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Cynopsis: Kids!

04/29/09

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, April 29, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.

The Australian federal government is granting money to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to create a new dedicated kid’s TV channel, which will be titled ABC3.  The new digital kid-targeted ABC3 channel will feature existing ABC Kids series, currently airing on ABC TV (Australia) as well as newly commissioned and acquired programming.  ABC3 will be available free of charge and without advertising to all Australian households.  The ABC is counting on ABC3 being another reason for Australians to convert to digital TV.  The ABC currently offers preschool and/or kid programming on its ABC1 and ABC2 channels.  No word yet about a specific launch date for ABC3.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Universal Pictures and Working Title Films, in association with Three Strange Angels Productions, will begin principal photography early next month on the movie sequel Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang.  Emma Thompson reprises her role as both Nanny McPhee and the screenwriter on the feature, which will also star Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans and Dame Maggie Smith.  Currently set for release in 2010, Susanna White (TV’s Bleak House, Generation Kill, Jane Eyre) directs the movie, which will be executive produced by Thompson along with Working Title’s Debra Hayward and Liza Chasin.  Producers are Lindsay Doran and Working Title’s Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

MORE KIDS STUFF

Cartoon Network celebrates the final episodes of its animated series, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, as part of a six-hour Foster’s marathon of five episodes, including the series finale, Goodbye to Bloo, this Sunday, May 3, 1-7p.  The marathon begins with favorite Foster’s episodes 1-4:30p, with the final premiere episodes debuting back-to-back from 4:30p.  Created by animator Craig McCracken (The Powerpuff Girls), Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends (78×30, 3 feature-length specials) premiered on Cartoon Network on August 13, 2004.

Nickelodeon launches season three of The Wonder Pets! with a week of new episodes, Monday-Friday, May 18-22 at 10:30a.  The premiere week features special guest appearances by the late Eartha Kitt and jazz singer Jon Hendricks, and the Friday episode celebrates 100 rescues including visits from animals saved by the Wonder Pets.  The new season also includes guest appearances from the likes of Lauren Bacall and Ben Vereen.  The Wonder Pets! is produced by Little Airplane Productions.  Nick Jr. will roll out content from The Wonder Pets! season three premiere week across various platforms, including Nick Jr. Video, with clips made available on various wireless carriers, as well as episodes available throughout May via Nickelodeon on Demand.  Additionally, all of the week’s episodes will be simulcast on Nickelodeon Mobile.

MARKETING/LICENSING

Del Rey Manga, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group’s Ballantine Books, in collaboration with Cartoon Network Enterprises, unveil plans to release two new film graphic novels based on Cartoon Network’s action-adventure series, The Secret Saturdays.  The first Secret Saturdays film-comic title will publish in September 2009, followed by a second title.  Together Del Rey Manga and Cartoon Network Enterprises debuted the Ben 10 Alien Force and Bakugan Battle Brawlers film-comics in fall 2008

New consumer products deals for MTV Networks International and Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP):

• NVCP Germany enters into a summer promotion with local highway service station food outlet, Tank&Rast, throughout Germany.  The promotion, which begins in June, will feature SpongeBob SquarePants give-a-ways as part of the kids’ menus at all participating outlets, as well as Serways restaurants.
• The Netherlands names a tulip after Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants with a ceremony held at the Keukenhof botanical gardens.
• NVCP is set to launch a two-pronged licensing program for the preschool animated series Ni Hao, Kai-Lan in the UK, where the series will premiere on Nick Jr. in September 2009.  The first product lines are aimed at tween/teen girls and will be available in stores from September, beginning with Urban Outfitters, followed by other retailers.  Preschool toys and products are set to follow fall/winter 2010.

E1 Entertainment (f/k/a Contender Entertainment Group) will showcase a range of properties at the upcoming Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, including the new series Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom and Humf.  E1 will also highlight the special Lost and Found (1×30), which is based on the kid’s book from illustrator Oliver Jeffers, and ongoing successful property Peppa Pig.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Marvel Entertainment ups Alan Fine to EVP/Office of the Chief Executive.  He had been EVP and CMO/Marvel Characters, Inc.  Fine joins David Maisel and John Turitzin in this position, and together with Marvel’s CEO, Isaac Perlmutter, comprise the Office of the Chief Executive, which oversees all of Marvel’s divisions and operations.  For his new position Fine increases his involvement across Marvel’s publishing, licensing, studio and digital divisions to integrate activities and oversee brand-building programs, as well as his increased role in the planning and development of the company’s animation and movie projects.  Fine continues to lead Marvel’s Creative Committee.

RATINGS

Nicktoons Network sets a ratings record with the launch of the new animated series Iron Man: Armored Adventures this past Friday, April 24.  Based on Marvel’s Iron Man character, the series premiered with back-t0-back episodes at 7-8p, with the 7:30p episode earning Nicktoons Network its highest-rated original series premiere among Boys 6-11 125,000.  The hour-long block of Iron Man debuts also boosted the network’s ratings during the 7-8p time period by +43% with K6-11 and +55% with B6-11.  Online the Iron Man premiere helped NicktoonsNetwork.com reach its biggest week ever, earning 239,000 visitors, an increase of +389% vs. last year.

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 4/20-4/26/09 :
Total Day      (000)   Primetime       (000)
NICK°:            1111    DSNY*:             1273
DSNY*:             798    CARTOON:          621
CARTOON:         479    NAN**:              454
NOGGIN:           340    NOGGIN:            414
NAN**:             281    DXD:                  154
ADSM**:           193    NICKTOONS:       122
DXD:                 105    ESPN:                  83
NICKTOONS:        83    BET:                    78
ESPN:                  44    DISCOVERY:         73
BET:                    37    ANIMAL PLANET:   62
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 4/20-4/26/09 :
Total Day        (000) Primetime       (000)
NICK°:              546    DSNY*:            1002
DSNY*:             528    CARTOON:         429
CARTOON:         300    NAN**:             310
NAN**:             206    DXD:                 106
ADSM**:           116    NICKTOONS:       76
DXD:                   71    NOGGIN:             54
NICKTOONS:        52    BET:                   54
NOGGIN:              49    DISCOVERY:       51
ESPN:                  27    ESPN:                 50
THE N:                 25    ANIMAL PLANET: 45
DISCOVERY:        25   
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 4/20-4/26/09 :
Total Day  (000)   Primetime      (000)
DSNY*:       457     DSNY*:          884
NICK°:        398     NAN**:          375
NAN**:       269     CARTOON:      288
CARTOON:   203     COMEDY:         89
ADSM**:     158     DISCOVERY:     88
DXD:            53     ESPN:               86
ESPN:           46     DXD:                80
MTV:            44     BET:                 79
COMEDY:      44     MTV:                73
DISCOVERY: 39     THE N:             51
BET:             39
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Monthly April Top Ten Year-to-Year Comparison: Total Day Rankings among K6-11 (000) 3/30-4/26/09 vs. 3/31-4/27/08, Cable Networks Only:
Network:                        (000)   %diff
NICK° :                             597        -1%
DSNY:                              564        +21%
CARTOON:                        338        +4%
NAN*:                              215        -1%
ADSM**:                          128        +17%
DXD:                                  78        +28%
NICKTOONS:                       55        +67%
NOGGIN:                             53        +53%
DISCOVERY:                        27        -21%
THE N:                                26        +44%
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
*NAN Total Day 9p-6a
**Cartoon Network & Adult Swim share channel space ADSM airs Sat.-Thurs. 11p-6a
The networks listed are mostly those cable networks that regularly appear on the K6-11 weekly ranking charts.
Source: Disney Research from Star Media Multitrak Reporting System Live+7 Blended with Live+SD from 10/16/2006 to date; Data prior to 12/26/2005 is based on Live Viewing

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Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:   Where does Sprocket live?  FRAGGLE ROCK!  Kudos to: Julie Caracciolo-Active Media/Pearl River; Joshua Fierman-O’Dwyer PR/New York; Dave Danowski-CJE/NY; John May-Animation, Young Adults and Kids Media/Atlanta; Rob Chatlin-FX Network/LA; Omar Garcia-Discovery Kids/Los Angeles; Cherie Oldenburg-E1 Television International/Toronto

Today’s Trivia Question:  He rode a tricycle in a yellow raincoat and hat.  Who is he?  (Email Cynthia@cynopsis.com 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 — Gwen
 Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
04.29.09

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