Monday, March 6th, 2006

 

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NICKELODEON


SpongeBob’s Biggest Knight –
EVER!

*The “Lost in Time” Special on Nickelodeon was the highest-rated show on all of TV with K2-11 (12.9 rating/41 share) and K6-11 (14.7 rating/43 share) for the year, behind the Super Bowl; and the highest-rated SpongeBob episode EVER!**

Source: Nielsen Media Research. *SpongeBob (2/20/06, M 8-830p) Live SD US AA%, Cvg Shr vs. All ad-sup Cbl & Brd Nets (12/26/05-2/20/06) M-Su 6a-6a & M-Su 8p-11p. Cbl & Brd Prg Avgs (M 8-830p & M-Su 6a-6a) excludes Superbowl programming. **SpongeBob (7/17/99 -2/20/06) K2-11 US AA%. Qualifications available upon request.


CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis: Kids!

03/06/06

Good morning. It’s Monday, March 6, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing.

Among the winners at last night’s 78th Academy Awards were two favorites with kids and families including bests in Animated Feature Film-Wallace & Gromit  The Curse of the Were-Rabbit; and best Documentary Feature-March of the Penguins.

Viacom is planning to launch a social network portal that will go up against New Corp.’s MySpace.com.  The Viacom effort is expected to launch later this year.  Given all of the heat that MySpace.com has begun to get from all sorts of groups and experts, not to mention schools warning their students of the dangers associated with participating on the site, Viacom is likely considering some sort of safety valves that can be incorporated into such a site to ward off similar criticisms and issues.

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Margaret Mary McVeigh has ruled in favor of Toys “R” Us, Inc. (TRU) in its breach of contract suit against Amazon, allowing TRU to create its own consumer retail website and providing for the toy seller and Amazon to part ways.  Filed last year the suit claimed that according to a 10-yr deal signed in 2000, TRU was to be the sole toy seller on Amazon, for which TRU says it paid a premium, and that the online retailer breached that deal by allowing third parties to sell toys on its website.  Amazon countersued saying TRU failed to maintain its product stock and looking to absolve the deal. Though both sides had sought monetary damages, the judge awarded none.

Funimation Entertainment has established Funimation Films with The Bigger Picture, a theatrical distribution company.  Funimation Films is a monthly initiative that will bring anime features and series premieres to movie theatres nationwide. Funimation Films is set to launch March 17 in select Landmark theaters including those in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Minneapolis, Seattle, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington DC.  Under the new program the first anime titles include a special showing of the Dragon Ball Z movie The Return of Cooler, followed by the US debut of the Dragon Ball Z movie Fusion Reborn.  Launching this April and May are previews of the upcoming animate series Basilisk, a ninja/horror/action series, and Trinity Blood a post-apocalyptic/vampire/action series, both from Studio Gonzo.  The Bigger Picture, a subsidiary of Sabella Dern Entertainment, focuses on the distribution of movies targeted to audiences during off-peak hours.  The anime titles above are for older kids and teens.

Scripps Networks Inc’s Great American Country network launches a new family targeted two hour block today.  The block titled Mainstreet airs 6-8p and will feature music videos appropriate for all ages.  Mainstreet is part of the GAC network re-branding to reach a younger audience.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Australia’s Burberry Productions and LA’s PorchLight Entertainment are producing the CGI animation series Animalia (40 half-hour episodes) based on Graeme Base’s picture book of the same name.  Targeted to K6-9, the TV series will air on the UK’s CBBC, Australia’s Network Ten, Nickelodeon and the US’ PBS Kids GO!, with a Canadian agreement to be announced soon. BBC Worldwide is in charge of global distribution while North America is managed by PorchLight Entertainment.   The latter is also handling worldwide licensing and merchandising (outside of Australia, New Zealand and the UK).  The storyline follows two kids, Zoe and Alex, who visit and try to restore peace in the land of Animalia, a place inhabited by talking animals who are beset by mysterious events.  Ewan Burnett, Murray Pope, Graeme Base, Bruce Johnson and Tom Ruegger exec produce the series.

YTV will premiere Nickelodeon’s animated series The X’s on Thursday, April 6 at 4:30p, during its programming block, The Zone.

TV3 Malaysia has picked up several Jetix series from Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific.  W.I.T.C.H., Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go! and Alpha Teams On Machines will air on weekend blocks.

Rick Dees, host of The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40, will debut of The Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 Con Sabor (“With Flavor”), a bilingual music countdown radio show on LA’s Latino 96.3, KXOL, which has a 12+ audience.  The countdown will highlight the music of top Urban, R&B, Latin and Reggaeton artists, as well as interviews with artists in both Spanish and English.

STONE SOUP

Weekend Box Office Estimates for kids/tweens/teens rated G, PG or PG-13; March 35, 2006:
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Fam. Reun (Lions Gate) PG-13 $13.0m-2 wk total $48.1m
16 Blocks (Warner Bros.) PG-13                                   Opening weekend $11.7m
Eight Below (Buena Vista) PG                                       $10.3m-3 wk total $58.8m
Ultraviolet (Sony / Screen Gems) PG-13                       Opening weekend $9.0m
Aquamarine (Fox) PG                                                    Opening weekend $7.5m
The Pink Panther (Sony) PG                                         $7.0m-4 wk total $69.8m
Date Movie (Fox) PG-13                                                $5.1m-3 wk total $40.7m
Curious George (Universal) G                                       $4.4m-4 wk total $49.2m
Firewall (Warner Bros.) PG-13                                      $3.6m-4 wk total $42.5m
Doogal (Weinstein Company) G                                    $1.9m-2 wk total $6.2m
Source: Box Office Mojo

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., has sealed a deal to buy The Bear Factory, a UK-based stuffed-animal retailer owned by Hamleys, Ltd. for approximately $41.4 million.  Under the agreement, Build-A-Bear Workshop will also acquire Amsbra, Ltd., its franchisee in the UK.  There are 28 UK stores, one in the Irish republic as well as operating 13 stores throughout the Middle East, Europe and Asia.  The UK and the Irish Republic are expected to be converted to Build-A-Bear Workshop stores for holiday 2006.  The expanded operations will be managed locally by the Amsbra, Ltd. in tandem with the Bear Factory and a Build-A-Bear Workshop integration team.

AGU Entertainment has changed its name to The Tube Media Corp. to better reflect the company’s primary business, which includes the operation of a digital music network.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

The Motion Picture Group, Inc. has appointed a new executive management team including, Henri Kessler as Chairman/President, Pliny Porter as CEO, and Scott Franklin as EVP.  Collectively, the new management team has produced and/or developed 25+ titles and won countless awards.  A finance and production company, The Motion Picture Group, Inc. intends to produce a slate of 15 feature films with budgets of between $1-20 million.

Claude Galipeau has been appointed SVP/Digital Media, Content Group at Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.  Joining the company at the end of March, Galipeau will oversee the development/implementation of a digital media strategy for Alliance Atlantis.  Most recently he served as the Executive Director/Digital Programming and Business Development, CBC.  Previously Galipeau toiled for Alliance Atlantis as a VP/Broadcasting.



Answer to Friday’s trivia question
: What was the name of  the pet space monkey who hung out with its teenage sidekicks Jan and Jayce?  BLIP   Kudos to:  Cassel Kroll-The Lexicomm Group/NY; Jack Carson-Newco Media/Chicago; Randy Meredith-Brighter Minds Media/Worthington OH; Sam Ewing-Cookie Jar Entertainment/LA

Today’s Trivia Question: Who is Jonathan Bower?( 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
Gwen Billings for Cynthia Turner’s Cynopsis Kids!
03.06.06 –  3:43a
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