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12.15.10

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Tonight’s Premieres:
HBO: 24/7 Penguins/Capitals at 10p
FUEL TV: SLAM! at 1030p

Tonight’s Finales:
FOX: Hell’s Kitchen at 9p
MTV: The Challenge at 10p

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FOX decided to pull the five remaining episodes of sitcom Running Wilde as well as the one-hour finale episode off of its schedule this month. FOX says these episodes will air though has not said when.

A&E Network will debut the new original real-life series Heavy on January 17 at 10p. During eleven one-hour episodes, the series follows two people per episode as they lose a dramatic amount of weight over a six-month treatment program. The series is not a competition though chronicles each participant’s journey as they struggle to lose the pounds and learn how to live a healthier lifestyle. The Texas episodes of Heavy were produced by Megalomedia Inc. for A&E and the South Carolina episodes were produced by Tijuana Entertainment for A&E.

Well-known food journalist Mark Bittman will have a new show on the Cooking Channel as The Minimalist premieres January 2 at 1030a. Based on his weekly column in The New York Times, the series will offer Bittman’s simple and clear approach to cooking techniques and recipes.

Planet Green goes to the small town of Parshall, ND for a new original docu-series Boomtown beginning January 29 at 10p. Parshall, typical of most small American towns has seen hard economic times until surveyors discovered crude oil under portions of the town and nearby wheat fields. The series explores how this small poor town has become a rich, booming community. The five-episode series is produced for Planet Green by Left/Right.

VH1 is offering up a second season of You’re Cut Off!, the series where eight affluent young women are cut off from their cash flow, benefactors and credit cards to become self-sufficient and confident adults. The sophomore season premieres January 10 at 9p and the series is produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment.

ESPN’s live broadband sports network, ESPN3.com will finish off its 2010-2011 college football season with live coverage of 32 bowl games and related trophy presentations. This coverage extends to all 5 BCS bowl games. The bowl game lineup begins this Saturday with the New Mexico Bowl between BYU vs. UTEP, and concludes with the Tostitos BCS National Championship Game between Auburn and Oregon on January 10.

E! continues to follow members of the Kardashian family as the newest series Kourtney and Kim Take New York premieres January 23 at 10p. Sisters Kim and Kourtney are opening a new boutique in NYC and take advantage of all the glamour and glitz the Big Apple has to offer. The series is produced by Ryan Seacrest Productions and Bunim-Murray Productions.

In February, syndicated game show Jeopardy!, distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution will air the first-ever man vs. machine battle as  two of the highest-winning contestants on Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter will take on a specially-built IBM computing system named “Watson.” The special competition will air over three days on February 14-16. Watson is named after IBM founder Thomas J. Watson and was built over four years by a group of IBM scientists who wanted to replicate a human’s ability to answer questions posed in real language with speed, accuracy and confidence. Watson’s competition includes Ken Jennings, who broke the game show’s record for the most consecutive games won at 74 games during 2004-2005 and over $2.5 million in winnings, and Brad Rutter who became the highest dollar winner ever by a single Jeopardy! player at more than $3.2 million. The prize money at stake next February is $1 million for the winner, $300,000 for second place and $200,000 for third. Rutter and Jennings will donate 50% of what they win to charity while IBM has agreed to donate 100% of Watson’s winnings to charity.

HISTORY’s season four launch of Ax Men last Sunday at 9p tallied 2.1 million total viewers as well as 1.2 million A25-54 and A18-49.

Sunday’s season two premiere of Basketball Wives on VH1 at 9p scored 1.4 million total viewers and posted a 0.90 rating among A18-49. Shed Media produces the series.

Program Call: Cynopsis Media will be producing our annual NATPE Shopping Guide sent to all Cynopsis and Cynopsis Kids subscribers on Thursday, January 20, the week before NATPE 2011 in Miami.  If you would like to have your programming included, please send us only the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e., movie, series, special, etc.), genre and your terms (barter, cash, etc.) as well as your company’s stand/booth location.  To be included in this free and highly-viewed special edition, please send your submission to [email protected] no later than Friday, January 14, 2011. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission from Lisa (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).

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BBC America acquired the Showtime drama series The Tudors from CBS Television Distribution, giving the network the exclusive basic cable rights to all four seasons. The Tudors will begin with an all-day marathon of seasons one and two on January 16 at 9a and episodes will air in their regular time slot on Tuesdays at 10p. The Tudors is comprised of 10 one-hour episodes for seasons one, two and four and 8 one-hour eps for season three. As a series going from a premium network to basic cable, a BBC America representative said the network has taken masters received from Showtime which are edited for language and content for basic cable. The series is an Ireland Canada Co-Production and is a presentation of Showtime in association with Peace Arch Entertainment and Take 5 Productions.

Current TV picked up two series debuting next month:

• This American Life – A television version of the Public Radio Show hosted and executive produced by Ira Glass. 13 half-hour episodes will make their basic cable premiere on January 10 at 10p.
• Kill It, Cook It, Eat It – Popular UK series follows a group of strangers who have different food views on a journey from pasture to plate. 21 one-hour episodes will make their US television debut on January 11 at 10p.

FOX Sports Media Group (FSMG) reupped its exclusive media rights in the US and Caribbean to the UEFA Champions League for three more seasons from 2012-2013 through 2014-2015. The agreement with the UEFA, representing the governing body of soccer in Europe, will allow coverage of the annual club soccer tournament on various FSMG assets including FOX Sports, FOX Soccer Channel, FOX Soccer Plus, FOX Deportes, FOX Sports Net and FX in addition to online video streaming via FOXsoccer.tv. FOX is presently in season two of a three-season deal with UEFA through 2011-2012.

MTV2 made a three year deal with mixed martial arts promotional company, Bellator Fighting Championships based in Chicago to become the sport’s new television base. The deal allows MTV2 to televise two of Bellator’s live tournaments each year as well as various special feature events. MTV will air the first tournament in March 2011.

Virginia Madsen landed a recurring role on NBC’s The Event playing the role of attorney Catherine Lewis, the widow of an Alaskan senator who inherited his position. Madsen most recently starred in ABC’s Scoundrels.

Natalie Morales, host on NBC’s Today is joining Latina magazine as a contributing columnist offering her insights on parenting. Morales’ monthly column named Modern Mami and will debut in the February 2011 issue.

ABC renewed its agreement with Jimmy Kimmel keeping the late-night star as host of his show for two more years. The new deal will take Jimmy Kimmel Live to a tenth season.

FOX News Channel extended a multi-year contract with Bret Baier where he will continue to anchor Special Report at 6p and serve as the network’s primary political news anchor.

Even though American TV audiences won’t be seeing David Hasselhoff any longer on his short-lived A&E Network reality series, UK viewers will as the actor/entertainment is joining Britain’s Got Talent as a judge. The judge panel also consists of newly-tapped Michael McIntyre, existing judge, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell who offers his opinions during live segments of the show.

According to a newly-formed organization, Child Performers Coalition, a new rule has been initiated by the New York Department of Labor (DOL) which may increase costs to television, film and theatrical productions emanating out of New York, and at the same time change the way child performers work. The proposed rule could take effect December 25 unless the DOL is convinced to scrub the proposed changes they made public on November 10. The Child Performers Coalition, established last week in response to DOL’s proposed changes is working with the BizParentz Foundation and to date have amassed 500+ signatures on a petition asking the DOL to draft different language that “encourages productions to do business in New York and protects the physical, mental and financial well-being of child performers.” For more information about this issue and to sign the petition, visit: www.childperformerscoalition.org or www.bizparentz.org .

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Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 12/6-12/12/10
Primetime    (000)        Total Pgm Day      (000)
ESPN              1948          ESPN                      792
USA                1502          ADSM*                   724
FAM                1206          USA                       687
TBSC              1045          NAN*                     651
HIST                747          NICK                      648
TNT                  718         TBSC                      595
AEN                  661         FAM                        581
FX                    635         TNT                        543
DISC                 631         DSNY                     428
DSNY                623         FX                          410
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 115,900,000 homes
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Primetime listing only includes those networks broadcasting more than 51% of the primetime hours (M-Su 8p-11p)

Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 12/6-12/12/10     
Primetime    (000)      Total Pgm Day            (000)
ESPN              3804       NICK                            2346
USA                3577       DSNY                           1748
DSNY              2867       NAN*                           1579
FAM                2664       USA                             1522
FOXN              1992       ESPN                           1369
TBSC              1800       FAM                             1250
NAN               1761       TNT                              1237
TNT                1751      ADSM*                          1228
HIST               1578      FOXN                            1164
SYFY               1471      TOON                              973
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 115,900,000 homes
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Primetime listing only includes those networks broadcasting more than 51% of the primetime hours (M-Su 8p-11p)

Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 12/6-12/12/10
ESPN    Jets/Patriots                                                  8298
NFLN    Colts vs. Titans                                              2763
ESPN    Sportscenter 12/6 1138p                                2553
USA     WWE Entertainment 10p                                 2514
HIST    Pawn Stars                                                    2479
ESPN    Monday Night Countdown                               2269
USA      WWE Entertainment 9p                                  2241
USA      Indiana Jones and the Kingdom/Crystal Skull   2175
ADSM   Family Guy 12/9 1130p                                  2021
HIST     American Pickers                                           2021
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 115,900,000 homes

Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 12/6-12/12/10
NBC    NBC Sunday Night Football                           9.5/24       12455
FOX    Glee                                                           4.4/13        5791
CBS    Two and a Half Men                                     4.2/10        5462
NBC    Football Night in America Part 3                    4.2/11        5462
ABC    Modern Family                                             4.2/11        5483
CBS    60 Minutes                                                  3.9/10        5149                                  
CBS    The Big Bang Theory                                    3.9/12        5069
FOX    Family Guy                                                  3.9/9          5190
CBS    Amazing Race                                              3.7/9          4851
NBC    The Office                                                   3.7/10         4819
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data

Broadcast Evening News Weekly Average Ratings (week of December 6, 2010)
NBC: 9.42 million total viewers; 2.2/8 and 2.74 million A25-54
ABC: 8.40 million total viewers; 1.9/7 and 2.32 million A25-54
CBS: 6.00 million total viewers; 1.5/5 and 1.83 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI

Saturday A18-49 Analysis:  FOX led with its bevy of bad boys Saturday night at 1.7/6 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. FOX’s double dose of Cops episodes at 8p averaged a winning 1.6/6 while reruns of Frosty specials on CBS averaged a second place at 1.4/5. At 9p, FOX’s AMW: America Fights Back was #1 at 1.8/6 and NBC’s holiday classic movie, It’s A Wonderful Life was #2 at 1.3/4. NBC finished on top at 10p with more It’s A Wonderful Life at 1.5/5 and ABC’s movie was next at 1.3/4.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, December 11, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD

FOX: 3.0/6           Cops 2.7/5, Cops 2 [r] 3.0/6, AMW: America Fights Back 3.2/6   

NBC: 3.0/6           NBC Saturday Night Movie: It’s A Wonderful Life [r] 3.0/6

CBS: 2.6/5             Frosty the Snowman [r] 2.3/4, Frosty Returns [r] 2.0/4, Flight Before Christmas [r] 2.1/4, 48 Hours Mystery 3.5/6

ABC: 2.3/4            ABC Saturday Movie of the Week: The Chronicles of Narnia [r] 2.3/4   

UNIV: 1.2/2         Sabado Gigante 1.2/2

ION: 0.4/1           Saturday 9PM Movie: All the Right Moves 0.4/1, Saturday 11PM Movie: Troy [r] 0.5/1

TF: 0.4/1             Cine de Las Estrel Sat [7p start] 0.4/1, Cine de Las Estrel Sat 2 0.4/1

TELE: 0.3/1          Cine de Impacto: Elektra [7p start] 0.3/1, Cine de Impacto II: The Mummy 0.3/1

A18-49: FOX 1.7/6, CBS 1.2/4, NBC 1.2/4, ABC 1.0/3, UNIV 0.8/3, TF 0.4/1, TELE 0.2/1, ION 0.1/0

Sunday  A18-49 Analysis: NBC trounced the competition Sunday night with a 7.8/20 among A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 7p, however, CBS won with 60 Minutes at 4.4/12 and NBC’s Football Night in America Part 2 and Part 3 averaged a second place showing at 3.0/8. NBC then took over at 8p with a combination of Football Night in America Part 3, Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick and the NFL game averaging a 6.4/17 and FOX’s The Simpsons and Family Guy averaged a #2 at 3.6/9. NBC held a giant lead at 9p with the Philadelphia vs. Dallas NFL match at 9.5/23 while ABC’s Desperate Housewives and the average of FOX’s Family Guy and American Dad shared #2 at 3.6/8 each. NBC finished strong through 10p with the end of the NFL game at 9.6/24 and CBS placed second with an average of Undercover Boss and CSI: Miami at 2.7/7.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, December 12, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

NBC: 12.6/20       Football Night in America Part 2 4.6/8, Football Night in America Part 3 7.2/11, NBC Sunday Night Football: Philadelphia at Dallas [830p-11p] 15.2/24

CBS: 8.9/14          60 Minutes 10.8/17, The Amazing Race 7.0/11, Undercover Boss 6.6/10, CSI: Miami 6.1/11

ABC: 5.8/9          America’s Funniest Home Videos [r] 4.9/8, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 5.1/8, Desperate Housewives 7.4/11, Brothers & Sisters 5.9/10

FOX: 3.4/5          Running Wilde [r] 1.0/2, The Simpsons [r] 2.2/4, The Simpsons 4.1/6, Family Guy 4.6/7, American Dad 3.7/6

UNIV: 1.0/2         Nuestra Navidad 1.0/2, Gran Show 1.0/2, Sal y Pimienta 1.0/2

ION: 0.7/1           Sunday 7PM Movie: A Golden Christmas [r] 1.0/2, Sunday 9PM Movie: My Dog Skip 0.6/1, Sunday 11PM Movie: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood [r] 0.2/1

TF: 0.4/1             Cine de Las Estrel Sun [r] 0.4/1, Cine de Las Estrel Sun 2 0.5/1

TELE: 0.3/1         Cine Millonario: Armageddon 0.4/1, Fabrica de Suenos 0.1/0

A18-49: NBC 7.8/20, CBS 4.1/10, FOX 2.8/7, ABC 2.7/7, UNIV 0.7/2, TF 0.4/1, TELE 0.3/1, ION 0.2/0

Monday  A18-49 Analysis: CBS ruled Monday night with the A18-49 demo at 3.4/9, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. CBS’ comedies How I Met Your Mother and Rules of Engagement averaged a top-rated 3.4/9 at 8p and NBC’s The Sing-Off toned down to a #2 at 3.2/8. CBS led at 9p with more laughs from Two and a Half Men and Mike & Molly averaging a #1 at 3.9/10 and NBC’s The Sing-Off played second fiddle again at 3.4/8. CBS ended the night on top with Hawaii Five-O at 2.8/8 and Univision’s La Rosa de Guadalupe was next in line at 1.4/4.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, December 13, 2010 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 6.9/11           How I Met Your Mother 6.0/9, Rules of Engagement 5.7/9, Two and a Half Men 8.5/13, Mike & Molly 7.4/11, Hawaii Five-O 6.8/12

NBC: 4.5/7           The Sing-Off 5.3/8, Chase [r] 2.9/5

ABC: 3.1/5            Skating with the Stars 2.6/4, Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas 3.2/5, Castle [r] 3.6/6

FOX: 2.4/4            House [r] 2.8/4, Lie To Me [r] 2.0/3

UNIV: 2.2/3          Eva Luna 2.0/3, Soy Tu Duena 2.9/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.6/3

ION: 1.0/2            Without a Trace 1.0/1, Criminal Minds 1.0/2, Criminal Minds 1.1/2

CW: 0.7/1            Vampire Diaries [r] 0.8/1, Vampire Diaries [r] 0.6/1

TELE: 0.6/1          Aurora 0.6/1, El Fantasma de Elena 0.5/1, Alguien Te Mira 0.5/1

TF: 0.4/1             Cine de Las Estrellas Mon 0.4/1, India 0.4/1

A18-49: CBS 3.4/9, NBC 2.6/7, UNIV 1.8/5, FOX 1.2/3, ABC 1.0/3, ION 0.5/1, CW 0.4/1, TF 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1

Annie Howell has become SVP/Communications and Media Relations for Crown Media Holdings, Inc., owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. Based at the company’s New York office, Annie will spearhead the entire range of Crown Media’s communications and public relations strategies encompassing corporate communications, media relations and publicity. Annie will also offer strategic counsel to Crown Media executives and be the primary spokesperson for both networks. Annie, who previously served as SVP/Communications and Public Affairs at Discovery Communications, will report to Bill Abbott, President/CEO, Crown Media Holdings.

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This day in History:   2001 – It was announced that Siena Heights University would begin offering a class called “Animated Philosophy and Religion.” The two-credit class would cover how religion and philosophy are part of popular culture and is based on the television series “The Simpsons.”

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:  What classic TV host approached television with this philosophy: “Open big, have a good comedy set, put in something for children and keep the show clean.”?  ED SULLIVAN  Kudos to:  Rich Dubroff-C-Span/Washington DC; Debra Haut-AdServices/Hollywood; Estrella Diaz-Turner Entertainment Networks/NY; Dick Cox-Sage/CT; John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas; Kathy Alexander-SpotPlus/Dallas; Peggy Dalland-KTTC/Rochester; Dan Whitford-Maximum Direct/Chicago; Gary Moglovkin-NBC Studios/Studio City; Scott Seomin-FX/LA; Dennis Aimino-ABC TV/LA; Greg Carroll-Big Fish Ent/PTZ

Today’s Trivia Question:  At the end of every episode, the hands of construction crew member James Drake were seen with a large hammer striking a metal stamp twice leaving the name of the production trademark.  What was the show and what was the trademark?    (Email [email protected] 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.)

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JOB OPENING: SALES PLANNER/NYC:  All planning facets of media campaign orders, update plans/customize presentations, send materials,order input, ,reconcile contract/order discrepancies, steward accounts [email protected] (12/16)

JOB OPENING: MKTG SOLUTIONS MANAGER/G4/LA: Job respond. include ideation and execution of multi-platform integration/sponsorship programs. 3-4 yrs exp. in TV mktg/ad sales. Expert in PowerPoint. Apply  [email protected] (12/16)

JOB OPENING: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/TV Guide Online/NY: AE w/5+ yrs digital ad sales exp a must. Multi-platform sales exp preferred. Competitive salary commensurate w/ exp & excellent benefits program [email protected] (12/16)

INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always posted for free , and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected].

WINTER/SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY:  Intern will learn Production Assistant duties at the same time honing their writing, producing, and editing skills with Creative Directors. Should have major related to television/film. [email protected] (12/22)

SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED …  There is no charge for placing your Situation Wanted ad … for more information contact Trish Pihonak at [email protected]

SITUATION WANTED: MEDIA SALES/MARKETING STRATEGIST/NY: Extensive exp in all forms of media. print/digital/OOH. Smart consultative seller. Can identify new niche mkts & use analytics to generate revenue. Contact: [email protected] (12/22)

SITUATION WANTED:  RESEARCH DIR/SALES STRATEGIST – 20+ yrs media, Nielsen, Hisp, research, sales, and presentation experience. Email: [email protected] (12/22)

SITUATION WANTED:  EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT position film/tv (NY) 10 years experience: Interned for a President, Executive Assistant to SVP/VP/film director/celebrity [email protected] (12/17)

SITUATION WANTED: Dedicated & Experienced ADV. SALES PLANNER (NY) Sales proposals, resolving client discrepancies, quarterly post analysis, special sales service projects, expert computer skills. Contact- [email protected] (12/17)

SITUATION WANTED: NEED A BUDGET DONE?? LINE PROD/EIC – 10+ yrs. exp- budgets done in all formats TV & Features Accurate, Reasonable fast turnaround. Email:  [email protected] (12/16)

E-mail [email protected]  or call Trish Pihonak at 203.381.9096 for rates and specs for Job Openings.

Are you looking for a job? Post your Situation Wanted Ad here — Email [email protected]  for specs.
 

WHAT’S ON TONIGHT –  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2010

ABC:  The Middle [R], Better with You [r], Modern Family [r], Modern Family [r], Cougar Town [r], Cougar Town [r]
AZTECA:  Cosas de la Vida, Al Extremo, La Loba
CBS:  Survivor Nicaragua, Criminal Minds, The Defenders
CW:   Vampire Diaries [r], Vampire Diaries [r]
FOX:  Human Target, Hell’s Kitchen
ION:  Without A Trace, Without A Trace, Criminal Minds
NBC:  The Sing-Off, L&O: SVU
PBS: Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Paris: The Luminous Years
TELE: Aurora, El Fantasma de Elena, Alguien Te Mira
UNIV: Eva Luna, Soy Tu Duena, Don Francisco Presenta

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