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10.15.10

Good morning. It’s Friday, October 15, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing.  As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here . 

Tonight’s Premieres:
CMT: DCC: Making the Team at 8p; World’s Strictest Parents at 9p
NBC: School Pride at 8p
Syfy: Sanctuary at 10p
truTV: Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura at 10p

Saturday’s Premieres:
A&E Network: Fix This Kitchen at 10a
Cooking Channel: Brunch @ Bobby’s at 2p

Sunday’s Premieres:
A&E Network: Paranormal State at 9p & 930p; Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal at 10p
BBC America: Luther at 10p

Sunday’s Finales:
AMC: Rubicon at 9p; Mad Men at 10p

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With mining and miners being very topical right now, Spike TV announced it is working with reality producer Thom Beers (Deadliest Catch, Ice Road Truckers) on a new one-hour original series, Coal about the coal mining industry. The 10-episode series will debut next April and will take an in-depth look at how coal is mined through Mike Crowder and Tom Roberts, co-owners of the Cobalt Mine in Westchester, West Virginia. The series will be executive produced by Beers’ Original Productions, a FremantleMedia Company.

The American Chopper franchise is back on Discovery Channel for a 10-episode series over five weeks titled American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior beginning Monday with back-to-back episodes at 9p and 10p. The Teutuls are once again featured and for this series the feuding father and son go toe-to-toe with competing bike building businesses. The series, produced by Pilgrim Films and Television, will air two episodes each Monday night at 9p and 10p.

In more Discovery Channel news, the network gained exclusive access to the Chilean miners that were just rescued for a new world premiere special, Rescued: The Chilean Mine Story (wt).  The one-hour special is produced by Discovery Channel Latin America and will be simulcast on October 28 via Discovery Channel and Discovery en Espanol in the US and also on Discovery Channel across Latin America that same day and later will air in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in November.

Additional episodes have been ordered for several television series, relates EW. The CW ordered two additional scripts for Life Unexpected while ABC gave four extra eps each to frosh series No Ordinary Family and the drama Brothers & Sisters.

Warner Bros. Television Group finalized the purchase of a majority stake in Shed Media, an independent production and distribution company with offices in the UK and the US. Shed Media will retain its independence as a production company though its distribution arm, Outright Distribution, will be merged into Warner Bros. International Television Production division which is also based in the UK. Shed Media is known for creating and distributing drama, factual, documentary, reality and historical content for television. Its divisions include Shed Productions, Ricochet, Twenty Twenty, Wall to Wall, Shed Scotland and Shed US and is behind more than 2,000 hours of programming including such titles as Supernanny, Who Do You Think You Are?, Footballers’ Wives and more.

TLC renewed its new series Say Yes to the Dress: Big Bliss for a second season, ordering 12 half-hour episodes with a planned premiere date in May 2011. Produced by Half Yard Productions for TLC, the series’ season one episodes have averaged 1.5 million total viewers. Say Yes to the Dress: Big Bliss is shot inside elite bridal salon Kleinfeld Bridal and each episode follows plus-sized brides as they hope to find their dream dress. The original Say Yes to the Dress series will premiere in January with all-new episodes and the third series in the franchise, Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta is scheduled to launch its second season during summer 2011.

Bob Saget returns to television in a new real-life series for A&E Network titled Strange Days with Bob Saget, slated to premiere December 1 at 10p with two back-to-back episodes. In each of the six half-hour episodes, Saget travels cross-country riding in the sidecar of a Harley in search of fascinating subcultures and unique people such as Bigfoot hunters to pro-wrestlers. The series is produced by Tijuana Entertainment and Brillstein Entertainment Partners for A&E.

E! opens a third season of Kendra on November 7 at 10p. In the new season, Kendra begins her book tour and vows to get back her pre-baby body while being a busy wife and mother. Kendra is produced by Prometheus Entertainment, Alta Loma Entertainment and Fox Television Studios. E!’s newest series Married to Rock also debuts following the third season premiere of Kendra at 1030p.

VERSUS picked up the World Series of Poker Circuit tour and will air several two-hour events at various WSOP Circuit locations in the US beginning June 2011. This is the first time VERSUS will air poker tournament coverage. The WSOP Circuit tour, produced by Poker Productions, will conclude with the $1 million WSOP Circuit National Championship from Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

The series premiere of What’s Eating You on E! this Wednesday at 10p averaged 1.1 million total viewers and also posted a 1.46 rating among W18-34; a 0.71 rating among A18-49 and a 1.08 rating with W18-49.

In an update on the retransmission-consent agreement dispute between Cablevision Systems Corporation and News Corp.: Late on Wednesday, Cablevision sent News Corp. a new proposal and both entities continue negotiations on details for a new agreement. Cablevision also consented to submit bipartisan calls from various politicians calling for binding arbitration to make sure a new deal with New Corp. is reached without pulling Fox 5 and My9 off of Cablevision.

Charles Schueler, Executive VP/Communications at Cablevision said, “We will work around the clock to reach a new agreement and have appealed to News Corp. not to pull the plug on Fox 5 and My9.Cablevision would never take these broadcast stations away from our customers.While we would rather come to terms directly with News Corp., binding arbitration may be the best and fairest way to resolve this matter.Therefore, Cablevision will accept the bipartisan calls from Reps. Steve Israel and Peter King for binding arbitration under the direction of a neutral third party.”

In response to Cablevision’s request for binding arbitration, FOX released this statement:

“We appreciate Representatives King and Israel’s requests for Cablevision and Fox to enter binding arbitration and we share their concerns for protecting viewers’ access to programming.Binding arbitration would, unfortunately, reward Cablevision for refusing to negotiate fairly and will only ensure that more unnecessary disputes arise in the future.

Direct business-to-business negotiation is the only way to resolve this issue, while also preserving the long-term stability of the broadcast system. We continue to negotiate and are committed to putting all our resources towards reaching a fair resolution.”

According to Cablevision, News Corp. currently receives $70 million per year for its channels on Cablevision, and now News Corp. is asking for more than $150 million a year for the same programming.

E! picked up the Washington, D.C.-based reality show pilot from Rob Lowe titled Potomac Fever. The reality series, produced via Lowe’s Loweprofile production company and reality producer 44 Blue, centers on real-life aspiring politicos as they attempt to move up the power ladder in D.C. 

FOX has a new comedy in development from playwright David Talbert and actor-turned-producer Morris Chestnut titled It Takes a Village, cites Variety. The comedy is about a young R&B singer who lost his money after trusting his best friend and business manager. The singer moves back to his old home base in the inner city where he ends up working at a community center for at-risk youth and becomes a mentor. 20^th Century Fox TV is developing the project. Talbert and Chestnut will serve as executive producers along with Steven Greener of 5 Boroughs Entertainment and Brian Wilkins.

Louise Fletcher, remembered for her role as Nurse Ratched in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, landed a role in ABC’s Private Practice, per TV Guide. Fletcher will play Pete’s mother and will first appear in this season’s ninth episode. Fletcher also recently appeared in NBC’s Heroes.

Casting Call: The new network, Mnet has a VJ/Host position available for a new program about today’s Asian and American pop music. Mnet is looking for an Asian American male or female in their early to mid-20’s. The candidate must be witty, dynamic and creative and must be able to write, think quickly on their feet and conduct interviews at a moment’s notice. A person with a broad knowledge of music would be ideal. Candidates who possess a lot of enthusiasm, charisma and charm on camera should apply. Send an email to: [email protected] and include a photo, brief bio/resume, any links to on-camera work and a brief paragraph describing why you would be the perfect host.

Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: CBS was rock solid in first place Wednesday night with a 3.3/9 among A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, CBS’ Survivor topped the pack with a 3.8/11 followed by FOX’s Hell’s Kitchen at 2.8/8 and then in third was ABC with its sitcoms The Middle and Better With You averaging a 2.3/7. ABC won at 9p with an average of 4.0/11 for its comedies Modern Family and Cougar Town and CBS’ Criminal Minds was #2 at 3.5/10 and a second Hell’s Kitchen on FOX was close in third at 3.4/9. CBS was #1 through 10p with The Defenders at 2.5/7 and NBC’s Law & Order: LA was second at 1.9/6 and ABC’s 20/20 Special Edition was third at 1.7/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, October 13, 2010  time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 7.3/12     Survivor: Nicaragua 6.9/11, Criminal Minds 8.7/14, The Defenders 6.3/11

NBC: 4.8/8      Undercovers 3.9/7, Law & Order: SVU 5.4/9, Law & Order: Los Angeles 5.0/9

ABC: 4.7/8        The Middle 4.8/8, Better With You 4.0/7, Modern Family 6.7/11, Cougar Town 4.4/7, 20/20 Special Edition 4.1/7

FOX: 3.8/6        Hell’s Kitchen 3.6/6, Hell’s Kitchen 4.1/7

UNIV: 2.0/3      Chile: Rescue Esperz [from 7p] 2.0/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.5/3

CW: 1.6/3         America’s Next Top Model 1.9/3, Hellcats 1.3/2

ION: 0.8/1        Without a Trace 0.9/1, Without a Trace 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2

TELE: 0.7/1      Milagro en La Mina X 0.9/2, Milagro en La Mina XI 0.8/1, Alguien Te Mira 0.5/1

TF: 0.4/1          Cine de Las Estrellas [r] 0.4/1, India 0.4/1

A18-49: CBS 3.3/9, FOX 3.1/9, ABC 2.7/8, NBC 1.9/5, UNIV 1.6/5, CW 1.2/3, TELE 0.5/1, TF 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1

Ajay Chacko was named President of AETN18 MEDIA PVT. LTD, the new joint venture between AETN and Network18. Ajay will head the daily operations, strategic and financial management of the joint venture and its various channels and services while based in Mumbai. In the near future, AETN18 will launch HISTORY, BIO, Crime & Investigation Network and other AETN entertainment channels in the Indian market.

Screenvision said its acquisition by Shamrock Capital Growth Fund is now complete and the company has also tapped Travis Reid as its new CEO. Travis previously was the CEO at Digital Cinema Implementation Partners (DCIP), the digital integration company owned jointly by AMC Entertainment Inc, Regal Entertainment Group and Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

Former Senior Director/Media Relations at MSNBC, Alana Russo joins The CW as VP/Corporate Communications. Alana will supervise the network’s corporate media relations and communications by engaging with trade and business press to deliver news about The CW’s executives, marketing goals, digital initiatives, ad sales and ratings. Alana will relocate from New York to be based at The CW’s Burbank offices.

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Friday Fun Fact:   Soccer gave us the term “melee.” It means a “confused mass,” which was what the playing field looked like in Europe in the Middle Ages. Towns competed using teams of up to a hundred players, with the goals a half-mile or so apart.

This day in History:  1951 – “I Love Lucy” premiered on CBS-TV.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  The intricate entrance to this secret spy organization is located at 123 Main Street on the west corner of 34th Street.  What organization is located deep within this address?  CONTROL on GET SMART (opening was a take-off of the U.N.C.L.E. opening)  Kudos to:  Patty Youngross/Atlanta; Rob Deason-Halogen TV/Charlotte; Mary Cregan/Atlanta; Monica Caraffa-RDR Promotions/Media; Kitty DeLio-KUSA/Denver; Keith Paxton-KDFW KDFI /Dallas; Gary Bradley-Liquidus/Chicago; Bill Goodfriend-Charter Media/St. Louis; Tom McCluskey-551 Prods/LA; Lee Toft-DuBose Entertainment/Hollywood; Adam Zuvich-Minute to Win It/Studio City; Renee Rochman-As Seen Everywhere/Santa Barbara; Arthur Reinstein-CanWest Broadcasting/Toronto; Sheldon Wiebe-EclipseMagazine.com/Calgary

Today’s Trivia Question:  What sitcom family had a doorbell that rang like the bells of BIG BEN? (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
10.15.10

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010

ABC:    No Ordinary Family [r], 20/20, 20/20
AZTECA:  Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS:   Medium, CSI: NY, Blue Bloods
CW:    Smallville, Supernatural
FOX:   House [r], The Good Guys
ION:   Without a Trace, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds
NBC:  School Pride [p ], Dateline NBC, Outlaw
PBS:  Washington Week, Need to Know, Masterpiece Mystery!
TELE: El Clon, El Fantasma de Elena, Alguien Te Mira
UNIV: Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe, Soy Tu Duena, Rosa de Guadalupe

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