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09/19/05-01/15/06.HUGE YEAR-TO-YEAR INCREASES: +25% WITH A18-34, +26% WITH F18-34, +24% WITH P12-34, +29% WITH F12-34, +35% WITH TEENS AND +37% WITH FEMALE TEENS! ONE TREE HILL Available exclusively from Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution Cyn opsis 1/25/07 Good Morning, it's Thursday, January 25, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. President Bush's State of the Union Address (January 23 from 9-10p) was viewed by a combined total of nearly 45.5 million viewers on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, CNN, FOXNEWS, MSNBC, Telemundo and Univision and a combined rating/share of 29.6/45. In comparison, last year's State of the Union Address broadcast on January 31, 2006 (9-1030p) on the same networks, minus Univision, was viewed in total by 41.7 million persons with a 26.9/41. Tonight's Premieres: BBC America: In the City at 10p Spike TV: Pros vs. Joes at 10p
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
Lifetime Television has renewed the
reality series Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead, featuring the
British psychic medium Lisa Williams for a second season. The eight new
episodes will premiere this summer. The show is produced by Merv Griffin
Entertainment in association with Kimo Jagger Productions for the
network.The third season premiere of The History Channel's Digging for the Truth on Monday (9-11p) drew in 911,000 A18-49 viewers and 1.1 million A25-54 viewers. TV Guide Channel will bring back a second season of Idol Tonight, the live pre-show to American Idol, which will air on Wednesdays starting in March. The show will feature former Idol runner-up Justin Guarini as a correspondent along with Kimberly Caldwell and Rosanna Tavarez. Fox Reality has ordered up a second season of Solitary 2.0, a show in which contestants are required to undergo severe physical as well as mental challenges, and he who is still in it at the end, gets a cash prize. The new season is set to debut in August. fuse has reupped its original series Pants-Off Dance-Off for season three with a premiere date set for March 13 at 10p. Jodie Sweetin will continue to host the 12-episode interactive dance/game show. Nielsen Analytics released a new study called Whatever, Whenever, Wherever: How Broadband is Redefining the Economics of Television authored by Larry Gerbrandt in partnership with Scarborough Research. Findings from the report include:
ION Media Networks, Inc. will unveil a new on-air look, logo and rebranding for its television network next Monday as it becomes ION Television. Moving from "i" to ION Television is prompted by an expansion from independent programming to content appealing to broader audiences of various age groups. As of Monday, the network will appear as ION in all cable and satellite programming guides, and it will be tagged on-air as ION Television: Television in Motion.
~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Food Network has started production on season three of its reality series The Next Food Network Star and the first episode debuts June 3 at 9p. Eleven finalists will compete to win a six-episode series deal on the network which will air next fall. Judges include some of the network's leading stars such as Bobby Flay, Rachael Ray, Giada De Laurentiis, Alton Brown, Cat Cora among others. The series is produced by CBS EYE too Productions. Dick Wolf's Law & Order: SVU has re-upped it's two leads - Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni, for two more years. The series is currently in its eighth season. CBS has ordered Los Duques from CBS Paramount TV is a multi-generational primetime soap focused on a Latin family and the family liquor business. The CW has placed an order for pilot projects Gravity and Reaper. Gravity (wt) is from DreamWorks TV and CBS Paramount TV, and chronicles the early days of rookie cops based in an Los Angeles precinct. Reaper is described as a dramedy about a young guy with little to do with his life, and gets a job as a bounty hunter working for the Devil. He's out and about looking for souls that have escaped hell. This project comes from Mark Gordon Co. and Touchstone TV.
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Sarah Marti has been appointed to the new
position of Creative Services Executive at FremantleMedia
Licensing Worldwide (FLW) based in Los Angeles. Sarah will work with
FLW's licensing groups in Los Angeles, New York, Miami and the Creative
Services team in London, managing the development of products and
promotions for FLW's key brands which include American Idol, The Price Is
Right and Family Feud. She reports to Toby Prosser, Creative Director,
FLW.Ovation TV has added Gaynor Strachan-Chun as VP/Marketing to develop and implement brand positioning strategies, marketing efforts and to form alliances with arts institutions, among other duties. She reports to Charles Segars, CEO. In addition, the network has named Greg Bunch as VP/Distribution, Western Region. He reports to Ron Garfield, COO. Juniper Content Corporation has hired Bob Mann as SVP/Affiliate Sales for its subsidiary Firestone Communications, Inc., which owns and operates the ¡Sorpresa! Network. Bob will manage all facets pertaining to affiliate relations, sales and distribution in addition to subscriber growth for the network, reporting to Leonard Firestone, President/COO, Firestone Communications. Starz Media has promoted Kent Rice to be President/COO, Starz Media in addition to his current post as CEO of the company's animated film unit. The company has also upped John W. Hyde to the position of Vice Chairman, Starz Media. Both report to Robert B. Clasen, Chairman/CEO. Ann Leary will become EVP with Clear Channel Katz Advantage, working in tandem with President, Bonnie Press, to oversee all business development efforts for Katz Media Group's consolidated radio properties. Both the Advantage Marketing and Creative Solutions team members will report directly to Ann. Madison Square Garden has named Scott Richman to the new position of SVP/GM, MSG Interactive at MSG Media. Scott will head all digital initiatives for Madison Square Garden and will report to Michael Bair, President, MSG Media. Judie Sibell has been hired by NCC Chicago as an Account Manager in the Business Development team. HGTV has made Lori D. Asbury its SVP/Marketing and Creative Services to lead the newly merged departments. Based at the company's Knoxville headquarters, Lori will lead the combined group which is charged with brand development and implementation across all platforms and with new business and media partnership development. She reports directly to Judy Girard, President, HGTV. Diane Tryneski has returned to the ABC Television Network in the role of SVP/TV Operations, Broadcast Operations and Engineering. Diane will manage all areas of BO&E operations and administration for the network's news, sports and daytime production departments. She reports to Preston Davis, President, Broadcast Operations and Engineering. Julie Lane has been appointed SVP/GM for Clear Channel Katz Advantage's Marketing Advantage Agency team. Her duties include supervising business development efforts with agencies nationwide, as well as all operations for the division. Broadband Enterprises has upped Jeff Hufford to SVP/Distribution to stabilize and solidify distribution reach on the local level involving television, radio and newspaper affiliate groups. Fuel TV has a number of new promotions within its production team: Brian Olliver, Matt Jones and Dave Paine have all been elevated to Senior Producers; Erik Hemans, Josh Meyers and Paul Goncalves have been bumped to Senior Producers; and Sean Bottcher, Ryan West, Raul "Juni" Manzo and David Brunelli have been promoted to Senior Associate Producers. In addition, Fuel TV has added Sonnie Sallberg as Senior Producer for the action sports news show The Weekly Update with Boost Mobile. Barbara Warren has taken on the new role of VP/Publicity for Buena Vista Television (BVT) and will spearhead publicity initiatives for the nationally syndicated daytime show Live with Regis and Kelly. Barbara will continue to report to Kim Harbin, VP/Publicity for BVT.
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Tuesday - A18-49
Analysis: FOX led
Tuesday night with 8.4/21 A18-49, according to fast
affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. In #2 was CBS at
2.3/6, followed by NBC 2.2/6, UNIV 1.8/5, ABC 1.7/4, CW 1.6/4 and TELE
0.4/1. FOX did nearly four times better during 8p with American Idol at
12.6/32 than its next nearest competitor – CBS' NCIS at 3.3/8. With that
strong of a lead-in, FOX's coverage of the live State of the Union
Address led at 9p with 4.3/11. Then, at 10p NBC won with the tail end of
its live SOTU Address and a repeat of The Office at 2.1/6.Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research FOX 11.8/17 American Idol 17.2/25, State of the Union Address (until 10p) 6.4/9 CBS 6.2/10 NCIS 9.0/13, State of the Union Address 5.2/8 (until 1030p), Two and a Half Men [r] 3.6/6 NBC 4.8/7 Dateline: NBC 4.3/6, State of the Union Address (until 1030p) 5.6/9, The Office [r] 3.5/6 ABC 3.9/6 America's Funniest Videos [r] 3.3/5, State of the Union Address (until 11p) 4.2/7 CW 2.4/4 Gilmore Girls 2.6/4, Veronica Mars 2.2/3 UNIV 2.3/4 La Fea Más Bella 2.7/4, El Estado de la Union 2.4/4, Mundo de Fieras 1.9/3 TELE 0.5/1 Marina 0.7/1, State of the Union Address 0.5/1, Amor Mio 0.4/1, Amor Mio 0.4/1 A18-49: FOX 8.4/21, CBS 2.3/6, NBC 2.2/6, UNIV 1.8/5, ABC 1.7/4, CW 1.6/4, TELE 0.4/1 A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
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