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03.04.13

Good morning. It’s Monday March 4, 2013, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
REELZCHANNEL: The Larry Sanders Show at 1p
National Geographic Channel: Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout? at 8p
BIO: Deadly Wives at 10p
Bravo: LA Shrinks at 10p
HGTV: Love It or List It Too at 11p
MTV: World of Jenks at 11p

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Cynopsis Exclusive: REELZ renewed and extended its content deal with Screenvision, the national cinema advertiser. REELZ will continue providing an exclusive monthly inside look at Hollywood for Screenvision’s pre-show, The Limelight. “We’re very proud to continue this fruitful partnership with Screenvision and their quality theaters across the country,” said John de Garmo, SVP of Distribution at REELZCHANNEL.REELZ content originally launched on Screenvision’s 2,300-plus theater, 14,000 screen network in April 2012.

Discovery Channel explores the impact of cell phones, cars, planes and skyscrapers in the new four-part series How We Invented the World. Premiering Tuesday, March 19 at 9p, each episode will reveal the stories behind these defining innovations. How We Invented is produced for Discovery Channel and Discovery Networks International by Nutopia with Jane Root as EP.

Nat Geo WILD spotlights over-the-top animal owners who go to extremes to pamper their pets in the new series Spoiled Rotten Pets. The show debuts Saturday, April 20 with double episodes at 9p and 9:30p. Beth Stern hosts; the show is produced by Picture This Television.
 
Tornado season is approaching and The Weather Channel is preparing viewers with Tornado Survival Week, beginning next Monday through Friday both on-air and online at weather.com. The Weather Channel offers the latest safety and survival tips and information on advances in forecasting and alert technology from the officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as well as The Weather Channel’s own meteorologists.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates:  March 1-3, 2013
Jack the Giant Slayer (Warner Bros.)   $28 million – opening weekend                            
Identity Thief (Universal)                     $9.7 million  4 wk total $107.4m
21 And Over (Relative Media)              $9 million – opening weekend
The Last Exorcism Part II (CBS Films)  $8 million – opening weekend
Snitch (Lionsgate)                               $7.7 million  2 wk total $24.4m
Escape from Planet Earth (The Weinstein Co.) $6.7 million  3 wk total $43.2m
Safe Haven (Relativity Media)             $6.3 million  3 wk total $57m
Silver Linings Playbook (The Weinstein Co.) $5.9 million  16 wk total $115.5m
A Good Day to Die Hard (20th Century Fox) $4.5 million  3 wk total $59.6m
Dark Skies (The Weinstein Co.)          $3.5 million  2 wk total $13.4m
Source: Rentrak

TCM’s signature movie showcase The Essentials premieres a 13th season on Saturday, March 9 at 8p. The Essentials features TCM’s Robert Osborne and returning co-host Drew Barrymore.

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TNT approved an unscripted docu-drama series, Life Flight(wt), that follows air ambulance teams as they race to save lives.  TNT ordered six episodes to launch in 2014.  Life Flight is produced for TNT by Fox Television Studiosand Boardwalk Entertainment Group with Gary A. Randall, Timothy Scott Bogart and Brad Bogart serving as EPs.

America’s Got Talent is getting a new judge. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Project Runway‘s Heidi Klum will officially be named to the panel of NBC’s reality competition series on Monday, joining Howard Stern, Howie Mandell and Mel B.

Bonnie Franklin, best remembered as divorced mom Ann Romano on the CBS sitcom One Day at a Time, died of complications from pancreatic cancer on March 1. She was 69. A private memorial service is planned on Monday in Los Angeles.

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Thursday A18-49 Analysis:  FOX dominated the A18-49 viewers Thursday with a 3.8/11, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  FOX’s American Idol won the 8p hour with a 3.6/11 while CBS’ repeat comedies The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men averaged a second place showing at 2.5/8.  At 9p, FOX’s American Idol continued on top by surging to a 4.0/11 and Univision’s Amores Verdaderos moved into the #2 spot at 2.0/6.  Then at 10p, CBS’ Elementary encore and Univision’s Amor Bravio tied for #1 at 1.7/5 each and NBC’s Law & Order: SVU rerun came in third place at 0.9/3.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, February 28, 2013  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

FOX: 7.5/12             American Idol 7.5/12

CBS: 5.8/9                The Big Bang Theory [r] 6.9/11, Two and a Half Men [r] 5.4/9, Person of Interest [r] 6.0/9, Elementary [r] 5.1/9

ABC: 2.6/4               Zero Hour 3.5/6, Scandal [r] 2.4/4, Jimmy Kimmel Live After the Oscars [r] 1.9/3     

UNIV: 2.3/4              Por Ella Soy Eva 2.4/4, Amores Verdaderos 2.4/4, Amor Bravio 2.1/4

NBC: 1.9/3               Community 1.9/3, Parks and Recreation [r] 1.4/2, The Office [r] 1.4/2, 1600 Penn 1.5/2, Law & Order: SVU [r] 2.8/5

TELE: 0.9/1              Pasion Prohibida 0.8/1, La Patrona 1.2/2, El Rostro de la Venganza 0.6/1

ION: 0.7/1                Without a Trace 0.6/1, Without a Trace 0.6/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2

CW: 0.6/1                Vampire Diaries [r] 0.7/1, Beauty and the Beast [r] 0.5/1

UMA: 0.2/0               Cineplex THR [7p start r] 0.4/1, Made in Cartagena 0.2/0, Rosario Tijeras 0.2/0

A18-49:  FOX 3.8/11, CBS 2.0/6, UNIV 1.9/5, NBC 1.0/3, ABC 0.9/3, TELE 0.7/2, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.3/1, UMA 0.2/0

Stan Gill was appointed as VP and General Manager of the CBS Television Station group’s WTOG-TV (CW 44) in the Tampa-St. Petersburg market.  Gill begins his new post on Monday after 14 years with ACME Communications.

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This Day In History, sponsored by Velocity. Drive Your Passion: 1979 – The 200th episode of All in the Family airs.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Julian Fellowes, the creator/writer on Downton Abbey, won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar in 2002 for which film? (Hint: Maggie Smith starred in this film, too.) Gosford Park. Kudos to: Marc Mondry-MSG Network/NYC; Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing/NYC; Kristi Kohn-Cartoon Network/Adult Swim/Atlanta; Laura Howard-Media Works Ltd./Baltimore; Frances Ryan-Consultant/Memphis; Tim Webb-KWKT FOX 44/Waco, TX; Roz Seibold-EDA/Tucson; Sue Odette-KUTV/Salt Lake City; Terry Danuser-OWN/LA; Dona Nelson/Santa Barbara, CA; Karen Tobin-Audingo/LA; Adam Zuvich-Shine America/Hollywood; Amy Manchester Borg-CMJ Productions/Toronto.

Today’s Trivia Question: Although Ted Shackelford portrayed Gary Ewing for the entire run of Dallas spinoff Knots Landing, he was not the actor who originated the role on Dallas. Who was? (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.).

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Later —
Lisa Ball
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03.04.13

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY MARCH 4, 2013

ABC: The Bachelor, Castle
CBS: How I Met Your Mother [r], Rules of Engagement, 2 Broke Girls [r], Mike & Molly [r], Hawaii Five-O [r]
CW: The Carrie Diaries, 90210
FOX: Bones, The Following
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
MyTV: Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: SVU
NBC: The Biggest Loser, Deception
PBS: Antiques Roadshow [r], Market Warriors [r], Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Telemundo: Pasion Prohibida, La Patrona, El Rostro de la Venganza
UMA: Temblores, Made in Cartagena, Rosario Tijeras?
Univision: Por Ella Soy Eva, Amores Verdaderos, Amor Bravio

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