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Good morning. It’s Friday, April 15, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Fox has order its first pilot to series for the upcoming season. The Break (20th/Adelstein-Parouse Prods/Rat TV) (fka Prison Break) follows the elaborate plans of a prison break over the course of 22 episodes. At the center is a death row inmate; and enter his brother, an engineer who managed to get himself arrested and tossed into the same prison, with the primary objecting being to break his brother out. The series stars Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Robin Tunney, Amaury Nolasco, Marshall Allman, Sarah Wayne Callies, Peter Stormare and Wade Williams. Brett Ratner will direct. No word yet from Fox as to where on the schedule it may appear, or if it will debut in the late summer or fall. 20th Television has announced it will not go forward with another season of Ambush Makeover (Banyan Prods). With that said, first run eps will continue to air until September 12 in syndication. Additionally, with almost 300 episodes produced, 20th is looking into providing this show as a library series for broadcast and/or cable networks. A separate statement from 20th about an entirely different matter read in part like this: “We are currently discussing internally the creative direction of the next season of The Simple Life. We are huge fans of both Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie and look forward to solidifying our plans for the next installment of this fantastic franchise in the very near future.” Apparently all the money in the world doesn’t necessary mean two happy gals will remain friends and buddies forever or at least want to continue doing a show together, per Hollywood Reporter. Reported on Paramount’s The Insider is the show is considering a replacement for Richie, namely in Rod Stewart’s daughter, Kimberly. * NEW ORDERS / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *
Columbia Pictures has signed a two year production deal with Gavin Polone’s Pariah to create projects for television and film. Currently on Polone’s plate is a project up for series consideration at ABC called Emily’s Reasons Why Not starring Heather Graham. The project is in conjunction with Sony. Other credits to Polone’s name include Revelations on NBC, Gilmore Girls on WB and HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm. Pariah has also hired two new execs: Amanda Klein as VP/Feature Development and Beata Henrichs as Director/Development. Both will focus primarily on the television side of Pariah’s business. * CASTING UPDATES *
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Lifetime presented its development slate to media buyers at its 2005 Upfront Presentation yesterday morning and announced a 33% increase in its original programming for the 2005-06 television season. They will also broadcast its first ever original miniseries, Human Trafficking (For Sale Prods) starring Donald Sutherland and Mia Sorvino, a second season for How Clean Is Your House?, and sneak peaks of Strong Medicine with newest cast member Rick Schroeder and Missing with Vivica A. Fox, Mark Consuelos and Caterino Scorsone. Also on deck are two new reality shows – I Married a Princess kicks off April 18 and You’re Not the Man I Married premieres in June. Coming next season, Will & Grace (Fall 2005), Frasier (March 2006), Reba (Summer 2006) and Still Standing (Summer 2006). Also launching this summer is Lifetime Wireless for Women, offering various Lifetime components for your cell phone including ring tones, wallpaper, text programming alerts and other online offerings. The Lifetime Development Slate includes:
Turner South has extended its Atlanta Braves baseball coverage with this past Tuesday’s launch of Braves in a Hurry. It’s a 30m condensed version of previously aired Braves games, including every pitch and every major play. The series is scheduled to air primarily in late fringe following a live Braes game, repeating at 630am. Starting this coming Tuesday, and every Tuesday, the Braves will air on Turner South, and then be seen more briefly in Braves in a Hurry. Fox has scheduled the series premiere of American Dad for May 1st at 930p. The lead-in will be the season premiere of Family Guy at 9p. here! picked up the exclusive US broadcasting rights to Paradise Falls‘ first and second season from Canada’s Breakthrough Entertainment. The gay-oriented soap drama tells the tale of a bucolic town with mystery and danger lurking beneath its beautiful facade. The series was initially commissioned by and first appeared on Alliance Atlantis Network’s Showcase back in 2001. CMT‘s airing of the 2005 CMT Music Awards set a new record for the network on Monday delivering a 1.8 A18-49 rating. Additionally, watching all of the Award programming that evening were 9.9+ million total viewers for the award fest and related programming airing that evening. TV Guide Channel will launch a new weekly series called Idol Chat beginning April 21 at 8p, airing during the American Idol season (the current season of American Idol ends May 25). The show is hosted by Kimberly Caldwell and Rosanna Tavarez; together they dish the series, the contestants, the judges. REACH Media has signed wtih Litton Entertainment to distribute The Tom Joyner Show in syndication. The series is scheduled to premiere this fall and has already cleared 8 of the nation’s top 10 markets, including Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Dallas / Ft. Worth, Washington, DC, Atlanta and Detroit. The additional clearance is WABC/NY. The Weekender is coming! The Weekender is coming! What’s a Weekender? I don’t know … but it’s coming! Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of March 28-April 3, 2005 ranked by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of March 28-April 3, 2005 ranked by A18-49 You may have noticed a new section in the Classified ads section below – Summer Internship – School Credit. These postings are unpaid positions, for school credit only, and as such are posted in Cynopsis free to the employer. Numerous colleges and professors receive Cynopsis, and many have expressed a particular interest in this section for their students. If you have an internship you’d like posted, the specs are the same as a classified ad (216 characters including spaces, posts for 5 days in all editions) with the single proviso they must be for school credit only. * EXECUTIVE MOVES *
Discovery Networks is opening an Atlanta sales office on May 2, 2005, and Scott Kohn has been upped to VP/Southeast Sales Region, Advertising Sales for Discovery Networks, U.S., and will oversee the new office. The announcement was made by Evan Sternschein, SVP/National Advertising Sales, Discovery Networks, U.S., to whom Scott will report. Scott will oversee all advertising sales efforts in the southeast region for Discovery Networks, U.S. and provide leadership and direction to the Atlanta-based sales team, which he will hire upon opening the office. Sony Pictures Television (SPT) Eric J. Marx has been upped to SVP/Domestic Television Product Status, it was announced by John Weiser, President/Distribution, to whom he reports. In his new position, Marx will oversee tracking of pay output television and transactional TV, as well as the company’s newly combined Sony/MGM motion picture and telefilm library. Scott Johnson, who also reports to Weiser, has been upped to Executive Director, managing information for the sales team on the studio’s episodic television library, which consists of more than 100,000 episodes. Marx’s and Johnson’s responsibilities grew significantly at the close of the Sony/MGM deal, the combination of these two libraries greatly expanding their degree of oversight. They are responsible for the gathering of all rights and financial information in preparation for sales, tracking product sales, and updating the sales and financial status of each film at all times. Sara Rutenberg has been named EVP/Business Affairs, National Lampoon Inc, where she will report directly to Douglas S. Bennett, President. Rutenberg will oversee negotiations on behalf of the company, including National Lampoon Networks, National Lampoon Tours, all associated theatrical and home video titles as well as additional National Lampoon branded properties. Changes afoot at Paramount Pictures. Here’s a snapshot. Alli Shearmur has been upped to Co-President/Production, Paramount Pictures, overseeing the day-to-day development and production of the studio’s annual slate of films and literary acquisitions and reporting to Paramount Pictures President Gail Berman, who officially takes up her new post in May. In making the Shearmur’s announcement, Brad Grey, Chairman/CEO, also announced that the studio is currently in discussions with Tom Jacobson, co-President of Paramount Pictures since Feb 2003, about moving to an independent producing deal on the Paramount lot. Additionally, Grey thanked Karen Rosenfelt, Co-President/Production, Paramount, for her contributions and success and wished her success in the future. Rosenfelt, who has served since 2002 as Co-President, has decided to pursue other interests outside of the studio. * RATINGS *
Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis: Fox dominated on Wednesday night among A18-49 with an overall 7.1/19 for the night, according to Nielsen Media Research final demo ratings. NBC was #2 with a 4.6/12, followed by ABC 3.0/8, CBS 2.5/7, UPN 1.8/5, WB 1.2/3. At 8p it’s nearly too close to call. A repeat of Lost on ABC earned a 3.3/10; the Dateline Special on NBC was a 3.4/10; and Fox’s Simple Life delivered a 2.9/9, while the premiere of Stacked earned a 3.8/10, upping its lead-in. UPN’s Top Model earned a 2.3/7 in the A18-49 category, but a time period winning 4.8/14 among W18-34, and tied for #1 with a 3.6/10 among W18-49. At 9p Idol on Fox was the big winner with a 10.8/26, while NBC’s debut of Revelations posted a 5.2/13. Law & Order easily won the 10p hour with a 5.3/14 over CSI NY’s 3.8/10, while ABC’s Eyes came in third with a 2.4/6. FINAL HOUSEHOLD RATINGS: Wednesday, April 13, 2005, for all Networks – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research. NBC 9.7/16 Dateline 7.4/12, Revelations [p] 10.1/15, Law & Order 11.5/19 FOX 9.7/15 The Simple Life 4.0/7, Stacked [p] 5.1/8, American Idol 14.9/23 CBS 5.6/9 60 Minutes 4.2/7, King of Queens 5.3/8, Yes Dear 5.0/8, CSI New York 7.3/12 ABC 5.4/9 Lost [r] 6.9/11, Alias 5.0/8, Eyes 4.1/7 WB 1.7/3 Smallville 2.3/4, Jack & Bobby 1.1/2 UPN 2.6/4 America’s Next Top Model 3.7/6, Kevin Hill 1.6/2 A18-49 Fox 7.1/19, NBC 4.6/12, ABC 3.0/8, CBS 2.5/7, UPN 1.8/5, WB 1.2/3 Friday Fun Fact: According to studies conducted at Northwestern University, men change their minds two to three times more than women. Women tend to take longer to make a decision, but once they do, they are more likely to stick to it. No, wait…maybe not. Uh, change that, reverse it. Oh no, hang on, yeah, keep it the way it was. That’s good. The History Channel presents This Day in History: Answer to yesterday’s Trivia Question: Step into your way-back machine and tell me which TV Detective is quoted as having said, “A detective is only as good as his snitch”? RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE, CBS 1957-60. You know, the show that cast Mary Tyler Moore as his assistant and you only ever saw her legs? Kudos to: Gloria Price-CBS News/NY; Marc Wollis-The Golf Channel/Orlando; Jim Cosco-Tippingpoint Labs/Newton MA; and Jennifer Erskine-Wayne Ewing Films. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COURT TV Attention, taxpayers:
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