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11/05/07

Good Morning.  It’s Monday, November 5, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. 

In an effort to avoid a strike, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) met again Sunday morning at 10a in a negotiation meeting called by a federal mediator. The meeting was prompted after the WGA announced at a press conference early Sunday that they will begin picketing today. However, those talks broke down and at this writing, the WGA has now been officially on strike for a little over four hours. Active picketing is scheduled to begin at 9am this morning at various LA locations, and at Rockefeller Plaza in NYC.

AMPTP Statement:

“Notwithstanding the fact that negotiations were ongoing, the WGA decided to start their strike in New York. When we asked if they would ‘stop the clock’ for the purpose of delaying the strike to allow negotiations to continue, they refused. We made an attempt at meeting them in a number of their key areas including internet streaming and jurisdiction in New Media. Ultimately, the guild was unwilling to compromise on most of their major demands. It is unfortunate that they choose to take this irresponsible action.”

WGA Statement:

“The WGA Negotiating Committee, on behalf of the Writers of Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), has issued the following statement regarding Contract 2007 negotiations:

Early today, the WGA completely withdrew its DVD proposal, which the Companies [AMPTP] said was a stumbling block. Yet, the Companies still insisted on the following:

• No jurisdiction for most of new media writing.
• No economic proposal for the part of new media writing where they do propose to give coverage.
• Internet downloads at the DVD rate.
• No residual for streaming video of theatrical product.
• A “promotional” proposal that allows them to reuse even complete movies or TV shows on any platform with no residual. This proposal alone destroys residuals.
• A “window” of free reuse on the Internet that makes a mockery of any residual.

The AMPTP made no response to any of the other proposals that the WGA has made since July. The AMPTP proposed that today’s meeting be “off the record,” meaning no press statements, but they have reneged on that.”

Tonight’s Finales:
E!: Dr. 90210 at 10p

Duane “Dog” Chapman’s reality television series, Dog the Bounty Hunter has been pulled until further notice from A&E Network’s schedule two days after Dog repeatedly used a racial slur during a private phone conversation. The conversation was later publicized online by The National Enquirer. A&E said the series is not cancelled but at least two advertisers have pulled out of the show and civil rights groups have demanded its immediate cancellation. Soon after the five-minute recorded conversation went public, Dog apologized for his choice of language and promised to make amends and meet with his spiritual advisors.

Coming to syndication for Fall 2008 is a new court show from Program Partners – Family Court with George State Judge Penny Brown Reynolds on the bench.  Produced for Program Partners by 44 Blue, and deals entirely with cases in family court.  44 Blue will produce 200 original episodes.

Country music singers and wannabes take note: CMT ordered 11 one-hour episodes of a new music competition show Can You Duet? The series, produced by FremantleMedia North America will debut next spring and its goal is to find the next great country music singing duo. Judges are yet to be announced and they will serve as critics as well as mentors, deciding each week who advances and who goes home and ultimately which singing team is the best.

Showtime renewed the comedy Weeds for a fourth season with 13 new half-hour episodes. Production will begin in April for a summer premiere.

Fox Reality Channel will take the series The Academy into a sophomore season with 11 new episodes.  Production will start next week and the new season will debut May 2008.

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Weekend Box Office Estimates: Nov 2-4, 2007
American Gangster (Universal)                   $46.3 million – opening weekend
Bee Movie (Paramount/Dreamworks)           $39.1 million – opening weekend
Saw IV (Lionsgate)                                 $11.0 million – 2 wk total $51.1m
Dan in Real Life (Buena Vista)                   $8.1 million – 2 wk total $22.9m
30 Days of Night (Sony)                          $4.0 million – 3 wk total $34.2m
The Game Plan (Buena Vista)                    $3.9 million – 6 wk total $81.9m
Martian Child (New Line)                          $3.7 million – opening weekend
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)                 $2.9 million – 5 wk total $33.2m
Why Did I Get Married (Lionsgate)             $2.7 million – 4 wk total $51.2m
Gone Baby Gone (Miramax)                       $2.4 million – 3 wk total $14.9m
Source: Box Office Mojo

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NBC has ordered a pilot of Kings, a modern-day version of the King David story written by Michael Green of Heroes and directed by Francis Lawrence. The project is from 3 Arts Entertainment and Universal Media Studios.

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HALLMARK CHANNEL

Source: Nielsen Galaxy Explorer (7/2-9/30/07)

Karen Kwak advances to EVP/A&R Operations with Island Def Jam Music Group where she will continue to manage all operational facets of the company’s A&R Department. Additionally she will look for and acquire new talent including artists, producers and songwriters. Based in New York, Karen reports to Antonio “L.A.” Reid, Chairman.
 
Kevin Monaghan moves up to SVP/Business Development at NBC Universal Sports & Olympics, where he will continue to report to Ken Schanzer, President, NBC Sports and Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics.
 
Horizon Media announced another round of promotions in the company’s Los Angeles office: Katie Gallagher to Junior AE in the brand group; Abel Santibanez to Junior Media Planner in the brand group; Anita Paul to VP/Brand Group Director in the brand group; Staci Kmiotek to Broadcast Group Manager; Angela Mailloux to VP/Broadcast Group Manager; Este Mlynowski to Associate Broadcast Group Manager; and Erika Altman to AE in the brand group. The following upgrades also occurred in Horizon Media’s New York office: Brad Beal to Junior AE in the brand group; Kimberly Jones to Junior AE in the brand group; Ligia Sanchez to Junior AE in the brand group; Stacy Brick to Human Resources Analyst; Shauna Solomon to Associate Media Buyer in the radio group; Eric Lurie to Media Planner in the direct response group; and Grace Kim to Media Buyer in the national TV group.

Interep opened a new rep firm named Hispanic Independent Television Sales (HITS) to rep indie Hispanic television stations. Tom Marsillo will head up HITS as President, reporting to David Kennedy, CEO/Vice Chairman. In addition to his new role at HITS, Tom will continue to oversee Interep’s Azteca America Spot TV Sales as its president, a position he has held for two years.
 

Today in Cynopsis Kids

• You can uncross your fingers, Hudgens is in
• Mobifusion – mobile content based on titles from book
• Dancing with the Stars game for Wii and  Playstation 2

Today in Cynopsis International

• CaribeVision launching on several Puerto Rican stations
• Latest piracy survey from Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia

Today in Cynopsis Digital, listen to the audio version here or subscribe to the iTunes Cyn Digital podcast 

• Oprah launches her own YouTube channel with a visit from Chad and Steve
• Not every programmer is convinced online HD is worth the effort
• AOL makes the next big online advertising pick up with Quigo acquisition

Thursday – A18-49 Analysis: November Sweep opened with ABC as the first winner Thursday night at 5.1/13 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. At 8p, CBS’ Survivor held firm winning with a 4.9/13. Then during 9p, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy overpowered the rest at 8.1/19. Competition was tighter at 10p, as CBS’ Without a Trace nipped the lead at 3.9/10, just ahead of NBC’s E.R. at 3.8/10.  

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, November 1, 2007 (November Sweep Day 1) – time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 10.1/16      Survivor: China 8.5/14, CSI 11.9/18, Without a Trace 9.7/16

ABC: 8.4/13        Ugly Betty 6.7/11, Grey’s Anatomy 12.6/19, Big Shots 5.1/9

FOX: 5.2/8          Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 5.2/8, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 5.3/8

NBC: 5.0/8          My Name Is Earl 4.6/7, The Office 4.9/7, Scrubs 3.9/6, E.R. 5.9/10

CW: 2.3/4           Smallville 2.7/4, Supernatural 2.0/3

UNIV: 2.3/4        Amar sin Limites 1.8/3, Destilando Amor 3.1/5, Aqui y Ahora 1.9/3

MNT: 0.8/1         My Thursday Night Movie: Hot Shots! Part Deux 0.8/1

TELE: 0.6/1         Madre Luna 0.7/1, Esclava Isaura 0.7/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.4/1

A18-49: ABC 5.1/13, CBS 4.8/12, NBC 3.7/10, FOX 2.5/6, UNIV 1.9/5, CW 1.5/4, MNT 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1

Friday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS maintained its Friday night lead with a 2.3/7 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. CBS’ Ghost Whisperer did best at 8p with a 2.5/9. UNIV came on strong at 9p winning with Destilando Amor at 2.9/9. CBS swung back into #1 as Numb3rs won at 10p at 2.3/7.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, November 2, 2007 (November Sweep Day 2) – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research

CBS: 5.7/10       Ghost Whisperer 6.0/11, Moonlight 4.9/9, Numb3rs 6.1/11

ABC: 5.2/9         Men In Trees 4.1/7, Women’s Murder Club 6.4/11, 20/20 5.2/9

NBC: 4.8/9         Deal or No Deal 6.0/11, Friday Night Lights 3.6/6, Las Vegas 4.9/9

CW: 2.8/5          Friday Night Smackdown! 2.8/5

UNIV: 2.2/4       Amar sin Limites 1.6/3, Destilando Amor 2.9/5, La Familia P.Luche 2.0/4

FOX: 1.4/3         The Next Great American Band 1.4/3

TELE: 0.6/1       Madre Luna 0.7/1, La Esclava Isaura 0.6/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.4/1

A18-49: CBS 2.3/7, UNIV 2.1/7, NBC 1.9/6, ABC 1.8/6, CW 1.4/5, FOX 1.0/3, TELE 0.4/1

 
Saturday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS finished first Saturday night with a 2.3/7 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. CBS took the lead the first two hours as encores of CSI: Miami at 8p did a 2.6/9 and CSI at 9p posted a 2.4/7. ABC then advanced at 10p, winning with its football coverage at 2.1/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, November 3, 2007 (November Sweep Day 3) – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research

CBS: 4.8/9            CSI: Miami [r] 5.0/9, CSI [r] 4.9/9, 48 Hours Mystery 4.4/8

FOX: 3.9/7            Cops 3.6/7, Cops [r] 3.9/7, America’s Most Wanted 4.0/7

ABC: 3.4/6            Saturday Night Football 3.4/6

NBC: 2.8/5            Bionic Woman [r] 2.5/5, Chuck [r] 2.3/4, Law & Order: SVU [r] 3.5/6

UNIV: 1.3/2          Sabado Gigante 1.3/2

TELE: 0.5/1          Cine de Impacto [7p] 0.4/1, Cine de Impacto 0.5/1

A18-49: CBS 2.3/7, FOX 2.0/6, ABC 1.7/5, NBC 1.1/3, UNIV 1.0/3, TELE 0.4/1

This Day in History: 1935 – The game Monopoly was introduced by Parker Brothers Company.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On the classic TV series Get Smart, Agent K-13 also went by what name?  FANG (or Morris as a cover name)   Kudos to:  Terry Savoia-Chuck Bennett Productions/Melbourne, FL; Steve Kurtzer-Zimmerman/Fort Lauderdale; Emily Dillon-Zenith Media/NY; Arty Freed-Bloomberg Television/NY; Lisa Marshfield-WTTW/Chicago; Rosemary Cunningham-MMT/Chicago; George Siegal-J.E.L. Communications/San Antonio; J.R. Jackson-KMPH-KFRE/Fresno, CA; Jeff Herman-Echostar Satellite L.L.C/Denver; Lorrie Shilling-DIRECTV/El Segundo, CA; Gary Baum-Cinematography West Coast/LA; Jim Snider-CTV Television/Toronto

Today’s Trivia Question: In addition to being Jack Paar’s sidekick on The Tonight Show, Hugh Downs served as host to what daytime game show during the 1960s? (
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Later  — Cyn
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – Monday, November 5, 2007

ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Samantha Who?, The Bachelor
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement CSI: Miami
CW: Everybody Hates Chris, Aliens in America, Girlfriends, The Game
FOX: Prison Break
ION: Mama’s Family, Mama’s Family, Who’s The Boss?, Who’s The Boss?, 48 Hours on ION TV
MNT: Breaking the Magician’s Code: Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed [r], Celebrity Expose
NBC: Chuck, Heroes, Journeyman
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, American Masters, Air Group 16: We Came to Remember [r]
TELE: Madre Luna, La Esclava Isaura, Pecados Ajenos
UNIV: Amar sin Limites, Destilando Amor, Cristina

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