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Cynopsis
08.15.11

Good morning. It’s Monday, August 15, 2011, 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 Premieres:
ABC Family: The Lying Game at 9p
Bravo: The Millionaire Matchmaker at 9p; Most Eligible Dallas at 10p
nuvoTV: Model Latina Las Vegas at 9p
FUEL TV: Drake’s Passage at 10p
Oxygen: Hair Battle Spectacular at 10p
TeleFutura Network: Reto de Mujer at 10p

Syfy granted a fourth season renewal for Warehouse 13, scheduling new episodes to return in 2012.  To date for the first five episodes of season three, Warehouse 13 is tallying 3.17 million total viewers and 1.53 million among A18-49, including all available DVR playback data.  Warehouse 13 is produced for Syfy by Universal Cable Productions.

In another renewal move, TNT is giving its drama Leverage starring Timothy Hutton a fifth season.  TNT ordered 15 all-new episodes for the fifth season slated to premiere in summer 2012.  Leverage presently airs on Sundays at 9p with the summer finale concluding on August 28.  New episodes of Leverage will resume on TNT’s schedule in November and December to end the current fourth season.  Leverage is produced by Electric Entertainment. 

Coming-of-age scripted comedy, The Hard Times of RJ Berger was canceled by MTV after running for two seasons.  Despite the second season premiere attracting more than three million viewers, the season’s May finale only drew in less than one million viewers. 

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: August 12-14, 2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Fox) $27.5 million – 2 wk total $104.9m
The Help (Disney)                             $25.5 million – 1 wk total $35.4m
Final Destination 5 (Warner Bros.)      $18.4 million – opening weekend
The Smurfs (Sony)                            $13.5 million – 3 wk total $101.5m
30 Minutes or Less (Sony)                  $13.0 million – opening weekend
Cowboys & Aliens (Universal)             $7.6 million – 3 wk total $81.5m
Captain America: The First Avenger (Paramount) $7.1 million 4 wk total $156.9m
Crazy, Stupid, Love (Warner Bros.)     $6.9 million – 3 wk total $55.4m
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows II (Warner Bros.) $6.9 million – 5 wk total $357.0m
The Change-Up (Universal)                $6.2 million – 2 wk total $25.8m
Source: Rentrak

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Shawn Ryan, former showrunner on FX’s The Shield and FOX’s Chicago Code, is working with Simon Mirren, writer/producer for Criminal Minds on a new crime drama pilot for CBS.  The untitled project has a scientific twist with a geneticist character that has discovered a “psychopath gene” which helps the FBI catch killers.  CBS ordered the project as a put pilot.

Australian actress Nathalie Kelley landed a recurring role on ABC’s Body of Proof for season two, cites TVLine.  Kelley will play Dani, a confident, street-smart driver of the M.E. van.  The character has an interest in forensics and wants to be part of the team.  

Casting Call:  HGTV is seeking interior decorators, designers, design enthusiasts, builders, architects and artists to compete in the seventh season of HGTV Design Star.  Various open casting calls will take place across the country starting later this month:  August 21 in Las Vegas; August 27 in Los Angeles; September 9 in Austin, TX; September 23 in Charlotte, NC; September 24 in Boston; October 1 in Miami; and October 3 in New York.  For more details, please visit www.castingdesignstar.com.

Thursday A18-49 Analysis: FOX glided into first place Thursday night with a 2.0/6 among A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen.  At 8p, the season finale of So You Think You Can Dance on FOX wowed viewers with a 1.9/6 while CBS with the average of repeat sitcoms The Big Bang Theory and Rules of Engagement and Univision with Teresa tied for #2 at 1.7/6 each.  CBS trumped dancing during 9p as Big Brother won with a 2.7/8 followed by the conclusion of So You Think You Can Dance on FOX at 2.2/6.  Then at 10p, CBS’ The Mentalist encore did best at 1.1/3 with ABC’s Rookie Blue a step behind at 1.0/3.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, August 11, 2011  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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CBS: 3.8/7       The Big Bang Theory [r] 4.1/8, Rules of Engagement [r] 3.4/6, Big Brother 13 4.3/7, The Mentalist [r] 3.5/6

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FOX: 3.8/6         So You Think You Can Dance 3.8/6

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ABC: 2.6/5        Wipeout 2.9/5, Expedition Impossible 2.2/4, Rookie Blue 2.8/5

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UNIV: 1.8/3       Teresa 2.2/4, La Fuerza del Destino 2.2/4, El Equipo 1.0/2

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NBC: 1.5/3        Community [r] 1.3/2, Parks and Recreation [r] 1.1/2, The Office [r] 1.4/2, 30 Rock [r] 1.2/2, Law & Order: SVU [r] 2.1/3

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ION: 0.9/2        Criminal Minds 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.0/2

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TELE: 0.6/1       Mi Corazon Insiste 0.5/1, Flor Salvaje 0.6/1, La Casa de Al Lado 0.7/1

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CW: 0.5/1          Vampire Diaries [r] 0.5/1, Plain Jane [r] 0.5/1

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TF: 0.2/0           Dona Bella 0.2/0, Ultimo Matrimonio 0.2/0

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A18-49:  FOX 2.0/6, CBS 1.8/6, UNIV 1.4/4, ABC 1.2/4, NBC 0.7/2, ION 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1, CW 0.3/1, TF 0.2/1

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Beginning September 6, Sarah Smith takes over as President/GM of KMBC-TV and KCWE-TV, the ABC and CW affiliates respectively owned by Hearst Television, Inc. in the Kansas City market.  Sarah succeeds Wayne Godsey who announced in June his retirement after serving as President/GM of KMBC/KCWE since 1999 and four decades in broadcasting.  Sarah relocates to Kansas City from Omaha where she was President/GM of KETV, the Hearst owned ABC affiliate.

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This day in History:   1948 – CBS-TV inaugurated the first nightly news broadcast with anchorman Douglas Edwards.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  What car company was the first to advertise on Network Television?  CHEVROLET on June 9, 1946  Kudos to: Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing/NYC; Tracy Chenoff-BizBash Media/NYC; Nancy Widman-WLNY TV10/55/NYC; Booby Bittman-SCTV/Toronto; Eileen Stafford-Zimmerman/Dallas; Jim Hall-True Media Services/Columbia MO; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/ LA; Paul Blutter-General American Group Inc/Northridge CA; Evan Butris-MSPA/LA; Janice Browne/LA

Today’s Trivia Question:  What network first aired on August 1st, 1981 at 12:01 am?    (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
08.15.11

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011

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ABC: Bachelor Pad, Castle [r]
AZTECA: Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, Extra Normal
CBS: How I Met Your Mother [r], How I Met Your Mother [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Mike & Molly [r], Hawaii Five-0 [r]
CW: Gossip Girl, One Tree Hill
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen, Master Chef
ION: Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: America’s Got Talent [r], Harry’s Law [r]
PBS: Antiques Roadshow [r], Antiques Roadshow [r], A Flea Market Documentary
TELE: Mi Corazon Insiste, Flor Salvaje, La Casa de al Lado
UNIV: Teresa, La Fuerza del Distino, Don Francisco Presenta

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