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Good morning. It’s Friday, September 23, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. And the axe has fallen for the second time, and only five days after the official start of the 2004-05 television season (second, if you count syndicated A Current Affair earlier this week) . The Chris O’Donnell/Adam Goldberg show on Fox called Head Cases has aired just twice, Wednesdays at 9p. The first week it ranked #4 in the time period, posting a 2.4/6 A18-49. This past Wednesday it slipped to a 1.2/3 in the demo, ranking 5th. Opposite Lost, Head Cases lost its way, earning just one-eighth the share of the ABC megahit. Producers of the show were advised of the cancellation late yesterday. Filling the Wed 9p hour for the next two weeks will be repeats of Nanny 911. Following the baseball playoffs and World Series, new eps of Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy will be slotted here as of November 2. Tonight’s Finales: Tonight’s Premieres: Saturday Premieres: Sunday Premieres: * MORE GOOD STUFF *ESPN has sealed a carriage deal for its ESPNU, a new 24/7 college sports network, to DISH Network’s America’s Top 180 programming package. Launched in March 2005, ESPNU will televise 300+ live college sports events this year including a range of football and men/women’s basketball mixed with baseball, softball, volleyball, lacrosse, ice hockey, wrestling etc. Additionally, ESPNU offers replays of ABC Sports, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Regional Television games. The addition of ESPNU to its line-up is part of DISH Network’s increased emphasis on sports programming, says Eric Sahl, SVP/Programming, DISH Network. Buena Vista Television may be considering a new show for the fall syndication market called Wedding in a Week, says Hollywood Reporter. A project from Lighthearted Entertainment, the show focuses on the planning process. An upcoming episode of Sundance Channel‘s new series Iconoclasts (Grey Goose Ent/Conde Nast Media Group) will featuring the pairing once again of Paul Newman and Robert Redford, says Variety. Redford is the founder of the network, and for this series he is also executive producer. This time the pairing of the duo will have a slightly different the dynamic – Redford is the interviewer. Six eps were ordered by Sundance, with other episodes looking long and hard at Samuel L. Jackson, Sumner Redstone and Newman, among others. The series debuts on November 17 – the Newman episode is the last in the series, scheduled for December 22. Merry Christmas. CBS will begin offering podcasts of 60 Minutes interviews – starting Monday. The first podcast will be Lesley Stahl’s interview from Sunday night’s opener, with former American hostage Roy Hallums who was held captive in Iraq for 10 months. Below is an excerpt from yesterday’s edition of Cynopsis: Weekender, written by Louis Chunovic This time the storm clouds on Madison Avenue’s horizon include actual Gulf Coast hurricanes, with their devastating potential to drive up the price of gas and oil, which in turn could mean less consumer spending in the all-important fourth-quarter holiday season. Higher oil prices also will mean higher manufacturing and distribution costs for all manner of advertisers, who then will be tempted to cost marketing and advertising budgets to compensate. Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of Sept 5-11, 2005 ranked by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of Sept 5-11, 2005 ranked by A18-49 Broadcast Daytime Ratings Rankings – Women 18-49, week of Sept 12-18, 2005: * NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *David E. Kelley has re-upped his production deal with 20th for another three year term, the same place he has been re-upping for the past 20 years. Fox has ordered up a script for a 60m drama project from producer Glen Mazzara (The Shield). The project focuses on a female FBI agent who happens upon a political conspiracy. A significant penalty is attached to the project in the event it does not move forward. NBC‘s drama pilot The Black Donnellys from NBC Universal Television, has cast Jonathan Tucker and Olivia Wilde in the two lead roles. Also cast is Kirk Acevedo. CBS has given a put pilot commitment to a sitcom from Warner Bros. TV, about three best friends, who are also all young mothers. According to Variety, the show does not have a title yet, but is sort of a S&x in the City with moms, as each of the three women have very different views about life, love, marriage. The project was developed by Gabrielle Allen, a former co-exec prod on Scrubs. * EXECUTIVE MOVES *James Anderson will join Cartoon Network as VP/Public Relations. James will oversee external and internal communications supporting the domestic Cartoon Network brand, including the flagship television network and its sister services, Adult Swim and Boomerang; and Cartoonnetwork.com. Anderson will be based in Atlanta and report to Shirley Powell, SVP/Corp. Communications for TBS, Inc., while working closely with Jim Samples, executive vice president and general manager of Cartoon Network. * RATINGS *Wednesday — A18-49 Analysis: ABC trounced the competition on Wednesday pulled a whopping 7.5/20 average for the whole of prime among A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. CBS was #2 and averaged a 3.4/9 overall, followed by NBC 3.1/8, Fox 2.0/5, UPN 1.9/5, WB 0.7/2. At 8pm ABC aired a special recap episode of Lost’s first season, which averaged a 5.6/16. CBS, NBC and Fox all averaged a 7 share for the 8p hour, and that includes the Martha Stewart Apprentice show, as well as the premieres of Still Standing and Yes Dear on CBS. At 9p the premiere of Lost delivered a 10.0/24, three times better in share than the #2 show for the hour – a repeat of the 2-hour CSI series finale from last season. NBC’s E-Ring earned a 2.6/6. America’s Next Top Model 2-hour 8-10p premiere earned a 2.3/6 A18-49; however, among the younger W18-34 it earned a 4.7/12, second only to ABC, and giving UPN it’s best Wednesday ever in this demo. At 10p on the strength perhaps of its lead-in, ABC’s Invasion won the hour with a 7.1/18, well ahead of NBC’s Law & Order premiere (4.1/11) and the final hour of CSI repeat (4.5/11). Fast Affiliate Ratings: Wednesday, September 21, 2005, for all Networks – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research. ABC 11.1/17 Lost Special (OTO) 9.2/15, Lost [p] 13.7/20, Invasion [p] 10.4/16 NBC 6.9/11 The Apprentice Martha Stewart [p] 5.5/9, E-Ring [p] 6.3/9, Law & Order [p] 9.0/14 CBS 6.5/10 Still Standing [p] 4.8/8, Yes Dear [p] 4.9/8, CSI (last season 2-hr Quentin Tarantino-directed finale) 7.1/11 FOX 3.4/5 So You Think You Can Dance 3.9/6, Head Cases 2.3/3 UPN 2.6/4 America’s Next Top Model [p] 2.6/4 WB 1.1/2 One Tree Hill [r] 1.0/2, Just Legal [r] 1.0/1 A18-49 ABC 7.5/20, CBS 3.4/9, NBC 3.1/8, Fox 2.0/5, UPN 1.9/5, WB 0.7/2
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WOMEN’S ENTERTAINMENT Another HIT on WE! AMERICAN PRINCESS Source: Nielsen Media Research, WE American Princess Su 10p 9/11/05 telecast compared to all WE telecasts from 12/31/01-9/14/05 telecast HH AA%, W18-49 & W25-54 Audience (000).
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Reply: JOB OPENING: 2 POSITIONS: EXEC. ANALYST-STEWARDSHIP/PRICING & ANALYST, POSTING STRATEGIC SALES SRV/Discovery NY: Strong Excel, analytical & comm. skills, detail-oriented a must. Apply: http://corporate.discovery.com (#2851; 2900) (9/29) JOB OPENING: DIR OF MEDIA MEASUREMENT /The Ad Council: monitoring & analysis of PSA campaigns. 5-7 yrs media planning, buying or res exp of all media.Strong Excel/data base skills. Cover/salary req & resumes: JOB OPENING: HGTV /Creative Services HD/ SR. WRITER/PROD: 5 yrs exp cable or local station. Hi Def. exp a plus. Mail resume w/ non-ret reel to: Scripps Networks, 9721 Sherrill Blvd. Knoxville, TN 37932 ATTN: L. Kok–Job # 4772-U (9/28) JOB OPENING: AFFILIATE SALES/AFFILIATE MARKETING/ImaginAsian Ent/NY: Looking for creative industry savvy individuals for a dynamic growing Asian Television Network. Send cover letter resume and salary requirements to JOB OPENING: BROADCAST OPERATIONS/ImaginAsian Ent/NY: Savvy individuals for dynamic growing Asian TV Ntwrk. Mngs master control, prod studio & Control Rm, & other tech operations. Res, cover letter & salary req’s to JOB OPENING: RESEARCH DIRECTOR, CARTOON NETWORK/ADULT SWIM CONSUMER PRODUCTS, NY. Strong quant/qual rsch skills. Analysis of syndicated data. Exp in consumer products pref’d. To apply: click here (9/28) JOB OPENING: Cablevision seeks a PRODUCER/DIRECTOR in Long Island, NY to help create TV commercials for clients. Strong concepting, writing & directing exp req’d. Send res to JOB OPENING: CLIENT SERVICE EXEC/Nielsen, NY: Sell Nielsen products, provide service to Nat’l Cable nets. 3+ yrs research industry exp. Sales exp a must. National Cable exp a+. www.NielsenMedia.com (200502687-JL) (9/27) JOB OPENING: NAT’L ADV SALES ASST /Gospel Music Channel/NJ: Input & mngmnt of advertisers’ sched, billing, & promo support. Self-starter, ability to multi-task a must. 1+ yrs related job exp req’d. JOB OPENING: RESEARCH MGR/World Wrestling Entertainment/Stamford, CT. 5+ yrs TV Rsch exp. Fluent w/ Nielsen (Explorer & Navigator), NPower and MRI. Strategic thinker w/strong comms, analytic, org skills. Apply www.wwe-careers.com (9/24) JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR of SCRIPTED DEVELOPMENT/AMC/ NY: 1+ yrs Scripted TV exp. Relevant tv/film ind. exp. Heavy LA industry contacts needed. email rez to JOB OPENING: CABLE SENIOR RESEARCH ANALYST/LA Studio-Cable exp. a +. Proficient with Galaxy,WRAP, NPower, Adviews, Marketbreaks. Team player, ability to juggle many projects. Email: JOB OPENING: SYNDICATION RESEARCH ANALYST/LA Studio-Syndication exp. a +. Proficient w/Galaxy, WRAP, NPower, Adviews, Marketbreaks. Team player, ability to juggle many projects. Email: JOB OPENING:TRAFFIC MGR: LBM/LIME TV/NY: Dev & implement sched strategies for promo’s, infomercials & DR ads. Create daily logs, using BMS. Interact w/ on-air, program’g & ad sales depts. Traffic exp req’d. JOB OPENING: RESEARCH STRATEGIST, TLC, Discovery Networks, Silver Spring, MD. Manage program & mktg tests. 3+ yrs mktg research exp, project mgmt exp. Nielsen & media exp a plus. Apply at www.discovery.com . Job req#2883 (9/24) JOB OPENING: CONS MKTG MGR, PARTNERSHIPS/Nat’l Geographic Channel, DC. BA Mktg pref, 5 yrs mktg prtshp and pgming promotions exp. in cable/bcst. Create pitches/drive tune-in and awareness. Apply www.foxcareers.com (9/24) JOB OPENING: ACCT SVC REP-Disney Nat’l TV Kids Props. Mge acct activity; neg inventory moves/mgs, track delivery; perform post buy analyses; 3+ yrs nat’l TV exp; coll. deg; kids nat’l media exp. Email: JOB OPENING: EXP TV/FILM EDITOR in documentary & reality TV for US & Intl broadcasters. FCP fluency is a plus but not necessary, creativity & pos attitude is. Has to work as local in DC. 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Apply directly at www.viacomcareers.com (9/30) Fall Internship Credits Only: EDA KALKAY PUBLIC RELATIONS/NYC: needs BRIGHT & ENTHUSIASTIC INTERNS interested in Public Relations. Duties include phone work, mailings, special projects and events. Fall Internship Credits Only: MULHOLLAND DRIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Busy branded ent. co. seeks motivated intern for LA office: Phones,research,presentations(PowerPoint/Excel a must) 25-35 hrs/wk. Good perks. Fall Internship Credits Only: EVIL TWIN PRODUCTIONS/ L.A: SELF-MOTIVATED INTERN. Misc admin duties in creative fast paced environ. Computer/office skills w/interest in post prod. Must love dogs. Non-paying position. Fall Internship Credits Only: JUST SINGER ENTERTAINMENT/Studio City, CA: Work w/ 2 executive producers & director of dev’t. Filing, phones, faxing, reading, and coverage. Prefr 15 hrs/week + Respond to SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED — SITUATION WANTED: CAREER COACH: helps clients take charge of their media careers. With firsthand industry experience, propels individuals to launch projects, break barriers & strike out on their own. Contact Jen at SITUATION WANTED: INTERNET PRODUCER: Experienced college graduate with journalism background seeks Internet producer position. Experience with HTML, graphics, design and more. Visit www.michaelphill.com for more information (9/28) SITUATION WANTED: HAIR/MAKE-UP ARTIST/LA: 6 yrs .experience working in TV, Film, Runway, Headshots and commercials. Great references. Email: E-mail Are you looking for a job? 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