Cynopsis
11.09.10

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, November 9, 2010, and this is your first early morning briefing.  As always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here . 

Tonight’s Premieres:
Bravo: The Fashion Show: The Ultimate Collection at 10p
Spike TV: Auction Hunters at 10p

Tonight’s Finale:
Oxygen: Bad Girls Club at 9p

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FOX introduces viewers to the new game show Million Dollar Money Drop airing over four consecutive nights beginning December 20 with a two-hour episode at 8p. Actor/comedian Kevin Pollak will host the game show created and produced by Endemol USA, creators/producers of Deal or No Deal. The suspense-filled game will give a team $1 million in cash and in order to keep the money, team members must correctly answer seven multiple-choice questions. After the debut on December 20, Million Dollar Money Drop will air December 21 and 22 with one-hour episodes at 9p then also on December 23 for a two-hour episode at 8p. Further airdates of the show will be announced later.

NBC renewed its longtime soap opera Days of Our Lives for two more years through the 2012-2013 season. Produced by Corday Productions Inc. in association with Sony Pictures Television, Days of Our Lives is currently in its 45th season. During the first six weeks of this fall season, Days averaged 2.6 million viewers and tied for fourth place among all daytime dramas among W18-49.

MSNBC lifted its suspension of Countdown host Keith Olbermann yesterday which allows him to return to his live nightly program as of tonight. MSNBC president Phil Griffin said he thought pulling Olbermann off the air through Monday’s show was an “appropriate” move after the network learned Olbermann had violated a NBC News policy regarding on-air personalities making contributions to political candidates.

After airing two episodes, AMC gave its newest series The Walking Dead a 13-episode second season order. The sophomore season renewal also coincides with a global renewal of the series via Fox International Channels (FIC) where The Walking Dead became the highest-rated original series premiere ever to air on FIC simultaneously worldwide. Last Sunday’s second episode of The Walking Dead on AMC brought in 3.3 million A18-49 viewers as well as 4.7 million total viewers. The premiere episode on Halloween night brought in 3.6 million A18-49 viewers and 5.3 million total viewers.

Morning radio show host Steve Harvey will soon have his radio show on television when Centric launches The Steve Harvey Project on November 15 at 9p. The one-hour show airing nightly Monday through Friday, will feature daily segments from Harvey’s radio show as well as his sidekick Nephew Tommy and his co-hosts Shirley Strawberry and Carla Ferrell. The Steve Harvey Project is produced by Nu-Opp, Inc.

Discovery Channel is moving its series Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe from Tuesdays to Sundays starting November 21 at 9p. Immediately following on November 21, the network is also premiering new series Brew Masters at 10p.

A&E Network has a new original real-life series on tap with Storage Wars premiering December 1 at 10p. The 12-episode, half-hour series follows four professional buyers and their teams as they search through repossessed storage units looking for hidden treasure. The episodes watch as the bidders get a brief glimpse inside the storage units with the help of a flashlight then they must decide if the unit is worth bidding on. Storage Wars is produced for A&E by Original Productions.

ION Media Networks, Inc. made a deal with WQED Multimedia to acquire WQEX-TV in Pittsburgh. The agreement has been filed with the FCC and is pending the commission’s approval and the transaction is expected to be final in the next few months.

On Sunday, E! debuted a third season of Kendra at 10p attracting 2.3 million total viewers and posting a 1.58 rating among A18-49 and a 3.3 rating with W18-34. Following at 1030p, E! opened new series Married to Rock which tallied more than 1.0 million total viewers and delivered a 1.80 rating with W18-34.

National Geographic Channel launched the world premiere of Great Migrations on Sunday at 8p with 3.3 million total viewers. 

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On Sunday night, Scripps Networks and AT&T made a new distribution deal which restored Scripps’ networks HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Cooking Channel and Great American Country to 2.7 million AT&T U-verse subscribers. Those same subscribers lost the Scripps’ lifestyle channels for two days when AT&T decided to pull them off its lineup when contract negotiations stalled. Terms of the new contract between AT&T and Scripps were not announced. “These situations are never easy, and everyone regrets that the viewers were caught in the middle,” said John Lansing, President/Scripps Networks. “After the initial impasse, both sides took quick action to work toward a constructive solution. We especially appreciate our loyal viewers and AT&T U-verse customers for their patience.”  Brian Shay, SVP/AT&T U-verse, said, “It was important to us on behalf of our customers to come to a positive resolution as quickly as possible. We appreciate everyone’s willingness to make that happen, working diligently over the weekend, so the situation wasn’t prolonged, and we thank our customers for their support and patience while we reached a fair deal.”

Sundance Channel picked up the basic cable rights to the original HBO series The Comeback starring Lisa Kudrow and created by Kudrow and Michael Patrick King. Sundance Channel will debut the 13-episode series on November 23 at 11p and the show will air on Tuesday nights. The “show within the show” plot follows sitcom actress Valerie (Kudrow) as she tries to resurrect her career and through her home life. Starting December 7, Sundance Channel will pair The Comeback with the network’s new original series Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys airing at 1030p.

ABC and star of classic sitcom Home Improvement Tim Allen will likely reunite in a new multi-camera comedy titled Man Up. After winning the project in a bidding war, ABC handed Man Up a put pilot order. From 20th Century Fox Television, Man Up is about a guy battling for his manhood in a female world. 21 Laps and Adelstein Co. are also producing.

Jenny McCarthy will reprise her role of Courtney on CBS’ Two and a Half Men beginning with the November 22 episode, cites EW. McCarthy launched this role in 2007 and will appear in this new run over several episodes.

Call for Submissions: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences declared submissions are now being accepted for the Fourth Annual Television Academy Honors in May 2011. The competition theme “TV With A Conscience” recognizes television programming that inspires, informs, motivates and changes lives. For programming that aired from January 1, 2010 through October 31, 2010, the deadline is December 14, 2010. The second deadline for programming that aired from November 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 is January 12, 2011. Past Television Academy Honorees include series such as CBS’ CSI, FOX’s Glee, ABC’s Private Practice to special telecasts as Stand Up To Cancer. Entries can be made for fiction/nonfiction series submitted as a whole; for a single episode; or for a story arc up to three episodes. Submissions can also include made-for-TV movies, miniseries or fiction/nonfiction specials. For full details and to download a submission form, please visit www.emmys.tv .

Friday A18-49 Analysis: CBS topped Friday night at 1.8/6 with the A18-49 demo, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’ Medium was #1 at 8p at 1.5/6 followed by UNIV’s Eva Luna at 1.3/5 and in third the season debut of Supernanny on ABC at 1.2/4. During 9p, UNIV narrowly won with Soy Tu Duena at 2.1/7 with CBS’ CSI: NY one tenth of a rating point behind at 2.0/7. Then at 10p, CBS won by a smidge as Blue Bloods delivered a 1.8/6 and ABC’s 20/20 was a close second at 1.7/5.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, November 5, 2010  (November Sweep Day 9) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated, Live+SD.

CBS: 5.8/11     Medium 4.5/8, CSI: NY 6.5/12, Blue Bloods 6.5/12

ABC: 3.4/6         Supernanny [p] 3.1/6, Primetime: What Would You Do? 3.6/6, 20/20 3.7/7

NBC: 3.2/6         School Pride 1.5/3, Dateline 4.07

FOX: 1.9/3         House [r] 2.2/4, The Good Guys 1.7/3

UNIV: 1.9/3       Eva Luna 1.7/3, Soy Tu Duena 2.4/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.5/3

CW: 1.5/3          Smallville 1.6/3, Supernatural 1.5/3

ION: 0.8/1         Without a Trace 0.7/1, Without a Trace 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/2

TELE: 0.6/1       Aurora 0.7/1, El Fantasma de Elena 0.5/1, Alguien Te Mira 0.4/1

TF: 0.4/1          Cine de Las Estrellas 0.3/1, India 0.4/1

A18-49: CBS 1.8/6, UNIV 1.6/5, ABC 1.5/5, CW 1.1/4, NBC 1.1/4, FOX 0.9/3, TELE 0.4/1, TF 0.3/1, ION 0.3/1

Comedy Central elevated Val Boreland to the position of SVP/Programming, Promotion and Multiplatform Strategy. Val will continue to manage the network’s programming group encompassing program and promotion scheduling as well as overseeing the network’s content across all digital platforms. Val is based at Comedy Central’s New York City offices where she reports to David Bernath, EVP/Program Strategy and Multiplatform Programming.

Carsey-Werner advanced Paul Schreiber to EVP/Domestic Television Distribution up from SVP/Syndication Sales. Paul will continue to supervise all daily sales management in broadcast syndication for the company and his scope of duties expanded in the areas of marketing, research, sales strategy, ad sales and broadcast group sales. Paul will also have a hand in the sales efforts pertaining to cable and digital entertainment.

Jacqueline Cantore was tagged as VP/Programming and Production at A&E Latin America. Based in Miami, Jacqueline will report to Eduardo Ruiz, EVP/GM, A&E Ole Networks.

Oasis TV, the multiplatform Body-Mind-Spirit content provider, named Gerald M. Levin as Senior Advisor. In this position, Gerald will direct the company’s capitalization and strategy moving later into the full Chairmanship role when series A-1 funding is finalized. Before this appointment, Gerald was Chairman/CEO of Time Warner from 1992 through 2002.

Former Time Inc., executive Marcella Regniault was appointed as VP/Business Operations at TV Guide Digital. Additionally, TV Guide Digital upped TVGuide.com executive David Singer to VP/Product Development. Both positions are effective immediately and Marcella and David will report to Christy Tanner, SVP/GM, TV Guide Digital.

Jeff Siegel began a new position last month at Rovi Corporation as SVP/Worldwide Advertising. Prior to this move, Jeff worked for Ensequence  The Interactive Video Company and was SVP/Advanced Media Sales and Marketing at ESPN.

Tim McNamara is the new Director/Sales at the duopoly WXIA/WATL in Atlanta, owned by Tribune Broadcasting. Reporting to John Deushane, President/GM, Tim will manage the national and local sales efforts of both stations in addition to the associated digital properties. Most recently, Tim was Director/Sales at Tribune’s FOX and CW duopoly in Indianapolis.

This day in History:    2004 – U.S. First Lady Laura Bush officially reopened Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to pedestrians.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  Who am I?  Like so many TV characters who “fight crime”, I have a dark side.  Easy to blame my unusual childhood, or that my day job actually enables my late night “work”.  My sister and her colleagues have come close to finding out my secrets, but so far no mistakes.  Who am I?   DEXTER MORGAN on SHOWTIME’S DEXTER  Kudos to: Meltresia Brady-Fitzgerald and Company/Atlanta; Joe Hogan-Turner/Atlanta; Beverly Wolfe-Fox News/NY; Mitchell Stein/Portland ME; Nora Casey-Fox Broadcasting/Chicago; Jaime Horowitz-Grant Stations/Huntsville; Jim Murphy-Comcast Spotlight/Bingham Farms; Colleen Amish-Scripps Networks/Chicago; Eric Dean/PST; Talia Rodriguez Shakur-Streetropical Media/LA; Lee Toft-DuBose Liles Ent/Hollywood; Bill Shea/LA

Today’s Trivia Question:   If you were a member of The Falcons, what city did you live in?  (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  — Cyn
11.09.10

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JOB OPENING: DIGITAL AE/GSN/SM: Promotes/sell inventory on GSN must be extremely organized and driven.Media math skills and terms. Knwldg MS software. Send res & CL to [email protected] (11/16)

JOB OPENING: VP, ONLINE DIST & NAT’L ACCTS CONT DIST & MKTG/NYC: Work w/ SVP & other team members in all cont dist & partner mktg initiatives. 7-10 yrs work exp, incl 6+ yrs in the media/online dig. ind. www.mtnetworkscareers.com (11/16)

JOB OPENING: ACCT EXEC/Radio Disney/Chicago: Successfully represent Radio Disney w/in assigned territory generating network ad sales revenue according to assigned goal. Apply to: www.disneyabcjobs.com Req # 269958 (11/16)

JOB OPENING: FREELANCE MGR AD SALES RESEARCH/AETN/NYC:Develop & execute ad sales research initiatives to better position AETN prgmng. Working knowledge of Nielsen systems. Apply to: www.aetn.com/careers (11/16)

JOB OPENING: TRAFFIC/PROD MGR/OOH Dig Net/NYC: Handle element intake, schedule, traffic & prgrmng of content. Need to be great w detail & have traffic & prod mgmt bknd. Software skills important. Cover/resume: [email protected] (11/13)

JOB OPENING: DRUPAL DEVELOPER/Odyssey Networks/NY: with strong HTML/CSS and online video exp. New Media Org seeking web developer with strong Drupal skills. Online video exp necessary. Resumes: [email protected] (11/13)

JOB OPENING: PROGRAM MGR/KTVU/San Fran Bay Area: Dept head level position. Dvlp prgrm sched w/ highest saleable ratings at the lowest possible cost. B.A. degree & 6yrs exp related exp req’d. Resume: [email protected] (EOE) (11/12)

JOB OPENING: ACCT EXECUTIVE/TV Guide.com/Chicago: AE w/2+ yrs digital ad sales exp, preferably in media/entertainment. Consumer exp a must. Competitive salary commensurate w/ exp & excellent benefits prgm. [email protected] (11/12)

JOB OPENING:  ACCOUNT MANAGER/SIRIUS XM Radio/NY: Maintain and develop new business for radio advertising sales. Min. 3-7 yrs acct. mgt. exp. in ad sales. Travel required. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply at http://www.sirius.com/careers (11/11)

JOB OPENING:  SVP LOCAL SALES/WorldNow/NYC: 5+ years of Television sales with proven sales track record, manage sales and production teams, travel required. See full posting at www.worldnow.com , email [email protected] (11/11)

JOB OPENING: SALES DIRECTOR/The Hollywood Reporter/NY: direct/coord sales for TV cat. 5-7 yrs sales exp in print/digital. Possess sr. relationships, self starter, fast paced environment. Resume to [email protected] (11/11)

JOB OPENING:  DIGITAL SALES PRO/EW Scripps Co/Several Mkts: Join its growing media sales team. 2 yrs exp selling Internet, mobile, SEM and video offerings req. College deg pref. Go to http://scripps.com/careers/. EOE (11/11)

JOB OPENING:  TALENT COORD/TV ONE LLC/NE/SE: Support talent logistics, compl expense reports, maint talent library; sched meetings; Regional Sales Mgr. NE/SE req. sales/mrkting exp & travel; Visit www.tvoneonline.com (11/11)

INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always 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].

WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: About.com is seeking a PR intern to assist its media relations team with media monitoring, press lists and various administrative duties. E-mail- [email protected] or visit: http://jobs.about.com/ (11/13)

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SITUATION WANTED: DIRECTOR of OPERATIONS / PROD. MANAGEMENT/NYC: Skilled at budget & contract negotiation, cash flow forecasting, capital admin., staff mgmt., team-building. MBA, bilingual, perseverant, resourceful. [email protected] (11/16)

SITUATION WANTED: Results oriented DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY SALES PRO with proven track record seeking a sales or business development role in Los Angeles CA. Please email [email protected] with interest (11/16)

SITUATION WANTED: PRODUCTION MANAGER 10+ Yrs of industry experience. Worked for Bravo, Discovery, Animal Planet, TRU & Playboy.Travel exp, multiple crews, cool under fire, on-time & under budget. Please contact [email protected] (11/16)

SITUATION WANTED: Dedicated & Experienced ADV. SALES PLANNER (NY) Sales proposals, resolving client discrepancies, quarterly post analysis, special sales service projects, expert computer skills. Contact- [email protected] (11/16)

SITUATION WANTED: NEED A BUDGET DONE?? LINE PROD/EIC – 10+ yrs. exp- budgets done in all formats. Accurate budgets, Reasonable rates, fast turn around Email: [email protected] (11/16)

SITUATION WANTED: SALES CLOSER in TV, FILM & MEDIA 6+ years of Domestic and International experience in Film & TV sales, a very successful closing record and strong Rolodex of clients, email [email protected] (11/13)

SITUATION WANTED: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT POSITION FILM/TV/NY: 10 years experience: Interned for a President, Executive Assistant to SVP/VP/film director/celebrity [email protected] (11/13)

SITUATION WANTED: ANIMATION PRODUCTION MANAGER/ASST/LINE PRODUCER 20 yrs exp incl stybds, anim, prod /directing. 2D Digital. Flash. Traditional. Canadian. [email protected] (11/13)

SITUATION WANTED: 5 PRIME TIME EMMYS/ DOC. PROD, DIR., WRITER in L.A. Credits: National Geo, PBS, Discovery, History CH, TLC and MSNBC. Contact email: [email protected] (11/12)

SITUATION WANTED:  EP, SHOWRUNNER, DIR w major network/studio/interactive credits. Looking for funded projects  [email protected], [email protected]   (11/12)

SITUATION WANTED:  MARKETING PROJECT MANAGER/LA: Pro w/ Bachelor’s in TV & 5 years in broadcast & cable marketing seeks new opportunity. Experienced in all platforms & live events (CES, E3, Comic-Con). E-mail [email protected] (11/12)

SITUATION WANTED:  SPOT DIRECTOR /FILM-MAKER seeks Production Company, Staff or Freelance work. See my Reel [email protected] (11/11)

SITUATION WANTED:  ENTRY LEVEL PRODUCTION POSITION/NY: Eager student graduating in Dec, multiple internships in children’s animation production. Email: [email protected], Site: www.JenelleBringer.com (11/11)

SITUATION WANTED:  CFO/CONTROLLER/NYC: 15 yrs domestic & international exp. pub & pvt companies: acctg, mgmt & SEC rpting, FP&C, forecasting, strategic partnerships, negotiating, SOX. Email [email protected] (11/11)

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2010

ABC: No Ordinary Family, Dancing with the Stars, Detroit 1-8-7
AZTECA:  Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS: NCIS, NCIS: LA, The Good Wife
CW:  One Tree Hill , Life Unexpected
FOX: Glee, Raising Hope, Running Wilde
ION: Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds
NBC: Biggest Loser, Parenthood
PBS:  Nova, Frontline, Independent Lens
TELE: Aurora; El Fantasma de Elena; Alguien Te Mira
UNIV:  Eva Luna, Soy Tu Duena, Aqui y Ahora

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