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01.20.12
Good morning. It’s Friday, January 20, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Shark Tank at 8p
HBO: On Freddie Roach at 930p
CMT: Swanderosa at 10p
Tonight’s Finale:
Discovery Channel: Flying Wild Alaska at 10p
Saturday’s Premieres:
Cooking Channel: Drop 5 lbs with Good Housekeeping at 11a
A&E Network: Flipping Boston at 12p
GSN: Dancing with the Stars (season 4) at 6p
CMT: Bayou Billionaires at 9p; My Big Redneck Vacation at 930p
Investigation Discovery: Scorned: Love Kills at 10p
SCIENCE: An Idiot Abroad 2: The Bucket List at 10p
Sunday’s Finale:
Bravo: Chef Roble & Co. at 10p
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The two-hour 11th season premiere of American Idol on Wednesday scored a win for FOX that night with a 7.2 rating among A18-49 though the season opener was down -27% in the demo compared to the 10th season premiere from a year ago. The season premiere also averaged 21.6 million viewers which represented a -17% decline from its previous debut on January 19, 2011.
Next Tuesday, SCIENCE brings back a second season of Monster Bug Wars beginning at 10p. The new season has six episodes featuring dramatic footage offering an inside look at the world of insects. This season also utilizes insect experts Dr. Linda Rayor and Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry offering commentary on the mating, hunting and survival instincts of these tiny predators.
Two syndicated court shows, Divorce Court and Judge Alex distributed by Twentieth Television, Inc. have been renewed through the 2013-14 season. In the next season, both programs are cleared in 75% of the US including on the Fox Television Stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Dallas. The programs are additionally renewed on the Tribune, Sinclair, CBS, Local TV, Belo and Newport-owned stations. Judge Alex and Divorce Court are produced by Monet Lane Productions.
Rights management company Target Entertainment sold Channel 5’s reality series Tamara Ecclestone: Billion $$ Girl (6 eps/30 min) to international broadcasters including ProSiebenSat.1Group in Germany; E! Italy; VMMA Belgium; TV2 Norway; MTV3 Finland; XYZnetworks Australia for Lifestyle YOU; TVNZ New Zealand; and Kanal 11 Estonia. The series follows socialite Tamara Ecclestone as she traverses social engagements, business deals and being part of a celebrity family. Twofour Broadcast produces the series.
Making the announcement yesterday, GSN (Game Show Network) made a long-term extension of its affiliation deal with AT&T U-verse TV.
The CW is moving forward with The Carrie Diaries ordering a pilot based on Candace Bushnell’s novel about a young Carrie Bradshaw coming of age in the 1980s. Amy Harris, who worked on HBO’s original Sex and the City series, wrote the new pilot script. Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Len Goldstein and Candace Bushnell serve as executive producers. The CW also ordered a new version of Beauty and the Beast to pilot loosely based on the 1987 CBS series and described as a contemporary romantic story with a procedural angle. Jennifer Levin (Felicity) and Sherri Cooper (Brothers and Sisters) are writers. Executive producers on board include Paul J. Witt, C. Anthony Thomas, Ron Koslow and Bill Haber.
An untitled comedy pilot from Nick Stroller was picked up by CBS. From 20th Century Fox Television and Chernin Entertainment, the project, set inside an advertising agency, is about a guy who has to work near the woman who broke his heart. Stroller will direct the pilot and be an executive producer along with Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope.
CBS further ordered a law enforcement drama pilot from Aron Eli Coleite and Jerry Bruckheimer titled Trooper. The drama is produced by Warner Bros. Television and centers on a down-to-earth mother-turned New York state trooper. Coleite will write and serve as executive producer with Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman; Kristieanne Reed is the co-executive producer. This project is the most recent production emanating from Bruckheimer Television to be picked up by CBS which also has CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and The Amazing Race.
Entertainment Studios placed orders for two first-run sitcoms, The First Family and Mr. Box Office, giving each show 104 episodes. Entertainment Studios will produce and distribute the comedies via broadcast syndication, cable and digital media. The First Family is about an African-American family in the White House and Mr. Box Office is about a movie star who must do community service teaching English at the toughest high school in America. Production will commence on both sitcoms this summer.
BBC One commissioned 158 new episodes comprising two new seasons of the quiz show Pointless from Remarkable Television, an Endemol company. The game show is hosted by Alexander Armstrong with assistant Richard Osman.
For the fifth season of HBO’s True Blood, an actor from the Twilight Saga movies and AMC’s Hell on Wheels, Christopher Heyerdahl is joining in the recurring role as Dieter Braun. Heyerdahl’s character is an ancient and powerful vampire who plays a major role in the intelligence of the Authority
Casting Call: Doron Ofir Casting, the production company behind Millionaire Matchmaker, Jersey Shore and others and Boston Casting are searching for Boston’s “Southies.” Casting is looking for a group of women who share life as a “Southie.” Female applicants must be 21 years or older and have tight-knit relationships within their community and are industrious, tough-talking, wise-cracking, attractive and want to share every detail of their life in South Boston. Interested candidates must apply online using the digital application found at: www.southiescasting.com.
Casting Call: ABC’s The Revolution is seeking women who suffer from Hyperthyroidism-Hypothyroidism and a Thyroid cancer survivor to participate in a segment with health expert Dr. Jennifer Ashton. The participants must be available next Tuesday, January 24. The Revolution is also looking for women who have suffered a heart attack. Interested participants should send an email right away to: [email protected].
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 1/2-1/6/12 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 7.6 AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 7.4 AA
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 6.8 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 6.7 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 6.2 AA
Family Guy (2/T) 4.1 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 3.8 AA
How I Met Your Mother (2/T) 3.5 AA
Family Feud (2/T) 3.2 AA
Law & Order: CI (NBU) 3.1 AA
Inside Edition (CTD) 3.1 AA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 1/2-1/6/12 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
The Big Bang Theory (WB) 4.4 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 3.5 AA
Family Guy (2/T) 2.8 AA
How I Met Your Mother (2/T) 2.4 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 1.9 AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.9 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.5 AA
Seinfeld (SPT) 1.5 AA
Friends (WB) 1.4 AA
Family Feud (2/T) 1.3 AA
Law & Order: CI (NBU) 1.3 AA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD) 1.3 AA
Maury (NBU) 1.3 AA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: FOX topped the pack Tuesday with a 3.0/8 among A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX hit the right note at 8p with Glee at 3.1/8 while double Last Man Standing episodes on ABC averaged a #2 at 2.3/6. New episodes of New Girl and Raising Hope averaged a 2.9/8, winning the hour for FOX followed by NBC’s The Biggest Loser at 2.4/6. Also this hour, The CW debuted new series Remodeled at 0.3/1. The networks all hovered near #1 during 10p though NBC’s Parenthood prevailed at 1.7/5 with ABC’s Body of Proof next at 1.6/4 and CBS’ Unforgettable repeat in third at 1.5/4.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 6.4/10 NCIS [r] 8.2/13, NCIS: Los Angeles [r] 6.1/9, Unforgettable [r] 4.9/8
ABC: 4.5/7 Last Man Standing 5.2/8, Last Man Standing [r] 4.0/6, Celebrity Wife Swap 3.7/6, Body of Proof 5.3/9
FOX: 4.1/6 Glee 4.6/7, New Girl 4.2/6, Raising Hope 2.9/4
NBC: 3.9/6 The Biggest Loser 4.2/6, Parenthood 3.2/5
UNIV: 1.9/3 Una Familia con Suerte [7p start] 1.8/3, La Que No Podia Amar 2.3/3, Aqui y Ahora 1.5/2
ION: 0.9/1 Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Flashpoint 0.8/1
TELE: 0.9/1 Maid en Manhattan 1.0/2, Flor Salvaje 0.8/1, La Casa de Al Lado 0.9/2
CW: 0.6/1 90210 0.8/1, Remodeled [p] 0.4/1
TF: 0.3/0 Cine de Las Estrellas Tue 0.2/0, El Capo 0.3/1
A18-49: FOX 3.0/8, NBC 2.1/5, ABC 2.0/5, CBS 1.8/5, UNIV 1.5/4, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.4/1, ION 0.4/1, TF 0.3/1
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: FOX shined in first place Wednesday with a 7.4/19 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, the 11th season of American Idol opened on FOX at 8p with a 7.1/19 and ABC’s sitcoms The Middle and Suburgatory averaged a second placed showing at 2.5/7. American Idol’s second half of its two-hour premiere hit #1 for FOX during 9p at 7.7/19 and ABC stayed firmly in second place with Modern Family and Happy Endings at an average of 4.0/10. CBS made it to the front of the line at 10p with CSI at 2.8/7 and ABC’s Revenge followed at 2.5/7.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
FOX: 12.3/19 American Idol [p] 12.3/19
CBS: 7.1/11 NCIS [r] 5.8/9, Criminal Minds 8.1/12, CSI 7.5/12
ABC: 5.0/8 The Middle 4.9/8, Suburgatory 4.3/7, Modern Family 7.0/11, Happy Endings 3.7/6, Revenge 5.1/8
NBC: 3.8/6 Whitney 2.7/4, Are You There, Chelsea? 2.7/4, Harry’s Law 4.2/6, Law & Order: SVU 4.4/7
UNIV: 1.6/3 Una Familia con Suerte [7p start] 1.8/3, La Que No Podia Amar 2.1/3, Dale con Ganas 1.1/2
TELE: 0.8/1 Maid en Manhattan 0.9/1, Flor Salvaje 0.7/1, La Casa de al Lado 0.9/1
CW: 0.7/1 One Tree Hill 1.0/2, Remodeled [r] 0.4/1
ION: 0.7/1 Cold Case 0.7/1, Cold Case 0.6/1, Criminal Minds 0.8/1
TF: 0.3/1 Cine de Las Estrellas Wed [r] 0.4/1, El Capo 0.3/1
A18-49: FOX 7.4/19, ABC 3.0/8, CBS 2.5/6, NBC 1.5/4, UNIV 1.4/3, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.5/1, TF 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1
Chris Regina was elevated to SVP/Programming at Syfy where he reports to Thomas Vitale, EVP/Programming and Original Movies. Chris is based in New York.
Black Heritage Network (BHN) tapped James Brown as Managing Director. James, also known as JB, is the well-known host of The NFL Today on CBS and the host of Inside the NFL on Showtime.
Raycom Media, Inc. bought the assets of New York-based Tupelo-Honey Productions and the deal includes fifty percent of My Tupelo Entertainment. Cary Glotzer will remain as CEO of Tupelo-Honey as well as the Managing Partner of My Tupelo Entertainment which is headed by Partner, Michael Yudin.
Friday Fun Fact: The number “five” is important to the Pentagon in many ways. Sure, it has five sides, but the building also has five stories, and the courtyard in the center encompasses an area of five acres.
This day in History:1991 – “Les Miserables,” opens at Pantages Theatre, LA.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What two chemicals are referred to by their chemical symbols in the logo of Breaking Bad? Bromine and Barium. Kudos to: Chris J. Nelson-Turner Sports/Atlanta; Carol Teichman-Comcast Spotlight/Bloomfield, CT; Jayne McMahon-WSFL-TV/Ft. Lauderdale; Cayley Barlowe-Turner Broadcasting/ NYC; Glenn Gurgiolo-LTC that Cares LLC/Dallas; Paul Blutter-General American Group, Inc./Northridge, CA; Jim Katz-Radcliffe Road Pictures/LA; Marcela Wilfong-Marcela Wilfong/Huntington Beach CA; Elsa Umaguing-InterMedia Advertising/Encino, CA.
Today’s Trivia Question: What cerebral show had a protagonist named Will Travers? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. 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 & Lisa
01.20.12
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012
ABC: Shark Tank [p], Primetime: What Would You Do? [p], 20/20
AZTECA: Al Extremo, Futbol de la Liga Mexicana
CBS: A Gifted Man, CSI:NY, Blue Bloods
CW: Remodeled, Supernatural
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares, Fringe
ION: Cold Case, Flashpoint, Flashpoint
NBC: Chuck, Grimm, Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Need to Know, Great Performances at the Met [p]
TELE: Una Maid en Manhattan, Flor Salvaje, La Casa de la Lado
UNIV: Una Familia con Suerte, La Que No Podia Amar, La Rosa de Guadalupe
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