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IN THE NEWS The rate of cord-cutting will slow in 3Q19, predicts MoffettNathanson’s Craig Moffett. Following a quarter in which the US pay-TV business lost over 1.5 million subscribers, what’s left of the satellite subscriber base is “inevitably becoming more rural and therefore (presumably) stickier,” wrote Moffett, and overall, “eventually, the customers who most wanted to leave will have left.” The Late Late Show host James Corden extended his deal with CBS through August 2022. “James Corden has burned his way to the top of American television with a daring, energetic and inventive broadcast that stands out in the late-night space,” said David Nevins, Chief Creative Officer for CBS. “He is a host and performer whose considerable talents shine on every stage, and he has created a cutting-edge comedy factory with shows that have resonated across multiple platforms.” Corden took over the late night show in 2015. Carrie Underwood will host the 53rd Annual CMA Awards, but she won’t be joined by Brad Paisley, her co-host for the last 11 years. Instead, special guest hosts Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton will take the stage. Said Paisley via Twitter, “As a fan of all 3 of these amazing women, I can’t wait to watch.” He’ll be able to do that on Wednesday, November 13 at 8p. Niecy Nash (When They See Us) will host BET’s 2019 Black Girls Rock! Awards, airing September 8.“We are celebrating Black women who serve the world with style, grace, class and sass!” said Nash. “Our honorees are truly shining bright. In a room full of Black girl magic anything could happen! This is going to be an amazing event!” ESPN and the National Women’s Soccer League struck a deal for worldwide rights, excluding the U.S., for regular season and play-off matches. “This is an important step for NWSL to strengthen the league’s reach through ESPN’s international network,” said NWSL President Amanda Duffy. “Our partnership with ESPN has already brought NWSL’s world-class competition into more homes and to more fans here in the United States. Expanding the network’s distribution internationally will continue to elevate the profile and visibility of NWSL around the world.” HBO MAX picked up Let Them All Talk (working title), an original film directed by Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) and written by Deborah Eisenberg, starring Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Weist (Life in Pieces), about an author who takes a journey with friends to heal old wounds.“This is the kind of project where you just say yes please sign me up,” said Sarah Aubrey, Head of Original Content, HBO Max. Twitter says it will no longer accept advertising from state-controlled news media entities, and is suspending nearly accounts believed to be tied to a Chinese disinformation campaign against pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. “This policy will apply to news media entities that are either financially or editorially controlled by the state,” Twitter said.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
VH1 greenlit new seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. Drag Race will return for season twelve, while All Stars will be back for season five. Both series are produced by World of Wonder Productions. Netflix ordered dramedy Sex/Life from Stacey Rukeyser (UnReal), based on BB Easton’s book 44 Chapters About Men. Rukeyser is showrunner and EP. Bodega Animation has added Tiny Industries to its roster. Tiny Industries specializes in character driven storytelling across multiple distribution platforms. HBO Max issued pilot orders for drama The Rules of Magic; dramedy Generation; and YA drama Redbird Lane. The streaming service is slated to launch in spring 2020. Kevin Smith has a new anime He-Man series series in the works for Netflix, called Masters of the Universe: Revelation. “I’m Eternia-ly grateful to MattelTV and Netflix for entrusting me with not only the secrets of Grayskull, but also their entire Universe,” Smith said. “In ‘Revelation,’ we pick up right where the classic era left off to tell an epic tale of what may be the final battle between He-Man and Skeletor!” Smith will serve as showrunner and EP. NEW & RETURNING SERIES ID’s Deadline: Crime with Tamron Hall returns for a new season Sunday, September 8 at 10p. First episode focuses on a woman who reads about a murder, and suspects her husband had something to do with it. Season eight of Universo’s Larrymania launches Sunday, September 15 at 9p. Celeb-reality series follows Regional Mexican singer Larry Hernandez and his wife Kenia Ontiveros. Radio host Angie Martinez sits down with hip hop royalty in Untold Stories Of Hip Hop, premieringThursday, September 26 at 10p on WE tv. Interviewees include Cardi B, Snoop Dogg, Queen Latifah, Ice Cube, Nelly, A$AP Rocky, DJ Khaled, Wyclef Jean, Ja Rule, Fat Joe and more. COMING UP Telemundo will air the 5th annual “Latin American Music Awards on Thursday, October 17 at 8p, preceded by a one-hour red carpet pre-show. Three-hour special showcases musical performances in English and Spanish; nominees will be announced on Wednesday, September 4. Durham’s Southern Documentary Fund will be hosting the first regional Black Media Story Summit on Sept. 8 in Durham. The regional events are a forum for Black media professionals, technology partners, funders and other thought leaders and community advocates to discuss how to improve the current state and future of Black storytelling. STREAMING dick clark productions, Tubefilter and YouTube are joining forces for the 9th Annual Streamy Awards. Ceremony takes place at the Beverly Hilton on Friday, December 13 and will stream globally on YouTube. The Walt Disney Company confirmed global launch dates for Disney+ in Canada, The Netherlands, Australia, and New Zealand, and has reached global agreements with nearly all the major platforms to distribute the app across partner mobile and connected TV devices. Global rollout begins November 12, in tandem with the US rollout, with expectations to launch in most major global markets within the first two years. Xumo’s app is now an available on Android TV devices, including the Nvidia Shield media player and select Sony connected TVs. “We’re focused on bringing our service to the most popular devices available and have expanded to a record number of new platfoms this year alone,” said Chris Hall, SVP of product. Wurl has partnered with Outside TV to deliver and monetize Outside TV+ to select OTT platforms. Since working with Wurl, Outside TV has reduced its operating costs, achieved 38% user growth, and secured more than 100 minutes of viewing per viewer session. pocket.watch announced they are a featured partner for Kids & Family on The Roku Channel. As part of the partnership, pocket.watch will premiere exclusive content from YouTube kid creator Ryan of Ryan Toys Review. The five, 22-minute ad-supported specials will be available free of charge as part of Kids & Family on The Roku Channel until November 19. pocket.watch is also launching a linear channel for families featuring long-form shows, hosted blocks of short-form videos, interstitials, and originals. Curiosity Stream will be available to Altice USA’s 4.9 million customers, and the science and history streamer’s app will be added to Altice’s digital operating system. CurisityStream launched in 2015. CASTING Stephen Amell (Arrow) will star in Starz drama Heels, set in the world of professional wrestling...Newcomer Izabela Rose and Siena Agudong (No Good Nick) have been cast in Disney Channel movie Upside-Down Magic...Diamond White will recur on the sixth and final season of Fox’s Empire...Dominic Rains (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) will recur on season five of NBC’s Chicago Med. QVC cooking brand casting Celeb Chef / Culinary Influencer / Food TV host to act as spokesperson. Credibility in the food space with a passion for cooking and kitchen products. Brand Representative has command and confidence while also being authentic, warm and energetic. Shoots live in suburban Philadelphia based around talents availability. Web links or EPK to Casting Director Sean De Simone at [email protected] GOING GLOBAL UK distributor Cineflix Rights added Channel 4 series Let’s Talk About Sex, from Spelthorne Community Television, and Extreme Tribe: The Last Pygmies, from Renegade Pictures, to its factual slate. Virgin Media Television, all3media international and UK’s Channel 5 are reteaming for a second season of psychological thrille rBlood, with Acorn TV’s Acorn Media Enterprises returning as co-producer. Nippon TVis heading to MIPCOM with three new titles, including scripted format, Your Turn to Kill, and game show formats, Red Carpet Survival and Sokkuri Sweets. Alfred Haber, Inc. has secured the exclusive international distribution rights for the 20th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.The event will air live on Univision in the US on Thursday, Nov. 14, and will include bthe three-hour awards event as well as a pre-show. Gusto Worldwide Media is launching a content block in the Philippines with 100 new hours of original food programming. It’s the second deal Gusto has signed with Asian Cable Communications Inc. ADVERTISING Mobile animal brand The Dodo has partnered with pet mess company Resolve to launch a four-course curriculum campaign that offers digital audiences tips for new pet ownership. The Dodo x Resolve Pet School, Resolve’s first custom branded content campaign, runs across The Dodo’s Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram channels as well as on a dedicated Dodo hub. Each course includes four custom videos, which are released every two weeks. Malicious ads and surreptitious in-banner video ads were down significantly in 2Q19, according to Confiant’s “Demand Quality Report” for the quarter. Malicious ads fell to 0.25%, down from 0.39% versus the quarter prior, and in-banner video ads dipped to 0.10% from 0.45%. Still, “There continues to be a huge gap between the best and worst performers,” says the report. “Among top SSPs, the worst performer is over 60 times as likely to deliver a malicious ad as the best performer.”
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RATINGS
Paramount Network doc I Am Patrick Swayze delivered a gross average audience of 2 million total viewers on Sunday, August 18, including a TV Land simulcast and Paramount Network encore. During the Paramount Network premiere, the film averaged 1.1 million total viewers. TV Time’s Shows on the Rise for the Week of August 12 Sacred Games (Netflix) - 98.5% Mindhunter (Netflix) - 92.3% The Terror (AMC) - 79.8% Succession (HBO) - 69.1% Sintonia (Netflix) - 65.9% The Family (Netflix) - 65.7% The Naked Director (Netflix) - 53.2% Fear the Walking Dead (AMC) - 45.9% Pennyworth (EPIX) - 45.5% Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Tokyo MX) - 39.6% Methodology: Every week, millions of viewers around the world use TV Time to track their favorite series. “Shows on the Rise” is calculated by determining the week-over-week growth in episodes watched for a given program. Tunity Analytics Top Weekly National Out-of-Home Viewer Rankings for Entertainment Programs for the week of August 12 Program, OOH Viewers (000) Instinct (CBS) 292 America’s Got Talent (NBC) 199 Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) 174 SEAL Team (CBS) 167 Fixer Upper (HGTV) 166 Big Brother (CBS) 166 Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) 164 America’s Got Talent (NBC) 158 Beachfront Bargain Hunt (HGZTC) 150 Bargain Mansions (GTV) 146 Source: Tunity Analytics. Viewing estimates are derived from the Tunity mobile app usage. OOH Impressions are calculated using Tunity Analytics proprietary estimation model. Shareablee Top 10 TV Shows for the Week of August 12
Program, Network, Total Actions, Total Content, Actions per Content, Fans & Followers
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (WB/syndicated) 12.3M, 77, 159,730, 186.2M E! News (E!) 10.8M, 652, 16,620, 36M The Daily Show (Comedy Central) 2M, 110, 17,739, 20.3M Entertainment Tonight (CBS/syndicated) 1.7M, 584, 2,890, 8.4M Today Show (NBC) 1.4M, 661, 2,160, 13.2M The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (NBC) 1.3M, 98, 12,911, 24.6M Good Morning America (ABC) 1.2M, 891, 1,339, 13.3M America's Got Talent (NBC) 920K, 190, 4,841, 15.5M Bachelor in Paradise (ABC) 893K, 99, 9,016, 1.5M Suits (USA Network) 695K, 82, 8,477, 5.8M Live + Same Day Viewers AA (millions) Friday, August 16 time period averages Source: Nielsen, Live+SD CBS: 3.42 million Hawaii 5-0 3.27, Magnum P.I. 3.25, Blue Bloods 3.76 NBC: 3.05 million American Ninja Warrior 3.03, Dateline 3.11 ABC: 2.51 million American Housewife 2.54, Fresh Off the Boat 2.00, What Would You Do? 2.77, 20/20 2.74 FOX: 1.36 million BH90201 1.43, MasterChef 1.30 CW: 1.21 million Masters of Illusion 1.32, The Big Stage 1.20, Hypnotize Me 1.10 UNIVISION: 0.98 million La Reina Soy Yo 1.26, Juntos, El Corazon Nunca Se Equivoca 0.83, Sin Miedo a La Verdad 0.83 TELEMUNDO: 0.88 million Poquito Tuyo 0.79, Final del Paraiso 1.04, Preso No. 1 0.80 Friday A18-49 Ratings NBC 0.6/4, CBS 0.4/2, ABC 0.4/3, FOX 0.4/2, TELE 0.3/2, UNI 0.3/2, CW 0.2/1 EXECUTIVE MOVES Paramount Television added Brian Segna as SVP and Kate Gill and Nicole Harjo as VPs of Development. Segna joins from Universal Cable Productions, where he served as VP Scripted Television Development, while Gill hails from YouTube Originals and Harjo joins from the Kennedy/Marshall Company.
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