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NBC Universal tallied 214 million total viewers for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing over 17 days, solidifying it as the most watched event in U.S. TV history, according to Nielsen. This tops the 1996 Atlanta Olympics at 209 million viewers and the 2004 Athens Games at 203 million. ABC renewed the reality series Here Come the Newlyweds from Warner Horizon Television for a second honeymoon season, reports THR. The 60m series will be back during midseason with eight episodes. Comedian Pat Bullard will continue to host as nine newly married couples battle for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Last Sunday night’s series premiere of Animal Witness on Animal Planet drew in 616,000 A25-54 viewers and more than 1.1 million total viewers. Broadcast Network Democratic National Convention Coverage: Results from night one – August 25, 2008, 10-11p: Additional results from night one of the Democratic National Convention per Nielsen as reported by Variety include the cable news networks from 10-11p: CNN at 4.27 million total viewers (ahead of ABC and CBS), Fox News at 2.92 million total viewers and MSNBC at 2.10 million total viewers. Furthermore, Nielsen released a combined total viewer number of 22.29 million from 10-11p encompassing eight networks offering live coverage: ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, BET and TV One. The combined total at 10-11p among A18-49 viewers was 7.67 million. Broadcast Evening News Ratings Wrap-Up: The final results for the week of August 18, 2008: Outdoor Channel reupped its deal with Comcast Media Center’s HITS Quantum service which gives Outdoor Channel distribution in more than 7 million households. ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Tyler Perry confirmed he is developing a spin-off sitcom series for TBS based on characters from his play and movie, Meet the Browns. TBS picked up 10 episodes from Debmar-Mercury which will debut in January 2009. Tyler will serve as executive producer and director and occasional writer for this new series, fulfilling similar duties on his other TBS series, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne. David Mann will star in Meet the Browns as Leroy Brown who inherits a wrecked house from his deceased father. BBC America’s Torchwood: Children of Earth has begun production for its third season in Cardiff, Wales. The sci-fi series will premiere these new episodes next year. Season two of Torchwood: The Complete Second Season in a 5-disc DVD set will be available September 16 in U.S. stores. Spike TV ordered a stunt-themed series Jesse James Is a Dead Man featuring former Monster Garage star Jesse James, reports Variety. Spike approved 10 60m episodes slated to premiere next February. In each weekly episode, Jesse will prep and go forward with risky stunt challenges. Base Productions in association with Jesse’s production company Payupsucker Productions will produce the series. Casting Call: New York-based production company Sharp Entertainment is casting for a new show on a major cable network, looking for young, outgoing women age 18-25 who have the desire to rent a great apartment in New York City. The show will follow one young woman’s quest to move out of her current abode into a fabulous place of her own in the Big Apple. Interested young women need to send a brief bio and description of their current situation along with a photo to ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Many of the major movie studios and online movie retailers are preparing to launch an new “Open Market” initiative as an effort to unify DRM standards across the digital video marketplace, reports TechCrunch. Lack of interoperability has slowed online sales of movies for years as consumers are reluctant to pay for downloads that may not work on off-brand televisions, DVRs or mobile devices. Studios including Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Time Warner as well as retailers Amazon, Target, WalMart, Comcast, MovieLink and CinemaNow are reportedly in support of the effort. Such a standard would be a huge boon for Sony, for one, which like Apple makes much of its living by selling electronic devices. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Virgin Comics, the two year-old joint venture between the Virgin Group and India’s comic book publisher Gotham Entertainment, has closed its US offices in NY, at the very least, according to Publishers Weekly. The report cites a statement by Virgin Comics CEO and Gotham Entertainment Prexy Sharad Devarajan confirming the shuttering of the NY office and explaining that the company is restructuring and plans to relocate to LA, with more information coming in the next weeks. Financed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, Author/speaker Deepak Chopra is Chairman/Virgin Comics and his son Gotham Chopra is CCO and Editor-in-Chief of Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation respectively. Full edition: CYN KIDS. CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: ASTRO All Asia Entertainment Networks Limited and A&E Television Networks’ AETN All Asia Networks Pte. Ltd. (AAAN) joint venture will launch The History Channel HD in Singapore and Hong Kong on September 1, marking the HISTORY HD brand’s debut in the Asia-Pacific region. It will make its first splash in Singapore on StarHub Digital Cable and in Hong Kong on now TV later next month. The signal for HISTORY HD Asia will originate from Chello Benelux’s Digital Media Centre broadcast facility in Amsterdam. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL. ~ RATINGS ~
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 8/18-8/24/08 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 8/18-8/24/08 Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 8/18-8/24/08 Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 8/18-8/24/08 Saturday – A18-49 Analysis: NBC remained in the headlines Saturday night winning with a 5.1/16 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. At 8p, CBS with its NFL Pre-Season Football match and FOX with the average of two Cops reruns tied for first at 1.3/5. Then at 9p, NBC took over as the Summer Olympics did a 4.0/13 and delivered a 5.9/18 during the last hour. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, August 23, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. NBC: 10.3/19 Summer Olympics 2008 [started at 9p] 10.3/19 CBS: 2.8/5 NFL Pre-Season Football: Pittsburgh at Minnesota 2.8/5 FOX: 2.5/5 Cops [r] 2.1/4, Cops [r] 2.6/5, America’s Most Wanted 2.7/5 ABC: 1.8/3 ABC Saturday Movie of the Week: Madagascar [r] 1.9/4, Eli Stone [r] 1.5/3 UNIV: 1.2/2 Sabado Gigante 1.2/2 MNT: 0.6/1 My Saturday Night Movie: Adrift in Manhattan [r] 0.6/1 TELE: 0.4/1 Futbol Estelar: Chivas vs. Santos 0.4/1, Accion Extrema 0.3/1 A18-49: NBC 5.1/16, FOX 1.4/5, CBS 1.3/5, ABC 0.8/3, UNIV 0.8/3, TELE 0.4/1 MNT 0.3/1 Sunday – A18-49 Analysis: NBC capped off its final Olympic gold win Sunday night at 7.8/20 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC opened the evening at 7p in first place with a 1.4/5 for the America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat. At 8p, NBC’s Closing Ceremony coverage from the 2008 Summer Olympics posted a 7.6/20 then an 8.9/22 through 9p. Then at 10p, the last half hour of the Closing Ceremony did a 7.8/20 while the Beijing Closing Party delivered a 6.2/17 at 1030p. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, August 24, 2008 – time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. NBC: 14.9/24 Summer Olympics 2008 Closing Ceremony 15.5/25 [8p-1030p], Beijing Closing Party 12.3/21 CBS: 3.8/6 60 Minutes [r] 4.5/8, Big Brother 3.9/6, Million Dollar Password [r] 2.6/4, Cold Case [r] 4.0/7 ABC: 2.8/5 America’s Funniest Home Videos [r] 3.0/6, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [r] 2.6/4, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [r] 3.4/5, Desperate Housewives [r] 2.0/3 FOX: 1.8/3 ‘Til Death [r] 1.3/2, ‘Til Death [r] 1.4/2, The Simpsons [r] 2.2/4, Family Guy [r] 2.6/4, Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles [r] 1.6/2 UNIV: 1.1/2 Hora Pico 1.0/2, Familia P. Luche 1.0/2, Gran Estreno 1.2/2, Hora Pico 1.0/2 CW: 0.6/1 One Tree Hill [r] 0.5/1, Everybody Hates Chris [r] 0.6/1, Aliens in America [r] 0.5/1, The Game [r] 0.8/1, Girlfriends [r] 0.8/1 TELE: 0.4/1 Cine Nuestro 0.4/1, Cine Millonario 0.5/1 A18-49: NBC 7.8/20, CBS 1.5/4, ABC 1.4/4, FOX 1.2/3, UNIV 0.9/2, TELE 0.4/1, CW 0.3/1 Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, August 25, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. NBC: 5.1/8 Deal or No Deal [p] 7.3/12, America’s Toughest Jobs [p] 4.6/7, NBC News Decision ’08: Democratic National Convention 3.3/5 CBS: 3.7/6 The Big Bang Theory [r] 3.7/6, How I Met Your Mother [r] 3.6/6, Two and a Half Men [r] 5.8/9, Old Christine [r] 4.4/7, CBS News Campaign 2008: Democratic National Convention 2.4/4 FOX: 2.6/4 Prison Break [r] 2.5/4, Prison Break [r] 2.7/4 UNIV: 2.4/4 Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.7/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.6/4, Cristina 1.9/3 ABC: 2.1/3 High School Musical [r] 1.7/3, Samantha Who? [r] 1.5/2, Samantha Who? [r] 1.7/3, ABC News Vote 2008: Democratic National Convention 2.9/5 CW: 1.1/2 Gossip Girl [r] 1.2/2, One Tree Hill [r] 1.0/2 TELE: 0.6/1 El Juramento 0.4/1, Dona Barbara 0.6/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.8/1 MNT: 0.5/1 Decision House [r] 0.5/1, Decision House [r] 0.4/1 A18-49: NBC 2.3/6, UNIV 2.0/6, CBS 1.8/5, FOX 1.5/4, ABC 0.8/2, CW 0.7/2, TELE 0.5/1, MNT 0.3/1
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
John Vitanovec will leave his position as EVP from the Tribune Broadcasting Company, announcing his decision in an email to fellow Tribune execs and saying, “With the transition to the new Tribune Broadcasting Company management group well underway, I have decided the time is right to leave Tribune and I will do so by the end of the week.” Nancy Daniels moved to TLC as the new SVP/Production and Development where she will manage all strategic planning and implementation of the network’s programming out of the Los Angeles office. Most recently, Nancy was SVP/Development and Production for Discovery Studios, West Coast. Rena Popp was appointed Assistant News Director and David Hatcher was named Executive Producer at WNYW/New York. WNYW is part of the Fox Television Stations group. Comcast Spotlight broadened its NorthCentral Division which will now represent 19 unique DMAs and Roland Trombley will become Divisional VP to lead the restructured division. In addition, Peter Heisinger was upped to Executive Regional VP in charge of local, regional and national sales activities for the Chicago and Minneapolis/St. Paul DMAs. Stephen D. Flaim was also promoted to Regional VP of Comcast Spotlight New England to manage local, regional and national sales activities for Boston, Hartford/New Haven and Providence DMAs.
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