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Good morning.It’s Thursday, July 31, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: The Quest at 8p
Food: Beat Bobby Flay at 10p
Sportsman: MeatEater with Steven Rinella at 8p
Sundance TV: The Honorable Woman at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
A&E: Beyond Scared Straight at 10p
IFC: Maron at 10p
OWN: Our America with Lisa Ling at 10p
Yesterday’s scheduled table reading for CBS‘s The Big Bang Theory was scuttled as Warner Bros. Television continued in its effort to strike new deals with Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar. “Due to ongoing contract negotiations, production on The Big Bang Theory… has been postponed,” said WBTV. Earlier this month, CBS chairman Nina Tassler told Cynopsis the net was “feeling pretty bullish” about the contract situation.
Telemundo and Dick Clark Productions are teaming for a Spanish-language awards show in 2015, modeled on dcp’s American Music Awards. Telemundo also announced a four-year extension of its deal with Billboard Magazine, along with dcp, for the Billboard Latin Music Awards Show, through 2020.
Reminder from The Weather Channel: It’s National Heat Stroke Prevention Day. This morning, the team from morning show AMHQ offers a first-hand account of the dangers of leaving children in hot cars.
Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation) stars in a cheese-tastic promo for Shark Week, waterskiing on sharks with a mermaid for company. Annual Discovery stunt event launches Sunday, August 10.
Syndication’s Paternity Court is coming back for a second season with a new name, reports the New York Post. Called Lauren Lake’s Paternity Court, the Orion TV show will now focus more on the emotions in cases confronting legal expert Lake.
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TV Land ordered 10 episodes of The Gaffigan Show. The comedy based on the life of comedian Jim Gaffigan launches in 2015, with eps airing again within a week on sister net Comedy Central.
HBO greenlit six-hour mini-series Show Me a Hero, from David Simon (The Wire). Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) and Catherine Keener (Being John Malkovich) star in the drama; Paul Haggis (Crash) is set to direct.
Destination America has two creature features set to debut next month. Three-part Swamp Monsters, about Cajun beasts prowling Louisiana’s bayou, premieres Friday, August 22 at 9p, followed by six-parter Monsters Underground (watch out for the shape-shifting Aswang!) at 10p and 10:30p.
Ahead of the season finale of Power on Saturday, August 2 at 9p, Starz is running a catch-up “Powerthon” of the crime drama starting 1:30p that day.
The treasure hunters in Discovery‘s Bering Sea Gold are back for season four on Friday, August 22 at 9p. The only thing standing between them and precious metal: four-foot-thick sheets of ice. At the bottom of the sea.
The Walking Dead trailer at Comic-Con got fans buzzing – but that’s just the start, said Denise Huth. The co-exec producer of the AMC zombie drama told EW, “Every single thing in the first episode is a spoiler.” Season four delivered a monster average 13.4 million P2+, 8.6 million P18-49 and 7.6 million P24-54 in Live + Same Day. Season five launches Sunday, October 12 at 9p.
The season eight premiere of ID‘s Deadly Women explores the psyche of accused ax-murderer Lizzie Borden, on Friday, August 1 at 9p. Not enough mayhem? The series’ 100th episode follows at 10p, tracking the cases of three daughters who bled their mothers dry.
Cold Justice will be back on TNT for a season three, says the Hollywood Reporter. The true-crime series from exec producer Dick Wolf returns with 10 eps in early 2015. The show is averaging 2.3 million viewers in Live + 7 viewing on Fridays at 9p this summer.
Allison Williams (Girls) landed the lead in NBC‘s Peter Pan Live, airing Thursday, December 4. The classically trained singer, who said she’s wanted to play the role “since I was about three years old,” will tangle with Christopher Walken‘s Captain Hook.
Claire Holt (The Originals) will co-star in NBC cop drama Aquarius, opposite David Duchovny (Californication). No premiere date has been set.
Mark Valley (Fringe) will recur on season 15 of CBS‘s CSI. The procedural moves to Sundays at 10p on September 28.
Krysten Ritter is headed to NBC‘s The Blacklist as guest star, reports TV Fanatic. The Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 thesp joins Mary-Louise Parker on the drama’s season two premiere Monday, September 22 at 10p.
Laura Benanti (Gypsy) will use her Broadway pipes to guest in a story arc on ABC‘s Nashville. The Tony Award winner played Baroness Elsa Schrader in NBC‘s Sound of Music Live!.
How will TV Everywhere impact content licensing models? “For broadcasters, this could mean a future where rights for programming are carved out separately for over-the-air and DBS/cable, while Internet distribution is negotiated separately,” says Matt Smith, Chief Evangelist, Anvato. For more on the topic, check out the latest Cynsiders.
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With 94 percent of people skipping YouTube preroll ads, agency Nail attempted to create a spot that defied skipping. Result: an ad with a view rate of 26 percent (spoiler alert: it involves a puppy). “We need to stop repurposing content designed for other channels and start taking advantage of the amazing abilities YouTube is throwing at us,” said Nail. “It’s like we’re NASA and we’re only using the Hubble Telescope to look at our neighbor’s boobs.”
ABC expanded its agreement with social intelligence company 4C to evaluate program and advertiser social activity, noting that tests showed a “five to 15 times increase in social affinity for brands integrated into telecasts for the three-day period following the event, compared to three days prior.” Adam Gerber, the net’s VP of sales development and marketing, said, “We are using 4C to design better sponsorship opportunities and showcase value delivered through increased social affinity.”
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ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss grew ten percent, to equal an eight-week high Tuesday with a 1.1 rating/4 share among A18-49.
NBC summer series Food Fighters was up 30 percent from its premiere last week, to hit a 1.3/5 among A18-49. America’s Got Talent (2.4/8) matched last week’s demo number.
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: NBC won the most A18-49 viewers Tuesday with 2.0/7, according to Nielsen. Univision’s Mi Corazon Es Tuyo won 8p with 1.4/5, followed by 1.3/5 for NBC’s Food Fighters. NBC’s America’s Got Talent took 9p with 2.4/8, versus 1.8/6 for Uni’s Que Vida Me Robo. Talent topped 10p with 2.5/8; Uni held second place with 1.5/5 for Que Pobres Tan Ricos.
A18-49: NBC 2.0/7, UNI 1.6/5, ABC 1.1/4, CBS .9/3, FOX .6/2, TELE .6/2, ION .5/2, CW .2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings:July 22, 2014 – time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 5.0/9
Food Fighters 2.8/5, America’s Got Talent 6.1/11
CBS: 4.3/7
NCIS [r] 5.6/10, NCIS: Los Angeles [r] 4.3/7, Person of Interest [r] 3.0/5
ABC: 2.4/4
Extreme Weight Loss 2.6/4, Celebrity Wife Swap 2.1/4
UNIVISION: 2.0/3
Mi Corazon Es Tuyo 1.8/3, Que Vida me Robo 2.2/4, Que Pobres Tan Ricos 1.9/3
TELE: .9/1
Reina de Corazones .7/1, En Otra Piel .8/1, Senor de los Cielos 1.1/2
FOX: .8/1
Family Guy [r] 1.2/2, Brooklyn Nine-Nine [r] .8/1, New Girl [r] .7/1, Mindy Project [r] .7/1
ION: 1.0/2
Criminal Minds .9/2, Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.2/2
CW: .4/1
Arrow [r] .5/1, Supernatural [r] .4/1
Jupiter Entertainment named Melanie Reardon to the position of Co-Head of Development. Reardon was previously a Creative Executive at Conde Nast.
Tricon Films & Television appointed Frank Saperstein as Executive Vice President, Kids, Family & Animation. Most recently, Saperstein served as CEO/Executive Producer for his production shingle, Surprise Bag, Inc.
Outdoor Channel tapped Tim Boell to serve as Vice President, Distribution & Affiliate Marketing. Previously, Boell was Senior Vice President, Distribution at Asia TV USA.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY JULY 31, 2014
ABC: The Quest [p], Rookie Blue, NY Med
CBS: The Big Bang Theory [r], The Millers [r], Big Brother, Elementary [r]
CW: The Vampire Diaries [r], The Originals [r]
Fox: Sleepy Hollow [r], Gang Related
NBC: Hollywood Game Night [r], Welcome To…, Working the Engels, Last Comic Standing
PBS: This Old House Hour [r], Last Tango in Halifax [r], Antiques Roadshow [r]
Telemundo: Reina de Corazones, En Otra Piel, El Senor de los Cielos
Univision: Mi Corazon Es Tuyo, Lo Que la Vida Me Robo, Qhe Pobres Tan Ricos
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