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10/19/07

Good Morning.  It’s Friday, October 19, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. 

CBS has given full season orders to freshman show The Big Bang Theory and veteran series The Unit.  The Big Bang Theory airs as part of the Monday night laughfest, and thus far has earned a 3.6 A8-49 following How I Met Your Mother at 830p.  The Unit is averaging a 3.1 in the same demo so far this season on Tuesdays at 9p coming out of NCIS.   Over on ABC, Private Practice has also rec’d the nod for a full season, averaging a 4.7 A18-49 rating season-to-date.

Tonight’s Premieres:
FOX:  The Next Great American Band at 8p
DIY: Celebrity Rides: Burt Builds a Bandit at 10p

CMT has ordered 6 episodes of Gone Country, scheduled to debut in January.  Rather than depending on amateur performances, this show takes 7 established performers from a variety of entertainment and music, and see if they can become the next big country superstar.  Production is currently underway in Nashville.  Agreeing to participate are Bobby Brown, Carnie Wilson, Dee Snider, Diana DeGarmo, Julio Iglesias Jr, Maureen McCormick and Sisqo.  The project is from by Renegade 83 Productions.

Treasure HD will launch two new original series –

• Classic Racers – given a 6 episode order, follows passionate classic car racers and it will debut on November 20th. 
• I’ll Try Anything Once, a 13-part adventure series in which author and cultural critic Touré agrees to try anything once, both mentally and physicially challenger and often dangers.  This series is set to debut in February.

1800 jobs will be cut at the BBC, along with a handful of its original series.  The company says that the jobs will be eliminated according to its Delivering Creative Futures, a new six-year strategic plan to “re-prioritize resources.”  About 10% of those cuts will come from the BBC Kids side, so reports MediaGuardian.co.uk. Following the cuts, and the investment in My BBC Now broadband service, BBC will BBC reorganizes its digital staff and that is expected to create approx 900 new jobs. According to the BBC Trust, which approved the new multi-year plan, the Delivering Creative Futures initiative is comprised of three primary concepts: more focus on quality; a digital step change (providing content from iPlayer to My BBC Radio); and a smaller BBC.

Joey Bishop, the last of the Rat Pack, died at the age of 89.  Frank Sinatra referred to Bishop as the “hub of the big wheel”, and the only comedian in the group. The Rat Pack appeared in two movies as a group – Ocean’s Eleven and Sergeants 3, and played Las Vegas for years as well as toured on occasion.  Bishop also appeared in two television series in the 1960’s – both with the same name, The Joey Bishop Show. The first was sitcom where he played a TV talk show host, and in the second he really was a TV talk show host, airing opposite Johnny Carson on ABC, with his sidekick Regis Philbin.

And actress Deborah Kerr (The King and I, From Here to Eternity, An Affair to Remember) passed away at the age of 86, after suffering many years with Parkinson’s Disease.  Kerr had been nominated a half dozen times for an Oscar for Best Actress – including King and I and From Here to Eternity, but never won.  However in 1994 the Academy gave her an honorary Oscar for her distinguished career. She also appeared several times on Broadway, the first in 1953 in Tea and Sympathy.

Showtime‘s new Steven Spielberg comedy pilot, The United States of Tara, has signed Toni Collette to star as Tara Gregor.  Her character is a wife and mother to two teenagers, and all seems well until you look a little closer and learn she has some sort of disassociative identity disorder – in other words, she’s got multiple personalities – she’s a Sybil!

Valerie Bertinelli has signed a “celebrity content buddy” deal with CBS Television Distribution and the Rachael Ray show where she produce a series of segment that air on the show, as well as visit Rachael on set from time to time, reports THR.  Her first segment is called the girl’s guide to the gridiron, and takes Bertinelli down to New Orleans and Monday Night Football. The segment will air on Tuesday, October 23.

A&E has picked up a new unscripted project called L.A. Gang Unit where cameras follow the members of the Gang Task Force, who work primarily in South Central LA. The project will be produced by 44 Blue Prods, reports THR.

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Tanya Rivero named Anchor and Correspondent for ABC News’ digital network, ABC News Now, based in New York. In addition to this role, Tanya will host News Now programs including Top Priority, Money Matters, and What’s The Buzz.

John Stewart has signed on for an additional two years with Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, taking him thru December 31, 2010.  In addition to hosting The Daily Show, Stewart also serves as an executive producer and writer and is the principal behind Busboy Productions, Inc. with whom the network has a first look television agreement. 

TVNewsday has brought in Sheri Bolkcom as Manager/Classified Sales.  A former news producer at WRTV Indianapolis, KCRA Sacramento and KOLO Reno, Nev., Bolkcom has also run her own business representing The Pampered Chef.

Dan Patrick joined Sports Illustrated as a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and SI.com, starting in January. Additionally, Patrick signed a deal with his content distribution company The Content Factory, for SI’s Digital Group to host and produce the DANPATRICK.com website.   And look for SI writers to make regular appearances on The Dan Patrick Show, with Peter King, Tom Verducci and Rick Reilly all joining the week of October 22nd.      

Discovery Networks’ TLC has set up shop in LA and has announced the first 12 hires for the programming department:

Brent Zacky – VP, Programming, TLC

Tracey Lentz – Executive Director, Programming, TLC

Christy Dees – Executive Director, Programming, TLC

Angela Molloy – Director Programming, TLC

Eric Black – Director Programming, TLC

Stephanie Bianco – Director Programming, TLC

Mariana Manela – Director Programming, TLC

Holly Hines – Manager, Programming, TLC

Chris Ceccarelli – Manager Programming, TLC

Jennifer McGovern – Manager Programming, TLC

John Hein – Coordinator Programming, TLC

Brian Robles – Coordinator Programming, TLC

Today in Cynopsis Kids

• AOL says KOL and RED will live on
• BBC cuts jobs, will impact kids programming
• Corbin Bleu stars in Metal Birding

Today in Cynopsis International

• Radio One, Inc. selling Miami’s WTPS-AM to Salem Communications Corp
• Animal Planet’s Animal Cops to be produced for first time outside of U.S.
• The Nielsen Company’s Consumer Insight looks into African Americans’ TV viewing habits and shopping preferences

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• Google’s profits soar again but mainland Chinese can’t get their YouTube fix
• TBS offering exclusive mobisodes of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne on V Cast
• Major media and technology players band together to encourage users to play fair

Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis: ABC won the night on Wednesday with a 3.7/10 A18-49 according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research.  ABC’s Pushing Daisies led at 8p with a 3.7/10, just a share point ahead of Deal or No Deal on NBC.  At 9p Private Practice continued the lead for ABC with a 4.3/11, just a hair ahead of Criminal Minds’ 4.0/10.  And finally at 10p CBS jumped in front with CSI: NY posting a 4.1/11, while both ABC and NBC averaged an 8 share.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 – National Final ratings.  Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 7.7/12     Kid Nation 5.6/7, Criminal Minds 9.5/15, CSI: NY  9.0/15

ABC: 7.0/11     Pushing Daisies 6.6/11, Private Practice 8.1/12, Dirty Sexy Money  6.2/11

NBC: 6.1/10     Deal or No Deal 7.8/13, Bionic Woman 5.5/9, Life  5.0/8

FOX: 4.4/7      Back to You 4.6/8, ’til Death 4.5/7, Kitchen Nightmares 4.4/7

CW: 2.5/4       America’s Next Top Model 3.3/5, Gossip Girl 1.7/3

UNIV: 2.0/3     Amar sin Limites 1.5/2, Destilando Amor 2.7/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.8/3

TELE: 0.7/1     Cine Especial 0.5/1, Junto Al Tri 0.7/1, Rumbo Pregame 0.8/1

MNT: 0.6/1      Decision House 0.6/1, Meet My Folks [r] 0.6/1

A18-49: ABC 3.7/10, CBS 3.5/9, NBC 3.1/8, FOX 2.8/8, CW 1.8/5, UNIV 1.3/4, TELE 0.5/2 MNT 0.3/1

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Friday Fun Fact: WD-40 stands for Water Displacement, 40th attempt. The name of the product was coined by chemist, Norm Larsen, while attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion by displacing water.

This Day in History:  2003 – Magician David Blaine emerged from a clear plastic box suspended by a crane over the banks of the Thames River in London. He entered the box on September 5 and survived only on water for 44 days.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What was the name of the student that aspired to be the first female “sweathog” on Welcome Back, Kotter in its third season? ANGIE (GLOBAGOSKI) Kudos to:  Noelle Scarpulla-Cartoon Network-Adult Swim/NY; Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing/NY; Robin Serr-WFXL/Albany, GA; Mark Altabe-Citibank NA/NY; Murad Kirdar-NBC & Telemundo/Dallas; Eric Litt-WGN/Chicago; Roz Seibold-Tucson Hearing Clinics/Tucson; Steve Howard-Audience Warm-up Comic/Burbank; Alan Perris-The Television Academy/North Hollywood
 
Today’s Trivia Question: On the TV series, Grace Under Fire, starring Brett Butler, Grace worked with a bunch of men at what type of plant?   (
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – Friday, October 19, 2007

ABC: 20/20, Women’s Murder Club, Men In Trees
CBS: Ghost Whisperer, Moonlight, Numbers
CW: Friday Night Smackdown!
FOX: The Next Great American Band [p ]
ION: Movie: The Man from Left Field [7p], Movie: Blind Faith [9p]
MNT: Movie: The Inner Circle
NBC: Deal or No Deal, Friday Night Lights, Las Vegas
PBS: Washington Week, Now, Bill Moyer’s Journal, Expose: America’s Investigative Reports, Antiques Roadshow [r]
TELE: Madre Luna, La Esclava Isaura, Pecados Ajenos
UNIV: Amar sin Limites, Destilando Amor, La Familia P.Luche

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