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05.23.11

Good morning. It’s Monday, May 23, 2011, and this is your first early morning briefing. As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here .

Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: The Bachelorette at 9p
Discovery Fit & Health: World’s Worst Teens at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:
ABC: Dancing with the Stars (Performance Show) at 8p
Fox: House at 8p, Chicago Code at 9p
NBC: The Event at 9p

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~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~

World-famous mentalist Keith Barry stars in a new Discovery Channel series, Deception with Keith Barry. The network will air a sneak peak of the four-episode series on May 31 at 10p with the series settling into its regular time slot of Wednesdays at 10p starting June 1. The Lizard Trading Company and Discovery Studios are behind the series for Discovery Channel.

A fourth season of TLC’s series Toddlers and Tiaras debuts June 15 at 10p. The new season opens as two tiny pageant contestants vie for the crown of Texas-based Universal Royalty Pageant. TLC ordered 18 one-hour episodes produced by Authentic Entertainment. A week later, TLC bows a fourth new season of I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant offering more shocking stories of women who did not realize they were pregnant until they went into labor. TLC serves up 25 half-hour episodes of I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant from Mike Mathis Productions.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: May 20-22, 2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (Disney) $90.1 million – opening weekend
Bridesmaids (Universal)                      $21.1 million – 2 wk total $59.5m
Thor (Paramount)                               $15.5 million – 3 wk total $145.4m
Fast Five (Universal)                           $10.6 million – 4 wk total $186.2m
Rio (20^th Century Fox)                         $4.7 million – 6 wk total $131.6m
Priest (Sony)                                      $4.6 million – 2 wk total $23.7m
Jumping the Broom (Sony)                    $3.7 million – 3 wk total $31.3m
Something Borrowed (Warner Bros.) $3.4 million – 3 wk total $31.4m
Water For Elephants (20^th Century Fox) $2.2 million – 5 wk total $52.4m
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family (Lionsgate) $990,000 – 5 wk total $51.8m
Source: Rentrak

UPFRONT 2011: Vme

US Spanish network, Vme hosted its upfront event last Thursday at the Samsung Experience in New York’s Time Warner Center.

Vme’s programming lineup includes weekly strip shows targeting the bilingual and bicultural young Hispanic consumer:

E3 – New original show premiering July 18, offering up-to-date entertainment news and Hollywood headliners. Roser Cabanas hosts.
Nota Musical – The network returns this original show for another season hosted by Ceceliz and OZ, bringing the latest news and top artists from the world of music.
En Pantalla – Hosted by Keyla Medina, this show highlights movies from Hollywood blockbusters to independent films, offers exclusive interviews and movie and DVD releases and premieres.
Game40 – Weekly interactive show geared toward gamers in partnership with 40 Principales with new releases in the video game market. Series premieres later this year.
Cliptomanicas – Presented by Red Bull, this original extreme sports show is hosted by professional extreme athletes who present and live the sports. Each week’s episode showcases a different stunt from various locations about the world.

Vme also offers two new dramas:

Piratas – Set in 18th century Spain, this drama is about the misadventures of a philandering member of the nobility who is forced to infiltrate the pirate crew under Captain Bocanegra. The drama offers beautiful ships, sword fights, dungeons, executions, rescues, battles, treasure and more.
Los Kennedy – The eight-part miniseries originally created by HISTORY, documenting the Kennedy family from the 1930s to 1968 will air on Vme starring Greg Kinnear, Katie Holmes, Barry Pepper and Tom Wilkinson.

Returning scripted drama series on Vme include: Africa de mi Corazon; Cuentame Como Paso; and Comisario Rex. Vme further is renewing Alerta Cobra for a new season soon after it premiered in April; and primetime drama Aguila Roja is back for another season on Vme.

Vme can be found in 40+ markets in the US and is available free over-the-air and via basic digital cable. Vme is also carried nationally through satellite providers such as Dish Network, DirecTV, Verizon FiOS and AT&T U-verse on their basic and Hispanic package.

~ DISTRIBUTION, CLEARANCE & CARRIAGE ~

Distributor Peter Rodgers Organization (PRO) reupped its exclusive representation for The Fremantle Company’s library in North America containing such classics as The Adventures of the Swiss Family Robinson, The Adventures of Black Beauty, hundreds of hours of programming previously owned by Passport Pictures and more than 75 feature films. Additionally, PRO recently finalized its acquisition of digital broadcast rights for the series, The Saint starring Roger Moore from ITV and also confirmed a national broadcast license with Luken Communications for its Retro Television Network (RTN) and TUFF TV platforms. The Saint will begin airing June 1.

~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~

Cinemax’s new late-night comedy series Chemistry added four actors to its cast roster. Joining the 13-episode series about a couple, Liz and Michael (Jonathan Chase) who have an intense physical relationship are: Ragan Brooks (Desperate Housewives) as Jocelyn, Michael’s Martha Stewart-wannabe finance who is also the daughter of Michael’s boss, Arthur. Eric Pierpoint (Parks and Recreation) will play Michael’s boss, Arthur, the founding partner of the law firm where Michael works. Jeremy Kent Jackson (Without a Trace) will play Michael’s supervisor at the law firm. And, Asante Jones (Harry’s Law) will portray Preston, a police officer who is Liz’s partner.

British actor Rod Hallett (Showtime’s The Tudors) next appears as a full-time regular on FOX’s new drama Terra Nova.

HBO’s Hung tapped Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty) for a multi-episode run, playing a woman with serious anger issues who becomes a client of part-time male prostitute Ray (Thomas Jane). Also for HBO, Alice Eve will appear in a four-episode run for the final season of Entourage.

CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE CABLE SHOW 2011

Top Leaders Headline The Cable Show 2011

Chicago’s new mayor, Rahm Emanuel, welcomes executives from the cable and content sectors in The Cable Show‘s must-see opening General Session on Tuesday, June 14. Panel that follows includes CEOs: Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner; Glenn Britt, Time Warner Cable; Chase Carey, News Corp; Pat Esser, Cox; Philippe Dauman, Viacom and Neal Smit, Comcast. Hear candid, unscripted dialogue straight from the top – only at The Cable Show.

~ RATINGS ~

Thursday A18-49 Analysis: Compared to the previous week, FOX remained rock solid with its ratings Thursday night at 4.8/14 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. American Idol on FOX excelled during 8p with a 6.3/20 while the comedies The Big Bang Theory and Rules of Engagement averaged a 3.1/10 in second place for CBS. The one-hour season finale of The Office pivoted NBC to #1 at 9p with a 3.9/10 followed by the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy on ABC at 3.6/9. Then at 10p, the second half of the two-hour season conclusion of The Mentalist on CBS did best at 3.1/9 and ABC’s Private Practice season ender was #2 at 2.5/7.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, May 19, 2011 (May Sweep Day 22) time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

FOX: 9.2/15 American Idol 12.5/21, Bones 5.8/9

CBS: 7.8/13 The Big Bang Theory 6.9/12, Rules of Engagement 5.4/9, The Mentalist 8.6/14

ABC: 5.0/8 Wipeout 3.2/5, Grey’s Anatomy 6.6/10, Private Practice 5.1/8

NBC: 2.9/5 The Office [r] 1.8/3, The Office [r] 2.0/3, The Office 4.3/7, Parks and Recreation 2.6/4, Parks and Recreation 2.3/4

UNIV: 2.4/4 Teresa 2.2/4, Triunfo del Amor 2.5/4

TELE: 0.9/1 Aurora 0.6/1, Los Herederos del Monte 0.5/1, La Reina del Sur 1.6/3

CW: 0.8/1 Smallville [r] 0.8/1

ION: 0.8/1 Criminal Minds 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 1.0/2

TF: 0.3/0 Dona Bella 0.2/0, Fiesta de Pelicula 0.3/1

A18-49: FOX 4.8/14, CBS 2.9/8, ABC 2.6/7, NBC 2.5/7, UNIV 1.8/5, TELE 0.8/2, CW 0.5/2, ION 0.4/1, TF 0.2/1

~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~

Universal Communications Inc. promoted Kevin Cuddihy as President/Univision Television Group (UTG), up from EVP/Advertising Sales for UTG. In his new position, Kevin will manage all UTG operations encompassing advertising sales and local programming. He will continue to be based in New York and reports to Peter Walker, President, Univision Local Media.

Carol Fiorino joins Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, specializing in marketing consumer wellness brands, as Creative Director. Carol will co-lead the department and responsibilities with Stuart Fink, Creative Director and both report to Helayne Spivak, CCO. Carol previously was Creative Director for Euro RSCG Life.

This day in History: 1895 – The New York Public Library was established with an agreement that combined the city’s existing Astor and Lenox libraries.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What regular character moved from one popular crime-drama series to its spin-off, all the while maintaining the same rank? Captain Cragen (Dann Florek) went from Law & Order to spinoff Law & Order: SVU (yes, Detective John Munch moved from Homicide: Life on the Street to Law & Order, but L&O is not a spin-off of Homicide) Kudos to: Roger Lee-News 12 Long Island/NY; Art Salisch/NJ; Rob Petrie-The Alan Brady Show/NY; Monica Caraffa-The Radio Agency/Media PA; Todd Schliewen-KMSB/Tucson; Cammie Buerry-Station Casinos/Las Vegas; Yolanda Sayles-Buchwald Fortitude/LA

Today’s Trivia Question: What TV mom left these rules for her son with the babysitter: “No parties, no girls and no matter how much you cry, you can’t borrow the Porsche.” (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
05.23.11

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY, MAY 23, 2011

ABC: Dancing with the Stars [f ], The Bachelorette [p ]
AZTECA: Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS: How I Met Your Mother [r], How I Met Your Mother [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Mike & Molly [r], Clash of the Commercials: USA vs. the World (OTO)
CW: 90210 [r], Gossip Girl [r]
FOX: House [f ], The Chicago Code [f ]
ION: Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: Minute to Win It, The Event [f ], L&O: LA
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, American Experience
TELE: Mi Corazon Insiste, Los Herederos del Monte, La Reina del Sur
UNIV: Teresa, Triunfo del Amor