A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM BRAVO MEDIA

Cynopsis
10.22.12

Good morning. It’s Monday, October 22, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Special:
3rd and final Presidential Debate:  Airing live on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, CNBC, CNN, C SPAN, FOX News, MSNBC at 9p

Tonight’s Premieres:
MTV: Totally Clueless at 7p
Bounce TV: Off the Chain at 9p
HGTV: Love It or List It at 9p
Logo: RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race at 9p
BBC America: Richard Hammond’s Crash Course at 10p
truTV: Vegas Strip at 10p & 1030p

Tonight’s Finales:
ABC Family: Switched at Birth at 8p
Syfy: Alphas at 8p
DIY Network: House Crashers at 9p; Yard Crashers at 11p

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ABC’s medical drama, Private Practice from Shonda Rhimes will end after this current sixth season of 13 episodes.  ABC also opted to not pick up the series’ back-nine episodes.  The drama, starring Kate Walsh was renewed in May after the network had moved the series from its post Grey’s Anatomy slot on Thursdays to Tuesdays to make room for Rhimes’ Washington, DC-set drama Scandal.  Private Practice continues to air on Tuesdays at 10p and is averaging a 1.6 rating among A18-49 this season which is down from its fifth season average of 2.3 in the demo.
 

Four other returning series on ABC received additional episode orders.  Two more episodes were added to Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family and The Middle and one extra episode was given to Castle.  With these orders, Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family and The Middle are now at 24 episodes each this season and Castle is at 23 episodes.  Furthermore, ABC gave two additional scripts for new dramas 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort. 

New comedy The Mindy Project, created by star Mindy Kaling, received an expanded season from FOX.  The network ordered two additional episodes of the sitcom that brings the first season episode number to 24. 

On Sunday, Cablevision and AMC Networks revealed they have settled their legal dispute with Dish Networks over Voom HD, an indirect subsidiary of AMC Networks.  The companies also agreed on a long-term agreement for Dish to carry the AMC Networks including AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WE tv.  AMC’s cable networks have been blacked out on Dish systems since July as a result of a contract disagreement.  In addition, Dish will pay a settlement of $700 million to Cablevision and AMC Networks, $80 million of which will go for the purchase of Cablevision’s multichannel video and distribution licenses in 45 US metropolitan areas. 

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates:  October 19-21, 2012
Paranormal Activity 4 (Paramount)       $30.2 million  opening weekend
Argo (Warner Bros.)                          $16.6 million  2 wk total $43.2m
Hotel Transylvania (Sony)                  $13.5 million  4 wk total $119.0m
Taken 2 (20th Century Fox)               $13.4 million  3 wk total $106.0m
Alex Cross (Lionsgate)                      $11.8 million  opening weekend
Sinister (Lionsgate)                          $9.0 million  2 wk total $32.0m
Here Comes the Boom (Sony)             $8.5 million  2 wk total $23.2m
Pitch Perfect (Universal)                   $7.0 million  4 wk total $45.8m
Frankenweenie (Disney)                    $4.4 million  3 wk total $28.3m
Looper (Sony)                                 $4.2 million  4 wk total $57.8m
Source: Rentrak

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Rohrs Media Group will begin syndicating WE tv’s original series Bridezillas for Fall 2013, with 110 hours available.  Rohrs Media Group, headed up by John Rohrs, acquired the domestic broadcast syndication rights to the series, which has been airing on WE tv for the past nine years.

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The Office’s Craig Robinson has landed a role in an untitled NBC comedy pilot from The Office’s Greg Daniels who serves as executive producer with fellow The Office supervising producer Owen Ellickson writing the script.  The plot is about a talented musician (Robinson) who has rough edges and has to adjust to his new job as a music teacher in a big city middle school.  Robinson will also be a producer on the project.

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Thursday A18-49 Analysis:  CBS had the winning line up Thursday delivering a 3.2/9 among A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  At 8p, CBS’ comedies The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men ruled with an average of 4.4/13 and ABC’s new drama The Last Resort trailed at #2 with a 1.7/5.  Tried and true, Grey’s Anatomy on ABC won at 9p with a 3.4/9 followed by CBS’ Person of Interest at 2.8/7.  CBS was back on top during 10p with its new Sherlock-themed drama Elementary at 2.3/6 and ABC’s Scandal was next at 1.9/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, October 11, 2012  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 8.3/13             The Big Bang Theory 9.7/16, Two and a Half Men 8.5/13, Person of Interest 8.7/13, Elementary 7.0/12

ABC: 5.2/8                Last Resort 4.5/7, Grey’s Anatomy 6.6/10, Scandal 4.3/7

FOX: 3.8/6                FOX MLB NLCS Game 4: San Francisco at St. Louis 3.8/6

NBC: 2.3/4              30 Rock 2.1/3, Up All Night 2.0/3, The Office 2.6/4, Parks and Recreation 2.2/3, Rock Center with Brian Williams 2.5/4

UNIV: 2.2/4              Por Ella Soy Eva 2.0/3, Abismo de Pasion 2.5/4, Amor Bravio 2.1/3

CW: 1.5/2                 Vampire Diaries 1.8/3, Beauty and the Beast 1.2/2

TELE: 0.8/1               Premios Billboard 0.8/1

ION: 0.6/1                Numb3rs 0.5/1, Numb3rs 0.5/1, Criminal Minds 0.8/1

TF: 0.4/1                  Cineplex THR [7p start r] 0.3/1, Fiesta de Pelicula THR 0.4/1

A18-49:  CBS 3.2/9, ABC 2.3/7, UNIV 1.7/5, FOX 1.6/5, NBC 1.4/4, CW 1.0/3, TELE 0.6/2, TF 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1

Late last week, News Corp. announced Roger Ailes signed a new four-year deal to remain as CEO/Chairman of FOX News and Chairman of Fox Television Stations.  Roger launched Fox News Channel in 1996 and continues to oversee FNC, Fox Business Network, Fox TV stations, Twentieth Television and MyNetworkTV.  He additionally serves as senior advisor on TV and news to News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch. 

Strategic media/marketing agency, Media Storm elevated Andrea Kerr Redniss to the newly-created role of Executive Director/Chief Activation Officer up from Managing Director/Digital.  Andrea will divide her time between Media Storm’s three offices in New York, Los Angeles and Norwalk and will continue to report to Co-Founders and Co-Managing Partners, Tim Williams and Craig Woerz.

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This day in History: 1962 – President John F. Kennedy imposed a naval blockade on Cuba, beginning the missile crisis.
 
Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: On the sitcom Home Improvement, who played the original Tool Time Girl? Pamela Anderson. Kudos to: Christine Papazicos-Omnicom Media Group/NYC; Doug O’Mara-FOX News/NYC; Russ Hodge-3 Roads Communications/Frederick, MD; Eric Emeric-AMC Networks/NYC; William Allmendinger-Captivate Network/Chicago; Jaime Horowitz-Grant Stations/Huntsville, AL; Heather Floore-CW33/KADAF-TV/Dallas; Lucie Prann-The Richards Group/Dallas; LeNea Ricks-KIDK/KXPI/Idaho Falls, ID; Jeunee Simon/San Francisco; Jeff Macedo/Sacramento; Pat Brady-CESD/Los Angeles; Melissa Friedman/Los Angeles; Hila Sharif-Astral Media/Toronto; Amy Manchester Borg-CMJ Productions Inc./Toronto; Keith MacKechnie-The Actor’s Network/Vancouver.

Today’s Trivia Question: On the classic sitcom The Brady Bunch, what was the occupation of the dad, Mike Brady? (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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10.22.12

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012

ABC: Dancing with the Stars, Presidential Debate
CBS: How I Met Your Mother [r], 2 Broke Girls [r], Presidential Debate
CW: 90210, Gossip Girl
FOX: MLB Baseball: World Series
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: The Voice, Presidential Debate
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, Presidential Debate
TELE: Rosa Diamante, Corazon Valiente, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal, El Rostro de la Venganza
UNIV: Por Ella Soy Eva; Presidential Debate

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