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03.22.10

Good morning.  It’s Monday, March 22, 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:
CNN: John King USA at 7p
ABC: Dancing with the Stars at 8p
Showtime: Nurse Jackie at 10p; United States of Tara at 1030p

Tonight’s Finale:
ABC Family: The Secret Life of the American Teenager at 8p

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NBC announced a renewal of the daytime drama Days of Our Lives for a 45th season through 2011. Days of Our Lives made its debut in 1965 as a half-hour serial then was expanded to a full hour a decade later.

Rosie O’Donnell is working with Dick Robertson, former President of Warner Bros. Domestic TV Distribution and Scott Carlin, previous head of HBO Domestic Distribution on a new daytime syndicated talk show, likely based in NYC. Both Robertson and Carlin previously worked on the syndicated The Rosie O’Donnell Show. O’Donnell’s show would launch in fall 2011, hoping to step into the void left by The Oprah Winfrey Show. Rosie’s show will be produced independently by a new company established by her, Robertson and Carlin. 

Both The Golf Channel and ESPN announced late yesterday afternoon (at 630p and 645p, respectively) they each had Tiger Woods one-on-one interview since his Thanksgiving Day accident.  As it turns out, both interviews aired at approximately the same time – around 730p.  We’ll see if Tiger’s ratings history repeats here.

IMHO:  Did you get a chance to see the one or both of the first 2 parts of LIFE documentary series on Discovery or any of the Discovery networks last night?  If you missed it, you may want to make a point at watching the 3rd or 4th installments next Sunday.  These are remarkable.  I’m just sayin’ …

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: March 19-21, 2010
Alice In Wonderland (Disney)                  $34.5 million  3 wk total $265.8m
The Bounty Hunter (Sony)                      $21.0 million  opening weekend
Repo Men (Universal)                             $6.2 million  opening weekend
She’s Out Of My League (Paramount)       $6.0 million  2 wk total $20.0m
Green Zone (Universal)                          $6.0 million  2 wk total $24.7m
Shutter Island (Paramount)                    $4.8 million  5 wk total $115.8m
Remember Me (Summit Entertainment)      $3.3 million  2 wk total $13.9m
The Ghost Writer (Summit Entertainment) $2.1 million  5 wk total $6.8m
Brooklyn’s Finest (Overture Films)            $1.7 million  3 wk total $24.9m
The Crazies (Overture Films)                   $1.5 million  4 wk total $36.4m
Source: Rentrak

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HBO made a switch in its leading lady for the upcoming fantasy series Game of Thrones, cites THR. Irish actress Michelle Fairley will replace Jennifer Ehle in the role of Catelyn Stark, the wife to patriarch Eddard (Sean Bean) in the mythical land of Westeros. Ehle played the role in the pilot.  Production on the nine episode series, based on the books by George R.R. Martin, begins in Belfast this June.

Beau Bridges was tapped to co-star on NBC’s remake of Rockford Files. Bridges will play Jim Rockford’s (Dermot Mulroney) father and best friend, Rocky, a long-time truck driver who has always been there for his son. Noah Beery, Jr. played the same character in the original series.

Thursday  A18-49 Analysis: CBS dribbled to the winner’s circle Thursday posting a 3.7/12 with A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’ coverage of NCAA Championship games won at 8p with 3.2/11 followed by NBC’s sitcoms Community and Parks and Recreation averaging a 2.0/6. CBS led a successful pass at 9p with more NCAA basketball at 4.0/12 and more NBC comedies came next as The Office and 30 Rock averaged a 3.3/10. Then at 10p, NBC’s The Marriage Ref took over with a 2.9/9 and UNIV’s Mujeres Asesinas was #2 at 1.1/3.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, March 18, 2010 – time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 6.5/11           NCAA Basketball Championship Games [7p start] 5.7/11

NBC: 4.2/7             Community 3.2/6, Parks and Recreation 3.0/5, The Office 4.7/8, 30 Rock 4.3/7, The Marriage Ref 5.0/9

ABC: 3.8/7              Flash Forward 4.2/7, Private Practice [r] 3.0/5

FOX: 3.6/6             Bones [r] 4.3/7, Fringe [r] 2.9/5

UNIV: 1.9/3           Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.3/4, Corazon Salvaje 1.9/3, Mujeres Asesinas 1.4/3

ION: 1.3/2            Ghost Whisperer 0.7/1, NCIS 1.6/3, NCIS 1.6/3

CW: 1.0/2             Vampire Diaries [r] 1.0/2, Supernatural [r] 1.0/2

TELE: 0.7/1           El Clon 0.7/1, Perro Amor 0.7/1, Donde Esta Elisa 0.7/1

A18-49: CBS 3.7/12, NBC 2.7/8, ABC 1.6/5, UNIV 1.5/4, FOX 1.4/4, CW 0.6/2, TELE 0.6/2, ION 0.4/1

VH1 advanced Noah Pollack and Kristen Kelly each to the role of VP/Series Development and Original Programming. Kristen will continue to increase current franchises and work on the production of new inspirational content. She is now involved as executive producer for Fantasia For Real, Frank The Entertainment In A Basement Affair among other series. Noah will continue to develop new programming formats tied to multiple series such as Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew and Tough Love. He currently is the executive producer for Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, Sober House with Dr. Drew, Tough Love as well as the upcoming Basketball Wives series among others. Both Kristen and Noah report to Jill Holmes, SVP/West Coast Production and Development, VH1.

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This day in History:  1903 – Niagara Falls ran out of water due to a drought.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  What male supporting TV character worked at NewsView magazine in NYC? THAT GIRL’S DONALD HOLLINGER  Kudos to: Chris Claro/Westbury; Richard Freedman/DC; Paul Gluck-LiveUpdate Multimedia/Ardmore; Douglas Hochstadt-ABC Television Network/NY; Josh Peck/MST; John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas; Dory Melman Petsrillo-Petry Media/Dallas; Greg Stewart-Evolution Media/Burbank; Lorrie Shilling-DirecTV/El Segundo; Beth Hall/Granada Hills;

Today’s Trivia Question:  Who piloted the Songbird?  (Email [email protected] 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 — Cyn
03.22.10

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2010

ABC:  Dancing with the Stars [p]; Castle
AZTECA: Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Extranormal de Impacto, Al Extremo
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, Two and a Half Men, Big Bang Theory, CSI Miami
CW:   Life Unexpected, Gossip Girl
FOX:  House, 24
ION:  Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:  Chuck, Trauma, Law & Order
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, American Experience, American Masters
TELE:  El Clon, Perro Amor, Done Esta Elisa?
UNIV:  Hasta que el Dinero Corazon Salvaje, Cristina

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