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10/30/08

Good morning. It's Thursday, October 30, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing.  

Tonight's Premiere:
NBC: 30 Rock at 930p

Tonight's Finale:
Showtime: Comics Without Borders at 1030p

ReelzChannel Searches For The Ultimate Twilight Fan.

~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~

Several U.S. Senators, headed by Arlen Specter (R-PA) delivered a letter to Roger Goodell, NFL commissioner late Tuesday, calling out the League for airing specific games only on the NFL Network starting November 6 and saying the NFL Network is showing an "interest in moving toward a pay television model." In response to the Senator's letter, the NFL Network issued a statement assuring Sen. Specter of its goal to provide NFL games to a national audience. The statement further mentions the NFL Network's current struggle with major cable operators, chiefly Comcast and Time Warner Cable who have limited NFL Network's carriage to more pricey tiers. The NFL network also asked for Sen. Specter's help on negotiations with Comcast and Time Warner and others so the upcoming eight-game package will be available to all viewers. Recently, the FCC Media Bureau ruled Comcast has discriminated and retaliated against the NFL Network thus rebuking consumers.

Great American Country (GAC) will bring back the series Introducing ..., the network's look at emerging country music artists, this Saturday at 1030p. The first artist profiled is Jamey Johnson hailing from Montgomery, AL the home of legendary country star Hank Williams, Sr. who is being called "this generation's next Hank Williams."

Super Tuesday Election Night Coverage:

• BBC World News will provide additional coverage November 4 across 166 PBS stations nationwide. In addition to the usual 30m broadcast, BBC World News will have a one-hour special starting at 2a ET showing up-to-date results and bringing in its special correspondents from battleground states. BBC World News will also offer special election results programming to its stations throughout the evening.
• TV One opens its election night coverage at 7p ET with the live Election Night 08: A Vote for Change special. TV One will have correspondents in various locations including the headquarters of Barack Obama and John McCain; at the TV One Election Newsroom; and based at the AP's national vote epicenter. The live reporting will be headed by Arthur Fennel, Joe Madison and Jacque Reid and the trio will be joined by analysts such as pollster Shawnta Walcott, commentators Michael Eric Dyson and Tom Joyner and CNN analyst Roland Martin who will be reporting live from CNN Election Headquarters in New York.

A&E Network introduces a new reality crime show with Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force premieres December 9 at 10p. Viewers will follow agents of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force NY/NJ Division based in New York City as they ferret out the most violent criminals. Twenty-one 30m episodes will be available to the network from Stars & Stripes Media, Inc.

VH1 Classic debuts a new series taking a look at the heavy metal music genre over the last 40 years. The Metal Show opens November 15 at 11p, and features three hosts  Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson as well as special guests who will all debate about which bands remain on top of the pack and which have gone by the wayside. The 30m show is produced by VH1 Classic.

USA Network is switching the eighth season premiere of Law & Order: Criminal Intent to first quarter 2009, allowing the network to air 16 episodes without a break.

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~ DISTRIBUTION, CLEARANCE & CARRIAGE ~

LIN TV and Time Warner Cable hashed out a new retransmission-consent agreement following a nearly month-long blackout. Fifteen LIN TV stations (including three under Bright House Networks) will have their broadcast signals returned to 1.5 million subscribers effective immediately. In early October, TWC pulled the 15 stations off of its and Bright House Networks' systems in Austin, Buffalo, Columbus, Dayton, Ft. Wayne, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Mobile, Springfield, MA, Terri Haute and Toledo once the expiration date of the old transmission-consent pact with LIN TV was reached. TWC also refused LIN TV's 30 cents per station license fee. Financial terms of this new deal were not disclosed.

DIRECTV, Inc. added History en espanol on DIRECTV Mas, the satellite provider's Spanish and English-language service. The 24-hour History en espanol, offering programming from the U.S. and Latin America will now be available to distributors and subscribers nationwide.

Retro Television Network (RTN) made an agreement with Newport Television LLC for its programming to air on WAWS/Jacksonville and WLMT/Memphis.

~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~

E! announced a season two renewal for the 30m reality series Denise Richards. New episodes will begin production early next year and will follow the actress as she gets into physical shape for movies, pilots and other acting projects all the while surrounded by her supportive family and friends. The series is produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions with Ryan Seacrest and Richards as executive producers and Eliot Goldberg as co-executive producer.

Robert Downey Jr. inked a four-film deal with Marvel Studios. The deal includes the first Iron Man movie as well as reprising his Tony Stark character for Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3. The fourth titles is in addition to The Avengers about a team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain American, Hulk, Wasp, Giant Man, Hawkeye and Thor. The Avengers, slated for release in 2011, also brings in director Jon Favreau from Iron Man and Iron Man 2 as executive producer. Don Cheadle will also appear in The Avengers as Stark's best friend, Jim Rhodes aka War Machine.

Big Man on Campus, from Hurricane Entertainment and Premier Partnerships, will begin on Fox Sports Net nationally in second and third quarter 2009 airing on Fridays at 4p. The series has college student teams from top universities battle each other in various strength and endurance contests over seven initial episodes. In the final episode, the best two schools' teams will compete for a $50,000 grand prize. Fox Sports Net will also air each original episode the next Monday morning at 11a.

SCI FI Channel is moving forward on production for GameQuest (wt) a reality competition series to find the ultimate gamer in the U.S., according to THR. Scheduled to open in first quarter with eight episodes, the series is produced by Granada America and World Cyber Games with Samsung Electronics as the official series production partner. Twelve contestants will play top game titles, maneuvering through elimination challenges in front of hundreds of audience members. The final winner will receive a prize package consisting of $100,000 and trips to upcoming World Cyber Game events.

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CYNOPSIS DIGITAL - TODAY'S TOP STORY:  After more than two years of haggling, Google reached a landmark agreement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers over compensation for Google Book Search, the company's massive book scan project that gives users digital access to previews of books. The search giant has agreed to pay $125 million in exchange for the right to make up to 20% of copyrighted works available to users, who in turn will have the option to buy the complete work in digital format from the site. Google took a scan first, settle the legal conflict later strategy when in launched the Library Project in 2006. The company has signed more than 20,000 publishers and authors to its Partner Program and has scanned thousands of titles from city and university libraries such as the New York Public Library. With a deal now in place, Google will be able to vastly expand its catalog to include leading bestsellers and out-of-print books that can be tough to track down in print format.  Full edition: CYN DIGITAL.

CYNOPSIS KIDS - TODAY'S TOP STORY: Marvel Studios completes deals with Robert Downey Jr., director Jon Favreau and Don Cheadle for Iron Man 2 and the movie of The Avengers, both of which will be distributed by Paramount Pictures.  Under a four-year deal with the studio Robert Downey Jr., the actor will re-team with director Jon Favreau and Marvel Studios to star as Tony Stark in for a second Iron Man movie and The Avengers.  Marvel Studios has also inked a deal with actor Don Cheadle to star as Colonel James "Rhodey" Rhodes in Iron Man 2, The Avengers and subsequent movies based on the Iron Man franchise.  Cheadle takes over the role from Terrance Howard who played Rhodey in the first Iron Man (May 2, 2008).  Iron Man 2 is slated for theatrical release on May 7, 2010, with The Avengers set for July 15, 2011.    Full edition: CYN KIDS.

CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL - TODAY'S TOP STORY:  As part of its new Digital TV KINDER kids package launched this week, Unitymedia, a German cable operator in NRW and Hesse, debuted BabyTV with both English- and German-language versions of the channel.  In addition, a BabyTV website will launch in Germany during 2009.  The channel is already available in Germany through KBW and Arcor.  Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL.

~ RATINGS ~

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 10/13-10/19/08 ranked by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                   6.9 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                               5.6 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                 5.0 AA / 6.6 GAA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD)                               4.7 AA / 4.8 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                            4.2 AA / 6.4 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                            4.1 AA / 4.1 GAA
Family Guy (2/T)                                             3.4 AA / 4.0 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                 3.3 AA / 3.8 GAA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD)                                         3.2 AA / 3.3 GAA
George Lopez (WB)                                          3.2 AA / 4.6 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

NEW M-F Syndicated Strip Series ratings for HH (10/13-10/19/08):
House of Payne (2/T)                                       2.1 AA / 2.6 GAA
Deal or No Deal (NBU)                                       1.8 AA / 2.2 GAA
Doctors (CTD)                                                 1.5 AA
Judge Karen (SPT)                                           1.0 AA / 1.4 GAA
Bonnie Hunt Show (WB)                                    0.8 AA / 0.8 GAA
Family Court (SPT)                                           0.6 AA / 0.8 GAA
Trivial Pursuit (2/T)                                          0.6 AA / 0.7 GAA
Punk'd (TRI)                                                    0.5 AA / 0.6 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 10/13-10/19/08 ranked by A18-49 Rtg
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                2.6 AA / 3.4 GAA
Family Guy (2/T)                                            2.3 AA / 2.6 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                2.1 AA / 2.4 GAA
Friends (WB)                                                 1.7 AA / 2.0 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                  1.6 AA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD)                             1.6 AA / 1.6 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                    1.6 AA / 2.1 GAA
King of Queens (SPT)                                     1.5 AA / 1.9 GAA
George Lopez (WB)                                        1.5 AA / 2.0 GAA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                             1.4 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                          1.4 AA / 1.4 GAA
House of Payne (2/T)1.4 AA / 1.6 GAA NEW
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

NEW M-F Syndicated Strip Series ratings for A18-49 (10/13-10/19/08):
Deal or No Deal (NBU)                                       0.7 AA / 0.8 GAA
Doctors (CTD)                                                 0.5 AA
Judge Karen (SPT)                                           0.5 AA / 0.7 GAA
Bonnie Hunt Show (WB)                                    0.3 AA / 0.3 GAA
Punk'd (TRI)                                                    0.3 AA / 0.4 GAA
Family Court (SPT)                                           0.2 AA / 0.3 GAA
Trivial Pursuit (2/T)                                           0.2 AA / 0.3 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

Tuesday - A18-49 Analysis: FOX dominated primetime Tuesday night at 3.9/10 A18-49 according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. House on FOX continued to prove its winning ability as the new episode posted a 5.4/14 during 8p. ABC's Dancing/Stars Results and CBS' The Mentalist shared the top spot at 9p with 3.9/9 each. Then at 10p, NBC had a turn in #1 with Law & Order: SVU at 3.5/9, pacing ahead of CBS' Without a Trace in second with 2.9/8.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated.

CBS: 9.7/15           NCIS 10.8/16, The Mentalist 10.1/15, Without a Trace 8.1/13

ABC: 7.1/11              It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Special 5.6/8, Dancing with the Stars Results 11.0/16, Eli Stone 4.5/8

FOX: 5.9/9             House 8.0/12, Fringe [r] 3.7/6

NBC: 5.4/8              The Biggest Loser 5.0/8, Law & Order: SVU 6.3/10

UNIV: 2.3/4            Cuidado con El Angel 2.6/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.6/4, Aqui y Ahora 1.8/3

CW: 1.7/3               90210 2.1/3, Privileged 1.4/2

MNT: 0.9/1             Street Patrol [r] 0.8/1, Street Patrol 2 [r] 0.8/1, Jail [r] 1.0/2, Jail 2 [r] 1.0/1

TELE: 0.7/1             Dona Barbara 0.5/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.6/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 1.0/2

A18-49: FOX 3.9/10, CBS 3.4/9, NBC 3.3/8, ABC 3.1/8, UNIV 1.9/5, CW 1.3/3, TELE 0.6/1, MNT 0.5/1

~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~

Guerilla FX (GFX) added John Bair as Creative Director/Effects Supervisor/Director and Vivian Connolly as Executive Director. Both join GFX from New York-based Edgeworx where they worked as a team. In their new capacity, the duo will work mainly on effects and titles for feature films, medium and long-form broadcasts and broadcast design.

Nick Buzzell is heading up a new full service production company called NBTV Studios as President/EP. Additionally, Brant Kantor, co-founder will be the company's GM/EP. Based in Los Angeles, NBTV Studios will work with clients from television networks to advertising agencies. 

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This day in History:  1938 - Millions of radio listeners were shocked when radio news alerts announced the arrival of Martians. Though what the radio listeners heard was a portion of Orson Welles' adaptation of the well known book (or perhaps not nearly so well known before this than after), War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells.

Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question, Sponsored By Fuse. Ignite Your Brand.:  How many awards did Amy Winehouse win at the 2008 Grammys? Amy Winehouse won 5 awards at the 2008 Grammys, landing her in the Guinness Book of World Records for the most Grammys won by a British Female Act.  Kudos to:  Nick Bucci-Marketing & Media Services, LLC/Warwick, RI; Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing/NY; Elizabeth Phillips-fuse/NY; Suncera Johnson-MTV/NY; John Kukla- KDFW/KDFI/Dallas; Randy Barrios-CBS/LA; Matt Sautter-Dish Network/Denver;Terry Hirt-Wieden + Kennedy/Portland, OR; Taunya Tourville-Bennett-KWBQ/Albuquerque

Today's Trivia Question:  SNL has done many ad parodies over the years. Phil Hartman did the voice-over which came with a warning "not to taunt" this object and the disclaimer "may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds". What was this spoofed product?   (Email 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
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WHAT'S ON TONIGHT -  Thursday, October 30, 2008

ABC: Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Life on Mars
AZTECA: Camino a La Fama, Historias Engarzadas, Al Extremo
CBS: Survivor: Gabon - Earth's Last Eden, CSI, Eleventh Hour
CW: Smallville, Supernatural
FOX: 2008 World Series Game 6 (if necessary)
ION: Movie: Above the Law [7p], Movie: The Terminator
MNT: My Thursday Night Movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
NBC: My Name is Earl, Kath & Kim, The Office, 30 Rock [p ], ER
PBS: This Old House Hour, Antiques Roadshow [r], American Masters [r]
TELE: Dona Barbara, El Rostro de Analia, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso
UNIV: Cuidado con el Angel, Fuego en la Sangre, La Rosa de Guadalupe



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