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OPERATION REPO on Monday 2/8 became the MOST WATCHED telecast in the history of the network With 2,323,000 total viewers, it ranked 3rd in its time period among all ad-supported cable networks Source: Nielsen, M-Su 8-11pm, 3/28/94-2/8/10, P2+ (000), live + same day data; live prior to 12/26/05.; M-Su 8-11pm, 3/28/94-2/8/10, P2+ (000), live + same day data; live prior to 12/26/05. Ranking: Monday 2/8/10, 9:30-10pm, ad-supported basic cable networks (excluding Sports and News programming), P+ (000). Cynopsis Good morning! It’s Monday, February 22, 2010, 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 Premiere: Tonight’s Finales:
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www.bbcamerica.com/adsales Source: The Nielsen Company. 1/2/10, All Ad Supported Cable. Time Period based, 8:30P-10P, P25-54, Live+7, CVG AA%. Subject to qualifications. After airing three episodes, FOX is pulling its new crime drama series Past Life. In its Thursday 9p time slot, FOX is substituting original episodes of Kitchen Nightmares for three weeks and beginning March 18, FOX will schedule encores of Bones and Fringe on Thursdays until new episodes of both series return on April 1. The network has said it will air the remaining episodes of Past Life later this season. ABC Family renewed its college-themed drama Greek for a fourth season, making it the longest running series in the network’s history. ABC Family gave the fourth run of Greek a 10-episode order which will premiere later this year. A&E is giving Steven Seagal: Lawman a second season with 16 episodes, a bump in total number of episodes from 13 for the docu-series’ first season. In season two, the series will follow Seagal and his associates with the New Orleans Sheriff’s Department as they protect and serve even during the annual Mardi Gras. The show’s first season averaged 1.3 million A18-49 viewers and 2.1 million total viewers, making it the network’s best performance by an original freshman series among total viewers. Steven Seagal: Lawman is produced by ITV Studios and Steamroller Productions. Nielsen reports Freestyle Skiing topped the list of most-viewed sports events during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, airing on NBC from February 13-15. Freestyle Skiing tallied just over 26.9 million average viewers with Downhill Skiing close behind at nearly 26.7 million average viewers, followed by Luge at 26.2 million; Snowboarding at close to 25.5 million, Figure Skating at 25.4 million and Speed Skating at 22.6 million.
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~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
A slew of pilots cast leading roles:
~ RATINGS ~
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: NBC carried the night Thursday and the A18-49 viewers with a 7.1/19, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. NBC’s Olympics presentation began the night at 6.2/17 followed by CBS’ new edition of Survivor at 3.9/11. NBC posted its best ratings of the night for the Olympics during 9p at 8.4/21 while ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy placed second with 3.7/10. NBC’s Olympics coverage still topped though slid to a 6.8/18 in the 10p hour with ABC’s Private Practice next with 2.8/7. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, February 18, 2010 (February Sweep Day 15) – time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. NBC: 14.7/23 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics 14.5/24 CBS: 6.0/9 Survivors: Heroes vs. Villains 6.9/11, The Mentalist [r] 5.7/9, CSI [r] 5.3/9 ABC: 4.9/8 The Deep End 2.9/5, Grey’s Anatomy 6.6/10, Private Practice 5.1/8 FOX: 3.0/5 Bones [r] 3.7/6, Past Life 2.2/3 UNIV: 2.9/5 Premios Nuestro 2.9/5 CW: 1.1/2 Vampire Diaries [r] 1.1/2, Supernatural [r] 1.0/2 ION: 0.8/1 Ghost Whisperer [r] 0.6/1, NCIS [r] 0.9/1, NCIS [r] 1.0/2 TELE: 0.4/1 El Clon 0.6/1, Perro Amor 0.4/1, Sin T-T-S No Hay Paraiso 0.3/0 A18-49: NBC 7.1/19, ABC 2.5/7, CBS 2.5/7, UNIV 2.4/6, FOX 1.3/4, CW 0.7/2, ION 0.3/1, TELE 0.3/1 Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, February 18, 2010 (February Sweep Day 15) – time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. NBC: 14.7/23 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics 14.5/24 CBS: 6.0/9 Survivors: Heroes vs. Villains 6.9/11, The Mentalist [r] 5.7/9, CSI [r] 5.3/9 ABC: 4.9/8 The Deep End 2.9/5, Grey’s Anatomy 6.6/10, Private Practice 5.1/8 FOX: 3.0/5 Bones [r] 3.7/6, Past Life 2.2/3 UNIV: 2.9/5 Premios Nuestro 2.9/5 CW: 1.1/2 Vampire Diaries [r] 1.1/2, Supernatural [r] 1.0/2 ION: 0.8/1 Ghost Whisperer [r] 0.6/1, NCIS [r] 0.9/1, NCIS [r] 1.0/2 TELE: 0.4/1 El Clon 0.6/1, Perro Amor 0.4/1, Sin T-T-S No Hay Paraiso 0.3/0 A18-49: NBC 7.1/19, ABC 2.5/7, CBS 2.5/7, UNIV 2.4/6, FOX 1.3/4, CW 0.7/2, ION 0.3/1, TELE 0.3/1 This day in History: 1925 – The first issue of The New Yorker was published. Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Who am I? I live at the Hotel Carlton; I charge a flat fee of $1000 for my services, and I have one rule – never go anyplace without my gun. Who am I? PALADIN – HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL Kudos to: Ann Kearns-Sesame Workshop/NY; Jim Kelsh-Comcast Spotlight/West Chester; Stan Weinstein-OCD Media/NY; Bob Goldman/NY; Bob Sieber/Birmingham; Robb Gray Jr.-Apex Media/Scottsdale; Kyle Krebs-KTXS KTXE KTES/Abilene; Tom Chapman-WKRG/Mobile; Kathleen Campbell-ScreamFest/LA; Lonnie Burstein-Debmar Mercury/Santa Monica; Michael Madnick-20th Century Fox/LA; Jim Berwanger/LA; Sheldon Wiebe-EclipseMagazine.com/Calgary Today’s Trivia Question: This January 1971 ruling effectively took approximately $200 million of ad revenue out of the television industry. What was the ruling? (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.) A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
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