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Good morning. It’s Monday November 19, 2018 and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:

AMC: The Little Drummer Girl at 10p

Smithsonian Channel: China From Above: The Living Past at 8p

Tonight’s Finales:

ABC: Dancing With the Stars at 8p

Bravo: The Real Housewives of Orange County at 9p

CNBC: American Greed: Deadly Rich at 10p

IN THE NEWS

Channing Dungey is stepping down as President of ABC Entertainment. She’ll be replaced in the role by Karey Burke, head of Freeform original programming. Burke will report to Dana Walden, Chairman, Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment, upon the completion of the 21^st Century Fox acquisition. Said Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company, “I’m grateful to Channing for her significant contributions and unwavering dedication to the success of ABC over the past 14 years. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed having the opportunity to work with and mentor Channing.”

“This job has been the highlight of my career. While I’ve loved every moment and knew I could call ABC home for many years to come, I’m excited to tackle new challenges,” said Dungey. “Knowing that Karey is taking over, a person I like and respect so deeply, makes passing the baton a lot easier.” Dungey, the first African American to head a broadcast network, will stay through a transition period.

A federal judge on Friday ordered the White House to reinstate the press pass of CNN’s Jim Acosta immediately, granting CNN’s request for a temporary restraining order. CNN attorney Ted Boutros hailed the decision as “a great day for the First Amendment and journalism.” Acosta said, “Let’s get back to work.” The White House suspended Acosta’s pass after a testy exchange with President Trump during a post-midterms press conference.

While the White House agreed to temporarily reinstate the pass, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, a defendant in the case, said the White House was developing rules and processes to ensure orderly press conferences in the future. Sanders told her dad, Mike Huckabee, who was filling in for Sean Hannity on Fox News, “If certain reporters like Jim Acosta can’t be adults, then CNN needs to send somebody in there who can be.”

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CBS’s annual shareholder meeting, postponed once due to the battle between CBS and National Amusements and again after allegations of sexual misconduct against CEO Les Moonves, has been scheduled for December 11. Shareholders will be asked to vote on the company’s 11 board members, 6 of whom joined in September.

“Viacom is a fundamentally different, and better, place than it was two years ago,” said Bob Bakish, who became the company’s CEO in 2016, during a 4Q18 earnings call on Friday. Consolidated revenues grew 5% in the quarter, and media networks grew total affiliate revenues 4%. As for Nickelodeon, which “has shown some softness,” Bakish said new network head Brian Robbins “is diving in and creating great energy and urgency.”

During the Viacom call it was also revealed that Paramount Pictures signed a multi-picture film deal with Netflix. “We’re exploring various new revenue streams in addition to our traditional theatrical releases as a producer of first-run films and television for other media platforms,” said studio head Jim Gianopulos.

In a goodbye note to colleagues, Kevin Kay, stepping down as President of Viacom’s Paramount Network, TV Land and CMT in a corporate restructuring, advised betting on talent, saying, “Be fearless in backing those with the highest standards, that give you the hardest time, that push back, that won’t let you compromise their vision.” Kay also noted, “Changes like this are no longer endings in the new world order of entertainment.”

ABC gave a season seven order to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season six is set to air in summer 2019.

The Broadcast Television Journalists Association and nonfiction producers trade org NPACT are turning the reality show category of the Critics’ Choice Awards into a stand-alone show. Nonfiction, unscripted and reality TV content across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms are eligible. The ceremony replaces the NPACT Impact Awards, held for the first time earlier this year. “The industry has matured over the last two decades, and nonfiction and reality have never been more relevant,” said Critics’ Choice Real TV Awards exec producer Joey Berlin. “They deserve their own night of celebration.”

CBS’s Magnum P.I. reboot landed the prime post-AFC Championship Game slot on Sunday, January 20. The series is currently averaging a 1.3 A18-49 rating in Live+7.

The board of governors of the Television Academy voted Vice Chairman Frank Scherma as Chairman and CEO. Scherma, who succeeds Hayma Washington, is the President of RadicalMedia.

Journalism competition The Scripps Howard Awards will accept entries from December 1 to February 8 for reporting and storytelling that “give light and change lives.” The competition offers $170,000 in prize money for work across 16 categories, with awards presented on April 18, 2019, in a live show hosted by Michelle Miller (CBS This Morning: Saturday).

TiVo is launching a bi-weekly “Tune-In Conversion” report, offering tune-in conversions around key programming moments. The launch of new shows is usually backed by significant investment in promotional ads, and “the goal of this investment is to drive ratings and, ultimately, attract advertisers, which drives CPMs for new content,” Walt Horstman, SVP of Advanced Media and Advertising at TiVo, tells Cynopsis. Among the fourteen new broadcast shows that launched during the first week of the 2018 Fall TV season, CBS’ God Friended Me captured the top spot on both a Live and Live+7 basis for Tune-In Conversion; 12.9% of HHs who were exposed to the promo ads tuned in to the premiere episode on a Live+7 basis. NBC's new dramas Manifest and New Amsterdam captured the #2 and #3 rankings, respectively, for their first airing. Horstman says knowing the value of their promotions will help content providers “solve for media fragmentation, and drive viewership through optimization.”

The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless will not boycott the 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, as they had threatened to do after dissatisfaction with this year’s show. While the soaps said they “are not in agreement with all of the conclusions” reached in an internal investigation report, they said, “in the spirit of working with NATAS and the TV Academy,” they were lifting the boycott. Some digital contenders, like Amazon drama Ladies of the Lake, do not plan to participate. Among other things, the report found “many instances in which circumstances and NATAS staff decisions gave rise to, at minimum, the appearance of impropriety and favoritism, which have caused observers to believe the awards competition and the resolution of the awarding of Emmy Awards (in the guest-starring and supporting actor digital categories) was not conducted in an impartial manner.”

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Animal Planet is working with Coyote Peterson, host of YouTube’s Brave Wilderness channel, to develop a new long-form TV series featuring wild expeditions and rare up-close animal experiences. Series will premiere in 2019 and target Peterson’s 13 million-strong “Coyote Pack” as well as Animal Planet’s global audience.

Christopher G. Cowen, who served as an exec producer on CNN’s Decades series, is launching a TV, feature documentary and branded content company, Station 10 Media, as part of a joint venture with Boardwalk Pictures. Boardwalk will supply production and post-production support for Station 10 projects. “There has never been another time in the history of television or film where more opportunities for creators have existed,” said Cowen.

FX has put in development crime drama Piety, from Wes Brown (Preacher) and Noah Hawley’s 26 Keys Productions.

From new holiday specials and original Christmas movies to Rudolph and the Grinch, the Cynopsis Holiday Guide offers a comprehensive list of festive programming this season. Find your favorites here.

Medical drama Family Emergency is in development at CBS. Project comes from Michael Rauch (Instinct), Jennie Snyder Urman (Charmed) and CBS Television Studios.

NBC gave a script commitment to The Bone Collector, based on the Jeffery Deaver bestsellers and 1999 movie, from VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli (S.W.A.T.), Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television.

Netflix renewed animated comedy Big Mouth for season three. Series follows middle schoolers with emotional baggage.

Fox gave a script commitment plus penalty to comedies Uncle Joey, starring comedian Joey Diaz, and Significant Brother, written by Scott King (Difficult People) and Moe Jelline (You Again). Both come from Lionsgate and 3 Arts Entertainment.

Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: November 16-18, 2018

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Warner Bros.) $62.0 million, opening weekend

Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch (Universal) $38.2 million (week 2), cume revenue $126.5 million

Bohemian Rhapsody (Fox) $15.7 million (week 3), cume revenue $127.9 million

Instant Family (Paramount) $14.7 million, opening weekend

Widows (Fox) $12.3 million, opening weekend

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (Buena Vista) $4.7 million (week 3), cume revenue $43.9 million

A Star Is Born (Warner Bros.) $4.4 million (week 7), cume revenue $185.8 million

Overlord (Paramount) $3.9 million (week 2), cume revenue $17.7 million

The Girl in the Spider’s Web: A New Dragon Tattoo Story (Sony) $2.5 million (week 2), cume revenue $13.3 milion

Nobody’s Fool (Paramount) $2.3 million (week 3), cume revenue $8.9 million

Source: comScore

RETURNING SERIES

Season two of Showtime’s SMILF premieres Sunday, January 20, at 10:30p. Among the comedy’s guest stars for its sophomore run are Melanie Griffith (Working Girl), Ally Sheedy (Psych) and Trump accuser Stormy Daniels.

Season three of Young Justice: Outsiders premieres Friday, January 4, on the DC Universe streaming platform. First two seasons of the animated series aired on Cartoon Network from 2010-2013.

COMING UP

Ken Jeong, BuzzFeed, Sony Pictures Television and YouTube are teaming for a 30-minute Christmas special. In Ken Jeong Cracks Christmas, the Community star is joined by celeb pals to explore unexpected stories behind the big holiday. Show debuts on BuzzFeed’s YouTube channel on Wednesday, December 12.

Fasten your seat belts, it’s Rough Air Ahead on The Weather Channel tonight. In the 9p special, correspondent and producer Dave Malkoff explores the science behind airplane turbulence.

Our inaugural Top Women in Sports call for entries deadline is two weeks away! We’ll be honoring the game changers who are elevating the sports industry with drive and innovation. Who do you know that fits the bill? You can nominate them here by December 4.

Claire Foy (The Crown) will host NBC’s Saturday Night Live for the first time on December 1. Anderson Paak, also making his SNL debut, will be the musical guest.

DIGITAL DATA

Seventy-four-year-old Seventeen is going digital first after the December 2018/January 2019 issue. The fashion and lifestyle magazine’s website will cover content previously found in the print edition, supplemented by stand-alone special issues. Circulation for Seventeen dropped from ten times a year to six in 2016.

Android users experienced a brief Instagram outage on Saturday. The bug was fixed and users still having issues were told to clear their cache and reinstall the app.

WarnerMedia’s cult fave streaming service FilmStruck, which offers access to classic films from the Criterion Collection, is set to shutter at the end of the month, but fans will soon have another option - through an arrangement with WarnerMedia. In Spring 2019 the Criterion Channel will launch as a free-standing streaming service. The library of films will also be part of WarnerMedia’s direct-to-consumer platform, slated for a 4Q19 launch.

Streaming service BritBox will celebrate “Britmas” next month, with original programs, premieres, and live broadcasts featuring celebrities including Mary Berry (Mary Berry’s Absolute Favorites), Kenneth Branagh (Upstart Crow Christmas Special), Hugh Bonneville (Mr. Stink), Patrick Stewart (Snow Queen), Rowan Atkinson (Maigret) and John Cleese (Hold the Sunset Christmas Special), among others.

ADVERTISING

Google Ads is letting advertisers run an experimental ad format to promote Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals. Ads will show at the top of search results and be included as parts of the ads that have Promotion Extensions. To participate, advertisers add Promotion Extensions for Black Friday and Cyber Monday and create ad groups with relevant keywords and creatives.

In a new survey by Clinch, 79% of consumers said Facebook was the most effective social media platform to reach them, and 70% purchased a product or service after seeing an ad on social media. But only 31% said they felt ads were tailored to them at least 75% of the time.

GOING GLOBAL

Samira Mighty (Love Island) will host the UK remake of Facebook Watch game show Confetti, from Thames.

CASTING

Two and Half Men star Jon Cryer will recur as evil genius Lex Luthor on CW’s Supergirl, starting in early January….Nadine Cole (Casual) landed a recurring role in NBC’s upcoming The Village, focused on residents in a Brooklyn apartment building….John Marshall Jones (Smart Guy), Richard Burgi (General Hospital) and Adrian Pasdar (Heroes) will recur on ABC drama Grand Hotel.

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RATINGS

Opposite the NFL on Fox, ABC’s TGIT winter finales gave the net its best Thursday results in five weeks. Leading the trio was Grey’s Anatomy, which hit a season-high 7.3 million viewers and best-since-premiere 1.7/7 among A18-49, and had a crossover episode with Station 19.

The 19^th Annual Latin Grammy Awards delivered an average audience of 2.7 million Total Viewers 2+, 1.2 million A18-49 and 511,000 A18-34 to Univision. During the show’s final hour, the net drew more A18-49 and A18-34 viewers than ABC, NBC, and CBS.

Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Thursday, November 15, 2018 time period averages

Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated Live+SD

FOX: 11.68 million

NFL Football 11.68

CBS: 8.47 million

The Big Bang Theory 12.56, Young Sheldon 10.77, Mom 7.93, Murphy Brown 5.96, S.W.A.T. 5.13

ABC: 5.44 million

Grey’s Anatomy 7.30, Station 19 5.91, How to Get Away With Murder 3.13

NBC: 2.95 million

Superstore 3.31, The Good Place 2.69, Will & Grace 2.93, I Feel Bad 1.90, Law & Order: SVU 4.00

UNIVISION: 1.73 million

Latin Grammys 1.73

CW: 1.28 million

Supernatural 1.48, Legacies 1.08

TELEMUNDO: 0.81 million

La Sultana 0.89, Falsa Identidad 0.85, Senora Acero 0.69

Thursday A18-49: FOX 3.4/14, CBX 1.3/5, ABC 1.2/5, UNI 0.9/4, NBC 0.8/3, CW 0.4/2, TELE 0.4/2

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Brad Carr has been named Senior Vice President, Production at Endemol Shine North America. Carr was most recently SVP, Production at Critical Content.

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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - MONDAY NOVEMBER 19

ABC: Dancing With the Stars [f], The Good Doctor

CBS: The Neighborhood, Happy Together, Magnum P.I., Bull

CW: Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

FOX: The Resident, 9-1-1

NBC: The Voice, Manifest

PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Mark Twain Prize, Independent Lens

TELEMUNDO: La Sultana, Falsa Identidad, Senora Acero

UNIVISION: Jesus, Mi Marido Tiene Mas Familia, Amar a Muerte