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08.23.10
Good morning. It’s Monday, August 23, 2010, 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 Premiere:
CMT: Invitation Only at 9p
Tonight’s Finales:
ABC Family: Huge (part 1) at 9p
Bravo: The Real Housewives of New Jersey at 10p
MTV: The Hard Times of RJ Berger at 10p
Oxygen: Dance Your Ass Off (part 1) at 10p
NBC renewed the late-night talk show Last Call with Carson Daly for a tenth season. The half-hour talk show, which averages 971,000 viewers, airs on weeknights and is mostly taped in Los Angeles with some episodes shot on location. Universal Media Studios produces.
CNN allegedly has asked Larry King to postpone his departure from the network and extend his role as talk show host until the end of this year, reports NY Post. King had originally announced he would end his run as talk show host this fall. Piers Morgan, the British judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, will likely replace King though Morgan is having trouble obtaining a work visa. Since America’s Got Talent is a seasonal show, Morgan is able to work in the US now with a limited visa. For the proposed hosting job on CNN, Morgan would need a full-time visa.
TLC premieres the new series Quints By Surprise beginning August 30 at 10p. During ten episodes, the Jones family returns to TLC, after starring in a special for the network, to showcase all new experiences as their quintuplets begin their toddler years. The series is commissioned by TLC and executive produced by Jonathan Nowzaradan for Megalomedia.
G4 is back in session with a second season of Campus PD premiering September 1 at 8p. The new season of Campus PD, with 16 new 30m episodes, profiles real-life college students and campus police departments as they patrol various campuses around the country as well as at four different Spring Break destinations for six of the episodes. Cineflix (Campus) Inc. Production produces Campus PD for exclusive air on G4.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: August 20-22, 2010
The Expendables (Lionsgate) $16.5 million 2 wk total $64.9m
Vampires Suck (20th Century Fox) $12.2 million 1 wk total $18.6m
Eat Pray Love (Sony) $12.0 million 2 wk total $47.1m
Lottery Ticket (Warner Bros.) $11.1 million opening weekend
The Other Guys (Sony) $10.1 million 3 wk total $88.2m
Piranha 3D (The Weinstein Co.) $10.0 million opening weekend
Nancy McPhee Returns (Universal) $8.3 million opening weekend
The Switch (Miramax) $8.1 million opening weekend
Inception (Warner Bros.) $7.7 million 6 wk total $261.8m
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Universal) $5.0 million 2 wk total $20.7m
Source: Rentrak
John Glover returns to The CW’s Smallville for the show’s tenth and final season, cites EW. Glover will reprise his character Lionel, Lex’s father for several episodes. Along with Glover, other familiar faces will return for the show’s last season including John Schneider as Kent’s dad, Laura Vandervoort as Supergirl, James Marsters as Brainiac and Michael Shanks at Hawkman.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: FOX scored a #1 Thursday night at 2.0/7 with the A18-49 demo, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. CBS did best at 8p with Big Brother at 2.5/9 with FOX’s NFL Preseason game at 2.0/8 followed in a close third position by UNIV’s Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe at 2.0/7. UNIV took over at 9p with Soy Tu Duena at 2.3/7 while FOX’s Preseason NFL action was not too far behind at 2.1/7. It was FOX’s turn to hold court at 10p with more NFL Preseason at 2.2/7 and UNIV flipped to second with La Rosa de Guadalupe at 1.5/5. Also this hour, ABC premiered Nightline Primetime: Secrets at 1.1/3, placing fifth overall.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, August 19, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 4.2/8 Big Brother 12 4.5/8, CSI [r] 3.6/6, The Mentalist [r] 4.5/8
FOX: 3.6/7 NFL on FOX Preseason: New England at Atlanta 3.7/7
ABC: 3.5/6 Wipeout 3.6/7, Rookie Blue 4.0/7, Nightline Primetime: Secrets [p] 2.7/5
UNIV: 2.2/4 Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.2/4, Soy Tu Duena 2.6/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.8/3
NBC: 2.0/4 Community [r] 1.7/3, 30 Rock [r] 1.8/3, The Office [r] 1.8/3, Parks and Recreation [r] 1.6/3, Law & Order: SVU [r] 2.7/5
ION: 1.0/2 Without a Trace 1.1/2, NCIS 1.1/2, NCIS 0.8/1
CW: 0.8/1 Vampire Diaries [r] 0.8/2, Moonlight 0.8/1
TELE: 0.5/1 El Clon 0.6/1, El Fantasma de Elena 0.5/1, Diosa Coronada 0.4/1
A18-49: FOX 2.0/7, UNIV 1.9/6, CBS 1.7/5, ABC 1.5/5, NBC 1.0/3, CW 0.4/1, ION 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1
Gary MacKinney, VP/Sales and Distribution at Rive Gauche Television takes on expanded responsibility in international regions with his position. Gary will now manage the company’s sales direction and execution in Western Europe, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Canada and Africa. Gary joined Rive Gauche Television in 2007 from the World Poker Tour where he worked as Head/Sales and Distribution.
Island Def Jam Music Group elevated Leesa Brunson to VP/A&R Operations. Leesa will work under Karen Kwak, EVP/A&R to manage the daily operations of the A&R Department. Specifically, Leesa will be involved with the process of all albums on the Island, Mercury and Def Jam lists and will oversee the timely delivery of all releases. Based in New York, Leesa will report directly to Karen Kwak.
This day in History: 1984 – South Fork Ranch, the home of the fictitious Ewing clan of the CBS-TV show, “Dallas,” was sold. The ranch was to be transformed from a tourist site into a hotel
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What two menu items were of particular note and commented on most often at the Double R-Diner? COFFEE and CHERRY PIE — ACCORDING TO FBI AGENT DALE COOPER ON TWIN PEAKS, “DAMN GOOD COFFEE! … AND HOT TOO!” AND REFERENCING THE CHERRY PIE … “THIS MUST BE WHERE PIES GO WHEN THEY DIE” Kudos to: Matt Maginley-Enterprise Cable Networks/NY; Tiffany Jackson-Delta Air Lines/Atlanta; Karen Yaldoo-Comcast Spotlight/Bingham Farms; Alan Dorfman-Basic Fun Int’l/Southampton; Jim Gray-Froglight Prods/Missoula; Lucie Prann-The Richards Group/Dallas; Tom Proper-Troublemaker Studios/Austin; Todd Schliewen-KMSB/Tucson; Drew Tappon-Warner Horizon Television/Burbank; Emily Little-GSN/Santa Monica; Patrick Reynolds-Bennett Prods/LA; Chloe Ellers-BWR Public Relations/LA; Karen Davidsen-Walt Disney Television EMEA/UK
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JOB OPENING: VP PROG & DEV/SUNDANCE CHANNEL-NYC/NY: To create, produce & mng groundbreaking new prgrms & genres (scripted & unscripted); needs 8+ yrs exp & successful track record on national level. Apply: [email protected] (8/26)
JOB OPENING: SR MANAGER AD SALES RESEARCH/DIRECTV NYC: 5+ yrs in national TV research working w/ sales, pricing & planning. Strong relationship with Nielsen. Apply online www.directv.com/careers search for req#1001150 (8/26)
JOB OPENING: PRODUCTION COORD/Gameshow Network/Santa Monica: Production Coord. 3+ yrs exp in Production, Finance, Studio and Field operations. Send Res & CL to [email protected] (8/25)
JOB OPENING: MGR, SPONSORSHIP SOLUTIONS/TBS/TNT/ATL: Manages strategic dev of innovative, custom, multi-platform sponsorships. Excellent mktg skills/communication/proj mgmt required. Resumes: [email protected] (8/25)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2010
ABC: Bachelor Pad, Dating in the Dark
AZTECA: Laura de Todos, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS: How I Met Your Mother [r], Rules of Engagement [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Big Bang Theory [r], CSI Miami [r]
CW: 90210 [r], Gossip Girl [r]
FOX: House [r], Lie to Me
ION: Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: Minute to Win It, Miss Universe Pageant
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, History Detectives, Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the spirit of the Rural Studio
TELE: Camino a la Corona, Miss Universo
UNIV: Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe, Soy Tu Duena, Cristina
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