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11.08.10

Good morning. It’s Monday, November 8, 2010, 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:
Nat Geo WILD: Strike Force at 10p
TBS: Conan at 11p; Lopez Tonight at 12a

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM truTV

Yesterday, the negotiating committees from Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and AFTRA forged a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on a new, three-year contract, though it is pending approval by both guild’s joint boards and members. This new contract goes through June 30, 2014 and the old contract was not set to expire until June 30, 2011. Terms of the new agreement include giving actors in broadcast and cable scripted television shows and films a +6% pay increase, a larger contribution of +10% to their health and pension plans, expanded coverage of new media work and other provisions.

On Friday, MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann, host of the nightly Countdown program, indefinitely without pay. NBC News, parent of MSNBC, cited Olbermann had made three political contributions to Democratic candidates toward the end of October violating an NBC policy. To date, there is no word from NBC when Olbermann will be reinstated on-air at MSNBC though the network has said Olbermann would not be fired for his actions. In the meantime, MSNBC anchor Thomas Roberts will host Countdown.

With mid-term elections past, you may be interested in the following details that lead up to Election Day, per Nielsen:

• American TV viewers saw nearly 1.48 million political ads this October, a figure up from 1.41 million political ads in October 2008, during the last major election period.
• Cleveland TV viewers saw the most political ads at 23.4% during October. Other top five markets where the most political TV ads aired include Columbus, Portland, Sacramento and Seattle. Viewers in Jackson, MS were exposed to the lowest number of political TV ads in October at only 1.0%.
• On average and looking at data over the last five calendar years (2005-2009), October is the most popular month for political and issue-related ads than any other month of the year.

Jill Clayburgh, 66, an actress known for playing strong, feminist-type roles, died on Friday at her home in Lakeville, CT. Ms. Clayburgh was nominated for two Academy Awards for her starring turns in the 1978 film An Unmarried Woman and also for Starting Over in 1979. Other film credits for Ms. Clayburgh include Semi-Tough (1977), It’s My Turn (1980), First Monday in October (1981) and I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982). Though considered more of a film actress, Ms. Clayburgh appeared on Broadway in the late 1960s through the early 1970s and again in a 1984 revival of Noel Coward’s Design for Living and more recently in 2006 in a revival of Barefoot in the Park. Ms. Clayburgh also appeared in many television series includes guest roles on Law & Order, The Practice and Nip/Tuck and a recurring role as Ally’s mother on Ally McBeal in addition to a regular role on the more recent ABC series Dirty Sexy Money from 2007 to 2009. She is survived by her husband, playwright, David Rabe; a daughter, Lily Rabe; a son Michael, a stepson Jason and one brother.

TV writer/producer, Arthur Bernard Lewis, 84, died October 30 in Los Angeles. During his career commencing in 1962, Mr. Lewis worked as a producer on such television series as The Doctors and the Nurses then moved on to write for popular shows including The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Baretta, Hawaii Five-O and In the Heat of the Night. Later in 1978, Mr. Lewis joined the production team for the CBS hit series Dallas and became executive story editor for 69 episodes. From 1981-1985 he was supervising producer on 113 segments of Dallas and solo writer on 63 episodes of the drama, most of which he additionally produced. Furthermore, Mr. Lewis worked on the famous Dallas episode “Who Shot J.R.?” that aired on November 21, 1980 and tallied a staggering 83 million viewers, making it the highest-rated TV episode in history at the time. Mr. Lewis also wrote the made-for-TV movies, Dallas: J.R. Returns (1996) and Dallas: War of the Ewings (1998). Mr. Lewis is survived by his wife, Marjorie Estelle; one son and daughter-in-law; one granddaughter; one great-granddaughter; one brother; and a stepson.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: November 5-7, 2010
Megamind (Paramount)                       $47.7 million – opening weekend
Due Date (Warner Bros.)                     $33.5 million – opening weekend
For Colored Girls (Lionsgate)               $20.1 million – opening weekend
Red (Summit Entertainment)               $8.9 million – 4 wk total $71.9m
Saw 3D (Lionsgate)                             $8.2 million – 2 wk total $38.8m
Paranormal Activity 2 (Paramount)       $7.3 million – 3 wk total $77.2m
Jackass 3D (Paramount)                      $5.1 million – 4 wk total $110.8m
Hereafter (Warner Bros.)                     $4.0 million – 4 wk total $28.7m
Secretariat (Disney)                            $4.0 million – 5 wk total $51.0m
The Social Network (Sony)                   $3.6 million – 6 wk total $85.0m
Source: Rentrak

Last Friday, in the midst of negotiations between AT&T U-verse and Scripps Networks, AT&T opted to pull Scripps’ owned networks – HGTV, DIY Network, Food Network, Cooking Channel and Great American Country off the air, affecting 2.7 million customers. On Friday morning, Scripps Networks had offered a third contract extension until the end of the year while the two parties worked through their impasse. John Lansing, President, Scripps Networks said the stalemate was not about money, saying, “We reached an agreement in principle with AT&T U-verse on the distribution fees we would receive for these networks well in advance of last month’s contract deadline.” The issues at hand in the negotiations involved AT&T’s desire to use Scripps Networks’ video in other than normal business areas. “AT&T U-verse demanded unreasonably broad video rights for emerging media where business models have not even been established,” Lansing said. “Accepting their demands would have restrained our ability to deliver our content to our viewers in new and innovative ways.” Lansing emphasized if AT&T U-verse returned to the negotiation table, Scripps would be happy to continue negotiations in good faith with the result of its networks being restored to AT&T U-verse subscribers.

Latele Novela Network, showcasing Latin American telenovelas, picked up Mujeres Asesinas (Killer Women) and will premiere the series tonight at 11p. The network will air the series daily Monday through Sunday. Latele Novela Network is a joint venture with Dreamhouse Entertainment and Olympusat, Inc. and is available via Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox, Charter, Onelink, Liberty, Choice Cable, DIRECTV Puerto Rico, AT&T and in other top Hispanic markets nationwide.

TLC approved a new limited series titled Homecoming highlighting surprise military homecomings, with viewers watching as soldiers return home to the amazement of their loved ones. Billy Ray Cyrus will host this series filled with personal stories as family members reunite on video. TLC ordered three one-hour episodes produced by Authentic Entertainment, Inc. and will likely premiere the series next spring.

A film version of the 1960s gothic daytime soap opera Dark Shadows is being resurrected starring Johnny Depp.  It won’t surprise you to learn head up the production team will be Tim Burton, and Depp will play lead character, Barnabas Collins, a vampire who lives in a spooky Maine mansion and is looking for his lost love. Dark Shadows will begin filming in April. The original Dark Shadows television series ran on ABC weekdays from 1966-1971 and a revival primetime Dark Shadows series ran for one season on NBC in 1991.

Thursday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS notched a win Thursday night at 3.4/10 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’ comedies The Big Bang Theory and $#*! My Dad Says averaged a 4.0/12 in #1 during 8p while FOX’s Bones came next with 2.5/7. ABC had success at 9p with Grey’s Anatomy at 4.3/12 with CBS’ CSI in second at 3.3/9. ABC held the first place berth at 10p with Private Practice at 3.9/11 and CBS’ The Mentalist trailed in #2 at 3.0/9.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, November 4, 2010 – (November Sweep Day 8) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 8.4/14         The Big Bang Theory 8.4/14, $#*! My Dad Says 6.7/11, CSI 8.6/14, The Mentalist 9.0/16

ABC: 5.9/10         Grey’s Anatomy [r] 3.0/5, Grey’s Anatomy 7.7/12, Private Practice 7.0/12

FOX: 4.3/7           Bones 5.6/9, Fringe 3.0/5

NBC: 3.3/5           Community 2.9/5, 30 Rock 3.3/5, The Office 4.5/7, Outsourced 3.5/5, The Apprentice 2.7/5

UNIV: 2.1/3          Eva Luna 1.7/3, Soy Tu Duena 2.6/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.8/3

CW: 1.8/3            Vampire Diaries 2.1/3, Nikita 1.5/2

ION: 1.0/2           Criminal Minds 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 1.1/2

TELE: 0.6/1         Aurora 0.8/1, El Fantasma de Elena 0.6/1, Alguien Te Mira 0.4/1

TF: 0.4/1            Cine de Las Estrellas 0.4/1, India 0.4/1

A18-49: CBS 3.4/10, ABC 3.1/9, NBC 2.3/6, FOX 2.2/6, UNIV 1.8/5, CW 1.2/3, ION 0.5/1, TELE 0.5/1, TF 0.3/1

Andrew C. Jackson is returning to KITV/Honolulu this month to become President/GM. Andrew previously worked at two of Honolulu’s television stations, including KITV, the ABC affiliate owned by Hearst Television. In this new position, Andrew follows Michael Rosenberg who is retiring from KITV after a forty-year career in local television.

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION

This day in History:    1956 – After turning down 18,000 names, the Ford Motor Company decided to name their new car the “Edsel,” after Henry Ford’s only son.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  We’re expecting you, making another run and come aboard were all Lyrics to the song of what TV show?  THE LOVE BOAT! But you knew that … YOU ALL KNEW THAT.  I do believe I received more correct answers on this question than the Seinfeld question last week, and that’s a first.  So Kudos to you all … except those of you who said Three’s Company.  No kudos for you.

Today’s Trivia Question:  Who am I?  Like so many TV characters who “fight crime”, I have a dark side.  Easy to blame my unusual childhood, or that my day job actually enables my late night “work”.  My sister and her colleagues have come close to finding out my secrets, but so far no mistakes.  Who am I?    (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
11.08.10

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JOB OPENING: TRAFFIC/PROD MGR/OOH Dig Net/NYC: Handle element intake, schedule, traffic & prgrmng of content. Need to be great w detail & have traffic & prod mgmt bknd. Software skills important. Cover/resume: [email protected] (11/13)

JOB OPENING: DRUPAL DEVELOPER/Odyssey Networks/NY: with strong HTML/CSS and online video exp. New Media Org seeking web developer with strong Drupal skills. Online video exp necessary. Resumes: [email protected] (11/13)

JOB OPENING: PROGRAM MGR/KTVU/San Fran Bay Area: Dept head level position. Dvlp prgrm sched w/ highest saleable ratings at the lowest possible cost. B.A. degree & 6yrs exp related exp req’d. Resume: [email protected] (EOE) (11/12)

JOB OPENING: ACCT EXECUTIVE/TV Guide.com/Chicago: AE w/2+ yrs digital ad sales exp, preferably in media/entertainment. Consumer exp a must. Competitive salary commensurate w/ exp & excellent benefits prgm. [email protected] (11/12)

JOB OPENING:  ACCOUNT MANAGER/SIRIUS XM Radio/NY: Maintain and develop new business for radio advertising sales. Min. 3-7 yrs acct. mgt. exp. in ad sales. Travel required. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply at http://www.sirius.com/careers (11/11)

JOB OPENING:  SVP LOCAL SALES/WorldNow/NYC: 5+ years of Television sales with proven sales track record, manage sales and production teams, travel required. See full posting at www.worldnow.com, email [email protected] (11/11)

JOB OPENING: SALES DIRECTOR/The Hollywood Reporter/NY: direct/coord sales for TV cat. 5-7 yrs sales exp in print/digital. Possess sr. relationships, self starter, fast paced environment. Resume to [email protected] (11/11)

JOB OPENING:  DIGITAL SALES PRO/EW Scripps Co/Several Mkts: Join its growing media sales team. 2 yrs exp selling Internet, mobile, SEM and video offerings req. College deg pref. Go to http://scripps.com/careers/. EOE (11/11)

JOB OPENING:  TALENT COORD/TV ONE LLC/NE/SE: Support talent logistics, compl expense reports, maint talent library; sched meetings; Regional Sales Mgr. NE/SE req. sales/mrkting exp & travel; Visit www.tvoneonline.com (11/11)

JOB OPENING: AP for PBS Docu. on LGBT issues/NYC: Must have bckgrnd in journalism, very extensive archive footage/photo experience, amazing negotiation skills, r&c, show bibles. Starts asap. Cov ltr a must, w/ res [email protected] (11/9)

JOB OPENING: SR. ANALYST,RSRCH/MUSIC CHOICE/NY: Support mktg,prgmg & product initiatives across multi platforms w/ actionable rsrch. BA/BS, + 3-5 yrs relevant media rsrch exp. mandatory. http://musicchoicecareers.iapplicants.com/ (11/9)

JOB OPENING: VP PRGRM PLAN’G & SCHED/NYC: Mng long term strat/prgrm sched BBC America & VOD. Drive ratings growth & Ad Sls rev. Dev dig media opps across multi plat. ID acquisition pot. 5+ yrs exp. www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (11/9)

JOB OPENING: BIZ AFFAIRS ASSISTANT/Atlas Media/NY: Immediate. Temp to assist with legal/biz. Experience with media contracts.  Rez: [email protected] (11/9)

JOB OPENING: SENIOR COORDINATOR, TRAFFIC/SIRIUS XM Radio/NYC: Handle copy assignments, manage daily format changes against traffic logs. 2-3 yrs traffic exp req’d. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply at http://www.sirius.com/careers (11/9)

INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always posted for free , and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected].

WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: About.com is seeking a PR intern to assist its media relations team with media monitoring, press lists and various administrative duties. E-mail- [email protected] or visit: http://jobs.about.com/ (11/13)

WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Start-up online satire website launching in January. Responsibilities:develop marketing plan, coordinate/produce humor content, research, solicit and curate user-generated content. Email: [email protected] (11/9)

SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED …  There is no charge for placing your Situation Wanted ad … for more information contact Trish Pihonak at [email protected]

SITUATION WANTED: SALES CLOSER in TV, FILM & MEDIA 6+ years of Domestic and International experience in Film & TV sales, a very successful closing record and strong Rolodex of clients, email [email protected] (11/13)

SITUATION WANTED: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT POSITION FILM/TV/NY: 10 years experience: Interned for a President, Executive Assistant to SVP/VP/film director/celebrity [email protected] (11/13)

SITUATION WANTED: ANIMATION PRODUCTION MANAGER/ASST/LINE PRODUCER 20 yrs exp incl stybds, anim, prod /directing. 2D Digital. Flash. Traditional. Canadian. [email protected] (11/13)

SITUATION WANTED: 5 PRIME TIME EMMYS/ DOC. PROD, DIR., WRITER in L.A. Credits: National Geo, PBS, Discovery, History CH, TLC and MSNBC. Contact email: [email protected] (11/12)

SITUATION WANTED:  EP, SHOWRUNNER, DIR w major network/studio/interactive credits. Looking for funded projects  [email protected], [email protected]   (11/12)

SITUATION WANTED:  MARKETING PROJECT MANAGER/LA: Pro w/ Bachelor’s in TV & 5 years in broadcast & cable marketing seeks new opportunity. Experienced in all platforms & live events (CES, E3, Comic-Con). E-mail [email protected] (11/12)

SITUATION WANTED:  SPOT DIRECTOR /FILM-MAKER seeks Production Company, Staff or Freelance work. See my Reel [email protected] (11/11)

SITUATION WANTED:  ENTRY LEVEL PRODUCTION POSITION/NY: Eager student graduating in Dec, multiple internships in children’s animation production. Email: [email protected], Site: www.JenelleBringer.com (11/11)

SITUATION WANTED:  CFO/CONTROLLER/NYC: 15 yrs domestic & international exp. pub & pvt companies: acctg, mgmt & SEC rpting, FP&C, forecasting, strategic partnerships, negotiating, SOX. Email [email protected] (11/11)

SITUATION WANTED: MEDIA SALES/MKTG STRATEGIST/NY: Extensive exp in all forms of media. print/OOH/digital. Smart consultative seller. Can identify new niche markets and profitably re-purpose content. Contact: [email protected] (11/9)

SITUATION WANTED: Award-winning DIGITAL MEDIA/CONTENT/TELEVISION executive looking for long term career move. 15 years exp., strong creative leader with stellar work hist and refs- let’s meet. Email: [email protected] (11/9)

SITUATION WANTED: 5+ years experience at major television network. Associate Producer and Writer on promos, series, live broadcasts, and live-to-tape shows. Based in NY but will travel. [email protected] (11/9)

SITUATION WANTED: VERY SR. WRITER. Very Reasonable Rates. Copy, content, concepts, creative + strategic, all media. Hire me and you will be happy. Visit https://freebeaaron.wordpress.com for FREE samples. [email protected] (11/9)

SITUATION WANTED: 25 yrs+ experience in Asiapac with top brands; strong professional presence; Hong Kong based;seeks leadership position;focus – entertainment brand licensing / bus dvlpmnt incl start ups Email [email protected] (11/9)

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010

ABC:   Dancing with the Stars, Castle
AZTECA:  Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly, Hawaii Five-0
CW:  90210, Gossip Girl
FOX:  House, Lie to Me
ION:  Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:   Matt Lauer Reports, The Event, Chase
PBS:   Antiques Roadshow,  Baseball: The Tenth Inning [r]
TELE:  Aurora, El Fantasma de Elena, Alguien Te Mira
UNIV:  Eva Luna, Soy Tu Duena, Cristina

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