Good morning. It's
Monday, April 12, 2004,
and this is your first early morning
briefing.
Given the current state of affairs with the FCC and indecency violations,
it's no real surprise the Victoria Secret annual fashion show and
webcast has seen its last production. Limited Brands Inc., owner of the
Victoria Secret stores, said the decision came shortly after the Super
Bowl Janet Jackson debacle, in conjunction with CBS who has aired the
special the last two years. The reason to pull the show was in part due
to the current atmosphere, but also VS decision to put their $10 million
in production dollars into the marketing budget targeted at building the
stores into a stronger destination during the holiday season.
Clear Channel continues to clear its house, and has let go two
more radio talk show hosts: Larry Wachs and Eric Von Hessler,
the voices behind The Regular Guys show which airs weekdays on
WKLS/Atlanta. According to the Wall Street Journal, the incident
occurred in March when the two believed they were off the air, yet a mike
was still hot and picked up their conversation. You'll recall the
FCC nailed Clear Channel with a $495,000 fine last week for an airing of
The Howard Stern Show last April; was also hit in January with a $755,000
fine for Bubba the Love Sponge utterings, and if that wasn't enough, an
additional $247,500 last month thanks to Washington DC radio host Elliot
Segal. Of all the fines, only Elliot Segal remains part of Clear
Channel; the company dropped The Howard Stern Show last week.
New in Production/Casting/Development:
WB has given the official go for a new sketch comedy pilot with
Drew Carey called The Green Screen. Featuring one of the favorite
bits from Whose Line, cast members stand in front of a green screen,
often not knowing what is happening behind them. The new pilot will take
that initial concept and expand it to include animated backgrounds of
various sets and audience suggestions. Carey will exec prod along
with Ron Diamond of Acme Filmworks who will provide the animation
effects.
NBC's limited series Revelations (Pariah) has added Tobin Bell
to the cast which also includes Bill Pulham and Natascha McElhone.
Variety also reports several re-castings at a number of NBC pilot
projects: in the drama series Hawaii, Michael Madsen is out,
Michael Biehn is in; in the untitled Marsh McCall sitcom, Beverly
D'Angelo is out, Shelley Long is in; inthe untitled Tarses/Wrubel comedy
project, Eric Christian Olsen is out, Michael Landes is in; and in the
sitcom D.O.T.S., both Chester Gregory and JK Simmons are out, Khary
Payton and Steve Hytner are in.
UPN has ordered up a sitcom project that will star Charisma
Carpenter and Tyler Labine as siblings, from Paramount Network TV,
Littlefield Co., and Nervous Properties. More info on this one when
it becomes available. Also at UPN - comedy pilot I Do, I Did, Now
What? (Cosmic, 20th) will not go forward as originally planned.
ABC's comedy pilot Earthquake (Tollin-Robbins/Touchstone) has
added Johnny Sneed to the cast, headed up by comic Earthquake who plays a
husband and father of four.
Touchstone has picked up a project tentatively called Kiss
& Tell about three real women who live really lousy lives, according
to them. They are all in their early 20's, live in LA, and are
having trouble meeting all of their financial demands while trying to
live the life they think a 20something should be living. The three
women brought the idea to Touchstone because they said there is nothing
on television that gives them any clue at how much their lives would
'suck' at their age. The three also happen to be actresses, but thus far
nothing on whether they will also star in the project.
USA has ordered its pilot The 4400 (Viacom Prods, Renegade 83,
American Zoetrope) to series. The sci-fi series centers around
4,400 alien abductees who are suddenly, without reason, returned to
Earth.
Sources: Hollywood Reporter, Variety
WB has picked up Smallville and Everwood for next
season, both receiving full season orders and both from Warner Bros. TV
says Variety. Also on the schedule for the 2004-05
season are 7th Heaven, Gilmore Girls, and Charmed. One Tree Hill
has not been given the nod as yet, though is anticipated.
Weekend Box Office Estimates -
April 9-11, 2004 Passion of the Christ
(Newmarket)
$17.1 million - 7 wk total $354.9m
Hellboy
(Sony)
$11.1 million - 2 wk total $41.1m
The Alamo (Buena
Vista)
$9.2 million - opening weekend
Johnson Family Vacation (Fox Spotlight) $9.2 million -
opening weekend
Walking Tall
(MGM)
$8.3 million - 2 wk total $28.8m
Home on the Range
(Disney)
$8.2 million - 2 wk total $27.5m
Scooby Doo 2 (Warner
Bros.)
$8.0 million - 3 wk total $62.8m
Whole Ten Yards (Warner
Bros.)
$6.7 million - opening weekend
Ella Enchanted
(Miramax)
$6.1 million - opening weekend
The Girl Next Door
(Fox)
$6.0 million - opening weekend Source: Box Office Mojo
NBC owned Thursday night among A18-49 with a
commanding 8.6/24 vs. #2 CBS' 6.1/17, according to Nielsen
Media Research. ABC and Fox tied, followed in deep distance
with a 1.8/5, and behind them were UPN 1.7/5 and WB 0.9/3. At 8pm
CBS' Survivor All Stars dominated with a 7.7/23 vs. NBC's Friends/Will
& Grace 6.0/18. At 9pm The Apprentice on NBC earned the
highest demo rating of the night among A18-49 with a 10.6/27, while a
repeat of CSI drew 6.2/16. At 10p NBC held its lead-in with a 9.3/25 for
ER, followed by CBS 4.4/12 for a repeat of Without a Trace, and ABC's
Primetime Thursday found just 1.9/5.
NBC won Friday night, though all in all it was a quiet
night. NBC led with a 2.6/9, followed by ABC 1.8/6, CBS
1.7/6, Fox 1.4/5, WB 1.2/4, and UPN 0.9/3 among A18-49 according
to Nielsen Media Research. At 8pm NBC earned a 2.2/9 for the
first hour of Dateline, with ABC's 7 share for the hour ranked #2.
At 9p NBC again held the lead with a 2.5/8, while ABC held with
another 7 share average for the hour. NBC's 3.1/10 for Third Watch
at 10p beat #2 CBS by four share points.
Fox delivered on Saturday night with an overall 2.7/10
A18-49 according to Nielsen Media Research, with NBC in second
place posting a 2.3/8, followed by CBS 1.8/6 and ABCF 1.3/4. At 8pm
Fox' 2.6/10 owned the hour, besting NBC's 1.8/7. At 9p America's
Most Wanted on Fox again won with a 2.9/10, two share points ahead
of #2 NBC. At 10p NBC's Law & Order repeat built on its Men in
Black lead-in, earning a 2.7/9, four share points ahead of the tied CBS
and ABC.
Brigette L. Parise, VP/Member Mktg at NATPE, passed away on
Wednesday, April 7, after a brief illness in Los Angeles. She
was 44. Many of you came in direct contact with Brigette during her
10 year tenure at NATPE where she oversaw market and promotion of the
conference's global membership and member service activities. Services
will be held today at 730p in Burbank at the St. Finbar Catholic Church,
818.848.0191. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked donations be
sent to the American Cancer Society.
Actress Carrie Snodgrass, 57, died last week of heart failure
while awaiting a liver transplant at UCLA Medical Center. You
may remember her in Diary of a Mad Housewife in which she played a
cheating wife and was nominated for an Academy Award. She also
appeared in Pale Rider, Wild Things, and more recently guest starred on
The West Wing in a Feb 2003 episode, and appeared on Judging Amy in
2002.
Laurence A. Caso was named EVP/Development & Production
at National Audio Video, Inc.. The company is an independent television production company based in New York. Laurence will work to expand their program development, oversee production and manage the company's post-production facility.
Allyson DiPalma was upped from NSM to General Sales Manager at WBZL/Miami, reporting to Rich Engberg, VP/GM. Allyson has been with the station since 2001 when she was named NSM.
Thursday, April 8, 2004. Fast Affiliate Household Ratings for all Networks. Fast affiliate numbers which reflect time period data, not program data, and can change slightly once the finals come in, particularly for LIVE programming (i.e. Football). Source Nielsen Media Research. Time Period Averages Only. [p] = Premiere; [o] = Original; [r] = Repeat NBC 11.7/19 Friends 8.9/16, Will & Grace 8.9/15, The Apprentice 13.5/21, ER 12.9/21 CBS 11.3/18 Survivor: All Stars 11.8/20, CSI [r] 12.5/20, Without a Trace [r] 9.6/16
ABC 3.8/6 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [r] 4.1/7, Kingdom Hospital 2.5/4, Primetime Thursday 4.8/8
FOX 3.0/5 Tru Calling 3.0/5, Swan [r] 3.0/5
UPN 2.9/5 WWE Smackdown 2.9/5
WB 1.7/3 Steve Harvey's Big Time [r] 2.2/4, Like Family 1.8/3, JKE 1.5/2, JKE [r] 1.3/2 A18-49 NBC 8.6/24, CBS 6.1/17, ABC 1.8/5, FOX 1.8/5, UPN 1.7/5, WB 0.9/3
Friday, April 9, 2004. Fast Affiliate Household Ratings for all Networks. Fast affiliate numbers which reflect time period data, not program data, and can change slightly once the finals come in, particularly for LIVE programming (i.e. Football). Source Nielsen Media Research. Time Period Averages Only. [p] = Premiere; [o] = Original; [r] = Repeat NBC 5.9/11Dateline NBC 5.8/11, Third Watch 6.1/11 CBS 5.0/9 Joan of Arcadia [r] 4.3/9, JAG [r] 5.1/9, The District [r] 5.5/10
ABC 3.8/7 George Lopez 4.2/9, The Big House 3.4/7, Hope & Faith 4.3/8, Life with Bonnie 4.0/7, The DA 3.4/6
FOX 2.2/4Totally Outrageous Behavior 2.4/5, The World's Craziest Videos 2.9/6, Forever Eden 1.8/3
WB 2.2/4 Reba [r] 2.3/5, What I Like About You [r] 2.3/4, Grounded for Life [r] 2.1/4, The Help 1.9/3
UPN 1.7/3 Movie: Double Take 1.7/3 A18-49 NBC 2.6/9, ABC 1.8/6, CBS 1.7/6, Fox 1.4/5, WB 1.2/4, UPN 0.9/3 Saturday, April 10, 2004. Fast Affiliate Household Ratings for all Networks. Fast affiliate numbers which reflect time period data, not program data, and can change slightly once the finals come in, particularly for LIVE programming (i.e. Football). Source Nielsen Media Research. Time Period Averages Only. [p] = Premiere; [o] = Original; [r] = Repeat CBS 4.9/9Movie: Whole Nine Yards 5.1/10, The District [r] 4.6/9 FOX 4.4/9 Cops 3.8/8, Cops [r] 4.3/8, AMW 4.8/9
NBC 4.2/8 Movie: Men in Black, L&O [r] 4.2/8
ABC 2.7/5 AFV 3.1/6, The Bachelor [p][r] 2.6/5 A18-49 Fox 2.7/10, NBC 2.3/8, CBS 1.8/6, ABC 1.3/4
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