George Lopez Recruits Late-Night Viewers

Grows Over Lead-in and July ’07 Time Period

Los Angeles / KCAL / 11:00pm

A18-34: +150% shr. over July ’08 LI + 83% rtg. over July ’07 TP

A18-49: + 50% shr. over July ’08 LI + 33% rtg. over July ’07 TP

A25-54: + 50% shr. over July ’08 LI + 40% rtg. over July ’07 TP

The George Lopez Show

From Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution

Source: NSI WRAP Overnights, Live, 7/3 – 7/30/08, 1/4 Hr LI: Sports Ctrl+, July 07 TP: South Park; LI=Lead-in, TP=Time Period

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08/07/08

Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 7, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. 

Tonight’s Premiere:
Discovery Channel: Some Assembly Required at 8p

Tonight’s Finales:
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance at 8p
NBC: Last Comic Standing at 8p
TBS: The Bill Engvall Show at 9p; My Boys at 10p
ABC: Hopkins at 10p

After airing six episodes, ABC renewed the reality series Wipeout for a second season. In each episode, 24 contestants go through obstacle courses and physical challenges with one becoming “Wipeout Champion” and the $50,000 grand prize. Endemol USA produces the series.

A&E Network will debut the series Jacked: Auto Theft Task Force on August 21 at 10p with two piggy-backed episodes. Over thirteen weekly episodes, viewers will witness a group of officers called “The Wolf Pack” as they take on auto theft cases based in Northern New Jersey. The series is produced by Pangolin Pictures.

Next Monday at 10p, Military Channel premieres a new series Backyard to Battlefield that reveals innovative gadgets, vehicles and equipment designed by amateur inventors for U.S. military use. The series is produced by NAHB Production Group.

Fall schedule switch for Fox — going in on Thursdays at 8p is  FremantleMedia N.A.’s Hole in the Wall beginning on September 11; coming out and waiting until a mid-season berth opens up is Moment of Truth, reports B&C. 

Retro Television Network (RTN) introduced a new moniker, “Classic Television Hits All Day, Live Talk All Night.” During the next several months, RTN will replace paid programming and starting in September the network will add in live news inserts, general entertainment and sports talk shows in late-night and overnight. In addition, Robin Leach will host an unnamed live show that will be produced in Las Vegas.

Bravo’s season finale of Flipping Out Tuesday at 10p attracted 881,000 A18-49 viewers and nearly 1.3 million total viewers. The network’s premiere of real estate drama Million Dollar Listing following at 11p delivered 510,000 A18-49 viewers and 753,000 total viewers for its second season premiere.

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Next Food Network Star  becomes Highest Rated Series in Food Network history, and launches
— Big Daddy’s House, premiering Top 5 in its time slot with W25-54!

Design Star  finale boasts HGTV’s Highest P18+ Prime Ratings ever, leading into
— Summer Showdown, the Highest Rated Primetime Premiere in HGTV history!

Star gaze every Sunday on Big Daddy’s House (1:30p) and Summer Showdown (9p).

Source: Nielsen Co. Qualifications on request. Visit http://scrippsnetworksadsales.com

Lifetime approved a new drama pilot call The Amazing Mrs. Novak about a supermarket manager who becomes governor of New Jersey. The series is based on a recent six-part British series, The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard, about a middle-class working woman who surprisingly becomes Prime Minister. Kudos Film and Television will produce through Warner Horizon.

AMC has plans to develop a series based on the Oscar nominated 1974 feature film The Conversation from Francis Ford Coppola, reports Variety. The TV vehicle will be set in the early 1970s about electronic surveillance professional Harry Caul who overhears secret conversations. Tony Krantz, who has worked to turn this project into a TV series for more than ten years, will produce through his production company Flame Ventures along with Sony Pictures TV and Coppola’s American Zoetrope company.

FOX is developing an Aussie one-hour series The Informant about a normal middle-class dad, Richard Button, who is a police informant for a top federal investigation agency, per THR. The show, produced by 20th TV and Alchemy TV, will balance the storyline between high-tech spy procedures and the main character’s family life. 

CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Challenging incumbent Baidu.com and the widespread practice of pirating music in the world’s most populous nation, Google launched a search service in China to help connect users with licensed downloadable music. The free service will allow users to search by song title or artist then direct them to downloads on Top100.cn, founded by Chinese basketball star Yao Ming. Google, of course, hopes the service will prove to be a Trojan Horse to help increase its overall search market share. Baidu.com currently controls about 63% of search in China according to iResearch, compared to a 26% share for Google.  Full edition: CYN DIGITAL.

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  (Now with HTML elements!)  With a plan to attract Boys 6-14, Disney Channel will re-launch its Toon Disney channel as Disney XD in February 2009, according to an LA Times report.  The ad-supported Disney XD will offer a range of original live-action and animated series, TV movies, and sports programs that are being developed with ESPN, which is also owned by Disney, as well as some existing series including: Aaron Stone, a live-action show that revolves around a video game playing prodigy who is secretly also a crime fighter; Mongoose & Luther, a mockumentary about friends who want to be world class skateboarders; the new short-form animated series RoboDz, developed with Toei Animation Co.; and existing animated series such as Phineas and Ferb and Batman: The Animated Series.  We can also expect to see a corresponding website and mobile offerings for Disney XD. Full edition: CYN KIDS.

CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: In just 4 days, Venezuela’s Cisneros Group will sign a strategic deal with China Central Television (CCTV) in Beijing.  This will take their previous collaborations to a more formal level to develop joint ventures and productions as well as distribute the other company’s content in their respective home markets, per Variety.  Cisneros and CCTV have worked together in the past on China Through the Yang Tze River, Rebel Angel, Wanted: Prince Charming and other shows.  Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL.

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 7/21-7/27/08 ranked by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                   6.5 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                               5.7 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                4.6 AA / 6.0 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                            4.5 AA / 6.9 GAA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD)                               4.3 AA / 4.4 GAA
Family Guy (2/T)                                             3.9 AA / 4.6 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                            3.8 AA / 3.8 GAA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD)                                         3.7 AA / 3.8 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                 3.5 AA / 4.0 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                      3.1 AA / 3.6 GAA
George Lopez (WB)                                          3.1 AA / 4.3 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 7/21-7/27/08 ranked by A18-49 Rtg
Family Guy (2/T)                                            2.7 AA / 3.1 GAA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                2.5 AA / 3.2 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                2.1 AA / 2.4 GAA
Friends (WB)                                                 1.8 AA / 2.1 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                    1.7 AA / 1.9 GAA
King of Queens (SPT)                                     1.7 AA / 2.2 GAA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD)                             1.5 AA / 1.5 GAA
George Lopez (WB)                                        1.5 AA / 1.9 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                  1.4 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                           1.4 AA / 1.4 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

Tuesday – A18-49 Analysis:  NBC ranked #1 Tuesday night at 2.9/9 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC’s Wipeout cleaned up at 8p with a 2.8/9. The last two hours belonged to NBC as America’s Got Talent posted a winning 3.2/9 at 9p and a 3.8/10 through 10p. 

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, August 5, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

NBC: 6.5/11          Celebrity Family Feud [r] 4.0/7, America’s Got Talent 7.7/13

CBS: 4.7/8               NCIS [r] 5.9/10, Big Brother 10 4.2/7, Without a Trace [r] 4.1/7

ABC: 3.3/6              Wipeout 4.3/8, I Survived a Japanese Game Show 2.8/5

FOX: 3.3/6               Kitchen Nightmares [r] 2.7/5, House [r] 3.8/6

UNIV: 2.1/4            Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.4/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.3/4, Aqui y Ahora 1.6/3

CW: 0.8/1              Beauty and the Geek [r] 0.7/1, Reaper [r] 0.8/1

MNT: 0.8/1             Street Patrol 0.7/1, Street Patrol 2 0.7/1, Jail [r] 0.9/2, Jail 2 [r] 0.9/1

TELE: 0.7/1            El Juramento 0.5/1, Dona Barbara 0.9/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.9/1

A18-49: NBC 2.9/9, ABC 2.2/6, CBS 1.9/6, FOX 1.9/6, UNIV 1.7/5, TELE 0.6/2, MNT 0.5/1, CW 0.4/1

Effective August 15, Nina Wass will begin as SVP/Creative Affairs for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Nina will report to Robin Schwartz, President and will be a chief member of the senior team involved with strategic planning and network vision. In addition she will supervise all programming and contribute to the growth of OWN’s development and production teams. Previously, Nina spent nine years in program production under a deal with Touchstone Television/ABC Studios.

Lori Wallace joined ReelzChannel as VP/Advertising Sales Marketing where she will manage this division for the TV network and the broadband website working with the sales teams of both entities. Based in New York City, Lori will report to Amy Jo Wayne, SVP/Advertising Sales.

Acorn Media Group named Peter Clinch as President of Acorn Direct.

Kevin Beggs, President/Television Programming and Production with Lionsgate, was elected as the new President of the Hollywood Radio and Television Society’s Board of Directors for the 2008-2010 term succeeding Chris Silbermann in this role.

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This day in History:  1992 – The public got its first glimpse inside Buckingham Palace as they were given the opportunity to tour the London home of Queen Elizabeth the II. Proceeds from ticket sales went to help repair fire damage at Windsor Castle.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  What singing duo performed the theme song to the short lived series The Torkelsons?  THE JUDDS Kudos to: Bob Von Kohorn-INVISION, Inc./NY; Cheryl Chaves-CBS Television Sales/NY; Mindy Venta-ABC Daytime/NY; Jordan Breslow-MediaCom/NY; Brenda Calhoun-SpotPlus y Mas/Dallas; David Scott Jones-Marleigh Entertainment/LA; Lorrie Shilling-DIRECTV/El Segundo, CA; Karen Tobin-Big Top Circus/LA; Dayna McCallum-DM Consulting/Studio City, CA

Today’s Trivia Question:  Who was the first host and hostess pair on Wheel of Fortune when it began in 1975?   (Email
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  Thursday, August 7, 2008

ABC: Ugly Betty [r], Grey’s Anatomy [r], Hopkins (Part 7) [f ]
AZTECA: Los 25 Mas: Momentos de la Academia, Historias Engarzadas, Pasiones Prohibidas
CBS: Big Brother 10, CSI [r], Flashpoint
CW: Smallville [r], Supernatural [r]
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance [f ]
ION: Movie: Clear and Present Danger
MNT: My Thursday Night Movie: After Alice
NBC: Last Comic Standing [f ], America’s Got Talent
PBS: This Old House Hour [r], Antiques Roadshow [r], Soundstage: Kenny Chesney
TELE: El Juramento, Dona Barbara, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso
UNIV: Al Diablo con los Guapos, Fuego en la Sangre, La Rosa de Guadalupe

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