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Top 10 Network
A18-49 (9 th) +20%
M18-49 (9 th) +17%
A25-54 (8 th) +13%
M25-54 (9 th) +8%
With SIGNIFICANT Year-to-Year GROWTH across all 4 demos
Source: Nielsen, M-Su 8-11pm, 12/28/09-2/28/10, ad-supported basic cable networks, A18-49, M18-49, A25-54, M25-54(000), live + sd data. M-Su 8-11pm, 12/28/09-2/28/10, 12/29/08-3/1/09, ad-supported basic cable networks, M18-49,A18-49, A25-54, M25-54(000), live + sd data.
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03.15.10
Good morning! It’s Monday, March 15, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing. And as always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here .
Tonight’s Premieres:
BBC America: Top Gear at 8p
HGTV: HGTV Dream Home Giveaway 2010 at 8p; Home Rules at 9p
MTV: True Life at 10p
VH1: The Price of Beauty at 10p; Transform Me at 1030p
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bbcamerica.com/adsales Source: The Nielsen Company. All TV Networks. 4Q08-3Q09. NPOWER, Live+7 Median Income, HHs (Tied with Golf and Fox Soccer). 2009 Mendelsohn Affluent Study, All Respondents, Index, College Degree Or Above, Cable nets in 60 million+ homes
ABC and ESPN are teaming on a new sports programming block on ABC beginning April 3. ESPN Sports Saturday will air from 4-6p, April through mid-August then return with new offerings December through August 2011. The two-hour block will feature a new hour-long series, Winners Bracket preceded by a variety of ESPN’s programs such as films from its 30 for 30 documentary series, episodes of ESPN’s newsmagazine show E:60 and episodes from the interview program Homecoming with Rick Reilly. ESPN SportsCenter’s Hannah Storm will anchor the weekly two-hour block with commentary from ESPN’s studios in Bristol, CT. Also, during the latter part of the block, local ABC affiliates will be able to insert a brief, local update to promote future programming.
Nielsen reported Spanish Language and African-American media sustained declines in ad spending during 2009. Spanish Language saw a -4.7% decline while African-American media was down -7.3%. Overall ad spending for 2009 was down by -9%.
Scheduling note: Lifetime Television temporarily lost its transmission power due to the severe weekend weather along the East Coast. Because of this, the network is re-airing its original movie Who is Clark Rockefeller? tonight at 9p.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: March 12-14, 2010
Alice In Wonderland (Disney) $62.0 million 2 wk total $208.6m
Green Zone (Universal) $14.5 million opening weekend
She’s Out Of My League (Paramount) $9.6 million opening weekend
Remember Me (Summit Entertainment) $8.3 million opening weekend
Shutter Island (Paramount)$8.1 million 4 wk total $108.0m
Our Family Wedding (Fox Searchlight) $7.6 million opening weekend
Avatar (20th Century Fox) $6.6 million – 13 wk total $730.3m
Brooklyn’s Finest (Overture Films) $4.3 million 2 wk total $21.4m
Cop Out (Warner Bros.) $4.2 million 3 wk total $39.4m
The Crazies (Overture Films) $3.7 million 3 wk total $33.4m
Source: Rentrak
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Academy Award- winner Jon Voight joins FOX’s drama pilot Midland in the lead role, marking his first regular TV series. Midland is about Bob (Jimmy Wolk) a con artist who has two women in two different Texas cities with one being the daughter of a Texas legend (Voight). Recently, Voight appeared on several episodes of FOX’s 24, playing villain Jonas Hodges.
Former ABC News correspondent Kate Snow switched networks and will soon appear on NBC News’ Dateline starting later this spring. Snow was a correspondent and a co-anchor of Good Morning America Weekend in addition to covering breaking news for other ABC News outlets and programs. Until a replacement is hired for Snow, ABC News assigned Juju Chang as co-anchor with Bill Weir for this past Saturday’s GMA Weekend and Elizabeth Vargas filled in on Sunday.
Summer Glau (FOX’s Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) will star in NBC’s superhero-themed drama pilot The Cape. The plot is about a former cop (David Lyons) who is accused of being a criminal and becomes a superhero to clear his name. Glau will play Orwell, an investigative blogger who goes after corrupt cops and costumed villains.
HBO cast Evan Rachel Wood and Guy Pearce to co-star with Kate Winslet in the five-hour miniseries Mildred Pierce. HBO is co-producing the project with MGM, Killer Films and John Wells Productions. This updated version of Mildred Pierce will be directed by Todd Haynes and is based on the classic noir novel by James M. Cain. Wood will play Veda, Mildred’s (Winslet) daughter while Pearce will play Mildred’s lover.
Food Network host and restaurateur, Chef Bobby Flay will be part of NBC’s new cooking competition series America’s Next Great Restaurant (formerly titled United Plates of America). Flay, one of five top restaurant leaders to be selected, will be an investor, judge and mentor on the show. Magical Elves is behind the series which is likely to premiere next season. In the series, contestants with restaurant concepts will battle to see which one will get the chance to launch a new chain.
TBS cast Constance Zimmer and Kat Foster for its hour-long comedy pilot In Security, thus lifting the contingency on the project, reports THR. The plot is about two sisters (Zimmer and Foster) who take over their dad’s private-security business, protecting their elite clientele while dealing with their own personal problems. TBS also tapped Malcolm McDowell to star along with Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar in its other pilot Franklin & Bash. This project is about two lawyers, Jared Franklin (Meyer) and Steven Bash (Gosselaar), who after defeating an upscale law firm in a case are recruited by the firm’s patriarch (McDowell).
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Thursday A18-49 Analysis: FOX held the #1 spot Thursday among A18-49 at 4.7/13, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, FOX was several strides ahead of the competition with American Idol at 6.3/19 with CBS’ Survivor next at 3.6/11. ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy won at 9p with 3.9/11 while CBS’ CSI and the average of NBC’s comedies The Office and 30 Rock tied for second place at 3.3/9 each. CBS had a turn in the winner’s circle at 10p with The Mentalist at 3.4/10 followed by ABC’s Private Practice at 2.8/8 and NBC’s The Marriage Ref in third at 2.6/8.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, March 11, 2010 – time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 8.7/15 Survivors: Heroes vs. Villains 7.0/11, CSI 9.3/15, The Mentalist 10.0/18
FOX: 7.9/13 American Idol 11.2/18, Kitchen Nightmares, 4.4/7
ABC: 5.2/9 Grey’s Anatomy [r] 3.1/5, Grey’s Anatomy 7.2/12, Private Practice 5.3/9
NBC: 3.6/6 Community 3.0/5, Parks and Recreation 3.0/5, The Office 4.3/7, 30 Rock 3.5/6, The Marriage Ref 3.8/7
UNIV: 1.9/3 Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.2/4, Corazon Salvaje 1.7/3, Nuestra Belleza 1.6/3
CW: 0.9/2 Vampire Diaries [r] 0.9/2, Supernatural [r] 0.9/1
ION: 0.9/2 Ghost Whisperer 0.8/1, NCIS 1.0/2, NCIS 1.0/2
TELE: 0.6/1 El Clon 0.6/1, Perro Amor 0.6/1, Don Esta Elisa 0.7/1
A18-49: FOX 4.7/13, CBS 3.4/10, NBC 2.7/8, ABC 2.6/7, UNIV 1.5/4, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.5/1, ION 0.4/1
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2010
ABC: 20/20; Castle
AZTECA: Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Extranormal de Impacto, Al Extremo
CBS: How I Met Your Mother [r], Rules of Engagement, Two and a Half Men [r], Big Bang Theory [r], CSI Miami [r]
CW: Life Unexpected, Gossip Girl
FOX: House, 24
ION: Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: Chuck, Trauma, Law & Order
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Time Team America, Time Team America
TELE: El Clon, Perro Amor, Done Esta Elisa?
UNIV: Hasta que el Dinero Corazon Salvaje, Cristina
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