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2/15/07
Good Morning, it’s Thursday, February 15, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing.
Layoffs at MTV Networks continue and according to several reports among those high level executives receiving notice are Paul DeBenedittis, who oversaw multiplatform programming as well as content strategy and scheduling for MTV; Eric Sherman, SVP and GM of VH1 Classic; all of those involved with the MTV World division which includes MTV Chi, MTV Desi and MTV K; and numerous staff members at Total Request Live, though the show itself will continue. THe majority of the cuts so far have been within the music networks of MTV Networks, tho more cuts are expected and across all MTV Networks, with a total reduction in staff of 6%, or approx a total of 250 jobs. The expense saved from these layoffs is earmarked for investment in the company’s digital and interactive strategies.
VH1 will debut a new series this summer called Rock of Love with Bret Michaels. Michaels is in search of a woman who can keep up with his hectic rock ‘n roll lifestyle and cameras will chronicle his search, which frankly doesn’t have to go beyond the boundaries of his house. The women who all want to fall in love with a rock ‘n roll star, will move into his house, will participate in a series of challenges and the winner gets the rock star.
Superstation WGN will open its baseball season with a pre-season game between both Chicago teams – the Cubs versus the White Sox on March 4 at 3p. This is one of three scheduled games between the two teams this season to air on Superstation WGN. Superstation WGN will air 68 regular season Cubs games and 29 regular season White Sox games.
CW has ordered up a new pilot project called Dash 4 Cash from Grammnet Prods and CBS Paramount Network TV, a workplace comedy set in the behind the scenes world of a reality show.
CBS has picked up an untitled comedy project from Scott Silveri and Warner Bros. TV. An ensemble comedy about a group of friends who are awake during those times when most of the world is sound asleep.
Casting:
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Fox:
- K-Ville from 20th Century Fox TV is set in New Orleans in post-Katrina time, focusing on the cops in a particular precinct, has cast Anthony Anderson as one of the two leads in the project.
- Nurses from 20th Century Fox TV is a one hour drama about a team of hospital nurses, and cast to star is Katheryn Winnick
- The Return of Jezebel James from Regency TV has cast Parker Posey as Jezebel who is recently divorced and after learning she cannot carry a child, has asked her estranged sister to do it for her.
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NBC:
- Wildlife, a workplace comedy project set in a zoo from Conaco Prods and NBC Universal TV, has cast Christopher Sieber in the lead role as a zookeeper.
- Area 52 is a comedy about a group of government workers who are charged with keeping an eye on an alien, from NBC Universal TV Studios. Matthew Lillard has been cast in the lead role, as a rising Air Force officer in charge of the detail.
Casting Call: Open casting calls are happening for Oprah Winfrey’s The Big Give to find America’s biggest philanthropist. Harpo Productions are looking for people who will stop at nothing to do the right thing. Interested applicants should be 18 years or older, a legal U.S. resident, and be willing to participate in the taping of a primetime series in the spring of 2007 over six weeks. Audition tapes will not be returned and may be viewed worldwide on television to promote the series. The scheduled auditions will be held in Los Angeles on February 22 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotels & Suites; in Nashville on February 26 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel; in Chicago on March 2 at Harpo Studios; and in New York on March 7 at The Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom. All auditions begin at 9a sharp.
After Viacom called for the removal of its content from YouTube, the company is taking steps to make sure its TV sites’ video players are “embeddable”, allowing users to grab the video and post it elsewhere. ComedyCentral.com is already offering such a player and MTV Networks president of digital media Mika Salmi says the MTVN family is working fast to bring the rest of its sites up to speed.
CallToons is the name of Cartoon Network New Media’s new mobile application allowing the networks’ characters to inhabit user’s phones. Developed in conjunction with Ericcson and Turner Platform R&D, CallToons will tie in ringtones, ringbacks, wallpapers and audio and text alerts with a character-driven narrative experience.
Verizon Wireless struck deals with Viacom’s BET and News Corp.’s gaming site IGN.com to provide video content to its V Cast mobile content service. Interviews and extra footage from BET shows such as 106 & Park and Comic View and over 50 gaming news and entertainment video segments from IGN will be featured each week. Verizon is gearing up to launch a longer form mobile TV service later this quarter with MediaFLO and several high profile content providers.
Broadband Directions will host a free webcast today at 2 pm ET to discuss the findings of a new study that looked at best practices in the local TV station broadband video space. Fifty ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CW and MyNetworkTV affiliate sites were reviewed. Go to www.broadbanddirections.com to register.
DirecTV and The Nielsen Company are partnering to test new interactive usage data that will improve the measure of viewer behavior, trends and characteristics of customers who use the satellite broadcaster’s interactive services. The agreement is the first of its kinds announced since the creation of Nielsen DigitalPlus, established to harness set top box data.
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Lion Television USA has hired Christy Spitzer as Director/Development, effective immediately. Christy will be based at the company’s New York offices and will report to Tony Tackaberry, EVP.
Nancy A. McGee has joined Starz Entertainment as SVP/Marketing, where she will lead a team that will handle marketing communications, branding, research, online and new media and product development. She will report to Bill Myers, COO.
National Cable Communications (NCC) has added Andie Kallinger as Director/Promotions and Corporate Communications. Based in Los Angeles, Andie will work with NCC’s sales and business development groups in addition to implementing all corporate marketing and corporate communications efforts in the region. She will report to Lori Givens, Senior Director/Sales Promotions and Corporate Communications.
Turner Network Sales (TNS) has made Heather Symmes its Director/MSO Marketing Strategy. Heather will spearhead strategic marketing efforts to increase awareness of Turner network brands and will work with the company’s distribution partners across multiple platforms. Based in Atlanta, Heather will report to Gary Brockman, VP/Network Marketing and Operations.
Today in Cynopsis Kids, or listen to the audio version here:
- Cartoon Network holds their kids ad sales upfront presentation in NYC
- Nick at Nite to debut classic movies for the first time
- CCI Entertainment Ltd. and Seven24 Films Inc. team-up to create new projects
Today in Cynopsis International, or listen to the audio version here:
- MTV World is being shut down as one of the latest MTV Network layoff casualties
- Defiance Distribution, Inc. to be exclusive global distributor for Fuqua Films’ Bastards of the Party
- ImaginAsian Entertainment, Inc. acquired the North American rights to co-distribute the Chinese drama The Road with Easternlight Films
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 1/29-2/4/07 ranked by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 9.3 AA
Jeopardy (CTD) 7.5 AA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD) 7.0 AA / 7.1 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD) 5.9 AA / 7.9 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 5.7 AA / 5.8 GAA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD) 5.3 AA / 5.4 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD) 5.1 AA / 7.9 GAA
Seinfeld (Sony) 4.9 AA / 5.6 GAA
Friends (Warner Bros.) 4.1 AA / 4.9 GAA
Inside Edition (CTD) 3.7 AA / 3.8 GAA
King of Queens (Sony) 3.7 AA / 5.2 GAA
Live with Regis and Kelly (Buena Vista) 3.7 AA
Source Nielsen Media Research – Live + SD Data
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 1/29-2/4/07 ranked by A18-49
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD) 3.4 AA / 4.4 GAA
Seinfeld (Sony) 3.0 AA / 3.4 GAA
Friends (Warner Bros.) 2.9 AA / 3.4 GAA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD) 2.8 AA / 2.8 GAA
King of Queens (Sony) 2.5 AA / 3.4 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD) 2.4 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD) 2.4 AA / 2.4 GAA
That ’70s Show (Carsey Werner) 2.4 AA / 3.0 GAA
Jeopardy (CTD) 2.1 AA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD) 1.9 AA / 1.9 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD) 1.9 AA / 2.8 GAA
Source Nielsen Media Research – Live + SD Data
Tuesday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX topped the charts Tuesday night with a 12.0/28 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. NBC popped into second place at 3.4/8, with CBS a close third at 3.3/8, and then ABC 2.7/7, UNIV 1.7/4, CW 1.5/4 and TELE 0.5/1. American Idol on FOX zoomed ahead of the pack at 8p with 12.9/31, and with that strong of a lead-in FOX’s House commanded a giant lead at 9p with 11.1/25. At 10p, NBC won with Law & Order: SVU at 4.9/12.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 – FEBRUARY SWEEP DAY #13 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
FOX 16.1/24 American Idol 17.4/25, House 14.9/22
CBS 7.7/12 NCIS 9.8/14, The Unit 7.6/11, Without a Trace [r] 5.8/9
NBC 6.3/10 Dateline: NBC 4.5/7, Law & Order: CI 5.8/9, Law & Order: SVU 8.7/14
ABC 5.4/8 America’s Funniest Videos [r] 3.9/6, Primetime: The Outsiders 5.8/9, Boston Legal 6.5/10
CW 2.2/3 Gilmore Girls 2.9/4, Veronica Mars 1.6/2
UNIV 2.2/3 La Fea Más Bella 2.7/4, Mundo de Fieras 2.1/3, Ver Para Creer 1.8/3
TELE 0.7/1 Marina 0.6/1, Zorro 0.8/1, Decisiones De Famosos 0.6/1
A18-49: FOX 12.0/28, NBC 3.4/8, CBS 3.3/8, ABC 2.7/7, UNIV 1.7/4, CW 1.5/4, TELE 0.5/1
This Day in History:
1903 – 1st stuffed bear introduced in America, made by Morris & Rose Michtom – wasn’t this nicknamed the Teddy Bear later during Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency?
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia: What was the advertisement for when A ventriloquist dummy sitting with his dog, Farfel would sing that this company “makes the very best…”? NESTLES makes the very best … chocolate. Kudos to: Kathy Gray-Turner Studios/Atlanta; Jeff Grimshaw-PetNet TV/DC; Josh Kane-equation entertainment/NY; Bruce Shachat-NBC/NY; Cat Skow-Metro networks/St Louis; Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas; John Wick-Mandible/Lozano TX; Jeff Arthur-Mtv nets/Chicago; Damon Claussen-Imp Entertainment/Ventura; Jim Kearney-Puritan Hat Entertainment/LA; Marcy Goldman/LA; Alan Perris-Television Academy/N Hollywood
Today’s Trivia Question: This week in Cynopsis we mentioned General Hospital-Night Shift is in the works at Soap Net and is based on the same characters of the daytime soap. During the 70’s which GH actor made his debut not only as a doctor, but proved he was a musician as well? (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 have been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.
Later — Cyn
02-15-07
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Thursday February 15, 2007
ABC: Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, Men In Trees
CBS: Survivor Fiji, CSI, Shark
CW: Smallville, Supernatural
FOX: ’til Death, The War at Home, The OC
ION: Mama’s Family, Mama’s Family, Diagnosis Murder, Charlie’s Angels
MNT: Wicked Wicked Games, Watch Over Me
NBC: My Name is Earl, The Office, Scrubs, 30 Rock, ER
PBS: This Old House, Antiques Road Show, Soundstage
TELE: Marina, Zorro, Decisiones (de Famosos)
UNIV: La Fea Mas Bella, Mundo de Fieras, Aqui y Ahora
