Source: NTI Galaxy, 03/31/2008, L+SD US AA%.  Best performance since 5/22/2006.  Ranks based on A18-49, 2007-08 thru 3/30/08, sitcom=cs type code

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04/04/08

Good Morning.  It’s Friday, April 4, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. And if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here.

It is the “lucky” 13th season for King of the Hill as the animated comedy was renewed by FOX for the 2008-2009 season. FOX ordered 13 new episodes with the option for more from production company 20th Century Fox TV. A portion of the new half-hour episodes will air from February to March 2009 with the rest slated for the 2009-2010 season. All King of the Hill cast members will resume production including Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Pamela Adlon, Brittany Murphy, Tom Petty, Johnny Hardwick and Stephen Root.

Tonight’s Premieres:
Science Channel: Cool Stuff: How It Works at 8p
Outdoor Channel: Trout Unlimited On the Rise at 8p
ABC: Duel at 9p
SCI FI: Battlestar Galactica at 10p

Saturday’s Premieres:
Discovery Health: Baby Madness at 3p
Outdoor Channel: Wild Game Nation at 6p
TLC: Date My House at 830p

Sunday’s Premieres:
Outdoor Channel: The Wild Life at 330p
BBC America: Wire in the Blood at 8p
National Geographic: America’s Port at 10p

Sunday’s Finale:
ABC: Here Come the Newlyweds at 1002p

CBS’ upcoming celebrity competition series Secret Talents of the Stars named John O’Hurley as host along with the three judges: veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds, singer Brian McKnight and television/film producer Gavin Polone. In addition, two other celebrity performers joined the show: country singer Jo Dee Messina and actor Joshua Morrow. The weekly series will debut live April 8 at 10p.

MTV debuts the twentieth edition of The Real World: Hollywood April 16 at 10p. For the first time, the series will include hour-long episodes and the house in Hollywood will be the first to include eco-friendly products. Another first for the series, the seventh roommate, “Prettyboy” from Daytona Beach, FL was selected from 20,000 online applications. Over the 13 weeks, exclusive footage of the happenings will be posted online at www.RealWorldDailies.com. The Real World was created and is produced by Bunim-Murray Productions.

Trifecta Entertainment & Media sold the former MTV series Punk’d as a Monday-Friday strip in more than 80% of the U.S. on such stations as WNYW/New York, KTLA/Los Angeles, WCIU/Chicago, KYW-WPSG/Philadelphia and KDAF/Dallas. The hidden camera, practical joke show will also join stations from broadcast groups Sinclair, Hearst-Argyle, Belo, Granite, Raycom and Clear Channel/Freeport.

Starting Monday, ION Media Networks, Inc. will add three new series to the lineup on ION Television: The Steve Harvey Show from Sony Pictures Television at 6p; the 2006-2007 season of Family Feud from FremantleMedia North America at 7p; and all 96 episodes of Quantum Leap from NBC Universal at 9p. ION Television will also extend its entertainment programming to include the 5p hour and will designate Thursdays nights this summer as Total Theatre Thursday airing movies from such studios as Warner Bros. with titles like Blade Runner, Dirty Harry and Risky Business.

RDF Rights, a unit of RDF Media Group, acquired the distribution rights to two U.S. series: Top This Party with 14 episodes that was made for Lifetime Television and produced by Intuitive Entertainment in addition to three other series from VH1: Viva Hollywood! with eight one-hours episodes; Celebracadabra! with eight one-hour episodes plus one 30m special; and Shoot to Kill with six 30m episodes.

Dispatch Broadcast Group handed the national media representation of its two television stations, WBNS/Columbus and WTHR/Indianapolis to the Katz Television Group’s Eagle Television Sales. This new agreement begins next Monday.

Last year we launched Cynopsis Digital, the year before the Cynopsis Daily Video, the year before Cynopsis audio podcast, and the year before that Cynopsis International.  It seems it has become something of a trend for us to launch something new each and every year, and why should this year be anything different?  Announcing Cynopsis Media: Top Tier, our newest Executive Search Division.  An extension of our well known Classifieds section, Top Tier will use our extensive reach to help locate and screen the best person for the executive job you are looking to fill.  Whether you’re looking for a new hire, or a change of scenery yourself, let us know, we can help.

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Olivia Williams will co-star on FOX’s series Dollhouse from Joss Whedon and 20th Century Fox TV. The plot revolves around various young men and women, known as the “Dolls” who are given new personalities and have no memory of their former lives until one female tries to locate her past. Olivia will play Adelle DeWitt keeper of the Dollhouse.

IFC has ordered 10 episodes of Z Rock, a semi-scripted series about the lives of a real rock band called Z02, reports THR. The band members include Paulie Z, David Z and Joey Cassata, and is produced by StarzMedia and MarkMark Prods.  Also, IFC has picked up a third season of The Whitest Kids U Know, set to launch in first qtr 2009.

The CW ordered a new one-hour pilot called Styledome that is a combo beauty/fashion makeover and timed competition show. Three contestants must each work with a celebrity stylist to transform their look and deal with issues that are weighing them down in life. When all are revealed, the audience must decide who has gained the most from the makeover. Created by Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun, the pilot is produced by Berman/Braun and Super Delicious.

CCYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Fox Interactive Media made MySpace Music official, tapping the music libraries of each major label except EMI to create a comprehensive DRM-free music retail site that will feature free ad-supported audio and video streaming, paid MP3 downloads, concert tickets and merchandise. News Corp./Verisign joint venture Jamba will provide an adjacent mobile storefront offering ringtones, wallpapers, etc. The service represents the first marriage between a major social network (30 million users and counting) and a major content offering (50 million bands.) And it builds upon one of MySpace’s core competencies – promoting and helping others to discover music. The service is expected to roll out incrementally over the next few months.  Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. (Or to listen to the Cynopsis Digital Podcast click here or subscribe to it at iTunes here.)

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  UPFRONT 2008-2009 SEASON – CARTOON NETWORK – With the lights down, fog pouring in and a little John Williams fanfare, it was all about The Force at Cartoon Networks annual upfront presentation in NYC yesterday, where George Lucas, escorted by four Clone Troopers and his theme music, was in attendance to show off a clip and talk about his new CGI animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which will bow on the network this fall 2008, following Warner Bros.’ North American theatrical release Friday, August 15.   Full edition: CYN KIDS.

CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  As of April 12, Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) will debut Japanese anime channel Animax in Spain. It will initially be available to more than 500,000 subscribers through Telefonica Espana’s IPTV operator Imagenio. SPTI is in advanced talks with other pay-tv operators regarding additional carriage. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL. 

Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX was #1 Wednesday night winning with 6.8/18 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX delivered a double win as The Moment of Truth did best at 8p with 4.1/12, then the ratings jumped to 9.4/23 for American Idol during 9p. CBS’ CSI: NY claimed the top spot at 10p with 3.6/10.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, April 2, 2008 – time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

FOX: 10.6/17        The Moment of Truth 6.4/11, American Idol 14.8/22

CBS: 6.8/11          Big Brother 9 3.9/6, Criminal Minds 8.2/12, CSI: NY 8.2/14

NBC: 4.7/8           Deal or No Deal 6.1/10, Law & Order: CI [r] 3.5/5, Law & Order [r] 4.6/8

ABC: 3.8/6           Wife Swap 3.8/6, SuperNanny 3.8/6, Men in Trees 3.7/6

UNIV: 2.2/4          Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.5/4, Pasion 2.2/3, Don Francisco Presenta 1.8/3

CW: 1.9/3            America’s Next Top Model 2.7/4, Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious [r] 1.1/2

MNT: 0.7/1          Whacked Out Videos 0.8/1, Whacked Out Videos [r] 0.7/1, Impossible Magic [r] 0.6/1

TELE: 0.6/1          La Traicion 0.5/1, Victoria 0.9/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.6/1

A18-49: FOX 6.8/18, CBS 3.1/8, ABC 2.0/5, NBC 1.8/5, UNIV 1.8/5, CW 1.3/3, TELE 0.4/1, MNT 0.3/1

Sean Compton was named SVP/Programming and Entertainment with Tribune Broadcasting starting immediately. Sean will manage programming for the company”s 23 television stations as well as Superstation WGN.

Joseph S. Lovejoy was appointed Acting CFO for Fisher Communications, Inc., following the April 1, 2008 resignation of S. Mae Fujita Numata who served as SVP/CFO and Corporate Secretary. Most recently, Joseph was a SVP for Fisher Communications since 2006 in with duties including strategic planning, financial analysis and business development.

Hyperion upgraded Ellen Archer to President, effective immediately, to lead the strategy, management and performance of the publishing group. She is succeeding Robert S. Miller who is departing the company. Ellen will report to Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney-ABC Television Group.

Television industry veteran with global experience in entertainment licensing and distribution, Irv Holender was tapped as Director/Principal with The Fremantle Corporation.

Crown Media Holdings, Inc., owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel elected several to its Board of Directors: Bill Cella, Chairman/CEO of The Cella Group; Dwight Arn, Associate General Counsel of Hallmark Cards; and Brad Moore, President of Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and Hallmark Publishing.

Brian Singleton advanced to Partner and VP/Creative Production with Los Angeles-based Attention Span Media.

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Friday Fun Fact: How would you feel about living in one of these US towns: Pee Pee, OH; Burnt Corn, AL; Lame Deer, MT; or, perhaps best of all, Toad Suck, AR.

This day in History:  1984 – The first inductees to the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences were announced. They included Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Norman Lear, and Paddy Chayefsky.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  In addition to co-creating and co-producing the series, who played Dr. Lydia Emerson in several guest appearances of Lifetime’s Strong Medicine?  WHOOPI GOLDBERG   Kudos to:  Denise Perry-Cox Media/Hampton Roads, VA; Connie Betro-Carat/NY; Kipp Mullis-SunTrust Banks, Inc./Atlanta; James Carter-MW Media Group/NY; Jenna Peter-Equity Media Holdings/RTN/Little Rock, AR; Skip Engle-Editech Inc./Omaha; Carri Hoopman-KTTC/Rochester, MN; Taunya Tourville-Bennett-KWBQ/ Albuquerque, NM;Theresa Hart/Sherman Oaks, CA; Christina Arredondo-Fox Reality Channel/LA; Coby Byerly-Susan Nathe & Associates/LA; Caroline A. Godin-One Girl Revolution Inc./Toronto

Today’s Trivia Question:  Target, Forest and Pixie were horses on what early TV Western?  (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.)

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – Friday, April 4, 2008

ABC: Americas Funniest Home Videos [r], Duel [p], 20/20
AZTECA: Viernes Espectacular: TBA, Futbol Mexicano: U.A. de G. vs. Tigres
CBS: Ghost Whisperer, Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular, Numb3rs
CW: Friday Night Smackdown!
FOX: Bones [r], Canterbury’s Law
ION: Movie: Separated by Murder, Movie: Prairie Fever
MNT: Movie: In My Country [r]
NBC: Amnesia, Dateline
PBS: Washington Week, Now on PBS, Bill Moyers’ Journal, The Morgan Lacrosse Story
TELE: La Traicion, Victoria, Pecados Ajenos
UNIV: Al Diablo con los Guapos, Nuestra Belleza Latina

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