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08/03/06
Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 3, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.
The SCI FI Channel has just closed a deal to acquire the rights to air many made-for-television movies and series from CBS Paramount Domestic Television. Star Trek: Enterprise, the former UPN series that ran for four years with Scott Bakula at the helm, will premiere early this fall, and SCI FI now has the exclusive cable rights to the original The Twilight Zone series, and Tales from the Darkside. The package also includes Haunted, Jake 2.0 and Threshold, several Stephen King miniseries, and made-for-TV movies including Primal Force.
CBS Fall Premiere Dates:
9/14: Survivor: Cook Islands
9/17: The Amazing Race 10
9/18: The Class, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, CSI: Miami
9/19: NCIS, The Unit, Smith
9/20: Jericho, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY
9/21: CSI, Shark
9/22: Ghost Whisperer, Close to Home, Numb3rs
9/23: Crimetime Saturday, Crimetime Saturday, 48 Hours Mystery
9/24: 60 Minutes, The Amazing Race 10, Cold Case, Without a Trace
WE tv is betting that the wedding craze will bear one more program when it premieres its original series Bride vs. Bride on August 6 at 9p. This show will air on Sundays during WE’s Wild Wedding Night between Platinum Weddings at 8p and Bridezillas at 10p. Hosted by Evan Farmer, Bride vs. Bride has two families competing against each other in wedding-themed stunts, such as the Appetizer Obstacle Course or the Balloon Bouquet Toss, to win cash and prizes for the bride’s upcoming wedding day. The six-episode one-hour series is produced by North South Productions.
Logo picked up original reality series Jacob & Joshua: Nemesis Rising. The series follows Curb Records recording artists Jacob and Joshua Miller, identical twin brothers from Montana, who are the pop/rock group Nemesis. Currently in production, the show is set to premiere on October 16 at 10p. It follows the twins as they attempt to make it in the music industry and, at the same time, come out publicly about their sexual orientation. Complementing the series will be digital, wireless and online features, including episode availability on download-to-own services and interviews, diaries and other behind-the-scenes videos at LOGOonline.com. In addition, the series’ first episode will be made available via streaming video at LOGOonline.com for free.
Court TV has made a new VOD pact with Time Warner Cable to air a preview episode of the new season of Parco PI before its premiere on the network. The show can be accessed now through Time Warner Cable Free on Demand and is available through August 31. The VOD sequence will contain exclusive footage of interviews with the character, a making of the series segment and interviews with the cast and crew.
mtvU, the 24-hour college network that is part of Viacom Inc.’s MTV Networks, will purchase Y2M: Youth Media & Marketing Networks, which is the parent company to College Publisher, America’s largest interactive collection of online college newspapers. More than 5 million students are reached with the 450 online campus journals, which contain local news, sports, events, weather and more. By combining these two entities, the goal will be to grow the multi-platform offerings and give advertisers many more ways to reach elusive college students: on-air, online, via handsets, in print and on campus.
Fox has added two new drama projects to its development slate, per Hollywood Reporter. The first is called Amy After Dark is about an attorney by day/vampire by night, written by John Scott Shepherd. And the other is an untitled cop drama where the key guy has something of a Dorian Grey thing happening – he may look you, but he’s really wicked old. This one is penned by Christian Taylor.
Katie Couric’s CBS Evening News is about to get a Titanic-like musical change. James Horner, who composed the music to Titanic, Apollo 13, Braveheart and others, and has won a few Oscars for his music, will be composing the new music behind the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. The music will eventually migrate to all of the CBS News programs. The new music, along with a brand new set, with both be set for the September 5 arrival of Couric.
George Lopez and Delfino Entertainment will produce an animated comedy project called Eddie & the Squid about two Latino brothers, and pitch the project to Fox as potentially part of the network’s Sunday night animated scheduled. According to Variety, Delfino’s new animation unit was set up to create the project, and they will be using new technology that allows them to produce an animated 30m show in just 8 weeks.
Sean Murtagh is the new VP/Finance & Accounting for Court TV. Having worked for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. for some time, Sean will be charged with integrating the accounting and financial systems of Court TV into that of TBS, Inc. Sean will also oversee all of the network’s general accounting areas. Based in New York, he reports to Jim Gewert, EVP/Finance & Administration for TBS, Inc.’s Turner Entertainment Group.
Starz Entertainment Group LLC has appointed Brian McHale as VP/Information Technology. Brian will manage all areas under IT including software development, database administration, operations and service delivery. He will work in the Englewood, CO office, reporting to Bill Myers, EVP/Finance and CFO.
Weigel Broadcasting, owner of Chicago’s WCIU-TV and WWME-TV, has named Gail Sikevitz as Director/Educational Programming. Her main duties will be to develop and implement educational programming for the company.
Erik Arneson has been promoted to VP/Media Relations for Speed, the automotive and motor sports network.
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. named Edward S. Lang to SVP & GM/Mobile of its Entertainment Group. In this newly created position, he will be responsible for the global strategy, expansion and oversight of Playboy’s mobile and wireless businesses. Edward was recently VP/Mobile Initiatives with Sony Corporation. He will be based in LA and report to Jim Griffiths, SEVP/Playboy Enterprises and President/Entertainment.
And a quick housekeeping note — Cynopsis will be on vacation (no editions) during the week of August 7th, but no worries – we’ll be back in full force on August 14th
Tuesday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS and NBC tied for first place Tuesday night with both delivering 2.8/8 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX was #2 with 2.3/7, followed by ABC 1.7/5, UNIV 1.4/4, WB 0.8/2, UPN 0.5/2 and TELE 0.4/1. CBS led at 8p with Big Brother at 2.8/9. Humor won the 9p hour as NBC assumed the lead with Last Comic Standing at 3.2/9; the rock star wannabes were close behind with NBC’s Rock Star: Supernova at 2.9/8. NBC was again the winner at 10p with an encore of Law & Order: SVU earning a 3.0/9.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Tuesday, August 1, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
FOX 4.7/8 House [r] 4.9/9, Bones [r] 4.4/7
CBS 4.6/8 Big Brother: All Stars 4.7/8, Rock Star: Supernova 3.9/6, 48 Hours Mystery 5.2/9
NBC 4.6/8 Fear Factor 3.3/6, Last Comic Standing 4.7/8, Law & Order: SVU [r] 5.9/10
ABC 3.3/6 According to Jim [r] 3.6/7, According to Jim [r] 3.6/6, According to Jim [r] 3.7/6, According to Jim [r] 3.6/6, Boston Legal [r] 2.7/5
UNIV 1.8/3 La Fea Más Bella 2.1/4, Barrera de Amor 2.0/3, Que madre tan padre 1.5/3, Vecinos 1.2/2
WB 1.3/2 Gilmore Girls [r] 1.4/2, Gilmore Girls [r] 1.3/2
UPN 0.8/1 Veronica Mars [r] 0.8/1, Veronica Mars [r] 0.8/1
TELE 0.7/1 Tierra de Pasiones 0.7/1, Amores de Mercado 0.6/1, Decisiones 0.7/1
A18-49: CBS 2.8/8, NBC 2.8/8, FOX 2.3/7, ABC 1.7/5, UNIV 1.4/4, WB 0.8/2, UPN 0.5/2, TELE 0.4/1
The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1492-Christopher Columbus sets sail from the Spanish port of Palos. His small fleet, which sighted land in the Bahamas on October 12, was the first European expedition to travel to the Americas since the Norse settlers of the tenth and eleventh centuries. Columbus returned to Spain in March of the following year and would command a total of four expeditions to the New World, which he never doubted was the Far East.
Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: During the ’70s when he would begin a song on his show, the annoying “Cookie Bear” would appear and relentlessly beg for a cookie. Who was trying to sing? ANDY WILLIAMS ON THE ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW Kudos to: Ella Parisi-WCTV/Tallahassee; Uve Hodgins-CTAM/Alexandria VA; Sheryl Hausman-NBC Universal/NY; Robin Pate-Scripps Networks/Knoxville; Barbara Spafford-Spafford Creative/Mobile, AL; Janet Bessmer-E&S Direct, Inc/League City TX; Shaun Harrison- MMT Sales/Chicago; Gina Dierks-Pappas Telecasting Companies/Omaha; Charles Wachter-Awesome Firecracker/Santa Monica; Marty Webb-Davis Elen/LA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; Art Davie -WOW PRODUCTIONS/LA; Sean N. MacDonald-HomerCartman Enterprises/Toronto
Today’s Trivia Question: Even though he was too young to drive, what form of transportation did Webster use to get from the upper level to the lower level of his house? (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.)
Later — Cyn
08.03.06
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Thursday, August 3, 2006
ABC Grey’s Anatomy [r], Grey’s Anatomy [r], Primetime
CBS Big Brothers: All Stars, CSI [r], Without a Trace [r]
FOX That ’70s Show [r], That ’70s Show [r], So You Think You Can Dance?
NBC My Name is Earl [r], The Office [r], America’s Got Talent, Windfall
i Sue Thomas F. B. Eye, Doc, Diagnosis Murder
UPN Everybody Hates Chris [r], Love, Inc. [r], Eve [r], Cuts [r]
WB Smallville [r], Supernatural [r]
TELE Tierra de Pasiones, Amores De Mercado, Decisiones
UNIV La Fea Mas Bella, Barrera de Amor, Aqui y Ahora
