Cynopsis 09/06/18: Monica Lewinsky set for A&E doc; Alicia Silverstone series canceled; Paramount gets Younger

Food Network: Bite Club at 9p

Ovation: Rachel Hunter’s Tour of Beauty: The Americas at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:

HGTV: Flip or Flop at 9p

ID: Someone You Thought You Knew at 10p

IN THE NEWS

Monica Lewinsky is set to star in six-part A&E documentary The Impeachment of Bill Clinton (wt), beginning Sunday, November 18. The cable net ordered the series from Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, Jemina Khan’s Instinct Productions and director Blair Foster (Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge). The limited series features never-before-seen archival footage.

It’s one and done for American Woman, starring Alicia Silverstone. Paramount Network opted not to renew the comedy series that was originally developed and picked up by TV Land, before migrating to its sibling net. While the show got off to a respectable start in the ratings, debuting to 1 million viewers in Live+3, 0.63 with A18-49, 0.90 with W18-49, and 1.0 with W25-54, it could not sustain its premiere numbers.

Meanwhile, in another network switcheroo, TV Land’s Younger, which was renewed for a sixth season in June, is moving to Paramount Network.

Conservative media host Tomi Lahren will have a new role on FOX’s upcoming subscription streaming service Fox Nation, which is set to debut in Q4. She’ll deliver a First Thoughts segment at 9:30a and a Final Thoughts segment at 5p, focusing in top issues of the daily news cycles. Fox News Channel signed Lahren in August 2017 to contribute political commentary.

Tracee Ellis Ross is returning to host the American Music Awards for a second consecutive year. The Black-ish star will also executive produce the show, which airs live from Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 9 at 8p on ABC.

The Tribeca TV Festival made additions to its 2018 line-up, including celebrating 10 years of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City with a conversation between EPs Andy Cohen and Lisa Shannon along with cast members Sonja Morgan, Dorinda Medley and Tinsley Mortimer. The program will also expand with the 5th season premiere of FOX’s Empire, followed by a conversation with star Jussie Smollett. Festival takes place September 20-23 at Spring Studios in NYC.

German director Christian Schwochow is headed to Netflix’s The Crown. He’ll be behind the camera for two episodes of Season 3 of the royal series.

Facts of Life’s Nancy McKeon will be among the celebrities competing for the Mirror Ball Trophy on the upcoming 27thseason of ABC’s Dancing With The Stars, it was revealed on Good Morning America on Wednesday. She’ll be teamed with Val Chmerkovskiy.

Stand Up to Cancer’s sixth biennial telecast, airing Friday, September 7 at 8p on ABC, has added more names to its star-studded lineup: Jason Bateman, Beth Behrs, Julie Bowen, Josh Brolin, Kaley Cuoco, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Max Greenfield, Jon Hamm, Mark Harmon, Sarah Hyland, Adam Klein, Tyler Labine, Diego Luna, Sonequa Martin-Green, Dave Price, Keanu Reeves, Tracee Ellis Ross, Winona Ryder, Jimmy Smits, Eric Stonestreet, Alison Sweeney, Bree Turner, Sofia Vergara and Marlon Wayans.

CBS announced the 20 castaways competing against one another on Survivor, when the series returns for its 37th season with a special 90-minute premiere on Wednesday, September 26 at 8p. The new edition, themed “David vs. Goliath,” features two groups comprised of 10 strangers and will focus on the “underdogs” versus the “favorites.”

Voting has begun for “The E! People’s Choice Awards,” celebrating all forms of entertainment and chosen entirely by fans. The network unveiled 13 new categories, including The Bingeworthy Show of 2018, The Game Changer of 2018, The Revival Show of 2018 and more. Fans can vote online at www.pca.eonline.com or through Facebook and Twitter. Nomination voting for the 43 categories across movies, television, music and pop culture run through Friday, September 14 at 11:5p.

A+E Networks will launch new scripted series Project Blue Book at MIPCOM 2018 with the drama’s cast and showrunner to appear in Cannes. Showrunner, EP and writer Sean Jablonski will be joined by Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones), who toplines the series, and castmates Michael Malarkey (The Vampire Diaries) and Laura Mennell (The Man in The High Castle). The series is set to bow on History this winter.

For most digital marketers there’s nothing worse than finding out that a consumer skipped your ads, notes Greg Sobiech, CEO of DELVE. “But as a growing number of platforms, including Spotify and YouTube, begin to offer skippable advertising to improve user experience on their ad-supported services, marketers need to rethink the skip,” adds Sobeich. “Rejection hurts, but like most things in life, there are lessons in the pain.” See what they are in the latest Cynsiders.