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Cynopsis
11.09.12

Good morning. It’s Friday, November 9, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
PBS: The Mind of a Chef (check local listings)
Once TV Mexico: Quien dijo yo? at 1130p

Saturday’s Premiere:
Cooking Channel: Kelsey’s Essentials at 830p
CMT: Redneck Island at 9p; Chainsaw Gang at 10p; Big Texas Heat at 1030p
TBS: Wedding Band at 10p
TV Guide Network: StandUp in Stilettos at 11p

Saturday’s Finale:
Investigation Discovery: Deadly Affairs at 10p

Sunday’s Premieres:
Tr3s: Empuje at 11a
MSNBC: Maximum Drama at 9p
Animal Planet: Finding Bigfoot at 10p
Discovery Channel: Breaking Magic at 10p
DIY Network: Building Alaska at 10p
VH1: VH1 Storytellers at 11p

Sunday’s Finales:
HISTORY: The Men Who Built America at 8p
TLC: Breaking Amish at 9p
TV Guide Network: The Shores at 10p

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Midseason drama The Carrie Diaries will premiere on The CW January 14 at 8p.  Set in the 1980s, The Carrie Diaries is the prequel series to Sex and the City and follows young Carrie Bradshaw (AnnaSophia Robb) in high school.  With the premiere of The Carrie Diaries in the 8p Monday slot, The CW plans on shifting 90210 back an hour to 9p taking over Gossip Girl’s former spot. 

New one-hour series, Fatal Vows chronicles twisted tales of love that turns deadly when the series premieres on Investigation Discovery next week on November 17 at 10p.  Each episode will have Dr. Brian Russell, an attorney and forensic/clinical psychologist and Stacy Kaiser, a licensed psychotherapist and relationship expert guide viewers through cases involving murder between spouses.  Fatal Vows is produced for Investigation Discovery by CMJ Productions.

USA Network’s original drama Burn Notice was handed a seventh season order consisting of 13 episodes.  Next year, Burn Notice will become the third series in the network’s history to reach 100 episodes.  This news follows USA’s recent third season order for original series Suits.  Burn Notice is produced by Fox Television Studios and Fuse Entertainment.

SHOWTIME will end The Big C, starring Laura Linney with a four-part limited event series created to bring finality to the storyline.  The Big C: hereafter will have Linney reprising her role as Cathy Jamison, whose cancer diagnosis forces her to shake up her life.  Joining her in the cast is Oliver Platt, John Benjamin Hickey, Gabriel Basso and Gabourey Sidibe.  For the final episodes, Kathy Najimy and fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi will guest star.  Najimy will appear in all four eps as Cathy’s (Linney) no-nonsense therapist who helps her deal with the challenges she faces while Mizrahi will appear in several eps as himself.  The Big C: hereafter is produced by Sony Pictures Television.   SHOWTIME also set the premiere date of Jim Rome on SHOWTIME for November 21 at 10p.  The new, one-hour series will highlight Rome’s trademark style and opinions about the world of sports.  The series is produced by Generate Entertainment, Inc.

In anticipation of the third season premiere of Portlandia starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, its network, IFC has launched Portlandia Co-Op via IFC.com.  Fans of the show can sign up at www.ifc.com/co-op to join Portlandia Co-Op and members can use the Portlandia Twitter handle, post art or images inspired by the show on Instagram using #portlandia or even create handmade Portlandia coffee sleeves.  The campaign also involves a partnership with Etsy, where many of the show’s fans already sell their Portlandia inspired items.  IFC and Etsy will support each other online and through social media.  In addition, IFC will air an all-new pre-season bonus episode titled Winter in Portlandia on December 14 at 1030p which will also be available on IFC.com, Portlandia’s Facebook page and iTunes starting the next day.   Season three of Portlandia debuts on IFC January 4 at 10p with two all-new back-to-back episodes. 

Outdoor Channel’s new competition reality series, Elite Tactical Unit: S.W.A.T. secured Streamlight Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance flashlights and weapon light/laser sighting devices as sponsor of the Blue Team.  The one-hour show has two teams, the Blue Team and the Black Team made up of seven S.W.A.T. officers each who compete in weekly elimination challenges involving mental and physical skills.  The Black Team is sponsored by Nosler.  Outdoor Channel will debut the series January 9 at 8p, produced by Winnercomm, a division of Outdoor Channel Holdings,

Programming Note: This weekend and in response to millions of Americans left without power and TV service for a long period of time due to Hurricane Sandy, REELZCHANNEL will air the complete miniseries World Without End based on Ken Follett’s novel on Saturday at 4p and again on Sunday at 11a, all four two-hour parts back-to-back each day.

Call for Submissions: Cynopsis is producing our 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 Lisa Ball, 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), 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 Lisa (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).

It’s being reported the AMC series The Killing may be resurrected following its cancelation in July by the network.  AMC is having discussions with Netflix to bring The Killing back for another season which would be its third.  If a deal happens, AMC would get the first window to air season three.  Series stars Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman are under contract for a third season.  Fox TV Studios is behind the series.

Cinesite, a digital visual effects facility has completed its first foray into television production by co-producing and selling its first series, Rod and Rucksack to Discovery Networks across the EMEA.  Rod and Rucksack is a one-hour travel/adventure series with five episodes hosted by Guy Elson.

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Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 10/22-10/26/12 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
The Big Bang Theory (WB)                               3.5 AA
Family Guy (2/T)                                            2.5 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                2.2 AA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                          1.8 AA
How I Met Your Mother (2/T)                           1.6 AA
Family Feud (2/T)                                          1.4 AA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                  1.3 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                             1.3 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                           1.2 AA
Friends (WB)                                                 1.2 AA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

Tuesday A18-49 Analysis:  NBC got the viewers’ vote Tuesday night posting a 4.3/10 among A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  NBC monopolized the viewer’s attention during live coverage of election results with the network delivering a 3.4/9 at 8p followed by ABC’s Vote 2012 at 2.9/7 and CBS’ Campaign 2012 at 2.2/6.  At 9p, NBC remained in charge with its Decision 2012 coverage at 4.6/11 and ABC’s Vote 2012 held steady in second place at 3.5/8 while CBS’ Campaign 2012 was #3 at 2.5/6.  NBC ended the primetime hours at 10p with an uptick for its Decision 2012 coverage at 4.9/11 and ABC’s Vote 2012 was #2 at 3.9/9 and CBS placed third again this hour with Campaign 2012 at 2.6/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, November 6, 2012  (November Sweep Day 13) time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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NBC: 7.3/10          Decision 2012 Election Coverage 7.3/10

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ABC: 6.4/9              Vote 2012 Election Coverage 6.4/9

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CBS: 4.9/7              Campaign 2012 Election Coverage 4.9/7

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FOX: 2.4/3               You Decide 2012 Election Coverage 2.4/3

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UNIV: 1.6/2             Destino 2012 1.5/2, Destino 2012 1.3/2, Destino 2012 1.7/2, Destino 2012 1.7/3

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ION: 1.3/2               Criminal Minds 8P 1.3/2, Criminal Minds 9P 1.4/2, Criminal Minds 10P 1.3/2

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CW: 0.7/1               Arrow 0.9/1, Emily Owens M.D. 0.6/1

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TF: 0.5/1                Cineplex TUE [r 7p start] 0.5/1, Cineplex 2 TUE [r] 0.5/1

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TELE: 0.5/1             Decision 2012 Election Coverage 0.5/1

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A18-49:  NBC 4.3/10, ABC 3.4/8, CBS 2.5/6, FOX 1.6/3, UNIV 1.2/3, ION 0.6/1, TF 0.4/1, CW 0.3/1, TELE 0.3/1

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Wednesday A18-49 Analysis:  NBC led the pack with a 3.3/9 Wednesday among A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s The Voice was tops at 8p with a 3.5/10 with CBS’ Survivor: Philippines next at 2.8/8 and FOX’s The X Factor was third at 2.6/7.  During 9p, the second half of The Voice on NBC won at 4.0/10 with ABC’s comedies Modern Family and Suburgatory in second with an average of 3.9/10 and CBS’ Criminal Minds next at 3.0/8.  Then at 10p, competition tightened with CBS’ CSI winning at 2.3/6, NBC a close second with Chicago Fire at 2.2/6 and ABC’s Nashville in third at 2.0/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 (November Sweep Day 14) time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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CBS: 7.0/11        Survivor: Philippines 6.4/10, Criminal Minds 7.8/12, CSI 6.8/12

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NBC: 5.7/9            The Voice 6.3/10, Chicago Fire 4.5/8

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ABC: 5.0/8            The Middle 5.3/8, The Neighbors 4.2/6, Modern Family 7.3/11, Suburgatory 4.7/7, Nashville 4.1/7

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FOX: 4.2/6            The X Factor 4.2/6

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UNIV: 2.1/3           Por Ella Soy Eva 2.1/3, Amores Verdaderos 2.3/3, Amor Bravio 1.9/3

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CW: 1.8/3              Arrow 2.3/4, Supernatural 1.4/2

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TELE: 0.8/1            Rosa Diamante 0.8/1, Corazon Valiente 0.8/1, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal 0.9/2, El Rostro de la Venganza 0.5/1

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ION: 0.6/1             WWE Main Event 0.8/1, Leverage 0.5/1, Leverage 0.4/1

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TF: 0.3/0               Cineplex WED [7p start r] 0.3/1, Cineplex 2 0.3/0

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A18-49:  NBC 3.3/9, ABC 2.8/7, CBS 2.7/7, FOX 2.6/7, UNIV 1.7/5, CW 1.2/3, TELE 0.6/1, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.2/1

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CBS Corporation appointed Scott Koondel as SVP/Chief Corporate Content Licensing Officer, reporting to Joseph Ianniello, EVP/CFO, CBS Corporation.  Scott will be responsible for developing and executing a coordinated company strategy to maximize revenue from the licensing and distribution of content for CBS’ business units including CBS Studios, CBS Television Network, CBS News, SHOWTIME, CBS Films and CBS Interactive.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. advanced Lisa Hyams to SVP/Network Partnerships for US Network Operations.  The division provides 24/7 technical and operational support including engineering, broadcast operations, traffic, media and multiplatform operations for Turner’s networks TNT, TBS, truTV, TCM, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang and also distributes NBA-TV.  Based in Atlanta, Lisa reports to Veronica Sheehan, SVP/Global Network Operations and International Information Technology for TBS, Inc.  Furthermore, Michael Luzzi was promoted to SVP/Technology and Operations for US Network Operations.  Michael is based in Atlanta and also reports to Veronica Sheehan. 
 
Effective immediately, Investigation Discovery (ID) promoted Kevin Bennett to GM and Kevin also retains his responsibilities as SVP/Programming and Research for ID, Destination America and Military Channel.   Kevin will report to Henry Schleiff, President/GM of Investigation Discovery, Destination America and Military Channel.  Furthermore, Jane Latman was elevated to SVP/Development, Investigation Discovery and she will report to Kevin Bennett.

Matthew Corbin, formerly with Google, joins The Weather Company as GM of its hyper-local platform.  Matthew will be in charge of all aspects of the platform, including planning, execution, business development, sales and product management.  He reports to Jennifer Dangar, President/Distribution and Business Development. 

Sports network NESN hired Leah Hextall as an Anchor/Reporter.  Leah joins the network’s on-air team comprised of Adam Pellerin and Jaime Erdahl.  Most recently, Leah worked for Canada’s CTV broadcast network as a sports anchor/reporter since 2005.

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Friday Fun Fact: The longest place name in the United States is Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, located near Webster, MA.

This day in History: On Laverne & Shirley, what was Laverne’s favorite drink? Milk & Pepsi. Kudos to: Carol Teichman-Comcast Spotlight/Bloomfield, CT; Roger Lee-News 12/Long Island, NY; Phyllis McQuillan-MSG Media/NYC; Barbara Potasky-NBCUniversal/NYC; John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas; Barry Wooley-Telepictures/Chicago; Jamie Raybon-TXA21-CBS/Dallas; Sue Brake-The CW/St. Paul, MN; Jim Gray-FrogLight Productions/Missoula, MT; Tena Hawkes-Univ. of AZ/Tucson; Hank Hope-American Casino & Entertainment Properties, LLC/Las Vegas; Odette Felix-Dark Horse Media/Tucson; Doug Crouthers-Media Stream Direct/Sherman Oaks, CA; Kerri Hayck/Pasco, WA; Mitch Messinger-ABC Entertainment Group Communication/Burbank; Anne Wettig-MundoFox/LA.

Today’s Trivia Question: What TV show started out as a skit from The Carol Burnett Show? (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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11.09.12

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2012

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ABC: Last Man Standing, Malibu Country, Shark Tank, 20/20
CBS: Undercover Boss, CSI:NY, Blue Bloods
CW: America’s Next Top Model, Nikita
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares, Fringe
ION: Cold Case, Cold Case, Cold Case
NBC: Go On [r], Guys with Kids [r], Grimm, Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Need to Know, The Mind of a Chef [p], The Mind of a Chef, The Mind of a Chef, The Mind of a Chef
TELE: Rosa Diamante, Corazon Valiente, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal, El Rostro de la Venganza
UNIV: Por Ella Soy Eva; Amores Verdaderos, Amor Bravio

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