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KIDS' WB!,
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28
CYNTHIA TURNER'S CYNOPSIS
Kids! 02/26/04
Good morning. It's
Thursday, February 26, 2004,
and this is your early morning
Kids!
briefing.
The ad sales upfront season officially got underway yesterday
afternoon as Cartoon Network and Kids’ WB stepped up to the
plate as the first of the kid/tween outlets to announce their new
programming for the 2004-2005 TV season as well as for the remainder of
the year, at the third annual joint Kids' WB! and Cartoon Network upfront
sales presentation in New York. Let's begin with Kids
WB!:
Kids’
WB!:Building on its new all year round programming
strategy, Kids’ WB! presented its new weekday and Saturday morning
schedules that begins this spring and cruises into the 2004/5
season.
Beginning this Spring 2004, Kids' WB builds on its year round
roll-out schedule with new episodes of MegaMan NT Warrior (26 x
:30). Beginning March the series What’s New Scooby Doo
returns to the schedule featuring a weekly unsolved mystery online
participation for kids to go online and figure whose evil doing efforts
those meddling kids have thwarted, with winner announced the following
week. Additionally, new episodes of the new Astro Boy bows
in April; with Ozzy & Drix returning to the programming grid
this summer.
Heading into Summer 2004 the Kids’ WB debuts two new
live-action properties:
Zolar is the network’s first live-action movie, from Insight
Film & Television and Executive Producer Barry L. Levy. Zolar follows
a team of three teen semi-pro action sports athletes who discover their
newest team member, Zolar, is actually the most powerful alien in the
universe, and is being pursued by just about every other alien in the
galaxy. Zolar will include cameo voice-over appearances by top action
sports stars such as Mike Metzger, X-Games Gold and Silver Medalist for
Motocross, Big Air, Freestyle and Best Trick competitions.
Gagsters is a live action hidden camera series from Gotcha
Entertainment LLC. Gagsters features a group of kids who pull
pranks on unsuspecting adults. Viewers can go online and offer
their suggestions for a prank or ask the team to create one for them.
Kids WB! New Series:
Da Boom Crew (working title), a new sci-fi animated series, tells
the story of four kids living in an orphanage who find themselves
transported into a world of aliens and space adventures, which is
actually the inside of a video game the kids created. Da Boom Crew is
produced by Jambalaya Studio/BFC Berliner Film Company and created by
Bruce Smith and John Patrick White & Stiles White based on a concept
by Serge Michaels.
The Batman, an all new animated series produced for Kids’ WB
& Cartoon Network by Warner Bros. Animation. Based on the DC
Comic superhero, the series picks up in year three of the Batman story
where Bruce Wayne is in his mid-twenties and learning the ins and outs of
balancing his caped crusader trade and identity against the backdrop of
his billionaire public persona. The Batman theme song will be
performed by musical artist The Edge, best known as a member of U2.
Celebrities lending their voices to the series, according to published
reports, include TVs original live action Batman Adam West voicing the
mayor of Gotham City and Gina Gershon as Catwoman.
2004-2005 Saturday morning grid will include two new action
adventure programs of the nine shows that make up the block. KIDS' WB! 2004-2005 SEASON FALL
SCHEDULE SATURDAY 8a Jackie Chan
Adventures
8:30a Xiaolin Showdown
9a ¡Mucha Lucha!
9:30a Da Boom Crew* (New Series)
10a Pokemon
10:30a The Batman* (New Series)
11a YU-GI-OH!
11:30a Teen Titans
Megas XLR, premieres Saturday, May 1, 9p. Megas XLR is
an action-comedy series about Coop a 20-something grease monkey who
discovers Megas, a giant fighting robot from the future in a New Jersey
landfill. Created by Jody Schaeffer and George Krstic, is produced by
Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, Calif.
Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, premieres with a 90min
feature, Friday July 16. The series takes it regular timeslot on
Fridays beginning September 3.
Justice League Unlimited, a new series feature well known and
lesser known superheroes, debuts August, 2994. From Craig McCracken,
creator of The Powerpuff Girls
Atomic Betty follows the story of Betty, a young girl living
the dual life of a smart earth kid and a space traveling galactic
superhero, AKA: Atomic Betty Guardian and Defender of the Cosmos.
Premieres September 2004.
Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi, a hit in Japan, the show features one of
Japan’s biggest pop music stars as in their own animated series.
Ami and Yumi will also be featured in live action segments within the
show. Ami is the peppy, positive and resourceful one. Yumi is the
hard-rocking, no-nonsense cynic with an infallible sense of cool.
Set to debut December 2004.
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee. Juniper Lee is a
typical 11-year-old girl who hangs with friends, deals with siblings and
stresses about her homework schoolwork, all that and Juniper Lee must
also fight the evil doers and mischief makers as dictated by her secret
family history. The series is from creator Judd Winnick, will premiere in
February 2005.
Programming Blocks:
Cartoon Network announced it will launch a new action/adventure
programming block titled, Miguzi. Airing weekdays 5-7p,
beginning Monday, April 19, Miguzi is being positioned as after school
action entertainment for K6-11. Miguzi, which is a made up word, is
hosted by a CG animated tom-boy named Erin, from an abandoned spaceship
buried in the ocean. Erin arrives at the ship each day with and
hosts/watches the shows with her monster pals. The block also
features live action segments profiling celebrities from TV, movies,
sports etc.
5p Totally Spies
5:30p Code Lyoko
6p Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
6:30p Teen Titans
As Miguzi takes over the Toonami weekdays position, a re-tooled
Toonami moves to Saturday nights, from April 17, 7p-12a, and will
still be hosted by TOM. Saturday night Toonami will premiere the
series Megas XLR, Premieres Saturday, May 1, 9p.
Putting their money where their mouth is, the Clear Channel
Communications Inc. has decided to suspend Howard Stern as
part of its 'zero tolerence' policy on indecency. The news of the
cancellation came on the heals of an interview Stern did with Rick
Salomon, Paris Hilton's extra curricular activity on tape. The
action also follows by one day Clear Channels decision to drop Bubba the
Love Sponge from four of its Florida stations including WXTB-FM. Six
Clear Channel radio stations carried the show, in Orlando, Ft.
Lauderdale, Pittsburgh, San Diego, Rochester and Louisville. Clear
Channel said it would suspend Stern until such time as it was
"assured that his show will conform to acceptable standards of
responsible broadcasting." Clear Channel will also amend contracts
with all of their on-air personalities holding them personally and
financially responsible for any indecent comments and fines resulting
from those comments, as well as saying that any DJ found in violation of
the FCC indecency laws will no longer work for Clear Channel.
PBS will launch PBS HD on Monday, March 1, a 24/7
channel fully programmed with High Def/Widescreen programming
content. It will be available from local PBS stations who have
already transitioned to digital, as well as via local cable systems who
have agreed to transmit the digital feed of the local PBS station.
Current 236 PBS stations are digital.
Darrell Hammond (Saturday Night Live) will host the Mobile
Music Awards, Monday, March 22, 3-4p, on the Mobile Entertainment
eXpo stage, at CTIA Wireless 2004 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Mobile
Music Awards will recognize excellence and innovation in music-based
mobile services, content, and applications for the past year.
Designed as an interactive experience, CTIA Wireless 2004 offers
attendees the opportunity to view, hear and vote for nominees at the
Mobile Music Pavilion (Hall B5), as well as via text message during the
show. Award categories will include: Best Mobile Bling-Bling (accessory),
Best Carrier Music Service, Best Mobile Music Game, Most Popular Ring
Tone, Best mobile Music Artist, etc.
Would you believe an Inspector Gadget CGI TV and a
direct-to-video special?DIC Entertainment and
Mainframe Entertainment have partnered to create a new TV special
and DVD release featuring Inspector Gadget in, Inspector Gadget Saves the
Day…Maybe. In addition to co-producing the special, Mainframe will
distribute it in Canada, Australia and the UK. Co-producer DIC will
distribute the title internationally. The DVD/VHS will be
distributed in the US by Lions Gate Entertainment.
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. yesterday announced the
second title to utilize the EyeToy camera technology. EyeToy:
Groove, exclusive to the PlayStation2 video game console, provides
players the opportunity to dance in time with one of the 28 licensed
songs, from musical artists such as; Elvis, Madonna, Jessica Simpson,
Jamiroquai, and Fatboy Slim. The EyeToy: Groove is the follow up to
last years release of the EyeToy: Play. slated for release in
spring 2004, the EyeToy: Groove does not require an additional controller
or dance pad.
Arts and entertainment weekly magazine Time Out New York (TONY),
launches the first edition of its new magazine Time Out New York Kids
(TONY Kids), March 1. The quarterly print magazine is
targeted to NY parents of babies, toddlers, kids and tweens (Kids 0-14)
and aims to provide information about activities for all of these age
groups. Subscribers to TONY Kids will also have access to 51 online
editions. Alison Tocci is Publisher/ TONY Kids. Amy Paulsen
serves as the Director/ TONY Kids. Previously Paulsen was part of
the launch team for Teen People, where she served as Executive
Editor. Barbara Aria is Editor/ TONY Kids. Aria has been the
editor of the TONY Kids section for nine years, additionally she has
authored and co-authored more than a dozen books including; Kidstyle: The
First High Fashion Guide for Kids.
LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc., and Riverdeep, Inc. a
developer/distributor of multi-platform K-12 educational products, have
entered into a publishing and distribution agreement to develop a
series of electronic books featuring Reader Rabbit for LeapPad
learning system. Each of the LeapPad books in the Reader Rabbit
Learn to Read with Phonics system is built on core phonics curriculum,
which weaves its way through various adventures with Reader Rabbit, Sam
the Lion and the Learning Critters. The first three book titles, in the
five book Reader Rabbit series will be available fall 2004.
Cyma Zarghami, President/Nickelodeon announced the promotion of
Marjorie Cohn to the newly created position of EVP/Development
& Original Programming, Nickelodeon. In this new role, Cohn
will supervise development and production on the network’s animated and
live action programming, while continuing to oversee Nickelodeon’s
creative teams on both the East and West Coasts. Cohn will continue to
report to Zarghami. Cohn, an 18 year veteran of Nickelodeon, had
been SVP/Production & Development.
Kids Cable Network
Averages in thousands (000) for
Tuesday, February 24,
2004, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:
K2-11 1282; K6-11 614; TWEENS 9-14 419
DISNEY CHANNEL:
K2-11 723; K6-11 388; TWEENS 9-14 292
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 695; K6-11 359;
TWEENS 9-14 268
TOON
DISNEY:
K2-11 160; K6-11 53; TWEENS
9-14 28
ABC
FAMILY:
K2-11 134; K6-11 105; TWEENS 9-14 136 Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
A MESSAGE FROM CYNOPSIS:
Kids!
Cynopsis:
Kids! A willing audience of 12,352
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Your upfront is looming. Anything you'd like to say?
Answer to yesterday's Trivia
Question:Though you never saw her,
nor heard her voice, she was a part of nearly ever episode.
Characters spoke to her over the phone all the time, and always had a
nice, albeit often exasperated and brief, conversation her. Andy
was always patient with her, while Barney was the most exasperated, by
nature. Who was this character? SARAH THE TELEPHONE
OPERATION ON THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. Kudos to: Emily
Lansbury-Literary Scout/NY; Brad Stern-American Consumer Shows; Mark
Pifer-Cartoon Network/Atlanta; Jim Smith-Healing Touch Massage/Dallas;
Betty Hulsey-Radio Disney/Chicago; Michael Hawkins-PromoDoctors/Irving;
Leslie Creason-Bulldog Media/Oklahoma City; Calvin Brown Jr.-The Proud
Family/LA; John Harper-Universal Television/LA; Ed Casey.
Today's Trivia Question:
Every now again you come across a character who's hat was as much a part
of the person as what they said and did. This character's hat was
bronzed and given the show's exec prod Sherwood Schwartz when the series
ended. Who's hat was it? (To
answer the trivia, click
hereand please remember to include your name, company,
city and time zone. Only the second four from each time zone
will appear in tomorrow's kudos list.)
Later -- Gwen
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