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CYNTHIA TURNER'S CYNOPSIS
Kids! 01/27/04
Good morning. It's
Tuesday, January 27, 2004,
and this is your early morning
Kids!
briefing.
JAKKS Pacific, Inc. will manufacture and distribute fashion dolls,
accessories and playsets based on international performing artist
Kylie Minogue, under a new licensing agreement with Darenote
Ltd. The agreement was brokered by Delux Merchandise Corporation,
Signatures Network, Inc.’s European agent for Kylie Minogue. The Minogue
doll will be available at retail stores in the UK beginning this month,
while her most recent album Body Language was released internationally
this past November.
HarperCollins Children’s Books has signed women’s soccer star
Mia Hamm for a picture book titled Winners Never Quit!,
which is slated to go on sale August 1, 2004. As the title implies
the book will explore the subject of quitting, and getting and keeping
boys and girls involved in team sports. And Hamm's childhood
reaction of quitting rather than losing when faced with a tough opponent,
is also a theme in the book.
Warner Bros. will release music from The O.C. Mix 1 on
March 30, 2004, in the first of several CDs comprised of music featured
on the Fox TV series (Wednesdays at 9p). When the Mix 1 CD
is played in on a computer with internet access the user will be able to
unlock specific scenes where each track on the release was used on the
series. The O.C. cast provides commentary on their favorite music,
scenes and how the music was used. For a full list of the tracks on
the CD, go to
http://fox.com/oc/home.htm
and click on the The O.C. Mix 1.
Black History Month Programming (con’t) The N: Pass It On, (4 x :30) is a series of public service announcements that will air on The N and BET throughout February. Pass It On features teens elder African American passing along their stories and its impact on Black History. Pass It On is the result of a partnership between The N, BET and NYC-based non-profit organization Digital Clubhouse Network. The pieces were initially produced as digital short stories by teens (12-18) students from the Digital Club Network for a project entitled Digital Griot. In West Africa a Griot (gree-oh) is the name given to a talented storyteller who in charge of the history of a given tribe.
Cartoon Network’s first original made-for-TV animated feature, Party Wagon, premieres February 27, 8p. Set in the 1800s, Party Wagon (90 minutes) is a comedy that follows the adventures of some oddball characters that meet through happenstance and end up on a trek along the Oregon Trail to find the mine of El Glitterado. Along the way they meet up with a wagon train of pioneers and together they continue westward. You’ll get no spoiler here. The movie features the voices of Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings), Pamela Hayden (The Simpsons), Maurice LaMarche (Futurama) and Carolyn Lawrence (SpongeBob Squarepants)
Elsewhere at Cartoon, the premiere a half-hour special of Johnny Bravo goes to Hollywood, February 20, 8p. Aside from starring Johnny Bravo, celebrities lending their voices to characters in the special are Alec Baldwin, Jessica Biehl and one Don Knotts. The special also features a CGI version of Mark Hamill.
Nickelodeon Takes Over the Super Bowl, with a one-hour special airing Sunday, February 1, 11am on CBS. Brent Popolizio and Candace Bailey, hosts of Nick's U-Pick Live, will take over the CBS Sports Desk and use it as the home base for the special, which will include segments like NFL Experience games, ala Nickelodeon (read: slimings) with All That cast members Jamie Lynn Spears and Giovanni Samuels; a segment on how to tailgate with the stars of Drake & Josh; player profiles and interviews by a ‘celebrity-interviewing’ cow, though no word on whether the cow is mad or not. Celebrities joining in the Nickelodeon/NFL fun include CBS Sports personalities and NFL stars such as Warren Sapp and Michael Strahan with special appearances from the casts of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Scooby Doo 2.
Last Friday, January 23, Disney Channel premiered its original animated series Dave the Barbarian in a mini-marathon with five back to back episodes (5:30-8p). The series debut episode at 5:30p won its time period vs. all basic cable programming with Kids 6-11 (7.2) and Tweens 9-14 (3.8), according to Nielsen Media Research data provided by the network. Compared to the prior four-week time period average, the premiere episode of Dave the Barbarian was up 50% with K6-11 (7.2 vs. 4.8). Meanwhile the telecast at 6:30p was Friday's highest rated basic cable program with K6-11 (7.4).
McGraw-Hill Companies has inked a deal to sell the some of the children’s publishing assets of its McGraw-Hill Education unit to School Specialty Inc. No deal terms were released. The acquisition will provide School Specialty with expansion opportunities through distribution channels to teachers and parents through retail outlets including teacher stores, bookstores and warehouse clubs developed by McGraw-Hill Education. School Specialty, Inc. is a direct marketer of supplemental educational resources under its Childcraft and ClassroomDirect brands.
Specialty music, movie and entertainment related products retailer Musicland Group Inc., has named Laurie Clark, SVP/Marketing, reporting to Mike Madden, President & CEO, Musicland. Clark will be responsible for overseeing the marketing department, which includes brand development, design and production, customer loyalty, e-commerce, event marketing and affiliate marketing, with a primary focus on emerging businesses and generating revenue for the Musicland’s 950 Sam Goody, Suncoast and Media Play stores. Prior to her appointment Clark had served as a marketing consultant to Musicland.
Peter Glawatz has been promoted to VP/Business Affairs, Universal Network Television and will report to Neil Strum, EVP/Business & Legal Affairs, Universal Network TV. Glawatz joined the company under its prior incarnation Studios USA in 1999 as Director/Business Affairs, and most recently he served as the primary Business Affairs point person for the Law & Order series’ (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Previously Glawatz worked for the Business Affairs unit of Columbia TriStar TV, from 1994-99.
Music industry veteran Lyor Cohen will join Warner Music Group as Chairman & CEO/US Recorded Music following the completion of the purchase of WMG by the investor group led by Thomas H. Lee Partners, Edgar Bronfman, Jr.’s Lexa Partners, Bain Capital and Providence Equity Partners. In his new role Cohen will be responsible for all aspects of WMG’s recorded music operations in the US. Cohen has been Chairman & CEO/Universal Music Group’s Island Def Jam Music Group. Known for developing the careers of many early rap music artists, including LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Run DMC, Kurtis Blow and the Beastie Boys, Cohen is also widely credited with expanding Island Def Jam beyond its hip-hop roots to include a wider range of musical genres to include artists such as Melissa Etheridge, Elvis Costello, Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, Everlast, Sum 41 and Slayer. Cohen became President/Def Jam records in 1988, a label founded by Russell Simmons and Producer Rick Rubin in 1985. Prior to Def Jam, Cohen oversaw the day to day operations at Rush Management a rap and hip-hop management company, which he founded with Russell Simmons. Cohen joined Simmons’ Rush Entertainment as the road manager for Run DMC and moving on to manage all of the Rush Acts. Cohen and Simmons were also partners in the apparel line Phat Farm, which was recently sold for a price tag of $130 million.
Though he seemed to be old even when we were kids, Captain Kangaroo (nee Bob Keeshan) was just 76 when he passed away last Friday morning. The series debuted on CBS in 1955, and grew to be the longest running kids series on network television ending in 1985, and followed by an additional six years on PBS. The best thing of all was to see a grown-up viewer of Captain Kangaroo meet The Captain, as most fans continued to refer to him, and refer to the show as if it had just wrapped for the day, discussing the likes of his friend and other human regular Mr. Green Jeans (Hugh 'Lumpy' Brannum) and the infamous carrot pinching Bunny Rabbit, Dancing Bear, Word Bird and the clever Mr. Moose whose antics brought on a regular deluges of falling ping-pong balls. A few interesting facts about Keeshan include that he was an NBC page, an assistant to kids radio/TV personality Bob Smith and Keeshan also played the role of Clarabell the Clown when Smith made the move from radio to TV. Those of you who work at CBS might want to check under some of the old wooden tables in the various New York City studios, as many of them are still labeled Captain Kangaroo.
Correction: The K6-11 Saturday, January 17, 2004 morning rating/share average for Kids’ WB in yesterdays edition should have read WB (Kids’ WB) 2.4/11 Avg. (8a-12n)
Kids Cable Network Averages in thousands (000) for Friday January 23, 2004, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1168; K6-11 535; TWEENS 9-14 365
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 1051; K6-11 519; TWEENS 9-14 323
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 588; K6-11 354; TWEENS 9-14 307
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 113; K6-11 31; TWEENS 9-14 10
ABC FAMILY: K2-11 89; K6-11 76; TWEENS 9-14 103 Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
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Answer to yesterday's Trivia Question:This building super experienced a childhood trauma that led to lifelong fear of clowns. Who is this character? OVERTON WAKEFIELD JONES, Living Single. Kudos to: Gerry Bixenspan/NY; Damaris Feliciano-ITN Networks/NY.
Today's Trivia Question: This crime-fighting professional is allergic to horsehair, which wouldn't be a big deal except that he lives in a fairly rural area - ponds to fish in, diners to court in, an the occasional horse. Who is this fearless officer? (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.)
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