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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WARNER BROS. TELEVISION GROUP
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!
9 Awards for Warner Bros. at The 35th Annual People’s Choice Awards The Ellen DeGeneres Show – Favorite Talk Show Host, Ellen DeGeneres Cyn opsis
Good morning. It’s Friday, January 9, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: Tonight’s Finales: Saturday’s Premieres: Sunday’s Premieres: ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
With the digital transition date scheduled for February 17 just 28 days after the inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the date to cut-off analog signals. John Podesta, co-chair of the Obama-Biden transition team, sent a letter yesterday to chairs and ranking Republicans on the House and Senate Committees in charge of communications saying that “inadequate funding” of the government led DTV education program and problems with the DTV-to-analog converter box program as reasons for the February 17 date to be “reconsidered and extended.” According to data provided by Nielsen last month, approximately 7.8 million households or 6.8% of total U.S. television homes are still completely unprepared for the DTV transition. HBO introduces a new comedy series, Eastbound & Down next month centered on a star pitcher who, because of his negative behavior gets kicked out of the MLB and goes home to North Carolina to teach P.E. at his former middle school. The six-episode series opens February 15 at 1030p and stars Danny McBride as Kenny Powers. Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Chris Henchy, Jody Hill, Danny McBride and Ben Best all executive produce. WWOR-TV and the YES Network jointly announced WWOR/My9 will batter up with 21 h-def New York Yankee games for the 2009 season. WWOR will remain as the exclusive broadcast home of the New York Yankees through the 2011 MLB season. SCI FI Channel’s winter season debut of Ghost Hunters International Wednesday night at 9p attracted 1.6 million A18-49 viewers, 1.7 million A25-54 viewers and 2.7 million total viewers. Program Call: If your company will be attending NATPE ’09 with programming, we will send out a special NATPE Shopping Guide edition the Thursday before the conference.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.). If your company is interested in being included, please send the details to A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM FUTURE TV SHOW 2009
FUTURE TV SHOW 2009: New York City – January 21-22 2009
Now in its 3rd year, The Future TV Show brings together North Americas most exclusive Speakers Include: FOX, Google, NBC, Disney, MTV, Time Warner Cable Spaces are limited! ~ DISTRIBUTION, CLEARANCE & CARRIAGE ~
Twentieth Television announced it will not renew The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet for the 2009-2010 season. New episodes of the two-year old weekday show will be produced through June 2009 and broadcast daily until next September. Based in New York, the nationally syndicated show offers celebrity guests, audience participation and covers topics such as health, fashion, parenting and relationships. Debuting next fall in national broadcast syndication, My Name is Earl has been picked up by more than 25 markets or 47% of the U.S. Distributed by Twentieth Television, Inc., the sitcom has cleared on stations in nine out of the top 10 markets including WNYW-WWOR/New York, KTTV-KCOP/Los Angeles, WFLD-WPWR/Chicago, WPSG/Philadelphia and KDFW-KDFI/Dallas. ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Science Channel formed a multi-year talent and content agreement with theoretical physicist and science television contributor Dr. Michio Kaku. The deal allows Science Channel to exclusively produce original series and specials involving Dr. Kaku’s work such as the upcoming 10-part series based on his book Physics of the Impossible. Under the talent portion of the agreement, Dr. Kaku will be an exclusive Science Channel presenter and weekly host of SCI Q Sunday airing at 9p. National Geographic goes inside a Georgia prison in a new reality series Hard Time slated to premiere February 23 at 9p, cites THR. Producers lived inside the prison for a year to capture footage shown over six hours. National Geographic also will renew a handful of existing series including Dogtown with 10 new episodes; Locked Up Abroad with 13 new episodes; World’s Toughest Fixes with 10 new episodes; Naked Science with 13 new episodes; and Deadly Dozen renewed for a third season. Thom Beers, CEO/Executive Producer of Original Productions and creator of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, will executive produce a new two-hour scripted movie called Working on the Edge. Philip Segal, President of Original Productions and Karen Wookey will also executive produce and the television movie, under the banner of Working Edge Productions, Inc. The film is expected to premiere on Discovery this year. Elsewhere for Discovery Channel, THR reports other projects in development:
Clarification: Casting has started on the alternative series Superstars picked up by ABC with a summer premiere planned. Juma Entertainment and Blue Equity’s Blue Entertainment Sports TV (Best), own the franchise. ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Is America really ready for the switch to digital television? Barack Obama doesn’t think so. The President-elect’s team called for a delay in the cutoff of analog TV signals yesterday after The Consumers Union, the non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports, sent a letter to Capitol Hill late Tuesday requesting that the Feb. 17 transition be postponed to better prepare elderly and poorer consumers who still rely on rabbit ears for their television signals. The requests come days after federal officials announced that the program to distribute $40 coupons to defray the cost of digital converter boxes has run out of money. (The boxes retail for between $50-$80 each, without a coupon.) Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: As Entertainment Rights (ER) continues to search for investors or acquisition partner(s) to work its way out of debt, while drastically reducing its annual costs including workforce, the company is set to sue its US DVD distributor, Genius Products, concerning allegedly unpaid fees, per Variety. The fees are described as an ‘unspecified amount’. No word yet on ER’s discussions with its most recent (unnamed) suitor. Full edition: CYN KIDS. ~ RATINGS ~
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 12/22-12/28/08 ranked by HH Rtg NEW M-F Syndicated Strip Series ratings for HH (12/22-12/28/08): Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 12/22-12/28/08 ranked by A18-49 Rtg NEW M-F Syndicated Strip Series ratings for A18-49 (12/22-12/28/08): Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS captured the top berth Wednesday at 2.7/7 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. CBS began the night at 8p winning with repeats of two comedies Old Christine and Gary Unmarried averaging a 2.2/6 with UNIV’s Cuidado con el Angel at #2 with 1.9/5. The CW debuted its new 13: Fear Is Real reality program this hour with a 1.1/3. During 9p, CBS did best with the People’s Choice Awards at 3.2/8 while ABC’s 20/20 and NBC’s Law & Order: SVU encore tied for second at 2.2/6. Another tie occurred at 10p as ABC’s Barbara Walters Special and NBC’s Law & Order both posted a 3.0/8 sharing #1. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. ABC: 5.6/9 Scrubs [r] 3.1/5, Scrubs [r] 2.9/5, 20/20 5.4/9, Barbara Walters Special 8.3/14 CBS: 5.6/9 Old Christine [r] 5.1/8, Gary Unmarried [r] 4.5/7, People’s Choice Awards 6.0/10 NBC: 5.2/8 Knight Rider 3.7/6, Law & Order: SVU [r] 4.9/8, Law & Order 6.9/11 FOX: 4.2/7 Bones [r] 4.3/7, Bones [r] 4.0/6 UNIV: 2.3/4 Cuidado con el Angel 2.4/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.5/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.8/3 CW: 1.1/2 13: Fear Is Real [p] 1.4/2, 90210 [r] 0.7/1 MNT: 0.9/1 World’s Funniest Moments [r] 1.2/2, Tony Rock Project [r] 0.5/1, Under One Roof 0.5/1 TELE: 0.8/1 Dona Barbara 0.7/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.7/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 1.0/2, Cartel W 0.8/1 A18-49: CBS 2.7/7, ABC 2.3/6, NBC 2.3/6, FOX 1.8/5, UNIV 1.8/5, CW 0.8/2, TELE 0.7/2, MNT 0.5/1 ~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Lauren Gellert joined RDF USA as SVP to create and develop unscripted series and specials for broadcast and cable as well as manage other projects. She will work closely with Charles Tremayne on the East Coast and Greg Goldman, Mike Duffy and Sara Hansemann in the Los Angeles office. Based in New York, Lauren reports to Chris Coelen, CEO. Cary Nadel is the new President at Converging Insights, a market research firm specializing in media, technology and customer loyalty areas. Monica Neal moves in to the position of VP/Emerging Marketing and Partnerships for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). Monica will head a team in charge of consumer-focused integrated marketing campaigns surrounding acquired and original series with the goal to increase ratings for each network targeting specifically emerging markets. Based in Atlanta, Monica reports to Tricia Melton, SVP/Marketing, TNT, TBS and TCM. Katz Media Group established a national marketing division to create custom multi-platform radio solutions for advertisers and their agencies called Katz Marketing Solutions. This new unit will be headed by Bob McCurdy and include staffers previously involved with the company’s Katz Advantage and Marketing Solutions teams. The non-profit interfaith media organization, Odyssey Networks tapped Nick Stuart as President/CEO. Nick will focus on developing immediate and long-term strategies, supervising policies and managing all employees within Odyssey Networks while based at the organization’s New York City headquarters.
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Dana Walden & Gary Newman Twentieth Century Fox Television Co-Chairmen Wednesday, January 28, 8:00 – 9:00 am and Michael Steib Friday Fun Fact: A human sneeze can exceed 100 miles per hour and its velocity enables it to propel germs up to 12 feet. Better take cover! This day in History: 1989 – News magazine show Inside Edition premiered. Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Only airing one time during a primetime show in 1989, but remembered for the controversy surrounding it, Madonna’s song Like a Prayer was used in a commercial for what product? PEPSI (Pepsi pulled the ad because the innocent tone that the commercial sought to convey was a dramatic contrast with the song’s music video) Kudos to:Kevin Brush-ABC Television/NY; Dennis Maguire-Bright House Networks/Riverview, FL; Mindy Bodenstein-Mediacom/NY; Marge Pistulka-Empower MediaMarketing/Coral Springs, FL; C.Angelique Garr-Journalista Group/Dallas; Heath Griffith-The Richards Group/Dallas; Sheila Brydges-Comcast Spotlight/Minnetonka, MN; Meagan Vaughn-Ivie & Associates, Inc./Flower Mound, TX; Hank Hope-MGM Mirage Marketing & Advertising/Las Vegas; Angela Molloy/LA; Dorian Hannaway-Hannaway We Go!/LA; Jennifer B. Sullivan-Creata (USA), Inc./LA Today’s Trivia Question submitted by Donna Dees/CBS: Inside Edition celebrates its 20th year on the air today with current anchor Deborah Norville. Who was the very first anchor when it premiered Jan. 9, 1989? 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