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SCORES ON ABC #2 with A18-49 For the week beats: My Wife and Kids, Simple Life 3, Reba, Charmed, WARNER BROS. MOVIES MAKE BROADCAST BETTER Source: NTI Galaxy Explorer, A18-49 Rtg, 4/25-5/1/05. TP=Sat 8-11p. TP Hist=Prior 4 Wk (3/28-4/24/05) CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Good morning. It’s Friday, May 6, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Early yesterday morning, Fox, American Idol, FremantleMedia and 19 Entertainment issued this statement, provided here in full:
Week #1 of the May Sweep: April 28 – May 4 according to Nielsen Media Research data: Tonight’s Finale: * NEW ORDERS / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *
CBS has ordered a pilot of an unscripted hidden camera project from Pottle Productions, set to shoot in Las Vegas next month. Signed to host is actor/comedian and former SNL-er, Jon Lovitz. 20th Television has signed a development deal for seven figures with Austin Winsberg, the creator behind ABC’s series Jake in Progress. He will be looking at development both comedies and drama for the studio. 20th didn’t sit still for long, and went out and signed yet another development deal with writer/producer Bobby Bowman for two years. Bowman will be charged with developing half hour comedy projects and could also join up with a current series. * MORE GOOD STUFF *
ABC has replaced its new drama Eyes (Wednesdays at 10p) for the May sweep with an episode of Supernanny. Frankly, the show was only scheduled to air once – next Wednesday. ABC had 13 episodes produced, and thus far only five have aired. A veritable bevy of unscripted series coming to CBS this summer including the return of Big Brother, now in its sixth season. In premiere order, we begin with:
CHUM Television, owners of 12 local stations in Canada, have come to terms with the NFL to carry Monday Night Football games in Canada for one season, beginning this fall. CHUM’s first game will be the September 8 match-up between the New England Patriots and the Oakland Raiders, the season’s opening game. Gay/lesbian TV network here! launches here! News today, a standard news program comprised of political stories, human interest and feature stories, all geared specifically for the gay/lesbian viewing audience. Paul Colichman, CEO/Founder of here! says, “With news media taking an increasingly exclusionary slant on gay and lesbian events of the day, “here News” will do its part to report on the historic and pioneering work that continues to thrive in the gay and lesbian community.” here! is now available in 40 million homes via satellite and standard cable carriage. Nickelodeon and Verizon Wireless are launching Nick Mobile today, a wireless phone video channel that will include Nickelodeon content for Verizon Wireless’ V CAST wireless phones. Nick Mobile will start with feature music videos (1-3min long) from Nick Jr. shows (e.g. Dora the Explorer, Blue’s Clues, The Backyardigans and LazyTown), and plans to add more Nick TV programming this summer. V Cast VPak requires an additional fee to Verizon wireless customers, but no airtime charges are incurred to download or stream and watch the clips. Telemundo‘s WWSI affiliate has inked a television advertising sales agreement with Comcast Spotlight to represent the TV station in the Philadelphia metro area. Telemundo sales team will continue on to work with Comcast Spotlight on local and regional ad generation. April 2005 Pay Channel Ratings * EXECUTIVE MOVES*
Sarita Smith has been upped to SVP/Research and Planning for Discovery Networks, US. She reports to Billy Campbell, President. Sarita oversees all research activities for Discovery’s US Networks, supporting programming, marketing, communications and affiliate sales divisions, and works with management to develop consumer-based strategies to grow Discovery’s U.S. audiences. Smith also manages a team of research professionals who work across Discovery’s 14 networks. RL Public Relations + Marketing (RLPR), a leading national Hispanic public relations firm with offices in Los Angeles and New York, and Sportivo, its Latino sports arm, appointed Ana Lydia Ochoa as Account Supervisor. She will be responsible for leading national consumer and community media relations for Sears Holding Corp. and local strategic communications initiatives for Telemundo. She will report to Roxanna Lissa, founder and C.E.O. of RLPR. * RATINGS *
Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis- May Sweep Day #7: Fox was in front on Wednesday night, thus far one of the most competitive nights of the May sweep. Fox delivered an overall 5.8/15 A18-49, according to final numbers from Nielsen Media Research, just a share point ahead of ABC’s 5.3/14. CBS posted a 3.3/9, followed by NBC 3.0/8, UPN 1.8/5, WB 1.4/4. At 8pm a new episode of LOST on ABC dominated with a 6.3/18, well ahead of #2 Fox with a 3.5/11 for the hour, and America’s Next Top Model on UPN with a 2.3/7 (among W18-49 Top Model delivered a 3.2/9, still #3 behind ABC and Fox). The CBS Dr. Phil Primetime Special featuring a one on one with Pat O’Brien delivered a modest 2.0/6. At 9p American Idol flew in with a 10.8/27, trouncing everyone. Alias (ABC) and Revelations (NBC) were tied with a 9 share for the hour. Stacked on Fox at 930p delivered a 5.1/12, virtually on par with last week’s performance. ABC’s Primetime Live Special: Fallen Idol at 10p won the time period handily with a 6.1/16 A18-49, ahead of CSI NY (4.4/11) and Law & Order (3.6/9). FINAL HOUSEHOLD RATINGS: Wednesday, May 4, 2005, for all Networks – program averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research. ABC 8.3/14 Lost 10.3/17, Alias 5.7/9, Primetime Live: Fallen Idol 9.3/15 FOX 8.2/13 That 70’s Show 4.4/7, That 70’s Show [r] 5.2/8, American Idol 15.7/24, Stacked 7.4/11 CBS 7.4/12 Dr. Phil Primetime Special 5.3/9, Without a Trace 8.0/12, CSI New York 9.0/15 NBC 6.4/10 Dateline 5.2/9, Revelations 5.7/9, Law & Order 8.1/13 UPN 2.8/4 America’s Next Top Model 3.6/6, Kevin Hill 2.0/3 WB 2.3/4 Smallville 2.8/6, Jack & Bobby 1.7/3 A18-49 Fox 5.8/15, ABC 5.3/14, CBS 3.3/9, NBC 3.0/8, UPN 1.8/5, WB 1.4/4
The History Channel presents This Day in History: Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Christmas and Thanksgiving are the #1 and #2 days of the year where Americans consume the most food. What is the third? SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. Of course! Kudos to: Anthony Manupelli-WGBH NOVA Science Unit/Boston; Mark Altabe-Citigroup Globe Markets/NY; Gregory Chang-ImaginAsian Ent/NY; Marie Ostrosky-Emeril Live; Joe E. Dale-MeTV/Chicago; Loretta Norman-GSD&M/San Antonio; Burton Cooley-Jacobson Rost-Sheboygan; Roger Bare-KHWB/Houston; Mark Craig-Studio Talent Group/Huntington Beach; Wendell Foster-ABC/Burbank; Raf Gar-El Garcia Inc./LA; Mark Goodman-Goodymade/Oak Park; Kimberly Brown-Global Television/Toronto. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COURT TV
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