A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WE tv

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Cynopsis
12.18.12

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 18, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Finales:
Golf Channel: Big Break Greenbrier at 9p
HGTV: Property Virgins at 9p
HISTORY: Mankind the Story of All of Us at 9p
NBC: The Voice at 9p
TLC: Little People, Big World: Wedding Farm at 9p
Spike TV: Ink Master at 10p
MTV2: Hip Hop Squares at 11p

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Cancelled ABC daytime series All My Children and One Life to Live may be resurrected online by Prospect Park, the company that had planned to relaunch both series online following their cancellations by the network in 2011.  Reportedly Prospect Park has made a deal with SAG-AFTRA that could bring the series back online as soon as January.  Prospect Park is also apparently in talks with the DGA and the WGA.  Prospect Park is additionally in talks with actors from both All My Children and One Life to Live to return for the new online versions.  There is no word on which actors though may reprise their roles.

Participant Media, provider of entertainment that inspires and promotes change and behind such films as An Inconvenient Truth, Food, Inc., The Help, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln and the upcoming Promised Land, announced plans to launch a new cable network targeting the millennial generation (18-34) next summer.  Participant Chairman and Founder Jeff Skoll and CEO Jim Berk made the announcement saying their company finalized the purchase of The Documentary Channel and has entered into an agreement to acquire the distribution assets of Halogen TV from The Inspiration Networks.  The services will be combined and rebranded and will reach an estimated 40+ million subscribers.  Terms of the agreements were not disclosed.  The channel will offer thought-provoking and entertaining slate of original and acquired programming targeting A18-34.  Participant is in development on programming with producer Brian Graden; The Jim Henson Company’s Brian Henson; director Davis Guggenheim; columnist and blogger Meghan McCain; humorist Morgan Spurlock; journalist and doc filmmaker Gotham Chopra; filmmaker and screenwriter Mary Harron; writer/director Timothy Scott Bogart; and Cineflix Media, an international TV producer and distributor in which Participant Media controls an equity interest. 

Nielsen and Twitter are partnering on a multi-year deal that will deliver a syndicated-standard metric to measure social TV audiences.  Nielsen Twitter TV Rating will likely be commercially available at the beginning of the Fall 2013-14 season.  These ratings will use NM Incite’s SocialGuide audience engagement analytics platform as its base.  NM Incite is a joint venture of Nielsen and McKinsey & Co.  SocialGuide measures Twitter TV activity for all US programming across 234 channels in English and Spanish and more than 36,000 programs. 

National Geographic Channel debuts a new citizen science series Diggers on January 1 with double episodes at 10p and 1030p.  The new series spotlights vocational metal detector enthusiasts and amateur historians George “KG” Wyant and Tim “Ringy” Saylor as they journey cross-country in search of the backstory on American history.  The pair spend hours digging holes to find a few humble treasures while hoping they find rare gold coins.  Diggers is produced for National Geographic Channel by Half Yard Productions.

A new 10-hour/five-part docu-drama series The Bible is set to premiere on HISTORY March 3 at 8p.  The series is created and executive produced by producer Mark Burnett and Roma Downey and features the stories of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation told in live-action and state-of-the-art CGI.  Keith David will narrate the series which will also feature a music score by composer Hans Zimmer.  Downey will additionally play Mother Mary and Portuguese TV star Diogo Morgado will play Jesus.  Other UK-based actors include Sean Teale, David Rintoul, Amber Rose Revah, Peter Guinness, Greg Hicks and Simon Kunz. 

Destination America debuts a new series Food Factory that goes behind the scenes to see how many of America’s most iconic products are made.  Food Factory looks at such brands and products as Dubble Bubble gum, Planters peanuts, Dannon yogurt, Campbell’s soup and more.  Radio personality and Destination America veteran Jon Hein (The Howard Stern Show) will narrate the 26-episode series which premieres on January 14 with back-to-back episodes at 10p and 1030p.  Food Factory is produced by Cineflix Productions.

Later in January, A&E Network bows new series Southie Rules featuring a native South Boston family that is battling the gentrification of their neighborhood from yuppies, sushi restaurants and more.  Southie Rules introduces one of the few remaining multi-generational Southie clans all living in the same three-level home.  Premiering January 29 at 10p, Southie Rules is produced by Powderhouse Productions and Magilla Entertainment for A&E.

Miniseries Top of the Lake written and directed by Jane Campion (The Piano, Portrait of a Lady) will debut the first of its first two hour-long installments March 18 at 9p on Sundance Channel.  The seven-part series will air Monday nights and stars Elisabeth Moss, Holly Hunter and Peter Mullan.  Top of the Lake is produced by Emile Sherman and Iain Canning of See-Saw Films and Philippa Campbell of Escapade Pictures. 

This Sunday Travel Channel airs a two-part program Magic Man that may end up becoming a series.  Part one at 9p, has magician JB Benn in San Francisco as he performs a trick at the well-known City Lights Bookstore.  The second half at 930p follows Benn to the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas where he performs more tricks for astonished tourists.  Magic Man is produced by JUMA Entertainment.

A third season of Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? is back on WE tv’s schedule beginning February 23 at 9p.  The new season with eight one-hour episodes has Joan still living in Melissa’s L.A. home though several guests will make appearances including Jane Lynch, Lily  Tomlin, Ellie Kemper, Kelly Osbourne, Graham Norton, Kato Kaelin and Chris Harrison.  Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? is produced for WE tv by Pie Town Productions.

The season seven finale of Dexter on Showtime on Sunday now ranks as the highest-rated episode ever for a Showtime original series.  Dexter attracted 2.75 million viewers at 9p and pulled in 3.43 million total viewers for the night.  Then at 10p, the second season finale of Homeland attracted 2.3 million viewers and 2.7 million total viewers for the night. 

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Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution announced an exclusive content licensing agreement with Amazon.com.  The deal involves TNT’s drama series Falling Skies and the Warner Bros. Television-produced TNT series The Closer added to Amazon’s prime Instant Video catalog.  Amazon’s Prime members will have instant access to all seven seasons of The Closer and the current and future seasons of Falling Skies at no additional cost via Prime Instant Video.

Syfy picked up the exclusive US broadcast rights to the Dr. Who spinoff titled K9 which will have its US premiere on Syfy with a full series marathon (26 episodes) on December 25 from 10a to 11p. 

AT&T and Starz Entertainment, LLC revealed the launch of STARZ PLAY, ENCORE PLAY and MOVIEPLEX PLAY for AT&T U-verse TV subscribers of the STARZ, ENCORE and MOVIEPLEX premium channels and services.  The AT&T U-verse TV launch of MOVIEPLEX PLAY is Starz Entertainment’s first for the authenticated online premium service.  The online PLAY services are at no additional monthly charge for STARZ subscribers. 

The Me-TV Network made a new affiliate agreement with WVEC/Norfolk, VA owned by Belo Television Group.  The station will launch Me-TV starting January 16, 2013.  This new affiliate boosts the Me-TV Network’s clearances to more than 84% of the country totaling 139 affiliates.  This deal marks the first time a Belo station has picked up Me-TV.

Time Warner Cable launched FEARnet in hi-def across most of its systems in Southern California.  This TWC launch is in addition to the VOD and stand-def version launched earlier this year.  FEARnet is carried via TWC’s Movie Pass package.

Hulu announced it will close out 2012 with more than 3 million paying subscribers for its Hulu Plus service, which is more than double compared to end of last year.  The online video site is owned by NBCUniversal, News Corp. and The Walt Disney Corp. 

HGTV has plans to add a new real estate series to its 2013 lineup focused on how buyers can maximize their budgets and secure a good deal on a home.  Power Broker will premiere with eight episodes and is currently in production with Johlt Productions.  Real estate agent Mike Aubrey, who previously was in House Hunters and Real Estate Intervention, will host the series. 

The Office’s Greg Daniels and his Deedle-Dee Productions company has sold a comedy about a tennis pro to FOX, reports THR.  The untitled single-camera comedy is about Richie, a mediocre tennis pro who returns to his college town in order to revitalize his life.  Universal Television is also producing.  Tom Gormican and Richie Keen will write the script and executive produce along with Daniels and his Deedle-Dee Productions; Deedle-Dee’s Howard Klein, Tracy Katsky and Oly Obst are also involved as EPs.

Production commenced earlier this month in Los Angeles on a new web comedy series Ghost Ghirls about two young female ghostbusters from Shine America and Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Productions.  The series has 12 episodes and is slated to debut in Spring 2013 exclusively on Yahoo! Screen.  Black, Jake Johnson, Molly Shannon, Jason Schwartzman and many other celebrities will make cameo appearances in the scripted paranormal procedural.  Ghost Ghirls was created by Jeremy Konner and series stars Amanda Lund and Maria Blasucci, who also serve as executive producers.  Electric Dynamite’s Black and Priyanka Mattoo are executive producers.

HBO is teaming with filmmaker Martin Scorsese on a documentary about former President Bill Clinton.  Scorsese will produce and direct the telepic which is being made with President Clinton’s full cooperation.  The documentary will cover President Clinton’s perspectives on history, politics, culture and world from the time he was in office to the present.  Steve Bing will serve as producer.  This is Scorsese’s fourth collaboration with HBO. 

Casting Call: A NYC-based production company is seeking accomplished and appealing home stagers for a docu-series in development.  If you or your company know how to turn a property into a sellable space and have the personality to capture an audience, the producer want to hear from you.  Please send your name, work bio/links to work, photos and other relevant info to: [email protected].

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Friday A18-49 Analysis:  CBS ranked #1 Friday with a 1.7/6 among A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  At 8p, the holiday classic special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on CBS was first at 1.9/6 followed by the ABC comedies Last Man Standing and Malibu Country at an average of 1.5/5.  CBS remained in first place during 9p with more holiday specials Yes, Virginia and Elf on a Shelf at an average of 1.6/5 while ABC’s Shark Tank repeat came next at 1.2/4.  NBC then moved into the #1 spot at 10p with Dateline Friday at 2.0/6 and ABC’s 20/20 was #2 at 1.6/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, December 14, 2012 time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

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ABC: 3.7/6             Last Man Standing 4.3/7, Malibu Country 4.0/7, Shark Tank [r] 2.7/4, 20/20 4.2/7

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CBS: 3.4/6              Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer [r] 3.6/6, Yes, Virginia [r] 3.2/5, Elf on a Shelf [r] 3.2/5

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NBC: 3.3/6              Michael Buble Christmas Special [r] 2.7/5, Take It All 2.9/5, Dateline Friday 4.4/8

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FOX: 1.9/3               Kitchen Nightmares 1.9/3, Fringe 1.9/3

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ION: 1.0/2              Cold Case 0.8/1, Cold Case 1.1/2, Cold Case 1.0/2

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UNIV: 1.0/2            Corona de Lagrimas [7p start] 0.9/2, Amor Bravio 0.9/2, Teleton USA 1.0/2

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CW: 0.9/2               Prancer Returns 0.9/2

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TELE: 0.7/1             Rosa Diamante 0.7/1, Corazon Valiente 0.7/1, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal 0.8/1, El Rostro de la Venganza 0.5/1

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TF: 0.4/1                Cineplex Fri [7p start] 0.4/1, Cineplex 2 Fri [r] 0.4/1

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A18-49:  CBS 1.7/6, ABC 1.4/5, NBC 1.3/4, FOX 1.1/3, UNIV 0.7/3, TELE 0.6/2, TF 0.4/1, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1

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Fandango, the moviegoer destination and a unit of NBCUniversal has named Adam Rockmore as VP/Marketing.  Adam has been a marketing executive at ABC, most recently in the role of SVP/Marketing for ABC Daytime and SOAPnet.  In his new role at Fandango, Adam will report to Paul Yanover, President. 

Amy Freisleben was elevated to Executive in Charge of Production for CBS Television Distribution’s Judge Judy.  Amy has been with the Judge Judy show since 1998 and most recently served as SVP/Legal and Business Affairs for CTD since 2009.  In addition, Executive Producer Timothy Regler is retiring after 42 years in the business; he has been with Judge Judy since the show premiered in September 1996 as Co-Executive Producer and then Executive Producer.  Randy Douthit will continue as Executive Producer and Director; he has also been with Judge Judy as EP since the show premiered in September 1996.

New York City-based Sound Lounge promoted Vicky Ferraro to Executive Producer of Sound Lounge.  Previously, Vicky was Executive Producer of Radio and RadioFace.  In her new capacity, Vicky will manage the sales efforts involved with all mixing including for TV and radio spots, digital and interactive media as well as webisodes. 

Former correspondent for Entertainment Tonight and host for Entertainment Tonight Weekend Thea Andrews was tapped as Co-Anchor of CBS Television Distribution’s omg!Insider.  Thea will join co-anchor Kevin Frazier starting in January 2013.  Michael Yo and Mary Kitchen are also joining omg!Insider in January as On-Air Correspondents. 

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This day in History: 1966 – Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas airs for the first time on CBS

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Name the original advertising sponsor of A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965). Coca-Cola. Kudos to: Peter Gautieri-AE Networks/NYC; Synda Kollman-Charter Marketing Group/Boca Raton, FL; Linda Grillo-Viacom/NYC; Rev. Mark Wajda-Diocese of Orlando/Altamonte Springs, FL; Cynthia New-Charter Communications/Cape Girardeau, MO; Cammie Buerry-Station Casinos/Las Vegas; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; Loren Steck-Loren Steck & Associates/Carmel, CA; Dan Haberer-Creo Entertainment/Playa del Rey, CA.

Today’s Trivia Question: Holiday Specials We Grew Up With Theme Week: In Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Thurl Ravenscroft sings the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”  Ravenscroft is better known as the voice of what animated character on TV commercials? (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.).

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2012

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ABC: A Charlie Brown Christmas, Happy Endings, Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23, Private Practice
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Vegas
CW: It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
FOX: Raising Hope [r], Ben and Kate [r], New Girl [r], The Mindy Project [r]
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
MyTV: House, House
NBC: The Voice, The Voice (Live Finale)
PBS: First Freedom: The Fight for Religious Liberty, The Iranian Americans, Frontline
TeleFutura: El Rebelde, Nunca Juegues con Extranos 2
Telemundo: Rosa Diamante, Corazon Valiente, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal, El Rostro de la Venganza
Univision: Por Ella Soy Eva, Amores Verdaderos, Amor Bravio

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