Cynopsis: Kids!

12/01/09

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 1, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. 

Tracy Beaker will be back in the new CBBC drama series Tracy Beaker Returns (13 episodes), once again featuring Dani Harmer in the title role.  The series is set to premiere in early 2010.  Picking up five year after the last series, Tracy is now a young adult and living with her foster Mom, Cam, and writing a book about her life.  Following a series of disasters, Tracy must find a job and winds up working at the home where she grew up, the Dumping Ground.  Both of the Tracy Beaker series were created by kid’s author Jacqueline Wilson, who also serves as executive producer on Tracy Beaker Returns.  A CBBC Production, the new series also stars Connor Byrne and Lisa Coleman, reprising their roles as Mike and Cam respectively, along with a new cast of characters.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Ranger Smith will be played by Tom Cavanagh in Warner Bros.‘ mixed live-action and CG animated feature film Yogi Bear, per Variety.  The cast already includes Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd as Yogi Bear and the rumored casting of Justin Timberlake as Boo-Boo.  Created by Hanna-Barbera, Yogi Bear got his own series, The Yogi Bear Show, in 1961.

MORE KIDS STUFF

Chello Multicanal and Zon Multimedia ink a partnership for the production, marketing and distribution of kid’s movie and entertainment channels across Portugal and Portuguese-speaking Africa.  The partnership sees the creation of a new company to handle these projects, Dreamia  Servicos de Televisao, of which Chello and Zon are equal partners.  The three companies will launch a Panda Biggs, a tween-targeted channel.  Dreamia will broadcast four channels, with the other three being the kid-aimed Panda, a movie channel titled Hollywood, and MOV, which will offer movies and TV series.  Chello will distribute the Dreamia channels in Portugal, while Zon will do so in Portuguese-speaking Africa.

Another holiday programming shift for ABC, which moves the Peanuts hour-long special, A Charlie Brown to Tuesday, December 15, 8-9p.  The hour will also include a series of Christmas-themed animated stores, Charlie Brown Christmas Tales.  The specials had been set to air on December 8  and will play in place of episodes of Modern Family and The Middle.

The Grinch comes to the iPhone/iTouch with the Grinchmas app ($1.99).  The new How the Grinch Stole Christmas app is the first in a series of Oceanhouse Media created apps based on the Dr. Seuss classic.  Grinchmas is a casual snowball and present throwing game.  Additionally, Oceanhouse is offering the Dr. Seuss Camera  The Grinch Edition ($2.99), a greeting card maker.  Also headed our way is Oceanhouse’s how the Grinch Stole Christmas! E-book app.

MARKETING/LICENSING

4Kids Entertainment is named as the worldwide merchandising and licensing agent and brand manager for Dos y Dos by Latin American Multimedia Corporation (LAMC), a preschool-targeted Latino live-action series recorded in Spanish with several words/phrases in English and contains three or four musical performances.  Designed to encourage kids to speak in both Spanish and English and help them learn a range of social and motor skills, Dos y Dos is filmed in San Diego and currently can be seen in 42 US cities weekend mornings on LATV (Latin American Television Network).  From later this month, Dos y Dos will be available on DVD (six titles) and CD (7 titles).

BBC Magazines is set to launch the preschool magazine title In the Night Garden in Poland on December 29, 2009.  Licensed to Egmont Polska, the magazine will be published in Polish.  The In the Night Garden magazine is based on the CBeebies preschool series, which debuted in Poland in April 2008.  In the Night Garden Poland is the fourth international license for this title, which is also currently published in China, Middle East and Australia, as well as the original version in the UK.  Egmont Polska already publishes In the Night Garden and Teletubbies books as well as other BBC Magazine titles; CBeebies Weekly and Teletubbies.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Hit Entertainment names Sangeeta Desai to the newly created position of COO.  Desai has been a Principal at Apax Partners, a private equity firm and owner of Hit Entertainment.  Based in London, Desai will report directly to CEO, Jeff Dunn.  Prior to Apax Partners, she was in the UK Advisory group of Goldman Sachs, and before that toiled for JPMorgan in investment banking and equity research.

RATINGS

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 2-11 for the week of 11/16-11/22/09 , 6a-6a:
K2-11                                       Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Suite Life on Deck (11/20; 8:30p)           2480
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (11/20; 9p)                 2472
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (11/21; 9:30a) 2416
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (11/22; 9a)      2369
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (11/22; 9:30a) 2357
NBC:     Merry Madagascar (11/17; 8p)               2284
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (11/21; 9a)      2246
DSNY*: Wizards of Waverly Place (11/20; 8p)     2234
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (11/20; 9:35-10p)       2212
NICK:   Penguins of Madagascar (11/21; 10a)      2128
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Kids 6-11 for the week of 11/16-11/22/09 , 6a-6a:
K6-11                                        Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Suite Life on Deck (11/20; 8:30p)           2095
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (11/20; 9p)                 1970
DSNY*: Wizards of Waverly Place (11/20; 8p)      1843
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (11/20; 9:35-10p)        1719
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (11/21; 9:30a)  1506
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (11/21; 9a)       1491
NICK:    iCarly (11/16; 6p)                                  1480
DSNY*: Sonny With a Chance (11/22; 8p)            1472
NICK:    SpongeBob SquarePants (11/22; 9a)       1422
DSNY*: Sonny With a Chance (11/20; 7:30p)       1419
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Tweens 9-14 for the week of 11/16-11/22/09 , 6a-6a:
Tweens 9-14                                              Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Suite Life on Deck (11/20; 8:30p)                            1627
DSNY*: Sonny With a Chance (11/22; 8p)                            1559
DSNY*: Wizards of Waverly Place (11/20; 8p)                       1498
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (11/20; 9p)                                   1345
NICK:    iCarly (11/21; 9:30p)                                              1204
DSNY*: Phineas and Ferb (11/20; 9:35-10p)                         1196
NICK:    True Jackson, VP: Flirting With Fame (11/21; 8:30p) 1178
NAN:     Everybody Hates Chris (11/19; 9:30p)                      1135
DSNY*: Hannah Montana (11/22; 7:30p)                              1134
NICK:    iCarly (11/16; 6p)                                                   1121
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.

Top 10 Combined Broadcast/Basic Cable shows among Teens 12-17 for the week of 11/16-11/22/09 , 6a-6a:
Teens 12-17                                     Total Delivery (000)
DSNY*: Sonny With a Chance (11/22; 8p)                    979
FOX:     Family Guy (11/22; 9-9:31p)                           830
ABC:     American Music Awards (11/22; 8-11p)            807
DSNY*: Suite Life on Deck (11/20; 8:30p)                    776
DSNY*: Wizards of Waverly Place (11/20; 8p)               762
CBS:     NFL Various Teams/Times (11/22; 4:29-7:31p) 757
NAN:     Everybody Hates Chris (11/19; 9:30p)              725
FOX:     Glee (11/18; 9-10p)                                        688
DSNY*: Wizards of Waverly Place (11/21; 4p)               681
FOX:     NFL Various Teams/Times (11/22; 1:03-4:18p) 664
NAN:     Everybody Hates Chris (11/19; 9p)                  664
FOX:     The Cleveland Show (11/22; 8:30p)                 664
Source: Disney from Nielsen Media Research Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Abbreviation for Adult Swim, which airs on Cartoon Network

Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, November 21, 2009 Broadcast Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
CW (TheCW4Kids) 1.1/6 Avg. (7a-12p)
Winx Club 0.4/4; Winx Club 0.7/5; Rollbots 1.0/5; Dinosaur king 1.3/6; Yu-Gi-Oh 1.2/5; Sonic X 1.6/7; Turtles Forever (1×90) 1.5/6; Kamen Rider Dragon Knight 0.5/3
ABC 0.6/3 Avg. (9a-1p)
The Emperor’s New School 0.3/2; The Replacements 0.9/4; the rest of kid-targeted morning programming was pre-empted for college football.
CBS (CookieJarTV) 0.3/1 Avg. (7-10a/10a-12p)
Busytown Mysteries 0.2/1; Noonbory and the Super 7 0.3/1; Busytown Mysteries 0.3/2; Busytown Mysteries 0.2/1; Noonbory and the Super 7 0.2/1; Sabrina: Animated Series
NBC (Qubo on NBC) Avg. 0.3/1 (10a-1p)
The Zula Patrol 0.2/1; My friend Rabbit 0.1/0; Willa’s Wild Life 0.2/1; Babar 0.3/2; Shelldon 0.3/1; Jane and the Dragons 0.6/3

Final K6-11 Ratings for Saturday, November 21, 2009 Cable Networks only (Live + SD Data):
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
NICKELODEON 4.5/22 Avg. (7a-1p)
Jimmy Neutron 2.4/22; Jimmy Neutron 3.5/25; Fairly OddParents 4.3/24; Fairly OddParents 5.1/24; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.1/27; SpongeBob SquarePants 6.1/26; Penguins of Madagascar 5.0/21; Fanboy & Chum Chum 4.8/21; Penguins of Madagascar 4.4/20; Penguins of Madagascar 3.9/18; SpongeBob SquarePants 4.1/19; SpongeBob SquarePants 4.5/21
DISNEY CHANNEL 2.4/12 Avg. (7a-1p)
My Friends Tigger & Pooh 1.7/16; Little Einsteins 1.8/13; Special Agent Oso 2.0/11; Handy many 2.4/11; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.1/9; Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 1.9/8; Imagination Movers 2.3/10; Handy Manny 1.9/8; Phineas and Ferb 2.8/13; Phineas and Ferb 3.4/16; Beethoven’s 2nd (1×95) 3.1/15
CARTOON NETWORK 2.1/10 Avg. (7a-1p)
Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl  Galactic Battle 1.3/12; Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds 1.1/8; Ben 10: Alien Force 2.0/11; Star Wars: Clone Wars 2.2/11; Hot Wheels: Battle Force 1.8/8; Johnny test 2.4/10; Scooby Doo Meets the Boo Brothers 2.5/11; Garfield Show 2.0/9; Garfield Show 1.8/8
DISNEY XD 1.0/5 Avg. (7a-1p)
Phineas and Ferb 0.6/5; Kid vs. Kat 0.7/5; Phineas and Ferb 1.0/6; Kid vs. Kat 1.0/5; Phineas and Ferb 1.2/6; Kid vs. Kat 1.1/5; Phineas and Ferb 1.2/5; Kid vs. Kat 1.3/6; Phineas and Ferb 1.3/6; Kid vs. Kat 1.1/5; Phineas and Ferb 1.1/5; Kid vs. Kat 0.8/4

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:   This show featured main characters Shag, Gronk, Mac and Hector, and like so many Sherwood Schwartz shows, this one also had a memorable theme song, tho it only lasted one season.  What is it?  IT’S ABOUT TIME, CBS 1966-67  Click here to hear the theme song!  Kudos to: McPaul Smith-Sideways Hat Creative; Alan Dorfman-Good Stuff/Southampton; Andy Krinner-aNb Media/NY; Jim Salicrup-Papercutz/NY; Vita Viscomi-Slap Happy Cartoons/LA; Pat Brady-CESD/LA; Claire Wilmut-Boomstone Animation/Ottawa

Today’s Trivia Question: On what show will you come across the Terrible Tibble Twins?  (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.)

Later — Gwen
 Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
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