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RATINGS RAT RACE: NBC Wins Night With Rising ‘America’s Got Talent’, ‘Extreme Weight Loss’ Finale Even, ‘Capture’ Hits Low

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 16:55 UKTags: America's Got Talent, Extreme Weight Loss, So You Think You Can Dance, TV Ratings, Whose Line Is It Anyway

Summer has come to an end and so did Season 3 of Extreme Weight Loss (1.2/4) last night. True to its name the ABC reality show saw this year’s winner drop a record-breaking amount of weight, losing half his weight. On the other hand, the 8 PM – 10 PM finale remained even with last week’s show and the 1.2/3 of last year’s 9PM to 11 PM season ender on August 19, 2012. In terms of viewers, last night season finale got the best numbers since this year’s debut on May 28 with 4.1 million tuning in. It was up 11% from the viewership of last year’s finale. Overall, this season of EWL has essentially been on par with Season 2 among adults 18-49, both of which were down from Season 1.

It was week 2 of the semifinals on America’s Got Talent (2.3/7) last night. The live one-hour show had Howard Stern in a three piece suit and tie, host Nick Cannon in an unusually understated tux and another dozen acts trying to make it through to snag that $1 million dollar prize and a headlining spot performing in Las Vegas. The most watched and highest rated show of the night, AGT bopped up 5% from last week’s Tuesday series low. NBC took the top spots in both the demo and viewership with a 1.9/6 and 7.119 million watching. Univision was No. 2 among adults 18-49 on Tuesday with a 1.6/5 with an all repeat CBS was second in viewership with 6.968 million watching.

Tuesday wasn’t the season finale of So You Think You Can Dance (1.3/4) but it was close. The live two show was the last performance show of SYTYCD’s 10th season and the remaining four strutted their stuff for Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy plus guest judges Olympic Gold medalist Gabby Douglas and the always dependably kooky Paula Abdul. Ratingswise, SYTYCD was even with last week’s show but did see a slight 2% rise in viewers to 4.1 million watching.

The CW had an original Whose Line Is It Anyway? (0.9/3) on at 8 PM and a new Capture (0.3/1) at 9 PM. The former was even with last week while the latter dropped 25% from its August 27 airing to hit a series low.

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Fox Searchlight Shifts Release Date For James Gandolfini Pic ‘Enough Said’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 16:50 UKTags: Enough Said, Fox Searchlight, James Gandolfini

Enough Said, the Nicole Holofcener-directed comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini in his second-to-last film role before his death in July, will now kick off its platform release Wednesday, September 18. Fox Searchlight originally had set a September 20 date. The pic has its world premiere Saturday in Toronto. It centers on a divorced and single parent (Louis-Dreyfus) who spends her days enjoying work as a masseuse but dreading her daughter’s impending departure for college. She meets Albert (Gandolfini) — a sweet, funny and like-minded man also facing an empty nest. As their romance blossoms, Eva befriends Marianne (Catherine Keener), her new massage client who seems perfect except that she rags on her ex-husband way too much. Eva finds herself doubting her own relationship with Albert as she learns the truth about Marianne’s ex. Toni Collette, Tavi Gevinson, Ben Falcone, Tracey Fairaway and Eve Hewson co-star.

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Jay Leno Visits Craig Ferguson To Discuss Life Post-’Tonight’: Video

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 16:41 UKTags: Jay Leno, NBC, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Walking up to February 6 – the day NBC will boot him from The Tonight Show, again, Jay Leno stopped by Craig Ferguson’s CBS late-night talker last night to critique Ferguson’s hosting skills, and to say who was his favorite among the 14 NBC programming chiefs for whom he’s worked. Safe to assume it’s not Jeff Zucker or Bob Greenblatt:

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RealD Shares Hit Following Analyst Downgrade Over Fears About 3D Prospects

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 16:33 UKTags: 3D, RealD

RealD’s shares are touching all-time lows, falling 4% to $7.71 in mid-day trading, after Stifel analyst Benjamin Mogil downgraded the 3D technology company to “Hold” from “Buy.” The company is at an “inflection point,” he says. It continues to build 3D screens domestically on top of the 13,100 at 2,900 locations it had at the end of June. That’s worrisome because “there are few weekends where 3D screen capacity is an issue” and “given declining 3D demand appears to us to be unnecessary.” The danger is that exhibitors will feel empowered to bargain for lower equipment rental rates when their contracts with RealD are up for renewal. Lots of its contracts with theater owners including Regal, AMC, and Cinemark will expire before the end of 2018. In addition, RealD is investing to bring 3D to home viewers. But execs have not “articulated any timelines/benchmarks for these initiatives…nor have they articulated how much money whey are willing to spend.” That’s a problem because investors “have limited visibility on where the home market technology stands from a commercial perspective.” It might make sense for RealD to go private, Mogil says. But that would be difficult. Insiders own just 15% of the shares, and privatization “would crimp investments in the home [3D initiatives], a key for management’s growth platform.”

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Venice: Errol Morris On “Cheshire Cat” Donald Rumsfeld & ‘The Unknown Known’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 16:00 UKTags: Errol Morris, The Unknown Known, Venice Film Festival

Errol Morris’ Donald Rumsfeld portrait, The Unknown Known, debuted in Telluride over the weekend and is running in competition here in Venice. Morris, the Oscar-winning director of The Fog Of War, which looked at former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, says he decided to concentrate on Rumsfeld after the publication of the latter’s 2011 autobiography Known And Unknown: A Memoir. It was then that Morris became aware of the Bush administration Defense Secretary’s “snowflake” memos — the thousands of missives that Rumsfeld wrote during his time at the Pentagon — which became a key element in the film (see video here). His curiosity piqued, Morris wrote Rumsfeld a letter and enclosed a copy of The Fog Of War. “His lawyer told me that I was delusional. ‘This man will never under any circumstances talk to you’.” But within a week, he had an invitation to Rumsfeld’s office in Washington, Morris told reporters today. Ultimately, he conducted 33 hours of interviews with Rumsfeld over 11 days in a studio outside Boston.

Despite both having held the same post, Rumsfeld, a key architect of the Iraq War, and the late McNamara, a key architect of the Vietnam War, are “very, very, very different.” The latter is “The Flying Dutchman”, Morris said, “traveling the world searching for redemption and never finding it.” Rumsfeld, on the other hand, is more like the “Cheshire Cat, who at the very end vanishes and is left with just a smile.” Read More »

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MTV Sets Premiere Dates For ‘Big Tips Texas’, ‘Scrubbing In’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 15:30 UKTags: Big Tips Texas, MTV, Scrubbing In

The latest docu-series from the erstwhile music channel will bow next month. Big Tips Texas, which follows a handful of girlfriends working together at a Dallas-area bar, premieres October 9 on MTV with back-to-back episodes starting at 10 PM. Scrubbing In, about nine traveling nurses who have been relocated to a hospital in California’s Orange County, arrives at 10 PM October 24. Big Tips is exec produced by Shannon Fitzgerald and Tiffany Lea Williams. Fitzgerald and David Osper are EPs for Scrubbing In.

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Joann Alfano Named EVP At NBCU International TV

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 15:17 UKTags: JoAnn Alfano, NBC, NBCUniversal International

Joann Alfano is returning to NBC as EVP at NBCUniversal International Television Production. Based in Los Angeles, she will oversee the company’s global scripted business, which includes Camp (NBC), Motive (ABC), Family Tree (HBO), Newlyweds (Bravo) as well as the upcoming Dracula (NBC) and Season 4 of Downton Abbey (PBS). She will report to division president Michael Edelstein. Alfano succeeds EVP Deborah Oppenheimer who recently joined one NBCU’s labels, Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films, though Alfano’s role will be broader. From today’s announcement:

Alfano will supervise the development and production of scripted programming across the NBCUniversal International Television portfolio of companies including Carnival, Lucky Giant and Matchbox Pictures.  She will also manage the division’s strategic partnerships with both Working Title Television and Lark Productions.

In addition, she will identify and develop new projects with the goal of bringing writers and producers from the US to NBCU International production entities.  She will also be in charge of the imminent expansion of the division’s Los Angeles office.

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Les Moonves Says It Would Be “Dumb” For Lawmakers To Change Retransmission Rules: Video

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 15:15 UKTags: CBS, Les Moonves, Time Warner Cable

The CBS chief rejects Time Warner Cable’s view that networks have too much power to win big price increases in pay TV carriage negotiations, and Washington should help level the playing field. “These deals should be made in the free market,” Les Moonves told CNBC following the 32-day blackout of his stations on TWC systems. Even so, he acknowledged that TWC probably couldn’t have held out much longer. “We sort of knew” that the cable company would come to terms before the NFL season begins.

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Weinstein Company Sets Momentum’s Jamie Schwartz To Run International Marketing

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 15:13 UKTags: Jamie Schwartz, The Weinstein Company
Mike Fleming

The Weinstein Company has hired Jamie Schwartz to be president of international marketing. The hire was made by TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein and COO David Glasser. Schwartz will head international marketing for TWC releases from their UK offices. As VP Marketing at Momentum Pictures, Schwartz spearheaded campaigns for The King’s Speech, The Woman In Black, Limitless, The Fighter, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Shame and Jo Nesbo’s Headhunters. Before that he worked at the UK ad agency AMV BBDO. “I’m thrilled to be joining TWC and excited at the opportunity to work with Harvey Weinstein and David Glasser across their diverse range of films,” Schwartz said. “I have always been an admirer of their innovative marketing and am looking forward to working with the talented team there.” Weinstein said Schwartz “has incredible experience in marketing smart, high-quality pictures and is a perfect fit for the company.”

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Jennifer Finnigan To Star In FX Pilot ‘Tyrant’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 15:12 UKTags: FX, Jennifer Finnigan, Tyrant
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Finnigan is set as the female lead in the high-profile FX drama pilot Tyrant, from Homeland executive producers Howard Gordon and Gideon Raff and Six Feet Under alum Craig Wright. It tells the story of an unassuming American family — Barry (Adam Rayner); his strong, smart and idealistic wife Molly (Finnigan); and their kids Emma (Anne Winters) and Sammy (Noah Silver) — drawn into the workings of a turbulent Middle East nation. David Yates is directing the pilot, which begins filming next week in Morocco. Gordon, Raff and Wright executive produce in association with Keshet Broadcasting. The Fox 21-produced project has a big commitment at FX and is expected to go to series. Finnigan, repped by ICM Partners and manager John Carrabino, recently starred on the TNT drama Monday Mornings.

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VH1 Launches Morning Block With ‘Big Morning Buzz Live’ & ‘The Gossip Table’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 15:00 UKTags: Big Morning Buzz With Carrie Keagan, The Gossip Table, VHI
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: When VH1‘s Big Morning Buzz Live With Carrie Keagan returns for a third season on September 30, it will have a companion. The cable network is launching a 90-minute daily morning block comprised of Big Morning Buzz and The Gossip Table. Gossip Table, which was introduced this past June to fill in for Big Morning Buzz during its summer hiatus, will kick off the weekday block at 9:30 AM, airing live from VH1′s Times Square studios. It dissects celebrity gossip and features columnists Rob Shuter (NaughtybutNiceRob.com), Marianne Garvey (New York Daily News), Chloe Melas (HollywoodLife.com), Noah Levy (InTouch) and Delaina Dixon (Jetmag.com). At 10 AM, Gossip Table will be followed by Big Morning Buzz Live with host Carrie Keagan, co-host Jason Dundas and VH1 music expert Jim Shearer. The show, focused on pop culture news and interviews, will now air live from the TRL studio overlooking Times Square. Big Morning Buzz Live With Carrie Keagan and The Gossip Table are executive produced by Lee Rolontz, Keshia Williams and Shane Farley. The Gossip Table is from Farley’s company Cypress E Prods.

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Lionsgate Licenses Rights For Clothing Based On ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 14:35 UKTags: Lionsgate, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

New York, NY and Santa Monica, CA September 4, 2013 – Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF), a leading global entertainment company, and NET-A-PORTER, the world’s premier online luxury fashion and beauty retailer, today announced an exclusive fashion partnership for “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” the highly anticipated second film of the global blockbuster “The Hunger Games” franchise.

The luxury clothing line “Capitol Couture by Trish Summerville” consists of 16 ready-to-wear pieces as well as jewelry and leather goods inspired by “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” and designed by Trish Summerville, the film’s Costume Designer. The collection will be available exclusively on NET-A-PORTER this fall in time for the film’s worldwide release on November 22, 2013.

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‘Dancing With The Stars’ Cast: Valerie Harper, Leah Remini, Jack Osbourne, Bill Nye Among Competitors

By LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 14:25 UKTags: Dancing With The Stars, Good Morning America, Leah Remini, Valerie Harper

From the brave to the blah, Mary Tyler Moore Show/Rhoda actress Valerie Harper and a mess of Disney alums were this morning revealed on the next round of ABC’s struggling dance competition series Dancing With The Stars. Harper was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in January and given three to six months to live but is now said to be “nearing remission,” as she and her doctor explained it to NBC’s Today recently while plugging Valerie’s Story — A Meredith Vieira Special, set to air September 19 on that network. Speaking of NBC, Sharon Osbourne’s son Jack — who was yanked from a reality competition series on that network when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis — is joining Harper on Dancing. His sister Kelly was a finalist on the show in 2009.

Related: ‘Dancing With The Stars’ At A Casting Crossroads

Many of the celeb dancers’ names had been leaked before this morning’s reveal on ABC’s morning infotainment show Good Morning America. Bill Nye the Science Guy was in none of those reports and he’s maybe the morning’s biggest surprise. Not at all surprising was Leah Remini, whose name was first leaked. Remini, maybe best known for starring in CBS’ sitcom King Of Queens has more recently been making headlines for her exit from Scientology. She appeared on this morning’s reveal via satellite, looking very subdued. Glee’s Amber Riley, no longer a regular on that Fox series, is looking for her next career move on Dancing; ditto Jersey Shore alum Snooki and The Voice social media correspondent Christina Milian. Ironically, it’s The Voice’s move to Dancing’s time slot that’s been giving it such a ratings headache the past several seasons. Read More »

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AFI Fest Selects Disney’s ‘Saving Mr Banks’, Bennett Miller’s ‘Foxcatcher’ For Opening Slots

By PETE HAMMOND | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 14:00 UKTags: AFI Fest, Foxcatcher, Inside Llewyn Davis, Saving Mr. Banks
Pete Hammond

With Telluride over, Venice wrapping up and Toronto about to begin, it’s never too early for another film festival to make some noise. So here comes the AFI Fest announcing their opening-night film November 7th will be a Disney awards-season biggie: the North American premiere of Saving Mr Banks starring Emma Thompson as Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers and Tom Hanks in a supporting role as Walt Disney. It is said to be warm and funny and a potential Oscar contender, not only for Thompson and Hanks  but also Best Picture. It is also a no-brainer opener for the AFI. It has a movie theme (Disney tries to convince the stubborn author to sell him rights to make Mary Poppins) and also is partially set at the Chinese theatre, where AFI Fest is headquartered. What could be more perfect? Hate to say I TOLDJA! — but I did. AFI announced they will also be showing 1964′s Mary Poppins itself in honor of its 50th anniversary. It’s actually only 49 years but hey, who’s counting? In a move that indicates filmmakers LOVE to have that opening-night slot , AFI also announced Sony Pictures Classics’ new Bennett Miller drama Foxcatcher will be the cleverly titled “Opening Weekend” Gala on November 8, a World Premiere. SPC’s co-president Michael Barker is very high on this one and told me over the weekend in Telluride that the company expects it to be one of their top awards contenders including for star Steve Carell’s transformative performance in which he is virtually unrecognizable. Barker indicated the film will start early press screenings in mid-October. Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum co-star. That Best Actor race promises to be more crowded than ever. The Coen brothers’ Cannes hit, Inside Llewyn Davis which just played Telluride and will also hit the New York Film Festival, was previously announced as the Closing Night film on November 14. Here’s this morning’s full release: Read More »

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UPDATE: Jon Stewart Returns To ‘The Daily Show’ A Darker Faux Newsman: Video

By LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 12:37 UKTags: Comedy Central, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

UPDATED WITH VIDEO: “I’ve missed you so much — you don’t know what it’s like out there in the real world. Nobody applauds every stupid fucking thing you do!” Jon Stewart said in his return to The Daily Show last night. Viewers, meanwhile, may still be missing Stewart. The comic-turned-fake news show faux-anchor returned from Jordan, where he spent a good chunk of the summer directing his first feature film, showing telltale signs of a comic who has been through a life-changing experience and feels he should be doing something more serious.

Related: John Oliver Kept ‘Daily Show’ Anchor Chair Hot: Video

After an opening taped bit in which his summer substitute John Oliver discovered how changed Stewart is, and tried in vain to get back the old Jon — instead turning him into Moses, Freddie Mercury, Miley Cyrus at the VMAs, and Hitler — Stephen Colbert is brought in and, for script purposes, successfully exorcised Stewart, so The Daily Show could start. Stewart took his anchor chair and brought out Oliver to receive praise. Not that Oliver needs it. He got great reviews filling in for Stewart this summer, which must have been a comfort to Viacom Entertainment Group President Doug Herzog tonight, knowing there can be life after Stewart for The Daily Show. Not that Herzog’s making plans to replace Stewart — but it’s got to be nice to know The Daily Show won’t fall off a cliff should this new Stewart just back from Jordon decide it’s time to move on.

Related: John Oliver’s Farewell As Host Draws Lower Ratings: Video
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Fox International Channels Scores NFL Rights For Parts Of Europe

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:49 UKTags: Fox International Channels, NFL

Madrid – September, 4th 2013 – FOX International Channels, 21st Century Fox multimedia business, announced today a 2-year agreement with NFL International to broadcast one NFL game per window in English across parts of Europe on FOX Sports channels, FOX Sports branded blocks, and FOX Sports services beginning with the 2013 season.

NFL fans in Europe will be able to watch on FIC Sunday games, Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, Thursday Night Football and all three U.S. Thanksgiving Day Games in English. FIC will also broadcast all NFL postseason games in English, including the Super Bowl.

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London Film Festival Unveils Lineup

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:45 UKTags: Captain Phillips, London Film Festival, Saving Mr. Banks

The 57th BFI London Film Festival is screening 234 features including 22 world premieres, although many films will have already debuted at other festivals. As previously announced, the fest kicks off with Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks, and closes with another Tom Hanks-starrer, Saving Mr Banks. Galas include Venice hit Philomena; Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave; Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity (also a big hit on the Lido); the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, which bowed at Cannes; Jason Reitman’s Labor Day; and Ralph Fiennes’ The Invisible Woman, which reteams him with his English Patient co-star Kristin Scott Thomas. The festival is again spreading films out into different strands that include Love, Debate, Dare, Laugh, Thrill, Cult, Journey, Sonic, Family, Experimenta, Treasures and Shorts. It runs from October 9-20. Click over for the competition lineup: Read More »

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UK’s LoveFilm To Stream Warner Bros TV’s Animated Superhero Library

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 10:29 UKTags: Lovefilm, Warner Bros. TV

On the heels of its recent deal for Viacom TV content, Amazon-owned LoveFilm has struck a new pact with Warner Bros International Television Distribution. The deal will give Netflix competitor LoveFilm a library of hundreds of hours of animated content that includes Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: The Brave And The Bold, Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League and Thundercats. LoveFilm previously pacted with WBITD for live-action library content.

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Global Showbiz Briefs: Adopt Acquires ‘Priest’s Children’; Bollywood Curtails Foreign Shoots; Content Media; More

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday, 4 September 2013 06:00 UKTags: Adopt Films, Ang Lee, Global Showbiz Briefs

Adopt Acquires Hit Croatian Comedy
Adopt Films has taken all U.S. rights to Croatian comedy The Priest’s Children. The Vinko Brešan-directed movie premiered at Karlovy Vary and has become the 3rd highest-grossing Croatian film in the country since it achieved independence in the 1990s. A pastiche about the slightly unethical fashion in which an idealistic young priest addresses the declining birth rate among his flock on a magically beautiful Crotian island is reminiscent of 1983’s Scotland-set Local Hero. It stars Krešimir Mikić, Zdenko Botic, Nikša Butijer, Drazen Kuhn and Marija Škaričič. Producer is Ivan Maloča for Interfilm Produkcija and Zillion Film. It was written (and scored) by Mate Matišić, based on his play. Adopt acquired the film from Paris-based Wide Management. Read More »

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