Cynopsis: Kids!
01/20/12

Good morning. It’s Friday, January 20, 2012, and this your first early morning briefing.

Canada’s Teletoon inks a development deal with Toronto-based Guru Animation Studio (Justin Time, Mudpit) for a new animated kid-targeted comedy entitled Nemesis (26×22), in which each episode tells one story in two very different ways.  Nemesis revolves around exploits of two groups of kids at one school, one group led by Blade and the other by Josh, formerly best friends and now archenemies.  The TV series is created by Jamie Waese (Mudpit).  Nemesis is slated to go into production in 2012.

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LICENSING

American Greetings Properties (AGP) and licensing agent Medialink sign two new license deals for the Care Bears in Taiwan with Stage Co., a popular brand and retailer in Asia, and apparel company Mego International Promotion Co. in the region.

• Stage signs on to create messenger bags, backpacks, tote bags, cosmetic pouches, and coin purses that are co-branded with Manhattan Portage Brand. This set of limited edition SKU’s will be available in Stage shops in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and Singapore.
• Mego International Promotion will offer Care Bears t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, t-shirt and pant sets, underwear, and vests for kids and teens. These products will be distributed through its website lativ.com.tw.

MORE KIDS STUFF

Disney Channel will premiere Radio Rebel, its newest Disney Channel Original Movie, on Friday, February 17 at 8p, with simulcasts on Sprint TV and MobiTV. Based on the novel Shrinking Violet by Danielle Joseph, Radio Rebel was filmed in Vancouver and is a production of MarVista and Two 4 the Money Media.  The movie stars Debby Ryan (star of the network’s series Jessie) as Tara, a painfully shy high schooler who can hardly speak in front of the boy she likes, but who becomes a confident host of her own nightly podcast from her room, during which she showcases her taste in music and expresses her other opinions. The podcast and its mysterious host become popular both at her school as well as on a local radio station that picks it up. Things get complicated when Tara’s worlds collide. The soundtrack will include Ryan performing the song We Got the Beat. The channel’s multiplatform roll out for the TV movie premiere looks like this:

• Thursday, January 20 – DisneyChannel.com will launch its Radio Rebel page with information about the movie and its characters.
• Friday, February 10  An exclusive preview of the movie will be available via Disney Channel On Demand
• Monday-Thursday, February 13-16  The network will present music-themed episodes and movies as part of a We Got The Beat programming event (7:30-10p).

Transformers return to The Hub with the world premiere of the new animated series Transformers Rescue Bots, the launch of season two of the CG animated series Transformers Prime, and the network debut of Transformers: The Animated Movie; all part of the network’s Transformers Mega Saturday on February 18, 2012. The Hub will premiere Transformers Rescue Bots with back-to-back episodes at 11:30a and 12n, and will debut of the second season of Transformers Prime with the first episode of a three-part story at 8:30p. Both animated series are produced by Hasbro Studios.  The network will then air Transformers: The Animated Movie at 9p, a 1986 movie produced by Hasbro and Marvel.

The animated series Martha Speaks kicks off its fourth season with actors and real-life couple Jon Hamm (Mad Men, Bridesmaids) and Jennifer Westfeldt (Friends with Kids) along with their real German Shepherd mix, Cora, making a guest star appearance in a two-part episode premiering Monday, February 20 on PBS Kids (check local listings).  In the two-parter Hamm and Westfeldt lend their voices to two animated actors, Ham Johnson and Kit Luntanne, respectively. Based on the Martha Speaks books by Susan Meddaugh, the series is a production of WGBH Boston and DHX Media.

Oscar the lizard heads to Canada. London-based Cake enters a TV deal for animated series Oscar’s Oasis with YTV (Canada).  The series can be seen on YTV Monday-Friday at 1p.  Targeted to K6-11, Oscar’s Oasis co-produced by French animation studio TeamTO, Tuba Entertainment and Cake for Canal+.  Other recently broadcast deals for Oscar’s Oasis include those with Canal Once (Mexico) and TV Bandeirantes (Brazil).

Entertainment One Family (eOne Family) signs new international broadcast agreements and deal extensions for the animated preschool series Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom.

• eOne Family extends its long-term relationship with Nick Jr. for the series. Nick Jr. UK picks up the second season of Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom for broadcast in 2012. Additionally, season one of Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom will also be broadcast on Nick Jr. channels/blocks in Germany, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Eastern/Central European, Russia, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia and Latin America.
• Acquiring the first season of the series are RAI’s Yoyo (Italy), RTVE’s TV Clan (Spain), and RTP (Portugal). RTE (Ireland) re-ups its license for season one.

Coolabi completes a UK terrestrial broadcast deal with CITV (UK) for its preschool animated series Poppy Cat (52×11). Poppy Cat has been airing on commissioning broadcaster Nick Jr UK since May 2011, and will be broadcast on CITV from this spring 2012. Based on the popular book series and character created by Lara Jones, the Poppy Cat animated series is co-produced by Coolabi’s TV production arm Coolabi Productions and King Rollo Films.

Following on the success of the Voltron #1 comic books, Dynamite Entertainment is bringing back the Defender of the Universe in a new Voltron comic book series titled Voltron: Year One. Written by Brandon Thomas, illustrated by Craig Cermak, with covers by Admira Wijaya and Jonathan Lau, Voltron: Year One will be released wherever comic books are sold beginning April 2012. Voltron: Year One explores the Space Explorer Squadron #686, soon the be known as the Voltron Force, and according to Thomas, “… one of the greatest (though misunderstood) characters in the entire Voltron mythos gets a chance in the spotlight, as we dig into his time leading Space Explorer Squadron #686… ” The comic book series will also answer a number of other questions about Sven, Keith and Lance, and Pidge – not to mention the question of the ages, why did the Galaxy Alliance send this squad of explorers after Voltron? Voltron is owned by World Events Productions and represented by Classic Media.

Bluewater Comics will focus the next issue of its Fame bio-comic series on The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins in late February 2012, just ahead of the March 23 release of The Hunger Games feature film. The title takes a look at the author’s early life and career writing for kid-targeted TV series and then as a writer of young adult books. Collins worked on series including Clarissa Explains It All, Generation O!, Clifford’s Puppy Days Little Bear, and Oswald, among others. Upcoming biography titles: Steve Jobs, Jon Stewart, The Cast of Dr Who, and Taylor Lautner.

Today is your last chance! The Cynopsis: Kids !magination Awards late submission deadline is today – January 20, 2012*. Find out more about the Cynopsis: Kids !magination Awards (www.cynopsis.com/kidsawards) and learn how to enter your preschool, kid and tween targeted TV series, TV movies, and websites, apps and games, and the marketing, public relations and advertising campaigns, which support that content, for our first annual awards program. To enter, your kid-targeted content or support campaign must have taken place (in part or in full) between October 1, 2010 and December 31, 2011. *Entries sent in after 1/11/12 will incur a late fee.

RATINGS

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:             K2-11 940; K6-11 356; TWEENS 9-14 210
DISNEY CHANNEL:         K2-11 894; K6-11 486; TWEENS 9-14 344
CARTOON NETWORK:     K2-11 463; K6-11 282; TWEENS 9-14 216
DISNEY XD:                  K2-11 113; K6-11   91; TWEENS 9-14   87
NICKTOONS:                 K2-11   86; K6-11   50; TWEENS 9-14   47
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:            K2-11 938; K6-11 322; TWEENS 9-14 233
DISNEY CHANNEL:        K2-11 903; K6-11 492; TWEENS 9-14 402
CARTOON NETWORK:    K2-11 444; K6-11 253; TWEENS 9-14 203
DISNEY XD:                 K2-11 143; K6-11 111; TWEENS 9-14 100
NICKTOONS:               K2-11   95; K6-11   54; TWEENS 9-14   60
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

Friday Fun Fact: When Milton Bradley introduced Twister in 1966, critics denounced the game as “s*x in a box.”

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What adolescent ninja’s dream is to become the Hokage? Naruto Uzumaki. Kudos to: Richard Quan-BSSP/San Francisco.

Today’s Trivia Question: What girl lives in 9th century England in the Kingdom of Kippernium? (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 — Gwen
Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
01.20.12

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