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| Cynopsis will not publish on Thursday, November 28 or Friday, November 29. Happy Thanksgiving from the Cynopsis team! Tonight’s Premieres Food Network: The Great Food Truck Race at 10p Netflix: Broken Thursday’s Premieres Apple TV+: Servant Food Network: Santa’s Baking Blizzard at 9p HGTV: Outrageous Holiday Houses at 11p Netflix: Levius, Merry Happy Whatever, Mytho Thursday’s Finale Oxygen: A Wedding and a Murder at 9p Friday’s Premieres DC Universe: Harley Quinn Food Network: Diners, Drive-ins and Dives at 9p Netflix: The Movies That Made Us, Sugar Rush Christmas Nickelodeon: Top Elf at 8p Snap: Players Friday’s Finale DC Universe: Titans Saturday’s Finale ID: Highway to Hell at 10p Sunday’s Premieres Acorn TV: Midsomer Murders Food Network: Holiday Wars at 9p, Holiday Gingerbread Showdown at 10p PBS: Stargazers Sunday’s Finales AXS TV: Top Ten Revealed at 8:30p, Brian Johnson’s Life on the Road at 9p Epix: Godfather of Harlem at 9p IN THE NEWS Showtime announced new docu-series Gossip Starring Cindy Adams (wt), focused on the longtime New York Post gossip columnist. Imagine’s Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will exec produce, with Jenny Carchman (The Fourth Estate) producing and directing. Series is slated to premiere in 2021. CBS All Access canceled Strange Angel after two seasons. Series based on the biography Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons starred Jack Reynor. Preemption alert: The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing on December 4 on the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment. “We expect to discuss the constitutional framework through which the House may analyze the evidence gathered in the present inquiry,” said House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler in a letter to President Trump. “We will also discuss whether your alleged actions warrant the House's exercising its authority to adopt articles of impeachment.” Nadler invited the president or his counsel to participate in the hearing. Retailers spent over $400 million on TV advertising in 2019 ahead of Black Friday , according to MediaRadar, a five percent increase versus the same period last year. Extra thanks goes to top ten spenders Amazon, Walmart, Target, Macy’s, Kay Jewelers, JCPenny, Best Buy, TJX Companies (TJ Max and Marshall’s), and Raymor & Flanagan. “Our deep dive discovered that spending for 2019’s Black Friday TV advertising has been highly concentrated,” said Todd Krizelman, CEO and CoFounder of MediaRadar. “Of the nearly 300 retail companies that ran ads on national TV in the first half of November, 77 percent of those dollars came from the top 20 spenders.” Ad-supported network Bon Appetit will come pre-installed on Samsung smart TVs , part of Conde Nast’s efforts to expand the food lifestyle brand. A Bon Appetit streaming service launched in February. Univision Chicago and The Chicago Reporter are teaming to create Latinext , a cross-newsroom, cross-platform, bilingual news team to address the information needs of the Latinx community in the Chicago region. The project is aimed at increasing civic, bilingual reporting power in the Midwest and spark collaborations among local media around issues that are important to the Latino community like housing, healthcare, education and immigration. |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT BET+ ordered season two of First Wives Club . Series inspired by the 1996 revenge comedy was born at TV Land, then moved to Viacom sibs Paramount and BET before landing on the streamer. UK producer RubyRock Pictures has partnered with Beta Film , taking a minority stake in Zoë Rocha’s new company, launched earlier this year. The companies will look to create, develop, finance and produce select English-language series for the international market. Fremantle announced that Australian director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant will adapt Richard Flanagan’s novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North for the screen. Fremantle’s Director of Scripted Jo Porter will produce the limited series. Big Bad Boo is planning a spinoff of preschool series, 16 Hudson . ABC with Kenny G. will focus on grumpy cat Kensington. “Kensington has been a runaway star from the start of 16 Hudson and now he finally gets his own stage,” said Big Bad Boo Co-Founder and series creator, Shabnam Rezaei. NEW & RETURNING SERIES Four HGTV faves have premiere dates coming up . Season 8 of My Lottery Dream Home premieres Friday, December 13 at 9p; Property Brothers: Forever Home is back for season two on Wednesday, December 18 at 9p; Christina on the Coast launches its sophomore run on Thursday, January 2 at 9p; and season 4 of Home Town debuts Monday, January 20 at 9p. The New Pope, sequel to HBO’s The Young Pope, premieres Monday, January 13 at 9p . Series picks up where The Young Pope left off, with Jude Law’s character, Pope Pius XIII, in a coma; Sir John Brannox, played by John Malkovich, is placed on the papal throne. From ice cream cone cupcakes to 3D dinosaur cookies , mini-chefs put their culinary talents to the test in Food Network’s Kids Baking Championship, returning Monday, January 6 at 9p. Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman are back to test the skills of a dozen new bakers. TLC’s My Feet Are Killing Me was inspired by another show focused on shocking medical cases . “It was clear, following the debut of Dr. Pimple Popper, that our audience was craving even more powerful and heartwarming stories of medical transformation,” Howard Lee, President and General Manager of TLC, tells Cynopsis. “My Feet Are Killing Me is a welcome addition to TLC’s long history in the medical transformation space, and we are beyond excited for viewers to fall in love with Dr. Ebonie and Dr. Brad, who are tops in their field as well as exceedingly compassionate caregivers to their desperate patients. As with all series in TLC’s popular medical genre, we bring viewers along on emotional rollercoaster journeys through to their uplifting conclusions.” Series debuts Thursday, January 2 at 10p, after the return of Dr. Pimple Popper. More vehicular transformations are on the way when Twin Turbos returns to Discovery on Monday, December 9 at 10p, led by the father/son team of Doug and Brad DeBerti. In addition, new spin-off series Spoolin’ With the DeBertis debuts on the MotorTrend app on January 13. Project Runway winner Jhoan Sebastian Grey will star in Fashion Sewing with Jhoan Sebastian Grey. Diy fashion series drops Thursday, December 5 on streamer Bluprint, following Bravo’s season 18 premiere of Project Runway at 9:30p. The Wall premieres on Telemundo Wednesday, January 1 at 7p . Spanish-language version of the game show from executive producer/NBA star LeBron James will air Monday through Friday. Startling discoveries are the name of the murder game in new Oxygen series An Unexpected Killer, premiering Thursday, December 5 at 8p. COMING UP Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) will join Ryan Seacrest in Times Square for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest, starting at 8p on ABC. Hale previously oversaw festivities for the event in New Orleans, a task being taken over this time around by actor/singer/director/composer Billy Porter. Ciara is back to take charge in LA. Basketball star/roaster Blake Griffin will host Comedy Central’s “31 Days of Holiday Survival,” starring in interstitial sketches. Themed stunt includes movies, season episodes and digital components. The Paley Center for Media’s latest selection for its Fall 2019 PaleyLive NY season is Apple’s Truth Be Told: Exclusive Screening. The program will take place at the Paley Center’s New York location on Thursday, December 12; limited drama series launches Friday, December 6. CMA Country Christmas airs Tuesday, December 3 at 9p on ABC . Trisha Yearwood hosts and performs, along with Dierks Bentley, Kristin Chenoweth, for KING & COUNTRY, Chris Janson, Tori Kelly, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Runaway June, CeCe Winans, Brett Young and Chris Young . Ford Motor Company will serve as Presenting Sponsor of the annual Urban One Honors, taking place on December 5. The automaker will present a backstage pass segment hosted by celebrity influencer Tai Beauchamp as part of its participation. Telecast airs January 20 on TV One. Special December programming for WAPA Television , the Puerto Rican broadcast network that airs in the US on WAPA América, kicks off on December 1 with the 2019 edition of the musical production Tiempos de Aguinaldo, featuring performances artists including singer and actor Chucho Avellanet, one of the original performers at the program’s first airing in 1965. Clips show Nick Cannon’s Hit Viral Videos – Holiday 2019 will air Monday, December 16 at 8p on Fox. Special is part of the net’s Not So Silent Nights programming. Jennifer Lopez, Kristen Bell, Tracy Morgan, Karlie Kloss, Aaron Rodgers and Alex Rodriguez will star in episodes of Quibi series Thanks a Million, in which public figures gift $100,000 to someone who has had a positive impact on their life; that person is tasked with paying half the amount forward, and so on. Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions and B-17 Entertainment in association with Universal Alternative Television Studio are producing. Quibi launches April 6. STREAMING With Disney+ averaging about a million downloads daily – racking up an estimated 15.5 million in less than two weeks after its launch, reported Apptopia - and Disney generating $5 million through in-app purchases, Disney stock hit a new high of $153.22 on Tuesday (closing at $151.64). But so far, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and HBO are unaffected by Disney+, said Apptopia: “We see download and user session trends uninterrupted from their trend lines.” In more Disney+ news, the streamer has resumed a “Continue Watching” feature that lets viewers pause a show on their connected TV and resume playback later, including on another device. Disney+ removed the feature shortly after launch to address glitches. By the end of 2025, 5G will have 2.6 billion subscriptions covering up to 65% of the world’s population and generating 45% of the world’s total mobile data traffic - making it the fastest developing mobile communication technology to have ever been rolled out on a global scale, according to Ericsson’s November Mobility Report. “More immersive media formats and applications are expected to become a significant factor contributing to mobile data traffic growth, as 5G networks will provide the performance needed for a good user experience,” says the report. TECH UPDATE Ad technology company StackAdapt and video advertising platform SpotX formed a partnership focused on Connected TV inventory and audiences, aimed at enabling advertisers to reach Canadian viewers of OTT content at scale. Advertisers working with StackAdapt can now access premium inventory from more than 600 media owners, including A+E Networks, Discovery, and Pluto TV, via SpotX’s CTV network, reaching up to 44 million households across the US and Canada. Video technology provider Kaltura announced the expansion of its Kaltura Webcasting platform. New capabilities enable anyone to become a broadcaster from their desktop, and include a central Events Hub, and Real-Time Analytics. “More organizations are searching for flexible, easy to use solutions that help cater to their diverse video communication needs,” said Dr. Michal Tsur, Kaltura Co-founder, President and General Manager - Enterprise and Learning. “Kaltura is changing the playing field by combining, interactive live and on-demand communications across multiple channels.” 190 million 5G smartphones will ship next year , estimates the International Data Corporation, 14% of the total number of all phones being shipped. Android smartphones account for 87% of overall smartphone market share, versus 13% for Apple’s iOS. CASTING Claire Foy won’t be entirely absent from season three of The Crown , where she was replaced by Olivia Colman as an older Queen Elizabeth. The Daily Mail obtained a photo of Foy on set, in a flashback scene...Mamie Gummer (True Detective) will recur as a guest star on Nat Geo’s The Right Stuff, reports The Wrap...Chris Sullivan (This Is Us) guests on the season finale of DreamWorks Where’s Waldo, on Universal Kids Saturday, December 7 at 10a. GOING GLOBAL About Premium Content has boarded Movistar+’s new drama series The Invisible Line , taking global distribution rights outside Spain and Latin America. Produced by Movistar+ in collaboration with Sentido Films and Corte y Confección de Peclículas, The Invisible Line is based on an original idea from Abel García Roure, written by Michel Gaztambide and Alejandro Hernández and directed by Mariano Barroso. Cineflix Rights acquired exclusive global distribution rights to Storm Stories: The Next Chapter from The Weather Channel. Series showcases dramatic tales of severe weather. Blue Ant International sold UK’s Prison to nine additional international broadcasters across 82 territories. Popular YouTube channel Ryan’s World has launched in Japanese . The new channel follows the release of Ryan’s World Espanol. Documentary Hugh Grant: A Life On Screen will air on UK’s BBC Two over the Christmas holiday, and include an interview with the Four Weddings and a Funeral actor. |
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| RATINGS Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” franchise has made the net the highest-rated and most-watched cable network during Total Day and Primetime among Households, W25-54, and total viewers, excluding news and sports. Saturday’s Christmas at Graceland: Home for the Holidays averaged a 2.6 HH rating and 2.7 million total viewers, while Sunday’s Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2 drew a 2.5 HH rating and 2.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen. In syndication, for the week ending November 17, Jeopardy saw a new season high 7.2 Live+SD national Nielsen, up 7% from the week before with its Tournament of Champions. Most other shows were hit by impeachment hearing preemptions and Thursday Night Football. Only one magazine was up in households from the previous week, Entertainment Tonight (2.8, up 4%), which matched its season high and tied Inside Edition (2.8, down 3%) for the category lead. The fall finale of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy marked the series’ most-watched telecast since its season premiere eight weeks earlier, with 8.8 million viewers, and its highest-rated episode among A18-49 in six weeks with 2.2/11. FETV (Family Entertainment Television) announced it was the fastest growing cable network in America , according to Nielsen Household Universe Estimates for December. FETV’s Universe Estimate grew by 23% from September to December, with gains largely attributable to FETV’s recent launch with Charter Spectrum. The net hit 170,844 P2+ imps in M-F 7p-12a Prime for the month in Live+3 viewing, boasting 155,510 among A50+. The season three finale of Telemundo’s Exatlon Estados averaged 764,000 viewers among A18-49, 360,000 A18-34, and 1.9 million in total viewers Sunday night. TV Time Binge Report: Most Binged TV Shows for the week of November 18 (Show/Share of Streams) The Crown (Netflix) - 3.18% The End of the F***ing World (Channel 4) - 3.12% Friends (NBC) - 2.44% Atypical (Netflix) - 2.39% Grey's Anatomy (ABC) - 1.87% Riverdale (The CW) - 1.57% The Good Place (NBC) - 1.44% Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC) - 1.37% How to Get Away with Murder (ABC) - 1.28% The Big Bang Theory (CBS) - 1.24% The weekly Binge Report ranks shows with the most binge sessions. A binge session is when four or more episodes of a show are watched and tracked in our TV Time app within a given day. Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of November 11 ranked in order by HH Rtg Jeopardy (CTD) 7.2 AA Judge Judy (CTD) 6.8 AA Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 6.2 AA Family Feud (CTD) 5.9 AA The Big Bang Theory (WB) 3.1 AA Inside Edition (CTD) 2.8 AA Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.8 AA Dr. Phil (CTD) 2.5 AA Hot Bench (CTD) 2.1 AA Live With Kelly & Ryan (2/T) 2.1 AA Top 14 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of November 11 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg Family Feud (2/T) 1.3 AA Judge Judy (CTD) 1.2 AA Jeopardy (CTD) 1.2 AA Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.1 AA The Big Bang Theory (WB) 1.0 AA Family Guy (2/T) 0.9 AA Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 0.7 AA Last Man Standing (2/T) 0.7 AA Modern Family (2/T) 0.7 AA Inside Edition (CTD) 0.6 AA Source: Nielsen Basic Cable Weekly Average Ratings week of November 18 Basic Cable Top 5 – Primetime (P2+) Fox News (3,015,000) ESPN (2,659,000) MSNBC (2,474,000) Hallmark Channel (1,576,000) CNN (1,175,000) Basic Cable Top 5 – Total Day (P2+) Fox News (1,736,000) MSNBC (1,417,000) ESPN (961,000) Hallmark Channel (917,000) CNN (909,000) Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings week of November 18 CBS: The Late Show 2.96 million total viewers; 0.37/3 A18-49 NBC: The Tonight Show 1.90 million total viewers; 0.35/3 A18-49 ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live 1.67 million total viewers; 0.29/2 A18-49 Broadcast Weekly Average Ratings week of November 18 ABC World News Tonight 8.80 million total viewers; 1.4/7 A25-54 NBC Nightly News 7.92 million total viewers;1.4/7 A25-54 CBS Evening News 5.61 million total viewers; 0.9/5 A25-54 Source: Nielsen Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Monday, November 25 time period averages Source: Nielsen Live+SD ABC: 6.83 million Dancing With the Stars 7.79, The Good Doctor 5.86 CBS: 5.68 million The Neighborhood 5.92, Bob Hearts Abishola 5.65, All Rise 5.12, Bull 6.03 NBC: 5.29 million The Voice 7.33, Bluff City Law 3.25 FOX: 4.59 million 9-1-1 6.14, Prodigal Son 3.04 UNIVISION: 1.68 million La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.97, Cuna de Lobos 1.66, El Dragon 1.40 TELEMUNDO: 1.20 million Cine Telemundo 0.98, El Final del Paraiso 1.41, El Senor de los Cielos 1.22 CW: 0.66 million All American 0.68, Black Lightning 0.65 Monday A19-49 Ratings ABC 1.0/5, FOX 1.0/5, NBC 0.9/4, CBS 0.6/3, UNI 0.6/3, TELE 0.5/2, CW 0.2/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES MultiStory Media announced that Ana De Moraes has been promoted to Chief Creative Officer, reporting to Tim Carter. The appointment comes as Carter takes up his new role as CEO of both MultiStory Media and fellow ITV Studios label Twofour. Marathon Ventures Media Sales promoted Tania Bonetti to Vice President, Network Relations. Bonetti was most recently Director of Network Relations. Marie Moore is exiting her role as SVP Communications for HBO Max, TNT, TBS and truTV at the end of the year. Moore joined the company in June 2015. Software company Ceros hired Jennier Schwalb as Chief People Officer. Schwalb was most recently Global Head of Talent and Human Resources at strategy and design consultancy Redscout. This Day in History 1899 – The first permit was issued to drive a car through NYC’s Central Park. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question In the first season of Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005), what did Debra decide to serve for Thanksgiving instead of turkey? Fish. Kudos to: Joe Swaney/Atlanta, Kathy Bryson-Charter Communications/Charlotte, NC, Robyn Simensky-Evergreen Trading/NYC, Michael Goodman-Radio One Atlanta/Atlanta, Matt Fera-Bader Rutter/Milwaukee, John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas, Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA, David Garber-Loyola Marymount University/Playa Vista, CA Today’s Trivia Question An episode of which drama aired the same weekend a movie adaptation with the same name as the show’s episode opened? (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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| WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 27 ABC: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Modern Family, Modern Family, Stumptown CBS: Survivor, SEAL Team, S.W.A.T. CW: iHeartRadio Music Festival Night 1 FOX: The Masked Singer, Almost Family NBC: Ellen’s Game of Games, Saturday Night Live PBS: Nature, NOVA, The Plastic Problem: PBS NewsHour Presents Telemundo: John Wick, El Final del Paraiso, El Senor de los Cielos Univision: La Rosa de Guadalupe, El Dragon |
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