Cynopsis: Kids!
6/18/07
Good morning. It’s Monday, June 18, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing.
HBO has picked up the 3D animated series Magic Cellar and plans to debut it on HBO Family in the US and Bermuda on Saturday, June 23, 2007. The series will air weekly on Saturdays and repeat on Thursdays. Aimed at the K6-11 crowd, Magic Cellar uses African folktales as a means to support African culture, diversity and the tradition of oral storytelling as well as promoting literacy and social communication skills. Produced by Canada’s Chocolate Moose Media Inc. and South Africa’s Morula Pictures, the series was commissioned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation.
Harry Potter creator/author J.K. Rowling will join host Jonathan Ross for an interview on his BBC One series, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, on July 6 at 10:35p; just 14 days ahead of the July 21, 2007 publication of the seventh and final book in the series, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows. As a reminder, Rowling is also set to appear on a special episode of the popular CBBC, Blue Peter, on Friday, July 20.
The third episode of Nickelodeon’s Let’s Just Play Go Healthy Challenge debuts Sunday, June 24 at 8:30p. In this installment, several stars of the network’s TEENick block also take the pledge to lead healthier lifestyles, and will go online to talk with fans in the coming weeks at www.nick.com/letsjustplay . Additionally, in this episode’s Workout Like a Pro segment the NFL’s Roy Williams of the Dallas Cowboys will take viewers through his balance strengthening exercises in order to convey the importance of a balanced diet and lifestyle. The show also checks in on the let’s just Play Go Healthy Challengers.
The 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards and Creative Arts & Entertainment Daytime Emmy Awards were handed out on June 15 and 14 respectively. Winners for outstanding achievement in kid/youth and family related categories include:
- Children’s Series: Reading Rainbow (PBS)
- Children’s Animated Program: Arthur (PBS)
- Pre-School Children’s Series: Sesame Street (PBS)
- Children/Youth/Family Special: Saving A Species: The Great Penguin Rescue (Discovery Kids)
- Broadband Program – Children’s: Cyberchase (PBS)
- Original Song-Children’s/Animated: Between The Lions (PBS) – Song Title: Q Without U
MARKETING/LICENSING
Kidz Bop LLC has teamed with VEE Corporation to launch the KIDZ BOP World Tour. The K6-11-targeted rock concert tour will travel to 80+ markets beginning this October 2007. Known for the Sesame Street Live tours, VEE will produce, book and promote the KIDZ BOP TOUR shows. The tour will feature a band and kid and adult performers as well as local participants, dance contests and song voting among other activities. Kidz Bop LLC, a subsidiary of Razor & Tie, has sold 10+ million KIDZ BOP CDs since the audio series debuted six years ago.
Los Padrinos Magicos El Desafio de Timmy (The Fairly OddParents – Timmy’s Challenge), a live stage show based on Nickelodeon’s animated series The Fairly OddParents, recently made its debut in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at the Gran Rex theatre on Avenida Corrientes, the equivalent to the Broadway in NYC. Plans are currently under way for the show to tour throughout Latin America this year. EXIM Licensing group and DT Entertainment created the stage adaptation.
STONE SOUP
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; June 15-17, 2007:
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox) PG Opening Weekend $57.4m
Ocean’s Thirteen (Warner Bros.) PG-13 $19.1m-2 wk total $69.8m
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Buena Vista) PG-13 $12.0m-4 wk total $273.8m
Surf’s Up (Sony / Columbia) PG $9.3m-2 wk total $34.7m
Shrek the Third (Paramount (DreamWorks)) PG $9.0m-5 wk total $297.2m
Nancy Drew (Warner Bros.) PG Opening Weekend $7.1m
Spider-Man 3 (Sony / Columbia) PG-13 $2.5m-7 wk total $330.0m
Waitress (Fox Searchlight) PG-13 $1.3m-7 wk total $14.1m
La Vie en Rose (Picturehouse) PG-13 $669.000-2 wk total $2.8m
Disturbia (Paramount (DreamWorks)) PG-13 $250,000-10 wk total $78.3m
Source: Box Office Mojo
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Michael R. Polis has been named Chief Marketing Officer, Wildbrain. He will serve as part of the management team for the production studio and will report to President and CEO, Charles Rivkin. Polis will work with Executive Producers and creative team of the studio’s upcoming kid’s series Yo Gabba Gabba!, as well as be responsible for managing Wildbrain’s corporate brand identity and key relationships. Most recently, Polis was SVP/Marketing Worldwide, The Jim Henson Company. Previously he was Director/Marketing at Universal Home entertainment, where he helped to break ground with the first movie in American Sign Language on video, and prior to that served in new product development and promotions for Post cereals and The Maxwell House Coffee Company while at Kraft Foods. Polis is a member of the New Media Group of the Producer’s Guild of America, and a member of the Executive Committee, Children’s Programming Peer Group of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
RATINGS
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 6/4-6/10/2007 , 6a-6a:
K2-11 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/9; 9:30a) 2242
NICK: Shredderman Rules Movie (6/9; 8-10p) 2222
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/4; 4:30p) 2187
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/4; 4p) 2157
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/4; 5p) 2144
NICK: Fairly OddParents (6/9; 10a) 2140
NICK: Ned’s Declassified Movie (6/8; 8-9p) 2119
NICK: Drake & Josh (6/6; 4:30p) 2053
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/6; 5p) 2050
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/9; 9a) 1992
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 6/4-6/10/2007 , 6a-6a:
K6-11 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: Shredderman Rules Movie (6/9; 8-10p) 1825
NICK: Ned’s Declassified Movie (6/8; 8-9p) 1810
NICK: Shredderman Rules Movie (6/10; 7-9p) 1587
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/5; 7:30p) 1567
NICK: Drake & Josh (6/6; 4:30p) 1516
NICK: Ned’s Declassified Movie (6/8; 9-10p) 1514
NICK: Fairly OddParents (6/9; 10a) 1467
NICK: Ned’s Declassified (6/8; 7:30p) 1457
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (6/9; 9:30a) 1450
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/7; 7p) 1430
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 6/4-6/10/2007 , 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: Ned’s Declassified Movie (6/8; 8-9p) 1887
NICK: Shredderman Rules Movie (6/9; 8-10p) 1653
NICK: Shredderman Rules Movie (6/10; 7-9p) 1498
NICK: Ned’s Declassified Movie (6/8; 9-10p) 1469
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (6/5; 7:30p) 1403
NICK: Ned’s Declassified Movie (6/10; 6-7p) 1383
DSNY*: Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (6/8; 8-9:40p) 1377
NICK: Drake & Josh (6/6; 4:30p) 1374
NICK: Drake & Josh (6/6; 4p) 1344
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/5; 7p) 1341
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 6/4-6/10/2007 , 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17 Total Delivery (000)
NICK: Ned’s Declassified Movie (6/8; 8-9p) 1052
NICK: Ned’s Declassified Movie (6/8; 9-10p) 921
NBC: America’s Got Talent (6/5; 9-11p) 853
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/5; 7p) 811
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance (6/7; 9-10p) 808
NICK: Shredderman Rules Movie (6/10; 7-9p) 780
DSNY*: Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (6/8; 8-9:40p) 773
NICK: Ned’s Declassified (6/5; 6p) 758
NICK: Ned’s Declassified (6/8; 7:30p) 743
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (6/9; 8-9:40p) 722
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 9, 2007 Broadcast Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
ABC 1.2/6 Avg. (9a-1p)
The Emperor’s New School 0.8/4; The Replacements 1.7/5; That’s So Raven 1.2/5; That’s So Raven 1.7/8; Hannah Montana 1.8/8; Suite Life of Zack & Cody 1.9/9; Power Rangers Overdrive 0.8/4; Power Rangers Overdrive 0.6/3
CW (Kids’ WB!) 1.1/6 Avg. (7a-12p)
Pillowhead 0.4/4; Pillowhead 0.7/5; Loonatics Unleashed 1.1/6; Tom and Jerry Tales 1.6/8; Shaggy Scooby-Doo Clue 1.3/6; Johnny Test 1.2/5; Legion of Super Heroes 0.9/4; The Batman 1.4/7; Xiaolin Showdown 1.5/7; Johnny Test 1.1/5
FOX (4Kids TV) 0.8/4 Avg. (8a-12n)
Winx Club 0.6/4; Viva Pinata 0.7/4; Viva Pinata 0.8/4; TMNT Fast Forward 0.9/4; TMNT Fast Forward 1.0/5; Chaotic 0.7/3; Sonic X 0.9/4; Yu-Gi-Oh 0.7/3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward 0.8/3; GI Joe Sigma 6 0.7/3
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 0.4/2; Trollz 0.4/2; Dance Revolution 0.4/2; Horseland 0.7/3
NBC (Qubo on NBC) Avg. 0.2/1 (9a-1p)
Pre-empt for the French Open Tennis (3 hours); Jane and the Dragon 0.2/1; Jacob Two Two 0.4/2
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, June 9, 2007 Cable Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
NICKELODEON 4.5/24 Avg. (7a-1p)
Fairly OddParents 1.8/21; Fairly OddParents 3.3/26; Jimmy Neutron 4.2/25; Jimmy Neutron 4.1/22;
SpongeBob SquarePants 5.4/25; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.0/27; Fairly OddParents 6.0/28; El Tigre 5.0/23; Avatar 3.9/20; Avatar 3.5/18; Ned’s Declassified Movie (60 min) 5.5/27
CARTOON NETWORK 2.1/11 Avg. (7a-1p)
Cartoon Top 5 (60 min) 2.3/16; Class of 3000 2.7/14;Pokemon: Diamond & Pearl 2.7/12; Pokemon: Diamond & Pearl 2.5/11; Ben 10 2.2/10; Storm Hawks 1.6/7; code Lyoko 1.8/9; Teen Titans 2.0/10; Camp Lazlo 1.7/8; Camp Lazlo 1.8/8
DISNEY CHANNEL 1.3/7 Avg. (7a-1p)
The Wiggles 0.8/9; Higglytown Heroes 1.1/9; Little Einsteins 1.3/8; Little Einsteins 1.2/6; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 1.1/5; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 1.2/5; My Friends Tigger & Pooh 1.5/7; Handy Manny 1.4/7; Johnny and the Sprites 1.2/6; Charlie and Lola 1.3/7; Kim Possible 1.7/9; The Replacements 1.8/8
TOON DISNEY (Jetix) 0.6/3 Avg. (7a-1p)
Legend of the Dragon 0.2/2; Jackie Chan Adventures 0.4/3; NASCAR Racers 0.4/2; Power Rangers S.P.D. 0.4/2; Lilo & Stitch 2: Glitch (90 min) 0.9/4; Lilo & Stitch 0.7/3; Aladdin 0.4/2; Aladdin 0.6/3; The Little Mermaid 0.6/3; The Little Mermaid 0.5/2
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1214; K6-11 658; TWEENS 9-14 513
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 1059; K6-11 759; TWEENS 9-14 661
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 628; K6-11 448; TWEENS 9-14 368
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 208; K6-11 116; TWEENS 9-14 92
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
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Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: Fleegle, Drooper, Bingo and Snorky are all characters from what “musical quartet”? THE BANANA SPLITS. Kudos to: Ellery J. Locklear-Scollon Productions, Inc./SC; Ron Yurman-Short Hills Media Group/Short Hills; Alice Cahn-Cartoon Network/NY; Joyce Stein-Raab Associates/Chappaqua; Richard Quan-Imaginary Time/San Francisco; Derek Bartholomaus-Comedy Central/LA; Joel Metzger-AdlhochCreative/LA; Kelly Syers-Program Partners/Venice, CA; Rich Ross-Disney Channel/Shanghai; Rohan Filer- O’Sullivan Pullini/Australia; Erica Enriquez-Cartoon Network and Boomerang/Australia
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Later — Gwen
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06.18.07
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