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We’re so ‘pedal-to-the-metal’ it’s ridiculous, and kids get it – big time. Want proof? January marked our 13th consecutive month of double digit growth. Watch it. Click it. Live it. Source: The Nielsen Company via Startrak. 12/31/07-1/31/10 by month, M-Su 6a-12a, Kids 6-14. Live+SD AA(000). Subject to qualifications available upon request. Cynopsis Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 4, 2010, 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 . Tonight’s Premieres: Tonight’s Finales:
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truTV has the viewers YOU want!
It’s the FASTEST GROWING Up an IMPRESSIVE 17% Year-to-year!
Source: Nielsen, M-Su 8-11pm, 12/28/09-2/28/10, 12/29/08-3/1/09, ad-supported basic cable networks (excluding sports), M18-49 (000), live + sd data. ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
In the continued cable retransmission battle between ABC Disney/WABC-TV and Cablevision threatening to affect viewers in the Tri-State area, both parties yesterday released statements in response to their own positions. Rebecca S. Campbell, President/GM of WABC-TV (ABC7) said, “It’s time for Cablevision to stop spinning this issue and get serious about doing right by their customers. The fact is that, over and over again, Cablevision picks fights with programmers, and it is Cablevision subscribers who suffer the loss. The inconvenient truth about Cablevision is that it pockets hundreds of millions of dollars in subscriber fees each year by carrying ABC7. Dropping our station would be the latest insult. Their customers should know they have choices: They can switch service now and take their business to a provider that values them and isn’t threatening them with the loss of programming every few months, or get us free-over-the-air.” Later yesterday afternoon, Cablevision issued this statement, “We believe Senator Kerry is correct and ABC Disney should not pull the plug and should work with us in good faith to reach an agreement that is fair for Cablevision customers. Cablevision already pays ABC Disney more than $200 million a year for their programming, and now they want $40 million in new fees, a 20 percent increase, for exactly the same channels. ABC Disney should not put viewers in the middle and instead work with us to reach agreement.” In addition, politicians are weighing in on the retransmission argument between ABC Disney/WABC and Cablevision. Congressman Joe Barton (R-TX), penned a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. An excerpt from his letter states: “As the deadline approaches for the end of the retransmission consent negotiations over carriage of ABC signals within Cablevision’s New York service area, I can lend my voice to those that have expressed hope they will reach a deal. I would also like to express my view, however, that actual discussion of the deal is best left between the respective companies and their viewers, free from government interference or cajoling. The alternative is to ask the government to weigh the relative value of carriage and of particular programming. This is a risky proposition.” Comedy Central premieres the 14th season of South Park, beginning March 17 at 10p with seven new episodes. Also, on April 14, the animated comedy presents its 200th episode. CMT serves up original programming on a new primetime block on Fridays titled CMT Adventure Country starting April 9. The one-hour block includes Gator 911 at 9p with 10-episodes and Danger Coast at 930p also with 10 episodes. Gator 911 is produced by 12 Forward Entertainment and Danger Coast is produced by ITV Studios, Inc. Logo brings back its sketch comedy series The Big Gay Sketch Show from executive producer Rosie O’Donnell for a third season beginning April 13 at 10p. Several cast members are returning including Paolo Andino, Colman Domingo, Julie Goldman, Stephen Guarino, Jonny McGovern, Kate McKinnon and Nicol Paone. Throughout the season many celebrities will make special guest stints on the show including Rosie O’Donnell, Sharon Osbourne, Isaac Mizrahi, Andy Cohen, Bethenny Frankel, Julianna Margulies, Andre Leon Talley and Rachel Dratch. The Big Gay Sketch Show, produced by Oh Really? Productions will have eight, half-hour episodes for its third season. Program Call: Cynopsis Media will be producing our annual MIPTV Shopping Guide sent to all Cynopsis subscribers on Thursday, April 8, the week before MIPTV 2010 in Cannes. If your company is exhibiting and you’d like to have your programming included, please send us only the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e., movie, series, special, etc.), genre and your terms (barter, cash, etc.) as well as your company’s stand/booth location. To be included in this free and highly-viewed special edition, please send details to [email protected] no later than Thursday, April 1, 2010. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission (if you don’t get the confirmation, please resubmit). ~ DISTRIBUTION, CARRIAGE & CLEARANCE ~
Entertainment Studios, Inc. said a variety of station groups acquired the new syndicated program America’s Court with Judge Ross for a Fall 2010 launch. Some of the station groups include Weigel, Scripps, Media General, ACME, Cox, Raycom, Barrington, Ellis, Journal, Belo, Bonton, LIN, New Age and Sinclair. Shot in hi-def, Entertainment Studios will produce and deliver 26 weeks of original episodes and 26 weeks of repeats. ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) landed the lead role in ABC’s drama pilot 187 Detroit, per THR. The plot takes a true and funny perspective about Detroit’s top homicide unit as seen through the eyes of a fictitious documentary film crew. Imperioli will play Fitch, a smart and touch long-time detective with a short fuse and a top-notch record within the division. British actor Jason Isaacs will star in FOX’s drama pilot Pleading Guilty which lifts the contingency on the project from Peter Chernin’s company and 20th TV. Pleading Guilty is a legal thriller based on the novel of the same name by Scott Turow about embezzlement, bookmaking, off-shore banking and more. Isaacs will play Mack, a cop-turned-attorney who is charged with investigating the disappearance of the firm’s star litigator. Three were added to ABC pilots: Jon Seda joins the dramedy pilot Cutthroat; Lindsay Price nabbed the lead in the comedy pilot Who Gets the Parents?; and Eliza Coupe will co-star in the comedy pilot Happy Endings, cites THR. Three join Matt LeBlanc on Episodes the Showtime/BBC comedy series: Claire Forlani, Kathleen Rose Perkins and Stephen Mangan. Blair Underwood got “elected” by NBC to portray the US President on the network’s drama pilot The Event. The project is described as a thriller, serving up different perspectives about character Sean (Jason Ritter), a regular guy who is fighting the mysterious conspiracy that wants to assassinate the US president (Underwood). Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights) will next appear in The CW’s drama pilot presentation Nomads as one of the leads, reports THR. Nomads is about three young backpackers who earn money doing secret assignments for the CIA. ~ RATINGS ~
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 2/15-2/19/10 ranked by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 2/15-2/19/10 ranked by A18-49 Rtg Tuesday A18-49 Analysis: FOX retained its Tuesday night dominance among A18-49 at 8.6/22, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX was charged up, winning the 8p hour with American Idol at 8.4/22 with CBS’ NCIS in second at 4.0/11. FOX bumped up to an 8.8/22 during 9p for the second hour of American Idol with ABC’s Lost at #2 with 4.1/10. A bit of FOX’s American Idol spilled over into the 10p hour with a 7.7/19 though NBC’s new series Parenthood debuted taking the time period with a 3.1/9 with CBS’ The Good Wife next in line at 2.7/8. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 (February Sweep Day 27) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. FOX: 13.1/20 American Idol 13.1/20 CBS: 9.8/16 NCIS 11.8/18, NCIS: Los Angeles 9.2/14, The Good Wife 8.5/15 NBC: 5.1/8 The Biggest Loser 5.1/8, Parenthood [p] 5.0/9 ABC: 4.0/6 Lost [r] 2.9/4, Lost 5.6/9, 20/20 Special Edition 3.5/6 UNIV: 1.9/3 Hasta que el Dinero Nos Separe 2.3/4, Corazon Salvaje 2.0/3, Aqui y Hora 1.5/3 ION: 0.6/1 Ghost Whisperer 0.5/1, Criminal Minds 0.5/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2 TELE: 0.5/1 El Clon 0.7/1, Perro Amor 0.6/1, Sin T-T-S No Hay Paraiso 0.3/1 CW: 0.4/1 90210 [r] 0.5/1, Melrose Place [r] 0.4/1 A18-49: FOX 8.6/22, CBS 3.3/9, NBC 3.1/8, ABC 2.5/7, UNIV 1.5/4, TELE 0.5/1, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.3/1 ~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
FUEL TV elevated Shon Tomlin to SVP/Programming and Marketing where he will oversee the network’s marketing unit encompassing consumer marketing and on-air promotion. Shon will continue to manage the network’s programming department involving program scheduling and acquisitions, managing the development and production of shows by independent production companies and overseeing FUEL TV’s music division. Additionally, FUEL TV promoted CJ Olivares, the network’s GM, to the position of EVP. CJ will continue as FUEL TV’s GM where he oversees daily network operations. Holly Wasson was appointed VP/Asset Management for Turner Media Group, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. (TBS, Inc.). In this newly created position, Holly will spearhead the management of media assets across the Turner roster of brands. Based in Atlanta, Holly reports to Molly Battin, SVP/Turner Media Group. Comcast Spotlight, the advertising sales unit of Comcast Cable tapped Dan Sinagoga as VP/Political Advertising. Dan, who previously held the position of Director/Political Sales, will still head the company’s political ad sales goals with a goal to increase online, on-demand and interactive TV in the arena of political sales. Clint Perez was hired by Discovery Education as VP/Marketing to offer strategic management for the various brands that support school districts with their digital curriculum for the K-12 and higher marketplace. Clint reports to Lori McFarling, CMO/Discovery Education. Newly formed The Paley Center for Media Television Awards Planning Committee appointed several new Co-Chairs including Steve Mosko, President, Sony Pictures Television; Tony Vinciquerra, Chairman/CEO, FOX Networks Group; and Dick Lippin, Chairman/Chief Executive, The Lippin Group. Digitas added Anita Puri as SVP/Marketing on the Kraft account. Anita joins from Quaker Foods & Snacks where she served as Director/Marketing. In her new role, Anita will be based in Chicago and will report to Susan Canavari, EVP, Digitas. This day in History: 1974 – People magazine went on sale for the fist time Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What sitcom TV character who as a child confused the Pledge of Allegiance with the Crest Toothpaste pledge, thusly: “I pledge allegiance to the flag which has been shown to be an effective decay prevented dentifrice when used in a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene, with liberty and justice for all.” HANNAH MILLER on ANYTHING BUT LOVE Kudos to: Michael O’Gara/NY; Rev Mark Wajda-Diocese of Orlando/Altamonte Springs; Larry Glazer-WTTW/Chicago; Donna James-KDAF/Dallas; Shannon Herlihy/Studio City; Lorrie Shilling-DirecTV/El Segundo Today’s Trivia Question: Who owned Duke the bloodhound? (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.) A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT
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