Cynopsis
11.04.10

Good morning. It’s Thursday, November 4, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing.  As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here . 

Tonight’s Premieres:
Bloomberg Television: Bloomberg The Mentor at 9p
DIRECTV The 101 Network: No Heroics at 9p; How Not to Live Your Life at 930p
Travel Channel: First Ascent at 9p
Discovery Channel: Oddities at 930p
MTV: Pranked at 10p; MegaDrive at 1030p; Bully Beatdown at 11p

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM LIFETIME

ABC revealed the celebrity cast of Skating with the Stars from BBC Worldwide Productions when the series premieres with a two-hour episode on November 22 at 9p. The six celebrities include:

• Rebecca Budig, presently a cast member of ABC’s daytime series All My Children.
• Bethenny Frankel, star of Bravo’s reality series Bethenny Getting Married?.
• Jonny Moseley, Olympic gold-medalist skier, narrator of the Warren Miller films and weekly radio show host on Sirius Satellite Radio.
• Vince Neil, international rock star, businessman and philanthropist.
• Brandon Mychal Smith, current star of the Disney Channel sitcom Sonny With A Chance.
• Sean Young, film actress best known for roles in Blade Runner, No Way Out and Ace Ventura.

FOX said its new police drama series The Chicago Code, previously titled Ride-Along, will premiere Monday, February 7 at 9p, one night after Super Bowl XLV. Shot on location in Chicago, the drama stars Jason Clarke and Jennifer Beals.  20^th Century Fox Television and MiddKid Productions produce the series that is written and executive produced by Shawn Ryan and Tim Minear.

The CW decided to not extend a full second season order to Life Unexpected. Recently, The CW gave the drama two extra scripts though now will limit the run to the 13 originally-ordered episodes. The CW has further denied it is canceling Life Unexpected. In its latest airing, Life Unexpected delivered less than 1 million viewers down from the 1.7 million viewers it pulled in for the second season premiere.

The Walt Disney Company is selling two of its O&O television stations that are a part of the ABC Owned Television Stations Group. Stations WJRT/Flint and WTVG/Toledo are the two smallest stations in Disney’s stable and both are being sold back to their previous owner, SJL Broadcasting. Rebecca Campbell, president of ABC Owned Television Stations Group, said the transaction was part of the division’s strategy to concentrate on larger markets. The deal involving WJRT and WTVG is pending FCC approval and it is likely to be finalized early next year.

TLC is bringing back another season of LA INK starring Kat Von D. The network ordered eight episodes for season 4B set to launch next spring. Original Media produces the series for TLC.

Later this month, TLC debuts new series Pawn Queens on November 18 at 10p with back-to-back premiere episodes. The half-hour series introduces boutique pawn shop owners Minda and Nikki and their business partners Greg and Tom as they buy, pawn and sell items at their family-run business that caters to female shoppers. Varuna TV produces Pawn Queens for TLC.

Investigation Discovery delves in the world of exploited women of Las Vegas in the three-part series Hookers: Saved on the Strip opening December 8 at 10p. The episodes follow Annie Lobert whose mission it is to free women from the violence of the sex industry through her faith-based organization, Hookers For Jesus. Annie established Destiny House, a transitional home providing a safe, nonjudgmental haven for women where they can rebuild their lives. The series is produced for Investigation Discovery by Sara Productions.

Spike TV has a new one-hour non-scripted series in the pipeline titled Most Lethal, where top real-life warriors from the various tiers of special operation forces battle each other to determine who is the toughest. The 10-episode series, produced by GRB Entertainment will go inside these covert special operation forces to see their weapons and their training operations. Most Lethal is slated to premiere on Spike in summer 2011.

And on a personal note … The 13th United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) was held in California last week and I’m proud to tell you “Who Killed Chea Vichea?” won the top prize in Cinematography.  This documentary film (57m, Director Bradley Cox; Producers Rich Garella and Jeffrey Saunders) is a highly charged murder mystery and political thriller. On a sunny morning in 2004, as Chea Vichea, President of the Cambodian Free Trade Union, was reading the paper at a sidewalk newsstand, when he was assassinated. Director Bradley Cox was on the scene just moments after the shooting, and from that point forward, followed the unfolding of this story of injustice, frame-up, widespread corruption and implications reaching far beyond the police station and the courtroom.
 
This film has been banned in Cambodia by the government. It was last screened for reporters at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington D.C., has won numerous awards at international film festivals.  For more information, email [email protected].  Oh, and my interest?  The Director Bradley Cox is my brother, and I think this film should be seen widely in the U.S. 
 

As of this Sunday, Si TV, the English-language network targeting American Latinos is launching a hi-def version. On the same day it launches its hi-def channel, Si TV premieres the network’s first original documentary, PastPort: Cuba – The Search for Nicolita at 9p.

Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) and Televisa made a multi-year programming output agreement for Mexico, which extends their current 50-year working relationship. Starting yet this year, the new deal will continue to provide Televisa with the Mexican free television rights to television series such as The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Gossip Girl and V among others as well as theatrical films including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I & II and The Dark Knight among others.

USA Network handed cast-contingent approval to three more pilots bringing the network’s current pilot order to six projects for this year. The new projects include:

• Eden – Plot centers on a young hotel worker, who with help from his escaped con artist cousin Eddie, lands a job as the concierge at a posh New York City hotel. Universal Cable Productions is producing and Ken and Mary Hanes (‘Til Death Do Us Part, Doc) are the writers.
• Over/Under – A day trader with a huge gambling problem is fired from his job after a bad trade costs his company millions. He and his wife move to a new neighborhood and find a surprising partner and starts to rebuild his life in an unexpected way. From Fox Television Studios in association with Universal Cable Productions. Sheila Callaghan (United States of Tara) is writing and Dan Halsted (Garden State, Witchblade) will be executive producer.
• Wild Card – Set in Las Vegas, a procedural about people behaving badly and two different lawyers who handle the problems. Fox Television Studios is producing with Stephen Godchaux (Spin City, Dead Like Me) as writer and executive producer along with Cary Brokaw (Closer).

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 10/18-10/22/10 ranked in order by HH Rtg
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                    6.3 AA
Jeopardy (CTD)                                               5.4 AA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD)                               5.2 AA / 5.4 GAA
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                 5.2 AA / 6.9 GAA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                            4.3 AA / 6.7 GAA
The Office (NBU)                                              4.2 AA / 4.6 GAA
Entertainment Tonight (CTD)                            3.9 AA / 4.0 GAA
Family Guy (2/T)                                              3.0 AA / 3.5 GAA
Inside Edition (CTD)                                         2.8 AA / 2.8 GAA
Dr. Phil Show (CTD)                                         2.6 AA / 2.6 GAA
My Wife and Kids (DAD)                                   2.6 AA / 3.2 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                      2.6 AA / 3.3 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

NEW M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 10/18-10/22/10 ranked in order by HH Rtg
How I Met Your Mother (2/T)                            2.2 AA / 2.7 GAA
Swift Justice with Nancy Grace (CTD)                1.3 AA / 1.9 GAA
Adventures of Old Christine (WB)                      1.3 AA / 1.6 GAA
Meet the Browns (Debmar-Mercury)                  1.2 AA / 1.7 GAA
Don’t Forget the Lyrics (2/T)                             0.9 AA / 1.0 GAA
Nate Berkus Show (SPT)                                   0.9 AA / 0.9 GAA
Curb Your Enthusiasm (WB)                              0.7 AA / 0.7 GAA
Entourage (WB)                                               0.7 AA / 0.7 GAA
Judge Karen’s Court (Litton)                             0.6 AA / 0.8 GAA
Real Housewives (NBU)                                    0.5 AA / 0.5 GAA
America’s Court with Judge Ross (CFE)              0.4 AA / 0.5 GAA

Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 10/18-10/22/10 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
Two and a Half Men (WB)                                 2.7 AA / 3.5 GAA
The Office (NBU)                                             2.3 AA / 2.5 GAA
Family Guy (2/T)                                             2.1 AA / 2.4 GAA
Oprah Winfrey Show (CTD)                              1.7 AA / 1.7 GAA
How I Met Your Mother (2/T)                            1.5 AA / 2.0 GAA *NEW*
Wheel of Fortune (CTD)                                   1.4 AA
Judge Judy (CTD)                                            1.4 AA / 2.0 GAA
Seinfeld (SPT)                                                 1.4 AA / 1.6 GAA
Everybody Loves Raymond (CTD)                      1.3 AA / 1.6 GAA
King of the Hill (2/T)                                        1.3 AA / 1.5 GAA
Source: NSS Galaxy Explorer, Live+SD

NEW M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 10/18-10/22/10 ranked in order by A18-49 Rtg
How I Met Your Mother (2/T)                            1.5 AA / 2.0 GAA
Meet the Browns (Debmar-Mercury)                  0.8 AA / 1.0 GAA
Adventures of Old Christine (WB)                      0.7 AA / 0.9 GAA
Don’t Forget the Lyrics (2/T)                             0.5 AA / 0.6 GAA
Swift Justice with Nancy Grace (CTD)                0.4 AA / 0.7 GAA
Curb Your Enthusiasm (WB)                              0.4 AA / 0.4 GAA
Entourage (WB)                                               0.4 AA / 0.5 GAA
Nate Berkus Show (SPT)                                   0.3 AA / 0.3 GAA
Judge Karen’s Court (Litton)                             0.2 AA / 0.3 GAA
Real Housewives (NBU)                                    0.2 AA / 0.2 GAA
America’s Court with Judge Ross (CFE)              0.2 AA / 0.2 GAA

Tuesday  A18-49 & HH Analysis: Broadcast Prime overnights for Tuesday, November 2, 2010 were not made available yesterday. Per Nielsen, additional processing time was required due to the complex nature of this year’s broadcast network election coverage.  Tuesday’s broadcast prime data is expected to be included in Friday’s edition.

Cable News Network Election Night Coverage Results: According to Nielsen’s Fast National data provided by Turner, Fox News Channel drew in the most total viewers on Tuesday during primetime (8-11p) with an average of nearly 7.0 million as well as 2.4 million among A25-54. CNN trailed in second place during the same period with 2.4 million total viewers and 1.0 million A25-54 viewers followed by MSNBC with 1.9 million total viewers and 669,000 with A25-54.

London-headquartered Naked Communications is expanding further in the US by opening a new office in Minneapolis and Lisa Seward Perry and Amy Sheil were hired as Partners based at the company’s new office.

Tracy Green returns to LMNO Productions in the new role as SVP/Development. Formerly at LMNO Productions from 2001 to 2004, Tracy developed and co-executive produced programs for CBS, NBC and FOX. Since then, Tracy has served in executive roles at Original Productions, Lion Television UK and Belo Communications. LMNO Productions is an independent production company based in Hollywood specializing in reality and non-fiction television content.

Campus Televideo, a provider of custom cable TV, data and voice services to more than 220 colleges and universities across the country, named Rick Nixon as Director/Sales and Marketing. Rick will supervise inside sales operations in addition to brand, trade and media marketing efforts.

Lara Spotts was promoted to VP/East Coast Development at Bravo where she will head all East Coast development encompassing pilots, casting reels and concept development. Lara will remain in New York, reporting to Eli Lehrer, VP/Development, Bravo Media.

Digitas elevated Linda Piggot to EVP/Marketing and Kenneth Parks to EVP/Managing Director for Stamford and Atlanta. Linda is based at Digitas’ New York office and has been with the company since 2003 where she heads the agency’s American Express account and manages the Digitas Mentor Program. Kenneth, who joined Digitas in 1998, will oversee the growth of both the Stamford and Atlanta offices and client relationships in each. Kenneth also supervises the Delta global account.

This day in History:  1939 – At the 40th National Automobile Show the first air-conditioned car was put on display.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Who follows the race horse “Pie Oh My”? TONY OR RALPH ON THE SOPRANOS  Kudos to: Gina Handy-Tribune Media Services/NY; Bowa Kim-Univision/NY; Jeffrey Weil-DAC Group/Purchase; Scott Wagstaff-Showtime Networks/NY; Leigh Bingham-Harris BCD/Denver; Matt Sautter-Dish Network/Denver; Heather Rosenthal-Diamon Media/Scottsdale, AZ; Mark Guerin-9News/Denver; Roz Seibold-EDA/Tucson; Richard Sindell-RSA Management/LA; Lee Toft-DuBose Liles Entertainment/Hollywood; Paul Blutter-General American Group/Northridge; Chris Faulds-CTV Digital Media/Toronto

Today’s Trivia Question:  Between the infamous nose whistle and needing to “take a moment”, these are characteristic traits of what TV character?  (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.)

Later  — Cyn
11.04.10

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JOB OPENING: BIZ AFFAIRS ASSISTANT/Atlas Media/NY: Immediate. Temp to assist with legal/biz. Experience with media contracts.  Rez: [email protected] (11/9)

JOB OPENING: SENIOR COORDINATOR, TRAFFIC/SIRIUS XM Radio/NYC: Handle copy assignments, manage daily format changes against traffic logs. 2-3 yrs traffic exp req’d. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply at http://www.sirius.com/careers (11/9)

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JOB OPENING: PROMOTIONS MANAGER/Turner/NY: Turner Sports has a fantastic opportunity for a Promotions Mgr looking to work w/ some of the most exciting properties in Sports. Go to www.turnerjobs.com Search Req # 119099BR to apply (11/5)

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010

ABC:  Grey’s Anatomy [r],  Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice
AZTECA:  Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS:  The Big Bang Theory, $%#! My Dad Says, CSI, The Mentalist
CW:   Vampire Diaries, Nikita
FOX:  Bones, Fringe
ION:   Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:  Community, 30 Rock, The Office, Oursourced, The Apprentice
PBS:  This Old House Hour, Antiques Roadshow, Way of the Warrior
TELE: Aurora, El Fantasma de Elena, Alguien Te Mira
UNIV: Eva Luna, Soy Tu Duena, Rosa de Guadalupe

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