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12/02/05 Good morning. It’s Friday, December 2, 2005, and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing. NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT Warner Bros. has acquired the movie rights to the teen-targeted novel The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, from author Rick Yancy, per Variety. The movie will be produced by Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road Pictures, with the screenplay to be penned by David Iserson of Saturday Night Live. The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp is the story of 15 yrs old Alfred. An orphan, Alfred doesn’t ever seem to pull the long straw in life, school is not easy, his head, hands and feet are big and he is shy and well, you get the picture, except for one thing he has a great sense of humor. Alfred winds up living with his absentminded Uncle Farrell, who talks him into getting involved in an adventure of Arthurian proportions. Cartoon Network has begun production on its latest animated series, Squirrel Boy (13 x 30 min). Slated to debut in summer 2006, Squirrel Boy follows the classic adventures of a squirrel (Rodney) and his boy (Andy, 10 yrs). Squirrel Boy features the voices of Tom Kenny (SponegeBob SquarePants) as Rodney’s squirrel friend Leon; Richard Horvitz as Rodney J. Squirrel; Pamela S. Adlon as Andy Johnson; and Kurtwood Smith (Red in That ‘70s Show) as Andy’s father. Created and executive-produced by Everett Peck, the series is being produced at Cartoon Network Studios. MORE KIDS STUFF Cartoon Network Asia Pacific has picked up Decode Entertainment and Aardman Animation’s Planet Sketch (13 x 11 min) series. Targeted to K7-11, Planet Sketch follows groups of recurring characters: the Street Rappers a group of mean/moody guys who like to play silly games when nobody is watching, the Gnaughty Gnomes, impish garden gnomes who enjoy playing gross-out pranks on innocent passers-by and the Parping Ponies, two horses who never can’t hold down a decent job due to their own issues, of shall I say a gaseous nature. A Decode/Aardman co-production, Planet Sketch is commissioned by CiTV and Teletoon. Four holiday animated specials will make their Canadian premiere on Teletoon this month:
MARKETING/LICENSING Reed Exhibition’s New York Comic-Con and Wizard Conventions have signed a marketing agreement under which the two trade/consumer event groups will promote and take part in the other’s events. The deal comes just a couple of months before the first New York Comic-Con trade/consumer show for comics/games/anime and other related industries, scheduled for February 24-26, 2006 in NYC at the Jacob K. Javits Center. According to NY Comic-Con organizers, Wizard will play a significant role in promoting its show and will help to build its attendance, including selling tickets for the show at www.wizarduniverse.com . NY Comic-Con is managed by Reed Exhibitions, a unit of Reed Elsevier plc. Wizard Conventions Inc. is a sister company of Wizard Entertainment, which focuses on the comic book and collectibles market and publishes magazine including Wizard: The Comics Magazine; InQuest Gamer: The Gaming Magazine; ToyFare: The Toy Magazine; and Anime Insider, and is the co-publisher of Toy Wishes: The Ultimate Guide to Family Entertainment. In related news, Indie movie writer/director/producer/actor Kevin Smith (Clerks, Jersey Girls, Mallrats etc. and producer/Good Will Hunting) will be a guest of honor at New York Comic-Con. In addition to his screenplays and movies Smith has written both comic books featuring his original characters as well as Marvel Comics (Daredevil, Spider-Man) and DC Comics (Green Arrow). Smith’s next film, The Passions of the Clerks, will be released in 2006. His movies are great, but most are rated R. EXECUTIVE MOVES Jason Hovey has joined Kaboose Inc. as VP/Kids & Educational Properties. Hovey will be a key member of Kaboose’s management team, and will continue to drive the strategic growth of Zeeks.com and Funschool.com, Kaboose’s kids and educational properties. Hovey was most recently GM/Yahooligans! & Yahoo! Education. Industry veteran Eugene Young has been named Chief Creative Officer, FremantleMedia North America. Young will oversee all development and programming for the production company and will report to Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO/FremantleMedia North America. Most recently Young served as SVP/Programming & Development, Endemol USA (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Fear Factor). Sumner M. Redstone, Chairman/CEO, Viacom Inc. yesterday announced the appointment of Carl D. Folta to the newly-created role of EVP/Office of the Chairman in 2006, following the separation of the organization into two publicly-traded companies. Folta will serve as chief representative of the Chairman and a corporate officer of both companies, reporting directly to Redstone. Folta, who joined the company in 1984, is currently EVP/Corporate Relations, Viacom. In his new role, Folta will be responsible for overseeing communications and administration for the Office of the Chairman, in consultation with the Boards of Directors for both new Viacom and CBS Corporation, working closely with Tom Freston and Leslie Moonves. He will serve as senior advisor/spokesperson for the Chairman, with responsibility for strategic positioning and outreach to all internal and external audiences, including the media, the investment community and US and international government officials. Folta will also be responsible for directing the companies’ joint KNOW HIV/AIDS initiative. RATINGS CBS’ play of the holiday special Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer on Wednesday night, the last night of November sweeps 2005, delivered Its largest audience with 15.75 million total viewers, and highest ratings among A18-49 (5.7/15) and Adults 25-54 (6.3/16) since 2000. All three of these categories are up from last year by +5%, +8% and +11% respectively. Kids Cable Network Averages in thousands (000) for Wednesday, November 30, 2005, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
Answer to yesterday’s trivia question: “When you care enough to send the best,” who are you? HALLMARK Kudos to: Jodi Feinstein-Majesco Entertainment/Edison NJ; Nicole Johnson-TV One/Silver Spring MD; Erica Minton-WonderGroup/Cincinnati; Kerri Huyck-KIDK TV/Idaho Falls ID; Rosemary Cunningham-MMT Chicago; Barb Throm-Smart Media/St Louis; Kevin Schmidt-National Cable Communications/Chicago; Julia Bricklin-C-A Inc/Studio City. Today’s Trivia Question Today: What is Arnold’s last name on Hey Arnold on Nick? (click here with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone with your answer. 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 Billings for Cynthia Turner’s Cynopsis Kids! 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Top writing/analytical skills. Email: [email protected] (12/7) JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR RESEARCH, OLN-Stamford Provide research support to all depts. 7+ yrs exp nat’l cable/broadcast tv & sports exp req’d. More info: www.olntv.com Resume/Salary: [email protected] EOE/AA/Drug (12/07) JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR OF SALES/Petry International/LA: highly motivated w/ experience in the internat’l/multicultural sales & marketing area preferred. Client and agency contacts a must. Pls send resume to: [email protected] (12/07) JOB OPENING: VP SALES/Petry International/NYC: Experienced deal maker (both advertising and bus. dev) for international and multicultural. Channel, client and agency contacts a must. Pls send resume to: [email protected] (12/07) JOB OPENING: RESEARCH ANALYST, The Golf Channel / ORLANDO, FL. 3 yrs media research exp preferred. Day-to-day will use NPOWER; Market Breaks; StarTrak. Golf exp. not mandatory. EOE. M/F/D/V Fax to: 407.363.7976. No calls please. (12/13) JOB OPENING: RESEARCH ANALYST/COMCAST SPOTLIGHT, MALVERN, PA 3 yrs research exp. Analyze, interpret, and present data for cable Ad sales efforts. http://careers.comcast.com/choices/searchjobs.asp enter requisition# 25278BR (12/06) JOB OPENING: RESEARCH MGR-PROG Comedy Central: Combo of primary/secondary research-support network TV & multiplatform initiatives. Analytical/strategic thinker. Strong writing/presenting. 4+ yrs research exp. EOE MTVNCAREERS.COM (12/06) JOB OPENING: F/T RECEPTIONIST /LA daytime drama: Requires organized, intelligent, articulate, professional, curious self-starter w/ excellent phone & MS Office skills. Email letter & resume to: [email protected] (12/06) JOB OPENING: FREELANCE TV SYNDICATION EXEC: For small US distributor. No travel, phones only. Weekly half hour & 60 min. OTO’s. Experienced only. Submit resume/references/wage req. to [email protected] (12/03) JOB OPENING: MEDIA BUYERS and TRAFFIC COORDINATORS – SpotPlus/Dallas. Media Buying experience required. Hispanic exp. Desired. Will work on large direct response account.Send Resume to:[email protected] (12/03) JOB OPENING: WRITER/PRODUCER, CREATIVE SERVICES/Great American Country-Nashville: Dev/write & produce on air promotions. 4 yrs+ TV Station/Cable Ntwrk. College degree req’d. Resume: [email protected] & ref job # 4899-U (12/03) JOB OPENING: LOCAL SALES MGR/WBXX TV/KNOXVILLE: 3-5 exp as local sales leader w/ proven success. Motivate team, maintain strong relations & increase mrkt share in metered middle mrkt. Res to: [email protected] (12/2) JOB OPENING: TRAFFIC COORDINATOR /WE/LI: Resp for scheduling all programming elements for the network. Cable scheduling pref. Strong comp. skills. Detail oriented. Comm degree pref. resumes [email protected] (12/3) WINTER INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. They are posted for free, and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected]. Winter Internship Credits Only: CHANNEL ONE NEWS/NYC: ASSIST MKTG DEPT of teen TV news network w/sales & consumer mktg projects, promotions, sponsor programs. 3-5 days/wk. Enthusiastic/organized, Excel/PPoint. Cover ltr/resume: [email protected] (12/10) Winter Internship Credits Only: here!-Gay TV is seeking interns in LA and NY. You must receive school credit and be able to work 2-3 days a week or 16-30 hours a week. Hours are flexible. E-mail resumes to: [email protected] (12/06) SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED — SITUATION WANTED: Award Winning Network CREATIVE DIRECTOR seeking position at up and coming or thriving network. Solid experience in On and Off-Air Design and Management. Very pro-active. Willing to relocate. Contact [email protected] (12/8 SITUATION WANTED: VP/SALES Latin America.Previously at Fox & HBO Latin America. 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