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CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis
02/14/06
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, February 14, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Starz Entertainment Group will launch two new channels on April 3rd: RetroPlex and IndiePlex. RetroPlex offers movies from the 1950s thru the 1970s; and IndiePlex will air theatrical independent films. Both will be commercial-free and carried on the majority of Comcast Cable’s Digital Plus service.
*MORE GOOD STUFF*SOAPnet has ordered up 20 new episodes of its original series Soapography, the show that takes an up-close and personal look at soap stars. The new season is set to launch on March 25th at 6p. SOAPnet has also ordered up two more story arcs for its original short series, One Minute Soap. This series airs new episodes every Monday, airing six times during the course of the day, and each new 60-second episode ends in a cliffhanger. New episodes are scheduled to kick off in April.
Turner Media Group’s subsidiary The Men’s Channel will be re-branded and re-launched as Men’s Outdoors & Recreation on February 20th. The channel features a variety of programming for the outdoor enthusiast, with how-to series and weekend-sportsman shows. Series will include All-American Sportsman, Bikers 2000 Video Magazine, In-Fisherman TV, Sled Head 24/7, V8 TV and Wild Extremes. Men’s Outdoors & Recreation will be available on the DISH satellite network as well as various cable systems across the country.
Banyan Productions will team up with former NFL player Terrell Owens for a new fitness reality series hosted by T.O. The show will include guests from various professional sports.
TCM‘s sixth season of The Essentials will kick off on Sunday, March 11 at 8p with two new hosts: film critic Robert Osborne and writer/critic Molly Haskell. Their commentary on the first film of their dual hosting gig will be The Hustler.
* NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *Logo has four projects in development, per Hollywood Reporter: animated domestic comedy Rick and Steve; Slink, another animated comedy about five lesbian cats who collectively inherit a posh estate in Malibu; a comedy called The Rules: A Lesbian Survival Guide is based on the film short by Michelle Paradise and Lee Friedlander, and is about a young woman looking for her heart’s desire; and a drama project called Heartland about a college student who expected a brief visit back home in Iowa, but decided to stay when he realized the family was in trouble.
Two projects over at Fox:
- Union Jackass is a comedy from the UK that stars Al Murray as a Brit forced to move to the States. The project is from 20th Century Fox TV and Avalon TV. The show is based on a character created by Murray known as The Pub Landlord, an Archie Bunker sort, says Variety.
- Drive is a primetime soap set in the world of reality television, more specifically a road race (think Amazing Race), albeit an illegal race. The project is from 20th Century Fox TV.
Katalyst Films will be launching at least five original comedy series for AOL, scheduled to debut later on this year. The mini-episodes will run on both AOL.com and AIM later, and be comprised of at least 20 episodes.
CBS has ordered up a pilot for a comedy project called Generations from NBC Universal and Dreamworks TV, and an older man and his grandson who live together in a retirement community.
And a handful of casting notes:
- David Ogden Stiers has joined the cast of Fox‘s Worst Week of My Life, a comedy that traces the week prior to a couple’s wedding. Also cast are Zachery Levi, Anna Galvin and Stephanie Lemelin.
- Balthizar Getty has been cast in ABC‘s pilot Brothers and Sisters from Touchstone TV
- ABC‘s drama project Drift has signed Chazz Palminteri to join the cast. This project is also from Touchstone TV.
- CW’s untitled pilot spinoff from Girlfriends has announced its cast members – Aldis Hodge, Coby Bell, Cynthia Addai Robinson, Hosea Chanchez and Wendy Raquel Robinson. The pilot will air as a regular episode of Girlfriends later on this season.
* EXECUTIVE MOVES *Larry Divney will step down from his post as President/Ad Sales for MTV Networks, and will move rather to the role as executive consultant, according to Hollywood Reporter. There he will put in approx 3 days a week at the MTV offices in NYC. No word yet on his Ad Sales Prez successor,
Fox Cable Networks has promoted several national and regional employees:
- Beverly Reyes upped to Director/Sales Operations, where she will develop and manage affiliate database and internal workflow processes, sales strategy and competitive analysis, and end-to-end IPTV process management between Fox and its distributors;
- Brandon Turner promoted to Director/Sales Strategy, based in LA and responsible for budgets and forecasts, direct marketing support, network analysis, and tracking operational issues for all Fox Cable Networks;
- Jody Vogelaar to Director/Affiliate Marketing, overseeing and developing affiliate marketing strategy for Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Movie Channel; and
- Jeffrey Pizzo has joined the Northeast Region as Manager/ Affiliate Sales and Marketing where he will distribute and market Fox’s portfolio of cable and satellite networks and advanced services in the New England area.
Bauer Advertising Sales announced the appointment of Mark Oltarsh to Associate Publisher/The Bauer Entertainment Group. He will report directly to Bob Davidowitz, Publisher.
Paul McGuire has been named SVP/Communications, The CW. In this new position, Paul will work with other members of The CW to develop communications strategies to reach all of the network’s key constituents in the programming, advertising and station communities. He will also be responsible for orchestrating The CW’s launch campaign in the press, building its communications department and overseeing all publicity, media relations, internal communications and talent relations activities for the new network.
Joanna Massey has been named SVP/Communications,West Coast, CBS Corporation, reporting to Chris Ender, SVP/Communications. Joanna will support campaigns and announcements on the West Coast connected to content-related activity across CBS Corporation’s existing programming operations and emerging new businesses. She will also serve as the company’s West Coast communications point person for CBS.com and its growing line-up of original programming, as well as other new media ventures.
DCI announced that Josh Weinberg has been named Director/Communications for Discovery Channel and the Science Channel, where he will develop strategy and oversee publicity campaigns for the network’s programming and its executives. Josh will be based at the headquarters in Silver Spring, MD and will report to Elizabeth Hillman, VP, Communications for Discovery Channel and the Science Channel.
Univision Communications Inc. announced that Mike Reid has been promoted to SVP/President, Director/National Sales effective immediately. He will continue to report to Charlie Stuart, EVP/Director of Sales, Univision & TeleFutura Television Groups. Based in NYC, Mike will oversee 10 nationwide spot sales offices, as well as the National Research and Marketing Group.
CBS Paramount Domestic Television has upped and appointed several key sales personnel. Christopher N. Brooks has been promoted to VP/Western Regional Manager, Lorenzo Esparza to VP/Central Regional Manager and J.R. McCabe to VP/Eastern Regional Manager. In their new positions all three will oversee sales of all first-run and off-network library products. Based in Miami, Meylin Llampay was promoted to Manager/Southeastern Division.
Bravo has also been busy with uppings and new appointments in its programming, ad sales and on air depts:
- Eli Lehrer has joined the network as Director/Development. Eli will be responsible for the development of original programming for the network and will report to Amy Introcaso-Davis, VP/Development. He will be based in NYC.
- Allison Clarke has been upped to Director/Bravo Advertising Sales. Allison will be responsible for all Bravo advertising sales. She will report to Scott Collins, VP/Advertising Sales for NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, and will continue to be based in NYC.
- In the Bravo On-Air Promotion department, Justin Reichman has been promoted to Creative Director/On-Air Promotion, Thordis Howard has been named Director/Production and Operations and Torrey Bell has been elevated to Senior Writer/Producer & Manager/New Media Integration. All three will be based in Los Angeles.
- Mark Scholnick has been promoted to Manager/Programming, overseeing production and serving as Executive Producer of Bravo’s original series Outrageous & Contagious: Viral Videos. He will also manage long-term program strategy and competitive program information. He reports to Jerry Leo, VP/Program Planning and Cori Abraham, Director/Development and Production, and will be based in Los Angeles.
* RATINGS *Sunday- A18-49 Analysis: ABC out-delivered the Winter Olympics on Sunday night, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research, scoring a 7.7/18 over NBC’s 7.2/16 among A18-49. Everyone else was well behind, led by Fox with a 2.6/6. NBC owned the first two hours of prime, while ABC gobbled up the 9-11p block. At 7p the Olympics pulled in a 5.9/16, six share points ahead of EM: Home Edition. At 8p the gap was much shorter, this time with NBC earning a 7.4/17, while ABC kicked it up to a 6.1/14 for EM: Home Edition (hour #2). At 9p the tide turned in ABC’s favor and Desperate Housewives delivered a solid 9.9/20, while NBC held tough at a 17 share. At 10p Grey’s Anatomy had a convincing win with an 11.2/25 over NBC’s 16 share.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Sunday, February 12, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
NBC 13.2/20 Olympic Winter Games 13.2/20
ABC 11.3/17 EM: Home Edition (OTO) 6.2/10, EM: Home Edition 9.2/13, Desperate Housewives 14.5/20, Grey’s Anatomy 15.4/24
CBS 6.0/9 60 Minutes 7.6/12, Cold Case 6.5/9, Movie: The Sum of All Fears 4.9/7
FOX 3.4/5 Malcolm in the Middle 2.4/4, King of the Hill [r] 2.6/4, The Simpsons [r] 4.4/6, The War at Home [r] 3.6/4, Family Guy [r] 4.0/6, American Dad [r] 3.5/5
WB 1.7/3 Reba [r] 1.5/2, Reba [r] 1.8/3, Charmed 2.1/3, Charmed [r] 1.4/2
UNIV 2.3/3 La Hora Pico 1.5/2, Bailando por un Sueno 2.6/5
TELE 0.4/1 Sin Fronteras 0.5/1, Accion Extrema 0.4/1, Cinemundo Premier 0.3/0
A18-49: ABC 7.7/18, NBC 7.2/16, Fox 2.6/6, CBS 2.0/5, Univ 2.3/5, WB 1.1/2, Tele 0.3/1
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COURT TV
A Special Message from Court TV ® : Watch Out Cupid
A PR consultant who says he introduced Paris Hilton to her boyfriend, Stavros Niarchos, was granted a permanent restraining order against the heiress, whom he claims threatened to put a hit out on him after he told Niarchos she had a sexually transmitted disease.
Read up on all of Paris’s shenanigans at Courttv.com and have a
Happy Valentine’s Day.
The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1967: Aretha Franklin records her hit classic, “Respect.” Ultimately, the song will become famous with Franklin’s rousing rendition in “The Blues Brothers.”
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What is Chandler Bing’s middle name? MURIEL Kudos to: Auri Ruela-NBCU/Cranston RI; Eric Strong-NBCU/NY; Sharon Pak-inDemand/NY; Chris Geddis-Warner Bros. Syndication/NY; Jim Gray-FrogLight Prods/Missoula; Coco Del Monico-ABC/Chicago; Ryan Kinahan-Dallas Blair TV/Dallas; Lorrie Shilling-Centennial/CO; Nicole Kimmins-Warner Bros. TV/Burbank; Rachael Serfaty-Ice Box Advertising/Van Nuys; Tim McGowan-KCBS/LA; Roger Armstrong/Park City; Kristine Bochum-MyChia Productions/Cape Town, South Africa.
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Tuesday, February 14, 2006
ABC A Charlie Brown Valentine [r], Rodney, According to Jim [r], George Lopez [r], Boston Legal
CBS The Price is Right: Million Dollar Spectacular, Dr. Phil Primetime Special: Love Smart, NCIS [r]
FOX American Idol, House
NBC Olympic Winter Games
i Sue Thomas F. B. Eye, Early Edition, Doc
UPN Get this Party Started [r], Get This Party Started
WB Gilmore Girls, Supernatural
TELE El Cuerpo del Deseo, Corazón Partido, Decisiones – Casos Extraordinarios, Decisiones
UNIV Contra Viento y Marea, Alborada, Vecinos
