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SCRIPPS NETWORKS
#1
#1 Most Ad Receptive Audience in all Cable.
#1 Network Group for Inspiring Viewers to Try Your Products.
#1 Highest Discretionary Spending of all Network Groups.
Scripps Networks. Brands for Life.
HGTV – DIY Network – Food Network – Cooking Channel – Travel Channel – GAC
Source: Nielsen Npower and Experian Simmons, 2011. For details, visit scrippsnetworksadsales.com.
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04.23.12
Good morning. It’s Monday, April 23, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Tonight’s Finale:
Oxygen: Bad Girls Club Las Vegas at 10p
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#1 in 4 out of 5 dayparts
A18-49, A25-54, F18-49 & F25-54
We don’t just own Primetime, USA owns the entire day.
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SOURCE:Nielsen Media Research. Click here for the full source data.
Former Friends cast member, Matthew Perry returns to NBC as the network approved the first pilot-to-series pickup for the 2012-2013 season. Perry will star in the single-camera workplace comedy Go On. NBC ordered 13 episodes of the series about a sportscaster (Perry) who tries to move on from a loss and finds surprising comfort from the members of his group therapy sessions. Go On is produced by Universal Television and also stars Laura Benanti, Julie White, Allison Miller, Khary, Payton and Suzy Nakamura.
HBO canceled the half-hour animated series The Life and Times of Tim which ran for three seasons and aired its last original episode on February 17. The series was produced by Media Rights Capital and starred voice actors Steve Dildarian, who also created the show, along with MJ Otto, Matt Johnson and Peter Giles.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: April 20-22, 2012
Think Like A Man (Sony) $33.0 million opening weekend
The Lucky One (Warner Bros.) $22.8 million opening weekend
The Hunger Games (Lionsgate) $14.5 million 5 wk total $356.9m
Chimpanzee (Disney) $10.2 million opening weekend
The Three Stooges (20th Century Fox) $9.2 million 2 wk total $29.4m
The Cabin in the Woods (Lionsgate) $7.8 million 2 wk total $27.0m
American Reunion (Universal) $5.2 million 3 wk total $48.3m
Titanic (Paramount) $5.0 million 3 wk total $52.8m
21 Jump Street (Sony) $4.6 million 6 wk total $127.1m
Mirror Mirror (Relativity Media) $4.1 million 4 wk total $55.2m
Source: Rentrak
Bounce TV continues to add markets to its roster with WEYI/Flint, an NBC affiliate owned by Barrington Broadcasting Group and WDEF/Chattanooga, a CBS affiliate owned by Morris Network, Inc. Bounce TV is now available in close to 75% of African American TV homes and 60 million households since it launched in September 2011.
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Mariska Hargitay inked a new deal with Universal Television to continue on the NBC cop drama Law & Order: SVU from producer Dick Wolf, per THR. Nothing official though has come from NBC to indicate if Law & Order: SVU will be picked up for a 14th season.
Cinemax okayed a pilot starring previous CSI star William Petersen playing a hit man titled Hurt People. The plot revolves around Petersen’s character who is a crime family leader as he seeks his estranged daughter. The young woman is seeking revenge for the death of her mother who was killed by the mob. Petersen also serves as EP on this project produced by GK-TV.
Melanie Griffith’s pilot This American Housewife will not be getting an order from Lifetime. The network decided to not pursue the project to series which starred Griffith about an overwrought wife and mother who hears voices and has conversations with herself. Fox Television Studios was behind the project.
Season three of A&E Network’s The Glades added Taylor Cole (CSI: Miami) to its cast playing Jennifer Starke, a dynamic FDLE Bureau Chief, reports TVLine. A&E will debut the third season of The Glades this June.
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Thursday A18-49 Analysis: FOX was the overall winner Thursday night among A18-49 at 3.0/9, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen. American Idol on FOX led at 8p with a 4.0/13 followed by CBS’ comedies The Big Bang Theory and Rules of Engagement at an average of 2.4/8. ABC had the cure at 9p as Grey’s Anatomy delivered a winning 3.3/9 and FOX slipped to second place with Touch at 2.1/6. During the 10p hour, both ABC’s Scandal and Univision’s La Que No Podia Amar tied for #1 at 2.0/6 each and CBS’ repeat of The Mentalist came next at 1.5/4.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, April 19, 2012 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
FOX: 6.9/11 American Idol 9.2/15, Touch 4.6/7
ABC: 5.5/9 Missing 4.8/8, Grey’s Anatomy 6.6/10, Scandal 5.0/8
CBS: 5.4/9 The Big Bang Theory [r] 5.7/10, Rules of Engagement 4.7/8, Person of Interest [r] 5.5/9, The Mentalist [r] 5.3/9
UNIV: 2.2/4 Una Familia con Suerte 1.9/3, Abismo de Pasion 2.3/4, La Que No Podia Amar 2.4/4
NBC: 2.0/3 Community 1.7/3, 30 Rock 1.9/3, The Office 2.7/4, Parks and Recreation 2.1/3, Awake 1.9/3
CW: 1.2/2 Vampire Diaries 1.5/3, Secret Circle 0.8/1
ION: 0.8/1 Cold Case 0.7/1, Cold Case 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2
TELE: 0.6/1 Maid en Manhattan 0.8/1, Corazon Valiente 0.7/1, Relaciones Peligrosas 0.5/1
TF: 0.4/1 Cine de Las Estrellas THR [r] 0.2/0, Cine D.L. Estrellas THR [r] 0.3/1, El Capo 0.4/1
A18-49: FOX 3.0/9, ABC 2.2/7, UNIV 1.9/5, CBS 1.8/5, NBC 1.4/4, CW 0.8/2, TELE 0.5/1, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.3/1
Beginning May 11, Antonio Roman will take on the new role as SVP/National Sales for Univision Communications Inc.’s Television Station Group. Antonio will manage a national team of sales executives who are charged with creating advertising and marketing solutions for Univision’s local media. He has been with Univision for 16 years and most recently served as VP/Network Sales.
BusterINK, a print design division of Buster, tapped Kimberly Leass as VP/Production and hired Josh Mintz as Creative Director. In addition, Buster has appointed Joel Lava as Motion Graphics Creative Director and Live Action Director.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012
ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Castle
AZTECA: Extra Normal, Al Extremo, Buenas Noches America
CBS: How I Met Your Mother [r], 2 Broke Girls [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Mike & Molly [r], 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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