Friday, May 18th, 2012

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TURNER ENTERTAINMENT NETWORKS


IF YOU LIKE BIG REACH & BIG RATINGS,
YOU’LL LOVE TNT & TBS

TBS: SMART & FUNNY Conan • The Big Bang Theory • Men at Work
Sullivan & Son • The Wedding Band • King of the Nerds • Cougar Town
And soon a Funny or Die Strategic Partnership across every screen
TNT: DRAMA IS ALWAYS A GREAT RIDE Dallas • Rizzoli & Isles • Falling Skies • 72 Hours
Franklin & Bash • Major Crimes • Perception • The Great Escape • Monday Mornings • Boston Blue

With TNT and TBS you get great entertainment on the TV screen,
and on every screen. Whenever. Wherever.


Cyn opsis
05.18.12

Good morning. It’s Friday, May 18, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premiere:
Current TV: The Gavin Newsom Show at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:
ABC: Shark Tank at 8p
The CW: Nikita at 8p; Supernatural at 9p
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are? at 8p; Grimm at 9p
Animal Planet: Whale Wars: Viking Shores at 10p

Saturday’s Finale:
NBC: Saturday Night Live at 1130p

Sunday’s Special:
ABC: Billboard Music Awards at 8p

Sunday’s Premieres:
ENCORE: Movie Talk with Peter Bart at 10a
Velocity: King of the Road: Carroll Shelby at 8p
E!: Keeping Up with the Kardashians at 9p; Mrs. Eastwood & Company at 10p
G4: American Ninja Warrior at 9p

Sunday’s Finales:
ABC: America’s Funniest Home Videos at 7p
FOX: The Cleveland Show at 730p; The Simpsons at 8p; Bob’s Burgers at 830p; Family Guy at 9p
NBC: Harry’s Law at 8p; Celebrity Apprentice at 9p
Univision: Nuestra Belleza Latina at 8p
PBS: Masterpiece Mystery!: Sherlock at 9p
TV Guide Network: Wilson Phillips: Still Holding On at 9p
HISTORY: Ax Men at 10p


A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE WEATHER CHANNEL


 

THE WEATHER CHANNEL IS BUILDING CHARACTER IN PRIME TIME

30% more hours of original programming every week

Get ready for real characters living, working and braving the elements.
Get ready for prime time on The Weather Channel.
Get Ready for Now.

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~ MORE STUFF ~

Next month, Smithsonian Channel premieres a new six-episode series that uncovers the secrets and science behind criminal investigators when Forensic Firsts debuts June 17 at 9p.  The series delves into the history of such forensic tools as DNA profiling, toxicology and ballistics by featuring world-famous forensic scientists, historians and law enforcement officials who have been involved on high-profile murder cases over the last 50 years.  Forensic Firsts is produced by Smithsonian Channel, Story House Productions and Parthenon Entertainment. 

Animal Planet is going to the dogs and cats this summer with the return of series My Cat From Hell and Bad Dog!.  Beginning June 30, ten new episodes of My Cat From Hell premieres at 8p following cat behaviorist Jackson Galaxy as he helps frustrated owners with their unruly cats.  Then at 9p, the first of six all-new episodes of Bad Dog! debuts showing more misbehaving pooches caught on tape. Both series are produced for Animal Planet with My Cat From Hell from 3 Ball Productions/Eyeworks USA and Bad Dog! from Cheri Sundae Productions.

A second season of competition series Best Ink is on tap at Oxygen.  Season two is slated to return on Oxygen this year.  Bunim/Murray Productions, a Banijay Group company produces the series.

Half-hour scripted comedy I Just Want My Pants Back was not renewed for a second season by MTV.  The network canceled the comedy because of the need to decrease its inventory with several other projects in development.  The premiere of I Just Want My Pants Back which aired following the MTV Video Music Awards in August attracted 5.1 million total viewers though the final episode on March 29 declined to just below one million viewers. 

Multi-platform entertainment company, Shout! Factory acquired Timeless Media Group (TMG), Inc. based in Eugene, OR.  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.  Timeless Media Group produces and distributes various video products including military history documentaries, first-run movies, classic TV programs and special interest DVDs.  Shout! Factory will now handle distribution of more than 600 TMG titles and TMG will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shout! Factory and will continue to release titles each month.  TMG’s top executives will be based in Oregon. 

Five-time Grammy winner Donna Summer, who was considered the disco queen of the late 1970s and early 1980s, died in Englewood, FL, yesterday after a long battle with cancer.  Ms. Summer was 63.  In more recent years, Ms. Summer appeared on FOX’s American Idol and she also performed at the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo, Norway in 2009 to honor President Obama.  Ms. Summer is survived by her husband, Bruce Sudano, keyboardist/producer of Brooklyn Dreams whom she married in 1980; and their two daughters, Brooklyn and Amanda. 

This evening, Bounce TV will honor Donna Summer with Bounce TV Remembers Donna Summer with an episode of Soul Train at 8p follow by her film Thank God It’s Friday at 9p.  In addition, Music Choice celebrates the life of Donna Summer by increasing her songs via their music channels including MC 70’s, 80’s, R&B Classics, Soft Rock and Party Favorites.

UPFRONT 2012: The CW

The CW hosted its 2012-2013 Upfront presentation yesterday morning at the New York Center in New York City.  Mark Pedowitz, President at The CW touted the network is adding more original programming with 50 new original hours for the 2012 schedule.  The CW also plans on strategically premiering its new fall season in early October; dates announced later.  The network is additionally switching some of its returning series to different nights.  By night, The CW will have 90210 now opening Mondays followed by Gossip Girl with its sixth and final season.  In January, new series The Carrie Diaries joins Monday’s lineup at 9p.  Tuesdays will feature a pair of medical themed shows with Hart of Dixie at 8p and new drama Emily Owens, M.D. airs directly after at 9p. High-action shows fall on Wednesday with new series Arrow at 8p and Supernatural moves to the 9p time slot.  Romance and beasts dominate Thursdays for The CW with returning series The Vampire Diaries at 8p followed by new series Beauty and the Beast at 9p.  Then on Fridays, The CW emphasizes powerful women with America’s Next Top Model at 8p and Nikita at 9p.  New drama Cult will premiere in mid-season with a date and time to be announced later.

The CW’s returning shows include 90210, Gossip Girl, Hart of Dixie, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, America’s Next Top Model and Nikita.

The CW Fall 2012 Primetime Schedule: (new shows in italic and bold)
Monday: 90210, Gossip Girl (*The Carrie Diaries premieres in January 2013 at 9p)
Tuesday: Hart of Dixie, Emily Owens, M.D.
Wednesday: Arrow, Supernatural
Thursday: The Vampire Diaries, Beauty and the Beast
Friday: America’s Next Top Model, Nikita

New fall dramas for The CW include:

  • Emily Owens, M.D. centers on first-year intern Emily Owens (Mamie Gummer) who feels good about having high school and medical school behind her as she embarks on her career at Denver Memorial Hospital.  Emily’s med school crush Will Rider (Justin Hartley) is also an intern at the same hospital and to her dismay she discovers the hospital is just like high school.  Her high school nemesis, the beautiful and popular Cassandra Kopelson (Aja Naomi King) is also just starting out at Denver Memorial Hospital making the girls rivals all over again, especially for Will’s attention.  The series is produced by CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television.
  • Arrow stars Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen (aka Arrow), a billionaire playboy who after surviving a harrowing shipwreck where he was discovered alive on a remote island five years later, he reunites at home with his family and friends.  Oliver becomes a changed man, deciding to take on the persona of vigilante Arrow to fight the wrongs he committed earlier in his life and to bring justice to his town of Starling City.  By day, he assumes the attitude of his former carefree playboy days but by night he turns into his secret identity with help from his faithful chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle (David Ramsey).  The series is based on characters in comic books and graphic novels published by DC Comics.  Bonanza Productions Inc. is producing in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
  • Beauty and the Beast stars Kristin Kreuk as Catherine Chandler, a smart, no-nonsense homicide detective who through her work discovers a clue that leads her to handsome Dr. Vincent Keller (Jay Ryan) who was reportedly killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan in 2002.  He is still alive and for mysterious reasons has been forced to live outside of conventional society.  Vincent harbors a secret that when enraged he becomes a terrifying beast unable to control his superhuman strength. Catherine agrees to keep his identity hidden and both begin a complex relationship with each other.  CBS Television Studios is producing.

The CW has two dramas set for mid-season:

  • The Carrie Diaries takes viewers back to 1984 when 16-year old Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) is in high school.  Viewers are introduced to Carrie’s wayward younger sister Dorritt (Stefania Owen) and their father Tom (Matt Letscher) who struggles to raise two teenage daughters after his wife’s death.  In high school, Carrie is friends with geeky and sweet Mouse (Ellen Wong) and self-assured Maggie (Katie Findlay) who make suburban Connecticut bearable for Carrie.  But when her father offers Carrie a chance to intern at a law firm in Manhattan, she jumps at the chance and she falls in love with the glamour and grit of New York City.  Based on the novels The Carrie Diaries and Summer and the City by Candace Bushnell, the series is produced by Fake Empire in association with Warner Bros. Television.
  • Cult centers on investigative journalist Jeff Sefton (Matt Davis) who laughed at his brother Nate and his obsessions with a myriad of things including the idea that a hit TV show intends to harm him.  Jeff begins to believe his brother’s paranoia when Nate mysteriously disappears which begins Jeff’s probe into the dark underworld of the TV show called Cult and its rabid fans.  The only person who seems to want to help Jeff is Skye (Jessica Lucas), a young research assistant for Cult who has started to grow suspicious of the strange happenings surrounding the show and its charismatic cult leader Billy Grimm (Robert Knepper).  The series is from Fake Empire and Rockne S. O’Bannon Television in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios.

UPFRONT 2012: USA Network

Yesterday at USA Network’s Upfront event, Co-Presidents Chris McCumber and Jeff Wachtel revealed a slate of new programming for the cable network encompassing dramas, comedies and reality shows. 

In addition to this summer’s new drama, Political Animals and the pair that debuted last summer, Suits and Necessary Roughness, USA also has approved the pilot Graceland.  Other new drama projects in development at USA include:

 

  • Bang Bang  An unlikely partnership is formed when veteran hitman Danny is saved by rival rookie hitman Marco, while executing a hit.  The pair team on more contracts if they don’t kill each other first. The series is based on the French film, Doom Doom.  Pierce Brosnan serves as executive producer along with Beau St. Clair of Irish DreamTime Productions.  Writer/EP is Tim Schlattmann (Dexter, Smallville).  Fox Television Studios is producing.
  • Rare  Drama set inside San Francisco’s hottest new restaurant “Tour” that is attracting people of all demographics in the Bay Area.  The allure may be the mysterious chef who is an ex-special forces captain who is good with a knife inside and outside a kitchen.  Writer/EP is Larry Golin with Cory Concoff as EP.  From Fox Television Studios.
  • Mind Fields  After a legendary prankster at MIT falls flat with a graduation “hack” as the pranks are called, he goes underground for many years where he pulls grand romantic stunts for his fellow lovestruck alumni.  Led by writer/producers Lisa Joy and Bryan Fuller with Howie Mandel and Mike Marks as EPs.  Produced by Universal Cable Productions.
  • Fallen  Following an accident, a tough, macho cop develops the rare ability of synesthesia and begins seeing emotions.  His partner does not understand his sudden “touchy-feely” approach to solving crimes.  Based on the novel Fallen written by T. Jefferson Parker.  Ed Decter and John Strauss are adapting for Sony Pictures Television.
  • We Counted Your Knives  An Army medic returns home and becomes a pharmaceutical sales rep in the hopes of finding his American dream.  Along the way he helps those who cannot afford medical services while pushing the drugs his company manufactures.  Michael Batistick is writing; producers are Doug Liman, David Bartis and Gene Klein and Lindsay Slone of Hypnotic for Universal Cable Productions.
  • Untitled Dick Wolf Project  An insurance investigator working for a traditional firm ends up turning his life in a new direction by getting divorced and marrying a trophy wife who happens to be a man.  Project is from Dick Wolf and Peter Jankowski and Danielle Gelber of Wolf Films.  Produced by Wolf Films and Universal Cable Productions.

USA Network unveiled plans for four comedy projects that will join the network’s newly acquired series, Modern Family.  Upcoming half-hour sitcoms include:

  • Regulars A misfit collection of customers and employees at a suburban New Jersey bar use karaoke to express their feelings.  EPs/writers are Andrew Leeds and David Lampson; Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein of BermanBraun are EPs. From Universal Television.
  • Benched  After losing her boyfriend and her job at a prestigious law firm in one day, Nina discovers the only job available to her is at the Public Defender’s office.  Writers are Michaela Watkins and Damon Jones.  Mark Gordon is EP along with the Mark Gordon Company.  From ABC Studios.
  • The Dicicco Brothers  From Kelsey Grammer and writer Ed Cannistraci is a story about a promising dot-com entrepreneur who moves to the politically correct culture of Silicon Valley with dreams of making it big. His dream may not be realized when his colorful, blunt and unrefined extended family butts in to offer their support.  EPs are Grammer, Brian Sher and Stella Stolper with Grammnet Productions.  From Universal Cable Productions.
  • Start-Up Matt and Josh want to be their own bosses instead of working for a corporation but they can’t decide on what their start-up business should be.  Peter Traugott is EP; Justin Spitzer is writing.  From Universal Television.

USA Network also has two previously-announced comedies in the works: Paging Dr. Freed from Michael Feldman and produced by Fox 21 and Sirens from Denis Leary and produced by Fox Television Studios. 

The third genre USA Network is delving into is reality.  USA’s upcoming reality programs include the previously-announced The Choir starring UK choirmaster Gareth Malone from Shed Media and The Moment hosted by Super Bowl MVP Kurt Warner and produced by The Hochberg Ebersol Company.  In addition, USA has two more reality projects on the docket:

  • Bride or Best Man (wt)  Described as a “bromantic” comedy with a twist, this series is about the groom and his best man in charge of planning the wedding event.  Shed Media produces.
  • Romancing the Globe  A new version of the relationship format, this series sends participants on a worldwide search for love.  Mark Burnett is EP and his One Three Media is producing.

Another note from USA Network: WWE Monday Night Raw will expand to a three-hour show each week.  The extended telecasts will begin July 23 at 8p on USA and marks the 1000th episode of the WWE Raw franchise and a television record as no other series has ever reached this milestone.  The announcement was tweeted by WWE Superstar John Cena during USA’s Upfront presentation yesterday in New York City.

UPFRONT 2012: Estrella TV

On Wednesday, Estrella TV introduced its new programming slate which includes a variety of genres.

  • Milagros, a weekly one-hour drama for primetime re-enacts miracles real people experience after praying to a saint for help.  Well-known actors like Alejandro Avila, Luis Fernando Pena, Marisol Santa Cruz and Arlet Pacheco will star and production will take place throughout Mexico and Latin America.
  • Chalino is a scripted drama miniseries profiling the life of singing icon, Chalino Sanchez who was a pioneer in the regional Mexican music world and considered the father of the Banda movement of the 1980s.
  • A2D3 is a new comedy based on the world of professional wrestling and follows Elverio Gudino who strives to be a pro wrestler using the name “El Veri Gud.”  He is actually opposite his name, not so very good and also rather old to launch a wrestling career. 
  • La Supermodelo Latina from Hollywood producer Michael Ohoven is a reality series shot in Los Angeles.  The series will have 16 beautiful contestants living together in the same mansion for 13 weeks and each week the participants compete in challenges from hosting a TV show to editing a fashion magazine to walking the catwalk.

Estrella TV is also developing a new sitcom starring and produced by Hector Suarez and his real life son.  The comedy will be about an immigrant family living in L.A. and facing all the challenges of life in a foreign country.  Furthermore, Estrella TV’s news department will launch a weekly investigative news magazine show hosted by veteran journalist Enrique Gratas.

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~ DISTRIBUTION, CARRIAGE & CLEARANCE ~

Game Show Network’s (GSN) relationship game show Baggage has been sold to local broadcast stations for its inaugural run in off-network syndication by NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution.  The daily half-hour Baggage, hosted by Jerry Springer will launch in syndication September 17.  The game show has been sold to station groups including Tribune, Sinclair, Sunbeam, Gannett, Hearst and Weigel representing more than 95% of the US.  Baggage will air on stations in the top markets such as WPIX/New York, WCIU/Chicago, WPHL/Philadelphia, WLVI/Boston, WATL/Atlanta, WKCF/Orlando, WTTE/Columbus, WSTR/Cincinnati and WNUV/Baltimore.  Baggage is produced by Comcast Entertainment Studios.


  A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM PLUM TV


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~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~

Casting Call: Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas, the bilingual/bicultural entertainment destination for Latinos in the US, is launching a talent competition for aspiring Latino artists with Dame Un Break presented by Wendy’s.  Aspiring artists can submit their auditions now through June 18 at: dameunbreak.tr3s.com .  Voting for the finalists will take place from July 2-16 and the winner will be announced in late July.

Casting Call: High Noon Entertainment is casting for a new special airing on Travel Channel that will go inside America’s most tricked out and over-the-top RVs.  If you want to share your RV creation with the rest of America or your van, bus, camper or trailer, please contact High Noon Entertainment at [email protected]


  A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TLC


 

SUNDAYS ARE FOR SISTER WIVES!
On last Sunday’s big night of television
The season premiere of
TLC’s SISTER WIVES –  #1 ON CABLE
Beating Army Wives on Lifetime,
season premiere of Food Network Star,
The Killing on AMC and all others with women.

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TLC opens doors to life worth watching
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~ RATINGS ~

Broadcast Morning News Shows  Weekly Average Ratings (week of May 7, 2012)
ABC: GMA 5.21 million total viewers; 1.7/12 and 2.06 million A25-54
NBC: Today 5.12 million total viewers; 1.8/13 and 2.20 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 2.64 million total viewers; 0.9/6 and 1.05 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Broadcast Late-Night Shows – Weekly Average Ratings (week of May 7, 2012)
ABC: Nightline 3.82 million total viewers; 1.2 and 1.48 million A25-54; 0.9 and 1.18 million A18-49
NBC: Tonight Show 3.44 million total viewers; 1.1 and 1.35 million A25-54; 0.8 and 1.03 million A18-49
CBS: Late Show 3.00 million total viewers; 1.0 and 1.19 million A25-54; 0.7 and 912,000 A18-49

Wednesday A18-49 Analysis:  FOX notched another Wednesday night win among A18-49 at 4.9/14, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  FOX’s American Idol won easily at 8p with a 4.5/14 and new episodes of ABC’s comedies The Middle and the season finale of Suburgatory came next at an average of 1.9/6.  FOX with more of American Idol remained on top during 9p with a 5.4/15 while CBS’ season conclusion of Criminal Minds was #2 at 3.4/9.  Then at 10p, CBS moved into first place with the second half of the Criminal Minds season finale at 3.9/11 and ABC’s Revenge delivered a 2.0/6 in second place.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 (May Sweep Day 21) time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.


FOX: 10.5/17         American Idol 10.5/17


 

CBS: 6.5/11             Mike & Molly [r] 2.8/5, Rules of Engagement [r] 2.5/4, Criminal Minds 8.5/14


ABC: 4.4/7               The Middle 4.1/7, Suburgatory 3.5/6, Modern Family 5.8/9, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 3.2/5, Revenge 4.7/8


NBC: 3.1/5             Off Their Rockers 3.4/6, Off Their Rockers 3.5/6, Law & Order: SVU [r] 2.0/3, Law & Order: SVU 3.8/6


UNIV: 2.2/4            Una Familia con Suerte 2.1/3, Abismo de Pasion 2.2/4, La Que No Podia Amar 2.5/4


CW: 0.7/1              America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.6/1, America’s Next Top Model 0.8/1


ION: 0.7/1             Cold Case 0.8/1, Cold Case 0.6/1, Criminal Minds 0.5/1


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


TF: 0.3/0               Cine en Familia WED [7p start] 0.2/0, Fiesta de Pelicula WED 0.3/0


A18-49:  FOX 4.9/14, CBS 2.8/8, ABC 2.3/7, UNIV 1.8/5, NBC 1.3/4, TELE 0.5/1, CW 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.2/1


 


~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~

Neil Johnston who was promoted earlier this year to EVP/Strategy and Digital Innovation at Cox Media Group will receive the Distinguished CFO Award from the Media Financial Management Association (MFM).  Prior to his promotion, Neil served as EVP/CFO at Cox Media.  Neil picks up his award at the 52nd annual conference for the MFM and its BCCA subsidiary at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas taking place next Monday to Wednesday.

New York-based branding and marketing communications agency, The Halo Group elevated Lara Cohn to SVP/Director of Public Relations.  Lara joined the firm in 2010 and has supervised the public relations activities at the integrated communications agency. 

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers was appointed Senior Military Security Analyst for CBS News, effective immediately.  The general is currently Foundation Professor of Military History and Leadership at Kansas State University and additionally services as the Colin Powell Chair for National Security Leadership, Character and Ethics at National Defense University.

Effective immediately, Larry Corwin takes on the newly-created position of Creative Director at BBH New York.  Larry will be part of the team working on Google and he reports to John Patroulis, CCO. 


  A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLEFAX


 

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Friday Fun Fact: Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don’t.

This day in History: 1933 – Tennessee Valley Act (TVA) Act signed by FDR, to build dams.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Who created Lost In Space? Irwin Allen. Kudos to: David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NYC; Dennis Maguire-Apple/Tampa; Tom Winiarski-Turner Entertainment Sales/NY; Scott Collins-AMC Networks/NYC; Jim Gray-FrogLight Pdns LLC/Missoula, MT; Will Allmendinger-Captivate Network/Chicago; Dan Whitford-RPM Advertising/Chicago; Eric Merrill-Mediacentric/Austin; Ken DuBow-Opus Distribution/Tarzana, CA; Richard Quan-BSSP/San Francisco; Tom Meredith-Nielsen Entertainment Television/Hollywood; Mark Wilcox-KUSI/San Diego; Stephen Kelley-9 Story Entertainment/Toronto.

Today’s Trivia Question: Who was famous for saying, “Let’s bump up the lights…”? (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.)


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05.18.12

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JOB OPENING: ASSIGNMENT EDITOR/RNN TV/Rye Brook/NY: Research and story development and crew logistics. Assist in development, planning and follow up of all news stories. Res/cvr: [email protected] (5/22)

JOB OPENING: LINE PRODUCER (News) RNN TV/Rye Brook/NY: Line and stack daily news broadcasts. Must have TV news producing experience. Res/cvr: [email protected] (5/22)

JOB OPENING: MASTER CONTROL OPERATOR/RNN TV/Rye Brook/NY: operate control room boards & monitor programming, log all transmitter readings, overnight & wkend hours avail. Resume: [email protected] (5/22)

JOB OPENING: OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR/RNN TV: assist director of ops, supervise master control team and live events; manage schedules, implement policies and train news employees. Resume: [email protected] (5/22)

JOB OPENING: DIR, SCHEDULING/WEtv/NYC: Oversees all aspects of short term ntwrk prmg strategies, inventory usage, comp analysis, stunt prmg; 2+yrs mgr or above pgmming/rsrch, resumes to: [email protected] (5/19)

JOB OPENING: WRITER/PRODUCER/Lifetime TV/NY: Write & produce high impact promo campaigns for scripted & unscripted series. 3+yrs On-Air Promo TV exp. Apply: www.aenetworks.com/careers.html (5/19)

JOB OPENING: DIG. MEDIA ANALYST/A+E NETWORKS/NY: Define analytics reqs for web, mobile/gaming/social apps.Lead A/B testing, implementation, QA. Build reports/prsntions.3+yrs Omniture/reqd. 5yrs web anlytic www.aenetworks.com/careers (5/19)

INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always posted for free, and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected].

SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED… There is no charge for placing your Situation Wanted ad… for more information contact Trish Pihonak at [email protected].

SITUATION WANTED: SPORTS/ENT SPONSOR/PARTNER SALES. Very creative activations for diverse mrktg/event challenges. Award Shows; Sports; Venues; Media. Award Winning Events Producer w/ sponsor integrations. Contact: Sarah at [email protected] (5/25)

SITUATION WANTED: CHILDREN’S MEDIA/LA: Willing to relocate. Producer and Segment Producer w/ Child Ed & journalism background, & over 12 yrs working w/children. [email protected] (5/25)

SITUATION WANTED: SALES ASST/NYC: Interned for 3 consecutive semesters at Scripps Networks in Ad Sales Mktg, Works as upfront asst. B.A. from Fordham University in Comm/Business. Resume upon request. Contact [email protected] (5/25)

SITUATION WANTED: SPORTS WRITER/RADIO PERSONALITY: Experience hosting sports show. Contributor for Bleacherreport & 4th Phase Blog. Previous experience at two Knoxville radio stations. [email protected] (5/23)

SITUATION WANTED: PRODUCER’S ASSISTANT/LA: Has been Asst. Producer for Kevin Costner. Line Producer & Accountant for indie feature. Completed the Disney Intern Program. MBA in Entertainment and MS Finance. [email protected] (5/22)

E-mail [email protected] or call Trish Pihonak at 888.702.3858 for rates and specs for Job Openings.

Are you looking for a job? Post your Situation Wanted Ad here — Email [email protected] for specs.


WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY, MAY 18, 2012


ABC: Shark Tank [f], Primetime: What Would You Do?, 20/20
AZTECA: Extra Normal, Al Extremo, Fabrica de Huevos, Fabrica de Huevos
CBS: Undercover Boss [r], CSI:NY [r], Blue Bloods [r]
CW: Nikita [f], Supernatural [f]
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares [r]
ION: Cold Case, Cold Case, Cold Case
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are? [f], Grimm [f], Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Need to Know, Great Performances at the Met
TELE: Una Maid en Manhattan, Corazon Valiente, Relaciones Peligrosas
UNIV: Una Familia con Suerte; Abismo de Pasion, La Que No Podia Amar

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