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03.05.13

Good morning. It’s Tuesday March 5, 2013, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
Chiller: Pushing Daisies at 9p
MundoFox: Los 3 Caines at 9p
CNBC: Treasure Detectives 1t 9p; The Car Chasers at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:
Investigation Discovery: My Dirty Little Secret at 9p; Redrum at 10p
USA Network: White Collar at 10p

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Terence Noonan and Meghan Schaefer Spielberg have been named Executive Producers of Warner Bros.’ Bethenny, alongside former Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel and Ellen DeGeneres. The new one-hour daily syndicated talker is set to launch this fall. Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin and Andy Lassner, Executive Producers of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” will serve as Consulting Executive Producers of the show, after having executive produced the six-week test of “Bethenny” this past summer. Noonan is the EP of Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show; Schaefer Spielberg was Senior Executive Producer of MSNBC’s daytime programming.

Co-heads of Vertigo Entertainment and producers of The Bates Motel, Roy Lee and John Middleton, have inked a first-look deal with 20th Century Fox TV. As part of a two-year pact, the partners will look to develop projects for cable.

In a move to strengthen its positioning as America’s destination for “uplifting entertainment,” GMC TV is changing its name to UP. The UP brand will officially launch on-air September 1, when viewers will see a new logo and new on-air look.

Destination America ventures into the mysterious world of the unknown with its new series Monsters and Mysteries in America. Debuting on Sunday, March 24 at 10p, E/P, the show will explore first-person accounts with legendary creatures, ancient spirits and unexplained paranormal phenomena across the country. The show is produced by M2 Pictures. Mike Sinclair is EP for M2; Fay Yu is EP for Destination America.

Fox has renewed four shows for the 2013-14 season: New Girl, Raising Hope and freshman series The Mindy Project and The Following.

Meredith Corporation and Crown Media Family Networks have announced a new partnership, anchored by an exclusive cable syndication agreement to bring The Better Show to Hallmark Channel’s lineup of daytime lifestyle programming. “The Hallmark Channel and Meredith brands have in common a legacy of quality, family-oriented content,” said Bill Abbott, President and CEO, Crown Media Family Networks. “We look forward to building on this relationship and exploring other synergistic opportunities down the road.”

From zombies to exorcisms! Robert Kirkman, executive producer of The Walking Dead, is developing another supernatural drama. Kirkman is teaming with David Alpert, executive producer of The Walking Dead, Fox International Channels and his Image Comics imprint Skybound and Circle of Confusion on a show based on his upcoming comic series set in the world of exorcism. “Sharon Tal Yguado and the entire team at Fox International Channels have been instrumental in making The Walking Dead the worldwide success that it has become,” Kirkman said in a statement. “I couldn’t resist the opportunity to continue working with this forward-thinking and extremely talented group.” Kirkman and Albert will executive produce the series.

Bounce TV will begin production on the network’s first, original reality series, centered around the daily lives of GRAMMY nominated family gospel group foreverJONES. The network has ordered an initial six episodes with production beginning later this month in Shreveport, LA, the band’s hometown. The series will debut this summer.

Rive Gauche Television has acquired the unscripted series Along For The Bride and will debut the show at MIPTV 2013. The series is produced by High Noon Entertainment and will air on TLC in the US.

Argo alum Scoot McNairy, who portrayed Joe Stafford, one of the Americans who sought refuge in the Canadian embassy in Iran, has landed a co-starring role in the AMC pilot Halt & Catch Fire. He’ll play engineer Gordon Clarke in the computer drama, set in the 1980s.

British actor Lucien Laviscount, formerly of the BBC One drama Waterloo Road, has landed one of the male leads in CW‘s rebooted pilot The Selection.

Kaley Ronayne has been cast as Kat Young’s daughter, Hannah, in Lifetime‘s Army Wives. Kat is played by Brooke Shields.

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Friday A18-49 Analysis: Univision continues to lead among viewers, from 1.6/5 last week to 2.1/7 this week, according to national prime time ratings from Nielsen. Univision led at 8pm with Por Ella Soy Eva at 1.9/6, a gain from last week’s 1.6/5. Trailing in second place was ABC’s Last Man Standing at 1.5/6. Univision and ABC tied at 9pm: Univision with Amores Verdaderos and ABC with Shark Tank both at 1.9/6. Univision grabbed back the lead at 10pm with Amor Bravio with 1.5/5. ABC’s 20/20 came in second with 1.4/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, March 1, 2013 time period averages.  Source: 20th Century Fox as dated. Live+SD. 

CBS: 4.0/7          Undercover Boss [r]  3.6/6, Blue Bloods [r] 3.8/7, Blue Bloods [r] 4.7/8

ABC: 3.9/7           Last Man Standing 4.3/8, Malibu Country 3.8/7, Shark Tank 4.2/7, 20/20 3.6/6

NBC: 3.6/6           Dateline Friday 4.2/7, Rock Center with Brian Williams 3.0/5 

UNIV: 1.7/5         Por Ella Soy Eva 1.9/6, Amores Verdaderos 1.9/6, Amor Bravio 1.5/5

FOX: 1.9/3           Kitchen Nightmares 2.1/4, Touch 1.8/3

TELE:  .7/1           Pasion Prohibida .7/1, Patrona 1.1/2, Rostro Venganza .5/1

ION:  .6/1            Cold Case [r] 0.5/1, Cold Case [r] 0.7/1, Cold Case [r] 0.7/1

CW:   .5/1            Nikita 0.7/1, Vampire Diaries [r] 0.4/1

UMA:  .2/0           Cineplex Fri [7p start r] 0.3/0, Cineplex Fri [r] 0.2/0

A18-49:  UNIV 2.1/7, ABC 1.8/6, CBS .9/3, NBC 1.2/4, FOX 1.0/3, TELE 0.6/2, CW 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1, UMA 0.2/0

Theano Apostolou has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Communications for Starz. Based in Los Angeles, Apostolou is responsible for the network’s overall communications strategies, programming publicity and external affairs. She will report to Chris Albrecht, Chief Executive Officer for Starz.

Sparkpr bolstered its ranks by adding Jim Dowd, former SVP of National Media Relations with Golin Harris, and Candice J. Yusim, former VP at Tribal Brands, to its agency. Dowd will be based in New York and run the consumer division as Managing Director. Yusim will lead the Los Angeles office as Managing Director and oversee the new multi-platform media, music and entertainment practice.

Lisa Heckaman has been hired as the new Marketing & Communications Manager at The Mill in Los Angeles, a post production facility specializing in visual effects.

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Cedric Arnaud-Battandier – Co-Founder & Business Development [Magic Ruby]
Elie Dekel  President [Saban Brands] & Co-President [Vortexx]
Stacy Isenhower  SVP, Programming & Scheduling [Cartoon Network]
Anne Richards  Creative Director [No Crusts Interactive]

This Day In History, sponsored by Velocity. Drive Your Passion: 2005 – Domestic diva Martha Stewart was released from Alderson Federal Prison Camp after serving five months for her role in a stock scandal.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Ted Shackelford portrayed Gary Ewing for the entire run of Dallas spinoff Knots Landing, but was not the actor who originated the role on Dallas. Who was? David Ackroyd. Kudos to: Mark Wajda/Leesburg,FL; Mark A. Prince Jr-MEC/NYC; Monica Caraffa-The Radio Agency/Media,PA; Linda Grillo-Viacom/NYC; D.R. Trralfazz-Creo Entertaintment, Playa del Rey, CA; Brett Ashy-The Ashy Agency/LA; Cammie Buerry-Station Casinos, Las Vegas, NV.

Today’s Trivia Question – What was the name of Charlie’s rock band on Lost? (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 —
Lisa Ball
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03.05.13

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – TUESDAY MARCH 5, 2013

ABC: Celebrity Wife Swap, The Taste, Body of Proof
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Golden Boy
CW: Hart of Dixie, Beauty and the Beast
FOX: American Idol
ION: Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
MyTV: House, House
NBC: Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, Go On, The New Normal, Smash
PBS: Battle for the Elephants, Nature, Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders 2
Telemundo: Pasion Prohibida, La Patrona, El Rostro de la Venganza
UMA: Resident Evil: Extinction, Made in Cartagena, Rosario Tijeras?
Univision: Por Ella Soy Eva, Amores Verdaderos, Amor Bravio

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