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Good morning. It’s Monday, July 28, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premiere: Sunday at Scripps Networks. A Prime Time for “Star” Gazing.
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
Programming Notes for CBS: Greatest American Dog and Big Brother Wednesday will be switching time periods beginning this week. Greatest American goes to Wednesdays at 8pm, while the live eviction show for Big Brother goes to Thursdays at 8p. Also, Flashpoint and Swingtown will trade time periods with Flashpoint moving to Thursday at 10p, and Swingtown going to Fridays at 10p. Disney-ABC Domestic Television syndicated series Wizard’s First Rule (working title) has been renamed Legend of the Seeker. The one hour series is based on the epic fantasy book by Terry Goodkind called Wizard’s First Rule, and will be produced by ABC Studios. The 22-episode series currently in production, has been cleared in 95% of the country including all top 50 markets. American Public Television announces new and returning series coming to the schedule in August and September:
Premium gay network here! will premiere the first of nine episodes in Season #2 of its supernatural vampire soap series The Lair on Friday September 5th. Set in a small town, the series’ first season revolved around suspicions that arose when young men turned up dead with vicious, mysterious wounds on their necks. A young journalist determined to solve the crimes, discovers the Lair, a coven of vampires. Animal Planet‘s Puppy Bowl has been counter-programming to the Super Bowl for the past few years. Now to counter the Summer Olympics, Animal Planet plans to introduce Puppy Games 2008. With more than 30 puppies representing a multitude of nations all within one Animal Planet Stadium, each will compete for the Gold in a variety of events including swimming, boxing, soccer and even gymnastics. The three hour special begins on 08-08-08 at 6pm ET, with a sightly shorter version of the games airing on the same night as the Olympics closing ceremony, August 23rd, from 8-11p. The FCC has approved the buyout by Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., for $3.5 billion. Sealing the deal is the agreement by both companies to pay a combined $19.7 million in fines to a variety of FCC rule violations including towers being erected in unapproved locations. The merger will allow for more than 18 million subscribers to have the programming from both satellite services available to them. Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: July 25-27, 2008 A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM SCRIPPS NETWORKS Sunday at Scripps Networks. A Prime Time for “Star” Gazing. · Next Food Network Star Ranks #1 in Program Engagement with Upscale Audiences. Source: IAG and Nielsen Media Research. For details, visit http://scrippsnetworksadsales.com
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Bravo‘s The Real Housewives of New York City produced by Ricochet Television Inc., has begun production on season #2 and joining the five original housewives is designer, model, author and fashion editor Kelly Bensimon, a “staple on the Manhattan social scene.” A columnist for Hamptons Magazine, she is also editor at large for Hamptons, Gotham, and LA Confidential magazines. truTV‘s newest original series, The Principal’s Office, is set to premiere on August 21 at 9p. Cameras go behind the scenes with several school administrators as they deal with a variety of problems, from minor infractions to suspension-worthy violations, from outrageous excuses to the dreaded phone call home to mom and dad. Each half hour introduces the principal, their unique styles and their schools, and follows several disciplinary issues as they unfold. According to THR, MTV is working on a new unscripted project with Elizabeth Berkley and her husband Greg Lauren, based on Berkley’s teen girl empowerment workshops and website Ask-Elizabeth. A pilot could be underway as early as this fall. Tell Me You Love Me from HBO Entertainment and Pariah will not return to HBO for a second after Cynthia Mort, the show’s creator/executive producer said the show is having problems finding its direction. The first season of ten episodes ran last fall and HBO quickly picked up a second season after the fourth episode aired in October. A new scripted drama series is coming to Showtime – Studio, produced by MRC, is a fictional drama set in the 1970s at the infamous Studio 54 nightclub in NYC. The only character in the show based on a real person will be that of the club’s founder, Steve Rubell. According to THR, the show begins in the months leading up to the club’s opening in April 1977. ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
Sunday at Scripps Networks. A Prime Time for “Star” Gazing.
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Are you ready for some football … online? The NFL and NBC Sports will announce a deal today to stream 17 regular season (mostly Sunday night) match-ups live on NBC.com beginning with the season opener on Sept. 4, reports The WSJ. The move, brought by the league to NBC, is being described as an experiment to lure new viewers and engage current fans with interactive elements including multiple live camera angles and up-the-minute fantasy stats. The NFL, careful to protect broadcast contracts that will earn more than $3.7 billion this year, has been the last of the major U.S. sporting leagues to embrace the web as a distribution medium. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. Cynopsis Kids – now with HTML elements!
CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: (Now with HTML elements!) Warner Bros.‘ The Dark Knight earned an additional $75.6 million domestically this weekend according to Box Office Mojo, whisking the movie to a 10-day total of $314 million and setting, you guessed it, a new record for the fasting movie to earn $300 million. The previous record holder in the category was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (July 7, 2006/Buena Vista), which toppled the $300 million mark in 16 days. More broken records are not far in the offing, including beating out Shrek 2, which took 43 days to best $400 million. But can it beat Titanic (December 19, 1997/Paramount), which stands at the all time biggest box office with $601 million? Or can it overtake Star Wars (May 25, 1977/Fox), the second place all time box office holder with $461 million. Full edition: CYN KIDS. CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: MGM Networks has a new initiative in the works to grow its The MGM Channel‘s TV distribution to mobile subscribers, with the first move being a deal with Vodafone in Germany. This follows a soft launch in June. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL. ~ RATINGS ~
Thursday – A18-49 Analysis: Fox led the march on Thursday night delivering an overall 2.3/8 A18-49 rating according to live + same day national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. At 8p Fox and NBC tied, each delivering a 1.7/6 for the hour, with Greatest American Dog on CBS close behind at 1.6/6. So You Can Dance led at 9p with a 2.8/9, well ahead of the #2 program in the time period – CSI’s 1.6/5. At 10p CBS’s premiere of Flashpoint earned a 1.7/5, with ABC’s Hopkins a close #2 with a 1.6/5. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, July 24, time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. FOX: 4.9/9 Who’s Smarter than a 5th Grader 4.6/9; So You Think You Can Dance 5.2/9 CBS: 4.5/8 Greatest American Dog 4.0/8; CSI [r] 5.0/9; Flashpoint [p] 4.5/8 ABC: 2.9/5 Ugly Betty [r] 2.4/5; Grey’s Anatomy 2.7/5; Hopkins 3.7/7 NBC: 2.6/5 Last Comic Standing 2.8/5; Fear Itself 2.2/4 UNIV: 1.9/3 Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.0/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.0/4, Rosa de Guadalupe 1.6/3 CW: 1.1/2 Smallville 1.2/2, Supernatural 1.0/2 MNT: 1.0/2 My Thursday Night Movie: King Arthur 1.0/2 TELE: 0.7/1 El Juramento 0.4/1, Victoria 0.8/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.8/1 A18-49: Fox 2.3/8, CBS 1.6/5, UNIV 1.6/5, NBC 1.5/5, ABC 1.2/4, CW 0.7/2, MNT 0.5/2, TELE 0.5/1 ~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Angela Shapiro-Mathes will leave her position as President/GM of TLC, to be replaced immediately by Eileen O’Neill. The official announcement came Friday from David Zaslav, President/CEO of Discovery Communications, who said a change in the creative and organizational direction for TLC resulted in Shapiro-Mathes leaving the network. Eileen has most recently been Pres/GM of Planet Green, and prior to that was the EVP/GM of Discovery Health Channel, newly named OWN and headed by Robin Schwartz. Overseeing Planet Green while plans for new leadership are determined, will be Clark Bunting, Pres/Discovery Emerging Networks Group. Jon Diament named EVP/Turner Sports Ad Sales and Marketing, reporting to David Levy, President/Turner Broadcasting Sales, Inc and Turner Sports. Jon most recently served as SVP/GSM for CNN Ad Sales and Marketing. In his new role, he will provide leadership and strategy for all aspects of the division including ad sales, sponsorships and promotional efforts for Turner Sports properties, which consists of Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, NASCAR and the PGA. Diament will continue to be based in New York. Turner Sports and Entertainment Digital named Andrea Ching to the newly-created position of VP/Marketing and Promotions, Entertainment Digital. Reporting to Walker Jacobs, SVP/Turner Sports and Entertainment Digital Ad Sales, Andrea is based in New York, and will be responsible for promotions, sales development and marketing for the group. She is also charged with collaborating between both linear and digital sales teams for Turner’s extensive portfolio of brands which include TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, NASCAR.com, and NBA.com among others. Granite Broadcasting Corporation announced the following appointments:
Glam Media, Inc. named Michael Adair, former head of sales finance for Google North America, as VP/Corporate Development and Finance. In this newly created position, Mitch is responsible for the evaluation and execution of Glam Media’s strategic investments, corporate development and corporate finance. Bernstein-Rein added Jules Boasberg as its new SVP/Growth Officer. He has been hired to lead the agency’s increased new-business efforts in acquiring clients in existing and new categories. Boasberg also joins Bernstein-Rein’s senior management team and reports to company President Steve Bernstein.
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLEU
Summer’s in full swing, and all of cable’s highly anticipated new series have premiered …
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