Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HALLMARK CHANNEL


*****Hallmark Channel Continues to Spread Christmas Cheer*****

The legacy of the Hallmark Hall of Fame franchise along with our
original movie premiere brought viewers glad tidings this past weekend

And our holiday streak continues with both movie premieres
tying for the #1 cable movie of the week

Baby’s First Christmas: 2.8 HH rating
Hallmark Hall of Fame‘s Christmas with Holly: 2.8 HH rating
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Cynopsis
12.19.12

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 19, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Premieres:
truTV: Full Throttle Saloon at 9p; Black Gold at 10p
TLC: Toddlers & Tiaras at 9p; Cheer Perfection at 10p

Tonight’s Finales:
Bravo: Start-Ups: Silicon Valley at 7p
FOX: The X Factor (season finale, part 1) at 8p
HGTV: Buying and Selling at 9p
HISTORY: Invention USA at 10p
MTV: The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons at 10p


A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS


Discovery and TLC hit the mother lode.
What a beautimous year!

In 2012, Discovery and TLC each aired MORE ORIGINAL HITS
averaging at least one million viewers (P2+)
than ANY OTHER cable network.

From Shiners to Miners, from Mediums to the Amish,
these powerhouse networks
have captured the eyes and hearts of America.


NBC ordered a new eight-episode, one-hour game show series Hollywood Game Night.  The series is from Will & Grace’s Sean Hayes and is based on his real-life game nights with celebrities.  The premise of the show will have two contestants playing games with celebrities to compete for a cash prize.  Hollywood Game Night is produced by Hazy Mills Productions, Mission Control Media and Universal Television.  Hayes, Todd Milliner, Michael Agbabian and Dwight D. Smith will all serve as executive producers.

~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~

Yesterday NBC reported its chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and his network production team were freed from captors in Syria.  Engel and his team had been abducted and taken prisoner five days earlier soon after they crossed the border into Syria from Turkey.  NBC News released this statement yesterday: “After being kidnapped and held for five days inside Syria by an unknown group, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and his production crew members have been freed unharmed. We are pleased to report they are safely out of the country.”

Nielsen revealed yesterday it will acquire its research rival Arbitron Inc. in a deal worth $1.26 billion.  In the past, Arbitron competed against Nielsen in providing local television ratings.  In more recent years, however Arbitron has concentrated on radio ratings and measuring out-of-home media consumption. 

A 12th season of the national PBS series P. Allen Smith’s Garden Home will debut with 13 all-new hi-def episodes this spring 2013.  In the new season, gardening and lifestyle expert P. Allen Smith will usher viewers to public and private garden and historic homes across the country.  In addition, Smith takes on a new challenge on his own farm property, building a small eco-friendly home in 150 days for $150,000.  P. Allen Smith Garden Home reaches 95% of total US TV markets.

Just prior to the 2013 Presidential inauguration, HISTORY presents a new series The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents premiering January 15 at 9p.  From George Washington to Barack Obama, the eight-hour series will chronicle the history of the 43 men who have held the highest office in our land and the most influential position in the world.  Karga Seven Pictures produces the series for HISTORY.

Science Channel debuts a new half-hour series based on the podcast from Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant called Stuff You Should Know on January 19 at 10p.  The series will follow Josh and Chuck inside and outside the recording booth as they record their podcast and research topics for the show such as zombies to artificial intelligence and other scientific facts.  Several guests will make cameo appearances during the season including John Hodgman, Sarah Silverman, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Rufus Wainwright and Michio Kaku.  Stuff You Should Know is produced by School of Humans.

A trio of new renovation series highlight DIY Network’s schedule in the New Year.  Made In Milwaukee debuts January 4 at 11p and this original series goes inside Milwaukee interior design firm, Flux Design.  New series A Bryk at a Time opens February 24 at 9p and features host Danielle Bryk who is owner of a property company and design firm called The Bryk House.  The third new series Rescue My Renovation premieres February 27 at 9p and documents the serious side of renovation, as homeowners combat damage caused by shoddy contractors and builders who take the money and run.  DIY Network also welcomes the first season of the HGTV show Holmes Inspection to its lineup on January 8 at 8p.  Other HGTV series making their first runs on DIY Network include My First Renovation on January 5 at 7p; Kitchen Cousins on January 6 at 8p; and House of Bryan on January 24 at 930p.  Furthermore, the second season of The Bronson Pinchot Project debuts January 12 at 11p; The Vanilla Ice Project returns January 27 at 10p; Rehab Addict in its third season debuts January 10 at 10p; Million Dollar Contractor season two airs on Sundays at 10p; and Renovation Realities season 10 beginning February 23 at 9p.

The Weather Channel is moving forward with a new series Hacking the Planet set to premiere February 28 at 9p.  The six-episode half-hour series looks at the work of scientists who are developing ways to prevent, weaken or redirect threatening weather conditions and natural events such as tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.  The series is produced by Castle Pictures, Inc.

HBO’s fantasy series Game of Thrones is super-sizing the third season.  Showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are adapting the largest of the Song of Ice and Fire novel by author George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords and as a result are producing slightly longer episodes for HBO.  The next season will still have 10 episodes and each one will clock in at 56- or 57-minutes in length versus the 52-minute episodes from last season.  Game of Thrones premieres season three on March 31 on HBO with the season two out on DVD on February 19. 

A second season of Property Wars makes a comeback on Discovery Channel starting January 10 at 10p.  Set in Phoenix, the series goes inside the world of housing auctions following bidders buying houses they can only see from the outside.  Property Wars is produced for Discovery Channel by Sharp Entertainment.

In other Discovery Channel news, the reality series American Guns will not be renewed for a third season.  The network said the decision to cancel the show was made prior to the school shooting tragedy in Newtown, CT.  A rep from the network further said “American Guns concluded earlier this year.  Discovery Channel chose not to renew the series and has no plans to air repeats of the show.”

Chef Anne Burrell is back for a second season of Food Network’s Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell, bowing January 31 at 10p with thirteen all-new episodes.  In this series, Chef Anne puts four top-level chef candidates through the ultimate job interview to find who can fill the position of Executive Chef.  Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell is produced by Smart Dog Films and Mannahatta Productions.

Lifetime returns Project Runway for an 11th season with the series’ first-ever Teams Edition, premiering January 24 at 9p.  Host and judge Heidi Klum is back along with Marie Claire’s Fashion Director Nina Garcia and featured judge, fashion designer Zac Posen.  Tim Gunn will also return as mentor to the designers and Michael Kors will be the finale guest judge.  The 11th season will also feature guest judges from film, television and music including Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Miranda Lambert, John Legend, Joan and Melissa Rivers, Emmy Rossum, Kristin Davis, Jordana Brewster and designers Rachel Roy, Tracy Reese, Chris Benz and Project Runway winner Christian Siriano.  Lifetime will also air the special Road to the Runway prior to the premiere at 8p which serves as an introduction to the new competing designers. 

This holiday season BET airs the Network World Premiere of Alex Haley’s epic miniseries Roots (1977) beginning this Friday at 8p.  All six parts of Roots, celebrating its 35th anniversary, will air from Friday night through this Sunday, December 23.  BET will continue the story with Roots: The Gift (1988) on December 24 at 11p; Roots: The Next Generations (1979) on December 25 at 8a; and Alex Haley’s Queen (1993) on December 26 at 8a.

Univision aired the 28-hour TeletonUSA which reached 13.9 million viewers who tuned in to watch all or part of the broadcast.  Overall, the 28-hour broadcast on Univision averaged 1.2 million total viewers and 585,000 among A18-49.  Additionally, the broadcast raised more than $8 million for children with disabilities in the US.

Hallmark Channel reports its Countdown to Christmas original holiday movie series, 12 original movies airing on consecutive Saturday nights since November 3, have delivered an average 2.6 household rating in primetime and have reached more than 21.1 million unduplicated viewers.  Five of Hallmark Channel’s original movies have also ranked as the #1 cable program of the day: Matchmaker Santa (November 17), A Bride for Christmas (December 1) and Help for the Holidays (December 9) all delivered a 3.0 HH rating; Baby’s First Christmas (December 15) posted a 2.8 HH rating; and Naughty or Nice (November 24) pulled in a 2.6 HH rating.

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~ DISTRIBUTION, CARRIAGE & CLEARANCE ~

Ovation, the only cable network exclusively dedicated to the arts was informed by Time Warner Cable it will be removed from TWC’s lineup when the current contract expires on December 31, 2012.  This move will mean TWC’s customers will no longer have access to Ovation’s arts programming.  Over the last six years, Ovation has grown from 5 to 51 million homes (based on Nielsen Universe Estimate, December 2012).  Ovation is also available on other major cable, satellite and telco systems across the US.  The network has a petition that TWC customers can sign at: http://www.keepovation.com.

Cox Communications announced improvements to its premium TV product, Cox Advanced TV Plus with an upgrade to the Trio Program Guide.  The new enhancement will allow customers to receive personal recommendations for up to eight users in a household, based on movies and shows that are favorites; pause live TV from any TV in the Whole Home DVR network; and navigate TV listings faster and easier with additional slots.  Cox is the first US multichannel video operator to offer individualized recommendations for video on the TV.  The updated Trio Program Guide debuted in certain Cox markets in November and will be rolled out to Cox’s full system by the end of this month.  The upgrade is free to existing Cox Advanced TV Plus customers.

The talk show Jeremy Kyle will not be returning for a third season as announced by Debmar-Mercury’s co-presidents Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, reports B&C.  The show featuring British talk show host, Jeremy Kyle did not see ratings progress in many of the local markets that carried the show.  Kyle also stars in a similar show on UK’s ITV and that show, which is produced separately from the US version, will continue.


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~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~

A month before the series finale of 30 Rock on January 31, Universal Television inked an overall deal with executive producer Jack Burditt.  The deal is similar to ones made with creator Tina Fey and star-producer Alec Baldwin.  Burditt’s deal is for another two years at Universal where he will develop new series.

GMC TV revealed production details on two new original GMC World Premiere feature films that were filmed in British Columbia.  Filming is currently underway on Jingle Bell Rock starring Drew Lachey (Dancing with the Stars) and The Carpenter’s Miracle starring Cameron Mathison (All My Children) just finished production.  Both films are produced by Entertainment One (eOne) and eOne also handles the international distribution.

~ INTERNATIONAL HAPPENINGS ~

Canada’s Peace Point Rights secured sales for several of its lifestyle series: Keasha’s Perfect Dress with 14 half-hour episodes was licensed to Mediaset in Spain, Digicast in Italy and Ebony Life TV in Sub-Sahara Africa.  Mediaset also picked up the half-hour special Colin and Justin’s Street Swap.  Bake with Anna Olson with 40 half-hour episodes was acquired by Digiturk in Turkey and Chello Zone in the UK.  Chimp Mommy with two half-hour eps was sold to Thai Public Broadcasting Service and The Living Channel NZ through Peace Point’s distribution partnership with Bomanbridge Media for representation in Australasia.


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~ RATINGS ~

Top Ten Ad-Supported Basic Cable Network Performance among A18-49 for the week of: 12/10-12/16/12
Primetime    (000)        Total Pgm Day     (000)
ESPN              1411          ADSM*                  753
DISC              1158          ESPN                     611                    
FAM               1046          NICK                      602                    
TBSC               974          USA                       526
USA                 961          NAN*                     522
TNT                 863          DISC                      462
ADSM              776          TNT                        460
AEN                 743          FAM                        441
FX                   727          TBSC                      421
HIST                642          AEN                        410
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data.
All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 114,600,000 homes.
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day.
Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen data stream; Preliminary: Live+SD. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8P-11P and Sun 7P-11P. Total day is Mon-Sun 6A-6A for household and demographic performance.

Top Ten Ad-Supported Basic Cable Network Performance among Total Viewers for the week of: 12/10-12/16/12        
Primetime    (000)      Total Pgm Day            (000)
ESPN              2887       NICK                             2046
USA                2775       USA                              1474
FAM                2274       ADSM*                          1395
DISC              2134        FOXN                            1298
TNT                2002        ESPN                            1137
FOXN             1894        NAN*                            1125
TBSC             1772        TOON                            1087
HIST              1751        TNT                               1076
HALL              1660        FAM                               984
AEN               1605        HIST                               869
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data.
All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 114,600,000 homes.
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day.
Notes: Data based on most currently available Nielsen data stream; Preliminary: Live+SD. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8P-11P and Sun 7P-11P. Total day is Mon-Sun 6A-6A for household and demographic performance.

Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 12/10-12/16/12
ESPN     Houston/New England                   7014
NFLN     2012  Bengals vs. Eagle s              2558
DISC     American Chopper                          2489
DISC     Gold Rush                                       2438
BRAV     Real Housewives of Atlanta           2344
DISC     Amish Mafia 1030p                         2107
ESPN     Sportscenter 12/10 1140p             2093
DISC     Moonshiners                                   2041
DISC     Amish Mafia 9p                                2016
TBSC    The Big Bang Theory                        1886
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total US Television
Universe of 114,600,000 home; Ranked by Delivery (000); Preliminary: Live+SD

Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 12/10-12/16/12
NBC    Sunday Night Football                                 8.7/22              11033
CBS    The Big Bang Theory                                   5.4/17               6885
CBS    60 Minutes                                                  4.9/12               6180
ABC    Modern Family                                             4.2/11               5306
CBS    Two and a Half Men                                     4.1/12               5207
NBC    Football Night in America Part 3                  4.0/11               5008
CBS    2 Broke Girls 930p 12/10                             3.8/9                 4754
NBC    The Voice 12/10                                          3.8/10               4811
CBS    2 Broke Girls 12/10                                      3.7/9                4735
NBC    The Voice 12/11                                          3.6/10               4532       
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data

Broadcast Evening News Weekly Average Ratings (week of December 10, 2012)
NBC:       9.42 million total viewers; 2.3/8 and 2.69 million A25-54
ABC:       8.35 million total viewers; 1.8/7 and 2.17 million A25-54
CBS:       7.15 million total viewers; 1.7/6 and 2.03 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live+SD

Saturday A18-49 Analysis:  CBS led on Saturday night with a 1.5/5 among A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  At 8p, CBS’ movie Elf did best at 1.2/4 followed by double Cops episodes on FOX at an average of 0.8/3.  CBS continued to lead through 9p with more of the movie Elf at 1.8/6 and ABC’s movie Transformers came in second at 1.0/3.  At 10p, ABC then moved up to first place with its movie presentation at 1.4/5 and NBC’s Chicago Fire repeat and TeleFutura’s special Jenni Por Siempre tied for second place at 0.7/2 each. 

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, December 15, 2012  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.


CBS: 2.8/5             CBS Saturday Movie: Elf [r] 2.8/5


ABC: 1.8/3              ABC Saturday Movie of the Week: Transformers [r] 1.8/3


NBC: 1.7/3              Chicago Fire [r] 1.5/3, Chicago Fire [r] 1.7/3, Chicago Fire [r] 1.9/3


FOX: 1.5/3              Cops [p] 1.7/3, Cops 2 [r] 1.9/3, Kitchen Nightmares [r] 1.1/2


UNIV: 0.9/2            Teleton USA 0.9/2


TF: 0.7/1                Jenni Rivera: Muere Dama [7p start] 0.6/1, Jenni Por Siempre 0.7/1


ION: 0.6/1              Numb3rs 0.7/1, Law & Order: CI 0.5/1, Law & Order: CI 0.7/1


TELE: 0.4/1             Jenni: Siempre Vivira [7p start] 0.7/1, Cine en Casa: Home Alone 0.4/1


A18-49:  CBS 1.5/5, ABC 1.0/3, FOX 0.7/2, TF 0.7/2, UNIV 0.6/2, NBC 0.5/2, TELE 0.4/1, ION 0.2/1



Sunday A18-49 Analysis:  NBC once again ruled Sunday night with the A18-49 viewers at 7.3/19, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  In the 7p hour though, ABC won with an encore of America’s Funniest Home Videos at 1.4/4 followed by back-to-back The Cleveland Show episodes on FOX at an average of 1.2/4.  NBC won at 8p with a combo of Football Night in America Part 3 and the start of the NFL game at an average of 5.5/15 while CBS’ 60 Minutes was not far behind at 4.9/12.  The San Francisco versus New England game on NBC climbed in ratings to an 8.9/21 during 9p and the season finale of Survivor: Philippines on CBS came next at 3.3/8.  NBC logged the final win of the night at 10p for more of the NFL game at 8.8/22 and CBS’ Survivor finale ranked #2 at 3.1/8.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, December 16, 2012 time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.


NBC: 11.7/18         Football Night in America Part 2 1.9/3, Football Night in America Part 3 6.3/10, NBC Sunday Night Football: San Francisco at New England 13.9/22


CBS: 8.2/13              60 Minutes 12.1/18, Survivor: Philippines Finale 6.8/10


ABC: 2.7/4              America’s Funniest Home Videos [r] 3.7/6, Wipeout [r] 2.0/3, Wipeout [r] 1.3/2, The Bachelorette: Ashley & JP’s Wedding 2.7/4


FOX: 1.9/3             The Cleveland Show [r] 1.3/2, The Cleveland Show 1.7/3, The Simpsons 2.0/3, Bob’s Burgers 1.9/3, Family Guy [r] 2.2/3, American Dad [r] 2.1/3


UNIV: 1.7/3           Aqui y Ahora 1.5/2, Jenni Rivera Concerto 1.8/3, Sal y Pimienta 1.9/3


ION: 1.0/2             Sunday 7PM Movie: A Christmas Kiss [r] 1.1/2, Sunday 9PM Movie: A Star for Christmas [r] 1.0/1


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


TELE: 0.5/1            Cars 0.5/1


A18-49:  NBC 7.3/19, CBS 3.7/9, FOX 1.5/4, UNIV 1.2/3, ABC 1.1/3, TELE 0.5/1, TF 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1



Monday A18-49 Analysis:  CBS won by a narrow margin Monday at 3.1/8 A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  NBC’s The Voice hit the right note among viewers at 8p with a 4.1/11 followed by an hour-long How I Met Your Mother on CBS at 3.4/9.  At 9p, CBS’ comedies 2 Broke Girls and Mike & Molly was #1 at an average of 3.4/9 followed by NBC with a combination of The Voice and the sneak preview of new sitcom 1600 Penn at an average of 3.2/9.  CBS then gained the last win of the night as Hawaii Five-O posted a 2.4/7 followed by NBC’s Take It All finale at 1.5/4. 

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, December 17, 2012  time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.


CBS: 6.2/10              How I Met Your Mother 5.4/8, 2 Broke Girls 6.2/9, Mike & Molly 6.7/10, Hawaii Five-O 6.7/11


NBC: 5.6/9               The Voice 8.0/12, 1600 Penn [p] 4.1/6, Take It All 2.7/5


ABC: 3.0/5               Extreme Makeover Home Edition 2.7/4, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 3.0/4, Castle [r] 3.5/6


UNIV: 2.0/3              Por Ella Soy Eva 2.0/3, Amores Verdaderos 2.2/3, Amor Bravio 1.8/3


FOX: 1.8/3                DreamWorks Dragons 2.2/3, Ice Age Mammoth Christmas 2.1/3, Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown [r] 1.5/2


CW: 0.9/1                 Gossip Girl 0.8/1, Gossip Girl [f] 0.9/1


ION: 0.9/1                Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 1.0/2


TELE: 0.8/1               Rosa Diamante 0.8/1, Corazon Valiente 0.7/1, Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal 1.0/2, El Rostro de la Venganza 0.6/1


TF: 0.4/1                  Cineplex Mon [7p star r] 0.4/1, Cineplex 2 Mon [r] 0.4/1


A18-49:  CBS 3.1/8, NBC 3.0/8, UNIV 1.5/4, FOX 1.2/3, ABC 1.1/3, CW 0.7/2, TELE 0.7/2, ION 0.4/1, TF 0.2/1


~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~

Music Mastermind named James Mitchell as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO), reporting to Matt Serletic, Co-Founder/CEO.  James previously held executive positions at Muve Music and Napster where he was CTO.  In his new role, James will manage the development and cross-platform expansion of the company’s proprietary cloud-based music rendering and rights engine. 

Effective immediately Erin Jontow was elevated to VP/Scripted Programming at BBC America.  Erin has been with the network since 2005, first as Manager/Program Acquisitions and most recently as Senior Director/Scripted Development and Programming.  She continues to report to Richard De Croce, SVP/Programming. 


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Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: In Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Thurl Ravenscroft sings the song “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch.”  Ravenscroft is better known as the voice of what animated character on TV commercials? Tony the Tiger.  Kudos to: Charles Mannino-Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications, LLC/Eatontown, NJ; Julie Morris-Scripps Networks/Knoxville, TN; McPaul Smith-BBC America/NYC; Barry Schiffer-WJZ-TV/Baltimore; Brian Fleming-FlemCo Media; John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas; Dan Loving-KOCB & KOKH-TV/Oklahoma City; Mike Hook-Lambert Media Group/Nashville; Patti Rodriguez-KXRM & KXTU/Colorado Springs; Tena Hawkes-University of Arizona/Tucson; Dale Warshaw-KMSB & KTTU/Tucson; Karen Weiver-High Noon Entertainment/Denver; Kerri Huyck-CFB/Pasco, WA; Pat Brady-CESD/LA; Hank Hope-American Casino & Entertainment Properties/Las Vegas; Marcy Goldman/West Hollywood.

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JOB OPENING: AD SALES ACCT EXEC’S/PAC-12/SF, AZ, WA: AE’s for multimedia ad sales. 3+ yrs sales exp. See full posting/apply to: http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?k=JobListing&c=qnc9Vfwn&v=1 (12/21)

JOB OPENING: SELLING DIRECTOR/DIGITAL AD SALES/NY: Gen online rev thru dig products across A+E Networks portfolio. Full Info/Apply: www.aenetworks.com/career.html (12/20)

JOB OPENING: SALES ASSISTANT/REELZ/NYC: Work with Sales AEs to maintain, flight, steward and reconcile sales orders with clients. Some planning exp a plus. Apply: [email protected] (12/20)

JOB OPENING: SR ACCT EXEC, DIG MEDIA SALES (3)/CRACKLE NETWORK/LA/Chi/NYC: Crackle Ntwrk. Dev new bus/mng list of names accts, 5yrs dig adv exp, & 2 yrs video media sales req, [email protected] (12/20)

JOB OPENING: RESEARCH ANALYST/ESPN/CT: Resp for reporting, tracking, forecasting national & local data for ESPN Deportes. Proficiency in MS Office/Nielsen data preferred. Apply: espncareers.com/ [email protected] (12/20)

JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, DIGITAL PRODUCT MGMT/Cablevision/Bethpage NY: Run day-to-day ops, user experience & strategy for biz & consumer portals; 12+ yrs prod mktg exp. Apply to [email protected] (12/20)

JOB OPENING: SR RSCH ANLST/NBCUniversal/NY: 1+ yrs Natl media rsrch@cable, brdcst, synd or ad agency; Natl Nielsen systems & data knwlg required. Support Bdcst Ent Programming http://www.nbcunicareers.com/search_nbc/ (12/20)

JOB OPENING: DIR, MGR & SR ANALYST AD SALES STRAT/NBCUNI/NYC: Dvlp. insightful /actionable rsrch & strat. in support cable/dig portfolio. Seeking EXp’d only.  For more info/ Apply: #7952BR. http://www.nbcunicareers.com/search_nbc/ (12/20)

JOB OPENING: MKTG MGR/Myx TV/LA: Myx TV is the fastest growing Asian American entertainment cable TV network.  Apply now: Please visit for details. http://ejob.bz/ATS/jb.do?reqGK=655626 (12/20)

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 INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: GWIST (NYC) ASSIST IN PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT: at new gay YouTube premium channel. 10-15 hours per week. Must be a social media and YouTube junkie! Send resume to [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: NO ORDINARY TEMP: Licnsng, Promo, Brand Mgmt & Mktg Exec. Caught w/out your right hand employee during a mat/sick leave or hiring freeze? Resp, polished & can hit ground running. Avail ASAP. [email protected] (12/20)

SITUATION WANTED: CONTENT DISTRIBUTION, ACQUISITION, BUSINESS AFFAIRS ATTORNEY: Multi-platform cable, sat, mobile, Internet, IPTV experience w/ Nat Geo Ch, Weather Ch, XM Satelllite, TCI, Cablevision. Consult or FT. [email protected] (1/5)

SITUATION WANTED:  Leading Hollywood Nutrition Expert, Dietitian & Host looking for opportunities. Natural & high energy on camera, quoted in over 90 media outlets. See http://www.lisadefazio.com/ for reels! Contact [email protected] (1/5)

E-mail [email protected] or call Trish Pihonak at 888.702.3858 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 19, 2012


ABC: The Middle [r], The Neighbors [r], Modern Family [r], The Year with Katie Couric
CBS: A Home for the Holidays with Rascal Flatts, Criminal Minds [r], CSI [r]
CW: Noel
FOX: The X Factor (Live, Season Finale Part 1)
ION: WWE Main Event, The Perfect Storm
MyTV: Numb3rs, Numb3rs
NBC: The 2012 Miss Universe Competition, Chicago Fire
PBS: Nature, NOVA, NOVA
TeleFutura: Rocky Balboa, La Amenaza
Telemundo: Miss Universo 2012
Univision: Por Ella Soy Eva, Amores Verdaderos, Amor Bravio

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