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CYNTHIA TURNER'S CYNOPSIS
Kids! 01/22/04
Good morning. It's
Thursday, January 22, 2004,
and this is your early morning
Kids!
briefing.
The 2004 NBA All-Star game weekend and surrounding tie-in
programming is scheduled for February 13-15 on TNT and as usual
will be feted with a variety of celebratory NBA focused entertainment
programming including, got milk? Rookie Challenge, TNT NBA All-Star
Preview presented by Gatorade, the Radio Shack Shooting Stars, the 989
Sports Skills Challenge, the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, and the
Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk and the annual 2004 NBA All-Star Game be
broadcast live on TNT and ESPN Radio, Sunday, February 15, 8p.
Sister net Cartoon Network will host the annual Cartoon Network
NBA All-Star Slam marathon, featuring the best animated shorts about
sports, Sunday, Feb. 15 from 1-5 p. The pre-All-Star game features
12 NBA stars such as Shaq and Jason Kidd giving basketball tips to the
likes Cartoon Network animated characters including Dexter and Johnny
Bravo, while Steve Francis takes on Ed, Edd & Eddy in a game of 1 on
3. Other NBA and Cartoon Network stars taking part in the marathon
include, LeBron James, Malik Rose, Karl Malone, Kenyon Martin, Carmelo
Anthony, The Kids Next Door, Dexter and Billy, Mandy and Grim.
Programming Notes:
ABC: The Wonderful World of Disney airs The Lion King:
Special Edition, Saturday, February 7, 8-10p; The Peanuts special,
Charlie Brown Valentine airs, Saturday, February 14, 7p.
ABC Family: On Sunday February 1, ABC Family hosts a six hour
Full House marathon, 2-8p. The marathon features episodes from the
final season. Following the marathon the network has scheduled the
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen movie Switching Goals (1999), 8-10p.
WGBH Boston and Atlanta-based restaurant chain Chick-fil-A
have entered into a two-year sponsorship agreement for the preschool TV series Between the Lions that airs on PBS Kids. As part of the partnership Chick-fil-A will create a series of new children's books featuring Between the Lions characters that will be available as part of the restaurant’s Kid’s Meal program. Additionally, Chick-fil-A will appear in the underwriting credits on episodes of Between the Lions. Chick-fil-A’s Kids meals support the company’s education initiative, and feature the tag-line Growing Kids Inside and Out.
This week Nintendo finally provided the answer to its August 2003 mysteriously ambiguous announcement that Nintendo would launch a new video game product that would be “surprising and unique.” The product in question is a dual screen handheld portable gaming system code-named Nintendo DS and will be introduced ‘in full’ this May at the Entertainment Electronics Expo this May 12-14, 2004. The Nintendo DS is slated to launch in retail stores before the end of 2004. In addition to Nintendo developing software for the console it is in discussions with third-party developers, with the assurance that Nintendo DS will be marketed separately from its Game Boy Advance and GameCube consoles. What can players do with a dual screen console? Using a soccer game as an example Nintendo’s announcement explains that players will be “able to manage their game progress from two different perspectives,” therefore, “users can view the whole game on one screen while simultaneously focusing on an individual soccer player's tackle or goal on the other screen” and, “no longer be forced to interrupt game play to shift perspective, such as moving from a wide shot to a close-up,” and allowing the game to be played in real time.
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 in thousands (000) 01/12/04-01/18/04: Kids 2-11 Total Day (000) Kids 2-11 Primetime 8p-11p (000) NICK/NAN: 978 DISNEY CHANNEL*: 1425
DISNEY CHANNEL*: 779 NICK/NAN: 1185
CARTOON NETWORK: 578 CARTOON NETWORK: 961
ABC FAMILY: 98 ABC FAMILY: 107
TOON DISNEY: 97 TOON DISNEY: 103
MTV: 54 MTV: 100
NOGGIN/THE N: 50 ANIMAL PLANET: 94
BET: 46 DISCOVERY: 83
TLC: 46 TLC: 81
ANIMAL PLANET: 42 BET: 80 Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 in thousands (000) 01/12/04-01/18/04: Kids 6-11 Total Day 6a-6a (000)Kids 6-11 Primetime 8p-11p (000) NICK/NAN: 523 DISNEY CHANNEL*: 1121
DISNEY CHANNEL*: 489 NICK/NAN: 758
CARTOON NETWORK: 313 CARTOON NETWORK: 594
ABC FAMILY: 76 ABC FAMILY: 79
TOON DISNEY: 38 MTV: 69
MTV: 38 BET: 51
BET: 29 TLC: 51
ANIMAL PLANET: 25 ANIMAL PLANET: 49
TLC: 25 DISCOVERY: 45
DISCOVERY: 20 TOON DISNEY: 36 Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Weekly, Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks,
Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 in thousands (000) 01/12/04-01/18/04: Tweens 9-14 Total Day 6a-6a (000) Tweens 9-14 Primetime 8p-11p (000) DISNEY CHANNEL*: 394 DISNEY CHANNEL*: 927
NICK/NAN: 332 NICK/NAN: 549
CARTOON NETWORK: 235 CARTOON NETWORK: 416
ABC FAMILY: 135 MTV: 207
MTV: 113 ABC FAMILY: 153
TLC: 43 TLC: 79
BET: 38 COMEDY CENTRAL: 74
COMEDY CENTRAL: 31 BET: 72
ESPN: 25 DISCOVERY: 56
DISCOVERY: 24 ESPN: 39 Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
"If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear." -- Winnie the Pooh
More Pooh slinging this week in the latest chapter of the ongoing dispute over the royalties and rights for Winnie The Pooh, as a US Court of Appeals has rejected motions for an appeal by Disney and Claire Milne (the granddaughter of author A.A. Milne) to regain the rights under copyright to Winnie the Pooh from the Slesinger family, originally granted in an agreement with author A. A. Milne in the 1930's. This decision means that a full blown trial, or circus however you choose to look at it, will follow in 2005.
PorchLight Entertainment’s COO, William T. Baumann announced the company in conjunction with its licensing agency The Partnership, has signed two UK agreements with Casdon and The Sales Partnership, the distribution arm of Pressman Toy Corp, taking Jay Jay to 12 licensees in the UK. Under the agreement, The Sales Partnership has acquired the rights to sell Jay Jay board games, as well as bundled games and cardboard puzzles in specially designed collectors' tins. Casdon will hold the rights to distribute the U.S. manufactured Toy Island line of Jay Jay plastic toy figures and playsets throughout all UK retail distribution channels. The preschool series airs in the UK on Five’s Milkshake block as well as on Discovery Channel.
You knew this one was coming; it seems that Britney Spears is looking to write her autobiography. No worries, www.teenmusic.com quotes a source as telling them that Spears is interviewing ghostwriters now. Spears’ ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake book is still in the ongoing auction for the rights to his book, both in the US and UK.
Promotions at Nickelodeon’s Consumer Products Division include:
Nancy Wolper has been upped to Senior Director/Video, prior to this she Director/Retail Development. Margaret Milnes moves up to Senior Director/Books, Milnes was Director/Books. Victoria Bush is now Director/Stationery, Social Expressions & Activity Toys from her previous role as Manager/Toys.
Nickelodeon also announced the appointment of Thomas Marketrt as Creative Director/Nicktoons & Nickelodeon Digital Animation. Marketrt was Creative Director & Co-Owner/Ex Film & Television Production in Berlin. Joining Nickelodeon Promotions Marketing is Javier Farfan as Director; he previously worked in marketing at JP Morgan Chase.
Kids Cable Network Averages in thousands (000) for Saturday, January 17, 2004, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1595; K6-11 979; TWEENS 9-14 584
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 1259; K6-11 833; TWEENS 9-14 668
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 695; K6-11 368; TWEENS 9-14 253
ABC FAMILY: K2-11 183; K6-11 117; TWEENS 9-14 83
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 124; K6-11 51; TWEENS 9-14 22 Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Kids Cable Network Averages in thousands (000) for Sunday, January 18, 2004, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1335; K6-11 854; TWEENS 9-14 546
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 1207; K6-11 833; TWEENS 9-14 647
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 811; K6-11 446; TWEENS 9-14 284
ABC FAMILY: K2-11 213; K6-11 166; TWEENS 9-14 124
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 103; K6-11 46; TWEENS 9-14 28 Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
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Answer to yesterday's Trivia Question:What two brothers owned the Funky Finger Productions? THE B.S. BROTHERS (HOWARD & CLAVELL) on IN LIVING COLOR. Kudos to: Nelson Boyce-Nick/NY; Adam Zeller-Nick/NY; EJ Offurum-Telerep/NY; Joseph Matesevac-jgm international/CT.
Today's Trivia Question: Okay, think back - what TV character had a moth collection? (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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