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| Tonight’s Premieres Acorn TV: Balthazar Food Network: Christmas Cookie Challenge at 10p Freeform: Wrap Battle at 9p HITN: Mundo Salvaje at 9p Pasiones: Sombras del Ayer PBS: College Behind Bars at 9p Tonight’s Finale ABC: Dancing With the Stars at 8p |
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| IN THE NEWS America’s Got Talent judges Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough are leaving the show after one season, reports Variety. Union and Hough had replaced judges Melanie Brown and Heidi Klum for season 14. T-Mobile and Comcast have teamed with telecommunications company Inteliquent to announce a technical breakthrough that should help with the growing robocall problem: the first call routed across three networks using the STIR/SHAKEN cryptographic security framework. Caller Verified is now available to all T-Mobile customers on 17 (and counting) smartphone models. “Scammers and spoofers are a scourge on the industry, and at T-Mobile, we're using every tool available to fight against these bad guys on behalf of consumers,” said John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile. Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said he won’t appear on MSNBC unless he gets an apology for getting “a fraction of the speaking time” of other candidates, despite higher polling, in Wednesday’s debate. Yang said had invited Yang to appear on the network over the weekend. Tom Rogers, Executive Chairman at WinView ; Darren Cox, President and CEO of Millennial Esports; and former WWE Chief Digital Officer Lou Schwartz introduced a new venture. WinView is merging with streaming specialist Frankly Media and esports experts Torque Esports to create Engine Media, a platform integrating news, gaming, sports, and esports that will be dedicated to accelerating new, live, immersive experiences for consumers, aimed at driving new revenue opportunities and expanding the options for live content. Adtech company IgnitionOne is closing , according to a note to shareholders from CEO Bill Margiloff, reported in Business Insider. The firm recently cut head count and faces allegations from a former investment firm and two other adtech companies that it owes them money. Margiloff told investors the company had spent most of the year looking for a buyer, but struggled in a changing media environment. “The grounds have shifted in the digital market and we couldn’t get to safer ground in time,” he wrote. |
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| PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT Night Shyamalan thriller Servant was picked up for a second season by Apple TV+, ahead of the series’ debut on November 28. Shyamalan dropped the news on The Tonight Show. Dickinson, For All Mankind and See also got early renewals. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Games of Thrones), writer Joe Derrick and VP and Head of Development Jeffrey Chasen have teamed to form Ill Kippers Productions, reports Deadline. The US- and Europe-based production company is focused on scripted and unscripted projects for multiple platforms. Sci-fi label Dust has begun production on Alt , a spin-off series based on the short film GLOW starring Catherine Parker (The Haunting of Hill House) and directed by Trevor Stevens (Rock Steady Row). Gloria Calderon Kellett (One Day at a Time) inked an overall deal with Amazon Studios that will start in June 2020, upon the expiration of her current deal with Sony Pictures Television. Short-form service Quibi ordered comedic dance competition series Floored, hosted by Liza Koshy (Liza On Demand). Mission Control Media is producing. Fox gave a put pilot commitment to Football Book Club , a from Robert Horn and Scott Ellis (Broadway’s Tootsie), former NFL wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell, Kapital Entertainment and Warner Bros. TV. Comedy is inspired by Mitchell’s experiences. Fox also gave a scrip commitment to a comedy starring and exec produced by stand-up comedian Louie Anderson (Baskets), reports Variety. Tigsley is focused on a family and their obnoxious talking cat, played by Anderson. Top 10 Weekend Domestic Box Office Estimates: November 22-24 Frozen 2 (Walt Disney) $127.0 million, opening weekend Ford v Ferrari (Twentieth Century Fox) $16.0 million (week 2), cume revenue $58.0 million A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood $13.5 million, opening weekend 21 Bridges (STX) $9.3 million, opening weekend Midway (Lionsgate) $4.7 million (week 3), cume revenue $43.1 million Playing with Fire (Paramount) $4.6 million (week 3) $31.6 million The Good Liar (Warner Bros.) $3.4 million (week 2), cume revenue $11.8 million Charlie’s Angels (Sony Pictures) 3.2 million (week 2), cume revenue $13.9 million Last Christmas (Universal) $3.0 million (week 2) $27.8 million Joker (Warner Bros) $2.8 million (week 8), cume revenue $326.9 million Source: Comscore NEW SERIES New ID series Homicide City: Charlotte debuts Tuesday, December 3 at 9p, ahead of the season two launch of Body Cam. Six-part The Interrogator, recounting cases solved with a detective’s keen questioning, premieres Thursday, December 5 at 10p. The “I” Word, a video series focused on the impeachment inquiry , launched Sunday on The Recount site and app. John Heilemann (The Circus) and former Acting Solicitor General/NBC analyst Neal Katyal explore the political process in weekly 15-minute episodes. TLC’s new series My Feet Are Killing Me premieres Thursday, January 2 at 10p. ADVERTISING Connected TV continues to dominate video advertising , according to the 3Q Video Benchmarks Report from Extreme Reach. Trends include the steady rise of 30-second ads, which accounted for 66% of video ad impressions; 15-second spots declined to 32%. DTC and Auto ads showed an even larger investment in this length - for auto, 30-second spots accounted for 84%, while in the DTC category they rose to 97% of impressions by length. YouTube Masthead ads for TV are out of beta and available to all advertisers on a CPM basis. “It can be purchased as part of a seamless cross-screen buy that runs on mobile, desktop and TV screens or as part of a single-screen only buy that runs just on TV Screens,” wrote Anish Kattukaran, Product Manager, YouTube Ads, in a blog post. Fox was part of the beta test, to drive awareness of The Masked Singer, and the ad format got a thumbs up from Natalie Park, Fox’s VP of Media, who said, “This first-of-its-kind initiative reaches viewers where they live, right at their point of viewing, and with YouTube’s scale, it’s the perfect partnership and a fantastic way to promote our #1 show.” The format appears across the entire upper part of the TV app, and expands when a user hovers over the ad. COMING UP The CW Dog Honors have been scheduled for Wednesday, January 15 at 8p , with Mario Lopez hosting a broadcast that will see canines fetching awards like Top TV Dog, Pawpular, and Celebrity Dog Selfie. “The CW Dog Honors is a special which brings together two guaranteed winning components, celebrities and their love for their canine family members,” JUMA President Robert Horowitz tells Cynopsis. “Mario Lopez proves the point as he'll be joined at the party and in the show by his daughter Gia, and the Lopez's French Bulldog, Julio.” The event will be filmed during a studio lot party at CBS Radford Studios. “By using a Hollywood studio as a backdrop for the party, we're breaking away from the traditional theater-style award show format,” said Horowitz. The Cowboy Channel will broadcast live on location at the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Wrangler National Finals Rodeo from December 5-14. The net will broadcast 5+ hours of daily content from two locations: Thomas & Mack Center and Las Vegas Convention Center’s Cowboy Christmas exposition. The Caddie Network announced its 12 Days of Christmas Sweepstakes promotion, giving golf fans the chance to win live chats with 12 PGA Tour caddies. “Talking directly to the caddies of up and comers, proven winners and major champions is a golf fan’s dream,” said TCN co-founders Merrill Squires and John von Stade. “One of our main goals in creating The Caddie Network was to share the unique front-row perspective only caddies have.” Tyler Perry announced via Twitter that his new Netflix film , A Fall From Grace, starts streaming January 17. Thriller centers around a divorced woman whose secrets threaten her newfound happiness. CASTING Cedric the Entertainer (The Neighborhood) and Brandon Micheal Hall (God Friended Me) are onboard Starz drama Power for the series’ final five episodes, reports Deadline...Margo Martindale (The Americans) will play Lucianne Steinberger Goldberg in FX’s Impeachment: American Crime Story... Goran Višnjić (ER, Timeless) and Robert Glenister (Paranoid, Law and Order: UK) are set to appear in the upcoming season of Doctor Who when show returns in early 2020 on BBC America...Camila Morrone (Mickey and the Bear) landed a lead role in Amazon’s Daisy Jones & The Six. |
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| RATINGS WGN America’s Dog’s Most Wanted finished the season with an average 797,000 P2+ in Live+3 Nielsens, the net’s #1 original series, up 49% versus original series Dog the Bounty Hunter. The show was up 124% above the original among A25-54. Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Thursday, November 21 time period averages Source: Nielsen Live+SD FOX: 12.92 million Thursday Night Football 12.92 CBS: 5.68 million Young Sheldon 8.38, The Unicorn 5.65, Mom 6.06, Carol’s Second Act 4.87, Evil 3.43 ABC: 4.38 million Grey’s Anatomy 6.40, A Million Little Things 4.59, How to Get Away With Murder 2.16 NBC: 2.51 million Superstore 2.65, Perfect Harmony 1.87, The Good Place 2.05, Will & Grace 2.19, Law & Order: SVU 3.18 TELEMUNDO: 1.50 million Exatlon 1.72, Final del Paraiso 1.45, Senior de Cielos 1.34 UNIVISION 1.41 million Rosa de Guadelupe 1.66, Cuna de Lobos 1.48, El Dragon 1.10 CW: 1.00 million Supernatural 1.14, Legacies 0.86 Thursday A18-49 Ratings FOX 3.8/17, ABNC 0.9/4, CBS 0.7/4, NBC 0.6/3, TELE 0.5/3, UNI 0.5/2, CW 0.3/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES Eliot Goldberg is stepping down as EVP of Nonfiction and Alternative Programming for AMC, Sundance TV and BBC America. Marco Bresaz, SVP of Nonfiction and Alternative Programming, will lead the nonfiction programming group going forward. The group also includes Kelly Nash, recently promoted to VP of Nonfiction and Alternative Programming. “This has been my dream job and I can honestly say I have achieved everything I came here to do,” said Goldberg. “I am enormously proud of the strength of the nonfiction team I leave behind and the quality of original programming on three amazing brands.” WeWork named former Publicis Groupe CEO Maurice Levy as Interim Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Communications Officer. The move came after the struggling workplace solutions provider announced its decision to lay off 2400 employees. VENN, the Video game Entertainment and News Network slated to launch in mid-2020 , tapped Neal Kirsch to serve as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Kirsch comes to VENN from OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, where he was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer for five years. The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has promoted Marcus Riley to serve as senior director of content strategy for its East Coast television stations. Riley now works with newsroom leaders in nine of Scripps’ local TV markets to implement, evaluate, measure and refine the Scripps local content strategy. Rogers & Cowan/PMK announced the promotion of five senior executives in the agency’s Brand Marketing and Communications division. Melissa Schumer has been named President, Digital Entertainment, Technology and Gaming, and Cary Kwok has been elevated to EVP of the department. In addition, Meilani Weiss will serve as EVP, Brand Integration and Content Partnerships, Beth Andrews has been promoted to EVP, Lifestyle, and Genesa Garbarino has been promoted to EVP, Brand Strategy and Thought Leadership. IN MEMORIAM Actor Michael J. Pollard died November 21 of cardiac arrest. He was 80. Pollard, perhaps best known for his Oscar-nominated role as C.W. Moss in Bonnie and Clyde, appeared on numerous TV series, including Gunsmoke, Lost in Space, The Lucy Show and The Andy Griffith Show. Producer/ director Arthur Marks died November 13. He was 92. In addition to work in films, Marks directed 76 episodes of Perry Mason, and produced 145 episodes of the legal drama. Casting director Pam Polifroni passed away on November 21. She was 90. Among those to whom Polifroni gave early career boosts were Bruce Boxleitner, Corbin Bernsen, Genie Francis and Ted Danson. This Day in History 1960 – CBS ended its last four radio soap operas. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question In which Winnie the Pooh show on Disney Channel could the narrator be seen as well as heard? Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983-1986). Kudos to: Rev. Mark Wajda/Lakeland, FL, Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC, Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank Today’s Trivia Question Who played the title character’s long-lost mother in Jane by Design (2012)? (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 answers per time zone.) |
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| MONDAY NOVEMBER 25 ABC: Dancing With the Stars [f], The Good Doctor CBS: The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola, All Rise, Bull CW: All American, Black Lightning FOX: 9-1-1, Prodigal Son NBC: The Voice, Bluff City Law PBS: Antiques Roadshow, College Behind Bars [p] Telemundo: The Transporter Refuled, El Final del Paraiso, El Senor de los Cielos Univision: La Rosa de Guadelupe, Cuna de Lobos, El Dragon |
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