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CYNTHIA TURNER’S
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09/19/05

Good morning.  It’s Monday, September 19, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Welcome to the official start of the 2005-2006 season!  How can you recognize the official start?  There’s the aroma of freshly sharpened pencils, a new schedule to memorize, the competition you always had a problem with is still sitting across from you, that undeniable feeling that you’ve been given a brand new start and that this year is going to be your best.   You can also tell by the amount of homework you have tonight:

CBS     King of Queens [p], How I Met Your Mother [p], 2-1/2 Men [p], Out of Practice [p], CSI: Miami [p]        
FOX     Arrested Development [p], Kitchen Confidential [p], Prison Break
NBC     Surface [p], Las Vegas [p], Medium [p]
UPN     One on One [p], All of Us [p], Girlfriends [p], Half & Half [p]
WB      7th Heaven [p], Just Legal [p]

Syndication launches today: 
        South Park (Debmar Studios/Mercury Ent)
        Will & Grace (on Lifetime)
        Dharma & Greg (on FX)

The other way you know the fall TV season is ready to begin, is the Emmy Awards were last night.  And the winners were: Best Drama: Lost Best Actor in a Drama: James Spader, Boston Legal Best Actress in a Drama: Patricia Arquette, MediumBest Comedy: Everybody Loves Raymond Best Actor in a Comedy:  Tony Shaloub, Monk Best Actress in a Comedy: Felicity Huffman, Desperate Housewives And here are a couple of other categories perhaps you didn’t know were a part of last night’s festivities: Best Dressed:  Marcia Cross and Keifer Sutherland Worst Dressed:  Patricia Arquette and Stephen Hopkins (Writer/Life and Death of Peter Sellers) Most Endearing Acceptance Speech:  S. Epatha Merkerson who lost her acceptance speech down the front of her dress Least Endearing Speech:  Everyone else Best Line:  “We can’t help but point out, we won this for the show you people won’t watch!” — Jim Vallely, Arrested Development Best Presentation Duo:  Zach Braff and Hugh Laurie Best Moments:  Johnny Carson Tribute from start to finish* MORE GOOD STUFF *The NFL rules dictate that if a game is not sold out to the local audience, the TV airing of the game locally will be blacked out.  However, tonight’s early on ABC between the New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints will ignore that rule in NYC.  With 15,000+ tickets still to be sold, the game will air tonight beginning at 730p on ABC.  At 9p with the scheduled start of the MNF game between the Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys, New York stations will continue with the Giants/Saints game, while the Washington/Dallas game will air on ESPN.  When the Giants/Saints game ends, ABC will pick up the remainder of the Washington/Dallas game. Tonight’s Giants/Saints game was originally scheduled to be played in the Superdome.

2005-06 Sweep Dates: (Nov, Feb, May, July only)
         November 3-November 30, 2005
        February 2-March 1, 2006
        April 27-May 24, 2006
        June 29 – July 26, 2006
Two Other notes:  Daylight Savings Time ends October 30; Daylight Savings Time begins again on April 2

Weekend Box Office Estimates: September 16-18, 2005
Just Like Heaven (DreamWorks)            $16.5 million – opening weekend
Exorcism of Emily Rose (ScreenGems)     $15.3 million – 2 wk total $52.0m
Lord of War (Lions Gate)                 $9.2 million – opening weekend
40-Year-Old Virgin (Universal)           $5.8 million – 5 wk total $90.6m
Cry Wolf (Rogue Pictures)                $4.6 million – opening weekend
Transporter 2 (Fox)                       $4.0 million – 3 wk total $36.5m
The Constant Gardener (Focus)            $3.7 million – 3 wk total $24.4m
Red Eye (DreamWorks)                      $2.9 million – 5 wk total $55.2m
March of the Penguins (Warner Ind.)     $2.6 million – 13 wk total $70.4m
Wedding Crashers (New Line)              $2.5 million – 10 wk total $203.6m
Source: Box Office Mojo

Here’s a question for you – not a serious news question, just a while you’re sitting around type of question.  Of all the new characters coming to primetime television this season, which character would you most want to meet?  Me?  I’d choose Mandy Patinkin’s character Gideon on Criminal Minds (CBS, Wed at 9p), a behavior analysis investigator for the FBI.  You?

 * NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *Casting Note:  The Style Network is casting a new show called Relationship Rehab and is making a call out to anyone who has recently had their heart broken, or knows someone who has been cheated on or recently dumped, and you think now may be the time for a life makeover.  Kingfish Prods is now casting attractive men/weom between the ages of 18 and 35, who has 203 friends or family in the NY Metro area will to participate in their life makeover.  Need to be available to shoot this fall.  Email your story and photo to
OR Call 646-498-4097. 

Casting Call: BET is on the lookout for BET hosts.  The network will tour several major cities to find several new hosts with auditions beginning in New York City on October 3, Atlanta on October 5, Houston on October 7, Chicago on October 10 and LA on October 12.  Auditions are open to male and female non-professionals ages 18 – 28.  BET will televise highlights from the national talent search in this fall’s programming season.  More details at www.bet.com.

Producer Call: NHNZ is looking for executive producers and series producers from New Zealand, Australia and the U.S. as the company tries to increase its production slate.  The company’s next season includes programming in the areas of science, health, adventure and wildlife to name a few.   More info at http://www.nhnz.tv/employment.html

Correction:  The Showtime project starring Jennifer Carpenter is called Dexter, about a forensic expert by day who is a serial killer by night.  Carpenter plays his sister. 

* EXECUTIVE MOVES *Tom Kane has been named President/CEO of Viacom Television Stations Group, succeeding Fred Reynolds, who recently was named EVP/CFO of CBS Corp.  Tom will now oversee all operations of the group’s 40 local TV stations, reporting directly to Leslie Moonves.  Dennis Swanson will continue to serve as EVP/COO of the Viacom Television Stations Group, and Anton Guitano will remain as SVP/CFO. Peter Dunn will also continue as President/Viacom Television Stations Spot Sales.

Mercury Media has named Bill Graff as its North American Acquisition and Co-Production Executive.  Bill will work with independent producers and domestic cable programmers in North America to assist with the funding and acquisition of factual series and specials for Mercury Media to license internationally.

* RATINGS *Thursday — A18-49 Analysis:  CBS walked away with the win on Thursday night with a dominating 5.5/16 A18-49 rating according to final numbers from Nielsen Media Research.  The premiere of Survivor at 8p drew a 6.6/19 in the demo, far and away ahead of The O.C. on Fox (3.0/9) and Primetime on ABC (1.9/6), the only other original broadcast programming options for the hour.  At 9p the President spoke for a half hour.  That half hour of sustained coverage is not rated.  At 930p a repeat of CSI (930-1030) delivered a 4.9/13.  At 10p Primetime earned a 2.2/6, but it was a second full hour of CSI [r] that won the hour with a 4.5/14 (1025-11:25p).

FINAL HOUSEHOLD RATINGS:  Thursday, September 15, 2005, for all Networks – program averages. Note:  The Presidential Address from 9-930p was sustaining coverage (no commercials) and therefore is not included in the ratings, nor it is rated itself. The final tallies for the night do not include the Presidential address. Source: Nielsen Media Research. 

CBS     10.0/16  Survivor: Guatemala [p] 10.9/18,  Presidential Address on the Gulf Coast – N.R.,  CSI [r] 925p-1025p 9.6/16, CSI [r]1025p-1125p  8.8/16

ABC     4.7/9    Primetime [p] 4.6/8, Presidential Address on the Gulf Coast – N.R., News: Pres Add Analysis 4.7/8, Primetime [p] 4.9/8

FOX     3.7/6    The O.C. 4.2/7, Presidential Address on the Gulf Coast – N.R., War at Home [r] 2.6/4

NBC     3.3/6    Joey [r] 3.8/6, Will & Grace [r] 3.5/6,  Presidential Address on the Gulf Coast – N.R., Scrubs [r] 2.9/5, ER [r] 3.1/5

WB      2.1/3    Smallville [r] 1.9/3, Supernatural [r] 2.2/4

UPN     1.4/2    Eve [r] 1.4/2, Eve [r] 1.4/2, Cuts [r] 1.3/2, Cuts [r] 1.4/2

A18-49            CBS 5.5/16, Fox 2.6/7, ABC and NBC 2.0/6, WB 1.4/4, UPN .9/3

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The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1955-After a decade of rule, Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron is deposed in a military coup.  Peron, a demagogue who came to power in 1946 with the backing of the working classes, became increasingly authoritarian as Argentina’s economy declined in the early 1950s.  His greatest political resource was his charismatic wife, Eva “Evita” Peron, but she died in 1952, signaling the collapse of the national coalition that had backed him.  Having antagonized the church, students, and others, he was forced into exile by the military in September 1955.  He settled in Spain, where he served as leader-in-exile to the “Peronists” – a powerful faction of Argentines who remained loyal to him and his system.

Answer to Friday’s Trivia Question:  What show would you find a loud obnoxious DJ on WZUP? MARTIN    Kudos to:  Nick Aquilino-ESPN/Bristol; Keith Figa-Box Top Media/NY; Erin Hoban-Kraft National Broadcast/NY; Kevin McDade-Cooper DDB/Coral Gables FL; Lance Lester-NCC/Dallas; Margaret Branshaw-WFAA TV/Dallas; Berry Ellis-Superstation WGN/Chicago; Mary Weinle-Wing Media/Cincinnati; Jillio Recio-RPA/Santa Monica; Aisha Figilis-KPXN/LA; Chin Thammasaengsri-Westlake Signal Group/LA; EM  Lake-Intelligent Films Inc/LA

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COURT TV

Attention, bad guys everywhere:

Parco is watching.
His sons are watching.
His ‘girls’ are watching.
The whole family is watching.

You’d better watch it.

PARCO, P.I.  Sundays at 10pm E/P. 
Encores Tuesdays at 11:30pm E/P. 
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Today’s Trivia Question:  The usual destiny for a boy from this small town  in West Virginia was to “end up in the mines” but this certain boy had his eye on the sky  and a love for rockets. What film is this?   (click here 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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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT:  Monday, September 19, 2005

ABC              MNF Pregame Game: NY Giants v. New Orleans Saints [730-9p], ABC MNF: Washington Redskins v. Dallas Cowboys
CBS              King of Queens [p], How I Met Your Mother [p], 2-1/2 Men [p], Out of Practice [p], CSI: Miami [p]        
FOX              Arrested Development [p], Kitchen Confidential [p], Prison Break
NBC              Surface [p], Las Vegas [p], Medium [p]
PAX              Doc, Diagnosis Murder, Early Edition
UPN              One on One [p], All of Us [p], Girlfriends [p], Half & Half [p]
WB               7th Heaven [p], Just Legal [p]
TELE             El Cuerpo del Deseo, Los Plateados, El Principe Azul
UNIV             Apuesta por un Amor, La Madrasta, Cristina