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Cynopsis
10.26.12

Good morning. It’s Friday, October 26, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Today’s/Tonight’s Premieres:
Here TV: Because of an Earlier Incident
HGTV: The White Room Challenge at 1p
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares at 8p
Mnet: Angry Little Asian Girl at 8p
Discovery Channel: Gold Rush: Do or Die at 9p; Jungle Gold at 10p
TLC: Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids at 9p
Food Network: Health Inspectors at 1030p

Saturday’s Premieres:
Food Network: Giada at Home at 1130a
BIO Channel: The Haunting Of at 10p
BBC America: The Graham Norton Show at 11p

Sunday’s Premieres:
MTV2: The Dub Magazine Project at 1p
E!: Ice Loves Coco at 1030p

Sunday’s Finales:
Food Network: Halloween Wars at 9p
Travel Channel: Making Monsters at 9p
E!: Married to Jonas at 10p

NBC ordered five extra scripts of the new rookie drama Chicago Fire from executive producer Dick Wolf.  The drama, about the men and women of the Chicago Fire Department starring Taylor Kinney and Jesse Spencer, in its most recent airing gained a +20% increase among A18-49 by delivering a 1.8/5.

MSNBC has a new series, Maximum Drama slated to premiere November 11 at 9p that takes an exclusive in-depth look at recent major news stories. The opening episode chronicles a story from 2011, Shoot to Kill: The Ohio Animal Massacre.  Airing on Sundays, the series is hosted by NBC News’ National Investigative Correspondent Jeff Rossen and is produced by MSNBC Films. 

The annual holiday-themed programming event, 25 Days of Christmas is ready to jingle on ABC Family starting December 1 through the 25th.  Viewers can watch original movies, holiday specials and returning favorites.  New to this year, is the world premiere of the original holiday musical, The Mistle-Tones starring Tia Mowry and Tori Spelling on December 8 at 8p.  Holiday movies include Fred Claus starring Vince Vaughn airing on December 4 at 10p and the basic cable premiere broadcasts of Disney’s A Christmas Carol December 6 at 8p and Despicable Me on December 8 at 8p among other movie titles.  Holiday classics such as Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town and Frosty’s Winter Wonderful among many others are also included in the line-up.  A full detailing of ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas can be found at their website at: http://abcfamily.com/25days and will be included in our Cynopsis Holiday Programming Guide coming out November 27 and sent to all subscribers.  If your network has holiday programming airing in December, please note our submissions call below.

More extreme savings ensues on TLC when the network brings back a fourth season of Extreme Couponing beginning November 13 with two back-to-back episodes at 10p and 1030p.  The series featuring passionate coupon-a-holics is produced by Sharp Entertainment.

Programming Note: On November 11 at 10p, SCIENCE Channel reunites Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion and the crew of the Serenity in Firefly: Browncoats Unite to offer a complete oral history of the franchise in a one-hour program.  Others joining in the reunion include Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Adam Baldwin, Morena Baccarin, Alan Tudyk, Gina Torres and Jewel Staite along with executive producer Tim Minear and executive story editor Jose Molina.  Prior to this primetime program, SCIENCE will air an all-day marathon of the Firefly series also on November 11 starting at 7a.

Veteran television executive Bob George died October 23 at his home in Valley Village, CA.  Mr. George began his television career in the mailroom of KPIX-TV San Francisco and later held roles at KGO-TV San Francisco, KING-TV Seattle and WBZ-TV Boston.  One of Mr. George’s key groundbreaking decisions was to hire women as anchors for local news.  Later in his career, Mr. George was welcomed back at KPIX where he eventually was promoted to Station Manager.  He also worked in national syndication with positions at PM Magazine and MTM Productions.  Mr. George is survived by his wife, Ann; his son, Rob; daughter-in-law, Amy; a granddaughter, Erika and a brother, Jim.  Instead of sending flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Best Friends Animal Society at: http://www.bestfriends.org.

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).

Cynopsis Most Intriguing People Awards nomination deadline is just around the corner on November 1:  SUBMIT NOW!

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Lots of development news from USA Network, as the network ordered Partners In Crime to series, All In to pilot and the project The Cowboy Way (wt) is moving into development.  Partners In Crime is a docu-soap featuring criminal defense attorney, Mario Gallucci and his partner, Big Lou Gelormino who are partners in the courtroom as well as best friends.  Peacock Productions is producing for a 2013 premiere.  All In is about Brandon Lang, a successful betting handicapper and in the pilot episode, Lang will knock on the door of an unsuspecting American family with a suitcase full of cash and use his handicapping expertise and his luck to place a series of high stakes bets with the family.   Studio Lambert is producing with Brian Graden and Lois Curren as executive producers.  The Cowboy Way is a docu-series following the lives of men and women who work on a Texas cattle ranch.  Raw TV is producing.  In addition, Bride or Best Man from Shed Media begins production next month on a pilot. 

Yesterday, Spike TV picked up a new reality series where teams will attempt to prove the existence of Big Foot.  The series, 10 Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty will reward the first team to secure proof of the legendary Sasquatch $10 million in cash underwritten by Lloyd’s of London.  If the award is actually granted, it will become the largest cash prize in TV history.  Spike ordered 10 one-hour episodes produced by Charlie Corwin’s Original Media with Corwin, Michael Riley and Jon Kroll serving as EPs.

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is teaming with production company FremantleMedia Enterprises to co-develop television and digital video projects highlighting “contemporary lifestyle personalities.” The first-look and development deal has the companies seeking a new generation of lifestyle talent who will star in programming to be produced by MSLO.  FME will support the proposed programming with its worldwide television, licensing and home entertainment divisions. 

Eva Longoria inked a first-look development agreement with Universal Television that includes a non-writing, executive producer portion with her production company, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment.  The plan, according to Longoria is to “find and develop unique scripted and non-scripted shows that excite television audiences.”

Joss Whedon’s pilot for ABC titled S.H.I.E.D. cast Ming-Na to play Agent Melinda May, an ace flier and weapons expert. 

Former Cheers stars, Rhea Perlman and Kirstie Alley are reuniting on TV Land’s pilot Giant Baby.  Perlman plays Thelma, Maddie’s (Alley) long-suffering assistant and best friend who encourages her to form a relationship with the son she gave up for adoption.  Giant Baby is written and executive produced by Marco Pennette; Alley also serves as an EP along with Jason Weinberg. 

Bill Daly’s pilot Continuing Fred for ABC Family has cast the lead characters, Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons) as Harry, the father to Mimi Gianopolous’ Winifred “Fred” Harris while Mo Gaffney (Absolutely Fabulous) will play Loretta, Fred’s well-meaning but nosy mom.  The multi-camera comedy was approved to pilot in September and follows slacker-turned-elementary school teacher Fred and her crazy family.  In addition, Mark J. Sullivan will play Fred’s brother Ben; Angelique Cabral will play Ben’s wife, Jennifer; and Asif Ali will play Max, a childhood friend of Ben and Fred’s who is potential love interest for Fred.

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Don’t Forget to Nominate by November 1:
Cynopsis’ Most Intriguing People Awards

The Awards will shine a spotlight on the industry’s most fascinating individuals in the media industry, including TV networks, studios, stations, MSO’s, digital media companies, ad agencies, brand partners and any organization that is involved with TV and online video entertainment. (Submit Online Now)

AWARDS GALA: Spring 2013

Nomination Questions: Jenn Ocampo | Ad/Sponsorship Info: Mike Farina.

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Broadcast Morning News Shows  Weekly Average Ratings (week of October 15, 2012)
ABC: GMA 4.84 million total viewers; 1.7/12 and 2.01 million A25-54
NBC: Today 4.45 million total viewers; 1.5/11 and 1.80 million A25-54
CBS: This Morning 2.52 million total viewers; 0.8/6 and 966,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Broadcast Late Night Shows Weekly Average Ratings (week of October 15, 2012)
ABC Nightline: 4.04 million total viewers; 1.2/1.48 million A25-54; 0.9/1.12 million A18-49
CBS Late Show: 2.95 million total viewers; 1.0/1.18 million A25-54; 0.7/889,000 A18-49
NBC Tonight Show: 2.84 million total viewers; 0.9/1.07 million A25-54; 0.7/855,000 A18-49
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD

Wednesday A18-49 Analysis:  FOX rose in the ratings to win Wednesday at 3.6/10 among A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. Game 1 of the World Series on FOX was #1 at 8p with a 3.2/11 and CBS’ Survivor: Philippines took a second seat at 2.8/8 followed by the average of ABC’s sitcoms The Middle and The Neighbors at 2.3/7.  FOX’s World Series Game 1 ratings increased during 9p to a 3.9/11 and ABC’s comedies Modern Family and Suburgatory came next at an average of 3.8/10 and CBS’ Criminal Minds was third at 3.1/8.  FOX finished a clean sweep of the night at 10p as the World Series Game 1 delivered a 4.1/11 while CBS’ CSI was #2 at 2.4/6 with ABC’s Nashville in third at 2.0/6 and NBC’s Chicago Fire in fourth at 1.8/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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FOX: 7.6/12        FOX World Series Game 1: Detroit at San Francisco 7.6/12

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CBS: 6.7/11          Survivor: Philippines 6.4/10, Criminal Minds 7.3/11, CSI 6.5/11

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ABC: 5.2/8            The Middle 5.4/9, The Neighbors 4.4/7, Modern Family 7.6/12, Suburgatory 4.7/7, Nashville 4.5/7

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NBC: 3.8/6            Animal Practice 2.5/4, Guys with Kids 2.6/4, Law & Order: SVU 4.6/7, Chicago Fire 4.3/7

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UNIV: 2.3/4           Por Ella Soy Eva 2.2/3, Abismo de Pasion 2.6/4, Amor Bravio 2.1/3

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CW: 1.8/3              Arrow 2.3/4, Supernatural 1.3/2

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TELE: 0.7/1            Rosa Diamante 0.7/1, Corazon Valiente 0.8/1, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal 1.0/2, El Rostro de la Venganza 0.5/1

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

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

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A18-49:  FOX 3.6/10, CBS 2.8/8, ABC 2.7/8, UNIV 1.8/5, NBC 1.7/5, CW 0.9/3, TELE 0.5/1, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.3/1

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The Weather Channel elevated Helen Swenson to SVP/Live Programming where she will now add oversight for the network’s editing, studios and directing activities of media operations to her duties in addition to managing all live programming and setting the editorial agenda for the network.  Helen joined The Weather Channel in 2009. 

Effective November 12, Andrea Stahlman advances to News Director at WLKY/Louisville, the CBS affiliate owned by Hearst Television.  Andrea succeeds Mike Neelly who is taking the News Director position at WLWT/Cincinnati, the NBC affiliate also owned by Hearst.

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Friday Fun Fact: Because the movie Halloween (1978) was made on such a tight budget, the cheapest mask was used for the character Michael Meyers, which turned out to be a William Shatner Star Trek mask. Shatner initially didn’t know the mask was in his likeness, but when he found out years later, he said he was honored.

This day in History: 1949 – President Harry Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: What TV show is considered the first African American family sitcom? Good Times (1974-1979)*. This was not supposed to be a “trick” question by any means; a credible online TV resource lists Good Times as the first African American family sitcom though we have to concede African American families were depicted in comedies before the TV show Good Times debuted on CBS, notably Julia (1968-1971) and Sanford and Son (1972-1977).  Two other TV comedy shows about African American families came after: The Jeffersons (1975-1985) and The Cosby Show (1984-1992).  *Kudos to: Amy DeMauro-Discovery/NYC; Bob Melvin-NBC Sports Group/NYC; Christine Jones-m2 Pictures/Hampton, VA; Yvette Encarnacion-Viacom Media Networks/NYC; Greg Moloznik-GML Media/Scottsdale; Tena Hawkes-University of AZ/Tucson; Adam Zuvich-Shine America/Hollywood; Alexandra Leh-La Cheraqui Media/LA; Leopold Myrie-Omnicom Media Group/Sydney, Australia.

Today’s Trivia Question: With Halloween coming soon… on the comedy series Bewitched what role did Pandora Spocks play in multiple episodes (now this is a trick question!)? (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 —
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10.26.12

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2012

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ABC: Shark Tank, All Access Nashville with Katie Couric, 20/20
CBS: NCIS [r], CSI:NY, Blue Bloods
CW: America’s next Top Model, Nikita
FOX: Kitchen Nightmares [p], Fringe
ION: Cold Case, Cold Case, Cold Case
NBC: Mockingbird Lane, Grimm, Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Need to Know, Frontline
TELE: Junto Al Tri, La Antesala, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal, El Rostro de la Venganza
UNIV: Por Ella Soy Eva; Amor Bravio

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