Cynopsis
12.13.10

Good morning. It’s Monday, December 13, 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 Premieres:
FUEL TV: Bondi Rescue at 11p

Tonight’s Finales:
TCM: Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood at 8p

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HGTV

TNT announced its series The Closer will end its run with a final seventh season next year. The decision to finalize the series in 2011 was made by The Closer’s star Kyra Sedgwick. The Closer began in 2005 and is presently in its sixth season. During its seventh and final season, The Closer will mark its 100^th episode and production on the 15-episode new season will begin in spring 2011. The Closer is produced for TNT by The Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television.

CBS News staffers represented by the Writers Guild of America East and West ratified a new three-year agreement by a vote of 83% in favor of the new contract. The new contract, which covers news writers, writer/producers, editors, desk assistants, production assistants, graphic artists and promotion writers working in New York, Chicago, Washington and Los Angeles, allows for a 2% pay increase in January and another 2% pay rise in April 2012. The CBS News employee’s previous contract had expired eight months ago and the new deal is retroactive from April 2 through April 6, 2013.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: December 10-12, 2010
Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn (20^th Century Fox) $24.5 million – opening weekend
The Tourist (Sony)                              $17.0 million – opening weekend
Tangled (Disney)                                $14.6 million – 3 wk total $115.6m
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I (Warner Bros.) $8.5 million – 4 wk total $257.7m
Unstoppable (20th Century Fox)            $3.8 million – 5 wk total $74.3m
Black Swan (Fox Searchlight)               $3.3 million – 2 wk total $5.6m
Burlesque (Sony)                                $3.2 million – 3 wk total $32.6m
Love And Other Drugs (20th Century Fox) $3.0 million – 3 wk total $27.6m
Due Date (Warner Bros.)                     $2.5 million – 6 wk total $94.9m
Megamind (Paramount)                       $2.5 million – 6 wk total $140.2m
Source: Rentrak

Program Call: Cynopsis Media will be producing our annual NATPE Shopping Guide sent to all Cynopsis and Cynopsis Kids subscribers on Thursday, January 20, the week before NATPE 2011 in Miami.  If you would like to have your programming included, please send us only the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e., movie, series, special, etc.), genre and your terms (barter, cash, etc.) as well as your company’s stand/booth location.  To be included in this free and highly-viewed special edition, please send your submission to lisa@cynopsis.com no later than Friday, January 14, 2011. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission from Lisa (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HISTORY

5 Series > 1.5MM Impressions A18-49
HISTORY ties USA with 5 hits
Tops BRAVO (4), MTV (4), DISCOVERY (3), TNT (2), AMC (1), and TLC (1)

HISTORY is Made Every Day.  Tune in to find out why.
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One Entertainment was granted the exclusive master licensing rights in North America for Manchester United, F.C. Barcelona and Juventus. Under the conditions of the multi-year deals, One Entertainment will have rights to license, market and promote club-related merchandise and products featuring the club’s logos and creative assets.
REELZCHANNEL is now carried by Hotwire Communications in Southern Florida.

Golf Channel tapped two veteran sports broadcasters, Erik Kuselias and Gary Williams to co-host the network’s upcoming new weekday morning show, Morning Drive. Emanating from a studio at Golf Channel’s Orlando base, Morning Drive kicks off January 3 airing from 7-9a. The show will highlight news and commentary about current stories around the world extending to finance, pop culture and weather in addition to studio appearances from golf personalities and celebrities from all realms. Kuselias joins Golf Channel from ESPN where he has served as host and analyst since 2003. Williams previously was with Sirius Satellite Radio where he co-hosted the early morning show on Sirius’ Mad Dog Radio and also was the lead host on the PGA TOUR Network on Sirius/XM.

Thursday  A18-49 Analysis: CBS was the leader among A18-49 Thursday night at 2.9/8, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’ comedies The Big Bang Theory and $#*! My Dad Says averaged a top-rated 3.3/10 at 8p with FOX’s Bones next at 2.2/7. At 9p, NBC won with an hour-long The Office at 3.7/10 followed by a tie for #2 between ABC’s Barbara Walters Special and CBS’ CSI at 3.0/8 each. Then at 10p, ABC’s special, Barbara Walters Presents: 10 Most Fascinating People of 2010 was the most-watched program by delivering a 3.2/9 with CBS’ The Mentalist with a new episode in second place at 2.4/7.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, December 9, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 7.6/13         The Big Bang Theory 7.2/12, $#*! My Dad Says 5.7/9, CSI 7.9/13, The Mentalist 8.4/15

ABC: 7.0/12         Shrek the Halls [r] 3.9/7, Disney Prep & Landing [r] 4.0/7, Barbara Walters Special 8.8/14, Barbara Walters Presents: 10 Most Fascinating People of 2010 8.3/14

FOX: 3.9/6        Bones 5.1/8, Fringe 2.8/4

NBC: 3.1/5         Community 2.5/4, 30 Rock 2.9/5, The Office 4.1/6, The Apprentice 2.5/4

UNIV: 2.1/4        Eva Luna 1.9/3, Soy Tu Duena 2.8/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.7/3

CW: 1.8/3          Vampire Diaries 2.0/3, Nikita 1.5/2

ION: 1.0/2         Criminal Minds 1.1/2, Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 1.0/2

TELE: 0.6/1         Aurora 0.6/1, El Fantasma de Elena 0.5/1, Alguien Te Mira 0.5/1

TF: 0.4/1            Cine de Las Estrellas 0.4/1, India 0.4/1

A18-49: CBS 2.9/8, ABC 2.7/8, NBC 2.4/7, FOX 2.0/6, UNIV 1.8/5, CW 1.0/3, ION 0.4/1, TF 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1

Andy Berg was elevated to Senior Director/Non-Fiction and Alternative Programming at A&E Network and BIO Channel. Andy is now in charge of developing and managing the production of non-fiction series for A&E and BIO and he currently supervises the production of A&E’s series Hoarders, Billy the Exterminator and The First 48 as well as the new series The Peacemaker. At the networks, Andy reports to Elaine Frontain Bryant, VP/Non-Fiction and Alternative Programming, A&E Network and BIO Channel.

Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) established the newly-created position of Office of General Counsel and promoted Mike Zaneis to SVP/General Counsel up from VP/Public Policy. Furthermore, IAB named Patrick Dolan as EVP/COO up from EVP/Chief Administrative Officer and David Doty to the new role as SVP/CMO up from SVP/Marketing and Thought Leadership.

Telemundo appointed Eliz Gazarian-Semerjian as Manager/National Sales for the Los Angeles office of Telemundo Stations Group. Eliz will head the Los Angeles National Spot group, reporting to Andrew Barnet, VP/National Sales, Telemundo. Additionally, Telemundo added Tapias Mansfield as Director/Strategic Marketing Partnerships, West Coast. Tapias will report to David Matthews, VP/Strategic Marketing Partnerships, Telemundo Station Group.

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM PEABODY AWARDS

This day in History:  2000 – U.S. Vice President Al Gore conceded the 2000 Presidential election to Texas Gov. George W. Bush.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Familiarly he’s known as Joey Pants … what is his real name?  JOEY PANTALIANO from The Sopranos, The Handler, Gary the Rat, et al Kudos to: Smiti Kumar-US Trust/NY; Joel Maxwell/NY; Lewis Cosby/Knoxville; Jaime Weston-NFL/NY; Michael Hook-Lambert Media Group/Nashville; Dan Radman-OMD/Chicago; Lee Hurtado-PrimaDonna Prods/San Antonio; Todd Turina/CST; Jeff Mirkin-Pat Sajak Games/Culver City; Susan Goldberg-Logo Ad Sales/Santa Monica; Paul Brown-New Wave Entertainment/Burbank; Alan Perris-The Television Academy/North Hollywood; Bruce Nachbar-Outtabrooklyn Prods/Japan; Timothy Troke-Frogwater Media/Toronto; Keith MacKechnie-The Actors’ Network/Vancouver; Chris Faulds/CTV Digital Media/Toronto

Today’s Trivia Question:  Who tried to wear an allergy tag when he was a child but found the tag contained so many items, his head was just too week to support it?  (Email Cynthia@cynopsis.com 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
12.13.10

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JOB OPENING: DIR, PRGRMNG & DVLPMNT/GAC/NASH TN: Dvlp prgrmng concepts for internal/external prod . 7 yrs hands-on TV prod exp in variety of formats (studio, field, mag, doc, etc) Full info/ apply: www.scrippsnetworks.com #2034 (12/18)

JOB OPENING: DIG SALES PLAN’R/ACCT MGR/NBC/NYC: Mng daily partner relationships & sales processes to gty Sales team hits rev goals. Cover all dig brands across NBCU. Apply: http://www.nbcunicareers.com/ Job ID# 1286227 (12/18)

JOB OPENING: ASSOCIATE MEDIA DIR/PHD Media/NY: Lead a media planning team in strategy development & overall administration of client media needs for a major entertainment client. Send resumes to: estee.jinjihashvili@phdnetwork.com (12/18)

JOB OPENING: DOCUMENTARY PRODUCERS/EDITORS/COORD/LA: Producers needed w/strong story/journalism skills for doc series. Exp Coord/editors also needed. Reply w/pos in subject line to jobs@ luminantmedia.com www.luminantmedia.com (12/18)

JOB OPENING: SCORING TICKER PRODUCER/GOLF Channel/ORLANDO: 5+ yrs in stats & graphics exp. preferable/strong writing skills/Sports knowledge required. Resumes @ tbaker@golfchannel.com  Comcast EEO/AA/Drug Free Workplace (12/17)

JOB OPENING: RESEARCH ANALYST/Fuse/NY:  Create custom presentations to support all Ad Sales efforts. Strong data comm skills req’d. 2+ yrs exp w/Nielsen Toolbox & syndicated research systems. Rez to msghr@thegarden.com “RA” in sub (12/17)

JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, TRADE MKTG/Syfy Network/NYC: Responsible for directing all stages of strategic develop., creative execution, & production involved in marketing Syfy to the advertising community NBCunicareers .com Req# 1287863 (12/17)

JOB OPENING: CNBC.COM INVENTORY MGR/NBC/NYC:  Resp for processing inv related requests determine inv levels/usage patterns; coord w/sales planning team in discussing allocation & pricing considerations. www.Nbcunicareers.com Job#1280400 (12/17)

JOB OPENING: ACCT EXEC AFFILIATE DIST/GSN/NY:  BA/BS 3+years exp cable network. Relationships w/ MSO’s. Heavy Travel. Send res + CL to careers@gsn.com   (12/17)

JOB OPENING: SLS AC/BBC/NYC:  Work w/ internal & external contacts to provide sales support, internal reporting & agency coordination. Excellent communication skills. apply: www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/17)

JOB OPENING: ACCOUNT MNGR SLS/BBC/NYC: Gen rev & deliver to target, dev rltnshps & biz w/ agencies/clients. Must know US media landscape. Apply: www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/17)

JOB OPENING: SNR MGR IT/BBC/NYC: Key contact for staff, lead dev of tech strat, support biz units, maintain systems. www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp to apply (12/17)

JOB OPENING: OPS MGR/BBC/NYC:  Manage workflow b/w CS team & Tech Services, ensure delivery of assets and compliance of CS edit systems, software versions & media management. To apply: www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/17)

JOB OPENING: FREELANCE JR WEB DESIGNER/BBC/NYC: Dev & maintain internal & external web designs. To apply: www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/17)

JOB OPENING: EDITORIAL DIR/BBC/NYC:  Drive strategic direction of CS team, provide feedback on scripts/pieces. To apply: www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/17)

JOB OPENING: DIR COMMUNICATIONS/Miami:  cover all channel activity in Latam, position channel in consumer & trade press, event org etc. Must have exp in Latam & media industry. To apply: www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/17)

JOB OPENING: CREATIVE ASST/BBC/LA: Provide research, creative concept dev & artwork for new projects/games. Apply: www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/17)

JOB OPENING: ASSOC VP MRKTNG/BBC/NYC/BBC:  Lead mrktng for BBCA, manage 4 ppl, determine & Deliver mrktng strat. 5-10 yrs exp, strong communication skills. Apply: www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/17)
 
JOB OPENING: AFFILIATE SALES ASST/NYC/BBC:  Sales support/admin. Learn ropes of affiliate sales and media industry. Must be detail oriented and highly motivated. Apply: www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/17)

JOB OPENING:   SR DIGITAL MARKETING MGR/Music Choice/NY:  Develop online mktng/social media strategy and execute online/social/mobile mktng programs for Music Choice. 6+ years online mktng exp. required. http://tinyurl.com/2esubou (12/17)

JOB OPENING: SALES PLANNER/NYC:  All planning facets of media campaign orders, update plans/customize presentations, send materials,order input,reconcile contract/order discrepancies, steward accounts HumanResources@ovationtv.com (12/16)

JOB OPENING: MKTG SOLUTIONS MANAGER/G4/LA: Job respond. include ideation and execution of multi-platform integration/sponsorship programs. 3-4 yrs exp. in TV mktg/ad sales. Expert in PowerPoint. Apply  resumes@comcastnets.com (12/16)

JOB OPENING: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/TV Guide Online/NY: AE w/5+ yrs digital ad sales exp a must. Multi-platform sales exp preferred. Competitive salary commensurate w/ exp & excellent benefits program resumes@lionsgate.com (12/16)

JOB OPENING: PROD COORDINATORS/SpeakeasyFX: Need 2 strng coordntrs for anim. series-1 to trck notes &1 to trck scenes as they move thru studio.Must have strng MS Office skills;Animation exp a must. Apply: jobs@speakeasyfx.com (12/15)

JOB OPENING:  DIR, MERCHANDISE/New York:  Increase revenue by optimizing e-commerce mktg & merchandising online stores. Apply: www.aetn.com/careers https://www.abso.com/jobboard/Default.aspx?JOBBOARDID=618&JobDetail=82748 (12/15)

JOB OPENING:  PROMOTION MGR-ONLINE/Disney Interactive CHI: A track rec translating mktg + promo objectvs into results 4 advrtsrs. 4+yrs heavy mktg/promo exp w/2+ yrs online a MUST. Strong pres. Skills a must.  Sarah.sadler@disney.com (12/15)

JOB OPENING: CG OPERATOR (Duet), Part time NESN/MA: Utilize Chyron Duet in a fast-paced live studio operation to design, develop and implement graphics. www.nesn.com (12/14)

JOB OPENING: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/NESN/MA: Reporting to the Local Sales Manager, this position requires a team oriented, creative sales professional adept at growing existing accounts while developing new business www.nesn.com (12/14)

JOB OPENING: TECHNICAL DIRECTOR/NESN/MA: Reporting to the Studio Operations Manager, this position will provide technical direction for a sports news program www.nesn.com (12/14)

JOB OPENING: DIR DIG MEDIA AD SALES PLAN’G & ACCT MGT/NYC: Lead both teams for ent sites in NBCU portfolio. Lead x-functl process improvements/efficiencies working w/ Mktg, Ad Ops/Inv/Finance. www.nbcuniversalcareers.com Job:1281946 (12/14)

JOB OPENING: MKTG MGR NBC/NYC: Asst Mktg Dir & increase sales for msnbc. Interface w/ ext customers & translate needs of the target brand into “sellable” prgrms that generate rev for msnbc. www.nbcuniversalcareers.com job ID: 1288387 (12/14)

JOB OPENING: MANAGER, AD SLS RESEARCH/Vh1/LOGO/NY: 5+yrs rsch exp, proficient in Nielsen systems, MRI, Lake 5, Support P&I needs, Develop unique rsch metrics & methods of measurement, EOE/M/F/D/AAP. www.mtvnetworkscareers.com (12/14)

JOB OPENING: ASSOCIATE MEDIA DIRECTOR/Zenithmedia/NY: Lead a media planning team in strategy development and overall administration of client media needs. Send resumes to: troy.saviola@zenithmedia-na.com (12/14)

JOB OPENING: ASSOCIATE RSRCH ANALYST/KNOX/SCRIPPS NETWORKS: 1+ YRS &/or Internships in Media RSRCH. Daily research support for Affiliate & Ad Sales, SNI Digital & other corporate clients. Apply to # 1860, www.scrippsnetworks.com (12/14)

JOB OPENING:  VP RETAIL SALES & MARKETING/WALMART TEAM LEADER/Nickelodeon/Bentonville, AR: 10+ yrs Retail Sales/Promos/Cons Markting, 5yrs mgmt exp, Deep Relatnshps/Knwlge of Walmart, EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvnetworkscareers.com (12/14)

JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR ANIMATION MARKETING/Nickelodeon/NYC: 7+yrs Consumer Mrkting Exp w/in Ent/Media/Retail, Strng Success record of Initiatives & Leadrship, Strng Strat Planng exp,EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvnetworkscareers.com (12/14)

JOB OPENING: DIR RSRCH & INFO/National Association of Broadcasters/DC: Exp’d candidate to fill position currently available. Please visit our web site at www.nab.org for the complete listing about this opportunity (12/14)

JOB OPENING: STRATEGIC MEDIA PLANNER/Philadelphia Area: Client Media Dept.,5-7 years Media Planning Exp, Agency, Broadcast & Interactive Exp a plus – Please send resume to JWatson@execsearchinc.net (12/14)

INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always posted for free , and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at trish@cynopsis.com.

WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: DVLPMNT/MARKETING /LA prod company: Must be available 2 days a wk, w Mac/Final cut experience. Small stipend to cover travel expenses &lunch. www.PIC.tv Resume/cover: Vstudiola @gmail.com   (12/14)

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SITUATION WANTED:  EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT position film/tv (NY) 10 years experience: Interned for a President, Executive Assistant to SVP/VP/film director/celebrity petermichael0809@hotmail.com (12/17)

SITUATION WANTED: Dedicated & Experienced ADV. SALES PLANNER (NY) Sales proposals, resolving client discrepancies, quarterly post analysis, special sales service projects, expert computer skills. Contact- runelyon@aol.com (12/17)

SITUATION WANTED: NEED A BUDGET DONE?? LINE PROD/EIC – 10+ yrs. exp- budgets done in all formats TV & Features Accurate, Reasonable fast turnaround. Email:  mmillertvmaker@gmail.com (12/16)

SITUATION WANTED:Need a creative editor/consultant?HD editor/dir/shooter w/Final Cut system & 7D shoot pckg. 21 yrs int’l exp:HISTORY, BBC,PBS, NPR,NGOs, iBook trailers, iPhone apps. Reel/contact>alangrazioso.com (12/14)

SITUATION WANTED:CREATIVE DIRECTOR/DESIGNER/ILLUSTRATOR/NYC: Exceptional concept through completion. Freelance or staff. Portfolio: www.baerdavis.com Email: scott@baerdavis.com (12/14)

SITUATION WANTED: SALES POWERHOUSE in TV, FILM & MEDIA 6+ years of Domestic and International experience in Film & TV sales, a powerful sales closer w/ strong Rolodex of clients, email alfredofilms@gmail.com (12/14)

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2010

 ABC:   Skating with the Stars, Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to You, Castle
AZTECA:  Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly, Hawaii Five-0
CW:  Vampire Diaries [r], Vampire Diaries [r]
FOX:  House [r], Lie to Me [r]
ION:  Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:  The Sing-Off, Chase [r]
PBS:   Antiques Roadshow [r], Christmas at Concordia: Journey to Bethlehem, A Renaissance Christmas
TELE:  Aurora, El Fantasma de Elena, Alguien Te Mira
UNIV:  Eva Luna, Soy Tu Duena, Rosa de Guadalupe

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