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CYNTHIA TURNER'S CYNOPSIS
Kids! 02/20/04
Good morning. It's
Friday, February 20, 2004,
and this is your early morning
Kids!
briefing.
Nickelodeon’s President’s Day premiere of The Fairly OddParents’
first primetime special, The Fairly OddParents’ Big Superhero Wish
(2/16, 8p) conjured up 5 million total viewers; the series’ biggest
audience to date, and an increase of +27% over the net's
holiday event last year, Jimmy Neutron's President's Day Dance Party.The special, which featured Jay Leno as the voice of superhero,
the Crimson Chin, earned a K2-11 (10.2) and 3.2 million kid
viewers, up 11% vs. last year. The Fairly OddParents special also set
series records for K6-11 (11.7/2.3 million kid viewers) and Tweens 9-14
(9.0/1.8 million tweens viewers).
Sony Pictures Animation, a division of Sony Pictures Digital, is
set to begin production on its first feature length CGI movie,
Open Season. Celebrities signed on to lend their voices to
the movie’s character include, Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher and Debra
Messing. Open Season is the story of a mismatched duo; Boog
(Lawrence), a 900 pound domesticated Grizzly bear and Elliot (Kutcher), a
scrawny, on-horned mule deer who find themselves stranded together in the
forest during hunting season. Boog and Elliot come up with a plan
to turn the tables on the hunters, which requires them work together to
enlist and organize all of the forest animals. Messing plays the
part of Beth a forest ranger who rescued Boog when he was a cub and
raised him. The story is based on the humor of syndicated
cartoonist Steve Moore, who will serve as Exec. Producer along with John
Carls. The digital animation will be provided by Sony Pictures
Imageworks, currently working on the CGI adaptation of the children's
book, The Polar Express, with Robert Zemeckis; and Spider-Man 2.
Open Season will be directed by Jill Culton (original story Monsters,
Inc; development/creative Monsters Inc., Toy Story, Toy Story 2, A Bug’s
Life), with Anthony Stacchi (creative team for Curious George, Antz,
James & the Giant Peach) serving as co-Director
As the week comes to a close the animated rumor divining rod has
been pointing in the direction of Sony Pictures as in discussions
with Pixar Animation Studios. But, neither side has given
any indication they are in discussions, nor have they given indications
they are not.
As Toy Fair 2004 week winds down, I have just one word,
Levitron!!! What is a Levitron? It is a puzzle of sorts, which
challenges you to find that one place where the Levitron top can spin in
midair, floating, hovering or levitating over a magnetic base, and let me
share with you this is much more difficult than it looks. Even if you
don’t have an addictive personality, I dare you to walk away from the
darn thing without having achieved your goal. The basic concept, and
because I did not listen in physics class this is clearly not a
scientific explanation, is like the feeling when you try to put two
magnets that are polar opposites together, either one of them flips over
and or if you are trying to push them together you can feel the magnets
pushing back. The Levitron toy products are the invention of physicist
Bill Hones (clearly he was listening in physics class) who
patented the product in the 1980s. The concept of spinning to help
provide a stable existence for the top in midair was discovered Roy M.
Harrigan many moons ago. The Levitron is manufactured by Fascination Toys
and Gifts. www.levtron.com
or
http://www.fascinations.com.
MTV will debut the third season of the series Making The Band
2, March 4, 10p. This time viewers look in as P. Diddy keeps a
strict and watchful eye on the hip hop group Da Band while working to
promote their debut album. The band also takes up residence in P.
Diddy’s NYC apartment. The Making the Band 2 premiere will kick-off with
a marathon of previous episodes beginning Sunday, February 29th,
1p.
Carlton International and Spain’s Zinkia Entertainment have
partnered with Novel Entertainment to develop and co-produce
Pocoyo, a CGI animated series targeted to preschoolers. The
series features Pocoyo, a toddler who every day discovers and explores
new things and places in the world around him with his friends Pato, a
shy yellow duck; Elly, a graceful pink elephant; Lula, Pocoyo’s puppy;
and Sleep Bird, a large bird that is a very good sleeper. Novel will
develop the characters and scripts, as well as the casting for the
series, which was commissioned by Steven Andrew, Controller/Children’s
Programs, ITV.
Canada’s YTV & Treehouse programming notes: -YTV debuts its new series Fries With That? On Sunday, April 4,
6:30p, and beginning April 12, the series will air Monday-Thursday,
9:30p. Fries With That is a sitcom about four high school kids who
work at Bulky’s, the local fast food restaurant.
-Over Easter weekend, beginning Good Friday, April 9-11, YTV will feature
fairly tales and fantasy movies targeted to families.
April 9, Barbie of Swan Lake, 1p (commercial free)
April 10: Barbie in The Nutcracker, 1p; The Neverending Story, 4p; The
Princess Bride, 8p.
April 11: Barbie As Rapunzel, 1p; The Neverending Story II: The Next
Chapter, 4p; Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, 7p. Additional
Easter Sunday, programming includes the classic holiday special: It’s the
Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown Sunday; as well as special episodes of Chalk
Zone, Alvin & The Chipmunks and As Told By Ginger.
-Treehouse, YTV preschool block, also features special programming over
Easter weekend: Saturday, April 10, is Bear Wake Up Day, a day long
marathon of preschool shows featuring episodes of Bear and the Big Blue
House and Little Bear. Sunday, April 11, offers a day of Easter specials
including: Dora the Explorer: Egg Hunt and Madeline: Madeline & the
Easter Bonnet.
Starz Encore Group’s 24-hour movie channel targeted to K2-11,
Starz! Kids, is now available in Omaha, Nebraska, from Cox
Communications. The commercial free Starz! Kids channel is
immediately available to Cox Digital Cable Starz! Subscribers for free.
Movies airing on Starz! Kids in Feb. and Mar. include: The Jungle Book 2,
Tuck Everlasting, Piglet's Big Movie, Big Fat Liar and The New Adventures
of Pinocchio. The Disney/Pixar, four time Oscar nominee, animated
movie Finding Nemo, comes to the channel this May.
Additionally, yesterday Cox Communications, Inc. and ESPN, Inc.
announced they have reached a long-term agreement to renew and
extend Cox’s carriage of multiple ESPN network and services. The
agreement include the continued distribution of ESPN & ESPN2 on
expanded basic; the carriage of ESPNEWS, ESPN Classic and ESPN HD and the
launch of ESPN’s new 24hr Spanish-language network, ESPN Deportes, which
will be available in markets where Cox offers a Spanish-language tier.
ESPN has also signed a longterm carriage agreement with Charter
Communications, finally.
The modern stone age family and those meddling kids will enter the
digital age with Warner Bros. Home Video releases season one of
The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo on DVD for the first time,
on March 16, as part of the Hanna-Barbera Golden Collection
sets.
24 Hour Comics Day will be held on April 24 this year, with more
than 22 stores across the US and Canada signed up to participate so
far. The participating stores will host cartoonists who will each
spend the entire 24 hours writing and drawing a 24 page comic.
Established more than 10-years ago, more information about the event and
history can be found at
www.24HourComics.com
Kids Cable Network
Averages in thousands (000) for
Tuesday, February 17, 2003
6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:
K2-11 1251; K6-11 617; TWEENS 9-14 402
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11
798; K6-11 445; TWEENS 9-14 319
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 688; K6-11 392; TWEENS 9-14 252
ABC
FAMILY:
K2-11 188; K6-11 156; TWEENS 9-14 124
TOON
DISNEY:
K2-11 144; K6-11 66; TWEENS 9-14 36 Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Kids Cable Network
Averages in thousands (000) for
Wednesday, February 18, 2003
6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:
K2-11 1246; K6-11 612; TWEENS 9-14 353
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11
759; K6-11 394; TWEENS 9-14 288
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 707; K6-11 428; TWEENS 9-14 315
ABC
FAMILY:
K2-11 128; K6-11 110; TWEENS 9-14 104
TOON
DISNEY:
K2-11 112; K6-11 40; TWEENS 9-14 24 Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
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Kids Friday Fun Fact:
There is a house in Rockport, Massachusetts, built entirely of
newspaper. The Paper House at Pigeon Cove, as it is called, is made of
215 thicknesses of newspaper.
Answer to yesterday's Trivia Question:What is the effect of the drug made from the Hybernia
tree? According to the Amazon women on Paradise Island
(Wonder Woman), the Hybernia Tree Drug will cause ... will cause ... I
forget. Kudos to: Erik Haugen-ITN
Networks/NY; Mark Pifer-Cartoon Network/Atlanta; Adam
Zeller-Nickelodeon/NY; Lisa Simpson-KWKB/Cedar Rapids; Adam
Wright-Porchlight Ent/LA; Thom Ackerman Maslow-Market Strategy
Partners/San Francisco; and Jennifer Krebsz-YTV/Toronto.
Today's Trivia
Question: Without looking it up, what was the name of the
Witch puppet on Kukla, Fran and Ollie? (To
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