FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 11/19/14)
A&E: Duck Dynasty (Premiere) at 10pm
A&E: Country Buck$ (Premiere) at 11pm
SCIENCE: UFO Conspiracies (Premiere) at 9pm
FXX: The League (Finale) at 10:30pm
Jamie Horowitz, who joined NBC News in September as GM of the Today brand, is already out. In a memo to staff, NBC News president Deborah Turness said, “He and I have come to the conclusion that this is not the right fit.” As for a successor, “The role of General Manager remains an important one, and will be filled in due course,” said Turness.
(Source: Cynopsis)
CBS’s Mike & Molly returns for season five Monday, December 8 at 8:30p. The week before, a two-hour block of encores of the comedy airs from 8-10p, ahead of a Scorpion repeat. M&M replaces canceled The Millers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
With its carriage deal with Dish expiring Thursday, CBS issued a statement accusing the satellite TV service provider of “deliberately dragging its feet for months. Now, as the deadline nears, Dish appears willing to drop the most popular programming in its entire channel lineup because it won’t negotiate the same sort of deal that other cable, satellite and telco companies have struck with CBS.” Then the gloves really came off. “Not reaching agreements is nothing new for Dish,” continued CBS. “In fact, Dish has dropped more than 120 stations since 2013 alone, whereas CBS has only had one service disruption.” Last week Dish said, “Only CBS can force a blackout of its channels. Dish is actively working to reach a deal before the contract expires.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
TBS called for 22 more episodes of American Dad!. Since its cable debut in October, the animated comedy that ran on Fox for ten seasons is averaging 3.1 million viewers for its Monday premiere on TBS and encore on Adult Swim. “By ordering a new season while the current season is early in its run,” said Deborah K. Bradley, EVP, head of program acquisitions, content strategy and licensing for Turner, “we’re ensuring that Seth MacFarlane and his team will have the freedom to take the misadventures of CIA agent Stan Smith and his family to a whole new level.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox picked up So You think You Can Dance for another run. Season 12 will premiere in summer 2015, with dancers now divided into teams of stage and street dancers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
FX ordered series Taboo, from producer Ridley Scott (Black Hawk Down), writer Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) and actor/producer Tom Hardy (Band of Brothers), who will also star. Scott Free Films and Hardy Son & Baker start production on the revenge drama in mid- to late 2015 in the UK. The series is being produced for BBC One in the UK.
(Source: Cynopsis)
DYI gave the green light to Breakneck Builds, a series for homeowners in a hurry. Tricon Films & Television production follows construction crews as they build prefabricated homes, then assemble them on-site in just two days. The net also announced renewals for Rehab Addict (Departure Films), Kitchen Crashers (Big Table Media), Building Alaska (Orion Multimedia), Family Under Construction Hawaii (Departure Films), Sledgehammer (JayTV Inc.), Bath Crashers (Big Table Media), Garage Gold (Paper Route Productions Inc.) and Salvage Dawgs (Trailblazer Studios).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Comedy Central International ordered I Live with Models, a sitcom set in Miami and shot in front of a studio audience at Pinewood Shepperton, outside London. “I hope we bring a little Florida sunshine to our UK audience,” said Lourdes Diaz, head of global production and development for CCI.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Taylor Swift makes a return appearance at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, airing on CBS Tuesday, December 9 at 10p. Ariana Grande, Ed Sheeran and Hozier also take the stage.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Giuliana Rancic and Terrence Jenkins again host E!’s Live from the Red Carpet broadcast from the American Music Awards, Sunday, November 23 at 6p. Awards start at 8p on ABC.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC sets the mood for new docu-film Secret Santa, airing Sunday, December 14 at 7p, with a week of themed holiday fare. “’Tis the TLC Season” includes a viewer being surprised live on air when Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo arrives to give a reading on Sunday, December 7 at 8p, and special Deck the Halls with Dr. Christmas, premiering Friday, December 12 AT 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The series premiere of NBC’s Katherine Heigl series, State of Affairs, delivered a solid 2.2/7 rating among A18-49, to rank fifth among new drama starts. The Blacklist delivered a 2.5 in the slot last week.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC’s World News Tonight was the top evening newscast among A25-54 for the seventh out of eight weeks the week of November 10, the net’s best competitive start to the season in 19 years. World News was the only Big Four nightly news broadcast to improve year-to-year across total viewers (up 9 percent), A25-54 (up 16 percent) and A18-49 (up 14 percent).
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC Nightly News earned bragging rights, too. In addition to rounding up a winning 9.6 million total viewers for the week, its biggest since March, NBC is having its best season start in viewers since 2006.
(Source: Cynopsis)
And Fox News’ Media Buzz, which has Howard Kurtz competing against his former CNN haunt, Reliable Sources, earned its best ratings since the September 2013 launch. The morning news show drew 1.29 million viewers and 300,000 among A25-54, making it the top-rated cable news show in the demo for the day.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Discovery won’t be getting in from the cold anytime soon. The net’s Alaska: The Last Frontier was the top unscripted series on cable on Sunday among M18-49 (1.14 rating) and M25-54 (1.39), and delivered 2.6 million viewers P2+.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Dr. Phil hit a season high 3.4 the week ending November 9, up 6 percent versus the week prior, and also topped the W25-54 demo with 1.8. Live with Kelly & Michael held at its season high 3.1, up 11 percent from last year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Food Network drew an average rating of .7 among A25-54 Sunday night, besting its year-ago number by over 50 percent with Guy’s Grocery Games (.6), Holiday Baking Championship (.8) and Cutthroat Kitchen (.7).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” is the gift that keeps on giving. The Saturday, November 15 premiere of Northpole averaged 4 million total viewers and a 3.5 HH rating, while also reaching 5.9 million unduplicated viewers. Additionally, the movie was the top program for the day on cable among HH ratings. On Sunday, November 16, Angels and Ornaments averaged 3.3 million total viewers and a 3.0 HH rating, and was the number two rated and most watched cable program In its time period among HH and total viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 11/16/14)
1) Taylor Swift – 1989 – 305,791 (After 3 weeks – 1,994,151)
2) Foo Fighters – Sonic Highways – 189,504
3) Pink Floyd – Endless River – 168,373
Other Debuts
4) Garth Brooks – Man Against Machine – 118,370
5) Big K.R.I.T – Cadillactica – 43,756
6) Nick Jonas – Nick Jonas – 37,020
14) Damien Rice – My Favorite Faded Fantasy – 24,295
16) Whitney Houston – Whitney Live – 21,342
19) Zac Brown – Greatest Hits So Far – 19,974
20) Machine Head – Bloodstone & Diamonds – 18,245
21) New Basement Tapes – Lost On The River – 16,737
31) Tenth Ave. North – Cathedrals – 10,751
35) Queen – Forever – 9,829
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