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10/23/07

Good Morning.  It’s Tuesday, October 23, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. 

Airing just twice, CBS cancelled the casino drama Viva Laughlin where the actors sang and sometimes danced to hit songs to advance the story plot. Replacing it in the Sunday 8p time slot will be The Amazing Race starting November 4. A CSI rerun will air this Sunday. Viva Laughlin, after posting a 1.2/3 among A18-49 this past Sunday, is the season’s first scripted casualty. CBS is considering what to do with the remaining episodes of Viva and may stream them or put them on a cable network.

On a better note for CBS, the network has ordered up four more scripts of Moonlight, it’s Friday night drama from Warner Bros. TV.

Tonight’s Premieres:
BET: College Hill: Interns at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:
FX: Damages at 10p
Oxygen: Tori & Dean: Inn Love at 10p

Wednesday’s Premieres:
NBC: Phenomenon at 8p

Donald Trump, the syndicated show?  THR reports a deal is in the works with Reveille and Trump Prods and distributor Twentieth Century Fox to create a daytime syndicated series around Trump, where he would mediate other’s financial disputes and provide counsel, in a 30m format.

Meredith Corporation will launch Parents TV on Comcast Corporation’s ON DEMAND service this December. The content, guiding parents from conception to college and every phase in between, will feature experts from various Meredith magazines such as Parents, Family Circle and American Baby. The original programming is produced by Meredith Video Solutions, the company’s in-house development, production and distribution division.

CNBC introduces the CNBC Investor Network which will take viewers live to trading floors across the country for real-time analysis. CNBC installed web cams on trading floors in New York, Los Angeles, Greenwich, Durham and Annapolis so traders can provide fast information about markets.

Freshman syndicated court show Jury Duty is gearing up for season two and has confirmed renewals so far in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The show is from Radar Entertainment.

HBO purchased a 100-title movie package from Disney/ABC Domestic Television, with access beginning January 2009. Some of the titles include Pearl Harbor, Enemy of the State, The Sixth Sense, Pulp Fiction and Shakespeare in Love.

BBC America acquired the reality competition series Dragons’ Den with 29 one-hour episodes from BBC Entertainment/Sony Pictures Television Production, distributed by Sony Pictures Television. Aspiring entrepreneurs get a chance to pitch their ideas to various millionaires hoping they will invest in their dreams out of their own pockets. Dragons’ Den will debut next January.

Cynopsis Weekender College Edition returns on November 15th!  Here’s how it works — if you’re currently a college student here or abroad, submit to Cynopsis your essay of 350 words or less on any topic relating to television.  If your essay is one of four chosen as the most insightful, original, humorous and/or well-written, it will included in a special College Edition of Weekender.  All four winning essay writers are awarded $350. Entries must be emailed no later than Friday, November 9th to me at
, subject Weekender College Edition.  Students – be sure to include your name, age, college, college year, and major (if you know it), and how you can be contacted.   Good luck!

And a little housekeeping note — tomorrow’s issue will be decidedly abbreviated and singularly focused as it will provide a brief recap of the events at tonight’s Cynopsis Foundation Charity Dinner & Auction. Cynopsis will be the only edition going out tomorrow, as we’re figuring (hoping!?!) on a pretty late night. 

Bravo named supermodels Niki Taylor and Tyson Beckford as hosts for its new competition reality series Make Me A Supermodel. The 12-week series will have male and female model wannabes compete for a chance at a modeling career and $100,000, while living together in a New York City loft. The series, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions, will premiere first quarter 2008.

A new comedy project in the works for ABC – The More Things Change from Regency  is a buddy comedy of four guys, who remain friends despite all the changes in their lives. The project is written by Allan Loeb and Todd Phillips.

Last seen on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Steven Weber returns to NBC to star in a comedy project called Zip, about a guy with three kids living in Beverly Hills with nothing but a big bag of get rich ideas and a lot of friends to help him. The project is from Reveille, Catapult and Universal Media Studios.

MTV has a new project in development – a remake of Name that Tune which will air uniquely across three of the MTV Networks – VH1, CMT and MTV.  The show outline will be the same across all three, but the type of music and style will be in keeping with the network’s core audience and music preferences.  According to Variety, the networks have each ordered 6 episodes for a total of 18, and it is expected to debut in first qtr 2008.
 
Casting Call: Lifetime Television is casting for a new pilot/series Club Gastronomique and is looking for 21 to 45 year old females who are in love with food. This documentary-type show will focus on an invitation-only culinary club and female participants will get to meet interesting people in New York City while dining at fantastic places.  Cooking Skills not needed!  To audition send an email to
and include your name, age, contact information, photo and a brief bio and why you’re passionate about food.
 

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Matt Biscuiti advanced to SVP with The Lippin Group, effective immediately. Matt, who has been with the firm since May 2004, will continue to be based at the company’s New York office and is responsible for creating and executing strategic communications campaigns for the company’s clients in addition to industry associations and events.
 
Tennis Channel added Gary Herman as SVP/Advertising Sales. Based in New York, Gary will head all network ad sales functions starting immediately and will report direct to Ken Solomon, Chairman/CEO. Additionally, Doug Martz will become SVP/Advertising Sales and Alternative Revenue with a focus on large, national integrated business development-based sponsorships. Doug will continue to be based in Los Angeles and will work in tandem with Gary Herman to coordinate overall sales efforts and will still report to Ken Solomon.
 
New York Comic Con (NYCC) upgraded Lance Fensterman to Show Manager for NYCC and he will work closely with Greg Topalian, founder of the event. Officials at Reed Exhibitions, which organizes NYCC and BEA, promoted Greg Topalian to SVP and Lance Fensterman to VP. Greg will continue to manage Launch Pad among other duties and Lance will continue as Event Director for BEA.

Rick Reilly, columnist and author of the Sports Illustrated column, Life of Reilly, signed a multi-year deal with ESPN to become a back-page columnist for ESPN The Magazine, contributor for ESPN.com as well as essayist for SportsCenter and contributor during major golf events. He will also host occasional interview shows on ESPN. The agreement will commence June 1, 2008 following Rick’s sabbatical.
 
ESPN promoted both Sarah Tourville and Cherie Cohen to VP/Multimedia Sales. Sarah will be based in Chicago and will manage the multimedia sales team charged with national ad sales for Midwest-based clients and agencies. She reports to Patricia Betron, Group Leader/SVP, Multimedia Sales. Cherie, based in Burbank, supervises another multimedia sales team responsible for national ad sales for West Coast-based clients and agencies. She reports to Marie Ciorciari, Group Leader/SVP, Multimedia Sales.
 
Comcast Network Advertising Sales upped both Heather Davidson and Chris Ledwith to the new positions of VP/Advertising Sales based in New York. Heather will be advertising sales liaison for The Style Network and Chris for E! Entertainment/G4. Both will coordinate between network programming and marketing groups to communicate and infuse network goals to all divisions of the company’s advertising sales group.
 
Joel McGee moved to GSN as Executive Director/Development. He is charged with developing in-house original content in addition to managing projects from outside production companies.
 

Today in Cynopsis Kids

• myNOGGIN debuts
• Disney Channel passes a healthy plate
• Transform this!

Today in Cynopsis International

• Channel One Russia Worldwide on Time Warner Cable of New York and New Jersey
• ESPN International, North American Sports Network, and ESPN Deportes Radio coverage of World Series
• SevenOne International sells The Successor to Canada’s CTV Media to air simultaneously with NBC’s version

Today in Cynopsis Digital, listen to the audio version here or subscribe to the iTunes Cyn Digital podcast 

• Sony’s Minisode Network spreading its wings to Crackle, AOL and Joost
• AT&T’s Napster Mobile launches with 5 million songs
• Apple’s strategy of using the iPod and iPhone to convert PC users seems to be working

Sunday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX scored the highest ratings Sunday night at 6.3/16 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX led at 7p with an average of its NFL Runover and The OT at 6.6/19. FOX sailed into 8p in first place with its ALCS game 7 coverage at 6.1/15, followed by ABC’s EM: Home Edition at 5.0/12. During 9p, ABC grabbed the #1 spot as Desperate Housewives delivered a 7.1/16. FOX ended the night in first again at 10p as baseball peaked at 6.6/16.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, October 21, 2007 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research

FOX: 11.0/17       NFL Runover 12.9/22, The OT 8.8/15, ALCS Game 7: Red Sox vs. Indians 11.2/17

ABC: 8.2/13        America’s Funniest Home Videos 5.2/9, EM: Home Edition 8.4/13, Desperate Housewives 11.3/16, Brothers & Sisters 8.1/13

CBS: 6.7/10          60 Minutes 7.5/13, Viva Laughlin 4.5/7, Cold Case 7.3/11, Shark 7.3/12

NBC: 6.6/10          Football Night in America 4.0/7, Sunday Night Football: Pittsburgh at Denver 7.4/11

UNIV: 1.3/2          La Hora Pico 1.1/2, Buscando a Timbiriche-La Nueva Banda Gran Final 1.3/2

CW: 1.0/1             CW Now 0.6/1, Online Nation 0.8/1, Life is Wild 1.1/2, America’s Next Top Model [r] 1.1/2

TELE: 0.5/1           Cine en Casa 0.4/1, Cine Millonario 0.5/1

A18-49: FOX 6.3/16, ABC 4.9/12, NBC 4.2/10, CBS 2.1/5, UNIV 1.2/3, CW 0.5/1, TELE 0.4/1

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This Day in History: 1958 – Boris Pasternak, Russian poet and novelist, was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature for writing Dr. Zhivago. Due to negative Soviet reaction, he was forced to refuse the award.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: In the movie Clueless, Cher (Alicia Silverstone) and her friends use different words to describe different kinds of people, what word/name did they use to describe a cute guy?  BALDWIN   Kudos to:   Jenna Walters-ITN Networks/NY; Lauren McMullen-WWHO/Columbus, OH; Harriet Sharrard-Five Mile Capital Partners LLC/Stamford, CT; Liz Day-NBC Universal/NY;  Scott Wallace-Showtime Networks, Inc./Overland Park, KS; Lucie Prann-The Richards Group/Dallas; Mary Hall-WNCF/WBMM/Montgomery; Samantha Voelker-Helen Thompson Media, San Antonio; Kevin Koons-Disney ABC Cable Networks Group/Burbank; Kelly Kennemer-Orange Pictures/Sherman Oaks; Mike Lightner-Telerep/LA; Jamie Shapiro-Kassting, Inc./LA; Nancy Adams-theHCAgroup/Ontario

Today’s Trivia Question: On this game show, players had to pick partners and work together to build up a “trust fund” of money by answering trivia questions. Ultimately, they had to decide whether or not they want to share the money they’ve earned. Which show was this?   (
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – Tuesday, October 23, 2007

ABC: Cavemen, Carpoolers, Dancing with the Stars (Results), Boston Legal
CBS: NCIS, The Unit, Cane
CW: Beauty and the Geek, Reaper
FOX: Bones, House
ION: Mama’s Family, Perfect Strangers, Who’s The Boss?, Who’s The Boss?, Sue Thomas F.B.Eye
MNT: The Academy [r], Jail, Jail [r]
NBC: The Singing Bee, The Biggest Loser, Law & Order: SVU
PBS: Nova [r], Frontline, Independent Lens
TELE: Madre Luna, La Esclava Isaura, Pecados Ajenos
UNIV: Amar sin Limites, Destilando Amor, S.O.S: S#xo y otros secretos

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