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Kids! 01/26/04
Good morning. It's
Monday, January 26, 2004,
and this is your early morning
Kids!
briefing.
A Washington DC couple, James and Laurie Ryan, is pointing their fingers
at both MTV and its hidden camera series Punk’d, which is
hosted and produced by actor Ashton Kutcher and airs on the network, in a
negligence lawsuit. The couple is seeking damages of
millions of dollars relating to the taping of a hidden camera pilot
titled Harassment, also produced by Kutcher, in January 2002 at the Las
Vegas Hard Rock Hotel, according to a report on the Smoking Gun
website. The pilot, which never aired, captured the Ryans on
tape as they entered their hotel room to discover what they thought to be
a murdered body. The DC couple is attempting to use the similarity
between Harassment and Punk’d to prove that both Kutcher and MTV have
behaved negligently in their programming. According to the
Smoking Gun report, one of the MTV arguments presented to a US
District Court in LA last month that, “the Ryan’s shouldn't be allowed to
‘bootstrap their claims to the notoriety surrounding a different
show.’” However, last week the Judge hearing the case rejected the
motion and further ruled that ‘he would not limit the Ryan’s from
attempting to introduce evidence regarding the hit program-and the shared
lineage of the two shows.’
The 12the chapter in the Power Rangers saga, Power Rangers
DinoThunder, is set to premiere as part of the new Jetix
programming block, Saturday, February 14, 8:30a on ABC Family, where
it will air every weekend on Saturday and Sunday, 8:30a. Power
Rangers DinoThunder will also premiere that same day as part of the Jetix
programming block (7:30p) on Toon Disney, airing every Saturday and
Sunday evening. Finally the series premieres on ABC Kids Saturday,
February 21, 11:30a.
Black History Month
Programming: Nickelodeon -Nick Jr.-Little Bill-new episodes February 2-6, 12p
-Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: The Legacy of Slavery; premiere Sunday,
February 15, 8:30p
-Interstitial series - History in the Making-throughout February,
highlight real African American kids pursuing their dreams and excelling
in various areas as well as celebrities Alicia Keys, Tyra Banks and
Wycleff.
-Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Do We Need Black History Month; encore
Sunday, February 1, 8:30p (O.A.D. 2/2003)
-Maniac Magee, Sunday, February 8, 4p (O.A.D. 2/2003)
-Sports Theatre with Shaquille O’Neal: First Time, Sunday, February 15
(O.A.D. 1998). The story of a boy in 1947 who’s dreams of playing for the
Brooklyn Dodgers are dashed by the reality of racial segregation, his
faith is restored through a chance meeting with Jackie Robinson who is
about to break the MLB color barrier. And Four Points, Sunday, February
22 (O.A.D. 1998). A small teenager fights to overcome his size to
be accepted, by becoming the best basketball shooter.
BET -The Forts & Castles of Ghana, Sunday, February 22, 1p.
This documentary takes a look at the history, culture and ecosystem of
Ghana, with a focus on its forts & castles, which were the epicenter
of the slave trade.
-Celebration BET of Gospel IV, hosted by Steve Harvey, February 24,
9p
-Sundays throughout the month: --J&R Music Presents; Grady Tate, Sunday, February 1, 1p
--The Long Road to Freedom hosted by Harry Belafonte, Sunday February 8,
1p
--Journey With Jazz at Lincoln Center: Danville, Kentucky, February 15,
1p
--Freddie Jackson: Celebrating 20 Years in Music, February 29,
1p
WAM! -Extra Credit, a collection of five titles from the Starz film
library honoring Black History Month will be featured throughout the
month in the early morning.
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Historical Perspective, February 2,
8a
-The Road to Brown, February 2, 9a
-Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, February 9,
8a
-Two Dollars and a Dream, February 16, 8a
-Hughes’ Dream Harlem, February 16, 9a The classroom rights for The Road to Brown, Two Dollars and a Dream
and Hughes' Dream Harlem are cleared for educator use.
Music Choice: -The History of Hip Hop, an encore presentation of 4-part audio
series. Each episode will air multiple times over the course of
each week (check listings for additional air-dates/times).
Episode #1-The Formative Years 1975-1982, premiere February 1, 4p
Episode #2-The Pioneers of the Mid-80s, February 8, 4p
Episode #3-The Golden Era 1986-1989, February 15, 4p
Episode #4 The 90s, February 22, 4p
Episodes 1-4 will air back-to-back February 29, from 5p.
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or
PG-13 - January 2325 Along Came Polly (Universal)
PG-13
$17.1m-2 wk total $53.5m
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! (DreamWorks) PG-13 $7.5 m - Opening
weekend
Big Fish (Sony)
PG-13
$7.3m-7 wk total $49.1m
The Lord of the Rings: Return/King (New Line) PG-13 $6.9m-6 wk
total $337.9m
Cheaper by the Dozen (Fox)
PG
$6.6m-5 wk total $122.8m
Torque (Warner Bros.)
PG-13
$4.4m-2 wk total $17.2m
Something's Gotta Give (Sony)
PG-13
$4.1m-7 wk total $107.1m
Calendar Girls (Disney)
PG-13
$2.44m-6 wk total $21.6m
My Baby's Daddy (Miramax)
PG-13
$2.03m-3 wk total $15.6m
Teacher's Pet (Disney)
PG
$1.4m-2 wk total $5.2m
Source: Box Office Mojo
Final K6-11 Ratings for
Saturday, January 17, 2004. Broadcast
Networks only. Source: Kids WB! Research from Nielsen Media
Research Data WB (Kids' WB!)
4.2/11Avg. (8a-12N) Jackie Chan 2.1/15; Astro Boy 2.1/12; Teen Titans 3.1/15; Xiaolin
Showdown 3.1/13; Pokemon 2.7/10; Mucha Lucha 1.8/7; Yu-Gi-Oh! 2.0/8;
Static Shock 2.7/11 ABC (ABC Kids)
2.0/9Avg.
(8a-1p) Lilo & Stitch 1.5/11; Recess 1.4/8; Filmore 1.7/8; Proud Family
2.9/12; Lizzie McGuire 3.7/12; That’s So Raven 2.9/11; Kim Possible
2.4/10; Power Rangers Ninja 0.9/4; Power Rangers Ninja 1.0/4 Fox (FoxBox)
1.7/8 Avg.
(8a-12n) Cubix 0.4/3; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1.2/6; Kirby 2.2/10; Sonic
X 2.4/10; Shaman King 2.0/8; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2.3/9; Ultimate
Muscle 1.5/6; Sonic X 1.6/7 NBC (Discovery Kids on NBC)
0/9.4 Avg.
(10a-1p) Kenny the Shark 0.7/3; Tentenstein 1.0/4; Trading Spaces 0.9/4;
Endurance 1.1/5; Black Hole High 0.8/4; Scout’s Safari 0.8/4 CBS (Nick on CBS)
0.8/4 Avg.
(8a-9a/11a-12n) Wild Thornberrys 0.2/2; Hey Arnold 0.4/2; Chalkzone 0.7/3; Little
Bill 1.6/7; Dora the Explorer 1.0/4; Blues Clues 0.8/3
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, January 17, 2004.
Cable networks
only. Source: Kids WB! Research from Nielsen Media
Research Data NICKELODEON
4.6/21 Avg.
(8a-12n) Rugrats 3.7/24; Rugrats 3.5/18; SpongeBob SquarePants 4.7/22;
SpongeBob SquarePants 5.7/25; Fairly OddParents 5.4/22; Fairly OddParents
5.4/22; Jimmy Neutron 4.4/18; Jimmy Neutron 4.3/18 CARTOON NETWORK
1.8/8 Avg.
(8a-12n) Courage the Cowardly Dog 1.0/7; Powerpuff Girls 1.9/9; Kids Next Door
2.0/10; Billy & Mandy 2.4/10; Dexters Laboratory 2.1/9; Evil Con
Carnie 1.6/7; Duck Dodgers 1.6/7 DISNEY CHANNEL
1/6/7 Avg.
(8a-12n) The Wiggles 1.1/7; JoJo’s Circus 0.9/5; The Wiggles 0.8/4; Stanley
1.2/5; Rolie Polie Olie 1.5/6; House of Mouse 1.5/6; Lilo & Stitch
3.0/12; Recess 2.7/12 ABC FAMILY
0.5/2 Avg.
(7a-12n)
According to the results of a newpoll concerning
teenagers and their career hopes from Junior Achievement
of 1000 teens 13-18 (October-November 2003), there is a gap between
boys and girls when talking about the type of higher education needed to
obtain a job in the career of their choice. The survey shows that
73.9% of girls believe that a four year college degree and/or graduate
degree is a prerequisite to obtaining their dream job, vs. 61.5% of boys
who think that those degrees are essential. What jobs are they
looking for? The majority of the teens surveyed (12.8%) said
‘businessperson’ would be their choice of career occupation. The
survey revealed that twice as many girls (8.3%) vs. boys (3.9%) selected
doctor as their number one occupation, followed by teaching (girls 7.9%
vs. boys 1.6%), and lawyers (girls 7.0% vs. boys 2.0%). And for
boys? Three times as many boys (6.8%) as girls (1.7%) said their
dream occupation would be in the computer field, with pro athlete coming
in at number two (7.2% vs. girls 0.9%). Will they follow in their
parents foot steps? An average of 78% of the teens surveyed
indicated that they did not want to follow the career choice of their
Moms and Dads (76.1% of boys and 82.5% of girls). Expectations for
teens’ annual salary by age 40 are at the lowest levels in five years of
polling, with 8.1 percent of students believing they will earn one
million dollars by the age of 40. This is down from a high of 14.1
percent in 2002. As for expectations of achieving their ideal job, Black
students were the most optimistic (42.7%), followed by Hispanic students
(33.3%), White students (31.2%), and Asian/Pacific Islander students
(28.8%).
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among
Kids 2-11 for the
week of January 12-18, 2004: K2-11
Total Delivery (000) NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (1/18;
9:30a)
2.63 Million Viewers
NICK: Fairly OddParents (1/18;
10a)
2.61m
NBC: Fear Factor (1/12;
8p)
2.43m
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (1/17;
9:30a)
2.38m
NICK: Fairly OddParents (1/18;
10:30a)
2.33m
NICK: Fairly OddParents (1/17;
10a)
2.27m
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (1/15;
5p)
2.26m
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (1/17;
4p)
2.25m
NICK: Jimmy Neutron (1/18;
11a)
2.23m
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (1/13;
7:30p)
2.22m Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data *Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the
others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among
Kids 6-11 for the
week of January 12-18, 2004 K6-11
Total Delivery (000) DISNEY CHANNEL*: Pixel Perfect (1/18;
8p)
1.85 Million Viewers
DISNEY CHANNEL*: Pixel Perfect (1/16;
8p)
1.84m
DISNEY CHANNEL*: Pixel Perfect (1/17;
8p)
1.80m
NICK: Fairly OddParents (1/18;
10a)
1.71m
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (1/18;
9:30a)
1.61m
DISNEY CHANNEL*: Pixel Perfect (1/16;
9:45p)
1.56m
NICK: Fairly OddParents (1/18;
10:30a)
1.47m
FOX: NFC Championship Carolina/Philly(1/18;
6:51p)
1.47m
DISNEY CH.*: The Proud Family (1/18;
5:30p)
1.45m
DISNEY CH.*: Sister, Sister (1/17;
10p)
1.40m Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data *Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the
others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among
Tweens 9-14 for
the week of January 12-18,
2004: Tweens
9-14
Total Delivery (000) DISNEY CHANNEL*: Pixel Perfect (1/16;
8p)
1.75 Million Viewers
DISNEY CHANNEL*: Pixel Perfect (1/17;
8p)
1.68m
FOX: NFC Championship Carolina/Philly(1/18;
6:51p)
1.68m
NBC: Fear Factor (1/12;
8p)
1.48m
CBS: AFC Championship Indianapolis/New Eng (1/18; 3:05p) 1.47m
DISNEY CHANNEL*: That’s So Raven (1/16;
7p)
1.26m
DISNEY CHANNEL*: Pixel Perfect (1/16;
9:45p)
1.25m
DISNEY CHANNEL*: Pixel Perfect (1/18;
8p)
1.24m
DISNEY CHANNEL*: Lizzie McGuire (1/17;
7:30p)
1.22m
DISNEY CHANNEL*: Lizzie McGuire (1/16;
7:30p)
1.18m Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others
in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among
Teens 12-17 for
the week of January 12-18,
2004: Teens 12-17
Total Delivery (000) FOX: NFC Championship Carolina/Philly(1/18;
6:51p)
1.91 Million Viewers
CBS: AFC Championship Indianapolis/New Eng (1/18; 3:05p)
1.69m
FOX: O.C. (1/14;
9p)
1.56m
FOX: Simple Life (1/14;
8:30p)
1.37m
FOX: Simple Life (1/13;
8p)
1.22m
CBS: CSI (1/15;
9:01p)
1.16m
NBC: Friends (1/15;
8p)
1.11m
NBC: Fear Factor (1/12;
8p)
1.10m
FOX: That ‘70s Show (1/14;
8p)
1.00m
DISNEY CHANNEL*: Pixel Perfect (1/18;
8p)
987,000 Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others
in this listing.
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