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02/01/08

Good Morning.  It’s Friday, February 1, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Fox has picked up additional episodes of The Moment of Truth, after airing just twice (both times following American Idol).  In its second outing the show averaged 7.8/19 A18-49 rating, down by 24% from its premiere the week earlier.

The Star Jones show on truTV has stopped production and the last episode scheduled to air will be on Friday, February 1st.  The daily 3pm time period will be filled with Arrest & Trial.  Star Jones will continue with truTV as a contributing legal expert on the daily trial coverage series In Session Due.  According to a memo to staff from EVP/GM Marc Juris, the show was cancelled as a result of the new branding and focus of the network from “Court TV” to the newly titled “truTV” which began on January 1st.

V-me TV is teaming with The New York Times News Service to collaborate on a new weekly program that will bring The Time’s content to the Hispanic television market for the first time. Paginas del New York Times will start March 1 featuring journalist and host Maian de la Fuente. International company Plural Entertainment will produce.

BET J, part of BET Networks, renewed nContrast for the 2008 season with 26 new episodes starting in March. The series highlights stars and the star makers through on-location interviews and special guests.

ESPN’s eight telecasts of Winter X Games 12 from Aspen last weekend averaged 863,000 homes which was a 17% increase from the previous year, making it the most-watched in the network’s history.

And now for a completely biased statement … Go Giants!

ABC announced DeAnna Pappas will get to choose from among 25 bachelors in the fourth version of The Bachelorette when it returns this summer. Viewers will remember DeAnna when she was rejected at the last-minute by Brad Womack on the last season of The Bachelor.

Tom Bergeron, current host of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, will add another hosting stint to his schedule as he will star in the new original series Supper Club on Planet Green, Discovery Communications’ new full-time eco-lifestyle TV network that launches this June. Production on Supper Club starts in March and the series will have Tom being host to weekly dinner parties at the green home of Kelly and Ron Meyers. Celebrity chefs will cook a green meal and four other celebrity guests will discuss the latest news and events in the environmental movement. The series is produced by Andy Friendly Productions in association with Discovery Studios.

CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: ABC News added a real-time election results feature to its mobile web site, providing instant primary and caucus results. ABC News also streams video to the site and optimizes video content for the iPhone, iPod Touch and Blackberry devices.  Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. (Or to listen to the Cynopsis Digital Podcast click here or subscribe to it at iTunes here.)

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  Iron Man meets the grid iron on Super Bowl Sunday, when the Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment ad for the Iron Man feature film airs during the Super Bowl, around 7:30p.  Marvel.com will tease the spot on February 1, and then following its TV debut during the big game the ad will then be available on www.apple.com, www.marvel.com, and the official movie website.  On Monday, February 4, sites including Yahoo Sports! and ESPN.com, will also carry the ad.  Iron Man will be released nationwide May 2, 2008.    Full edition: CYN KIDS.

CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  CBS Consumer Products has named FremantleMedia Enterprises as their exclusive licensing agency for Australia and New Zealand. The agreement covers merchandising for CBS brands such as Star Trek and Australia’s Next Top Model and a number of classic library properties such as Happy Days, Brady Bunch, and Beverly Hills 90210.  Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL. 

Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis:  FOX ranked #1 Wednesday night at 8.9/22 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX commanded the lead during 8p with American Idol at 9.9/26 and the momentum carried through 9p as The Moment of Truth did a winning 7.8/19. ABC had the best ratings at 10p as the Lost Finale repeat did a 3.4/9.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research

FOX: 12.4/19       American Idol 14.4/22, The Moment of Truth 10.4/16

NBC: 6.7/10          Deal or No Deal [r] 6.4/10, Law & Order: CI 6.0/9, Law & Order 7.6/13

ABC: 5.0/8          Wife Swap 3.9/6, Lost Finale [r] 5.5/9

CBS: 4.7/7           The New Adventures of Old Christine [r] 3.4/5, The New Adventures of Old Christine [r] 3.3/5, Criminal Minds [r] 5.9/9, CSI: NY [r] 5.0/8

UNIV: 2.1/3         Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.4/4, Pasion 1.9/3, Don Francisco Presenta 1.9/3

CW: 0.9/1           Crowned [f] 1.0/2, One Tree Hill [r] 0.7/1

TELE: 0.7/1        La Traicion 0.5/1, Victoria 1.0/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.5/1

A18-49: FOX 8.9/22, ABC 3.0/8, NBC 2.6/7, CBS 1.9/5, UNIV 1.8/5, CW 0.5/1, TELE 0.5/1

Scott Taylor advances to SVP/Operations for Katz Radio Group, a division of Katz Media Group. Based in Chicago, Scott will be charged with adding new clients, heading marketing efforts and overseeing technology upgrades which will help the company more efficiently serve their clients and achieve revenue goals.
 
South Carolina-based marketing firm Erwin-Penland, a unit of Interpublic Group’s Hill Holliday, has promoted four executives to the position of Group Creative Director: Cory Schearer, Rich Cutter, Joe Gilman and Karl Dunn.

Curt Northrup joins GRB Entertainment as SVP/Development to supervise development and programming for the domestic market in the game, reality and talk categories. Previously, Curt held a position with Granada America where he worked on such shows as Hell’s Kitchen, Kitchen Nightmares and Nanny 911 for FOX and Celebrity Fit club for VH1.

Tom Grasty is the new Head/Development for Blaze TV. Previously, Tom was Manager/Development for VH1 Motion Pictures where he managed acquisitions and creative development of all long-form projects.

Laura Lipson has been upped to VP/Marketing and Promotion at TV One. She will be in charge of managing on-air promotion activities and creative marketing content. She joined TV One as Director/Marketing and Promotion prior to the network’s launch in Fall 2003.

Telemundo named several executives as stations leaders in multiple markets: Carlos Sanchez to VP/GM of WNJU/New York; Manuel Abud to VP/GM of KXTX/Dallas; Celia Chavez to VP/GM of KDEN/Denver and KBLR/Las Vegas; and Roel Medina will become VP/GM of KVDA/San Antonio to his current responsibilities at KTMD/Houston.

Mark Bracco was upped to VP/Alternative Series and Specials with ABC Entertainment. He will continue to supervise specials for the network and work on alternative series. He reports to Vicki Dummer and John Saade, Co-Heads/SVPs, Alternative Series, Specials and Late-Night, ABC Entertainment.

Disney ABC Cable Networks Group elevated Eric Shain to VP/Production Finance to oversee the internal and external financial areas of development and production on short-form and long-form original programming for Disney Channel, Toon Disney, Jetix, SOAPnet and ABC Family. Eric reports to Jewell Engstrom, CFO/EVP, Disney ABC Cable Networks Group.

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLEU

Friday Fun Fact:  The year that read the same upside down was 1961. That won’t happen again until 6009

This day in History:  1913 – Grand Central Station opened in New York City. It was the largest train station in the world.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  On what TV show did Tony Randall play a history teacher at a Midwestern Junior High School ?  MR. PEEPERS (starring Wally Cox)    Kudos to: Tom Winiarski-Turner Entertainment/NY; John Hillis-Equinox Media International, LLC/Round Hill, VA; Jim Kelsh-Comcast Spotlight/Malvern, PA ; Tony Caravello-ABC/NY; Peggy Dalland-KTTC/Rochester, MN; Bob Sieber-Sieber Media Research/Birmingham, AL; Larry Cazavan-WXVT/Greenville, MS; Steve Leblang-FX Network/LA; Dan Matson-20th Television MyNetwork TV/LA; Alan Perris-The Television Academy/North Hollywood; J. Weiss-Dailey and Assoc./LA

Today’s Trivia Question: On the long-running TV series Murphy Brown, what did Murphy (Candice Bergen) name her baby? (
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Later  — Cyn
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – Friday, February, 1, 2008

ABC: Grey’s Anatomy [r], Desperate Housewives [r], 20/20
CBS: Ghost Whisperer [r], Moonlight [r], Numbers [r]
CW: Friday Night Smackdown!
FOX: Bones [r], House [r]
ION: Movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth [7p], Movie: Fatal Error
MNT: Movie: Little Man Tate
NBC: 1 vs. 100, Friday Night Lights, Las Vegas
PBS: Washington Week, Now on PBS, Bill Moyers’ Journal, Slavery and the Making of America (Conclusion) [r]
TELE: La Traicion, Victoria, Pecados Ajenos
UNIV: Al Diablo con los Guapos, Pasion, La Familia P. Luche

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