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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM
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HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL
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Cable service"(excludes commercial free networks).All movies. All family. All for you. #1 network your subscribers want Call 818.755.2510 to launch Insidehallmarkchannel.com Cynopsis 09/26/08 Good morning. It's Friday, September 26, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight's Special: If it's not postponed ... First Presidential Debate at 9p: 90-minute Live Presentation from University of Mississippi ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, BBC America, CNN, FOX News Channel, MSNBC (check listings for all participating networks) Tonight's Finales: CMT: Gone Country at 8p; Country Fried Home Videos at 930p The CW: *Last night of WWE Friday Night Smackdown! airing on this network; moves to MyNetworkTV on October 3 Saturday's Premiere: CBS: 48 Hours Mystery at 10p Sunday's Premieres: ABC: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition at 7p; Desperate Housewives at 9p; Brothers & Sisters at 10p CBS: 60 Minutes (41st season premiere) at 7p; The Amazing Race at 8p; Cold Case at 9p; The Unit at 10p FOX: The Simpsons (20th season premiere) at 8p; King of the Hill at 830p; Family Guy at 9p; American Dad at 930p Showtime: Dexter at 9p; Californication at 10p HBO: Little Britain at 1030p; The Life & Times of Tim at 11p
Branding Program
for media and entertainment executives. Nov 17-19 NYC.
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
Normally this type of announcement would
appear under Executive Moves, but I couldn't wait to tell you ... How
exciting is this? Chuck Bolkcom named President and Chief
Operating Officer of Cynopsis Media LLC, effective October
1! Yep, that's us! In this newly-established position at
Cynopsis, Chuck will oversee the company's strategic development of
sales, marketing, product, and operations. Pretty cool, huh!
Chuck makes the move to Cynopsis from Vuze Inc., a broadband video
content delivery network, where he was VP/Advertising Sales. Prior
to Vuze, Chuck was at Reed Business Information as Group Publisher of the
Reed Television Group, during which he led a major turn-around of both
Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News
magazines. At PricewaterhouseCoopers, he was a Director in the PwC
Entertainment, Media and Communications advisory practice. Can you tell
we're pretty excited about this?! You can reach Chuck via email at
, give him a
shout.Oxygen picked up the exclusive cable rights to reality competition series America's Next Top Model from CBS Television Distribution. Top Model joins Oxygen's lineup next January and the network has the rights to the full library of episodes including those from the current 11th cycle airing now on The CW, the 12th cycle which is currently in production as well as repeat episodes of any future cycles. Top Model is produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with Bankable Productions. MTV's programming lineup on October 4 will document celebrity stunts celebrities that lands them behind bars as well as an event that showcases crazy misdemeanors live. The series debut of MTV Ranked opens at 530p with a one-hour special, Celebrity Busts: Ranked. At 630p, MTV will air a 30m Busted followed by Busted: Live at 7p, a three-hour, real-time event where Busted cameras will ride around with law enforcement in Ohio and Maryland looking to capture zany crimes. MTV also announced it will return the reality series From G's to Gents for a second season. Produced by 51 Minds and executive produced by Jamie Foxx for FoxxKing Entertainment, a new crop of bad boys who want to change their ways will be documented during 10 new episodes that begin first quarter 2009. Author/recording artist, Fonzworth Bentley will continue to host.
~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
CBS Paramount Network TV will develop a
television series based on a new series of mystery novels by Judi
McCoy, according to Variety. CBS Paramount optioned
Hounding the Pavement, the first of a three-book deal which will
be published by Penguin paperback division Obsidian Mysteries next March.
Juniper Place Productions' Jeffrey Kramer will produce the TV series and
Hy Conrad (Monk) will adapt the book for television. Hounding the
Pavement is about a Manhattan dogwalker who tries to find out who
murdered her client with help from her doggie charges. For those who loved the 1970s version of The Partridge Family a modern-day edition of the family series is in the works by Reveille and Geffen Records in collaboration with the original rights holder, Sony Pictures TV, reports Variety. Jeff Rake (Cashmere Mafia) will write the script as well as executive produce along with Reveille executives and Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine and Geffen Records chairman Ron Fair. The series idea is currently being pitched to networks with a commitment expected soon. The genesis of the project came from talks between Fair and Howard Owens, Managing Director of Reveille who wanted to develop a family series that merges with the music industry. Specifics on the show are sketchy yet those involved say the new version will look nothing like the old which ran on ABC from 1970-74. HBO optioned the Tom Wolfe novel I Am Charlotte Simmons and is in the initial phase of developing an hour-long series, per Variety. Tina Brown and Bill Haber of Ostar Productions will produce and the duo is seeking a writer for the pilot. The 2004 novel is about a poor yet smart young woman from the South who goes to a fictional Ivy League university on a full scholarship as a freshman and encounters a social and sexual awakening. Casting Call: Food Network announced a national talent search has begun for season five of The Next Food Network Star. Amateur and professional chefs are encouraged to apply. A three-minute audition tape describing why applicants should be the network's new find should be submitted by the deadline date of October 31, 2008. Applications and contest rules can be found at www.FoodNetwork.com ; click on "Be on Food Network". In addition, the network will host several open casting calls with casting directors on hand and applicants should bring the application, a photograph and resume/bio. The open call cities include: Washington, D.C. October 3; New York City October 6; Los Angeles October 15; Charleston October 23; Portland, OR October 23; and Philadelphia October 29.
~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL - TODAY'S
TOP STORY:
The US music industry has
finally reached a deal regarding mechanical royalties for songs played by
online music services for streaming and limited music downloads. The
agreement, which now has to be approved by US Copyright Royalty
Judges, proposes that interactive webcasters and online subscriptions
services pay a straightforward royalty rate of 10.5% of revenue.
National Music Publishers Association President David Israelite
referred to the deal as an "historic agreement," ensuring that
songwriters and publishers can now "thrive" in the digital age.
However the agreement leaves performance royalties that must be paid to
music labels in place, (which increase from $.0014 per song, per listener
this year to $.0019 per song, per listener in 2010.) These rates are
expected to cripple independent radio stations and web 2.0 services like
Pandora, which has already warned that it may have to pack it in if the
fee structure isn't amended.
Full
edition:
CYN
DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS - TODAY'S TOP STORY: Ahoy thar Johnny! Johnny Depp will be back as Captain Jack Sparrow in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean 4. But Disney has Depp re-teaming with director Tim Burton to take on the role of the Mad Hatter in Burton's stop-motion animated adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (2010). Depp will also play Tonto in Disney's movie version of The Lone Ranger (2010), produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. Full edition: CYN KIDS. CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL - TODAY'S TOP STORY: The National Hockey League and Hong Kong's All Sports Network signed a multi-year agreement for the rights to broadcast the NHL across all TV platforms, including HDTV and IPTV in most of Asia (including the Indian sub-continent). The content will be offered on ASN, a new channel Yes TV, with over 130 NHL regular-season games. Korean distribution of NHL games on ASN will start in the second year of the deal. The deal excludes Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL.
~ RATINGS ~
Wednesday - A18-49
Analysis: CBS had a
premiere-studded Wednesday night which ranked #1 at 3.6/10
A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media
Research. At 8p, ABC won with Dancing with the Stars Results at
3.6/10 followed by FOX's Bones at 3.1/9, NBC's series debut of Knight
Rider at 2.5/7 and CBS' season opener of Old Christine at 2.1/6 and new
series Gary Unmarried at 2.4/7 (830p). In the 9p hour, the season start
of CBS' Criminal Minds did best at 4.7/12. Then during the 10p time
period, CBS stayed in the lead with the season premiere of CSI: NY at
4.0/11, while the ABC David Blaine special and NBC's season opener of
Lipstick Jungle was a virtual tie at 2.4/6 each. *Note: Nielsen did not rate the unscheduled live speech from President Bush at 9p; regularly scheduled shows continued as planned following the address. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD CBS: 8.0/13 The New Adventures of Old Christine [p] 4.3/7, Gary Unmarried [p] 4.5/7, Criminal Minds [p] 10.5/16, CSI: NY [p] 9.2/16 NBC: 5.1/8 Knight Rider [p] 4.5/7, America's Got Talent 6.6/10, Lipstick Jungle [p] 4.4/7 FOX: 4.2/7 Bones 6.0/10, 'Til Death 2.5/4, Do Not Disturb 2.4/4 UNIV: 2.2/4 Cuidado con El Angel 1.9/3, Fuego en la Sangre 2.4/4, Don Francisco Presenta 2.1/4 CW: 2.1/3 America's Next Top Model 2.8/4, 90210 [r] 1.5/2 TELE: 0.6/1 El Juramento 0.4/1, Dona Barbara 0.7/1, Rumbo Pregame 0.5/1 A18-49: CBS 3.6/10, ABC 2.9/8, NBC 2.5/7, FOX 2.2/6, UNIV 1.7/5, CW 1.6/4, TELE 0.4/1, MNT 0.3/1
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Horizon Media hired Kathy Begley
as VP/Managing Director for the local radio and promotions group
based in Los Angeles. Kathy will report to Lauren Russo, VP/Managing
Director, Local Radio. Rachel Lizerbram Sandler advanced to Head of TV Land Communications. Rachel will continue to be based in New York and will supervise all publicity, media relations and internal communications for TV Land and TV Land PRIME as well as specials, acquisitions, website, marketing initiatives and external partnerships. In addition, she will be a part of the TV Land strategy group and will be involved in the development and implementation of TV Land PRIME original programs. Rachel reports direct to Larry W. Jones, President, TV Land. Online sports entertainment site, OPEN Sports recruited Martin Berman as VP/Sales to lead the company's sales team and develop partnerships. Prior to this appointment, Martin was with Integrate Marketing, LLC where he was President/CEO. Warner Bros. Pictures upped Robert A. Fisher to EVP/Financial Investments. Robert will still manage business with various government agencies on the development of policies involved with film production. Roberts has been with Warner Bros. since 1983. Keith Fenimore was appointed Senior Producer for Howard TV On Demand. Keith will produce original series and specials based on the Howard Stern Show for the VOD network that is distributed by iN DEMAND Networks in New York City. Hamilton Fisher was upgraded to Manager/News Promotion at BBC America. Hamilton will write and produce on-air promotions for BBC World News America in New York and Washington, D.C. and will report to Andrew Jackson, SVP/Marketing. Clear Channel Katz Advantage hired Karine McMaster and Linda Saye as Directors/Marketing Advantage based in Atlanta. Karine will work with advertisers and agencies and is charged with growing new business relationships while Linda will develop new strategic partnerships with agencies. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLE U
MIPCOM is
coming.
Do U Know Enough? Act now! CableU .tv's Back to School Special is in its final week www.Cableu.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. Friday Fun Fact: Oysters can change their gender ... and back again. Talented little suckers. This day in History: 1991 - Four men and four women began a two-year stay inside a sealed-off structure in Oracle, Arizona, called Biosphere Two. The project was intended to develop technology for future space colonies. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: As of the show's the third season, who sang the theme song to the TV show Eight Is Enough? GRANT GOODEVE (he played David Bradford on the show) Kudos to: Karen Daniel-Pixel Pictures/Knoxville, TN; Megan Morahan-NBCU/NY; Tim Dempsey-Versus/Philadelphia; Tanya Seeman-EBSPRO, Inc./NY; Joe E. 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Post your Situation Wanted Ad here -- Email for specs. WHAT'S ON TONIGHT - Friday, September 26, 2008 ABC: 20/20, ABC News Vote '08: Presidential Debate AZTECA: Camino a la Fama, Viernes Espectacular: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome CBS: The Mentalist (Pilot) [r], CBS News of the First Presidential Debate CW: Friday Night Smackdown! FOX: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Presidential Debate ION: Movie: Captains Courageous [7p], Movie: The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence MNT: 2008 Tour of Gymnastics Superstars, Celebrity Expose [r] NBC: America's Toughest Jobs, Presidential Debate #1 PBS: Washington Week, Now on PBS, Presidential Debate TELE: El Juramento, Decision 2008: Debate Presidencial UNIV: Cuidado con el Angel, Fuego en la Sangre, La Rosa de Guadalupe Cynopsis Media LLC One Corporate Drive, Suite 724 Shelton, CT 06484 203.926.9878 All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free. Copyright Cynopsis 2008 ![[]](http://media.cynopsis.com/rss/syndication/feed.gif){kind=small}
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