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| Tonight’s Premieres Bravo: In a Man’s World at 10p Discovery: Finding Escobar’s Millions at 10p E!: Total Divas at 10p Food Network: Chopped: Sweets Showdown at 9p Great American Country: Log Cabin Living at 9p Paramount Network: Ink Master: Grudge Match at 10p PBS: Frontline at 9p TLC: Outdaughtered at 8p Travel Channel: Most Terrifying Places at 10p Tonight’s Finales CW: Pandora at 9p SundanceNow: Name of the Rose IN THE NEWS Netflix renewed Stranger Things for a fourth season, and inked an overall deal for series and films with creators and showrunners The Duffer Brothers. The streamer made the announcement in a video that ends with, “We’re not in Hawkins Anymore.” Sinclair Broadcast Group stations are still alive on AT&T’s U-Verse and DirecTV, despite a deadline for a deal that passed on September 27. Warnings of a blackout on stations’ websites have been removed, and Sinclair said, “We continue to work with AT&T to maintain access to our programming.” A blackout would affect viewers of 136 stations in 86 markets, as well as Tennis Channel. President Trump significantly outspent any other 2020 presidential candidate on Facebook advertising in the first half of 2019, for a total of $16.9 million from January-June 24. Bernie Sanders came in a distant second, with $6.2 million. (“Some of Trump’s investment may be more geared towards shifting attitudes on specific issues rather than just his re-election campaign,” acknowledged Kantar.) Total political advertising on Facebook reached $37.6 million, versus $2.2 million on TV. Kantar estimates total political advertising for the election will reach $3.2 billion for broadcast TV; $1.2 billion for cable TV; $1.2 billion for digital media; and $400 million for radio. A September 19 appearance on CNN was cited in a subpoena issued on Monday to Rudy Giuliani by House Democrats, who are pursuing an impeachment inquiry over President Trump’s efforts to have Ukraine investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. “During an interview on CNN , Chris Cuomo asked you, ‘So did you ask Ukraine to look into Joe Biden?’ You responded, ‘Of course I did,'” said committee chairmen in a letter to Giuliani. Trump’s lawyer has said the State Department was aware of his actions regarding Ukraine. Jerry Seinfeld won a lawsuit that claimed he was not the one who came up with the idea for his Netflix show, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. A judge ruled that Christian Charles, who said he had worked with Seinfeld since 1994 and mentioned the idea for “Two Stupid Guys in a Car Driving to a Stupid Town” as early as 2002, waited too long to file his lawsuit, exceeding the statute of limitations. “This lawsuit was nothing but a money-grab seeking to capitalize on the success of the show,” said Seinfeld's lawyer. “We are pleased that the court saw through the noise." Rachel Smith is joining Entertainment Tonight as a full-time New York based correspondent beginning October 7. “Rachel has been on our radar for over a year, and we know she’s the perfect journalist to elevate ET’s presence in New York,” said executive producer Erin Johnson said. Recently, Smith served as a guest correspondent for the newsmagazine. |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CBS is developing scripted comedy The Last Happy Couple, an adaptation of the Israeli format La Famiglia. The adaptation will be produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Fulwell 73 and Anoynmous Content and will be written and executive produced by Liz Astrof (The Connors). Also serving as executive producers are Ben Winston, Jeff Grosvenor from Fulwell 73, Robyn Meisinger from Anonymous Content, Ran Dovrat, Avi Belkin, Ohad Perach, Efrat Dror, Zivit Davidovitch and Avi Armoza. Fox gave a script commitment plus penalty to a country music family drama from Melissa London Hilfers, Jason Owen’s Sandbox Entertainment and SideCar Content Accelerator. Hilfers exec produces with Owen and SideCar’s Gail Berman. Akiva Goldsman (Titans) and his Weed Road inked a first-look deal with MGM TV, to develop scripted dramas for the studio. “I couldn’t be more excited to work with MGM,” said Goldsman. “Their creative and business acumen, thoughtful attention to storytelling, and excellent executives make them optimal collaborators in today’s ever-changing television landscape.” NEW & RETURNING SERIES A new weekly program launches on Fox Business Network on Friday, October 4at 10p. Barron’s Roundtable, presented by Invesco, will feature interviews with investors and industry leaders about what to expect in the week ahead on Wall Street. Jack Otter, Editor-at-Large for Barron’s, hosts. Oxygen’s Killer Siblings, exploring the psychology of sibs who partnered for horrific crimes, premieres Sunday, October 27 at 7p. Food Network and Cooking Channel are prepping for the holidays with a 40% increase in Thanksgiving content versus 2018. Among the offerings are four-part Ultimate Thanksgiving Challenge, premiering Sunday, November 3 at 9p, and live interactive streaming event Guy’s Thanksgiving Hotline on the new Food Network Kitchen app. TLC’s Taken at Birth centers on the “Hicks Babies” scandal that exposed a small-town doctor for running a black market baby ring in the 1950s and 1960s. Three-part special weaves on-air birth parent reunions with investigative pieces to uncover the truth about the notorious clinic. Every Saturday in October, Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures team investigate the haunts of serial killers in an effort to find out why they committed heinous acts – and how long evil lingers. Ghost Adventures: Serial Killer Spirits launches October 5 at 9p at the home where America’s first known serial killer murdered a 9-year-old boy. COMING UP The gift that keeps on giving: HGTV extends the reach of A Very Brady Renovation, which drew over 23.7 million viewers to its first three episodes, with A Very Brady Renovation: Behind the Build, premiering Monday, October 7 and 14 at 9p. Episodes feature new renovated spaces in the house, along with DIY projects used to create specific items. Also on October 7, HGTV will launch new digital series Just Ask Brady, with the Brady sibs answering fan questions and sharing behind-the-scenes moments. The Paley Center for Media has added to its PaleyLive NY and PaleyFest programs, including Frank A. Bennack, Jr. in Conversation with Gayle King; Apple TV+’s The Morning Show: Exclusive Sneak Preview Screening; and PaleyFest NY: New Amsterdam. Spanish-language boxing program Boxeo Telemundo is set to premiere Friday, October 4 with a battle between Puerto Rico and Mexico. Event will broadcast live on Telemundo at 11:35p, from Kissimmee, FL. BBC America and Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Conservancy are teaming to celebrate “Fat Bear Week,” when bears gorge themselves to prepare for winter hibernation. Bear-centric programming will include The Polar Bear Family and Me, Great Bear Stakeout, Wild Alaska, and network’s premiere of Nature’s Great Events: The Great Salmon Run, as well as livestreams all week and a 24-hour bear-a-thon on BBCA on Saturday, October 5 starting at 6a. LMN’s fall slate includes 25 new movies, a network record for a quarter. Three-month stunt begins on October 3 and runs through December 21, with “Shocktober” offering eight premieres, “Hateful & Grateful” in November airing eleven premieres and “Slay Bells” for December running an additional six debuts. STREAMING Apple TV+, set to launch in November, has increased its ad spending, topping the amount spent by any other streamer from August 29-September 29 with $15.3 million on seven spots and 489 airings, according to iSpot.tv. Hulu has spent $14.6 million, Amazon Prime Video $13.3 million, Sling TV $6.6 million, Netflix $5.0 million, ESPN+ $2.7 million, while upcoming Disney+ has invested $1.4 million. YouTube TV is officially available on Fire TV devices, announced Amazon on Monday. Over 70 channels, including ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC, as well as cable nets including Discovery, TNT, CNN, ESPN and more are available, plus unlimited cloud DVR storage space. The YouTube app debuted on Fire TV in July. The number of shows and movies viewers are downloading from the apps they subscribe to has seen a steep increase, reports Penthera, which powers downloads for CBS All Access, Fox, Starz, Showtime, HBO Europe and other global OTT apps. In August, downloads were up 131.9% year-over-year across Penthera's network, the number of downloading devices was up 112% YoY, and downloads per device were up 8.9% in August. Particularly noteworthy: In health, wellness & fitness, the number of downloading devices has grown 159% YoY; in the past 6 months, sports has spiked 168%; and news apps have 164% more downloading devices TECH TALK Discovery Inc. and Comcast’s FreeWheel announced a multi-year agreement to unify ad management for Discovery’s cable nets. Discovery will use FreeWheel’s platform to re-aggregate scale, enhance targeting capabilities, and simplify the workflow for transactions with ad buyers. “FreeWheel has been a strong partner over the years, and their work to integrate the tech stacks of our expanded portfolio, while complicated, has been seamless,” said Keith Kazerman, EVP Digital Sales, Advanced Advertising and Research, Discovery, Inc. “The resulting, combined Discovery platform offers advertisers the necessary scale and intelligence to reach their customers across the array of data-enabled delivery channels that are redefining the way television is bought and sold.” Independent video software provide Synamedia is augmenting its video network portfolio through a partnership with VOD workflow solutions vendor Telestream. The Telestream Vantage products complement Synamedia’s video network solutions such as Digital Content Manager; Synamedia’s virtualized DCM supports linear TV broadcast and live streaming, and enables live transcoding at multiple bit rates and in multiple formats. “With the addition of Vantage we now offer customers the industry’s broadest range of video network solutions, reaching across the entire value chain,” said Julien Signes, SVP at Synamedia. Spotify users can now create custom playlists of podcasts. Once a playlist has been created, it can be shared the way music playlists can be; music can also be added to the playlist. For now, the feature is only available on mobile. CASTING Sonoya Mizuno (Maniac) landed a series regular role in HBO drama The Flight Attendant, starring and exec produced by Kaley Cuoco. GOING GLOBAL APC Kids signed an international distribution agreement with CTC Media for its new animated series Little Tiaras. APC holds global rights outside of Russia, CIS and mainland China to the show, which is produced by Melnitsa Animation Studio and owned by CTC Media and CTB Film Company...Pūkeko Pictures appointed 9 Story Brands as its global merchandising partner for the new preschool series Book Hungry Bears (excluding Greater China). Red Arrow Studios is headed to MIPCOM with shows across scripted, formats and factual. Among the offerings: Thrillers Dignity and The Bank Hacker; non-scripted Dog’s Most Wanted; reality series Meat the Family and entertainment series Beat the Channel. Kinetic, a Red Arrow Studios company, acquired unscripted show Taboo...Portfolio Entertainment’s kids content offerings include unscripted series So You Want to Be?; season four of Do You Know?; and season twelve of PBS Kids’ Cyberchase...Among the shows in Kew Media Distribution’s scripted slate set for Cannes are supernatural drama The Small Hand: A Ghost Story, mini-series Cold Call, and magical fantasy Worzel Gummidge... India and Singapore-based animation studio Cosmos-Maya is launching its new animated series Smarty-Pants Eric, showcasing the pilot episode at MIPCOM Junior...Federation Kids & Family has finalized a deal with Rai Com for worldwide distribution rights outside of Italy to animated TV special The Star of Andra and Tati... Distribution360 heads to MIPCOM with a portfolio of kids and family programming and several long-running lifestyle series in the home and food genres, and dives into French-language content with a volume deal agreed with Montreal’s Zone3, alongside other titles from French Canada, and also launches new content for marblemedia, GAPC Entertainment and Little Scooter Media. Boat Rocker Studios landed sales for CTV’s Mary’s Kitchen Crush, produced by Proper Television, to US streaming network Tastemade, as well as to Australia’s SBS. Video on Demand 365, a provider of branded OTT TV channels via Freeview, YouView, Freesat, mobile and smart TV devices, has acquired exclusive AVOD rights to the new Beatrix Potter series’ The Brompton Tales for its kids’ channel, Ketchup. Jungo TV released the fall slate for its owned and operated channels Combat Go, dedicated to global martial arts competition, culture and lifestyle; and Hallypop, for fans of Asian pop culture. Jungo TV’s Combat Go premieres The Combat Show on Thursday, October 3 at 8p; Mano a Mano launches Tuesday, November 5 at 8p; and docu-series Bushido Battleground begins Wednesday, November 13 at 8p. Starting in November, Hallypop will air Korean dramas from content partner Seoul Broadcasting System. WildBrain and Mattel TV are bringing preschoolers new Fireman Sam episodes with a green light for season 12 of the series. In addition, WildBrain has secured new linear broadcast and streaming platform deals across seasons 10, 11 and 12 from Netflix for CEE, the UK and Ireland, Benelux, Italy and France. Season 11 has also been picked up by Turner (MENA), Amazon Prime Video (Germany & the U.K.), Disney Channel (India), Showmax (Africa), NRK (Norway), RTS (Switzerland) and Roku (US). Season 12 has been acquired by ABC (Australia), Hop! (Israel) and RTL (Netherlands). NBCUniversal International Formats inked a deal with Globo to bring the first international version of My Kid Would Never Do That to Brazil. The local version of the show, Meu Filho Nunca Faria Isso, will be produced in house and air as a segment on Globo’s news program, Fantástico. |
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| RATINGS ABC’s season two premiere of The Rookie, moved to Sundays, delivered triple-digit time period improvement over the L+SD average of The Alec Baldwin Show in the hour last season, up 186% in total viewers (4.0 million vs. 1.4 million) and by 250% in A18-49 (0.7/3 vs. 0.2/1). The Rookie was ABC’s most-watched fall premiere in the hour in 4 years and highest-rated among Adults 18-49 in 3 years. Shareablee Top Ten for the week of September 23 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!) 13.4M, 867, 15,492, 36.2M The Ellen DeGeneres Show (WB/syndicated) 10.8M, 104, 104,166, 188.4M Grey's Anatomy (ABC) 4.5M, 75, 59,957, 33.8M The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 2.4M, 137, 17,470, 20.7M Entertainment Tonight (WB/syndicated) 1.9M, 615, 3,158, 8.5M Suits (USA Network) 1.4M, 97, 14,643, 5.9M Today Show (NBC) 1.4M, 750, 1,857, 13.3M This Is Us (NBC) 1.2M, 79, 15,331, 5.7M Saturday Night Live (NBC) 1.2M, 69, 16,984, 12.5M Good Morning America (ABC) 959K, 1,004, 955, 13.4M Tunity Analytics Top Weekly National Out-of-Home Viewer Rankings for Entertainment Programs for the week of September 23 Program, OOH Viewers (000) WWE Wrestlemania’s Legendary Moments (Fox) 1375 The Simpsons (Fox) 1143 Bob’s Burgers (Fox) 693 God Friended Me (CBS) 310 Saturday Night Live (NBC) 215 NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS) 174 The Voice (NBC) 244 The Voice (NB) 215 The Masked Singer (Fox) 209 Chicago Fire (NBC) 189 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 23 The Politician (Netflix) - 99.9% Prodigal Son (FOX) - 99.7% The Voice (NBC) - 93.2% FBI (CBS) - 81.7% 9-1-1 (FOX) - 81.3% A Million Little Things (ABC) - 77.3% New Amsterdam (NBC) - 76.2% Glitch - (ABC AU) - 74.2% This Is Us (NBC) - 72% This Resident (FOX) - 71.2% *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 27, time period averages Source: Nielsen Live+SD CBS: 6.99 million Hawaii Five-0 6.80, Magnum P.I. 6.36, Blue Bloods 7.82 NBC: 3.31 million Bluff City Law 2.70, Dateline NBC 3.61 ABC: 3.14 million American Housewife 3.39, Fresh Off the Boat 2.44, 20/20 3.25 FOX: 1.39 million WWE Smackdown’s Greatest Hits 1.39 UNIVISION: 1.23 million La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.19, La Usurpadora 1.44, Sin Miedo la Verdad 1.16 TELEMUNDO: 1.06 million Exatlon Estados Unidos 1.15, El Final del Paraiso 1.12, Preso No. 1 0.92 CW: 0.85 million Masters of Illusion 0.98, The Big Stage 0.89, Peaking 0.82, Peaking 0.71 Friday A19-49 Ratings CBS 0.6/3, ABC 0.6/3, NBC 0.5/3, FOX 0.4/2, UNI 0.4/2, TELE 0.4/2, 0.2/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES John Koenigsberg has been tapped to serve as General Manager of Big, Horizon Media’s new agency. The son of Horizon CEO Bill Koenigsberg, he previously led North American strategy and operations at Vice Media. "John has the vision we need, he is an entrepreneur at heart and was the unanimous choice of the team managing the executive search process," said Gene Turner, EVP/Chief of Horizon Next. "In short, he’s the ideal partner to help start-ups, e-commerce and emerging brands unlock their full potential." Creative and advertising agency Arnold announced the hires of Lisa Bamber, EVP Managing Director, and Scott Karambis, SVP Brand Strategy. Bamber joins from Digital Chicago, while Karambis comes from The Fantastical, where he was Head of Strategy and Planning. Charlie Coleman was named Senior Vice President, Marketing, EMEA, Warner Bros. Pictures. Coleman was most recently VP & Marketing Director, Franchise Management for The Walt Disney Company, EMEA. The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers and its global arm, the International Society of Broadband Experts, announced that Tom Adams, EVP, Field Operations for Charter Communications, has been elected as chairman of the SCTE•ISBE board for the 2019-’20 term. |
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| This Day in History 1968 – Zombie movie “Night of the Living Dead” premiered in Pittsburgh. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question Which short-lived drama focused on a man with webbed hands and gills who was recruited to help the US Navy recover a lost submarine? Man From Atlantis (1977-78). Kudos to: Kevin Moran-Blarney Productions/Pasadena, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, Peter Steckelman-Tennis Channel/Santa Monica, CA, Cammie Buerry-On Target Media/Las Vegas, NV, Rick Dascher-Turner Studios/Atlanta, Janet Bessmer-DR Power/Burlington VT, Dennis Maguire-Apple/Tampa, Julie Stowell-Gracenote/Queensbury, NY,Dan Whitford-WTTW/Chicago, Matty Fera-McGarryBowen/Chicago, John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas, Will Allmendinger-Clear Channel Outdoor/Chicago, Today’s Trivia Question Which actor played a character on a sitcom whose nickname was “Never-Pay-Ya-Backman”? (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 OCTOBER 1 ABC: The Conners , Bless This Mess, mixed-ish, black-ish, Emergence CBS: NCIS, FBI, NCIS: New Orleans CW: Pandora, Pandora [f] FOX: The Resident, Empire NBC: The Voice, This Is Us, New Amsterdam PBS: Secrets of the Dead, Frontline [p] Telemundo: Exatlon Estados Unidos, El Final del Paraiso, No te Puedes Esconder Univision: La Rosa de Guadalupe, La Usurpadora, El Dragon |
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