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11/06/07 Good Morning. It's Tuesday, November 6, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. Syndicated Network Television Association (SNTA) issued its own statement regarding the writers' 'strike - "Syndicated programming will not be disrupted by the TV writers' strike ... first-run shows will continue to air as originally scheduled." Despite that statement, Ellen DeGeneres wasn't at work yesterday, rather she was out in support of her writing staff. A previously produced show ran yesterday, and another will run today. Tomorrow? That's unclear. As for the late night slate - CBS and NBC announced its latenight shows will be in repeats effective immediately. Dueling statements from both sides of the fence: WGAW - Patric Verrone:
AMPTP - Nick Counter:
Tonight's
Premieres:
Bravo: The Real Housewives of Orange County at 10p Tonight's Finales: ABC Family: Lincoln Heights at 8p BET: Exalted! at 9p ESPN: The Contender at 9p
~ MORE GOOD
STUFF ~
Richard Parsons, Chairman/CEO at Time
Warner will retire as CEO of the company effective January 1, more than half
a year before his contract expires in May 2008. He will continue as Chairman at
least until the company's next annual shareholders meeting in May. Stepping into
his vacated CEO position on January 1st will be Jeff Bewkes current
President/COO.
Radio and television personalities Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase, celebrating 25 years in the entertainment business, are back on television as a new weekly Crook & Chase Show begins airing on RFD-TV January 17 at 9p. The hi-def talk/variety show will air six times each week, 3 on RFD-TV and 3 more on RFD HD. The show is produced by Jim Owens Entertainment and taped in front of a "live" studio audience on Wednesdays at Opry House, Studio A in Nashville. In addition to the Thursday 9p airings, the show will air Fridays at 11a and Saturdays at 7p. The RFD HD airing times are TBD. Turner has been getting into the Tyler Perry business. TBS and TNT have picked up the joint cable rights to Lionsgate's film Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?, in a package that also includes Daddy's Little Girls, Pride and Delta Farce. Total package cost - approx $12 million, reports Variety. Previously, TBS/TNT bought the rights to Tyler Perry's other films Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion, and TBS currently airs the comedy House of Payne created by Tyler Perry. After the 4-film package has its pay TV debut on Showtime, Why Did I Get Married? goes to TBS in March 2010 and Daddy's Little Girls in July 2009. The deal also provides leeway for Lionsgate to sell the Perry titles to another cable network. Reportedly conversations with BET are ongoing. BET previously picked up Diary of a Mad Black Woman. ABC announced the premiere of Cashmere Mafia, originally set for November 27 at 10p and then sliding in at 9p on Tuesdays, is now TBA. This marks the first show the broadcast networks have back-burnered in the event scripted shows are needed later on this season. Filling the time period on Tuesdays for now will be OTO specials. Logo is launching its first 30-minute news program produced by a major network news operation. Exec produced by Court Passant, CBS News on Logo will air on Mondays at 7p starting November 12, as well as stream at www.365gay.com. Jason Bellini will host the show with reporters Itay Hod, Chagmion Antoine, and others. Since Logo's 2005 launch, CBS News on Logo has been produced as 3-minute interstitials from CBS News that aired throughout the day on Logo and at www.365gay.com. ABC News and Disney-ABC International Television have signed on with Swiss-American IPTV start-up Zattoo to distribute the ABC News Now channel in Germany, Spain and Belgium. Plans are in the works for other rollouts over the next six months, including in the U.K. The 24-hour news and information network is currently available to nearly 34 million users across cable, broadband and mobile. Starting next Monday, ION Media Networks' digital network ION Life will expand its health and wellness programming with new 24/7 content slotted in lifestyle categories. ION Life's new programming will focus on fitness, diet and nutrition, travel and adventure, design and decor, sports and other shows that equate personal growth and advancement. Some of the new titles include Food Wise, Living Better with Steve Spitz and Taste! The Beverage Show. Tennis Channel and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have an exclusive advertising sales agreement effective immediately where SPT will sell Tennis Channel linear and satellite commercial and direct response inventory to traditional national advertisers. The current Tennis Channel internal sales force will continue to develop non-traditional opportunities including integrated business development-based sponsorships. Telemundo will offer full-length programming on Yahoo! Telemundo, making its primetime shows and novelas available online the morning after the original air date before 9a. The new video features include Telemundo's full-length novelas and footage of its original productions and stars. It's that time of year again -- or that time every few years again -- when Cynopsis conducts a quick 5-question survey to find out what you think about and use this daily, how you'd like to see it improved. Honestly, this will take less than 30 seconds, it's completely anonymous. and we'd really appreciate your input. Click here to participate and thank you! Cynopsis Weekender College Edition returns on November 15th! Deadline for college student written essays on the topic of television is November 9th and they should be sent to me at , subject Weekender College Edition. Top 4 essays are published in Weekender on Nov 15th, and authors are paid $350 each. Students - be sure to include your name, age, college, college year, and major (if you know it), and how you can be contacted. And here's something else -- all students submitting essays can also submit (free!) their Situation Wanted ad which will run in all editions for one week beginning Nov 15, and the first ten Video Resumes submitted will run on the www.cynopsis.com Video Resume page. Check with Trish Pihonak at Cynopsis for added info.
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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Radar Entertainment, the company that
launched Jury Duty this fall, has 11 original first-run projects in development
for next fall. The programs are available for all dayparts (weekday and weekend)
and will be sold on a barter basis. Highlights of each include:
MSNBC is in chats with Rosie O'Donnell for a potential
primetime talker. If a deal is struck, one potential placement for Rosie would
be at 9p, which would put her head to head against Larry King and Hannity &
Colmes. Currently airing in the time period is Live with Dan Abrams.
Rosie raised a ruckus and viewership during her stint at The View where she took
regular pot shots at the White House. Her potential primetime program on
MSNBC would predictably be along the same lines.
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~ EXECUTIVE
MOVES ~
NBC Universal established a new division,
NBC Universal Media Distribution Services within its Media Works
organization, which will focus on operations and technology support for the
distribution of its content across all NBCU platforms. The company advanced
Ian Trombley to EVP to head this unit where he will report
direct to John Eck, President, NBC Television Network, Media Works and CIO.
Tucker Snedeker joins Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. in the new position of Executive Director/Mobile Entertainment Group. Tucker will spearhead TV Guide Mobile's growth efforts in addition to managing and servicing partner and customer relationships. Based in New York, he will report to Bob Shallow, VP/GM, TV Guide Mobile and Tonia O'Connor, EVP/Distribution. Arena Media Networks tapped Corey Silverman as EVP/Sales and Marketing. W!LDBRAIN recruited Bob Higgins as Head/Creative to oversee the company's television and feature film development and production and acquisition efforts. Bob begins his new job January 1, 2008 based at the Manhattan offices of Kidrobot, a subsidiary of W!LDBRAIN and will report to Charles Rivkin, President/CEO. Scott Stabile moves to Indigo Films as Director/Development to expand the company's focus to more international co-productions and first feature documentary projects. Based in San Francisco, Scott reports to David M. Frank, Executive Producer. Robert Sorcher is named Chief Content Officer, Cartoon Network, reporting to Stuart Snyder, EVP/COO, TBS Inc.'s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media Group. Robert will be responsible for leading the network's overall content development strategy, including original series, acquisitions, long form and special events. Additionally, he will also oversee production and Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California. Critical Mass named Scott Shamberg as SVP of its recently consolidated Marketing and Media unit based in Chicago. Scott will manage more than 75 team members in client services, digital media and emerging media departments and will also develop digital marketing strategies for the company's clients. The Sportsman Channel elevated Jennifer Gnas to Senior Coordinator/Public Relations and Event Planning and Tracy Martin to Coordinator/Affiliate Marketing. Jennifer handles all consumer promotions, manages all TSC events and all communications for the western region. Tracy will continue working in the marketing department, responsible for executing co-branded marketing campaigns with affiliates. Jose Tillan, recently upped to SVP/Creative, Content and Music MTV/VH1 for MTV Networks Latin America (MTVNLA), made a bunch of pan-regional appointments for MTV and VH1's programming and production division. All of the following positions will be based in Miami:
Craig Erwich was named EVP with Warner Horizon Television where he will be in charge of daily development and production operations, including scripted cable series and primetime reality series for network and cable. He will also lead the company's broadband and new media initiatives to produce original shortform episodic content through Studio 2.0, WBHT's digital production and distribution division. He will report to Peter Roth, President, Warner Bros. Television as well as Bruce Rosenblum, President, Warner Bros. Television Group.
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~ RATINGS
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Sunday - A18-49
Analysis: NBC rushed into #1
Sunday night with 5.0/12 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings
from Nielsen Media Research. CBS won at 8p as the NFL Overrun/60 Minutes
averaged an 8.2/21. During 8p, FOX with an average for The Simpsons and Family
Guy's 100th episode and NBC with Sunday Night Football tied for first at 5.5/13.
Also this hour, CBS opened The Amazing Race 12 which did a 4.2/9 for its first
half-hour at 830p. At 9p, ABC's Desperate Housewives topped the competition at
6.9/16, while the second 30m of The Amazing Race on CBS held steady at 4.2/9.
Football on NBC kicked in the last win at 10p with a 5.6/15.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, November 4, 2007 (November Sweep Day 4) - time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
CBS: 10.6/17 NFL
Overrun 19.3/31, 60 Minutes 11.6/18, The Amazing Race 12 [p] 8.5/13, Cold
Case 8.8/14, Shark 7.4/14
ABC: 8.2/13 NASCAR
Overrun 5.3/8, America's Funniest Home Videos 4.6/7, EM: Home Edition 7.9/12,
Desperate Housewives 11.9/18, Brothers & Sisters 8.3/14
NBC: 7.8/12 Football
Night in America 4.3/7, Sunday Night Football: Dallas at Philadelphia
8.9/14
FOX: 5.3/8 The Simpsons [r] 3.9/6,
The Simpsons [r] 5.4/8, The Simpsons 6.4/10, Family Guy 6.0/9, Family Guy 6.1/9,
American Dad 4.3/6
UNIV: 1.3/2 Festival
Mariachi Disney 1.4/2, Cine Especial: Tonta, Tonta, Pero no Tanto
1.3/2
CW:
0.8/1 CW
Now 0.6/1, Aliens in America [r] 0.6/1, Life is Wild 0.8/1, America's
Next Top Model [r] 0.9/1
TELE: 0.4/1 El
Maravilloso Mundo de Disney 0.3/0, Cine Millonario/Estreno 0.5/1
A18-49: NBC 5.0/12, CBS 4.8/12, ABC 4.7/12, FOX 4.4/10, UNIV 1.0/2,
CW 0.4/1, TELE 0.3/1
This Day in History: 1986 - Edy's Ice Cream Company insured the taste buds of ice cream taste-tester John Harrison for $250,000. His taste-buds are currently insured for $1 million dollars. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: In addition to being Jack Paar's sidekick on The Tonight Show, Hugh Downs served as host to what daytime game show during the 1960s? CONCENTRATION Kudos to: Tony Intelisano-Mark Anthony Entertainment/NY; Randy Ingram-WYCW/Spartanburg, SC; Marc Goldstein-GroupM/NY; Dennis P. Thatcher-Mission Broadcasting, Inc./Brecksville, OH; Greg Leslie-Winnercomm/Tulsa, OK; Steve McDonald-KDAF/Dallas-Ft. Worth; Jim Hall-True Media/Columbia, MO; Chuck Gordon-Charter Media/Birmingham, AL; Steve Howard-Audience Warm-up/Glendale, CA; Rosalind Ring-RASH TV Productions/Burbank; Jeff Mirkin-Pat Sajak Games/Culver City, CA; Dale Warshaw-KMSB/KTTU/Tucson; Geraldine Anne Gately-Spotzer Media Inc/Amsterdam Today's Trivia Question: He played the role of Bob Reid for years on a day time drama where he showed his face a lot more than he did in his later role in a prime time series. What is this actor's name? (Click here with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you've been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can't be mentioned again that calendar week.) Later -- Cyn 11.06.07 Cynopsis Ad Sales: Mark Bohn- 203- 583-1224 / Classifieds - Trish Pihonak- 203-926-9878 / Cynopsis website - Video Resumes, Extended Classified Ads, Archives, and the Cynopsis Daily Video CableU - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. Click here
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT -
Tuesday, November 6,
2007
ABC: Cavemen, Carpoolers, Dancing with
the Stars (Results), Boston Legal
CBS: NCIS, The Unit, Cane CW: Beauty and the Geek, Reaper FOX: Bones, House ION: Mama's Family, Mama's Family, Who's The Boss?, Who's The Boss?, Diagnosis Murder MNT: The Academy [r], Jail, Jail [r] NBC: The Biggest Loser, Law & Order: SVU PBS: Nova, Frontline/World, Independent Lens TELE: Madre Luna, La Esclava Isaura, Pecados Ajenos UNIV: Amar sin Limites, Destilando Amor, Como Ama una Mujer All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free.Copyright Cynopsis 2007 See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. |
