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05/24/05

Good morning.  It’s Tuesday, May 24, 2005 and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Finales:
ABC:    Lost – season finale part 1 at 8p
CBS:    NCIS at 8p
FOX:    House at 9p
NBC:    The Contender at 8p
WB:     One Tree Hill at 8p

Tonight’s Premiere:
UPN:     Bad Girls Guide at 930p

Comedy Central and executive producer Michael Davies (Who Wants to be a Millionaire) are busily developing a new game show format with Jeopardy! all-time biggest winner Ken Jennings at the center. Work on the series will begin late this summer with a launch date set for late 2005 or 1st qtr 2006.  Further details are still being formulated.

Sundance Channel and MTVN’s newest channel Logo are developing an original documentary series called TransGeneration, an up-close and personal look at the lives of four college undergrads undergoing a gender transition.  The 8-episode program will be produced by World of Wonder and will be first seen on Sundance Channel on September 20 at 9p.  The series will migrate over to Logo for airing in the first qtr of 2006.

CMT will launch a new series called CMT Class Of with each episode focusing on a particular year in music.  The first ep airs on June 3 at 8p and will feature the Class of 1990.  Included will be the #1 song of the year, the CMA Entertainer of the Year and a retrospective of all things country, both highs and lows.  Episode #2 focuses on the Class of 1975.

Fearless Entertainment and MTV have teamed again with Hard Rock International and Nokia to produce the original live music series Nokia Unwired at Hard Rock Live.  The live half-hour concert series is moving into its 5th season and will broadcast on MTV, Wednesdays at 8p, beginning July 13th through September.  The series will be repurposed airing on MTV2 on Sundays at 11p, beginning July 17th.  The series, formerly known as Hard Rock Live, returns to the Orlando, Florida venue where taping will begin later this month.  Artists slated to perform include Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, Ying Yang Twins, Black Eyed Peas, Hot Hot Heat, The Bravery etc.

Mark Burnett Prods. has signed Dave Navarro to host its newest unscripted series Rock Star: INXS.  Navarro will be teamed up with Brooke Burke overseeing the contestants all aching to become the next Lead Singer and cut an album with the rock band.  Rock Star: INXS premiers on July 11 at 9p airing multiple times a week – Mondays at 930p, Tuesdays at 10p and Wednesdays at 930p

The planned BBC strike occurred yesterday with the UK unions (Bectu, the NUJ and Amicus) involved reporting an estimated walkout of 13,000 employees (nearly 40% of BBC workers).  This is only the first of four 24-hour strikes planned protesting the cuts of approx 4000 jobs at the BBC.  Some of the shows affected included the network’s coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show (live coverage was not possible), The BBC1 breakfast program (only had a single host), local news coverage (not possible at all), news bulletins (number of updates during the daytime were drastically cut) and BBC2 flagship news show Newsnight (was cancelled with 99% of its employees striking).  The unions are reportedly asking on a 3 month hold on Director-General Mark Thompson’s job cut plan and more.  The next strike is planned for May 31.

Lassie is coming home again and this time with Peter O’Toole in tow.  The 1943 film Lassie Come Home is being remade in Ireland with O’Toole playing the role of the Duke of Rudling (Nigel Bruce in the original) who buys Lassie from the financially strapped Carraclough family, and takes the dog back to Scotland.  Lassie, of course, returns home to northern England and the small boy (played by Roddy McDowall in the original) who loves him.  No word yet on who has been cast in McDowall’s role, or in the role or Priscilla originally played by Elizabeth Taylor as daughter of the Duke.

Gwyneth Paltrow has been signed as the new face of Estee Lauder Cosmetics.  Paltrow has signed a multi-year deal; financial terms were not disclosed.

ABC News has named Katherine O’Hearn as Executive Producer of This Week with George Stephanopoulos, where she will oversee production and editorial content of the Sunday morning public affairs show. Katherine returns to ABC from CNBC where, in 2003, she created and has since executive-produced the talk show Topic A with Tina Brown.

Univision Communications Inc. announced Cristina Schwarz to VP/Government and Community Relations. Ramon J. Pineda replaces Cristina as VP/GM of Univision Television Group’s New York stations effective immediately. Cristina is based in New York and reports to Robert V. Cahill, Vice Chairman and Corporate VP/Univision Communications. Ramon is also based in New York and reports to Michael D. Wortsman and Thomas Arnost, Co-Presidents, Univision Television Group. 

Paul Greenberg has been promoted to Director/Consumer Marketing at The Weather Channel. In this position, he leads consumer marketing initiatives in support of programming and branding efforts.   Paul is based in Atlanta.

Dalaklis McKeown Entertainment (DME) has upped Robert Asher to the newly created post of SVP/Programming and Development.  Robert will manage all of DME’s current projects as well as oversee the development of new programming. 

Actor Howard Morris (nutty Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show) died of natural causes at the age of 85. Morris’ career expanded well beyond his Ernest T. Bass character – he directed several television programs including the pilot episode of Get Smart, and films including Woody Allen’s Don’t Drink the Water. His career began on Your Show of Shows as a regular, and took him to many movies including The Nutty Professor, High Anxiety and History of the World Part 1, and literally dozens of TV series, many as a voice character including Atom Ant, Jughead on The Archie Comedy Hour, Ducktales and Tale Spin.

Sunday- A18-49 Analysis- May Sweep Day #25: Sunday was all about ABC, winning every hour of primetime among A18-49 according to fast affiliate numbers from Nielsen Media Research.  At 7p ABC’s first hour of its two-hour season finale of EM: Home Edition delivered a 3.8/13; the closest competitor was Fox’s first hour of Star Wars Episode II  with a 2.6/9.  The season finale of Cold Case was an exceedingly creepy episode earning a 3.0/8. At 8p the final hour of EM: Home Edition delivered a stronger 6.9/19, outpacing Fox again which posted a 3.8/11. 9p’s season ender of Desperate Housewives more than tripled its closest competitor, posting a 13.2/31 A18-49 rating, while Fox finished with a 4.3/10.  And Grey’s Anatomy held tough at 10p for ABC with a 9.9/25, well ahead of CBS’ CSI: Miami with a 3.7/9.
 
Fast Affiliate Ratings: Sunday, May 22, 2005, for all Networks – time period averages only.  Source: Nielsen Media Research. 

ABC     12.3/20 EM: Home Edition 6.2/12 and 10.3/17, Desperate Housewives 18.5/28, Grey’s Anatomy 14.2/23

CBS     7.7/13    60 Minutes 6.6/13, Cold Case [finale] 9.3/16, CSI [r] 7.5/11, CSI Miami  7.3/12

FOX      5.3/9           Star Wars  Episode II  Attack of the Clones  5.3/9

NBC      4.3/7           Dateline 4.6/9, The Contender 3.7/6,  Crossing Jordan 3.4/5, L&O: Criminal Intent 5.3/9

WB       1.7/3           Charmed 1.2/2, Charmed 2.2/4, Steve Harvey’s Big Time Challenge 1.6/2

A18-49           ABC 8.5/23, Fox 3.6/10, CBS 2.9/8, NBC 2.1/6/ WB 1.1/3

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The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1941 – The American folk singer Bob Dylan, whose given name was Robert Allen Zimmerman, was born in Duluth, Minnesota.

 Answer to Friday’s trivia question: What is the amount on the  price tag on country singer Minnie Pearl’s famous straw hat? $1.98  Kudos to: Melinda Byrd-MTV Networks/NY; Jordan Breslow-Mediacom/NY; Karen Neal-Turner Network Television/Atlanta; David Lerner-Mind Share; Allen Wohl-WKYC/Cleveland; Chuck Woodford-High Noon Productions/Centennial Co; Scott Aronowitz-Stars/Englewood CO; Tim Olsen-Media First International/Minneapolis; Carri Wills-Comcast Spotlight/Pueblo CO; Deborah Speckman-DIC Entertainment/Burbank; Barbara Miller-KSWB/San Diego; Maureen McCarthy/LA; Muhammed Eldereiny-RPA/Santa Monica

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Tuesday, May 24, 2005

ABC              Lost [season finale part 1], Movie: Trump Unauthorized
CBS              NCIS [finale], Rob & Amber Get Married
FOX              American Idol, House [finale ]
NBC              The Contender [finale], Law & Order: SVU
PAX              Lie Detector, Cold Turkey, Diagnosis Murder
UPN              All of US, Eve, Brittany & Kevin: Chaotic, The Bad Girl’s Guide [p]
WB               One Tree Hill [Finale]
TELE             Amarte Asi (7p), Los Platedos, Desiciones
UNIV             Chespirito, Los Reporteros, Las Noticias por Adela