Cynopsis: Kids!
12/15/08
Good morning. It’s Monday, December 15, 2008 and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.
Summit Entertainment confirms that writer/director/producer Chris Weitz will direct the next two Twilight movies, which are of course, based on author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book series. Production on the second movie, New Moon, is scheduled to begin in the next few months, with Summit planning to release the film towards the end of 2009 or early 2010. Erik Feig, Summit’s President of Production will oversee New Moon for the studio, along with the studio’s Director of Production Gillian Bohrer.
MORE KIDS STUFF
Two new episodes of Nick News with Linda Ellerbee will debut on Nickelodeon this month:
- America’s Forgotten Children: Rural Poor (December 21 at 9p) – looks at families with kids in rural America who have been struggling to make it for several years.
- Boys and Girls – In a Class of Their Own? (December 28 at 9p) – the episode explores the pros and cons of single gender education and what kids at different types of schools have to say on the topic.
Paramount Pictures and Imax Corporation join to release Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams, simultaneously in Imax and conventional movie theaters on May 8, 2009. The movie, which will be digitally re-mastered for Imax, follows the early days of James T. Kirk and the members of the crew of the USS Enterprise.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Aardman‘s Wallace & Gromit, Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment will release three animated DVDs featuring the eccentric duo this February 10, 2009: Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out (1989); Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong (1993); Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave (1995). Each release also includes a range of extras, including audio commentary with creator Nick Park, featurettes, and contraptions.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is set to release the new DVD Strawberry Shortcake: Happily Ever After, on February 3, 2009. The all-new title includes offers Valentine’s Day cards and bonus extras including free downloadable coloring pages and a character memory game.
Beyond inks a number of program sales for content launched at Mipcom earlier this fall, including kid-targeted series: Nickelodeon Australia picks up the third season The Amazing Extraordinary Friends; Disney Australia & New Zealand acquires season two of Numberjacks; additionally, new deals Mythbusters (not specifically for kids, but kids/teens love it too) are completed with Discovery Australia, New Zealand, Afghanistan, China, East Asia, Mongolia and Pacific Rim, SBS TV Denmark, Silverbox Ukraine, Sky Networks New Zealand, SBS Australia, Dmax Germany and Cuatro in Spain.
MARKETING/LICENSING
UK Broadcaster Five‘s launches a new online store offering products from the shows featured during its preschool-targeted Milkshake! programming block. Designed and operated by Digital Stores, the new Milkshake! shop also offers cross-promotional opportunities for related events, including a ticketing facility for Milkshake! Live: My First Concert, the touring stage show.
STONE SOUP
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; December 12-14, 2008:
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) (Fox) PG-13 Opening Weekend $31.0m
Four Christmases (Warner Bros. (New Line)) PG-13 $13.3m-3 wk total $88.0m
Twilight (Summit Entertainment) PG-13 $8.0m-4 wk total $150.1m
Bolt (Buena Vista) PG $7.5m-4 wk total $88.9m
Australia (Fox) PG-13 $4.3m-3 wk total $37.9m
Quantum of Solace (Sony/Columbia) PG-13 $3.8m-5 wk total $157.7m
Nothing Like the Holidays (Overture Films) PG-13 Opening Weekend $3.5m
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (Paramount (DreamWorks)) PG $3.3m-6 wk total $170.0m
Transporter 3 (Lionsgate) PG-13 $2.3m-3 wk total $29.3m
Delgo (Freestyle Releasing) PG Opening Weekend $916km
Source: Box Office Mojo
RATINGS
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 12/1-12/7/2008, 6a-6a:
K2-11 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/5; 8-10p) 4275
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/5; 7:30p) 2829
ABC: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (12/1; 8:32-9:02p) 2787
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/6; 11a-1p) 2767
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/6; 9:30a) 2700
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/5; 7p) 2630
CBS: Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer (12/3; 8-9:01p) 2609
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/7; 7-9p) 2335
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/6; 9a) 2291
ABC: Shrek the Halls (12/1; 8-8:32p) 2284
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 6-11 for the week of 12/1-12/7/2008, 6a-6a:
K6-11 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/5; 8-10p) 3405
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/6; 11a-1p) 1998
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/5; 7:30p) 1880
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/6; 9:30a) 1755
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/5; 7p) 1748
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/7; 7-9p) 1712
NICK: iCarly (12/6; 1p) 1646
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/6; 7-9p) 1641
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/6; 9a) 1620
ABC: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (12/1; 8:32-9:02p) 1568
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Tweens 9-14 for the week of 12/1-12/7/2008, 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/5; 8-10p) 2882
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/6; 11a-1p) 1545
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/7; 7-9p) 1428
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/6; 7-9p) 1383
NICK: iCarly (12/6; 1p) 1263
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/5; 7:30p) 1259
DSNY*: Wizards of Waverly Place (12/7; 8:30p) 1133
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/5; 7p) 1089
ABC: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (12/1; 8:32-9:02p) 1086
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (12/6; 9:30a) 1070
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Teens 12-17 for the week of 12/1-12/7/2008, 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/5; 8-10p) 1561
FOX: NFL Various Teams and Times (12/7; 4:15-7:32p) 1117
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/7; 7-9p) 909
FOX: House (12/2; 8-9:01p) 874
FOX: Family Guy (12/7; 9p) 850
FOX: The OT (12/7; 7:38-7:54p) 847
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/6; 11a-1p) 816
DSNY*: Wizards of Waverly Place (12/7; 8:30p) 790
FOX: American Dad (12/7; 9:30p) 772
NICK: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (12/6; 7-9p) 742
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Abbreviation for Adult Swim, which airs on Cartoon Network
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, December 6, 2008 Broadcast Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
CW (TheCW4Kids) 1.0/5 Avg. (7a-12p)
Will & DeWitt 0.5/5; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1.0/6; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1.2/6; Gogoriki 1.0/4; Spectacular Spider-Man 1.1/4; Spectacular Spider-Man 1.2/5; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1.2/5; Dinosaur King 1.0/4; Chaotic 0.9/4; Yu-Gi-Oh 5D 1.0/5
ABC 0.8/3 Avg. (9a-1p)
The Emperor’s New School 0.6/3; The Replacements 1.0/4; That’s So Raven 1.0/4; That’s So Raven 0.9/4; Hannah Montana 1.0/4; Suite Life of Zack & Cody 1.1/5; Power Rangers Overdrive 0.3/1; Power Rangers Jungle Fury 0.2/1
FOX (4KidsTV) 0.8/3 Avg. (8:30a-12:30p)
Di-Gata Defenders 0.4/2; Biker Mice from Mars 0.5/3; Sonic X 1.1/4; Sonic X 1.2/5; Chaotic M’arillion Invasion 0.8/3; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward 0.8/4; Kirby 0.8/4; Winx Club 0.6/3;
CBS (KEWLopolis on CBS) 0.3/1 Avg. (7-10a/10a-12p)
Cake 0.2/1; Horseland 0.6/3; Dino Squad 0.4/2; Strawberry Shortcake 0.1/0; Care Bears 0.2/1; Sushi Pack 0.2/1
NBC (Qubo on NBC) Avg. 0.2/1 (10a-1p)
Jane and the Dragon 0.2/1; Zula Patrol 0.1/0; 321 Penguins/Larryboy Adventures 0.1/0; Veggie Tales 0.2/1; Turbo Dogs 0.2/1; My Friend Rabbit 0.3/1
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, December 6, 2008 Cable Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
NICKELODEON 5.7/28 Avg. (7a-1p)
Jimmy Neutron 1.5/17; Jimmy Neutron 2.2/17; Fairly OddParents 3.3/19; Fairly OddParents 4.4/22; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.6/27; SpongeBob SquarePants 7.2/28; Back at the Barnyard 5.6/22; Mighty B! 4.6/20; Merry Christmas Drake & Josh (120 minutes) 8.2/37
CARTOON NETWORK 1.9/9 Avg. (7a-1p)
George of the Jungle 1.8/14; Transformers: Animated 2.1/12; Secret Saturdays 2.0/10; Pokemon: Diamond & Pearl – Battle Dimensions 1.9/8; Star Wars: Clone Wars 2.0/8; Ben 10: Alien Force 2.5/10; Batman: Brave and The Bold 2.4/10; Bakugan 1.7/7; Thumb Wrestling Federation 1.7/8; Ben 10: Alien Force 1.3/6; Total Drama Island 1.6/7
DISNEY CHANNEL 1.9/9 Avg. (7a-1p)
The Wiggles 1.4/16; Charlie & Lola Christmas 1.6/12; Little Einsteins 1.4/8; My Friends Tigger and Pooh: Super Sleuth (50 minutes) 2.0/9; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 1.8/7; Imagination Movers 2.1/8; Handy Manny 2.1/9; Handy Manny 2.3/10; Handy Manny 1.9/8; Hannah Montana 2.0/9; Hannah Montana 2.0/9
TOON DISNEY (Jetix) 0.7/3 Avg. (7a-1p)
Suite Life of Zack & Cody 0.2/2; Phineas and Ferb 0.6/4; Monster Buster Club 0.4/2; Power Rangers Jungle Fury 0.6/3; Chicken Little (105 minutes) 1.2/5; Timon & Pumbaa Shorts (15 minutes) 0.7/3; Phineas and Ferb 0.5/2; Phineas and Ferb 0.5/2; Phineas and Ferb 0.5/2; Phineas and Ferb 0.5/3
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On the Disney series Lizzie McGuire (starring Hilary Duff) what was the name of the school Lizzie and her friends attended? HILLRIDGE JUNIOR HIGH Kudos to: Daniel Errico-FreeChildrenStories.Com/ NY; Jessica D’Amico-The Morris + King Company/NY
Today’s Trivia Question: On the animated series Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Beautiful Gorgeous, an evil villainess who is the daughter of Jimmy’s enemy, Professor Calamitous, was voiced by what actress? (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 — Gwen
Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
12.15.08
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