A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NICKELODEON
Nickelodeon Is the Leader
Happy 20th Anniversary KCAs! The 2007 Kids’ Choice Awards, hosted by
Justin Timberlake, celebrates 20 years of music, mayhem, celebrities, stunts and slime.
It’s Just One Reason We’ve Remained #1 for 12 Straight Years.*
*Source: NMR, NHI (2Q’95 thru 1Q’07 td-(01/01/07-02/11/07, by quarter) for K2-11, based on NAT% and imp across all
comp cable nets, total prog day. Live Feed. Qual avail upon request. © 2007 Viacom.
Cynopsis: Kids!
3/23/07
Good morning. It’s Friday, March 23, 2007 and this is your first early morning kids briefing.
Starz Entertainment, LLC, a Liberty Media company, has filed a lawsuit against Disney’s Buena Vista Television, concerning the sale of Disney movies over online services including iTunes, and Walmart.com, to which Starz says it holds an exclusive license as part of a deal with BVT. Starz claims that under the terms of the 1993 and 1999 Starz-BVT agreements, extended by BVT in 2005, Disney is prohibited from selling its films for transmission over the internet prior to or during Starz’s exclusive license periods.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
When Indonesia’s adaptation of Sesame Street, which will be titled Jalan Sesama (loosely translated means Everyone’s Street), debuts in 2010 the series will include four new Muppet characters and four local adult human characters. Series producer Creative Indigo, a Jakarta-based company, and co-producer Sesame Workshop are currently producing three seasons of Jalan Sesama simultaneously in Indonesia. The new Muppet characters are specifically designed to reflect the diversity of the Indonesian archipelago:
- Momon – a 5-year-old boy who loves to draw and his crayons are his favorite things in the world.
- Putri – an independent and curious young girl, who isn’t afraid to make mistakes. Putri is always asking Momon to teach her letters and numbers.
- Tantan – a wise family oriented female Orangutan (she has no specific age) and the peacemaker in the community. Tantan loves to read books and help the librarian.
- Jabrik – a grouchy baby rhino, Jabrik is good with numbers and likes to laugh.
Initial funding for Jalan Sesama comes from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
MORE KIDS STUFF
Columbia Pictures’ fourth and last movie trailer for Spider-Man 3 debuts today on Comcast’s VOD service, online at Comcast.net, a broadband site, and on a custom movie website http://www.spiderman3oncomcast.com . Comcast viewers will also have access to additional exclusive material about Spider-Man 3 and the upcoming Activision Publishing video game based on the movie on Comcast’s platforms, with new content debuting each week. Comcast’s GameInvasion.net will feature a range of videos and interviews providing details on the Spider-Man 3 video game, including exclusive Spider-Man 3 Game trailers, game play footage and character vignettes. Spider-Man 3 is set to open wide on May 3, 2007.
TV broadcaster S4C (in Welsh stands for Sianel Pedwar Cymru – or in English, Channel Four Wales), has sold its share of the preschool animated series Fireman Sam to the property’s co-owners, HIT Entertainment. According to the terms of the deal, S4C will continue airing existing and new episodes and will also retain all Welsh-language rights Fireman Sam, or in Welsh Sam Tan. S4C will also continue as Executive Producer for the upcoming sixth season of Fireman Sam, which is slated for delivery in spring 2008. Series 6 also includes a DVD special featuring content from the new series and a 1-hour special to be released in 2009. S4C’s CEO, Iona Jones says the revenue from the sale of its share of the property will be used expand its Welsh-language kid’s services in addition to other strategic initiatives.
Portfolio Entertainment has completed new deals for Carl2, the tween-targeted animated comedy series. In Australia ABC acquires up seasons two and three of Carl2, a total of 26×30′, and ABC2 picks up all three seasons of the series (52×30′). Renewing deals for the series are VRT in Belgium for season two (13×30′), and in Poland Canal + Cyfrowy, which re-ups for seasons two and three. Carl2 is produced and distributed worldwide by Portfolio Entertainment.
Shaftesbury Sales Company has completed several sales for Booky Makes Her Mark (1×90′), a family-targeted TV movie based on the trilogy of books by author Bernice Thurman Hunter. Booky Makes Her Mark has recently been sold to Sky (UK), TV3 (Ireland), Netherlands Public Broadcasting and Reshet-TV (Israel). Based on this recent group of sales, a second Booky movie will be produced and broadcast later this year. The series follows Beatrice “Booky” Thomson, a spunky 15-year-old, living in Toronto in the 1930s, who dreams of becoming a writer. Booky Makes Her Mark is produced by Platt Productions and Shaftesbury Films in association with CBC Television Inc., with the financial support from the Shaw Rocket Fund. “Booky” is distributed worldwide by Shaftesbury Sales Company and will be available to at MIP-TV 2007.
MARKETING/LICENSING
Dynamite Entertainment will launch its new Painkiller Jane comic book series this spring, with Painkiller Jane #1 slated to be published in May. Created by Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti, Painkiller Jane will also makes its way to TV with a new series slated to premiere on SCI FI Channel from April 13, 2007. In conjunction with the TV series debut, Dynamite will publish a special comic, Painkiller Jane #0, which will sell for a mere $.25. For those comic fans and collectors among us, Painkiller Jane #1 will be available with covers by noted comic book artists/illustrators Amanda Conner, George Jeanty, Ron Adrian and Stjepan Sejic. Additionally, Painkiller Jane#1 will be published as a “Blood Red” Foil Edition.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Isabel Miller joins Big Tent Entertainment as head of Business Development. Miller will oversee the continuing growth of the company’s consumer products operations and its licensing revenues for a range of kid-targeted properties. Additionally, she will be part of several retail and marketing initiatives. A consumer products and brand marketing industry veteran, Miller was formerly EVP/Consumer Products at Jim Henson Company. Isabel is President and Founder of Stella Bella, whose clients include The Jim Henson Company, SD Entertainment, Character Arts, WGBH, and The World of Brian Froud.
RATINGS
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 3/12-3/18/2007 , 6a-6a:
K2-11 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: Scooby Doo 2 Movie (3/16;8-10p) 2554
FOX: American Idol (3/13; 8-10p) 2426
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (3/16; 7:30p) 2062
NICK: Fairly OddParents (3/18; 10a) 2032
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (3/17; 9:30a) 2008
DSNY*: The Luck Of The Irish (3/17; 9-10:35p) 1991
NICK: Fairly OddParents (3/17; 10a) 1958
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (3/18; 9:30a) 1938
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (3/17; 9a) 1794
DSNY*: Jump In (3/16; 8-9:45p) 1793
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 3/12-3/18/2007 , 6a-6a:
K6-11 Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (3/16; 7:30p) 1688
NICK: Scooby Doo 2 Movie (3/16; 8-10p) 1667
DSNY*: The Luck Of The Irish (3/17; 9-10:35p) 1574
FOX: American Idol (3/13; 8-10p) 1481
DSNY*: Jump In (3/16; 8-9:45p) 1411
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (S)(3/16; 7p) 1393
NICK: Zoey 101 (3/18; 8p) 1287
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (S)(3/16; 5:30p) 1281
DSNY*: Cory in the House (S)(3/16; 6p) 1272
NICK: Ned’s Declassified (3/16; 6p) 1270
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 3/12-3/18/2007 , 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14 Total Delivery (000)
FOX: American Idol (3/13; 8-10p) 1636
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (3/16; 7:30p) 1460
DSNY*: The Luck Of The Irish (3/17; 9-10:35p) 1391
NICK: Zoey 101 (3/18; 8p) 1352
FOX: American Idol (3/14; 9p) 1249
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (S)(3/16; 5:30p) 1281
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (S)(3/18; 7p) 1240
NICK: Drake & Josh (3/18; 7p) 1155
DSNY*: Jump In (3/16; 8-9:45p) 1147
NICK: Naked Brothers Band (3/17; 8:30p) 1130
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (S)(3/16; 7p) 1130
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 3/12-3/18/2007 , 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17 Total Delivery (000)
FOX: American Idol (3/13; 8-10p) 1714
FOX: American Idol (3/14; 9p) 1363
FOX: Family Guy (3/18; 9-9:31p) 1029
VH1: I Love New York (3/12; 9-10p) 915
FOX: Smarter Than A 5the Grader (3/15; 8-9:01p) 887
NICK: Zoey 101 (3/18; 8p) 826
FOX: Simpsons (3/18; 7:59-8:30p) 825
ABC: Gray’s Anatomy (3/15; 9-10:01p) 808
FOX: Til Death (3/14; 9:30p) 760
ADSM: Family Guy (3/13; 11:30p) 756
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
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1007; K6-11 464; TWEENS 9-14 325
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 621; K6-11 381; TWEENS 9-14 301
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 520; K6-11 328; TWEENS 9-14 205
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 146; K6-11 82; TWEENS 9-14 38
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Friday Fun Fact: The speed limit in NYC was 8mph in 1895.
Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: Every villain on this show says, “I would have gotten away with it, if it hadn’t have been for those meddling kids and their dog.” What show is this? SCOOBY DOO Kudos to: Jessica Bricker-PBS/Arlington, VA; Ellen Harter Wall- FamilyFun/Northampton MA; Dave Bourla-YGWG Inc/NY; Brian Mickley-Smith Hanley Associate/Southport; Tom Boyd-WGN TV/Chicago; Jim Smith-First Data Remitco/Dallas; Diane Hansen-FUNimation Entertainment/Fort Worth; Robert Twilley- Jupiter Entertainment/Knoxville; Lynn Costello-Hawthorne Direct/Phoenix; Jennifer Jerro-ToyQuest/LA; Jeremy Weiner-Zim Squared/LA; April Ausburn-Signature Consulting/Sherman Oaks; Cherie Oldenburg-Alliance Atlantis/Toronto; David Brunner-AGB Nielsen Media Research/ Lugano Switzerland
Today’s Trivia Question: What two prehistoric “dumb dumbs” was the little guy from planet Zetox assigned to look after? ( 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 — Gwen
Gwen Billings for Cynopsis: Kids!
03.23.07
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