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04/15/08

Good Morning.  It’s Tuesday, April 15, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing, coming to you from Venice, Italy, at the Venice Festival of Media! And if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here.

After being held hostage for two months in Iraq, a British freelance journalist, Richard Butler, was rescued yesterday and appeared in good condition. Richard was working for CBS’ 60 Minutes and was grabbed with a translator in Basra on February 10. CBS News did not release any further information.

Tonight’s Premieres:
NFL Network: NFL’s Top 10 at 8p
Discovery Channel: Deadliest Catch at 9p
DIY Network: Desperate Landscapes at 9p
Fuse: NOFX: Backstage Passport at 10p
 
Tonight’s Finales:
NBC: The Biggest Loser: Couples at 8p
Bravo: The Real Housewives of New York City at 10p

CBS’ new summer lineup includes almost 90 hours of original programming and several new and returning series. In the reality category:

• Greatest American Dog (wt) – debuts July 10 at 8p; dogs and their owners will live together while they compete for a $250,000 cash prize. This series is produced by Magic Molehill Productions, Inc. in association with Actual Reality Pictures and Triage Entertainment, Inc.
• Million Dollar Password – premieres June 1 at 8p; Regis Philbin will host this new version of the classic game show from FremantleMedia North America where contestants pair up with celebrities such as Rachael Ray, Rosie O’Donnell to Neil Patrick Harris.
• Jingles (wt) – opens July 27 at 9p; from Mark Burnett Productions a new weekly competition series that allows participants to write and perform jingles about various products. To stay in the competition week to week, contestants will have to dazzle judges, a live audience and viewers who will make the final decision.
• Big Brother – the 10th edition begins July 13 at 8p and is executive produced by Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan in collaboration with Endemol USA Inc.

CBS also adds a mixed martial arts show:

• CBS Elitexc Saturday Night Fights – the first live bout airs May 31 at 9p telecast from the Prudential Center in Newark. The second CBS Elitexc Saturday Night Fight will air July 26. Showtime Sports produces.

CBS introduces two new drama series this summer:

• Swingtown – begins June 5 at 10p; a look at life in 1970s suburbia produced by CBS Paramount Network Television.
• Flashpoint – premieres July 11 at 10p; follows the dangerous work of cops in the SRU who rescue hostages, break up gangs and defuse bombs. This series was originally developed by CTV and will also air on CTV. Pink Sky Entertainment and Avamar Entertainment produce along with CBS Paramount Network Television and CTV.

Over the summer, CBS will also air encores of three series which will move to new time periods: Without A Trace will air Tuesdays at 10p starting June 3; Numb3rs will air Fridays at 9p starting July 11; and Cold Case relocates to Sundays at 10p as of July 27.

Documentary Channel (DOC) made an exclusive deal with IMAX Corporation to broadcast 21 films from the IMAX library on DOC. The multi-year agreement through distributor Northstar Media will include such films as Magnificent Desolation narrated by Tom Hanks; Space Station narrated by Tom Cruise and T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous.

Continuing with programs catering to the wedding genre, WE tv renewed the original series Bridezillas for a fifth season starting June 1 as well as the third season of Platinum Weddings also on June 1. Later in September, the network will add the new original series Amazing Wedding Cakes that follows master cake designers showing off their creations.

Starting with the fall 2008-2009 season, The Oprah Winfrey Show from Harpo Productions Inc. will be produced in hi-def. This is the first of Harpo’s shows to be produced in this format.

In a first for MSG, the sports and entertainment network is teaming with New England’s sports network, NESN and in a new multiple year deal claimed the exclusive rights to air the Little League Baseball Mid-Atlantic and New England regional tournaments. The two tournaments are based in Bristol, CT and take place in early August.  

The Jewish Life Television Network (JLTV) owned and operated by Phil Blazer Communications, recently launched on Time Warner Cable. JLTV is also carried worldwide via online and satellite TV. Programming highlights include Jewish themed movies, original programs, news and talk shows. In addition, author/comedian/host Hanala Stadner is featured on two programs, Traumedy Central and The Jewish View as well as host for major movie presentations.

UPFRONT UPDATE: Lifetime Networks

In its 24th year, Lifetime Television unveiled its upfront plans yesterday for the 2008-2009 season. Scripted series in development include:

• Mistresses – this pilot is based on the BBC series from Fox 21 about a group of women whose friendship continues long after college days.
• Drop Dead Diva – a Sony Pictures Television pilot about a twentysomething beautiful actress who, after an untimely death, ends up in Heaven and insists on going back to her life. Instead she ends up in the body of a thirtysomething successful yet plain attorney.
• Chambermaid – based on the novel by Saira Rao a law school graduate ends up clerking for an untraditional federal judge. Produced in association by Spring Creek Productions, Class IV and Warner Horizon Television.
• The Department Store – a young woman takes a job at Chicago’s most posh department store unaware that she is the illegitimate daughter of the owner of the store. From ABC Studios and The Mark Gordon Company.
• The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard – based on the U.K. miniseries of the same name; a supermarket manager runs for governor and wins.
• The Skin I’m In – A racially diverse young woman drops out of medical school to live with each of her divorced parents and realizes she is from two very different worlds.
• Trump Tower – nighttime soap set in one of Trump’s chic apartment and condo complexes. Executive produced by Donald Trump and Trump Productions.

Lifetime also returns Army Wives to its schedule for a second season starting June 8 at 10p. The network ordered 19 new episodes in addition to a two-hour holiday movie season finale airing in November.

Lifetime serves up three comedy series in development:

• Rita Rocks – Stressed out mom and wife acts out on her identity crisis by forming a garage rock band. From Media Rights Capital.
• Libertyville – a second comedy from Media Rights Capital and this one is about a divorced mom who is trying to date again and craves her personal freedom as she tries to juggle a complicated home life with kids and a cranky father.
• Burnt Toast – adapted from actress Teri Hatcher’s book of the same title about a 40-something single mom who want to help her daughter make good choices for her future happiness. From ABC Studios.

Lifetime has a handful of reality series in development:

• The Big Match – in this dating game show hosted by Cat Deeley 100 single men woo one woman. From Granada.
• Cook Yourself Thin – Tiger Aspect produces this series where four female chefs/food stylists teach a different woman each week how to cook healthy food.
• Salsa and the City – weekly docu-soap about a group of salsa dancers in Los Angeles who hang out at the salsa club owned by Mario Lopez who will appear in each episode. Produced by GRP.
• Total Knockout – makeover competition show with three challengers going against celebrity stylists hosted by former supermodel Roshumba Williams. Produced by Film Garden Entertainment.
• As previously reported, Lifetime will pick up Project Runway as of November 2008 which is a production of The Weinstein Company. Also How To Look Good Naked returns for season two in July.

Lifetime will debut a slew of original movies, nearly one per month, and highlights of those include:

• The Tenth Circle – opens June 28 at 9p and stars Kelly Preston and Ron Eldard based on Jodi Picoult’s novel about parents dealing with the rape and drugging of their teenaged daughter. From Sony Pictures Television.
• True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet – August date TBA; Valerie Bertinelli stars in this movie about a teen star who after overdosing is sent by her mother to live incognito in Fort Wayne, IN. From Starz Media and Robert Greenwald Productions.
• Coco Chanel – coming in September; Shirley MacLaine stars as the famous French fashion designer. From Christian Duguay Films.
• Flirting with Forty – set for December; Heather Locklear and Robert Buckley lead in this adaptation of Jane Porter’s novel about a divorced woman heading toward her 40th birthday. From von Zerneck Sertner Films and Sony Pictures Television.

Lifetime has a number of original movies in development and a couple notable projects include:

• Nora Roberts Franchise – author Nora Roberts has four new movies slated for 2009 selected from six of her most popular book titles. Mandalay Television will produce.
• Patricia Cornwell Franchise – for the first time two of Patricia Cornwell’s crime novels will be adapted for two Lifetime Original Movies in 2009. Twinstar Entertainment will produce.
• Amish Grace – movie about the true story of the shooting in Nickel Mines, PA that injured five teenage girls and killed five other girls. 

Lifetime Movie Network will reach its 10th anniversary this June and will roll out several new movies this summer:

• The Secrets of the Summer House – June 1
• Nightmare at the End of the Hall – June 22
• Soul Custody – August 3
• Little Girl Lost: The Delimar Vera Story – August 17 

In addition, Lifetime Movie Network has 18 new movies on the docket for the 2008-2009 season including two adapted from Ann Rule crime novels.

NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS FROM VENICE FESTIVAL OF MEDIA 08

The Venice Festival of Media 2008 conference got underway Monday morning with the majority of the seminars and breakout sessions focusing on the digital age, how to utilize the multiplatform technology and how best to market and reach the users – or influencers – of the digital space. 

• One of the morning sessions, The Power of Social Media for Brands, with Mike Murphy, VP/Global Sales for Facebook, reinforced the need to know your customer and what they want.  Catering to the known user, helps drive the brand as they become the influencers of your brand.
• After a morning of two large sessions, the attendees broke out into one of four smaller sessions.  We were able to attend two of them –
  • Conversational Marketing was best encapsulated by Jimmy Maymann, CEO of Go Viral, who said that while before we were accustom to using focus groups, now in the digital age it’s a 7-11 world – it never closes.  Marketing concepts should first be tested on a half dozen sites of known influencers and get their opinions before going wide.  If it takes off before you’re ready and reaches that tipping point – you can never take it back.
  • Sports & Media: A New Game Plan first recognizes people want to know the minute something happens in a game. Per Kevin Roberts, Editorial Director of Sports Business Group, “technology allows sports to now be open for business 24/7, 365 days a year” and that works in this digital atmosphere.
• The next general session – The Global Client Debate – featured presenters from Unilever, Philips, P&G and Coca-Cola, demonstrating how they had effectively used the internet and the digital space to drive their brands, increase awareness, build sales. Unfortunately, everything was running late, so the debate portion of this presentation had to be put aside.

After lunch, the internet in the building went down – some thought because so many users in Italy were bombarding the internet to find out who won the election for Prime Minister, but that was never confirmed.  Unfortunately, that drove me out of there to find semi-working internet service back at our hotel. The internet has been a bit skitterish since we arrived, making the sending of this missive a new and exciting challenge each and every morning! 

Overall from the sessions we attended, the first day seminars and presentations seemed to state a little of the obvious about working in a digital world and that it should be a place to market your brand.  Perhaps day two will answer one of the most pressing questions – how do you go about marketing yourself in the digital space?

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TV GUIDE NETWORK

*Source: Nielsen Media Research 03/08

CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY:   Before Tim Robbins appealed to their compassion and human spirit, NAB President David Rehr urged broadcasters to embrace the challenges before them as they execute the DTV transition. He spoke of an “explosion of possibilities” that will result from the switchover in his last NAB conference keynote address before D-day on February 17, 2009. He said the NAB is working toward getting digital TV on multiple platforms and devices (345 million of them in all), which could result in an additional $2 billion a year in revenues by 2012 in mobile video alone. He touted NAB initiatives such as the Fastroad technology advocacy program and the Open Mobile Video Coalition. And he advised that broadcasters look to make the internet “part of our DNA.” To reassure those who feel like the digital world is passing them by, Rehr pointed to YouTube’s motto – “Broadcast Yourself.” “They use the word ‘broadcast.’ They obviously don’t think the word is outdated, or tired, or irrelevant. But the question is, do we?,” he asked.  Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. (Or to listen to the Cynopsis Digital Podcast click here or subscribe to it at iTunes here .)

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: The new animated series Speed Racer: The Next Generation (26×30) bows on Nicktoons Network with a 90-minute episode, The Beginning, premiere on Friday May 2, 2008 at 7p.  The debut comes just ahead of the Lionsgate’s release of Speed Racer The Next Generation: The Beginning on DVD on May 6, and the release of Warner Bros. live-action Speed Racer movie on May 9.  Beginning this month, Speed Racer: The Next Generation will stream on VOD, with select video content from the series available on the Nicktoons Network video player at www.nicktoonsnetwork.com. Based on the classic animated Speed Racer series, which debuted in 1967 in the US, the new animated series is executive produced by John and Jim Rocknowski, principals of Speed Racer Enterprises Inc., and Larry Schwarz, CEO of Animation Collective. Full edition: CYN KIDS.

CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  As part of a new 1-year agreement, Butlins Resorts has signed on with Cartoon Network Enterprises to develop and license a new interactive game show, Cartoon Network’s Wheely Big Super-Toontastic Game Show.  Starting next month, the live show will take place twice a week at Butlin’s three U.K. resorts, Skegness, Minehead and Bognor.  In addition, the agreement between the two companies covers costume character appearances and a retail presence in Butlin’s onsite stores.  Characters taking part include Dexter’s Laboratory’s Dexter and Dee Dee, Ben 10’s Fourarms and others. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL. 

Saturday – A18-49 Analysis:  FOX zipped into first place Saturday night with 2.2/7 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX’s NASCAR race coverage beat out the competition at 8p with 2.1/7 and again during 9p with 2.4/7. At 10p, CBS with 48 Hours and NBC’s Law & Order repeat tied for #1 at 1.5/4 each. 

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, April 12, 2008 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research

FOX: 4.1/8            NASCAR 4.1/8

NBC: 3.4/6             Law & Order: CI [r] 2.9/6, Law & Order: SVU [r] 3.3/6, Law & Order [r] 3.9/7

CBS: 2.6/5           48 Hours 1.7/3, CSI: NY [r] 2.6/5, 48 Hours 3.5/6

ABC: 2.2/4              Movie: Harry Potter: The Chamber of Secrets [r] 2.2/4

UNIV: 1.3/2          Sabado Gigante 1.3/2

TELE: 0.4/1          Cine en Casa/Estreno [7p] 0.3/1, Cine de Impacto 0.5/1

A18-49: FOX 2.2/7, NBC 1.3/4, ABC 1.1/4, CBS 1.1/3, UNIV 0.8/3, TELE 0.4/1

 
Sunday – A18-49 Analysis:  ABC had a winning lineup Sunday night at 3.5/9 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. CBS started out in first during 7p with the Masters Overrun at 3.2/10. FOX gained ground during 8p winning with an average of The Simpsons repeat and King of the Hill at 3.0/8. The return of Desperate Housewives on ABC at 9p surged to 5.7/13, and with that lead-in ABC’s Eli Stone won the 10p hour with 2.9/7.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, April 13, 2008 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research

CBS: 6.9/11        Masters Overrun 9.1/16, 60 Minutes 7.0/11, Big Brother 9 5.7/9, Cold Case 5.5/9

ABC: 6.5/11     America’s Funniest Home Videos 4.3/8, Oprah’s Big Give 5.6/9, Desperate Housewives 10.1/15, Eli Stone 6.1/10

NBC: 3.6/6         Dateline: NBC 4.2/7, Monk 3.5/6, Psych 2.9/4, Law & Order: SVU [r] 3.8/6

FOX: 2.9/5        King of the Hill [r] 1.6/3, American Dad [r] 2.0/3, The Simpsons [r] 3.8/6, King of the Hill 3.4/5, Family Guy 3.8/6, American Dad [r] 3.3/5

UNIV: 1.1/2       Hora Pico 0.9/2, Familia P. Luche 1.1/2, Noche de Estrellas 1.0/2, El Pantera 1.1/2

CW: 0.9/1         America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.8/1, Everybody Hates Chris 0.9/2, Aliens in America [r] 0.8/1, The Game 1.0/2, Girlfriends [r] 0.8/1

TELE: 0.6/1       Movie: El Siete Machos 0.5/1, Movie: End of Days 0.6/1

A18-49: ABC 3.5/9, CBS 2.7/7, FOX 2.4/6, NBC 1.3/3, UNIV 0.8/2, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.5/1

Jamie Davis will join VERSUS as President in September to provide oversight for the network’s daily programming, production, marketing, finance and sales functions and at the same time will lead the network’s strategic growth and vision. Jamie will follow Gavin Harvey in this position who will remain as a consultant with the network through this year as the relocation process from Stamford, CT to Philadelphia takes place. Previously, Jamie was Managing Director with ESPN STAR Sports.

Stacy Isenhower advanced to SVP/Programming and Scheduling with Cartoon Network. She will manage daily scheduling and positioning for on-air content for Cartoon and Boomerang in addition to on-air promotion for Adult Swim. Stacy will also handle the scheduling of each network’s long-range on-air promotional calendar. She will continue to be located in Atlanta reporting to Stuart Snyder, President/COO, Turner Broadcasting System Inc.’s Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media unit.

Fort Lauderdale-based The Laredo Group tapped Keith Norman for the new position as VP/Business Development. Keith joins from Waterman Broadcasting Corp, where he was Internet Director.

Reactrix Systems, Inc. upgraded Lynne Kraselsky to VP/Ad Sales to increase advertising revenue and to manage relationships with the company’s top clients as well as the New York Ad Sales force. In addition, Reactrix hired Peter Farley and Sal Tofano as Account Directors for the New York office and both will report to Lynne Kraselsky.

Debbie Alther moved up to VP/Program and Promotion Planning and Scheduling with Starz Entertainment, LLC. In this new capacity, Debbie will supervise programming and promotion scheduling and planning for the company’s linear, on-demand and broadband properties. Based in Englewood, CO Debbie reports to Jonathan Shair, VP/Network Operations.

Spurred on by its continuing expansion in the marketing area, Shout! Factory hired Kristie Vogel as Director/Promotion and Paul Rocha as Product Manager. Both will report to Melissa Boag, VP/Marketing.

Mia McNiece was appointed by Javelin Direct, a division of Omnicom to be VP/Client Services. She will report to Michael Hughes, Managing Director and based in the company’s New York office.

Susan Malfa was promoted to SVP, effective immediately, where she will now supervise Oxygen ad sales in addition to continuing oversight of Bravo’s ad sales. Susan reports jointly to Steve Mandala, EVP/Cable Ad Sales, NBC Universal and Lauren Zalaznick, President/Bravo Media and Oxygen Media.

Univision Communications Inc. named Sebastian Trujillo as SVP/Operating Manager for the Galavision Network beginning June 2. Sebastian will manage programming, operations and production for the network, reporting to Joanne Lynch, SVP/GM, Galavision.

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM AMC

This day in History:  1955 – Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois. On his first day in business, sales of 15-cent hamburgers and 10-cent French fries came to a grand total of $366.12.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  On the original It Takes a Thief series (1968-1970) starring Robert Wagner as Alexander Mundy, who played his father, Alistair, in the final season?   FRED ASTAIRE   Kudos to:  JJ O’Brien-NEAN/NY; Carol Accetta-Active International/Pearl River,NY; Ray Boller-GSN/NY; Jim Kelsh-Comcast Spotlight/Malvern, PA; Keith Paxton-KDFI-My27/Dallas; Dan Whitford-RPM Advertising/Chicago; Mike Ritzman-NEXTMedia/Dallas; Dory Melman Petsrillo-Petry TV/Dallas; Lance Taylor/LA; Dona Nelson/Santa Barbara,CA; Patti Clements-KXRM/KXTU/Colorado Springs; Lee Toft-Mike Mathis Productions, Inc./Pasadena, CA; Jemma Yates-MBC/Dubai;  Nancy Dixon Welch-Eclipse Television & Sports Marketing, LLC/Tortola, British Virgin Islands; Sheldon Wiebe-EclipseMagazine.com/Calgary

Today’s Trivia Question: What was the stage name of the “dim-witted” comedian/singer who appeared as a regular on Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge who sometimes assisted with the musical questions?  (
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Later  — Cyn
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JOB OPENING:  SR. MGR, DISTRIBUTION/GSN/SANTA MONICA CA: Reports to VP. Resp. for subscriber acquisition, retention and related activities. BA + 3 yrs min exp in ent/mktg/sales, cable exp preferred. Res/cvr letter:
(4/16)

JOB OPENING:  MKTG DIR /VeggieTales/Nashville:Create/execute strategies & plans for VeggieTales & other Big Idea brands, dvlp & mng budgets. Exc leadership & presentation skills req’d. 5+ yrs exp. Apply: http://bigidea.com/jobs (4/16)

JOB OPENING:  VP  RESEARCH/Fuse/NY:  Dvlps & directs all prim & scndry resrch supporting Pgrm, Mktg, Ad Sales & Sr Mgmt. Skg strong leader to expand understdg of viewer behave & awareness. Rez to:
“VPR” in subj  (4/16)

JOB OPENING: SALES PLANNER/Discovery/Atlanta: Supp AE’s dev. proposals/presentations. Strong comm.  Exp w/ rsrch, advrtsng, acct mgmnt. Nat’l Ad Sales exp via ad agency/cable TV vendor a must. Apply: www.discovery.com Req#7806 (4/16)

JOB OPENING: ACCT MGR-DIRECT RESPONSE/BET-NY: CABLE SALESPERSON W/STRONG PRESENTATION SKILLS. COMFORTABLE W/MULTI-PLATFORM & INTEGRATED OPPS. SALES/AGENCY EXP. REQUIRED. EMAIL:
(4/16)

JOB OPENING:  RESEARCH DIRECTOR/TVB, New York City: Experience in media sales research/market research. Knowledge of Nielsen NTI & NSI, TNS, Polk, Scarborough, MRI, Excel/PowerPoint. Email resume to
. EOE (4/16)

JOB OPENING:  PR MGR/HIT ENTERTAINMENT/NYC: Handle full spectrum of PR programs/initiatives from creation through execution. Min 5 yrs in communications/media/public relations. Resume to
. EEO/M/F/V/H (4/16)

JOB OPENING:  FREELANCE COORD/USA Strategic Marketing: Support creation of client programs inc. sponsorships, finances, etc. 2+ yrs integrated mktg exp in TV or ad agency preferred.Resumes to
(4/19)

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SPRING/SUMMER INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY:  INTERN for LA public relations firm specializing in entertainment, visual, culinary and performing arts. DUTIES: manage blogs, research, write press releases, pitch media, learn the business.
(4/17)

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – Tuesday, April 15, 2008

ABC: According to Jim, According to Jim [r], Dancing with the Stars (Results), Boston Legal
AZTECA: Lo Que La Gente Cuenta, Cambio de Vida, Bellezas Indomables
CBS: NCIS, Big Brother 9, 48 Hours Mystery
CW: Beauty and the Geek, Reaper [r]
FOX: American Idol, Hell’s Kitchen
ION: Mama’s Family, Mama’s Family, Quantum Leap, Drew Carey Show, Drew Carey Show
MNT: Street Patrol [r], Street Patrol [r], Jail [r], Jail [r]
NBC: The Biggest Loser, Law & Order: SVU
PBS: Nova [r], Frontline, Independent Lens
TELE: La Traicion, Victoria, Pecados Ajenos
UNIV: Al Diablo con los Guapos, Pasion, Aqui y Ahora

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