Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 8, 2004, and this is your first early morning briefing.
See the date? July 8. Know what that means? Local People Meters begin measuring the Los Angeles DMA today. During an adjustment period, Nielsen will continue to use the Meter/Diary system until August 4, taking the market through the July sweep, effectively that market’s last sweep. The next market to get the LPMs is Chicago on August 5, which will also provide dual measurements through September 22. And on September 30, San Francisco will begin with LPMs, also providing meter/diary services through December 29. In an effort to enhance representation of minorities and people of color in the LA market, Nielsen has increased its LPM sample by 50% over that of the meter/diary system, with 50% more African Americans and Latino households.
The seemingly on again, off again, Amish reality series on UPN is definitely on, and will be on on beginning July 28 with two back to back episodes at 8p and 9p, according to Variety. Amish in the City drew controversy early on when it was first announced at TCA last winter, talk of potential exploitation, etc. The show focuses on a coming of age ritual called rumspringa, where young people can choose to venture away from their Amish community and while away come to a lifelong decision to either live the rest of their lives within the Amish community, or go mainstream. In this series, five Amish teens and six mainstream teens are put in a la-di-da Hollywood mansion, with cameras recording their reactions to each other, as well as to their new surroundings and lifestyle. This show was not part of UPN’s upfront presentation in May, and in fact when asked about it, both Leslie Moonves and Dawn Ostroff stuck with no comment.
CBS was wall to wall premieres on Tuesday night with the 90m launches of Big Brother 5 and The Amazing Race, winning the night in both total viewers and in the key A18-49 demo according to Nielsen Media Research. Big Brother 5 drew a summer satisfying 3.7/12, and The Amazing Race a 4.3/11. NBC had one original hour Tuesday night at 9pm with Last Comic Standing which drew a 4.0/11, basically tying CBS during that 9-10p hour with Big Brother ending and Amazing Race beginning. ABC’s NYPD 24/7 at 10p drew a 2.4/6, ranking third for the hour behind CBS and NBC. Summerland on WB was the only other original hour of bcst programming and at 9pm delivered a 1.3/4 A18-49 rating, though its strengths continue to be in the younger demos: teens 2.5/9; W18-34 2.1/6 and female teens found a very strong audience with a 4.8/16.
This season’s primetime Emmy Awards, scheduled to air on ABC September 19, will once again look to Garry Shandling for hosting duties. ABC used Shandling the last time it aired the awards in 2000. Nominations for the 56th annual t-da are scheduled for next week, July 15 at 8:39am ET.
SoapNet has picked up two off-net series, both from Aaron Spelling an both distributed by Paramount: Beverly Hills 90210 which will airs weekdays beginning in 2005 (10 seasons worth of episodes); and the seven seasons of Melrose Place which kicks off this September at 6pm.
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of June 28-July 4: Primetime (000) Total Day (000) TNT 2431 NICK 6270 USA 2102 CARTOON 1322 NAN 1529 TNT 1215 LIFETIME 1526 LIFETIME 976 TBS 1495 USA 973 CARTOON 1492 TBS 843 FX 1336 FOX NEWS 797 FOX NEWS 1314 ABC FAMILY 709 BET 1257 MTV 695 ABC FAMILY 1049 FX 651 Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 108,400,000 homes
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of June 28-July 4: Primetime (000) Total Day (000 USA 890 TNT 516 TNT 864 TBS 480 TBS 754 USA 471 FX 753 NICK 459 BET 714 LIFETIME 453 LIFETIME 630 FX 386 MTV 613 MTV 355 DISCOVERY 587 CARTOON 333 AMC 584 ESPN 333 COMEDY 497 DISCOVERY 296 Source Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 108,400,000 homes.
News Viewer Index for the week of June 28-July 4, 2004 in Total Viewers Total Day Total Fox News/CNN/MSNBC/Headline Cable News Viewers 1.632 (000) Total Viewers. (-7% vs. previous week). Of the cable news viewership, Fox News had 49% of the viewing, CNN 27%, MSNBC 12%; and Headline News 12%. Primetime Total Fox News/CNN/MSNBC/Headline Cable News Viewers 2.556 (0000) Total Viewers (-12% vs. previous week). Of the primetime cable news viewership, Fox News had 51%, CNN 29%, MSNBC 12% and Headline News 8%. Source Nielsen Media Research
Cartoon Network‘s Adult Swim block, airing M-Th/Sa-Su from 11p-2a, is up in all key demos for the week of 6/28-7/4/04 over last year. Among A18-34, the block’s 0.7 rtg is a 40% increase over 2003; A18-24 is also up 29% with a 0.9 rtg. Among key male demos, M18-24 is up by 20%. Cartoon is currently in 86 million homes.
Alexandra “Alex” Middendorf, an exec producer and program executive with TLC from 1996 to 2003, died at her home in Kensington, MD on June 29, 2004, from Lou Gehrig’s disease. She had been diagnosed in 2002. Alex was responsible for launching Junkyard Wars, which received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2001. She was also heavily involved in some of TLC’s early creative success, including producing 10 episodes of its Great Books series, which earned a CableAce Award in 1997 as Best Educational or Instructional Series. She also oversaw several compelling episodes of the Understanding series. Alex’s life and career had taken her on several adventurous rides – by turns an artist, gardener, mime, stuntwoman, circus performer, Hollywood actress – most notably as a Bond girl in Moonraker. She is survived by her husband and two children.
Perhaps you’re familiar with Discovery Channel‘s reality series American Casino set at the Las Vegas Green Valley Ranch Hotel & Casino. Vice President of Hotel Operations, Michael Tata, 33, was found dead at his home on Tuesday, according to Variety. An investigation is ongoing, though local police say there is no apparent evidence of foul play. Cause of death is still unknown, but a coroner’s report is expected in the next several days. Production on the series continues.
Starz Encore Group upped Leslie Toepfer to Director of Sales for the National Division; and has named Bill Weimer as Director of Sales for the DIRECTv account. Leslie will report to Tom Gove, Division VP/Affiliate Sales, and she will be responsible for working on Cable One, Midcontinent and NCTC accounts. Bill reports to Bill Giorgio, SVP/Sales, and will mange the LA based sales team responsible for revenue and subscriber growth.
Eddie Hill has been upped to VP/Marketing for Nickelodeon. The announcement was made by Pam Kaufman, SVP/Marketing, Nickelodeon. Hill will acts at the marketing liaison between the Nickelodeon Movies group and Paramount Pictures. He works with Paramount to develop and implement marketing plans for Nick’s theatrical releases, as well as working closely with the Viacom Marketing Council to secure promotional support for Nickelodeon’s film releases.
Twentieth Television has brought in Elycia Rubin as Executive Director, a programming executive, reporting to Robb Dalton, President of Programming and Development, and to Elaine Bauer-Brooks, SVP/Programming and Development. Elycia will identify and oversee the development and production of new programs on behalf of Twentieth Television, based in LA.
Crown Media Holding’s Leslie Park has been upped to VP/Legal and Business Affairs. Based in the LA office, Leslie is responsible for all corporate and securities law issues for Crown Media Holdings, Inc., and also oversees legal and business affairs work for the company’s overseas operations. She reports to Charles Stanford, EVP/Business Affairs and General Counsel.
Tuesday, July 6, 2004. Fast Affiliate Household Ratings for all Networks. Fast affiliate numbers which reflect time period data, not program data, and can change slightly once the finals come in, particularly for LIVE programming (i.e. Football). Source Nielsen Media Research. Time Period Averages Only. [p] = Premiere; [o] = Original; [r] = Repeat
CBS 6.3/11 Big Brother 5 [90m premiere] 6.4/11, The Amazing Race [90m premiere] 6.4/11
NBC 5.3/9 Last Comic Standing [r] 3.9/7, Last Comic Standing 5.1/8, L&O: SVU [r] 7.1/12
ABC 4.0/7 8 Simple Rules [r] 4.2/8, I’m With Her [r] 3.4/6, According to Jim [r] 3.8/6, Less Than Perfect [r] 3.4/6, NYPD 24/7 4.5/8
FOX 2.7/5 Bernie Mac [r] 2.0/7, Method & Red [r] 1.7/5, Bernie Mac [r] 1.8/5, Method & Red [r] 1.5/4
UPN 1.5/3 All of Us [r] 0.9/3, Eve [r] 1.0/3, America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.7/2
A18-49 CBS 4.0/12, NBC 3.4/10, ABC 2.2/6, Fox 1.8/5, WB 1.1/3, UPN 0.8/2
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The History Channel presents This Day in History: 1835 – Tolling during the funeral of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Liberty Bell cracks.
Answer to yesterday’s MOVIE Trivia Question sponsored by IFC: What actress starred in Heathers? WINONA RYDER, and to a lesser degree Shannon Doherty. Kudos to the hundreds and hundreds of you who got this right, including: Andrea Bautista-Nielsen Media Research/NY; Gary Ellis-A&E/NY; Rebecca Regnier-ABC/Toledo; Peter Sorokoff-CNBC/NY; Fletcher Whitwell-Starcom Mediavest/Chicago; Jim Roche-Weigel Bcsting/Chicago; Robb Gray-Apex Media/Tucson; Don Tapani-KDFW & KDFI/Dallas; Melanie Xanthos-Miramax Films/LA; Heidi Flydal-KFMB/San Diego; Steve Rodgers-PRO/Hollywood; Chris Blackledge-NATPE/Santa Monica; and internationally from Emelda Wong-Turner Ent. Nets/Hong Kong; Amy Barham-LIVINGtv/London; Samantha Daley-Pork and Beans Prods/Vancouver; and Miriam Bernath-CBC Television/Toronto.
Today’s MOVIETrivia Question sponsored by IFC: Who played Cher Horowitz in 1995’s Clueless? (click hereto respond to the trivia question and please be sure to include with your answer your name, company, city and time zone. Only the second four correct responses from each time zone will be listed in tomorrow’s kudo list.)
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