Cynopsis
09.27.10

Good morning. It’s Monday, September 27, 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:
MTV: Made at 4p; The Seven at 5p; The Buried Life at 1030p
BBC America: Top Gear at 9p
Food Network: The Best Thing I Ever Ate at 9p
Nat Geo WILD: Expedition Wild at 9p
MSNBC: The Last Word at 10p

Correction: FUEL TV’s Built to Shred premiered on Sunday and the series airs each Sunday night.

The Hottest Summer Season Belongs to TLC .
17 Hit Original Shows…
More than any other cable network this summer!* 

*Source: Nielsen, P2+ Live+SD (000). Prime M-Su 8-11pm 5/31/10-08/29/10. ‘Hit’ series defined as achieving a prime premiere average of at least 1.0 million P2+ viewers. TLC (17) Competitive networks: A&E (11), Bravo (9), E! (7), Food (11), HGTV (13), Life (4), TBS (7), Oxygen (1), TNT (7), USA (7), Vh1 (1) & WEtv (0). For complete source information, click here. 

On Friday NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker announced he is exiting his position once the merger transaction between NBCU and Comcast Corp. is complete. Zucker said the timing was right for him to resign now since he met with Comcast COO Steve Burke two weeks ago where it was made known Comcast was looking for a change at the top. In a memo to staff, Zucker said “… it is clear to me that this is the right decision for me and for the company. Comcast will be a great new steward, just as GE has been, and they deserve the chance to implement their own vision.”  Looking back, Zucker’s current contract was renewed last year through January 2013 at an annual salary of $6.3 million and a guaranteed bonus of $1.5 million. His exit package states if he leaves by January, he can expect to take away $15.6 million. Furthermore, Zucker said he thought it was best for him to control his departure announcement versus having it leak out. “This is what happens (after mergers),” said Zucker. “It would’ve been unique in business for this not to happen. I didn’t want to be a guest in my own house.”

In an update released late yesterday, Comcast Corp. and General Electric moved to appoint Comcast COO Steve Burke as CEO of NBC Universal once the merger of the two entities, valued at $30 billion, is complete.  That deal is expected to be finalized by year’s end.  Burke will additionally continue as Comcast’s COO.

In another major top line changeover, CNN US President Jonathan Klein is departing the network after overseeing it for six years. On Friday, CNN’s Worldwide President Jim Walton announced Klein’s exit in an email to staffers. Effective immediately, Walton said Ken Jautz from HLN will become EVP at CNN/US, while Scot Safon who was serving as CNN Worldwide Marketing Executive will take on responsibility as EVP at HLN. Both Jautz and Safon will report directly to Walton.

Netflix and NBC Universal have signed an expanded licensing deal giving Netflix the right to stream content from several NBCU broadcast and cable networks including entire previous seasons of Battlestar Galactica, Psych, 30 Rock and Law & Order: SVU. Comedy fans will be able to enjoy day-after broadcasts for the next three seasons of SNL, as well as past episodes from all 35 seasons. The company is also considering a streaming only plan in the U.S. – similar to the $7.99/month plan it launched in Canada last week – according to a blog post from CEO Reed Hastings. Netflix stock hit a record high on Friday, the day after Blockbuster announced its restructuring plan.

Syfy is ready to launch its new reality series Hollywood Treasure now on October 28 with two stacked episodes at 10p and 1030p. The weekly reality series follows Joe Maddalena, owner of Profiles in History and an auctioneer of original movie, television and pop culture collectibles.  The series is produced by Shevick*Zupon Entertainment.

CNN Newsroom, Rick’s List and CNN.com along with partner Foursquare, present a week-long series, Eatocracy: Mind, Body and Wallet focused on healthy eating. CNN Newsroom airs weekdays 9a to 3p and weekends 6a to 11p and Rick’s List is on weekdays 3p to 5p. The series will take an in-depth look at the diets of Americans, what kids eat in school, food fears, healthy food and food myths and reality.

A&E Network brings back two real-life original series on October 17 as the fifth season of Paranormal State premieres at 9p and a third season of Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal at 10p. Paranormal State is produced by Four Seasons Productions International Inc. and Go Go Luckey Productions and Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal is from Picture Shack Entertainment.

Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: September 24-26, 2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (20th Century Fox) $19.0 million  opening weekend
Legend Of The Guardians: Owls of Ga’Hoole (Warner Bros.) $16.3 million  opening weekend
The Town (Warner Bros.)                      $16.0 million  2 wk total $49.1m
Easy A (Sony)                                      $10.7 million  2 wk total $32.8m
You Again (Disney)                               $8.3 million  opening weekend
Devil (Universal)                                   $6.5 million  2 wk total $21.7m
Resident Evil: Afterlife (Sony)                $4.9 million  3 wk total $52.0m
Alpha and Omega (Lionsgate)                $4.7 million  2 wk total $15.1m
Takers (Sony)                                      $1.7 million  5 wk total $54.9m
Inception (Warner Bros.)                       $1.2 million  11 wk total $287.1m
Source: Rentrak

REELZCHANNEL made a deal with Disney-ABC Domestic Television for the non-exclusive, off-network basic cable rights to Brothers & Sisters. REELZCHANNEL will begin airing the family drama on weeknights at 7p and again at 1a starting October 4. The network picked up all episodes of Brothers & Sisters from season one through four in addition to having access to the upcoming fifth season. ABC Studios produces the series.

Showtime announced production schedules for three returning series:

• A third season of United States of Tara is in production now in Los Angeles and the series starring Toni Collette will premiere next year.
• Half-hour comedy Nurse Jackie is also on tap for a third season which commenced production early last week in New York.
• Comedy series Secret Diary of a Call Girl is currently in production on its fourth and final season in London consisting of eight, 30m episodes.
• Lisa Kudrow’s original online comedy series Web Therapy was picked up by Showtime and the premium network handed the series a minimum of 10 30m episodes that will contain new material. The premiere date on Showtime is TBD.

HISTORY is working with Leftfield Pictures on a spin-off series called Rusty Nails based on its reality show Pawn Stars. In Rusty Nails, restoration expert Rick Dale along with his staff and teenage son restores previously trashed articles bringing them back to life. Dale also is owner of Rick’s Restorations in Las Vegas, the store where the Pawn Stars’ team takes antiques for repair. The series came about after Pawn Stars’ fans asked to see more of Dale’s restoration process. HISTORY gave the show eight half-hour episodes opening October 25.

Lauren Conrad (The Hills) is due back on MTV in a new reality show. Conrad will star in a docu-series with her aspiring fashion design career as the focus.

Thursday  A18-49 Analysis: CBS won the coveted Thursday night at 3.7/11 among A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. CBS topped the 8p hour with the combo of a new season of The Big Bang Theory and the new sitcom $#*! My Dad Says at 4.4/14 ($#*! My Dad Says posted a 4.0/12 at 830p) followed in second by the season premiere of Bones on FOX at 2.7/8; season openers of Community and 30 Rock on NBC came in third averaging a 2.4/7; UNIV’s Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe was fourth at 1.9/6; and the series premiere of My Generation on ABC and The CW’s Vampire Diaries tied for fifth place at 1.6/5 each. ABC captured #1 during 9p with the season debut of Grey’s Anatomy at 5.4/14; NBC was second for the average of the season start of The Office and the new Outsourced at 4.0/11 (Outsourced delivered a 3.6/10); CBS’ CSI season premiere was third at 3.4/9; UNIV’s Soy Tu Duena was fourth at 2.4/7; and a new season of Fringe on FOX was fifth at 2.1/6. Then at 10p, the season debut of The Mentalist on CBS delivered a #1 rating with 3.4/10 while ABC’s season opener of Private Practice on ABC delivered a 3.2/9 and NBC’s The Apprentice pulled a third place at 1.4/4.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, September 23, 2010  time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 8.8/15         The Big Bang Theory [p] 8.4/14, $#*! My Dad Says [p] 7.5/12, CSI [p] 9.0/14, The Mentalist [p] 9.6/17

ABC: 6.2/10          My Generation [p] 3.5/6, Grey’s Anatomy [p] 9.0/14, Private Practice [p] 6.0/10

FOX: 4.7/8            Bones [p] 6.0/10, Fringe [p] 3.4/5

NBC: 3.5/6             Community [p] 3.1/5, 30 Rock [p] 3.6/6, The Office [p] 4.9/8, Outsourced [p] 4.4/7, The Apprentice 2.5/4

UNIV: 2.2/4          Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.3/4, Soy Tu Duena 2.8/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.5/3

CW: 2.1/3            Vampire Diaries 2.2/4, Nikita 1.9/3

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

TELE: 0.5/1         El Clon 0.6/1, El Fantasma de Elena 0.5/1, Alguien Te Mira 0.4/1

TF: 0.4/1            Fiesta de Pelicula THR: Shanghai Noon [745p start r] 0.3/1, Rosario Tijeras 0.6/1

A18-49: CBS 3.7/11, ABC 3.4/10, NBC 2.6/7, FOX 2.4/7, UNIV 1.9/5, CW 1.3/4, TF 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1, TELE 0.3/1

Former Microsoft Director/Corporate Development Adam Roston joined Glam Media, Inc. as Managing Director/Corporate Development. Adam is charged to run the company’s corporate development initiatives.

  A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

This day in History:  1973 – U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew said he would not resign after he pled “no contest” to a charge of tax evasion. He resigned three weeks later on October 10th.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Dr. Waters was a forensic psychologist who worked for the Violent Crimes Task Force on what series?  THE PROFILER  Kudos to: Kara Krupnick-IFC/NY; Gina Handy-Tribune Media Services/NY; Jose Rolon-Current TV/NY; Jenni Lawrence-WVTM Media General/Birmingham; Lisa Richards-HarpoStudios/Chicago; Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas; Susan Nessanbaum Goldberg-RoCart Prods/Hollywood; Lorrie Shilling-DirecTV/El Segundo; Cammie Buerry-FFE adventas/Las Vegas; Paul Blutter-General American Group/Northridge;

Today’s Trivia Question:  This TV kitty was quoted to say, “Tell me where the cat nip is or I’ll blackmail it out of you.”  Who is she?  (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
09.27.10

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

ABC:   Dancing with the Stars, Castle
AZTECA: Laura de Todos, 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, Lone Star
ION:  Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:  Chuck, The Event, Chase
PBS:   Antiques Roadshow, When Worlds Collide, PBS Previews: Circus
TELE:  El Clon, El Fantasma de Elena, Alguien Te Mira
UNIV:  Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe, Soy Tu Duena, Cristina

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