Cynopsis: Kids!
08/17/12

Good morning. It’s Friday, August 17, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing.

Canada’s CCI Entertainment inks agreements with US-based Kabillion, a K6-11/family aimed free TV VOD service, and Yoursphere Media, a kid/family social network and social media company, to launch GeoFreakz in the US on August 18, 2012. GeoFreakz is a transmedia property that includes comedic “minisodes”, an MMOG (Massive Multiplayer Online Game) and a collection of live event adventures. GeoFreakZ “minisodes” will be available on Kabillion, which reaches 40+ million households in the US, and via its online destinations (www.kabillion.com and www.kabilliongirlsrule.com). The MMOG will be hosted on www.yoursphere.com. Through a relationship with Geocaching.com, players will earn prizes by logging real world geocaches. By the way, August 18 is also International Geocaching Day. GeoFreakz currently airs on Teletoon in Canada and recently launched a national geocaching program with Parks Canada.

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Let the voting begin! Scholastic and its Scholastic News classroom magazine have opened the polls for students to vote in the 2012 Presidential Election via its Scholastic Student Vote (www.scholastic.com/vote), which is now live. Prior to placing their vote, kids can go to the Scholastic 2012 Election (www.scholastic.com/election) site where they can find articles about the campaign, free resources, games and interactive maps to help them learn about the electoral process, as well as coverage by the Scholastic News Kid Reporters, a group of 50+ kid journalists from around the country. Coverage will continue through Election Day – Tuesday, November 6, 2012. The Scholastic Student Vote has invited kids to log their vote for president since the 1940 Presidential election, and has continued in every election year since then. Of equal importance Scholastic’s Student Vote outcome has reflected that of the General Election in every contest but two — in 1948 when kids chose Thomas E. Dewey over Harry S. Truman and in 1960 when more students voted for Richard M. Nixon than John F. Kennedy.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Disney schedules Marvel Studios‘ movie sequel to Marvel’s The Avengers for May 1, 2015, per THR. Joss Whedon, who co-wrote and directed Marvel’s The Avengers (May 4, 2012) movie, will do the same for the sequel. Whedon has inked an exclusive pact with Marvel that runs through June 2015.

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LICENSING

Toy company PlaSmart is appointed the exclusive North American distributor for mass and specialty retailers for The Original DoodleArt, the intricate color-it-yourself poster kit brand that became popular in the 1970s. The new DoodleArt posters will be rebranded in new plastic tubes with large label inserts. Each poster kit comes with 12 felt pens each with a calligraphy tip on one end and a fine tip on the other end. The pens filled with environmentally friendly vegetable-dye inks. Twenty of the original DoodleArt posters have been digitally recreated with ten currently in print. A new DoodleArt design will be unveiled at the 2013 New York Toy Fair. Raise your hand if you had one in your bedroom, dorm room or somewhere at school.

Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release Power Rangers Monster Bash on DVD and Digital Download, comprised of three Halloween-themed episodes of Power Rangers Samurai, on September 11, 2012. The Power Rangers Monster Bash Halloween special DVD will be available in collectible O-card packaging ($14.98).

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Disney XD UK will launch the Marvel Universe block today, August 17 at 3:30p. The new Marvel Universe programming block will air on Disney XD UK every Friday at 3:30p, and will feature Marvel Super Heroes in animated series including the newest Marvel Animation series Ultimate Spider-Man, as well as The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Iron Man: Armored Adventures. Ultimate Spider-Man joined the channel’s lineup six weeks ago. Marvel Entertainment a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

Tim Curry reprises his role as nemesis Doctor Morocco in two back-to-back episodes of Transformers Rescue Bots on The Hub, this Saturday, August 18 (12:30 and 1p). These two episodes also feature appearances by Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The day will also feature new episodes of Care Bears: Welcome to Care-A-Lot (8a) and Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters (2p).

PBS Kids sends preschoolers on an alphabet quest with the release of its new educational app, Super Why! ABC Adventures: Alphabet for iOS devices. Like the PBS Kids series, the new Super Why! ABC Adventures: Alphabet app is designed to help kids build critical literacy skills through storybook adventures. In the app, kids join with the Super Why characters in an adventures that includes five mini games, each of which introduces players to letters, common letter sounds and visuals themed to different places around the world. As players complete a game they earn special souvenir stickers. Users can also watch alphabet-themed music videos from Super Why series. Additionally, parents can track how their kids are performing on two of the mini games. This is the fourth app based on the popular Super Why (www.pbskids.org/superwhy) TV series from Out of the Blue Enterprises.

RATINGS

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 8/6-8/12/12 , 6a-6a:
K2-11                                                       Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*:  Gravity Falls (8/10; 9p)                               1689
DSNY*:  Shake It Up (8/12; 8:30p)                           1676
DSNY*:  Good Luck Charlie (8/12; 8p)                        1570
DSNY*:  Code 9 (8/10; 9:30-9:55p)                          1517
DSNY*:  Jessie (8/10; 8:30p)                                   1503
NBC:      Olympics Closing Ceremonies (8/12; 8:30-10:58p) 1473
DSNY*:  Gravity Falls (8/12; 9p)                                1357
DSNY*:  A.N.T. Farm (8/10; 8p)                                1222
NBC:      Olympics (8/7; 8-11:22p)                             1211
DSNY*:  Jessie (8/12; 9:30p)                                    1205
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not spot ad-supported, although it does accept select sponsors.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 6-11 for the week of 8/6-8/12/12 , 6a-6a:
K6-11                                                       Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*:  Gravity Falls (8/10; 9p)                               2589
DSNY*:  Shake It Up (8/12; 8:30p)                           2169
DSNY*:  Gravity Falls (8/12; 9p)                               2167
DSNY*:  Jessie (8/10; 8:30p)                                   2154
DSNY*:  Code 9 (8/10; 9:30-9:55p)                          2121
DSNY*:  Good Luck Charlie (8/12; 8p)                        2031
DSNY*:  Jessie (8/12; 9:30p)                                   1972
NBC:      Olympics Closing Ceremonies (8/12; 8:30-10:58p) 1968
DSNY*:  A.N.T. Farm (8/10; 8p)                                1866
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (8/6; 10a)                 1861
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not spot ad-supported, although it does accept select sponsors.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Tweens 9-14 for the week of 8/6-8/12/12 , 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14                               Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*:  Gravity Falls (8/10; 9p)                      2106
DSNY*:  Shake It Up (8/12; 8:30p)                  1815
DSNY*:  Jessie (8/10; 8:30p)                          1803
DSNY*:  Gravity Falls (8/12; 9p)                      1778
DSNY*:  Code 9 (8/10; 9:30-9:55p)                 1759
DSNY*:  Good Luck Charlie (8/12; 8p)               1669
DSNY*:  Jessie (8/12; 9:30p)                          1622
DSNY*:  A.N.T. Farm (8/10; 8p)                      1571
DSNY*:  Good Luck Charlie (8/10; 10:30p)         1376
DSNY*:  A.N.T. Farm (8/10; 10p)                     1364
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not spot ad-supported, although it does accept select sponsors.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Teens 12-17 for the week of 8/6-8/12/12 , 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17                                                Total Delivery (000)
NBC:       Olympics Closing Ceremonies (8/12; 8:30-10:58p) 1438
NBC:       Olympics (8/7; 8-11:22p)                               1324
NBC:       Olympics (8/8; 8-11p)                                    1192
NBC:       Olympics (8/6; 8-11:05p)                                1172
ADSM**: Family Guy (8/9; 11:30p)                                  957
NBC:       Olympics (8/10; 9-11:14p)                                937
ADSM**: Family Guy (8/9; 11p)                                      935
NBC:       Olympics (8/9; 8-11:11p)                                 889
ADSM**: Family Guy (8/7; 11:30p)                                 854
ADSM**: Family Guy (8/8; 11:30p)                                 827
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not spot ad-supported, although it does accept select sponsors.
**Abbreviation for Adult Swim, which airs on Cartoon Network

Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, August 11, 2012 Broadcast Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
CW (Toonzai) 0.4/2 Avg. (7a-12p)
Cubix 0.1/1; Cubix 0.3/3; Dragon Ball Z Kai 0.2/2; Dragon Ball Z Kai 0.2/1; Dragon Ball Z Kai 0.4/2; Dragon Ball Z Kai 0.5/3; Dragon Ball Z Kai 0.5/2; Dragon Ball Z Kai 0.5/2; Dragon Ball Z Kai 0.6/3; Dragon Ball Z Kai 0.5/2
CBS (CookieJarTV) 0.1/1 Avg. (7-10a/10a-12p)
Busytown Mysteries 0.1/0; Danger Rangers 0.2/1; Busytown Mysteries 0.1/1; Horseland 0.2/1
NBC* (NBC Kids) Avg.
*The NBC Kids programming block was pre-empted this week for coverage of the Olympic Games

Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, August 11, 2012 Cable Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
DISNEY CHANNEL 3.7/20 Avg. (7a-1p)
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.6/30; Doc McStuffins 3.1/30; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.7/20; Jake and the Never Land Pirates 2.5/16; Phineas and Ferb 3.0/17; Gravity Falls 4.2/22; Fish Hooks 3.8/18; Code 9 3.5/17; A.N.T. Farm 4.2/21; Jessie 4.8/22; Wizards of Waverly Place 4.5/21; Wizards of Waverly Place 4.5/21
NICKELODEON 2.7/15 Avg. (7a-1p)
Dora Big Birthday Adventure (1×60) 0.6/6; Fairly OddParents 1.7/13; Fairly OddParents 2.3/14; The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (1×105) 3.9/20; SpongeBob SquarePants (1×15) 4.0/19; Robot and Monster 3.9/19; Robot and Monster 3.6/17; Power Rangers 2.1/10; SpongeBob SquarePants 2.0/9
CARTOON NETWORK 1.6/9 Avg. (7a-1p)
Johnny Test 1.3/15; Redakai: Conquer the Kairu 1.0/9; Beyblade: Metal Masters 1.2/9; Pokemon B&W: Rival Destinies 2.0/12; Beywheelz Powered by Beyblade 1.6/9; Beywheelz Powered by Beyblade 1.5/8; The Green Lantern 1.3/6; Young Justice: Invasion 1.1/5; The Looney Tunes Show 1.5/7; The Looney Tunes Show 2.0/10; Mad 2.3/11; Mad 2.3/10
DISNEY XD 0.9/5 Avg. (7a-1p)
Pair of Kings 0.8/5; Pair of Kings 1.1/6; Pair of Kings 1.1/5; So Random 1.0/5; Kickin It 0.9/4; Suite Life On Deck 0.9/5; Suite Life On Deck 1.0/5; Suite Life On Deck 1.1/5; Suite Life On Deck 0.9/4

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Thursday, August 15, 2012, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
DISNEY CHANNEL:      K2-11 1193; K6-11 856; TWEENS 9-14 665
NICKELODEON° :        K2-11   990; K6-11 622; TWEENS 9-14 498
CARTOON NETWORK** : K2-11   827; K6-11 568; TWEENS 9-14 440
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   260; K6-11 219; TWEENS 9-14 189
NICKTOONS:             K2-11   102; K6-11   67; TWEENS 9-14   50
°Nickelodeon Total Day: Mon-Thurs 7a-8p; Fri 7a-9p; Sat 6a-10p; Sun 6a-8p
**Cartoon Network & Adult Swim share channel space ADSM airs Sat.-Thurs. 9p-6a
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data

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Friday’s Fun Fact: Charlie Brown’s dad is a barber.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: On Doug, who did Doug have a crush on? Patti Mayonaise. Kudos to: Sarah funk-Disney media/NYC; Scott Jenkins-Tribune Media Services/Queensbury, NY; Monica Karloczy/NYC; Hank Bordowitz-Bordowitz Media Werx/Ridgewood, NJ; Michael Hawkins-PromoDoctors/Irving; Jeph Loeb-Marvel Television, Inc/Glendale; Murray Schultz-Home Plate Entertainment/LA; Richard Quan-BSSP/San Francisco; Sabrina Sparlin-CESD/LA; Jordan Cruz-The Walt Disney Company/Burbank.

Today’s Trivia Question: Arnold of Hey Arnold, is based on a character from what TV show? (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 — Gwen
Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
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