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Cynopsis
04.30.10

Good morning. It’s Friday, April 30, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing. As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here .

Tonight’s Finales:
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are? at 8p
HBO: 24/7: Mayweather/Mosley at 830p; The Life & Times of Tim at 930p
Animal Planet: I Shouldn’t Be Alive at 9p

Sunday”s Premieres:
MTV2: Funk Flex Full Throttle at 2p
Oxygen: Snapped at 10p

Sunday’s Finale:
CBS: Cold Case at 10p

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM AETN

ABC Family is dropping the series 10 Things I Hate About You which is a modern-day retelling of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. The series is currently in the midst of its 10-episode second season with five original episodes yet to air.

Univision will premiere a new telenovela next week titled Pecadora from Venevision International, part of the Cisneros Group of Companies. Univision launches Pecadora starting Monday and the novela will air Monday-Friday at 12p noon. Pecadora, starring Litzy Dominguez and Eduardo Capetillo, recently debuted in Panama and became the #1 program in its time period. It also has successfully aired in Colombia, Mexico and the Dominican Republic and will soon air in Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua among other international markets.

Just after its third season finale aired last night, TLC renewed its reality series LA Ink for a fourth season. The third season, following Kat Von D and her tattoo shop High Voltage, averaged 1.4 million total viewers. The fourth season is currently in production with the new episodes slated to premiere this summer. LA Ink is produced for TLC by Original Media.

Canada’s The Comedy Network will debut the eight-episode Australian comedy series Summer Heights High beginning May 16 at 10p.

Morning News Weekly Average Ratings (week of April 19, 2010)
NBC: 5.37 million total viewers; 2.0/15 and 2.52 million A25-54
ABC: 4.43 million total viewers; 1.4/10 and 1.79 million A25-54
CBS: 2.45 million total viewers; 0.9/6 and 1.07 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE WEATHER CHANNEL

OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network announces a new 60m docu-series, Inside Rehab will be added to its primetime schedule. The series with eight episodes will chronicle a group of patients who suffer from eating disorders as they participate in an intensive 42-day recovery program. Inside Rehab will also give viewers a unique look inside an eating disorder treatment facility. The series is being developed by Harpo Studios and is produced by Tijuana Entertainment.

ABC granted a series order for a game show titled The Six based on a classic Russian game show where teams unite to solve puzzles, per THR. ABC ordered six episodes from Merv Griffin Entertainment where six contestants must work together to solve logic games within 60 seconds. The Russian version of The Six has been on the air since 1975. The new US version tagged UK personality Vernon Kay to host with production commencing this summer.

Showtime’s upcoming comedy series Episodes starring Matt LeBlanc has lost two cast members. Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) cites a scheduling conflict with another project and Claire Forlani is also departing the show and is being replaced by British actress Tamsin Greig. The series is currently in pre-production in London and Showtime ordered seven episodes.

Casting Call: A new kitchen makeover show is being prepped for a major network and is casting immediately. The production company is asking people to nominate their friends or loved ones; people who love food and have a passion for cooking but have an ugly kitchen and are desperate for a new kitchen. If you are interested in nominating a cook and also being a part of the installation team, send your name, address, phone number, occupation, age and relationship to the nominee. In addition submit your nominee’s name, address, occupation and age; two photos (max) of yourself and two photos (max) of your nominee; photos of your nominee’s kitchen (3 max); and explain why you are nominating this person, describing their love of cooking, favorite foods to make, favorite restaurants/chefs and what he/she doesn’t like about their present kitchen. Include as much personality and details as possible. Only submissions including these details will be considered. Email all information to [email protected]. The production company will be shooting in New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New Haven, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. Also include the name of your city in the subject line.

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

Wednesday  A18-49 Analysis: FOX was the Wednesday night winner at 4.2/12 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, ABC’s back-to-back The Middle episodes averaged a 2.0/6 at the same time UNIV’s Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe posted a 2.0/6 with both networks sharing #1; for second place another tie occurred between FOX’s Lie To Me repeat and NBC’s Minute to Win It encore at 1.6/5 each. FOX was the undisputed champ at 9p with American Idol at 6.7/18 followed by fresh episodes of ABC’s comedies Modern Family and Cougar Town averaging a 3.5/9. NBC took first place at 10p with Law & Order: SVU at 2.9/8 with the series premiere of Happy Town on ABC next at 1.7/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

FOX: 7.4/12        Lie To Me [r] 3.4/6, American Idol 11.5/18

CBS: 5.1/9         Old Christine [r] 3.6/7, Two and a Half Men [r] 4.3/7, Criminal Minds [r] 6.0/10, CSI: NY [r] 5.3/9

NBC: 4.3/7           Minute to Win It [r] 3.2/6, Mercy 3.3/5, Law & Order: SVU 6.3/11

ABC: 4.2/7           The Middle [r] 3.5/6, The Middle 4.4/8, Modern Family 6.0/10, Cougar Town 4.2/7, Happy Town [p] 3.5/6

UNIV: 2.0/3         Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.3/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.5/3

CW: 1.4/2            America’s Next Top Model 2.3/4, Fly Girls 0.7/1, High Society 0.6/1

ION: 0.7/1           Ghost Whisperer 0.7/1, Ghost Whisperer 0.6/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2

TELE: 0.7/1          El Clon 0.7/1, Perro Amor 0.6/1, Donde Esta Elisa 0.8/1

A18-49: FOX 4.2/12, ABC 2.4/7, NBC 1.9/6, CBS 1.8/5, UNIV 1.8/5, CW 0.9/3, TELE 0.6/2, ION 0.3/1

BBC Worldwide named Greg Johnson as SVP/Factual, Sales and Distribution for BBC Worldwide, Americas. Greg, who formerly was VP/Sales for Disney-ABC International Television, Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong, will create and execute a strategy for the BBC Factual business with the goal to increase growth in the US market. Based in New York, Greg will report to Matt Forde, EVP/Sales and Co-Productions, BBC Worldwide, Americas.

Mark Huey was appointed VP/National Sales for the Los Angeles market by Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. (LBI Media), effective immediately. Mark joins the Spanish Media Rep Team at LBI Media where he will be involved with developing network and local sales initiatives for Estrella TV, the company’s Hispanic network. Mark will report to Mike Reid, EVP/National Sales.

Bright House Networks moved Karen Broach to the position as Regional VP/Operations for the Birmingham and Indianapolis Divisions. Previously, Karen was the Division President in Birmingham.

Carol Stiff advanced to VP/Programming and Acquisitions within the programming department at ESPN. Carol has been with ESPN since 1990 and her new duties will cover programming acquisitions and scheduling for various sports on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU.

Chad Youngblood takes on new responsibilities as SVP/Home Category Initiatives with Scripps Networks starting June 1. Chad will be involved on assignments for the company’s various platforms and brands including HGTV, DIY Network and their companion websites. Currently, Chad is the GM of Fine Living Network which will be re-branded as Cooking Channel on May 31.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) tapped Harvey Seslowsky as EVP/Business Development where he will work to enlarge the corporate Partnership and Sponsorship category on behalf of the Academy, develop new revenue sources, head the advertising sales efforts for the various NATAS publications in addition to enhancing the overall brand. Previously, Harvey was President/COO of Media & Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

Ovation hired Ellen Schned in the role as SVP/Distribution to head the network’s distribution activities and strategy. Ellen will also be instrumental in the upcoming launch of the network’s HD channel and the expansion of the VOD and LVOD services. Based at Ovation’s headquarters in Santa Monica, Ellen will report to Charles Segars, CEO. Most recently, Ellen worked for CBS College Sports where she served as SVP/Affiliate Marketing and Distribution.

Effective immediately, Tribune Broadcasting put Marty Wilke, VP/GM of Chicago’s WGN-TV also in charge of CLTV, Chicago’s cable news station. Furthermore, Tribune named Steve Farber as VP/Operations for both WGN-TV and CLTV. Steve has been CLTV’s GM since 2006.

Friday Fun Fact:  Legend has it to help create her signature sexy walk, actress Marilyn Monroe sawed off part of the heel of one shoe.  (The key word here is “legend.”)

This day in History:  1964 – The FCC ruled that all TV receivers should be equipped to receive both VHF and UHF channels.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  He stayed up late one night and watched a sci-fi thriller movie called Twilo where an Absorbitron was used by the aliens to take over the Earth.  Who is he?  DICK VAN DYKE on the famous :It May Look Like a Walnut episode”  Kudos to: Dustin Ratledge-Scripps Networks/Knoxville; Rick Rosenfelt-MSG/NY; Emily Brenner-HarperCollins/NY; Leslie Kavanaugh-Malone Advertising/Indianapolis; Linda Wooldridge-Rovi Corp/Tulsa; Les Stipp-GSD&M/Chicago; Dale Warshaw-KMSB KTTU/Tucson; Sue Coogan-Starcom GM/Chicago; Avery Cobern-The Hub/LA; Kathy Close-Close to Spirit Prods/PDT; Nathan Spallone-NBC Studios/Studio City; Steve Wishnoff/LA; Tim Troke-Frogwater Media/Toronto

Today’s Trivia Question:   My name is  Destiniki, the God of Decision.   Most who wish to consult me must climb to the top of the nearest mountain and wait for me to reach out from the clouds and tap them on the shoulder, spin them around three times and then whisper  the answer to their query in their ear.  However, my biggest challenge now lives in a major US city, and he’ll just go to the roof of the tallest building when he needs my help.  Who is this troublesome person?     (Email [email protected] 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
04.30.10

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2010

ABC:   Wife Swap, 20/20
AZTECA:  Laura de Todos, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS:  Ghost Whisperer, Miami Medical
CW:   Smallville, America’s Next Top Model [r]
FOX:  House [r]
ION:   Movie: Tango & Cash, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:  Who Do You Think You Are?, Dateline NBC
PBS:  Washington Week, Now on PBS, Bill Moyers Journal, Synchronized Swimming: Pursuit of Excellence
TELE: El Clon, Perro Amor, Donde Esta Elisa?
UNIV: Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe, Rosa de Guadalupe

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