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USA Network Welcomes a New Character … Mary Shannon
When she’s not busy doing her job as a Federal Marshall for the highly secretive Witness Protection Program … Starring Mary McCormack, Fred Weller and Lesley Ann Warren. From the network that brought you the #1 new series in 2006 & the top two new original series in 2007. In Plain Sight. Premieres Sunday, June 1st. Only on USA Network.
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Good Morning. It’s Thursday, April 24, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. NBC and the National Hockey League are continuing their partnership through the 2008-2009 season. Under this agreement, NBC will air the NHL Sunday Game of the Week during the regular season per usual utilizing flexible scheduling, broadcasting nine Sunday afternoon games in all. The network will also provide coverage of the Stanley Cup Playoffs and Stanley Cup Final which may equal 15 post-season games in total. Tonight’s Premieres:
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The Style Network wants to eliminate boring home decor as a third season of Dress My Nest premieres May 28 at 11p. Thom Filicia takes on drab designs and infuses rooms into beautiful functional ones for the homeowner he is helping during each half-hour episode. Hispanic network Azteca America announced its 2008-2009 programming lineup and the planned list of new original programs produced in Mexico include: three new novelas; five reality series; and two new sitcoms. The network will now base its news operation at Fuerza Informativa Azteca (FIA) in Mexico City and is giving it a new look. In addition, Azteca America is returning La Liga Azteca, Futbol Mexicano with former soccer star Jorge Campos joining as a new sports announcer. The Saturday night show Azte Pa’ Ca with El Cucuy will shoot new episodes in Mexico and La Academia U.S.A. will rejoin the schedule next year. here! is bringing back its anthology series, The DL Chronicles, for a second season with the debut scheduled for late 2008. ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff will host a weekly news series for Planet Green, the new 24-hour eco-lifestyle network which will launch on June 4 from Discovery Communications. Produced by ABC News, the series debuts in July and will focus on global environmental topics such as climate impact, policies, political debate and environmental events. The format will include roundtable discussions and debates in-studio as well as feature stories, and will utilize ABC News’ fleet of reporters and digital reporters located worldwide. UPFRONT UPDATE: Oxygen Oxygen hosted its 2008-2009 season upfront presentation yesterday, revealing a fresh re-branding that includes a new logo and the tagline “Live Out Loud” which will launch across multiple platforms this June. Oxygen further presented its research findings on its viewing audience, “Generation O” which consists of trenders, spenders and recommenders. Generation O targets A18-49 with emphasis on W18-34. Under its programming strategy, Oxygen will introduce “seamless Tuesday nights” where a new original series or new episode will debut each Tuesday night in the 10p slot starting June 17. New Oxygen shows in development include:
Other new and returning series on Oxygen are:
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM FOX REALITY CHANNEL
Only American Idol Extra had the exclusive on Kristy Lee Cook’s engagement …
What surprises are in store tonight? Don’t miss what happens immediately after the show. Get all the buzz straight from the Idol studios Only on Fox Reality Channel’s Original AMERICAN IDOL EXTRA TONIGHT AT 7p & 10p ET/PT ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
TLC has two series in development: a docu-series featuring singer/actress Jennifer Lopez and her husband singer Marc Anthony that will weave together their personal life and shared business enterprises. Jennifer will co-create and co-executive produce this series along with the network. The second unscripted series will feature talk show host Kelly Ripa and her actor husband Mark Consuelos. The duo will also develop other new unscripted series for the network. HBO has a new dark comedy project in the works titled Hung about a well-endowed middle-aged man who learns to use his best asset to his advantage, reports Variety. The project is from Colette Burson and Dmitry Lipkin (creator of FX’s The Riches) in addition to Michael Rosenburg of Blueprint Entertainment. All three will executive produce. This is the first big project under new HBO Entertainment president Sue Naegle’s leadership. Fox has ordered up a new pilot from exec producer JD Roth called Bad Dads, hunting down deadbeat dads who owe ex-wives child support, reports THR. At the helm is Jim Durham, who is also the head of the National Child Support Center. Durham first calls the dads and offers them a chance to make things right, and when that doesn’t work, in classic ambush TV style, he finds and confronts deadbeat dads in public places. ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: So much for the quadruple play. Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cox pulled the plug on the Pivot mobile phone joint venture with Sprint. The companies have stopped marketing the service but will give current customers the option of keeping their phones and switching to a regular Sprint calling plan, without incurring one of those nasty termination fees. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. (Or to listen to the Cynopsis Digital Podcast click here or subscribe to it at iTunes here .)
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CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Some more details about Stupid Laws … The pilot, commissioned by Zone Reality from Rival Media, will go into production late spring and air across Zone Reality’s international feeds. A full Stupid Laws series is expected to be produced in the future with Zone Distribution handling global distribution. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL. ~ RATINGS ~
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 4/7-4/13/08 ranked by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 4/7-4/13/08 ranked by A18-49 Rtg Tuesday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX ruled Tuesday night with 7.0/18 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. The 8p hour belonged to FOX as American Idol delivered a 9.0/25. Also this hour, NBC debuted Most Outrageous Moments with a 1.2/4. FOX remained in the lead through 9p as Hell’s Kitchen won with 4.9/12 beating out ABC’s Dancing with the Stars Results at 4.2/10. During 10p, NBC’s Law & Order: SVU took charge with 4.0/11. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy as dated, Live+SD. FOX: 10.4/16 American Idol 14.2/22, Hell’s Kitchen 6.5/10 ABC: 7.0/11 According to Jim 2.6/4, According to Jim 2.6/4, Dancing with the Stars Results 11.6/18, Boston Legal 6.5/11 CBS: 5.6/9 NCIS 9.1/14, Big Brother 9 4.3/7, Shark [r] 3.3/5 NBC: 4.4/7 Most Outrageous Moments [p] 2.7/4, SNL: The Best of Chris Farley [r] 2.6/4, Law & Order: SVU 8.0/13 UNIV: 2.2/3 Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.4/4, Pasion 2.3/4, Aqui y Ahora 1.7/3 CW: 1.3/2 Beauty and the Geek 1.1/2, Reaper 1.5/2 MNT: 0.9/1 Street Patrol [r] 0.8/1, Street Patrol 2 [r] 0.8/1, Jail [r] 1.0/2, Jail 2 [r] 1.1/2 TELE: 0.7/1 La Traicion 0.6/1, Victoria 0.9/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.7/1 A18-49: FOX 7.0/18, ABC 2.8/7, NBC 2.3/6, CBS 2.1/6, UNIV 1.8/5, CW 0.9/2, MNT 0.5/1, TELE 0.4/1
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IFC upgraded Christine Lubrano to VP/Non-Fiction Programming and Rachel Smith to VP/Fiction Programming. Christine will lead the development and production of the network’s non-fiction programming including series, documentaries and news for multiple platforms. Rachel will manage development and production of scripted series across multiple platforms. Christine and Rachel will continue to report to Debbie DeMontreux, SVP/Original Programming. Heidi Watney joined New England sports network, NESN as Reporter/Host working with Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy on Boston Red Sox baseball coverage starting early next month. Marvel Entertainment, Inc. tapped Ira Rubenstein for the new position as EVP/Global Digital Media Group. For the last 12 years, Ira worked for Sony where he most recently served as EVP/Sony Pictures Digital. In this capacity, Ira is charged with supervising the company’s digital distribution strategy for all media and platforms. Relocating to Marvel’s New York base, he will report to John Turitzin, EVP/Office of the Chief Executive. Jerry Daniello advanced to SVP/Integrated Marketing and Promotion with ABC Television Network. Jerry, who will continue to be based at ABC’s sales offices in New York, will now head all advertiser promotions and integration efforts for ABC Primetime, Daytime and News in addition to SOAPNet. In this position, Jerry follows Dan Longest who was upped recently to SVP, Disney/ABC Unlimited. Tribune Company announced a handful of executive management changes:
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM REELZCHANNEL TV NETWORK Watch Ebert & Roeper on ReelzChannel TV Network ReelzChannel TV Network is pleased to announce the latest addition to our programming lineup, “At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper.” The nation’s most popular and well-respected movie review show airs on ReelzChannel every Tuesday 6:30 PM ET/3:30 PM PT. Be sure to tune in every week for reviews of current and upcoming movies from the nation’s most prestigious critics! ReelzChannel is now on Channel 131 on Time Warner Cable of NYC. This day in History: 1889 – The Edison General Electric Company was organized. Known today as The General Electric Company, or GE, it is the fourth most recognized brand in the world. Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On long running hospital drama ER, what is the name of the establishment where the staff frequently hangs out? DOC MAGOO’S Kudos to: Anna Heins-Rivr Media/Knoxville, TN; Leanne Raxter-Zenith Media/Atlanta; Karen Kelly-SPUH/New Brunswick, NJ; Katie Mulligan-Casting Networks/NY; Lauren Wener/Chicago; Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas; Dory Melman Petsrillo-Petry TV/Dallas; Brandon Franklin-NBCU/PST; Cammie Buerry-Marshall-Fenn Five Star/Las Vegas; Mitzi Moskovitz-LeapFrog Enterprises/Emeryville, CA; Kimberly Scott-MWG Media/LA Today’s Trivia Question: Peggy Fair was the secretary of which TV detective? (Email A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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The most watched episode of Deadliest Catch ever.** The #2 show in all of television on Tuesday night.*** Deadliest Catch on Discovery Channel Source: Nielsen Media Research.*10/1/07-4/15/08; L+7; M-Su 8-11P, A25-54 & M25-54 AA(000). **4/12/05-4/15/08, L+SD; M-Su 9A-3A, 4/15/08 at 10P A18-49 & M18-49 AA(000). ***4/15/08, L+SD; 10-11P, M18-34, M18-49 & M25-54 AA(000). Subject to qualifications. Later — Cyn Cynopsis Ad Sales: Cynopsis website – Video Resumes, Extended Classified Ads, Archives, and the Cynopsis Daily Video CableU – Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. Click here
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