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12/02/08

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 2, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. 

Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: According to Jim at 9p
BIO Channel: Shatner’s Raw Nerve at 10p
Oxygen: The Bad Girls Club at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:
BBC America: Gavin & Stacey at 840p
MTV: Paris Hilton’s My New BFF at 10p
Animal Planet: Living with the Wolfman at 1030p
A&E Network: The Rookies at 1130p

2008 November Sweep Primetime Highlights for 4 Broadcast Networks – ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and The CW, 10/30-11/26/08: ABC officially came in first in the A18-49 demo for the fourth consecutive November Sweep period, while CBS led in Total Viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research NTI Live + Same Day data.
A18-49: ABC 3.2/9, CBS 3.1/8, NBC 2.8/8, Fox 2.7/7, CW 0.9/2
Total Viewers: CBS 11.74 million, ABC 10.53 million; NBC 7.70 million; FOX 7.10 million, CW 2.03 million
The complete sweep numbers including other demos for these networks as well as MNT and the Spanish-language networks had not been received by publication time Tuesday morning.

Buoyed by the Presidential election and its aftermath, the Sunday morning news shows all posted increases during the November Sweep and according to Nielsen, NBC’s Meet the Press led overall and had its best November performance in four years with veteran Tom Brokaw at the helm. 

NBC Meet the Press: 4.52 million viewers (+29% compared to November 2007); 1.58 million A25-54 viewers (+33%)

ABC This Week: 3.52 million total viewers (+26%); 1.26 million A25-54 viewers (+27%)

CBS Face the Nation: 3.11 million total viewers (+23%); 1.13 million A25-54 viewers (+33%)

FOX Fox News Sunday: 1.53 million total viewers (+19%); 590,000 A25-54 viewers (+2%)

And on the same topic, Huffington Post reports David Gregory has been named Tim Russert’s successor on NBC’s Meet the Press.  The news has not been confirmed at this writing by either NBC or Gregory.

Glenn Beck begins his new hosting stint at Fox News Channel January 19 at 5p and his show, Glenn Beck will replace America’s News HQ currently in this time period. The hour-long show will feature Beck’s take on topical stories and interviews from newsmakers in the entertainment, political and business fields. Grasham Striegel, senior producer with Fox & Friends will be senior producer for Beck’s show.

TNT signed on DirecTV, Hewlett-Packard and Hyundai as season sponsors for new series Leverage premiering commercial-free this Sunday at 10p. The series will slide into its normal time period of Tuesdays at 10p starting December 9.

Katz Radio Group, a division of Katz Media Group, Inc. will begin immediately to represent Beasley Broadcast Group Inc. based in Naples, FL. Beasley Broadcast owns or operates 44 radio stations throughout the U.S. in eleven medium to large-sized markets.

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FremantleMedia (FM) will present Katalyst Media’s new competition reality series True Beauty to international buyers at NATPE 2009. The deal continues the first look agreement between the two companies and is part of FM’s €40 million Talent Fund initiative. The eight-episode True Beauty, also produced by Bankable Productions and Warner Horizon Television, premieres in the U.S. on ABC January 5 at 10p.

On behalf of the recently launched linear digital channel THIS TV, MGM signed new affiliate agreements with several station groups including Fisher Communications, Inc., Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc., Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc. and Sinclair Broadcast Group. More than 40 station partners were added to THIS TV’s roster, with launches scheduled throughout the U.S. over the next six months. THIS TV formally embarked on November 1 in Chicago, Columbus and Milwaukee plus other cities and is a collaborative venture between MGM and Weigel Broadcasting Company.

Steve Buscemi may headline Boardwalk Empire, the Martin Scorsese directed drama pilot for HBO chronicling Atlantic City in the 1920s, reports THR. Buscemi’s character Nucky Johnson, is a smart businessman and a bootlegger on the side. Scottish actress, Kelly Macdonald is also discussing taking on a co-starring role in the project playing Margaret, an Irish immigrant who married the wrong man to escape her family home. Executive producers on the project include Scorsese, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson and Terrence Winter who also wrote the script based on a book by Nelson Johnson.

CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Clearwire CEO Benjamin Wolff promised the new WiMax venture would run an open, independent network despite the significant cash contributions from investors such as Google, Intel, Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Google does plan to develop applications that run on the platform (including Android-compatible apps) and Intel plans to sell WiMax chips to laptop manufacturers. The 4G wireless broadband service, which is being added to Sprint’s current 2.5 GHz Xohm network, hopes to start offering speeds of 2-4 Mhz/sec. downstream by 2010 in select markets. But Wolff warned the rollout could be slowed if the credit markets don’t improve. Clearwire will henceforth be branded as “Clear,” as in the tagline, “Let’s Be Clear.”  Full edition: CYN DIGITAL.

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations for its 36th Annual Annie Awards, which recognizes the year’s best in animated features, TV productions, commercials, video games and short subjects and a host of individual achievements.  In the movie categories, DreamWorks Animation leads the way with a total of 27 nods, including 17 for Kung Fu Panda, followed by Walt Disney Animation Studios, which received 9 nominations, and Pixar with 8.  On the TV side, Nickelodeon leads the way with 12 nominations.  The Annie Awards will be handed out at a ceremony on Friday, January 30, 2009, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in LA.   Full edition: CYN KIDS.

CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  MTV Networks International is rolling out its second wave of launches for its global high def MTVNHD (MTV Networks High Definition). The 24-hour, English-language channel will debut before the year’s end in ten new countries including the U.K. (Sky) and Israel (HOT).  For the first time, it will launch in Latin America in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Caribbean Islands and Uruguay (DirecTV Panamericana).  MTVNHD, which launched this past September in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Poland and Sweden and in November in France, includes music and kids’ programming that is original, acquired and from MTVNI’s multi-branded library. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL.

Wednesday – A18-49 Analysis:  Even though ratings were down week to week, CBS was #1 the last night of November Sweep Wednesday at 2.9/9 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX was first during 8p with Bones at 2.7/9 over CBS averaging a 2.1/7 for sitcoms Old Christine and Gary Unmarried. CBS was the clear winner at 9p with Criminal Minds at 3.4/10 with UNIV’s Fuego en la Sangre coming next at 2.1/6. CBS had a harder time at 10p yet prevailed with CSI: NY at 3.1/9 just barely ahead of ABC’s Barbara Walters Special at 3.0/9. 

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (November Sweep Day 28) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 6.9/12         Old Christine 4.7/8, Gary Unmarried 4.7/8, Criminal Minds 8.6/15, CSI: NY 7.5/13

ABC: 4.7/8            Pushing Daisies 2.7/5, Private Practice 4.2/7, Barbara Walters Special 7.3/13

FOX: 4.6/8            Bones 6.1/11, House [r] 3.1/5

NBC: 3.9/7             Rosie Live 3.5/6, Deal or No Deal 4.0/7, Law & Order 4.2/7

UNIV: 2.2/4          Cuidado con El Angel 2.5/4, Fuego en La Sangre 2.4/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.8/3

MNT: 1.3/2           World Magic Awards 1.3/2

CW: 0.6/1            Stylista [r] 0.7/1, Stylista 0.5/1

TELE: 0.6/1          Dona Barbara 0.5/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.6/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.9/2

A18-49: CBS 2.9/9, FOX 2.2/7, ABC 2.0/6, UNIV 1.8/6, NBC 1.5/5, MNT 0.6/2, TELE 0.5/2, CW 0.4/1

NBC10/Philadelphia introduces a new full-service production company, Studio TEN Creative Group with Lauren Bacigalupi, VP heading the commercial venture as well as client sales and project development. The Studio TEN team is also comprised of Henry Vazquez as Promotions Manager, On-Air and News Programming; Shay Mendes as Creative Services Manager, Sales Marketing, Original Programming; and Eileen Matthews as Production Manager.

Nonprofit Sesame Workshop recruited Karen Driscoll as VP/Marketing Services and Diana Polvere as VP/Market Intelligence. Karen, who joins from Nickelodeon, will supervise the implementation of marketing plans and initiatives on behalf of programs Sesame Street and The Electric Company. Karen will also head a team in charge of consumer and trade marketing initiatives with the goal to further expand the Sesame Street brand across multiple distribution platforms. Diana, who joins from American Express, will head a team responsible for three areas of research: primary consumer market, syndicated and media. Both executives report to Suzanne Duncan, VP/Brand Strategy and Marketing Group, Sesame Workshop.

Keith Le Goy advances to President/Distribution with Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI). Keith will continue to oversee distribution functions for the company’s international television unit and manage licensing operations outside the U.S. He will head the global distribution of Sony Pictures’ film, television and other products to multiple media platforms. Based at SPTI’s worldwide headquarters in Culver City, CA, Keith reports to Michael Grindon, President, SPTI.

Joe Capobianco was upped to NSM with the YES Network. Previously an AE, Joe will now be responsible for all national advertising activities and will work closely with the network’s national rep firm, FOX National Advertising Partners. Joe reports to Howard Levinson, SVP/Ad Sales.

Turner Broadcasting’s Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media group (AYAKM) appointed Vicky Free as VP/360 Consumer Marketing and Tracy Barash as VP/Brand Development. Vicky will spearhead multi-platform consumer marketing on behalf of Adult Swim, Cartoon Network and other digital extensions such as CartoonNetwork.com, AdultSwim.com and Cartoon Network New Media. Tracy will manage brand development of the AYAKM brands across all platforms in addition to working closely with other units such as marketing, creative and research to ensure consumer insights are integrated into brands and business strategies. Vicky and Tracy will both report to Brenda Freeman, CMO, AYAKM while based in Atlanta.

Creative services agency, Blue Room NYC tapped Associate Producer Grace Kim. Grace joins from CNBC where she became the network’s first Associate Producer for On-Air Promotions.

Dan Overleese was elevated to VP/TV Network Operations at GOLF Channel to manage the areas of engineering and operations. Dan began with the network in January 2008 as Coordinating Director.

Independent video site Heavy.com targeting M18-49, named David U.K. as Managing Director/Heavy Worldwide. David will supervise all revenue outlets for the enterprise. Previously, David served as VP/GM of Heavy Canada.

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This day in History:  1939 – New York’s La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago landed at 12:01 a.m.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  On the classic TV sitcom My Mother, the Car, who was the voice of the car? ANN SOUTHERN Kudos to: Evan Kutner-WNBC-TV/WNJU-TV /NY; Carol Accetta-Active International/Pearl River, NY; Bob Brewer
Opus 3 Artists/NY; Mike Donovan-Rowan University/NJ; Meredith Wheelis-Zimmerman/ Irving, TX; Beth Leverett-Oklahoma Municipal League/Oklahoma City, OK; Kathy Alexander-SpotPlus/Dallas; Susan Arl-CLTV/Oak Brook, IL; Mitch Burg-Syndicated Network Television Association/L A; Judi Schultz-Woodson Media, Inc./Portland, OR; Douglas Friedman-Kusi News/San Diego; Noah Edelson-Mighty Oak Media/LA; Sheldon Wiebe-EclipseMagazine.com/Calgary
 
Today’s Trivia Question: On the series, King of the Hill, Hank Hill plays an instrument. What type of instrument is it and what did he affectionately name it? (Email
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  Tuesday, December 2, 2008

ABC: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town [r], According to Jim [p ], According to Jim, Eli Stone
AZTECA: Camino a la Fama, Los 25 Mas, Al Extremo
CBS: NCIS, The Mentalist, Without a Trace
CW: Gossip Girl, Privileged [r]
FOX: House, Fringe
ION: Boston Legal, NCIS, Boston Legal
MNT: 2008 World Music Awards
NBC: The Biggest Loser, Law & Order: SVU
PBS: Nova [r], Frontline, Independent Lens [r],
TELE: Dona Barbara, El Rostro de Analia, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso
UNIV: Cuidado con El Angel, Fuego en la Sangre, Aqui y Ahora

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