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Cynopsis: Kids! 11/05/10 Good morning. It’s Friday, November 5, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Disney XD commissions a new live-action comedy Wasabi Warriors (working title) that is set to begin production in Hollywood this January 2011 and debut worldwide in Spring 2011. Wasabi Warriors revolves around a strip mall marital arts studio, the worst dojo in the nationwide chain, and the misfit group of kids that find a leader in rockin’ skateboarder, Jack, who comes to work there and teaches the kids about karate and life. The series stars Jason Earles (Hannah Montana), Leo Howard (Leo Little’s Big Show), a black belt in real life who will play Jack, Mateo Arias (Cold Case, Hannah Montana), Dylan Riley Snyder (Life During Wartime), Alex Jones and Olivia Holt (Black & Blue). The series was created by Jim O’Doherty (Grounded for Life, 3rds Rock from the Sun, who, with Marc Warren (Jonas L.A., Corey in the House, That’s So Raven), will executive produce. The series producer is Joey Scott. Wasabi Warriors is produced by It’s A Laugh Productions. NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT Producer/Director/Writer Chris Columbus, and his 1492 Pictures banner, is partnering with Lagardere Entertainment, and Timoon Animation on the animated monster series Scary Larry (52×13), per Variety. Scary Larry follows the adventures of a teen werewolf and his pals, a vampire, mummy and monster, who together form a got band called Frightsylvania. With a budget of $7 million, Annabelle Perrichon is adapting the series from Slave Labor Graphics’ comic book series Little Gloomy. Scary Larry has been pre-purchased by Canal Plus and Teletoon. The Weinstein Company acquires the North American and UK rights to the 2D animated feature Santa’s Apprentice, per Variety. Produced by Alphanim, the animation arm of France’s Gaumont, the movie is a spin-off of Jan Van Rijsselberge’s animated series SantApprentice, which finds Santa training a shy boy to take over his job as he unwillingly retires. The movie is co-produced by Australia’s Avrill Stark Entertainment, in association with Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon. Santa’s Apprentice is set to make its world premiere at AFM, and has already been picked up by HBO in Latin America, Victory Productions in Benelux, Cinemax in CIS, Four Star for the Middle East, Lusomundo for Portugal, Weg in India and PT Amero in Indonesia. Nickelodeon is set to premiere a one-hour Victorious one-hour special, Freak the Freak Out, will premiere Thanksgiving weekend on Friday, November 26 at 8p. The special features two new songs, a title track performed by the series star Victoria Justice, and Give It Up, featuring a performance by co-stars Elizabeth Gillies and Ariana Grande. As part of its holiday weekend programming, the network will also debut the special 7 Secrets: Victoria Justice, a look at the stars life, on Saturday, November 27 at 9p. In support of Freak the Freak Out:
www.nick.com ) and via Nick’s wireless partners. www.slap.com ) will feature a Freak the Freak Out Karaoke Game. TVS (Television Syndication Company) completes further international deals for the teen-targeted Eco Company series. Picking up the green-centric series are National Geographic for Turkey, Astro for Indonesia, as well as TVNZ in New Zealand, TVB in Hong Kong and Al Jazeera in the Middle East. Eco Company focuses on real teens that have made the environment and green-related efforts their mission. A total of 21×30 episodes are currently available. In other TVS news, the syndication and distribution company recently acquired Green Science (5×22), which is available in two different versions, one aimed at kids and the other targeted to teens/young adults. As if Harry Potter wasn’t already a ‘hot topic,’ Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) and long-time retail partner, Hot Topic ( www.hottopic.com ), are debuting an exclusive Harry Potter merchandise boutiques to support the upcoming release of Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (November 19, in case you’ve been in a trance). The Potter boutiques will feature new products based on the Harry Potter property at all of Hot Topic’s 680 locations in the US and Canada. For those brave enough to stand up to a test, there is also an in-store mobile app that will offer challenges to customers who participate via their iPhone and Android devices., they can earn digital “badges” to unlock rewards. STONE SOUP American Greetings Properties (AGP) will serve as a sponsor of the ASPCA‘s (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Tommy P. Monahan Kid of the Year award, which recognizes a unique kid who has made an impact to improve the lives of animals. Presented this year by AGP’s The Twisted Whiskers Show, the award will be handed out at the ASPCA Annual Humane Awards luncheon, November 11 in NYC. EXECUTIVE MOVES CPLG promotes Chris Protheroe to the newly created role of President and Group Managing Director. The restructuring comes on the heels of news that Katarina Dietrich was stepping down as CEO. Protheroe will be responsible for the strategic management and leadership of the business and will work alongside Steve Manners, who has recently been appointed EVP and Director of Entertainment. He has held several positions at CPLG including MD, GPLG Sport for 10 years. Dietrich leaves CPLG after 14 years with the licensing company. She initially set up CPLG’s German office in 1996, then moved to London in 200 as MD Entertainment, and was upped to CEO in 2008. Dietrich will continue on as consultant until the end of the year. Discovery Communications promotes Elisa Freeman to SVP/Global distribution Operations & Educational Business Development. Freeman will oversee all Discovery’s distribution operations, implementation and compliance worldwide. In addition, she will also continue leading global strategy and business development for Discovery Education. Freeman, who has been an executive with the company for 11 years, previously served in a dual role as the VP/ Domestic Distribution and VP/Strategy and Business Development for Discovery Education. RATINGS Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 10/25-10/31/10 , 6a-6a: Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 6-11 for the week of 10/25-10/31/10 , 6a-6a: Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Tweens 9-14 for the week of 10/25-10/31/10 , 6a-6a: Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Teens 12-17 for the week of 10/25-10/31/10 , 6a-6a: Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, October 30, 2010 Broadcast Networks only (Live + SD Data): Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, October 30, 2010 Cable Networks only (Live + SD Data): Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11: Friday Fun Fact: The country of Tonga once issued a stamp shaped like a banana. Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia: A guinea pig, a sheepdog named Waldo and three kids were quite a handful for whom? PHOEBE FIGALILLY on THE NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR Kudos to: Joe Swaney-Cartoon Network/Atlanta; Brad Stern/NY; Keith Manzella-Eastwest MG/NY; Pat Brady-CESD/LA Today’s Trivia Question: Who was this travelling adventuring who visited historical events in his hot air balloon with his monkey sidekick? (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 — Cynopsis Ad Sales: Member of Interactive Advertising Bureau (iab) To subscribe to any Cynopsis edition(s) click here . Cyn opsis CLASSIFIEDS – For More classifieds, visit the Cynopsis.com classifieds page here . ATTENTION JOB RECRUITERS FOR THE TELEVISION AND ADVERTISING INDUSTRY – send us your contact information so we can begin to build a database for referrals. We get people all the time around the country asking us for names of local recruiters. Help us out – send us your contact information, name, company, address, phone, email and fax. NY and LA are great, but we also need names of firms in Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Atlanta, DC, and elsewhere. We have people to send you! Email your info to [email protected]. JOB OPENING: PROGRAM MGR/KTVU/San Fran Bay Area: Dept head level position. Dvlp prgrm sched w/ highest saleable ratings at the lowest possible cost. B.A. degree & 6yrs exp related exp req’d. Resume: [email protected] (EOE) (11/12) JOB OPENING: ACCT EXECUTIVE/TV Guide.com/Chicago: AE w/2+ yrs digital ad sales exp, preferably in media/entertainment. Consumer exp a must. Competitive salary commensurate w/ exp & excellent benefits prgm. [email protected] (11/12) JOB OPENING: ACCOUNT MANAGER/SIRIUS XM Radio/NY: Maintain and develop new business for radio advertising sales. Min. 3-7 yrs acct. mgt. exp. in ad sales. Travel required. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply at http://www.sirius.com/careers (11/11) JOB OPENING: SVP LOCAL SALES/WorldNow/NYC: 5+ years of Television sales with proven sales track record, manage sales and production teams, travel required. See full posting at www.worldnow.com , email [email protected] (11/11) JOB OPENING: SALES DIRECTOR/The Hollywood Reporter/NY: direct/coord sales for TV cat. 5-7 yrs sales exp in print/digital. Possess sr. relationships, self starter, fast paced environment. Resume to [email protected] (11/11) JOB OPENING: DIGITAL SALES PRO/EW Scripps Co/Several Mkts: Join its growing media sales team. 2 yrs exp selling Internet, mobile, SEM and video offerings req. College deg pref. Go to http://scripps.com/careers/. EOE (11/11) JOB OPENING: TALENT COORD/TV ONE LLC/NE/SE: Support talent logistics, compl expense reports, maint talent library; sched meetings; Regional Sales Mgr. NE/SE req. sales/mrkting exp & travel; Visit www.tvoneonline.com (11/11) JOB OPENING: AP for PBS Docu. on LGBT issues/NYC: Must have bckgrnd in journalism, very extensive archive footage/photo experience, amazing negotiation skills, r&c, show bibles. Starts asap. Cov ltr a must, w/ res [email protected] (11/9) JOB OPENING: SR. ANALYST,RSRCH/MUSIC CHOICE/NY: Support mktg,prgmg & product initiatives across multi platforms w/ actionable rsrch. BA/BS, + 3-5 yrs relevant media rsrch exp. mandatory. http://musicchoicecareers.iapplicants.com/ (11/9) JOB OPENING: VP PRGRM PLAN’G & SCHED/NYC: Mng long term strat/prgrm sched BBC America & VOD. Drive ratings growth & Ad Sls rev. Dev dig media opps across multi plat. ID acquisition pot. 5+ yrs exp. www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (11/9) JOB OPENING: BIZ AFFAIRS ASSISTANT/Atlas Media/NY: Immediate. Temp to assist with legal/biz. Experience with media contracts. Rez: [email protected] (11/9) JOB OPENING: SENIOR COORDINATOR, TRAFFIC/SIRIUS XM Radio/NYC: Handle copy assignments, manage daily format changes against traffic logs. 2-3 yrs traffic exp req’d. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply at http://www.sirius.com/careers (11/9) JOB OPENING: COORD, BIZ OPS/MTV Networks/NYC:support signal auth for 28+ ntwrks & related reporting /analysis / data maint. Interact directly w/clients, sales, finance, legal. BA deg 1-3yrs exp . Apply: www.mtvnetworkscareers.com (11/6) JOB OPENING: SALES COORD-FREELANCE/New York: DB mgt of prg sales orders. Trk deal stats thru lifecycle. TV prg sales/dist exp, Int’l prfd; Excel. BA. https://www.abso.com/jobboard/Default.aspx?JOBBOARDID=618&JobDetail=80299 (11/6) JOB OPENING: SSE/MTV Networks/NYC: Seeks exp’d SSE. Digital and/or linear exp. Must have exp in compelling PP creation, interaction w agencies/clients, ability to go above & beyond. 3 yrs min exp ad sales. Apply: www.mtvcareers.com (11/6) JOB OPENING: ACCT EXEC/OUTDOOR CHANNEL/NY: Dvlp, sell, implmt on-air/online media plns; crte new biz, mng accts, meet sls gls; Must be slf strtr, proactv; Media sls ind exp, 4yr deg reqd. To: [email protected] m (11/6) JOB OPENING: DIR PRICING & PLANNING/Fox Cable Networks /New York: 5+ yrs exp in mgmt and P&P at a media company w/ Ad Sales and Exec Mgmt. Apply: www.foxcareers.com FNG0000076 (11/6) 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]. WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Start-up online satire website launching in January. Responsibilities:develop marketing plan, coordinate/produce humor content, research, solicit and curate user-generated content. Email: [email protected] (11/9) 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: 5 PRIME TIME EMMYS/ DOC. PROD, DIR., WRITER in L.A. Credits: National Geo, PBS, Discovery, History CH, TLC and MSNBC. Contact email: [email protected] (11/12) SITUATION WANTED: EP, SHOWRUNNER, DIR w major network/studio/interactive credits. Looking for funded projects [email protected], [email protected] (11/12) SITUATION WANTED: MARKETING PROJECT MANAGER/LA: Pro w/ Bachelor’s in TV & 5 years in broadcast & cable marketing seeks new opportunity. Experienced in all platforms & live events (CES, E3, Comic-Con). E-mail [email protected] (11/12) SITUATION WANTED: SPOT DIRECTOR /FILM-MAKER seeks Production Company, Staff or Freelance work. See my Reel [email protected] (11/11) SITUATION WANTED: ENTRY LEVEL PRODUCTION POSITION/NY: Eager student graduating in Dec, multiple internships in children’s animation production. Email: [email protected], Site: www.JenelleBringer.com (11/11) SITUATION WANTED: CFO/CONTROLLER/NYC: 15 yrs domestic & international exp. pub & pvt companies: acctg, mgmt & SEC rpting, FP&C, forecasting, strategic partnerships, negotiating, SOX. Email [email protected] (11/11) SITUATION WANTED: MEDIA SALES/MKTG STRATEGIST/NY: Extensive exp in all forms of media. print/OOH/digital. Smart consultative seller. Can identify new niche markets and profitably re-purpose content. Contact: [email protected] (11/9) SITUATION WANTED: Award-winning DIGITAL MEDIA/CONTENT/TELEVISION executive looking for long term career move. 15 years exp., strong creative leader with stellar work hist and refs- let’s meet. Email: [email protected] (11/9) SITUATION WANTED: 5+ years experience at major television network. Associate Producer and Writer on promos, series, live broadcasts, and live-to-tape shows. Based in NY but will travel. [email protected] (11/9) SITUATION WANTED: VERY SR. WRITER. Very Reasonable Rates. Copy, content, concepts, creative + strategic, all media. Hire me and you will be happy. Visit https://freebeaaron.wordpress.com for FREE samples. [email protected] (11/9) SITUATION WANTED: 25 yrs+ experience in Asiapac with top brands; strong professional presence; Hong Kong based;seeks leadership position;focus – entertainment brand licensing / bus dvlpmnt incl start ups Email [email protected] (11/9) SITUATION WANTED: ADMIN. ASSISTANT/ NY: Pref.w/ a T.V. &/or film production co.; or T.V. network. American U.grad w/4+ yrs admin exp., strong organizational skills, proficient knowledge in all MS Office 2003 & 2007 & can work on Macs. Email Jen @ [email protected] (11/6) SITUATION WANTED: Dedicated & Experienced ADV. SALES PLANNER (NY) Sales proposals, resolving client discrepancies, quarterly post analysis, special sales service projects, expert computer skills. Contact- [email protected] (11.6) SITUATION WANTED: RIGHTS CLEARANCE PROFESSIONAL(NY) 20+yrs exp.researcher & contract negotiator Intellectual Property commercial licensing: Music/Clips/Photos/People/etc.Copyright/TM/PD research specialist [email protected] (11/6) E-mail [email protected] or call Trish Pihonak at 203.381.9096 for rates and specs for Job Openings. Are you looking for a job? Post your Situation Wanted Ad here — Email [email protected] for specs. Cynopsis Media LLC All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free. Copyright Cynopsis 2010 To unsubscribe from future mailings, please click here. |
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