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BEN 10: ALIEN SWARM is an explosive hit for Cartoon Network!
More than 16 Million Viewers over Thanksgiving weekend.*
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*Source: Cartoon Network Research.Nielsen Media Research. NPower Live +SD. Period 11/25/09-11/29/09. Cume for 4 total airings (Premiere plus 3 replays): 11/25/09 (7p-8:30p/8:30p-9:46p); 11/27/09 & 11/29/09 (8p-9:29p). Based on 1 min qualifier.
Cynopsis: Kids!
12/18/09
Good morning. It’s Friday, December 18, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.
Woman-targeted iVillage and kid-aimed KidZui are teaming for a new internet index Stuff Your Kids Love. The index will use proprietary data from KidZui’s browser to offer insights into the interests of K3-12 across different themes. Stuff Your Kids Love will be available exclusively on iVillage on Monday, December 21, 2009. Additionally, under the partnership iVillage will make the KidZui browser available for free, and KidZui will integrate and feature iVillage content to parents. The first look at the new index includes kids’ top internet favorites for 2009:
- Most visited Web site:
- Most viral video: Cat Flushing Toilet Music Video
- Most searched public personality: Miley Cyrus
- Most searched musician/band: Taylor Swift
- Most searched toy: Barbie
- Most searched term: Games
- Most visited category: Games
- Fastest growing website:
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
Joining the cast of Marvel Entertainment‘s feature film Thor is Rene Russo. Russo will take on the role of Thor and Loki’s mom, Frigga, the Queen of Asgard (Odin’s wife). Directed by Kenneth Branagh, the movie also stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, and Natalie Portman (Jane Foster) as Thor’s girlfriend, Stuart Townsend (Fandral), Tadanobu Asano (Hogun) and Ray Stevenson (Volstagg). Paramount will release Thor on May 20, 2011.
DreamWorks acquires the rights to prolific author Michael Morpurgo’s tween-targeted novel War Horse (1982), per THR. Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshal and Revel Guest will produce the WWI movie, which will feature a screenplay by Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, both the movie screenplay and the book, music, lyrics for the musical). War Horse revolves around a friendship between a farm boy named Albert and his horse Joey. Though the two are separated when Albert’s Dad sells Joey to the army to fight in the war, the boy and horse never forget one another and work their way through the war and reunite. OK, who’s missing Roddy McDowell right now? A stage adaptation of War Horse is currently running in London at The National Theatre ( www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/warhorse ).
MORE KIDS STUFF
In the UK, Chapman Entertainment and Nick Jr team to launch Fifi and the Flowertots activity themed weeks throughout January 2010. Special themed episodes of Fifi will run daily at 3p, with hour-long back-to-back episodes of the show airing each Sunday at 12noon. Additionally, extra episodes of Fifi and the Flowertots will run on Nick Jr 2 daily between 10:30-10:55a and Monday-Saturday between 4-4:15p. The themed weeks are Music Week (beginning Monday, January 4), followed by Get Active Week, Fifi’s Arts and Crafts Week and finally Go Green Week.
Moonscoop completes a raft of program sales for the 3D animated series Twisted Whiskers. In Europe, France 3, France 5, KRO Netherlands and Disney Channel Italy have acquired the 52×11 episodes of the comedy, while in the Middle East the series is picked up by Noga Israel, Al Jazeera and E-Vision, and also by Cartoon Network in Latin America. Based on the American Greetings Corp.’s greeting card characters, Twisted Whiskers is a co-production of the American Greetings Properties, DQ Entertainment and Moonscoop.
KidsCo launches in a range of countries across Europe and Africa beginning this week and throughout December including: Infrasat (Angola); On.net (Macedonia); Sun Communications (Moldova); and Communique (Hungary); P&T (Luxembourg), Cyprus Telecom, London Satellite Systems (Mauritius), Telekomunikacja Polska (Poland) ; with new affiliates in Romania including Botu Communication, Dynamic Distribution and GMB Computers.
After filing for insolvency in mid 2009, BKN International (Zorro-Generation Z, Dork Hunters from Outer Space, Legend of the Dragon) is now in a position to begin selling many of its most important assets, including all film rights of BKN. Preparations are now underway for a structured sales process with documentation available next month. Interested parties should contact Joerg Leussink and Harald Lohr at the Commerzbank AG, M&A department, at ProjectToni @commerzbank.com.
MARKETING/LICENSING
GirlMogul.com, a tween girl targeted online magazine and blog, launches a free book club. The Girl Power Book Club will feature books specifically selected for their tween girl strength themes and will offer reading guides, author related items, interactive chats and prices. Hosted by the sites four characters, Rose, Daisy, Poppy and Lily, a new book will be chosen each month.
RATINGS
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 12/7-12/13/09 , 6a-6a:
K2-11 Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Disney’s Prep & Landing (12/8; 8:30p) 3093
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (12/11; 8-8:40p) 2946
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/12; 9:30a) 2514
ABC: Charlie Brown Christmas (12/8; 8p) 2441
NICK: iCarly Movie: iQuit iCarly (12/7; 5:30-6:30p) 2402
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/12; 9a) 2277
DISNY*: Phineas and Ferb Shorts (12/11; 8:45-9p) 2249
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/13; 12:30p) 2205
NICK: Penguins of Madagascar (12/12; 10a) 2192
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/13; 9:30a) 2159
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 6-11 for the week of 12/7-12/13/09 , 6a-6a:
K6-11 Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (12/11; 8-8:40p) 2117
DSNY*: Disney’s Prep & Landing (12/8; 8:30p) 1928
NICK: iCarly (12/12; 8p) 1756
NICK: iCarly Movie: iQuit iCarly (12/7; 5:30-6:30p) 1682
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/12; 9:30a) 1628
DISNY*: Phineas and Ferb Shorts (12/11; 8:45-9p) 1602
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/12; 9a) 1513
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (12/11; 5:30p) 1510
NICK: iCarly (12/13; 7:30p) 1505
NICK: iCarly (12/13; 7p) 1498
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Tweens 9-14 for the week of 12/7-12/13/09 , 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14 Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (12/11; 8-8:40p) 1504
NICK: iCarly (12/12; 8p) 1470
DSNY*: Disney’s Prep & Landing (12/8; 8:30p) 1349
NICK: iCarly Movie: iQuit iCarly (12/7; 5:30-6:30p) 1285
NICK: Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (12/12; 6-8p) 1273
NICK: iCarly (12/12; 1:30p) 1257
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb Shorts (12/11; 8:45-9p) 1189
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (12/11; 7:30p) 1184
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (12/11; 7p) 1155
NICK: True Jackson, VP (12/12; 8:30p) 1149
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Teens 12-17 for the week of 12/7-12/13/09 , 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17 Total Delivery (000)
FOX: Family Guy (12/13; 9-9:31p) 1081
FOX: The Cleveland Show (12/13; 8:30p) 889
FOX: American Dad (12/13; 9:31-10p) 882
CBS: NFL-Various Teams and Times (12/13; 4:15-7:21p) 879
NBC: NFL Philadelphia Eagles at NY Giants (12/13; 8:31-11:15p) 838
FOX: Glee (12/9; 9-10p) 786
DSNY*: Disney’s Prep & Landing (12/8; 8:30p) 765
FOX: NFL-Various Teams and Times (12/13; 1:03-4:16p) 748
FOX: Simpsons (12/13; 7:59-8:30p) 741
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (12/11; 8-8:40p) 716
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Abbreviation for Adult Swim, which airs on Cartoon Network
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, December 12, 2009 Broadcast Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
CW (TheCW4Kids) 0.9/4 Avg. (7a-12p)
Winx Club 0.2/2; Winx Club 0.6/4; Huntik 0.6/4; Dinosaur King 1.0/5; Yu-Gi-Oh 1.1/5; Sonic X 1.3/5; Sonic X 1.0/4; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1.2/5; Chaotic 1.1/5; Kamen Rider Dragon Knight 0.6/3
ABC 0.5/2 Avg. (9a-1p)
The Emperor’s New School 0.4/2; The Replacements 0.7/3; That’s So Raven 0.8/3; That’s So Raven 0.8/3; Power Rangers RPM 0.3/1; Power Rangers RPM 0.3/1
NBC (Qubo on NBC) Avg. 0.3/1 (10a-1p)
The Zula Patrol 0.2/1; My Friend Rabbit 0.4/2; Willa’s Wild Life 0.3/1; Babar 0.2/1; Shelldon 0.3/2; Jane and the Dragon 0.5/2
CBS (CookieJarTV) 0.2/1 Avg. (7-10a/10a-1p)
Busytown Mysteries 0.2/1; Noonbory and the Super 7 0.2/1; Busytown Mysteries 0.4/2; Busytown Mysteries 0.1/0; Noonbory and the Super 7 0.1/0; Sabrina: Animated Series 0.3/1
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, December 12, 2009 Cable Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
NICKELODEON 4.3/21 Avg. (7a-1p)
Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure 2.1/18; Fairly OddParents 3.2/18; Fairly OddParents 4.5/22; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.2/26; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.6/26; Penguins of Madagascar 5.8/24; Fanboy & Chum Chum 4.7/19; Back at the Barnyard 3.7/15; SpongeBob SquarePants 3.6/16; SpongeBob SquarePants 4.9/22; SpongeBob SquarePants 4.4/20
DISNEY CHANNEL 2.6/13 Avg. (7a-1p)
Jungle Junction 2.1/23; Little Einsteins 2.0/16; Special Agent Oso 1.9/11; Handy Manny 1.8/9; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.4/10; Imagination Movers 2.3/9; Handy Manny 2.2/9; Phineas and Ferb special (1×40) 3.9/16; Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1×90)
CARTOON NETWORK 2.2/11 Avg. (7a-1p)
Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl Battle Dimension 1.1/12; Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds 1.3/10; Ben 10: Alien Force 1.8/11; Star Wars: Clone Wars 1.8/8; Hot Wheels: Battle Force 1.5/6; Johnny Test 2.0/8; The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack 2.6/11; The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack 2.7/11; Chowder 3.2/13; Chowder 2.8/12; Johnny Test 2.9/13; Johnny Test 2.7/12
DISNEY XD 1.4/7 Avg. (7a-1p)
Suite Life of Zack & Cody 0.5/5; Phineas and Ferb 0.9/7; Phineas and Ferb 1.5/9; The Polar Express (1×135) 1.7/7; I’m in the Band 1.2/5; Phineas and Ferb 1.4/6; Suite Life on Deck 1.2/5; Suite Life on Deck 1.1/5
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1174; K6-11 530; TWEENS 9-14 379
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 858; K6-11 496; TWEENS 9-14 368
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 425; K6-11 238; TWEENS 9-14 160
DISNEY XD: K2-11 109; K6-11 69; TWEENS 9-14 50
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
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Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: This boardgame was originally developed in 1860 by Milton Bradley, and originally titled The Checkered Game of Life. It was the first boardgame Bradley ever developed. Back then, he was able to sell 45,000 copies. The game was played with a six-sided top instead of dice, and the boardgame itself looked very similar to a checkboard. The now “classic” game was reintroduced 100 years later in 1960, and came with an endorsement from Art Linkletter. The board itself was completely redesigned by Reuben Klamer. The game is updated every few years to mirror the times, and numerous versions have been created including Pirates of the Caribbean version, SpongeBob SquarePants version and even a Family Guy version. What is this game? LIFE Kudos to: Amie Lozanski-Hasbro/Rumford; Tom Siebert-HUGE/Brooklyn; Chris O’Reilly-ITN Networks/NY; Meredith Wayne-Telerep/NY; Jack Vein-The Gotham Group/LA; Tod Visdal/Seattle;
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