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| Tonight’s Premieres Facebook Watch: Ladies First With Grace Helbig HGTV: Fixer to Fabulous at 9p ID: Truth About Murder With Sunny Hostin at 10p Pasiones: El Otro del Paraiso at 8p TBS: The Misery Index at 10p Tonight’s Finale Bravo: In a Man’s World at 10p IN THE NEWS HBO’s Watchmen had strong premiere numbers on Sunday, counting a hefty digital lift. Series based on the Alan Moore graphic novel launched to 1.5 million viewers across HBO platforms; the 9p broadcast averaged 800,000 viewers. Nielsen has expanded its measurement capabilities to include Amazon Prime Video within its SVOD Content Ratings solution. “This is a significant milestone for Nielsen, especially considering the upcoming high-profile streaming service launches,” said Brian Fuhrer, SVP Product Leadership, Nielsen. “We think the addition of Amazon Prime Video will allow rights owners an added ability to understand both the size, as well as the composition, of their streaming audiences relative to other platforms or programs.” Nielsen, which also measures Netflix, counts streams taking place in the US via TVs. Fox Corp. reached a new retrans deal with Charter Communications covering Fox stations as well its cable news and sports nets that appears to have been unusually amicable. “We appreciate Charter’s professional and collaborative approach throughout this process, and we look forward to expanding our partnership in the days ahead,” said Michael Biard, President of Operations and Distribution at Fox. Tom Montemagno, EVP, programming acquisition for Charter, was equally complimentary. “This agreement allows continued access to all of the Fox programming for our customers and Fox viewers, but it will also amplify our mutual efforts to address piracy and abusive password sharing issues. We appreciate Fox’s desire to further collaborate as the video landscape continues to evolve.” Also addressing piracy issues are Comcast and Viacom, which have joined the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, a coalition dedicated to protecting the legal market for content and reducing piracy. Viacom’s Paramount Pictures and Comcast’s NBCUniversal are already members of the group. Former congressman and The Real World cast member Sean Duffy has joined CNN as a political commentator. A President Trump supporter, Duffy resigned from congress to deal with his child’s health issues. He and his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, met while they were appearing on MTV’s Road Rules: All Stars. Local TV stations’ core advertising will decline 3% over the next 12-18 months, but local TV stations will also see increasing revenues from retrans fees from pay TV providers, estimates Moody’s Investors Service. Overall, TV stations are expected to continue to see stable cash flow, rising 3% over the next 12-18 months, says Moody’s. Feeling frustrated at work? Cynopsis has partnered on with Situation Interactive for podcast STUCK, focused on the challenges faced by millennials and Gen Z in the office. If you’re dealing with a colleague who’s a slacker, check out advice on that topic (and others) from Damian Bazadona and Rachelle Pereira in episode 2 – which you’ll find here. Haystack TV has expanded its news coverage with the launch of i24NEWS, including both global and domestic news. i24NEWS is the second network from the Altice USA News group to join the Haystack TV platform, which already features content from Altice sib Cheddar. “We’ve seen strong viewership growth with Cheddar on Haystack TV, and we’re excited to bring i24NEWS’ important global and national news coverage to even more viewers,” said Jonathan Steinberg, President, Altice News. |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT HBO Max ordered a new docu-series from Lionsgate TV, The Ho’s (working title). The comedic series, which is described as being in the spirit of Crazy Rich Asians, follows a patriarch and his wife, a power couple that immigrated from Vietnam to the United States with little money and now enjoy a lavish Houston lifestyle with their family. Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills Productions (Hollywood Game Night) is joining Avalon Harbor Entertainment to produce the 26th Annual SAG Awards. “The SAG Awards has always been ‘The actors’ party in The Actor’s house.’ That’s especially true this year, with Sean having won four SAG Awards,” said Kathy Connell, Executive Producer, Awards and National Programming for SAG-AFTRA. “I look forward to working closely with Todd and Sean, who bring acclaimed production experience and a respected history of working with actors across all mediums.” The show will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS on January 19. NBC gave a put pilot commitment to The Mother-in-Law, from Jessica Goldberg (The Path), Amy Poehler and Paper Kite, 3 Arts Entertainment and Universal Television. Thriller is based on the novel by Sally Hepworth. Netflix is adapting the 2013 play Slut into a ten-part series, Grand Army, following a teenager who is sexually assaulted by three friends during a night out. Drama is exec produced by Gone Girl producer Joshua Donen and Beau Willimon (House of Cards), with Odessa A’zion, Amalia Yoo, Maliq Johnson, Amir Bageria and Odley Jean set to star. Fredbird Entertainment has signed a first-look development deal with all3media international to create factual programs around the Australian Outback. “This deal allows Fredbird to fast-track early stage development into some of the most remote areas of Australia, as we search for new Australian stories with universal appeal,” said Shannon Weir, Head of Development at Fredbird. “The all3media international initiative offers broadcasters and potential co-production partners an exciting new way into development and production”. NEW & RETURNING SERIES Former MLB star Alex Rodriguez helps fellow celebs get a shot at redemption in new series, Back in the Game, from Michael Strahan’s SMAC Productions and Amber Mazzola’s Machete Productions. Series premieres Wednesday, November 6 at 10p on CNBC. Season two of Paranoia on CollegeHumor’s Dropout debuts Tuesday, November 5. A new episode of the cannabis-filled elimination series will be released every Tuesday through December 31. Celebs share true tales of coming face-to-face with unexplained phenomena in Famously Afraid, premiering Tuesday, November 5 at 10p on Travel Channel. First episode features stories from Howie Mandel (America’s Got Talent), Hal Sparks (Queer as Folk) and Dance Moms stars Christi and Chloe Lukasiak. HGTV’s Hot Properties: San Diego debuts Sunday, November 3 at 10p, featuring spectacular renovations, outrageous open houses and more to help owners get top dollar for their homes. Holiday comedy event series The Moodys kicks off Wednesday, December 4 with back-to-back episodes at 9p and 9:30p on Fox. Show follows a family of five who gather in their hometown of Chicago for a “perfect” holiday that includes secrets, breakups and arrests. COMING UP The Weather Channel is airing one-hour special 2020: Race to Save the Planet on Thursday, November 7, featuring conversations with the network’s meteorologists and nine Democratic and Republican presidential candidates on climate change. Show is produced in partnership with The Climate Desk, a media consortium. Senator Cory Booker, Senator Kamala Harris, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Governor Mark Sanford, former Governor Bill Weld, former Congressman Beto O’Rourke, former Congressman Joe Walsh, and Mayor Pete Buttigieg talk about how climate change is impacting the world, and how their administrations would address these issues directly. Netflix grabbed Broadway’s Mike Birbiglia: The New One as a stand-up special set to launch globally on November 26. Birbiglia performs the show before a live audience for the last time in LA from October 23-November 24. Lifetime movie You Light Up My Christmas, exec produced by and starring Kim Fields, reunites Facts of Life (1979-88) co-stars Fields, Lisa Welchel, Mindy Cohn and Nancy McKeon. Inspired by true events, film tells the story of a woman who returns to her hometown built around her family’s pioneer Christmas light factory, to find the lights have gone dim. HBO Max picked up documentary 15 Minutes of Shame from executive producers Monica Lewinsky and Max Joseph (Catfish). Produced by Six West, doc features individuals from around the globe who have been publicly shamed, while also the exploring the bullies, the bystanders, the media, and politicians involved. A&E’s Garth Brooks: Road I’m On has been moved. Originally scheduled for November 24 and November 25, Biography special event is now slated for Monday, December 2 and Tuesday, December 3 at 9p. Documentary feature Ready for War, exploring the phenomenon of deported US military veterans, premieres on Showtime on Sunday, November 22 at 9p. Film follows three green card holding soldiers at various stages in this process: one in Tijuana fighting to come home to American soil and reunite with his family; another in ICE detention in the U.S. fighting deportation; and a third, lost in the clutches of a drug cartel in Ciudad Juarez. TECH TALK Ads in Facebook’s Search Results are now open to all advertisers for select topics. The ad unit is intended to help marketers reach consumers looking to purchase products. The placement will be included automatically when Automatic Placements are used in any new campaign; advertisers can also elect to manually select placement. In more Facebook news, the social network revealed it found and took down four state-backed misinformation campaigns, three originating from Iran and one of Russia. Facebook said it has updated its inauthentic behavior policy “to further improve our ability to counter new tactics and bad actors,” including permanently removing from platforms organizations organized to conduct manipulation campaigns. Digital ad spending rose almost 17% during the first half of 2019, the slowest rate of growth since 2015, according to the IAB and PwC’s Ad Revenue Report. With the current rate of growth, PwC projects total 2019 spending will hit $120-130 billion. Up to 60% of search query results returned by the likes of Google, Bing, Baidu and Yandex lead consumers to websites that sell fake goods, according to research from Incopro that looked at pharmaceutical, automotive, children’s products, white goods and safety equipment. “Google appears to be exploiting a loophole in the law which means that search engines are not obliged to remove links to websites displaying items that infringe intellectual property rights or trademarks,” said the report. TV attribution company TVSquared has partnered with audience-based multi-screen TV advertising sales and technology company Ampersand to integrate always-on attribution reporting into Ampersand’s platform. Through Ampersand’s platform, advertisers can now track the influence of TV campaigns on lower-funnel activities, including website traffic and sales. Granular TV insights across different days, dayparts, networks and creatives are tracked in real-time by TVSquared, and leveraged to inform where changes can be made to achieve KPIs and improve performance across all TV investments. “TV is evolving and performance measurement is playing a transformational role in the next evolutionary stage for both local and national cable,” said Bob Ivins, Chief Data Officer, Ampersand. “TVSquared’s partnership supports our vision of bringing together different parts of the TV ecosystem to change the world of TV advertising from ratings to performance.” Google is calling foul on Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard’s lawsuit over a brief suspension of her Google Ads account. While Gabbard claims Google violated her First Amendment rights by suspending her account for several hours on June 28, Google says, “Any suggestion that Google was attempting to abridge plaintiff’s speech by briefly suspending its ads account for a few hours in order to protect plaintiff from potential fraud defies logic. But plaintiff’s claim faces a fatal threshold problem: Google is a private company, not a state actor, and it is not bound by these constitutional limitations on the power of the government.” Google is asking a judge to either dismiss the lawsuit or transfer it to a different location. Microsoft bought Canadian startup Mover, provider of cloud file migration, to help make it easier for customers to move to the cloud. “Mover supports migration from over a dozen cloud service providers - including Box, Dropbox, Egnyte, and Google Drive - into OneDrive and SharePoint, enabling seamless file collaboration across Microsoft 365 apps and services, including the Office apps and Microsoft Teams,” wrote Jeff Tepper, CVP Office, SharePoint and OneDrive, in a blog post. STREAMING SNIPPETS The price of AT&T TV Now base package is going up to $65 per month, up from $50, starting in November. It’s the second price rise this year; the company has been moving customers off promo pricing for its services. Netflix is planning a $2 billion bond offering for “general corporate purposes, which may include content acquisitions, production and development, capital expenditures, investments, working capital and potential acquisitions and strategic transactions,” said the company. The streamer most recently offered bonds in April. INSP original series Ultimate Cowboy Showdown is now available on Amazon Prime Video. Competition premiered on INSP on October 14. GOING GLOBAL Studio 100 Media announced a slate of pre-sales for season two of the revived CGI animated series Heidi. In addition to TF1 (France), also a co-production partner, the latest broadcasters to join Heidi include Canal Panda (Portugal), TVPabc (Poland), MTVA (Hungary), RTVS (Slovakia), ProPlus (Slovenia) and LRT (Lithuania). UK’s First Look TV announced that A+E Networks UK and A+E International ordered a new run of hit true crime series, Evil Up Close, to premiere on Crime+Investigation in the UK in January. Show looks at vicious killers people least suspected of murder. Dancing On Ice has been commissioned by SBS6 in the Netherlands, following a deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment. Show starts on December 7, hosted by Winston Gerschtanowitz and produced by Talpa Productions. Quintus Media has signed deals for its documentaries produced by German factual specialist Maximus Film GmbH. Pre-sale partners for the second season of Mega include A+E Networks UK, Polsat Play in Poland, Prima ZOOM for the Czech Republic, N24 for German speaking Europe and RMC Decouverte in France. PODCAST POSTS Crooked Media announced the launch of its first daily audio news podcast, What A Day, hosted by author, comedian and Crooked contributor Akilah Hughes and political journalist Gideon Resnick, formerly of The Daily Beast. Hughes and Resnick will cover the day’s top stories, explaining what’s going on, why it matters, and what listeners can do about it. MWM Universe and Frolic Media have teamed to form Frolic Podcast Network, targeting fans of romance with 13 podcasts. “Romance is truly universal,” said Lisa Berger, co-founder of Frolic Media. “It generates over $1 billion in the US and is a major driver in pop culture. The podcast network brings together incredibly talented voices and diverse points of view who share a passion for a great love story.” CASTING Alia Shawkat (Search Party) joins the cast of FX drama pilot The Old Man in a series regular role...Rosie Perez (Rise) landed a series regular role in HBO Max drama The Flight Attendant, starring Kaley Cuoco...Jacob Tobia has boarded the voice cast of Netflix animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power in the role of a non-binary character, Double Trouble. |
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| RATINGS Sunday Night Football delivered 21.5 million total viewers for NBC and 24.7 million total viewers across linear TV and digital platforms, making it the most-watched week 4 of the NBC show ever. Sunday’s broadcast of Telemundo’s 2019 Latin American Music Awards attracted 2 million total viewers, 881,000 among AA8-49 and 400,000 A18-34, according to Nielsen, and set a record for the awards with 40 million engagements across digital, social and television platforms, a 34% increase over 2018. With an assist from an NFL lead-in, The Simpsons’ annual Halloween episode on Sunday scored Fox 5.7 million total viewers and an evening entertainment high 2.1 rating among A18-49. The first season of Amazon Prime’s The Boys grabbed 8 million total viewers from July 26 to August 4, reported Nielsen, with 39% of viewers between 35 and 49, not including smartphone or tablet viewing. Friday’s finale of Univision’s La Usurpadora averaged 1.8 million total viewers, 790,000 A18-49 and 355,000 A18-34, making it the highest-rated primetime novela/series finale on Univision year-to-date. La Usurpadora was also the second and fourth most-watched program on broadcast television on Friday night with A18-34 and A18-49, respectively. Documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey delivered 2.8 million viewers for ITV, versus 4.3 million for time slot competitor World on Fire on BBC One. Doc airs on ABC tomorrow, October 23 at 10p. SHAREABLEE TOP 10 TV Shows for the week of October 14 Program, Network, Total Actions, Total Content, Actions per Content, Fans & Followers The Ellen DeGeneres Show (WB/syndicated) 16.9M, 116, 145,891, 189.4M E! News (E!) 8.6M, 669, 12,906, 36.3M Riverdale (The CW) 6.1M, 61, 99,226, 15.1M Grey's Anatomy (ABC) 3.1M, 61, 50,752, 33.9M The Walking Dead (AMC) 1.8M, 122, 14,998, 48.2M The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 1.8M, 140, 12,975, 20.8M Entertainment Tonight (WB/syndicated) 1.7M, 605, 2,795, 8.5M Today Show (NBC) 1.3M, 702, 1,923, 13.3M Supernatural (The CW) 1.2M, 38, 31,649, 22.6M The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) 1.1M, 81, 13,946, 12.4M Tunity Analytics Top Weekly National Out-of-Home Viewer Rankings for Entertainment Programs for the week of October 14 Program, OOH Viewers (000) The Simpsons (Fox) 688 Bless The Harts (Fox) 310 Bob’s Burgers (Fox) 240 Chicago PD (NBC) 194 NCIS (CBS) 190 The Voice (NBC) 186 This Is Us (NBC) 185 The Masked Singer (Fox) 179 FBI (CBS) 172 Blue Bloods (CBS) 169 Source: Tunity Analytics. Viewing estimates are derived from the Tunity mobile app usage. OOH impressions are calculated using Tunity Analytics propriety estimation model. Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions): Friday, October 18, 2019 Time period averages Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD CBS: 6.44 million Hawaii Five-0 6.21, Magnum P.I 5.78, Blue Bloods 7.33 NBC: 3.8 million The Blacklist 3.51, Dateline 3.17 ABC: 2.77 million American Housewife 3.32, Fresh Off the Boat 2.47, 20/20 2.71 FOX: 2.44 million Friday Night Smackdown 3.87 UNIVISION: 1.50 million Rosa de Guadelupe 1.38, La Usurpadora 1.83, El Dragon 1.28 TELEMUNDO: 1.38 million Exatlon 1.28, Final de Paraiso 1.34, Senor de Los Cielos 1.53 CW: 0.62 million Charmed 0.76, Dynasty 0.48 Friday A18-49 Ratings FOX 0.8/4, CBS 0.6/3, NBC 0.5/3, ABC 0.5/3, TELE 0.5/2, CW 0.1/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES London-headquartered production company Buccaneer Media appointed Richard Tulk-Hart as Joint CEO alongside company founder Tony Wood. Tulk-Hart was previously Managing Director of International distribution, formats and co-production at A+E Networks. Kevin Bartel has joined All3Media America as CEO and founder of Best Production Company, a newly-created company devoted to the development and production of entertainment formats and premium unscripted content. The new venture is the 12th production company added under All3Media America’s banner. Bartel is the former EVP of Love Productions USA. On This Day 1907 -Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth bought Barnum & Bailey Circus. Answer to our last trivia question In which series did This Is Us’ Justin Hartley play the med school crush of the main character? Emily Owens, M.D. (2012-13). Kudos to: Andrew Goldman-Fathom Events/NYC, Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC, Cheryl Wall-Sandbox Entertainment/Nashville, Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Kenneth Irby-TV One/NYC, Randall Bosley-Studio Talent Group/Santa Monica, Adrienne Spitzer/Beverly Hills Today's Trivia Question What was the first Norman Lear-produced show to air on ABC? (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 22 ABC: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Toy Story of Terror!, mixed-ish, black-ish, The Douglas Dynasty: Fame, Addiction, Finding Homw CBS: NCIS, FBI, NCIS: New Orleans CW: The Flash, Arrow FOX: World Series NBC: The Voice, This Is Us, New Amsterdam PBS: Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr., Retro Report on PBS, Frontline Telemundo: Exatlon Estados Unidos, El Final del Paraiso, El Senor de los Cielos Univision: La Rosa de Guadalupe, Cuno de Lobos, El Dragon |
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