A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE N

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FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE N = #1

Premieres of Degrassi, Queen Bees and The N’s Student Body outperformed every other network in ad-supported cable among both teens and women 12-24* and drove record video streams for the week on the-n.com: 2.8MM streams, +226% vs YAGO!

Like we always say, The N “gets” teens.

DEGRASSI Fridays @ 8:00EST | QUEEN BEES Fridays @ 8:30EST | The N’s STUDENT BODY Sundays @ 8:00EST

*The N Network was ranked #1 from 8-11p vs. all ad supported cable for teens, female teens and women 12-24 in Live+SD coverage ratings.

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Cynopsis: Kids!

7/18/08

Good morning. It’s Friday, July 18, 2008, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.

Nickelodeon UK plans to launch NickToonsters on satellite on Sky Digital this August 18, 2008.  Targeted to the younger K5-7 set and leaning more towards girls, NickToonsters will air 7a-7p and will feature programming lineup including Rugrats, CatDog, The Wild Thornberries and Hey Arnold.

A big win for Mattel yesterday as a jury in a Federal Court handed down its decision, which found that Carter Bryant, a former Mattel doll designer, created the Bratz doll design drawings, prototypes and sculpts while still working for Mattel.  Additionally, the jury found that MGA Entertainment, which launched the Bratz doll line in 2001, intentionally interfered and aided and abetted Bryant’s various breaches of contract with Mattel.  Furthermore, the verdict found that MGA’s CEO, Isaac Larian was a participant in encouraging Bryant’s actions.  The damages phase of the case will begin next week and there is a lot to work out.  Reuters reports that MGA Entertainment issued a statement explaining that Mattel was suing MGA solely for the initial 2001 line of Bratz dolls, and quoting Larian, who said “under no circumstance will Mattel be able to assert ownership of the Bratz franchise  which will always belong to MGA.”

MORE KIDS STUFF

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced nominations for the 2008 Primetime Emmy, which includes nods for a handful of kid-targeted shows.  The Emmy’s will be awarded in two ceremonies; the 60th Annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards will be held Saturday, September 13 at the Nokia Theatre L.A. and will be televised on E! on Saturday, September 20 at 8p, while the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards handed out Sunday, September 21 on ABC (8p), live from the Nokia Theatre L.A.  While it is great to see the kid/family targeted shows nominated for the Primetime prize, you’ll note they are often up against shows that are aimed at a more mature audiences (which is not to say that kids aren’t watching them, but they aren’t intended for kids).  Below is a selection of some of the categories including kid-targeted show receiving nominations, the full list can be found at www.emmys.tv:

Children’s Program Show – network, production entity

• Classical Baby (I’m Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show, HBO, HBO Family
• Hannah Montana, Disney Channel, It’s A Laugh Production/Michael Poryes Productions/Disney Channel
• High School Musical 2, Disney Channel, Salty Pictures, Inc./First Street Films/Disney Channel
• Nick News With Linda Ellerbee: The Untouchable Kids of India, Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon with Lucky Duck Productions
• The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Disney Channel, It’s A Laugh Productions/Disney Channel

Animated Program (less than one hour) – Show (episode), network, production entity

• SpongeBob SquarePants (Inmates of Summer/Two Faces of Squidward), Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon with United Plankton Pictures, Inc.
• Creature Comforts America (Don’t Choke To Death, Please), CBS, Aardman Animations in association with The Gotham Group
• King Of The Hill (Death Picks Cotton), Fox, 20th Century Fox Television in association with 3 Arts Entertainment, Deedle-Dee Productions & Judgemental Films
• Robot Chicken (Robot Chicken: Star Wars), Cartoon Network (Adult Swim), ShadowMachine Films
• The Simpsons (Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind), Fox, Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox

Animated Program (one hour or longer) Show (episode), network, production entity

• Justice League: The New Frontier, Warner Bros. on demand, Warner Bros. Animation
• Family Guy (Blue Harvest), Fox, Fuzzy Door Productions in association with Fox Television Animation Studios
• South Park (Imaginationland), Comedy Central, Central Productions

Special Class  Short-Format Animated Programs – Show (episode), network, production entity

• Camp Lazlo (Lazlo’s First Crush), Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network Studios
• Chowder (Burple Nurples), Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network Studios

Toei Animation is set to launch tow of its anime series, Digimon Adventure 02 and Pretty Cure, online this month.  Both series will be available for download on IGN’s (www.ign.com) Direct2Drive ( www.direct2drive.com) section.  Toei’s first titles bowed on the service last month, with other titles slated to roll out later this year.

Taffy Entertainment, a division of The MoonScoop Group, inks several rights deals following the DISCOP market held last month in Budapest:  LNK (Lithuania) acquires the free TV rights to the animated series Dr. Dog and The Fantastic Four; Ukraine free TV broadcaster 1+1 picks up the 3D CGI series Pet Alien; Urania takes home video rights to Dive Olly Dive! for the Czech Republic and Slovakia; S.D.T. acquires home video rights to Casper’s Scare School for Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia territories

Nickelodeon’s AddictingGames and Shockwave to introduce community and social networking features to the sites, popular with teens/tweens, over the course of the next six months. New features, some of which have already been launched include profile pages (fall 2008/AddictingGames), high scores (fall 2008/both sites), a friend feature (fall 2008/both sites), chat functions (fall 2008/AddictingGames).  Features already introduced on Shockwave include, animated, talking avatars on profile pages, chat functions, and a game room section, while AddictingGames has debuted ratings reviews and tips sections.  Additionally, AddictingGames will debut new “create and Share Games that can be customized and shared with friends.

MARKETING/LICENSING

Penguin Young Readers has released animated webisodes to support its new middle-school kid targeted novel Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger by author Kevin Bolger (Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group).  Designed to be “lowbrow and slapstick” the webisode, titled sir Fartsalot vs. the Dragon, can be found at YouTube and aims to drive kids to the book’s website www.sirfartsalot.com .

Chorion names Bandai Spain as the toy distributor for Noddy in Spain.  The deal comes on the heels of the appointment of NSR as the global master toy licensee, with Spin Master named as distributor in the UK and Lansay as distributor for France and the Benelux.

Correction: the story in yesterday’s edition about Kidthing and Wee Sing contained an incorrect link, which should have read www.kidthing.com.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

BusRadio names Steve Natole as its Director/Western Sales Region.  Most recently, Natole helped launch and flip, LA’s KDAY (93.5) to its current format.

Scholastic upps three and names two in its trade publishing division.  Rafi Mittlefehldt is promoted to Operations Analyst, Jonathan Valuckas becomes Editorial Coordinator/Scholastic Paperbacks, and Greg Rutty is upped to Associate Editor/Scholastic Press.  Joining the company are David Posner as Subsidiary Rights Associate and Zachary Clark as Cross-Channel Assistant.

RATINGS

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 7/7-7/13/2008 , 6a-6a:
K2-11                                             Total Delivery (000)
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (7/9; 12:30p)        2122
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (7/7; 11a)             2062
DSNY*: Monsters Inc. (7/7; 7-8:45p)                       2049
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (7/7; 11:30a)        1998
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (7/9; 12p)             1986
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (7/12; 12p)           1960
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (7/7; 10:30a)        1938
DSNY*: Camp Rock (7/13; 8-9:45p)                        1929
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (7/12; 11:30a)      1900
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (7/7; 12:30p)        1897
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 6-11 for the week of 7/7-7/13/2008 , 6a-6a:
K6-11                                            Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Camp Rock (7/13; 8-9:45p)                        1541
DSNY*: Wizards of Waverly Place (7/8; 10p)            1535
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (7/13; 10p)                      1493
DSNY*: Monsters Inc. (7/7; 7-8:45p)                      1469
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb Shorts (7/13; 9:45-10p)   1436
DSNY*: The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (7/8; 9:30p)  1380
DSNY*: Life Size (7/7; 12p)                                   1352
DSNY*: The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (7/11; 11p)   1344
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb Shorts (7/7; 8:45-9p)      1300
DSNY*: Monsters Inc. (7/8; 12-1:45p)                    1284
NICK:    H20 (7/10; 3:30p)                                    1284
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Tweens 9-14 for the week of 7/7-7/13/2008 , 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14                                   Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*:   Camp Rock (7/13; 8-9:45p)                        1544
ABCFAM: Picture This (7/13; 8-10p)                           1387
DSNY*:   Hannah Montana (7/13; 10p)                       1280
DSNY*:   Wizards of Waverly Place (7/8; 10p)             1247
DSNY*:   Phineas and Ferb Shorts (7/13; 9:45-10p)    1239
DSNY*:   Life Size (7/7; 12p)                                     1205
DSNY*:   Monsters Inc. (7/8; 12-1:45p)                      1142
DSNY*:   The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (7/8; 9:30p)    1105
DSNY*:   The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (7/11; 11p)     1081
NICK:      iCarly (7/7; 4:30p)                                     1079
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Teens 12-17 for the week of 7/7-7/13/2008 , 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17                                                  Total Delivery (000)
ABCFAM: Picture This (7/13; 8-10p)                                        1389
DSNY*:   Camp Rock (7/13; 8-9:45p)                                      1048
ABCFAM: The Secret Life of the American Teenager (7/8; 8-9p)   961
ADSM:     Family Guy (7/8; 11:30p)                                          958
ADSM:     Family Guy (7/9; 11:30p)                                          856
ADSM:     Family Guy (7/10; 11:30p)                                        843
NICK:      iCarly (7/9; 4p)                                                         824
NICK:      iCarly (7/9; 4:30p)                                                    787
ADSM:    Robot Chicken (7/8; 12-12:15a)                                  764
ADSM:     Family Guy (7/13; 11p)                                             756
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Abbreviation for Adult Swim, which airs on Cartoon Network

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1213; K6-11 784; TWEENS 9-14 622
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11   994; K6-11 726; TWEENS 9-14 613
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   686; K6-11 459; TWEENS 9-14 309
TOON DISNEY:           K2-11   195; K6-11 121; TWEENS 9-14   74
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

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Friday Fun Fact:  Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: In the ’70s, a bunch of colorful characters named Boss Moss, Cowmumble, Hamhose, Snorkeldorf, Goody-Goody, Gargle and Grumble promoted a product via a series of TV ads. What was the name of this product?   FREAKIES CEREAL Kudos to: Christopher Byrne- Byrne Communications, Inc./The Toy Guy®/NY; John May-Turner Broadcasting System, Inc./GA; Kimberly Keeley-Safety4Kids / Stamford, CT; Tom Boyd-WGN/Chicago

Today’s Trivia Question: Cynopsis editorial staff are all on vacation all next week which means no editions for the week.  We will be returning on Monday, July 28.  With that said, however, our Sales and Marketing staff will be available to you all week long, as usual!  To that end, no trivia question today.  Enjoy your week!

Later — Gwen
07.18.08

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