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06.11.10

Good morning. It’s Friday, June 11, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing.  As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here .

Tonight’s Premieres:
Discovery Channel: Duel Survival at 10p
IFC: The Whitest Kids U’ Know at 10p
Nick at Nite: Glenn Martin, DDS at 1030p

Tonight’s Finales:
CMT: Gator 911 at 9p; Danger Coast at 930p
Syfy: Stargate Universe at 9p

Saturday’s Premieres:
Logo: Beautiful People at 10p; The Jaquie Brown Diaries at 1030p

Sunday’s Premieres:
HBO: True Blood at 9p (8:45pm special countdown to premiere)
E!: Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami at 10p; Holly’s World at 1030p
Food Network: Cupcake Wars at 10p
HGTV: HGTV Design Star at 10p; Color Splash: Miami at 11p

Sunday’s Finale:
AMC: Breaking Bad at 10p (followed by special preview of new series Rubicon at 11p)

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2010 UPFRONT UPDATE: NBC Universal completed its upfront yesterday with its total sales, across cable and broadcast at approximately $4 billion. For its primetime inventory alone, NBC took in approx $1.8 billion with the cable networks  USA, Bravo, Oxygen and Syfy taking in approx $1.5 billion. NBC reportedly received an average +7% gain in rate pricing. Overall, the five broadcast networks’ (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and The CW) combined projected total for this year’s upfront is between $8.1 billion and $8.7 billion, a small increase over last year’s estimated $7.8 billion to $8.1 billion.

FOX renewed the Seth MacFarlane half-hour animated comedy The Cleveland Show for a third season. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox Television and airs on Sunday nights at 830p.

As ESPN 3D launches today, the new network will debut three commercials in 3D from advertisers’ SONY, Gillette and Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 3. ESPN will further air its first-ever 3D commercial from This is SportsCenter franchise. ESPN 3D will only accept commercials originally created in 3D in order to provide its consumers with the best viewing experience possible. ESPN furthermore is opening its coverage today of the 2010 FIFA World Cup from South Africa over multiple platforms.

Oxygen’s dance/weight loss competition series Dance Your Ass Off will move to its regular time period on Monday at 10p and additionally this night will air a “plus sized” 75-minute episode until 1115p.

Science Channel’s series premiere of Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman on Wednesday delivered a 0.41 rating among A25-54 and 647,000 total viewers. Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman airs Wednesdays at 10p.

Morning News Weekly Average Ratings (week of May 31, 2010)
NBC: 5.17 million total viewers; 1.9/15 and 2.39 million A25-54
ABC: 4.20 million total viewers; 1.4/11 and 1.70 million A25-54
CBS: 2.46 million total viewers; 0.8/6 and 1.02 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution said it has sold The Big Bang Theory in five initial markets following the mid-May announcement Fox Television Stations and TBS both acquired the comedy for a fall 2011 launch, reports B&C. The five early markets and stations to pick up the show includes Hearst-owned WMOR/Tampa, KQCA/Sacramento and KCWE/Kansas City; Sinclair’s WPMY/Pittsburgh; and Weigel Broadcasting’s WDJT/Milwaukee.

 
E! has a new reality series in the works premiering this summer called The Spin Crowd about the celebrity  and entertainment PR agency, Command PR helmed by Jonathan Cheban and Simon Huck. The eight-episode series is inspired by a half-hour special which aired on E! in February called The SPINdustry  that has reached nearly 7.5 million viewers to date. The Spin Crowd takes viewers inside the hectic PR firm based in Los Angeles as it executes red carpet events and handles high-profile celebrities. Kim Kardashian and Bunim-Murray Productions are executive producing.

OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network is developing a handful of new shows with one featuring celebrity chef Cat Cora (Food Network’s Iron Chef) and another showcasing fashion expert Carson Kressley (ABC’s True Beauty). Cora’s show is a pilot order where the chef visits families who need to change their lifestyle and she then demonstrates how the family can eat healthy while leading busy lives. Shed Media is producing. The show featuring Kressley is described as a make-better show for OWN. The network also has a pilot called Confrontation: The Conversation which witnesses a mediation between a crime victim and the offender with the goal for each to find closure. Tom Forman is executive producing.

Former ABC News’ political director, David Chalian is moving to PBS NewsHour as Political Editor starting July 6. Chalian will direct the NewsHour’s political coverage for its broadcast and digital platforms. Chalian will manage the editorial content from political campaigns to congressional, White House and Supreme Court beats. Additionally, Chalian will be an on-camera political analyst and will also appear on political webcasts via newshour.pbs.org and further will develop original digital political content. Chalian had been with ABC News’ political team since 2003 and was the political director there since 2007.

Wednesday  A18-49 Analysis: FOX’s night of dancing won out Wednesday taking the A18-49 demo with a 3.0/9, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, FOX and So You Think You Can Dance did best with 3.0/10 while NBC’s Stanley Cup Final #6 was second at 2.4/8. The scenario repeated at 9p as FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance continued in #1 with 3.1/9 followed closely by NBC’s Stanley Cup Final at 2.9/9. NBC skated ahead during 10p to a 3.8/11 with the last hour of Stanley Cup Final Game #6 and CBS’ CSI: NY encore was next at 1.8/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

FOX: 5.0/9           So You Think You Can Dance 5.0/9

CBS: 4.7/8           How I Met Your Mother [r] 2.7/5, Rules of Engagement [r] 2.9/5, Criminal Minds [r] 5.6/9, CSI: NY [r] 5.7/10

NBC: 4.4/8           NBC NHL Stanley Cup Final #6: Chicago at Philadelphia 4.7/8

ABC: 2.6/5           The Middle [r] 3.0/6, The Middle [r] 3.0/5, Modern Family [r] 3.3/6, Cougar Town [r] 2.6/4, Happy Town 1.8/3

UNIV: 2.1/4         Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.3/4, Soy Tu Duena 2.2/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.7/3

CW: 0.8/1            America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.8/2, America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.7/1

TELE: 0.7/1         El Clon 0.6/1, Perro Amor 0.6/1, Donde Esta Elisa? 0.9/2

ION: 0.5/1           Ghost Whisperer 0.6/1, Ghost Whisperer 0.5/1, Ghost Whisperer 0.5/1

A18-49: FOX 3.0/9, NBC 2.9/9, CBS 1.7/5, UNIV 1.6/5, ABC 1.2/4, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.5/2, ION 0.3/1

Cinnamon Rogers was named VP/Legislative Affairs with Discovery Communications. Cinnamon will be involved with monitoring federal legislative issues and advocating on behalf of the company on Capitol Hill. She will also be instrumental in creating and executing public-private partnerships for Discovery’s quality brands. In her new role, Cinnamon will report to Alexa Verveer, SVP/Public Policy and Government Relations and will be based at the company’s global headquarters in Silver Spring. Previously, Cinnamon worked for Time Warner as VP/Global Public Policy.

Canada’s Amaze Film & Television hired Anne Fenn as the production company’s new Development Executive.

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Friday Fun Fact:   Male sea lion may have more than 100 wives and sometimes go three months without eating.  Now that’s a reality show.

This day in History:  1910 – Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born.  Among his many and varied accomplishments, this French underwater explorer invented the Aqua-Lung diving apparatus.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Our ranch is located outside of Stockton California.  There are five of us in the family – mom, a widow, is the matriarch of the family. We have 30,000 acres and raise horses, cattle, we have mining, vineyards and orange groves.  What is the name of our ranch?  BARKLEY RANCH on BIG VALLEY  Kudos to:  Leslie Kavanaugh-Malone Advertising/Indianapolis; Robert Wimbish-Scripps Networks/Knoxville; Liz Weast-Carat/Atlanta; Joel Segall-Monterey Media/NY; Kathy Yarbrough-Touchpoints Marketing/Gretna; Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas; Beth Stockton-Meredith Local Media Group/Kansas City; Gregg Hess-NCC Media/Minneapolis; Brian Sullivan-KHQ/Spokane; Aisha Figilis-ION Media Networks/Burbank; Marcela Wilfong-Ocean Media/Huntington Beach; Heidi Flydal-KFMB/San Diego; Elyssa Rae-Girls in Tech China/Beijing
 
Today’s Trivia Question:   If you’re the manager at Forman-Lydell Antiques, what show are you on?      (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
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 2010

ABC:   World Cup Kickoff Celebration Concert, 20/20
AZTECA:  Laura de Todos, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS:  Medium [r], Flashpoint, Miami Medical
CW:   Smallville [r], Supernatural [r]
FOX:  Past Life, House [r]
ION:  Criminal Minds, Ghost Whisperer, Ghost Whisperer
NBC:  Friday Night Lights, Dateline NBC
PBS:  Washington Week, Need to Know, Ferrets: The Pursuit of Excellence, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal
TELE: El Clon, Perro Amor, Donde Esta Elisa?
UNIV: Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe, Soy Tu Duena, Rosa de Guadalupe

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