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scores with viewers!Series Premiere Brings Strong Growth to its Time Period
Adults 18-34 366,000 +52%
Adults 18-49 713,000 +42%
P2+ 1,256,000 +43%
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Monday 2/8/10, 10-11pm, Monday 2/9/09, A18-34, A18-49, P2+ (000), live + same day data.
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02.11.10
Good morning! It’s Thursday, February 11, 2010, 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 .
Tonight’s Premiere:
CBS: Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains at 8p
Captain Phil Harris, 53, star of the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch died on Tuesday, following a stroke he suffered in January. Phil appeared on the popular reality series for five seasons, as the series captured him and his crew during dangerous fishing expeditions off the Alaskan coast. The Discovery Channel released this statement following the announcement of Phil’s death: “Discovery mourns the loss of dear friend and colleague Captain Phil Harris. He was more than someone on our television screen. Phil was a devoted father and loyal friend to all who knew him. We will miss his straightforward honesty, wicked sense of humor and enormous heart. We share our tremendous sadness over this loss with the millions of viewers who followed Phil’s every move. We send our thoughts and prayers to Phil’s sons Josh and Jake and the Cornelia Marie crew.”
Bravo serves up a second season of Top Chef Masters beginning April 7 at 11p with the series moving to its regular time slot as of April 14 at 10p. In the new season, 22 well-known chefs battle each other in weekly challenges, until all but one are eliminated, with the final contestant earning the title “Top Chef Master” and a $100,000 for their chosen charity. Guest stars and judges making appearances this new season include Mekhi Phifer, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and star Hank Azaria, Travel Channel’s Andrew Zimmern, the cast of ABC’s Modern Family, US Olympic swimmer Jason Lezak among others. Food journalist Kelly Choi is back as host of Top Chef Masters along with the trio presiding at the Critic’s Table: restaurant critic Gael Greene, culinary expert James Oseland and food critic Jay Rayner. Top Chef’s series judge, Gail Simmons will also be a judge this season on Top Chef Masters. Magical Elves produces Top Chef Masters with Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz as executive producers.
A&E is readying a fifth season of Gene Simmons Family Jewels, the unscripted docu-series following the real-life of rock star Gene Simmons, his wife Shannon and their two children. Season five, containing the show’s 100th episode, premieres March 21 at 9p with a special one-hour episode. Gene Simmons Family Jewels is produced by The Greif Company and the Gene Simmons Company.
HDNet is set to premiere the eight-part docu-series Ray Johnston Band: Road Diaries on April 25 at 8p. Ray, a former NBA player and cancer survivor, and his band criss-cross the country as they attempt to break into the music industry. The series showcases the band and their search for stardom though also focuses on Ray’s courageous battle with leukemia.
TV Land premieres the former ABC series Boston Legal starting Monday with a President’s Day marathon from 12p to 12a.
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has renewed Telepictures Productions’ The Ellen DeGeneres Show for three additional seasons on the ten NBC O&O stations through the end of the 2013-2014 season, by which time Ellen will be in her 11th season.
Several notable casting updates for upcoming pilots, per THR:
- Andrea Anders (ABC’s Better Off Ted) joins ABC’s comedy pilot Mr. Sunshine, starring opposite Matthew Perry. From Sony TV, Mr. Sunshine centers on Ben (Perry), the manager of an aging San Diego sports stadium, who realizes on his 40th birthday he cannot simply rely on his charm to get by. Anders will portray Alice, who is in a close “friends with benefits” relationship with Ben. This casting spot for Anders is secondary to her role on sophomore sitcom Better Off Ted which may not be renewed by ABC. Nate Torrence was also tapped for Mr. Sunshine, to play the awkward son of Ben’s boss played by Allison Janney.
- Furthermore, Jesse Metcalfe landed a co-starring role on NBC’s drama pilot Chase from Warner Bros. Television and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Metcalfe will play a put-together Marshal from Washington, D.C. newly assigned to the team.
- Matt L. Jones will star in a leading role opposite Gary Cole on TBS’ 60m pilot Uncle Nigel.
- Eamonn Walker was added to the ABC drama pilot The Whole Truth.
Frank Grillo (Prison Break) was selected to lead ABC’s new paranormal crime drama series The Gates, reports THR. Produced by Fox Television Studios, The Gates is about a big city cop (Grillo) who is hired as police chief of a seemingly pleasant planned community, only to discover there is more to the resident’s than he thought. Also cast is Luke Mably as one of the residents, a cardiologist who is vampirelike; Janina Gavankar as a local cop with a dark secret; and Chandra West as the owner of a tea shop. ABC is likely to premiere The Gates this summer.
TBS okayed two additional 60m comedy pilots, giving both cast contingent orders:
- In Security – Written and executive produced by Ric Swartzlander and Pete Segal; Chris Albrecht is also executive producing. The plot is about two sisters who head a private security team assigned to protect the elite, while juggling their own personal and family concerns.
- Franklin & Bash – Sony Television is producing this comedy centered on Jared Franklin and Steven Bash, two street lawyers and long-time friends, who after beating a high-class law firm in a high-profile case, are recruited by the firm’s patriarch. Kevin Falls and Bill Chais are writing and also executive producing with Sony-based Jamie Tarses.
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Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 1/25-1/29/10 ranked by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 7.6 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 6.4 AA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD) 5.5 AA / 5.7 GAA
Two and a Half Men (WB) 5.5 AA / 7.3 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD) 4.9 AA / 7.6 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 4.8 AA / 4.8 GAA
Family Guy (2/T) 3.6 AA / 4.2 GAA
Inside Edition (CTD) 3.5 AA / 3.5 GAA
The Office (NBU) 3.2 AA / 3.9 GAA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD) 3.0 AA / 3.0 GAA
Dr. Oz Show (SPT) 3.0 AA / 3.1 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 1/25-1/29/10 ranked by A18-49 Rtg
Two and a Half Men (WB) 2.8 AA / 3.8 GAA
Family Guy (2/T) 2.6 AA / 3.0 GAA
The Office (NBU) 2.5 AA / 3.0 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 2.0 AA
Seinfeld (SPT) 1.8 AA / 2.1 GAA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD) 1.8 AA / 1.8 GAA
Jeopardy (CTD) 1.7 AA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.7 AA / 2.5 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD) 1.6 AA / 2.0 GAA
Friends (WB) 1.6 AA / 2.0 GAA
King of the Hill (2/T) 1.6 AA / 1.8 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 1.6 AA / 1.7 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD
Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: FOX saw a modest bump in the overall ratings Tuesday night among A18-49 at 6.5/17, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. New American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres lifted FOX to a winning 10.1/26 during 8p followed by CBS’ NCIS at 4.1/11. ABC’s Lost upstaged the competition at 9p with 5.0/12 wile CBS’ NCIS placed second at 4.1/10 and NBC’s The Biggest Loser was a close third at 4.0/10. Then at 10p, CBS and The Good Wife came in first with 3.1/9 with ABC’s The Forgotten next at 2.0/6 and the final installment of NBC’s The Jay Leno Show in primetime was third at 1.7/5.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 (February Sweep Day 6) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.
CBS: 10.7/17 NCIS 11.8/18, NCIS: Los Angeles 10.9/16, The Good Wife 9.6/16
FOX: 10.0/15 American Idol 15.1/23, Past Life 4.8/7
NBC: 4.9/8 The Biggest Loser 5.5/8, The Jay Leno Show [f] 3.6/6
ABC: 4.5/7 Lost [r] 3.2/5, Lost 6.4/10, The Forgotten 3.8/6
UNIV: 2.1/3 Hasta Dinero Separe 2.0/3, Sortilegio 2.7/4, Aqui y Hora 1.8/3
ION: 0.8/1 Ghost Whisperer 0.6/1, Criminal Minds 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 1.2/2
CW: 0.6/1 90210 [r] 0.6/1, Melrose Place [r] 0.5/1
TELE: 0.6/1 Mas Sabe El Diablo 0.9/1, Perro Amor 0.6/1, Sin T-T-S No Hay Paraiso 0.4/1
A18-49: FOX 6.5/17, CBS 3.8/10, ABC 2.9/8, NBC 2.9/8, UNIV 1.7/4, TELE 0.6/2, ION 0.4/1, CW 0.3/1
Jon Nelson was added as National Sales Director with national pizza box advertising company, Mangia Media. In his new role, Jon will represent the company to agencies and marketers nationally with the goal to increase overall company growth. Prior to this appointment, Jon worked for Access 360 Media as a senior ad sales executive.
Digital media services company, Avail-TVN elevated Jan Young to VP/Content Services. During her time at Avail-TVN, Jan has aided the company’s growth in the VOD services sector and has supervised content partner relationships with MTV Networks, Epix, NBCU, Discovery, Travel Channel and PBS Sprout. Jan will continue to report to Matt Cohen, SVP/Content Services.
Interactive brand experience agency, Cunning tapped Matt Rednor for the newly created position as Strategic Bloke in the company’s New York office. Matt will work as chief strategist in tandem with Mark Voysey, Co-Founder and Head Bloke. Most recently, Matt was Account Supervisor with BBDO New York involved on the accounts Gillette, Procter & Gamble and Pizza Hut.
Active International hired Carol Jenss as SVP/Director of Strategic Services and Tom Turner as VP/Broadcast Director. Both are charged with leading Active International’s clients in the areas of direct response, trend analysis, media buying all aimed at maximizing results. Carol joins from ID Media where she was SVP/Director of Strategic Services and Tom previously was Media Director at Halogen Response Media.
This day in History: 1960 – Jack Paar walked off while live on the air on the “Tonight Show” with four minutes left. He did this in response to censors cutting out his infamous “WC” joke from the show the night before.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: This is the partial opening of what popular series? “What you are about to see is real. The litigants on the screen are not actors. They are genuine citizens …” THE PEOPLE’S COURT Kudos to: Tiffany Jackson-Delta Air Lines/Atlanta; Jordan Feivelson-WebMD Health/NY; Bob Cook-B.C. Ent Group/Orlando; Linda Schleider-Immediate Media/NY; Brian Nyenhuis-SpotPlus/Dallas; Thom Sutton-Telemundo/Chicago; Mike Patterson-CNN Int’l/Chicago; Dan Radman-OMD/Chicago; Megan McDonald-Redmond Athletic Club/Redmond WA; Frank Belcastro-High Noon TV/LA; Mandy Durbin-Gold Mountain Media/Valencia; Suzanne Robertson-Lopez Tonight/PST; Nancy Cosentino-CTV Bravo!/Toronto; Keith MacKechnie-The Actors’ Network/Vancouver
Today’s Trivia Question: What celebrity gave this acceptance speech at the 1999 TV Guide Awards: “… But most of all, I wanna take this moment to thank the real, true TV viewers…People like me. People that are too lazy to read a book. Too tired to go out. Don’t care what they’re watching as long as their TVs on. The shut ins. The unemployed. People in prison. This is for you.” (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.)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2010
ABC: The Deep End, Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice
AZTECA: Laura de Todos, Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Al Extremo
CBS: Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains [p ], The Mentalist
CW: Vampire Diaries, Supernatural
FOX: Bones, Past Life
ION: Ghost Whisperer, NCIS, NCIS
NBC: Community, Parks and Recreation, The Office, 30 Rock, The Office [r], The Office [r]
PBS: In Performance at the White House, Antiques Roadshow, Soundstage
TELE: Mas Sabe el Diablo, Perro Amor, Sin T-T-S No Hay Paraiso
UNIV: Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe, Sortilegio, Mujeres Asesinas 2
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