Cynopsis: Kids!
11/02/12
Good morning. It’s Friday, November 2, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) launches five new basketball-themed characters, who together make up The NBA Hoop Troop, to represent the league’s K6-12-centric interactive website NBAHoopTroop.com (www.nbahooptroop.com), which is a joint venture with Cartoon Network. The starting five – Ally Oop, Swish, Slam, Gym Bag, and Sneaker – and NBAHoopTroop.com were created in conjunction with Artifact Design and aim increase kids’ knowledge and excitement about basketball and the NBA. The characters will also be featured in digital, print, and TV ad campaigns throughout the basketball season, and will make appearances at major NBA events, including NBA All-Star 2013 in Houston. This week NBA Hoop Troop teams up with Kids Foot Locker to launch a retail promotion in 200+ stores throughout the season. Each of the new character has a unique personality: Ally Oop – she has a high basketball IQ, skill and knowledge and is also a strong motivator for kids to live a healthy lifestyle; Swish – is a born entertainer and has strong basketball skills and emulates NBA pros; Slam – a basketball player with driving strength and power, earning a reputation as the big man in the group; Gym Bag – the funny one, he loves practical jokes and always has the right equipment in his bag, his big mouth can get him into trouble; Sneaker – huge, loyal, smart and fun-loving dog with a habit of sneaking off with other’s shoes.
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Lionsgate looks to director Francis Lawrence (Water For Elephants, I Am Legend, Constantine) to helm The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Parts 1 and 2. The two-part movie is based on the third and final book in author Suanne Collins’ popular Hunger Games book series. Both Mockingjay movies will be penned by Danny Strong and will star Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. Lawrence is in the midst of directing The Hunger Games; Catching Fire, based on the second book in the series, which also features Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jena Malone and Amanda Plummer, and is slated for release November 22, 2013. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 will open in theaters on November 21, 2014, followed by The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 on November 20, 2015.
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In the US, Cartoon Network re-ups for a fifth season of Regular Show, third season of The Amazing World of Gumball and further episodes of Annoying Orange. Created by JG Quintel and produced by Cartoon Network Studios, an upcoming holiday episode of Regular Show will feature Ed Asner as Santa Claus and Thomas Haden Church as a rogue elf. New episodes of Regular Show will continue to air Mondays at 8p. Developed by the London-based Cartoon Network Studio Europe, The Amazing World of Gumball was created by Ben Bocquelet. New episodes of Gumball continues to air Tuesdays at 7p. Based on the viral videos, Annoying Orange was developed and produced by The Collective, Dane Boedigheimer (property creator) co-created the TV series with Tom Sheppard. Annoying Orange episodes debut Mondays at 8:30p.
The Hub will premiere the third season of the animated series Dan Vs. (13×30) on Saturday, November 17, at 4p, as part of a two-hour Dan Vs. marathon that begins at 3p. The series features the voices of Curtis Armstrong (Revenge of the Nerds), Dave Foley (The Kids in the Hall) and Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds). The debut episode of the new season, Anger Management, includes Jenna Fischer (The Office) lending her voice the mild-mannered, yet unstable anger management class instructor. Other guest appearances for the third season include Felicia Day (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Kurtwood Smith (That 70’s Show), Rex Lee (Entourage), Maurice LaMarche (Futurama), Clancy Brown (Highlander), Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), Seth Green (Robot Chicken) and Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants). Also back for a third season are the recurring characters of Elise’s parents played by Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross (Family Ties). Dan Vs is produced for The Hub by Film Roman, a Starz Media company, in association with The Hatchery.
Astral’s Family Channel (Canada) will mark Bullying Awareness Week with new original programming debuting Monday-Sunday, November 1218. As part of the its 10th annual Stand Up! campaign, the network special programming line-up will feature original content including a new music video, new bullying-themed celebrity interview segments and a half-hour special presentation of the 2012 Stand Up! Rally featuring Canadian pop star Victoria Duffield and YouTube star Mike Tompkins. On Friday, November 16 from 5p, Family Channel’s Stand Up! programming event kicks off with a half-hour presentation of the 2012 Stand UP! Rally filmed in Toronto with 500 students and featuring musical performances by Duffield and Tompkins. That night the network will also air five back-to-back bullying prevention-themed episodes leading up to its premiere of Let It Shine: In The Spotlight edition at 8p. The bullying-themed episodes will also be available on Family.ca and Family OnDemand. The week will also introduce an interstitial series featuring celebrities speaking about their experiences with bullying – including Bridgit Mendler, One Direction, Cody Simpson, Conor Maynard, among others. This year’s Bullying Awareness theme song, Stand Up! Make Some Noise!, debuts this week on Family.ca, with the music video for the song set to premiere on the network on November 12. On the same date, Family will also debut a new exclusive music video version of Tomkins’ Stand Up song.
PBS Kids is set to premiere The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas, the first Cat in the Hat Christmas special, on Wednesday, November 21 (check local listings). The hour-long special features the Cat, Nick and Sally as they take off on a adventure around the world to help a lost reindeer find his way home in time for Christmas, meeting all sorts of animals along the way. Like the TV series, the plan for the multiplatform special includes an online game, DVD release and books all of which will underlines the key early STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) skills. Produced by Portfolio Entertainment Inc. and Collingwood O’Hare Productions, in association with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Random House Children’s Entertainment, Treehouse, and PBS Kids, The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! is based on Random House’s best-selling Beginner Book collection, The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library.
– In the new online game Freezeyourknees, Follow Me, Please! (www.pbskids.org/catinthehat), launching November 7, players can help The Cat in the Hat get the lost reindeer back to his family in time for Christmas in three different game levels.
– NCircle Entertainment recently released The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas on DVD
– Random House Children’s Books earlier this fall published a selection of accompanying Cat in the Hat titles in trade paperback, Golden Book, Step Into Reading and activity book formats, including: A Reindeer’s First Christmas/New Friends for Christmas by Tish Rabe and illustrated by Joe Mathieu and Aristides Ruiz; A Very Crabby Christmas by Tish Rabe ad illustrated by Dave Aikins; Home For Christmas also by Rabe; and Happy Holi-Doodles!, among others.
In other programming highlights, PBS Kids will air the election-themed special episode of Scholastic Media‘s WordGirl, A Vote for Becky/Class Act, on Election Day, Tuesday, November 6, 2012 (check local listings.). The A Vote for Becky story features Mrs. Botsford running for D.A., meanwhile Becky is running for student council president – when Tobey decides to run against her using his robots to distract WordGirl.
DreamWorks Animation and Imax Corporation unveil plans to digitally re-master the animated adventure movie Rise of the Guardians in Imax 3D format and release it for a limited run in select Imax theaters domestically and internationally beginning November 21, 2012. Based on William Joyce’s kid’s book The Guardians of Childhood, the Rise of the Guardians movie is directed by Peter Ramsey and produced by Christina Steinberg and Nancy Bernstein. Rise of the Guardians features the voices of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher and Jude Law. Joyce and Guillermo del Toro serve as Executive Producers. The film is distributed worldwide by Paramount Pictures.
BabyTV launches an HD version of the channel in India on five different multi systems operators, DEN, InCable, GTPL, SitiCable and Hathway. Beginning this week, the five operators will offer BabyTV SD and HD feeds as part of their respective line-ups. Fox International Channel’s BabyTV is also available in India on Sun Direct, Dish TV, 7 Star Network and U Telecom Bombay.
Call for Submissions: Cynopsis is producing a Holiday Programming Guide, which comes out November 27 and will be sent to all Cynopsis and Cynopsis Kids subscribers. If your network has holiday-themed programming airing December 1-31, 2012, please send your listings to Gwen Billings, Editor at [email protected] no later than Friday, November 16. Please include the following information: type of program (i.e. series, special, documentary, movie or holiday-themed episode, animated, live-action or other), title, dates and times of all airings (please indicate when the show first premieres and when subsequent encores will air). A confirmation email will be sent following each submission from Gwen (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).
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RATINGS
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 6am-6am, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON° : K2-11 809; K6-11 333; TWEENS 9-14 241
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 708; K6-11 436; TWEENS 9-14 371
CARTOON NETWORK** : K2-11 460; K6-11 257; TWEENS 9-14 198
DISNEY XD: K2-11 173; K6-11 131; TWEENS 9-14 134
NICKTOONS: K2-11 58; K6-11 44; TWEENS 9-14 37
°Nickelodeon Total Day: Mon-Wed 7a-8p; Thurs-Fri 7a-9p; Sat 6a-10p; Sun 6a-8p
**Cartoon Network & Adult Swim share channel space ADSM airs Sat.-Thurs. 9p-6a
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 6am-6am, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON° : K2-11 663; K6-11 241; TWEENS 9-14 167
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 615; K6-11 404; TWEENS 9-14 350
CARTOON NETWORK** : K2-11 324; K6-11 201; TWEENS 9-14 164
DISNEY XD: K2-11 140; K6-11 104; TWEENS 9-14 91
NICKTOONS: K2-11 78; K6-11 51; TWEENS 9-14 48
°Nickelodeon Total Day: Mon-Wed 7a-8p; Thurs-Fri 7a-9p; Sat 6a-10p; Sun 6a-8p
**Cartoon Network & Adult Swim share channel space ADSM airs Sat.-Thurs. 9p-6a
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data.
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Friday’s Fun Fact: The original name for the starship in Star Trek was “Yorktown,” not “Enterprise”.
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Who is the daughter of Hippolyta? Princess Diana, or Wonder Woman. Kudos to: Fred Petrosino-JBG/Jupiter FL; Julie Stowell-Tribune Media Services/Queensbury, NY; Kathy Franklin-Lightstorm Entertainment/Manhattan Beach, CA; Richard Quan-BSSP/San Francisco; Pat Brady-CESD/LA.
Today’s Trivia Question: What are Jones, Mantle, Andrews, Cooper and Lodge collectively known as? (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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