A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM SCRIPPS NETWORKS

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Cynopsis
04.16.12

Good morning. It’s Monday, April 16, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
BBC America: Top Gear at 8p; Richard Hammond’s Crash Course at 10p
Syfy: Eureka at 9p; Lost Girl at 10p
Logo: Eden’s World at 10p

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HISTORY

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Nearly three months ahead of its second season premiere, Showtime offers viewers a special half-hour preview episode of The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins this Saturday at 9p.  The preview episode gives an opening look at what is in store for season two as cameras follow the operations and activities of the Marlins from spring training through the opening weeks of the baseball season.  Showtime has set the official date for the one-hour premiere episode on July 11 at 10p and subsequent episodes will air Wednesdays at 10p for seven weeks following. The Franchise is a collaboration between Showtime and Major League Baseball Productions.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates:  April 13-15, 2012
The Hunger Games (Lionsgate)             $21.5 million  4 wk total $337.1m
The Three Stooges (20th Century Fox)  $17.1 million  opening weekend
The Cabin in the Woods (Lionsgate)      $14.9 million  opening weekend
Titanic (Paramount)                            $11.6 million  2 wk total $44.4m
American Reunion (Universal)                $10.6 million  2 wk total $39.9m
Mirror Mirror (Relativity Media)              $7.0 million  3 wk total $49.5m
Wrath of the Titans (Warner Bros.)       $6.9 million  3 wk total $71.3m
21 Jump Street (Sony)                        $6.8 million  5 wk total $120.6m
Lockout (FilmDistrict)                          $6.3 million  opening weekend
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (Universal)           $3.0 million  7 wk total $204.5m
Source: Rentrak
        

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM UNIVISION

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CHECK YOUR PLAN.
[    ]  Bigger
[    ]  Younger
[    ]  DVR Proof
[ X ]  All of the above.

UNIVISION. The New American Reality.

visit  www.univision.net/balanceyourplan
Source:  The Nielsen Company, NPM, 12/27/10-12/25/11, Mon-Sat 8-11pm/Sun 7-11pm, Live+SD, A18-49(000).
Live viewing data based on Live, Live+7 (UNI, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX).  Qualifications available upon request.

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Award-winning actress Ellen Burstyn is joining the cast of USA Network’s original series Political Animals which also stars Sigourney Weaver, Ciaran Hinds, Carla Gugino, James Wolk, Sebastian Stan and Brittany Ishibashi.  The six-hour drama series has Burstyn starring as Margaret Barrish, mother to current Secretary of State Elaine Barrish Hammond (Weaver).  Margaret is described as a tough Chicago woman and former Vegas showgirl who has a biting wit and is likely to turn to alcohol to help her cope with a political evening. Political Animals, slated to premiere this summer is from Berlanti Productions and Laurence Mark Productions in association with Warner Horizon Television.

Skyler Day, most recently seen on NBC’s Parenthood landed a recurring role on Lifetime’s Army Wives for its sixth season.  Day will play Sophie Clarke, the teenage daughter of Jackie Clarke (Kelli Williams) and Army Gen. Clarke (Robert John Burke).

This Sunday, BBC America will air a new two-hour Planet Earth special titled The Making of Planet Earth at 9p narrated by Dan Stevens (Downtown Abbey’s Matthew).  To celebrate Earth Day, BBC America is also airing the first ever US broadcast premiere of the full Planet Earth series over two days starting this Saturday at 6a through Sunday at 9p.  The Making of Planet Earth special will air on Sunday at 9p following the Planet Earth series.

Mark Your Calendars!On Tuesday April 24 in New York, the leaders in sports media will convene for the Cynopsis Sports Business Summit. Will you be joining us? Register now with this link: http://www.cynopsissportssummit.com .

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  A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE WEATHER CHANNEL

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Thursday A18-49 Analysis:  FOX had a healthy lead over its competition Thursday night at 3.3/9 A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  At 8p, American Idol on FOX was #1 at 4.3/13 followed by CBS’ comedies The Big Bang Theory in repeat and Rules of Engagement at an average of 2.8/9.  ABC then topped the pack during 9p with Grey’s Anatomy at 2.9/8 and more sitcoms on CBS came next as a second rerun of The Big Bang Theory and an encore of 2 Broke Girls averaged a 2.6/7.  ABC’s newer drama series Scandal took first place at 10p with 2.0/6 and CBS’ repeat of Person of Interest and Univision’s La Que No Podia Amar tied for second place at 1.8/5 each.
  
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, April 12, 2012  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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FOX: 7.4/12           American Idol 9.7/16, Touch 5.1/8

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CBS: 5.5/9              The Big Bang Theory [r] 5.9/10, Rules of Engagement 5.2/8, The Big Bang Theory [r] 6.2/10, 2 Broke Girls [r] 4.5/7, Person of Interest [r] 5.5/9

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ABC: 5.4/9              Missing 5.2/9, Grey’s Anatomy 6.1/10, Scandal 5.0/8

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UNIV: 2.2/4             Una Familia con Suerte 2.1/3, Abismo de Pasion 2.2/3, La Que No Podia Amar 2.2/4

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NBC: 2.0/3               Community 1.9/3, 30 Rock 1.8/3, The Office 2.6/4, Up All Night 2.0/3, Awake 1.9/3

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ION: 0.8/1               Cold Case 0.7/1, Cold Case 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 0.8/1

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TELE: 0.7/1             Maid en Manhattan 0.8/1, Corazon Valiente 0.7/1, Relaciones Peligrosas 0.5/1

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CW: 0.6/1                Vampire Diaries [r] 0.7/1, Secret Circle [r] 0.6/1

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TF: 0.4/1                 Fiesta de Pelicula THR [7p start r] 0.2/0, Yo Soy Hijo de Capo 0.4.1, El Capo 0.5/1

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A18-49:  FOX 3.3/9, CBS 2.4/7, ABC 2.1/6, UNIV 1.8/5, NBC 1.3/4, TELE 0.5/1, CW 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.3/1

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Curt Hecht was named Chief Global Revenue Officer at The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC).  In this newly-minted role, Curt will head all strategic definition and management of TWCC’s international business.  Additionally, Curt will oversee digital and cable ad sales revenue activities.  He reports to David Kenny, Chairman/CEO. 

HGTV and DIY Network appointed Steven Lerner as VP/Programming where he will head the network’s programming team based in Knoxville.  Steven reports to Kathleen Finch, SVP/GM, HGTV. 

Scott Basilotta has joined Danny Lipford Media, owned and operated by national home improvement expert Danny Lipford.  Scott’s new position is that of Director/Television Syndication for the nationally-syndicated show, Today’s Homeowner with Danny Lipford. Scott will be in charge of all syndication activities for this program.  Most recently, Scott was with American Latino TV as Director/Affiliate Relations and Distribution.  Congratulations on your new position, Scott!

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 A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TELEVISION ACADEMY

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This day in History: 1987 – FCC imposes a broader definition of indecency over airwaves.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Harry Chapin’s song, WOLD, was the inspiration for what TV sitcom? WKRP in Cincinnati. Kudos to: Frank Belcastro-The Workshop/Bryn Mawr; Kathryn Tesoriero-GroupM/NYC; Mitchell Stein-Portland Maine; Russ Hodge-3 Roads Communications/Frederick, MD;Patti Rodriguez-KXRM Fox21 / KXTU CW57/Colorado; Dory Melman Petsrillo-Petry Media Corp./Dallas; Steve Belgard-Epix HD/Denver; Will Allmendinger-Captivate Network/Chicago; Dan Haberer, Creo Entertainment, Playa del Rey, CA; Kevin Kelton-Kelton Media/Santa Clarita CA; Bob Ware-KPSP Local 2/Thousand Palms, CA; Paul Blutter-General American Group, Inc./Northridge, CA; Keith MacKechnie-The Actors’ Network/Vancouver; Patrick Loomer-Fulcrum Tv/London.

Today’s Trivia Question: Who is the only member of the Star Trek cast to appear in all 80 episodes? (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.)

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

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Later — Cyn & Lisa
04.16.12

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012

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ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Castle
AZTECA: Extra Normal, Al Extremo, Buenas Noches America
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls, Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly, Hawaii Five-0 [r]
CW: Gossip Girl, Hart of Dixie
FOX: Bones, House
ION: Cold Case, Cold Case, Criminal Minds
NBC: The Voice, Smash
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Antiques Roadshow, America Revealed
TELE: Una Maid en Manhattan, Corazon Valiente, Relaciones Peligrosas
UNIV: Una Familia con Suerte; Abismo de Pasion, La Que No Podia Amar

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