Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 04/26/04 Good morning. It’s Monday, April 26, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. New in Casting / Production / Development: Fox‘s comedy pilot Sorry Charlie (Sony/Jersey)has added Wayne Knight (Neuman on Seinfeld) to the cast which also includes Valerie Bertinelli and Stephen Root. Syndicated series Starting […]
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Friday, April 23rd, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 04/23/04 Good morning. It’s Friday, April 23, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. Quite the flurry of activity late yesterday afternoon — Ed Wilson quits his post as President of NBC Enterprises followed with speculation that Steve Rosenberg, President of Universal Domestic TV, will end up […]
Wednesday, April 21st, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 04/21/04 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, April 21, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. There are a whole lot more Presidents in the world. At least in ABC’s world. Okay, now try and keep up with me — Stephen McPherson has been named President/ABC Primetime Entertainment; Rich […]
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 04/20/04 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, April 20, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. Fox is ready to let you know what they have planned this summer. You’ll notice a battery of new series, both scripted and un-, as well as continuing in the thus far successful […]
Monday, April 19th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 04/19/04 Good morning. It’s Monday, April 19, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. ABC‘s program development deal with ad agency Mindshare has created a new family drama which will debut as early as this summer. The Days (Tollin Robbins Prods/Touchstone) is set to debut in July […]
Friday, April 16th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 04/16/04 Good morning. It’s Friday, April 16, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. Lifetime celebrated their 20th anniversary with an advertisers upfront presentation yesterday morning in NYC. It included among the many titles of upcoming original movies (19 coming this season vs. 12 last season), and […]
Thursday, April 15th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 04/15/04 Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 15, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. Coming to the WB on Monday, May 17 at 9pm – a backward American Idol. Consider this — remember the woefully inept William Hung and his rendition of Ricky Martin’s She Bangs? Since […]
Wednesday, April 14th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 04/14/04 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, April 14, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. The ever buoyantly optimistic Les Moonves is predicting positive gains for this year’s CBS upfront. He’s looking at double digit price increases from buyers, more money shifting from NBC to CBS particularly on […]
Tuesday, April 13th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 04/13/04 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, April 13, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. President Bush has scheduled a news conference for tonight at 830p (on the half hour?) which will be carried on ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. Check out tonight’s primetime listings below. And for […]
Monday, April 12th, 2004
Cynopsis Cynopsis Article_Text CYNTHIA TURNER’S CYNOPSIS 04/12/04 Good morning. It’s Monday, April 12, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing. Given the current state of affairs with the FCC and indecency violations, it’s no real surprise the Victoria Secret annual fashion show and webcast has seen its last production. Limited Brands Inc., owner […]
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