Good morning. It's
Friday, February 27, 2004,
and this is your first early morning
briefing.
Fox takes the night on Wednesday with another big win, this
time posting an overall 6.3/16 A18-49 rating according to
Nielsen Media Research. That was good enough to solidly beat
ABC 5.2/13, NBC 4.0/10, CBS 3.1/8, WB 1.9/5 and UPN 2.5/7. At 8pm Fox
began the half hour wtih That 70's Show (5.8/16),ahead of ABC's My Wife
& Kids (3.8/11). At 830p American Idol dominated the time
period with a 10.3/26, and the next closest competitor was NBC with the
second half hour of a repeat ep of The Apprentice with an 8 share.
At 9p ABC pulled out in front with the first hour of the 2-hour final
episode of The Bachelorette scoring a 5.7/14, leaving Fox in #2 with a
4.6/11 for The O.C. CBS' pair of sitcoms 9-10p earned it a
4.1/10. At 10p The Bachelorette strikes again, posting a 6.5/17 for
the hour, beating Law & Order: SVU's 5.3/14.
New in Development and Casting:
CBS is reportedly chatting wtih Ricki Lake about a starring in
an untitled drama pilot about a widowed mom with two small boys who runs
the bar the cops hang out in. Diedrich Bader joins the cast of CBS'
comedy pilot Center of the Universe (Tannenbaum Co./Warner Bros. TV/CBS
Prods) which stars John Goodman. And Constance Zimmer has been
added to the cast of Cooking Lessons (Tannenbaum Co/Warner Bros. TV) in a
supporting role. Cooking Lessons is a dramedy about a woman food critic.
UPN has cast Christina Vidal in Beck and Call (Shephard-Robin
Co./Warner Bros. TV), drama pilot set in the NY fashion industry.
ABC has added Ellen Pompeo to the cast of its untitled Shonda
Rhimes project (Touchstone), a drama pilot that focuses on surgical
residents at a San Francisco hospital. And Samaire Armstrong will
join the cast of ABC's 111 Gramercy Park (Tannenbaum/Warner Bros.), one
of the nanny's working for the well heeled.
Sources: BaselineFT.com, Variety and Hollywood Reporter
You may remember UK journalist Martin Bashir, the man who
interviewed Michael Jackson, and before that Princess Di, both very
revealing interviews. Seems he's coming across the pond to work
with ABC, and has been given a $1 million contract, according to
the UK's The Guardian. The paper also reports that Bashir is
likely to take up his duties at ABC upon the departure of Barbara Walters
at ABC News' 20/20. Nothing official yet from ABC.
Luxury Television Network, the latest in home shopping channels is
coming in 4th qtr 2004, catering to the well-to-dos, headed by
Robert Quish as CEO, according to Hollywood Reporter. No CZ
diamonds for this network -- only the real goods will do. And its
not all shopping - original programs that focus on the design houses, and
up close and personal looks at the designers themselves. Other programs
will use a variety of brands in a single theme - i.e. weddings, new
homes, new baby, etc. LTVN, (or the Product Placement channel), and
is in the process of lining up both the high end brands as well as
carriage deals.
It seems there has always been some confusion in Washington about what
is real and what is not. Here's a rule of thumb -- primetime
dramas and comedies are NOT real. I know Vice President
Potato-with-an-E thought Murphy Brown was real, and we all chalked that
up to his being not the savviest of TV viewers. But now Senators
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rep. John McHugh have also become confused,
albeit with humor, and have written a letter to Deputy White House Chief
of Staff Josh Lyman. Yep, the character on West Wing played by
Bradley Whitford. According to the AP, the letter is
in opposition to a scene that aired this past Wednesday night when an
Aide talked about the potential closing of Fort Drum, a real life
military base. The Clinton/McHugh letter asks Lyman not to allow
"... such a recommendation doesn't make it into another West Wing
scene. It is important that all White House advisors have the most
current information to respond to such flawed proposals." The
letter went on to thank Lyman for his efforts in trying to save Social
Security, and offered to meet to discuss the military base issue more
thoroughly.
Correction:
The numbers in this item from yesterday provided to the TVB from
TMS Media/CMR were wrong. Here then is the same item, a little less
bleak in some areas, with the corrected figures: According
to TMS Media/CMR data provided by the Television Bureau of Advertising,
ad revenues for 2003 broadcast television as a whole finished
up by 0.5% vs.
2002 ($42.4 billion vs. $42.1 billion). The seven
broadcast networks were up
year to year
(+3.2%) wtih
$22.8billion, though the local stations in a combined average of both
local and national spot in the top 100 markets were down (-5.4%) with
$16.2b. The only hot spot was syndicated television which finished the
year up over 2002 (+15.3%) with $3.4b. In 4th Qtr 2003 alone, the
combined broadcast networks/local bcst/ syndication brought in $11.9
billion, down from the previous year's 4th qtr average of $12.1 billion,
ending the quarter down (-2.2%). Local broadcast ad revenue in 2003 was
$4.4 billion, down from 2002's $5.1 billion. The networks were up
with $6.55b (+4.3%). Syndication was again a highlight in this trio with
$9.24 million, up from $8.23 million in 2002.
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week
ofFeb 9-15,
2004ranked by
HH Rtg Wheel of Fortune (King
World)
9.6 AA
Oprah (King
World) 8.0
AA / 8.1 GAA
Jeopardy (King
World) 7.6
AA
Seinfeld
(Sony) 6.7
AA / 8.3 GAA
Friends (Warner
Bros.) 6.2
AA / 7.4 GAA
Entertainment Tonight
(Paramount) 6.0
AA / 6.2 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (King
World) 5.8 AA / 6.6 GAA
Dr. Phil (King
World) 5.7
AA / 5.8 GAA
Judge Judy
(Paramount) 5.3
AA / 7.9 GAA
Regis and Kelly
(BVT) 4.0
AA
That 70's
Show (Carsey-Werner) 4.0 AA
/ 5.2 GAA Source Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week
ofFeb 9-15, 2004
ranked by A18-49 Seinfeld
(Sony) 4.7
AA / 5.8 GAA
Friends (Warner
Bros.) 4.1
AA / 4.8 GAA
Oprah (King
World) 3.3
AA / 3.4 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (King
World) 3.1 AA / 3.5 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (King
World) 3.0
AA
That 70's Show (Carsey-Werner) 2.8 AA / 3.4
GAA
Entertainment Tonight
(Paramount) 2.6
AA / 2.7 GAA
Will & Grace (Warner
Bros.) 2.3
AA / 2.8 GAA
Jeopardy (King
World) 2.2
AA
Dr. Phil (King
World) 2.2
AA / 2.2 GAA Source Nielsen Media Research
MTV's The Real World (Bunim-Murray Prods) is heading to
Philadelphia, The City of Brotherly Love, for the production of
its 15th season this spring. The series will premiere on MTV in the fall
with 24 eps. And for you Road Rules fans, the fun heads
to Chile and Argentina in February as production begins for the 16
episodes which are scheduled to debut in May '04.
Debby Beece, President/Programming, Oxygen announced that the
network has acquired the exclusive rights to air the US premiere
of last year's feature film Whale Rider (Newmarket), from Sony
Classic Pictures and will run the movie through February 2007.
Whale Rider will debut on Oxygen this Monday, March 1, 8p. Whale
Rider stars Keisha Castle-Hughes who is nominated for an Academy Award
for Best Actress in a Leading Role, her first acting role.
Top 5 Broadcast Spanish Language Primetime Programs for the week
of Feb 16-22, 2004 UNIV Velo
De Novia (Tue
8p) 25.6
NHTI HH Rtg
UNIV Velo De
Novia (Mon
8p) 23.2
NHTI HH Rtg
UNIV Velo De
Novia (Wed
8p) 22.9 NHTI HH
Rtg
UNIV Bajo La Misma Piel (Tue
9p) 22.7 NHTI HH Rtg
UNIV Amar Otra Vez (Mon7
p) 21.5
NHTI HH Rtg Source Nielsen Media Research
Note NHTI Ratings are based on 10.57 million Hispanic TV
Homes
African American television homes in the US represent
12,870,000 households. Here are the rankings for the week
of Feb 16-22, 2004
- highest rated primetime network programs in
African American TV homes according to Nielsen Media Research
UPN Girlfriends (Mon
9p) 20.6
HH Rtg / 3.4m Total Viewers 2+
FOX American Idol
(Tue) 19.6
HH Rtg / 3.6m Total Viewers 2+
UPN Eve (Mon
830p) 19.0
HH Rtg / 3.4m Total Viewers 2+
UPN Half & Half (Mon
930p) 18.9
HH Rtg / 3.0m Total Viewers 2+
UPN America's Next Top Model
(Tue 9p) 17.6 HH
Rtg / 3.2m Total Viewers 2+
UPN The Parkers (Mon
8p) 16.5
HH Rtg / 2.9m Total Viewers 2+
UPN All of Us (Tue
8p) 16.5
HH Rtg / 3.0m Total Viewers 2+
FOX American Idol
(Wed) 16.2
HH Rtg / 3.2m Total Viewers 2+
CBS CSI (Thu
9p) 15.4
HH Rtg / 2.7m Total Viewers 2+
ABC My Wife & Kids (Wed
8p) 15.1
HH Rtg / 2.6m Total Viewers 2+ Source Nielsen Media Research
Alan Grabelsky has been named VP/Production Management
at Discovery Communications Inc. He will report to Dara
Altman, EVP/Business Affairs, Production Management and Program Financing
& Distribution. Alan will oversee staff at the Silver Springs
headquarters as well as in LA and London, and a department which
develops, maintains and directs standard policies and procedures for all
aspects of production management.
Hallmark Channel's Art Director, Shari Dalconzo has been
upped to VP/Print Design. The announcement was made by David
Snapp, SVP/Design Group for Hallmark Channel, to whom she will
report. Shari will be conceptualizing and executing print design
solutions consistent with Hallmark Channel's brand criteria.
John Wagner has been named Director/Midwest Ad Sales for
Spike TV, based in Chicago. John hails from Starcom USA Chicago
office where he has been for the past ten years, most recently as Media
Director. He joins Spike TV on March 22.
Correction:The drama pilot which has cast David
Cubitt is called Bounty Hunters (not The Catch) from Spelling Television
for CBS.
Wednesday, February 25, 2004. Fast
Affiliate 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
FOX 8.4/13 That
70's Show 7.4/12, American Idol 13.2/20, The O.C. 6.6/10
NBC 8.3/13 The
Apprentice [r] 5.4/9, West Wing 7.8/12, Law & Order 11.6/19 ABC 8.1/13 My
Wife and Kids 6.8/11, It's All Relative 5.3/8,The Bachelorette
[finale] 9.1/14 CBS
7.3/1160
Minutes 8.1/13 King of Queens 8.9/13, Raymond [r] 7.7/11, 48 Hours
Investigates 5.6/9
WB 2.9/4 Smallville
3.1/5, Angel 2.7/4
UPN 2.2/3 Enterprise
2.2/4, Top Model [r] 2.1/3 A18-49
Fox 6.3/16, ABC 5.2/13, NBC 4.0/10, CBS 3.1/8, WB
1.9/5, UPN 1.4/4
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Friday Fun Fact: The
word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is
still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are
removed.
The
History ChannelpresentsThis Day in History: 1933 - In Berlin, a fire destroys most of the
Reichstag building, the German parliament. Chancellor Adolph Hitler
issues widespread suspension of civil liberties, beginning Nazi takeover
of the German government.
Answer to yesterday's Trivia
Question:Who has a horse named
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sidekick Pancho who rode Loco; it wasn't the Lone Ranger (hi-ho Silver,
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changes with each rendition, tho his bizarre characteristic remains the
same. I'll give you the characters name in all three renditions -
you give me the name of his show: Peter Brady (1958), Dr. Daniel
Westin (1975) and Darian Fawkes (2000).
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Later -- Cyn
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