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06-07, 10/1/07-3/13/08, excludes SR. #1 SCRIPTED ORIGINAL PROGRAM OF ALL-TIME ON BASIC CABLE & #1 IN EACH OF ITS 5 SEASONS WITH ADULTS AND WOMEN 18-49! Available from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Cynopsis 03/19/08 Good Morning. It's Wednesday, March 19, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. BBC America has added one renewal, one revival and one new comedy series to its lineup:
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
HBO's miniseries John Adams, based
on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography by David McCullough, opened part
one last Sunday (8p) with 2.5 million viewers while part two, airing the
same night, averaged 2.8 million viewers. CBS will premiere Secret Talents of the Stars on April 8, according to Variety. The network is currently airing promos for the series which is similar to American Idol in concept with stars competing against each other in a variety of talents. Celebrities scheduled to appear include George Takei, Clint Black and Danny Bonaduce. VH1's Scott Baio is 46 ... And Pregnant delivered a 1.2 rating and 1.3 million viewers among A18-49 for the wedding finale episode that aired Sunday (10p). Starz Entertainment renewed the comedy series Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up for a third season with ten 30m episodes starting July 9 at 10p. Production begins on the show April 3-5 at Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C. with comedians performing in front of a live audience. Twenty-six new episodes of Paradise Falls begins April 11 on premium gay television network, here! A diverse cast of characters feature in the storyline that is set in a Northern woods resort spot. Broadcast Evening News Ratings Wrap-Up: The final results for the week of March 10, 2008: NBC: 8.32 million total viewers and 2.0/8 A25-54 ABC: 8.10 million total viewers and 2.0/8 A25-54 CBS: 6.30 million total viewers and 1.6/6 A25-54 UPFRONT UPDATE: SCI FI Channel At its upfront presentation last night in NYC, the SCI FI Channel unveiled plans for several projects in development. The scripted projects include:
The following are reality projects in development at SCI FI:
~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
FOX ordered a comedy pilot The Inn
starring Niecy Nash of Reno 911. Set in a chic New York hotel, The Inn is
written by Abraham Higginbotham and will be produced by 20th Century Fox
TV, Reveille and Principato-Young.Exit 19 is a new drama presentation picked up by CBS starring Geena Davis. Written by Jeff Bell, Davis will portray a homicide detective in Manhattan while juggling two kids as a single mom in the suburbs of Long Island. CBS Paramount and ABC Studios will produce. Harpo Productions made a development agreement with Kirstie Alley for future television projects including a potential daily stripped program. Alchemy Reality, the non-scripted division of Alchemy Television Group announced four projects in development:
Correction: A. Smith & Co. is not involved with the new cooking reality show The Chopping Block for NBC produced by Granada America. A. Smith & Co. does co-produce two other cooking reality shows with Granada America, Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares.
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CYNOPSIS DIGITAL - TODAY'S
TOP
STORY:
Facebook took some major steps
toward shoring up privacy concerns of its 67 million users and confirmed
that a new chat application is in the works. New privacy controls,
launching this morning, allow subcategories of friends to be created with
separate filters set for each that limit their access to your content.
Users can also choose to blacklist certain people or friends. Facebook
Chat, planned to launch in the coming weeks, will act as an overlay that
sits at the bottom of a user's web browser enabling one-on-one
Meebo-style chats.
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~ RATINGS ~
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad
Supported Network Rankings among
A18-49
for the week
of: 3/10-3/16/08Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000) TBSC 1260 NAN* 642 USA 1254 TNT 620 TNT 933 TBSC 616 CMDY 785 NICK 580 FX 733 USA 565 AEN 706 ESPN 481 MTV 681 ADSM* 466 HIST 648 FX 439 ESPN 627 AEN 413 SPK 613 LIF 405 VH1 613 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: 3/10-3/16/08 Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000) USA 2793 NICK 2294 TNT 1998 NAN* 1456 TBSC 1995 USA 1262 FOXN 1935 TNT 1219 NAN 1697 TBSC 990 LIF 1540 FOXN 984 AEN 1460 TOON 924 HIST 1441 ADSM* 897 SPK 1420 LIF 889 FX 1353 ESPN 827 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: 3/10-3/16/08 USA WWE Entertainment 10p 2999 USA WWE Entertainment 9p 2741 CMDY South Park 2324 VH1 Rock of Love 2 2021 TBSC House of Payne 1904 MTV America's Best Dance Crew 1824 USA WWE Entertainment 8p 1792 MTV RW/RR Gauntlet 3 1766 USA National Treasure 1755 TBSC Family Guy 3/11 930p 1748 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 3/10-3/16/08 FOX American Idol Tuesday 11.0/28 14,390 FOX American Idol Wednesday 10.3/26 13,440 ABC Lost 4.9/13 6,460 CBS Survivor: Micronesia 4.3/13 5,680 FOX The Moment of Truth 4.2/12 5,550 ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 4.1/11 5,360 CBS Two and a Half Men 3.8/10 5,040 ABC Oprah's Big Give 3.6/9 4,720 FOX Family Guy 3.5/9 4,540 CBS Old Christine 3.4/8 4,420 Source Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data Monday - A18-49 Analysis: ABC took home the pot o' gold Monday night with 4.4/12 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC's sixth season opener of Dancing with the Stars at 8p ranked #1 at 5.6/16. During 9p, new episodes of Two and a Half Men and Old Christine on CBS averaged a winning 4.9/12 ahead of ABC's Dancing final half-hour and the start of The Bachelor: London Calling at 4.4/11. At 10p, the full hour portion of ABC's The Bachelor season premiere and NBC's Medium tied for first at 3.3/9 each. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, March 17, 2008 - time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. ABC: 9.5/15 Dancing with the Stars [p] 13.3/21, The Bachelor: London Calling [p] 5.6/9 CBS: 6.6/11 The Big Bang Theory 5.4/9, How I Met Your Mother 5.8/9, Two and a Half Men 8.5/13, The New Adventures of Old Christine 7.1/11, CSI: Miami [r] 6.4/11 NBC: 5.2/8 My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad 2.8/5, Deal or No Deal 6.2/10, Medium 6.4/11 FOX: 4.1/6 Canterbury's Law 3.6/6, New Amsterdam 4.5/7 UNIV: 1.9/3 Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.3/4, Pasion 1.9/3, Cristina 1.6/3 CW: 1.0/2 Gossip Girl [r] 0.9/1, Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious 1.1/2 TELE: 0.7/1 La Traicion 0.5/1, Victoria 0.9/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.6/1 MNT: 0.6/1 Celebrity Expose [r] 0.6/1, Paradise Hotel 2 0.5/1 A18-49: ABC 4.4/12, CBS 4.0/10, NBC 2.6/7, FOX 2.0/5, UNIV 1.6/4, CW 0.6/2, MNT 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Private Label Radio, a unit of DMI Music
& Media Solutions, added Joan Gerberding as SVP/Advertiser
Solutions. In her new role, Joan will head development of the
company's national advertising sales force.Titan Worldwide upgraded Natalie Tomasella to U.S. Marketing Strategy and Communications Manager and Ben Mumford to Head/Creative in the U.K. Natalie will now manage research, public relations, strategic planning and event management for all U.S. based company activities. She will report to David Etherington, SVP/Worldwide Marketing Director. Ben's duties will encompass all creative activities in the U.K. involving marketing. He will report to Sally Henley, Head/Marketing Communications and Creative. Henry Hoberman joined RHI Entertainment as EVP/General Counsel, starting immediately. He will provide oversight for all business and legal affairs for the company and Human Resources, reporting to Robert Halmi, Jr., President/CEO. Most recently Henry was with The Walt Disney Company/ABC, Inc. where he served as SVP of ABC, Inc. Media Storm tapped Gregg Rothberg as Head/Strategic Marketing and Integration. Gregg will work out of Media Storm's Norwalk, CT office and the firm's new offices in Lower Manhattan and will manage such clients as NBC Universal Digital Distribution, Magnolia Films and HDNet among others. Gary Jones advanced to President of PorchLight Home Entertainment, a division of PorchLight Entertainment. Gary started at PorchLight as a SVP in early 2007 to supervise the launch of a home entertainment unit for the company. Since then, he has managed acquisitions, sales, marketing and operations of the label. Michael DuPont was made VP/Advertising Sales for Oxygen Media in charge of network sales across all platforms. He will report to Steve Mandala, EVP/Cable Ad Sales for NBCU as well as Lauren Zalaznick, President/Bravo Media and Oxygen Media. ACME Brand Content Company announced three executive changes: Robby Wells is now Chief Strategy Officer; Chantre Randolph was named Development Manager; and David F. Caruso comes to ACME as President and will focus on partnerships with leading brands to develop new consumer-focused products. Mike Miller moves up to Executive Director/Advanced Media for the Midwest Region with Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales arm of Comcast Cable. Mike will head the Midwest Advanced Media group in the areas of strategy and sales for VOD, on demand publishing, interactive TV and online advertising. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLEU
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For producers : network needs, trends and programs in development. For programmers : performance analysis, programming strategies and scheduling changes. U NEED CABLEU! Take advantage of our MIPTV to MIPCOM Special: 6 months of unlimited access to everything on CableU, for only $499! Available for a limited time.* Click here for more. www.CableU.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. *Offer expires 4/30/08. This day in History: 1977 - After seven seasons, the final episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show aired on CBS. After winning an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series three years in a row -1975, 1976, and 1977, the final episode pulled in one of the largest rating shares in television history and it won an Emmy for writing. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: "Give that man (or lady) twenty silver dollars!" was commonly shouted on what classic TV game show? DR. I.Q. (1953-54 hosted by Jay Owen/James McClain and 1958-59 hosted by Tom Kennedy) Kudos to: David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NY; Ginny Ziders-Retirement Living TV/Columbia, MD; Danielle Fallon-Cmedia/Exton, PA; Greg Stout-Comcast Spotlight/Indianapolis; Skip Engle-Editech, Inc./Omaha, NE; Steve Leblang- FX Network/PST; Mike Heflin-Cannella Response/LA; David Scott Jones-Marleigh Entertainment/LA Today's Trivia Question: Another oldie, but a goodie ... Pete and Gladys (1960-1962) was a sitcom about Pete Porter and his scatterbrained wife, Gladys. This series was a spin-off from what long-running TV show? ( 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.) A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TV GUIDE NETWORK
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - Wednesday, March 19, 2008 ABC: Wife Swap, Supernanny, Men In Trees AZTECA: Camino a la Justicia, Cambio de Vida, Bellezas Indomables CBS: Survivor: Fans vs. Faves, Big Brother 9, CSI: NY [r] CW: America's Next Top Model, Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious FOX: The Moment of Truth, American Idol (Results) ION: Mama's Family, Mama's Family, Drew Carey Show, Drew Carey Show, Baywatch MNT: Whacked Out Videos, Whacked Out Videos [r], Easter's Funniest Moments NBC: Law & Order: CI [r], Law & Order: CI [r], Law & Order PBS: PBS Previews: Carrier [r], Ribbon of Sand [r], Great Performances [r] TELE: La Traicion, Victoria, Pecados Ajenos UNIV: Al Diablo con los Guapos, Pasion, Don Francisco Presenta All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free. Copyright Cynopsis 2008 |
