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Good morning. It’s Tuesday, January 31, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing, coming to you from the Real Screen Summit in Washington, DC. The latest news from Germany is ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman Doug Vogt are both showing signs of improvement. Doctors at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in western Germany said they both remain in serious but stable condition, and there is some speculation they will be moved to a hospital state-side in the next day or two. Tonight’s Premiere: CABLEready will introduce its new series BUSTED! Fraud vs. Forensics, a 30m hi-def investigative series from CMJ Productions. This series profiles how forensic science and technology help uncover some of the most fraudulent insurance crimes. Also coming from CMJ Prods and CABLEready are two other series: Accident Investigator (4-60m eps) and Risk Takers (8-60m episodes). Accident Investigator focuses on accident cases that reveal truths behind deadly mishaps and disasters. Risk Takers is up close and person wtih the world’s top rescue teams, their cutting edge technology and their heroic efforts. Look for the latter two to debut at MIPCOM 2005. DIY Network plans a new series called Creative Juice, set to launch on February 6 at 10p. With hosts Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza, the show takes a fresh look at old crafty ideas in the realms of entertaining and cooking. Oxygen hit a new milestone — it will begin February 206 with 66.3 million subscriber homes, up 22% from last year. The increase is the result of new carriage deals with Echostar and Comcast. * NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *Fox has ordered a pilot of More, Patience and if it sounds at all familiar – it should. This project came about five years ago, starred Mary McCormack as a NYC psychiatrist named Patience More. Again written by Jed Seidel, the order is cast contingent. This project comes from Pariah TV and Sony Pictures TV. A comedy project has been ordered by NBC called Community Service from NBC Universal TV about a one-time big deal real estate developer, who loses everything and now finds himself having to fulfill 500 hours of community service. The pilot was written by David Israel and Jim O’Doherty. The CW has un-ordered a project that was in development for the WB and was supposed to go to pilot. The Cult was to star Matthew Bomer – ordered just two weeks ago, and just one week before the merger announcement between UPN and WB. As for Aquaman, also ordered by WB before the merger announcement, that pilot will go forward. ABC is looking at a project which would be the episodic version of the film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, from Regency TV. The film, of course, starred Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who were both assassins. The pilot will be written by Simon Kinberg, who also wrote the film. CBS has ordered three pilots –
Comedy Central has ordered six episodes of The Sarah Silverman Program, with an air date set for this summer. Silverman’s character life is told thru a series of scripted scenes and songs. Comedy Central has ordered six episodes. Spike TV has ordered 13 episodes of Blade from New Line Television and based on the Marvel Entertainment superhero. According to Hollywood Reporter, this project may come to air as early as this summer. * EXECUTIVE MOVES *OLN announces that Victoria Quoss has been promoted to VP/Programming, International and Strategic Planning. In her new role, she will continue to pursue strategic acquisitions, as well as maintain responsibility for the scheduling of existing and upcoming programming. Victoria will also spearhead OLN’s international activities and distribution and explore opportunities to take OLN programming into new media platforms. Nicely done, Victoria! Fremantle Media has announced the appointment of Patrick Schult as Managing Director/ Fremantle Productions Asia, which is the company’s Asian outfit. He will report to Simon Spalding, Director of Operations, Asia Pacific and his new role will take effect immediately. MGM announced Rick Sands has been named COO, taking on the responsibilities of leveraging and managing the film and television library across all platforms including the new media landscape of internet and mobile as well as the traditional channels of distribution. Rick will also devise plans to identify new content and channel opportunities for MGM with the company’s strategic equity partners. Michael Motta has accepted a position as VP/Business Development for Bizazz Media. Most recently he held the post of Director of Marketing and Sales for Infiniti Media. Ann Lewis Roberts has been named VP/Development for Buena Vista Productions, reporting to Gwynne Thomas, EVP/Programming and Development. Ann will guide the development efforts for BVP, covering non-scripted programming for first-run syndication, network and cable in all dayparts. David B. Schwartz has been named VP/Business Affairs for Buena Vista Television, reporting to Michael Thornton, EVP. David is responsible for overseeing business affairs and legal matters related to BVT’s numerous distribution platforms. He will negotiate distribution agreements for the licensing of Walt Disney Company-owned theatrical and television product for Pay TV, pay-per-view, syndication, network, basic cable, home video and new media arenas, including VOD, internet and wireless technology. Jon Michaels has been upped to SVP/Sales & Marketing with SmithGeiger. He will be responsible for developing strategic partnerships that provide exceptional solutions to our clients as well as mutually beneficial relationships with industry leaders. * RATINGS *Sunday- A18-49 Analysis: ABC led on Sunday night with an overall 6.0/14 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. Ranking #2 for the night was Fox with a 3.5/8. ABC won every hour of prime beginning at 7p with a 3.6/10 for America’s Funniest Videos, 6.6/16 with EM: Home Edition, 5.4/12 for a repeat of Desperate Housewives, and an 8.3/20 for Grey’s Anatomy. Fox was #2 at both 8p and 9p with a 4.1/10 and a 4.4/10, respectively. Live + Same Day Ratings: Sunday, January 29, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research. CBS 9.1/14 60 Minutes 8.6/14, Cold Case 10.4/16, Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Water is Wide 8.7/13 ABC 8.9/14 AFV 6.1/10, EM: Home Edition 9.0/13, Desperate Housewives [r] 8.8/13, Grey’s Anatomy 11.8/19 NBC 6.7/10 Dateline NBC 6.2/10, Law & Order CI [r] 7.2/11, Crossing Jordan 7.3/11 Fox 4.2/6 Malcolm in the Middle 2.7/5, King of the Hill 3.0/5, The Simpsons 5.3/8, The War at Home 4.2/6, Family Guy 5.4/8, American Dad 4.8/7 Univ 2.1/3 La Hora Pico 1.4/2, Bailando por un Sueno 2.4/4 WB 1.8/3 Reba [r] 1.6/3, Reba [r] 1.9/3, Charmed [r] 1.9/3, Charmed [r] 1.8/3 A18-49: ABC 6.0/14, Fox 3.5/8, CBS 3.1/8, NBC 2.8/7, Univision 2.0/5, WB 1.0/2
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COURT TV ABE. BEN. WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE? OK, there’s funny money, and there’s really funny money. A counterfeiter in Indiana got caught when it was noticed that the hundred-dollar bills he was spending sported the face of Honest Abe Lincoln instead of kite-flying Benjamin Franklin. Read more about Stupid Crimes & Misdemeanors SM at courttv.com. The History Channel presents This Day in History: Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: A tv show included a character who was the artist of something known as the Cosmic Cow comic strip. Who was it? TED KNIGHT AKA HENRY RUSH in TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT Kudos to: Rob Argento-Silver Gecko Communications/NY; Delano Glass-Entertainment Media & Films/Detroit; Valerie Cooley-Elliott/Reston VA; David Williams-WMAK/Knoxville; Lance Papenfuss-KTTC, KWBR/Rochester MN; Norman C. Berns-Ask Norman/Minneapolis; Jaime Lyons-GM Planworks/Chicago; Kristen Staskowski-Marketron International/Birmingham AL; Damon Claussen-Imp Entertainment/Ventura; Jeff Meshel-JM Casting/Valley Village CA; Kevin Schini-Writer/LA; Brenda Scott Royce-Monkey Love/LA Today’s Trivia Question: “Face it girls, I’m older and have more insurance” was a quote a film character used after two young girls swiped her parking space. What film was this? (click here 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 — Cyn A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM GSN ANYTHING TO WIN TONIGHT at 9PM/8c The bold, new documentary series about people who refuse to lose! It’s about the famous, the infamous, and how far they go to win. Tonight, JOHNNIE COCHRAN. Witness the surprising trial that became his passion and consumed his life. Cynopsis CLASSIFIEDS — JOB OPENING: NEWS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/KGO-TV/SAN FRANCISCO: Must have min 3yrs major market exp supervising story development for special projects unit. For more info go to: www.abc7news.com (2/7) JOB OPENING: DIR/MARKETING /OLN/Stamford, CT: 10 yrs CABLE NTWRK CONSUMER MKTG exp req’d. Dev/execute consumer/trade mrktng campaigns for OLN’s tent pole events/prgrmmng & trade messages. www.olntv.com Res/salary: JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, ONLINE CONTENT/WE/LI. Direct dev. & maint. of website. Exp w/branding, marketing and design nec. TV interactive and mgmt exp a must. resumes to JOB OPENING: PROD DEPT COORD/AMC/NYC Provide admin & prod support for VP. Prod exp pref. Exc comm, PC & follow up skills. resumes to JOB OPENING: REGIONAL ACCT DIR/SCREENVISION/LA: Dev, present & sell integrated media prgrms to clients in LA & W. Coast mrkts. Sales exp in radio, TV & Cable ind. a must. Much travel req’d. Email res: JOB OPENING: Love a challenge & want to make a difference in an organization? If so, we would like to talk to you about becoming VP/GM /WAZE-TV/ Evansville, IN. Send confidential resume: jpe@southcentral communications.net EOE (2/4) JOB OPENING: DIR MKTG SOLUTIONS/SPONSORSHIP DEVELOPMENT, LA, Oversee development and execution of innovative and traditional marketing platforms for G4 Brand. See www.g4tv.com for more info. Resume/salary req: JOB OPENING: NATL SALES PLAN’R/COMCAST SPOTLIGHT/NY: Detail oriented & organized college grad w/ good comm skills; ability to write & present information. Interest in analytics, reading & learning. Apply online at www.comcast.com (2/4) JOB OPENING: SUPERVISING PRODUCER, MKTNG /Discovery Nets/Silver Spring MD: Write/produce TV, print campaigns for on-air mktng, 5+ yrs on-air promo exp cble/brdcast, creative, post-prod exp. Apply: www.discovery.com . 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Resume: JOB OPENING: SALES PLANNER/THE HOTEL NETWORKS/NYC Create Plans & Presentations, support AE’s while stewarding deals& pre/post analyses. Exc comm. nec. Resumes to JOB OPENING: SR INTERNET AD SALES/NY: Executive to lead rollout of broadband network featuring original programming. Experience in network/online sales, understanding of industry trends/technologies. Reply: JOB OPENING: VP, AFF FINANCE/Comcast/Philadelphia, PA: Oversight of all financial ops of the aff sales ops of Comcast’s national networks. Apply: http://careers.comcast.com , requisition 27603BR, JOB OPENING: SR ANALYST, SALES RESEARCH /ABC Family/NY: Develop research reports & analyses to support national advertising sales, revenue planning, & marketing. 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JOB OPENING: AFFILIATE SALES/World Wrestling Entertainment/CT Oversee affiliate sales distribution of all WWE products. Build/manage client relationships. Implement marketing/promotional plans. Please apply at www.wwe-careers.com (2/2) JOB OPENING: MEDIA COORDINATOR- Auto Aftermarket Media Buying Co.! Orange Cnty/CA: 1+ yrs exp. inTV/Cable/Print/Web. Resp for maintenance of buys, traffic, air sceds, ROI tracking,etc. Email JOB OPENING: PRODUCER/EDITOR-Cynopsis, CT. 3+ yrs exp prod/editing video; highly proficient w/Final Cut Pro, iMac G5. Daily/quick early AM turnaround. Resume & sample mv4 file to: JOB OPENING: EXEC ASST TO SVP/ Discovery Communications Inc./Silver Spring MD: Perform admin duties. Support daily ops for Talent, Bus. Affairs Dept. 3-5 yrs min exp. BA/BS. Visit www.discovery.com/corporate . 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