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Udpated: Sochi Olympics Official Day 1 Steady With Vancouver 2010, Up From Torino 2006
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Update, 12:58 Pm Pst: The final numbers are in for the offical first full-day of Olympics competition from Sochi and 2014 has pulled ahead of Torino 2006. NBC’s primetime coverage of the 2014 Winter Games drew a 13.9/24 share household ratings result and 25.1M viewers. While down from the 14.0/25 results of the same day in the Vancouver 2010 games, that’s a rise of 8% and 3% respectively for NBC over the 13.5/23 household rating and 23.2M viewers of the same day in Torino 2006. Last night’s result is the best Saturday primetime on any of the big four since the second Saturday of the 2010 Vancouver games — which pulled in 26.6M viewers. Previous 8:26, Pt:, The first official full day of competition at the Sochi Olympics saw the U.S. snag its first Gold of the Games thanks to snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg’s Slopestyle victory. It also saw NBC‘s primetime coverage draw a 6.2/20 ratings result in »
- DOMINIC PATTEN
Art Directors Guild Awards: ‘Her’, ‘Gravity’, ‘The Great Gatsby’ Win Top Film Prizes; HBO Cleans Up On TV Side; Martin Scorsese Honored
18 hours ago
Refresh for latest… Her, Gravity and The Great Gatsby were the big winners on the film side at tonight’s Adg Awards at the Beverly Hilton. “I didn’t know if we were making a fantasy or a period film in the future,” Her production designer K.K. Barrett in accepting the award. “Spike Jonze told me, ‘Who are we to question what anybody else feels is real.’” Looking around the room, I believe in all your realities.” Related: WGA Awards: ‘Captain Phillips’ & ‘Her’ Win Top Film Awards Said production designer Andy Nicholson from the podium: “Gravity was an incredibly long and tough journey for my crew. None of this would’ve been possible without the artistic vision of Alfonso Cuaron.” Martin Scorsese scored points in the room as he accepted the guild’s prestigious Cinematic Imagery Award, presented by his Wolf Of Wall Street stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill. »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
AMC’s ‘Walking Dead’ Season 4 Risen Early in Xbox Leak
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The mid-season premiere of AMC’s The Walking Dead is set to air Sunday night, but some Xbox users got a unscheduled sneak peek when Season 4′s ninth episode appeared for free on Xbox Video this morning. It has since been made unavailable to Xbox users. AMC confirmed the slip-up happened but declined to comment on how the incident occurred. The zombie drama is already one of the most pirated shows on air. Related: AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 4 Debut Smashes Records »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Casting Society Of America To Cease Internship Job Postings After Legal Questions Arise
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Exclusive: The Casting Society of America has decided it will no longer allow postings for internships through its webpage and sent a note out to its membership announcing its change of policy. The move comes after a Deadline story that brought to light an unpaid internship posting by a casting office that seemed to fly in the face of federal labor laws, asking an intern to do heavy phone work, appointment scheduling, running errands, typing, and reading and breaking down script. The Csa policy change will apply to both paid and unpaid internship postings. Related: Unpaid Intern Ad From La Casting Company Seems To Fly In Face Of Labor Laws Federal and state labor laws specifically state that “If the employer would have hired additional employees or required existing staff to work additional hours had the interns not performed the work, then the interns will be viewed as employees and »
- ANITA BUSCH
Hot Teaser: HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’
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HBO has unveiled a teaser for Silicon Valley, the Mike Judge-helmed half-hour dark comedy set in the Bay Area hotbed where future tech icons like Steve Jobs et al. got their start. T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, Zach Woods, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin Starr, Josh Brener, Christopher Evan Welch, and Amanda Crew star in the eight-episode serial which premieres Sunday April 6: »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
L.A. Mayor Picks Lawyer Ken Ziffren As City’s New Film Czar
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Exclusive: Los Angeles is about to get its second Film Czar. Mayor Eric Garcetti has decided on Ken Ziffren for the job he created last fall and the powerhouse entertainment attorney has accepted the gig, I’ve learned. Ziffren will step into the position vacated by the death of the city’s first Film Czar Tom Sherak. The former AMPAS president and studio exec passed away from cancer on January 28. A formal announcement of Ziffren’s appointment to head the Entertainment Industry and Production office is expected to come from the Mayor’s office early next week, sources tell me. Related: R.I.P. Tom Sherak A far different choice than Sherak to help halt runaway production and bring more filming back to Los Angeles, Ziffren certainly also has the background and chops for the daunting job. A canny behind-the-scenes operator with clients, the founding partner of the Ziffren Brittenham »
- DOMINIC PATTEN
Ben McKenzie To Star As Detective James Gordon In Fox’s Batman Series ‘Gotham’
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Fox‘s Batman-themed drama Gotham has cast its lead, Detective James Gordon. Southland alum Ben McKenzie has been tapped for the role in the project, which has a series commitment. Based on DC characters from the Batman universe, Gotham explores the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon (McKenzie) and the villains that made Gotham City famous. It includes younger versions of Bruce Wayne and Alfred as well villains the Riddler, Catwoman, the Joker and the Penguin. In Gotham, Gordon is an idealistic rookie detective for Gotham City Open Police Department’s Homicide Squad, a former college football star and a war hero. Gotham is written/exec produced by The Mentalist creator Bruno Heller, with Danny Cannon directing/exec producing for Warner Bros. TV. Related: Fox’s ‘Gotham’ Series Will Feature Classic Batman Characters Fox Nabs Gotham City Origin Drama About Commissioner Gordon The Gotham casting sets another highlight in McKenzie »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
NBC Explains Decision To Cut Ioc President’s Anti-Discrimination Remarks From Olympics Opener
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Anti-discrimination remarks from Ioc President Thomas Bach that were mysteriously cut out of NBC’s telecast during the Sochi Olympics‘ opener were pre-empted for time in the U.S., the network said today. Global viewers heard the speech in its entirety in which Bach touched on Russia’s controversial anti-gay policies: “It is possible, even as competitors, to live together under one roof in harmony, with tolerance and without any form of discrimination for whatever reason,” he said. NBC issued a statement, but not an apology, for the move. “The Ioc’s President was edited for time, as were other speeches, but his message got across very clearly to viewers,” an NBC spokesperson told Deadline. Related: Sochi Olympics: Opening Ceremonies Semi-Live Blog Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony Ratings Dip From Vancouver 2010 »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Update: Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony Ratings Dip From Vancouver 2010 But Surge From Torino 2006
8 February 2014 12:05 PM, PST
First Take: Looks like it’s going to be a ratings Silver medal for NBCs coverage last night of the 2014 Olympics Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Hosted for NBC by Today’s Matt Lauer and his former morning partner Meredith Vieira, the network’s primetime tape-delayed coverage of the Xxii Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony garnered a 18.5/30 in metered-market results. That’s down 8% from the 20.0/33 overnight rating that the live 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony drew on February 12 that year. However, last night’s result is an 26% rise from the 14.7/23 overnight that the last tape-delayed Winter Games Opening Ceremony from Torino got in 2006. Still, on a night of almost all repeats on every other network but Fox, the Opening Ceremony guarantees NBC a Gold medal in terms of ratings and viewership for Friday. Check out the Top 10 markets for last night’s Opening Ceremony below (nice one Minneapolis). Related: Winter »
- DOMINIC PATTEN
Rita Moreno To Co-Star In Amy Poehler’s NBC Comedy Pilot ‘Old Soul’
8 February 2014 11:33 AM, PST
Rita Moreno, fresh off winning a lifetime achievement award at the SAG Awards, has been tapped to co-star opposite Natasha Lyonne in NBC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Old Soul. Co-created/exec produced by Amy Poehler, Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener and directed by David Wain, Old Soul centers on a reformed wild child Nadia (Lyonne) who has a business caring for the elderly and feels she has more in common with her colorful old clients than she does with people her age. Moreno will play one of the clients, a character that appears tailored for her down to the name, Rita. A sexy old gal and a ball of joy, Old Soul‘s Rita (Moreno) is a flamboyant, larger-than-life Broadway vet who has been happily married to her writing partner/husband for over 50 years. Moreno, repped by Innovative Artists, was the first and one of the very few performers to win an Oscar, »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’ Finale Hits Ratings High, Draws Franchise’s Largest Audience Since David Letterman
8 February 2014 11:30 AM, PST
Update: Refined numbers are in, and the final episode of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon drew 6.6 million viewers, its largest audience ever. In an encouraging sign for Fallon‘s prospects at The Tonight Show, he delivered the largest viewership for the Late Night franchise since the final show of David Letterman on June 25, 1993 (7.5 million). Fallon outdrew every episode of his predecessor, Conan O’Brien. In adults 18-49, the final Late Night with Jimmy Fallon posted a 2.2 rating, the highest ever for a regularly scheduled episode and the second highest behind the special post-Super Bowl show in 2005 (2.5), which also held Late Night with Jimmy Fallon‘s previous viewership record with 6.1 million. Previous 7 Am: He’ll be taking over The Tonight Show on February 17 but last night was an Olympic high all unto itself for Jimmy Fallon. One night after Jay Leno took his last bow on Tonight with monster ratings, his »
- DOMINIC PATTEN
64th Annual Ace Eddie Awards: ‘Captain Phillips’ Wins Drama Feature Prize; ‘American Hustle’ Top Comedy; ‘Frozen’ Wins Animation Trophy; ‘Breaking Bad’ & ‘The Office’ Take Top TV Prizes
7 February 2014 8:45 PM, PST
With presenters including Leonardo DiCaprio, Warren Beatty and Jonah Hill, it was a winning night for Captain Phillips, American Hustle, Breaking Bad and Frozen at the 64th annual Ace Eddie Awards. Christopher Rouse took home the Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) for Captain Phillips. That film’s director Paul Greengrass also was on hand at the Beverly Hilton to accept this year’s Ace Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year award from the American Cinema Editors, presented by his lead actor Tom Hanks. The Bob Odenkirk-hosted ceremony also saw American Hustle editors Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers & Alan Baumgarten win the Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy or Musical) trophy. Hot off its big Annie Awards win last week, Disney’s Frozen and its editor Jeff Draheim won the Best Edited Animated Feature Film prize. The Oscar-nominated pic 20 Feet From Stardom, which debuted at Sundance last year, won the Documentary Feature award. »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Sochi Olympics: Opening Ceremonies Semi-Live Blog
7 February 2014 7:45 PM, PST
4:30 Pm Et: It’s the Opening Ceremonies of the Sochi Olympics. Which, yes, happened hours ago and are only now being shown on tape delay by NBC. Friday night marks the opening ceremonies of the Xxii Olympic Winter Games, and coverage will begin with a clip narrated by Emmy-winning actor Peter Dinklage. Dinklage, 44, plays Tyrion Lannister on the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, where they also know something about winter. “It almost seems like an oversight, that this nation, that bears so much of winter’s burden, has never before hosted the Winter Games,” Dinklage says. Sounds good. “More than ever before, snow has become the realm of the young,” he adds. What? 4:38 Pm: Bob Costas runs through laundry list of stories surrounding the Games: terrorism threats, human rights issues, staggering sums spent, whether Sochi should have been granted the Games in the first place. Meredith Vieira »
- LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist
‘Glee’s Name In Jeopardy In the UK After Court Ruling
7 February 2014 7:41 PM, PST
Fox and its 20th Century Fox TV studio have suffered a setback in its trademark legal dispute with the owner of a small chain of independent stand-up comedy clubs in the UK. Mark Tughan, whose Comic Enterprises owns four Glee Clubs, registered the trademark in 1999, and in 2011 he filed a lawsuit against Fox over musical dramedy Glee, claiming the name of the show infringes on his trademark, creating a confusion that his venues are somehow associated with the series. Earlier today, a British judge ruled in Tughan’s favor on the infringement and “tarnishment” issues while rejecting his claim of harm being caused to him by the Glee series, which airs in the UK on Sky Broadcasting, partly owned by Fox. While handing a victory to Tughan, the judge expressed an opinion rather than ordering actions such as an injunction banning the series from airing in the UK, something Tughan had sought. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Update: Olympics Caption Contest Winner
7 February 2014 6:59 PM, PST
Update, 6:59 Pm: There were plenty of great suggestions (some we wish we could print here but really shouldn’t). With that said… Winner Sochi – A Four Ring Circus. Honorable mentions: This Olympics comes with an asterisk. Sochi Olympics Opening Ceremony – sponsored by Audi. “Come on, baby, stay. This never happens, I swear.” Pay no attention to that man behind the Iron Curtain. Which continent does the fifth ring represent? Siberia, for the guy in charge of the fireworks. Related: Sochi Olympics: NBC’s Opening Ceremony (Semi-Live) Previous: The Olympics kicked off today with the Opening Ceremony at Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi. It will be interesting to see how NBC will make note of a snafu at the beginning of the event, when an effect in which five giant snowflakes transform into the Olympic Rings didn’t quite go off as planned — not the best beginning for Vladimir Putin’s Games, »
- THE DEADLINE TEAM
Maggie Q To Topline Limited Series About Famous Chinese Pirate Ching Shih
7 February 2014 5:36 PM, PST
Exclusive: Nikita star Maggie Q is taking on another iconic character, this time from Chinese history. The Mission: Impossible III alumna is set to headline a limited series from Steven Jensen’s Independent Television Group, Mike Medavoy & Benjamin Anderson of Phoenix Pictures (Black Swan), and Fred Fuchs (Transporter). Titled Red Flag, the series is set in the early 1800s and centers on Ching Shih (Maggie Q), a beautiful young Chinese prostitute who goes on to become one of history’s most powerful pirates and head of the most successful crime syndicate in China. With over 100,000 sailors and 1500-plus vessels, Ching controlled the South China Sea while taking on the Imperial Chinese navy, the Portuguese navy, and the all-powerful British navy to eventually conquer them all. “It’s exciting to have the opportunity to share Ching Shih’s real-life story with audiences that are both familiar and unfamiliar with her prominent history, »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
MTV Orders Horror Movie Starring Alexis Knapp, Cassie Steele & Max Lloyd Jones
7 February 2014 5:04 PM, PST
Exclusive: MTV, which is prepping a series reboot of the Scream movie franchise, has greenlighted another female-centered horror project, this time on the longform side. MTV has ordered The Dorm, a psychological horror movie starring Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect). It revolves around Vivian (Knapp), an awkward college freshman who struggles with major self-esteem issues but undergoes a transformation into a flawless, seductive beauty at the hands of her new dorm mates. Cassie Steele (Degrassi) — repped by Noble Caplan Abrams, Roman Empire and Klwgn — plays Sarah, a funny and unpredictable queen bee who turns Vivian into her pet project. Max Lloyd Jones (Teen Wolf) also co-stars. Nomadic Pictures Corp (Hell On Wheels) is producing, with filming slated to begin February 10 in Calgary. Rachel Talalay (Freddy’s Dead) is directing from a script by Sean Hood (Halloween: Resurrection). Nomadic Pictures’ Chad Oakes & Mike Frislev (FX’s Fargo) executive produce with Maggie Malina »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Odd Couple Comedy From David Caspe & Erik Sommers Gets CBS Pilot Order
7 February 2014 4:45 PM, PST
CBS has given a pilot order to Cuz-Bros (form. Roommates), a multi-camera comedy from Happy Endings creator/exec producer David Caspe and former Happy Endings co-executive producer Erik Sommers. The project, from Happy Endings producer Sony TV and Jamie Tarses’ studio-based Fanfare, which co-produced the cult ABC comedy, was originally sold to CBS with penalty in a competitive situation. It will now become a co-production with CBS TV Studios. Written by Sommers and Caspe, Cuz-Bros centers on a successful, suave ladies man whose perfect life gets turned upside down when his mess of a cousin needs a place to stay. Sommers and Caspe exec produce with Tarses. This marks the second pilot order for Caspe this season; he also has romantic comedy pilot Marry Me for NBC/Sony TV starring Casey Wilson and Ken Marino. Sommers currently serves as co-executive producer on NBC/Sony TV’s Community. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Fox’s ‘The X Factor’ Cancelled After Three Seasons
7 February 2014 4:00 PM, PST
On the heels of ITV’s announcement that The X Factor creator Simon Cowell will be returning to the UK edition as a judge this year, Fox has announced that the U.S. version of the singing competition will not be renewed for a fourth season. “I’ve had a fantastic time over the last 12 years, both on The X Factor and American Idol,” Cowell said. “And apart from being lucky enough to find some amazing talent on the shows, I have always had an incredible welcome from the American public (most of the time!). Last year, for a number of reasons, I had to make a decision to return to the UK version of The X Factor in 2014. So for now, I’m back to the UK and I want to thank Fox for being an incredible partner and I also want to thank everybody who has supported my shows. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Utah Court Agrees To Weigh Aereo Case
7 February 2014 3:56 PM, PST
More billable hours for broadcasters’ and Aereo’s lawyers. The U.S. District Court will hear broadcasters’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the streaming service on Tuesday – even as the U.S. Supreme Court plans to look at the copyright infringement allegations against Aereo. If the Utah court sides with broadcasters then its decision would apply to six states that make up the 10th Circuit. Fox, one of the plaintiffs, says that it is “pleased” by the decision, and “hopeful” that the court will bar Aereo from serving the region before the high court considers the arguments. The plaintiffs have ”always maintained that Aereo is operating illegally and has no right to retransmit our copyrighted material.” Aereo declined to comment, but has countered that it merely leases to consumers the antennas and technologies they already can use at home to watch over-the-air TV for free. Broadcasters filed the suit in Utah in October. »
- DAVID LIEBERMAN, Financial Editor
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