FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 3/25/15)
ABC FAMILY: Young & Hungry (Premiere) at 8pm
ABC FAMILY: Freak Out (Premiere) at 8:30pm
COMEDY: Big Time in Hollywood, FL (Premiere) at 10:30pm
LIFETIME: Little Women: NY (Premiere) at 10pm
TELEMUNDO: La Biblia (Premiere) at 8pm
ASPIRE: Laff Mobb’s We Got Next (Finale) at 10pm
TLC: Strange Love (Finale) at 10:30pm
TV ONE: Unsung Hollywood (Finale) at 8pm and 9pm
Fox is reviving The X-Files as a six-episode event series. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson will reprise their roles as FBI agents Mulder and Scully, and Chris Carter, creator of the 1993-2002 supernatural drama, returns as exec producer. “I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” said Carter. “The good news is the world has only gotten that much stranger, a perfect time to tell these six stories.” Production starts this summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
ABC Family is getting an assist from fans for the season six marketing campaign for Pretty Little Liars. Viewers of the hit series, which wrapped season five last night, can go to PrettyLittleCampaign.com to vote on different marketing efforts, including key art, and create promos and gifs for use in the social space. “We want our promos and ads to be where the fans are, so the best way to make that happen is to ask them,” said Nigel Cox-Hagan, SVP, marketing, creative and branding.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Fox filed a trademark lawsuit against Empire Distribution, an indie record label it says demanded $8 million in damages (discounted to $5 million if the freshman smash featured their artists) on the grounds the show’s portrayal of “a label run by a homophobic drug dealer prone to murdering his friends” hurts their brand. Fox lawyers note the label doesn’t turn up in a Google search until page 7, the company didn’t apply for a federal trademark for the name, and “it is illogical that anyone would equate a small, independent record label in San Francisco, California with a completely fictional music and lifestyle conglomerate on television.”
(Source: Cynopsis)
A pre-taped sketch Monday night explaining how James Corden landed the job of CBS’s Late Late Show host (think Willy Wonka) included A-listers from Jay Leno to Meryl Streep. The show delivered 1.66 million total viewers, up 13 percent versus September-December averages, and up 33 percent among A18-49 (.4).
(Source: Cynopsis)
Showtime picked up 12 eps of Billions, starring Paul Giamatti (12 Years a Slave) and Damian Lewis (Homeland) as a hard-charging U.S. Attorney and a hedge fund king. Series written and exec produced by Brian Koppelman and David Levien (Ocean’s Thirteen) and Andrew Ross Sorkin (Too Big to Fail) begins production in New York later this year for a 2016 premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TV One is beginning production on For My Man, a one-hour true crime series about horrendous things women have done in the name of love. But the net’s not just going for shock value. “Crime and justice storytelling is of particular interest to the Black community as they are disproportionally impacted,” said D’Angela Proctor, SVP original programming and production. “We are living in a time where women are among the fastest growing population in prison and we feel it’s important to make their stories known as both a cautionary tale and as a look into the mind of women who are essentially destroyed by love and obsession.” Sirens Media production joins the net’s Monday prime slate in late summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TLC ordered a second helping of Leah Remini: It’s All Relative. Reality show from Gurney Productions, following the King of Queens alum and her family, starts filming this month for a summer premiere.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Chloe Sevigny (Bloodline) is checking into FX’s American Horror Story: Hotel. Sevigny played a nymphomaniac in a season two arc of the anthology series.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Ray Stevenson (Divergent) will play pirate Blackbeard in season three of Starz’ Black Sails, currently in production in South Africa. A behind-the-scenes “first look” airs after the series season two finale on Saturday, March 28 at 9p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Nickelodeon’s Make It Pop debuts Monday, April 6 at 7p. The daily scripted series from DHX Media, co-created by Thomas W. Lynch and the very busy Nick Cannon, is centered on three roommates at boarding school who form their own band. Sneak peek airs Thursday, March 26 at 7p.
(Source: Cynopsis)
NBC Nightly News had its biggest total viewer win over ABC World News in six weeks the week of March 16. With repeats of the Lester Holt-led 6:30p newscast in late night in 10 markets, NBC was up 5 percent week to week. In the A25-54 demo ABC eked out a victory with 6000 more viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)
Hurt by declining PUT levels the week ending March 15, syndicated Wheel of Fortune dropped 12 percent, to 6.8 in Live+SD, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire dropped 11 percent, to a season low 1.7 and The Ellen DeGeneres Show dipped 14 percent, to 2.4. Top-rated talker Dr. Phil was down 9 percent for the week, to 3.1, but scored March 11 with 4.0 for its Nick Gordon intervention episode.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The season four finale of HBO’s Girls was up 17,000 viewers from its season three closer, to 687,000, but hit a finale low among A18-49 with 326,000, down 33 percent from last year.
(Source: Cynopsis)
The March 4 finale of USA’s Suits reached a season high 1.6 million P18-49 viewers and 1.8 million among P25-54, and 3.4 million total viewers in Live+7. Season five debuts in June.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TBS‘s American Dad! drew 1.5 million viewers in Live+7 delivery for its March 2 telecast, with 1.1 million A18-49 and 687,000 A18-34. Across all of TBS’s linear, digital and mobile platforms, the current season of American Dad! so far has reached 3.9 million viewers per episode.
(Source: Cynopsis)
TNT‘s Rizzoli & Isles drew a combined audience of 7.6 million viewers in Live+7 for its March 3 episode and encore, up 6 percent over the prior week. Among A25-54, the show drew 2.7 million, up 5 percent.
(Source: Cynopsis)
SOUNDSCAN (WEEK ENDING 3/22/15)
1) Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly – 324,403
2) Empire Cast Soundtrack – 88,971 (After 2 weeks – 198,555)
3) Modest Mouse – Strangers To Ourselves – 73,099
Other Debuts
4) Marina And The Diamonds – Froot – 43,273
5) Mark Knopfler – Tracker – 34,982
6) Sleeping With Sirens – Madness – 34,941
9) Awolnation – Run – 29,945
11) Passion – Passion Even so Come (LIVE) – 26,658
21) Furious 7 Soundtrack – 15,118
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