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12.07.09

Good morning. It’s Monday, December 7, 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:
Tennis Channel: Fit to Hit at 7p
TNT: The Closer at 9p; Men of a Certain Age at 10p

Tonight’s Finale:
Bravo: Million Dollar Listing at 10p

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM PLANET GREEN

Details are emerging about the joint venture agreement made by Comcast Corp. and General Electric according to a filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday by Comcast. One detail includes GE agreeing to purchase $59 million per year in advertising on NBC Universal properties for five years, beginning when the merger closes. The closing date is likely to happen during the second half of next year at the soonest. Furthermore, GE will make a $60 million ad deal involving NBC U’s coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games. Another detail includes GE retaining the right to persuade Comcast to buy half of its remaining 49% portion of NBC U at the three and a half year anniversary date of the deal’s closing, and the remaining stake at the seven year mark. Additionally, even with Comcast having operational control of NBC U, GE will have certain veto powers as long as it owns 10% and GE will have to grant approval for any NBC U acquisition costing more than $500 billion or any moves that would incur debt of more than $250 million. The SEC filing also states both entities can call off the deal if it has not closed by the one year mark of the announcement, December 3, 2010, though either side can enact a 90-day extension of this provision.

Tonight at 7p, Tennis Channel opens a new half-hour original series, Fit to Hit showing both professional and amateur players exercise and diet advice to help their tennis game. Hosted by model/actress Danielle Dotzenrod, Fit to Hit will not only reveal nutrition and fitness secrets but also tennis trends in science and equipment, injury prevention tips and other wellness strategies.

Mindshare was selected as media agency of record for The Sun Products Corporation in the US. Mindshare will handle strategic media planning and purchases for traditional and digital media for the Sun Products roster of brands including Wisk detergents and Snuggle fabric softener.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: December 4-6, 2009
The Blind Side (Warner Bros.)                    $20.4 million  3 wk total $129.3m
Twilight Saga: The New Moon (Summit Entertainment) $15.7 million  3 wk total $255.6m
Brothers (Lionsgate)                                 $9.7 million  opening weekend
Disney’s A Christmas Carol (Disney)           $7.5 million  5 wk total $115.0m
Old Dogs (Disney)                                     $6.9 million  2 wk total $33.9m
Armored (Sony)                                        $6.6 million  opening weekend
2012 (Sony)                                             $6.6 million  4 wk total $148.8m
Ninja Assassin (Warner Bros.)                    $5.0 million  2 wk total $29.8m
Planet 51 (Sony)                                       $4.3 million  3 wk total $34.0m
Everybody’s Fine (Miramax)                       $4.0 million  opening weekend
Source: Rentrak

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CARTOON NETWORK

BEN 10: ALIEN SWARM is an explosive hit for Cartoon Network!

More than 16 Million Viewers over Thanksgiving weekend.*

Click here for the powerful details!

*Source: Cartoon Network Research.Nielsen Media Research. NPower  Live +SD. Period 11/25/09-11/29/09. Cume for 4 total airings (Premiere plus 3 replays): 11/25/09 (7p-8:30p/8:30p-9:46p); 11/27/09 & 11/29/09 (8p-9:29p). Based on 1 min qualifier.

FOX is developing an epic family drama called Howl about competing werewolves in a small Alaskan town. From DreamWorks Television, Howl is penned by Joshua Miller M.A. Fortin; DreamWorks’ Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank will executive produce.

Epix’s Nashville family saga Tough Trade added country music star Trace Adkins to its cast, playing Scared, friend and bodyguard to Linwood Tucker (Sam Shepard) who is completely devoted to the family. Also joining the cast is Joey Lauren Adams, playing Shawnelle, the fifth Mrs. Linwood Tucker; Boyd Holbrook as Jackson, the youngest of the Tucker clan destined to be the “crown prince” of country music; and Claire van der Boom as Jackson’s half sister Billie, who is the strongest member of the family.

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COMCAST SPOTLIGHT

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Thursday  A18-49 Analysis: Even with tight competition, CBS prevailed Thursday night with the A18-49 demo at 2.9/8, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, CBS’ Survivor was successful with a 3.9/11 followed by FOX’s Bones at 2.9/8. NBC won during 9p, delivering a 3.5/9 for the average of The Office and 30 Rock with ABC’s Private Practice next at 3.0/8. The second hour of ABC’s Private Practice was #1 at 10p with a 3.3/9 and CBS’ The Mentalist was #2 at 2.5/7.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, December 3, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 7.0/11       Survivor: Samoa 7.5/12, CSI [r] 6.4/10, The Mentalist [r] 7.1/12

ABC: 5.7/9           Flash Forward 4.5/7, Private Practice 6.3/10

FOX: 5.2/8           Bones 6.2/10, Fringe 4.2/7

NBC: 3.5/6           Community 3.3/5, Parks and Recreation 3.0/5, The Office 4.6.7, 30 Rock 3.7/6, The Jay Leno Show 3.2/5

UNIV: 2.0/3        En Nombre Del Amor 2.1/3, Sortilegio 2.4/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.5/3

CW: 0.8/1           Vampire Diaries [r] 0.9/1, Supernatural [r] 0.8/1

ION: 0.8/1          Ghost Whisperer [r] 0.7/1, NCIS [r] 0.8/1, NCIS [r] 0.9/2

TELE: 0.7/1         Mas Sabe El Diablo 0.8/1, Ninos Ricos 0.5/1, Futbol Estelar: Monterrey vs. Toluca 0.8/1

A18-49: CBS 2.9/8, ABC 2.8/8, FOX 2.7/7, NBC 2.4/7, UNIV 1.6/4, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.5/1, ION 0.4/1

Here Media appointed Jon Barrett as Editorial Director for the company’s newly established Advocate Group. Jon will manage the editorial voice for the group’s products encompassing The Advocate’s print, online and TV offerings, the HIV Plus brand, SheWired.com and PlanetOut.com.
 

This day in History:  1941 – Pearl Harbor, located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu was attacked by nearly 200 Japanese warplanes. The attack resulted in the U.S. entering into World War II.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:   This commercial was created in 1989 by Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, and featured numerous scenes from nature, but never showed the product itself.  What was the product?  NISSAN INFINITI  Kudos to: Terry Ewert-Big Ten Network/Short Hills; Smiti Kumar-Merrill Lynch/NY; Robert Lasky-Porterhouse Digital/Wilton CT; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton; Kevin Schmidt-NCC/Chicago; Tim Rank-Cox Reps/St. Louis; David Mellott-Harpo Prods/Chicago; Robert Bare-KIAH/Houston; Joy Anderson/LA; Adina Montgomery-Disney ABC Television Group/Burbank; Fiona Hellwarth/LA; Mark Wilcox-KUSI/San Diego; Guy Caballero-SCTV/Toronto; John Bassett-Insight Sports/Toronto

Today’s Trivia Question:  What TV character was nicknamed The Dancing Doctor?    (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.)

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SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: NYC Boutique TV Syndication Co. seeks diligent undergrad to assist in daily operations. Duties include creation of mktg/promo materials,contracts, etc. MS Office & strong comm skill required. Email [email protected] (12/5)

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009

ABC:  Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town,  Find My Family, Castle
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: One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl
FOX:  Carrie Underwood:  An All-Star Holiday Special
ION:  Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:  Law & Order: SVU [r], Law & Order: SVU [r], Jay Leno Show
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil and the Presidency
TELE: Mas Sabe el Diablo, Ninos Ricos Padres Pobres, Victorinos
UNIV:  El Nombre del Amor, Sortilegio, Cristina

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