Vol. 17, No. 816, Jan. 28, 2015 Dick Wien, Editor / [email protected] / 212-975-5607 MORE “THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL” “THE BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL” HITS 7K NFL AND CBS CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PACKAGE PARTNERSHIP On Jan. 18 the National Football League and CBS announced they will continue their partnership to produce and televise THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL for the 2015 season. Under the deal, CBS will broadcast the first eight Thursday Night Football games, which also will be simulcast on NFL Network. NFL Network will also exclusively televise eight games in the run-up to the playoffs. The mix of games will include 14 on Thursday nights and two late-season games on Saturday. The full slate of 16 regular season games will be produced by CBS with its lead broadcast and production team on all Thursday night games. The pregame, halftime and postgame shows will continue to feature NFL Network and CBS Sports hosts and analysts. The agreement is for the 2015 season with an additional year at the NFL’s option. (Cont. on page 2) CBS CELEBRATES 7,000 EPISODES OF “THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL” On Wednesday, Jan. 14, CBS Daytime celebrated the 7,000th episode of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL with a special cake cutting and the dedication of the CBS Television City Studio 31 stage to eight-time Daytime Emmy Award winner and executive producer/head writer Bradley P. Bell. Pictured above (l-r) : Laura Lee Bell, daughter of creators William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell; creator Lee Phillip Bell; executive producer and head writer Bradley P. Bell; producer Colleen Bell; Chasen Bell, son of Bradley P. Bell and Colleen Bell. On Friday, Jan. 23, the three time Emmy Awardwinning CBS daytime drama THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL celebrated its 7,000th episode. For this special milestone episode the broadcast (Continued on page 2) CBSN DRIVING STRONG LIVE VIDEO VIEWERSHIP ACROSS PLATFORMS CBSN – the first live anchored news network across all leading digital platforms -- is driving strong live video viewership across all platforms since its launch in November, drawing the most engaged users and majority of streams on Connected TV devices. On the Roku platform, CBS News ranked #1 among news channels in hours streamed and viewer engagement in both November and December. Across platforms, viewers are coming to CBSN for live coverage, and especially for major breaking news stories, showing consumers want live news on digital platforms. (Source: CBS News & CBS Interactive) CBSN is currently available on CBSNews.com and its mobile website, Connected TV devices such as Roku players and Roku TV models, and the CBS News apps for (THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, Cont. from page 2) “The benefits of Thursday Night Football are evident across our Corporation, including a strengthened primetime lineup that has built on its number one position. The NFL continues to be the best premium content in the business, and we look forward to another year of our expanded partnership in 2015/16, a season that will culminate with Super Bowl 50 on CBS.” -- Leslie Moonves, CBS President and CEO The programming rela- “I could not be more proud of the job the CBS Sports team did in conjunction with our partners at the NFL in producing, branding and positioning Thursday night football as a television destination for viewers. The awareness and viewership for Thursday Night Football grew dramatically in 2014, and we look forward to continuing this trend.” -- Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports 2015, CBS will conclude tionship between the NFL and CBS will expand to include, among other elements, the development of new programming initiatives across the various CBS and NFL platforms. In addition to THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL in its 56th year broadcasting the NFL with its exclusive presentation of SUPER BOWL 50 from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, on Feb. 7, 2016. iOS and Windows 8.1. The network will be rolled out on More information: additional devices throughout 2015. http://bit.ly/1yczWUp THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, continued from page 1) THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL cast broke format and featured a retrospective documentary showcasing the most iconic moments and the history of the show’s creation. Included were commentary from the cast, fashion throughout the decades, unforgettable guest stars, original screen test footage and more. Noted Angelica McDaniel, Senior Vice President, Daytime, CBS Entertainment: “7,000 episodes of television is an incredible achievement, and one we are tremendously proud of. This milestone is a testament to the impact of Bill and Lee Bell on the genre, the passion and creativity of Brad Bell, his staff and crew and the unwavering support of our loyal fans.”THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL celebrated its 7,000th with a live Twitter chat including cast members and others during the East Coast broadcast of the special episode. In addition, on Jan. 14 CBS Television City dedicated Studio 31 to THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL executive producer and head writer Bradley P. Bell. The eight-time Daytime Emmy Award winner of the most-watched daily dramatic serial in the world has been with the show since it was co-created by his parents, William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell in 1987. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, which will celebrate its 28th anniversary on March 23, 2015, is now in its 27th season on CBS. For more information: 2 http://bit.ly/14WCkUh NOTED S&S AUTHOR WALTER ISSACSON SPEAKS ON INNOVATION On Thursday, Jan. 15, the CBS Speaker Series welcomed Simon & Schuster author Walter Issacson (STEVE JOBS) for a talk about his new book, THE INNOVATORS. In the book, which details the history of the digital revolution and serves as a guide to how innovation really works, Isaacson discusses how most of the innovations of the digital age were done collaboratively. Spanning over the course of more than 160 years, Isaacson explores the personalities that created our current digital revolution, such as Alan Turing, Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and others, exploring how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. The book is also a narrative of how their collaboration and art of teamwork made these visionaries even more creative. To access the replay once it's posted, employees can use the following link: HTTP://webcast.cbs.com They will need their network ID and password to access it. Once in the site, they should click on the Speaker Series link at the top of the page. The replays can be found there. MORE TELEVISION NEWS l On Jan. 18, CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CHARLES OSGOOD delivered its largest audience since 1994 and remained the #1 Sunday morning news program with viewers and A 25-54. (Source: NTI) On The Cable Front.... l WE NEED TO TALK, CBS Sports’ first nationally televised all-female, weekly hour-long sports show, made its 2015 debut on CBS Sports Network Monday, Jan. 26 (10:00 PM, ET). The show, which features Dana Jacobson, Tracy Wolfson, Amy Trask, Andrea Kremer and Lisa Leslie, returns on Sunday, April 5 with WELCOME WTTV TO CBS AFFILIATE FAMILY WTTV Indianapolis joined the CBS Affiliate family on Jan 1. With the CBS affiliation, WTTV becomes part of America’s #1 broadcast network and the new home of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. a special from Indianapolis, the site of the 2015 Final Four®. The spring season of the program begins Tuesday, April 28 and the show returns for its Fall season on Tuesday, Sept. 8. l Customers of Suddenlink, the seventh largest cable operator in the United States, who subscribe to SHOWTIME can now access the Network’s programming anywhere in the U.S. via Showtime Networks’ authentication service, SHOWTIME ANYTIME. 3 (Continued on Page 4) (TELEVISION, continued from page 3) l On Jan. 20, Showtime Networks and the newly launched film, television and multimedia studio STX Entertainment, announced a multi-year output agreement to bring motion pictures distributed theatrically by STX exclusively to Showtime Networks during the premium television window. The deal will begin in 2015 and covers the studio’s theatrical releases through 2019, which will be shown exclusively on Showtime Networks and its multiplex channels including SHOWTIME, The Movie Channel and Flix. STX Entertainment’s first four features include projects from Oscar winner Mark Johnson (“Rain Man,” “Breaking Bad”) and Academy Award nominees Gary Ross (“The Hunger Games,” “Seabiscuit”), Billy Ray (“Captain Phillips”, “The Hunger Games”) and Jason Blum (“Whiplash”). The announced projects will star Academy Award winners Matthew McConaughey, Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman, among many others. l SHOWTIME has picked up the fourth season of its critically-acclaimed documentary series INSIDE COMEDY, from comedy forces David Steinberg and Steve Carell, for a fourth season. The series, slated to premiere later this year, features oneof-a-kind interviews with some of the biggest names in pop culture. PUBLISHING l New online video courses produced by Simon & Schuster and hosted at the company’s recently launched SimonSays.com portal went live to consumers on Jan. 12. The initiative provides greater access to favorite authors and learning tools that expand upon and complement each author’s published work. SimonSays online course offerings will be primarily in the mind-body-spirit, health and fitness, and wealth and personal finance categories. Three courses are available for immediate purchase at launch: “A Short Guide to a Long Life” with David B. Agus, MD, the #1 bestselling author of THE END OF ILLNESS and A SHORT GUIDE TO A LONG LIFE; FINDING YOUR PURPOSE AND LIVING IT with Zhena Muzyka, the social entrepreneur and award-winning businesswoman founder of Zhena’s Gypsy; and OUTRAGEOUS OPENNESS: LETTING THE DIVINE TAKE THE LEAD with spiritual counselor and author Tosha Silver. l On Jan. 15, Simon & Schuster introduced two new boutique shops to 11 Main (www.11main. com), a new online shopping destination for specialty shops and boutiques. One of the boutiques will feature a selection of books in categories including bestselling fiction, nonfiction and history, children’s books, illustrated books, cookbooks and box sets. The second boutique will be dedicated to products from S&S’s acclaimed Pimsleur Language Program (http://tinyurl.com/qf5v5pr). UPDATE is published by CBS Communications Group. Gil Schwartz, Senior Executive Vice President Richard Wien, Editor, x5607 (NY) 4