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09.04.09

Good morning. It’s Friday, September 4, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing.  And as always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here.  

Saturday’s Premiere:
ABC: Saturday Night College Football at 8p

Saturday’s Finale:
TBS: The Bill Engvall Show at 9p

Sunday’s Finale:
The Style Network: Ruby at 8p

Monday’s Premieres:
In Syndication: The Doctors and Deal or No Deal (check local listings)
ION: Durham County at 10p

Monday’s Finales:
ABC Family: The Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8p
Investigation Discovery: Solved at 9p

Beginning October 5, Don Imus and his Imus in the Morning show will be back on TV via Fox Business Network. Imus’ syndicated Citadel radio show, airing on 65 stations nationwide, will simulcast on FBN in the Monday-Friday 6-9a slot through a new multi-year deal. Recently, Imus left RDF-TV where he aired his last simulcast show for them on August 28. Imus’ show will remain the same and continue to feature his sidekicks Charles McCord, Bernard McGuirk, Rob Bartlett, Lou Rufino, Tony Powell, Warner Wolf and Julie Kanfer, though being on a business news network there will be added business-related news inserted from Fox Business Morning anchors Jenna Lee, Connell McShane and Ashley Webster. Imus’ show moves out Alexis Glick’s Money for Breakfast program which will air its last show October 2. Glick is also FBN’s VP/Business News and will continue as anchor of Opening Bell on weekday mornings from 9-10a.

Yesterday, ION Television made the Guinness World Records for the Largest Moving Box at a promotional event in New York’s Times Square tied to the upcoming premiere of the new original series Durham County. The box, designed by students at Denmark-based Aarhus Business College, measured 42 ft x 16 ft x 8 ft and was large enough for the entire cast of Durham County to fit inside. Instead, the box was filled with thousands of biodegradable packing peanuts and twenty contestants searched inside for a key unlocking a door to $100,000. Durham County premieres on ION next Monday at 10p.

Spike TV’s premiere of new one-hour series Surviving Disaster Tuesday at 10p posted a 0.9 rating with M18-49, a 0.8 rating with M18-34 and 1.4 million total viewers.

ESPN America and the NFL signed a four-year deal involving the English-language television rights to broadcast NFL games in Europe. Starting this season, ESPN America will broadcast around 100 games each season in 41 European territories with a combination of preseason, regular season and postseason games. The schedule allows for 4-6 live games per week on ESPN America during the regular season. That includes a live game during the NFL broadcast windows on Sundays afternoon and Sunday Night Football, as well as Monday Night Football. ESPN America will also broadcast the Thursday/Saturday games, the Thanksgiving Day game trio, all Wild Card and Divisional playoff games, the AFC and NFC Championship Games, the Pro Bowl and culminating with the Super Bowl.

MTV is moving forward on a spinoff series of its reality show 16 and Pregnant called Teen Mom. The new docu-series will follow four young moms featured on 16 and Pregnant, interviewing each and seeing how they are coping with the first year of motherhood. MTV ordered eight 60m episodes saying the show will launch early next year. Morgan J. Freeman executive produces.

HBO gave a pilot order for the Laura Dern-helmed comedy project tentatively titled Enlightened, per THR. The single-camera comedy is about a self-destructive woman who has a spiritual awakening prompting her to change her life for the better which causes more upheaval in her life. The pilot will go into production this December. Director Mike White is also involved.

CBS okayed an untitled comedy project from Universal Media Studios starring and co-created by Bret Harrison (Reaper), reports THR. The project was granted a script commitment and revolves around two district attorneys, one 20-something (Harrison) and the other in his 40s and the woman in the middle. Scott Stuber and his Stuber Productions are also part of the project.

Casting Notes:

• Former L.A. Lakers player and now actor, Rick Fox snagged a recurring role on The CW’s Melrose Place, cites THR. Fox will play a restaurant owner where all the up-and-coming actor characters on the show work.
• Mehcad Brooks (True Blood) was added to ABC’s legal drama The Deep End as a show regular, per THR. The midseason drama is about a prestigious Los Angeles law firm and Brooks will play Malcolm Bennet, an associate at the firm.
• NBC’s Saturday Night Live tapped two new cast members, comedians Jenny Slate and Nasim Pedrad. Both have ties to the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, the comedy theater that launched the careers of other SNL cast members. SNL opens its new season September 26.

CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  Google‘s Android mobile operating system was much hyped as a potential worthy competitor to the iPhone environment, but it has failed to make much of an impact stuck with T-Mobile as an exclusive distributor in the U.S.  Sprint announced plans to sell its first phone running on Google’s Android mobile operating system, giving Google a much larger presence in the American mobile space. The HTC-built Hero handset will feature a 3.2 inch touchscreen, pinch-to-zoom navigation, GPS capabilities, and offer its own custom user interface dubbed “Sense” with access to more than 8,000 apps, widgets and games. Sprint says the phone will retail for $180 after a $100 mail-in rebate, beginning Oct. 11. If the Hero doesn’t catch on, Android will have additional chances with phones from Motorola and Samsung, also planned for release this fall.   Full edition: CYN DIGITAL.    

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  Launching at MipJunior next month is Mango Distribution, a new kids/family distribution company focused on the Asia, Australia and New Zealand territories.  Mango Distribution is a joint venture between Philippines-based production company Top Draw Animation and Australian kid TV producer, Sticky Pictures, and has set up offices in Manila, NY and Sydney.  Heading up Mango are Top Draw’s Wayne Dearing and Sticky Pictures’ Donna Andrews.  Additionally, Andrews will serve as Mango’s sales agent for New Zealand and Australia, with Kerry Novick coming on to oversee sales throughout Asia.  Full edition: CYN KIDS.    

Wednesday  A18-49 Analysis: ABC captured a win Wednesday night among A18-49 at 2.2/6 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC took out the competition during 8p with Wipeout at 2.7/9 followed by FOX’s special So You Think You Can Dance: Best 15 Performances Ever at 1.9/6. NBC bowled over viewers with America’s Got Talent during 9p at 2.7/8 and UNIV’s Manana Es Para Siempre was next at 2.1/6. ABC won again at 10p with Primetime: Crime at 2.1/6 preceding NBC’s Law & Order: SVU repeat at 1.7/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

NBC: 5.3/9        America’s Got Talent: Re-Cap Show 4.5/8, America’s Got Talent 7.5/12, Law & Order: SVU [r] 4.0/7

CBS: 4.1/7         Old Christine [r] 2.9/5, CBS Fall Preview 2.5/4, Criminal Minds [r] 5.0/8, CSI: NY [r] 4.6/8

ABC: 3.8/7          Wipeout 4.2/7, Crash Course 2.6/4, Primetime: Crime 4.6/8

FOX: 2.8/5          So You Think You Can Dance: Best 15 Performances Ever 3.0/5, Glee [pilot-r] 2.6/4

UNIV: 2.1/4        En Nombre Del Amor 2.1/4, Manana Es Para Siempre 2.6/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.6/3

CW: 0.9/2          America’s Next Top Model Encore [r] 0.8/1, America’s Next Top Model Encore 2 [r] 1.0/2

MNT: 0.8/1         World’s Funniest Moments [r] 0.7/1, Magic’s Biggest Secrets Revealed [r] 0.8/1

TELE: 0.6/1        Mas Sabe El Diablo 0.6/1, Ninos Ricos 0.5/1, Victorinos 0.5/1

ION: 0.3/1         Wednesday PM Movie: Matrix Reloaded [r] 0.3/1

A18-49: ABC 2.2/7, NBC 1.9/6, FOX 1.8/6, UNIV 1.6/5, CBS 1.4/4, CW 0.5/2, MNT 0.5/1, TELE 0.5/1, ION 0.2/1

Bravo appointed the former Animal Planet VP/Program Planning executive Whitney Holland as VP/Program Planning, Scheduling and Acquisitions. Whitney will be in charge of creating short-term and long-term program planning phases for Bravo. In addition, Whitney will spearhead acquisitions for the network working in tandem with Jerry Leo, SVP/Program Strategy and Acquisitions as well as various studios to find projects that fit the network’s brand strategy. Based at Bravo’s New York headquarters, Whitney will report to Jerry Leo.
 
Ian Hogg was named CEO for FremantleMedia Australia (FMA). Based in Sydney, Ian will supervise management and business aspects of FMA’s production operations in Australia. Ian will report to Simon Spalding, Regional CEO, Europe and Asia Pacific, FremantleMedia.
 

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

Friday Fun Fact: The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J”.

This day in History:  1888 – George Eastman registered the name “Kodak” and patented his roll-film camera. The camera took 100 exposures per roll.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:   Who played Uncle Ned on Family Ties?  TOM HANKS … but you ALL new that!  Kudos to the entire free world and beyond on this one! 

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

ABC:  Supernanny [r], Ugly Betty [r], 20/20
AZTECA: Laura de Todos, Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Al Extremo
CBS: Ghost Whisperer [r], Medium [r], Numb3rs [r]
CW:  Smallville [r], Everybody Hates Chris [r], The Game [r]
FOX: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, Glee [r]
ION: Reba, Reba, Movie: The Specialist
MNT: WWE Friday Night Smackdown
NBC: Southland [r], Dateline
PBS: Washington Week, Now on PBS, Bill Moyers’ Journal, Inside
TELE: Mas Sabe el Diablo, Ninos Ricos Padres Pobres, Victorinos
UNIV:  El Nombre del Amor, Manana es para Siempre, Rosa de Guadalupe

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