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ER: Still A Top Hit In Season 12…
OUT OF 250 SCRIPTED PRIMETIME SERIES, ER IS:
TOP 5 with W18-49 & TOP 10 with A18-49
Ahead of Bones, Boston Legal, Conviction, CSI: NY, House, Ghost Whisperer,
Law & Order, L&O: CI, L&O: SVU, Medium, Prison Break & The Unit
ER
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CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis
04/14/06
Good Morning. It’s Friday, April 14, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.
More TV series will be available online with a new deal between Fox and its affiliated station group. Fox signed an extension to its six year agreement with the affiliates allowing the network to make 60% of its primetime schedule available online the day after they air in primetime in year one, while the full 100% primetime slate will be available to alternative platforms by year three. The affiliate body will share in 12.5% of the net revenue derived from the non-linear efforts. The Fox programs will be streamed on its MySpace site and the network is looking into other online outlets as well, including affiliate websites. The deal with affiliates is an extension of the network’s NFL cost-sharing agreement whereby stations will contribute a percentage of their revenue toward the overall cost of Fox’s $713 million per-season NFL rights package.
Tonight’s Finales:
Fox: The Bernie Mac Show at 8p, and Trading Spouses at 9p
Weekend Premieres:
A&E: God or the Girl on Sunday at 9p
ABC: What About Brian? on Sunday at 10p
Weekend Finales:
Lifetime: Face the Family at 11p on Saturday
* MORE GOOD STUFF *The New York Times apparently is more interested in short form broadband content, rather than longer issue-driven documentaries for television. The newspaper is exercising a deal point in its 4-year old deal with Discovery and is selling its 50% stake in Discovery Times Channel back to Discovery Communications. The channel will continue with its current name and its programming slate.
MTV has green lit a new reality buddy comedy, Rob & Big Black. The show will star professional street skateboarder, Rob Dyrdek and his bodyguard/best friend, Christopher “Big Black” Boykin, making this pair America’s new odd couple. From executive producer, Jeff Tremaine, of Jackass and WildBoyz fame, this new series has eight episodes on the schedule for fall 2006.
Expo TV and About.com have a new deal to showcase About.com’s informational videos to the 12 million television homes that receive Expo TV’s consumer television and VOD network. The informational segments will also be integrated online at expotv.com.
CBS Television Stations will extend its current partnership with the morning news program, The Daily Buzz, produced by Emmis Communications Corporation and ACME Communications, Inc., on several CBS-owned stations. The stations include: WUPA/Atlanta, WKBD/Detroit, KTXA/Dallas, KSTW/Seattle, WTOG/Tampa, WGNT/Norfolk, WUPL/New Orleans and WLWC/Providence. The Daily Buzz can be seen in 138 markets and has a 39% U.S. clearance.
In case you don’t have these already, a few confirmed season and/or series finale dates from the broadcasters:
April 28: Modern Men on WB
April 30: The War at Home on Fox
May 2: According to Jim (ABC), Hope & Faith (ABC)
May 3: One Tree Hill (WB)
May 5: Ghost Whisperer (CBS), Reba (WB), Survival of the Richest (WB)
May 7: Crossing Jordan (NBC)
May 8: 7th Heaven (WB), What About Brian? (ABC)
May 9: Gilmore Girls (WB), Veronica Mars (UPN)
May 10: Bedford Diaries (WB), Criminal Minds (CBS), Unan1mous (Fox),
May 11: Everybody Hates Chris (UPN), Smallville (WB), Love Inc. (UPN), Eve (UPN), Cuts (UPN), The Office (NBC)
May 14: Malcolm in the Middle (Fox), Survivor (CBS), West Wing (NBC),
May 15: One on One (UPN), Prison Break (Fox), All of Us (UPN), Girlfriends (UPN), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), Half & Half (UPN)
May 16: Boston Legal (ABC),
May 17: Invasion (ABC)
May 18: That ’70s Show (Fox), Will & Grace (NBC)
May 19: AFV (ABC)
May 21: EM: Home Edition (ABC), Desperate Housewives (ABC)
May 22: 24 (Fox), Alias (ABC)
May 23: House (Fox)
May 24: American Idol (Fox), Lost (ABC)
And … yes! We have our third winner of the 50,000 Cynopsis contest: David Sobolov, Voiceover Artist and Producer from West Hollywood. Congratulations all three — your prizes will be arriving shortly!
* EXECUTIVE MOVES *Rainbow Media has promoted Kent Rees to VP/Creative Director for On-Air Promotions, IFC, and Mike Walton to VP/Creative Director for On-Air Promotions, WE: Women’s Entertainment. Both Kent and Mike report to Stuart Selig, SVP/Creative Director for On-Air Promotions, Rainbow Creative Services. In addition, Tara Gordon has been upped to Senior Graphic Designer for Rainbow Design Services. She reports to Diane Dobler, VP/Design Services.
Katie O’Connell has been named as SVP/Drama Development, NBC Entertainment, and will re-locate to the network’s Burbank corporate offices. She will continue to report to Katherine Pope, EVP/NBC Entertainment.
* RATINGS *Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 3/27-4/2/06 ranked by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (King World) 9.0 AA
Jeopardy (King World) 7.2 AA
Everybody Loves Raymond (King World) 6.3 AA / 8.3 GAA
Oprah (King World) 6.2 AA / 6.3 GAA
Seinfeld (Sony) 5.5 AA / 6.8 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (Paramount) 5.2 AA / 5.3 GAA
Judge Judy (Paramount) 4.9 AA / 7.5 GAA
Dr. Phil (King World) 4.8 AA / 4.8 GAA
Friends (Warner Bros.) 4.6 AA / 5.9 GAA
That ’70s Show (Carsey Werner) 3.8 AA / 4.9 GAA
Source Nielsen Media Research – Live + SD Data
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 3/27-4/2/06 ranked by A18-49
Everybody Loves Raymond (King World) 3.7 AA / 4.7 GAA
Seinfeld (Sony) 3.5 AA / 4.4 GAA
Friends (Warner Bros.) 3.2 AA / 4.1 GAA
That ’70s Show (Carsey-Werner) 2.7 AA / 3.4 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (King World) 2.5 AA
Entertainment Tonight (Paramount) 2.3 AA / 2.3 GAA
Oprah (King World) 2.3 AA / 2.4 GAA
Jeopardy (King World) 2.1 AA
Dr. Phil (King World) 1.7 AA / 1.7 GAA
King of the Hill (Carsey-Werner) 1.7 AA/ 2.1 GAA
Source Nielsen Media Research – Live + SD Data
Broadcast Daytime Ratings Rankings – Women 18-49, week of 4/3-4/9/06
Young & Restless 2.2
General Hospital 2.0
Days of Our Lives 1.9
All My Children 1.8
One Life to Live 1.8
Bold & Beautiful 1.6
The View 1.5
Passions 1.4
Price is Right 2 1.4
As the World Turns 1.3
Guiding Light 1.2
Price is Right 1 1.2
Source Nielsen’s Galaxy Explorer, NTI as dated *Sorted by W18-49 Rtg. Data reflects Live + Same Day and does not include share because playback occurs outside the normal time period.
Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX continued its Wednesday night supremacy with a 6.3/17 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC held onto the second position with 3.7/10; next was CBS 3.3/9, then NBC 2.9/8, UNIV 1.6/4, UPN 1.3/4, WB 1.0/3, and TELE 0.4/1. At 8p, FOX brought in the viewers with The Loop and the first half of American Idol at 4.5/14. Then at 9p, FOX continued to surge with the second half of American Idol and Unan1mous at 8.1/20. ABC was almost two points behind at 9p with Lost coming in at 6.0/15. CSI: NY on CBS took over the lead at 10p with a 4.2/12.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
FOX 9.2/15 The Loop 3.4/6, American Idol 13.0/21, Unan1mous 7.5/12
CBS 7.3/12 The Amazing Race 4.8/8, Criminal Minds 7.8/12, CSI: NY 9.1/15
ABC 6.1/10 George Lopez 4.5/8, Freddie 3.9/6, Lost 9.2/14, The Evidence 4.9/8
NBC 6.0/10 Deal or No Deal 8.5/14, Heist 3.8/6, Law & Order [r] 5.8/10
UNIV 2.0/3 Barrera de Amor 1.8/3, Alborada 2.4/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.8/3
UPN 2.0/3 America’s Next Top Model 2.9/5, Veronica Mars [r] 1.2/2
WB 1.5/2 One Tree Hill 1.7/3, Bedford Diaries 1.3/2
TELE 0.6/1 Tierra de Pasiones 0.7/1, Corazon Partido 0.5/1, Decisiones – Casos Extraordinarios 0.4/1, Decisiones 0.5/1
A18-49: FOX 6.3/17, ABC 3.7/10, CBS 3.3/9, NBC 2.9/8, UNIV 1.6/4, UPN 1.3/4, WB 1.0/3, TELE 0.4/1
Friday Fun Fact: A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top.
The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1865: President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC, by actor and Confederate-sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. He died the following morning.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Michael Keaton changed his name when he got into acting because his birth name was the same as another popular actor. What was his birth name? MICHAEL DOUGLAS Kudos to: Kim Newell-Fox TV/Atlanta; Kelly J. Oliver-Creative Response Concepts/Alexandria VA; Kenneth Irby-Rainbow Media/NY; Jim Bono-Crown Media/NY; Jim Gray-Frog Light Prods/Missoula MT; Donna J. Schimmenti-Azarian/Eden Prairie MN; Vicki Poulos-MTV Networks/Chicago; Jeff Shaw-WGN TV/Chicago; Kate Bacon-Well Dunne/LA; George La Fountaine/Granada Hills CA; Aisha Figilis-KPXN/LA; Janice Ogata-Newsflashpix/LA
Today’s Trivia Question: As Magnum PI, actor Tom Selleck often wore a baseball cap with a professional team logo on it. What baseball team was it? (click here 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
04.14.06 – 5:04a
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Friday, April 14, 2006
ABC EM: Home Edition, Primetime, 20/20
CBS Ghost Whisperer [r], Close to Home [r], Numb3rs [r]
FOX The Bernie Mac Show [1hr finale], Trading Spouses [finale]
NBC Deal or No Deal [r], Las Vegas [r], Conviction
i Mary Higgins Clark’s We’ll Meet Again, It’s a Miracle
UPN Friday Night Smackdown
WB Survival of the Richest, Reba, Modern Men
TELE Tierra de Pasiones, Corazon Partido, Decisiones Casos Extraordinarios, Decisiones
UNIV Cine Especial: La Vida de Nuestro Senor Jesucristo
