Source: NTI, Galaxy Explorer, Cov Rtg. 9/27/04-2/17/05. Gilmore = M-F 5p. Tie #1 A18-34 w/ Smallville M-F 7p, Whose Line M-F 1030p. Excludes Movies, 10+ T/C.

CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis

02/21/05

Good morning. It’s Monday, February 21, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing on President’s Day, a holiday for many of you..

CBS won the night on Thursday in the final numbers from Nielsen Media Research with an overall 9.0/22 A18-49 rating, ahead of NBC’s 6.6/17.  The other nets fell by the wayside in comparison: ABC 2.6/7, Fox 2.5/6, UPN 2.0/5, WB .9/2.  At 8pm Survivor pulled a 9.1/23 demo rating, with 23.7 million viewers.  CSI charged over The Apprentice at 9pm with a 10.9/26 rtg, The Apprentice managed a 7.2/17.   ER picked up the ball and ran at 10p, posting an 8.5/21, ahead of CBS’ Without a Trace 6.9/17.  Primetime Live’s 2-hour presentation focusing on Michael Jackson averaged a 3.0/7.

NBC led on Friday night with an overall 3.2/9 A18-49 according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research.  NBC won or tied every hour of prime, with all original programming.  ABC was #2 for the night with a 2.8/8, followed by CBS 2.3/7, Fox 1.8/6, WB 1.4/4, UPN 0.9/3.  A5 8pm NBC’s Dateline delivered a 2.7/9, slightly ahead of ABC’s back to back 8 Simple Rules (2.4/8) and Fox’s back to back Bernie Mac (2.2/7). At 9p NBC and ABC virtually tied, with NBC’s 3.0/9 for Third Watch, a tenth over ABC’s 2.9/9 for Hope & Faith/Less Than Perfect. And this week NBC’s freshman series Medical Investigation pulled in front of CBS’ midseason replacement, NUMB3RS, which also tied ABC’s 20/20  — NBC 3.7/11, CBS and ABC tied at 3.0/9.

ABC grabbed the win on Saturday night with a airing of the Tom Hanks film The Green Mile delivering an overall 3.0/9 A18-49 rating for the night in fast affiliate numbers from Nielsen Media Research. Fox’s with its standard Saturday night lineup, was #2 for the night with a 2.9/9, followed by NBC 2.0/6 and CBS 1.7/5.  While Fox won the 8p hour with a 3.2/10 over ABC’s 2.4/8, The Green Mile won each subsequent hour of prime.  CBS’s re-airing of Survivor  at 9p delivered a 1.7/5 A18-49. 

Casting / Development / Production:

• CNN is finalizing a deal for a new series described as Inside the Actors Studio for CEOs, with a former Apprentice as the host – Kwame Jackson, runner up of the original edition, per Broadcasting & Cable. CNN has ordered 13 eps.
• Fox has added to its cast of Peep Show (Carsey-Werner), a comedy pilot, with the addition of Margaret Easley, who joins Rachel Boston, Johnny Galecki and Josh Meyers.
• Elsewhere at Fox, drama pilot Amy Coyne (20th) has cast Nicole Vicius; she joins Ashley Williams who was previously cast in the title role. Amy Coyne is about a woman who inherits her father’s company following his death.
• NBC has expanded its cast for Lies and the Wives We Tell Them To (NBC Universal) about four guys and their respective wives, with the addition of Ed Helms, who joins Kyle Chandler and Johnny Sneed.

CNN’s Headline News will undergo some prime access & primetime changes beginning tonight. At 7pm, Karyn Bryant and AJ Hammer host Showbiz Tonight, covering all the headlines in the world of showbiz, competing head to head with several syndicated entertainment magazine series.  Nancy Grace at 8p focuses on the legal world, billed as the ‘only justice-themed/interview/debate show, designed for those interested in the top law stories of the day.’  9pm will feature a standard newscast, Prime News Tonight, with national news coverage, with hosts Mike Galanos and Erica Hill.

On March 6 at 1p, Fine Living TV Network will launch a new series called Auction Adventure with host Michael Eldridge.  The show goes behind the scenes at several of the world’s most prestigious auction houses, with up close and personal stories about some of the most famous and historical pieces that have been bought and sold – from jewelry to dinosaur bones.

Weekend Box Office Estimates: February 18-20, 2005
Hitch (Sony)                               $31.8 million – 2 wk total $90.1m
Constantine (Warner Bros.)               $30.5 million – opening weekend
Because of Winn-Dixie (Fox)              $10.8 million – opening weekend
Son of the Mask (New Line)               $7.7 million – opening weekend
Million Dollar Baby (Warner Bros.)      $7.2 million – 10 total $54.7m
Are We There Yet? (Sony)                 $6.5 million – 5 wk total $69.5m
Boogeyman (ScreenGems)           $5.5 million – 3 wk total $41.4m
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (Buena Vista)    $4.4 million – 2 wk total $11.6m
The Aviator (Miramax)                     $4.4 million – 10 wk total $88.1m
Sideways (Fox Searchlight)               $3.9 million – 18 wk total $58.1m
Source: Box Office Mojo

Sandra Dee, child and teen actress, died yesterday at a hospital in California from complications of kidney disease and pneumonia.  She was 63.  Dee will perhaps be best remember for two key roles she played as a teenager – she was the original film Gidget, and she was one of actresses to play Tammy Tyree in two Tammy films (taking over for Debbie Reynolds). Dee also played opposite Troy Donahue (then heartthrob) in the older teen angst drama, A Summer Place.  Dee was married to Bobby Darin, and together they appeared in three films: Come September (1961), If A Man Answers (1962), and That Funny Feeling (1965).  If you don’t remember any of those films, or even Sandra Dee herself, no doubt you are familiar with the song from Grease, Look at Me – I’m Sandra Dee.  The lead female character in Grease was originally patterned after Dee.

Thursday, February 17, 2005. FINAL Ratings for all Networks – program averages.  Source: Nielsen Media Research. 

CBS     15.2/24  Survivor: Palau [p] 13.3/21, CSI 18.9/28, Without a Trace       13.5/22

NBC     9.4/15   Joey 6.6/10, Will & Grace 6.8/10, The Apprentice 9.6/14, ER 11.9/19

ABC     5.9/9    Extreme Makeover 5.1/8; Primetime Live Special Edition (9-11p) 6.3/10

FOX     3.7/6    The O.C. 4.9/8, Point Pleasant 2.5/4

UPN     3.4/5    WWE Smackdown 3.4/5

WB      1.6/3    WB Movie: She’s All That 1.6/3

A18-49  CBS 9.0/22, NBC 6.6/17, ABC 2.6/7, Fox 2.5/6, UPN 2.0/5, WB .9/2

Friday, February 18, 2005. Fast Affiliate Ratings for all Networks – time period averages.  Source: Nielsen Media Research. 

NBC     7.0/12   Dateline 6.9/12, Third Watch 6.6/11, Medical Investigation 7.5/13

CBS     6.0/10   Joan of Arcadia 4.8/8, JAG 6.4/11, NUMB3RS 6.8/12

ABC     5.8/10   8 Simple Rules 5.4/10, 8 Simple Rules 4.9/9, Hope & Faith 5.6/10, Less than Perfect 5.8/10, 20/20 6.5/11

FOX     2.6/4    Bernie Mac 3.0/5, Bernie Mac 3.1/5, Jonny Zero 2.1/4

WB      2.3/4    What I Like About You 2.0/4, Reba 2.2/4, Reba 2.8/5, Blue Collar TV 2.3/4

UPN     1.4/2    Star Trek: Enterprise 1.8/3, Road to Stardom [r] 0.9/2

A18-49  NBC 3.2/9, ABC 2.8/8, CBS 2.3/7, Fox 1.8/6, WB 1.4/4, UPN 0.9/3

Saturday, February 19, 2005. Fast Affiliate Ratings for all Networks – time period averages.  Source: Nielsen Media Research. 

NBC     6.0/11   Law & Order [r] 4.9/9, Law & Order: CI [r] 6.2/11, Law & Order: SVU [r] 6.9/12

ABC     5.4/10   Movie:  The Green Mile 5.4/10

FOX     4.8/9    Cops 4.8/9, Cops 5.2/9, AMW 4.6/8

CBS     3.2/6    Wickedly Perfect 2.8/5, Survivor [r] 2.7/5, 48 Hours Mystery 4.0/7

A18-49  ABC 3.0/9, Fox 2.9/9, NBC 2.0/6, CBS 1.7/5

The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1878 – The first telephone book is issued in the United States in New Haven, Connecticut.
 
Answer to Friday’s Trivia Question:   A break from the usual – here’s a movie question:   In the 72 years of the Academy Awards existence, only three films have swept all five categories in Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Actor and Actress, and Best Writing. They are  It Happened One Night (1934), -One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), and what is the third?  SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Kudos to: Josh Kane-equation entertainment/NY; Jeannette Millan-OMD Latino/NY; Stacy Emburey-Northstar Media/NY; Alan Zapakin-Showtime/NY; Joe E. Dale-Me-TV/Chicago; Joshua Thompson-WALA/Mobile; Meredith Cohen-KSNO Radio/Aspen; Megan Temple-WGN/Chicago; John Amato-20th Television/LA; Wynter Mitchell-DirecTV Mosaic Newsmix/LA; Ray Schiel-Start Cooking Natural’y/LA; Andrea Archer-General Hospital/Hollywood; and Brook Peters-YTV/Toronto.

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Today’s Trivia Question: True or False – the original Broadcasters Code of Ethics stated, among other things, that on TV you’ll never see a bad guy get away with it, good guys would never be ridiculed, and shows would never disrespect such respectful traits as honesty, honesty, goodness or innocence. True or False?   (click here with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone with your answer. 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
02.21.05  5:09am

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: FEBRUARY 21, 2005:  February sweep 2/3/05 – 3/2/05

ABC              EM:HE How’d They Do That?, The Bachelorette, Supernanny
CBS              Still Standing, Listen Up, 2-1/2 Men, CSI: Miami [90m ep]
FOX              Trading Spouses, 24
NBC              Fear Factor, Las Vegas, Medium
PAX              AFV, Mary Higgins Clark Movie: The Cradle will Fall
UPN              One on One, Cuts, Girlfriends, Half & Half
WB               7th Heaven, Everwood
TELE             La Mujer en el Espejo, Gitanas, Te Voy a Ensenar a Querer
UNIV             Rubi, Amor Real, Cristina