Cynopsis: Kids!

10/16/09

Good morning. It’s Friday, October 16, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. 

The Gotham Group partners with Italy-based Atlantyca Entertainment to produce a movie adaptation of author Pierdomenico Baccalario’s young adult Century action/adventure book series.  Published by Italy’s Edizioni Piemme, the book was recently released in the US by Random House.  Century follows the adventures of four teens and their families as they search for four ancient objects of power each connected to one of the four elements.  Baccalario is currently editor-in-chief at Atlantyca Entertainment, overseeing the development of the Code Lyoko book series. His other kid’s books include Ulysses Moore (Scholastic) and Candy Circle.  Atlantyca represents the foreign rights to a number of Edizioni Piemme’s properties.

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NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

CBBC commissions new kid-targeted reality and factual series about different cultures and environments around the world and also focus on teamwork:

• Hai! Karate – Journey to Japan (10 episodes) – the reality series follows five UK kids, each with a parent, as they travel to Japan for an intensive three-week karate training course with the hope of qualifying to participate in the World Karate Championships in Okinawa.  Each kid also has a goal of improving their relationship with their respective parent.  In addition to karate, during their time in Japan the kids will also be educated in Japanese culture and traditions.  Slated to debut on CBBC in 2010.
• Natural Born Hunters (13 episodes) – hosted by wildlife presenter Steve Backshall and CBBC’s barney Harwood, the series explores the animal kingdom’s greatest and dangerous predators and how they survive day to day.  The series features footage from the BBC’s Natural History Unit.  The series is set to bow in spring 2010.
• Serious Explorers: Livingstone (11 episodes) – The Serious adventure series returns in spring 2010 with this new expedition to East Africa’s Tanzania.  The series features 8 kids as they retrace the steps of explorer David Livingstone in a month-long expedition.
• Safari 8 (13 episodes) – eight kids, four from the UK and four from South Africa, team up to train for a month to become game rangers in South Africa’s Kruger Game Reserve.  Set to premiere in January 2010, the kids will learn to work as a team and develop a range of skills.
• Barney’s South America (26 episodes) – This time around Barney Harwood and Gemma Hunt use their humorous approach to investigate the various wildlife living in South America.  A joint production with CBBC and NHU, the series will premiere in spring 2010.

MORE KIDS STUFF

Nickelodeon officially joins Corus Entertainment‘s collection of kid-targeted services in Canada on Monday, November 2 6a and online at www.nickcanada.com.  The schedule will kick off with the exclusive Canadian premiere of the animated series Fanboy and Chum Chum, featuring the voices of Josh Duhamel and Jaime Kennedy, at 7p.  The series will air regularly on the new Canadian stand-alone network on Mondays at 7p and Saturday and Sundays at 12p and 6p.  January will see the launch of Nick’s new mixed live-action/CGI animated series, The Troop.  The weekday line-up includes specific blocks such as Nick Jr. programming from 8:30a-3p, live-action programming 3:30p-6p, and animated series 6p-9p.  Canadian programming exclusive to the network will include Max & Ruby, My Friend Rabbit, Grossology, Willa’s Wild Life, Jibber Jabber, Will & Dewitt, Kid vs. Kat and League of Super Evil.

Disney Channel goes behind the scenes of a new Disney animated movie and will launch a new short-form series.

• The network will televise a What’s What? edition of its Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie on Saturday, October 24 at 8p.  The movie will feature pop-up anecdotes, facts and trivia during the play.  Additionally, during the telecast the network will feature five exclusive behind the scenes interstitials of Disney’s upcoming animated movie, The Princess and the Frog.
• Disney Channel will debut its new short-form program The Time I … (20+ x 1-2 minute eps) on Sunday, November 8 at 7:55p.  Designed with the aim of encouraging kids to learn about and try new things, the interstitial stories feature everyday kids/tweens from around the US telling viewers about themselves and their accomplishments.

ABC Family and Build-A-Bear Workshop partner for the network’s new animated special Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure, which features the retailer’s plush products.  Based on a Build-A-Bear book and series of webisodes that introduced Holly and Hal Moose, the one-hour holiday special is set to premiere on Tuesday, November 24 at 7p.  Yes, fans can make their own Holly and Hall stuffed animal pals, including outfits and accessories from the special, as well as its new Lil’ Hal plush.  The DVD of Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure will be available from November 25.  Support for the special includes, buildabearville.com ( www.buildabearville.com ) will feature interviews with Holly and Hal Moose on The Chloe Show, new webisodes and virtual giveaways, as well as outreach via Facebook and Twitter, a blog by Holly, and a Holly and Hal microsite among other things.

Cartoon Network launches its first HD channel in Asia Pacific, beginning in Japan on SKYPerfect TV.  Series enhanced for HD viewing in Asia Pacific include Ben 10 Alien Force, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Batman: The Brave and the Bold.  Additionally, Cartoon Network’s new TV movie Ben 10 Alien Swarm, set to premiere worldwide in November, will be the network’s first HD movie to air in the Asia Pacific region.  Blu-ray version of the movie will be released in early 2010.

MARKETING/LICENSING

Sharpen your fangs folks!  Summit Entertainment, Shop Shop Records and Atlantic Records officially release The Twilight Saga: New Moon – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack today.  Digital tracks from the album debuted online last weekend, and MySpace Music began offering a first listen of the album on Wednesday.  The complete soundtrack will be streamed in its entirety through the end of today.  Additionally, Summit has teamed with movie ticketing sites, Fandango ( www.fandango.com ) and MovieTickets.com ( www.movietickets.com ), to offer consumers that purchase advance tickets by December 7, 2009 for The Twilight Saga: New Moon a free, exclusive remix of the track Satellite Heart by Anya Marina, available for download only via the iTunes Store.  Fans will get an email (for each ticket purchased) with a free download code for the song.  Ah, already bought your tickets via one of these sites?  You’ll get the email and redeemable iTunes code too.  The movie opens nationwide on November 20.

Warner Home Video (WHV) enters into a multi-year, exclusive distribution deal with Sesame Workshop that begins in January 2010.  Under the new home entertainment deal, WHV will distribute multiple Sesame Street titles, from the Sesame Street library as well as new content, Electronic Sell-Through (EST) and Transactional VOD in the US and Canada.

4Kids Entertainment is appointed worldwide licensing agent for Quints, a line of five two-inch dolls initially introduced in the 1990s.  4Kids plans to re-launch the brand and will be looking for a global mater toy licensee to produce a new version of the Quints doll line as well as licensees in various categories.  The Quints doll line was originally produced and distributed by Tyco Toys (acquired by Mattel in the late 1990s).  4Kids is working on the re-launch with Merry Loomis, who worked with her late father, toy exec Bernard Loomis, to create the first line.  Additionally, Loomis has re-teamed with the Quints creators Chris Ericson and Vinny Baiera.

RATINGS

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, October 15, 2009, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:          K2-11 1033; K6-11 411; TWEENS 9-14 294
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11   902; K6-11 572; TWEENS 9-14 454
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   541; K6-11 321; TWEENS 9-14 243
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   109; K6-11   82; TWEENS 9-14   62
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Friday Fun Fact: A can of SPAM is opened every 4 seconds somewhere in the world.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Who went to sleep every night clutching a flower – and as a bonus, what kind of flower was it? LILY MUNSTER HOLDING A CALLA LILY  Kudos to: Alan Dorfman-Basic Fun/Southampton PA; Estrella Diaz-Turner/NY; Julie Stowell-Tribune Media Services/Queensbury; Barry Solomon-Retailability Inc./NY; Richard Quan-Imaginary Time/San Francisco; Shane Petroni-Cartoon Network Australia & New Zealand/Sydney

Today’s Trivia Question: Who is Scrooge McDuck’s personal pilot and dimwitted friend?   (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 — Gwen
 Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
10.16.09

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