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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
FROM WARNER BROS.
DOMESTIC CABLE DISTRIBUTION
NIP/TUCK CONTINUES WINNING STREAK
IN SEASON 5!
Source: NHI Galaxy Explorer, L+SD Cvg Rtg. wk
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sports,kids & PC, GD type codes. Bcast comptn based wk of 12/10
Prime, W18-34 L+SD US Rtg.English spkng nets.#1 On Basic Cable with Women 18-34 TOPS BROADCAST PROGRAMS TOO! Beats: Ugly Betty, NCIS, K-Ville, Journeyman, 'Til Death, Everybody Hates Chris, Dirty Sexy Money, Back to You First 4 Seasons Available For Your Broadcast or Cable Network Now! Cynopsis 12/19/07 Good Morning. It's Wednesday, December 19, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live will return with new episodes starting January 2. In a statement released by the network, host Kimmel said "Though it makes me sick to do so without my writers, there are more than a hundred people whose financial well-being depends on our show. It is time to go back to work. I support my colleagues and friends in the WGA completely and hope this ends both fairly and soon." Meanwhile, Letterman's WorldWide Pants continues to try to work a deal with the WGA so Letterman and Ferguson can return on January 2 with writers. Tonight's Finale: NBC: Journeyman at 10p
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
NBC will repurpose two USA Network
series, Monk and Psych, giving both series a potential
larger audience. New episodes of both series will air first on USA in
January then repeat on Sunday nights in March on NBC. Tribune Entertainment has closed its syndication distribution unit, though it will continue with its ad sales services, per Variety. For the shows the distribution arm had been handling including American Idol Rewind, the Dreamworks movie package, Ag Day and Soul Train, new distributors will be named for each of these shows. Earlier this year, Family Feud was moved to Debmar-Mercury. Broadcast Evening News Ratings Wrap-Up: The gap continues to widen between NBC's Nightly News and ABC's World News, particularly with total viewers. The results for the week of December 10, 2007: NBC: 9.30 million total viewers and 2.2/8 A25-54 (think Michael Douglas' voice has had anything to do with this? naw .... this was before his time) ABC: 8.86 million total viewers and 2.1/8 A25-54 CBS: 6.82 million total viewers and 1.8/7 A25-54 Showtime's season finale of Dexter Sunday night (9p) pulled in nearly 1.4 million total viewers, +14% more viewers than the season one finale at 1.2 million. VH1's Monday night season finale of I Love New York 2 (9p) delivered 3.6 million A18-49 viewers, earning a 3.2 A18-49 rating. The final episode also drew in 5.4 million total viewers. Anime Network will introduce four VOD television series next month:
The FCC voted along party lines to relax media cross-ownership rules in place for more than 30 years. The new rule allows media companies to own both broadcast stations and newspapers in the top 20 U.S. markets, hoping to give relief to ailing papers by allowing them to compete on multiple platforms. The Democrats on the committee also joined with Chairman Kevin Martin to cap cable subscriber ownership at 30%. The cross-ownership ruling was opposed by a group of 25 senators from both parties, who sent a letter a day before the vote warning they would take legal measures against it if it were passed. Meanwhile, a decision on regulations regarding product placement and integration on television was postponed to a later date. TVN Entertainment Corp. and Illusion TV formed a new multiyear, multiplatform partnership to launch and distribute Illusion On-Demand. TVN will distribute the free VOD network to 22 partner outlets including AT&T U-verse, RCN and Verizon. Programming on Illusion On-Demand consists of action series, news, talk, anime and movies in the sci-fi, fantasy and comic book genres.
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Susanne Smith McAvoy was appointed
VP/Ad Sales Marketing for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie
Channel. Based at the network's New York office, Susanne will
supervise the ad sales marketing team and is charged with increasing ad
sales revenue by creating and executing strategic marketing and
promotional efforts. She will report jointly to Bill Abbott,
EVP/Advertising Sales and Laura Masse, EVP/Marketing.Len Randazzo moves up to GSM of KUKC/Kansas City, the Univision station owned by Equity Media Holdings Corporation. Len will spearhead national and local sales efforts on behalf of the station. Joe Weber will resign as Manager/Media Distribution and Development at Red Bull N.A. effective December 31. While employed with Red Bull for six years, he was responsible for the development and creation of nearly 200 programs that aired on ESPN, OLN, FOX Sports and Showtime among other networks. Joe will reinstate his company M3, Media, Marketing & Management, a media consulting firm with outlets in Los Angeles and Dallas/Ft. Worth. M3 Television tapped former Dancing with the Stars Senior Producer Victoria Mercado Guinto as Senior Producer responsible for a portion of M3's field production and execution. Based in Burbank, Victoria will report to Andy Meyers, President. Kelly Burkhard was made Senior Talent Booker for syndicated morning talk show Live with Regis and Kelly. Previously, Kelly was the talent booker for Live, starting with the show in 1997. She will now manage the booking of all celebrity guests for the show while based in New York.
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Top Ten Basic Cable Ad
Supported Network Rankings among
A18-49
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12/10-12/16/07Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000) USA 1387 TBSC 658 TBSC 1293 TNT 654 TNT 1213 USA 626 FAM 1141 ESPN 593 ESPN 1027 NICK 570 MTV 817 NAN* 550 AEN 711 FAM 525 LIF 698 ADSM* 493 SPK 665 LIF 478 FX 636 AEN 426 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: 12/10-12/16/07 Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000) USA 2950 NICK 2060 FAM 2580 USA 1304 TNT 2455 TNT 1267 TBSC 2265 NAN* 1223 LIF 2028 LIF 1175 ESPN 1989 FAM 1173 HALL 1789 TBSC 1094 FOXN 1540 TOON 1031 AEN 1483 ESPN 993 NAN 1415 HALL 908 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: 12/10-12/16/07 ESPN Saints/Falcons 4153 MTV The Hills 3481 USA WWE Entertainment 10p 3233 USA WWE Entertainment 9p 3027 MTV Hills Live Aftershow 2943 USA WWE Entertainment 8p 2439 TNT LOTR: Return of the King 2410 VH1 I Love New York 2 2372 BRAV Project Runway 2156 TBSC Family Guy 1993 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 12/10-12/16/07 CBS CSI 6.1/16 7,950 FOX The OT 5.4/15 7,100 NBC NBC Sunday Night Football 5.3/13 6,950 CBS Survivor: China Finale 5.2/12 6,750 FOX The Simpsons 4.8/12 6,310 CBS Survivor: China 4.6/13 6,010 CBS Survivor: China Reunion 4.5/11 5,920 ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 4.2/10 5,480 FOX Family Guy 4.2/10 5,540 CBS CSI: NY 4.1/11 5,320 Source Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data Monday - A18-49 Analysis: CBS led Monday night at 3.3/9 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. Despite two premieres at 8p, the House repeat on FOX won this hour with 2.6/7, followed by NBC's new Clash of the Choirs at 2.3/7 and coming in fourth was ABC's Duel at 2.2/6. Then at 9p, CBS' double reruns of Two and a Half Men averaged a winning 3.7/9, while the second half of NBC's Clash of the Choirs came next at 2.6/7. CBS finished first at 10p with CSI: Miami at 3.9/10 and ABC's October Road and NBC's Journeyman tied for second at 1.5/4 each. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, December 17, 2007 - time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 7.1/11 How I Met Your Mother [r] 4.3/7, The Big Bang Theory [r] 4.4/7, Two and a Half Men [r] 7.2/11, Two and a Half Men [r] 7.5/11, CSI: Miami 9.5/16 NBC: 4.6/7 Clash of the Choirs [p] 5.3/8, Journeyman 3.0/5 FOX: 4.2/7 House [r] 5.0/8, K-Ville 3.4/5 ABC: 3.5/6 Duel [p] 4.3/7, Notes from the Underbelly 2.2/3, October Road 2.8/5 UNIV: 1.7/3 Amar Sin Limites 1.7/3, Pasion 1.8/3, Cristina 1.6/3 CW: 1.1/2 Everybody Hates Chris 1.3/2, Aliens in America 1.0/2, Girlfriends 1.0/2, The Game 1.0/2 MNT: 0.7/1 Olive, the Other Reindeer 0.8/1, Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen [r] 0.6/1 TELE: 0.6/1 Madre Luna 0.6/1, Victoria 0.8/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.5/1 A18-49: CBS 3.3/9, FOX 2.1/6, NBC 2.1/6, ABC 1.8/5, UNIV 1.4/4, CW 0.6/2, TELE 0.5/1, MNT 0.3/1 A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLEU Have U taken advantage of our Cram Session Special? Get one month of unlimited access to everything on CableU for only $150* Click here to sign up now! 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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - Wednesday, December 19, 2007 ABC: Duel, Private Practice [r], A Holiday Celebration at Ford's Theatre CBS: Frosty the Snowman [r], Frosty Returns [r], Criminal Minds, CSI: NY CW: Crowned, Gossip Girl FOX: Back to You [r], 'til Death [r], Kitchen Nightmares [r ] ION: Mama's Family, Mama's Family, TBA, Who's the Boss?, Diagnosis Murder MNT: World Music Awards [r] NBC: Clash of the Choirs, Journeyman [f] PBS: Wired Science, Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Sissel, Christmas at St. Olaf: Where Peace and Hope and Love Abide 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 |
