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Wednesday, March 31st, 2004

Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 03/31/04 Good morning.  It’s Wednesday, March 31, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.  HBO has ordered up a second season of Deadwood with 12 more eps scheduled to begin production mid-summer.  Look for Season #2 to kick off in first quarter 2005. The big four networks, […]

Tuesday, March 30th, 2004

Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 03/30/04 Good morning.  It’s Tuesday, March 30, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.  Jay Leno will be kidding around for at least four more years on late night television on NBC having signed a deal valued at a reported $100 million, and Crossing Jordan has officially […]

Monday, March 29th, 2004

Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 03/29/04 Good morning.  It’s Monday, March 29, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.  Currently in the midst of the cable network upfront presentation season, and on the verge of the broadcast network upfront presentation, Jeff Zucker gave advertisers a head’s up on Friday as to what […]

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Friday, March 26th, 2004

Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 03/26/04 Good morning.  It’s Friday, March 26, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.  Comcast Corporation has signed an agreement with Vulcan Programming Inc. to acquire TechTV, Inc.  Once the deal is done, Comcast will merge it’s own video games and gamer lifestyle network G4 with Tech […]

Thursday, March 25th, 2004

Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 03/25/04 Good morning.  It’s Thursday, March 25, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.  An arbitration panel yesterday ruled Cablevision must carry the YES Network within its expanded basic cable package, rather than on a pay tier.  For Cablevision, that may be considered as the bad news.  […]

Wednesday, March 24th, 2004

Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 03/24/04 Good morning.  It’s Wednesday, March 24, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.  Lifetime has picked up the cable television syndication rights to Frasier (Paramount Domestic Television).  The sitcom is set to begin on Lifetime in March 2006, joining Lifetime’s lineup of off-net sitcoms Will & […]

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 03/23/04 Good morning.  It’s Tuesday, March 23, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.  Nielsen Media Research People Meters will launch in New York next month as scheduled (April 8), but will be delayed in both LA and Chicago, now scheduled to launch in July and August, […]

Monday, March 22nd, 2004

Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 03/22/04 Good morning.  It’s Monday, March 22, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.  The Contender, the latest project from Mark Burnett Prods/DreamWorks TV, is set to debut on NBC in January 2005.  If you’ve been living in a cave and aren’t aware, this unscripted series seeks […]

Friday, March 19th, 2004

Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 03/19/04 Good morning.  It’s Friday, March 18, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.  The FCC has made a decision – Bono‘s language on an NBC award show last year was indeed considered to be vulgar and a violation of the profanity laws on broadcast television. Though […]

Thursday, March 18th, 2004

Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 03/18/04 Good morning.  It’s Thursday, March 18, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.  Vivendi Universal has filed suit against Barry Diller’s InterActive Corp, requesting the Court veto Diller’s rights to veto Vivendi decisions.  Pending for Vivendi is a $14 billion merger with NBC, a merger which […]

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