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01/21/08

Good Morning.  It’s Monday, January 21, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing.  Today’s Martin Luther King day and the Cynopsis offices are closed.  In fact, we’re not publishing today either – but here’s an abbreviated edition.  If you’re also subscribed to any of the other dailies, they won’t be coming out until tomorrow.  If you’re off today – enjoy the holiday!

Citing the on-going writers strike, NBC Universal may decide to cancel its annual upfront presentation for advertisers, affiliates and the media that it hosts at Radio City Music Hall in May, according to a Reuters report. Jeff Zucker, CEO, said the company would still hold one-on-one meetings with advertisers and the way they sell the inventory during the upfront selling period won’t change, just the bells and whistles show may not happen. NBCU is expected to announce a final decision soon. On Friday, NBCU also reported a 10% increase in operating profit and an 8% revenue growth, and Zucker indicated the rise in quarterly operating profit could be largely due to the performance of the company’s cable division which includes USA Network, Bravo, SCI-FI Channel, MSNBC, CNBC and now Oxygen.

On Tuesday, truTV debuts a new 30m, eight-episode series The Real Hustle at 10p that uses hidden cameras to capture professional scam artists in action as they con unsuspecting people out of money, items such as cars and jewelry and identities. Starting off with two back-to-back episodes the series will offer insider knowledge on the techniques and psychology behind the capers. The series is produced by Objective Productions/Crook Productions.

Actress Suzanne Pleshette, best known as Bob Newhart’s TV wife on The Bob Newhart Show died Saturday of respiratory failure at her Los Angeles home. She was 70 years old. In 2006, she underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer. Suzanne also appeared in numerous films including Hitchcock’s The Birds and the Disney comedies The Ugly Dachshund, Blackbeard’s Ghost and The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin. She also replaced Anne Bancroft on Broadway in The Miracle Worker. Perhaps, though, the TV event everyone will remember about Suzanne was the 1990 last episode of the Newhart series, when Suzanne reprised her role from the first show, making it one of the cleverest final episodes in TV history.

Weekend Box Office Estimates: Jan 18-20, 2008
Cloverfield (Paramount)                            $41.0 million – opening weekend
27 Dresses (Fox)                                     $22.4 million – opening weekend
The Bucket List (Warner Bros.)                  $15.2 million – 4 wk total $42.7m
Juno (Fox Searchlight)                             $10.3 million – 7 wk total $85.4m
National Treasure: Book of Secrets           $8.2 million – 5 wk total $198.0m
First Sunday (Screen Gems)                      $7.8 million – 2 wk total $28.5m
Mad Money (Overture Films)                      $7.7 million – opening weekend
Alvin & the Chipmunks (Fox)                     $7.0 million – 6 wk total $196.4m
I am Legend (Warner Bros.)                      $5.1 million – 6 wk total $247.7m
Atonement (Focus)                                 $4.7 million – 7 wk total $31.9m
Source: Box Office Mojo

Thursday – A18-49 Analysis:  FOX won primetime a third consecutive night Thursday at 3.6/9 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX opened the night at 8p winning with Are Your Smarter Than a 5TH Grader? at 3.7/10. At 9p, NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice was in control with 4.0/10. Then at 10p, CBS’ Without a Trace and NBC’s ER tied for first with 3.4/9 each.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, January 17, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 8.0/13      Without a Trace [r] 6.0/9, CSI [r] 9.1/14, Without a Trace 8.8/15

FOX: 6.1/10        Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 7.0/11, Don’t Forget the Lyrics! 5.2/8

NBC: 5.1/8         My Name Is Earl [r] 3.5/6, The Office [r] 3.2/5, Celebrity Apprentice 6.0/9, ER 5.9/10

ABC: 5.0/8         Ugly Betty 6.4/10, Grey’s Anatomy [r] 5.2/8, Big Shots 3.4/6

UNIV: 2.0/3       Amar sin Limites 2.2/3, Pasion 2.0/3, Amas de Casa Desesperadas 1.7/3

CW: 1.7/3         Smallville [r] 1.8/3, Supernatural [r] 1.6/2

TELE: 0.9/1       Madre Luna 0.8/1, Victoria 1.0/2

MNT: 0.7/1        My Thursday Night Movie: Diggstown 0.7/1

A18-49: FOX 3.6/9, NBC 3.3/9, CBS 2.9/8, ABC 2.5/7, UNIV 1.7/5, CW 1.0/3, TELE 0.7/2, MNT 0.4/1

Friday – A18-49 Analysis:  Week to week, CBS matched its Friday night ratings at 2.5/8 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. CBS won all primetime hours with its line-up of new episodes: at 8p Ghost Whisperer did a 2.7/8; during 9p Moonlight won by a thread at 2.4/7 just ahead of FOX’s House repeat at 2.3/6; and CBS had its final win at 10p with Numb3rs at 2.6/8.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, January 18, 2008 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research

CBS: 5.9/10      Ghost Whisperer 6.2/11, Moonlight 5.2/9, Numb3rs 6.4/11

NBC: 4.2/7         1 vs. 100 4.9/8, Friday Night Lights 3.5/6, Las Vegas 4.2/7

FOX: 4.0/7         Bones [r] 3.3/6, House [r] 4.7/8

ABC: 3.2/5        Grey’s Anatomy [r] 2.7/5, Desperate Housewives [r] 2.5/4, 20/20 4.3/8

CW: 2.8/5          Friday Night Smackdown! 2.8/5

UNIV: 1.8/3       Amar sin Limites [f] 2.0/3, Pasion 1.8/3, La Familia P. Luche 1.5/3

TELE: 0.7/1       Madre Luna 0.7/1, Victoria 0.9/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.6/1

A18-49: CBS 2.5/8, FOX 1.9/6, NBC 1.8/5, CW 1.5/5, UNIV 1.5/5, ABC 1.4/4, TELE 0.5/1

Later  — Cyn
01.21.08

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