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01.11.10 Good morning! It’s Monday, January 11, 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 Premieres: NBC Entertainment President Jeff Gaspin announced the network is taking The Jay Leno Show off the air in primetime as of February 12. At the TCA Winter Press Tour, Gaspin said outright, the decision to pull Leno’s primetime show was due to the pressure received from affiliates to make a change and the talk of possible preemptions if the show remained on the air. Gaspin indicated there is not a solid plan for the 10p time slot going forward, though emphasized, “My goal right now is to keep Jay, Conan and Jimmy as part of our late night line up. I have spoken to all of them and proposed that the Jay Leno show move to 1135p, Conan move to 1205a and Jimmy to late night at 105a,” said Gaspin. “As much as I would like to tell you it’s a done deal, we know that’s not true.” Gaspin finished by saying the talks are ongoing. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE TELEVISION ACADEMY HONORS ™
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Recognizing “television with a conscience” — programs that educate, motivate, inspire and change lives. Will your program be honored in 2010? Final Deadline for Entry: Jan. 12 (for programs airing through Dec. 31, 2009)HONORS PRESENTATION: May 5, 2010 For complete details, go to http://www.emmys.tv/television-academy-honors-2010 ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
NBC revealed its early development slate of series for 2010-2011:
The CW released an updated midseason schedule, with several premiere and new episode return dates:
Winning after a bidding war, FX secured the ad-supported cable rights to air James Cameron’s Avatar from 20th Century Fox. The deal also had to be approved by Cameron and is likely to premiere on FX by mid-2012 after the movie’s home video window and its run on HBO. Along with this new Avatar acquisition, FX has picked up the rights to air six of the top 10 grossing movies of 2009 including The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Star Trek, Monsters vs. Aliens, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Oxygen introduces a spin-off of its reality series Bad Girls Club, as it debuts the new original series Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too in March. The eight-episode dating competition series follows three Bad Girls Club alums, Amber and Sarah from season three and Kendra from season four as they compete for their dream man among 13 eligible mates. Comedian Bret Ernst is set to host the one-hour series from Bunim-Murray Productions. Oxygen additionally offers up a first look at its 2010 development slate:
Oxygen’s real-time, social and interactive media online destination, OxygenLive, introduces Bad Girls Club to West Coast fans beginning this Tuesday at 10p. The network launched OxygenLive to the East Coast simultaneously when Bad Girls Club opened a new season on December 1. Since OxygenLive was launched, unique visitors have increased by 169% (11,700 vs. 4,300) from the first week compared to week five. Bravo announced a couple series pick-ups:
Investigation Discovery premiered The Shift on January 6, attracting 275,000 A25-54 and 524,000 total viewers. Art Clokey, 88, creator of the pop culture character Gumby died last Friday at home in Los Osos, CA. Clokey first created Gumby as a student project at the University of Southern California in the early 1950s, dubbing it Gumbasia. Later, he made shorts featuring Gumby and his horse friend Pokey for the Howdy Doody Show and other TV series over the years. Gumby’s look was a combination of the cowlick hair style sported by Clokey’s late father and his wife suggested Gumby have the body like a gingerbread man. Through the years, Gumby inspired numerous toys, revival TV series and satires including the memorable 1980s Saturday Night Live sketch with Eddie Murphy. Morning News Weekly Average Ratings (week of December 28, 2009 – Monday-Wednesday three-day average) Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: January 8-10, 2010 Program Call: Cynopsis Media is producing our annual NATPE Shopping Guide sent to all Cynopsis subscribers on Thursday, January 21, the week before NATPE 2010. If your company is exhibiting and you’d like to have your programming included, please send only the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e., movie, series, special, etc.), genre and your terms (barter, cash, etc.). and location (hotel suite or booth number). To be included in this free and highly-viewed special edition, please send details to [email protected] no later than Friday, January 15, 2010. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission.
~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Following The Tudors run, Showtime will continue with another dynastic period series, this time set in Renaissance Italy. The premium network ordered ten episodes of The Borgias about the powerful Italian family with Jeremy Irons tapped to star as the patriarch. Neil Jordan is creating the project and executive producing and Michael Hirst, creator of The Tudors, will write and also executive produce. Production on The Borgias will begin this spring with a 2011 planned premiere. Canadian-European Treaty is co-producing. Showtime also ordered ten episodes of the comedy series Episodes headlined by Matt LeBlanc about a fictional hit TV show from overseas that is adapted for the US with LeBlanc cast to star. ABC approved a new drama series called Scoundrels based on the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune. The project, from ABC Studios, was given an eight-episode order and is due to premiere this summer. The plot is about a family of small-time criminals and when the dad is sent to prison with a long sentence, mom tries to curb her kids thieving habits, making them go straight. Richard Levine and Lyn Greene penned the script and will executive produce and serve as showrunners; Francie Calfo also executive produces. Michael Larkin and Michael Goldstein are attached as co-executive producers. On the heels of David Hasselhoff’s announcement he is leaving NBC’s America’s Got Talent, Howie Mandel takes his place. Mandel joins judges Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne for the show’s fifth season. Though not official, Ted Koppel is talking with ABC News about rejoining the network as anchor of the Sunday morning show This Week, replacing George Stephanopoulos who left recently to co-anchor Good Morning America. Koppel previously anchored Nightline for ABC, leaving the show in 2005. Currently, Koppel is a commentator for BBC America and NPR. ABC News said several candidates are being considered for the This Week position, including ABC’s Terry Moran and Jake Tapper as well as PBS’ Gwen Ifill. ~ RATINGS ~
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: ABC won the A18-49 demo by a large margin Thursday at 9.7/25, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. The combo of ABC’s BCS National Championship Pre-Game and the start of the actual game during the 8p hour averaged a winning 7.5/21 while a repeat of CSI on CBS trailed in second place at 1.8/5. ABC jumped to an 11.6/29 at 9p for the Texas vs. Alabama championship game while a second encore helping of CSI on CBS was #2 again at 2.2/5. To the very last, the BCS National Championship game on ABC held steady at 10.0/25 during 10p and CBS remained in second, this time with a rerun of The Mentalist at 2.2/6. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, January 7, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. ABC: 16.2/25 BCS Championship Pre-Game 10.0/16, 2010 Citi BCS National Game: Texas vs. Alabama 17.2/28 CBS: 6.6/10 CSI [r] 5.9/9, CSI [r] 6.7/10, The Mentalist [r] 7.3/12 FOX: 2.9/4 Bones [r] 3.7/6, Fringe [r] 2.0/3 NBC: 2.7/4 Community [r] 2.8/4, Parks and Recreation [r] 2.1/3, The Office [r] 2.5/4, 30 Rock [r] 2.5/4, The Jay Leno Show 3.0/5 UNIV: 2.0/3 En Nombre Del Amor 2.2/3, Sortilegio 2.4/4, La Rosa De Guadalupe 1.4/2 CW: 1.1/2 Vampire Diaries [r] 1.1/2, Supernatural [r] 1.0/1 ION: 1.1/2 Ghost Whisperer [r] 0.8/1, NCIS [r] 1.3/2, NCIS [r] 1.3/2 TELE: 0.6/1 Mas Sabe El Diablo 0.8/1, Ninos Ricos 0.6/1, Victorinos 0.5/1 A18-49: ABC 9.7/25, CBS 2.1/5, UNIV 1.6/4, NBC 1.5/4, FOX 1.4/3, CW 0.6/2, ION 0.5/1, TELE 0.5/1 ~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Televix Entertainment re-hired Katherine Kaufman as VP/Sales, where she will be responsible for domestic and international sales for the company. Katherine previously worked for Televix Entertainment as VP/Sales from 2001 to 2005 and joins from Maya Entertainment where she served as VP/International Sales. At Televix Entertainment, Katherine reports to Hugo Rose, CEO. Todd Moss was added at Jupiter Entertainment as a VP/Showrunner and Development Specialist to supervise new projects. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARDS Call for Entries
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