Cynopsis
07.15.10

Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 15, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing.  As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here . 

Tonight’s Premieres:
Syfy: Mary Knows Best at 9p; Fact or Faked: Paranormal Investigators at 10p
Discovery Health: NICU at 10p
DIY Network: Family Renovation at 10p

Tonight’s Finale:
VH1: The OCD Project at 10p

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ABC introduces Christiane Amanpour as the new host of This Week starting August 1. Amanpour, formerly an international reporter on CNN, is replacing George Stephanopoulos who moved from hosting This Week to Good Morning America last December. In the interim months, ABC enlisted White House correspondent Jack Tapper as host on This Week.

On the eve of its distribution agreement expiring with AT&T U-verse, Rainbow Media Holdings released the following statement:

“Our executives have been at AT&T U-Verse offices for several weeks, doing everything possible to reach an agreement that will keep AMC’s “Mad Men,” and other programming from AMC, WE tv and IFC available to their customers. We have been good partners and have been supportive of AT&T since they launched their U-Verse service. We are proud of the programming that we produce at our networks, which has created great value for AT&T. We have agreements with every other television provider in the country and have never had our networks dropped in more than 25 years. We are disappointed that AT&T is publicly threatening to take away our networks, including AMC’s “Mad Men,” just days before the season premiere.”

Last Friday, AT&T told its two million customers it would drop Rainbow Media’s networks AMC, WE tv and IFC if a new distribution deal was not reached by midnight ET yesterday. Also yesterday, AT&T offered this statement:

“We are making every effort to reach a fair agreement and continue providing these channels to our customers. It’s unfortunate that Rainbow Media, owned by Cablevision, is clearly not negotiating in good faith, is trying to charge significantly more than the average of what our TV competitors pay for these channels, and is acting in a way that harms competition and limits consumer choice.”

GolTV, the independent bilingual channel all about soccer, premieres the new half-hour weekly series Oh My Gol! beginning next Tuesday at 730p. The new show, featuring commentary from the network’s soccer analysts Ray Hudson and Omar Fuentes, serves up a countdown of the week’s top five game highlights as well as funny bloopers caught on tape.

BIO’s new series Aftermath with William Shatner debuts August 2 at 10p. Shatner, as host and show creator, will closely examine stories involving ordinary people who were suddenly and sometime tragically thrust into the media limelight and became household names overnight. Shatner will interview headliners such as Jessica Lynch, Bernhard Goetz, the DC Snipers, Mary Kay Letourneau and others involved in each situation going beyond the original event to find out how each person is doing today. The one-hour series is produced by GRB Entertainment.

Nat Geo WILD goes under the cover of darkness in urban areas to find exotic animals in the new series Wild Nights with Mireya Mayor opening August 9 at 9p. The series follows primatologist and National Geographic Explorer Mireya Mayor as she takes flashlights and night vision equipment into the swamps and back alleys of well-known cities on the search for wild animals from feral hogs to giant Burmese pythons. The opening episode explores New Orleans followed by Miami on August 16 and Rio de Janeiro on August 23. The series is produced for Nat Geo WILD by National Geographic Television, Inc.

USA Network’s original series premiere of Covert Affairs drew in 2.1 million A18-49 viewers Tuesday night at 10p, making it the #1 new scripted series premiere so far this year in this demo. Covert Affairs also delivered 2.3 million A25-54 and 4.9 million total viewers. Also on Tuesday, the second season launch of White Collar at 9p posted 1.6 million A18-49 viewers; 1.8 million among A25-54; and 4.3 million total viewers.

MTV ended its series The Hills on Tuesday at 10p with the half-hour episode delivering a 2.8 rating with P12-34 and a 4.4 rating with F12-34 and also averaging close to 3.0 million total viewers. Following at 1030p, the season conclusion of The City pulled in a 2.2 rating among P12-34 and an average of 2.3 million total viewers.

TeleFutura delivered 1.4 million total viewers and 902,000 A18-49 viewers for the premiere of its new series Rosario Tijeras airing last Monday at 10p.

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HBO approved the new drama series, Luck about the world of horse racing encompassing the owners, gamblers, jockeys to the gaming industry players. The cast includes Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz, Kevin Dunn, Richard Kind, Jason Gedrick, Ritchie Coster, Ian Hart, Tom Payne, Kerry Condon, Gary Stevens and Nick Nolte with Jill Hennessy guest starring. Production on Luck begins this fall at Santa Anita Park and other Los Angeles locales. Executive producers include David Milch, Michael Mann and Carolyn Strauss; Henry Bronchtein is co-executive producer; and Dustin Hoffman s listed as producer. David Milch is writing and Michael Mann is directing.

VH1 is giving Mario Lopez, host of the syndicated Extra and MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew, his own reality show. The yet-to-be-titled docu-soap will star Lopez and his girlfriend Courtney Mazza as they await the birth of their first child. VH1 gave the series an eight-episode order with a planned roll out this fall. 51 Minds Entertainment is producing.

FOX’s House cast Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia) in a multiple episode run playing a super-smart med student House (Hugh Laurie) taps for his diagnostic team. Season seven of House premieres September 20.

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 6/28-7/2/10 ranked by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                   5.7 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                               4.9 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                 4.1 AA / 5.5 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                            4.0 AA / 6.3 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                            3.5 AA / 3.6 GAA
Family Guy (2/T)                                              3.2 AA / 3.7 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                      3.0 AA / 3.8 GAA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD)                               2.9 AA / 2.9 GAA
Inside Edition (CTD)                                         2.5 AA / 2.5 GAA
The Office (NBU)                                              2.5 AA / 3.0 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                  2.5 AA / 3.0 GAA
George Lopez (WB)                                          2.5 AA / 3.4 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 6/28-7/2/10 ranked by A18-49 Rtg
Family Guy (2/T)                                             2.2 AA / 2.5 GAA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                 2.1 AA / 2.8 GAA
The Office (NBU)                                             1.9 AA / 2.2 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                       1.5 AA / 1.8 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                 1.5 AA / 1.8 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                    1.3 AA
King of the Hill (2/T)                                        1.3 AA / 1.5 GAA
Friends (WB)                                                   1.3 AA / 1.6 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                            1.2 AA / 1.8 GAA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                               1.1 AA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                            1.1 AA / 1.1 GAA
George Lopez (WB)                                          1.1 AA / 1.5 GAA
Maury (NBU)                                                   1.1 AA / 1.3 GAA
TMZ (WB)                                                       1.1 AA / 1.1 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

Tuesday  A18-49 Analysis: FOX slid into first place Wednesday night with a 3.6/11 among A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX led a clean sweep with the MLB All-Star game beginning with a 3.1/11 at 8p for the average of the All-Star Pre-Game and the game’s opening half-hour followed by Wipeout on ABC at 2.7/9. At 9p, FOX’s MLB All-Star game topped with a 3.9/12 with NBC’s America’s Got Talent next at 3.2/9. A similar scenario occurred during 10p as the All-Star game on FOX held its front lead with a 3.8/11 and NBC’s America’s Got Talent was #2 with 3.4/10.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, July 13, 2010  time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

FOX: 7.2/13      FOX MLB All-Star Pre-Game 5.8/11, FOX MLB All-Star Game: American vs. National 7.5/13

NBC: 5.3/9         Losing It with Jillian 2.5/4, America’s Got Talent 6.8/11

CBS: 5.1/9         NCIS [r] 6.6/12, NCIS: Los Angeles [r] 5.2/9, The Good Wife [r] 3.4/6

ABC: 3.2/6         Wipeout [r] 4.3/8, Downfall 2.1/4, Primetime: Family Secrets 3.2/5

UNIV: 2.2/4       Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.1/4, Soy Tu Duena 2.7/4, Aqui y Ahora 1.8/3

ION: 0.8/1         Without a Trace 0.5/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2, Criminal Minds 1.0/2

TELE: 0.7/1       El Clon 0.5/1, Perro Amor 0.5/1, Donde Esta Elisa? 0.9/2

CW: 0.5/1         One Tree Hill [r] 0.5/1, Life Unexpected [r] 0.4/1

A18-49: FOX 3.6/11, NBC 2.7/8, UNIV 1.9/6, ABC 1.8/5, CBS 1.3/4, TELE 0.6/2, ION 0.3/1, CW 0.2/1

Cross MediaWorks hired Dave Ware as VP/Director of Sales for Apex Media, one of the company’s full-service organizations for direct response advertising. Dave will be located in Scottsdale, AZ, reporting to Marc Krigsman, CEO and Larry Rubin, COO.
 

This day in History:  1968 – ABC-TV premiered “One Life to Live”.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Mr. Schwamp was a recurring character who never had any lines and could be found on a park bench or in a crowd scene. He was often referred to by the title character of what show?  THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW  Kudos to: Adam Licker-ABC Family/New York City;Allison Wright-MTV Networks/Detroit;Daniel Haack-Mediacom/New York City;Karen Yaldo-Comcast Spotlight/Bingham Farms;Tom Boyd-WGN-TV/Chicago;Chris Kuhrt-DISH Network/Englewood;Murad Kirdar-Integrated Marketing Solutions/Dallas;Linda Wooldridge-Rovi Corporation/Tulsa;Dan Harberer-Creo Entertainment/Playa Del Rey;Amanda Zolper-TOKYOPOP Inc/LA;Renee Rocheman-As Seen Everywhere/Phoenix;Margie Hernandez-25th Annual Imagen Awards/LA;Ivette Vega-Onelink Media Services/Hato Rey

Today’s Trivia Question:  The exterior of this TV neighbor’s house in this 1964 sitcom is the same exterior as used in “The Partridge Family” and ” The Donna Reed Show”. Who’s house is it?  (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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Later  — Cyn
07.14.10

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010

ABC:  Wipeout, Rookie Blue, Boston Med
AZTECA: Laura de Todos, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS:   Big Brother 12, CSI [r], The Mentalist [r]
CW:   Vampire Diaries [r], Moonlight [r]
FOX:  Glee [r] So You Think You Can Dance
ION:   Without a Trace, NCIS, NCIS
NBC:  Community [r], 30 Rock [r], The Office [r], Parks & Rec [r], Law & Order: SVU [r]
PBS:  This Old House Hour, Antiques Roadshow, Breakfast Special
TELE: El Clon, Perro Amor, Donde Esta Elisa?
UNIV:  Premios Juventud 2010

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