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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM
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Source: Nielsen Galaxy Explorer, L+SD Cvg Rtg.
12/3/07-12/9/07. Programs=trackage, Movies=telecast. Excludes
Specials, Pgms<5 min, Breakouts, SportsSTILL THE RATINGS CHAMP! #1 PROGRAM ON BASIC CABLE FOR THE WEEK WITH HOUSEHOLDS, TOTAL VIEWERS & W25-54 Beats: Monk, House of Payne, Law & Order: CI (orig), The Hills, House, Project Runway, Shot at Love, Psych, Family Guy Available exclusively from WBDCD Cynopsis 12/12/07 Good Morning. It's Wednesday, December 12, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, 67, is recovering after suffering a minor heart attack. He was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles late Monday night and is expected to remain hospitalized for a couple of days for tests and observation. A post on the official Jeopardy! web site said Alex was resting comfortably and is expected back when tapings resume in January. Tonight's Premieres: The CW: Crowned: The Mother of All Pageants at 9p WE tv: Party Mamas at 10p Tonight's Finales: CBS: Kid Nation at 8p The CW: America's Next Top Model at 8p FOX: Kitchen Nightmares at 9p
HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL IN HD - COMING MARCH 2008
~ MORE STUFF ~
Next Tuesday, FX will roll out a new
re-branding campaign using the tagline "There Is No Box." The
News Corp.-owned cable network will air approx 25 different :60 and :30
spots created by the network featuring clips from its eight original
series. The network will also drop the klieg lights on its logo, keeping
FX in uppercase letters. FX President/GM, John Landgraf admitted the
network has spent "tens of millions of dollars" on this
campaign, including a :60 spot during the Super Bowl February 3 on FOX.
The other spots will air on News Corp.-owned properties and Fox
Interactive Media sites such as MySpace, Rotten Tomatoes and Photobucket
in addition to a paid print campaign. Military Channel's upcoming new series Showdown: Air Combat from Traveling Light will re-create famous historical aerial dogfights. The 13-episodes will use a vintage B-25 bomber as a platform to film hi-def aerial footage of classic war planes like the Russian Mig-15, the P-38, the P-51 Mustang and the Japanese Zero. The Monday premiere of the original real-life series Paranormal State (10p) on A&E drew in 2.5 million total viewers with 1.5 million A25-54 viewers and 1.6 million A18-49 viewers. It's lead-in was the premiere episode of Intervention (9p) which pulled in 2.4 million viewers, with 1.5 million A25-54 viewers, and 1.6 million A18-49 viewers. E!'s season premiere of The Girls Next Door (10p) posted a 1.8 A18-34 rating and a 2.3 W18-34 rating. At 1030p, the debut of Snoop Dogg's Father Hood scored a 1.7 A18-34 rating and a 2.4 W18-34. Broadcast Evening News Ratings Wrap-Up: NBC's Nightly News took the lead with both total viewers and the coveted A25-54 news rating demo during the week of December 3, 2007: NBC: 9.47 million total viewers and 2.4/9 A25-54 ABC: 9.32 million total viewers and 2.3/9 A25-54 CBS: 6.55 million total viewers and 1.6/6 A25-54 Sewee Entertainment has clearances in more than 80% of the U.S. for its latest project, Andrew Young Presents. Produced in hi-def, the quarterly one-hour specials feature Civil Rights leader Andrew Young as he explores current global topics for local audiences and is joined on location around the world by stars from sports, music, entertainment and politics. The program will launch in February and is cleared to air on the Fox-owned stations in NY, Philly, Washington DC; and on Cox Broadcasting stations in Atlanta, Orlando and Charlotte, as well as Weigel Broadcasting stations in Chicago, Milwaukee and South Bend; and Sinclair Group stations in Pittsburgh, Greensboro, Richmond; among others. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HALLMARK CHANNEL
HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL IN HD - COMING MARCH 2008
Your viewers will enjoy original movies and contemporary blockbusters from major studios. HD premieres of the illustrious Hallmark Hall of Fame movies every Friday night. Hallmark Movie Channel in HD. The Legacy has never been so clear. http://adsales.hallmarkchannel.com/
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
ABC Owned Television Stations Group
elevated John H. Idler to President/GM of
WTVD/Raleigh-Durham. Previously, John was VP/GSM at WLS/Chicago. In
his new role, John will manage operations for WTVD/ABC 11 including three
digital TV channels and abc11.com. He follows Bernie Prazenica in this
position who was recently upped to President/GM of WPVI/Philadelphia. All
three stations are owned by ABC.Greg Varhely advanced to VP/On Demand/Broadband and Video Production and Delivery at Rainbow Media. Greg will now supervise video production and delivery for the on demand platform and broadband for all of the company's divisions. He will also spearhead all online activities including delivery of video content from Rainbow web sites to partner sites such as iTunes and YouTube. Greg reports to Dave Evans, SVP/Broadband. MarVista brought Marc B. Lorber on board to the newly-created position of SVP/Production. He will develop Beyond the Break and other series into formatted programming, spearheading original production and acquisition expansion. He will report to President Michael D. Jacobs. Since 2002, Marc has provided program consultancy services to various companies, most recently to Disney-ABC International TV. Jerry Petry, EVP/Administration at NBC Universal Television, West Coast was elected Chairman of the non-profit Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation. Jerry was elected by the Foundation's Board of Directors at its December 3 meeting and will serve in this volunteer role until the end of 2008. Maria Faillace was appointed SVP/Production of CBS Films, the new film division within CBS Corporation. Maria will oversee the development and production of films in addition to finding new creative material for the studio. She will report to Amy Baer, President/CEO, CBS Films. Telemundo named Manuel Martinez to the position of VP/GM of WSCV/Miami and Jose Valle as VP/GM of KVEA/Los Angeles. Trailblazer Studios hired Katye Rone as Sales Representative for its creative boutiques, Red Truck Films, Series Robots and Blazing Music + Sound.
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Top Ten Basic Cable Ad
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of: 12/3-12/9/07Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000) ESPN 1679 ESPN 743 USA 1298 TBSC 635 TBSC 1288 USA 626 FAM 1213 NAN* 573 SCIF 976 NICK 568 TNT 948 TNT 557 FX 825 FAM 544 SPK 755 ADSM* 477 MTV 738 LIF 471 LIF 718 FX 440 Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 112,800,000 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: 12/3-12/9/07 Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000) ESPN 3186 NICK 2172 USA 2920 USA 1362 FAM 2773 NAN* 1283 TNT 2228 ESPN 1248 TBSC 2149 FAM 1232 LIF 2130 LIF 1194 SCIF 2035 TNT 1180 HALL 1844 TOON 1016 FOXN 1573 TBSC 1010 NAN 1507 HALL 897 Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 112,800,000 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: 12/3-12/9/07 ESPN Patriots/Ravens 9227 MTV The Hills 3274 FAM Holiday In Handcuffs 3137 ESPN Sportscenter 12/3 1149p 2790 SCIF Tin Man: Part Three 2496 MTV Shot At Love: Tila Tequila 2403 USA WWE Entertainment 10p 2394 USA WWE Entertainment 9p 2318 VH1 I Love New York 2 2277 SCIF Tin Man: Part Two 2227 Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 112,800,000 homes Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 12/3-12/9/07 ABC Grey Anatomy THU 9PM 7.1/17 9,350 CBS CSI 5.5/13 7,180 CBS Rudolph Red-Nose Reindeer 5.1/14 6,740 NBC Heroes 5.0/11 6,600 NBC NBC Sunday Night Football 4.9/12 6,480 CBS Survivor: China 4.5/12 5,890 ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 4.4/10 5,740 ABC Barbara Walters Presents 4.4/12 5,820 CBS 60 Minutes 4.2/11 5,500 NBC Law & Order: SVU 4.0/10 5,210 Source Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data Monday - A18-49 Analysis: CBS began the week winning Monday night at 3.5/9 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. It was a close call at 8p, yet NBC's Deal or No Deal with 3.1/9 was a smidge ahead of CBS' comedies, How I Met Your Mother/Big Bang Theory at 3.1/8. At 9p, it was the same scenario as NBC's Deal or No Deal won with 3.6/9 barely ahead of CBS' other sitcoms, Two and a Half Men/Rules of Engagement at 3.5/9. Then at 10p, CBS' CSI: Miami was the clear winner at 3.9/10 Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, December 10, 2007 - time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 7.0/11 How I Met Your Mother 5.4/8, The Big Bang Theory [r] 4.8/7, Two and a Half Men [r] 7.3/11, Rules of Engagement [r] 6.0/9, CSI: Miami 9.2/15 NBC: 6.5/10 Deal or No Deal 8.0/12, Journeyman 3.5/6 FOX: 4.2/6 House [r] 5.0/8, K-Ville 3.4/5 ABC: 4.0/6 I Want A Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown [r] 4.3/7, Samantha Who? 4.4/7, Notes from the Underbelly 3.2/5, October Road 3.8/6 UNIV: 1.8/3 Amar Sin Limites 1.7/3, Pasion 1.8/3, Cristina 1.9/3 MNT: 1.5/2 My Monday Night Movie: White Christmas 1.5/2 CW: 1.4/2 Everybody Hates Chris 1.4/2, Aliens in America 1.2/2, Girlfriends 1.4/2, The Game 1.7/3 TELE: 0.6/1 Madre Luna 0.6/1, Victoria 0.7/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.5/1 A18-49: CBS 3.5/9, NBC 2.8/7, ABC 2.4/6, FOX 2.0/5, UNIV 1.4/4, CW 0.9/2, MNT 0.6/1, TELE 0.4/1 A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLEU
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - Wednesday, December 12, 2007 ABC: Pushing Daisies, Private Practice [r], Dirty Sexy Money [r] CBS: Kid Nation, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY CW: America's Next Top Model [f ] , Crowned [p ] FOX: Back to You [r], 'til Death [r], Kitchen Nightmares [f ] ION: Mama's Family, Mama's Family, Who's the Boss?, Who's the Boss?, 48 Hours in ION Television MNT: Movie:102 Dalmatians NBC: Deal or No Deal, Dateline PBS: Wired Science [r], P.O.V. TELE: Madre Luna, Victoria, Pecados Ajenos UNIV: Amar sin Limites, Pasion, Don Francisco Presenta All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free. Copyright Cynopsis 2007 |
