A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HARPO PRODUCTIONS AND SONY PICTURES TELEVISION

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Cynopsis
01.05.10

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, January 5, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing.   And as always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here.

Tonight’s Premieres:
NBC: The Biggest Loser at 8p
Animal Planet: Wild Recon at 9p; Maneaters at 10p
BBC America: Last Restaurant Standing at 9p
Discovery Channel: Howe & Howe Tech at 10p
HISTORY: Life After People at 10p

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE GEORGE FOSTER PEABODY AWARDS

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Call for Entries

69th ANNUAL PEABODY AWARDS

Entry forms and detailed information available online at:     

www .peabody.uga.edu

Since 1941 … the World’s Oldest Award for Electronic Media
Deadline for 2009 entries: January 15, 2010

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FOX’s animated series The Simpsons reaches a new pinnacle this Sunday, as the show’s 450th episode “Once Upon a Time in Springfield” airs at 8p, followed at 9p by the 60m documentary The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice from documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me, 30 Days). The Simpsons is television’s longest-running scripted primetime series, beating out NBC’s Law & Order and classic series Gunsmoke.

NBC along with Donald Trump revealed the celebrities set to participate on the third season of The Celebrity Apprentice, premiering March 14 at 9p. The roster of 14 celebrities competing for charity include: Darryl Strawberry, Cyndi Lauper, Bret Michaels, Sharon Osbourne, Michael Johnson, Holly Robinson Peete, Goldberg, Carol Leifer, Sinbad, Summer Sanders, Rod Blagojevich, Maria Kanellis, Curtis Stone and Selita Ebanks. The competition reality series is produced by Mark Burnett Productions in association with Trump Productions LLC.

This Friday at 8p, NFL Network debuts the five-part docu-series Full Color Football: The History of the American Football League produced by NFL Films. The hi-def series, which aired on Showtime last year, documents the origins of the AFL that began in 1960 with eight teams to its eventual merger with the National Football League. Hall of Famer coach and veteran broadcaster John Madden will offer fresh introductions and his personal insights for each episode.

Versus made a deal with the NBA Development League, the official minor league of the NBA to air 10 regular season and six playoff games this year in hi-def. Versus will begin airing the first NBA D-League regular season game January 16 while the NBA D-League playoff games open on April 10.

ABC’s Live Well HD Network premieres the new series Save My Planet on January 11. Produced by Chicago-based Answers Media and hosted by Stephen Brooks, the half-hour series goes on location around the globe focusing on topics such as renewable energy to biodiversity and eco-friendly building techniques to raising chickens in urban environments. Live Well HD Network launched in April 2009 and is currently available in 25% of the US television markets including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Houston. Check local listings for the exact air time of Save My Planet or visit www.livewellhd.com to watch episodes online.

National Geographic Channel (NGC) kicks off the month of February with a new series Fight Science, opening February 1 at 10p. The one-hour series, based on the network’s Fight Science specials goes inside the bodies of trained and professional fighters in real time to reveal  the fighters’ physiology as they kick, throw punches and more to document how the body makes each move. Base Productions, Inc. produces the series for NGC. Fight Science will move to its regular time slot of 9p on Thursdays following its premiere.

Morning News Weekly Average Ratings (week of December 21, 2009)
NBC: 5.67 million total viewers; 2.0/15 and 2.45 million A25-54
ABC: 4.49 million total viewers; 1.5/11 and 1.91 million A25-54
CBS: 2.83 million total viewers; 1.0/7 and 1.20 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Program Call:   Cynopsis Media is producing our annual NATPE Shopping Guide sent to all Cynopsis subscribers on Thursday, January 21, the week before NATPE 2010.  If your company is exhibiting and you’d like to have your programming included, please send only the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e., movie, series, special, etc.), genre and your terms (barter, cash, etc.). and location (hotel suite or booth number). To be included in this free and highly-viewed special edition, please send details to [email protected] no later than Friday, January 15, 2010. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission.
 

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT

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ABC ordered a new drama pilot titled 1-8-7 Detroit, a 60m drama centered on Detroit homicide detectives filmed by a mock documentary crew. The project is from writer/executive producer Jason Richman and ABC Studios and Mandeville Films (Monk) will produce. Mandeville Films’ David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman will also executive produce.

Catherine McCormack and Stacy Keach join the cast of FX’s upcoming drama series Lights Out. The drama, produced by Fox TV Studios and FX Productions is about Patrick “Lights” Leary (Holt McCallany) a former heavyweight boxing champ who tries to earn a living to support his wife and three daughters. McCormack will play the wife while Keach will play Patrick’s dad and former trainer.

TV Land added several to the cast of its multi-camera original scripted pilot Retired at 35. Jonathan McClain will play David who leaves his rat-race job in New York and moves in with his father, Alan (George Segal); Casey Wilson plays David’s sister; Jessica Walter will play David’s mom; and Christine Ebersole will play a love interest for Alan.

HBO’s True Blood hired former Southland co-star Kevin Alejandro to play Jesus, a Latino orderly who, while taking care of Ruby (Alfre Woodard) in her care facility becomes involved with her son, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis). Alejandro is expected to appear in nearly every episode during the series’ upcoming third season.

In other HBO news, Luke Wilson and Diane Ladd were added to the comedy pilot Enlightened headlined by Ladd’s real-life daughter Laura Dern, who plays Amy, a self-destructive woman who has a spiritual awakening to lead a new life. Wilson will portray Amy’s ex-husband who has a drug addiction while Ladd will play her mom. Amy Hill was also added as the HR head of Amy’s workplace. Charles Esten will play a recurring role as Amy’s boss and former lover.

Former Dawson’s Creek star, James Van Der Beek will appear on NBC’s frosh medical drama Mercy in a recurring role, playing a flirtatious ICU chief who has a dark secret. This recurring role may become a regular role for Van Der Beek.

Wednesday  A18-49 Analysis: CBS secured a win Wednesday night, posting a 2.1/6 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. Competition was stiff during 8p, though CBS managed to win with the combo of Old Christine/Gary Unmarried repeats averaging a 1.5/4, while the average of NBC’s The Office encores and UNIV’s En Nombre Del Amor tied for second place at 1.4/4 each. At 9p, CBS’ Criminal Minds rerun topped with a 2.4/7 and UNIV’s Sortilegio came next with 2.1/6. CBS capped off the night a winner through 10p with a CSI: NY repeat at 2.3/7 and an encore telecast of NBC’s The Jay Leno Show was #2 at 1.3/4.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

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CBS: 5.9/10        Old Christine [r] 3.7/6, Gary Unmarried [r] 3.4/6, Criminal Minds [r] 7.0/12, CSI: NY [r] 7.0/13

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ABC: 2.6/4             Happy New Year, Charlie Brown [r] 3.0/5, The Middle [r] 2.5/4, Modern Family [r] 2.7/5, Cougar Town [r] 2.5/4, Eastwick 2.2/4

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NBC: 2.4/4            The Office [r] 2.5/4, The Office [r] 2.2/4, The Office [r] 2.1/3, The Office [r] 2.1/4, The Jay Leno Show [r] 2.7/5

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FOX: 2.2/4            Glee [r] 2.2/4, Glee [r] 2.2/4

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UNIV: 1.8/3           En Nombre Del Amor 1.8/3, Sortilegio 2.4/4, Don Francisco Presenta 1.3/2

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ION: 0.9/1            Ghost Whisperer 0.8/1, Ghost Whisperer 0.8/1, Criminal Minds 1.0/2

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CW: 0.6/1             One Tree Hill [r] 0.7/1, Gossip Girl [r] 0.6/1

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TELE: 0.6/1          Mas Sabe El Diablo 0.7/1, Ninos Ricos 0.5/1, Victorinos 0.5/1

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A18-49: CBS 2.1/6, UNIV 1.5/4, NBC 1.4/4, ABC 1.2/4, FOX 1.2/4, TELE 0.5/2, CW 0.4/1, ION 0.4/1

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Thursday  A18-49 Analysis: On the last night of 2009, ABC made a clean sweep Thursday among A18-49 at 2.1/7, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, ABC’s movie special won with 1.5/5 while FOX’s Bones repeat and the average of two 30 Rock reruns on NBC both posted a second place at 1.0/4. ABC remained on top with its movie Wild Hogs through 9p at 1.9/6 followed by CBS’ CSI encore at 1.2/4. Then at 10p, it was ABC’s annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve special attracting the most viewers at 2.7/10 with CBS’ The Mentalist repeat next at 1.4/5 and NBC’s New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly special in third at 1.2/4.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Thursday, December 31, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

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CBS: 3.9/8         Medium [r] 2.5/5, CSI [r] 4.4/9, The Mentalist [r] 4.9/10

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ABC: 3.8/8           ABC Thursday Movie of the Week: Wild Hogs 3.7/7, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2010 4.1/9

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FOX: 2.2/4           Bones [r] 2.8/6, Fringe [r] 1.5/3

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NBC: 1.9/4          30 Rock [r] 2.3/5, 30 Rock [r] 2.0/4, 30 Rock [r] 1.6/3, 30 Rock [r] 1.5/3, New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly 1.9/4

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UNIV: 1.0/2        Premios Juventud 09 [7p start] 0.9/2, Feliz 2010! 1.2/3

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ION: 0.7/1          Ghost Whisperer [r] 0.5/1, NCIS [r] 0.7/1, NCIS [r] 0.9/2

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CW: 0.6/1           Vampire Diaries [r] 0.7/1, Supernatural [r] 0.5/1

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TELE: 0.3/1         Festival De Cine IV 0.3/1, Fiesta De Ano Nuevo 0.2/0

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A18-49: ABC 2.1/7, CBS 1.1/4, NBC 1.0/4, FOX 0.9/3, UNIV 0.8/3, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.3/1, TELE 0.3/1

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GroupM reorganized its executive management team, naming Rob Norman as CEO of GroupM North America where he will provide oversight of the company in partnership with Rino Scanzoni, CIO. Rob replaces Marc Goldstein in this position who departs the company March 31 and will continue as a senior advisor to the management group. Additionally, Rob will retain his current title of CEO of GroupM Interaction. Rob reports to Rupert Day, Global COO, GroupM and Rino continues to report to Irwin Gotlieb, Global CEO, GroupM.

Jim Curtin joined TargetVision Entertainment as SVP as of yesterday, in charge of US market sales planning for local television stations as well as network and cable sales on behalf of the TargetVision TV/website content product. Prior to this appointment, Jim served as Senior Programmer/Director of Programming with the Katz Television Group.

McCann Erickson tapped Paul Nguyen as SVP/Creative Director and Jason Rappaport as VP/Associate Creative Director, both at McCann Erickson Los Angeles. Paul and Jason, who previously worked together at TBWAChiatDay in L.A., will continue to work in tandem for McCann’s clients based in L.A. such as Nestle, Northrop Grumman and Bumble Bee Foods among others. Paul and Jason will report to Steve Levit, CCO, McCann Erickson Los Angeles.

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This day in History:  1948 – Warner Brothers-Pathe showed the very first color newsreel. The footage was of the Tournament of Roses Parade and the Rose Bowl football classic.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Who am I?  I am a doctor, who manages to get tied in with murder investigations.  My son is a detective and we often work together.  Aside from that, I enjoy roller skating and doing magic tricks.  Who am I?  DR. MARK SLOAN (DICK VAN DYKE) on DIAGNOSIS MURDER  Kudos to:  Linda Kitchens-H&R Block/Leesburg FL; John Moore-Renegade/Clifton Park NJ; Fred Petrosino-JBG/NY; Vanessa Marcello-Comcast/Philadelphia; Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas; John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas; Skip Engle-Editech/Omaha; Dale Warshaw-KMBS KTTU/Tucson; Pat Brady-CESD/LA; Cammie Buerry-Marshall Fenn Comm/Las Vegas; Cathy Korda-ABC Entertainment/Burbank; Barry Greenberg-Celebrity Connection/LA; Robin Goret-Misaloka Marketing & Research/London; Keith MacKechnie-The Actors’ Network/Vancouver

Today’s Trivia Question:   If you were a member of the Renegades gang, you were recruited by the person who originally formed the gang.  Who is he?  (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 — Cyn
01.05.10

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2010

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ABC: Scrubs, Better Off Ted, Scrubs, Better Off Ted, The Forgotten
AZTECA: Los Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Los 25 Mas, Al Extremo
CBS: NCIS , NCIS: LA, The Good Wife
CW:  90210 [r], Melrose Place [r]
FOX: Orange Bowl: Iowa vs. George Tech in Miami
ION: Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC:  The Biggest Loser: Couples [p ], Jay Leno Show
PBS:  Nova, This Emotional Life
TELE: Mas Sabe el Diablo; Ninos Ricos, Padres Pobres; Victorinos
UNIV: En Nombre del Amor, Sortilegio, Aqui y Ahora

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