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07/06/07
Good Morning, it’s Friday, July 6, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing.
According to several reports, Kevin Reilly is currently in talks to join Fox Broadcasting Co., where he would be head of programming. That would free up Peter Liguori for a more lofty position at Fox, probably as an overseer of the network. Nothing definite is being announced yet, but conversations are continuing.
Tonight’s Premieres:
FUEL TV: The 808 at 10p
SCI FI Channel: Doctor Who at 8p
Sunday’s Premieres:
Comedy Central: American Body Shop at 1030p
In a new agreement, NBC Sports and The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club have extended their alignment to continue the Wimbledon broadcasts for an additional four years. This new extension also gives NBC Sports digital media rights to the Championships including Wimbledon LIVE online exposure via NBCSports.com and live mobile coverage. Be sure to have strawberries and cream ready for this weekend, as Breakfast at Wimbledon will be covered live by NBC Sports on Saturday at 9a with the Ladies’ Final and the men’s semifinals, and on Sunday at 9a with the Gentlemen’s Final. NBC will also broadcast the ladies’ semifinals and men’s quarterfinals today from noon-5p in all time zones.
Okay you S#x and the City fans, this one’s for you. New Line Cinema is talking with HBO to bring the ladies to film, and picking up where the television series left off. Negotiations continue, but looking good.
ABC will bring back The Nine for its six final episodes next month, beginning August 1st at 10p. 13 episodes were originally ordered and these final six have not yet been seen. Presumably the producers of the show originally expected this series to continue beyond 13 episodes, so if you’re looking for some closure at the end of these six, you’ll probably be disappointed.
A couple of other primetime changes —
- CBS‘ Shark moves to its fall primetime position – Sundays at 10p – as of July 22. This will de-berth Without a Trace, which will likely move to Thursdays at 10p, where it is also scheduled to run starting this fall.
- Big Brother 8 launched last night and with its usual summer multiple runs during the week, it will displace The Unit on Tuesday nights. The Unit will move to Saturdays at 8p as of July 14th.
- The final two episodes of Fox‘s Standoff are scheduled for July 20th at 8p and 9p. Filling the Friday night 8-10p time period thereafter will be a variety of theatricals including Hollywood Homicide, 13 Going on 30 and The Animal.
Film and television entertainment company, Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. has bought out California-based DVD distributor Trinity Home Entertainment, LLC for $10 million including acquisition costs. The deal allowed Peace Arch to purchase all of Trinity’s shares for around $9.5 million in cash plus offer up $500,000 of Peace Arch common stock.
NBC‘s research department is trying to convince advertisers viewers are just as engaged while watching fast-forwarded commercials as they are when watching live TV. NBC-commissioned a study by Innerscope to measure biometrics such as heart rate, eye movement and breathing patterns, according to The New York Times. Viewers who watched the first 20 seconds of live ads scored an “engagement” score of 66 while those watching the same ads in Fast Forward scored a 68.
London-based Tiger Aspect Productions recruited Ricky Kelehar as Director/Factual Entertainment and Gary Chippington as Director/Presenter-led Programming. Both are charged with developing and producing new factual programming.
TLC has hired Regina DiMartino as EVP/Marketing to oversee marketing, advertising and branding for the network in addition to digital content and communications. Based in Los Angeles, she will work in conjunction with other departments such as development, programming and sales to head initiatives to build franchises and multi-platform opportunities for TLC’s current and new series. This marks the first executive appointment made by Angela Shapiro-Mathes, President/GM, TLC since she joined Discovery Communications on July 1.
Paul Borgese has been upped to the new position of Director/Ad Engagement at The Weather Channel Media Solutions. Paul will focus on presenting cable research to clients and agencies and then work with them to create case studies and new research projects.
PIC-TV has elevated Jackie Garcia from Assistant Account Executive to Account Executive where she works with clients Kraft, Schering Plough and KAO Brands. Jackie’s new position will give her additional new business responsibilities as well as the opportunity to strengthen existing relationships with clients. She reports to David Hansfield, SVP/New Business Development.
Critical Mass, part of Omnicom Group Inc, has appointed David Armano as VP/Experience Design. In this new position, David will pinpoint the engagement between consumers and brands across multiple platforms to further strengthen relationships with the company’s clients. David will be based at the company’s Chicago office.
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- Keith David joins the cast of The Princess and the Frog
- A motion-capture adaptation of A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey and Bob Hoskins
- Jetix UK orders more episodes of PXG
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- Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. completes buy of Trinity Home Entertainment
- Shaftesbury Films wraps filming on Blithe and Virginia for airing on Lifetime and CTV
- New Five Life +1 and Five US +1 to make satellite debut this fall
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- MSN brings Live Earth to the World Wide Web
- Real Networks provides Big Brother fans with 4 separate 24/7 live feeds
- Microsoft will shell out $1 billion to pay for repairs on the Xbox 360
TUESDAY – A18-49 Analysis: NBC led a clean sweep Tuesday night winning overall with a 2.1/7 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. America’s Got Talent pulled off a double win for NBC: at 8p the talent competition show claimed a 1.8/7 then at 9p it won with a 2.3/8. NBC polished off the final win of the night during 10p as its Law & Order: SVU repeat came in at 2.1/7.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, July 3, 2007 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
NBC 4.5/9 America’s Got Talent [2-hours] 4.3/9, Law & Order: SVU [r] 4.8/9
CBS 4.3/8 NCIS [r] 5.1/10, The Unit [r] 3.7/7, 48 Hours Mystery 4.1/8
ABC 3.3/6 According to Jim [r] 2.7/6, According to Jim [r] 2.6/5, Shaq’s Big Challenge 3.2/6, Primetime: Family Secrets 3.9/7
FOX 2.5/5 On the Lot 1.4/3, House [r] 3.6/7
UNIV 1.7/3 Yo Amo a Juan Querendon 1.6/3, Destilando Amor 1.9/4, Ver para Creer 1.7/3
CW 0.9/2 Gilmore Girls [r] 0.9/2, Veronica Mars [r] 0.9/2
TELE 0.7/1 Marina 0.6/1, Zorro 0.7/1, Esclava Isaura 0.7/1
A18-49: NBC 2.1/7, ABC 1.6/6, UNIV 1.5/5, CBS 1.4/5, FOX 1.3/5, CW 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1
WEDNESDAY – A18-49 Analysis: NBC won Wednesday night with a bang at 1.8/7 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. NBC popped out in front each hour of primetime: at 8p the Last Comic Standing repeat came in first with 1.4/6; during 9p the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks special sparkled in #1 with a 2.2/9; and Dateline maintained the top position with a 2.0/7.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
CBS 4.0/9 CSI: NY [r] 3.5/8, Criminal Minds [r] 4.2/9, Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular 4.4/9
NBC 4.0/9 Last Comic Standing [r] 2.9/6, Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks 4.7/10, Dateline: NBC 4.4/9
ABC 2.4/5 The Next Best Thing [r] 2.8/6, American Inventor [r] 2.3/5, Traveler [r] 1.9/4
FOX 2.0/4 FOX Movie Special: Anger Management 2.0/4
UNIV 1.0/2 Futbol: Mexico vs. Chile 1.5/3, Primer Impacto: Edición Copa America 0.9/2, Yo Amo a Juan Querendon 0.9/2, Don Francisco Presenta 1.0/2
CW 0.7/1 Hidden Palms 0.7/1, America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.7/2
TELE 0.6/1 Movie: Independence Day 0.6/1
A18-49: NBC 1.8/7, CBS 1.4/5, FOX 1.2/5, ABC 1.1/4, UNIV 1.0/4, TELE 0.5/2, CW 0.4/2
Friday Fun Fact: Every year about 27,000 kilos of strawberries are eaten during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, together with 7,000 litres of cream. * The popularity of serving strawberries with cream is possibly as old as the event itself.
This Day in History: 1932 – For first-class mail, United States Postage rates went from 2-cents to 3-cents. OMG! That’s so unreasonable!
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia: What was the name of the ominous hotel in “The Shining?” THE OVERLOOK Kudos to: Joel Gibbs-Joel Gibbs Productions, Co./Philadelphia; Amy Trusler-Safe Auto Insurance Co./OH; Traci Borders-Fox Sports Net/NY; Jay Vincini-FKQ Marketing & Advertising/Clearwater, FL; Sarah Antosh-Christal Radio/Minneapolis; Kenny Mueller-Time Warner Cable Media/Dallas; Patti Clements-KXRM/Colorado Springs; Gina Cuneo-CarSoup.com/Bloomington, MN; Chris Donovan-The CW Television Network/Burbank; Renee Moffitt-Vision Media Sales, Inc./Anthem, AZ; Geoffrey Brandt-Course Management/Sherman Oaks, CA; Laura E. Wendt -Walt Disney Television International/Singapore; Glenn Forbes-The Launch Picture Company/Toronto; Geraldine Anne Gately-Spotzer Media Group/Amsterdam; Stephen Kelley-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Toronto
Today’s Trivia Question: In this short-lived series, slaves later to be called “Newcomers,” arrived via flying saucer. What was the name of this show and what was the name of their home planet? ( Click here 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
07.06.07
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – Friday, July 6, 2007
ABC: George Lopez [r],George Lopez [r], Kyle XY, 20/20
CBS: Ghost Whisperer [r], Jericho [r], Numbers [r]
CW: Friday Night Smackdown!
FOX: Bones [r], Standoff
ION: Go Toward the Light [7p], The Twilight of the Golds
MNT: My Friday Night Movie: RoboCop [r]
NBC: 1 vs. 100 [r], Las Vegas [r], Law & Order CI [r]
PBS: Washington Week, Now, Bill Moyer’s Journal, Expose: America’s Investigative Reports, Scientific American Frontiers [r]
TELE: Madre Luna, Zorro, La Esclava Isaura
UNIV: Yo Amo a Juan Querendon, Destilando Amor, Casos de la Vida Real Edicion Especial
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