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The Nate Berkus Show: Growing Strong!
+20% SINCE PREMIERE!
+33% FROM ITS FIRST MONTH AMONG WOMEN 25-54
Source: The Nielsen Company, HH Live+SD GAA%, week of 1/31/2011 vs. week of 9/13/2010 (premiere); NSI, WRAP Overnights+, W25-54 Live+SD wtd cume; 25 LPM Markets; (2/3-2/9/2011) vs (9/13-10/9/2010)
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02.14.11
Good morning. It’s Monday, February 14, 2011, 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:
Discovery Channel: Cash Cab at 6p; Cash Cab Chicago at 630p
CBS: Mad Love at 830p
OWN: Searching For … at 9p
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Delivers on KNBC in Los Angeles!
Doubles The Time Period Over Year Ago!
Up +20% SINCE PREMIERE!
+9% OVER PRIOR MONTH
Source: The Nielsen Company, NSI, WRAP Overnights+, Live+SD, HH rtg.,
2/3-2/9/2011; year ago=Feb ’10 Sweep, TP=M-F 2-3pm;
across the season=vs Nov ’10 Sweep; prior month=Jan ’11.
On Friday, the programming service MyNetwork TV renewed by its station groups for another three years. Those groups continuing with MyNetwork TV include the ten FOX O&Os. FOX developed and launched MyNetwork in 2006 after CBS and Warner Bros. merged The WB and UPN to become The CW Network. The CW stayed on mostly WB affiliates paving the way for MyNetwork TV to launch on the UPN affiliates. MyNetwork TV has gone through three format changes and two years ago FOX turned MyNetwork TV into a programming service housing top-rated off-network shows such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Burn Notice, Without a Trace, Monk and others. As of last year, MyNetwork TV had increased by 194% to 2.65 million total viewers since it started in 2006.
Reports are circulating dance competition series Live to Dance featuring Paula Abdul has been canceled by CBS, though the network has not yet made nor announced a final decision on its outcome. The recent season finale of Live to Dance attracted 4.8 million total viewers.
For the 83rd Annual Academy Awards presentation on February 27, ABC sold all the available television commercial time, charging $1.7 million for each 30-second spot. ABC’s rates in 2009 and 2010 dipped due to the economic downturn to $1.3 million to $1.5 million, though in 2008 it brought in $1.8 million for each spot.
My Strange Addiction on TLC picked up for a second season prior to the airing of the first season finale this Wednesday at 9p. My Strange Addiction produced by 20 West Productions, examines the lives of individuals struggling with extreme and bizarre addictions. TLC is also bringing back the series Hoarding: Buried Alive on March 2 at 10p, produced by Discovery Studios.
USA Network’s two-hour prequel film, Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe will debut April 17 at 9p. Produced by Fox Television Studios, the film is set in 2005 and stars Bruce Campbell as Lt. Commander Sam Axe.
Actress Betty Garrett, known for roles in blockbuster MGM musical films and also in two popular 1970s television sitcoms, died Saturday at the age of 91. After an early career on Broadway, Ms. Garrett made a contract agreement with MGM and starred in several musicals including “Neptune’s Daughter” and “On the Town” with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Best known though, for two recurring 1970s television roles, Ms. Garrett played landlady Edna Babish on Laverne & Shirley and the Bunkers’ neighbor, Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family.
Veteran television journalist, Jon Petrovich, 64, died last Thursday. Mr. Petrovich was with CNN for 15 years serving as head of CNN Headline News and their ancillary assets, and he was also involved with the creation and launch of CNN En Espanol, CNN Airport Network and CNN.com. Additionally, Mr. Petrovich had a three-year stint as the head of Turner Broadcasting Latin America before joining Sony Pictures Television International in Los Angeles for another three years as EVP. Most recently, Mr. Petrovich was Chair of the Medill School of Broadcasting at Northwestern University and then supervisor of the Associated Press Television service. He is survived by his wife, Karen, two children and three grandchildren.
Top 10 Weekend Box Office Estimates: February 11-13, 2011
Just Go With It (Sony) $31 million – opening weekend
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (Paramount) $30.3 million – 1 wk total $31.0m
Gnomeo & Juliet (Disney) $25.5 million – opening weekend
The Eagle (Focus Features) $8.6 million – opening weekend
The Roommate (Sony) $8.4 million – 2 wk total $26.1m
The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Co.) $7.4 million – 12 wk total $93.9m
No Strings Attached (Paramount) $5.6 million – 4 wk total $59.9m
Sanctum (Universal) $5.1 million – 2 wk total $17.5m
True Grit (Paramount) $3.8 million – 8 wk total $160.3m
The Green Hornet (Sony) $3.6 million – 5 wk total $92.3m
Source: Rentrak
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Rob Riggle, previously seen as a correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tapped to headline a comedy pilot for CBS titled Home Game. The plot was inspired by the life of triple Super Bowl champ Mark Schlereth about a retired NFL player who returns to family life with his wife and daughters. The project is from CBS Television Studios and Leverage with executive producers Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson along with writers/executive producers Chris Novak and Warren Bell.
Offers went to Wentworth Miller and Orlando Jones from ABC for a pilot presentation called Identity, cites THR. The plot is a procedural about an elite police unit charged with battling identity-related crime. ABC Studios will produce the drama written by John Glenn with executive producers Deb Spera and Mark Gordon.
Gary Cole landed a role on the FOX comedy pilot, Tagged from writers/executive producers David Guarascio and Moses Port. Tagged is a workplace comedy about a coroner’s office and Cole will play a respected coroner, James Percy whose son comes to work for him after completing medical school.
Casting Call: Casting is happening now for a new Matchmaker show called Love Scouts for a major cable network. The show is looking for two specific roles: single men and women living in Southern California who are 23-33 years old to be Clients/Daters. Please include at least two non-professional pictures, contact numbers and email and a brief note on why you would be great on this show and send all to [email protected] and put “Hot Single” in the subject line. The second role is looking for hot, sassy VIP women and men in Southern California to star as one of the show’s Love Scouts. This role will be part of the ensemble cast to bring in people to match up with the clients. The ideal candidate must be well-connected in the Hollywood nightlife scene (i.e. Red Carpets, clubs, exclusive events, etc.) and know everyone in town. A sassy LA attitude is a must. Please include at least two non-professional pictures, contact number and email and a brief note on why you would be great as a Love Scout to [email protected] put “Love Scout” in the subject line.
Thursday A18-49 Analysis: FOX was a formidable opponent Thursday night winning the A18-49 demo at 5.3/14, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. American Idol on FOX triumphed at 8p with a 7.3/20 followed by CBS’ comedies The Big Bang Theory and $#*! My Dad Says averaging a second place at 3.3/9. ABC won at 9p with Grey’s Anatomy at 3.9/10 while FOX stepped aside with Bones at 3.2/8. Then at 10p, CBS took top honors with The Mentalist at 2.9/8 and ABC’s Private Practice was #2 at 2.6/7.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, February 10, 2011 time period averages. Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.
FOX: 8.9/14 American Idol 12.0/19, Bones 5.8/9
CBS: 7.9/13 The Big Bang Theory 7.6/12, $#*! My Dad Says 6.3/10, CSI 7.8/12, The Mentalist 9.0/16
ABC: 5.2/8 Wipeout 3.9/6, Grey’s Anatomy 6.7/11, Private Practice 5.0/9
NBC: 2.7/4 Community 2.4/4, Perfect Couples 1.9/3, The Office 4.0/6, Parks and Recreation 3.0/5, 30 Rock 2.8/5, Outsourced 2.3/4
UNIV: 2.1/3 Eva Luna 2.6/4, Triunfo del Amor 2.3/4, Mujeres Asesinas 1.5/3
CW: 1.5/2 Vampire Diaries 1.7/3, Nikita 1.2/2
ION: 1.3/2 Criminal Minds 1.2/2, Criminal Minds 1.3/2, Criminal Minds 1.4/2
TELE: 0.6/1 Aurora 0.6/1, Los Herederos del Monte 0.6/1, Alguien Te Mira 0.7/1
TF: 0.5/1 Fiesta de Pelicula 0.5/1, India 0.6/1
A18-49: FOX 5.3/14, CBS 3.0/8, ABC 2.9/8, NBC 2.2/6, UNIV 1.7/5, CW 1.0/3, ION 0.6/2, TELE 0.5/1, TF 0.4/1
John Bryan bumped to President/Domestic Television Distribution with MGM up from EVP/MGM Domestic Television. John is the creator of MGM’s This TV Network, now available in 85% of the broadcast TV households. In his new capacity, John will continue his involvement with This TV Network and the launch of sister channel ME TV in addition to helping with MGM’s expansion opportunities in first-run syndication, domestic channels business and spearheading domestic television efforts with MGM’s film and television library. Well done John!
Northern Alliance named Henrik Biskjaer as Head/Acquisitions, joining from Nordisk Film TV, a unit of Banijay Entertainment.
Mike Pollack elevated to VP/Sponsor Integration at HGTV. Mike will now manage all HGTV program integrations working with HGTV and DIY Programming, Ad Sales/Marketing and Licensing and Merchandising. Mike will also be part the network’s newly-established Client Solutions Team where he will conceptualize, develop and manage production of other assets involved in custom advertising solutions for clients.
Israel Diaz appointed to EVP/CCO of Young & Rubicam’s office in Toronto. In his new role, Israel will work in tandem with Chris Jordan, President/CEO of Y&R Canada in a duel leadership position. Israel will supervise creative on Y&R’s clients including The Ford Motor Company of Canada, Pfizer Consumer Health Care, Colgate-Palmolive Canada, Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation, LG and Hershey Canada.
GMC advanced Tyrone “Ty” Johnson to VP/Multicultural Sales and Development up from Senior Director. Based in Atlanta, Ty reports to Mary Jeanne Cavanagh, EVP/Advertising Sales.
Premier Retail Networks, Inc. (PRN) hired Marybeth Guiney as VP/Sales in charge of selling advertising and sponsorships on PRN media networks, concentrating on entertainment clients. Marybeth will be based in Los Angeles. Previously, Marybeth worked for National Cinemedia also in L.A.
This day in History: 1946 – ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was unveiled. The device, built at the University of Pennsylvania, was the world’s first general purpose electronic computer.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Okay – you did well with the last show opening, how will you do with this one: “…a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. … a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless in a world of criminals who operate above the law.” KNIGHT RIDER Kudos to: Bowe Kim-Univision/NY; Jeff Lutz-WFXT/Boston; Cindy McFaden-Comcast Spotlight/VA; David Locke-American Express/NY; Andy Nelson-Heartland Promotions/IA; Will Allmendinger-Sirius XM Radio/Chicago; Dan Whitford-Maximum Direct/Chicago; Mark Radabaugh-Frontier Entertainment/Schaumburg IL; Liesel Kopp/Studio City; Michael Rosenzweig/LA; Dan Dise-MEC/LA; Aaron Paquette-Nielsen Ent TV/Hollywood
Today’s Trivia Question: You know secretary Mimi Bobeck collected troll dolls and displayed them on her desk in the office; what other primetime female character also collected trolls? (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
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2011
ABC: The Bachelor, Castle
AZTECA: Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS: How I Met Your Mother, Mad Love [p], Mike & Molly, Hawaii Five-0
CW: 90210, Gossip Girl
FOX: House, The Chicago Code
ION: Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: Chuck, The Cape, Harry’s Law
PBS: Antiques Roadshow, American Experience
TELE: Aurora, Los Herederos del Monte, Alguien Te Mira
UNIV: Eva Luna, Triunfo del Amor, Don Francisco Presenta
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