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09/12/08

Good morning. It’s Friday, September 12, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing.
 
Tonight’s Premieres:
FOX: Don’t Forget the Lyrics! at 9p
History: Gangland at 9p

Tonight’s Finales:
USA Network: Monk at 9p; Psych at 10p

Saturday’s Finale:
BBC America: Primeval at 9p

NBC locked in a dozen or more advertisers so far who have ponied up $3 million per 30-second ad for Super Bowl XLIII from Tampa. Additionally, NBC has sold more than 80% of available ad inventory. In comparison, FOX got $2.7 million per spot for the 2008 Super Bowl. Advertisers for this next Super Bowl will include automotive, movie studios and beverage companies, as usual.

Comedy Central’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart released audience numbers from its coverage of the Democratic National and Republican National Conventions. The Daily Show averaged 1.7 million total viewers and 1.1 million A18-49 viewers over the two weeks of coverage (Tuesday-Friday each week). Specifically, the Daily Show averaged 1.5 million total viewers and 1.0 million A18-49 viewers during the DNC, then up for the RNC with an average of 1.8 million total viewers and 1.1 million A18-49 viewers.

TV One is adding the 1990s sitcom Living Single to its primetime lineup and kicking things off with Living Single: The Reunion Show airing September 22 at 7p. The special will reunite cast members as they join together to reminisce about the show. Following this the network will air a week-long marathon of Living Single episodes from September 22-26. The show will then be anchored in its regular time slot of weeknights at 830p and 9p starting September 29.

MTV, its college network mtvU and HP are collaborating on a new original, short-form series called Engine Room which will chronicle 16 young digital artists, divided into four teams, at work in a Brooklyn loft developing cutting edge HP computer products. The winning team, from Europe, North America, Latin America or Asia-Pacific, will win $400,000 among other prizes and the right to tout their accomplishments. The series will air in the US on mtvU, internationally on MTV channels and online in nine languages at www.mtvengineroom.com .

G4 will present the two-hour pilot of Lost this Sunday at 9p followed by the entire series airing weeknights under the banner Lost in 2.0 beginning next Monday at 9p.

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In a new reality series, VH1 will help Antonio Sabato Jr. find his true love, reports Variety. The as-yet-named series from Ish Entertainment will follow Antonio as he searches for Ms. Right. This project is part of Ish’s first-look agreement with MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo and will be shot in a docu-soap style featuring narration from Antonio. Production will start later this year.

Based on the success of The Real Housewives of Orange County and its various spinoffs, Bravo is developing a new docu-soap version using 18-25 year olds from Orange County, per THR. Casting has started for the series with production slated for this fall.

D S Simon Productions is teaming with Lauren Fix, aka “The Car Coach” to produce a new automotive lifestyle show for Lifetime Television called Female Driven. The show will also be pitched to local and national stations around the country. Female Driven will cover major new car shows and automotive issues from a female perspective.

Discovery Channel announced it will debut its new series Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod one week later than originally planned, now airing on October 14 at 10p.

As reported just a month ago, and it’s now official, Jeff Foxworthy will be the host of the syndicated version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader from Mark Burnett Productions and Zoo Prods, and distributed by Twentieth Television.  The daytime strip is scheduled to launch in Fall 2009.

Casting Call: Casting directors from Bunim/Murray Productions are looking for seven new participants for the 22nd season of MTV’s The Real World.  Auditions will be held in the next several weeks in Boston, Dallas, Fort Collins, Ann Arbor, Charlotte and Tampa. Applicants who are 18-24 years old must bring a recent photo (which will not be returned), as well as a photo ID.  All applicants must have a great personality and for this new season, casting directors are looking for participants with leadership experience (such as camp counselor, job manager, student government), musical talent, experienced travelers who speak Spanish, athletes (especially water sports) and those with lifesaving skills (lifeguard, EMT). These extra skills are considered a bonus and not necessary to apply. Those interested in applying online can visit www.bunim-murray.com for complete details. 

CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  The spirit of online openness continues. Yahoo announced plans to open up its online music site to feature information about songs and artists from competing services such as Apple’s iTunes or Amazon’s MP3 store, reports Reuters. The step will be the beginning of a decentralization strategy throughout the Yahoo network to allow outside content flow more freely into the portal. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL.

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: With the feature film adaptation of Sid and Marty Krofft’s Land of the Lost not set for release until June 5, 2009, Universal has gone ahead and inked a deal for a movie based on another of the Krofft’s kid’s series, Sigmund the Sea Monster, per Variety.  With a script by Dana Gould (writer/producer The Simpsons), the Sigmund the Sea Monster movie will be produced by the brother’s Krofft with Jimmy Miller and his production company Mosaic.  Universal and Mosaic are also behind the Land of the Lost movie starring Will Ferrell.  Another of the Krofft’s series, H.R. Puf’n’stuf, is in the works at Sony, according to the report. … On a very weird beach around Dead Man’s Point, where there are haunted sea caves they say and strange sea monsters have been sighted there. If you’re traveling in the area Beware! Beware, Beware! Beware! Full edition: CYN KIDS.

CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  In Asia, ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) is forking $975 million for a 10-year commercial rights contract with Champions League Twenty20, a high-speed, short (only 3 hours!), annual cricket series event which starts off in December with 8 teams from Australia, India, Pakistan, South Africa and the U.K.  ESS’s media and marketing bid was well over the $751 million bid from DIC. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL.

Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis:  FOX and NBC both claimed #1 Wednesday night at 2.6/7 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX’s Bones won at 8p with 3.0/9 then at 9p the second half of NBC’s America’s Got Talent did best at 3.2/8 over the premiere of FOX’s sitcoms, the returning ‘Til Death at 2.3/6 and the new Do Not Disturb at 1.9/5. During 10p, NBC won again with the Law & Order: Criminal Intent encore at 2.1/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

NBC: 6.5/11        America’s Got Talent 7.3/12, Law & Order: CI [r] 4.9/8        

CBS: 4.7/8           Greatest American Dog [f] 3.5/6, Criminal Minds [r] 5.7/9, CSI: NY [r] 5.1/9

FOX: 4.6/8           Bones 5.8/10, ‘Til Death [p] 3.8/6, Do Not Disturb [p] 3.1/5

ABC: 3.0/5          Wife Swap [r] 2.3/4, SuperNanny [r] 2.3/4, 20/20 Special Edition 4.3/7

UNIV: 2.4/4         Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.6/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.4/4, Don Francisco Presenta 2.0/4

CW: 2.1/3           America’s Next Top Model 2.6/4, 90210 [r] 1.5/2

TELE: 1.0/2         Junto al Tri 0.4/1, Rumbo Pre-Game 0.5/1, Rumbo al Mundial: Mexico vs. Canada 1.2/2

MNT: 0.7/1          Twilight Zone 0.8/1, Twilight Zone 2 0.8/1, Whacked Out Videos [r] 0.6/1, Whacked Out Videos 2 [r] 0.6/1

A18-49: FOX 2.6/7, NBC 2.6/7, UNIV 1.9/5, CBS 1.7/5, CW 1.6/4, ABC 1.5/4, TELE 1.0/3, MNT 0.4/1

Global News Enterprises, the online international news organization that will launch in January has hired more for its executive and editorial teams joining previously announced Barbara E. Martinez as Managing Editor for the Web:

• Thomas Mucha will be Managing Editor to supervise correspondents, multimedia and be involved with planning, special features and reporting projects. Thomas will also contribute a weekly column focused on international business.
• Andrew Meldrum was tapped as Senior Editor/Regional Editor for Africa to cover news emanating from this continent and offering his own analysis.
• Amy Jeffries was recruited as the organization’s Webmaster to manage the daily technical areas of the website and the insertion of multimedia content.
• James Wooster was named Business Manger to oversee the organization’s financial, budget and IT areas.

Reginald Hudlin, entertainment head at BET these last three years, is leaving the network to return to his “entrepreneurial roots” as an independent producer. Stepping up as interim Entertainment President will be Stephen Hill, head of music programming and talent. Under Hudlin’s guidance, such reality shows as Lil’ Kim: Countdown to Lockdown, Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is, and most recently premiering this week – a scripted sitcom called Somebodies, were all produced.

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Friday Fun Fact:  Fleas can jump 130 times higher than their own height. In human terms this is equal to a 6 foot person jumping 780 feet into the air!

This day in History:  1910 – The world’s first woman police officer, Alice Stebbins Wells, was appointed to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  What company’s popular ad campaign featured the tagline “Don’t forget your hat”?  TRAVELOCITY (spoken by the Roaming Gnome) Kudos to:Bob Von Kohorn-INVISION, Inc./NY; Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing/NY; Eric Adler-Eric Adler Research/Clearwater, FL; Michael Loughran-Disney Destinations, LLC/FL; Liz Jones-SpotPlus/Dallas; Dan Birman-Daniel H. Birman Productions, Inc./Glendale, CA; Nanette Anderson-CTIA/San Francisco; Paul Blutter-General American Group, Inc./Northridge, CA; Allyson Jaron-ABC TV/CA

Today’s Trivia Question: What Indianapolis weatherman of the 1970’s once forecast hail “the size of canned hams”? (Email
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
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  Friday, September 12, 2008

ABC: 2008 ALMA Awards, 20/20
AZTECA: Camino a la Fama, Viernes Espectacular: Misery
CBS: Ghost Whisperer [r], Ghost Whisperer [r], Numb3rs [r]
CW: Friday Night Smackdown!
FOX: Are You Smarter Than a 5^th Grader?, Don’t Forget the Lyrics! [p ]
ION: The 10th Kingdom, Movie: Fatal Error
MNT: The Academy [r], Paradise Hotel [r]
NBC: America’s Toughest Jobs [r], Dateline
PBS: Washington Week, Now on PBS, Bill Moyers’ Journal, Pennsylvania Diners and Other Roadside Restaurants [r]
TELE: El Juramento, Dona Barbara, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso
UNIV: Al Diablo con los Guapos, Fuego on la Sangre, La Rosa de Guadalupe

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