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Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 6, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres:
44 Million Fans Make Summer at Scripps a Prime Time for “Star” Gazing.
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FOX’s game show Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? from Twentieth Television and Mark Burnett Productions, is expected to launch in national syndication in fall 2009. Current host of the primetime version, Jeff Foxworthy, is also expected to continue in this role for the syndicated edition. HGTV’s debut of Summer Showdown last Sunday night at 10p posted a 0.9 rating among A18-49 and a 1.1 rating with A25-54. Christopher Knight has been tapped as the host of this fall’s new syndicated game show, Trivial Pursuit: America Plays, set to launch as a 30m strip on September 22. Distributed by Debmar-Mercury, Trivial Pursuit is produced by Wheeler-Sussman Productions. This also marks the year of Hasbro’s 25th anniversary edition of the board game, Trivia Pursuit. E! debuted two new shows this past weekend – Pam: Girl on the Loose, and the second season of Sunset Tan. Pam: Girl on the Loose on Sunday night at 10p delivered 1.1 million total viewers. Sunset Tan followed at 1030p and delivered 1.3 million total viewers. CW‘s (MRC) Sunday night lineup, programmed by Media Rights Capital, will import Canada’s 4Real, a 30-minute, celeb show with two episodes airing back-to-back at 6p starting September 21. In the 8-episode show, celebs travel internationally to meet leaders making and inspiring changes. The Direct Current Media production originally aired on CTV and MTV Canada, according to Variety. Broadcast Evening News Ratings Wrap-Up: The final results for the week of July 28 2008: A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM SCRIPPS NETWORKS 44 Million Fans Make Summer at Scripps a Prime Time for “Star” Gazing. Next Food Network Star finale garners Highest Ratings in Food Network history, and launches Design Star finale boasts HGTV’s Highest P18+ Prime Ratings ever, leading into Star gaze every Sunday on Big Daddy’s House (1:30p) and Summer Showdown (9p). Source: Nielsen Co. Qualifications on request. Visit http://scrippsnetworksadsales.com ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Film actor, Laurence Fishburne is in talks to possibly take on the starring role of CBS’ CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, according to THR. The crime drama from CBS Paramount has been covertly seeking a new star to follow William Petersen who recently announced his departure from the series. Joining the cast of Showtime’s The Tudors for its third season is Max Von Sydow in the role of Cardinal Von Waldburg. Signed on as host of The CW‘s new fall series In Harm’s Way, is Hunter Ellis. The show from Pilgrim Films and Television and part of the Sunday night Media Rights Capital lineup, is scheduled to debut on September 21st at 7p. Repeats of this show will also air at 5p on CW affiliates. Casting Call: MTV’s newest reality show, Model Maker will follow ten attractive female finalists as they compete and work with a team of experts over 12 weeks. One will end up reaching her goal of becoming a fashion model. Applicants must be 17-24 years old, between 5′ 6”-6′ tall and send in recent photos (head shots and one in a bathing suit) to ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
44 Million Fans Make Summer at Scripps a Prime Time for “Star” Gazing.
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Here we go again with calls of voter fraud. Yahoo admitted there were errors in the tabulation of votes for its standing board members by third party voting intermediary Broadridge Financial Solutions, inflating support for five of Yahoo’s nine directors by significant margins. Revised tallies revealed 33.7% of votes withheld for CEO Jerry Yang (up from the 15% originally reported) and 39.6% of votes withheld for Chairman Roy Bostock. The results of the ballots, however, remain unchanged. Minority shareholder Capital Research Global Investors, led by vocal Yahoo critic Gordon Crawford, called for the recount. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. Cynopsis Kids – now with HTML elements!
CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: (Now with HTML elements!) 18 days. That is how long it took for Warner Bros.‘ The Dark Knight to set a new record for the fastest theatrical movie release to break $400 million in domestic box office sales according to the studio. The Dark Knight topples the previous record holder, Shrek 2 (DreamWorks Animation, 2004), which reached the milestone in 43 days, per Box Office Mojo. Additionally, as of Tuesday The Dark Knight steps up to become the 8the top grossing movie, knocking Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith (Fox, 2005) out of the way as it prepares to overtake Spider Man (Columbia/Sony, 2002), which stands at number 7 with $403.7 million. Only time will tell if The Dark Knight can whisk its way to knock Titanic (Paramount, 1997) from its perch as the biggest all time domestic grossing movie with $600.8 million. Full edition: CYN KIDS. CYNOPSIS INTERNATIONAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine will be the newest recipients of Viasat Broadcasting‘s TV1000 Action movie channel. As of September 1, Viasat’s digital satellite platform will air the Hollywood/European film channel in the Baltic States and Ukraine while third-party cable operators will offer the network in the other territories. The movies will be dubbed in Russian with Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian subtitles. Full edition: CYN INTERNATIONAL. ~ RATINGS ~
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 7/28-8/3/08 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 7/28-8/3/08 Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 7/28-8/3/08 Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 7/28-8/3/08 Saturday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX was the winner Saturday night at 1.4/6 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. The back-to-back Cops episodes won the 8p hour for FOX at an average of 1.5/6. ABC won at 9p with a second helping of Wipeout at 1.5/6. Then at 10p, NBC’s Law & Order: CI edged out the rest with a 1.1/4. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, August 2, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. FOX: 3.0/6 Cops 2.7/6, Cops [r] 3.1/7, America’s Most Wanted 3.2/6 CBS: 2.6/5 Crimetime Saturday [r] 1.8/4, Crimetime Saturday [r] 2.4/5, 48 Hours Mystery [r] 3.4/7 ABC: 2.0/4 Wipeout [r] 2.1/4, Wipeout [r] 2.3/5, Eli Stone [r] 1.6/3 NBC: 1.7/3 The Office [r] 1.1/2, The Office [r] 1.0/2, WWE Saturday Night Main Event 1.4/3, Law & Order: CI 2.6/5 UNIV: 1.2/2 Sabado Gigante 1.2/2 MNT: 0.6/1 My Saturday Night Movie: Hair Show 0.6/1 TELE: 0.2/0 Mejor-Peor-People 0.2/0, Balon de Oro 0.1/0 A18-49: FOX 1.4/6, ABC 1.1/4, NBC 0.8/3, UNIV 0.8/3, CBS 0.7/3, MNT 0.3/1, TELE 0.1/0
Sunday – A18-49 Analysis: NBC scored a first place standing Sunday night with 2.2/7 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. ABC took the early lead with the America’s Funniest Home Videos repeat at 7p with a 1.6/6. NBC then held the winning position the rest of the night with the NFL Pre-Season game: at 8p with a 2.6/8; during 9p a 2.5/7; and capping off primetime with a #1 at 10p at a 2.6/7. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, August 3, 2008 – time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. NBC: 4.4/8 Dateline 3.3/7, NBC NFL Pre-Season: Washington at Indianapolis 4.7/8 CBS: 4.3/8 60 Minutes [r] 5.5/11, Big Brother 4.3/8, Million Dollar Password [r] 3.6/6, Cold Case [r] 4.0/7 ABC: 2.6/5 America’s Funniest Home Videos [r] 3.3/7, High School Musical 1.9/3, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [r] 2.9/5, Desperate Housewives [r] 2.3/4 FOX: 2.3/4 ‘Til Death [r] 1.4/3, ‘Til Death [r] 1.4/3, The Simpsons [r] 2.3/4, The Simpsons [r] 2.9/5, Family Guy [r] 3.0/5, American Dad [r] 2.8/5 UNIV: 1.0/2 FC Barcelona Chivas 0.9/2, Historias Para Contar 1.1/2, Pantera 1.1/2 CW: 0.6/1 One Tree Hill [r] 0.5/1, Everybody Hates Chris [r] 0.6/1, Aliens in America [r] 0.6/1, The Game [r] 0.8/1, Girlfriends [r] 0.8/1 TELE: 0.4/1 Marav Mundo Disney 0.4/1, Cine de Las Estrel 0.4/1 A18-49: NBC 2.2/7, FOX 1.7/5, CBS 1.5/5, ABC 1.3/4, UNIV 1.0/3, CW 0.4/1, TELE 0.3/1
Monday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS was the victor Monday night at 2.3/7 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. CBS led a clean sweep in primetime with its lineup of repeats starting with The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother averaging a 2.2/7 at 8p, followed by Two and a Half Men and Old Christine averaging a 2.7/8 during 9p and finishing off with CSI: Miami at 2.1/6. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, August 4, 2008 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 5.2/9 The Big Bang Theory [r] 4.2/8, How I Met Your Mother [r] 4.3/7, Two and a Half Men [r] 6.5/11, Old Christine [r] 5.1/8, CSI: Miami [r] 5.5/10 NBC: 3.4/6 American Gladiators 3.3/6, Nashville Star 3.8/7 FOX: 2.8/5 2008 Teen Choice Awards 2.8/5 UNIV: 2.2/4 Al Diablo con los Guapos 2.4/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.4/4, Cristina 1.8/3 ABC: 2.0/3 High School Musical 2.0/4, Wanna Bet 1.9/3, The Mole 2.1/4 CW: 0.8/1 Gossip Girl [r] 0.9/2, One Tree Hill [r] 0.8/1 TELE: 0.7/1 El Juramento 0.4/1, Dona Barbara 0.8/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.8/1 MNT: 0.5/1 Decision House [r] 0.6/1, Decision House [r] 0.4/1 A18-49: CBS 2.3/7, NBC 2.0/6, UNIV 1.8/5, FOX 1.5/5, ABC 1.0/3, TELE 0.5/2, CW 0.4/1, MNT 0.2/1
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Kirsty Guthrie at KJG Ltd named Worldwide Sales and Licensing Consultant, representing the five character brands of the London based Absolutely Cuckoo character factory and animation studio. Darren Frye joins Music Choice as Director of Ad Sales, based at the network’s NYC office. In his new role Darren will develop creative marketing solutions for advertisers looking to reach Music Choice’s large audience of engaged young adults in a clutter free environment. Carat named Jennifer White Lee as VP/GM and Group Client Service Director. Jennifer makes the move to Carat from Mindshare/GroupM where she was Senior Partner and Group Planning Director overseeing the American Family Insurance account. Contour by Getty Images welcomed Lizabeth Ronk to its sales team as an Account Executive in the New York office. Lizabeth will be responsible for developing client relationships and leveraging the Contour brand among US entertainment and women’s magazines, including both web and broadcast markets. Mess Media tapped Cindie Zimmerman Nemes as VP/Development to head the development of original programming. She joins from Norseman Television Productions where she served as Director/Development. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE CYNOPSIS FOUNDATION, INC. The Cynopsis Foundation Charity Dinner and Auction is only 3 weeks away!
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