Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 12/09/04 Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 9, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. NBC won Tuesday night by a nose with an overall 4.3/11 A18-49 according to final national data from Nielsen Media Research. ABC was a close second with a 4.0/11, followed by CBS 3.7/10, […]
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Wednesday, December 8th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 12/08/04 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 8, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. A virtual tie on Monday night between CBS and ABC, delivering a 4.8/12 and 4.7/12 respectively according to Final numbers from Nielsen Media Research. NBC followed with a 4.0/10, Fox 3.3/8, WB and […]
Tuesday, December 7th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 12/07/04 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 7, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. You gotta figure ABC has to be pretty confident to preempt its highest rated series for a made-for TV movie – sweeps or not – and that confidence was well founded on Sunday […]
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Monday, December 6th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 12/06/04 Good morning. It’s Monday, December 6, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. The sweep is over and the Thursday tide changes at the same time. Thursday evening was not won by CBS among A18-49, but rather by two tenths of a rating point by NBC […]
Friday, December 3rd, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 12/03/04 Good morning. It’s Friday, December 3, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. A wildly competitive final night of sweeps found CBS in front by a single tenth of a rating point, tho tied in share, posting an overall 5.1/13 A18-49 rating according to Final Ratings […]
Thursday, December 2nd, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 12/02/04 Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 2, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. NBC won the night on Tuesday according to final ratings from Nielsen Media Research, posting a 4.4/11 A18-49. CBS was #2 with a 4.0/10, followed by ABC 3.6/9, WB 2.4/6, Fox 2.2/6, UPN […]
Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 12/01/04 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 1, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. CBS soundly won the Monday night race for ratings, posting an overall 6.1/15 A18-49 according to final numbers from Nielsen Media Research. ABC was #2 with a 5.4/13, followed by NBC 4.1/10, Fox […]
Tuesday, November 30th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 11/30/04 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, November 30, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. ABC delivered a solid win on Sunday night according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research, posting a convincing 7.3/17 A18-49 rating, well ahead of CBS 4.1/9, NBC 3.4/8, FOX 3.2/7 and […]
Monday, November 29th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 11/29/04 Good morning. It’s Monday, November 29, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol was seriously injured in a small plane crash in Montrose, CO near Telluride, yesterday, and according to reports on NBC affiliate KUSA/Denver he is expected to be okay. […]
Wednesday, November 24th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 11/24/04 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, November 24, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. A solid win for CBS on Monday night with an overall 6.0/15 A18-49 rating according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC and NBC were just a share point apart (ABC […]
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