Cynopsis: Kids!
6/04/07
Good morning. It’s Monday, June 4, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing.
WGBH Boston has partnered with Canada’s Studio B Productions Inc. to develop and co-produce Martha Speaks, a new animated series based on the popular kid’s book of the same name by author Susan Meddaugh (1992/Houghton Mifflin). Designed to expand kid’s vocabulary through language and story-telling (and eating alphabet soup), the Martha Speaks series will be comprised of 40 half hour episodes and is slated to be ready for air in fall 2008 on public TV in the US. Studio B will hold international distribution rights for the property. I totally recommend you read it if you don’t know it.
MORE KIDS STUFF
Granada International plans to launch a range of new shows at the Shanghai Television Festival next week, June 11-15, 2007. Among the programs Granada International will be offering for distribution will be several kids and youth series including:
- Supernormal (52×11′ or 26×22′) – a new animated HD series targeted to K8-12, Supernormal revolves around four friends who attend superhero Junior High, each with their own super powers except for one regular boy. Produced by Granada Kids / World Leaders Entertainment in association with Granada International.
- Pocoyo (52×7′) – the CGI and XSI animated preschool property features the popular Pocoyo in a new series. Produced by Zinkia Entertainment/Granada International in association with Granada Kids. Actor Stephen Fry narrates the English version of Pocoyo.
MARKETING/LICENSING
Sesame Street’s newest Muppet character Abby Cadabby, the 3-year-old Muppet fairy-in-training who joined the show in August 2006, is getting her own line of clothing for newborns, infants and toddlers. The Abby Cadabby line will debut exclusively at JCPenny will debut the new Abby Cadabby apparel line in its Friendshop section this July and August as part of a special Sesame Street promotion. Created by Children’s Apparel Network, the line will include clothing sets, dresses as well as kids playwear and sportswear including appliques on various fabrics.
Hooked on Phonics has launched Hooked on Phonics Discovery Reading, a new line of reading readiness programs designed for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, at the annual BookExpo America 2007 held in NYC over the weekend. Each of the programs tackles different steps involved in reading readiness for young kids; discovery Reading, Baby Edition (vocabulary, memory, stimulation), Toddler Edition (listening skills, vocabulary and verbal skills/word object associations) and Pre-K Edition (learning letter names, sounds and phonemic awareness).
STONE SOUP
Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; June 1-3, 2007:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Buena Vista) PG-13 $43.2m-2 wk total $216.5m
Shrek the Third (Paramount (DreamWorks)) PG $26.7m-3 wk total $254.6m
Spider-Man 3 (Sony / Columbia) PG-13 $7.5m-5 wk total $318.3m
Waitress (Fox Searchlight) PG-13 $2.0m-5 wk total $9.5m
Gracie (Picturehouse) PG-13 Opening Weekend $1.4m
Disturbia (Paramount (DreamWorks)) PG-13 $1.1m-8 wk total $76.7m
Away from Her (Lionsgate) PG-13 $470,000-5 wk total $3.3m
Blades of Glory (Paramount (DreamWorks)) PG-13 $336,000-10 wk total $116.8m
Delta Farce (Lionsgate) PG-13 $300,000-4 wk total $7.8m
Next (Paramount) PG-13 $161,000-6 wk total $17.6m
Source: Box Office Mojo
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Disney named several folks to its publicity department.
- Teri Meyer will be EVP/Worldwide Publicity, reporting to both Mark Zoradi, President/ Marketing and Distribution, and Jim Gallagher, President/Domestic Marketing. In this newly created position, Teri will manage campaigns for Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures’ live-action and animated movies. She was recently SVP/International Publicity at Buena Vista International.
- Jasmine Madatian was pulled in as SVP/Domestic Publicity while Michelle Sewell was upped to SVP/International Publicity. They will report to Teri with Jasmine also reporting into Jim Gallagher. Both will be responsible for all campaigns under their respective departments. Jasmine was previously SVP/Publicity and Promotions at Paramount. Michelle, a 15-year Buena Vista International veteran, served as VP/European Publicity.
RATINGS
Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 5/21-5/27/2007 , 6a-6a:
K2-11 Total Delivery (000)
FOX: American Idol (5/23; 8-10:09p) 2722
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/26; 10a) 2423
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/22; 8-9:03p) 2373
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/26; 10:30a) 2312
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/25; 9:30a) 2298
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/26; 9a) 2055
NICK: Drake & Josh (5/23; 5:30p) 1907
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/25; 4p) 1872
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/23; 5p) 1864
NICK: El Tigre (5/26; 11a) 1836
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 5/21-5/27/2007 , 6a-6a:
K6-11 Total Delivery (000)
FOX: American Idol (5/23; 8-10:09p) 1920
FOX: American Idol (5/22; 8-9:03p) 1571
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/26; 10a) 1543
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/26; 9:30a) 1449
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/26; 10:30a) 1363
NICK: Drake & Josh (5/23; 5:30p) 1356
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/26; 9a) 1319
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/23; 5p) 1295
NICK: Drake & Josh (5/23; 4:30p) 1249
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (5/21; 7:30p) 1244
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 5/21-5/27/2007 , 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14 Total Delivery (000)
FOX: American Idol (5/23; 8-10:09p) 2366
FOX: American Idol (5/22; 8-9:03p) 1797
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/21; 7p) 1199
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/26; 10a) 1109
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (5/24; 7:30p) 1090
DSNY*: Stuck in the Suburbs (S)(5/24; 8-9:30p) 1089
DSNY*: Suite Life of Zack & Cody (5/21; 7:30p) 1084
NICK: Drake & Josh (5/23; 4:30p) 1073
NICK: Drake & Josh (5/23; 5:30p) 1068
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (5/24; 7p) 1041
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 5/21-5/27/2007 , 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17 Total Delivery (000)
FOX: American Idol (5/23; 8-10:09p) 2042
FOX: American Idol (5/22; 8-9:03p) 1504
NICK: SpongeBob SquarePants (5/21; 9-10:02p) 960
ABC: Lost (5/23; 9-11p) 907
USA: WWE Entertainment (5/21; 10-11:06p) 743
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance (5/24; 8-9:25p) 742
ADSM**: Futurama (5/23; 11p) 734
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance (5/22; 9-11p) 729
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (5/21; 7p) 707
FOX: Family Guy (5/23; 11:30p) 701
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Abbreviation for Adult Swim, which airs on Cartoon Network
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, May 26, 2007 Broadcast Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
CW (Kids’ WB!) 1.0/5 Avg. (7a-12p)
Pillowhead 0.5/4; Pillowhead 0.5/4; Loonatics Unleashed 0.8/5; Tom and Jerry Tales 1.2/6; Shaggy Scooby-Doo Get a Clue 1.1 /5; Johnny Test 1.3/6; Legion of Super Heroes 1.1/5; The Batman 1.3/6; The Batman 1.3/7; Xiaolin Showdown 1.0/5
FOX (4Kids TV) 1.0/5 Avg. (8a-12n)
Winx Club 0.4/3; Viva Pinata 0.8/5; Viva Pinata 1.0/5; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward 1.7/8; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fast Forward 1.7/8; Chaotic 0.9/4; Sonic X 0.9/5; Yu-Gi-Oh 0.6/3
ABC 0.9/5 Avg. (9a-1p)
The Emperor’s New School 0.5/3; The Replacements 1.0/5; That’s So Raven 1.0/5; That’s So Raven 1.2/6; Hannah Montana 1.3/6; Suite Life of Zack & Cody 1.6/8; Power Rangers Overdrive 0.5/3; Power Rangers Overdrive 0.4/2
NBC (Qubo on NBC) Avg. 0.4/2 (10a-12p)
Babar 0.2/1; Dragon 0.3/1; 321 Penguins/Larryboy Adventures 0.5/2; Veggie tales 0.5/3; Jane and the Dragon 0.5/2; Jacob Two Two 0.7/4
CBS (KOL’s Secret Slumber Party on CBS) 0.4/2 Avg. (7a-7:30a/10:30a-12n*)
Madeline 0.3/2; Sabrina: The Animated Series 0.2/1; Cake 0.5/2; Trollz 0.4/2; Dance Revolution 0.5/3; Horseland 0.3/2
Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, May 26, 2007 Cable Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
NICKELODEON 4.6/26 Avg. (7a-1p)
Lazytown 1.8/19; Fairly OddParents 2.6/22; Jimmy Neutron 3.6/25; Jimmy Neutron 4.7/27; SpongeBob SquarePants 5.4/27; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.0/27; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.4/29; SpongeBob SquarePants 5.6/28; El Tigre 4.6/23; Fairly OddParents 4.5/22; Ned’s Declassified 4.7/25; Ned’s Declassified 4.7/26
CARTOON NETWORK 1.8/10 Avg. (7:30a-1p)
Cartoon Cartoon Top 5 (60 min) 1.6/12; Class of 3000 1.6/9; Pokemon: Battle Frontier 2.0/10; Pokemon: Battle Frontier 2.5/11; Ben 10 2.4/11; Camp Lazlo 2.1/10; Storm Hawks 1.7/8; Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends 1.5/8; Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends 1.4/8
DISNEY CHANNEL 1.4/8 Avg. (7a-1p)
The Wiggles 1.1/12; Higglytown Heroes 1.4/12; Little Einsteins 1.2/8; Little Einsteins 1.0/6; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 1.6/8; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 1.7/8; My Friends Tigger & Pooh 1.4/6; Handy Manny 1.7/9; Johnny and the Sprites 1.2/6; Charlie and Lola 1.4/7; Lilo & Stitch: The Series 1.1/6; The Replacements 1.4/8
TOON DISNEY (Jetix) 0.3/2 Avg. (7a-1:30p)
Legend of the Dragon 0.0/1; Dragon Booster 0.1/1; Shinzo 0.4/3; NASCAR Racers 0.4/2; Jackie Chan Adventures 0.4/2; Power Rangers Operation 0.4/2; Yin Yang Yo 0.4/2; Pucca 0.4/2; Digimon 0.2/1; Jackie Chan Adventures 0.1/1; Tarzan II (90 min) 0.4/2
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, May 30, 2007, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1124; K6-11 552; TWEENS 9-14 392
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 959; K6-11 676; TWEENS 9-14 586
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 602; K6-11 405; TWEENS 9-14 306
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 185; K6-11 107; TWEENS 9-14 93
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: Granny Garbanzo, Major Bedhead and Snicklefritz are characters from what show? THE BIG COMFY COUCH Kudos to: Erica Minton-WonderGroup/Cincinnati; Michael Hawkins-PromoDoctors/Irving, TX; Colleen Kennedy-Corus Entertainment Inc./Toronto; Catherine Thomson-TVO/Toronto; Brenda Nietupski-Corus Entertainment Inc./Toronto
Today’s Trivia Question: On the show Land of the Lost, what were the aggressive creatures with reptilian and insect-like characteristics called? ( 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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