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12.22.10

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 22, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing. As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here

Tonight’s Finales:
TLC: Untold Stories of the E.R. at 9p
USA Network: Psych at 10p

~ MORE STUFF ~

Yesterday, the FCC passed the net neutrality regulations by a 3-2 vote after FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski obtained the backing of the agency’s two Democratic commissioners on Monday. The new regulations will take effect early next year and are designed to guarantee broadband web users equal access to all websites, online services and applications and prohibits internet service providers from blocking sites. Genachowski said yesterday’s vote by the FCC was historic. “For the first time we’ll have enforceable rules of the road to preserve Internet freedom and openness,” said Genachowski. President Obama also hailed the FCC’s vote as a benchmark, saying the government would “remain vigilant and see to it that innovation is allowed to flourish, that consumers are protected from abuse, and that the democratic spirit of the Internet remains intact.”

Military Channel opens the new action series Greatest Tank Battles on January 5 at 10p. During 10 one-hour episodes, the series goes on location to battlefields around the world and uses realistic CGI animation to recreate the military maneuvers used in historic tank battles over the last century. The series is produced for Military Channel by Breakthrough Entertainment.

Current TV announced its community-developed original drama series Bar Karma from video game designer Will Wright (The Sims, SimCity) and Worldwide Biggies’ CEO Albie Hecht is set to debut February 11 at 10p. The 12-episode series, for the first time, allows viewers the chance to control plots, characters and overall development of the series before it airs by utilizing the Storymaker application that is available online at current.com/studios or via the new iPhone App out this week. The series is shot in New York and action is set at a mystical bar at the edge of the universe with the plot taking shape around the scenario: “A guy or gal walks into a bar …” The series stars William Sanderson, Matthew Humphreys and Cassie Howarth. Leading up to Bar Karma’s February 11 premiere, Current TV is airing a half-hour special, TV You Control: Bar Karma on January 20 at 8p hosted by Matthew Humphreys. The special offers viewers a behind-the-scenes exclusive tour of how viewers can participate in the drama with interviews with the show’s cast and creators. 

FX is bringing back a sophomore season of its drama series Justified on February 9 at 10p. The 13-week series stars Timothy Olyphant and is based on the works by crime writer Elmore Leonard. Graham Yost developed the series that is produced by Sony Pictures Television and FX Productions.

A new season of Dangerous Encounters joins the lineup on Nat Geo WILD starting January 4 at 9p. The series, with five new episodes, follows professional herpetologist Dr. Brady Barr as he takes on some of the most dangerous creatures on earth.

All-new, one-hour episodes of Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane premieres January 9 at 9p on The Style Network. The docu-series’ new season continues to highlight the business and personal life of fashion guru, model and mom Kimora Lee Simmons. Left/Right produces the series for The Style Network.

Planet Green launches a second season of Conviction Kitchen on January 14 at 10p. During the new season, executive chef Marc Thuet and his wife/business partner, Biana Zorich work with ex-cons and recovering drug addicts, who have no culinary experience, as they race against time to open a new restaurant. The eight-episode Conviction Kitchen is produced by Cineflix Inc. for Planet Green.

The Style Network’s third season finale of Giuliana & Bill on Monday at 8p delivered a 0.87 rating with W18-49 and tallied more than 600,000 total viewers.

Steve Landesberg, best known as playing Detective Arthur Dietrich on the mid-1970s television series Barney Miller, died yesterday morning in Los Angeles. He was 65. In addition to playing Det. Dietrich on Barney Miller, which ran on ABC from 1975-1982, Mr. Landesberg had a dual role on the show also playing Father Paul. Mr. Landesberg received three Emmy nominations for his work on Barney Miller during the last three years of the show’s run. In more recent years, Mr. Landesberg appeared in such feature films as Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Wild Hogs as well as the Starz series Head Case from 2007-2009. Furthermore, he appeared in the 2002 television series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and had recurring roles on Harry and the Henderson and The Golden Girls and guest starred in several others including Seinfeld, Law and Order, Cosby, Ghost Whisperer and Everybody Hates Chris. Mr. Landesberg also hosted a special for NBC in 1983 titled The Steve Landesberg Show. He had the distinction of being discovered at an open audition hosted by Bill Cosby for NBC’s The Tonight Show which led to stints at the Improv working with David Brenner, Jimmie Walker and Bette Midler. Mr. Landesberg also did voiceover gigs for animated series including American Dad, appeared on regional stage shows and in numerous TV commercials. He is survived by his wife, Nancy and a daughter.

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~ DISTRIBUTION, CLEARANCE & CARRIAGE ~

Spanish-language network Mexicanal Network picked up new station affiliates in Texas and Nevada adding KVAT-LD in Austin and KELM-LP in Reno effective immediately to its roster. Mexicanal’s digital broadcast distribution also includes affiliates in Los Angeles, San Diego, Tucson, Palm Springs, Oklahoma City, Boise, Twin Falls and Yakima.

~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~

Interviewer/talk show host Tavis Smiley is switching his co-producer for his weeknight PBS talk show, Tavis Smiley to WNET.ORG in New York. Previously, Smiley co-produced his show with KCET-TV in Los Angeles, though that station has decided to end its affiliation with PBS as of January 1. Smiley made a one-year deal with WNET which also allows WNET to oversee the show’s website, outreach to schools, work with other PBS stations to secure time slots and help with fundraising even for Smiley’s primetime specials. The half-hour Tavis Smiley will launch its eighth season in January and will continue to be taped at rented studios at KCET-TV in Los Angeles, though Smiley will now have access to WNET’s studio at Lincoln Center. In the LA area, Smiley’s show will air on KOCE-TV beginning in January.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network said Gayle King and HLN anchor Robin Meade will moderate the four two-hour primetime specials, Ask Oprah’s All Stars featuring Dr. Phil McGraw, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Suze Orman as they answer viewer questions. The first of four specials premieres on January 2 at 8p and the subsequent specials air on consecutive Sundays on January 9, 16 and 23 at 8p. Meade will moderate the specials airing on January 2 and January 16 while King moderates on January 9 and January 23. Also The Gayle King Show will now debut a week later on January 10 at 10a since King is moderating the specials taping in Los Angeles during the week of January 2.


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~ RATINGS ~

Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 12/13-12/19/10
Primetime    (000)        Total Pgm Day      (000)
ESPN              1537         ESPN                       742
USA                1328         ADSM*                    697
FAM                1092         NICK                       649
TBSC              1050         TBSC                       607
HIST                856          USA                        596
TNT                  809         NAN*                      592
AEN                  722         TNT                        567
FX                    720         FAM                        514
DISC                 630        HIST                       443
BRAV                611         FX                          436
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 115,900,000 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: 12/13-12/19/10    
Primetime    (000)      Total Pgm Day            (000)
ESPN             3026        NICK                            2437
USA               2995        DSNY                           1633
FAM               2468        NAN*                           1541
DSNY             2327        TNT                             1336
TNT               2129        USA                             1324
HIST              1924       ESPN                            1286
FOXN             1874       ADSM*                         1227
TBSC             1847       FAM                              1150
NAN               1599      FOXN                            1062
HALL              1573      TBSC                             1003
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 115,900,000 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: 12/13-12/19/10
ESPN    Ravens/Texans                                              5920
HIST    Pawn Stars                                                    3307
NFLN    49ers vs. Chargers                                         2521
HIST    Storage Wars                                                 2446
HIST    American Pickers                                            2365
USA     WWE Entertainment 9p                                   2335
USA     WWE Entertainment 10p                                 2245
USA     Burn Notice                                                   2224
BRAV   Real Housewives of Atlanta                             2173      
ESPN   Sportscenter 12/13 1202a                              2152
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television
Universe of 115,900,000 homes

Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 12/13-12/19/10
NBC    NBC Sunday Night Football                           8.6/22       11276
CBS    Two and a Half Men                                     4.2/11        5553
CBS    Survivor: Nicaragua Finale                           4.1/11        5438
CBS    60 Minutes                                                  4.0/12        5265                                  
CBS    The Big Bang Theory                                    4.0/13        5309
NBC    The Biggest Loser                                        4.0/11        5269
NBC    Football Night in America Part 3                    4.0/12        5318
CBS    NCIS                                                           4.0/12       5243
CBS    How I Met Your Mother                                 3.6/10       4757
CBS    Mike & Molly                                                3.6/9         4692
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data

Broadcast Evening News Weekly Average Ratings (week of December 13, 2010)
NBC: 9.66 million total viewers; 2.2/8 and 2.77 million A25-54
ABC: 8.28 million total viewers; 1.9/7 and 2.33 million A25-54
CBS: 6.22 million total viewers; 1.5/6 and 1.88 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Saturday A18-49 Analysis: FOX held onto its lead Saturday night with a 1.5/5 among A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, FOX was well ahead of the pack with its back-to-back Cops episodes at an average of 1.5/5 followed by CBS’ Crimetime Saturday repeat edition at 0.8/3. All was steady-eddy for FOX at 9p as AMW: America Fights Back was #1 at 1.5/5 and ABC’s encore movie presentation was next at 1.0/4. Then at 10p, ABC’s movie and CBS’ rerun of 48 Hours Mystery shared #1 at 1.2/4 each and NBC’s Law & Order: SVU repeat and Univision’s Sabado Gigante tied for #2 at 0.9/3 each.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, December 18, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live


CBS: 3.6/7           Crimetime Saturday [r] 3.1/6, Crimetime Saturday [r] 3.9/7, 48 Hours Mystery [r] 3.8/7


FOX: 2.9/6           Cops 2.8/5, Cops 2 [r] 3.1/6, AMW: America Fights Back 2.9/5   


ABC: 2.0/4            I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown [r] 1.7/3, ABC Saturday Movie of the Week: Madagascar [r] 2.1/4   


NBC: 1.8/3           The Office [r] 1.3/3, WWE Tribute to the Troops 1.5/3, Law & Order: SVU [r] 2.6/5


UNIV: 1.2/2         Sabado Gigante 1.2/2


ION: 0.4/1           Saturday 9PM Movie: All the Right Moves [r] 0.4/1, Saturday 11PM Movie: Gridiron Gang 0.6/1


TF: 0.4/1             Cine de Las Estrel Sat [7p start] 0.4/1, Cine de Las Estrel Sat 2 0.3/1


TELE: 0.3/1          Cine de Impacto: Sahara [7p start] 0.3/1, Cine de Impacto II: Goal! The Dream Begins 0.3/1


A18-49: FOX 1.5/5, ABC 1.0/4, CBS 0.9/3, UNIV 0.8/3, NBC 0.7/3, TF 0.4/1, TELE 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1


Sunday  A18-49 Analysis: NBC was the champ Sunday night with the A18-49 demo at 7.0/19, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. CBS opened the night a winner during 7p with 60 Minutes at 4.0/12 and NBC’s Football Night in America Part 2 and Part 3 averaged a second place at 3.0/9. At 8p, NBC won with a combination of Football Night in America Part 3, Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick and the Sunday Night Football which averaged a 5.8/16 followed by CBS with the remainder of 60 Minutes and the Survivor: Nicaragua Finale with an average of 4.1/11. NBC surpassed the competition at 9p with its Sunday Night Football match at 8.4/21 while CBS’ Survivor: Nicaragua Finale was #2 at 4.1/10. NBC was victorious during the 10p hour with more NFL football ending at 8.8/22 and CBS stayed in second place with the conclusion of Survivor: Nicaragua Finale and the Survivor Reunion show with an average of 3.9/10.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, December 19, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.


NBC: 11.6/19       Football Night in America Part 2 4.7/8, Football Night in America Part 3 6.9/12, NBC Sunday Night Football: Green Bay at New England [830p-11p] 14.0/23


CBS: 9.1/15          60 Minutes 11.2/19, Survivor: Nicaragua Finale 7.3/12, Survivor: Nicaragua Reunion 6.1/11


ABC: 3.5/6          ABC Sunday Movie of the Week: The Santa Clause 2 [r] 3.4/6, ABC Sunday Movie of the Week 2: The Santa Clause 3 [r] 3.7/6


FOX: 2.5/4          The Simpsons [r] 1.5/3, The Simpsons [r] 2.5/4, The Simpsons [r] 2.8/5, The Cleveland Show [r] 2.4/4, Family Guy [r] 2.8/4


UNIV: 0.9/2         Que Llegue Navidad 0.8/1, Gran Show 0.9/1, Sal y Pimienta 1.1/2


ION: 0.7/1           Sunday 7PM Movie: Christmas Town [r] 0.8/1, Sunday 9PM Movie: The Christmas Clause [r] 0.7/1


TELE: 0.5/1         Cine Millonario: Pearl Harbor 0.5/1


TF: 0.4/1             Recuerdos Nav Magica 0.3/0, Cine de Las Estrel Sun: A Knight’s Tale 0.4/1, Rompiendo Los Limites Sun 0.2/0


A18-49: NBC 7.0/19, CBS 4.6/12, FOX 1.9/5, ABC 1.8/5, UNIV 0.7/2, TELE 0.4/1, TF 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1


Monday  A18-49 Analysis: NBC hit the right note Monday night with A18-49 when the network delivered a 2.2/6 overall, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, the season finale of NBC’s The Sing-Off won with a 2.7/7 while the average of CBS’ repeat comedies How I Met Your Mother and Rules of Engagement and the series premiere of FOX’s Million Dollar Money Drop tied for second at 1.9/5 each. Univision’s Soy Tu Duena topped at 9p with a 2.8/7 followed by the second hour of NBC’s The Sing-Off conclusion at 2.6/7. CBS ended the night a winner with an encore airing of Hawaii Five-O at 1.7/5 and Univision’s special, Nuestra Belleza Latina: Navidad de Reinas was #2 at 1.2/3.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, December 20, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.


CBS: 4.7/8           How I Met Your Mother [r] 4.0/6, Rules of Engagement [r] 3.8/6, Two and a Half Men [r] 5.8/9, Mike & Molly [r] 4.6/7, Hawaii Five-O [r] 4.9/8


NBC: 4.0/6          The Sing-Off [f] 5.1/8, Perfect Couples 2.3/4, The Office [r] 1.5/3


FOX: 3.2/5            Million Dollar Money Drop [p] 3.1/5, Million Dollar Money Drop 3.3/5


ABC: 2.6/4            Skating with the Stars 2.3/4, Castle [r] 2.8/4


UNIV: 2.1/3          Eva Luna 1.9/3, Soy Tu Duena 3.0/5, Nuestra Belleza Latina: Navidad de Reinas 1.4/2


ION: 1.1/2            Without a Trace 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 1.1/2, Criminal Minds 1.3/2


CW: 0.6/1            90210 [r] 0.7/1, Gossip Girl [r] 0.5/1


TELE: 0.5/1          Aurora 0.6/1, El Fantasma de Elena 0.5/1, Alguien Te Mira 0.5/1


TF: 0.4/1             Cine de Las Estrellas Mon [r] 0.4/1, India 0.4/1


A18-49: NBC 2.2/6, CBS 1.9/5, FOX 1.9/5, UNIV 1.8/5, ABC 0.7/2, CW 0.4/1, ION 0.4/1, TF 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1


 

~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~

Turner Sports Ad Sales tapped Will Blair as SVP/Sponsorships and Sales. Will joins from Cartoon Network and Adult Swim where he served as VP/Brand Activation and Media Partnerships. In his new capacity, Will now manages custom branded promotional initiatives for advertising clients involving the NBA, NASCAR, MLB, professional golf and the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament. Based in New York, Will reports to Jon Diament, EVP, Turner Sports Ad Sales and Marketing.

Lee Flaster was elevated to SVP/Planning, Strategy and Business Operations for Telemundo Ad Sales. Lee’s scope of duties include working with business entities to develop business strategies and partnerships in order to spur added revenue for the networks encompassing Telemundo, Telemundo stations, mun2 and Telemundo Digital. Lee reports to Jacqueline Hernandez, COO, Telemundo and to Ed Swindler, EVP/COO, Ad Sales at NBC Universal.

TV advertising network, REVShare upped Michael Montgomery to VP/Ad Sales. Michael will handle national clients while based at the company’s Temecula, CA headquarters.

As of January 3, Beth Fetzer joins ArnoldNYC as SVP/Director of Integrated Planning where she will spearhead the agency’s integrated planning unit that offers business insights, consumer insight and digital strategy integration. Beth will report to Lynn Power, President, ArnoldNYC.


This day in History:  1976 – The last show of the original Let’s Make A Deal aired.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Who said this famous quote as he retold the story of a new holiday, “Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way.”  FRANK COSTANZA REVEALING THE BIRTH OF FESTIVUS CELEBRATED ANNUALLY ON DECEMBER 23RD, FOR THE REST OF US  Kudos to:  Bev Wolfe-Fox Channel/NY; John Carlo-Comcast Ad Sales/NY; Steven Piluso-PHD/NY; Rob Venusti-Fox Sports Florida/Ft Lauderdale; Kent Kimberlain-SpotPlus/Dallas; Peggy Dalland-KTTC/Rochester MN; Sue Coogan-Starcom/Chicago; Dan Radman-OMD/Chicago; Heather Marcroft-CinemaEditor Magazine/Studio City; Robert Evans/Soulsbyville; Craig Robb-El Dorado Broadcasters/Santa Maria; Bob Ramsey/Palm Springs; Timothy Troke-Frogwater Media/Toronto; Christian Kurz-Discovery Comm/London; Brandon Lane-9 Story Entertainment/Toronto; Stephen Kelley-9 Story Entertainment/Toronto

Today’s Trivia Question:   In Mike & Molly, what is the secret ingredient in Victoria’s ginger man cookies?     (Email Cynthia@cynopsis.com 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
12.22.10

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2010


ABC:  The Middle [r], Better with You [r], Modern Family [r], CMA Country Christmas [r]
AZTECA:  Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS: A Home for the Holidays, Criminal Minds [r], The Defenders [r]
CW:   Hellcats [r], Hellcats [r]
FOX:  Human Target, Million Dollar Money Drop
ION:  Without A Trace, Without A Trace, Criminal Minds
NBC:  The Undercovers, L&O: SVU [r], L&O: SVU [r]
PBS:   Secrets of the Dead [r], The Buddha [r]
TELE: Aurora, El Fantasma de Elena, Alguien Te Mira
UNIV: Eva Luna, Soy Tu Duena, Don Francisco Presenta

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