Vol. 18, No. 886, Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Dick Wien, Editor / rwien@cbs.com / 212-975-5607
CBS SWEEPS PREMIERE WEEK
IN VIEWERS AND KEY DEMOS
NEW SERIES HELP DRIVE CBS TO BIGGEST
PREMIERE WEEK WIN IN FIVE YEARS
CBS NEWS
TOPS IN
NEWS EMMYS
& MORE
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CBS NEWS TOPS EMMY COMPETITION
CBS News took home seven statuettes
at the 37th Annual News and
Documentary Emmy Awards – more than
its network news rivals and any cable outlet. 60
MINUTES earned five awards (Outstanding
Investigative Journalism in a News Magazine;
Outstanding Editing: News; Outstanding
CBS’s new shows (L-R) BULL, KEVIN CAN WAIT and
MACGYVER delivered more than 10 million viewers.
Business and Economic Reporting in a News
Magazine; Outstanding Writing; and Outstanding Coverage
CBS opened the 2016-2017 season with a massive
premiere week victory, the week ending Sept. 25. The Eye
placed first in viewers for the eighth consecutive season,
first in A18-49 (tie) for the first time since 2010-2011, and
first in A25-54 for the first time since 2011-2012 . For the
week, CBS averaged 11.18 million viewers, the largest
average audience for any network in premiere week in five
years. The Network’s +2.44 million viewer advantage over
the second place network is its largest since 2011. Among
other highlights:
of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine). The CBS
l CBS is the only network to increase its year ago
premiere week audience and only network to maintain year
ago demographics.
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EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY was honored for
Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly
Scheduled Newscast, CBS THIS MORNING was recognized for Best Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast,
and CBS SUNDAY MORNING was cited for Best Story in a
Regularly Scheduled Newscast. To view the winning segments, go to http://tinyurl.com/gwp5pu6
In Other News:
CBS News finished the 2015-2016 broadcast year as
the only network news division with audience growth on
both morning and evening news broadcasts. CBS THIS
MORNING delivered CBS’s best audience in the morning in
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at least 28 years (since the advent of People Meters, and
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l All three of the Network’s freshman series had
huge premieres, opening with more than 10 million
viewers. KEVIN CAN WAIT (11.08m) was the #1 new
comedy, BULL (15.56m) and MACGYVER (10.73m)
were the top two new dramas, while NCIS was the
week’s #1 scripted program.
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the CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT PELLEY posted
CBS’s highest ratings in the time period in 10 years. CBS
News also dominated on weekends with CBS SUNDAY
MORNING and FACE THE NATION remaining #1 in their categories for the broadcast year. 60 MINUTES remains
America’s #1 news program, and 48 HOURS is Saturday’s #1
primetime (non-sports) broadcast and has been for 10 con-
l Overall, CBS had the week’s top five scripted programs and nine of the top 10.
For details, go to http://bit.ly/2dpAPqq
secutive years, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the 2015-2016 television season. For details, go to
www.cbsnews.com
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On The News Front...
Last Sunday (Sept. 25)
CBS News honored the
l The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH SCOTT
PELLEY began the new television season as the only
network evening news broadcast to grow in the key A25-.
54 demo. 60 MINUTES began its 49th season making
Nielsen’s Top 10, just as it did 22 times last season.
FACE THE NATION kicks off broadcast season as
Aerica’s #1 public affairs program. CBS THIS MORNING
began the 2016-2017 television season by posting significant year-to-year gains in viewers and key demos. The
29th season premiere of 48 HOURS was Saturday’s #1
primetime program with viewers.
career of Charles Osgood
.with a special “Celebrating
Charlie” edition of CBS
SUNDAY MORNING, the nation’s #1 Sunday morning news
program. The 90-minute broadcast, profiled Osgood’s 22
years as SUNDAY MORNING anchor and nearly 50 years as
a member of the CBS family. On the broadcast it was
announced that television legend and multiple-award-winning
Jane Pauley will succeed Osgood as anchor. Pauley’s first
appearance in the new role will be Oct. 9, when she will
become only the third anchor in the history of CBS SUNDAY
MORNING. Pauley joined CBS SUNDAY MORNING in 2014
l THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT posted the show’s largest premiere Tuesday audience since
Oct. 6, 2015. It also notched its highest Tuesday A18-49
and A25-54 ratings since May 3. THE LATE LATE
SHOW with JAMES CORDEN scored its largest
Tuesday audience since Sept. 22, 2015.
On the TV Station Front... The
CBS Television Stations delivered ratings wins and year-to-year growth during
premiere week. Led by the Network’s
Flagship, WCBS in New York, the station group’s primetime viewership was up 4% compared to the same week
in 2015. The group also attracted growth in viewers with
its 5:00 AM-5:00 PM. and late newscasts. Nine CBSowned stations ranked first or a strong second in late
news. The stations also attracted double-digit gains in
the key A25-54 demo with their 5:00 AM. (+33%), 6:00
AM (+20%) and 5:00PM (+14%) newscasts. (Source:
NSI)
as a contributor. Since then she’s been a substitute host.
Before joining CBS News, she was a familiar face on morning,
daytime and primetime television, including 13 years as cohost of NBC’s “Today” show and a decade as the anchor of
“Dateline NBC.”
And on the Gridiron... Week two of
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL on Sept. 22
(Houston/New England) was seen on an
average minute audience basis by 17.9 million viewers across all platforms, including CBS
Television Network, NFL Network, Twitter, NFL
Digital and CBS Interactive. TNF on CBS and NFL
Network continues to win in primetime, handily beating
the other networks. In total, CBS and NFL Network’s
coverage was watched in all-or-part by 50.5 million.
viewers on television, with a minimum of one minute
viewed. In total, all digital properties showing THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL reached 2.5 million
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SMITHSONIAN CHANNEL PROVIDES VIDEOS TO NEW
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
On September 24, the Smithsonian Institution opened
the National Museum of African American History and
Culture, the only national museum devoted exclusively to
the documentation of African American life, history and
culture. The Smithsonian Channel has partnered with
the Museum to produce and donate 130 videos for the
inaugural exhibits. The videos, comprised of 450 minutes
of footage with an estimated 8,000 images, will be displayed on monitors ranging in size from 22 inches to a
massive 186-foot overhead screen. CBS EVP and Chief
Diversity and Inclusion Officer Josie Thomas was among
the attendees at the opening, who included President
Barack Obama and some of the biggest influencers in
politics and Hollywood. Thomas is seen at right with
David Royle, EVP Programming and Production at
Smithsonian Channel and Josie Thomas, EVP and Chief
Diversity and Inclusion Officer, CBS Corporation, at the
opening of National Museum of African American History
and Culture.
“BIG BROTHER OVER THE TOP “ DIGITAL
EDITION BEGINS STREAMING SEPT. 28
David Royle, EVP of programming and production, at
Smithsonian Channel, at the opening of the museum.
CBSN AND INSTAGRAM PARTNER
FOR PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES,
“BIG BROTHER: OVER THE TOP,”
CBSN, CBS News' 24/7 digital
hosted by Julie Chen, began streaming
streaming news service featuring
live exclusively on CBS All Access,
live, anchored coverage, set a new
Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 10:00 PM,
single-day viewership record on Monday, Sept. 26, for its
ET/7:00 PM, PT. For the first time ever, fans who subscribe
coverage of the first presidential debate. CBSN drew a
to the CBS Television Network’s subscription video on
record 2.98 million streams and 1.4 million unique viewers
demand and live-streaming service will watch everything
for the day. CBSN also set a new hourly record for streams
play out live on the 24/7 feeds and have the opportunity to
during the first hour of the debate (9:00-10:00 PM, ET).
vote and impact the game like never before. In addition to
"The record demand for CBSN’s wall-to-wall coverage of
the live stream and the traditional elements fans know and
the first presidential debate is particularly impressive on a
love, such as Head of Household, veto competitions and the
day when viewers had a multitude of viewing and stream-
live evictions,
ing options," said Christy Tanner, Senior Vice President
and General Manager, CBS News Digital. For more infor-
CBS All Access’s BIG BROTHER: OVER THE TOP will fea-
mation, go to http://bit.ly/2d12NWU
ture new elements designed for multi-platform audiences,
including: weekly full episodes, weekday replay; live diary
And... CBSN and Instagram have forged a
room sessions; evicted Houseguest Q&A with host Chen; a
partnership to feature curated Instagram
BIG BROTHER winner chosen by fans, and “America’s
Stories in CBSN’s live streaming coverage for
Vote” when fans will have the opportunity to impact the
the presidential and vice presidential debates. The partner-
game like never before and affect nominations, evictions
ship makes CBSN the first network to feature Instagram
and game-changing twists.
Stories in live coverage.
For more details and the BIG BROTHER: OVER THE TOP
schedule, go to http://bit.ly/2d6GJgf
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CBS CORPORATION DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
IN DC FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH EVENTS
JOIN SIMON & SCHUSTER IN
SUPPORTING BANNED BOOKS WEEK
CBS Corporation VP, Diversity and
Join your Simon
Inclusion, Barbara Matos and CBS
& Schuster
Entertainment SVP Casting, Fern
colleagues as they
Orenstein recently participated in
support “Banned
Quórum Call – a joint effort between The National Hispanic
Books Week”
Foundation for the Arts and Fusion, in association with the
(Sept. 25-Oct. 1),
District of Columbia’s Office of Latino Affairs. The goal
an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Download
was to bring together Latino-themed content creators and
a free Banned eBook—books that have been targeted for
diverse media platforms in order to help jumpstart contempo-
removal from bookshelves around the nation. Also show
rary Latino film, TV and web content. The two-day media pitch
your support by posting a picture of your favorite banned
conference consisted of a day of advice from industry profes-
book on social media using the hashtag #SSBannedBooks
sionals, followed by a day of one-on-one content pitch.
and #BannedBooksWeek.
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In addition:
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AT THE NOCHA de GALA EVENT:
L-R} Mark Mazariegos,
Technician, Newspath CBS News
Washington; Kia Baskerville,
Manager, Staff Development &
D.I. CBS News Washington;
Fern Orenstein, SVP Talent &
Casting, CBS Entertainment.
CBS Diversity
and Inclusion, CBS
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Entertainment and
Hispanic Heritage Foundation at their
CBS News
29th Annual Awards, which celebrate the
Washington celebrat-
achievements of Hispanic Americans in the areas of stem (sci-
ed Hispanic Heritage
ence, technology and math), technology, business, literature,
Month with the
wellness, and the arts; as well as leadership, vision and those
National Hispanic
who Inspire our Youth.
Barbara Matos was a guest of the
Foundation for the
Arts at their 20th
Plus.... To help celebrate Hispanic Heritage
Anniversary Noche de
Month, CNET en Español, CNET’s Spanish-
Gala honoring Latino
language sister site, recently paid tribute to
talent in the media and
the technology contributions of Latinos in
America by announcing its annual list of the
entertainment communities.
top 20 most influential Latinos in technology for 2016. The list,
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CBS
which includes 18 new executives as well as a record number
Government
of women (nine total), is made up of Latinos with a broad
Affairs sponsored a
range of experience and skills who are leading teams in high-
table that CBS
profile tech companies in the U.S. From Apple to LinkedIn to
Corporation
NASA, the list of senior executives is reflective of the accom-
Diversity and
plishments and impact of the Latino community on technology.
Inclusion hosted at
For more information and the names of honorees on the Top
the 39th Annual
20 list, go to http://bit.ly/2cAchpU
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Awards Gala
which honors the individual and collective achievements of
Latino leaders. CBS’s Barbara Matos (center in photo above)
hosted the table.
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