Cynopsis: Kids!
12/04/08
Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 4, 2008 and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.
Alfred Hedgehog (52×11), a new animated series aimed at K6-9 is currently in pre-production in Paris and Montreal. The series revolves around adventures of Alfred Hedgehog, a hedgehog detective, and aims to encourage scientific exploration, problem solving and teamwork. Muse Entertainment and Gaumont Alphanim are producing the show for TVO, TFO, Radio-Canada and Knowledge Network in Canada and France 5 in France. Gaumont Alphanim and Muse Distribution International will distribute the series worldwide. Created by Merilyn Read (The Tom Green Show, Babar and Father Christmas) and Mary Mackay-Smith (Dot, Caillou), Alfred Hedgehog is executive story-edited by Mackay-Smith, Peter Saisselain (Zombie Hotel, GAWAYN), and directed by Frederic Dybowski (Galactik Football), and designed by Jan Van Rijsselberge (Robotboy) and Stephane Gallard (La Prophetie des grenouilles).
Lincoln Butterfield Animation is developing a new series and publishing property about those pesky monsters that come out at night and their fears and anxieties, per C21 Media. Titled RIP MD, Lincoln Butterfield plans to showcase the project at NATPE next month.
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Contender Entertainment Group and Studio AKA‘s animated special Lost and Found (1×25) will be broadcast on Channel 4 (UK) this Christmas at 12:30p. Narrated by noted actor Jim Broadbent, the special is based on author Oliver Jeffers book, Lost and Found.
Pocoyo and the Space Circus (1×25), a special from Zinkia and ITV Global Entertainment Ltd will air over Christmas on TVE1 (Spain) as part of an exclusively produced 45-minute Pocoyo content block.
Mediatoon inks further TV and video rights deals for its series The Magic Roundabout. Additionally, a second season of 52×11 episodes of The Magic Roundabout is currently underway. Picking up the TV rights to the preschool series are: Italia 1 (Italy); TV2 (Norway); YLE (Finland); TRT (Turkey); EESTI (Estonia); Al Jazeera (Middle East). Meanwhile taking the video a rights for the property are: Mediaway (Poland); Europa Records (Hungary); CLMC (Portugal). The Magic Round About is co-produced by Films Action, Action Synthese, Play Productions, Ellipsanime, with the participation of M6 and Disney. Mediatoon holds the TV and video rights worldwide.
NetDragon Websoft, a developer and operator of online games in China, and The Walt Disney Company’s Interactive Media Group unveiled plans to launch their first Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG), Disney Fantasy Online, in spring 2009.
MARKETING/LICENSING
Toei Animation Co. appoints The Licensing Company Germany as the merchandising broker for Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. Under the deal The Licensing Company Germany will handle the Dragon Ball series (which includes some 508 episodes) across Germany, Austria, and German speaking Switzerland. The Licensing Company will also hold all merchandising rights for the brand with the exception of toy, video game, publishing and Lamincards categories
Atari acquires the North America publishing rights to the videogame The Tale of Despereaux, based on Universal‘s animated feature film (December 19), per Variety. Brash Entertainment was to release its version of the game, but went out of business last month. Additionally, Brash was to have distributed a Nintendo DS version of the game, the first videogame produced by Universal. Under the deal Atari takes the North America publishing rights for the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PC, as well as taking on distribution of Universal’s Nintendo DS game. Universal and Brash continue to search for a publishing partner to release the game overseas. The Tale of Despereaux is based on author Kate DiCamillo’s (Because of Winn-Dixie, Mercy Watson, among others) book of the same name.
Toy Island and Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) enter into a multi-year pact to create a line of wood play sets and toys based on several Nick Jr. series including: The Wonder Pets!; Go, Diego, Go; Dora the Explorer; The Backyardigans; and Ni Hao, Kai-lan. Featured items will debut in specialty stores worldwide in 2009.
RATINGS
Monthly November Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 11/24-11/30/08 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 1350 DSNY*: 1285
DSNY*: 839 CARTOON: 750
CARTOON: 754 NAN**: 431
NOGGIN: 275 NOGGIN: 335
NAN**: 280 ESPN: 159
ADSM**: 207 TOON DIS: 153
TOON DIS.: 166 NICKTOONS: 133
NICKTOONS: 92 THE N: 100
DISCOVERY: 74 DISCOVERY: 113
BET: 57 BET: 91
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
Monthly November Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 11/24-11/30/08 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 746 DSNY*: 1020
DSNY*: 578 CARTOON: 554
CARTOON: 535 NAN**: 317
NAN**: 218 ESPN: 113
ADSM**: 154 TOON DIS: 103
TOON DIS.: 110 DISCOVERY: 77
NICKTOONS: 63 THE N: 86
NOGGIN: 55 NICKTOONS: 92
DISCOVERY: 51 BET: 68
THE N: 47 TLC: 48
COMEDY: 48
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
Monthly November Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 11/24-11/30/08 :
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK°: 498 DSNY*: 851
DSNY*: 465 NAN**: 405
NAN**: 306 CARTOON: 398
CARTOON: 344 ESPN: 145
ADSM**: 193 DISCOVERY: 119
TOON DIS: 80 COMEDY: 104
DISCOVERY: 73 BET: 88
MTV: 72 THE N: 86
ESPN: 64 MTV: 85
THE N: 58 TOON DIS: 78
BET: 58
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
Monthly Year-to-Year Top Ten Comparison: Total Day Rankings among K6-11 (000) 10/27-11/30/08 vs. 10/29-11/25/07, Cable Networks Only:
Network: (000) %diff
NICK°: 693 -4%
DSNY*: 507 -17%
CARTOON: 431 +12%
NAN**: 224 +10%
ADSM**: 135 +15%
TOON DIS.: 76 +4%
NICKTOONS: 43 +30%
ESPN: 43 +59%
DISCOVERY: 42 -9%
THE N: 30 +15%
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
*NAN Total Day 9p-6a
**Cartoon Network & Adult Swim share channel space ADSM airs Sat.-Thurs. 11p-6a
The networks listed are mostly those cable networks that regularly appear on the K6-11 weekly ranking charts.
Source: Disney Research from Star Media Multitrak Reporting System Live+7 Blended with Live+SD from 10/16/2006 to date; Data prior to 12/26/2005 is based on Live Viewing
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1146; K6-11 518; TWEENS 9-14 347
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 910; K6-11 605; TWEENS 9-14 440
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 620; K6-11 434; TWEENS 9-14 296
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 122; K6-11 68; TWEENS 9-14 50
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1501; K6-11 773; TWEENS 9-14 503
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 928; K6-11 624; TWEENS 9-14 508
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 901; K6-11 659; TWEENS 9-14 376
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 181; K6-11 110; TWEENS 9-14 77
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Thanksgiving Thursday, November 27, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1121; K6-11 703; TWEENS 9-14 460
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 767; K6-11 545; TWEENS 9-14 439
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 862; K6-11 608; TWEENS 9-14 371
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 170; K6-11 101; TWEENS 9-14 65
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Friday, November 28, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1887; K6-11 1053; TWEENS 9-14 753
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 971; K6-11 649; TWEENS 9-14 516
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 728; K6-11 562; TWEENS 9-14 370
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 303; K6-11 216; TWEENS 9-14 155
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Saturday, November 29, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1279; K6-11 779; TWEENS 9-14 506
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 971; K6-11 650; TWEENS 9-14 461
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 752; K6-11 568; TWEENS 9-14 419
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 247; K6-11 183; TWEENS 9-14 140
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Sunday, November 30, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1296; K6-11 864; TWEENS 9-14 571
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 1105; K6-11 716; TWEENS 9-14 520
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 802; K6-11 504; TWEENS 9-14 293
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 222; K6-11 165; TWEENS 9-14 112
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Monday, December 1, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1197; K6-11 565; TWEENS 9-14 377
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 725; K6-11 441; TWEENS 9-14 325
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 422; K6-11 297; TWEENS 9-14 213
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 137; K6-11 74; TWEENS 9-14 47
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1057; K6-11 499; TWEENS 9-14 340
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 631; K6-11 401; TWEENS 9-14 309
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 493; K6-11 300; TWEENS 9-14 210
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 123; K6-11 55; TWEENS 9-14 38
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: In the 1995 film A Little Princess, Sara, the main character, is bullied by a girl at the boarding school she attends. What was this mean girl’s name? LAVINIA Kudos to: Nobody! Okay, not a very popular name …
Today’s Trivia Question: On the family comedy series The Wonder Years, what actor played Kevin’s sister Karen’s boyfriend later in the series whom she eventually married?(Email [email protected] 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 — Gwen
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