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CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HALLMARK CHANNEL HALLMARK CHANNEL The Top 10 network Source: Nielsen Galaxy Explorer, 2007-to-date (7/30 8/26/07), Prime Time (M-Su 8-11p) Live+SD coverage area HH ratings among all ad-supported cable networks. 3.Nielsen People Meter Sample, Sep ’07 Universe Estimate of 84.535 million subscriber households. Further qualifications available upon request. Cynopsis
Good Morning. It’s Thursday, September 20, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. Yesterday Dan Rather filed a $70 million lawsuit in State Supreme Court in Manhattan against former employer CBS alleging the network used him as a “scapegoat” concerning the discredited 2004 story about President Bush’s National Guard service. The lawsuit also names CBS President/CEO Leslie Moonves, Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward. According to Rather, he filed this complaint based on “CBS’ intentional mishandling” of the after effects generated by the story. He is seeking $20 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages. CBS issued this statement: “These complaints are old news, and this lawsuit is without merit.” Tonight’s Premieres: BURN NOTICE 2-Hour Season Finale Tonight 9/8c only on USA Network.
~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~ With the news NBC.com will offer a free download service of its full episodes for one week after they air on broadcast TV (see today’s Cynopsis Digital), also comes the news ABC has signed a revenue-sharing deal with AOL to begin offering the alphabet’s full length shows starting today. The shows will be available on AOL 24 hours after the broadcast, and AOL will library about 4 episodes of each series. In the weeks to follow, Hulu will launch on AOL offering NBC and Fox series; CBS shows are already viewable on AOL. With all the fall premieres hitting hard this week and next, FOX announced the seventh season of 24 “Day 7” will premiere over two nights on January 13 at 8p and January 14 at 9p. All original episodes of 24 will air each Monday at 9p into June. Lifetime Television will bite back with the return of its vampire series Blood Ties for a second season starting October 12 at 11p. The ten new episodes follows the network’s other scheduled Friday night shows – Lisa Williams: Life Among the Dead and the new America’s Psychic Challenge. Without the benefit of The Closer as a lead-in, the 10p finale of Saving Grace on TNT averaged 4.2 million viewers, off more than a million of its season one average of 5.3 million viewers. The Closer ended the week prior and brought in 9.2 million viewers. This week at 9p, TNT scheduled a rerun of Law & Order. Oxygen made a distribution deal with WOW! Internet, Cable and Phone, giving the network 100% carriage across the MSO. Beginning October 1, the network will launch in Columbus, Cleveland and Detroit to WOW! subscribers, and Oxygen’s VOD channel will also be offered to all WOW! systems later this year. Scripps Networks will expand its home base in Knoxville, TN by nearly doubling its office space from 189,000-square feet to almost 340,000-square feet in a $30 million development. 900 of the approximate 1,400 total employees are located in Knoxville and are housed in three locations. This new space will unite all Knoxville-based employees in one office by the end of 2010. Additional Scripps Networks’ offices are located in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville and San Francisco. Cox Communications, Inc. will launch the high definition simulcasts of four of Discovery Communications’ networks on a market-by-market basis. The HD networks include Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC and The Science Channel. ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~ Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to a project called Raffik (working title) – a fish out of water story about an Albanian police officer who moves to the US, and with some humor really gets into the American lifestyle. The project is from Darren Star, Anthony Horowitz and Sony Pictures Television. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM USA NETWORK BURN NOTICE is the #1 New Series of the Year! Beating Army Wives, Saving Grace, Damages, Side Order of Life, BURN NOTICE 2-Hour Season Finale Tonight 9/8c Source: Nielsen Media Research. 1/1/07-9/13/07. AA (000) most current, trackage average for all new cable series. Excluding trackages with one telecast and limited series. Subject to qualifications.
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~ Former Universal McCann executive, Paul Richardson was named SVP/Human Resources at ESPN. In his new role, Paul will manage all facets of ESPN’s human resources efforts over 50 varied business divisions and 5,000 employees worldwide. Comcast Network Advertising Sales elevated Sara Kaliski to VP/Online Advertising Sales. She will supervise the national online sales team which encompass offices in New York, Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles, and is charged with growing advertising revenue for E! Online, G4tv.com, Versus.com, myStyle.com and FEARnet.com. She will continue to report to Tom Prigoda, SVP/Interactive Media and Marketing Solutions. Starz Entertainment, LLC added Peter Demas as Executive Director/Key Initiatives and Rachel Falleroni as Executive Director/Program and Promotion Planning and Scheduling. Peter will focus on strategy direction for linear, on-demand, online and other platforms within the company. Rachel will carry out program and promotional scheduling for Starz, Starz InBlack, Starz Edge, Starz Cinema, Starz Kids & Family and Starz Comedy. Both will be based at the Englewood, CO office and report to Jonathan Shair, VP/Network Operations. Greg Heanue joined The Weather Channel as VP/Ad Sales and Consumer Marketing to develop and implement marketing programs to increase viewer awareness and loyalty. Previously, Greg was VP/Marketing at BBC America in New York.
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~ RATINGS ~ Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 9/3-9/9/07 ranked by HH Rtg Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 9/3-9/9/07 ranked by A18-49 Rtg Tuesday – A18-49 Analysis: NBC won another Tuesday night at 2.9/8 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. NBC led a clean sweep as The Biggest Loser was a winner at 8p with 2.9/9, while the season debut of Beauty and the Geek on The CW placed fourth overall at 1.4/4. NBC delivered a 3.8/10 at 9p for the second hour of The Biggest Loser and the second hour of CW’s Beauty/Geek premiere posted a 1.9/5. NBC carried the winning streak through 10p with a repeat of Law & Order: SVU averaging a 2.2/6. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research CBS 5.4/9 Power of Ten 5.2/9, Big Brother 8 5.5/9, NCIS [r] 5.5/9 NBC 4.9/8 The Biggest Loser [2-hours] 5.1/8, Law & Order: SVU [r] 4.3/7 ABC 4.3/7 Just for Laughs [r] 4.4/7, Just for Laughs [f] 4.4/7, Elvis: Viva Las Vegas 4.1/7 FOX 3.7/6 House [r] 4.1/7, K-Ville [r] 3.4/5 CW 2.2/4 Beauty and the Geek [p] 2.2/4 UNIV 2.0/3 Amar sin Limites 1.6/3, Destilando Amor 2.9/4, S.O.S: Sexo y Otros Secretos 1.4/2 TELE 0.6/1 Madre Luna 0.8/1, La Esclava Isaura 0.6/1, Amor Mio 0.5/1 A18-49: NBC 2.9/8, CBS 2.4/7, ABC 1.9/5, FOX 1.8/5, CW 1.7/5, UNIV 1.7/5, TELE 0.5/1
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