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07/24/06
Good morning. It’s Monday, July 24, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.
The majority of writers on America’s Next Top Model went out on strike Friday, just 8 weeks before the scheduled premiere on the CW. The reality show writers have signed to be represented by the WGA West writer’s union, and plan to stay out on strike until the show signs a guild contract, recognizing the union’s basic benefits and protections for its members. The CW network said they fully expect the issues to be resolved and the show to premiere on time. While numerous writers have signed up for representation by the WGA, the guild has yet to successfully get any signed guild contracts.
Tonight’s Premiere:
Bravo: Tabloid Wars at 9p
NBC has released its Fall 2006-2007 premiere schedule:
- 9/18: Deal or No Deal (2 hours) at 8p, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip at 10p
- 9/19: Law & Order: Criminal Intent at 9p, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit at 10p
- 9/20: The Biggest Loser (2 hours) at 8p, Kidnapped at 10p
- 9/21: My Name Is Earl at 8p, The Office at 830p, Deal or No Deal at 9p, ER at 10p
- 9/22: Law & Order at 10p
- 9/25: Heroes at 9p
- 10/3: Friday Night Lights at 8p
- 10/4: Twenty Good Years at 8p and 830p
- 10/11: 30 Rock at 830p
- 10/20: Crossing Jordan at 8p, Las Vegas at 9p
Back on July 12th we told you of the rumors swirling around Oxygen, TNT and the off-net syndicated rights to ABC’s hit series Grey’s Anatomy. Well, scratch that – Grey’s Anatomy is headed for Lifetime. Buena Vista closed the deal with Lifetime with financial terms in the $1.2 million per episode neighborhood. Lifetime gets the show in 2009, to run in any daypart. Eventually Grey’s Anatomy will likely be paired with Desperate Housewives, which joins the network schedule on a weekly schedule starting August 5th at 11p, and then will be stripped in the fall of 2008. Reportedly, Desperate Housewives was acquired at a per ep license fee of a half million.
This fall look for NBC‘s new series to pop up briefly on its sister cable networks. Shows currently scheduled to be repurposed to Bravo, USA and Sci Fi including Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Heroes, Friday Night Lights, 20 Good Years and Kidnapped. Additionally, Friday Night Lights and new comedy 30 Rock will have full streaming episodes on the NBC website as part of the net’s First Look campaign; while Yahoo will stream episodes of Heroes.
Elsewhere at NBC, another season of America’s Got Talent has been ordered as well as Last Comic Standing. America’s Got Talent is expected to launch its second round during the upcoming midseason. Last Comic will come around again next summer.
Cable network Fuse, now available in 38 million homes, will add three new series to its schedule, says Variety:
- The Whitest Kids U Know is a sketch comedy and the network thus far has ordered 10 episodes. Fuse plans on a November launch.
- The P.A. is a documentary of sorts about a production assistant at Fuse, John Taub. The first of six episodes is scheduled to launch next month.
- The Fuse Fangoria Chainsaw Awards will pay tribute to the horror genre, in a variety of outlets including film, music and television. The awards fest is scheduled for October 22.
Weekend Box Office Estimates: July 21-23, 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Buena Vista) $35.0 million – 3 wk total $321.7m
Monster House (Sony) $23.0 million – opening weekend
Lady in the Water (Warner Bros.) $18.2 million – opening weekend
You, Me and Dupree (Universal) $12.8 million – 2 wk total $43.3m
Little Man (SonyRevolution) $11.0 million – 2 wk total $40.6m
Clerks II (MGM) $9.6 million – opening weekend
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (Fox) $8.7 million – opening weekend
Superman Returns (Warner Bros.) $7.5 million – 4 wk total $178.4m
The Devil Wears Prada (Fox) $7.4 million – 4 wk total $97.6m
Cars (Buena Vista) $4.9 million – 7 wk total $229.4m
Source: Box Office Mojo
Microsoft announced their new digital media player, created to compete with th Apple iPod. Microsoft’s Zune player is due out later this year. As far as a competitor to iTunes and the Music Store, Microsoft announced earlier this year it had teamed up with MTV to launch their own online story called Urge (www.urge.com). At this writing, iPod owns a 50% share of the handheld media player market, and the clear majority of online music store sales. Microsoft has a lot of catching up to do.
BET has ordered six episodes of its first animated series, Hannibal the Conqueror, a co-production between the recently launched BET Animation and Vin Diesel’s One Race Prods. The half-hour show is about the life of famous African general Hannibal of Carthage with Vin voicing the lead character.
CBS has added Rob Estes to the cast of CSI: Miami as a convicted felon with a connection to Natalia, played by Eva LaRue.
Andre Braugher will join the cast of NBC’s ER this fall for at least six episodes.
Pascale Hutton has joined the cast of ABC’s new drama series Traveler, scheduled to appear in primetime at midseason. She will play the role of Kimberly, a part originally cast with Gillian Jacobs in the pilot episode.
Casting Call: American Idol The first round of auditions for next year’s Idol contestants have been moved from Los Angeles to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA on August 8. Auditions are open to men and women aged 16 to 28 years old (as of August 6, 2006) who are eligible to work in the U.S. Some restrictions do apply; check www.AmericanIdol.com for details. The show will also hold auditions in six other cities: San Antonio on August 11; East Rutherford, NJ on August 14; Birmingham on August 21; Memphis on September 3; Minneapolis on September 8; and Seattle on September 19. Season six of American Idol premieres on FOX next January.
Granada International has named Carol Lee as VP/Home Entertainment, North America. Based in the company’s U.S. headquarters in Sherman Oaks, Carol will take Granada’s library to new digital platforms, secure new distribution deals, manage the release of products and explore additional sales opportunities.
Thursday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS and FOX tied for first place Thursday night, each delivering a 2.5/8 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. NBC came next at 2.2/7, and then ABC 1.7/5, UNIV 1.6/5, WB 0.8/3, UPN 0.8/2 and TELE 0.4/1. At 8p, CBS had a strong win with Big Brother at 2.6/9. Then at 9p, FOX dominated with So You Think You Can Dance? coming in at 3.3/10; CBS with a repeat of CSI and NBC with America’s Got Talent: Results Show both tied for #2 at 2.6/8. CBS finished off the evening at 10p winning a second time with an encore of Without a Trace at 2.5/7.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Thursday, July 20, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
CBS 5.8/10 Big Brother: All Stars 4.5/8, CSI [r] 6.5/11, Without a Trace [r] 6.4/11
FOX 4.0/7 That ’70s Show [r] 2.4/4, That ’70s Show [r] 2.7/5, So You Think You Can Dance? 5.4/9
ABC 3.8/7 Master of Champions 2.9/5, Grey’s Anatomy [r] 3.6/6, Primetime 5.0/9
NBC 3.8/7 My Name Is Earl [r] 3.8/7, The Office [r] 3.1/5, America’s Got Talent: Results Show 4.9/8, Windfall 3.2/6
UNIV 1.9/3 La Fea Más Bella 2.2/4, Barrera de Amor 2.0/3, Aqui y Ahora 1.5/3
WB 1.4/2 Smallville [r] 1.5/3, Supernatural [r] 1.3/2
UPN 1.2/2 Everybody Hates Chris [r] 1.5/3, Love, Inc. [r] 1.2/2, Eve [r] 1.1/2, Cuts [r] 1.1/2
TELE 0.5/1 Tierra de Pasiones 0.6/1, Amores De Mercado 0.5/1, Decisiones 0.5/1
A18-49: CBS 2.5/8, FOX 2.5/8, NBC 2.2/7, ABC 1.7/5, UNIV 1.6/5, WB 0.8/3, UPN 0.8/2, TELE 0.4/1
The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1956-Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin perform their last comedy show at the Copacabana nightclub in New York City. The duo calls it quits 10 years after they began.
Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: We knew these guys by their screen names, but their mother knew them as Leonard, Julius, Arthur, and Herbert. Who were they? THE MARX BROTHERS Kudos to: Anne Elliot-Nielsen Media Research/Tampa; Michael Cummings-Channel 12 News/Norwalk CT; Jim Ryan-AETN/NY; Andrew B. Knopf-WWE/NY; Lorrie Shilling-Comcast/Centennial, CO; Robin King-King World/Chicago; Jim Gray-FrogLight Pdns/Missoula MT; Tom Nankival-WKOW/ ABC/Madison WI; Lou Zaccheo-Video from Video/LA; David Garber-Linzack Productions/Woodland Hills, Ca; Steven Weisbaum RN-St Johns Health Center/Santa Monica, CA; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-Rubicon Entertainment/LA; Bill Graff-Discovery Networks International/France
Today’s Trivia Question: Who was the only cast member in the movie M*A*S*H to also be included in the television show? (click here 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.)
Later — Cyn
07.24.06
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Monday, July 24, 2006
ABC Wife Swap [r], CMA Music Festival 2006
CBS The King of Queens [r], How I Met Your Mother [r],Two and a Half Men [r], How I Met Your Mother [r], CSI: Miami [r]
FOX Hell’s Kitchen [r], Hell’s Kitchen
NBC Project Runway, Treasure Hunters, Medium [r]
i Sue Thomas F.B. Eye, Doc, Diagnosis Murder
UPN One on One [r], All of Us [r], Girlfriends [r], Half & Half [r]
WB 7th Heaven [r], 7th Heaven [r]
TELE La Viuda de Blanco, La Viuda de Blanco, Decisiones
UNIV La Fea Mas Bella, Barrera de Amor, Cristina
