A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM truTV
truTV: Having our BEST YEAR EVER!
Our hit series delivered STRONG GROWTH in November: FULL THROTTLE SALOON: Wednesdays at 10p CONSPIRACY THEORY WITH JESSE VENTURA: Fridays at 10p Cynopsis Good morning. It’s Friday, December 3, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing, coming to you from home sweet home! As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here . Tonight”s Premieres: Saturday’s Premiere: Saturday’s Finale: Sunday’s Premieres: Sunday’s Finales: A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM SONY PICTURES TELEVISION
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87% SOLD for SEASON 2 THROUGH 2011 – 2012 +20% Over year AGO TIME PERIODAMONG WOMEN 25-54 Source: NSI, WRAP Overnights, LPM markets; Live+SD W25-54Rtg, wtd avg; Nov ’10 vs. Nov ’09 Time Period; Subject to qualifications upon request.
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
A judge has approved MGM’s financial restructuring plan and the company will enter its Chapter 11 reorganization phase in the next two weeks following a confirmation hearing yesterday in New York. In the meantime, MGM needs to finalize some of its bankruptcy issues and various court documents. Then by mid-December, MGM will likely arrange for a $500 million in financing to fund operations of the Century City studio after it leaves bankruptcy court. Previously, Spyglass Entertainment heads Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum were appointed as co-CEOs of MGM under the restructuring plan. In another executive move, Barry Diller, CEO is departing IAC and simultaneously, John Malone’s Liberty Media said it will sell off its complete equity stake in IAC for a combination of $220 million and assets consisting of Evite and Gifts.com. Diller continues to be the biggest individual shareholder of IAC with nearly 34% of the total voting rights. Diller also stated he has the right and will act on this right to acquire additional shares of IAC over the coming nine months to increase his voting share to more than 40%. In Diller’s wake, Greg Blatt will become CEO of IAC. Blatt was formerly CEciO of its Match.com division. CBS News’ anchor Katie Couric is the next guest star to appear on an upcoming episode of FOX’s Glee. According to the NY Post, Couric will appear in the post-Super Bowl episode on February 6. BBC America premieres the fourth new season of sci-fi series Primeval on January 1 at 9p, the same day the series debuts season four in the UK. The series, picking up 12 months after the season three conclusion, is back on BBC America for two new seasons next year, due to a deal between Impossible Pictures Limited (IPL), BBC Worldwide (BBCW) and ITV. The original co-production partners, ITV, ProSieben and BBC Worldwide will co-fund the new run with BBC Worldwide being the majority funder. BBC America also is receiving a full co-production credit and UKTV is a first-time investor. Also on tap for BBC America this month, is a slew of specials airing on December 11 surrounding the recently-announced nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. BBC America will air an exclusive half-hour BBC World News America special, William & Kate: Modern Monarchy at 330p and 730p. Also on December 11, BBC America will air the US premieres of Art of Diana at 12p and 4p; All the Queen’s Horses at 1p and 5p; Memories of a Queen at 2p and 6p; William and Harry: The Brother Princes at 3p and 7p; and the BBC America premiere of the film The Queen starring Dame Helen Mirren at 8p and 11p. The Style Network revealed actress/talk show host Tempestt Bledsoe (The Cosby Show) will become the new host of its series Clean House starting with new episodes opening January 26 at 10p. Clean House airs on Wednesdays at 10p. Sundance Channel set the premiere date for its new original series Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys with double run episodes at 10p and 1030p on December 7. Before the on-air debut, Sundance will launch the series’ first episode online with a sneak peak available from noon to 8p on December 6 at girlswholikeboyswholikeboys .com. The series about women who have male best friends who are gay, has also experienced digital success on Facebook with almost 200,000 fans to date. Tuesday’s season three finale of FX’s Sons of Anarchy, clocking in at 90 minutes, attracted 3.6 million total viewers and 2.4 million among A18-49. FX also reported the season conclusion of Terriers on Wednesday at 10p, delivered 784,000 total viewers and 405,000 with A18-49. A&E Network’s series launch of Storage Wars on Wednesday at 10p and 1030p averaged 1.2 million among A18-49 and A25-54. Storage Wars has become A&E’s most-watched real-life series premiere of the year. ~ DISTRIBUTION, CLEARANCE & CARRIAGE ~
IFC picked up four complete comedy series including The Larry Sanders Show, The Ben Stiller Show, Mr. Show with Bob and David and Action. All four series will air within a new 90m comedy block hosted by comedian Scott Aukerman highlighted by exclusive new interviews with writers, creators and stars of each show as well as comedians influenced by the show’s stars. The comedy block will launch January 3, airing on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10p-1130p. Premiere dates and air times of the four acquired shows include:
~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
AMC commenced production yesterday in Vancouver on its next original series, The Killing from writer, executive producer and series showrunner Veena Sud (Cold Case). Produced by Fox Television Studios, The Killing is based on a popular Danish television series, Forbrydelsen about the murder of a young girl in Seattle and the following police investigation. Mikkel Bondesen serves as executive producer for Fuse Entertainment and Fuse’s Kristen Campo is co-producer. AMC ordered thirteen, one-hour episodes for season one due to premiere next March. ABC is working on two new comedies:
Paula Marshall (Gary Unmarried, Californication) is joining FOX’s House as Cuddy’s sister, Lucinda, per TV Guide. Marshall is expected to make her first appearance on the series in January. Casting Call: Logo TV and World of Wonder Productions are casting for the second season of RuPaul’s Drag U. The series is seeking women who want to find their inner diva through a makeover, going from boring to glam. The show is looking for women between 18 and 49 years old who live in the Los Angeles area. Examples of the type of women the show is looking for includes: over-worked mom, plus-sized, recently lost a lot of weight, always the bridesmaid and never the bride, prepping for a class reunion, work in uniform, sisters recovering from the loss of a parent and more. Send an email to: [email protected] and include a brief bio, your name, age, contact numbers, occupation, why you need a makeover and a recent photo. ~ RATINGS ~
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 11/15-11/19/10 ranked in order by HH Rtg NEW M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 11/15-11/19/10 ranked in order by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 11/15-11/19/10 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg NEW M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 11/15-11/19/10 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: CBS delivered the winning lineup Wednesday night with a 2.5/7 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, CBS’ Survivor: Nicaragua came in well ahead of the pack at 3.6/11 followed by a tie between the average of ABC’s repeat comedies The Middle and Better With You and UNIV’s Eva Luna both at 1.7/5. During 9p, FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen and UNIV’s Soy Tu Duena shared #1 at 2.6/7 each with NBC’s Law & Order: SVU a mere tenth of a rating point behind at 2.5/7. NBC finished off the night on top through 10p with Law & Order: LA at 2.2/6 with CBS’ special Grammy Nomination Concert next in line at 1.7/5. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 5.3/9 Survivor: Nicaragua 7.0/11, Criminal Minds [r] 5.6/9, Grammy Nomination Concert 3.2/6 NBC: 5.0/8 Undercovers 3.1/5, Law & Order: SVU 5.9/9, Law & Order: LA 6.0/11 FOX: 3.4/6 Human Target 3.5/6, Hell’s Kitchen 3.4/5 ABC: 3.3/6 The Middle [r] 4.1/7, Better With You [r] 3.4/6, Modern Family [r] 4.3/7, Cougar Town [r] 2.9/5, The Whole Truth 2.5/4 UNIV: 2.3/4 Eva Luna 2.0/3, Soy Tu Duena 2.9/5, Don Francisco Presenta 1.8/3 CW: 1.7/3 America’s Next Top Model [f] 2.1/4, Hellcats 1.2/2 ION: 1.0/2 Without a Trace 0.9/1, Without a Trace 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 1.3/2 TELE: 0.6/1 Aurora 0.7/1, Fantasma de Elena 0.6/1, Alguien Te Mira 0.5/1 TF: 0.4/1 Fiesta de Pelicula: Dr. Doolittle 2 0.4/1, India 0.4/1 A18-49: CBS 2.5/7, FOX 2.1/6, NBC 2.0/6, UNIV 1.9/5, ABC 1.5/4, CW 1.1/3, TELE 0.5/1, TF 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
In two months, Jana Bennett will be joining BBC Worldwide as President/Worldwide Networks and Global iPlayer. When Jana begins next February she will have oversight over BBC Worldwide’s wholly-owned BBC-branded channels in addition to BBC Worldwide’s 50% shareholding in UKTV. She will further head the Global iPlayer which is due to launch in the first half of next year. Sean McManus, President/CBS News and Sports announced David Berson was appointed EVP/CBS Sports and President/CBS College Sports. David will begin his new position January 3 where he will be an integral part of all facets of CBS Sports’ operations, reporting to McManus. David will also head CBS College Sports Network and manage the daily operations of the cable sports channel. Prior to this position, David was EVP/Programming Planning and Strategy at ESPN. WNET has added Harvey Seslowsky as Senior Director/Local and National Advertising and Jennifer Kirby as Senior Director/Foundation Relations. In his new position, Harvey will manage WNET’s national and local sales efforts reporting to Kerry Kruckel Gibbs, VP/Development. Jennifer will supervise the organization’s grants funding on behalf of WNET’s series and community initiatives and programs. She also reports to Kerry Kruckel Gibbs. Furthermore, WNET hired Patrick O’Connell as Senior Major Gifts Officer, reporting to Carey Bartram Meltzer, Director/Major Gifts and Laura Gordon as Foundation Relations Specialist. Effective immediately, Kevin Adell, CEO of The Word Network will continue in this role and will additionally assume the title of President of the religious broadcast company, replacing outgoing President Lewis Gibbs. Additionally, Steven Antoniotti was named as the new President/GM of WADL-TV, owned by Adell Broadcasting Corporation, also succeeding Lewis Gibbs. Previously, Steven served as VP/GM. Bravo promoted David O’Connell to SVP/Production and Operations and further named Christian McLaughlin as VP/Production. David will carry on production management for Bravo, overseeing all details pertaining to the production of original series and specials. David is based in Burbank and continues to report to Frances Berwick, President, Bravo Media. After joining Bravo from VH1, Christian will oversee the production of Work of Art: The Next Great Artists, Rocco’s Dinner Party and Roble & Co (wt) among other series. Christian is located in New York and reports to Shari Levine, SVP/Production, Bravo. Discovery Communications elevated Alyson Jackson to VP/International Production Management, reporting to Lee Bartlett, EVP/Global Production Management, Business and Legal Affairs. Ilana Susnow takes on new responsibility as VP/Marketing with NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. Ilana will relocate from Los Angeles to New York for this new role where she will supervise all marketing efforts across the unit’s sales teams including advertiser and cable sales. Ilana will report to Donna Mills, SVP/Marketing, Communications and Affiliate Relations, NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution. Joseph Powers assumes the role of LSM for WTVT FOX 13 in Tampa, part of the Fox Television Station group, effective immediately. Joseph will manage the sales efforts, reporting to Shawn Gossett, VP/GSM.
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