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12.14.09

Good morning. It’s Monday, December 14, 2009, 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:
NBC: The Sing-Off at 8p
E!: Bank of Hollywood at 10p

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TWENTIETH TELEVISION

New Zealand folk-pop duo, Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie who make up the comedy-music group and star in HBO’s comedy Flight of the Conchords announced they will not continue the show for a third season. In a statement posted on their website late last week, Clement and McKenzie said even though the characters Bret and Jemaine will no longer be on the HBO show, the “real Bret and Jemaine will continue to exist.” Flight of the Conchords debuted on HBO in 2007, running for two seasons and 22 total episodes.

As a result of the recent pact between General Electric and Comcast over the sale of NBC Universal, current President/CEO Jeff Zucker signed a new three-year contract, cites THR. Zucker’s new deal will keep him in place through 2013. Since regulatory approvals could take up to 18 months to clear, Zucker would run the new entity, where Comcast owns 51% and GE owns 49% for at least a year and a half.

FX’s season finale of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia last Thursday at 10p attracted 1.31 million A18-34; 1.68 A18-49; and 2.13 million total viewers. Following at 1030p, the freshman season ender of The League delivered 963,000 A18-49 and 1.20 million total viewers.

Wednesday’s season six finale of Bravo’s Top Chef drew in 3.4 million total viewers, equal to 1 million more viewers than the season premiere on August 19, though falling behind the season five finale with 3.7 million total viewers.

Veteran television and stage actor, Gene Barry, 90, died last Wednesday at an assisted-living facility in Woodland Hills, CA. Throughout his television career, Barry starred in a variety of roles, headlining the TV show Bat Masterson from 1958 to 1961; followed by the lead role in Burke’s Law from 1963 to 1966; and playing a rich magazine mogul in The Name of the Game from 1968 to 1971. He also starred in the short-lived show The Adventurer in 1972-73. Barry also appeared in several films and was nominated for a Tony award in 1984 for his role as George in La Cage Aux Folles. Barry was preceded in death by his wife of 58 years who died in 2003; he is survived by a daughter, two sons, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: December 11-13, 2009
The Princess and the Frog (Disney)            $25.0 million  3 wk total $27.9m
The Blind Side (Warner Bros.)                    $15.5 million  4 wk total $150.2m
Invictus (Warner Bros.)                             $9.1 million  opening weekend
Twilight Saga: The New Moon (Summit Entertainment) $8.0 million  4 wk total $267.4m
Disney’s A Christmas Carol (Disney)           $6.9 million  6 wk total $124.5m
Brothers (Lionsgate)                                 $5.0 million  2 wk total $17.4m
2012 (Sony)                                             $4.4 million  5 wk total $155.3m
Old Dogs (Disney)                                     $4.4 million  3 wk total $40.0m
Armored (Sony)                                        $3.5 million  2 wk total $11.7m
Ninja Assassin (Warner Bros.)                    $2.7 million  3 wk total $34.3m
Source: Rentrak

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Gail Berman and Lloyd Braun, heads of the production company BermanBraun, reupped their first-year agreement with NBC Universal for three additional years. The deal allows BermanBraun to continue to operate under a separate banner within NBC U and giving NBC U’s television units a first-look at their projects in development.

CBS gave a script commitment to a time travel project titled Murmurs from CBS Studios, cites THR. Writers Jason Smilovic and producer Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas are involved on the project about a world where time travel is commonplace and an agency called Commission is in charge of finding and correcting alterations in time called murmurs. Smilovic and Goldsmith-Thomas are executive producing and developed the concept with their producing partner, Tyler Mitchell who is also serving as supervising producer; Marisa Yeres of Goldsmith-Thomas Productions will also co-produce.

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Thursday  A18-49 Analysis: CBS held a comfortable lead Thursday night among A18-49 with a 3.9/11, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, CBS won with Survivor: Samoa at 4.2/12 followed by FOX’s Bones in second at 3.1/9. CBS continued its primetime spree at 9p as CSI posted a 3.9/10, though NBC was not too far behind at 3.7/10, the average of The Office and 30 Rock. CBS ended the night a winner through 10p with The Mentalist delivering a 3.6/10 and NBC’s The Jay Leno Show was #2 at 1.6/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, December 10, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 9.3/15       Survivor: Samoa 7.6/12, CSI 10.0/16, The Mentalist 10.3/18

FOX: 5.3/8           Bones 6.7/11, Fringe 3.8/6

NBC: 3.7/6           Community 3.4/6, Parks and Recreation 3.1/5, The Office 4.8/8, 30 Rock 4.0/6, The Jay Leno Show 3.3/6

ABC: 3.0/5           Flash Forward [r] 2.7/4, Grey’s Anatomy [r] 3.4/5, Private Practice [r] 2.8/5

UNIV: 2.0/3        En Nombre Del Amor 2.0/3, Sortilegio 2.4/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.6/3

CW: 1.1/2           Vampire Diaries [r] 1.2/2, Supernatural [r] 1.0/2

ION: 0.8/1          Ghost Whisperer [r] 0.6/1, NCIS [r] 0.8/1, NCIS [r] 0.9/1

TELE: 0.8/1         Mas Sabe El Diablo 0.7/1, Ninos Ricos 0.5/1, Futbol Estelar: Monterrey vs. Cruz Azul 1.1/2

A18-49: CBS 3.9/11, FOX 2.7/8, NBC 2.5/7, UNIV 1.5/4, ABC 1.2/3, TELE 0.8/2, CW 0.7/2, ION 0.3/1

The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC) appointed Jerry Elliott in the newly created role as CFO/Chief Administration Officer. Jerry will provide oversight for TWCC’s finance, legal, administrative and HR areas. Based in Atlanta, Jerry reports to Michael J. Kelly, CEO, TWCC.

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This day in History: 1984 – Howard Cosell retired from the NFL’s Monday Night Football.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  He drove a 1957 Thunderbird convertible – candy apple red.  He had a mobile phone in it and kept his Magnum in the glove box.   Who is he?  DAN TANA of VEGA$ Kudos to: David Bank-RBC Capital Markets/NY; Robert Maffei/NY; Carin Forman-HBO/NY; Jared Freid-AXA Advistors/NY; Kandy Hartsfield-KDAF/Dallas; Leigh Bingham-Harris BCD/Denver; Todd Turina-Stewart Talent Management/Chicago; Matt Sautter-Dish Network/Denver; David Schneider-GroupM Motion/Santa Monica; Michael Madnick-Fox L&M/LA; Kathleen Sala/PIC Media Group/Encino; Danny Harris-Daisy lu prods/LA; Sheldon Wiebe-EclipseMagazine.com/Calgary

Today’s Trivia Question:   Who am I?  People come to my shop for many things … play checkers, catch up on the town news, read the paper and sometimes play the guitar.  If there’s no one in my shop, I’ll probably be sitting on the front porch.  Inside the shop, there’s just one major chair; one day I aspire to have two.  Who am I?    (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
12.14.09

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JOB OPENING: SR WRITER/PROD/EDITOR/WSFL-TV/FT Laud FL: Seasoned creative team player to create on-air mktg campaigns for ent, sports & untradit’l morn newscast. Res/reel: [email protected] More info www.sunsentinel.com/employment (12/19)

JOB OPENING:  COMEDY WRITER/NAT’L DAILY TV/LA: 4-6 yrs+ of TV writing exp. Applicants should be pop culture junkies who can apprec comedic sensibilities of current pop. talk show hosts. Cover let/resume: [email protected] (12/18)

JOB OPENING:  TEMP SCHEDULING & TRAFFIC MGR/NFL Network/Culver City:  Implement & schedule daily on-air promo, track & analyze reports, Require 2 yrs broadcast exp, MSA/Gabriel & EMS/GRiP iT! a plus. Send resume to [email protected] (12/18)

JOB OPENING:  GSM/WDIV-TV/DETROIT: Hnds on GSM to ld & motivate sls tm & maximize rev by creating solutions for clients. Exp GSM & lrg mkt, exp digital media, knowledge of rtgs data, pricing & neg. skills. Resumes: [email protected] (12/18)

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JOB OPENING:  TV SLS LAT AMERICA/NYC/BBC: sell BBC programs to Mexico, Central America & Carribean. Fully bilingual, Spanish & English required, 3+ yrs in LatAm TV Sls enviro. To apply www.bbbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/18)

JOB OPENING: CMO/DIR MKTG/AuditionBooth.com/Soho: Start-Up Company. F ocus on dig. mktg. 5+ yrs Sr Mktg Mngmnt exp. Emphasis: online, dig. mktg. Apply: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA3/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=INFUSIONDEV&cws=2&rid=335 (12/17)

JOB OPENINGS: COOR CORP PRTNERSHIPS/NY Jets/Florham Park NJ: Execute client sponsorship, advrtsing, new stadium assets & prgrms. 3-4 yrs exp w/team, league or agency req’d sponsorship srvc capacity. Res: [email protected]   (12/16)

JOB OPENING: CLIENT STRATEGY DIR/Private agency/Cincinnati, OH: 7+yrs acct&project mgmt exp. in media/mkting/online, CPG client exp. Organized, detailed, love solving marketing challenges. Resumes: [email protected] (12/15)

JOB OPENING: OPS & ADMIN ASST/Times Square Jumbotron/NY: Support ops/biz dev team, material traffic/ingestion/scheduling, PoP reports, analysis, liaison w/ sales & clients, detail oriented must. Email: [email protected] (12/15)

JOB OPENING:    DIR RESEARCH/MTVN/Nickelodeon: BA, 7 yrs media/cable Progrmg resch exp. Strong supv/communic/editorial sk. Str analy sk. Proficient w/Nielsen software and related svcs. Apply  www.mtvnetworkscareers.com (12/15)

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SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Hallmark Channel/Studio City: Marketing internship avail for Jan. Must take credit/sophomore or above/avail for Jan. pls apply at [email protected] (12/16)

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SITUATION WANTED: MUSIC LICENSING (LA): 10+ Experience in Music Licensing. Clearance, Song Selection, Contracts. Resume on IMDb. Email Sean Fernald at: [email protected] (12/19)

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SITUATION WANTED:  BROADCAST BUSINESS MANAGER 10+ years experience working with Ad Agencies, Cable Networks, Production Companies and Vendors. NYC and will relocate. [email protected]  (12/19)

SITUATION WANTED: 20+ yrs. experience in TV Broadcasting & Cable ACCOUNTING/FINANCE. Seeking FT/PT or Temp-to-Perm
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SITUATION WANTED:   JR EDITOR (NY): 10 yrs experience in TV. Before moving into Post, I was a field producer / director. I prefer working on Avid, but am just as good with FCP. Reel upon request. [email protected] (12/16)

SITUATION WANTED:   CONCEPT, DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION (NYC)20 years experience working concept through completion. Portfolio:www.baerdavis.com Email: [email protected] (12/16)

SITUATION WANTED: 5 PRIME TIME EMMYS/ DOC. PROD, DIR., WRITER in L.A. Credits: National Geo, PBS, Discovery, History CH, TLC and MSNBC. Contact email: [email protected] (12/15)

SITUATION WANTED: EXECUTIVE/PERSONAL ASSISTANT: Excellent organization, PR and computer skills. Background in breaking news media. Reliable transportation, references. Ventura or Los Angeles County. Email: [email protected] (12/15)

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009

ABC:  Jennifer Hudson: I’ll Be Home for Christmas,  Find My Family, Castle [r]
AZTECA: Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Extranormal de Impacto, Al Extremo
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, Accidentally on Purpose, Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, CSI Miami
CW:  Vampire Diaries [r], Vampire Diaries [r]
FOX:  Carrie Underwood:  An All-Star Holiday Special
ION:  Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:  The Sing-off [p], Jay Leno Show
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Anatomy of a Pandemic, Secrets of the Dead
TELE: Mas Sabe el Diablo, Ninos Ricos Padres Pobres, Victorinos
UNIV:  El Nombre del Amor, Sortilegio, Cristina

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