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M18-34 +33% vs 2008 F18-34 +30% vs 2008 A18-34 +31% vs 2008 WHEN THE GROWTH IS REAL, THE EFFECT IS ACTUAL. truTV. NOT REALITY. ACTUALITY.™ Cynopsis 12.17.09 Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 17, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing. And as always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here. This next spring, Donald Trump is teeing off with a new six-episode series for the Golf Channel titled Donald J. Trump’s Fabulous World of Golf, premiering April 26 at 9p. In this original series, viewers will get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at Trump’s worldwide golf enterprise as well as the celebrities, professional athletes and politicians who are playing in each episode on behalf of their favorite charity. The series will travel to Trump’s golf properties in West Palm Beach, Scotland, New York, New Jersey and California, and is produced by the Golf Channel in association with independent multi-media production company The Workshop, LLC. ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
Comedy Central wants more of Daniel Tosh, approving a second season of his weekly series Tosh.0. The network handed Tosh.0 a 25-episode order, marking the largest episode order for a single season renewal by the network. The new season premieres January 13 at 1030p. In addition, Comedy Central is filming a one-hour original stand-up special with Tosh which will be released with extended content on DVD and CD as well as hosting a national tour. Season one of Tosh.0 debuted on June 4, 2009 with 16 episodes, averaging 1.3 million total viewers. Lifetime Television presents a seventh season of Project Runway back in New York, opening January 14 at 10p. Host Heidi Klum, mentor Tim Gunn and judges Michael Kors and Nina Garcia will all return as 16 new designers compete for the chance to have their creations in front of top industry leaders during New York Fashion Week and win a slew of other prizes. Companion series, Models of the Runway also returns on January 14 for a second season at 11p, where 16 model wannabes vie for the opportunity to be the solo model paired with the Project Runway design winner. Both series are produced by The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films, Bunim-Murray Productions and Full Picture. HBO opens a fourth season of its drama Big Love on January 10 at 9p. Nine new episodes will air on Sundays at 9p. In other HBO news, the premium pay cable network is bringing back a second season of its animated comedy The Life and Times of Tim on February 19, reports Variety. The series, currently in production, has been off the air since November 2008 and will return with ten episodes. The Life and Times of Tim will air at 1030p on Fridays following new animated 30m series The Ricky Gervais Show. Media Rights Capital produces. Investigation Discovery has six new one-hour series on its docket for first quarter 2010:
As a sign of the times, the 2010 NATPE conference in Las Vegas is downsizing its floor space. The January 25-27 event, themed Content Commerce Connections will move from its former home in the conference space at the Mandalay Bay Resort to several ballrooms in the hotel. This is also the last NATPE conference to be in Las Vegas for at least the next two years as NATPE is scheduled to be in Miami in 2011 and 2012. Scaling back the floor space is a result of more top syndication distributors choosing to do business in private suites rather than in the main exhibition area. Attendance for the 2009 NATPE dropped to approximately 6,000 significantly down from the peak number of 20,000 in 2001. Program Call: Cynopsis Media is producing our annual NATPE Shopping Guide sent to all Cynopsis subscribers on Thursday, January 21, the week before NATPE 2010. If your company is exhibiting and you’d like to have your programming included, please send only the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e., movie, series, special, etc.), genre and your terms (barter, cash, etc.). and location (hotel suite or booth number). To be included in this free and highly-viewed special edition, please send details to lisa@cynopsis.com no later than Friday, January 15, 2010. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM ADULT SWIM Adult Swim makes all kinds of people happy. Adult Swim is #1 with most young adults and #4 with People 18-49. And we rank #7 with People 25-54. No other network can deliver a unique audience and balanced buy like Adult Swim. You need us and we love you. Source: Adult Swim research based on Nielsen Media Research data. Period: 09-10 Season-to-date (09/21/09-11/29/09). Data is live + Same Day. ADSM daypart: M-SU, 10P-6A. Other Network Total Day: M-SU, 6A-6A. ~ DISTRIBUTION, CLEARANCE & CARRIAGE ~
Hallmark Channel announced it will launch Hallmark Channel HD on February 1. ~ PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT ~
Veteran TV actor Gerald McRaney was cast in the NBC pilot Undercovers from J.J. Abrams. The plot is about a married couple who work together as spies and McRaney will play their boss, a CIA operative and the agency’s liaison with the couple. In another casting note, Jenny Wade (The CW’s Reaper) was added to the FOX series Jack and Dan, starring Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford, cites THR. Wade will portray Liz, a tough assistant DA who used to date Jack (Hanks) and now has to work closely with him. Syndicated columnist Richard Roeper joined ReelzChannel as a contributor, offering two weekly segments for the program Hollywood Dailies. Richard’s segments include a DVD pick of the week on Tuesdays and a pop culture feature on Fridays. ~ RATINGS ~
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 11/30-12/4/09 ranked by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 11/30-12/4/09 ranked by A18-49 Rtg Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: Hands down, CBS was the victor Tuesday night among A18-49 at 3.6/10, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, NCIS on CBS did best at 4.3/13 while a three-way tie happened for second place between ABC’s A Charlie Brown Christmas encore, NBC’s The Sing-Off and FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance finale part 1 at 2.3/7 each. CBS carried the 9p hour with NCIS: Los Angeles at 3.6/10 and the second hour of NBC’s The Sing-Off stayed in tune at #2 with 2.8/8. CBS’ The Good Wife fared well during 10p at 2.8/8 and NBC’s The Jay Leno Show came next at 1.8/5. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 10.9/18 NCIS 12.7/21, NCIS: Los Angeles 10.9/17, The Good Wife 9.1/16 NBC: 3.9/6 The Sing-Off 4.1/7, The Jay Leno Show 3.4/6 FOX: 3.2/5 So You Think You Can Dance 3.8/6, Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live 2.5/4 ABC: 2.8/5 A Charlie Brown Christmas [r] 3.7/6, Scrubs 2.6/4, Better Off Ted 2.1/3, The Forgotten [r] 2.3/4 UNIV: 2.0/3 En Nombre Del Amor 1.9/3, Sortilegio 2.3/4, Aqui y Hora 1.7/3 CW: 0.9/1 Vampire Diaries [r] 0.9/1, Vampire Diaries [r] 0.9/1 ION: 0.8/1 Ghost Whisperer 0.5/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 1.0/2 TELE: 0.6/1 Mas Sabe El Diablo 0.8/1, Ninos Ricos 0.5/1, Victorinos 0.5/1 A18-49: CBS 3.6/10, NBC 2.3/7, FOX 2.0/6, ABC 1.6/5, UNIV 1.5/4, CW 0.6/2, TELE 0.5/2, ION 0.3/1
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David Nathanson will soon become EVP/GM at Fox Soccer Channel (FSC), effective January 5. David will provide oversight for the network, reporting to Rich Battista, President, Fox National Cable Networks. Hearst Magazines International (HMI) appointed Sophia Stuart as Executive Director/Digital. Sophia was formerly part of Hearst Magazines Digital Media as Executive Director/Mobile. In the international division, Sophia will be involved with HMI’s cadre of partners, working on a variety of digital initiatives. Sophia begins her new position on January 5, reporting to Duncan Edwards, President/CEO, HMI. Full-service creative agency, Beattie McGuinness Bungay New York City tapped three to join its ranks: Peter Rosch becomes Creative Director; Mara Flynn was named Account Director in charge of PR and social media creative; and Nikolay Saveliev was hired as a Designer. Media Storm continues to ramp up its expansion efforts by employing Kate DiRanna as Director/Partnership Marketing and Jarrod Bishop as Associate Media Director/Broadcast. Kate will be based at the company’s New York offices, reporting to Gregg Rothberg, Managing Director/Marketing and Integration while Jarrod will be located at the agency’s S. Norwalk offices, reporting to Melanie Desrosiers, Director/Broadcast. Both positions are effective immediately. John Young joins Canadian-based Temple Street Productions Inc. as Managing Director, effective immediately. John will supervise the company’s daily business operations in addition to scouting and executing new business opportunities. John will jointly report to the company’s Co-Presidents Ivan Schneeberg and David Fortier. MTV tagged Brent Haynes as SVP/Comedy and Animation and Brent in turn hired Jason Gwozdz as VP/Comedy and Animation and Brooke Posch as Senior Director/Comedy and Animation. All three are based at MTV’s New York City offices with Brent reporting to Tony DiSanto, President/Programming, MTV and Jason and Brooke reporting to Brent. Randy Fibiger will take on the new role as VP/Concert Bookings-Theaters with MSG Entertainment. Randy will manage entertainment bookings at the Wang Theatre in Boston in addition to working with events held at The Theater at Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall. The Style Network advanced Sarah Weidman to SVP/Development and New Series up from Executive Producer/Development and New Series. In her new role, Sarah will supervise all series development and production for the network. Sarah will also be involved with partnerships with the creative community on behalf of Style. Furthermore, Style upped Merah Chung to VP/Development and New Series where she will head development and production for the network’s shows, working closely with the entertainment industry for Style. MediaCom made a handful of key appointments:
This day in History: 1976 – WTCG-TV, Atlanta, GA, changed its call letters to WTBS, and was uplinked via satellite. The station became the first commercial TV station to cover the entire U.S. Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: When this classic 1964 Christmas special originally aired, GE featured the elves from the show in its commercials. What was the special? RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER Kudos to: C. Stewart Knapp-CSK Cable Marketing/Lutherville MD; Jim Ryan-AETN/NY: Mitchell Stein/Portland ME; Jeannette Hektoen-JH Media & Marketing/NY; Tom Nankival-WKOW/Madison; Lucie Prann/The Richards Group/Dallas; Will Allmendinger-Sirius XM Radio/Chicago; Brody Eldridge-Dish Network/Englewood; Cary Miller/LA; David Olsen-GSN/Santa Monica; Lisa McTigue-17′ 64′ Entertainment/Beverly Hills; Dan Matson-20th Television/LA; Al Ovadia-Al Ovadia & Assoc/Hidden Hills; Arthur Reinstein-Canwest Broadcasting/Toronto Today’s Trivia Question : Who am I? I am a movie actress, often seen with Dick Powell in several early Warner Bros. films. I was once married to Al Jolson. While I did retire from film in the 1940’s, I returned to the public eye when I appeared in the film The Greatest Show on Earth with Jack Palance in 1963, and later on Broadway in 1971 in a revival of No No Nanette. That production was directed by an old colleague of mine from the film 42nd Street, Busby Berkeley. Who am I? If you need a hint, click here to see a picture of her. (Email Cynthia@cynopsis.com 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 Cynopsis Media Facebook Page here – all of our Job Listings and Top Stories reported here first! Cynopsis Ad Sales: Member of Interactive Advertising Bureau (iab) To subscribe to any Cynopsis edition(s) click here . A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM IAB Expand Your Digital Ad Knowledge with the IAB’s Professional Development Courses Leveraging the expertise of our members, the IAB delivers cutting-edge training on the latest tools, techniques and best practices in interactive advertising. Each module gives marketers, agencies and publishers the skills needed to succeed in the rapidly changing digital landscape. Classes are led by industry leaders such as Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo!, Nielsen, comScore, Q Interactive, and more. For more info: www.iab.net/professional_development Cyn opsis CLASSIFIEDS – For More classifieds, visit the Cynopsis.com classifieds page here . JOB OPENING: SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYST/ElectricArtists/NY: Pt time. Evaluate, measure & communicate results of our social media mktg. Familiar w/social media measurement software Radian6, BuzzMetrics etc. howie@electricartists.com (1/7) JOB OPENING: CONTENT SALES MGR (3)/Thought Equity Motion/NY, LA, CHI: World leader in video licensing. Expert ideation, consultative & relationship sales exp. More info visit: thoughtequity.com; Resumes to: ssiino@thoughtequity.com (1/7) JOB OPENING: VP – CONTENT DIST/NYC: 7+ yrs affiliate sales & mktg exp. Manage accounts, dev strat, optimize revenue. Strong deal-negotiating/analytical/written & oral comm. skills. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvnetworkscareers.com (1/6) JOB OPENING: SALES EXEC/NYC: Sales Pro needed for 30 year old Entertainment Company. Cross-platform print and radio. Commission based. Unlimited opportunity to sell major known brand. Must have agency contacts. marla@fangoria.com (1/6) JOB OPENING: VP CONSUMER MARKETING/ Nickelodeon/NYC: 10+yrs Consumer Mrktg exp from mrktg/agency or Ent/Media, Innovator, Ability to lead X-company efforts, Knwlg NICK brand, MBA A+ EOE/M/F/D/AAP Apply www.mtvnetworkscareers.com (1/6) JOB OPENING: ACCT EXEC/Plum TV/Boston: Strategic rep to generate rev for lifestyle mulitplat-media org focused on upscale market. 8+ yrs selling media, exp w/upscale market. Full posting plumtv.com (1/6) JOB OPENING: NAT’L ACCT EXEC/Spotlight Houston: Aggressively prospect/sell to agencies & clients who focus efforts on selling products and srvcs through the purchase of advrtsng time. Cable, brdcst exp. careers.teamcomcast.com (1/6) JOB OPENING: SR WRITER/PROD/EDITOR/WSFL-TV/FT Laud FL: Seasoned creative team player to create on-air mktg campaigns for ent, sports & untradit’l morn newscast. Res/reel: cnandrade@sunsentinel.com More info www.sunsentinel.com/employment (12/19) JOB OPENING: COMEDY WRITER/NAT’L DAILY TV/LA: 4-6 yrs+ of TV writing exp. Applicants should be pop culture junkies who can apprec comedic sensibilities of current pop. talk show hosts. Cover let/resume: writersresumes09@gmail.com (12/18) JOB OPENING: TEMP SCHEDULING & TRAFFIC MGR/NFL Network/Culver City: Implement & schedule daily on-air promo, track & analyze reports, Require 2 yrs broadcast exp, MSA/Gabriel & EMS/GRiP iT! a plus. Send resume to laresume@nfl.com (12/18) JOB OPENING: GSM/WDIV-TV/DETROIT: Hnds on GSM to ld & motivate sls tm & maximize rev by creating solutions for clients. Exp GSM & lrg mkt, exp digital media, knowledge of rtgs data, pricing & neg. skills. Resumes: ksalazar@wdiv.com (12/18) JOB OPENING: RSRCH MGR/DIG AD SLS/NYC/BBC: give insight on traffic patterns, track perf, monitor mrkt & industry trends, comm w/ vendors. High level strat & independent prjct mngmnt. 4+ yrs exp. www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/18) JOB OPENING: NTWRK OPS COORD/MD/BBC: Transmit logs, bcast materials & elements. Execute delivery of channel. 1-2 yrs exp, to apply www.bbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/18) JOB OPENING: TV SLS LAT AMERICA/NYC/BBC: sell BBC programs to Mexico, Central America & Carribean. Fully bilingual, Spanish & English required, 3+ yrs in LatAm TV Sls enviro. To apply www.bbbcamerica.com/employment.jsp (12/18) INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always posted for free , and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at trish@cynopsis.com . SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: DRIVEN INTERNS, Production office/PBS documentary film company: Strong interest in bus. administrative aspects of prod. Tech-savvy, editing and good comm skills. Min 2-3 days per wk. 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Email Sean Fernald at: oranj@earthlink.net (12/19) SITUATION WANTED: PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR (NY): Ultra-creative, award winning, all formats, all genres, all major networks and major cable. Fast, frugal and fun! andyandagatha@gmail.com (12/19) SITUATION WANTED: BROADCAST BUSINESS MANAGER 10+ years experience working with Ad Agencies, Cable Networks, Production Companies and Vendors. NYC and will relocate. krjing@optonline.net (12/19) SITUATION WANTED: 20+ yrs. experience in TV Broadcasting & Cable ACCOUNTING/FINANCE. Seeking FT/PT or Temp-to-Perm position: e_simicich@yahoo.com (12/18) E-mail Trish@cynopsis.com or call Trish Pihonak at 203.926.9878 for rates and specs for Job Openings. Are you looking for a job? Post your Situation Wanted Ad here — Email Trish@cynopsis.com for specs. WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009 ABC: Grey’s Anatomy [r], Grey’s Anatomy [r], Private Practice [r] Cynopsis Media LLC All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free. 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