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CBS’ ‘Elementary’ To Film Season 2 Premiere In London

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 7:00am PDTTags: CBS, Elementary
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Sherlock is going home. CBS‘ drama Elementary will film its second-season premiere episode in London, marking the first time the series has shot on location outside New York. In the Season 2 premiere episode, Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) is called to London to revisit an old case and, while doing so, is forced to face his past. Meanwhile, Watson (Lucy Liu) learns more about Holmes’ mysterious life and the company he kept before he left for New York. The shoot is “an opportunity to see Sherlock’s old stomping grounds and take a closer look at a life that, until now, we’ve only been able to glimpse through the lens of his recovery”, said creator/exec producer Robert Doherty. “Watson’ll have to keep up with a Sherlock who is both more comfortable in his surroundings and even bolder in testing the limits of those around him.” The two-hour Season 1 finale of Elementary will air Thursday, May 16.

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Do No Harm’ Falls Again, ‘Community’ Returns Up, ‘American Idol’ Dips, ‘Scandal’ Hits High

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday February 8, 2013 @ 8:59am PSTTags: American Idol, Community, Do No Harm, Elementary, The Big Bang Theory, TV Ratings

After the worst in-season network debut rating ever last week, NBC’s Do No Harm (0.7/2) did itself more harm by falling 22% from that January 31 debut. To put it in further perspective, viewership of the certainly soon-to-be-cancelled new show fell from the 3.3 million who watched last week to 2.18 million. It wasn’t all bad news on NBC on Thursday, however. With the end of 30 Rock last Thursday, this week saw the long-delayed return of Community (1.8/6) for a fourth season at 8 PM. The comedy bested its previous season opener of September 22, 2011, when it wasn’t facing American Idol, by 6%, and beat its May 17, 2012 Season 3 finale by 38%.

Related: POST MORTEM: What Led To ‘Do No Harm’s’ Historic Ratings Flop Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Post-Super Bowl Airing Of ‘Elementary’ Down From ‘The Voice’ Last Year

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday February 4, 2013 @ 12:08pm PSTTags: Elementary, Super Bowl, TV Ratings

Related: Super Bowl XLVII Pulls In 108M Audience, Down From 2012 & 2011

On after Super Bowl XLVII last night, CBS’s Elementary fell far short of the post big game audience The Voice got last year. The freshman drama … Read More »

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‘Elementary’s Rob Doherty On Post-Super Bowl Slot Stress And Purists Still Upset About Lucy Liu As Watson: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Saturday January 12, 2013 @ 1:24pm PSTTags: CBS, Elementary

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

ElementaryIf Rob Doherty, the creator and showrunner of the freshman CBS hit Elementary, wasn’t already nervous about the fact that his Sherlock Holmes-centered hour has been given … Read More »

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Winter TCA Press Tour Starts: Schedule

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 4, 2013 @ 7:51am PSTTags: Arrested Development, Elementary, Revolution, TCA
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It’s January, time for some TV pageantry. I’m not talking about beauty pageant pro Honey Boo Boo’s Sunday return to TV with several specials on TLC, but rather about the semi-annual tradition known as Television Critics Association press tour, which starts today in Pasadena. The two-week affair features broadcast and cable networks touting their upcoming shows. Increasingly, hit series make repeat appearances alongside newbies. This time around, that includes NBC’s Revolution and Grimm, ABC’s Shark Tank, IFC’s Portlandia and CBS’ Elementary (tied to the freshman’s post-Super Bowl episode). For the casts and producers of Revolution and Elementary, this marks the second consecutive TCA press tour after first facing the critics in July. Also returning to TCA after a decade-long break is Arrested Development, which has been revived by Netflix.

Below is a basic schedule for the tour, which kicks off with a packed lineup that includes panels for David E. Kelley’s new TNT drama Monday Mornings, TBS import Cougar Town, A&E’s Psycho prequel Bates Motel executive produced by Carlton Cuse, and Christopher Guest’s new HBO series Family Tree. HBO once again is bringing out the star power for its movies, with Al Pacino, Helen Mirren and David Mamet on tap for Phil Spector and Michael Douglas, Matt Damon and Steven Soderbergh for Behind The Candelabra. Here is the schedule, and check back for Deadline’s TCA coverage:

Friday, January 4 – Cable: Turner, Nat Geo, A&E, HBO, IFC
Saturday, January 5 – Cable: Discovery, Starz, BBC America, Viacom Networks
Sunday, January 6 — NBCUniversal: NBC Read More »

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Are Broadcast TV Networks Entering A Golden Era?: UBS Confab

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday December 3, 2012 @ 4:30pm PSTTags: CBS, Elementary, TV Advertising

You wouldn’t think so based on the lousy prime time ratings for everybody except NBC so far in the 2012-2013 season. But CBS’ dauntless Chief Research Officer David Poltrack vigorously argued today in his annual industry forecast at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference that broadcasters are in great shape. Poltrack projects that advertiser spending for time on the major broadcast networks will fall 2% next year vs 2012. That’s good: It would represent 3% growth if you factor out this year’s boost from the Olympics and the elections. “The economy is finally gaining momentum in the right direction,” Poltrack says. (Zenith Optimedia also predicts a 2% drop for network TV to $16.9B in 2013.) As for the recent ratings, Poltrack says not to worry: The slide is due to what he calls “a chaotic start” with some shows premiering a week early, the presidential debates, and Hurricane Sandy. That’s “not indicative of how the season will progress,” says Poltrack. Read More »

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CBS Expands ‘Elementary’ Order By Two Episodes, Trims ‘Vegas’ By One

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 15, 2012 @ 11:17am PSTTags: CBS, Elementary, Vegas
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has tweaked the full-season orders to freshmen Elementary and Vegas as the network is firming up its scheduling needs for the rest of the season. Elementary, the stronger between the two rookies, is getting two extra … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Last Resort’ And ’2.5 Men’ + Miley Cyrus Up, ‘Elementary’ Down

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday November 9, 2012 @ 9:42am PSTTags: Elementary, Last Resort, TV Ratings, Two and a Half Men
Nellie Andreeva

Miley Cyrus may become one of the most sought-after comedy actresses this coming pilot season after delivering another set of big ratings for CBS’ Two And A Half Men. With Cyrus back, the veteran sitcom (4.0/11) was up 11% from last week to match its season high posted by Cyrus’ first episode on the show last month. Men‘s lead-in The Big Bang Theory (5.0/15) was down a tenth from last week while matching an all-time high in total viewers (16.54 million). Person Of Interest (2.9/7) was flat in 18-49 while hitting a season high in total viewers (14.7 million). But Elementary (2.2/6), which just snagged the coveted post-Super Bowl slot, was down 8% from last week to tie its lowest rating to date. CBS won the night in 18-49 and total viewers.

After Nashville inched up in the ratings on Wednesday, another freshman ABC series waiting word on a back order posted ratings gains last nigh: Last Resort (1.4/4) was up 8% from two weeks ago. (ABC’s Thursday lineup was pre-empted for the CMAs last week.) Both series had been rumored to receive episodic orders, and the ratings upticks may have validated that. Grey’s Anatomy (3.2/8) also was up, by 7%, while Scandal (2.0/5) was flat. Read More »

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CBS’ ‘Elementary’ Lands Post-Super Bowl Slot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 5, 2012 @ 12:37pm PSTTags: CBS, Elementary, Super Bowl
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Elementary Super Bowl CBSCBS has picked freshman drama Elementary to follow the network’s broadcast of the Super Bowl on February 3. The networks occasionally opt to launch new series behind the Super Bowl, like Fox did with American Dad (in tandem with The Simpsons) in 2005, and CBS premiered Undercover Boss the last time it had the Super Bowl in 2010. But for the most part, the rule of thumb has been to put a young show on an upswing behind the big game to help it get to the next level. Recent examples include CBS’ Criminal Minds, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Fox’s Glee and NBC’s The Voice. (Overall, reality series have fared better than scripted following American TV’s highest-rated yearly telecast.) Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: CMAs, ‘X Factor’ Hit Lows; ‘Elementary’, ‘Vampire Diaries’ Up

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday November 2, 2012 @ 9:43am PDTTags: CMA Awards, Elementary, Ratings, The Vampire Diaries, The X Factor
Nellie Andreeva

Uh-oh. In a heated bidding war last year, ABC ponied up big to keep the Country Music Association Awards with a new 10-year deal. In the first year of that deal, the 46th Annual CMA Awards last night drew a 3.8/10 in adults 18-49 and 13.6 million viewers, down 21% and 17%, respectively, from last year to mark the awards show’s lowest-rated telecast ever in both 18-49 and total viewers. The CMAs still logged a nightly victory for ABC in both categories.

Like last year, the CMAs faced Fox’s The X Factor (they clashed on Wednesday, CMAs long-time night, last fall). Both were shadows of their 2011 selves when the CMAs drew a 4.8 demo rating and X Factor posted a 3.7. Last night, X Factor managed a 2.3/6, even with last week’s re-cut Tuesday special that spilled out of the network’s primetime. But it was a series low for a regularly scheduled episode of the singing competition as the transition to live shows and the introduction of hosts Khloe Kardashian and Mario Lopez have failed to provide a boost. Read More »

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CBS Freshman Series ‘Elementary’ And ‘Vegas’ Get Full-Season Orders

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 11:27am PDTTags: CBS, Elementary, Vegas
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CBS has given back-nine orders to freshman drama Elementary and Vegas, bringing their freshman seasons to a full-season 22 episodes each.

Elementary‘s pickup was a no-brainer as the … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ’30 Rock’ Debuts Down, ‘Parks & Recreation’ Up, ‘Elementary’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ & ‘Last Resort’ Slip, ‘Big Bang Theory’ Wins Night

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday October 5, 2012 @ 9:47am PDTTags: 30 Rock, Elementary, The Big Bang Theory, TV Ratings

There was only one season premiere on television on Thursday and its ratings were way down. Falling 28% from last season’s January premiere, NBC’s 30 Rock (1.3/4) returned for its seventh and final season last night. That’s the lowest season premiere ever for the Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin show. Emphasizing the point, Thursday’s 30 Rock was also down 7% from its May finale and 24% from last fall’s September 22 season premiere of Community in the Thursday 8 PM slot. Two new series that debuted last week also saw slippage last night. ABC’s Last Resort (1.8/6) was down 18% from last week’s already modest premiere. With the second episode of its debut season, Elementary (2.6/7) slipped last night too. CBS’ Sherlock Holmes modernization was down 16% from last Thursday. Read More »

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Ratings Rat Race: ‘Elementary’ Solid, ‘Last Resort’ Soft In Debuts; ‘Men’ Down In Move

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 28, 2012 @ 9:47am PDTTags: Elementary, Grey's Anatomy, Last Resort
Nellie Andreeva

Is the black hole known as ABC’s Thursday 8 PM slot ready to swallow another high-profile scripted series? Shawn Ryan’s well received submarine drama Last Resort launched to a modest 2.2 rating/share in adults 18-49 last night. That was just a tenth better than last fall’s debut of the now-defunct Charlie’s Angels in the hour but qualifies as ABC’s best drama debut in the slot in three years as My Generation was DOA in the period in 2010. ABC continues to dispatch new scripted fare to the Thursday 8 PM slot where it’s only had success with the unscripted Wipeout for the past few years.

Last Resort was one of two new series to premiere last night. The other, CBS’ Sherlock Holmes drama Elementary, did better, winning the 10 PM slot with a 3.1/9 in 18-49 and 13.3 million total viewers. It built on its lead-in (2.9/8), a rare feat for a 10 PM show, and it was up by 11% in the demo from the season premiere of The Mentalist in the time slot last fall. One encouraging sign for Last Resort was the 15% 18-49 rise from the first to the second half-hour. (Elementary‘s demo rating slipped by 9% from the first to the second half-hour.) Read More »

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TV TEASER: New Promos For CBS Series ‘Elementary’ And ‘Vegas’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 7, 2012 @ 11:00am PDTTags: CBS, Elementary, Vegas
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CBS is launching new on-air promos for its upcoming drama series: contemporary Sherlock Holmes reboot Elementary, starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu, and sprawling period mob drama Vegas toplined by Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis. Elementary takes over the Thursday 10 PM slot from The Mentalist, while Vegas will anchor Tuesday night at 10 PM. Here are first looks at the promos:
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CBS’ ‘Vegas’ Vs. ‘Elementary’ And What Makes A Procedural: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday July 29, 2012 @ 3:00pm PDTTags: CBS, Elementary, Greg Walker, TCA, Vegas

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage.

Is it a procedural, or is it not a procedural? This question has come up twice at today’s ongoing CBS TCAs: Once in the case of the drama Elementary, the network’s … Read More »

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CBS Keeps ‘Elementary’s “Secrets” But Teases Moriarty: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday July 29, 2012 @ 11:46am PDTTags: CBS, Elementary, TCA

Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TV coverage.

At the top of today’s TCA session on the new CBS drama series Elementary — the network’s new take on the Sherlock Holmes legacy with the twist of a female Watson (Lucy Liu) — executive producer Rob Doherty announced that the show’s producers “have a plan” to introduce their own version of Holmes’ criminal nemesis, Professor Moriarty, as well as Sherlock’s father.

Related: CBS’ Nina Tassler Skewers Rivals, Says She’s “Optimistic” About ‘HIMYM’ Renewal

But beyond describing Holmes’ father as “an interesting shadowy figure,” Doherty left the characters a mystery except to say: “We look forward to introducing them as we go,” not specifying a time frame. Later in the session, Doherty said about a new Moriarty: “We want to keep all our secrets. I feel it’s important at the end of the day to be true to the spirit of the character” whom he described in the original books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as “a spider at the center of the web of crime in London.”
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CBS Unveils Key Art For Its New Fall Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday July 29, 2012 @ 8:42am PDTTags: Elementary, Made In Jersey, Partners, TCA, Vegas
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CBS has released the key art designs for its four new fall series: dramas Elementary, Vegas and Made In Jersey and comedy Partners. The image for Elementary, a contemporary take on the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson set in New York City, features stars Jonny … Read More »

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Comic-Con: ‘Elementary’s Lucy Liu Gets Enthusiastic Support From Crowd

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday July 12, 2012 @ 7:34pm PDTTags: CBS, Comic-Con, Elementary, Lucy Liu, Sherlock Holmes

Two and a half months before Elementary premieres on CBS, the pilot screened to a packed ballroom here at Comic-Con and it was all about the woman. Lucy Liu to be specific. The actress and her … Read More »

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Sarah Timberman & Carl Beverly’s Company Re-Ups WIth CBS TV Studios

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 18, 2012 @ 12:05pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Carl Beverly, CBS TV Studios, Elementary, Sarah Timberman
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Sarah Timberman ElementaryEXCLUSIVE: Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly are staying put at CBS TV Studios. The duo’s Timberman/Beverly Prods has signed a new three-year overall deal with CBS Studios, where they have been since 2010. Like their previous pact, the new one is exclusive in network TV and first-look in cable. Timberman and Beverly landed new series on the air in both years of their first deal with CBS Studios. The company is behind one of this fall’s highest-profile new shows, CBS’ Sherlock Holmes Carl Beverly CBS TV Studiosreboot Elementary, which landed the marquee Thursday 10 PM slot. It is one of three series Timberman/Beverly has on the air alongside FX’s Justified and Showtime’s newly picked up Masters Of Sex, both produced by Sony Pictures TV, where Timberman and Beverly were previously based. Last season, Timberman/Beverly had two freshman series on the CBS schedule, Unforgettable and A Gifted Man. Following the surprise cancellation of Unforgettable, the studios that produced the drama procedural, CBS TV Studios and Sony TV, are currently exploring ways to continue it elsewhere. Read More »

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