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12/04/07

Good Morning.  It’s Tuesday, December 4, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. 

CBS announced its schedule for new and returning primetime series in January and February:
  Jan 2: Power of 10 at 8p
  Jan 13, 15 and 16: Comanche Moon (miniseries Parts 1, 2 and 3) at 9p
  Jan 28: The Captain at 830p (starring Jeffrey Tambor) and The New Adventures of Old Christine at 930p
  Feb 7: Survivor 16 at 8p
  Feb 12: Big Brother 9 at 9p and Jericho at 10p

Law & Order returns to NBC‘s schedule as of Wednesday, January  2, with a special two hour episode beginning at 9pm. Thereafter, it will air at 10p, with L&O: Criminal Intent as its lead-in. Cast changes abound this season (so what else is new?) beginning with ADA Jack McCoy (Sam Waterston) getting bounced up to the DA’s office, and the additions of Linus Roache as the new ADA and Jeremy Sisto as a new detective.

Tonight’s Premieres:
Telemundo: Victoria at 9p
Oxygen: The Bad Girls Club at 10p and The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency at 1030p

Tonight’s Finales:
BET: Sunday Best at 8p, and College Hill: Interns at 10p
The CW: Beauty and the Geek at 8p

Lifetime Television’s season finale of America’s Psychic Challenge on Friday (10p) averaged 1.6 million total viewers.  In the demos, the finale scored a 1.0 rating among W18-49 viewers with 569,000 viewers; and a 1.3 rating among W25-54 viewers with 676,000 viewers.

SCI FI Channel’s premiere of its miniseries Tin Man Sunday night (9-11p) drew in more than 3.4 million A18-49 viewers; 3.8 million A25-54 viewers; and 6.3 million total viewers.

IFC returns with season two of The Whitest Kids U’ Know February 10 at 11p with ten new episodes of the original sketch comedy and musical performance series. For those who want more, IFC will air a marathon of season one episodes on December 31.

Animal Planet debuts The A-List this Friday, December 7 at 9p.  With the help of celebrity in each of the 14 half-hour episodes, the series offers a unique set of classifications for the animal kingdom including biggest loudmouth, best mom and dad, and which turn flirting into a life-or-death sport.  Celebrity hosts for the series include Gilbert Gottfried, Danny Bonaduce, Colby Donaldson (of Survivor: Australia fame), and Gloria Gaynor, among others.  The A-List is produced by Animal Planet by Discovery Studios.

With its acquisition of Oxygen by NBC Universal, came layoffs.  60 people, or approx 25% of the staff, were laid off in Oxygen’s NY, LA and Dallas offices, and according to reports range across all departments and levels. NBC signed papers to picked up the female-targeted network in November and paid a reported $875 million.  Laid off employees will either be paid thru to the end of the calendar year and/or provided with a severance package, or will be offered another position within NBCU where available.

Next year, ESPN will start its fourth hi-def channel, ESPNU HD on August 28, 2008 in time for the college football season kick-off. ESPNU HD has plans to air more than 200 hi-def events the first year including live coverage of college football, basketball, lacrosse, baseball, softball, volleyball, wrestling, hockey among other sports. Encore presentations of ESPN HD, ESPN2 HD and ABC HD college sports events will also air on the new network.

Scripps Networks will offer a first-time VOD sneak peek of the HGTV Dream Home 2008 special on December 28, four days before its debut on HGTV January 1 at 9p. Two other new HGTV series will be available to preview on VOD, Sleep on It and Desperate Spaces, before their linear premieres on January 2 and January 9 respectively.

Jennifer Davidson, Cartoon Network’s SVP/Programming and Scheduling, passed away over the weekend from a sudden illness.  Jennifer, 38, is survived by her husband, their three young children, her parents, three siblings and a vast group of friends.  A viewing* is scheduled for today, December 4, from 6-9p at The Sandy Springs Funeral Home in Sandy Springs, GA. The memorial service is scheduled for Wednesday, December 5, at 1p at Buckhead Church in Atlanta.  Jennifer was an early member of the Cartoon Network team, joining the network around its initial launch in 1992, and she executive produced the launch of the Boomerang channel.  In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made in Jennifer’s name to one of three charitable organizations the Davidson’s have actively supported: FRAXA, the Fragile X Research Foundation (www.fraxa.org); the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (www.leukemia-lymphoma.org); and BrightPoint For Children ( www.brightpointforchildren.org).  *Please note, this is newly rescheduled viewing information.

Casting Call:  LOGO channel is looking for people to tell their real stories for Be Real: Season 2, the documentary series of short films celebrating the GLBT life. The series will debut late next spring and particularly wants to focus on compelling stories about an upcoming pivotal event such as a wedding, anniversary, reconciliation with family or friends or a move to a new location. LOGO is also looking for others to nominate local heroes that champion the GLBT cause. To submit a story, send an email to:
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Scripps Networks Interactive added Dina Roman as SVP to handle national clients and market the Scripps Networks websites and vertical ad network opportunities to advertisers. She will report to Jeff Meyer, head of Scripps Networks Interactive and East Coast manager.

The Nielsen Company appointed Mitch Barns as President/Nielsen Greater China to supervise company functions across China, Hong Kong and Taiwan and to lead Nielsen’s growing services and partnerships in this area. He is also charged with expansion efforts to integrate the company’s media services and will help usher in new online and mobile offerings in the Greater China region. Mitch will report direct to David Calhoun, Chairman/CEO and will serve on Nielsen’s Executive Committee. 

Brian Silver joins Travel Ad Network (TAN) in the new position as COO. Earlier this year, Brian became a TAN Board of Directors member.

David Rubinsohn becomes VP/Programming and Distribution and Station Manager at WLIW/New York starting January 28, 2008 based at the station’s Manhattan offices. David’s duties include directing the programming department which encompasses the local program schedule, acquisitions, on-air branding, program administration and creation of cross-promotion opportunities using multicast services. In addition, David will oversee international acquisitions for local broadcast and work in tandem with the station’s national production team to design and plan WLIW’s programming for national distribution. He will also be the station’s liaison to the BBC and as Station Manager he will uphold the station’s mission to the community and manage local program production efforts.

Reactrix Systems, Inc., an interactive media company, hired Jim Bell as SVP/Sales Development and Operations. Jim brings nearly 30 years of consulting, advertising, media planning, branding and sales experience to his new position and was most recently President/CEO of Insight and Solutions, Inc.

Today in Cynopsis Kids

• DHX Media acquires Studio B Productions
• Vivendi and Activision merge to launch Activision Blizzard
• 35% of US Tweens own mobile phones

Today in Cynopsis International 

• MTV Int’l recognizing most popular videos on its channels
• National Geographic Television International with two co-production deals with France 5
• Logo looking for Be Real real life stories

Today in Cynopsis Digital, listen to the audio version here or subscribe to the iTunes Cyn Digital podcast 

• ABC O&Os relaunch websites, placing local video front and center
• Bravo’s Project Runway goes interactive with cable-based trivia and polling iTV apps
• CBS Television Distribution’s Big Shot cleared on 60% of affiliate sites

Sunday – A18-49 Analysis: ABC had the winning lineup Sunday night at 4.9/12 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX was the early leader as its NFL Overrun came in first with 6.0/16 at 7p. Then ABC owned the next two hours: at 8p Extreme Makeover: Home Edition hammered in a 4.9/11 and Desperate Housewives topped with 7.7/17 during 9p. Then at 10p, ABC’s Brothers & Sisters and NBC’s Bengals vs. Steelers game tied for #1 with 4.8/12 each.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, December 2, 2007 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research

ABC: 8.6/13        America’s Funniest Home Videos 4.6/7, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 8.4/12, Desperate Housewives 12.7/18, Brothers & Sisters 8.5/14

CBS: 7.7/12          60 Minutes 9.2/15, The Amazing Race 12 6.8/10, Hallmark Movie: Pictures of Hollis Woods 7.4/11

NBC: 7.0/11          Football Night in America 3.8/6, Sunday Night Football: Bengals at Steelers 8.1/12

FOX: 6.5/10          NFL Overrun [1 hour] 10.2/16, Bowl Championship Series Selection Show 2007 6.9/10, The Simpsons [r] 4.0/6, Family Guy [r] 4.3/6, American Dad 3.7/5

UNIV: 1.8/3          La Hora Pico 1.3/2, Bailando por un Sueno Campeonato Internacional de Baile 2.0/3

CW: 0.8/1             CW Now 0.7/1, Aliens in America [r] 0.6/1, Life is Wild 0.8/1, America’s Next Top Model [r] 0.8/1

TELE: 0.4/1           El Maravilloso Mundo de Disney/Estreno 0.3/0, Cine Millonario 0.5/1

A18-49: ABC 4.9/12, FOX 4.3/10, NBC 4.1/10, CBS 2.7/6, UNIV 1.4/3, CW 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1

This day in History:  1955 – Pantomime artist Marcel Marceau made his first television appearance as part of an NBC TV special and in a rare speaking role said the line: “Pretty funny stuff for a mime … “.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: In this classic film, an insurance agent is persuaded to help a woman murder her husband and make it look like an accident in order to collect his insurance money. His boss is becomes suspicious and decides to investigate. What movie is this?   DOUBLE INDEMNITY (starring Fred Mac Murray and Barbara Stanwyck) Kudos to:  Betty Panarella-Viacom/NY; Ella Parisi-WCTV/Tallahassee, FL; Jacqueline Cutler-Tribune Media Services/EST; Ed Casey-Stone America/East Rutherford, NJ; Frances Ryan-Harris Corp/Memphis; Ron Salcedo-Zimmerman/Nashville; Tom Nankival-WKOW/Madison, WI;  Stan Marinoff-Murray State University; Valerie Alexander-The CLIC Network/LA; Robb Gray, Jr.-Apex Media/Tucson; Barry M. Grey-Independent TV Producer/LA;Jennifer Erskine-Wayne Ewing Films/Aspen, CO; Stephen Kelley-Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Toronto; Robin Goret-Misaloka Marketing and Research/London; Sheldon Wiebe-EclipseMagazine.com/Calgary

Today’s Trivia Question:  What is the name of the Lone Ranger’s arch enemy?   (
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Later  — Cyn
12.04.07

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – Tuesday, December 4, 2007

ABC: AFV [r], According to Jim [r], According to Jim [r], Boston Legal
CBS: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer [r], NCIS [r], The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
CW: Beauty & the Geek [f ], Reaper
Fox: Bones [r], House [r]
ION: Mama’s Family, Mama’s Family, Movie: The Santa Trap
MNT: Christmas Glory: Music in the Key of Love, Christmas at the Cathedral
NBC: The Biggest Loser, Law & Order: SVU
PBS: Nova [r]
Univ: Amar Sin Limites, Destilando Amor, Como Ana una Mujer
Tele: Madre Luna, Victoria, Pecados Ajenos

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