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CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis
03/07/06
Good morning. It’s Tuesday, March 7, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.
CBS has delivered full-season orders for the 2006-2007 season to 14 series. First on the come-on-back list are the obvious — 60 Minutes, Amazing Race, Cold Case, CSI, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York, NCIS, Numb3rs, Survivor, Two and a Half Men, Without a Trace. And among this season’s freshman who will return next year are Criminal Minds, Ghost Whisperer and How I Met Your Mother.
Now consider who’s not on the CBS for-sure list for next season – which doesn’t mean they’re out, just means they’re not shoe-ins: King of Queens, Close to Home, Courting Alex, Out of Practice, Still Standing, 48 Hours and the too-soon to tell pair of The Unit (debuts tonight) and New Adventures of Old Christine.
Tonight’s Premieres:
ABC: Sons & Daughters at 9p
CBS: The Unit at 9p
* MORE GOOD STUFF *The Weinstein Company, Bravo, and Miramax are bringing PROJECT RUNWAY back for a third season, with Heidi Klum returning as host. PROJECT RUNWAY is exec produced by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz of Magical Elves, Heidi Klum and her managers Desiree Gruber and Jane Cha.
Program Partners’ Crime Watch (featuring the original off-net series Cold Squad and Stone Undercover) has been cleared in over 70% of the U.S, including 40 of the top 50 markets. Crime Watch debuts in the fall.
Fox Reality will premiere American Idol Extra, a behind the scenes look at American Idol, airing after the weekly vote-off show on Fox. The original Fox Reality series, produced by 19 Entertainment and FremantleMedia, begins on Thursday, March 16 and will continue through the crowning of this season’s winner in May.
Bunches of you watched Jimmy Kimmel on Sunday night! On its post-Oscar telecast, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live delivered the show’s third-highest numbers ever across the board — 4.4 million Total Viewers, 2.0 A25-54, 1.7 A18-49 and a 1.3 rating among A18-34. Guesting were Oscars host Jon Stewart along with Quentin Tarantino and Johnny Knoxville.
Okay, let’s put this out front and be done with it: Did you like Jon Stewart in his hosting duties at the Oscars or not? You guys know TV better than anyone, so let’s have it! Click here and write “yes” or “no” to in the subject line hit send. Results here tomorrow.
If you have the eyes for it, Cingular will soon launch its Cingular Video service which content from NBC, Fox News, Cartoon Network, ESPN and HBO. For those subscribed to Cingular’s unlimited 3G service (currently available in just 16 markets), the video is free (except HBO which has an additional monthly fee). The service will provide 3-5 minute clips of a variety of programs. That’s the good news. The potentially bad news is the result of a recent survey by RBC Capital Markets which asked 1000 people if they’d be interested in watching TV clips on their cell phones. 75% said no.
NBC Universal TV will spend approx $600 million on the purchase of the women driven iVillage.com website. According to NBCU CEO Robert Wright, this acquisition will provide the company a way to connect with women’s issues, as well as use the site to provide content from NBC Universal. At the same time, iVillage will be promoted on the network’s broadcast shows.
National Lampoon has formed National Lampoon Incubation Studios. The studio will develop comedy material for all of National Lampoon’s media properties, including TogaTV.com, NationalLampoon.com, National Lampoon Mobile, television network National Lampoon College, as well as branded motion picture, radio, DVD, CD and publishing properties. It will also collaborate with external production partners.
* NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *NBC has ordered up a new pilot starring Andy Richter called Andy Barker, P.I. The pilot was written and will be exec produced by Conan O’Brien with NBC Universal TV and Conaco Prods. The comedy is about Barker, an accountant who sets up shop in what used to be a private detective’s office. When no new clients knock on his door, he starts taking on the cases of the people looking for the previous tenant.
Savannah Guthrie has been named lead correspondent for Court TV‘s new Washington, D.C. bureau. Savannah will be based in D.C., reporting on legal and judicial news. Senior Field Producer Bryan Lavietes has been assigned to the bureau. Senior Editor Fred Graham, who is overseeing the network’s new editorial board, will continue to cover key news events.
* EXECUTIVE MOVES *Michael Steinberg is upped to COO/General Counsel of Ellis Entertainment. Michael will be responsible for the operations of the parent company, and oversee production and distribution divisions Ellis Vision and Ellis Releasing, as well as affiliated VisionTV International.
Nancy Mammana becomes VP/Davie-Brown Entertainment, and she will open a new New York office for the company. Nancy will be responsible for providing the overall development of client business in consumer product and beverage areas and overseeing strategies and activities for major client accounts. She will also be charged with growing the New York office through new business development.
Brian Candee is upped to VP/Sales for D&R Radio, an Interep company.
* RATINGS *Sunday – A18-49 Analysis: Aha! No ratings yet for Sunday night because we don’t have the final numbers yet from Nielsen Media Research. But here’s what I do have … For its full 8-1130p broadcast, the Oscars drew in a 27.1 HH rating wtih a 40 share (down from the previous two years by about 3 share points) in overnight metered market numbers, and reached 38.8 million U.S. viewers during its 3-1/2 hour telecast, averaging a 13.9 A18-49 rating per fast affiliate numbers. Overall for the night, ABC earned a 22.9/34 in metered market numbers. More on Sunday night in tomorrow’s issue.
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The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1965- The historic Civil Rights March from Selma Alabama to Montgomery, the state capitol, took place on this day as 525 protestors attempted to march across the Edmund Pettus bridge. The marchers, who hoped to achieve for voting rights for African Americans, were assaulted by state troopers in a display of harsh brutality. The nation looked on in horror as images from this event were circulated on television news shows and in newspapers throughout the country and the world.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: If JJ Walker were to visit Ms. Daisy, who might he really be going to visit? ESTHER ROLLE / IDELLA Kudos to: Michael Ratliffe-TV One/Silver Spring MD; Tania Turner-Carat USA/NY; Mike Nagle-Playboy/NY; Gerry Bixenspan-TV Marketing/NY; Verna S. Soto-WCIU/Chicago; Kathy Yarbrough-The Graham Group/New Orleans; Mark A. Prince-GSD&M/Chicago; Scott Wallace-Showtime Networks/Overland Park KS
Today’s Trivia Question: Marty was the little girl next door who had a crush on Timothy Hutton’s character in what movie? ( 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
03.07.06 – 5:17a
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JOB OPENING: SALES ASSISTANT/AMC & WE/LA– Support National Ad Sales Team with the daily sales and servicing of advertising clients. BA/BS pref. Good comm and org skills nec. resumes to [email protected] (3/14)
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JOB OPENING: COORD MKTG/NICK JR, MTV/NYC. 2+yrs marketing, advertising, brand management and/or research. TV exp a plus. Exp in data analysis. Handle multiple projects, meet deadlines;. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvncareers.com (3/14)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT.Phila. TV/Film Prod Co to lead creative development of programming. Develop/pitch to broadcast, cable, new media outlets. Network/agency/talent contacts critical. [email protected] (3/14)
JOB OPENING: ASSISTANT, BUSINESS AFFAIRS/Oxygen, NY: Support 2 bus affairs execs. Legal writing skills, degree & legal dept/firm/paralegal experience req. Email resume to [email protected] Put Asst, Bus Affairs in subject line(3/14)
JOB OPENING: ASSOC ED/Nat’l PBS Pub. Aff. Show: Orig. writing/reporting for website/other non-tv platforms. Create new interactive features for site etc. Trad. publ. work. 2-3 yrs in ed. for content website. [email protected] (3/14)
JOB OPENING: TECH PROD/Nat PBS Pub Aff Show: Optimize/maintain website/other delivery mechanisms/features. 2-3 yrs in tech/content-focused website. XHTML/XML, Java, ASP, CGI, PHP. CSS, Dir/Flash & SQL skills a + [email protected] (3/14)
JOB OPENING: SALES MKTG COORDINATOR(FREELANCE)/NYC: Coordinate production of ad sales materials.Advanced PowerPoint skill a must. Knwldg of Acrobat, InDesign helpful gd multi-tasker. Send resume to: [email protected] (3/14)
JOB OPENING: CREATIVE SERVICES DESIGNER/ Oxygen/NY: Graphic designer needed to conceptualize, design and execute Oxygen branded print projects. Learn more: www.oxygen.com . Resumes to: [email protected] Subj Ln: Creative Serv. Des (3/14)
JOB OPENING:. SENIOR MARKETING RESEARCH MANAGER/DIRECTV/LA: Design, conduct, analyze and present consumer market research studies and participate in the development of business strategies. Apply at www.directv.com/DTVAPP/aboutus (3/14)
JOB OPENING:. PR AE/SAE, Cataldi PR: NYC based agency seeks AE/SAE for media accts. 2-4+ yrs exp. Strong writing, media contacts, creative, organizational skills. Resume and writing sample to: [email protected] (3/14)
JOB OPENING: MANAGER, AD SALES, SPECIAL EVENTS/Court TV, NY. For more info go to: www.courttv.com/about/careers (3/11)
JOB OPENING: RESEARCH ANALYST/Kraft Research Team/Chicago: Support day-to-day questions & projects w/ guidance from Sr team members. 1yr media res. related exp. BA deg, adv/mrktng or comm. a +. Strong PC skills. Fax res: 212.468.3330 (3/11)
JOB OPENING: EXEC ASST/Petry International/NY: 5yrs exp w/medium sized int’l co. able to multitask strong communication & PC skills. Fluency in Mandarin/Spanish/French. degree pref. Email [email protected] / fax 212-230-5843 (3/11)
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JOB OPENING: DIGITAL ACCT MGR, Telemundo, LA. 2-3 yrs online exp. Coordinate/manage online business w/AE. Generate plans. Work w/traffic to ensure schedules run. Account servicing. Apply www.gecareers.com job # 468183. (3/10)
JOB OPENING: TRAINEE/AGENT-IN-TRAINING PROGRAM-LA: Major NY/LA talent agency with Adult + Kids MP/TV/On-Camera Comml., Voiceover, Hosting, B’cast Journalism divisions. Fast paced, degree required. Fax ltr/res to HCY 310-276-6193 (3/10)
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JOB OPENING: ADMINISTRATOR AD SALES MRKTNG/GSN/NYC: 3+ yrs mktg exp. Dvlp Ad Sales Mktg Collateral, execute added value elements & plan events. Proficient MS PP. Organized, detailed w/strong writing skills. Res: [email protected] (3/10)
JOB OPENING: RESEARCH ANALYST/GSN/Santa Monica, CA: Responsible for research w/new technology-wireless, GSNI, 2-screen, website. Work w/interactive, promo & outside vendors. 1+yrs res. exp. Proficient MS PP. Res: [email protected] (3/10)
JOB OPENING: SALES COORD per diem/UPN Network NY, NY: Sched & coord comm’l for all broadcast on UPN. Allocate billboard & positioning. Detailed w/ exc comm & phone skills. Apply at www.cbscareers.com (3/9)
JOB OPENING: SENIOR RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL/SMITHGEIGER /LA/NY. Design & enterprise quant & qual research plans. Deliver findings to blue chip clients. Adv degree. 8 years exp. Ex comm a must. [email protected] (3/9)
JOB OPENING: PRODUCER /NYC: Prod Co seeks organized, detail oriented producer to oversee studio & field-based cooking segments, pre-pro, writing, editing, mng team, pilot to series. Reply: [email protected] (3/9)
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JOB OPENING: MANAGER, PROGRAM PLANNING/E! Networks (Los Angeles): Manage day-to-day ops of the dept. Manage, create, maintain weekly program schedules. Apply www.eentertainment.com/careers Job category-Original Programming E! (3/09)
JOB OPENING: AUDIENCE RES. MGR/MTVN/LA: Self-starter w/ 3+ yrs. exp. media research/related field to support Ad Sales & addtl depts. using tradtl res. & innovative category &consumer resources. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. www.mtvncareers.com (3/09)
JOB OPENING: TRAFFIC COORDINATOR/A&E TV Networks/Stamford, CT: Build & prepare brdcast logs for upload, distribute unsched. airtime. AA/BA/BS. Traffic & log building exp. Knwldg of Gabriel system. Resume: [email protected] (3/09)
JOB OPENING: EXEC PROD, On-Air Promos/A&E/NY: Mng freelance prod w/ script revisions, graphics& production of spots. BA/BS + min 5 yrs. exp long form pgm prod, incl 3 yrs previous mngmnt exp brdcast/cable. [email protected] (3/09)
JOB OPENING: AE, AD SALES/The Hotel Networks/NYC Dynamic growing co. seeks exp media sales professional. Send res. to [email protected] (3/8)
JOB OPENING: ANALYST, PROGRAMMING RESEARCH/TBS/TNT: Analysis and reporting for movies & specials. Min 1+ yr media research experience. Knwlg. of Nielsen systems and media math essential. Visit www.turnerjobs (3/8)
JOB OPENING: KTXL FOX 40 seeks an ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE. For more info visit http://fox40.trb.com/about/station/jobs . To apply send resume to; Fax: (916) 733-3110; Email: [email protected]. EOE (3/8)
JOB OPENING: OFFICE ASSISTANT/JUMA BURBANK Administrative position. Must have excellent phone, writing & computer skills, incl exp w/ Photoshop & Powerpoint. Extensive research involved. Must be a self-starter. [email protected] (3/8)
JOB OPENING: DEVELOPMENT & PROD ASSOC/JUMA BURBANK: Highly creative individual sought as development & production assoc. 2yrs+ writing, development & prod exp. Final Cut, iMovie. Report to Head of Production & Dev. [email protected] (3/8)
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JOB OPENING: PRODUCTION COORD/Silver Lining/NY: Support for TV development/prod team. Must be good multi-tasker & work well under pressure in small office environment. Prior prod. exp req’d. Email: [email protected] (3/8)
JOB OPENING: VP, RESEARCH/Starz Entertainment Group/Englewood CO: 10+yrs res. exp, media pref’d. BA degree bus. admin, MBA pref’d. Operat’l & mrktng exp Cable MSO’s, DBS providers, TV prgrmrs. Fax Cvr Ltr/resume to: 720.852.5891 (3/8)
JOB OPENING: SALES ASSISTANT/TBS & TNT, Detroit: Support AE and sales planner w/ all aspects of the sales process (book/maintain order & admin tasks). Col deg or prior office exp preferred. Email [email protected] (3/8)
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JOB OPENING: ASSOC. RES. ANALYST/CNN/NY: Multi-tasker, strong analytical/problem solving skills & MS Office proficient; media exp a +,details@ www.turnerjobs.com Email: [email protected] (3/8)
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JOB OPENING: MUSIC CHOICE/ADMINISTRATIVE ASST/NYC: Support of Ad Sales dept. Produce presentations & materials. Handle customer inquiries & provide phone backup staff. 2-3 yrs. exp. in sales administration. [email protected] (3/8)
SPRING INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. They are posted for free, and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected] .
SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Love music? FUSE is seeking a RESEARCH INTERN student with desire to learn about media. Learn media and basic Nielsen reporting systems firsthand. Interested? Please e-mail your resume to [email protected] (3/14)
SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Broadband TV network seeks intern to help in MARKETING & BUSINESS development. No direct experience necessary but strong phone skills/enthusiasm are musts. Send resume & cover letter to [email protected] (3/11)
SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Upbeat Production Company seeks enthusiastic people for “hands on”assistance. Internet research & a major interest in all aspects of production are a must. Flex hrs. Email/Apply: [email protected] (3/10)
SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED —
SITUATION WANTED: CREATIVE DIRECTOR: for Network, Cable, Post-House or Agency. 10+ yrs ad agency exp. Strong bkg. in TV/Film Prod, Marketing, NB & PR. Will lead staff to new levels and up your numbers. Will relocate. [email protected] (3/9)
SITUATION WANTED: MENTOR: Looking for seasoned EP or Senior Prod. in NYC to mentor producer w/ 10 yrs. prod exp. I’m driven & ready to take it to the next level. Please part w/ some of your hard-fought knwldg [email protected] (3/9)
SITUATION WANTED: AUDIENCE RESEARCH/Grad Student (Media, New School, NYC): Seeks work TV/film res. Exc analytical, writing & presentation skills. Educated in research methods, strategy & media theory. Mrktng background. [email protected] (3/8)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
ABC According to Jim [r], According to Jim, Sons & Daughters [p], Sons & Daughters, Boston Legal
CBS NCIS, The Unit [p], The Amazing Race
FOX American Idol, House
NBC Joey, Joey [r], Scrubs, Scrubs [r], Law & Order SVU [r]
i Sue Thomas F. B. Eye, Early Edition, Doc
UPN America’s Next Top Model [r], Everybody Hates Chris [r], Girlfriends [r],
WB Gilmore Girls [r], Supernatural [r]
TELE El Cuerpo del Deseo, Corazón Partido, Decisiones – Casos Extraordinarios, Decisiones
UNIV Contra Viento y Marea, Alborada, Cristina
