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Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 12, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. With a contract expiring this month, Susan Lyne will leave her position as President/CEO of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO) and the responsibilities will be jointly met by Wenda Harris Millard, President/Media and Robin Marino, President/Merchandising, who were both just advanced to Co-CEOs. She will remain with the company as a board member and in an advisory role during the transition phase. Susan began at MSLO in 2004 just as Martha Stewart was sentenced to a five-month prison stint. Tonight’s Premieres:
Branding Program for media and entertainment executives. Nov 17-19 NYC.
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Lifetime Television ordered thirteen episodes of the new original 30m comedy, Rita Rocks from MRC. With a premiere date slated for this fall, the series stars Nicole Sullivan as Rita Clements, a busy mom and wife who finds herself by starting her own garage band. Also starring is Richard Ruccolo and Tisha Campbell-Martin. The series will be paired in a one-hour comedy block with Reba. NBC announced the celebrity family match-ups for the new version of Celebrity Family Feud produced by FremantleMedia North America opening July 1 at 8p and hosted by Al Roker. The celebrities along with five other family members or friends will square off against each other playing on behalf of charities:
Debmar-Mercury’s new weekday entertainment series, The Wendy Williams Show, with exec producer Rob Dauber, debuts July 14, and will be taped in front of a studio audience at All Mobile Video in New York. The daily stripped show will air on FOX O&Os in New York (WNYW at 10a), Los Angeles (KTTV at 1p), Dallas (KDFW at 11a) and Detroit (WJBK at 12p). ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Bravo has two new projects in development:
HBO made a pact with the comedy company Funny or Die which was started by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy, where it will receive ten half-hours of programming and it will make a financial investment in the associated website, www.funnyordie.com . The television shows will spotlight the comedic talents of the Funny or Die creative team. You may have heard reports about a spinoff for The CW’s hit series Gossip Girl. The show’s creator, Josh Schwartz, says rumors to that effect are premature – there is no spinoff in the works. However, he also says there is potential for one in the future. Brad Garrett will produce and star in an internet series called Dating Brad Garrett, from Sony Pictures TV. The 10 episode series will run starting this fall on Crackle.com, as well as other viral video sites including YouTube, Hulu, VCast and AOL Video. The story lines follows Garrett as he goes out on blind dates with ten different women. The women are chosen by a couple of Garrett’s friends from a pool of submission videos sent into the Crackle video site. If you’re interested in posting your submission video, you can do that starting today. ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Broadband video has grown in quality and sophistication in the past year, various new media barons at OnHollywood argued. For young users in particular, the medium has truly arrived. But producers and distributors alike are still playing the waiting game when it comes to adequate monetization. Why brand advertisers remain reluctant to invest in large numbers and when they will come aboard proved points of contention. Optimists laid out ambitious time tables and projected major shifts in media planning budgets from television to online video. Pessimists warned of a “generational gap” on Madison Avenue that will likely persist until younger buyers move up at the agencies. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: School is most definitely out for summer, particularly if you were at The Ziegfield Theatre in NYC last night where Disney Channel premiered its new original movie Camp Rock, with a red carpet filled with the stars of the movie, which included (insert fingers in ears here) Jonas Brothers and Demi Lovato, Alyson Stoner, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Maria Canals-Barrera, and did I mention Jonas Brothers. Camp Rock premieres on Disney Channel Friday, June 20 at 8p, as well as a simultaneous audio simulcast on Radio Disney and video simulcast on Sprint and MobiTV devices, as well as that night on Family Channel (Canada) and VRAK.TV (Quebec). A preview will be offered on Tuesday, June 17 on Disney Channel on Demand, available to Cablevision iO Digital Cable, Time Warner and Verizon FiOS TV customers. The movie then takes off to bow on ABC (June 21), ABC Family (June 22), Disney.com in DXD (June 23) and then off to the other Disney Channels around the world. Cheers to Dea, Rebecca and our kid/tween escorts. (I believe the shrieking may have subsided by now, so feel free to unplug your ears). Full edition: CYN KIDS. CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Belgacom put in a 420 million euro bid for Belgian cable group Interkabel‘s Integan, Inter-media, PBE and WVEM cable TV operators. This counters the offer from the Belgian cable operator’s rival, Telenet, coming in well over the latter’s non-binding 350 million euro agreement. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL. ~ RATINGS ~
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 5/26-6/1/08 ranked by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 5/26-6/1/08 ranked by A18-49 Rtg Tuesday – A18-49 Analysis: ABC bounced to #1 Tuesday night with 4.8/15 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX led at 8p with The Moment of Truth at 2.4/8. Then ABC blocked the competition the remainder of the night as the NBA Finals won during 9p with 4.7/14 and again through 10p with 5.8/16. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. ABC: 7.4/13 Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Night 2.0/4, GMC NBA Countdown 3.1/6, NBA Finals on ABC Game 3: Boston at LA Lakers 9.2/16 CBS: 6.4/11 NCIS [r] 6.9/12, 48 Hours Mystery 6.5/11, Without a Trace [r] 5.7/10 FOX: 4.7/8 The Moment of Truth 3.9/7, Hell’s Kitchen 5.5/9 NBC: 4.0/7 Most Outrageous Moments 3.6/7, Most Outrageous Moments [r] 3.9/7, Law & Order: SVU [r] 4.1/7, Law & Order: SVU [r] 4.1/7 UNIV: 2.1/4 Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.2/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.2/4, Aqui y Ahora 1.7/3 CW: 0.9/2 Beauty and the Geek [r] 0.9/2, Reaper [r] 0.9/2 MNT: 0.8/1 Street Patrol [r] 0.7/1, Street Patrol 2 [r] 0.7/1, Jail [r] 0.8/1, Jail 2 [r] 0.8/1 TELE: 0.6/1 La Traicion 0.4/1, Victoria 0.8/1, Pecados Ajenos 0.7/1 A18-49: ABC 4.8/15, FOX 3.3/10, CBS 1.9/6, NBC 1.8/5, UNIV 1.7/5, MNT 0.5/2, CW 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Comcast Entertainment Group elevated John Najarian to EVP/Digital Media and Business Development to supervise the mobile, broadband and emerging businesses for E! Entertainment, The Style Network and G4. John will head the development, roll-out and operations of digital media products and services across the three networks. He will also aid with strategy, business efforts and operations of the corresponding websites for all three networks. Body by Jake, producer of direct response programming and ExerciseTV, promoted Darcy Darling to VP/Direct Response and has hired Greg Drobnick as VP/Business Development and Lori Collins as Marketing Director. ReelzChannel upgraded Juli Biondi as VP/Broadcast/Localization and Chris Pulis as VP/Production Operations. Juli will head strategic identification, approval, deployment and implementation of technology in addition to management of staff and vendors in the areas of broadcast origination and localization. Chris will manage production operations for the company’s tapeless digital asset management systems or DAMS along with post-production, studio operations and scheduling. Both report to Fred Poston, SVP/Operations. David Verklin will spearhead Canoe Ventures, LLC as CEO, a new joint company based in New York City and owned by a coalition of MSOs: Bright House Networks, Cablevision Systems Corporation, Charter Communications, Inc., Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications Inc., and Time Warner Cable. David will begin his new position on August 4 and from that point will implement the company’s goal which is to develop standards and processes making cable’s advanced advertising solutions easier to buy, use and measure. Discovery Communications named Brad Singer as SEVP/CFO where he will begin July 15, replacing Roger Millay who is leaving the company. In this role, Brad will be based at Discovery’s headquarters in Silver Spring, MD and will head worldwide financial activities and future financial strategies for the company. Brad will also become a member of Discovery’s executive committee. OK! Magazine announced a slew of new staffing appointments: Sean Bumgarner joins as Creative Director; Lilian Pons was upped to Photo Director/Features; Katie Caperton and Rob Shuter were both promoted to Executive Editors; Shauna Bass will now be East Coast News Editor; Laura Schreffler will become East Coast Lifestyle Editor; Jason Maxey moves to Editorial Manager; Elizabeth Herr is now Copy Chief; and Laura Lane was hired as a Reporter.
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At GSN passion, play and participation unite to put winning within reach for everyone! TRUE!!! With some of the best multimedia competitive entertainment and partnership programming, you always This day in History: 1923 – Harry Houdini, while suspended upside down 40 feet above the ground, escaped from a strait jacket. Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What was the name of the magazine which provided the setting for the sitcom Anything But Love? CHICAGO MONTHLY Kudos to: David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NY; Linda Grillo–NBC Universal/NY; Gerry Klingbeil-KOKH/KOCB/Oklahoma City, OK; Stan Justice–WorldNow/Hermosa Beach, CA; Robin Schmelling-BCMI/Palm Desert, CA; Coleen Raymann-Disney- ABC/Burbank; David Scott Jones-Marleigh Entertainment/LA Today’s Trivia Question: On the long-running sitcom, The King of Queens, Doug’s friend and co-worker Deacon and his wife, Kelley have two sons, one of which Doug and Carrie are the Godparents. What are the names of these two boys? (Email Later — Cyn 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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