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10/07/08

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, October 7, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Special:
Second Presidential Debate at 9p: 90-minute Live Presentation from Belmont University in Nashville ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, Telemundo, BBC America, CNN, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC (check listings for all participating networks)

Tonight’s Premieres:
Bravo: The Real Housewives of Atlanta at 9p
Discovery Channel: Dirty Jobs at 9p
Fuse: Fuse Rock Bottom at 11p; Fuse Excellent Adventure at 1130p

Tonight’s Finale:
MTV: Making the Band 4 at 9p

~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~

HBO announced a sixth season renewal for its comedy series Entourage. At the end of its current season the series will have 66 total episodes in the can and production for the new season will begin early next year with new episodes opening in the summer. Entourage airs Sunday nights at 10p.

AMC is spotlighting entertainment headlines as the network launches AMC News, a short-form news program covering film premieres, film festivals and industry award events, with host Jacob Soboroff. AMC News will feature:

Opening Night on Fridays where one new film is highlighted;
Road to the Red Carpet takes AMC viewers to events such as the Golden Globes and the Emmy Awards with Jacob conducting interviews;
and AMC News will be at top film festivals in Toronto, Sundance and Cannes among others.

In addition as host, Jacob will offer original reporting and commentary on politics, pop culture topics and celebrities.

A handful of series premiere results from last Friday night:

MyNetworkTV had a knock-out two hours Friday night as the network premiered WWE Friday Night SmackDown starting at 8p. 3.2 million total viewers watched, while the network posted a 1.2 rating among M18-34 and a 1.3 rating with M18-49.
Cartoon Network’s new series The Clone Wars from Lucasfilm Animation began at 9p, ranking as the most-watched series premiere in the history of the network. The CG-animated series averaged 4 million total viewers and also chalked up 1.8 million viewers among kids 2-11, 1.4 million with kids 6-11 and 1.2 million with tweens 9-14.
SCI FI Channel broke out its new original series Sanctuary at 9p. The series drew in more than 2.7 million total viewers, 1.4 million A25-54 and nearly 1.1 million A18-49 viewers.

This Thursday, USA Network will serve up a “Start Your Morning Right” promotion throughout New York City to advertise the premiere of Debra Messing in The Starter Wife, which kicks off on Friday night at 9p. From 7-11a, ladies dressed in “Starter Wife” attire will dispense free coffee, branded biscotti along with tune-in cards from seven wrapped hot dogs carts with matching branded umbrellas set up in high-profile locations such as Penn Station, Grand Central, Rock Center, Herald Square, Union Square, Columbus Circle and Times Square.

FUEL TV is now available on Comcast systems in Aspen, Avon/Vail, Summit County/Breckenridge, Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs, Granby, Rifle and Silt, CO. The action sports network is part of Comcast’s Sports and Entertainment Tier.

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~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~

FX has picked up a full second season of 13 episodes of Sons of Anarchy. So far, this new dramatic series is being touted by the network as the most successful launch among A18-49 since the debut of Rescue Me. Sons of Anarchy is from Fox 21 and FX Productions.

Kevin Bacon has a new series for Showtime that sheds light on the man who murdered Abraham Lincoln, reports Variety. The Booths, which does not have a writer yet, will be a period piece focused on the actor-brothers Edwin, Junius Brutus Jr. and John Wilkes Booth and their unstable relationship in the years before Lincoln’s assassination. Showtime has not named an outside production company although Bacon will executive produce.

~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~

CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Isn’t online entertainment supposed to be recession proof? Apparently things are tough all over. Netflix ended Q3 with lower than expected subscriber numbers (8.6 million) and readjusted its revenue projections downward for Q4. The bad news is probably the best indication yet that Netflix’s watch instantly streaming solution – which can port movies over to your TV with the aid of a $100 set top from Roku – has yet to make an impact. The company has struggled to sell consumers on the idea of purchasing yet another set-top box and is facing increased competition from online video services such as Amazon’s video on demand service and Apple’s iTunes, both of which also provide net-to-TV viewing solutions. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL.

CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Cake Entertainment enters into a co-production partnership with Australia’s Studio Moshi on its original animated property El Mariachi (52×11). Currently in development at Studio Moshi, El Mariachi is a 2D animated series aimed at K6-11. Full edition: CYN KIDS.

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CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: The weather might be cooling down but things are getting a little hotter for A&E Television Networks’ The Biography Channel as it gets set to launch on Israel’s HOT cable operator. BIO already airs in the country on the YES satellite platform. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL.

~ RATINGS ~

Friday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS made a clean sweep Friday night hitting #1 with 2.2/7 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. CBS’ season premiere of Ghost Whisperer did best at 8p with 2.5/9 while the season opener of ABC’s Wife Swap came in fourth at 1.3/5. Also this hour, MNT debuted WWE Friday Night Smackdown at 0.9/3 and The CW ushered in new seasons of Everybody Hates Chris at 0.8/3 and The Game at 0.8/3. During 9p, CBS led with its new series The Ex List at 2.0/6 with ABC’s new season of SuperNanny tying for third place at 1.5/5 along with NBC’s Deal or No Deal. Finally at 10p, CBS’ Numb3rs had the top numbers at 2.1/7 followed by ABC’s 20/20 at 1.9/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, October 3, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 5.4/10 Ghost Whisperer [p] 6.1/11, The Ex List [pilot] 4.6/8, Numb3rs [p] 5.3/10

ABC: 3.4/6 Wife Swap [p] 2.5/5, SuperNanny [p] 2.9/5, 20/20 4.7/9

FOX: 3.3/6 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 3.9/7, Don’t Forget the Lyrics! 2.8/5

NBC: 3.3/6 America’s Toughest Jobs 2.1/4, Deal or No Deal 4.1/7, Life 3.7/7

UNIV: 2.0/4 Cuidado con el Angel 1.9/3, Fuego en la Sangre 2.3/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.8/3

MNT: 1.9/3 WWE Friday Night Smackdown [p] 1.9/3

CW: 1.1/2 Everybody Hates Chris [p] 1.3/3, The Game [p] 1.3/2, America’s Next Top Model [r] 1.0/2

TELE: 0.6/1 El Juramento 0.3/1, Dona Barbara 0.7/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.9/2, Letra y Musica 0.5/1

A18-49: CBS 2.2/7, ABC 1.6/5, UNIV 1.6/5, FOX 1.4/5, NBC 1.4/5, MNT 1.0/3, CW 0.7/2, TELE 0.4/1

~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~

Katrina Cukaj advanced to SVP/Advertising Sales and Marketing with CNN Advertising Sales. Katrina will now be in charge of creating and implementing multi-platform sales, sponsorship and integration prospects for CNN, Headline News and CNN Airport networks and will head the CNN sales office in New York and the network’s Strategic Integration Group. Katrina reports to Greg D’Alba, EVP/COO, CNN Ad Sales and Marketing.

CBS Films tapped former Warner Bros. Pictures executive Mimi Slavin as SVP/Strategic Planning and Promotions. Mimi, reporting to Debbie Miller, Head/Worldwide Marketing, will manage strategic efforts in support of the studio’s roster of projects, working with Miller to develop collaborative marketing partnerships within the various units inside CBS. Mimi will also be involved with lining up third-party promotional collaborations.

ABC News appointed Ian Cameron as Executive Producer of This Week with George Stephanopoulos to supervise production and editorial content of the program. Prior to this for the last seven years, Ian was the Washington Senior Producer of ABC’s World News with Charles Gibson.

Anne DeLorenzo joined Javelin Direct as SVP/Managing Director in charge of its New York office. Anne reports to Greg Banks, North American President.

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This day in History: 1968 – The Motion Picture Association of America adopted its film-rating system.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: In the 1997 film Gross Pointe Blank, when Martin (John Cusack) returns to his hometown for his 10 year reunion, what is the name of the convenience store that replaced his childhood home? ULTI MART Kudos to: Nanette Anderson-Discovery Mobile/Silver Spring, MD; Steve Kurtzer-Zimmerman/Ft. Lauderdale; Brandon Clark-Horizon Media, Inc./NY; Mike Schwartz-WJBF/WRBL/WNEG/EST; Brett Calvert-ECCA/San Antonio; Lori Nakama-Hallmark Channel/Studio City, CA; Todd Schliewen-KMSB TV-BELO/Tucson

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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – Tuesday, October 7, 2008

ABC: Dancing with the Stars, ABC News Vote ’08: Presidential Debate
AZTECA: Camino a la Fama, Los 25 Mas, Al Extremo
CBS: NCIS, CBS New Coverage of the Second Presidential Debate
CW: 90210, Privileged
FOX: House [r], Presidential Debate
ION: Boston Legal, NCIS, Boston Legal
MNT: Street Patrol, Street Patrol [r], Jail, Jail [r]
NBC: The Biggest Loser, Presidential Debate #2
PBS: Nova, Presidential Debate
TELE: El Juramento, Decision 2008: Debate Presidencial
UNIV: Cuidado con El Angel, Fuego en la Sangre, Aqui y Ahora