CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 06/30/05 Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 30, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Prior to its July 10th premiere date, ABC has pulled its newest series Welcome to the Neighborhood from the lineup. The show has already pushed the buttons of many critics who believe the series’ premise may […]
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Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 06/29/05 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 29, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. PAX will undergo a re-branding of its network, changing the name from PAX, to simply “i”. According to the network, a lower case “i” reflects the net’s new programming strategy – that of an independent broadcast […]
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 06/28/05 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, June 28, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Peer to peer file sharing services can be held accountable for copyright piracy committed by individuals who are encouraged to use its service for the illegal downloading of music and movies. That unanimous decision was handed […]
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Monday, June 27th, 2005
CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 06/27/05 Good morning. It’s Monday, June 27, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. 20th‘s syndication terms for the WB off-net series Reba was a 2-year straight barter deal. Beginning in January 2006, however, Reba will be part of the WB Network’s weekday afternoon block, airing twice during the 3-5pm […]
Friday, June 24th, 2005
CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 06/24/05 Good morning. It’s Friday, June 24, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Rick Haskins, EVP/GM of Lifetime, is leaving the cable network at the end of next month. Rick has been interim Pres/Entertainment for almost a year, following the departure of Barbara Fisher. Then Carole Black left the […]
Friday, June 17th, 2005
CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 06/17/05 Good morning. It’s Friday, June 17, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Nielsen Media Research issued a report yesterday that the fault rates in markets where the LPMs are in use are down from November to May in three out of four markets: NY -10.4%, Chicago -24.7%, San […]
Wednesday, June 15th, 2005
CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 06/15/05 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 15, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. No startling news here – the Board of Directors for Viacom has unanimously voted to split the company into two parts: CBS Corp and Viacom Inc. CBS Corp. will include the CBS broadcast network and owned […]
Tuesday, June 14th, 2005
CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 06/14/05 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, June 14, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Unless you’ve been stuck in an elevator without mobile service since late yesterday afternoon, you probably know Michael Jackson was acquitted of all charges. It’s hard not to know — all the broadcast networks broke in […]
Monday, June 13th, 2005
CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 06/13/05 Good morning. It’s Monday, June 13, 2005 and this is your first early morning briefing. Not everyone agrees with Nielsen Media Research‘s release late last week that Local People Meters have found more adult male viewers in San Francisco, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles in a direct May 2004 vs. […]
Friday, June 10th, 2005
CYNTHIA TURNER’S Cynopsis 06/10/05 Good morning. It’s Friday, June 10, 2005 and this is your first early morning briefing. The PUTS are up! The PUTS are up! Nielsen Media Research’s Local People Meters have found more viewers in San Francisco (18.6% more than previously detected), New York (9.1%), Chicago (1.4%) and Los Angeles (0.5%). In […]
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