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Cynopsis Good morning! It’s Friday, January 15, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing. And as always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here. Tonight’s Premieres: Tonight’s Finale: Saturday’s Premiere: Sunday’s Premieres: Sunday’s Finale: ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
CBS approved second seasons of two frosh series, NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife for the 2010-2011 broadcast season. NCIS: Los Angeles is the top new program of the current season with an average audience of 16.8 million viewers with average ratings at 5.3/12 for A25-54 and 3.8/10 among A18-49. The Good Wife is a consistent winner in its Tuesday at 10p time period. Both series are produced by CBS Television Studios. NBC put forth is new post-Olympics primetime schedule launching on March 1 as well as replacements for The Jay Leno Show in the 10p Monday-Friday slot:
TNT renewed its new drama series Men of a Certain Age starring Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula. TNT gave the series a 10-episode second season from TNT Original Productions. Discovery Communications released all of its network updates from its TCA Winter Press Tour presentation yesterday in Los Angeles. Discovery Channel:
TLC:
Animal Planet:
Investigation Discovery (ID):
Science Channel:
Planet Green:
Planet Green also announced a couple of series in development:
TV Guide Network opens full-length episodes of HBO’s series Curb Your Enthusiasm on March 10 at 10p. TV Guide Network will retain the show’s original length only editing episodes for language and nudity. Curb Your Enthusiasm, created by and starring Larry David, recently completed its seventh season on HBO spotlighting a reunion of Seinfeld cast members in the finale episode. BET brings back a sophomore season of Tiny & Toya, beginning April 13 at 10p. Throughout the new season, the series follows Tameka “Tiny” Cottle and her best friend Antonia “Toya” Carter as the pair continues to juggle motherhood, family and fame while each oversees a successful business. James DuBose executive produces with DuBose Entertainment along with BET Networks; Tiny co-executive produces for 1 Lucky Girl Entertainment and Toya co-executive produces for Visual Beauty Inc. VH1 Classic has one new original series on the docket during first quarter and the return of two others:
Investigation Discovery (ID) premiered two new series recently with the first being Disappeared from NBC’s Peacock Productions on Monday which delivered 187,000 W18-49 viewers. Then on Tuesday, ID debuted I (Almost) Got Away With It from Indigo Films which tallied 516,000 total viewers and 191,000 W25-54 viewers. A joint partnership with the Ad Council and the Red Cross quickly taped broadcast PSAs featuring First Lady Michelle Obama appealing for relief to help earthquake-torn Haiti, reports Multichannel News. To date all major cable and broadcast networks as well as the National Cable & Telecommunications Association and the National Association of Broadcasters are on board to air the 30-second TV and radio PSAs. The PSAs were distributed as early as yesterday to MSOs, networks and stations in addition to being posted on YouTube. Morning News Weekly Average Ratings (week of January 4, 2010) Program Call: Cynopsis Media is producing our annual NATPE Shopping Guide sent to all Cynopsis subscribers on Thursday, January 21, the week before NATPE 2010. If your company is exhibiting and you’d like to have your programming included, please send only the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e., movie, series, special, etc.), genre and your terms (barter, cash, etc.). and location (hotel suite or booth number). To be included in this free and highly-viewed special edition, please send details to [email protected] no later than Friday, January 15, 2010. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission. ~ DISTRIBUTION, CLEARANCE & CARRIAGE ~
The Africa Channel is now available in the San Francisco Bay Area region via Comcast’s Digital Preferred Tier.
~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
VH1 Classic is working with Mark Burnett Productions on a new four-part, one-hour original series Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp, scheduled to premiere this coming July. Fifteen musicians will have the chance to become rock stars through a four-week training process with the help of rock n’ roll counselors. Production will begin on the series next month. Erica Hill is joining CBS News and The Early Show full time. Hill was tapped as Newsreader for CBS News’ The Early Show, effective immediately. Prior to this appointment, Hill was the news anchor and correspondent for CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 from 2005-2010 among other anchor duties for CNN in addition to being the co-anchor of the Saturday edition of The Early Show. Hill will continue as co-anchor of Saturday’s The Early Show in addition to contributing to other CBS News broadcasts and platforms. The Style Network takes on tacky, decor-challenged rooms in a new intervention-style series called Tacky House hosted by designer Thom Filicia. Tacky House is set to debut this spring and in each episode, Thom and his expert sidekicks will makeover rooms transforming them from tacky to tasteful. Lynchpin Productions produces for The Style Network. Food Network announced production is starting this month on the new series Private Chefs of Beverly Hills. Produced by Target Entertainment, the series will launch in April with six episodes following chefs working for Big City Chefs, the private chef placement agency based in Beverly Hills. Viewers will watch as these talented chefs are hired by extravagant, eclectic clients in some of L.A.’s wealthiest neighborhoods. TV Land hired TV personality/entrepreneur/model Brooke Burke as host for the third season of its original competition series She’s Got The Look. The new season begins production in L.A. next week, aiming to discover the next 35+ woman who has the looks, sophistication and confidence to make it in the modeling world. Additionally, TV reporter/model Roshumba Williams joins the show as a judge along with celebrity stylist Robert Verdi and Wilhelmina president Sean Patterson. Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan executive produce under their new company Fly On The Wall Entertainment. ~ RATINGS ~
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: FOX hit the right groove Wednesday night, doing best among A18-49 with 8.5/23, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX came on strong at 8p as American Idol opened primetime at 9.4/26, while ABC’s sitcoms a Modern Family repeat and The Middle and CBS’ comedies Old Christine and Gary Unmarried each averaged a 1.8/5 to tie for second place. FOX remained in the lead through 9p with a combo of American Idol and an encore of The Simpsons averaging a 7.5/19 followed by CBS’ Criminal Minds at 3.8/10. CBS made it to the top at 10p with usual time slot winner CSI: NY at 3.5/10 with ABC’s Ugly Betty next at 1.6/5. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. FOX: 12.2/19 American Idol 14.7/23, The Simpsons [r] 4.6/7 CBS: 7.0/11 Old Christine 3.9/6, Gary Unmarried 3.6/6, Criminal Minds 8.5/13, CSI: NY 8.8/15 NBC: 4.1/7 Mercy 3.7/6, Law & Order: SVU 5.0/8, The Jay Leno Show 3.5/6 ABC: 3.7/6 Modern Family [r] 3.2/5, The Middle 3.6/6, Modern Family 4.7/7, Cougar Town 4.6/7, Ugly Betty 3.0/5 UNIV: 2.1/3 En Nombre Del Amor 2.1/3, Sortilegio 2.3/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.7/3 ION: 0.7/1 Ghost Whisperer 0.7/1, Ghost Whisperer 0.5/1, Criminal Minds 0.8/1 TELE: 0.6/1 Mas Sabe El Diablo 0.7/1, Perro Amor 0.5/1, Victorinos 0.5/1 CW: 0.5/1 One Tree Hill [r] 0.6/1, Gossip Girl [r] 0.4/1 A18-49: FOX 8.5/23, CBS 3.1/8, ABC 2.2/6, NBC 1.7/5, UNIV 1.6/4, TELE 0.5/1, ION 0.4/1, CW 0.3/1 ~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI), a New York-based investment bank working with the media, information and marketing services companies, promoted Scott Peters and Tolman Geffs as Co-Presidents. Scott joins JEGI in 1997 and was upped to Managing Director in 1999. Tolman began with JEGI in 2004. Bill Boland advanced to Senior Producer/Production with the YES Network, giving him the opportunity to become the lead producer for the network’s New York Yankees telecasts. Bill joined the network in November 2001 just prior to the network’s launch in March 2002. Bill will now report to John Filippelli, President/Production and Programming. Comedy Central appointed Kent Alterman as Head/Original Programming and Production where he will be in charge of the development and daily operations of all original programming for the network. Additionally, Kent will manage the development teams in Los Angeles and New York. Based in Los Angeles, Kent reports to Michele Ganeless, President, Comedy Central. Scott Kamins took on the new position of Manager/Digital Services at Vivendi Entertainment. Scott joins Vivendi from Interscope Geffen A&M where he worked in the digital media department for nine years. CBS-owned duopoly KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV in Los Angeles tagged Scott Diener as VP/News Director. Most recently, Scott was News Director at KTVT-TV and KTXA-TV, the CBS-owned duopoly in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM BATTLE OF THE BANDS: ROCK OF THE DECADES
Battle of the Bands: Rock the Decades
Benefiting Citymeals-on-Wheels CALL FOR ENTRIES Accepting band submissions for the all new Battle of the Bands on February 25th at the Highline Ballroom. Have an ear for music but not the skill? Submit your favorite playlist. Prizes will be awarded! Entries due January 25th, for more information log onto:
This day in History: 1987 – Paramount Home Video reported that it would place a commercial at the front of one of its video releases for the first time. It was a 30-second Diet Pepsi ad at the beginning of “Top Gun.” Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Where do you live if you find you must perform the Dancing Wood Nymph Ritual? STRATFORD, VERMONT (on Newhart) Kudos to: Joseph Gallante-Reelz Channel/NY; Charles Mannino-Tyco Electronics Subsea Comm/Eatontown; Paul Prange-WWJ/Detroit; Yasmine Vigay-HBO/NY; Bob Sieber/Birmingham AL; Victoria Kelley-Charter Media/Quincy IL; Murray Schultz-Spectrum Global Comm/Chicago; Dale Warshaw-KMSB KTTU/Tucson; Katrina McDowell-Call State San Bernardino/Palm Desert; Shelby Michlin-Santa Monica; Susan Nessanbaum Goldberg-M and S Ent/LA; Michael McLeod-Dunvegan Enterprise/LA; Rebecka Helen-Inter IKEA Systems/The Netherlands; Clair Wilmut-Boomstone Ent/Ottawa Today’s Trivia Question: When this character, the cousin of the main character, was a child, they called him Splinky. This was a direct result of when they were young boys, trying on a woman’s bikini. Who is this guy? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. 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