A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE HUB

Cynopsis
06.08.12

Good morning. It’s Friday, June 8, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
Discovery Channel: Deadly Seas at 9p; Flying Wild Alaska at 10p
OWN: Lives on Fire at 9p
IFC: Comedy Bang! Bang! at 10p; Bunk at 1030p

Tonight’s Finale:
TLC: Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids at 9p & 930p

Saturday’s Premieres:
OWN: Million Dollar Neighborhood at 9p; Real Life: The Musical at 10p
Syfy: Saturday Original Movies at 9p
Investigation Discovery: Wicked Attraction at 10p

Saturday’s Finale:
Animal Planet: Tanked at 9p

Sunday’s Special:
CBS: 66th Annual Tony Awards at 8p

Sunday’s Premieres:
VH1: Mob Wives Chicago at 8p
HBO: True Blood at 9p
OWN: Our America with Lisa Ling at 10p
WE tv: Bridezillas at 10p
truTV: Storage Hunters at 10p

Sunday’s Finales:
Food Network: Cupcake Champions at 8p
AMC: The Killing (season finale part 1) at 9p; Mad Men at 10p; The Pitch at 11p
HBO: Veep at 10p

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM ION TELEVISION

The summer premiere of Wipeout hits ABC’s schedule June 28 at 9p.  The new edition – Hotties versus Nerds 2.0 has 12 brainy nerds battling it out against 12 beautiful women in a showdown of the sexes.  Produced by Endemol USA, Wipeout is hosted by John Anderson (ESPN’s SportsCenter) and John Henson (E! Entertainment’s Talk Soup) along with co-host Vanessa Lachey (ABC’s True Beauty).

Upfront Update:  The CW is reportedly the first broadcast network to finalize its 2012-2013 upfront sales by moving 75% of its inventory. The CW’s take totals an estimated $400 million which is virtually flat compared to last year.  The CW also apparently has increased its CPM by +7%. As in recent years, The CW used a “convergence strategy” by selling commercials on TV along with ads shown when viewers watch their programs online.  This year, The CW added a mobile app to its offerings by selling ads on iPhones and iPads. 

SCIENCE heads to the West Coast when the world premiere of Oddities: San Francisco opens the first of six all-new episodes on June 23 at 9p.  Oddities: San Francisco is a spinoff of the network’s series Oddities set in New York City.  In the new version, viewers will see strange objects and curiosities found at the antiques shop, Loved to Death located on San Francisco’s famous Haight Street.  Oddities: San Francisco and Oddities are both produced by Leftfield Pictures for SCIENCE.

A second season of docu-series Ice Pilots was ordered by The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC). The series follows the Buffalo Airways crew as they transport cargo through harsh weather conditions in Canada’s Northwest Territories using vintage warplanes.  The Weather Channel gave the new season 13 half-hour episodes set to premiere July 16 at 9p.  Encore episodes air at 11p.  Omni Film produces the series.

Logo acquired all four seasons of the UK sci-fi series Misfits and will premiere the first season of six one-hour episodes on July 19 at 10p.  The series follows a group of 20-somethings who suddenly get supernatural powers during a strange electrical storm.  The ensemble cast of characters include Nathan Young (Robert Sheehan), Simon Bellamy (Iwan Rheon), Curtis Donovan (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), Kelly Bailey (Lauren Socha) and Alisha Bailey (Antonia Thomas).  Misfits is produced by Clerkenwell Films and is distributed by BBC Worldwide.

ABC and Raycom Media, Inc. made an affiliation deal to broadcast ABC’s complete programming schedule in the Hattiesburg, MS DMA on WDAM digital channel 7.2.  The deal also allows WDAM 7.2 to broadcast local news for the market three times per day leading up to ABC’s programs Good Morning America, World News and Nightline.  The channel is set to launch next Monday.

 A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM UNIVISION

Our broadcast networks Univision and Telefutura were the only ones to see year-over-year audience increases in this May’s sweeps.

It’s time to balance your plan.

UNIVISION. The New American Reality.
Source: The Nielsen Company. May 2012 Sweep vs. May 2011 Sweep. Broadcast Prime defined as Mon-Sat 8pm-11pm & Sun 7pm-11pm, Live+SD.

Anthony Bourdain, chef and star of Travel Channel’s No Reservations and soon-to-be on CNN in 2013 will possibly co-host a new cooking reality show for ABC.  The untitled cooking show has not been confirmed by ABC though Bourdain tweeted his involvement as host on the food blog Eater.  British chef and television personality, Nigella Lawson will also co-star on the show with Bourdain.  Kinetic Content is producing.

A trio of actors will not be returning to ABC’s procedural series Body of Proof for its third season: John Carroll Lynch, Nicholas Bishop and Sonja Sohn. All three actors have been with the show since the pilot episode. 

Actor Jon Wellner received a promotion to series regular on CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, reports THR.  Wellner has been a part of the cast for seven seasons playing toxicology specialist Henry Andrews. 

Former Lost star Maggie Grace will appear as a guest star in at least eight episodes during the upcoming sixth season of SHOWTIME’s Californication.  Grace will play Faith, a groupie who develops a unique relationship with Hank Moody (David Duchovny).  Additionally, another former Lost star, Jorge Garcia will appear in one episode of Californication playing an old contact from Faith’s past and musical comedian Tim Minchin will guest star as Atticus Fetch, a David Bowie-type rocker in eight episodes.  Production on the 12 new episodes for season six commenced last month and the series is slated to debut in early 2013. 

Casting Call: An Emmy Award-wining production company is casting for a real-life version of Modern Family.  Are you like Mitchell and Cameron  gay and married with kids?  If you fit this description and think your family is larger than life and ready to be spotlighted, the producers want to hear from you.  To apply, send an email to: [email protected] and include a brief description of your family, where you live, and in what ways are you similar to the TV show Modern Family.  Include photos of your family members and a phone number where casting can contact you.

Beyond Distribution was selected as the international distributor for the series Wild Racers with 24 half-hour episodes.  Wild Racers chronicles the journey of the Adventure Racing World Series, a grueling adventure racing event comprised of six races covering four continents and 3,500 combined kilometers.  The series is produced by Australia’s Nothin But Shorts International.  Wild Racers will be part of Beyond’s adventure catalog and will be delivered in time for buyers at MIPCOM.

 A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TV FOR TOMORROW

Broadcast Morning News Shows  Weekly Average Ratings (week of May 28, 2012)
ABC: GMA 4.67 million total viewers; 1.5/11 and 1.80 million A25-54
NBC: Today 4.84 million total viewers; 1.8/13 and 2.11 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 2.34 million total viewers; 0.7/6 and 891,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Wednesday A18-49 Analysis:  FOX maintained its Wednesday dominance of the A18-49 viewers at 2.5/8, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  At 8p, So You Think You Can Dance on FOX was #1 at 2.4/8 and Univision’s Refugio Para Amor was next in line with 1.1/4.  FOX held the lead through 9p with more of So You Think You Can Dance at 2.6/8 and the average of ABC’s repeat comedies Modern Family and Happy Endings and Univision’s Abismo de Pasion tied for #2 at 1.3/4 each.  Then at 10p, Univision took over the top spot with La Que No Podia Amar at 1.6/5 followed by CBS’ encore airing of CSI at 1.4/4.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

FOX: 4.1/7            So You Think You Can Dance 4.1/7

CBS: 4.0/7              Dogs in the City 3.5/6, Criminal Minds [r] 4.1/7, CSI [r] 4.4/7

NBC: 2.6/4              Off Their Rockers [r] 3.0/5, Up All Night [r] 1.6/3, Law & Order: SVU [r] 2.4/4, Law & Order: SVU [r] 3.0/5

ABC: 2.1/4              The Middle [r] 2.6/5, Suburgatory [r] 2.2/4, Modern Family [r] 2.8/5, Happy Endings [r] 2.0/3, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 [r] 1.7/3, Modern Family [r] 1.5/3

UNIV: 1.9/3            Refugio Para Amor 2 1.6/3, Abismo de Pasion 2.0/3, La Que No Podia Amar 2.2/4

ION: 0.9/1             Cold Case 0.9/2, Cold Case 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/1

TELE: 0.7/1            Maid en Manhattan 0.8/1, Corazon Valiente 0.8/1, Relaciones Peligrosas 0.5/1

CW: 0.5/1              America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.5/1, America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.5/1

TF: 0.2/0               Cine en Familia WED [7p start] 0.2/0, Cine de Las Estrellas WED 0.2/0

A18-49:  FOX 2.5/8, UNIV 1.3/4, CBS 1.2/4, ABC 1.0/3, NBC 0.9/3, TELE 0.5/2, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.2/1

Karen Barroeta advances to the newly-created role of SVP/International Cable Operations at Telemundo International up from SVP/Marketing Creative.  Based in Miami, Karen reports to Marcos Santana, President, Telemundo International.

Lifestyle network Plum Media LLC bolstered its team by hiring Grace Kim as VP/Production and Programming in charge of production, programming and operations and Jaime Blanc as SVP/Integrated Marketing responsible for marketing, sales and implementation of sponsorships as well as marketing partnerships.  Both Grace and Jaime previously worked for NBC Local Media.

Alfredo Schwarz was named VP/Operations and Production of MegaTV by Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. (SBS).  Alfred’s appointment is effective immediately and he will be in charge of the operation and production of the television division.  He will report to Alex Aleman, SVP/Consolidated Operations, SBS.

Discovery Communications added George Sonoda as Regional Licensing Director/Latin America for Discovery Enterprises International (DEI).  George will be based on Sao Paulo, Brazil and will manage a newly-formed team consisting of recently appointed Marco Guzman, Licensing Manager for Mexico, Caribbean and Central America based in Mexico and the recently upped Giannina Vergara, Licensing Manager for South America based in Miami.  George reports to Nicolas Bonard, SVP of DEI. 

The Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association (CTHRA) appointed Catherine Houser and Jo O’Brien to its Board of Directors. Catherine is the EVP/Human Resources for Viacom Media Networks and Jo is the SVP/Human Resources for CNBC.

Aaron King joins company founder, Jeff Boortz of Be The Creative Source as Partner/Executive Producer.  Aaron will be based in New York and will represent the company’s client roster to networks, agencies and production companies.

 A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

Friday’s Fun Fact: In 1979, Oscar host Johnny Carson joked, “I see a lot of new faces here. Especially on the old faces.”

This day in History:1995 – U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O’Grady was rescued by U.S. Marines after surviving alone in Bosnia after his F-16 fighter was shot down on June 2.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: For the last ten years of production (2000-2010) in what major city was As The World Turns produced? The Great City of Brooklyn. Kudos to: Carol Teichman-Comcast Spotlight/Bloomfield CT; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton; Tara Berman-Big Fish Entertainment/NYC; Linda Grillo-Viacom/NY; Robin Zorn-RZTV Productions/Badin, WY; Rusty Ricketts-WideOrbit Inc./San Francisco; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA.

Today’s Trivia Question: ABC’s Wide World of Sports had three spin offs. Which was the first one? (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.)

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

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Later — Cyn & Lisa
06.08.12

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2012

ABC: Shark Tank [r], Primetime: What Would You Do?, 20/20
AZTECA: Extra Normal, Al Extremo, Fabrico de Huevos, Fabrica de Huevos
CBS: Undercover Boss [r], CSI:NY [r], Blue Bloods [r]
CW: Nikita [r], Supernatural [r]
FOX: House [r], Bones [r]
ION: Cold Case, Cold Case, Cold Case
NBC: Whitney [r], Community [r], Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Need to Know, Paris the Luminous Years
TELE: Una Maid en Manhattan, Corazon Valiente, Relaciones Peligrosas
UNIV: Futbol Mexico vs. Guyana, La Que No Podia Amar

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