CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis
07/25/06
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 25, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.
FOX has ordered up third seasons of So You Think You Can Dance? and Hell’s Kitchen, as both shows have seen surges in key demos over last summer. So You Think You Can Dance? is up 19% among A18-49 over last summer’s Wednesday/Thursday average. Hell’s Kitchen is up by 16% in the same adult demo year to year.
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has just sold the USA off-net series Monk to stations in the top three markets for weekend runs beginning September 2008. Clearing the show are WNBC/New York, KNBC/Los Angeles and WFLD/Chicago. Monk is currently in its fifth season on the USA Network. Also kicking off in the fall of 2008 will be USA’s weekday plays of Monk, as announced a few months ago.
MyNetworkTV has added yet another new affiliate to its roster: WZMY/Boston, which takes the U.S. clearance total for the new primetime network to 94%. WZMY, already known as My TV with a focus on the local viewer, will add MyNetworkTV programming to its primetime line-up.
A lawsuit has been filed in the Court of Common Pleas in Charleston, S.C. against A&E Network and its series Flip This House. The show features people buying homes for investment purposes, doing some quick work, and then selling them again. A&E recently ordered up a second season of the show, tho according to Hollywood Reporter Season #2 is minus executive producer Richard Davis and his real estate company Trademark Properties. The suit has been brought by Davis, who according to court paper alleges “Plaintiffs have been defrauded and cheated by defendants, and defendants have used and exploited plaintiff’s valuable concept and format for ‘Flip This House’ without plaintiffs’ approval or authority.” Reportedly, Davis has moved on to another cable network – TLC – with a similar concept.
Newly available at iTunes is the first and full season of Friends from Warner Bros. Television, episodes from Babylon 5 and Mad TV, as well as classic cartoons The Flintstones and The Jetsons. And for you comic book fans, Warner Bros. will also offer up the defunct pilot project Aquaman – originally slated for the fall WB schedule until there wasn’t a WB fall anymore. All of these Warner Bros. series are available now at iTunes.
The Africa Channel will make its debut August 1 in Washington, D.C. on Comcast Digital Cable. The network originally launched last year in Atlanta, New Orleans and Baton Rouge, and airs more than 1,600 hours of English-language programming about the continent, issues and people of Africa. A complete daily schedule for the network can be found at www.theafricachannel.com.
CMT has just launched its new 24-hour broadband network CMT Loaded, with an extensive online library of music videos, performances, interviews, original programming and content from CMT network shows. It’s available free and on demand at CMT.com. In the future, CMT will produce new original shorts for CMT Loaded, taking content from the network’s series and specials such as the CMT Music Awards, CMT Crossroads and Miss America. Currently there are five separate channels on CMT Loaded and 40 original shows in production and plans to have 300 distinct clips available for download each month.
The 24-hour digital music network, The TUBE, is now available via Comcast Digital Cable in New York/New Jersey and Danbury, CT. In addition, The TUBE is on WPIX/New York’s digital multicast signal on Channel 11.2. It can also be found on digital stations across the U.S. and on cable systems in Chicago, Miami and Philadelphia.
ImaginAsian Entertainment, Inc. and Optical Entertainment Network has a new agreement allowing ImaginAsian TV (iaTV), the 24/7 Asian American television network, carriage in the Houston market. This gives iaTV a spot on the Optical Entertainment Network’s basic package which will be available to all 1.6 million households.
Joining the cast of ABC’s Desperate Housewives is Josh Henderson in the role of Edie’s misbehaving nephew. He will first appear on the show October 1.
Casting Call: A new show on Bravo is looking for people who are the best in these professions: hairdressers, on-air TV/Radio personalities, party planners, chefs, concierge, yoga/aerobics instructors, pre-school/Kindergarten teachers and stylists. These professionals will team up with their novice significant others and compete against another expert and their partner for a huge prize. Interested contestants living in NY, NJ, CT or PA should send one (and only one!) email with the names of the participants, ages, occupations, location and contact numbers, plus one photo of both people to Brenda Della Casa at CREATIVELOLITA@GMAIL.COM.
Stacey Lakind is the new Account Manager/Northeast Region for National Geographic Adventure magazine. Based in Los Angeles, her territory will comprise of Oregon, Washington and northern California.
OLN has named Bill Bergofin as SVP/Marketing and Promotion. Bill will head the marketing and positioning efforts for the network as well as the rebranding phase as OLN changes its name to Versus on September 25. In his short time at the network, Bill has selected TAXI New York as the agency in charge of the new branding campaign.
Adlink has added Dereck Messana as Director/Sales for the company’s Hispanic division AdConexión L.A. He is charged with increasing the company’s share of Hispanic TV advertising revenue, reporting to Rick Oster, EVP/General Sales Manager.
Friday – A18-49 Analysis: ABC and NBC both were #1 Friday night with each bringing in a 1.6/6 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. The 8p hour was a victory for NBC with Dateline at 1.7/7. NBC repeated being #1 at at 9p with a repeat of Las Vegas delivering a 1.5/5; UNIV with Barrera de Amor and UPN with its Friday Night Smackdown vied for second with 1.3/5 each. ABC then secured the top position at 10p with a 2.0/7 for 20/20.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Friday, July 21, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
CBS 4.0/8 NCIS [r] 4.5/9, The Unit [r] 3.4/6, Numb3rs [r] 4.0/8
NBC 3.8/7 Dateline NBC 4.1/8, Las Vegas [r] 3.4/7, Law & Order [r] 3.9/7
ABC 3.7/7 America’s Funniest Videos [r] 3.9/8, Kyle XY 2.8/5, 20/20 4.4/8
UPN 2.5/5 Friday Night Smackdown 2.5/5
UNIV 1.7/3 La Fea Más Bella 1.9/4, Barrera de Amor 1.7/3, Casos de la Vida Real: Edicion Especial 1.4/3
FOX 1.6/3 That 70’s Show [r] 1.8/4, That 70’s Show [r] 1.7/3, 24 [r] 1.5/3
WB 1.4/3 What I Like About You [r] 1.1/2, Twins [r] 1.1/2, Reba [r] 1.8/3, Living with Fran [r] 1.7/3
TELE 0.6/1 Tierra de Pasiones 0.6/1, Amores De Mercado 0.6/1, Decisiones 0.6/1
A18-49: ABC 1.6/6, NBC 1.6/6, CBS 1.3/5, UNIV 1.3/5, UPN 1.2/4, FOX 1.0/4, WB 0.8/3, TELE 0.5/2
Saturday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX led Saturday night with a 2.0/8 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. . FOX blew away the competition at 8p with the two Cops episodes at 2.0/8, doubling the big three networks in share. FOX continued its winning streak at 9p with America’s Most Wanted earning a 2.1/8. Despite a tight playing field at 10p, ABC won with the last hour of its movie The Rookie coming in at 1.6/6.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Saturday, July 22, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
FOX 3.6/7 Cops 3.3/7, Cops [r] 3.6/8, America’s Most Wanted 3.8/8
ABC 3.0/6 Movie: The Rookie [r] 3.0/6
CBS 2.9/6 Movie: Behind Enemy Lines [r] 2.5/5, 48 Hours Mystery 3.6/7
NBC 2.7/5 Movie: Miami Vice Undercover 2.7/5
UNIV 1.2/3 Sábado Gigante 1.2/3
TELE 0.2/0 Just for Laughs 0.2/0, Cinemundo del Sabado Estreno 0.2/0
A18-49: FOX 2.0/8, ABC 1.2/5, NBC 1.2/5, CBS 1.2/4, UNIV 0.9/4, TELE 0.2/1
Sunday – A18-49 Analysis: NBC was the “fairest of them all” Sunday night taking the crown with 2.5/7 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX was the runner up at 2.1/7. At 7p, both ABC’s AFV and CBS’ 60 Minutes tied 1.8/65. FOX took a sure lead at 8p with its next round of repeat comedies The Simpsons and American Dad averaging a 2.6/8. Proving that beauty contests can still pull in top ratings, NBC won at 9p with the Miss Universe 2006 Pageant at 2.9/8, and then at 10p the global beauty pageant for NBC surged even higher at 3.4/9 to win again. Personally I tuned in just to see if Miss USA would wear the gown created for her on Bravo’s series Project Runway, and she did.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Sunday, July 23, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
NBC 5.3/10 Tom Brokaw Reports 3.6/7, Dateline 5.7/10, Miss Universe 2006 Pageant 6.0/10
CBS 5.3/9 60 Minutes 5.8/12, Big Brother: All Stars 4.1/7, Cold Case [r] 5.3/9, Without a Trace [r] 5.8/10
ABC 3.5/6 America’s Funniest Videos [r] 3.4/7, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 3.5/6, Desperate Housewives [r] 3.1/5, Grey’s Anatomy [r] 4.1/7
FOX 2.9/5 Malcolm in the Middle [r] 1.8/4, King of the Hill [r] 2.1/4, The Simpsons [r] 3.5/7, American Dad [r] 3.2/6, Family Guy [r] 3.9/7, The War at Home [r] 2.8/5
UNIV 1.1/2 La Hora Pico 0.9/2, Cantando por un Sueño 1.1/2
WB 1.1/2 Reba [r] 1.1/2, Reba [r] 1.4/3, Charmed [r] 1.0/2, Charmed [r] 1.0/2
TELE 0.7/1 Fiebre de Corona 0.4/1, Las Delegadas De Miss Universo 0.6/1, Miss Universo 0.9/2
A18-49: NBC 2.5/7, FOX 2.1/7, CBS 2.1/6, ABC 1.8/6, UNIV 0.9/3, WB 0.6/2, TELE 0.5/2
The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1965-Bob Dylan disappointed long time fans when he appeared onstage to play his set at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric guitar. Dylan was booed off stage by a disapproving crowd, who had come to associate his with a spare, acoustic sound.
Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: Who was the only cast member in the movie M*A*S*H to also be included in the television show? GARY BURGHOFF Kudos to: Gloria L. Price-CBS News/NY; Evan Kutner -WNBC-TV /WNJU-TV/NY; Lynn Rosenfelt-Merlyn Monitoring Services/Montville, NJ; Gary Lico-Cableready/Norwalk; Mitt Dawson-TX Digital Media Group/Houston; Ken Lawson-20th TV; Jay Flora-WXIN & WTTV/Indianapolis IN; Peter Bright-Bright Productions/West Bloomfield, MI; Ken DuBow-First Look Studios/LA; Charleen Easton-Home By 6 Prods/Studio City, CA; Kevin Hamburger-Telepictures Productions/LA; Ian Kerner-LaserPacific/Hollywood CA; Richard Wilks-CanWest MediaWorks Inc/Toronto; Jim Van Dusen-Standard Broadcasting/Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Today’s Trivia Question: What film pairs up a more “scruffy,” Tim Allen and one of the Desperate Housewives cast members? (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
07.25.06
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Tuesday, July 25, 2006
ABC According to Jim [r], George Lopez [r], The One
CBS Big Brother: All Stars, Rock Star, 48 Hours Mystery [r]
FOX House [r], House [r]
NBC Fear Factor [r], Last Comic Standing, Law & Order: SVU [r]
i Sue Thomas F. B. Eye, Doc, Diagnosis Murder
UPN Veronica Mars [r], Veronica Mars [r]
WB Gilmore Girls [r], Gilmore Girls [r]
TELE La Viuda de Blanco, Decisiones
UNIV La Fea Mas Bella, Barrera de Amor, Que madre tan padre, Vecinos
