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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM
HALLMARK CHANNEL
HALLMARK
CHANNEL
Source: Nielsen Galaxy
Explorer (1/29-2/25/07), Live+SD HH coverage area Prime time rating (M-Su
8-11p), ranked among all measured ad-supported cable networks.
Aug'01-Feb'07 Total Day HH delivery. Further qualifications
available upon request.THE TOP 10 NETWORK WITH 67 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS OF YEAR-TO-YEAR HOUSEHOLD GROWTH Insidehallmarkchannel.com Cynopsis 3/28/07 Good morning, it's Wednesday, March 28, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. It is anticipated Tribune will accept the offer of Sam Zell to purchase the entire Tribune kit and caboodle for $8 billion. If Tribune does accept the offer, which several reports predict it will do by week's end, Zell will take the company private.
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
The debut of Discovery Channel's Planet
Earth last Sunday (8-11p) delivered a 3.6 HH rating and 12 million
total viewers over the three hours. Additionally, according to TNS Media
Research's set top box information taken from a major market, the
Discovery HD Theater premiere of Planet Earth increased the program's
overall HH rating by 15% and an estimated 500,000 more homes watched all
three hours in HD. Plant Earth continues the next four Sunday nights
starting at 8p. Fox had planned on the return of Standoff to the primetime schedule next Friday at 8p, but its return has been delayed until some time in June. House will step in with repeats on Fridays at 8p in the interim. No word yet on the fate of Standoff - Fox isn't making any noise about it one way or another until the upfront announcements in May. The action sports lifestyle network, FUEL TV, will return three series this Sunday night as part of its Stacked Sundays programming block:
The Style Network has renewed the series Instant Beauty Pageant for a second season starting April 6 at 10p. Each one-hour episode follows the two co-hosts Debbie Matenopoulos of E!'s The Daily 10 along with new co-host Cameron Mathison of ABC's All My Children, as they ambush five women at shopping malls in six cities convincing them to participate in an impromptu beauty pageant. So watch out if you live in Virginia Beach, Houston, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Las Vegas or San Diego! NBC Sports and the National Hockey League have extended their revenue sharing partnership agreement through the 2007-2008 season. The new agreement includes a "Game of the Week" flexible scheduling component as well as an NBC option for 2008-2009. All of the NBC regular season games will be broadcast on Sundays next season in high definition. Postseason games will air on Saturdays and Sundays and Games 3-7 of the Stanley Cup Final will be broadcast in primetime. Banks Broadcasting has signed a contract and filed an application with the FCC to sell KSCW/Wichita Falls, The CW affiliate, to Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Schurz Communications, Inc. Bank Broadcasting still owns KNIN-TV/Boise, while Schurz Communications, based in South Bend, IN, owns several newspapers, radio, television and cable television stations across the U.S. Calling all college students! Cyn opsis Weekender College Edition sponsored by Greek, A New ABC Family Original Series, coming in July, is coming back on April 26, 2007, and if your TV essay is one of the four published, you'll be paid $350! We're looking for 350 word editorials about television from current college students all around the country and the world. The four most insightful, original, humorous and/or well-written pieces will be included in this special College Edition of Weekender . College Professors, moms and dads - encourage your students to participate! All entries should be emailed no later than midnight on Friday, April 20th to me at , SUBJECT: Weekender College Edition. Students - be sure to include your name, age, college, college year, and major (if you know it), and how you can be contacted. Good luck! UPFRONT UPDATE: HALLMARK CHANNEL Hallmark Channel will introduce a number of original movies throughout the remainder of this year and 2008:
~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
GSN has ordered up 40 episodes of a new
game show Camouflage, a series of word games, clues and hidden
answers. Production is set to begin in May with a GSN premiere scheduled
for July, per Hollywood Reporter. No news yet on a
host. The show is produced by Disney.It's official - Variety reports Rob Lowe will become a permanent player on ABC's Brothers & Sisters when it returns for its second season in the fall. Lowe plays the love interest to Calista Flockhart's characters. The History Channel currently has five new weekly series in production for the 2007-2008 season. Premiere dates are TBA.
Casting Call: KHCW in Houston is hosting an open casting call for The CW's America's Next Top Model Cycle 9 at Drink Houston (7620 Katy Freeway) on April 3 from 3-7p. Young females age 18-27, of diverse backgrounds, shapes and sizes with a minimum height of 5'7" tall are encouraged to apply. To download the application visit: http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/ANTM-Cycle9-Casting-Call.
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~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Stephen (Steve) Cohen has been made
President of Hometeam.com, Inc., the production
company behind the nationally syndicated television program HomeTeam.
Previously, Steve was a consultant with the program as well as other new
media companies in the U.S. and globally. Catherine Dunleavy has been elevated to EVP/CFO of NBCU Cable, where she was previously SVP/CFO of USA Network and SCI FI Channel since May 2004. She will now supervise financial planning and operations for the cable division and her oversight will encompass the entertainment channels and the network distribution area, in addition to involvement with the company's strategic business efforts. Catherine will report to Jeff Gaspin, President/NBC Universal Cable and Digital Content. The Los Angeles office of Blueprint Entertainment has hired Marla Ginsburg as SVP to develop, package and manage programming content for traditional television outlets as well as new media platforms. She will focus on both domestic and international markets and strive to increase the company's slate of co-production projects. Marla will report jointly to John Morayniss and Noreen Halpern. Ellie Hannibal has also been added as SVP/Creative Affairs primarily to develop and produce one-hour and half-hour series for U.S. cable and broadcast networks. She will report to Noreen Halpern. Universal Pictures has put the last person in place in its senior tier of production executives by promoting Dylan Clark to EVP/Production. Dylan is currently managing the films The Kingdom, The Golden Age, and Charlie Wilson's War among other titles. He reports to Donna Langley, President/Production.
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~ RATINGS ~
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad
Supported Network Rankings among
A18-49
for the week
of 3/19-3/25/07Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000) USA 1225 ADSM* 609 TBSC 1001 USA 590 DISC 985 TNT 542 FX 979 TBSC 535 CMDY 764 NICK 505 TNT 737 NAN* 498 AEN 636 DISC 494 MTV 600 FX 460 FAM 598 CMDY 404 CORT 558 AEN 387 Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 111,400,000 homes * = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Primetime listing only includes those networks broadcasting more than 51% of the primetime hours (M-Su 8p-11p) Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of 3/19-3/25/07 Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000) USA 2629 NICK 1944 DISC 1880 NAN* 1261 TNT 1784 USA 1217 TBSC 1648 ADSM* 1147 FX 1645 TNT 1114 FOXN 1558 TOON 1074 FAM 1482 DISC 884 AEN 1377 TBSC 880 CORT 1335 LIF 848 TOON 1327 FOXN 813 Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 111,400,000 homes * = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Primetime listing only includes those networks broadcasting more than 51% of the primetime hours (M-Su 8p-11p) Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of 3/19-3/25/07 DISC Planet Earth 9p 2904 USA WWE Entertainment 10p 2837 DISC Planet Earth 8p 2740 DISC Planet Earth 10p 2641 VH1 I Love New York 2539 USA WWE Entertainment 9p 2278 MTV The Hills 2077 CMDY South Park 2036 USA House 10p 1924 USA House 11p 1917 Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 111,400,000 homes Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of 3/19-3/25/07 FOX American Idol Tuesday 15,440 FOX American Idol Wednesday 13,620 ABC Grey's Anatomy THU 9PM 11,690 ABC Dancing with the Stars 8,360 FOX 'Til Death 7,920 CBS CSI: Miami 7,000 ABC Lost 6,940 ABC October Road 6,010 FOX 24 6,030 CBS Criminal Minds 5,670 Source Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data MONDAY - A18-49 Analysis: ABC tangoed to the finish line Monday night winning with 4.9/13 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC's Dancing with the Stars outshone the competition during 8p with 5.4/15 and again at 9p with 6.3/15. Despite being a repeat, CBS' CSI: Miami slipped into first at 10p with a 3.7/10, while the finale of What About Brian? on ABC came in second at 3.0/8. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, March 26, 2007 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research ABC 10.4/17 Dancing with the Stars (2 hours) 13.0/20, What About Brian? - Finale 5.2/9 CBS 6.3/10 How I Met Your Mother [r] 4.0/7, Old Christine [r] 4.0/6, Two and a Half Men [r] 6.6/10, Rules of Engagement [r] 5.3/8, CSI: Miami [r] 8.8/15 FOX 6.2/9 Prison Break 5.1/8, 24 7.2/11 NBC 6.1/10 Deal or No Deal [r] 6.9/11, Deal or No Deal 7.6/11, The Black Donnellys 3.9/7 UNIV 2.3/4 La Fea Más Bella 2.5/4, Mundo de Fieras 2.4/4, Cristina 2.0/3 CW 1.8/3 Everybody Hates Chris 1.8/3, All of Us 1.8/3, Girlfriends 1.9/3, The Game 1.7/3 TELE 0.6/1 Marina 0.6/1, Zorro 0.7/1, Decisiones 0.5/1 A18-49: ABC 4.9/13, FOX 4.0/10, NBC 3.2/8, CBS 3.0/8, UNIV 1.8/5, CW 1.2/3, TELE 0.5/1 This Day in History: 1941 - For the first time, gossip columnist Louella Parsons hosted "Hollywood Premiere" on CBS Radio. She introduced famous guests who appeared in dramatized stories. 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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 ABC: The Great American Dream Vote, According to Jim, In Case of Emergency, Lost CBS: Jericho, Criminal Minds [r], CSI: NY [r] CW: America's Next Top Model, Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll[r] FOX: Bones, American Idol Results Show, 'til Death ION: Mama's family, Mama's Family, Diagnosis Murder, Diagnosis Murder MNT: Saints & Sinners, Saints & Sinners NBC: Friday Night Lights, Crossing Jordan, Medium PBS: Journey to Planet Earth, Boomer Century: 1946-2046, Boomer Century: 1946-2046 TELE: Marina, Zorro, Decisiones, Previo Fútbol UNIV: La Fea Más Bella, Destilando Amor, Don Francisco Presenta |
