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Good morning. It’s Friday, February 18, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Fox led the second Wednesday in the February sweep with a 7.7/19 A18-49 rating according to final numbers from Nielsen Media Research. ABC was #2 for the night with a 4.8/12, followed by CBS 3.3/8, NBC 3.2/8, WB 1.7/4, UPN 1.2/3. ABC’s Lost was a clear cut winner at 8p, delivering a 6.7/18 for the hour, its closest competition coming from Fox with an 4.0/11 from 8-9p. American Idol kept and built on its lead-in, earning a 11.5/27 at 9p, well ahead of #2 Alias on ABC (3.9/9). CBS’ CSI: NY won the 10p hour with a 4.9/13, over NBC’s Law & Order 4.3/11 and ABC’s Wife Swap 3.6/9. February Sweep to date (2/3-2/16/05) per Nielsen Media Research data: Fox‘s latest midseason series Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show will debut on Sunday, March 13 at 930p (this show was originally looking at a Sunday 7p time period). And Fox’s comedy midseason series Life on a Stick premieres on Wednesday, March 23 after American Idol. Casting / Development / Production:
Good Morning America is making inroads in the morning program viewing audience, not so subtly creeping up on Today. For the week of February 7, GMA averaged 5.62 million viewers with a 2.2/15 A25-54 demo audience. Today show for the same week averaged 5.89 million viewers and a 2.4/16 demo among A25-54. CBS pulled in 3.05 million viewers and averaged a 1.2/8 A25-54. As compared to the same week a year ago, GMA was up 17% in the demo, Today was down by 12% and CBS Early Show was down by 11% in the demo. E!‘s reality series Dr. 90210 will return for a second season with 13 new 60m eps, starting Monday, February 28 at 10p. Only this season, the show will be an hour long instead of 30m. This show takes a look behind the scenes of some of Beverly Hills cosmetic surgery offices and into the lives of the doctors themselves. Okay, here are some hard numbers to chew on. 19% of the US TV viewing population are still using rabbit ears. And nearly 50% of those homes have an annual income of under $30,000. At the moment, only 12% have digital TV sets at home. Providing all of the over-the-air free TV homes with converter boxes allowing them to view digital TV would cost between $460 million and $2 billion – depending on the cost of the box and who gets them (based on income levels). If convert-to-digital boxes were provided to those who currently have cable/satellite, the price tag then shoots up to $1.8 billion to $10 billion. Currently, the conversion from analog to digital for broadcasters has a soft completion date of December 2006, provided 85% of the country can receive digital TV. That 85% rule has given some pause, since the likelihood of getting there by end of 2006 is perhaps remote (here in Connecticut, there are some town that don’t even have cable yet). All of these numbers came to light as some lawmakers are considering introducing a bill that would eliminate the need to get to 85% before the conversion happens. To do that, Congress says there must be assurances that those still using antennas won’t just go dark. Thus the costs of the conversion boxes. And therein lies the rub. Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of January 31-February 6, 2005 ranked by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of January 31-February 6, 2005 ranked by A18-49 Note for you die-hard Survivor fans – CBS.com will bring back its internet talk show SURVIVOR LIVE with hosts Jenna Morasca (she won the Amazon edition of Survivor) and Dalton Ross. The show begins today at 2pm. The online black market for hit US shows’ episodes is thriving according to new research data from web monitoring company Envisional. Their figures show a 150% increase in pirated television shows over the past year. Envisional found that 70% of the piracy occurred through the use of BitTorrent software. The UK heads up the pirating list with a 20% share of the international TV piracy total amount followed by Australia and then the US according to silicom.com. The top 10 (don’t we love top ten lists!) pirated US television shows in rank order are….24, Stargate Atlantis, The Simpsons, Enterprise, Stargate SG-1, The O.C., Smallville, Desperate Housewives, Battlestar Galactica and Lost. MGM Home Entertainment Group has upped Ian Sutherland to EVP/International Theatrical Distribution and Marketing, announced David Bishop, president of the group. Ian joined MGM in 2000 as SVP/International Marketing and Distribution, overseeing the theatrical distribution and Wednesday, February 16, 2005. FINAL Ratings for all Networks – program averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research. [p] = Premiere; [r] = Repeat FOX 10.5/16 That 70’s Show 5.4/9, The Simple Life 5.6/9, American Idol 15.5/23 ABC 7.7/12 Lost 11.0/17, Alias 6.4/10, Wife Swap 5.5/9 CBS 7.3/11 60 Minutes 5.9/9, King of Queens 6.6/10, Yes Dear 5.9/9, CSI: NY 9.6/16 NBC 6.9/11 Medium [r] 4.8/7, The West Wing 6.8/10, Law & Order 9.3/15 WB 2.2/3Smallville 3.0/5, Jack & Bobby 1.4/2 UPN 1.8/3 Road to Stardom 2.0/3, Kevin Hill 1.6/2 A18-49 Fox 7.7/19, ABC 4.8/12, CBS 3.3/8, NBC 3.2/8, WB 1.7/4, UPN 1.2/3 Friday Fun Fact: RKO stands for Radio-Keith-Orpheum, formed by the merger of RCA and the Keith-Orpheum theater chain in 1921. The History Channel presents This Day in History: A MESSAGE FROM COURT TV Court TV: The Investigation Channel has got the POWER .
A new episode of Dominick Dunne’s Power, Privilege and Justice Tonight @ 11 Experience the power of advertising on Visit www.courttvmediakit.com Today’s Trivia Question: A break from the usual – here’s a movie question: In the 72 years of the Academy Awards existence, only three films have swept all five categories in Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Actor and Actress, and Best Writing. They are It Happened One Night (1934), One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), and what is the third? (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 — Cyn To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change a subscription for any Cynopsis edition: www.cynopsis.com Archived Editions: www.Cynopsis.com Cyn opsis CLASSIFIEDS – read by 101,600+ Cynopsis & Cynopsis Kids! readers every day. JOB OPENING: LINE PRODUCER; DC BASED; Format series for Top Cable B’caster. MUST have Line Producer or Coord Producer credit on hit format series; Work as local. Send resumes to JOB OPENING: RESEARCH MGR, AD SALES, Discovery Nets Intl, Miami, FL. 3+ yrs market and ad sales research in broadcast or cable; knowledge of IBOPE ratings and Latin America ad sales market. Apply: www.discovery.com . Job req#1726 (2/25) JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR/CORP. PROMOTIONS – Equity Bcsting’s (Little Rock) Fox/UPN/WB/ABC affiliates. Creative thinker/leader. Exp in dev memorable events, on-air campaigns, contests, promotions. Resume/cvr ltr: JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR/CORP. PROMOTIONS-Equity Bcsting’s (Little Rock) Univision/Telefutura Affiliates.Bilingual & exp in Spanish lang. TV; highly creative, expand & extend brand mkt presence. Resume/cvr ltr: JOB OPENING: US MARKETING & BRAND MANAGER/Entara, London. NY based, oversee all areas of mktg/promotion/development of a brand across the US. Creative, 5+ yrs mktg/brand exp. Pref. children’s mkt. Email: JOB OPENING: SR. RESEARCH ANALYST/AUDIENCE SALES/FOX BROADCASTING, NY. 1-2 yrs w/cable, net, agency, rep firm, knowledge of Nielsen, Galaxy, etc.; strong analytical & strategic thinking skills. Apply: www.foxcareers.com (2/24) JOB OPENING: ON-AIR PROMO SCHEDULER, OLN, Stamford, CT – Schedule all on-air and internet promos and handle contractual obligations. 1-2 yrs prior exp req’d. See www.olntv.com . Resume/salary: JOB OPENING: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, OLN/G4, Chicago, IL – 3+ yrs ad exp; cable/bdcast network exp pref’d. Highly motivated, goal oriented ind. w/ strong pres. skills. See www.olntv.com . Resume/salary to JOB OPENING: SR RESEARCH ANALYST/BET-NY. 3+ yrs cable or agency res exp; Skilled w/MRI, Simmons & var. res tools; MS Office proficient. Analytical, detailed, pgm/rtg savvy relevant to African-Amer mkt. Email: JOB OPENING: TV Co. seeks GM / EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION. Experienced & entrepreneurial pro to manage day to day operations of growing NY office. Email resume to JOB OPENING: EXEC ASST to PRES-Brand Central, LA. Growing brand mgmt & licensing agency seeks a bright, organized Admin. w/1-3 yrs exp, detailed follow-thru & stellar communication skills. MS Office req. APPLY: JOB OPENING: DIRECTORS/MGRS -NY w/diverse cable TV group. Dev/implement off-air mktg activity incl media/promo/events/stunts to build brand/prog. BA req, MBA pref. 3-5yrs exp Mgr; 5-8 yrs exp Dir. EOE. Email: JOB OPENING: INTERN/PROJECT EMPLOYEE needed for Court TV‘s hottest show. Duties: screening tapes, pulling sound bytes, graphics coordination, some clerical.Req: energetic, organized, smart, reliable. JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR AD SALES & MKTG. – Ideal cand. has strong contacts w/Fortune 500 media buyers. Newspaper related – L.A. based co intros best new nat’l advertising tool – major clients already signed – JOB OPENING: AFFILIATE MKTG MGR/Jericho, NY. Strategic mktg support for the Rainbow Networks affil sales dept. Client service, project mgmt, comm skills exp/skills w/knowledge of cable industry.Apply: JOB OPENING: TRADE PUBLICIST/Rainbow Media, NYC. 2-3+ yrs exp at cable/bcst/agency. Strong comm skills, record of media placements. Aggressive, proactive, fast-paced enviro on multiple nat’l nets.Apply: JOB OPENING: ADMIN POSITION-PVI, NYC. Virtual advertising company. Recent grad w/interest in sales. 70% Admin/30% intern opportunities. Email resume/cvr ltr: JOB OPENING: SR RESEARCH ANALYST-TBS/TNT Ad Sales-NY 3-5 yrs Nat’lTV exp; strong analytical skills, able to interpret/position data; proficient in Nielsen systems; info www.turnerjobs.com #29520BR;resume JOB OPENING: MGR LAS/AETN, NY. Dev promotions, presentations to maximize local ad sales ops & incr rev. BA/BS 5+ yrs cable exp, media/ad sales pref. Exp: LAS mktg, research or promos req. Res & sal reqs: JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, SALES PLANNING & TRAFFIC SYSTEMS- Hallmark Channel/NY. Implementation, support/admin of Sales & Traffic systems. 5+ yrs exp. Full posting: www.hallmarkchannel.com. Send resume: JOB OPENING: SR WRITER/PROD,Mag Rack, NYC5+ yrs prod exp.Create/develop/supervise show scripts/concepts. Work w/depts. to engage consumers, drive repeat usage, build brand. Freelance opps also.Apply: SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED — SITUATION WANTED: MUSIC COMPOSER, NYC, with 2 films scored (one feature, one doc) commercially released in Manhattan in last 4 months looking for next interesting project. e-mail SITUATION WANTED: RESEARCH/AD SALES. 10+ years Research/ Ad Sales experience in local TV/ radio and network cable.Extensive qualitative, quantitative and primary Research. B. S. in Broadcast Management.E-mail SITUATION WANTED: Award-winning Reality and Doc PROD/WRITER/SUP. PROD for A&E, MSNBC, Court TV.Just complt’d Discovery series. Dev exp w/ major studio. Seek EP, Sr.or Dev.job or writing/prod.Freelance accept’d. SITUATION WANTED: Prime Time Emmy Award winning doc PRODUCER/ WRITER/DIRECTOR for National Geographic, Discovery & History Channel. Exp. in all facets of production & post. Looking for next great challenge! SITUATION WANTED: NYC/NJ PRODUCTION ASST./ASST. EDITOR Looking for work opportunity infilm/television/cable. Extremely hard-working, motivated, flexible, dedicated. For references and resume mail to: SITUATION WANTED: Self-starter w/strong ability to plan & think creatively/intuitively seeking MARKETING/PROMOTIONS (NYC) opportunity in broadcast/cable/film. Experience in communications, P.R. & TV advertising – E-mail Are you looking for a job? Post your Situation Wanted Ad here — Email
WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: FEBRUARY 18, 2005: February sweep 2/3/05 – 3/2/05 ABC 8 Simple Rules, 8 Simple Rules, Hope & Faith, Less than Perfect, 20/20 |
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