A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM PROGRAM PARTNERS, INC.

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Cynopsis

12/12/06

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 12, 2006,  and this is your first early morning briefing. 

Granite Broadcasting has filed for Chapter XI protection in the US Bankruptcy Court with a plan of financial reorganization.  Granite owns and/or operates 23 local television stations in 11 markets.  The Chapter XI filing is expected to reduce the corporate debt, and Granite anticipates the entire reorganization process is expected to be completed by mid-2007.

Tonight’s Finale:
FX: Nip/Tuck at 10p

Food Network will introduce a new batch of extreme cakes and confections when it premieres the second season of Ace of Cakes on January 18 at 1030p. The series follows cake artist Duff Goldman as he and his staff of Charm City Cakes create elaborate cakes and pastries that defy imagination.

GSN is betting on High Stakes Poker as it premieres season three on January 15 at 9p. Staged at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, HSP 3 welcomes 14 new players as they play no limit Texas hold ’em. Gabe Kaplan and AJ Benza will continue to call the action during the 13-week series, with Kaplan sitting in as a player for two episodes. HSP 3 will air on Mondays at 9p with encore airings on Mondays at 2a and Thursdays at 9p.

E! will debut a new half-hour docu-series called Boulevard of Broken Dreams, from the producers of The E! True Hollywood Story, on January 22 at 1030p. This new series will document the real-life stories of celebrity foul play, untimely death or broken relationships and dreams in addition to those who overcame roadblocks to rejuvenate their careers. The eight episodes will explore the lives of Niki and Krissy Taylor, Chris Penn, Leif Garrett among others.

FX has also picked up another season of 30 Days, the Morgan Spurlock documentary series where a person spends a full month in an environment completely foreign to him/her. FX has ordered an additional 6 episodes.

It will be Prince performing during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show.  The Super Bowl and halftime show will air on CBS live from Dolphin Stadium in Florida on Sunday, February 4. An NFL sponsor for five seasons, this will be the first time that Pepsi will serve as the sponsor for the Super Bowl halftime show.  Don Misher Productions and White Cherry Entertainment will produce the Super Bowl halftime show under their agreement with the NFL.  The two companies will also produce the Super Bowl XLI pre-game show.

MTV Networks and BET Networks have renewed their carriage agreement with Time Warner Cable. The agreement will also include an expansion by TWC to distribute LOGO and to launch MHD, the music-focused high-definition channel, as well as MTV Tr3s, MTV World and a full package of MTVN and BETN free on-demand content.

Oxygen has made a deal with On Command Video Corporation to provide many of its original series via VOD for hotels across America starting this month. On Command provides hotel in-room entertainment and information services to many major hotel chains including Hilton Hotels Corporation, Intercontinental Hotels Group, and Marriott. Shows on the Oxygen menu include Monique’s F.A.T. Change, Talk Sex with Sue Johanson, Campus Ladies and Real Weddings From The Knot from the comfort of their hotel rooms.

Of course, I am entirely too young to have a full appreciation for the original Philip Marlowe, Private Eye movies as originated on the big screen by Humphrey Bogart, or for Robert Mitchum’s rendition.  I do seem to recall the James Garner approach to Marlowe, and the Powers Booth 1980’s version on HBO.  Well, it’s about to get more modern again, as ABC works with producer Sean Bailey and his LivePlanet banner, and Touchstone TV, to bring Marlowe back to television. Per Variety, ABC has ordered a script.

ABC is also looking at another project called Inside, about an undercover female cop, from creator Allison Cross, with Touchstone TV.

And yet another ABC project – this one untitled but it’s about group of dysfunction, yet loveable, CEOs, and their lives in and out of the board room. ABC has ordered a pilot.  The project is from Jon Feldman and warner Bros. TV.

Fox has ordered a pilot of a project called New Amsterdam about a NYC detective who is actually is wicked old – we’re talking hundreds of years old. The project is from Regency TV and Scarlet Fire Films.

A second Fox project has gotten the pilot nod – referred to only as the untitled NSA project, about a normal middle of the road guy who works at a large plant, when he is dragged into the world of espionage by the NSA, and is forced to spy on his boss.  The project is from Real Time Prods, and 20th Century Fox TV.

Nancy Dubuc will move into the position of EVP/GM for The History Channel as of January 1, replacing current President Dan Davids, who has been with AETN 22 years. Nancy will report to AETN President/CEO Abbe Raven. Nancy will spearhead The History Channel’s strategic planning, programming, consumer marketing and brand identity, and will head History International, The History Channel en español and Military History Channel.

Depelsha Thomas McGruder has been upped to SVP/Business Operations and Strategy at MTV, reporting direct to Christina Norman, President, MTV. Her main responsibility is to create short and long-term strategies for all MTV brands in the U.S. that include MTV, MTV2, mtvU, MTV.com and the various digital TV networks.

Cameron Blanchard, who was most recently VP/NBC Entertainment Publicity, East Coast, has been named SVP/Communications at Bravo. Cameron is charged with supervising Bravo’s strategic communications and the network’s publicity campaigns for its longform and alternative series.

Disney-ABC Television Group has promoted Kate Nelson to the new position of VP/Business Operations, Daytime. Kate will oversee the strategic planning efforts of the group as well as business development and deals made on behalf of ABC Daytime, SOAPnet and Buena Vista Productions, among other duties. She reports to Brian Frons, President/Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group.

Jeffery D. Dunn has been added to the TVHead Board of Directors. Jeff, who is the former COO/Nickelodeon Networks Group and President, Nickelodeon Film and Enterprises, will be an active member in the network’s continuing development. TVHead will launch its games-on-demand television network early in 2007.

Goodman Media International, Inc. has bumped Adriana Ruiz to Senior Account Executive where she is a Hispanic market specialist based in the company’s New York office.

Tony Werner will leave his post as SVP/CTO at Liberty Global to become CTO at Comcast in January. In his new position, Tony will lead long-term technology strategy for Comcast. Current Comcast CTO Dave Fellows will remain on as a consultant.

Bridget Baker has been elevated to President, NBC Universal Television Networks Distribution, reporting to Jeff Zucker, CEO, NBC Universal Television Group. Bridget has been with NBC since 1988 and has been involved with many key business activities including negotiating the Charter Affiliation agreements that launched CNBC, as well as on-demand, pay-per-view, HDTV and digital network initiatives.

Logo SVP/Original Programming, Eileen Opatut, has stepped down from her position to sign a first-look deal with MTV Networks to develop and produce series, special events and other TV, wireless and online programming across the company’s multiplatform brands. In her new role, based in New York City, Eileen will be exec producer for the 2007 GLAAD Media Awards, reality series Be Real, Rick and Steve and the recently announced comedy series Exes and Ohs. Assuming Eileen’s day-to-day responsibilities as head of original programming at Logo is Dave Mace, VP/Original Programming.  Splitting his time between New York and LA, Dave will oversee development and production of Logo’s original programming, reporting to both Brian Graden, President/Entertainment, MTV Networks Music Group, and President/Logo, and Lisa Sherman, SVP and GM/Logo.

City Lights Home Entertainment, a new division of City Lights Media Group, has appointed Sal Scamardo as President. Sal will supervise the development, marketing and distribution of theatrical, special interest and TV content on video for the company via its recent digital and DVD distribution agreement with WEA Corp.

Today in Cynopsis Kids, or listen to the audio version here:

• 4Kids Ent. sets up trading card game company
• The Wiggles themed rides and attractions to launch at Six Flags

Today in Cynopsis: Multicultural and International Edition, or listen to the audio version here:

• Court TV signs deal with AOL Latino
• The Netherlands is the first nation to go completely digital – analog is no more
• Verizon FiOS TV now offering here! here and there in the U.S.

Sunday – A18-49 Analysis:  NBC scored the highest ratings Sunday night with a 6.2/15 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. In second place was ABC at 4.3/11, and then CBS 4.0/10, FOX 3.1/8, UNIV 1.4/3, CW 1.2/3 and TELE 0.4/1. CBS’ 60 Minutes won at 7p with 4.5/12. NBC led the victory dance the rest of the night with its NFL game between the Saints and Cowboys: at 8p NBC was #1 with 6.4/15; at 9p NBC’s football coverage peaked at 7.8/17; and then NBC delivered a winning 7.4/18 at 10p.
 
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, December 10, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research

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NBC       10.0/16       Football Night in America 5.5/9, Sunday Night Football: Saints vs. Cowboys 11.5/17

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CBS       9.3/14      60 Minutes 11.4/18, Amazing Race 8.4/13, Cold Case 8.3/12, Without a Trace 9.2/15

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ABC       7.5/12        America’s Funniest Videos 5.7/9, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2 hrs) 8.5/13, Brothers & Sisters 7.2/12

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FOX       4.0/6        American Dad [r] 2.8/5, Simpsons [r] 3.3/5, Simpsons 4.9/8, American Dad 4.3/6, Family Guy [r] 4.5/7, Family Guy [r] 4.2/6

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CW        2.3/3         Reba [r] 2.0/3, Reba 2.6/4, 7th Heaven 3.0/5, America’s Next Top Model [r] 1.5/2

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UNIV     1.9/3         Aún hay más… Homenaje a Raúl Velasco (Especial) 1.9/3

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TELE     0.4/1         Cinemundo Premier 0.5/1, Seguro Y Urgente 0.4/1, Vas o no vas 0.4/1

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A18-49: NBC 6.2/15, ABC 4.3/11, CBS 4.0/10, FOX 3.1/8, UNIV 1.4/3, CW 1.2/3, TELE 0.4/1

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM MIRAMAX FILMS

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The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1913-Two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo Da Vinci’s masterpiece The Mona Lisa is recovered inside Italian waiter Vincenzo Peruggia’s hotel room in Florence.  Peruggia had previously worked at the Louvre and had participated in the heist with a group of accomplices dressed as Louvre janitors on the morning of August 21, 1911.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: The name of this show happened to be the secret radio code name used for this special type of transportation two California cops would use to “watch over” and stop crime during the 70’s.  What 70’s show was this?   “WATCH OVER”  BEING KEY, THE SHOW WAS CHOPPER ONE!     Kudos to, OUCH, nobody!  We’ll try another from the earlier days!

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM MUSIC CHOICE

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Later  — Cyn
12.12.06
 
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT:  Tuesday, December 12, 2006

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ABC             Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas 40th Anniversary Special, Big Day, Help Me Help You, Barbara Walters Special
CBS             NCIS, The Unit, Criminal Minds
CW              Gilmore Girls, 8th Annual Family Television Awards
FOX             Standoff, House
i                  Mama’s Family, Mama’s Family, Diagnosis Murder, Charlie’s Angels
MNT             Desire , Fashion House
NBC             Friday Night Lights, Law & Order: CI, Law & Order: SVU
TELE            Marina,  Amor Mio, Amores, Decisiones
UNIV            La Fea Mas Bella, Mundo de Fieras, Ver Para Creer