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Good Morning. It’s Wednesday, April 12, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Today’s Top Story …. or from the Yes-I’m-a-Star-at-Least-in-My-Own-House Department … 50,000 SUBSCRIBERS! Cynopsis hit the big 5-0 yesterday, just days after it’s 9th anniversary.  Between that and the new Cynopsis video podcast being downloaded more than 8,000 times in March, the audio podcast more than 6,000 times during the same month, and things are hopping here!  Who is the 50,000th subscriber? We’re waiting for the okay to announce his name, as well as the names of the first three current Cynopsis subscribers who picked April 11th as the big day.  If you won, you’ll be getting an email about it this morning. What did they win?  More on that tomorrow as well. 

Tonight’s Premieres:
MTV:  My Super Sweet 16 at 10p

Tonight’s Season Finale:
ABC:  The George Lopez Show at 8p
FX:  Black. White. at 10p

Also in development at TBS:

• My Embarrassing Life, about a 14-year old boy who deals with ridicule at school and his first real crush,
• Larry Miller Project, with stand-up comedian and actor Larry Miller offering a take as a suburban dad, husband and newspaper columnist with two kids.

TNT – where they know drama, has a few new drama series in production, including:

• Saved, premiering in June, stars Tom Everett Scott, as a paramedic whose life and job are at a breakneck pace, from Fox 21 and Imagine Television
• Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, premiering in July, an anthology series of eight chilling tales, all featuring top name actors, produced by Ostar Enterprises.
• The Company from Sony Pictures Television and exec producer Ridley Scott, is a six episode original drama series set to premiere during the summer of 2007.  Based on the novel by Robert Littell, the story follows the activities of the CIA during the Cold War.
• The Closer returns in June with season #2, starring Kyra Sedgwick as the brilliant, if not slightly odd, police negotiator.

In addition there are several drama series in development at TNT:

• Generations, crossing back and forth through the lives of three generations of  the same family, living in the same house.
• The Norms, about a dysfunctional family in the “New” South.
• Middletown, set in Middle America about a married couple who are the principal and medical practitioner in the community.
• Untitled Hollander Project, follows a divorced couple who work both sides of the heart-transplant surgery trade.
• Untitled Greene/Levine Project, a New York sport doctor has his career ruined as he botches a surgery for a major athlete.
• Untitled Finkelstein/Clark Project, based on the experiences of former NYPD detective Bill Clark.

Finola Hughes will return to the ABC daytime soap, General Hospital on May 12, where she will reprise her role as Anna Devane, the character she originated twenty years ago.  Yes, all is right with the world once again.

Fox Television has named Patrick Mullen as VP/GM of Chicago duopoly WFLD and WPWR.  WFLD is a Fox affiliate, while WPWR will become an affiliate of the new MyNetwork TV network this fall.

Nora Wong has been appointed as Licensing Manager for FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide, Americas. In this new position, Nora will manage the licensing of FremantleMedia brands American Idol, The Price Is Right and Family Feud for the apparel, health and beauty and publishing categories. Based is Santa Monica, Nora will report to David Luner, VP/Licensing.
 
Karyn Wulbrun has been upped to Director/Talent for E! Networks. Karyn currently manages the bookings for celebrity talent from the film industry for E! Entertainment Television and Style Network. Her role has been expanded to include the management of film talent executive and segment producer teams for E! News, The Daily 10, Behind the Scenes and E! Live from the Red Carpet specials.
 
Mobile Streams Inc. has hired Chris Rovtar as SVP/Business Development. Chris will oversee the business development of the company’s Vuesia service, a new technology that manages mobile content distribution.
 
Timothy Thomas has been named Executive Director of The Staying Alive Foundation. Based in New York, Timothy will report to the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
 
MTV Networks Music/Logo/Films Group has named their management team for its MHD: Music High-Definition Channel:

• Tom Calderone, EVP/General Manager, VH1, will oversee all creative and channel operations for MHD, reporting to Van Toffler, President;
• Eric Sherman is General Manager for MHD, in addition to his present role as SVP/General Manager for VH1 Classic and VH1 Digital Television, reporting to Tom Calderone. Eric will oversee daily operations of the network and increase distribution and development of programming and marketing.
• Peter Baron, President Label Relations for MTV, MTV2 and MHD, will manage music programming along with Rick Krim, EVP/Music and Talent, VH1, and Chris Parr, VP/Music and Talent, CMT.
• Ben Zurier, SVP/Programming Strategy, VH1 and MHD will manage program planning and acquisitions, and
• Neil Sharma, Senior Director, MHD will manage business operations and strategy.

 
The National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) has reorganized their leadership structure. Kathy Johnson will assume the position of NAMIC President, where she will manage daily operations of the organization, headquartered in New York, and serve as the primary contact for NAMIC. She will also be the liaison for the NAMIC Foundation Board. The elected position of Chairman of the Board will be held by Manish Jha, SVP/GM of Mobile ESPN.
 
Mariah O’Hara has joined the Los Angeles-based Beck Media & Marketing in their account team.
 
Jerry Petry has been upped to EVP/Administration, NBC Universal Television Group, West Coast, reporting to Marc Graboff, President. Jerry will work with Graboff in day-to-day operations and administration of the West Coast, continue to work on special projects that cross all the divisions of the Group, and manage the product development group led by Kim Niemi, SVP/Video, Music and Product Development.

Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of 4/3-4/9/06
Primetime     (000)           Total Pgm Day    (000)
USA               983           NAN*                      691
TNT               946            TNT                       607
TBSC             879            USA                       592
SPK                782            TBSC                     510
FX                  657            NICK                     489
CMDY           646            ADSM*                 455
ESPN              634            LIF                         421
LIF                 592            FX                          392
DISC             580             SPK                        387
HIST              494             ESPN                     375
Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 110,200,000 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 4/3-4/9/06
Primetime     (000)         Total Pgm Day      (000)
TNT               1921          NICK                    1672
USA               1711         NAN*                   1325
NAN              1349         TNT                      1073
TOON            1292         USA                      1028
LIF                 1263         TOON                   942
TBSC             1202        ADSM*                 869
ESPN              1185        LIF                        776
FOXN            1029         TBSC                    719
SPK                 1021        FOXN                   630
HIST                 914         MTV                     621
Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 110,200,000 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 4/3-4/9/06
USA      WWE Entertainment               2933
USA      WWE Entertainment               2659
CMDY   South Park                               2159
SPK        The Ultimate Fighter              1794
MTV       Real World XVII                      1740
DISC      Deadliest Catch                       1611
TBSC     Sex and the City                      1611
USA       Law & Order: SVU                  1559
USA       Law & Order: SVU                 1478
USA       Law & Order: Criminal Int.    1442
Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 110,200,000 homes
 
Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of 4/3-4/9/06
Fox      American Idol – Tuesday                    15,040
Fox      American Idol – Weds                         14,050
FOX    House                                                  12,080
CBS     CSI                                                        9,660
ABC    Lost                                                       8,920
CBS     NCAA Basketball Championship        8,110
FOX    Unan1mous                                           8,010
ABC    Grey’s Anatomy                                    7,630
NBC    Deal or No Deal – Mon                        7,600
CBS     Survivor: Panama Exile Island              7,290
Source Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data
 
Monday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX narrowly beat the pack Monday night with a 4.2/11 A1849, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC and CBS tied for second with 4.0/10, followed by NBC 3.9/10, WB 1.6/4, UNIV 1.5/4, UPN 0.9/3 and TELE 0.4/1. NBC came in first at 8p with Deal or No Deal at 4.2/13. Then at 9p, FOX succeeded in carrying this hour with 24 at 5.0/12. CBS held the final top spot at 10p with CSI: Miami delivering a 5.2/13.
 
Live + Same Day Ratings: Monday, April 10, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research

CBS     8.3/13   The King of Queens 5.7/10, How I Met Your Mother 5.3/8, Two and a Half Men 9.2/14, Old Christine 7.6/11, CSI: Miami 11.1/18

ABC    7.4/12   Wife Swap 4.9/8, Movie: The Ten Commandments (pt 1) 8.6/13

NBC    7.0/11   Deal or No Deal 8.9/14, The Apprentice 6.0/9, The Apprentice 6.0/10

FOX     6.4/10    Prison Break 5.1/8, 24   7.6/11

WB       2.7/4    7th Heaven 3.1/5, Everwood 2.3/3

UNIV   2.0/3    Contra Viento y Marea 1.8/3, Alborada 2.4/4, Cristina 1.7/3              

UPN      1.6/3   One on One [r] 1.4/2, All of Us [r] 1.6/3, Girlfriends [r] 1.8/3, Half and Half [r] 1.8/3

TELE    0.5/1    Tierra de Pasiones 0.6/1, Corazón Partido 0.5/1, Decisiones – Casos Extraordinarios 0.4/1, Decisiones 0.5/1

A18-49:  FOX 4.2/11, ABC 4.0/10, CBS 4.0/10, NBC 3.9/10, WB 1.6/4, UNIV 1.5/4, UPN 0.9/3, TELE 0.4/1

The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1961 – Yuri Gagarin, the 27-year-old Soviet cosmonaut becomes the first human to travel in space. He immediately becomes an international celebrity, later dying in a 1968 jet-aircraft test flight. His ashes were placed in the Kremlin wall.
 
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  During the 90s these two people teased and enticed us in a series of soap opera-like commercials. We were always left wondering if their relationship would progress beyond just sharing a cup of coffee.  What were these commercials selling? TASTERS CHOICE     Kudos to:  Marte Meyerhoff-Turner Broadcasting System Inc/Atlanta; Karen Feigenbaum/NY; Patty Youngross-Carat USA/Atlanta; Stan Soong-Scripps/NY; Jim Hall-True Media/Columbia MO; Gretchen Brady-KDAF/Dallas; Mark Prince-GSD&M/Chicago; Berry Ellis-Superstation WGN/Chicago; Jim Troesh/LA; Adrienne Spitzer-Pantheon/LA; Jennifer Kaplan-Warner Bros/Burbank; Sandra Dibble-Ice Box Advertising/Van Nuys CA; Aaron Paquette-OTX Corp/Culver City; Sarah Weaver-Corus Entertainment Inc/Toronto; Louise Robinson-Flextech Television/London
 
Today’s Trivia Question: His name was Tige, he lived there too! Tige was the canine companion for this commercial mascot. Where did he live and with whom? ( click here 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
04.12.06 – 5:03a
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Wednesday, April 12, 2006

ABC             George Lopez [f], Freddie, Lost, The Evidence
CBS             The Amazing Race, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY
FOX             The Loop, American Idol Results Show, Unan1mous
NBC             Deal or No Deal, Heist, Law & Order [r]
i               Sue Thomas F.B. Eye, Doc, It’s a Miracle
UPN             America’s Next Top Model, Veronica Mars [r]
WB              One Tree Hill, The Bedford Diaries
TELE            Tierra de Pasiones, Corazon Partido, Decisiones Casos Extraordinarios, Decisiones
UNIV            Barrera de Amor, Alborada, Don Francisco Presenta