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Good morning. It’s Friday, May 15, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premiere: Tonight’s Finales: Saturday’s Premieres: Saturday’s Finales: Sunday’s Premiere: Sunday’s Finales: A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM GSN HOW DOES GSN OFFER SEAMLESS INTEGRATION OPPORTUNITIES? A. BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT And the answer is … D! There are oodles of opportunities for your brand to win with GSN: branded entertainment, brand integration, product placement, in-game sponsorships, partnership programming, and radio sponsorships! ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
FOX handed an order to Warner Bros. TV for its reincarnation drama, Past Life. The plot is about a team of detectives who use regression therapy and reincarnation to solve crimes. This drama joins previously announced FOX pick-ups including Human Target, Sons of Tucson, Cleveland and Glee. As Jay Leno nears his final The Tonight Show episode on NBC May 29, he announced Conan O’Brien, who takes over as host starting June 1, will be his last guest. This will mark O’Brien’s 17th appearance on The Tonight Show. Other guests during Leno’s final week include: Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Wanda Sykes, and Billy Crystal, who was Leno’s first guest in 1992. ABC may keep the comedy Scrubs around for a ninth season, reports THR, as star Zach Braff signed a deal to appear in six episodes to transition the show to its new format which is still being hashed out. Other cast members signed to come back for six episodes is Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley and Neil Flynn. For the ninth run, ABC and series creator Bill Lawrence have indicated the show could continue with a combination of original cast members and some of the interns introduced this season. The network is also considering having Scrubs switch from a single- to a multi-camera format. ABC, as part of a renewal condition, asked producers at ABC Studios, the production company behind the Christina Applegate sitcom, Samantha Who? to change the series for its third season from single- to multi-camera. NBC solidified its late-night lineup by renewing Last Call with Carson Daly for a ninth season, cites B&C. Last Call with Carson Daly, airing nightly at 135a, had its budget cut back and production company, Universal Media Studios, will stick with the new format it recently launched where many of the segments are shot out of studio, though Daly will continue some interviews in-studio. In anticipation of the season four premiere of Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, Oxygen launched new online fan content at Oxygen.com this week. Fans of Tori and Dean can find new online content added daily prior to the on-air debut of the series May 26 at 10p. Examples of content include photo galleries, videos, blogs, bios, message boards and games. TV Azteca will premiere season three of its fantasy/adventure game show Asgaard tonight on Channel 7 at 9p. Targeting a more youthful viewer and produced by TV Azteca, Asgaard takes four contestants and tests their strength and knowledge as they traverse challenges where they battle each other and the evil “Mork” whose goal is to spread chaos and destruction. The game is also populated with other fantasy characters such as fairies, elves and other magical beings. The final winner of the game is the person who has collected the most silver coins. 2009-2010 Development Slate: Comedy Central In announcing its development slate, Comedy Central approved a new 30m animated comedy in addition to confirming premiere dates for several previously announced new series. New series pickup:
Previously announced new series include:
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Digital Rights Group made a deal with BBC America involving the reality series Don’t Tell The Bride produced by Renegade Pictures. The series, not before seen in America, offers a twist on wedding planning where all the control is given to the groom instead of the bride. The format is already a hit in New Zealand, Australia, Sweden and Denmark and BBC America acquired the first and second seasons of the series which debuts tonight at 8p. Season three is currently in production. ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: In tough economic times TVs and gadgets aren’t high priorities, particularly ones priced above the competition. Japanese electronics giant Sony registered its first annual loss in 14 years, reporting a $1 billion loss for FY2008 and predicting further losses for the coming year. Sony is losing on so many fronts to (often lower priced) competitors, including Nintendo in gaming, Vizio in the flat-screen TV market and the iPhone in the mobile phone space. The company plans to weather the storm by shuttering factories, laying off more than the 16,000 workers previously announced and taking a hard look at its line of high-end electronics. (Perhaps Microsoft’s “but we’re cheaper” ad campaign makes sense after all; the company began pitching the Zune as a cheaper alterative to the iPod this week because its monthly subscription eliminates the need to purchase tracks.) Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation expand their relationship with their second CG animated series co-production, Kung Fu Panda: The Series (26×30). The new series comes on the heels of the launch of the first Nick and DreamWorks’ CG animated series co-production The Penguins of Madagascar, which launched on March 28, 2009. Based on DreamWorks Animation’s movie Kung Fu Panda (June 2008), the new series will follow the adventures of Po (the panda), his mentor as well as his pals, as he works to protect the Valley of Peace from evil. Executive produced by Cheryl Holliday (King of the Hill, Still Standing, Father of the Pride), Kung Fu Panda: The Series is being produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank. No word yet on the voiceover cast for the series. Full edition: CYN KIDS. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA
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Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX led solidly in the A18-49 demo Wednesday night at 5.7/16, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX was the leader at 8p as the season finale of Lie To Me delivered a 2.6/8 followed closely by ABC’s Lost repeat at 2.5/8. Also this hour, the CBS sitcoms Rules of Engagement/Old Christine averaged a third place showing at 2.0/6 and the season finale of America’s Next Top Model on The CW ranked fourth overall with 1.9/6. FOX eclipsed the competition at 9p with American Idol winning with an 8.7/22 and the first half of ABC’s Lost season finale finding a second place slot with 4.4/11. Through 10p, the majority of viewers stayed tuned to ABC and the Lost finale at 4.4/12 with CBS’ CSI: NY following at 3.2/9. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 (May Sweep Day 21) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. FOX: 9.7/16 Lie To Me [f] 5.2/9, American Idol 14.0/22 CBS: 6.8/11 Rules of Engagement 4.0/7, Old Christine 4.2/7, Criminal Minds 8.4/13, CSI: NY 7.9/13 ABC: 5.2/9 Lost [r] 4.2/7, Lost [f] 5.7/9 NBC: 4.0/7 Law & Order: CI 3.7/6, Law & Order: SVU [r] 3.1/5, Law & Order 5.3/9 UNIV: 2.1/4 Cuidado El Angel 2.0/3, Manana para Siempre 2.5/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.8/3 CW: 1.8/3 America’s Next Top Model [f] 2.9/5, 90210 [r] 0.7/1 MNT: 0.7/1 World’s Funniest Moments 0.8/1, World’s Funniest Moments [r] 0.5/1 TELE: 0.7/1 Dona Barbara 0.7/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.7/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.7/1, El Cartel 0.7/1 ION: 0.3/1 Reba 0.3/1, Wednesday PM Movie: Presumed Innocent 0.3/0 A18-49: FOX 5.7/16, ABC 3.7/10, CBS 2.9/8, UNIV 1.6/4, NBC 1.5/4, CW 1.2/3, TELE 0.6/2, MNT 0.4/1, ION 0.1/0
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Sony Pictures Television (SPT) elevated Thanda Belker to EVP/Pay Television where she will supervise domestic hotel and residential Pay Per View and VOD licensing and marketing efforts in addition to domestic Pay TV licensing and promotional activities. Michael O’Connor joined Horizon Media as Director/National Broadcast, coming from ZenithMedia where he managed national television buying for Fox Filmed Entertainment.
This day in History: 1926 – The New York Rangers were officially granted a franchise in the NHL. The NHL also announced that Chicago and Detroit would be joining the league in November. Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On Friends, what did Phoebe specifically promise to give Chandler if he never smoked again? $7000 – the money she won in the settlement for the thumb in the soda can Kudos to: Kevin Day-Zenith Media/NY; Elizabeth Ford-NBC Universal/NY; Melissa Carrion-The Jeffrey Group/NY; Meredith Fields-Cmedia/Philadelphia; Cynthia New-Charter Media/Cape Girardeau, MO; Lauren Grady-Brand Media, The Richard Group/Dallas; Rachelle Graham-Continental Television Sales/Chicago; Brooke Romagnano-WGNO/New Orleans; Rachel Serfaty-Icon Media Direct/Van Nuys, CA; Chip Beaman-Soundelux Design Music Group/Hollywood; Stacey Ferdinands-Film Wellington/Wellington, New Zealand Today’s Trivia Question: Where and when was this question asked and by whom: “Where the hell are the dancin’ cats?” (Email Later — Cyn Cynopsis Ad Sales: To subscribe to any Cynopsis edition(s) click here . A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
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