A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM A+E NETWORKS

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Cynopsis
05.04.12

Good morning. It’s Friday, May 4, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premiere:
OWN: My Mom Is Obsessed at 9p

Tonight’s Finales:
TLC: My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding at 10p
USA Network: In Plain Sight (series finale) at 10p
here! TV: She’s Living for This

Sunday’s Premieres:
PBS: My Generation (check local listings)
DIY Network: Frontier House at 8p
Smithsonian Channel: Mighty Ships at 8p

Sunday’s Finales:
CBS: The Amazing Race at 8p
Food Network: Chopped All-Stars at 9p
TLC: Long Island Medium at 9p & 930p
ABC: GCB at 10p

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Source: Nielsen November 28, 2011  February 5, 2012, M-Sun 7-10p, A25-54/with K2-11 & A25-54/with T12-17; For details, contact [email protected]

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New summer dating series The Choice will debut on FOX with six one-hour episodes starting June 7 at 9p.  The premise of the show has contestants participating in blind auditions before four celebrity judges who are seated in spinning chairs.  The celebrities will audition their potential love interests from among attractive contestants though the network has yet to reveal the celebrities involved.  In a twist, five of the episodes will feature male celebrities with female contestants and one episode will have female celebrities and male contestants.  Cat Deeley is set to host The Choice adding this hosting gig to her current job as host of So You Think You Can Dance this summer.  Mike Darnell and A. Smith & Co. are producing The Choice. 

The CW renewed three series for the 2012-2013 season: Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries and 90210.  These three dramas join already renewed reality series America’s Next Top Model.  The pickups give Supernatural its eighth season; a fifth season on tap for 90210; and a fourth season for the network’s highest-rated show The Vampire Diaries.

Comedy series How to Be a Gentlemen starring Kevin Dillon and David Hornsby is getting a reprieve from CBS as the network will air back-to-back episodes, #4 and #5 specifically on May 26 at 8p and 830p.  The series originally made its first season debut late last September though posted A18-49 ratings at 33% lower compared to $#*! My Dad Says the previous year. 

New wilderness series Mountain Men debuts May 31 at 10p on HISTORY.  The eight-episode series follows Eustace Conway, who has lived more than 25 years off the land in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains and other mountain men who have chosen to live off the grid and follow a wilderness lifestyle.  Conway does his own lumbering, tanning and blacksmithing and lives primarily on what he can grow, fish or hunt.  The series also profiles Tom Oar who lives on the Yaak River in Montana and Marty Meierotto who lives in the northern range of Alaska.  Mountain Men is produced by Warm Springs Productions for HISTORY.

On the heels of airing the season one finale of Million Dollar Listing New York on Wednesday, a second season was ordered by Bravo Media.  The finale episode delivered the highest rated episode of the season among all key demos as well as 1.1 million total viewers.  Million Dollar Listing New York is produced for Bravo by World of Wonder.

Later this month, a second season of romantic comedy series Single Ladies, from Queen Latifah’s Flavor Unit Entertainment returns to VH1’s schedule starting May 28 at 9p.  Single Ladies is the network’s first one-hour scripted series and it stars LisaRaye McCoy as Keisha and Charity Shea as April along with new addition to the series, Denise Vasi playing Raquel.  Queen Latifah who serves as EP will also appear on the series.

This Sunday, Smithsonian Channel reveals the inner workings of huge sea vessels when Mighty Ships premieres its second season at 8p.  The six-episode series airing on consecutive Sundays through June 10 explores today’s super ships from major cruise liners to Navy destroyers. 

Coinciding with Memorial Day, Lifetime will air new episodes of its docu-series Coming Home, showcasing US armed forces service members’ surprise family reunions.  The show will air on a new day and time, Wednesdays at 9p beginning May 30. 

Join us for the 1st annual Cynopsis Kids!magination Awards Breakfast on June 7 from 8:00-10:30 a.m. at Le Parker Meridien in NYC. Join award finalists, support your colleagues and network with the best in the industry! Register now!

Entertainment One (eOne  Hopscotch/eOne) now holds global sales and distribution rights for the television adaptation of The Broken Shore from Essential Media & Entertainment for Australia’s ABC.  The project is based on Peter Temple’s crime novel of the same name.

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STARTZ hits the high seas by approving a straight-to-series pirate project titled Black Sails (wt) from EP Michael Bay.  The new STARZ Original series centers on Captain Flint and his crew, one of whom is named John Silver, with action taking place twenty years before Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Treasure Island.  STARZ okayed eight episodes for season one that is slated to premiere in 2014.  Similar to the network’s Spartacus franchise and Magic City, Starz will hold all domestic and international rights to the drama series encompassing television, home video and digital.  Production is set to begin later this year at Cape Town Studios in Cape Town, South Africa.  Bay will serve as EP along with his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form. 

Two scripted pilots were ordered yesterday by AMC.  The first project is titled Low Winter Sun and is described as a modern-day story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption set in Detroit with the plot revolving around the murder of a cop by a fellow detective.  The pilot is based on the 2006 two-part British miniseries written by Simon Donald and starring Mark Strong.  The original series was produced by Tiger Aspect Productions an Endemol Company and AMC’s version will have Chris Mundy on board as writer, EP and show-runner.  Jeremy Gold, head of creative affairs for Endemol Studios will oversee the project along with Greg Brenman, head of drama for Tiger Aspect.  Project two is referred to as the Untitled LaGravenese & Goldwyn Project described as a legal thriller involving political, personal and ethical morals.  The plot centers on a District Attorney who uncovers new evidence that sparks the reinvestigation of a sensational murder case.  The project is from writer/EP Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King, Water for Elephants).  Tony Goldwyn (Justified, Damages) will direct and be an EP; Andrew Sugarman will also be a co-EP.

Lifetime’s upcoming Original Movie The June Carter Cash Story (wt) tapped singer/songwriter/actress Jewel to play the lead role of June Carter Cash, the legendary country music artist and wife to Johnny Cash (Matt Ross).  The original movie is based on John Carter Cash’s narrative about his mother’s life titled Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash.  The project is produced by Asylum Entertainment and filming begins early this summer in Atlanta and the movie will premiere later this year.

Casting Call:  CENTRIC from BET Networks is hosting auditions for the new original series, Apollo Live.  Comedian/actor Tony Rock is hosting the show which is inspired by the Apollo’s famous Amateur Night.  The show will feature judges including R&B producer/artist Michael Bivins and hip-hop star Doug E. Fresh.  The first auditions will take place this weekend, May 5 and 6 in New York at the Apollo Theater between 8a and 4p.  Other upcoming auditions will happen on May 8 and 9 in Washington, D.C.; May 11 and 12 in Chicago; and May 19 and 20 in Atlanta.  Contestants should visit www.BET.com/Apollo for the full rules and eligibility requirements.  Apollo Live is a BET Production with EPs Jamie Foxx, Marcus King and Don Weiner.

 

 

 

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Broadcast Morning News Shows  Weekly Average Ratings (week of April 23, 2012)
ABC: GMA 5.31 million total viewers; 1.8/13 and 2.13 million A25-54
NBC: Today 5.13 million total viewers; 1.9/13 and 2.23 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 2.65 million total viewers; 0.9/6 and 1.03 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Broadcast Late-Night Shows – Weekly Average Ratings (week of April 23, 2012)
ABC: Nightline 3.89 million total viewers; 1.2 and 1.50 million A25-54; 0.9 and 1.20 million A18-49
NBC: Tonight Show 3.51 million total viewers; 1.1 and 1.34 million A25-54; 0.8 and 1.02 million A18-49
CBS: Late Show 2.94 million total viewers; 1.0 and 1.21 million A25-54; 0.7 and 897,000 A18-49

Wednesday A18-49 Analysis:  FOX sailed through another Wednesday win by delivering a 4.7/14 among A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.   American Idol on FOX was #1 at 8p with a 4.6/15 and CBS’ Survivor: One World was next at 2.6/8.  The second hour of FOX’s American Idol remained on top at 9p with a 4.9/13 and ABC’s comedies Modern Family and Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 came next at an average of 3.2/9.  Then at 10p, CBS won with CSI at 2.3/6 and ABC’s Revenge was a couple of paces behind at 2.1/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 (May Sweep Day 7) time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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FOX: 10.2/16         American Idol 10.2/16

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CBS: 6.4/10             Survivor: One World 5.7/10, Criminal Minds 7.4/11, CSI 6.3/10

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ABC: 4.6/7              The Middle 4.2/7, Suburgatory 3.7/6, Modern Family 6.0/9, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23 3.6/6, Revenge 4.9/8

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NBC: 3.5/6             Off Their Rockers 3.3/6, Off Their Rockers 3.1/5, Rock Center with Brian Williams 2.8/4, Law & Order: SVU 4.6/8

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UNIV: 2.1/3            Una Familia con Suerte 1.9/3, Abismo de Pasion 2.1/3, La Que No Podia Amar 2.3/4

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ION: 0.7/1             Cold Case 0.7/1, Cold Case 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.7/1

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

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CW: 0.6/1              LA Complex 0.5/1, America’s Next Top Model 0.7/1

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TF: 0.5/1               Cine de las Estreallas WED [7p start] 0.4/1, Futbol Central WED 0.2/0, Liga Mexicana Futbol WED 0.5/1

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A18-49:  FOX 4.7/14, CBS 2.6/7, ABC 2.4/7, UNIV 1.6/4, NBC 1.4/4, TELE 0.5/1, TF 0.4/1, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.3/1

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Effective immediately, Nikki Cooper was hired at DCD-owned Prospect Pictures based in London as EP/Popular Factual.  Nikki will be involved with the development of a variety of new lifestyle formats as well as original food programming concepts. 

Entertainment industry veterans and voice-over agents Marc Guss of Alpha Entertainment and Phil Sutfin of Flatirons Creative Management are merging to form Alta Creative Management.  The goal of the new entity is to enhance and broaden client services and offerings.

Lima Sky named Eric Karp as Chief Licensing Officer where he will work in tandem with Founder Igor Pusenjak to create an array of products for Lima Sky’s properties.  Eric’s first project will involve managing the licensing of Doodle Jump working with agent FremantleMedia Enterprises.

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Friday Fun Fact: For one week in 1986, Dan Rather experimented with a one-word sign off for each broadcast of the CBS Evening News: “Courage.” Reaction was mixed.

This day in History:1780 – American Academy of Arts & Science founded.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Who was Gentle Ben’s best friend? Mark Wedloe, played by Clint Howard, Ron Howard’s brother. Kudos to: David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NYC; Cindy McFaden-Comcast Spotlight/Fredericksburg, VA; Gary Lindemann-Mediacom/Middletown NY; Cynthia New-CharterMedia/Cape Girardeau, MO; Dale Warshaw-KMSB/KTTU/Tucson; Alan Perris-The TV Academy/North Hollywood; Tom Meredith-Nielsen/Hollywood; Brett Ashy-The Ashy Agency/LA; Sheila Manning-Sheila Manning Casting/Beverly Hills; Arthur Reinstein-Shaw Media/Toronto.

Today’s Trivia Question: On Bonanza, what was Hoss’ given name? (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.)

Later — Cyn & Lisa
05.04.12

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2012

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ABC: Shark Tank, Primetime: What Would You Do? [r], 20/20
AZTECA: Extra Normal, Al Extremo, Buenas Noches America
CBS: Undercover Boss, CSI:NY, Blue Bloods
CW: Nikita, Supernatural
FOX: The Finder, Fringe
ION: Cold Case, Cold Case, Cold Case
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are?, Grimm, Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Need to Know, Art in the Twenty-First Century, Wallace Stegner
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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