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04.19.10

Good morning. It’s Monday, April 19, 2010, 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 .

Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Romantically Challenged at 932p
GSN: Baggage at 630p
Animal Planet: Untamed & Uncut at 9p
Travel Channel: Dhani Tackles the Globe at 11p

Tonight’s Finale:
FX: Damages at 10p

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM ABC FAMILY

Source: The Nielsen Company. Click here for full source data.

The FCC has temporarily halted the review process of the proposed $30 billion merger between Comcast-NBC Universal until it receives two additional economic reports from the companies involved. One report is about the supposed economic benefits that will result once the merger takes place and the second one is focused on the impact of online video distribution. The FCC also delayed the comment and reply comment deadlines until after it receives these requested reports from Comcast and NBCU. Despite this setback, a spokesperson from Comcast said the company projects a finalization of the regulatory process this fourth quarter. 

IFC is bringing back a third season of its original series The IFC Media Project with a changed titled and format. The IFC Media Project Presents: FEAR, WAR, GREED and DISASTER offers four 30m documentaries hosted by award-winning journalists who serve up facets of each topic that has, up to now, not been reported on by the mainstream media. The series begins with FEAR May 24 at 8p as Max Blumenthal, senior writer for The Daily Beast and contributor to Salon.com and the Huffington Post delves into the Tea Party movement. The other three episodes, WAR, GREED and DISASTER will air nightly through May 27 at 8p. The series is created and produced by HonestEngineTV’s Meghan O’Hara and Nick McKinney.

USA Network renewed its drama series Burn Notice for a fifth and a sixth season, even though season four is not launching on the network for another two months, reports Variety. USA okayed 15 and 18 episodes for each season respectively. Production for the fourth season continues in Miami and season five will begin production approximately a year from now. USA also purchased the off-net rights to all six seasons of the show, which will launch as a strip on USA in October 2011.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: April 16-18, 2010
How To Train Your Dragon (Paramount)   $20.0 million  4 wk total $158.6m
Kick Ass (Lionsgate)                               $19.8 million  opening weekend
Date Night (20th Century Fox)                 $17.3 million  2 wk total $49.2m
Death At A Funeral (Sony)                      $17.0 million  opening weekend
Clash of the Titans (Warner Bros.)           $15.8 million  3 wk total $133.0m
The Last Song (Disney)                          $5.8 million  3 wk total $50.0m
Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too (Lionsgate) $4.2 million  3 wk total $54.9m
Hot Tub Time Machine (MGM)                 $3.5 million  4 wk total $42.5m
Alice In Wonderland (Disney)                  $3.5 million  7 wk total $324.0m
The Bounty Hunter (Sony)                      $3.2 million  5 wk total $60.4m
Source: Rentrak

And the latest reports from the MIPTV location in France — many are still in Cannes unable to leave due to the volcanic ash cloud and the closing of the nearby Nice airport.  It seems the Friday morning flight out to New York on Delta was the last before the airport was closed (boy, did I get lucky!). The next flight out from Nice to JFK is scheduled for Tuesday (fingers crossed), and I hear it may be overbooked.  Delta doesn’t have this flight schedule to run at all on Wednesday, so many are hoping to return on Thursday or Friday.  According to friends still in France, there are those who are riding in the trucks carrying MIPTV booths to cities where they can make connections; and others have rented taxis from Paris to Barcelona.  And reportedly there is one person who has already booked a cabin on the QE2 leaving on June 2nd … just in case.  Admittedly, my source indicates that one may be an urban legend, but let’s face it, these folks are living thru truly interesting times.   Come home soon all — we’re rooting for you!

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Source: Nielsen MultiTrak, Prime (M-Su/8-11pm); L+SD; March 2010 (3/1-3/28/10). Based on AA (000).  Includes all ad-supported cable nets that air programming in 50%+ hours of primetime.

Warner Bros.’ Telepictures unit has two show pilots in the works for the syndication marketplace and both feature stars of current VH1 shows. The first project stars Steve Ward, who along with his mother, JoAnn headlines VH1’s Tough Love series about their matchmaking service based in Philadelphia. Telepictures is also working on another project that will feature Dr. Drew Pinsky who stars in three shows on VH1: Celebrity Rehab, Sober House and Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew. Pinsky also hosts a show on MTV called Sex … with Mom and Dad.

Anastasia Griffith (NBC’s Trauma) has been cast in USA Network’s returning medical series Royal Pains playing Dr. Emily Peck, cites EW. Griffith’s character, Peck is a new doctor in the Hamptons who will give Dr. Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein) some competition and will begin appearing on the series starting with the premiere on June 3.

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Thursday  A18-49 Analysis: CBS captured a win Thursday at 3.1/9 with the A18-49 demo, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’ Survivor was on top of the pack at 8p with 3.8/12 followed by FOX’s Bones at 2.9/9. CBS remained in the lead through 9p with CSI at 3.0/9 and NBC’s special SNL: In the 2000’s came next at 2.7/8. Things reversed during 10p as NBC’s SNL special was #1 at 3.0/9 while CBS’ The Mentalist rerun was #2 at 2.4/7.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, April 15, 2010 – time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 7.6/13         Survivor 7.1/13, CSI 8.1/14, The Mentalist [r] 7.5/13

FOX: 5.2/9             Bones 6.3/11, Fringe 4.0/7

NBC: 3.7/7            The Office [r] 2.7/5, The Office [r] 2.7/5, SNL: In the 2000’s 4.3/7

ABC: 3.1/5             FlashForward 3.4/6, Grey’s Anatomy [r] 3.4/6, Private Practice [r] 2.6/5

UNIV: 1.9/3           Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.4/4, Corazon Salvaje 1.9/3, Mujeres Asesinas 1.4/3

CW: 1.6/3              Vampire Diaries 1.8/3, Supernatural 1.5/2

ION: 0.8/1            Ghost Whisperer 0.6/1, NCIS 0.8/1, NCIS 1.0/2

TELE: 0.7/1           El Clon 0.7/1, Perro Amor 0.7/1, Donde Esta Elisa 0.8/1

A18-49: CBS 3.1/9, FOX 2.7/8, NBC 2.5/8, UNIV 1.5/5, CW 1.4/4, ABC 1.3/4, TELE 0.6/2, ION 0.3/1

On the heels of MIPTV, FremantleMedia announced it has acquired the independent production company, FourOne Media based in the Netherlands. FremantleMedia secured a full 100% ownership in FourOne Media, which will bolster its production unit, Blue Circle and increase its catalog of offerings to include more drama, fiction and sitcoms. Willem Zijlstra, founder of FourOne Media will now become Managing Director at FourOne Media and Blue Circle, reporting to Monica Galer, Head/Northern and Southern Europe, FremantleMedia.

South African-based production company Aquavision named Dave Keet as GM. Dave joins Aquavision from The Refinery Post Production Facilities Group where he was the managing director and in the past year he was a senior executive at a branded entertainment production firm.

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This day in History:  1897 – The first annual Boston Marathon was held. It was the first of its type in the U.S.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:   What TV doctor said this:   “It is in the nature of medicine that you are gonna screw up. You are gonna kill someone. If you can’t handle that reality, pick another profession. Or finish medical school and teach.” DR. GREGORY HOUSE  Kudos to: Carmine Parisi-Outside Television/NY; Katie Rutherford-WCWJ/Jacksonville; Meredith Wayne-Cox Reps/NY; Alanna Benway-Turner Ent/Detroit; Vicki Cornelius-Camelot Comm/Dallas; Eric Turner-Fox Station Sales/Dallas; Hank Bordowitz-The Bordowitz Media Werx/Macomb; Matt Sautter-Dish Network/Denver; Jackie Bartoletti-Disney ABC TV Group/Burbank; Nick Monroe-Monroe Photography/San Diego; Robin Schmelling-BCMI/Rancho Mirage; Michelle Furnace-2G Digital Post/Burbank; Sasha Sanni-BBC/London

Today’s Trivia Question:  Originally called the Laff Box, this canned laughter machine was later nicknamed what?   (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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Later — Cyn
04.19.10

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010

ABC:  Dancing with the Stars; Romantically Challenged [p ], Castle
AZTECA: Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Extranormal de Impacto, Al Extremo
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, CSI Miami
CW:   One Tree Hill [r],  Gossip Girl [r]
FOX:  House, 24
ION:  Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:  Chuck, Trauma, Law & Order
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, American Experience
TELE:  El Clon, Perro Amor, Done Esta Elisa?
UNIV:  Hasta que el Dinero Corazon Salvaje, Cristina

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