Good morning. It's
Friday, February 20, 2004,
and this is your first early morning
briefing.
Fox again takes Wednesday night with an overall 6.4/16
A18-49 rating according to Nielsen Media Research national
numbers. NBC and ABC were in a virtual tie with 4.3/11 vs. 4.2/11,
followed by CBS 3.2/8, WB 2.2/5 and UPN 1.4/4. At 8pm Fox led the
hour beginning with That 70's Show posting a 5.9/17, and followed with
American Idol's 9.6/25 (11.2/30 among W18-34). ABC was the closest
competitor at 8pm with a 3.2/9 for the hour, NBC 3.0/8 and CBS
2.8/7. At 9p Fox held it's lead in a direct tie with ABC, each net
earning a 5.1/12 for the hour. CBS delivered a 4.4/11 for King of
Queens and a repeat of Raymond; while NBC's West Wing earned a 3.6/9.
WB's Angel, the show that has not been picked up for another season,
earned a 2.0/5 in the A18-49 demo, and a 6 share in each of the young
adult and 18-34 demo categories. At 10p the tide shifted to NBC
with Law & Order's 6.2/16, followed by the finale of Celebrity Mole
4.4/12.
New in Development and Casting:
Fox's blended family dramedy pilot has cast Taylor Korsak cast as
Candace in in One Big Happy (20th).
NBC has ordered a pilot for a reality sitcom which will star
Jason Davis, the grandson of billionaire Marvin Davis, from
Superdelicious Prods and Schulhof-Zuriff Prods, according to
Variety. The show will take Grandson Davis to Las Vegas
where he will attempt to prove that he too has the metal to be a
billionaire. With dreams of owning his own hotels and casinos some
day, this 20 year old takes his first step by interning at a casino, and
attempting to successfully master all manner of hotel/casino tasks.
From the sounds of it, he's something of a Paris Hilton when it comes to
managing work in an efficient manner. Elsewhere in NBC casting
news, Colin Ferguson has been tapped to play the role of the store
manager in NBC's sitcom pilot Home & Hardware (NBC Studios), joining
fellow cast members Allyson Hannigan, Eric Christian Olsen and Katherine
Waterston.
UPN has ordered up two pilots, both sitcoms, says
Variety. The first, as yet untitled, will star the Latino
singing group Soluna (HBO Prods/dePasse Ent), is about an up and coming
musical group. The second project is titled Me Me Me (Cosmic Ent/20th) is
based in part on the book I Do, I Did, Now What? by Jenny Lee, and is
about two NYC friends whose lives revolve entirely around themselves.
ABC has signed Justin Chambers to star in its upcoming drama
pilot The Secret Service (Touchstone TV), which also stars Sarah Wayne
Callies, Shane Brolly, and Shohreh Aghdashloo
Food Network has picked up the US format rights to Iron Chef and
expects to have Iron Chef America ready for air this spring. Among
the US Iron Chefs will be Wolfgang Puck and Bobby Flay (naturally, he's
been down this road before). Also coming to Food, a two year
initiative that hopes to inspire parents to cook with their children -
Cooking With Kids. The initiative is also set to launch this
spring with Emeril Lagasse in front.
Coming to a Charter Communications cable system near you, is,
finally, ESPN with all of its spin off nets. ESPN and
Charter announced a long term distribution deal for ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN
Classic, ESPNews, and the launch of ESPN Broadband, ESPN Desportes and
ESPN HD. Additional terms were not disclosed. In a separate
announcement, ESPN has signed a long term distribution deal with Cox
Communications, also including all of ESPN's various networks and
services.
I guess if you're ABC or Regis, you gotta hope the viewers for
Super Millionaire aren't the same ones that are planning to watch
the final installment of S*x an the City at 9pm on Sunday
night. Or for that matter are fans of CSI Miami on Monday,
Law & Order SVU on Tuesday, Without a Trace or ER on Thursday, and
possibly Third Watch on Friday. And I guess you gotta hope that the
younger viewers who watched it before at 8pm, aren't that important to
driving the older viewers to watch it this time at 10p. It's all
like hoping you win ten million dollars.
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week
ofFeb 2-8, 2003
ranked by HH
Rtg Wheel of Fortune (King
World)
9.9 AA
Jeopardy (King
World) 8.1
AA
Oprah (King
World) 8.1
AA / 8.2 GAA
Entertainment Tonight
(Paramount) 6.9
AA / 7.1 GAA
Seinfeld
(Sony) 6.5
AA / 8.0 GAA
Friends (Warner
Bros.) 6.4
AA / 7.9 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (King
World) 5.8 AA / 6.6 GAA
Dr. Phil (King
World) 5.6
AA / 5.6 GAA
Judge Judy
(Paramount) 5.2
AA / 7.6 GAA
Inside Edition (King
World)
4.5 AA / 4.6 GAA Source Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week
ofFeb 2-8, 2003
ranked by A18-49 Seinfeld
(Sony) 4.5
AA / 5.5 GAA
Friends (Warner
Bros.) 4.5
AA / 5.4 GAA
Oprah (King
World) 3.3
AA / 3.4 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (King
World) 3.2 AA / 3.5 GAA
Entertainment Tonight
(Paramount) 3.1
AA / 3.1 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (King
World) 3.0
AA
That 70's Show (Carsey-Werner) 2.8 AA / 3.5
GAA
Will & Grace (Warner
Bros.) 2.3
AA / 2.6 GAA
Jeopardy (King
World) 2.2
AA
Judger Judy
(Paramount)
2.1 AA / 2.9 GAA
Dr. Phil (King
World)
2.1 AA / 2.1 GAA Source Nielsen Media Research
MTV will launch the third season of Making the Band 2
on Thursday, March 4 at 10, following the band members of Da Band as
they try to take the band to the next level under the close direction of
P. Diddy. If you need to catch up first, the previous eps will be shows
in marathon style the Sunday prior beginning at 1p.
Top 5 Broadcast Spanish Language Primetime Programs for the week
of Feb 9-15, 2003 UNIV Velo De
Novia (Thu
8p) 23.8 NHTI
HH Rtg
UNIV Velo De
Novia (Tue
8p) 23.6 NHTI
HH Rtg
UNIV Velo De
Novia (Wed
8p) 22.8 NHTI
HH Rtg
UNIV Velo De
Novia (Mon
8p) 22.4 NHTI
HH Rtg
UNIV Velo De
Novia (Fri
8p) 21.8 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 9-15, 2003
- highest rated primetime network programs in
African American TV homes according to Nielsen Media Research
FOX American Idol
(Tue)
20.7 HH Rtg / 3.8m Total Viewers 2+
UPN Girlfriends (Mon
9p)
19.1 HH Rtg / 2.5m Total Viewers 2+
UPN Half & Half (Mon
930p)
17.4 HH Rtg / 2.97m Total Viewers 2+
UPN America's Next Top Model
(Tue 9p) 17.3 HH Rtg / 3.0m Total
Viewers 2+
UPN Eve (Mon
830p)
17.3 HH Rtg / 2.9m Total Viewers 2+
FOX American Idol
(Wed)
15.8 HH Rtg / 3.2m Total Viewers 2+
UPN All of Us (Tue
830p)
14.7 HH Rtg / 2.6m Total Viewers 2+
ABC My Wife & Kids (Wed
8p)
14.4 HH Rtg / 2.5m Total Viewers 2+
UPN The Parkers (Mon
8p)
14.4 HH Rtg / 2.4m Total Viewers 2+
CBS CSI (Thu
9p)
14.0 HH Rtg / 2.5m Total Viewers 2+ Source Nielsen Media Research
Bill Moyers is leaving PBS. Leaving his show, Now, and
his 30-years in TV news after the November election, to write that books
he's been thinking about for so many years, about Lyndon B.
Johnson. Moyers served with Johnson before he became President, and
then during half of his presidency.
Clarification: Gemstar is in search of a President
for TVG (TV Games Network), not the TV Guide Channel.
Heather Vincent joins BET as Executive Producer of BET
Nightly News. The announcement was made by Nina Henderson
Moore, BET EVP/News, Public Affairs and Programming Acquisitions; and
John Frazee, SVP/News Services, CBS News. Heather's will be
responsible for weekday evening news program anchored by Jacque Reid,
which is headquartered at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, with a
news bureau in Washington.
Max Kellerman is migrating from ESPN over to Fox Sports
Net, where he'll host a daily 30m talk show, scheduled to launch in
April. Kellerman's show will be based in NYC, the first of the Fox
Sports Nets programs to produce out of New York.
This is the kind of news that could ruin your entire day. That
painting you just spent $41.7 million on? Fake. Yep, that's
what the experts are saying about the Raphael painting recently purchased
by Britain's National Gallery, called Madonna of the Pinks.
According to the art expert who inspected the painting, James Beck,
Professor of Art History at Columbia University in New York and the
President of ArtWatch International, the Gallery never examined the
painting. Go back a few years to 1991 - the curator for the Gallery
checked the painting, long thought to be a forgery, and announced it a
"rediscovered masterpiece." The Gallery had more than a
couple dozen experts examine the painting, and 25 confirmed it to be an
original.
Wednesday, February 18, 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 8.5/13 That
70's Show 7.3/12, American Idol 12.4/19, The O.C. 7.1/11
NBC 8.2/13 The
Apprentice [r] 5.1/8, The West Wing 7.7/12, Law & Order
11.9/19 CBS
7.5/12 60
Minutes II 8.0/13, King of Queens 8.5/13, Everybody Loves
Raymond [r] (OTO) 8.8/13, 48 Hours Investigates 5.8/10
ABC 6.3/10 My
Wife & Kids 6.3/10, It's All Relative 4.7/7, The Bachelorette 7.6/11,
Celebrity Mole: Yucatan [finale] 5.9/10
WB 3.4/5 Smallville
3.8/6, Angel 3.0/5
UPN 2.3/4 Enterprise
2.4/4, Top Model [r] 2.1/3 A18-49
Fox 6.4/16, NBC 4.3/11, ABC 4.2/11, CBS 3.2/8, WB
2.2/5, UPN 1.4/4
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Congratulates all of our SAG Awards nominees!
MYSTIC RIVER Sean Penn - Leading Role
Tim Robbins - Supporting Role
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
LAST SAMURAI Ken Watanabe - Supporting
Role
WITHOUT A TRACE Anthony LaPaglia - Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
WEST WING Martin Sheen - Drama Series
Stockard Channing - Drama Series
Allison Janney - Drama Series
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
EVERWOOD Treat Williams - Drama Series
Friday Fun Fact: The
1997 Jack Nicholson film As Good As It Gets is known in China as
"Mr. Cat Poop."
The
History ChannelpresentsThis Day in History: 1962 - John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit
the earth, completing his mission by setting down in the Atlantic
Ocean.
Answer to yesterday's Trivia
Question:What happens if you take
Absorbitron? According to an early episode of Dick Van Dyke which
eventually led to a bizarre Walnut dream, Absorbitron will cause you to
LOSE BOTH YOUR THUMBS AND YOUR IMAGINATION. Kudos to:
Jodi Mayer-NBC Cable Networks/New Jersey; Mike Whelan-Adam Young/NY; Joel
January-Push Creative/NY; Paul Cedrone-Mediacom/NY; Les
Stipp-GSD&M/Chicago; Pam Massey-GSD&M/Austin; Robert
Ray-HDNet/Houston; Darbi Mahan-KLRT KASN/Little Rock; Christine
Oakley-PHD/LA; Jesse Dienstag-Hall & Partners/LA; Sam
Linsky-TNT/Burbank; Terry Quan/South Pasadena; Stephen Paniccia-Amaze
Film & Television/Toronto; Peter Koll-Global
Television/Toronto.
Today's Trivia Question:
What well known primetime television star said the best way to a
successful television show was: "Open big, have a good comedy set,
put in something for children and keep the show clean."?
(
to respond to the trivia question and please be sure to
include with your answer your name, company, city and time zone.
Only the second four correct responses from each time zone will be listed
in tomorrow's kudo list.)
Later -- Cyn
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"AGREE A LOT: I REMEMBER ADVERTISED PRODUCTS"
RANK #8 AMONG CABLE NETWORKS
COURT TV The
Investigation Channel Source: 2003 Simmons Spring Full
Year Study. Indexed to Total US. Networks with 50+MM subs
included.
COURT
TV:Forensic
Fridays
ABC George
Lopez, Married to the Kellys, Hope & Faith, Life with Bonnie,
20/20
CBS Joan
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Third Watch
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UNIV Velo
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