Source: Simmons Multimedia Engagement Study 2008 W5-8. Women 25-54 w/HHI $75K+ ranking among 80 ad-supported networks. For source details and marketing opportunities, visit ScrippsNetworksAdSales.com.

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03.20.09

Good morning. It’s Friday, March 20, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
National Geographic Channel: DogTown at 10p
Starz: Head Case at 10p; Party Down at 1030p

Tonight’s Finale:
SCI FI Channel: Battlestar Galactica (series finale) at 9p

Saturday’s Premiere:
WE tv: The Locator at 9p

Sunday’s Premieres:
Fox Sports Net: Sport Science at 9p
MTV: Bully Beatdown at 930p
WE tv: Platinum Weddings at 10p

Sunday’s Finales:
FUEL TV: FUEL TV Presents Camp Woodward at 830p
HBO: Big Love at 9p; Flight of the Conchords at 10p; Eastbound and Down at 1030p

HBO opens season two of IN TREATMENT April 5 at 9p, with new episodes airing on Sunday and Monday nights. Gabriel Byrne returns as Dr. Paul Weston, now newly divorced and operating his therapy practice out of his new Brooklyn brownstone. Dianne Wiest also is back as Dr. Gina Toll, Paul’s therapist. New cast members include Hope Davis, Russell Hornsby, John Mahoney, Alison Pill, Sherri Saum and Aaron Shaw while Glynn Turman will also make a guest appearance this season. To clarify the schedule, two new 30m episodes of IN TREATMENT air consecutively on Sundays at 9p and three new episodes air back-to-back on Mondays starting at 9p. The Emmy Award-winning drama series is produced by HBO Entertainment.

Animal Planet announced a second hoof-pounding season of its docu-drama series Jockeys, which quickly follows the freshman season finale on March 13. Season two, with seven 60m episodes, premieres late this summer and will take viewers into the lives of seven jockeys working within the high-stakes world of horse racing. This season features two new jockeys: Garrett Gomez and Corey Nakatani. The series is produced by Go Go Luckey.

VH1 is bringing back one of its iconic signature series Behind the Music, ordering 10 new episodes, reports THR. The series began in 1997 and has been off the air since 2002, with just a handful of episodes running each year through 2006. According to network focus groups, viewers still associate the documentary series with the network’s brand. VH1 will update the format for 2009 yet will keep much of it the same including having Jim Forbes return as the show’s narrator. To date, Lil Wayne and Scott Weiland will participate in the new version and VH1 is close to finalizing agreements with many other artists.

National Geographic Channel renewed Dog Whisperer for a sixth season with 30 new episodes, per THR. The series, featuring dog wizard Cesar Millan will debut later this year.

UPFRONT 2009: FUEL TV

Action sports network, FUEL TV will be in New York City next Tuesday through Thursday for its 3-day Upfront event, doing a live taping of its daily interview and variety show The Daily Habit in front of clients, advertising agencies and trade and consumer media outlets. At this presentation, FUEL TV will showcase one new series and the return of several others aiming at their target audience – the elusive 13- to 24-year old male audience. 

FUEL TV New Series:

• Thrillbillies – As previously announced, this action/comedy series centers on a group of redneck friends doing thrilling stunts. Premieres March 29 at 8p with six episodes.

FUEL TV Returning Series:

• New Pollution – Professional surfer Matt Beacham introduces viewers to the next generation of action sports athletes who are 16 years old and younger. Season 3 opens March 29 at 830p with 13 episodes.
• Stupidface – Late-night show filled with parodies, pranks and sketch comedy from the producers of American Misfits. Season 3 debuts May 14 at 10p with 7 episodes.
• Built To Shred – Host Jeff King heads this build-and-ride show featuring top skateboarders, BMXers, FMXers and surfers. Season 2 opens June 28 at 8p with 7 episodes.
• Firsthand – Series explores the lives of action sports personalities. Season 11 premieres September 27 at 8p with 13 episodes.
• The Adventures of Danny & The Dingo – Series goes inside pro snowboarders’ lives, following Olympic medalist Danny Kass and snow personality The Dingo. Season 2 debuts September 27 at 830p with 7 episodes.
• The Standard Snowboard Show – Highlights progressive snowboarding in various locations. Season 5 opens November 17 at 8p with 6 episodes.

Other returning FUEL TV series – Winter 2009/2010:

• FUEL TV Presents Camp Woodward – Season 3 opens December 27 at 8p with 13 episodes.
• The Adventures of Danny & The Dingo – Season 3 debuts December 29 at 8p with 7 episodes.
• The Captain & Casey Show – Season 7 premieres January 1 at 8p with 13 episodes.

More returning FUEL TV series – Spring 2009/2010:

• New Pollution – Season 4 slated to open March 28 at 8p with 13 episodes.
• Thrillbillies – season 2 will debut March 31 at 8p with 6 episodes.
• American Misfits – season 3 will premiere April 2 at 8p with 8 episodes.

Mindshare was named the global strategic planning agency for Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG). Mindshare will consolidate media planning and buying for various IHG brands including InterContinental Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Hotel Indigo, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites which was previously handled by more than a dozen agencies worldwide.

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CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Google and Sony are teaming up to give Amazon a run for its money in the E-reader market. Google is providing Sony’s e-book Reader, which actually predates the Kindle, access to some 500,000 public domain book titles. (Click on the “unearth a classic” link on Sony’s ebook store homepage for a look at what’s available – a download of the eBook Library client is needed.) In return, Google gets to promote its Google Book Search tool. Google has invested millions to scan public domain books from university and research libraries, encoding them in the open source ePub format to enable devices like the Reader to view them.  Full edition: CYN DIGITAL.

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  Up, the new Disney/Pixar animated comedy feature film, will premiere in Digital 3D as the Opening Ceremony film at the 62nd Festival de Cannes on Wednesday, May 13, 2009.  This is great news for the animation and kid industry  particularly as this is the first time that an animated film will be the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival.  Directed by Pete Doctor (Monsters Inc.), Up will be released in the US on May 29 and in France on July 29.  Full edition: CYN KIDS.

Tuesday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX had luck on its side Tuesday night winning the A18-49 demo with 8.1/22 A18-49 according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. At 8p, American Idol on FOX blew everything out of sight with a 7.7/22 with CBS’ NCIS coming next at 3.1/9. FOX surged to an 8.7/22 through 9p with the second hour of American Idol, well ahead of NBC’s Biggest Loser at 3.7/10. NBC prevailed at 10p as Law & Order: SVU scored a 3.5/10 while CBS’ Without a Trace found its footing in second place at 2.5/7.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 (March Sweep Day 13) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated.  Live+SD

FOX: 12.3/19        American Idol 12.3/19

CBS: 9.1/15             NCIS 9.8/16, The Mentalist 9.8/15, Without A Trace 7.6/13

ABC: 6.2/10           Dancing with the Stars Recap 5.4/9, Dancing with the Stars Results 8.3/13, Primetime: What Would You Do? 4.8/8

NBC: 5.8/9            The Biggest Loser 7 5.0/8, Law & Order: SVU 7.2/12

UNIV: 2.3/4           Cuidado con el Angel 2.4/4, Manana para Siempre 2.7/4, Aqui y Ahora 1.7/3

CW: 0.9/1             Reaper 1.2/2, 90210 [r] 0.5/1

MNT: 0.8/1            Street Patrol 0.8/1, Street Patrol 2 0.8/1, Jail 0.8/1, Jail 2 [r] 0.9/1

TELE: 0.6/1           Dona Barbara 0.5/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.7/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.7/1, Cartel T 0.7/1

A18-49: FOX 8.1/22, NBC 3.3/9, CBS 3.0/8, ABC 2.2/6, UNIV 1.8/5, CW 0.6/2, MNT 0.5/1, TELE 0.5/1

Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis:  FOX wowed Wednesday’s primetime with 5.9/16 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. During 8p, FOX’s Lie to Me had the best ratings at 3.1/10 then second place honors went to four sitcoms. On ABC, Scrubs and the series premiere of Better Off Ted tied with CBS’ Old Christine and Gary Unmarried with both networks averaging a 2.2/7. Incidentally, ABC’s new Better Off Ted posted a 2.1/6 at 830p. FOX’s American Idol swept through the 9p hour to win with an 8.7/21 with ABC’s Lost next at 4.3/11. Then at 10p, FOX’s American Idol spilled over again into the first fifteen minutes with a staggering 9.7/23, though carrying the entire hour was CBS’ CSI: NY at 3.3/9 with NBC’s Law & Order following at 2.1/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 (March Sweep Day 14) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

FOX: 10.0/16      Lie To Me 6.1/10, American Idol 13.7/21

CBS: 7.1/12          Old Christine 4.6/8, Gary Unmarried 4.6/8, Criminal Minds 8.6/13, CSI: NY 8.2/14

ABC: 4.1/7           Scrubs 3.6/6, Better Off Ted [p] 3.6/6, Lost 5.6/9, Life on Mars 3.2/5

NBC: 3.4/6           Chopping Block 2.4/4, Life 2.9/4, Law & Order 4.8/8

UNIV: 2.4/4         Cuidado con el Angel 2.4/4, Manana para Siempre 2.9/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.8/3

CW: 1.7/3           America’s Next Top Model 2.7/5, 90210 [r] 0.7/1

MNT: 1.0/2          World Magic Awards [r] 1.0/2

TELE: 0.6/1         Dona Barbara 0.6/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.6/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.7/1, El Cartel 0.8/1

A18-49: FOX 5.9/16, CBS 2.9/8, ABC 2.8/8, UNIV 2.0/5, NBC 1.6/4, CW 1.1/3, MNT 0.6/2, TELE 0.5/1

Entertainment Studios recruited Cat Santarosa as EVP/Executive Producer for its new 24-hour hi-def network RECIPE.TV. Cat will manage all production areas at the new network which is one of six new hi-def networks Entertainment Studios is launching via Verizon FiOS TV network. Cat will report to Byron Allen, Founder/Chairman/ CEO, Entertainment Studios.

Derek Bond advances to SEVP/Telemundo Studios, Production and Broadcast Operations with Telemundo where he will continue to supervise productions at Telemundo Studios including entertainment shows such as 12 Corazones and Caso Cerrado. Derek will also continue to manage all Network Operations, reporting to Don Browne, President, Telemundo.

Eliot Goldberg joins TV Land as SVP/Development and Original Programming starting April 1. Previously, Eliot served as EVP at Ryan Seacrest Productions and at TV Land he will develop and produce original programs for the network’s programming block, TV Land PRIME. Eliot will be based in Century City, reporting and Keith Cox, EVP/Development and Original Programming.

MTV Networks Music Group formed the Creative Music Integration (CMI) team to manage unique integrations of music within MTV’s and VH1’s long form programming. Joe Cuello, VP/Creative Music Integration will supervise the team, working closely with established, independent and unsigned artists to offer fully integrated promotion programs across MTV and VH1’s on-air and digital platforms. Based at MTV Networks’ Santa Monica office, Joe will report jointly to Amy Doyle, EVP/Music and Talent, MTV and Rick Krim, EVP/Music and Talent, VH1 with oversight by Stephen Friedman, GM, MTV and Tom Calderone, President, VH1. The CMI team consists of Jennifer Stilson, Senior Director/Creative Music Integration, VH1; Louis Clark, Senior Music Supervisor, VH1; Rochelle Holguin, Director/Creative Music Integration, MTV; and Allison Thiel, Director/Music Supervision, MTV.

Turner Sports hired Tara August in the role as Senior Manager/Production Services. Tara will be involved with facilitating guest booking of athletes and sports figures for the unit’s digital and linear platforms. In addition, she will manage production development of features and special projects for TNT, TBS and NBA TV networks on Turner Sports’ linear and digital properties. Based in Atlanta, Tara will report to Jeff Ogan, VP/Talent Relations for Production and New Media, Turner Sports.

Jon Hitchcock was appointed President/GM of the CBS television duopoly in Philadelphia, KYW and WPSG. Overseeing all operations for both stations, Jon will succeed Michael Colleran in this position beginning March 30.  Congratulations Jon!

Hearst Newspapers tapped Eric Nalder as Senior Enterprise Reporter, effective immediately. Eric, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, will report to Phil Bronstein, Editor-At-Large for Hearst Newspapers and the San Francisco Chronicle.

David Botero was named Chief Growth Officer and HMFIC for marketing communications firm livid. David will be in charge of heading the company’s Branding, GONZO Marketing and Field Research efforts in addition to developing strategic alliances and community relations. Most recently, David was Director/Media and BizDev at andCulture.

Friday Fun Fact:  The launching mechanism of a carrier ship that helps planes take off, could throw a pickup truck more than a mile.

This day in History: 1976 – Patricia Hearst was convicted of armed robbery for her role in the hold up of a San Francisco Bank.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:    On The Cosby Show, what is Cockroach’s real name?   WALTER BRADLEY  Kudos to:  Adam Licker-ABC TV/New York City; Matthew Nicholson-IMG Media/New York; Kelly Guida-Fox 4/Cape Coral; Joe Brucia-NBC Universal/New York; Amy Mendoza-AETN/Chicago; Eric Litt-WGN-TV/Chicago; Jesus Molina-KXOF/Laredo; Justin Halverson-NCC/Minneapolis; TJ Szymczak-YPM, Inc./Irvine; Tyra Donatto-KPXN/Burbank; Vic Lowrey-Vic Lowrey Productions/Santa Clarita

Today’s Trivia Question:  This international reality series features flags as “markers” but it once had to change the colors so the “made for TV” flags wouldn’t be confused with the host country’s national flag.  What was the country and what is the name of the series?  (Email
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2009

ABC: Wife Swap, Supernanny, 20/20
AZTECA: Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Extranormal de Impacto, Al Extremo
CBS: NCAA Basketball Tournament
CW:  Everybody Hates Chris, The Game, America’s Next Top Model [r]
FOX: Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dollhouse
ION: Movie: Tango & Cash (630p); Movie: Tango & Cash
MNT: WWE Friday Night Smackdown
NBC: Howie Do It, Howie Do It [r], Friday Night Lights, Dateline
PBS: Washington Week, Now on PBS, Bill Moyers’ Journal, History Detectives
TELE: Dona Barbara, El Rostro de Analia, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso, El Cartel
UNIV: Cuidado con el Angel, Manana es para Siempre, La Rosa de Guadalupe

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