Cynopsis: Kids!
7/09/07
Good morning. It’s Monday, July 9, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing.
Will they or won’t they? They being Sony and I’m taking about a much speculated/rumored PlayStation 3 price drop. And the answer is, yep! Sony has put an end to the guessing and has dropped the price of the 60 GB PlayStation 3 by $100 all the way down to $499, while also launching a brand new 80GB PlayStation 3 model that will now carry the $599 price-tag.
Production I.G. will acquire manga publisher Mag Garden by years end, in a 2-to-1 stock exchange. Production I.G. currently owns 15% in the six-year Mag Garden, the latter of which is valued at some $4.4 million. Production I.G. and its subsidiary Xebec, will use Mag Garden’s properties as a source for future anime projects. The newly merged division will be called I.G. Port.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
The story of Anne Shirley and her life on Prince Edward Island is set to continue with a new movie, Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning. The producers are looking for the new Anne Shirley through an online casting call being run on YouTube. Based on the Anne of Green Gables books by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, the first book of which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2008, the new movie takes place prior to Anne arriving at Avonlea. The movie will be penned and produced by Kevin Sullivan, who produced TV series and made three movies based on the property. Prior to this Anne has been the focus of several TV series, both live action and animated, two feature films, one of which was a silent film, as well as a musical.
MORE KIDS STUFF
RDF Media’s The Foundation and Entertainment Rights have ordered a series of The Basil Brush Show shorts from animation house Blue-Zoo Productions. Under the deal, Blue-Zoo will produced 65 new animated Basil Brush shorts, which will be shown both on CBBC as well as online via www.basilbrush.com . The Basil Brush Show (65 x 30′) is broadcast in the UK on CBBC.
MARKETING/LICENSING
In other BBC news, a big pat on the back to CBBC that has re-launched six of its web-based games with Switch technology, which makes the games accessible to kids with motor and cognitive disabilities. CBeebies already uses Switch to allow its preschool age viewers the ability to maneuver the games. Switch is a device that can be plugged into a computer and used instead of a mouse or keyboard to navigate a game. The six games are: Scuba Scramble, Walkie Talkie, Target Zone, Splat Attack, Line Of Defence and Tuneulator.
Corus Entertainment’s YTV.com and Kids Internet Safety Alliance have teamed to launch an online safety initiative called Surf Smart. The Surf Smart effort uses games to provide kids with information about making their way around the internet safely. Surf Smart, which is built into YTV’s online community-based game Sitekick, provides kids the chance to collect limited edition KINSA-branded Chips, while they learn how to stay safe online. Kids can use their collected chips to customize their online characters, called Sitekicks. To get the Surf Smart Chips, kids have to read an internet safety tip and as players acquire more Chips, they increase their ranking in the online community.
STONE SOUP
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; July 6-8, 2007:
Transformers (Paramount (DreamWorks)) PG-13 Opening Weekend $152.5m
Ratatouille (Buena Vista) G $29.0m-2 wk total $109.5m
Live Free or Die Hard (Fox) PG-13 $17.4m-2 wk total $84.2m
License to Wed (Warner Bros.) PG-13 Opening Weekend $17.8m
Evan Almighty (Universal) PG $8.1m-3 wk total $78.1m
1408 (MGM (Weinstein)) PG-13 $7.1m-3 wk total $53.8m
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox) PG $4.2m-4 wk total $123.8m
Sicko (Lionsgate) PG-13 $3.7m-3 wk total $11.5m
Ocean’s Thirteen (Warner Bros.) PG-13 $3.5m-5 wk total $109.1m
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Buena Vista) PG-13 $3.0m-7 wk total $301.7m
Source: Box Office Mojo
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Bindass, India’s upcoming local youth-targeted multiplatform service, has tapped Nikhil Gandhi as Regional Director, West & South, Advertising & Sponsorship Sales. Brand Bindass will kick start with a Hindi GEC channel scheduled to launch in mid 2007. Most recently, Gandhi was with Zoom Television where he served as Regional Head, West. Previously he worked for MTV Networks and The Times group.
RATINGS
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 6/25-7/1/2007 , 6a-6a:
K2-11 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/30; 10:30a) 2425
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/30; 11a) 2383
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/30; 10a) 2329
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/26; 7p) 2317
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/30; 9:30a) 2265
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/30; 11:30a) 2214
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/27; 7p) 2132
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/30; 9a) 2073
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/26; 6:30p) 2062
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/26; 5:30p) 2045
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 6-11 for the week of 6/25-7/1/2007 , 6a-6a:
K6-11 Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/26; 7p) 1851
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/27; 7p) 1750
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/26; 6:30p) 1634
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/29; 7:30p) 1633
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/27; 7:30p) 1611
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/26; 7:30p) 1604
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/26; 5:30p) 1591
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/29; 7p) 1588
DSNY*: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (6/29; 8-9:40p) 1505
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/30; 9:30a) 1483
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Tweens 9-14 for the week of 6/25-7/1/2007 , 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14 Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (6/29; 8-9:40p) 1788
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/26; 7p) 1774
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/29; 7:30p) 1604
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/29; 7p) 1556
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/26; 7:30p) 1533
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/27; 7p) 1517
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/26; 6:30p) 1440
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/30; 8:05-9:30p) 1440
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/27; 7:30p) 1426
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/27; 5-5:25p) 1405
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Teens 12-17 for the week of 6/25-7/1/2007 , 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17 Total Delivery (000)
BET: BET Awards (6/26; 8-11:14p) 1218
DSNY*: Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (6/29; 8-9:40p) 1062
DSNY*: Holes (6/26; 1-3:10p) 986
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/29; 7:30p) 872
VH1: Charm school (7/1; 10-11p) 868
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/26; 5:30p) 834
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/29; 7p) 830
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/27; 7p) 830
ADSM**: Futurama (6/27; 11p) 822
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/26; 7p) 818
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**New abbreviation for Adult Swim, which airs on Cartoon Network
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, June 30, 2007 Broadcast Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
CW (Kids’ WB!) 1.1/6 Avg. (7a-12p)
Pillowhead 0.3/3; Pillowhead 0.7/6; Loonatics Unleashed 0.7/5; Tom and Jerry Tales 1.3/8; Shaggy Scooby-Doo Clue 1.2/6; Johnny Test 1.3/6; Legion of Super Heroes 1.0/5; The Batman 1.1/6; Xiaolin Showdown 1.4/7; Johnny Test 1.6/8
FOX (4Kids TV) 1.0/6 Avg. (8a-12n)
Winx Club 0.3/3; Viva Pinata 0.6/4; Viva Pinata 1.2/7; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward 1.2/6; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1.5/8; Chaotic 1.2/6; Sonic X 1.3/6; Yu-Gi-Oh! 1.1/5
ABC 0.9/5 Avg. (9a-1p)
The Emperor’s New School 0.5/3; The Replacements 0.7/4; That’s So Raven 1.1/6; That’s So Raven 1.4/7; Hannah Montana 1.3/6; Suite Life of Zack & Cody 1.1/5; Power Rangers Overdrive 0.6/3; Power Rangers Overdrive 0.5/3
NBC (Qubo on NBC) Avg. 0.4/2 (7:30a-12p)
Jane and the Dragon 0.2/1; Jacob Two Two 0.5/3; Babar 0.4/2; Dragon 0.4/2; 321 Penguins/Larryboy Adventures 0.5/2; Veggie Tales 0.3/2; final hour (12-1p) of Qubo pre-empted for coverage of Wimbledon
CBS (KOL’s Secret Slumber Party on CBS) 0.4/2 Avg. (7a-7:30a/10:30a-12n*)
Madeline 0.2/1; Sabrina: The Animated Series 0.3/2; Cake 0.2/1; Trollz 0.4/2; Dance Revolution 0.5/2; Horseland 0.3/2
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, June 30, 2007 Cable Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
NICKELODEON 4.4/26 Avg. (7a-1p)
Lazytown 1.0/13; Fairly OddParents 1.6/16; SpongeBob SquarePants 2.4/20; SpongeBob SquarePants 4.2/26; SpongeBob SquarePants 5.7/32; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.1/31; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.0/30; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.0/30; SpongeBob SquarePants 5.9/30; SpongeBob SquarePants 5.4/27; Wayside 4.2/22; Wayside 3.8/21
CARTOON NETWORK 1.7/10 Avg. (7a-1p)
Cartoon Cartoon Top 5 (60 min) 1.9/17; Class of 3000 2.0/13; Pokemon: Diamond & Pearl 1.8/10; Pokemon: Diamond & Pearl 2.2/11; Ben 10 2.2/11; Storm hawks 1.3/7; Code Lyoko 1.3/7; Teen Titans 1.3/7; Class of 3000 1.6/8; Class of 3000 1.2/6
DISNEY CHANNEL 1.2/7 Avg. (7a-1p)
Johnny Test 1.6/8; The Wiggles 1.0/13; Higglytown Heroes 1.1/11; Little Einsteins 0.9/7; Little Einsteins 1.0/6; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 1.1/6; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 1.2/6; My Friends Tigger & Pooh 1.0/5; Handy Manny 1.1/6; Johnny and the Sprites 1.1/6; Charlie and Lola 1.1/5; Kim Possible 2.0/10; The Replacements 2.2/12
TOON DISNEY (Jetix) 0.3/2 Avg. (8a-12p)
Legend of the Dragon 0.1/1; Jackie Chan Adventures 0.1/1; NASCAR Racers 0.2/2; Power Rangers S.P.D. 0.2/1; Robin Hood (1hr & 50″) 0.4/2; Aladdin 0.3/1; Aladdin 0.4/2; The Little Mermaid 0.2/1; The Little Mermaid 0.3/2
Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: Big cheese was the villain in which cartoon? SAMURAI PIZZA CATS Kudos to: Paul Lengyel/NY; Kimberly Keeley-Safety4Kids/Stamford, CT; Colleen Sherfey-Bandai America Inc./Cypress, CA
Today’s Trivia Question: What is Oobi’s piano teacher’s name? (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 — Gwen
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07.09.07
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