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Cynopsis
06/26/06
Good Morning. It’s Monday, June 26, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Credited as the most prolific producer in the history of television, Aaron Spelling died on Friday at the age of 83. There are virtually no television watchers who haven’t spent some time in front of an Aaron Spelling show. His programs set new television benchmarks, creating new genres and some of today’s biggest TV stars. Among his list of Creator and/or Exec Producer credits are The Mod Squad, Charlie’s Angels, Starsky & Hutch, Dynasty, Family, The Love Boat, Hart to Hart, Melrose Place, Beverly Hills 90210 and still on the air – 7th Heaven. He started out as a bit actor and can be seen in an episode of I Love Lucy called “Tennessee Bound” in which he played a gas station attendant, as well as several episodes of Dragnet. When that wasn’t working as well as he may have hoped, he found more success in writing – his first writing credit appearing on Jane Wyman Presents Fireside Theatre in 1957. Then he went on to producing – his first series being Zane Grey’s Theatre in 1956, and later his first widely recognized hit was Burke’s Law in 1963. He is survived by his wife Candy, his daughter Tori and son Randy.
Tonight’s Premiere
ABC Family: Kyle XY at 8p
The latest upfront tally finds both Fox and The CW have completed their upfront sales. The CW reportedly will finish up in the $650 million neighborhood, with an average CPM of about 1%. That puts The CW ahead of the WB’s take last year by $40 million, tho shy of the combined UPN and WB upfront total last year, approx $800 million. According to reports, The CW sold about 84% of its total inventory in the upfront. As reported last week, Fox has finished up in the $1.8 billion area, up by approx $200 million from last year, with CPM increases of between two and four percent, thanks in large part to American Idol, House and 24.
Televisa may have lost a couple more of its consortium partners, but still put in its fully-financed bid for Univision at approx $11 billion, pegged at approx $35.75/share, or a little more than Haim Saban-led group of $35.50 per share submitted last week. Televisa’s group suffered a set back last week when it lost three members – Blackstone, KKR and Carlyle, causing the group to miss the initial deadline for bids. And then late last week, Venevision opted out. After a quick reining in of the remaining partners – Televisa, Bain Capital and Cascade Investments – the capital was raised and the bid placed. The bid placed by Haim Saban’s group was due to expire last Friday, and did when Univision didn’t respond. Saban’s group is reportedly considering a re-bid. Univision is looking for a bid in the $38/share range.
Program change at NBC – the results show for America’s Got Talent was originally scheduled forThursdays at 830p. That has been pushed back to Thursdays at 930p, hopefully giving the net’s newest drama series Windfall a little boost at 10p.
The TV Guide Channel will expand its programming to include the game show series Hollywood Showdown. The half-hour pop culture and entertainment contest was acquired by the network and will premiere today at 12p, airing every weekday. The show has previously aired on both GSN and PAX and is hosted by Todd Newton of Whammy! fame.
Playboy Enterprises Inc. has acquired Club Jenna Inc., the multi-media adult entertainment business founded by Jenna Jameson. Playboy will now control the Club Jenna brand and business assets that include a film production division, a library of video content, multiple web sites and a DVD retail distribution arm. Terms of the final deal were not disclosed. Both Jenna and her husband, CJI President Jay Grdina has signed personal service agreements with Playboy as part of the agreement.
Correction: Warner Bros.‘s Two and A Half Men terms include 1.5m barter national and 5.5 local minutes (11 avails total for the local station), Monday-Friday. Friday’s edition said 11 minutes – should have read 11 units.
Weekend Box Office Estimates: June 23-25, 2006
Click (SonyRevolution) $40.0 million – opening weekend
Cars (Buena Vista) $22.5 million – 3 wk total $155.9m
Nacho Libre (Paramount) $12.1 million – 2 wk total $52.6m
Waist Deep (Rogue Pictures) $9.4 million – opening weekend
Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift (Universal) $9.2 million – 2 wk total $42.6m
The Lake House (Warner Bros.) $8.3 million – 2 wk total $29.2m
The Break Up (Universal) $6.2 million – 4 wk total $103.7m
Garfield: A Tale of 2 Kitties (Fox) $4.7 million – 2 wk total $16.0m
X-Men The Last Stand (Fox) $4.4 million – 5 wk total $224.1m
The DaVinci Code (Sony) $4.0 million – 6 wk total $205.6m
Source: Box Office Mojo
Nancy Dubuc has been upped to SVP/Non-Fiction Programming and New Media Content at A&E Television Networks. Nancy is charged with developing multi-platform content for the company, managing program development for The History Channel, and spearheading new media efforts for AETN. Her duties will still include the supervision of all A&E network non-fiction programming development. The History Channel’s Non-Fiction Programming team will now report directly to Nancy and she will work in tandem with Charlie Maday, SVP/Programming at The History Channel.
CBS Radio Sales has hired Adrienne Pabst as the new VP/Director of Sales where she will head the company’s Los Angeles office. Most recently she was National Sales Manager for eight of Clear Channel Radio’s stations in the Los Angeles area.
David M. Friend has been appointed VP/News Director at WCBS-TV, effective June 28. David’s career stretches three decades and prior to joining WCBS he was SVP in charge of business news programming at CNBC.
The digital media management and distribution firm aligned with the broadcast television industry, Pathfire, Inc., has expanded its sales team: Michael Donohue, Director/Sales, will manage the entertainment industry in the areas of content producers, aggregators and distributors; Tom Califano, Broadcast Sales Manager, joins the company to supervise East Coast relationships with group owners, broadcast stations and system integrators; Peter Rosenbaum, News Sales Manager, is responsible for servicing newsroom industry clients and video news feed distribution partners; and Mark Wronski, Broadcast Sales Manager, will supervise relationships with group owners, broadcast stations and system integrators throughout the western states.
Thursday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX squeezed in a win Thursday night with a 2.6/9 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. CBS almost had the #1 position but came in second at 2.6/8, followed by ABC and NBC tying for third at 2.1/7, then UNIV 1.6/5, UPN 0.9/3, WB 0.8/3 and TELE 0.4/1. The competition was tight at 8p when CBS’ Gameshow Marathon at 2.1/7 narrowly beat the premiere of ABC’s Master of Champions at 2.0/7, and the rerun comedies of My Name Is Earl and The Office on NBC were right behind at an average of 1.9/7. FOX stepped up and won the 9p hour with So You Think You Can Dance at 3.6/11. CBS then took the lead again at 10p with an encore of Without a Trace, delivering a 2.7/8.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Thursday, June 22, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
CBS 6.8/12 Gameshow Marathon 5.1/10, CSI [r] 8.0/14, Without a Trace [r] 7.2/13
ABC 4.1/7 Master of Champions [p] 4.0/8, 20/20 3.6/6, Primetime 4.8/8
FOX 4.1/7 That 70’s Show [r] 2.4/5, That 70’s Show [r] 2.9/5, So You Think You Can Dance 5.5/10
NBC 3.4/6 My Name Is Earl [r] 3.7/7, The Office [r] 3.1/6, My Name Is Earl [r] 3.4/6, The Office [r] 2.8/5, Windfall 3.8/7
UNIV 1.9/3 La Fea Más Bella 2.1/4, Barrera de Amor 1.9/3, Aquí y Ahora 1.6/3
UPN 1.4/2 Everybody Hates Chris [r] 1.8/4, Love, Inc. [r] 1.3/2, Eve [r] 1.2/2, Cuts [r] 1.2/2
WB 1.3/2 Smallville [r] 1.4/3, Supernatural [r] 1.2/2
TELE 0.6/1 Tierra de Pasiones 0.6/1, Amores De Mercado 0.5/1, Decisiones 0.5/1
A18-49: FOX 2.6/9, CBS 2.6/8, ABC 2.1/7, NBC 2.1/7, UNIV 1.6/5, UPN 0.9/3, WB 0.8/3, TELE 0.4/1
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COMCAST SPOTLIGHT
The History Channel presents This Day in History:
The toothbrush first appeared in China. The earliest toothbrushes were made out of hog bristles and bamboo handles. These materials were later replaced by the plastic and nylon models popular today.
Answer to Friday’s trivia question: On this show Megan and David work together, are married and shared a boss named Peter. What show is this? HOTEL Kudos to: David Speakman-Law Offices of Donald Kilmer/Mountain View CA
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Come to the 23rd Annual Mark Awards
Walk the Red Carpet with your host, Kelly Deadmon of The Biography Channel. See the prestigious Presentation of Awards, hosted by John Salley of FSN. Then attend the Gallery Opening & Reception to toast your colleagues and see their work. It all takes place at The CTAM Summit, on July 17 in Boston. www.markawards.com
Later — Cyn
06.26.06
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Monday, June 26, 2006
ABC Wife Swap [r], Supernanny [r], How to Get the Guy
CBS The King of Queens [r], How I Met Your Mother [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Old Christine [r], CSI: Miami [r]
FOX Hell’s Kitchen [r], Hell’s Kitchen
NBC Treasure Hunters, Treasure Hunters, Medium
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 Tierra de Pasiones, Amores de Mercado, Decisiones
UNIV La Fea Mas Bella, Barrera de Amor, Cristina
