWS Cartoon Network is scaring up new themed episodes of Victor & Valentino, Ben 10, Craig of the Creek and more, debuting throughout October. First up is Cartoon Feud, a crossover ep of Teen Titans Go and the Scooby Gang on Friday, October 4 at 6p. Viva Kids will release animated adventure Racetime on digital platforms on Tuesday, November 5. Movie is the sequel to Snowtime, and features songs by Cyndi Lauper, Simple Plan and Robby Johnson. Molly of Denali will debut a week of new episodes on PBS stations and PBS Kids on Monday, October 7. The series also was added to PBS International kid’s catalog. PODCAST POSTS Insatiable fans of Law & Order: SVU will want to listen up. NBC and Wolf Entertainment are partnering for Squadroom, an after-show podcast that delves behind the scenes of the longest-running primetime drama on television. Weekly aftershow is hosted by Anthony Roman and will feature exclusive interviews with cast, producers and writers. First ep dropped yesterday (September 26) at 11p. Syfy Wire celebrates the 15th anniversary of the premiere of Lost with new podcast series Through the Looking Glass: A Lost Retrospective. Six-ep series, co-hosted by Syfy Wire senior producer Tara Bennett and TV critic Maureen Ryan, explores how Lost impacted high-concept serialized storytelling, opened the door for shorter US seasons and ushered in a new era of fan engagement, among topics. CASTING Christine Baranski (The Good Fight), Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City), Amanda Peet (The Romanoffs) and Morgan Spector (The Plot Against America) will topline Julian Fellowes’ The Gilded Age series at HBO… Timothy Busfield (thirtysomething) is in as a series regular opposite Nicholas Pinnock in ABC’s midseason legal drama series For Life. Anthony Anderson (Black-ish) is onboard for the HGTV reboot of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, formerly on ABC. He’ll guest along with series host Jesse Tyler Ferguson... Grammy winner Kandi Burruss (The Real Housewives of Atlanta) snagged a multi-ep arc in season 3 of Showtime drama The Chi… Ray Stevenson (Rome), Sai Bennett (Mr. Selfridge), Andrew Buchan (Broadchurch) and Peter Egan (Downton Abbey) joined the cast of Starz’s final season of The Spanish Princess... Eduardo Franco (Booksmart) and Patrick Gibson (The OA) are set as the leads in USA Network’s Masters of Doom pilot. AnnaSophia Robb (The Act), Tiffany Boone (The Hunt), Alona Tal (SEAL Team), Mathew Barnes, Andy Favreau (Single Parents) and Luke Bracey (Home and Away) all scored parts in the flashback ep of Hulu’s upcoming limited series Little Fires Everywhere. |
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| RATINGS Monday night kicked off Food Network’s seasonal lineup, with Halloween Baking Championship netting a .7 rating A25-54 and a .9 rating W25-54 in its 9p timeslot, the series’ highest season premiere to date. At 10p, Halloween Cake-Off notched a .5 rating A25-54, +40% vs. the year-ago timeslot, with the overall night seeing a double-digit increase of nearly 40% vs. last year. Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions): Wednesday, September 25 Time period averages Source: Nielsen Live+SD FOX: 7.90 million The Masked Singer 7.90 NBC: 7.05 million Chicago Med 7.41, Chicago Fire 7.22, Chicago P.D. 6.52 CBS: 5.26 million Survivor 6.29, Big Brother 4.23 ABC: 3.97 million The Goldbergs 4.48, Schooled 3.44, Modern Family 4.04, Single Parents 2.81, Stumptown 4.53 UNIVISION: 1.34 million Rosa de Guadelupe 1.29, Usurpadora 1.65, Sin Miedo a la Verdad 1.19 TELEMUNDO: 0.74 million Exatlon .83, Final de Paraiso .79, Preso No. 0.62 CW: 0.61 million Penn & Teller: Fool Us 0.76, Hypnotize Me .45 Wednesday A18-49 Ratings FOX 2.5/12, CBS 1.2/6, NBC 1.1/5, ABC 0.8/4, UNI .4/2, TELE .4/2, CW 0.2/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES Jeffrey A. Hirsch inked a new long-term deal as president and CEO of Starz. Hirsh, elevating the exec, who’d been effectively running the network as COO since the departure of Chris Albrecht. Brad Wilson has been named EVP of performance marketing for Disney+ and ESPN+. Wilson joins from LendingTree, where he served as CMO. This Day in History 1979 - The Department of Education became the 13th Cabinet in US history after the final approval from Congress. Friday Fact The global fitness app market is anticipated to top $14.7 billion by 2026, according to Polaris Market Research. Answer to our last trivia question Which 1960s drama was based on characters from a 1938-42 film series? Dr. Kildare (1961-66). Kudos to: Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc/NY; Andrew Goldman-Fathom Events/NY; Charles lore-consultant/NY; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; --Dave Sikula-San Francisco State University/SF; Cathy Korda/Honolulu Today's Trivia Question What character did Julia Garner, who just picked up an Emmy for Ozark, play in The Americans? (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 correct answers from each time zone will be selected.). |
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| FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27 ABC: American Housewife, Fresh off the Boat, 20/20 CBS: Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods CW: Masters of Illusion, The Big Stage, Peaking, Peaking FOX: WWE Smackdown Greatest Hits, Prodigal Son NBC: Bluff City Law, Dateline NBC PBS: Washington Week, Firing Line, Great Performances, VOCES on PBS Telemundo: Exation Estados Unidos, El Final de Paraiso, Preso No. 1 Univision: La Rosa de Guadelupe, La Usurpadora, Sin Miedo a la Verdad |
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