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Good Morning. It’s Monday, September 17, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. And the Emmy goes to … Outstanding Drama Series: The Sopranos (HBO) Outstanding Comedy Series: 30 Rock (NBC) Outstanding Miniseries: Broken Trail (AMC) Tonight’s Premieres: You’ve been summoned to watch Jury Duty! Premiering today, September 17th.
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~ FX’s third season opener of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on Thursday (10p) delivered 1.8 million A18-49 viewers and 2.3 million total viewers, which represented +77% and +62% increases respectively over the season two premiere that aired in June 2006. Additionally, last Thursday’s premiere episode was the #1 program in basic cable among A18-34 with 1.3 million viewers, up 140% vs. last season’s debut episode. FX also aired episode two of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia at 1030p and it averaged nearly 1.9 million total viewers, 1.4 million A18-49 and 1.0 million A18-34. Weekend Box Office Estimates: September 14-16, 2007
~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~ USA has ordered another season of Psych, with 16 new episodes. The show is from Tagline Pictures and Universal Media Studios. HBO has ordered 6 episodes of an untitled drama project about a hasbeen baseball player who returns to his hometown and becomes the High School Gym Teacher. The project, from Gary Sanchez Prods, stars Danny McBride (also a writer on the project), Katy Mixon, Andrew Daly and John Hawkes, per Hollywood Reporter. ~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~ Homerun Entertainment hired Greg Spring as VP/Development and upgraded Steve Plutte to VP/Production. Greg will supervise the company’s development efforts in broadcast, cable, broadband and interactive areas. Steve will continue in his role as head of the company’s production, post-production and new technology initiatives. ~ ELSEWHERE AT CYNOPSIS … ~ Today in Cynopsis Kids
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~ RATINGS ~ Thursday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS posted the best numbers Thursday night with a 2.5/8 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. Starting off, CBS won with Big Brother at 8p and a 3.2/10. Then during the 9p hour, as President Bush’s national speech was carried live on many networks from 9-930p followed by the regularly scheduled program, CBS and UNIV ended up tying for first place with 2.0/6 each. CBS was the solo winner again at 10p as a combo of the CSI encore and the Without a Trace repeat delivered a 2.4/7. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, September 13, 2007 time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research CBS 5.7/10 Big Brother 8 5.7/10, Presidential Speech 4.6/8, CSI [r] 5.4/9, CSI/Without a Trace [r] 6.3/11 FOX 3.9/7 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 4.9/8, Presidential Speech 2.8/5, Don’t Forget the Lyrics! 3.2/5 ABC 3.1/5 Ugly Betty [r] 3.2/6, Presidential Speech 3.6/6, Grey’s Anatomy [r] 3.0/5, Grey’s Anatomy/Men in Trees [r] 2.8/5 NBC 2.7/5 My Name is Earl [r] 3.5/6, 30 Rock [r] 2.8/5, Presidential Speech 3.0/5, The Office [r] 2.6/4, ER [r] 2.3/4 UNIV 2.0/3 Amar sin Limites 1.6/3, Presidential Speech 2.2/4, Destilando Amor 2.6/4, Destilando Amor/Aqui y Ahora 2.0/4 CW 1.6/3 Smallville [r] 1.6/3, Supernatural [r] 1.5/3 TELE 0.6/1 Madre Luna 0.7/1, Presidential Speech 0.5/1, La Esclava Isaura 0.5/1, La Esclava Isaura/Amor Mio 0.5/1 A18-49: CBS 2.5/8, FOX 1.9/6, NBC 1.6/5, UNIV 1.6/5, ABC 1.4/4, CW 0.9/3, TELE 0.5/1
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