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Good morning. It’s Thursday, April 9, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM SCI FI CHANNEL
Big Imagination. Top 5 Perspective.
This summer, SCI FI Channel is becoming Syfy. Imagination fueled our Top 5 growth and brought you greater entertainment, greater audiences and greater opportunities. Syfy is the place for your brand to Imagine Greater.
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
ABC ushers in a new summer season with new and returning series:
ABC also plans on airing remaining episodes of Pushing Daisies May 30 through June 13 at 10p; Eli Stone June 20 through July 11 at 10p; and Dirty Sexy Money from July 18 through August 8 at 10p. In addition, the new comedy series Surviving Suburbia will move to a new night and time starting May 27 following The Goode Family at 930p. With baseball season officially underway, HBO announced a renewal of its baseball-themed comedy series Eastbound & Down for a second season. The Danny McBride-headlining series, about a former MLB star pitcher returning to his home town to teach P.E., will begin production later in 2009 with new episodes scheduled to hit HBO’s lineup next year. Executive producers on the series include Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Chris Henchy, Jody Hill, Danny McBride and Ben Best. Animal Planet goes to sea for a second season of its drama-filled series Whale Wars beginning June 5 at 9p. Season two includes confiscated videotape footage shot during the 10-week voyage of the Sea Shepherd Conversation Society aboard The Steve Irwin as they battled whalers and the elements in Antarctica. Complimenting the series, Animal Planet will re-launch the series website, adding new maps, a virtual tour, history of whaling, meet-the-crew logs and more. Whale Wars is produced by Lizard Trading Company and RIVR Media. Univision goes hi-def for all of the 2010 FIFA World Cup games in South Africa, according to TV Week. The hi-def broadcasts will air on Univision Network, TeleFutura, the Univision and TeleFutura Station Group and via VOD. In 2006, the FIFA World Cup aired on Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision and drew approximately 50 million viewers. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM IAB
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FOX is playing off the uncertain economic times with a new reality competition series called Someone’s Gotta Go. The series, from Endemol USA, will go inside real American businesses giving employees the chance to decide which colleague will be laid off. Production on the project is underway with a possible premiere date of late summer or early fall. Many of the details on the show have not yet been disclosed though each episode will feature a different small business that has been forced to make staff reductions. Furthering the employee’s power to decide who will leave, the company’s books will be available including HR files, exposing what each employee makes and what their personnel files contain. Added to the mix will be a professional business coach/employment consultant who will also serve as the show host. In the end, employees will vote on who should be terminated, with that person receiving a small severance. Another interesting note is the show will be shot documentary-style much like NBC’s fictional The Office. Leah Remini rejoins the world of sitcoms in the ABC comedy pilot Don’t Try This at Home, per THR. From ABC Studios, Don’t Try This at Home is about marriage and parenting from the perspective of three couples. Remini plays a newspaper editor who is raising three kids with her husband played by Matthew Lillard. A&E Network ordered nine 60m episodes of the unscripted series Fugitive Chronicles from RDF USA and RAW TV. The series, currently in production, relates intriguing recent stories involving fugitive captures. The series will deploy dramatic reconstructions as well as interviews to fully tell each story. RDF USA’s Chris Coelen and Charles Tremayne serve as executive producers along with RAW TV’s Dimitri Doganis and Bart Layton and A&E’s Robert Sharenow, Scott Lonker and Jordana Hochman. SCI FI Channel tapped Allison Scagliotti (Nickelodeon’s Drake & Josh) for its new original 60m dramedy series Warehouse 13. Scagliotti will join already named cast members Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek and CCH Pounder. In the adventure series, Scagliotti will play Claudia Donovan, a young, hip techno-genius who breaches the Warehouse’s top-flight security system to find Artie (Rubinek). Warehouse 13 is produced by Universal Cable Productions and the two-hour pilot is slated to premiere on SCI FI July 7 at 9p. National Geographic Channels International hired Parthenon Entertainment Group to produce the mini-series Mystery Files with 13 30m episodes. The series, shot in hi-def, will explore some of the world’s most dramatic and famous mysteries surrounding legendary characters such as King Arthur, Robin Hood, Cleopatra and more. Casting Call: The CW’s America’s Next Top Model, produced by 10 by 10 Entertainment in association with Bankable Productions, is holding one final open casting call this Saturday in New York City for Cycle 13. Eligibility requirements include: females age 18 to 27 of diverse backgrounds, shapes, sizes and with a height of 5’7″ and under. To confirm the exact location in NYC and registration time, visit www.cwtv.com. ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: What if the next Bill Gates grows up in rural Idaho? The FCC unanimously approved a measure yesterday to develop a “national broadband plan” whose aim is to insure that all Americans have access to affordable high-speed internet services. The Commission, which so far has only a share of $7.2 billion to spend as part of the President’s stimulus package, must deliver the plan to Congress by Feb. 17, 2010 and is seeking input from all corners during a 60-day comment period. Initial responses to the scheme from industry executives and Washington-area think tanks were positive. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Coolabi, a UK-based owner/developer/manager of mostly kid-centric properties, suspended trading of its stock yesterday and confirmed that it is in the early stages of discussions for a potential takeover. Though Coolabi didn’t specify who it was in talks with, Broadcastnow reported late in the day that it believes that Coolabi is in talks with Chorion for a merger. Coolabi’s library of licensed properties include Bagpuss, The Clangers Purple Robbie, Scarlett & Crimson, and Ivor the Engine among many others. Chorion’s portfolio includes rights to a range of crime writers including Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, Margery Allingham, and its kid’s group includes Mr. Men and properties by Enid Blyton among others. Full edition: CYN KIDS. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES
THE TELEVISION ACADEMY HONORS
Thursday, April 30, 2009 “To create a night that’s all about substance is really heartening for everybody, not just in
this room, but in the television community.” — Margaret Nagle, accepting for Side Order of Life, Television Academy Honors Television has the power to enlighten, create awareness and encourage positive change. ~ RATINGS ~
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 3/23-3/29/09 ranked by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 3/23-3/29/09 ranked by A18-49 Rtg Tuesday – A18-49 Analysis: At close to double its nearest competitor, FOX ruled the ratings battle among A18-49 with a 6.2/16 A18-49 according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX’s American Idol steamrolled the 8p hour posting an 8.1/22 with CBS’ NCIS next in line with 3.6/10. FOX remained the leader through 9p with Fringe at 3.9/10 while NBC’s The Biggest Loser followed at 3.7/9. NBC captured a win during 10p as Law & Order: SVU did best with 3.3/9 and CBS played second fiddle again as Without a Trace delivered a 2.7/7. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD FOX: 9.8/15 American Idol 13.1/21, Fringe 5.7/9 CBS: 9.7/15 NCIS 10.9/17, The Mentalist 10.3/16, Without a Trace 7.9/13 NBC: 5.3/8 The Biggest Loser 7 4.9/8, Law & Order: SVU 6.1/10 ABC: 5.2/8 It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown! 2.7/4, Dancing with the Stars Results 9.1/14, Cupid 3.8/6 UNIV: 2.4/4 Cuidado con El Angel 2.5/4, Manana para Siempre 2.9/4, Aqui y Ahora 1.9/3 CW: 1.4/2 Reaper 1.4/2, 90210 1.4/2 MNT: 0.7/1 Street Patrol [r] 0.7/1, Street Patrol 2 [r] 0.6/1, Jail [r] 0.7/1, Jail 2 [r] 0.6/1 TELE: 0.6/1 Dona Barbara 0.6/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.6/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.7/1, Cartel T 0.7/1 ION: 0.3/0 Boston Legal [r] 0.2/0, Boston Legal [r] 0.3/1, Boston Legal [r] 0.4/1 A18-49: FOX 6.2/16, CBS 3.3/9, NBC 3.2/8, ABC 2.1/5, UNIV 2.0/5, CW 1.0/3, TELE 0.5/1, MNT 0.3/1, ION 0.1/0
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales unit of Comcast Cable, announced it integrated its sales and marketing teams. Kellie Grutko as VP/Marketing will lead the new marketing team with responsibilities including strategic marketing for the company, branding, promotions, communications and corporate creative services operations oversight. Kellie, who reports to Hank Oster, SVP/GM for Spotlight, also works in tandem with marketing executives from each of the four Comcast Spotlight divisions. Liz Janneman takes a bow at Ovation TV as SVP/Ad Sales where she will head the network’s ever-increasing ad sales team. Previously, Liz worked at Current TV where she served as President/Ad Sales and before that held posts at Weather Channel, AOL/Time Warner, Turner Entertainment and Saatchi & Saatchi. Based in New York, Liz will report to Charles Segars, CEO, Ovation TV. Cellufun tapped Neil Edwards as CEO where he will have responsibility over the launch of new services pertaining to virtual products and messaging. The end goal for Neil in his new position is to increase revenues and the company’s mobile audience globally. Previously, Neil was the founding CEO of dotMobi, a mobile web services company.
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