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| Tonight’s Premieres ID: Homicide City: Charlotte at 9p, Body Cam at 10p |
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| IN THE NEWS CBS Evening News’ relocation to Washington D.C. is official, with the Norah O’Donnell-led team now broadcasting from the capital. “Our move to Washington, D.C., allows Norah to bring viewers the heart of the story from the center of where everything is happening,” said the show’s executive producer, Jay Shaylor. “Being based in the nation’s capital allows us to showcase Norah’s exceptional skills as a reporter, while still bringing our audience the in-depth investigations, powerful storytelling and worldwide reach people expect from CBS News.” O’Donnell was named anchor of the program in May. Ahead of the December 6 season three premiere of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel on Amazon Prime, Tony Shaloub (Abe) spoke to Cynopsis about the difference between working on a streaming show and on Maisel in particular. “We have no idea what the numbers are and that will probably remain a mystery. But the number of people who want to talk about the show is kind of phenomenal, probably because of its universal themes - like family. “It’s certainly the first time I’ve done TV where we’ve gone to another country (France) to shoot. In terms of locations and the scale of this show, it’s massive and much more like a feature. This season, we have 800 background people in one scene: Who does that? Monk [Shaloub’s USA Network show] certainly had a devoted following, but this is on another level. Like a tidal wave.” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t backing down on his company’s policy of allowing misleading political ads. “What I believe is that in a democracy it’s really important that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying, so they can make their own judgments,” he told CBS This Morning’s Gayle King. “I don’t think that a private company should be censoring politicians or news.” President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign said it will no longer credential journalists from Bloomberg News for rallies or campaign events, and will deal with the outlet’s reporters on a “case by case basis.” The announcement came after Bloomberg News said its news staff would not investigate company founder Michael Bloomberg, his family, his foundation or his Democratic rivals during the billionaire’s own presidential run. “The decision by Bloomberg News to formalize preferential reporting is troubling and wrong,” said Trump campaign manager Brad Pascale. Bloomberg News editor-in-chief John Micklethwait responded, “The accusation of bias couldn’t be further from the truth. We have covered Donald Trump fairly and in an unbiased way since he became a candidate in 2015 and will continue to do so despite the restrictions imposed by the Trump campaign.” In a memo to staff last week, Micklethwait said Bloomberg News was keeping to its practice of not investigating the boss, as it did when Bloomberg was mayor of New York, and was extending the policy to his Democratic rivals out of fairness. |
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| PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT Kendall Jenner will executive produce a short-form series for Quibi about her “fraternal twin” Kirby Jenner – actually a performance artist known for his Instagram-based parody - with her mom Kris Jenner, McG (The Babysitter), Howie Mandel, Ryan Seacrest, Mary Viola, Ali Brown, Rami Hachache and Gil Goldshein. It’s the first Keeping Up With the Kardashians spin-off to land on the service, slated to debut on April 6. CBS put crime drama Truth & Justice, from Peter Lenkov (Hawaii Five-0), Joe Halpin (The Oath) and Neil Strauss (The Dirt), in development, reports Deadline. Project comes from Rideback and CBS Television Studios. A workplace comedy from Quinta Brunson (A Black Lady Sketch Show); Michelle Nader (2 Broke Girls); and Warner Bros. TV nabbed a put pilot commitment from HBO Max. Untitled project stars Brunson as a millennial working at a media startup. NEW & RETURNING SERIES Doctor Who kicks off season 12 on BBC America on Wednesday, January 1 at 8p, slipping into its regular timeslot the following Sunday at 8p. Season five of The Magicians premieres on Syfy Wednesday, January 15 at 10p. Series centers on a group of friends tasked with saving the world. Travel Channel’s new series, Lost in the Wild, premieres Sunday, December 29 at 11p. In the eight-parter, veteran explorers J.J. Kelley and Kinga Philipps reinvestigate perplexing cases of adventurers who met mysterious deaths. There’s eye candy for car enthusiasts in Fyi’s Ultimate Rides, premiering Thursday, December 5 at 10p. Featured vehicles include a Bugatti made out of LEGO bricks; a half RV/half boat “boater-home”; and a German sports car built to drive underwater. Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens makes its debut on Comedy Central on Wednesday, January 22 at 10:30p. Roster of guest stars includes Laverne Cox, Jennifer Esposito, David Krumholtz, John “Dumbfoundead” Park, and Harry Shum Jr., among others. AccuWeather has launched new programming, Weather Heroes. Running nationally during the month of December, the show will highlight acts of kindness and bravery in the face of disastrous weather events, including Larry “The Good Cop” DePrimo, who was photographed giving shoes to a New York City homeless man during a freezing evening, and Super Nurse Sandy, who helped save 20 babies during Superstorm Sandy. Nineteenth century crime drama Miss Scarlet and the Duke, co-produced by A+E International and Element 8 Entertainment, will make its debut as a Masterpiece presentation on PBS in 2020. The series has also been sold to UKTV for its Alibi channel (UK), Yandex (CIS), Seven Network (Australia), Lightbox (New Zealand), RTL Germany and OTE Cosmote TV (Greece). COMING UP Jon Bon Jovi has been added to the lineup of NBC’s annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center special, airing tomorrow, December 4 at 8p. Bon Jovi will perform his new song, “Unbroken,” which shines a light on veterans living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. A&E’s two-part Biography event “Garth Brooks: The Road I’m On” offers an intimate look into the country music superstar’s life. Director Al Szymanski explains why the project, which premiered Monday and continues tonight at 9p, was a stand-out experience, in Cynsiders. Get out the ugly sweater: Cozi TV’s A Very Cozi Christmas marathon of holiday episodes kicks off Monday, December 9 at 8p. In addition to the net’s first-time airing of the Little House on the Prairie Christmas movie special will be holiday-themed episodes of The Office, The Nanny, Magnum P.I. and more. Martin Lawrence, Cedric the Entertainer, Marsai Martin, Ambassador Andrew Young, Hydeia Broadbent and Phylicia Fant will be honored at the 28th Annual Bounce Trumpet Awards, celebrating African-American achievements and contributions. Hosted by Wanda Sykes, the gala takes place December 4 and will air on Bounce on Sunday, January 12 at 9p. USA’s WrestleMania’s Legendary Moments airs tomorrow, December 4 at 10p. Narrated by John Cena, the special features memorable encounters from the last 35 years. ADVERTISING The Network Advertising Initiative issued new guidance for its privacy code, calling for ad tech companies that belong to the organization to obtain consumers’ opt-in consent before collecting or using sensitive data for ad delivery and reporting, as well as for ad targeting. The rules apply when companies receive precise location data, then segment the data so it becomes imprecise. US digital ad costs will rise 2.8% in 2020, down from 3% this year, while the price for traditional media will grow by 5.2%, versus 4.7% last year, according to the World Federation of Advertisers’ Outlook 2020 report. STREAMING Disney+ and Amazon Prime joined Hulu in offering holiday discounts to streamers. For Cyber Monday, Disney+ cut its annual rate by $10 to $59.99, and Amazon offered three-month and 12-month discounts of $35 (usually $39) and $107 (usually $119), respectively. Hulu’s offer was $1.99/month for a year of basic tier service. Spotify unveiled its 2019 “Wrapped” data highlights, highlighting its most popular content. The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory and Mal was the most consumed podcast globally this year, followed by My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. German podcasts Gemischtes Hack and Fest & Flauschig were the third and fourth most consumed, respectively. The Misfits Podcast came in fifth. The most consumed podcast genres of 2019 were Comedy, Society & Culture, True Crime, News, and Health & Fitness. Post Malone was the most streamed artist of 2019, while Drake was the most streamed artist of the decade. At least 40% of pay-TV subscribers are “at risk” of cutting the cord, according to new data from MoffettNathanson. The 60% of customers who regularly watch sports are least likely to leave, but as cable companies move towards profitable subscribers, and push OTT products to their customer base, “cord cutting becomes ever easier,” said analyst Michael Nathanson, adding, “This could add further pressure to the pay TV ecosystem and keep the rate of cord cutting elevated in 2020.” Netflix is in over 300 million pay TV homes worldwide, reports UK research firm Ampere Analysis, over 50 million of which were added this year. In North America, the streamer is available in about 86% of North American pay-TV homes. Roku stock, which has been flying high this year, slipped 15% on Monday after Morgan Stanley warned clients the company’s share price was overvalued. While analyst Ben Swineburne said he is still “bullish” on the stock, he added shares are up over 400% year-to-date “due to rising estimates and overall exuberance over all things streaming. As a result, we see the risk/reward skewed to the downside.” Stock fell from over $160/share to $136.07. TECH TALK Facebook is testing a photo transfer tool that allows users to port their photos directly to Google’s photo storage service through encrypted transfer. The photo portability feature, based on code developed via the Data Transfer Project, is being offered in Ireland, home of the company’s international HQ, with worldwide availability expected in the first half of 2020. Amazon is extending its automatic speech recognition service, Amazon Transcribe, to medical speech with Amazon Transcribe Medical. Physicians will now be able to dictate their clinical notes and see their speech converted to accurate text in real-time, without human intervention. Clinicians can use natural speech and do not have to explicitly call out punctuation like “comma” or “full stop”; text can then be automatically fed to downstream applications such as EHR systems, or to AWS language services. Octopus Interactive, the networks of interactive screens inside Uber and Lyft cars, has joined OOH organization DPAA. “Octopus is one of the only DOOH platforms that offers sight, sound, motion to a captive audience,” said Barry Frey, President and CEO of DPAA. “More importantly, their screens are interactive.” Insights and consulting company Kantar expanded its portfolio of research solutions available via Kantar Marketplace with the launch of Express Surveys in the US. Express Surveys allows researchers to select from over a thousand profiling attributes, and get answers in hours or minutes. “We live in a complex, fast-changing world with more communications, channels, products and competition than ever before,” said Marc Ryan, Chief Data Officer. “The pace of marketing means you can’t afford to wait days for insights and answers.” Sourcepoint, the compliance platform for the digital advertising ecosystem, launched its OTT compliance solution to capture and transmit consumer privacy preference signals from within OTT and connected CTV environments. As part of its “Consent Everywhere” commitment, Sourcepoint’s OTT support allows streaming media companies to capture privacy preferences to comply with global regulations, including GDPR and CCPA. “As users become accustomed to accessing content anywhere, at any time, media owners need to take responsibility for understanding consumers’ data privacy preferences,” said Ben Barokas, CEO and co-founder of Sourcepoint. CASTING George Takei (Star Trek) will voice a panda in BBC preschool series, Love Monster...Zoe Kazan (The Deuce), Betty Gabriel (Get Out), Adrian Grenier (Entourage) and Phoenix Rael (Stateless) landed lead roles in Netflix thriller series Clickbait. GOING GLOBAL Marblemedia, in association with OutEast Entertainment, announced the launch of new premium unscripted series, Restaurants on the Edge, set to premiere on Blue Ant Media’s Cottage Life channel in Canada on January 2. Banijay Rights will distribute mini-series Flight MH370, with France Televisions as the French broadcaster. Alfred Haber Distribution has secured sales in international territories for the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, airing live on TNT and TBS in the US on Sunday, January 19. Among other broadcasters onboard for the event are Corus (Canada), BAM Asia (Southeast Asia), Foxtel (Australia), Turner (Germany), and Dubai One (Middle East). Blue Ant International reported sales in the Asian market of factual, entertainment, and kids’ series. Broadcasters including Pan Asian network Discovery, A&E Network India, ABS in the Philippines, MBC, YTN Science, KBS in South Korea, True Vision in Thailand and TVB in Hong Kong have picked up a range of Blue Ant International titles. Globo boasts the final chapter of telenovela Sweet Diva reached 55.4 million Brazilians and had 48 top Twitter trends. |
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| RATINGS ABC’s The Good Doctor grew over the prior week by 14% in A18-49 (1.6/8 vs. 1.4/7) in Live+3 Nielsens to score its highest-rated telecast in 7 weeks and to tie its top-rated in 9 weeks since its season premiere. SHAREABLEE TOP TV SHOWS for the week of November 25 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!) 13.2M, 704, 18,804, 36.5M The Ellen DeGeneres Show (WB/syndicated) 7.3M, 97, 75,533, 191.7M Entertainment Tonight (WB/syndicated) 2.4M, 476, 4,987, 8.6M Today Show (NBC) 1.8M, 607, 2,965, 13.4M Dancing with the Stars (ABC) 1.2M, 76, 15,187, 9.2M The Flash (The CW) 811K, 27, 30,033, 12.1M Good Morning America (ABC) 739K, 890, 830, 13.5M Today with Hoda & Jenna (NBC) 637K, 455, 1,401, 2.8M The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC) 517K, 46, 11,239, 12.4M South Park (Comedy Central) 513K, 55, 9,334, 47.6M Tunity Analytics Top Weekly National Out-of-Home Viewer Rankings for Entertainment Programs for the week of November 25 Program, OOH Viewers (000) Young Sheldon (CBS) 609 Robbie The Reindeer (CBS) 575 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (NBC) 469 The Unicorn (CBS) 359 The Simpsons (Fox) 354 Mom (CBS) 277 NCIS (CBS) 238 FBI (CBS) 234 Carol’s Second Act (CBS) 228 NCIS: LA (CBS) 211 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 Anticipation Report for December New Shows The Witcher (Netflix) 12/20 V Wars (Netflix) 12/5 The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime) 12/8 Reprisal (Hulu) 12/6 Truth Be Told (Apple TV+) 12/6 Returning Shows You (Netflix) 12/26 Lost in Space (Netflix) 12/24 Vikings (History) 12/4 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime) 12/6 Marvel's Runaways (Hulu) 12/13 Millions of viewers from around the world use TV Time to track and react to the cable, broadcast, and OTT shows they're watching. Based on global data from our users, these are the most anticipated series for December 2019. Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Saturday, November 30 time period averages Source: Nielsen Live+SD FOX: 5.36 million College Football 5.36 NBC: 2.84 million It’s a Wonderful Life 2.84 CBS: 2.45 million Robbie Reindeer 2.30, The Story of Santa Claus 1.78, 48 Hours 3.27 ABC: 1.98 million College Football 1.98 Friday A19-49 Rating FOX 1.4/7, CBS 0.5/3, ABC 0.5/2, NBC 0.3/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES Dana Sharpless and Steve Sicherman were appointed Heads of Current Programming at 20th Century Fox TV. Sharpless will oversee dramas, while Sicherman will be in charge of comedies. “I feel very fortunate to hand over the current programming team to Dana and Steve, who have been tremendous contributors to the success of 20th,” said Carolyn Cassidy, 20th Century Fox TV President of Creative Affairs. “They are smart, strategic and beloved by all producers, writers and directors they work with as well as everyone inside our company.” Christina Miller, President of WarnerMedia nets Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang and TCM, is stepping down at the end of the year. “It feels like the right time for me to leave and take a little time to think about what comes next,” said Miller, “but I do so, feeling immensely proud of the work we’ve done together and so grateful for the experience.” Michael Ouweleen, EVP/CMO of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang will serve as interim president. Univision Communications announced that Hilda García will lead and expand Univision's Digital Local News vertical as Vice President of Digital Local News and that Fernando Mexia has been promoted to Senior Director, Managing Editor of Entertainment. Effectv, the ad sales division of Comcast Cable, tapped Keri Reisbeck to lead Human Resources for the newly rebranded company. The 21-year Comcast veteran most recently led HR for Comcast Spotlight’s sales markets division. Superprod Animation appointed Jean-Pierre Morillon as Head of Story. Morillon has story edited numerous animated TV series, including Lucky Strike at Xilam and Eliot Kid for TF2, Disney Channel and the BBC. Weigel Broadcasting Co.’s WBND, ABC 57 announced that Jennifer Lee is joining ABC 57’s morning news in Michiana. Most recently, Lee was the morning anchor at KREX in Colorado. IN MEMORIAM Actress Shelley Morrison died December 1 of heart failure. She was 83. Said Morrison’s husband Walter Dominguez of his wife, best known to TV audiences for her role on Will & Grace, “Shelley’s greatest pride as an actress was in playing the indomitable Rosario in a comedy series that furthered the cause of social equity and fairness for L.G.B.T.Q. people. She also took pride in portraying a strong, loving yet feisty Latina character.” This Day in History 1923 – The first Congressional open session was broadcast via radio. Answer to Our Last Trivia Question Why did Ned marry Stacey in Ned and Stacey (1995-1997)? To get a job promotion. Kudos to: Andrew Goldman-Fathom Events/NYC, Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing Inc./NYC, Charles Lore/NYC, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/NYC, Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX, David Garber-Loyola Marymount University/Playa Vista, CA, Lorrie Shilling/El Segundo, CA, Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Bubank Today’s Trivia Question What did the Baldwin sisters make with “Papa’s recipe” on The Waltons (1972-1981)? (Email trivia@cynopsis.comwith 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 DECEMBER 3 ABC: Brad Paisley Thinks He’s Special, CMA Country Christmas CBS: NCIS, FBI, NCIS: New Orleans CW: The Flash, Arrow FOX: The Resident, Empire NBC: How the Grinch Stole Christmas, How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming, The Voice, Making It PBS: In Their Own Words, In Their Own Words, In Their Own Words Telemundo: El Sultan, El Final del Paraiso, El Senor del los Cielos Univision: Ringo, La Rosa de Guadalupe, El Dragon |
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