Cynopsis
12.23.11
Good morning. It’s Friday, December 23, 2011, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Finale:
Investigation Discovery: Facing Evil with Candice DeLong at 9p
Sunday’s Premiere:
Univision: El Gran Show de los Peques at 8p
December 26 Premieres:
Sportsman Channel: NRA’s Guns and Gold at 9p; Shell Shocked! with Patrick Flanagan at 930p
December 26 Finales:
TNT: The Closer at 9p; Rizzoli & Isles at 10p
December 27 Premieres:
WE tv: Texas Multi Mamas at 8p
TLC: Extreme Couponing All-Stars at 10p
December 29 Premieres:
TLC: NY INK at 9p; Hook, Lines & Sisters at 10p
December 30 Premieres:
Animal Planet: Infested! at 9p
Discovery Fit & Health: Dr. G: Medical Examiner at 10p
TLC: Four Weddings at 10p
December 30 Finales:
TLC: Say Yes to the Dress at 9p
Syfy: Sanctuary at 10p
January 1 Premieres:
Veria Living: Labor of Love at 11a
VH1: Mob Wives at 8p
Food Network: Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off at 9p
OWN: Oprah’s Next Chapter at 9p; Extreme Clutter at 11p
Sportsman Channel: MeatEater at 9p
TLC: Hoarding: Buried Alive at 9p
Animal Planet: Finding Bigfoot at 10p
HBO: Angry Boys at 10p
January 1 Finales:
NBC: Football Night in America at 7p; Sunday Night Football at 815p
Louisiana’s Bayou is the setting of Discovery Channel’s new reality series Ragin’ Cajuns premiering January 17 at 10p. Venice, Louisiana once was a thriving shrimping community and following the devastation by both Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the oil spill in 2010, the area is struggling to survive. The Bayou boys featured in this series continue though to work hard and play even harder. Ragin’ Cajuns is produced for Discovery Channel by Gurney Productions.
Fans of Animal Planet’s Whale Wars learned yesterday the series will return for a fifth season next June via Facebook. The upcoming season will again follow Captain Paul Watson and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s campaign against whaling in Antarctica. The number of episodes for the fifth season was not yet revealed. During its last season, Whale Wars averaged 1.06 million total viewers and ranks in the top three best-performing series in 2011 for Animal Planet among total viewers, A25-54, M25-54 and W25-54. The Lizard Trading Company produces Whale Wars.
Original series Ax Men is back on HISTORY with a fifth season starting January 8 at 9p. The series documents the history of the logging industry and details how technology has transformed those working in logging today even though the battle with nature remains constant. Original Productions is behind the series produced for HISTORY.
Next spring, Sundance Channel will premiere a second series of short films titled Beginnings from director Chiara Clemente. The films feature six creative Parisians exploring their early inspirations. Last year, the network aired seven episodes of Beginnings about creative New Yorkers. Beginnings is produced by Tanya Selvaratnam for Di San Luca Films.
Nat Geo WILD’s recent Second Annual Big Cat Week airing from December 12 through December 18 delivered the network’s highest rated week since its launch. Primetime programming featuring big cats throughout the week pulled in 5.9 million total viewers, 1.4 million more than in 2010.
Wednesday’s frosh season finale of FX’s American Horror Story marked the series’ most-watched episode by tallying 3.22 million total viewers. The concluding episode also drew in 2.19 million among A18-49 and 1.9 million with A25-54.
Program Call: Cynopsis Media will be producing our annual NATPE Shopping Guide sent to all Cynopsis and Cynopsis Kids subscribers on Thursday, January 19, 2012, the week before NATPE Market and Conference 2012 opens at the Fontainebleau Resort, Miami Beach. If your company is an official exhibitor at NATPE 2012, please send us only the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e. series, special, movie, etc.), genre (comedy, drama, lifestyle, etc.) and your terms (barter, cash, etc.) as well as your company’s stand/booth location. To be included in this free and highly-read special edition, please send your submission to Lisa Ball at: [email protected] no later than Thursday, January 12, 2012. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission from Lisa (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).
Head over to the Cynopsis Kids !magination Awards to enter your preschool, kid and tween targeted TV series, TV movies, and websites, apps and games, and the marketing, public relations and advertising campaigns, which support that content, for our first annual awards program. To enter the Cynopsis: Kids !magination Awards your kid-targeted content or support campaign must have taken place (in part or in full) between October 1, 2010 and December 31, 2011. We look forward to seeing your entry and honoring the winners at the June 2012 Awards ceremony in New York City.
Entertainment Concepts International has a trio of syndicated projects:
- The weekly makeover series Sacred Spaces, with 26 half-hour episodes will make its world premiere the week of September 17, 2012. It is being sold as a 50/50 barter. Host Cary Weldy and co-host Jenny Milkowski uncover secrets and mysteries of the ancients and how those secrets relate to the world today to transform spaces both physically and energetically.
- Listen To Me: Buddy Holly is a one-hour special that made its world premiere on PBS this month is available worldwide excluding North America immediately. There is a one-hour documentary companion program which is available worldwide immediately and both are being offered for cash.
- Jackie Robinson: My Story is a 70-minute docu-drama that is available worldwide immediately and is being offered for cash.
As of January 1, 2012, WCIV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Charleston, SC said it will not be carried on Time Warner Cable and AT&T U-verse after the carriage contract expires on December 31, 2011 despite prolonged negotiations. WCIV-TV’s programming will continue to be available to viewers over-the-air as well as via DIRECTV, Dish Network, Comcast and Knology.
Broadcast Morning News Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of December 12, 2011)
NBC: Today 5.62 million total viewers; 2.0/14 and 2.46 million A25-54
ABC: GMA 4.86 million total viewers; 1.6/11 and 1.96 million A25-54
CBS: Early Show 2.58 million total viewers; 0.9/6 and 1.03 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Broadcast Late-Night Shows – Weekly Average Ratings (week of December 12, 2011)
NBC: Tonight Show 3.91 million total viewers; 1.2 and 1.46 million A25-54; 0.9 and 1.09 million A18-49
ABC: Nightline 3.89 million total viewers; 1.2 and 1.48 million A25-54; 0.9 and 1.17 million A18-49
CBS: Late Show 3.43 million total viewers; 1.2 and 1.49 million A25-54; 0.9 and 1.13 million A18-49
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: FOX took charge Wednesday leading with a 3.0/9 among A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX’s The X-Factor won the 8p hour at 3.2/10 with NBC’s Who’s Still Standing? next at 1.7/5. FOX remained on top during 9p with the last half hour of The X-Factor and I Hate My Teenage Daughter at an average of 2.9/9 and Univision’s La Fuerza del Destino moved into second place at 2.2/6. Then at 10p, CBS won with a CSI repeat at 1.6/5 and Univision stayed planted in the #2 spot with La Rosa de Guadalupe at 1.4/4.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
FOX: 5.7/9 The X-Factor 6.4/11, I Hate My Teenage Daughter 3.4/5
CBS: 4.0/7 Home for the Holidays 2.7/5, Criminal Minds [r] 4.6/7, CSI [r] 4.8/8
ABC: 3.0/5 The Middle [r] 3.5/6, Suburgatory [r] 3.2/5, Modern Family [r] 4.1/7, Happy Endings [r] 2.4/4, Revenge [r] 2.3/4
NBC: 2.9/5 Who’s Still Standing? 3.2/5, Michael Buble Christmas 2.7/4, Law & Order: SVU [r] 2.7/5
UNIV: 2.0/3 Una Familia con Suerte 1.8/3, La Fuerza del Destino 2.5/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.6/3
TELE: 0.8/1 Maid en Manhattan 0.8/1, Flor Salvaje 0.7/1, La Casa de al Lado 0.8/1
ION: 0.7/1 Wednesday 7PM Movie: The Fugitive [r] 0.6/1, Criminal Minds 0.7/1
CW: 0.5/1 Gossip Girl [r] 0.4/1, Gaga By Gaultier [r] 0.6/1
TF: 0.2/0 Reto de Mujer 0.2/0, Correo de Inocentes 0.2/0, El Capo 0.3/0
A18-49: FOX 3.0/9, UNIV 1.7/5, ABC 1.4/4, CBS 1.3/4, NBC 1.2/4, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.2/1
Former sports anchor/reporter at WMAQ/Chicago Paula Faris joins ABC News as Co-Anchor for World News Now and America This Morning joining Rob Nelson. Paula will additionally contribute to Good Morning America and other ABC News broadcasts and platforms. Paula was with WMAQ for six years.
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Friday Fun Fact: Christmas became a national holiday in America on June 26, 1870.
This day in History: 1970 – 7,511th performance of Agatha Christie’s “Mousetrap”.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Who was Ava Elizabeth Patterson-Davis better know as? Buffy on Family Affair. Kudos to: T J Healy-Black Sheep Productions/Wilmington; David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NYC; Rory Rosegarten-The Conversation Company, Ltd. /Roslyn, NY; Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing/NY; SteveKurtzer-Zimmerman/Fort Lauderdale; Barbara Oates-MediaVest/NY; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton; Linda Grillo-Viacom/NYC; Kathryn Tesoriero-GroupM/NYC; Chuck Gordon-WTTO-TV/Birmingham; Roz Seibold-EDA/Tucson; Jim Gray-Kitchen Guy/Missoula, MT; Larry Glazer/WTTW TV/Chicago; Sue Blumenthal-KSM Media/Chicago; Richard G. Murphy-Manor Productions/W. Toluca Lake; William Applegate, Jr.-Unlimited Productions/LA; Renee Rochman-As Seen Everywhere/LA; Ken DuBow-Opus Distribution/Tarzana; Dan Haberer-Creo Entertainment/Playa del Rey; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment,Inc/LA;
Stephen Kelley-9 Story Entertainment/Toronto.
Today’s Trivia Question: “Christmas in Connecticut,” a 1945 comedy with Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan, was remade for TV in 1992 by a surprising director. Who? (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.)
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12.23.11
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2011
ABC: Shrek the Halls, Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation, Prep& Landing: Naughty vs. Nice, Kung Fu Panda Special, 20/20
AZTECA: Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, Lo Que Callamos Edicion Especial
CBS: A Gifted Man [r], CSI:NY [r], Blue Bloods [r]
CW: Olive, the Other Reindeer, Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares [r], Fringe [r]
ION: Flashpoint, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: Chuck, Grimm [r], Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Need to Know, Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Christmas at St. Olaf: Rejoice, Give Thanks and Sing
TELE: Una Maid en Manhattan, Flor Salvaje, La Casa de la Lado
UNIV: Una Familia con Suerte, La Fuerza del Destino, La Rosa de Guadalupe en Navidad
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