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06.09.09

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 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:
IFC: Food Party at 1115p; The Wrong Door at 1130p

Tonight’s Finale:
Discovery Channel: The Alaska Experiment at 10p

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Planet Green turns blue this summer as the environment-focused network presents Blue August, an entire month of programming devoted to the earth’s oceans and the topic of clean drinking water. Conservationists and explorers, Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau (grandchildren of the famous underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau) will host Blue August via short-form content and segments throughout the month. Programming highlights of Blue August will be the premiere of series Blue Planet, a special ocean-themed episode of Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff and the documentary Acid Test: The Challenge of Ocean Acidification featuring Sigourney Weaver.

TLC’s tattoo artist Kat Von D is back for a third season in LA INK with 18 new episodes debuting July 9 at 10p. Production is currently underway for the new season as Kat continues to head her popular tattoo shop in Los Angeles and deals with the successful launch of her cosmetics line at Sephora and a best-selling book. Things do shake up during season three though, as Kat hires a new shop manager, Aubry Fisher (VH1’s Rock of Love). LA INK is produced by Original Media.

Lifetime’s season three premiere of Army Wives Sunday night at 10p posted a 2.4 rating with W18-49. Additionally, Lifetime also set the premiere of its new one-hour comedy/drama Drop Dead Diva for July 12 at 9p, joining Army Wives on Sunday nights. Drop Dead Diva revolves around a young, shallow model who after dying in a car accident finds her soul has transferred to the body of a brilliant but plus-sized attorney. Brooke Elliott stars along with Margaret Cho, Jackson Hurst, and Kate Levering.  Sony Pictures Television produces Drop Dead Diva for Lifetime.

Science Channel is changing its programming lineup on Monday and Thursday nights. Starting this Thursday, Science of the Movies will air at 10p, moving off of Tuesday nights. New episodes of How Do They Do It will now air on Thursdays at 9p and 930p starting July 16. Science Channel is also moving its series Brink from Friday nights to Mondays at 1030p starting June 15.

WE tv further delves into the world of mommies with the premiere of a new daytime program The Mom Show this Friday at 10a. Taped in front of a live studio audience, the ten-part one-hour series hosted by moms Laurie Gelman and Catherine Marion will feature stories about parenting and marriage as well as medical tips and advice and fashion trends for moms and kids. The Mom Show is produced by Parenting Show Productions, Inc. As previously announced, WE tv also premieres the six-episode one-hour Raising Sextuplets from Eric Schiff Productions this Thursday at 10p.

With the downturn of the national economy, so goes the decline of US advertising spending. In a new report released by Nielsen, ad spending during the first quarter of this year decreased overall by -12% compared to first quarter 2008. In dollars the decline equates to -$3.8 billion for a total of $27.9 billion in first quarter. The biggest hit went to Local Sunday Supplements at -37.7% and in the broadcast category the largest decrease was Spot TV 101-210 DMAs at -28.9% followed by Syndication TV at -18.8%; Spot TV Top 100 DMAs at -15.6%; Spanish-Language TV at -13.8%; Network Radio at -12.6%; Spot Radio at -9.0%; Network TV at -4.8%; Cable TV at -2.7%; and Spanish-Language Cable TV at -1.1%. Internet advertising also declined by -3.4% during first quarter this year.

E!’s new series Kendra opened Sunday night at 10p as the second highest rated series premiere ever on the network, behind the debut of The Anna Nicole Show on August 4, 2002. Kendra delivered a 2.13 HH rating; as well as 3.66 among W18-34;  2.62 with W18-49;  1.81 with A18-49 as well as averaging 2.6 million total viewers. Immediately following the premiere of Kendra, the second season of Denise Richards: It’s Complicated opened at 11p posting a 1.37 HH rating and a 1.15 among A18-49 in addition to drawing more than 1.5 million total viewers.

The new Prius commercials freak me out a bit … I’m just saying.

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CBS Television Distribution’s Rachael Ray was renewed through the 2011-2012 television season. The syndicated talk show was picked up by the ABC Owned Television Stations, including WABC/New York and WPVI/Philadelphia, for two seasons, taking the series through its sixth season. Rachael Ray is produced and distributed by CBS Television Distribution in association with Harpo Productions, Scripps Networks and Watch Entertainment.

Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution has now cleared The New Adventure of Old Christine as a strip airing M-F plus two weekend plays in more than 70% of the country, including the previously announced KPIX/LA, WPIX/NY and WCIU/Chicago.  

MEXICANAL Network launched a digital multicast in the Dallas-Ft. Worth market yesterday on KJJM-DT2 TV-34, offering a mix of regional news, sports, entertainment and cultural programs from different regions in Mexico. MEXICANAL Network now reaches more than 2.4 million homes via cable, satellite and multicast distribution avenues.

Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) made several renewal orders for the E! International Network throughout Europe in addition to new launches in Croatia and Iceland. Renewals include: Kabel Deutschland Group in Germany; Numericable’s digital Premium, Premium Plus and Infinity packages in France as well as new launches on Numericable in Belgium and Luxembourg; E! International will air on Free, France’s largest IPTV provider; and in the Netherlands, E! International was renewed by Ziggo. E! International Network and The Style Network also were picked up by Iskon in Croatia while The Style Network will be seen starting this month in Iceland on E! International Network affiliate 365 Media.

Science Channel and Popular Science magazine are collaborating on the new series Popular Science’s Future Of and have tapped author/comedian/writer/pundit, Baratunde Thurston to host. The series explores how technological developments happening today can reshape our future in five, ten, 15 or 25 years. The ten-episode series, produced by The Incubator, joins the programming lineup on Science Channel and Science Channel HD this August.

Katee Sackhoff, just off her role as Kara “Starbuck” Thrace on Battlestar Galactica, will co-star in the eighth season of FOX’s 24. In 24, Sackhoff will play Dana Walsh, a highly capable data analyst working at CTU who has a secret past and is involved with new CTU agent Davis Cole (Freddie Prinze Jr.).

Gilles Marini, the French actor who recently dazzled viewers on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars is joining ABC’s Brothers & Sisters for a multi-episode arc, reports Variety. Marini will play a potential love interest to Sarah Walker (Rachel Griffiths). Marini is also slated to appear in the upcoming new season of FX’s Nip/Tuck.

In other casting news, SCI FI Channel tapped Kathy Bates and Tim Curry for its miniseries Alice, the new adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice In Wonderland. Bates will portray the Queen of Hearts while Curry will play Dodo joining Caterina Scorsone (Starz’ Crash) as Alice and Colm Meaney as the King of Hearts among other cast members. Alice will make its debut this December following SCI FI’s rebranding effort when it becomes known as Syfy.

Fans of author Ken Follett will be interested to know there is a miniseries in the works based on his best-selling novel, The Pillars of the Earth. The eight-hour miniseries has been picked up by large stations in Europe though it has not been snagged yet by a network in the US or the UK, according to THR. Three notable actors have signed on to star in the fictional saga: Ian McShane will play Waleran; Donald Sutherland will portray Bartholomew; and Rufus Sewell, who recently starred in CBS’ Eleventh Hour, will play Tom Builder. Other cast members include Matthew Macfadyen as Prior Philip; Sarah Parish as Regan Hamleigh; Hayley Atwell as Aliena; Eddie Redmayne as Jack; and Gordon Pinsent as the Archbishop. Filming begins June 22 in Hungary and Austria and Pillars of the Earth is slated to premiere the latter half of 2010. The miniseries is being produced as a co-production of Munich-based Tandem Communications and Montreal-based Muse Entertainment and will be directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan.

CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  Apple unveiled its next generation iPhone 3G S at its annual developer’s conference, slated for release with the new iPhone 3.0 OS on June 19 – timed almost exactly 2 years after the release of the first iPhone model when early adopters’ contracts expire. The phone is likely to spawn a new generation of mobile video and photo applications thanks to faster processing speeds, longer battery life, easy-to-use video recording software and a real 3 megapixel camera. The autofocus camera automatically adjusts focus, exposure and contrast. You can record high-quality video clips and edit them right on the iPhone 3G S by simply trimming the start and stop points. You can also send photos and video by email or MMS and post them directly to YouTube or Apple’s $99/year MobileMe subscription service with a single tap. The new iPhone will retail for $199 with 16 GB online and at AT&T, Best Buy and Wal-Mart stores. In a move to capture more price sensitive folks, the existing iPhone 3G model dropped in price to $99, effective immediately.   Full edition: CYN DIGITAL.

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY:  Beginning Sunday, July 5, night begins an hour earlier, when Nickelodeon permanently moves the 9p start of the Nick at Nite block to 8p, Sundays to Thursdays.  Nick has acquired the complete seven-season library–all 151 episodes–of Malcolm in the Middle from Fox Television. The series originally ran on Fox between 2000-2006.  Later this summer, Nick at Nite will add Glenn Martin, DDS, the new stop-motion animated series from Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company. Kevin Nealon, Catherine O’Hara and Judy Greer star and a storyline revolving around a family that trades the suburbs for a life on the road.  Full edition: CYN KIDS. 

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Friday – A18-49 Analysis: It was a squeaker for UNIV Friday night, yet the Spanish-language network was #1 with A18-49 at 1.5/6, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. UNIV opened primetime at 8p a winner with Cuidado con el Angel delivering a 1.5/6 followed by a tie between CBS’ Ghost Whisperer rerun and NBC News’ rebroadcast of Inside the Obama White House Part 1 at 1.1/5 each. During 9p, UNIV again claimed the top spot with Manana es para Siempre at 1.8/7 while NBC News’ replay of Inside the Obama White House Part 2 came second with 1.7/6. NBC gained ground at 10p as Dateline did best with 1.6/5 and ABC’s 20/20 took second place at 1.3/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, June 5, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD

NBC 3.9/8       NBC News: Inside the Obama White House Part 1 [r] 3.2/6, NBC News: Inside the Obama White House Part 2 [r] 4.3/8, Dateline 4.1/8

CBS 3.6/7         Ghost Whisperer [r] 3.6/7, Flashpoint [r] 3.6/7, Numb3rs [r] 3.8/7

ABC 2.4/5         Wife Swap [r] 2.1/4, Samantha Who? [r] 1.7/3, Samantha Who? [r] 1.6/3, 20/20 3.3/6

FOX 2.0/4         Don’t Forget the Lyrics! 2.2/4, Mental [r] 1.8/3

UNIV 2.0/4        Cuidado con el Angel 2.0/4, Manana es para Siempre 2.3/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.6/3

MNT 1.9/4         WWE Friday Night Smackdown 1.9/4

CW 0.7/1          Privileged [r] 0.8/2, Everybody Hates Chris [r] 0.6/1, The Game [r] 0.7/1

TELE 0.6/1        Mas Sabe el Diablo 0.4/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.6/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.6/1

ION 0.5/1         Friday 9PM Movie: Batman 0.5/1

A18-49:  UNIV 1.5/6, NBC 1.5/5, CBS 1.1/4, ABC 1.0/4, FOX 1.0/4, MNT 0.9/4, TELE 0.5/2, CW 0.4/2, ION 0.3/1

Wilson Surratt returns to WPIX/New York as Senior Executive Producer of PM News Programming where he will supervise the station’s PIX News at Ten which airs nightly at 10p. In 2000, Wilson began The PIX Morning News and served as the program’s Executive Producer until 2002.

Kathy Timko became COO of Canoe Ventures as of June 1, reporting to David Verklin, CEO. Prior to joining Canoe, Kathy spent the last 10 years at IDT where she most recently served as COO of Carrier Services.

Fathom Communications established a new core practice area centered on entertainment marketing platforms, partnering with film, music, television and gaming properties. In so doing, Fathom Communications hired Marcus Peterzell as Managing Director/Engagement and Entertainment Marketing. Marcus joins from AWE (which merged with GMR Entertainment in 2007) where he served as co-president.

VIBE Media Group, a unit of the Wicks Group of Companies, LLC, upped Editor-in-Chief Danyel Smith to Chief Content Office as well as Senior Editor Benjamin Meadows-Ingram to Executive Editor of VIBE content. These promotions come as VIBE Media Group launches its new tabloid, THE MOST!, published twice yearly beginning June 16 along with THEMOSTmag.com on June 15. 

Mike Lu is now the National Sales Manager at National Television Sales (NTS). Previously, Mike was with Petry Media Television.

Osiris Entertainment, Inc., an independent film and DVD distributor, named Doug Dohmen as its new VP/Sales and Marketing joining from Porchlight Home Entertainment where he served as Director/Sales. In his new role, Doug will be in charge of the television, home entertainment and digital distribution of the company’s film library. Doug will report to Evan Crooke, CEO.

TV One added Maureen Guthman as SVP/Programming Strategy and Acquisitions and promoted Toni Judkins to SVP/Original Programming. TV One also tapped Jubba Seyyid as Director/Programming and Production. Maureen will head planning, packaging and scheduling for the network and will also manage content acquisition strategy, acquisition negotiations among other duties. Toni oversees the network’s original programming, where she is responsible for development and production of all original programs. Both Maureen and Toni report to Johnathan Rodgers, President/CEO. Jubba will report to Toni Judkins and all three are based at TV One headquarters in Silver Spring.

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This day in History:  1790 – John Barry copyrighted “Philadelphia Spelling Book.” It was the first American book to be copyrighted.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:   Melvilles lives above … what?   CHEERS  Kudos to: Karen Feigenbaum-Fuse/NYC; Tom Winiarski-Turner Entertainment Sales/NY; Jon Spaet-Vault.com Inc./New York; Jeff Grimshaw-American Ingenuity TV/Washington, DC; Chris Parker-CBS Television Stations/Dallas; Brian Fleming-Tribune Television New Orleans/New Orleans; Paul Gaulke-KSTP/Minneapolis; Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas; Matt Stevens-Script Partners, Inc./Burbank; Lisa Schultz-CBS Paramount/Los Angeles; Ken DuBow-PorchLight/LA; John Amato”Good Day L.A.”-KTTV/Los Angeles; Barry Sher-The Pacific West Group/Toronto

Today’s Trivia Question:  Knight Rider’s Michael Knight … what was his real last name?  (Email
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2009

ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night, NBA Countdown, NBA Finals
AZTECA: Los Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Los 25 Mas, Al Extremo
CBS: NCIS [r], The Mentalist [r], 48 Hours Mystery [r]
CW: 90210 [r], Hitched or Ditched
FOX: House [r], Mental
ION: Boston Legal, Boston Legal, Boston Legal
MNT: Street Patrol [r], Street Patrol [r], Jail [r], Jail [r]
NBC: NHL Stanley Cup Finals
PBS: Live from Lincoln Center, Frontline, Independent Lens
TELE:Mas Sabe el Diablo, El Rostro de Analia, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso
UNIV: Cuidado con el Angel, Manana es para Siempre, Aqui y Ahora

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