Cyn opsis: Kids!
08/16/06
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 16, 2006 and this is your first early morning Kids! briefing.
NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT
BET’s President/Entertainment, Reginald Hudlin announced that the network’s newly established animation division has inked two new deals. First up, BET has secured a three-year pact with Film Roman animation studio to produced a slate of animated films, series and multi-platform content for internet, broadband and mobile applications. BET and Film Roman also plan to co-develop and produce direct-to-DVD and theatrical releases. The terms of the three-year, non-exclusive deal also include international distribution outside of the BET Network. Secondly, BET is re-teaming with Denys Cowan, BET SVP/Animation and his former creative partner, Milestone Media co-founder Dwayne McDuffie (the folks behind Static Shock) to create a new adult targeted action/adventure series. BET is currently developing Hannibal the Conqueror series an animated project from Vin Diesel and One Race Productions.
MORE KIDS STUFF
Nickelodeon welcomes two original animated series this Sunday morning, August 20, 2006.
- The anime series Kappa Mikey will make its debut on Nickelodeon this Sunday at 11a. Kappa Mikey, which first premiered on Nicktoons Network in February 2006 and will continue to air on Nicktoons, will premiere new episodes not yet aired on Nicktoons Network. Created and executive produced by Larry Schwarz of Animation Collective, Kappa Mikey is MTV Networks’ first global acquisition.
- Shuriken School, a new original animated comedy series, launches on Nick at 11:30a this Sunday. Combining Japanese and European animation styles, Shuriken School follows the adventures of 10-year-old Eizan, who is training to become a ninja as he attends his first years at ninja school. The series was created by Emilio and Jesús Gallego and co-produced by Xilam Animation and Zinkia Entertainment.
Canada’s Family Channel will premiere a second season of the animated preschool series, The Secret World of Benjamin Bear, on Tuesday, September 5, at 10:30a. Season two is comprised of 13 half-hour episodes, and season three is currently in production. The series airs Tuesdays at 10:30a as part of Playhouse, the network’s weekday morning preschool programming block. The Secret World of Benjamin Bear is produced by Amberwood Entertainment in association with Family Channel.
VH1 Classic will air the final episodes of the BBC’s long running music series Top of the Pops, under an exclusive US TV rights deal. The episode, which features past performances by The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Wham, Sonny & Cher, Beyonce, Madonna, the Spice Girls and so on, will air on the network this Saturday, August 19, at 8p.
Jinkies! Warner Bros. Online rips the mask off its all new Scooby-Doo website this week. In addition to an overall new look, the site has several new features including downloadable mystery podcasts, a social networking site for pets, long-form episodic mysteries, games, a preschool area called Scooby’s Playground, and parents guides. And no, Velma did not get a makeover. Zoinks! (www.scooby-doo.com)
Cracked magazine re-launches this week with its first issue. Targeted to adults 18-34, the humor magazine was born 48-yrs ago. So, what should we expect when you open Cracked? Glad you asked. The humor magazine has a new look, sans the well-known illustrations, and sections for headlines/headliners, news, reviews and interviews, and it’s bigger (80 pages up from 48). The first issue includes a spoof on ESPN’s magazine, an article on celebrity idiots, a periodic table of the ’80s and a variety of general humor pieces on pop culture, war and politics, as well as interviews with Rob Corddry and Ed Helms of The Daily Show and South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Monty Sarhan acquired Cracked in 2005, and put the magazine on hiatus for 18 months while a team redesigned and rethought what they wanted the magazine to be. Sarhan serves as the magazine’s CEO and Editor-in-Chief. The creative team includes Editor-At-Large is actor/comedian Michael Ian Black. Cracked is being distributed by Curtis Circulation, the largest distributor of magazines in North America.
MARKETING/LICENSING
Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE), Cartoon Network’s branding and merchandising unit, has inked a number of new deals to produce fashion related products based on two of its properties:
- CNE has partnered with Mighty Fine, a fashion design studio, in a multi-year pact to develop apparel items based on CN’s property, The Powerpuff Girls. Targeted to juniors and tweens the line launches this fall 2006 and will include knit top tops, t-shirts and fleece tops, which will feature the Girls in retro designs. Mighty Fine is the creator and licensor of popular characters including French Kitty, Ruby Gloom and Bad Cat as well as the fashion brands, Doe and Disney Couture.
- CNE has also inked license deals with SGFootwear and ODM to produce products for boys/tweens/teens based on CN’s series Ben 10. Ben 10 t-shirts will arrive in stores this fall 2006 and shoes are slated to be available in spring 2007.
Nexus Editrice, an Italy-based game publisher, has entered into a licensing agreement with Paradox Entertainment/Conan Properties to produce a strategy board game based on the adventures of Conan the Barbarian, the pulp hero warrior created by the writer Robert E. Howard. Tentatively titled Age of Conan The Strategy Board Game, the game is planned to be released in late 2007. Nexus Editrice published the popular board game War of the Ring, under license from Tolkien Enterprise/Sophisticated Games, and will release Marvel Heroes, under license from Marvel Enterprises this September 2006.
STONE SOUP
BBC Scotland has launched Wee Gems, a new talent initiative to encourage and develop directors, producers and writers in the area of kid dramas. BBC Scotland is asking for submissions of 15-minute kid targeted films, with plans to commission two that could air in the 4:35p time period on CBBC One and possibly be developed into a series. The pilots must be produced in Scotland with a Scottish-based crew. Wee Gems is open to both new and experienced Scotland-based talent. The clincher? Those who enter a film must work within the confines of an agreed production budget. Has that ever happened in the history of TV production? The deadline is Friday, September 22, 2006, for more information and applications call 0141 338 3588.
EXECUTIVE MOVES
Celia Schneiderman has been upped to Manager/International Television Distribution, Sesame Workshop. Schneiderman, who had been Coordinator for the division, will be responsible for program sales in Asia, Latin America, Canada the Caribbean, and in-flight. She will report to Renee Mascara, VP/International Television Distribution. Previously, Schneiderman was a Research Specialist with Cushman & Wakefield.
RATINGS
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 8/7-8/13/06:
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK: 1277 DSNY*: 1598
DSNY*: 1015 CARTOON: 927
CARTOON: 834 NAN**: 590
NAN**: 590 TOON DIS: 139
TOON DIS.: 182 DISCOVERY: 104
NOG/THE N: 122 MTV: 99
MTV: 86 ANIMAL PLANET: 90
ANIMAL PLANET: 63 COMEDY: 60
NICKTOONS: 59 ESPN: 57
DISCOVERY: 57 NICKTOONS: 51
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.
Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 8/7-8/13/06:
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK: 779 DSNY*: 1201
DSNY*: 655 CARTOON: 704
CARTOON: 617 NAN**: 470
NAN**: 470 TOON DIS: 78
TOON DIS.: 103 MTV: 70
MTV: 65 DISCOVERY: 70
ANIMAL PLANET: 41 ANIMAL PLANET: 58
NICKTOONS: 38 COMEDY: 37
DISCOVERY: 36 NICKTOONS: 35
BET: 34 ESPN: 33
NOGGIN: 34
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.
Weekly, Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 8/7-8/13/06:
Total Day (000) Primetime (000)
NICK: 545 DSNY*: 982
DSNY*: 504 CARTOON: 489
NAN**: 471 NAN**: 471
CARTOON: 411 MTV: 198
MTV: 173 DISCOVERY: 92
BET: 75 COMEDY: 87
TOON DIS.: 63 BET: 72
COMEDY: 60 THE N: 53
DISCOVERY: 49 ANIMAL PLANET: 52
ESPN: 41 TLC: 49
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.
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Friday, August 11, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1208; K6-11 714; TWEENS 9-14 478
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 934; K6-11 602; TWEENS 9-14 473
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 932; K6-11 716; TWEENS 9-14 481
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 206; K6-11 120; TWEENS 9-14 73
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Saturday, August 12, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON: K2-11 1214; K6-11 759; TWEENS 9-14 528
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 1031; K6-11 649; TWEENS 9-14 496
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 708; K6-11 544; TWEENS 9-14 406
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 158; K6-11 70; TWEENS 9-14 37
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Sunday, August 13, 2006, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
DISNEY CHANNEL: K2-11 1080; K6-11 705; TWEENS 9-14 610
NICKELODEON: K2-11 957; K6-11 649; TWEENS 9-14 477
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 769; K6-11 528; TWEENS 9-14 331
TOON DISNEY: K2-11 121; K6-11 60; TWEENS 9-14 34
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On what cartoon would you see a monkey named Chim Chim? SPEEDRACER Kudos to:Hank Bordowitz-The Bordowitz Media Werx/Suffern NY; Katharine E. Heintz-Knowles, Ph.D-Children’s Media Research and Consulting/Falmouth ME; Ron Yurman-Music Choice/NY; Joe Giangrasso-High 5 Productions/NY; Charlie Peacock-Disney ABC/Chicago; Jennifer Shinkle-Learfield/Jefferson City, MO; Dale Alexander-UPROAR/Dallas; Katherine Kaufman-Porchlight Entertainment/LA; Pat Brady-CESD Talent/LA; Caroline Vein-The Gotham Group/LA; Joel Metzger-Bell Tower Prods/LA; Erin Bartley-The Cookie Jar Company/Toronto
Today’s Trivia Question: Yesterday in Cynopsis Kids we listed 5 of the actors who served as Captains on Star Trek’s USS Enterprise. There actually is a sixth we did not mention. What was that Captain’s name and what actor played the role? ( click here 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 Cynthia Turner’s Cynopsis Kids!
08.16.06
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