Cynopsis
09.03.10
Good morning. It’s Friday, September 3, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing. As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here .
Tonight’s Premiere:
PBS: Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly (14th season premiere) check local listings
Saturday’s Premieres:
REELZCHANNEL: Hollywood Uncensored with Sam Rubin at 10a
ABC: Saturday Night Football at 8p
Sunday’s Premieres:
The Style Network: Jerseylicious at 8p; Mel B: It’s a Scary World at 9p
HGTV: All American Handyman at 10p
TLC: Freaky Eaters at 10p
Sunday’s Finale:
TNT: Leverage (summer season finale) at 9p
VH1: Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch at 9p
Monday’s Premieres:
Syndication Premieres: The Wendy Williams Show; Access Hollywood – check local listings
TLC: Little People, Big World at 8p
A&E Network: Hoarders at 9p
VH1: VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time at 10p
Bravo: Thintervention with Jackie Warner at 1015p
Monday’s Finale:
A&E Network: Obsessed at 11p
On Thursday morning, Discovery Communications’ employees returned to work at company headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. the day after a gunman entered the building armed with explosive devices and held three people hostage for almost four hours in the lobby until police shot and killed the man. Top Discovery executives, CEO David Zaslav, COO Peter Liguori and Founder/Chairman John Hendricks personally greeted employees and led a town hall meeting in the lobby prior to sending the employees home early afternoon in anticipation of the long Labor Day holiday weekend. Police had previously secured the building from other explosive devices on Wednesday night.
ABC approved a second season of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution with six episodes. In the new season, Chef Jamie Oliver will head to Los Angeles to launch a food revolution there. Fresh One Productions and Ryan Seacrest Productions produce the series which just won an Emmy for Outstanding Reality Program for its frosh season.
MTV opened a second season of Jersey Shore After Hours on Thursday at 11p. The half-hour show reveals secrets unknown to viewers and even to some of the cast. The show airs on Thursdays following new episodes of Jersey Shore. Then tonight at 8p, MTV will re-air the Thursday night episode followed by exclusive, never-before-seen bonus footage.
Hi-def TV network, Veria TV is re-upping its reality series, The Incurables for a second season with 13 half-hour episodes. The new season is tentatively slated to begin late December 2010 or early January 2011. Episodes chronicle stories of patients who adopt a natural, healthy lifestyle after overcoming a devastating illness or life-threatening diseases.
MSG ushers in hockey coverage when the weekly series Hockey Night Live! premieres a third season on October 9 at 930p, coinciding with the opening weekend of the NHL’s 2010-2011 season. Prior to the start of the weekly regular season shows, three weeks of pre-season coverage opens September 18 with hour-long specials on MSG and MSG Plus. In addition, two half-hour specials highlighting the New York Rangers will air this Saturday at 11p and September 11 at 930p on MSG. Both specials will air the next day on MSG Plus.
MarVista Entertainment picked up the worldwide distribution rights to the primetime miniseries, The Witches of Oz. MarVista Entertainment will present the miniseries for the first time to potential broadcasters at this year’s MIPCOM-TV. The Witches of Oz stars Christopher Lloyd as the Wizard of Oz along with Sean Astin, Mia Sara among others. The production is executive produced by Christopher Campbell of Palace Imaginarium and produced by Eliza Swenson and Christopher Campbell.
FOX gave a series commitment to Locke and Key, an adaptation of the novel of the same name authored by Joe Hill. The one-hour series is being adapted by writer Josh Friedman and Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will serve as executive producers. Twentieth Century Fox TV is producing with DreamWorks TV and K.O. Paper Products, headed by Kurtzman and Orci. Other executive producers include DreamWorks’ Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank and K.O.’s Heather Kadin and IDW Publishing’s Ted Adams.
This fall, Cybill Shepherd is back on TV, this time appearing on an episode of ABC’s new series No Ordinary Family playing Stephanie’s (Julie Benz) mom, Barbara Crane. Bruce McGill will play Barbara’s husband, Alan.
Casting Call: FOX’s American Idol will host its final auditions for the upcoming 10th season in Los Angeles on September 22. The expanded eligibility age range is now 15 to 28 years old for men and women who are also eligible to work in the US. Some restrictions apply; visit americanidol.com for full details. The auditions will be held at The Forum, 3900 West Manchester Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90305. The 10th season of American Idol debuts next January on FOX. American Idol is produced by 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia North America, Inc. and Big Red 2 Entertainment.
Broadcast Morning News Weekly Average Ratings (week of August 23, 2010)
NBC: 4.75 million total viewers; 1.7/14 and 2.15 million A25-54
ABC: 3.87 million total viewers; 1.3/10 and 1.57 million A25-54
CBS: 2.34 million total viewers; 0.8/6 and 960,000 A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI
Wednesday A18-49 Analysis: CBS and FOX shared #1 Wednesday night at 2.0/6 A18-49 each though the competition was tight all around, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’ Big Brother posted a 2.9/10 at 8p well ahead of the next nearest network and program UNIV’s Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe at 2.2/7. NBC captured a win during 9p at 2.5/8 for America’s Got Talent followed by UNIV and Soy Tu Duena at 2.3/7. ABC had the final success of the night with its CMA Music Festival at 1.6/5 and NBC’s Law & Order: SVU repeat was next at 1.4/4.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 4.7/8 Minute to Win It 3.7/7, America’s Got Talent 6.2/10, Law & Order: SVU [r] 4.1/7
CBS: 4.3/7 Big Brother 12 4.7/8, Criminal Minds [r] 4.1/7, CSI: NY [r] 4.0/7
ABC: 3.7/6 CMA Music Festival 3.7/6
FOX: 2.8/5 Masterchef 2.8/5
UNIV: 2.3/4 Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.4/4, Soy Tu Duena 2.6/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.7/3
ION: 0.9/2 Without a Trace 1.0/2, Without a Trace 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 0.8/1
CW: 0.8/1 America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.9/2, Plain Jane [f] 0.7/1
TELE: 0.5/1 El Clon 0.5/1, Fantasma de Elena 0.5/1, Diosa Coronada 0.4/1
TF: 0.4/1 Super Liga 2010: New England Rev vs. Morelia 0.3/1, Rompiendo Limites 0.2/0, Rosario Tijeras 0.5/1
A18-49: CBS 2.0/6, FOX 2.0/6, NBC 1.9/6, UNIV 1.9/6, ABC 1.7/5, CW 0.4/1, TF 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1
Bitcentral, a company providing digital news delivery systems, added Gary Coats as COO. In his new role, Gary will oversee the company’s operations while reporting directly to Fred Fourcher, CEO. In hiring Gary, Fred will now have more access to pursue new market opportunities for the growing technology company.
Smithsonian Channel names Linda Goldman Executive Producer, reporting to David Royle, EVP/Programming & Production for Smithsonian Networks. Linda makes the move from National Geographic Television where she was Senior Producer for many flagship Specials and Event programs.
Friday Fun Fact: Oysters Rockefeller were created in 1899 at Antoine’s Restaurant in New Orleans when a shortage of snails from Europe prompted chef Jules Alciatore to turn instead to local oysters. This was a daring move, as the creatures were usually shunned at the time. Alciatore created a sauce of unsurpassed richness, and so he named the dish after the immensely wealthy Rockefeller family.
This day in History: 1981 – David Brinkley left NBC News after 38 years to join with ABC.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Who am I? From a western series, I am part of a pair who specialized in bank and train robberies. I was the “silver tonged” one – could talk us out of nearly any jam. We were pretty popular with everyone, but over time the safes were harder to crack and the trains tougher to rob, so we decided to change our approach. Who am I? HANNIBAL HAYES aka JOSHUA SMITH on ALIAS SMITH & JONES Kudos to: Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing/NY; Joel Segall-Monterey Media/NY; Monica Caraffa-RDR Promotions/Media PA; Kyle Krebs-KTXS/Abilene; Patti Rodriguez-KXRM KXTU/Colorado Springs; Dan Whitford-Maximum Direct/Chicago; Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas; Janet Smith-The Levich Agency/Renton WA; Steve Rodgers-PRO/Hollywood; Dennis Aimino-ABC/LA; Michael Moore/Burbank
Today’s Trivia Question: Who am I? I was born in Boston in 1833, but now live in Colorado Springs, following in my father’s footsteps. I’m considered pretty independent and once told a revenuer “I’ll practice in the street if I have to. I’ll pitch a tent, I’ll work from my wagon, but I will never, NEVER give in to the likes of you!”. Who am I? (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 — Cyn
09.03.10
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SITUATION WANTED: POWERHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC MKT EXEC (LA):15 YRS EXP IN PARTNERSHIPS, MKT, DIGITAL, INT’L, etc.FORMER VP WALT DISNEY CO. RESPONSIBLE FOR HIGHEST GROSSING ENT PROPERTIES WORLDWIDE. [email protected] (9/11)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010
ABC: Wife Swap [r], Primetime: What Would You Do? [r], 20/20
AZTECA: Laura de Todos, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS: Medium [r], CSI: NY [r], Flashpoint
CW: Smallville [r], Supernatural [r]
FOX: Human Target [r], The Good Guys [r]
ION: Without a Trace, Without a Trace, Without a Trace
NBC: Who Do You Think You Are?, Dateline NBC
PBS: Washington Week, Need to Know, Masterpiece Mystery!
TELE: El Clon, El Fantasma de Elena, La Diosa Coronada
UNIV: Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe, Soy Tu Duena, Rosa de Guadalupe
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