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Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 3, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. Cablevision Systems Corp. will launch 15 networks in hi-def starting July 28, including hi-def versions of Nickelodeon, Discovery Channel, AMC, FX , Weather Channel, WE tv, Fox News, Animal Planet, Hallmark Movie Channel, The Travel Channel and more. The networks will filter in over a five-day period and all of Cablevision’s 1.1 million hi-def subscribers will have the new line-up as of August 1. These additions take Cablevision’s free enhanced lineup to 60 total channels. Tonight’s Premieres: Friday’s Premieres: Saturday’s Premieres: Sunday’s Premieres: ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
ABC Family’s debut of The Secret Life of the American Teenager Tuesday night (8p) delivered the best-ever original series telecast in the network’s history with W18-34 (620,000); W18-49 (891,000) and F12-34 (1.4 million). Following an 18-month pay TV run on HBO, five 20th Century Fox films will then go to FX for their cable run, reports Variety. The titles in the deal are Dr. Suess’ Horton Hears a Who, 27 Dresses, Jumper, What Happens in Vegas and Meet the Spartans. Total fees are reportedly in the $47 million range for the four year deal, with the first films arriving in 2nd qtr 2010. This news comes just days after FX’s pick up of the new Sony Pictures TV film, Hancock which opened in theatres nationwide yesterday. An application has been filed with the FCC for the sale of KVNV-TV of Ely, NV from Valley Broadcasting Company a subsidiary of Sunbelt Communications Company to Concord, NH-based PMCM TV, LLC. ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Shannen Doherty may join her former castmates of Beverly Hills, 90210 and reprise her role as Brenda Walsh on The CW’s new spinoff series 90210, reports Variety. Shannen would be reuniting with Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth who are in place reprising their former characters. Michael Imperioli was tapped to co-star on ABC’s new drama series Life on Mars where he will play Detective Ray Carling, a character from the 1970s. The time-travel drama is about Sam Tyler, played by Jason O’Mara, a modern-day detective who goes back to 1972 after experiencing a car crash and still functions as a detective. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox TV, ABC Studios and Kudos. ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: This deal was supposed to be kaput but the market wants what the market wants. Microsoft has been talking to some major media players this week including Time Warner and News Corp. as it prepares to take another pass at Yahoo, reports the Wall Street Journal. This time Microsoft would be bidding only for its search business and partners would buy the rest, effectively breaking up Yahoo into pieces. Yahoo has also circled back to Time Warner regarding a potential merger with AOL. Meanwhile The Justice Department opened a formal antitrust inquiry into Yahoo‘s search outsourcing deal with Google and all indications are they plan to take a hard look at the deal, per The Washington Post. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: This week an Ohio district court set July 7, as in this Monday, as the expiration date for a temporary restraining order obtained by American Greetings to block DIC Entertainment from being acquired by Cookie Jar Entertainment, per Thomson Financial News. The Cookie Jar and DIC $87.6 million merger was announced on June 20. The court also set a preliminary hearing for July 24-25 to decide whether to provide American Greetings with another injunction to stop DIC from exploiting the Strawberry Shortcake property while the dispute is resolved. American Greetings maintains that the sale of DIC would violate its rights as the owner of the Strawberry Shortcake brand, which DIC manages for them. Full edition: CYN KIDS. CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Oprah’s Big Give is one of several shows sold as part of recent FremantleMedia Enterprises deals covering over 700 hours of programming. Modeling competition She’s Got the Look sold 108 hours in 18 territories, including the U.K., France, Italy, Portugal, New Zealand and Thailand. In the Netherlands, SBS took both tape and format rights. Oprah’s Big Give sold 160+ hours to Kanal 5 in Sweden, Ten in Australia, NBC/Hallmark in Asia (pan regional) and SBS in The Netherlands (tape and format rights). Eleven territories picked up 66 hours of DEA, including RTL Digital in Germany and BSkyB in the U.K. RTL and Italy’s Raisat were also in a buying spree for the Travel Channel catalog (Anthony Bordain’s No Reservations, Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods and Sam Brown’s Passport to China) for a total of 120 hours to 6 territories. Last, but not least, Australian drama Satisfaction got some 180 hours sold in 18 territories such as SIC in Portugal and SBS. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL. ~ RATINGS ~
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the Season to Date ranked by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the Season to Date ranked by A18-49 Rtg Tuesday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX and NBC shared the top spot Tuesday night at 2.8/9 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC’s Wipeout swept past the other nets at 8p with a 3.6/12. FOX was on fire at 9p as Hell’s Kitchen was first with 3.7/11. Then at 10p, NBC and America’s Got Talent held sway with 3.5/10. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. NBC: 6.6/11 Celebrity Family Feud 4.7/9, America’s Got Talent 7.5/13 CBS: 5.3/9 NCIS [r] 5.5/10, 48 Hours Mystery 5.5/9, Without a Trace [r] 4.8/8 ABC: 4.2/7 Wipeout 5.3/10, I Survived a Japanese Game Show 3.5/6, Primetime: The Outsiders 3.7/6 FOX: 4.0/7 The Moment of Truth 3.2/6, Hell’s Kitchen 4.9/8 UNIV: 2.1/4 Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.3/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.2/4, Aqui y Ahora 1.8/3 CW: 0.8/1 Beauty and the Geek [r] 0.6/1, Reaper [r] 0.9/1 MNT: 0.8/1 Street Patrol [r] 0.9/2, Street Patrol 2 [r] 0.8/1, Jail [r] 0.8/1, Jail 2 [r] 0.7/1 TELE: 0.6/1 Juramento 0.4/1, Victoria 0.7/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.7/1 A18-49: FOX 2.8/9, NBC 2.8/9, ABC 2.7/8, UNIV 1.8/5, CBS 1.5/5, MNT 0.5/2, CW 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Horizon Media in its New York office promoted Mike Lozito to AE in the brand strategy group and the company’s Los Angeles office hired Barrie Citron-Dubin as Senior Buyer; and Michelle Dorian and Liza Tecson as AEs in the brand strategy group. Lyle Schulze was upped to VP/GM of KMIR-KPSE/Palm Desert, the NBC and MNT affiliates respectively that are owned by Journal Broadcast Group. Lyle moves from Journal Broadcast’s FOX affiliate in Lansing. Way to go Lyle! OTX elevated Aaron Pacquette to SVP/Media and Entertainment Insights in its Los Angeles office. Jennifer Turner joins Bravo Media and Oxygen Media in the new position as VP/Licensing and Strategic Partnerships. Jennifer will initiate revenue increasing efforts involving merchandising and licensing partners that tie in with Bravo and Oxygen’s programming, production, marketing and digital areas which will enhance partnership and branding opportunities for both networks. She will report to Lauren Zalaznick, President/NBC Universal Women and Lifestyle Entertainment Networks. Brian Sexton will become the Sports Director for WTEV (CBS) and WAWS (FOX)/Jacksonville. Brian, who has been the play-by-play announcer for the Jacksonville Jaguars through the Jaguars Radio Network for 15 seasons, will continue in this role in addition to his new TV sports duties. NPR recruited Joyce Slocum as VP/Legal Affairs and General Counsel where she will be in charge of all legal and business activities and staff relating to the Office of the General Counsel. In addition, Joyce will be Secretary to the NPR Board of Directors and Chief Ethics Officer. She will report to the CEO.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On the series Pushing Daisies, what is the name of the pie shop that Ned owns? THE PIE HOLE Kudos to: Karen Spahn-WTLV/WJXX/Jacksonville, FL; Linda Kitchens-PTCUMC/Peachtree City, GA; Joseph Oglesby-Fox Business Network/NY; Douglas Hochstadt-ABC Television Network/NY; Andy Hartman-FirstBank & Trust/CTZ; Erin Forfa-BET/Chicago; Kelly Tecklenburg-Charter Media/St. Louis; Meagan Vaughn-Ivie & Associates, Inc/Flower Mound, TX; Wendell Foster-ABC Entertainment/Burbank; Suzanne Robertson/Burbank; Gail Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; Dennis Aimino-KABC/LA; Nancy Dixon Welch-Eclipse Television & Sports Marketing, LLC/Tortola,British Virgin Islands Today’s Trivia Question: This member of The A Team was raised in an orphanage and learned most of his cons by watching TV. Who was this? (Email Enjoy the loooooooong weekend – don’t forget to barbecue – it’s the law. Cynopsis Ad Sales: Cynopsis website – Video Resumes, Extended Classified Ads, Archives, and the Cynopsis Daily Video CableU – Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. Click here
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