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06.18.09

Good morning. It’s Thursday, June 18, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing.  And as always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here.  

CBS announced a further change in plans for the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards telecast. Recently, the live presentation was moved to September 13 and now it will air on September 20 beginning as close to 8p as possible. CBS’ 60 Minutes will air a flexible broadcast that night following a late afternoon NFL game from CBS Sports. Necessitating the switch in dates, CBS learned MTV was airing its Video Music Awards show on September 13 with locked in sponsors and venue. CBS decided to move the Emmys so both events would not air on the same night. Don Mischer Productions produces the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations will be announced July 16 starting bright and early at 540a.

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The CW revealed its fall premiere schedule on new and returning primetime series:
September 8: 90210 at 8p; Melrose Place at 9p
September 9: America’s Next Top Model at 8p
September 10: The Vampire Diaries at 8p; Supernatural at 9p
September 14: One Tree Hill at 8p; Gossip Girl at 9p
September 16: The Beautiful Life: TBL at 9p
September 25: Smallville at 8p

TLC is turning Tuesday nights into real estate workshops for homeowners with the premiere of one new series and the return of two others:

• Stager Invasion is a new half-hour series where host and professional stager, Lisa Lynch and her team give languishing homes needed makeovers before an important open house. Stager Invasion is produced by Discovery Studios and will debut June 30 at 8p and 830p.
• Moving Up returns with a new season hosted by Doug Wilson where three people in each episode move into new homes to redecorate them. Moving Up, produced by BBC Worldwide Productions, begins July 21 at 8p.
• Real Estate Pros is back for a second season going inside the world of real estate in Charleston, SC featuring real estate expert Richard C. Davis. This series is produced by Discovery Studios and starts July 21.

Investigation Discovery takes viewers on a journey through two sets of forensics evidence to decide which is the more accurate and convincing in the new 13-episode series Forensics: You Decide. Opening August 3 at 10p, the series presents two sides of a case, where one person stands accused and the jury will offer its verdict at the end of each episode. Sirens Media produces for Investigation Discovery.

Tomorrow night at 11p, LOGO introduces viewers to Jeffrey & Cole Casserole, featuring the comedic online stars in a new 30m sketch comedy series. Over six episodes, Jeffrey and Cole mix stand-up comedy with traditional sketches, musical numbers with some wacky moments thrown in. The series will also premiere tomorrow online at LOGOonline.com.

Fox Television Stations and producer Twentieth Television will run a six-week test this summer on the new relationship series Wedlock or Deadlock. Based on the segment from syndicated court show Divorce Court, this new half-hour series watches as psychologist and relationship professional Dr. Michelle Callahan advises couples on whether they are ready to wed or not. Wedlock or Deadlock will premiere July 20 on seven Fox Television Stations in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Tampa, Phoenix, Orlando and Memphis.

Oxygen Media delves into world of medi-spas and beauty treatment facilities in its new series Addicted to Beauty, debuting August 4 at 11p. The series, with eight one-hour episodes, centers on the eccentric staff at Southern California-based Changes Plastic Surgery and Spa. Following the premiere episode, Addicted to Beauty will air in its normal timeslot of Tuesdays at 10p starting August 11.

Bravo aired the first season finale of The Real Housewives of New Jersey Tuesday night at 10p, delivering 2.46 million A18-49 and 3.47 million total viewers. An encore airing at 11p brought in 794,000 A18-49 and 1.13 million total viewers.

Broadcast Evening News Ratings Results (week of June 8, 2009)
NBC: 8.27 million total viewers; 1.9/8 and 2.41 million A25-54
ABC: 6.99 million total viewers; 1.5/7 and 1.87 million A25-54
CBS: 5.40 million total viewers; 1.2/5 and 1.53 million A25-54
*ABC’s World News is based on a three-day average from Monday, Wednesday and Friday and NBC’s Nightly News is also based on a three-day average from Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Starting next month, MGM HD will present classic and contemporary westerns on Sunday afternoons at High Noon as part of the hi-def network’s Visions of the West package of feature films. July’s round-up of films include The Scalphunters, Duel at Diablo, The Way West and A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die.

A moment not to be missed, I, Cynthia Turner, will be making my appearance on WWE’s Monday Night Raw!  After some discussion between all involved parties regarding the fake-out of Cynopsis Media on the pseudo “news” of Trump’s purchase of WWE’s Monday Night Raw in yesterday’s edition, it was decided the only way to solve this is in the ring!  I’ll be taking on the Divas of my choice for a one-night only, 2-against-1 Grudge Match! …  Okay, that’s not entirely true, but the part about Cynopsis Media falling for the dupe – we concede, we fell for it.  Trump will NOT being buying WWE’s Monday Night Raw, at least not anytime soon as far as we’re aware.  And Cynopsis Media will not be as quick to toss our hat into the ring next time. 
 
Following last Friday’s DTV transition, Nielsen reported 2.5 million US households, equal to 2.2%, could not pick up digital television signals through the week ending June 14.

Frank de Jonge, a leader in the Dutch media industry and CEO of IDTV, died June 12 at his home in the Netherlands, after a long battle with cancer. In addition to his long career at IDTV, Frank was the Chairman of the Vereniging van Onafhankelijke Televisie Producenten (OTP) and treasurer of the ‘De Mug met de Gouden Tand’ theatre group.

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GlassBOX Television has plans to launch its cross-platform AUX music channel via Canada’s Rogers Cable in the fall. AUX debuted last November as an online video music destination at www.aux.tv . Right now, viewers can watch AUX online or during two-hour Monday sneak peaks at 9p on BiteTV, GlassBOX Television’s multi-platform channel. AUX focuses on news, current affairs, charts, videos and more about the rising stars in the music industry found in Canada and around the world.

HISTORY began production on a new six-episode series Marked, exploring the history of tattooing from ancient times and cultures to the present day. Marked will premiere this summer and is produced by Locker 100 Productions.

Showtime approved season three of Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, headlined by the British comedian doing impersonations of celebrities from Celine Dion to J.K. Rowling, reports Variety. Showtime ordered seven new half-hour episodes slated to open next year. Ullman herself and Allan McKeown are executive producers with Melissa Wylie as producer.

Also on Showtime, basketball great Shaquille O’Neal and Jeff Clanagan, producer/CEO of Codeblack Entertainment, opened the All-Star Comedy Jam series yesterday, reports THR. The series stems from the stand-up comedy special featuring Cedric the Entertainment and is part of Showtime’s Laugh Out Loud comedy effort. The next edition of the series, hosted by D.L. Hughley, was filmed live at the 13th annual American Black Film Festival in Miami and will premiere on Showtime in January 2010.

CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  Following the huge spike in internet and social networking use around the controversial Iranian Elections, the Iranian government is resorting to draconian methods to quell the online protests: slowing bandwidth speeds, blocking access to sites and even cutting off cell phone coverage in an effort to hamper the flow of information. Online measurement service Trendrr, which aggregates traffic data from popular social networks, blogs and video sites using raw data directly from the companies’ servers, published some startling figures leading up to the blockade. “Iran” mentions peaked at over 220,000 posts/hour. There were 2.3 million new blog posts about Iran and another 3,133 new Iran-related video posted on YouTube. However now YouTube says it is receiving just 10% of its normal traffic levels. The site points out that it is not YouTube responsible for the censorship – the violent acts portrayed in many of the videos fall under the exceptions of “educational, documentary, or scientific value.”    Full edition: CYN DIGITAL.

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  Framelight Productions and David Uslan unveiled plans to adapt the British author/illustrator Ian Beck‘s kid-aimed fantasy/adventure book trilogy The Secret History of Tom Trueheart, into a series of live-action feature film.  There is no director or screenwriter for the movie(s) so far, the first of which is currently set to being production in mid-2010.  Framelight’s Jeffrey D. Erb and Robert L. Robinson, Jr. will produce with Uslan.  Beck will serve as executive producer.    Full edition: CYN KIDS. 

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 6/1-6/7/09 ranked by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                   5.9 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                               5.2 AA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                 4.1 AA / 5.4 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                            4.0 AA / 6.1 GAA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD)                              4.0 AA / 4.0 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                            3.8 AA / 3.9 GAA
Family Guy (2/T)                                             3.4 AA / 4.1 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                 3.1 AA / 3.6 GAA
Inside Edition (CTD)                                         2.9 AA / 2.9 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                      2.8 AA / 3.8 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 6/1-6/7/09 ranked by A18-49 Rtg
Family Guy (2/T)                                            2.4 AA / 2.7 GAA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                2.2 AA / 2.8 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                2.0 AA / 2.3 GA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                    1.7 AA / 2.2 GAA
King of Queens (SPT)                                      1.5 AA / 1.8 GAA
Friends (WB)                                                  1.5 AA / 1.7 GAA
House of Payne (2/T)                                      1.5 AA / 1.7 GAA
King of the Hill (2/T)                                       1.5 AA / 1.7 GAA
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                   1.4 AA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                           1.4 AA / 2.0 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

Tuesday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS won by an inch Tuesday night, taking the A18-49 demo with a 3.8/11 according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. At 8p, NBC’s reality series I’m A Celebrity placed first with 1.7/6 followed by CBS’ NCIS repeat at 1.6/5. UNIV’s Manana para Siempre claimed the top spot during 9p at 2.0/6 while CBS played second fiddle again, this time with The Mentalist at 1.8/5. NBC was back at #1 through 10p with its second encore helping of Law & Order: SVU at 1.7/5 with CBS trailing in second with 48 Hours Mystery repeat at 1.6/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated.  Live+SD

CBS: 6.3/11        NCIS [r] 7.0/13, The Mentalist [r] 6.7/11, 48 Hours Mystery [r] 5.1/9

NBC: 3.4/6           I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here! 3.1/6, Law & Order: SVU [r] 3.1/5, Law & Order: SVU [r] 4.0/7

FOX: 2.7/5           House [r] 2.5/5, Mental 3.0/5

UNIV: 2.0/4          Cuidado con El Angel 2.0/4, Manana para Siempre 2.4/4, Aqui y Hora 1.6/3

ABC: 1.5/3          According to Jim [r] 2.0/4, According to Jim [r] 1.8/3, Scrubs [r] 1.3/2, Better Off Ted [r] 1.0/2, Cupid 1.5/3

MNT: 0.8/1           Street Patrol [r] 0.8/2, Street Patrol 2 [r] 0.7/1, Jail [r] 1.0/2, Jail 2 [r] 0.8/1

CW: 0.7/1            90210 [r] 0.6/1, Hitched or Ditched 0.8/1

TELE: 0.6/1           Mas Sabe El Diablo 0.5/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.6/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.6/1

ION: 0.3/1            Boston Legal [r] 0.3/1, Boston Legal [r] 0.3/1, Boston Legal [r] 0.3/1

A18-49:   CBS 1.7/5, NBC 1.6/5, UNIV 1.6/5, FOX 1.3/4, ABC 0.7/2, TELE 0.6/2, MNT 0.5/1, CW 0.4/1, ION 0.1/0

Rainbow Media Holdings LLC recruited Thomas Ziangas as SVP/Research, effective immediately. Thomas, who joins after a 19-year stint at Nielsen Media Research, will supervise all research efforts for Rainbow Media encompassing programming and ad sales research for the networks AMC, WE tv, IFC and Sundance Channel. Thomas will report to Michael DiPasquale, EVP/Operations.

This day in History:  1983 – Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:   This is the introduction to what popular TV show?  “I was born in the Bronx, New York in December of 1941. I’ve always felt responsible for World War II. The first thing I remember liking that liked me back was food.”  RHODA MORGANSTERN ON RHODA …. apparently, “duh!”   Kudos to the entire free world, including those who emailed in their correct answers from Bulgaria, Australia and Canada!

Today’s Trivia Question:  This “gang” was known as the Renegades … five guys and one girl. One of them was known as Bandit. Who played him?    (Email
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2009

ABC:  Ugly Betty [r], Grey’s Anatomy [r], Private Practice [r]
AZTECA: Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Historias Engarzadas, Al Extremo
CBS: How I Met Your Mother [r], How I Met Your Mother [r], CSI [r], The Mentalist [r]
CW: Smallville [r], Supernatural [r]
FOX: Bones [r], So You Think You Can Dance
ION:  Movie: The Outlaw Josey Wales
MNT: My Thursday Movie: Dirty
NBC:  I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here, The Office [r], 30 Rock [r], The Listener
PBS:  This Old House, Antiques Roadshow, Soundstage
TELE: Mas Sabe el Diablo, El Rostro de Analia, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso
UNIV: Cuidado con el Angel, Manana es para Siempre, Mujeres Asesinas

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