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Cynopsis
6/05/07
Good morning, it’s Tuesday, June 5, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing.
In a 2-to-1 vote, the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected the FCC’s ruling that Fox’s airing of “fleeting expletives” uttered by Nicole Richie and Cher during the 2002 and 2003 Billboard Music Awards, equated to indecency. The judges also questioned if the new FCC policy, which was imposed after Bono’s word choice during NBC’s broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards in 2003, was legally sustainable. The FCC is currently reviewing the appellate court’s decision. A second case challenging the FCC indecency ruling involves fines forced on CBS from the Janet Jackson Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction incident.
Tonight’s Premieres:
BBC America: MI-5 at 8p
Discovery Health: Runway Moms at 8p
NBC: America’s Got Talent at 9p
A&E: Criss Angel Mindfreak at 10p
Bravo: Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List at 10p
Tonight’s Finales:
FX: The Shield at 10p
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~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
Here are a handful of ABC summer premiere dates for your calendar:
American Inventory – June 6 at 9p
Fast Cars & Superstars – June 7 at 8p
Kyle XY (encores from ABC Family) – June 15 at 8p
Shaq’s Big Challenge – June 26 at 9p
Greek (encores from ABC Family) – July 13 at 9p
Set for Life with host Jimmy Kimmel – July 20 at 8p
Masters of Science Fiction – August 4 at 10p
I-Caught – August 6 at 10p
NASCAR in Primetime – August 8 at 9p
As introduced at its recent upfront presentation, Telemundo is moving forward to reformat its primetime advertising breaks. The network will launch Power Pod this fall to advertisers, which will make the first commercial break in each show equal to 1 minute in length. Power Pod will also be available on Telemundo’s cable network mun2.
Style Network will premiere season two of its hair-cutting reality series Split Ends June 23 at 6p. The one-hour show, produced by 44 Blue Productions, will have more upscale hair designers trade places with down-home beauticians in the new season.
Starz Entertainment will soon have its new high-definition premium movie channels available on DIRECTV starting this September. The three new channels, Starz Comedy HD, Starz Edge HD and Starz Kids & Family HD will be added to the existing Starz HD channel, which will be available to DIRECTV customers via East and West Coast feeds.
Note to Self: Okay, this is pretty neat – I know that sounds like Jan Brady, but really, this is cool. Discovery Times Channel will air a program called Conspiracy Test: The RFK Assassination which will introduce a new audio recording supporting a second gunman theory, and an updated review of ballistics and eyewitness statements. All of this adds up to potentially a new theory behind the murder of Senator Robert Kennedy. Doesn’t that sound cool? The show airs tomorrow night at 9p. I’ll be there.
~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Casting Call: Attention all those who want to be in the next Indiana Jones 4 film – open casting call for extras June 11 and 12 at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale in New Haven, Connecticut, where several scenes for the new movie will be shot, according to fan-site Spielbergfilms.com. You must be 18+ and you’ll need to bring a headshot.
Casting Call: Show America Your Charisma, a new TV reality show pilot seeking people who can display their unabashed personalities and compete for cash awards. they’re looking for interesting, charming and inspiration people in NYC and LA next month for this competition series that will ultimately award one winner $100,000. If you got the stuff, send a brief biography and photo to: spencerprods@yahoo.com or via snail mail to P.O. Box 2247 Westport, CT 06880.
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CTAM
2007 CTAM Summit – Early Bird Ends Friday, June 8
The CTAM Summit, Power to the People, will be in Washington, DC from July 23-25.
Register now to explore and celebrate cable’s unique ability to connect and empower our customers for an even brighter future.
For additional information and registration, go to www.ctamsummit.com .
Be sure to register by Friday, June 8 to receive the early bird special and save $75.
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
The Nielsen Company has promoted three senior level executives within its Consumer Product Leadership division:
- Mitch Barns is now Global President/Homescan, Spectra and Loyalty services. Mitch will oversee the global expansion of Spectra which begins this year in Australia and Mexico followed by Europe in 2008. Based in Schaumburg, IL, he will report to Joe Willke, President/Global Consumer Product Leadership.
- Dennis Moore will move into the position of Global President/Nielsen Analytic Consulting, succeeding Mitch Barns in this position. Based in Chicago, Dennis will also report to Willke.
- Tim Willke has been upgraded to Global President/BASES, where he will report to Mitch Barns. Based in Parsippany, NJ, Tim has been with BASES since 1986 joining as an analyst.
Eric Kabakoff has been hired as Research Director for WABC-TV. Previously, Eric has been a Research Manager then Associate Director of Research for ABC National Television Sales.
Michael Watson has been appointed as Sales Director, Southeast for The Weather Channel Interactive. In his new role, Michael will supervise sales activity for weather.com and Desktop Weather in an area that covers North Carolina to Florida to Texas, as well as the Caribbean.
It is official as Katherine Pope has been named President of NBC Universal Television Studio. Katherine will supervise the studio’s production of such series as House, The Office, Heroes and the cable programs Battlestar Galactica and Monk. Most recently, Katherine was EVP/NBC Entertainment where she provided oversight to the new NBC programs which will debut this fall – Life, Journeyman, Bionic Woman and Chuck.
Also at NBC, Teri Weinberg has joined the NBC Entertainment as EVP, filling the spot vacated by Pope. She will oversee all aspects of NBC Entertainment’s scripted programming, reporting to Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff. Teri comes from Reveille where she was EVP/Scripted Programming.
Access 360 Media has tapped Tony Paruszewski as VP/Network Sales where he will manage advertising sales in the West and Southwest regions.
Amy Girdwood has been elevated to EVP/Human Resources with Discovery Communications. She will head the human resources management team that supports the company’s global workforce that exists in more than 170 countries on five continents. Amy will report to Adria Alpert-Romm, SEVP/Human Resources.
Ron Carlivati has been upped to Headwriter on ABC’s daytime drama One Life to Life, effective immediately. He succeeds former Headwriter Dena Higley with whom he worked as Co-Headwriter. Ron has been a staff writer on One Life to Live for 11 years.
People en Espanol has made Betsy Henao its new Southeast Advertising Manager. Based in Miami, Betsy starts in her new position this week.
~ ELSEWHERE AT CYNOPSIS … ~
Today in Cynopsis Kids, listen to the audio version here, or subscribe to the iTunes CynKids podcast
- Starz Entertainment’s HD will see the launch of three new HD movie channels
- Turner Broadcasting launches a free, ad-supported version of its GameTap broadband service
- The Naked Brothers’ Greatest Hits Marathon on Nickelodeon
Today in Cynopsis International, listen to the audio version here or subscribe to the iTunes Cyn Int’l podcast
- Viacom sells MTV Russia and VHI Russia to Russia’s Prof-Media
- CABLEready finalizes several European deals on heels of MIPTV
- Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau launches new online Diversity Marketing Center
Today in Cynopsis Digital, listen to the audio version here or subscribe to the iTunes Cyn Digital podcast
- Hearst-Argyle becomes the first local TV company to distribute on YouTube
- Brash Entertainment to make games based on movies and shows
- YouTube sponsors Rocketboom at 3 grand an episode
- Yahoo! introduces the Search Marketing Commercial API Program
~ RATINGS ~
FRIDAY – A18-49 Analysis: FOX laughed all the way to first place Friday night with 1.9/7 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX with TV’s Funniest Moments and UNIV with La Fea Mas Bella tied for #1 at 8p with 1.5/6 apiece. FOX was then the solo leader at 9p with the second half of TV’s Funniest Moments at 2.3/8. ABC won during 10p by delivering a 2.0/6 for 20/20.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, June 1, 2007 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
CBS 4.2/8 Ghost Whisperer [r] 3.6/7, Close to Home [r] 4.3/8, Numb3rs [r] 4.6/9
ABC 3.7/7 America’s Funniest Home Videos [r] 3.5/7, National Bingo Night 3.1/6, 20/20 4.4/8
FOX 3.7/7 TV’s Funniest Moments 3.7/7
NBC 3.7/7 1 vs. 100 [r] 3.4/7, Law & Order: CI [r] 3.4/6, Law & Order [r] 4.4/8
CW 2.4/5 Friday Night Smackdown! 2.4/5
UNIV 1.6/3 La Fea Más Bella 1.8/4, Destilando Amor a lo Grande (especial) 1.5/3
TELE 0.6/1 Marina 0.6/1, Zorro 0.7/1, Esclava Isaura 0.6/1
A18-49: FOX 1.9/7, ABC 1.6/6, CBS 1.5/5, NBC 1.4/5, UNIV 1.3/5, CW 1.2/4, TELE 0.4/1
SATURDAY – A18-49 Analysis: FOX captured the same #1 rating from the previous Saturday night to win this week at 1.6/6 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX brought forth a double win this night with its two Cops reruns averaging a 1.6/6 at 8p and America’s Most Wanted at 9p winning with 1.7/6. CBS had the final win at 10p with its movie Ocean’s 12 in first with 1.8/6.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, June 2, 2007 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
CBS 3.8/8 Movie: Ocean’s 12 3.8/8
FOX 3.3/7 Cops [r] 3.1/7, Cops [r] 3.1/6, America’s Most Wanted 3.5/7
ABC 1.8/4 Movie: Minority Report [r] 1.8/4
NBC 1.2/2 National Hockey League 2006-2007: Stanley Cup Finals Game 4 1.2/2
UNIV 1.2/2 Sábado Gigante 1.2/2
TELE 0.6/1 Futbol: Mexico vs. Iran 0.6/1
A18-49: FOX 1.6/6, CBS 1.5/5, ABC 1.0/4, UNIV 0.9/3, TELE 0.6/2, NBC 0.5/2
SUNDAY – A18-49 Analysis: CBS and FOX shared top billing Sunday night at 1.7/5 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC did best at 7p with a repeat of America’s Funniest Home Videos at 1.8/6. ABC then held fast during 8p, winning with an encore Extreme Makeover: Home Edition at 2.2/6. At 9p, FOX led with its movie presentation at 2.3/6, and at 10p CBS pulled in the final win of the night with a rerun of Without a Trace at 2.0/5.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, June 3, 2007 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
CBS 5.8/10 60 Minutes 6.0/11, Without a Trace [r] 5.1/9, Cold Case [r] 6.3/10, Without a Trace [r] 6.0/10
ABC 3.1/5 America’s Funniest Home Videos [r] 3.7/7, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [r] 4.0/7, Desperate Housewives [r] 2.7/4, Brothers & Sisters [r] 2.3/4
NBC 2.8/5 Dateline: NBC [2 hours] 3.5/6, Friday Night Lights [r] 1.5/2, Law & Order: SVU [r] 2.7/5
FOX 2.6/5 The War at Home [r] 1.7/3, Movie: Bad Boys II 2.8/5
UNIV 1.2/2 Movie: Pobre pero Honrada 1.2/2, Movie: Duro pero Seguro 1.3/2
CW 0.8/1 7th Heaven [r] 0.8/2, Hidden Palms [r] 0.7/1, Supernatural [r] 0.7/1
TELE 0.3/1 Movie: About a Boy 0.2/0, Movie: Kill Bill Vol. 2 0.5/1
A18-49: CBS 1.7/5, FOX 1.7/5, ABC 1.6/5, NBC 1.2/4, UNIV 1.1/3, CW 0.4/1, TELE 0.2/1
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLEU
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This Day in History: 1783 – Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier made their first balloon trip. They rose up to 1,500 feet in the air for about ten minutes.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia: Barnaby Jones, starring Buddy Ebsen, was a spin-off of what other detective show? CANNON. Kudos to: Candice Herbert-MPG Direct/Irvington NY; Greg West-WATC TV/Atlanta; Trish Taylor-YES Network/NY; Len Brown-The Topps Company/NY; Kerry Donlon-Comcast Networks/Chicago; Dale Warshaw-KMSB KTTU TV/Tucson; Stan Marinoff-Murray State University/Murray KY; John Wick-Mandible/Lozano Texas; Debra Cherney-Carsey Werner Distribution/Studio City CA; Alan Perris-Television Academy/North Hollywood; Bob Ramsey-KSWB TV/San Diego; Judi Schultz-Woodson Media/Portland OR
Today’s Trivia Question: On what CSI series does one of the characters have a father that is an alcoholic defense attorney? ( 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
06.05.07
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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TV GUIDE NETWORK
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
ABC: George Lopez [r], According to Jim [r], The 2007 ALMA Awards
CBS: NCIS [r], The Unit [r], 48 Hours Mystery [r]
CW: Gilmore Girls [r] , Veronica Mars [r]
FOX: On the Lot Results Show, House [r]
ION: Mama’s Family, Mama’s Family, Diagnosis Murder, Wonder Years, Wonder Years
MNT: Movie: Best Men
NBC: Deal or No Deal, America’s Got Talent [p ]
PBS: Nova [r], Frontline, Independent Lens
TELE: Movie: Godzilla, Previo Futbol: Mexico vs. Paraguay
UNIV: La Fea Mas Bella, Destilando Amor, Ver para Creer
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