Cynopsis: Kids!
08/22/06
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 22, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing.
FYI, IM buddy’s will be LOL this fall (2006) when the CBBC premieres TMi (Too Much Information), its new Saturday morning reality series starring well known hosts Sam and Mark (Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes), along with Caroline Flack. TMi will simulcast live on CBBC and BBC Two from a studio overlooking London’s Leicester Square, beginning Saturday, September 16, from 9-11:45a. TMi will feature segments taped throughout the week by cameras stationed throughout Sam and Mark’s apartment. Additionally, the show will include games, competitions, guests, and Prank Patrol, hidden camera segments where kids get help catching unsuspecting friends/relatives in practical jokes, as well as The Secret Agent Show, a new animated comedy. Produced by the UK indie studio Collingwood O’Hare Entertainment, The Secret Agent Show follows the adventures of Victor Volt and Anita Knight who save the world from evildoers, that latter will be voiced by celebrities including Mike Reid (EastEnders) and Tom Baker (Little Britain) among others. In addition The Secret Agent Show will feature the voices of Felicity Kendal (The Good Life/in the UK, called Good Neighbors/in the US) and Stephen Fry (Harry Potter movies and much else). During the week viewers can log onto bbc.co.uk/cbbc to watch/speak to Sam and Mark in their apartment.
The N will premiere hour-long season openers of both Degrassi: The Next Generation and South of Nowhere on Friday, September 29, at 8p and 9p, respectively.
Sesame Workshop has given the go ahead to produce 26 new episodes of its interactive preschool series, Play With Me Sesame. The series is currently broadcast in 50+ countries and slated to debut soon in Poland, Hungary and Croatia, as part of a Sesame programming block that will also include the shows Elmo’s World and Global Grover.
- Poland’s Minimini recently launched Sesame Nook programming block that in addition to the three series includes Sesame English.
- Minimax will launch its Sesame block from December 2006 in Hungary, Romania Slovakia and the Czech Republic
- Beginning in early 2007 a block will be debut on broadcaster Magma, which be seen in Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Slovena, Serbia and Montenegro.
- Featuring the Sesame Street Muppets, Play With Me Sesame is designed to get kids up and playing games via new and existing segments that also feature fundamental concepts vital to reading, math and science and encouraging creativity in preschoolers. Play With Me Sesame is produced by Games Productions Inc. in association with Noggin and Sesame Workshop.
Fremantle International Distribution (FID) has inked a number of program deals across the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eastern Europe with its distribution partner Intra Communication. FID is the worldwide distribution arm of FremantleMedia. Family and youth related program deals include:
- Nova TV, Bulgaria and Fox Televizia, Serbia has picked up the teen series Falcon Beach (26 x 60 min, 1 x 120 min)
- While TV2, Hungary has taken a several programs from natural history expert, Nigel Marven including the Prehistoric Park (6 x 60 min), Nigel Marven’s Animal Detectives (1 x 60 min) and Nigel Marven’s Venom Hunters (1 x 60 min).
- HBO Spektrum has acquired Prehistoric Park for its channels in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, as well as season two of humorous Jimmy’s Farm (4 x 60 min).
The JC Penney Jam … The Concert For America’s Kids airs tonight on CBS, 8-9p. Hosted by Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw, with producer/songwriter/musician David Foster serving as Music Director, the goal of the concert is to raise awareness and encourage support for the need for quality afterschool programs and provide funds so all families can take part in such programs. The concert features appearances by Jon Bon Jovi, Sting and Mary J. Blige, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans and Martina McBride, Chris Botti, 3 Doors Down, Alejandro Sanz, John Legend and tenor Andrea Bocelli. Additionally, beginning Wednesday, August 23, a DVD/CD combined package will be available exclusively at JCPenney stores and online at jcp.com. Dr. Phil and Robin McGraw will also release a DVD titled A Real World Afterschool Partnership, which includes helpful advice on how to get involved in support of afterschool programs. Sales from the JCPenney JAM DVD/CD, the Dr. Phil/Robin McGraw DVD and the individual JAM artist CDs will go to support the JAM initiative and the JCPenney Afterschool Fund. The concert was recorded live on June 14 at the Shrine Auditorium in LA.
The Disney Channel will air a Spanish-language version of The Cheetah Girls 2 with English subtitles on September 15. The movie, a sequel to the first 2003 movie, will be close-captioned in both English and Spanish when the movie begins airing in English on August 25 during primetime.
LICENSING/MARKETING
Sony will release a pink PlayStation 2 console, okay pink-ish by the look of the photos online, in Europe and the UK only, on November 8, 2006. The pink PS2, or would that be the PPS2?, will be sold in a bundle complete with two pink analog DualShock controllers and a pink memory card (8MB). Targeted to, guess who, the pink PS2 will sell in Europe for about US$160 and in the UK for around US$245. Sony will show off the new pink machine this week at the Leipzig Games Convention.
The N Records, a division of Nick Records, and the Sony BMG Strategic Marketing Group will release The N Soundtrack in stores on Tuesday, August 29. A first for the teen-targeted network, The N Soundtrack is a compilation of tracks from well-known artists/bands such as The Donnas and Natasha Bedingfield, as well as some of the network’s stars including Degrassi: The Next Generation’s Aubrey Graham, Instant Star’s Alexz Johnson and South of Nowhere’s Mandy Musgrave. The CD also features bonus material including a sneak peek at scenes from the upcoming second season of Beyond the Break. Beginning today The N Soundtrack can be sampled on www.the-n.com.
Scholastic Education, the educational learning solution arm of Scholastic, releases Lesson Connections, K-3 leveled reading programs this week. Lesson Connections is designed to align to and complement existing and widely used core reading programs, including Open Court Reading, Harcourt-Trophies, Houghton Mifflin Reading, and Scott Foresman Reading. More Lesson Connections information is available at www.scholastic.com/lessonconnections.
Square Enix, Inc. will release Final Fantasy III in the US, previously unreleased here, for Nintendo DS on November 14, 2006. The game includes graphics that have been reworked and remodeled in full 3D. The game carries and ESRB rating of E 10+ for Everyone.
STONE SOUP:
If candy is your thing, take heed, and don’t say I didn’t give you fair warning! Beginning tomorrow Wednesday, August 23 through September, free Apollo Bars will be handed out in select locations of the US, UK, Australia and Asia, while supplies last that is. For the uninitiated, M. David Benson, the founder of the Apollo Candy Company, which manufactures and distributes the Apollo Bar, developed the Apollo Bar chocolate bar in the US in the 1960s. The Apollo Candy Company, now a unit of The Hanso Group, helped revive the company after falling on financial troubles in the 1970s. The Apollo Candy Company will distribute free Apollo Bars in US cities including NY, LA, Washington DC, and Chicago. A list of dates and locations where the candy bars will be available can be found at www.apollocandy.com.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Mad Catz Interactive, Inc., the third party video game accessory provider, has begun its search for a new CFO following the resignation of its current CFO, Cyril Talbot III. Talbot has accepted a new job with a company described by Mad Catz as “privately-held” and “outside of the interactive entertainment industry.”
RATINGS
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Thursday, August 17, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1111; K6-11 641; TWEENS 9-14 473
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 901; K6-11 552; TWEENS 9-14 456
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 784; K6-11 550; TWEENS 9-14 375
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 147; K6-11 78; TWEENS 9-14 53
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question Courtesy of Jane Collins-Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc/Toronto: What is the name of the village where Lunar Jim and his gang live? MOONA LUNA ON LUNAR JIM Kudos to: Rosie Smith-Stelor Productions/Darnestown, MD; Laura Lady-Fisher-Price/NY; David Stern-BARD Entertainment/NY; J Kristen McGregor/Toronto; Andrea Cordonier-Tales from the Painted Planet/Burritt’s Rapids, Ontario
Today’s Trivia Question: Who had a dog named Porkchop? (click here 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 — Gwen
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