Good morning. It's
Friday the ..... it's Friday,
and this is your first early morning
briefing.
Fox again takes the night on Wednesday with an overall
6.6/17 A18-49 according to Nielsen Media Research.
ABC was #2 for the night with a 4.1/11, followed by NBC 3.9/10, CBS
3.5/9, WB 1.9/5, UPN 1.4/4. At 8pm Fox began the evening with That
70's Show averaging a 5.6/16 demo rating, with the 30m version of
American Idol at 830p pulling a 10.4/27 (12.5/35 W18-34). Combined
Fox earned an 8.1/22 for the hour, ahead of #2 ABC 3.0/8 and NBC 2.8/8.
CBS was close with a 7 share. At 9p ABC led with a 5.2/12 for The
Bachelorette, quickly followed by Fox's The O.C. 5.0/12. CBS' combo of
back to back King of Queens drew a 4.3/10 for the hour. At 10p NBC led
with Law & Order's 5.5/14; ABC's Celeb Mole earned a 4.3/11, and CBS'
48 Hours followed with a 3.4/9.
As is tradition this time of year, CBS' Survivor will get two
Wednesday night airings during the upcoming March Madness
NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. This year's dates fall on
Wednesday, March 17 (St. Patrick's Day) and Wednesday, March 24. Survivor
returns to Thursdays on April 1 (April Fool's Day).
In Development/Casting:
ABC ordered up six sitcom pilots: Thank God It's Monday
(Touchstone TV) is about a group of guys at the office and how they
discuss their families with each other, First Family (Touchstone
TV/Granada) - an Americanization of the BBC's The Royale Family about a
family in Queens; The Savages (Icon/Universal w/Mel Gibson exec prod) is
about a single dad raising five teenage sons, the Joel Stein Project
about a young reporter at Time (where Stein is a columnist); the Jessica
Simpson project (Touchstone TV/Ted Harbert Television) wherein Simpson
plays pop icon Jessica Sampson and works at a newsmagazine, and a John
Stamos Project (Brad Grey TV/20th) is designed like Fox's show '24'
wherein each ep would be a small portion of a day-long date.
Fox has made a cast contingent order for a sitcom project from
Jersey Films/Sony Pictures TV about two parents dealing with the
inevitable - the kids are growing up. And for the pilot project
Method Man and Redman, Ella Joyce has been cast to play the mother.
Chris O'Donnell, who is currently in a development deal with
CBS, is currently in negotiations to be cast in the network's
sitcom pilot The Amazing Westerbergs as one of the two brothers who come
to the incredible reality that maybe they cannot do everything they set
their minds to do.
WB has cast Mike Erwin (Everwood) as Don West in The
Robinsons: Lost in Space.
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week
ofJan 26-Feb 1, 2003
ranked by HH
Rtg Wheel of Fortune (King
World)
10.1 AA
Oprah (King
World) 8.6
AA / 8.8 GAA
Jeopardy (King
World) 8.2
AA
Seinfeld
(Sony) 6.9
AA / 8.5 GAA
Friends (Warner
Bros.) 6.8
AA / 8.2 GAA
Entertainment Tonight
(Paramount) 6.4
AA / 8.5 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (King
World) 6.0 AA / 6.8 GAA
Dr. Phil (King
World) 5.5
AA / 5.5 GAA
Judge Judy
(Paramount) 5.0
AA / 8.0 GAA
Regis & Kelly
(BVT)
4.3 AA Source Nielsen Media Research
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week
ofJan 26-Feb 1,
2003 ranked by
A18-49 Seinfeld
(Sony) 4.7
AA / 5.6 GAA
Friends (Warner
Bros.) 4.6
AA / 5.5 GAA
Oprah (King
World) 3.6
AA / 3.6 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (King
World) 3.3 AA / 3.7 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (King
World) 3.1
AA
Entertainment Tonight
(Paramount) 2.9
AA / 2.9 GAA
That 70's Show (Carsey-Werner) 2.7 AA / 3.5
GAA
Will & Grace (Warner
Bros.) 2.5
AA / 2.9 GAA
Jeopardy (King
World) 2.3
AA
Judger Judy
(Paramount)
2.2 AA / 3.1 GAA
Home Improvement
(BVT)
2.2 AA / 2.6 GAA Source Nielsen Media Research
For the first time in its history, Mexico's Televisa will
produce a novela on American soil, more specifically in Miami according
to Variety. Amandote (Loving You) will be produced by
Venevision Int'l and Fonovision. In Mexico City, Televisa has seven
novelas currently in production at the company's seven sound stages, and
the decision to move production of Amandote to Miami was in part due to a
lack of space. Amandote is schedule to make its US premiere on
Univision, the network partly owned by Televisa.
Top 5 Broadcast Spanish Language Primetime Programs for the week
of Feb 2-8, 2003 UNIV Velo De
Novia (Tue
8p) 24.1 NHTI
HH Rtg
UNIV Velo De
Novia (Wed
8p) 23.3 NHTI
HH Rtg
UNIV Velo De
Novia (Mon
8p) 22.9 NHTI
HH Rtg
UNIV Velo De
Novia (Thu
8p) 22.7 NHTI
HH Rtg
UNIV Velo De
Novia (Fri
8p) 21.9 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 2-8, 2003
- highest rated primetime network programs in
African American TV homes according to Nielsen Media Research
CBS Grammy Awards (Sun
8p)
27.0 HH Rtg / 5.0m Total Viewers 2+
FOX American Idol
(Wed)
23.0 HH Rtg / 4.2m Total Viewers 2+
FOX American Idol
(Tue)
22.2 HH Rtg / 4.2m Total Viewers 2+
FOX American Idol Spec (Mon
8p)
16.8 HH Rtg / 3.2m Total Viewers 2+
UPN America's Next Top Model
(Tue 9p) 16.5 HH Rtg / 2.9m Total
Viewers 2+
CBS CSI (Thu
9p)
13.9 HH Rtg / 2.2m Total Viewers 2+
UPN Girlfriends (Mon
9p)
13.8 HH Rtg / 2.3m Total Viewers 2+
UPN Half & Half (Mon
930p)
13.5 HH Rtg / 2.3m Total Viewers 2+
ABC My Wife & Kids (Wed
8p)
13.3 HH Rtg / 2.3m Total Viewers 2+
CBS CSI: Miami (Mon
10p)
13.1 HH Rtg / 2.2m Total Viewers 2+ Source Nielsen Media Research
Robert Colesberry died on Monday at the age of 57 following
complications from heart surgery, in New York. If the name
isn't familiar, his work certainly is -- exec prod of HBO's The Wire, and
numerous films including The Natural, Mississippi Burning, K-Pax, HBO's
61*, Billy Bathgate. Colesberry also won an Emmy Award for his work
on HBO miniseries The Corner in 2000, as well as an Oscar nomination for
Mississippi Burning. He was also known for making small appearances in
his films - and in HBO's The Wire he had the recurring role of Ray Cole,
the Baltimore detective.
Robin Schwartz has been named President/Regency Television,
following the departure of Peter Aronson, who left to become the
showrunner and exec prod of The Bernie Mac Show (Regency/20th).
Robin will be responsible for current series and development, reporting
to David Grant, President/Fox TV Studios and David Matalon, CEO.
Wednesday, February 11, 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 9.0/14 That
70's Show 7.7/12, American Idol 13.8/21, The O.C. 7.4/11
NBC 8.0/12 The
Apprentice [r] 5.0/8, West Wing 7.6/11, Law & Order 11.4/18 CBS
7.7/12 60
Minutes II 7.4/12, King of Queens 8.0/12, King of Queens
8.4/12, 48 Hours Investigates 7.5/12
ABC 6.4/10 My
Wife & Kids 6.5/10, It's All Relative 4.9/7, The Bachelorette 7.8/12,
Celebrity Mole: Yucatan 5.6/9
WB 2.8/4 Smallville
3.1/5, Angel 2.5/4
UPN 2.2/3 Enterprise
2.5/4, Top Model [r] 1.9/3 A18-49
Fox 6.6/17, ABC 4.1/11, NBC 3.9/10, CBS 3.5/9, WB
1.9/5, UPN 1.4/4
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noted. TP: Fri 8-8:30pm. Based on A18-34. US Rating. Friday Fun Fact: Nipple
piercing was popular among ladies in the late 1800s. As wardrobe
malfunctions were rare, who knew?
The
History ChannelpresentsThis Day in History: 1920 - The National Negro Baseball League was
organized.
Answer to yesterday's Trivia
Question:Why is there no Channel 1 in the
US? THE FCC ASSIGNED CHANNEL 1 THE BROADCAST FREQUENCY FOR
MOBILE RADIOS. Kudos to: Justin Elmendorf-CNBC/NJ;
Kate Finn-Doner/Southfield; Deborah Duncan-WIVT WBGH/Binghamton; David
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Alivernia-ABC Sales/St. Louis; Phil Olsman-LA Marathon/LA; Kerry
Halligan-Quisenberry Mktg & Design/Spokane; Jim Rea-The Agency/LA;
Christine Oakley-PHD/LA; and Tasha Hnybida-Global TV/Edmonton.
Today's Trivia Question:
What was the occasion for this comment and who said it: "Just
think, the only laugh that man will probably every get is for stripping
and showing off his shortcomings."
(
to respond to the trivia question and please be sure to
include with your answer your name, company, city and time zone.
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in tomorrow's kudo list.)
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COURT
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Fridays
ABC George
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20/20
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of Arcadia, JAG, CSI: Miami (OTO)[r]
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