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06/06/08
Good morning. It’s Friday, June 6, 2008, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.
Chapman Entertainment unveils plans to set up its own production studio based in Altrincham, Cheshire. Scheduled to be up and running this July, the first show to be produced is the second season of Chapman’s preschool stop-motion animated series Roary the Racing Car. In addition to Roary the Racing Car, Chapman also produces the preschool animated series Fifi and the Flowertots. Prior to this both series were animated by Cosgrove Hall.
DIC Entertainment inks broadcast deals across Europe, Middle East and Africa for several of its properties:
- Strawberry Shortcake is acquired by TV2 (Denmark), TV4 (Sweden), Mnet (South Africa), TiJi/Canal J (France), M6 (France), Tiny Pop (UK), Modern Times (Greece), SIC (Portugal), VRT (Belgium), TSR (Switzerland) and Mediaset (Italy). Additionally, a deal for the property is signed with new home entertainment partner Fox Video Europe (France and French-speaking Benelux).
- New terrestrial broadcast deals for Dino Squad, include Mediaset (Italy) and Mnet (South Africa).
- DIC also signs a range of deals for titles from its animated and live-action TV series and movie library including with: French DTT Channel Gulli; De Agnostini (Italy); Pop Girl (UK); CYBC (Cyprus); VRT (Dutch-speaking Belgium); TSR (Switzerland); LNK (Lithuania); and Kinotrav (Russia)
TV Loonland’s short-form animated series The Owl (52×1) is acquired by terrestrial broadcasters Mediaset (Italy) and RTVE (Spain). Also in Spain, Tribanda Pictures inks a home video rights deal for the series.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
CBBC has commissioned September Films, a unit of DCD Media, to produce the new kid 8-12 targeted science game series, Richard Hammond’s Lab Rats (26×30) for air on BBC1’s CBBC block and CBBC Channel. Set in top secret underground laboratory the series will be hosted by Hammond, best known as the host of Top Gear and previously of Brainiac, with each episode featuring two teams of three kids competing in various experiments and messy challenges over three rounds. Richard Hammond’s Lab Rats is being produced in association with Hammond’s company, Hamster’s Wheel Productions. The series will be distributed by NBDtv/DCD Media.
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MARKETING/LICENSING
TV Loonland a plush toy licensing deal for The Owl with toy company Vivid Animation.
Raggs LLC, creators of the preschool series Raggs, enters into a multi-year licensing partnership with Zizzle. Under the deal, Zizzle will develop and distribute a range of Raggs themed products including musical toys, electronic games, feature plush and role-play activity sets for the US and Canada. The first products are slated to launch in fall 2009. Raggs is co-production between Raggs LLC and Southern Star International.
Horrid Henry and all his horridness are headed to the stage. Novel Entertainment is teaming with Watershed Productions, an indie theater production company, to bring the live show adaptation, Horrid Henry Live and Horrid!, to stages across the UK. The show kicks off at Sheffield’s Lyceum Theatre on August 28. Based on the Horrid Henry books (Orion Children’s Books) by the Francesca Simon and the CITV animated series produced by Novel Entertainment, the original stage show will be written by John Godber, directed by Hannah Chissick and designed by Pip Leckenby. CITV recently ordered a second season of the Horrid Henry animated series.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Kevin Brockman is upped to EVP/Global Communications, Disney-ABC Television Group. Brockman oversees all corporate, news and entertainment communication efforts for the company worldwide. Brockman, who most recently served as SVP/Communications, adds the Disney-ABC International Television and Hyperion publishing to his oversight. Brockman joined the company in 1997. He reports to Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair/Disney Media Networks and President/Disney-ABC Television Group and Zenia Mucha, EVP/Corporate Communications, Disney.
Wildbrain appoints Erin Webb Dippold to Director/Licensing. In this newly created position, Dippold will be in expanding the licensing program for the company’s series Yo Gabba Gabba! She will also be involved growing Wildbrain’s consumer products business for new properties. Dippold will be based in NY and report CMO, Michael Polis. Most recently she served as Director/Licensing, Ripe Ideas, and prior to that she was Director/Marketing and Licensing, 4Kids Entertainment.
In addition to founding its new studio, Chapman Entertainment upps two members of its production team with Emily Whinnett becoming Director/Production and Nadia Harti taking the title Head/Production.
Scholastic’s Trade publishing group announces several appointments:
- Annette Hughes is named Director/National Account Sales. Previously, she was Director/Sales, HarperCollins Children’s Books.
- Kimberly Bayley joins Scholastic Trade as Cross Channel Associate Manager. She had been Assistant Editor, Scholastic’s SeeSaw Book club.
- Michael Sherman is upped to the new role of Creative Director, Klutz. Sherman has toiled for Klutz for 12 years, most recently as an Editor for Klutz, will report to Ellie Berger.
RATINGS
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 5/26-6/1/2008 , 6a-6a:
K2-11 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 9:30a) 2695
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 9a) 2433
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 11:30a) 2413
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 12p) 2343
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/1; 12p) 2237
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/1; 11:30a) 2187
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 11a) 2180
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 12:30p) 2131
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/1; 9a) 2076
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/1; 12:30p) 2003
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 5/26-6/1/2008 , 6a-6a:
K6-11 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 9:30a) 1805
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 9a) 1660
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 11:30a) 1576
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 12p) 1474
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/1; 9a) 1460
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 11a) 1418
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 12:30p) 1382
NICK: Mighty B! (5/31; 10:30a) 1369
NICK: Fairly OddParents (5/31; 8:30a) 1369
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/1; 11:30a) 1352
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 5/26-6/1/2008 , 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 9:30a) 1234
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 9a) 1210
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 11:30a) 1115
NICK: iCarly (5/28; 4p) 1034
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/1; 9a) 1001
DSNY*: Sky High (5/31; 9-10:45p) 995
DSNY*: That’s So Raven (5/27; 5p) 986
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/31; 12p) 981
DSNY*: Wizards of Waverly Place (5/29; 6:30p) 959
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/1; 11:30a) 935
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 5/26-6/1/2008 , 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17 Total Delivery (000)
MTV: Shot at Love with Tila Tequila (5/27; 10-11p) 709
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance (5/29; 8-10p) 704
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen (5/27; 9-10p) 677
ABC: Lost (5/29; 9-11p) 656
FOX: Family Guy (5/29; 11:30p) 650
FOX: Family Guy (5/26; 11:30p) 642
FOX: Family Guy (5/29; 11p) 623
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/1; 12:30p) 618
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/1; 12p) 616
MTV: 2008 MTV Movie Awards (6/1; 8-9:59p) 614
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**New abbreviation for Adult Swim, which airs on Cartoon Network
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, May 31, 2008 Broadcast Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
CW (Kids’ WB!) 1.1/5 Avg. (7a-12p)
Will & DeWitt 0.4/4; Magi Nation 0.6/4; Skunk Fu! 0.7/4; Tom and Jerry Tales 1.1/5; Tom and Jerry Tales 1.4/6; Spectacular Spider-Man 1.5/6; Spectacular Spider-Man 1.7/7;World of Quest 1.2/5; Johnny Test 1.2/5; Eon Kid 0.9/5
FOX (4Kids TV) 0.9/4 Avg. (8a-12n)
Viva Pinata 0.5/3; Viva Pinata 0.9/5; Chaotic 1.0/4; Chaotic 1.2/5; TMNT 1.2/5; Dinosaur King 0.9/4; Yu-Gi-Oh GX 0.7/3; Winx Club 0.7/3
ABC 0.7/3 Avg. (9a-1p)
The Emperor’s New School 0.4/2; The Replacements 0.5/2; That’s So Raven 0.7/3; That’s So Raven 1.0/4; Hannah Montana 1.0/5; Suite Life of Zack & Cody 0.9/4; Power Rangers Jungle Fury 0.4/2; Power Rangers Jungle Fury 0.4/2
CBS (KEWLopolis on CBS) 0.3/2 Avg. (7-10a/10a-12p*)
Care Bears 0.4/2; Strawberry Shortcake 0.5/2; Cake 0.1/1; Sushi Pack 0.3/2; Dino Squad 0.2/1; Horseland 0.6/3
*Times vary from market to market
NBC (Qubo on NBC) Avg. 0.2/1 (10a-1p)
Jacob Two Two 0.4/2; Dragon 0.2/1; My Friend Rabbit 0.2/1; 321 Penguins/Larryboy Adventures 0.1/0; Veggie Tales 0.2/1; Jane and the Dragon 0.2/1
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, May 31, 2008 Cable Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
NICKELODEON 5.4/29 Avg. (7a-1p)
Jimmy Neutron 2.0/22; Jimmy Neutron 3.1/28; Fairly OddParents 4.3/31; Fairly OddParents 5.6/31;
SpongeBob SquarePants 6.8/32; SpongeBob SquarePants 7.4/32; Back at the Barnyard 5.5/23; Mighty B! 5.6/25; SpongeBob SquarePants 5.8/27; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.5/32; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.1/31; SpongeBob SquarePants 5.7/30
CARTOON NETWORK 2.0/11 Avg. (7a-1p)
Cartoon Cartoon Top 5 (60 minutes) 1.7/14; Chop Socky Chooks 2.1/11; Blue Dragon 1.8/8; Pokemon: DP Battle Dimensions 2.3/10; Ben 10: Alien Force 3.2/13; Transformers: Animated 2.7/12; Bakugan 2.3/11; Robotboy 1.9/9; Cartoon Cartoon 1.6/8; Cartoon Cartoon 1.3/8
DISNEY CHANNEL 1.5/8 Avg. (7a-1p)
The Wiggles 1.0/11; Johnny and the Sprites 0.9/9; Bunnytown 1.0/8; My Friends Tigger & Pooh 1.4/8; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 1.8/9; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.1/9; Handy Manny 2.1/9; Little Einsteins 1.5/6; Higglytown Heroes 1.3/6; Charlie and Lola 1.0/5; Chicken Little (90 minutes) 2.5/13
TOON DISNEY (Jetix) 0.5/2 Avg. (7a-1p)
Legend of the Dragon 0.1/2; Jackie Chan Adventures 0.2/2; Power Rangers: Mystic Force 0.2/2; Power Rangers Jungle Fury 0.3/2; Kronks New Groove (100 minutes) 0.6/3;
Emperors New School Short (15 minutes) 0.3/1; The Replacements 0.6/3; The Replacements 0.6/3; The Replacements 0.6/3; The Replacements 0.4/2
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1204; K6-11 653; TWEENS 9-14 539
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 736; K6-11 536; TWEENS 9-14 489
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 574; K6-11 328; TWEENS 9-14 228
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 155; K6-11 92; TWEENS 9-14 59
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
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Friday Fun Fact: The Tootsie Roll was invented by Leo Hirshfield in 1896. He named the candy after his 5 year old daughter whose nickname was Tootsie.
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Later — Gwen
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06.06.08
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