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CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis

12/07/05

Good morning.  It’s Wednesday, December 7, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Finale:
UPN: America’s Next Top Model at 8p

Tonight’s Premiere:
Bravo:  Project Runway at 10p* MORE GOOD STUFF *Starting on Friday, CMT will make some of its programming available for VOD with both Comcast and Charter cable systems.  Content will include spotlights on country stars and music specials, as well as some of CMT’s original series, including past seasons of Cowboy U and Popularity Contest. CMT will be added to Comcast ON DEMAND, which is currently available to the majority of the company’s customers. 

The WB has ordered a second season of Beauty & the Geek, currently scheduled to return to the lineup on Thursday, January 12 at 9p with 8 episodes.  As in the first season, this go-around will feature eight socially inept book-smart guys, and 8 beautiful women who rely a little more on their looks than their grey matter.   In pairs they will each compete for the $250,000 prize by participating in a variety of challenges.  During the first season of six episodes last summer, the program averaged a 2.2/8 among A18-34 and a 2.5/9 among M18-34, while also delivering a strong teenage audience.

So you’re a huge fan of the NCAA March Madness college basketball tournament, but you’re forever feeling jipped when your alma mater is considered an “out of market” school for your area, and you never get to see those games?  Well, CBS is working on that problem for you.  This March, CBS will make the regional games available to you free on the internet, starting March 16. CBS will offer as many as 56 games on the internet thru the regional semi-finals round.  The streaming games will be available at NCAAsports.com. 

While yesterday at this hour it was just a rumor with nothing official coming from NBC, the folks at iTunes already had a handful of NBC, SciFi and USA programming ready to download at a buck-ninety-nine a piece.  Personally, I downloaded last week’s Law & Order episode that I missed on TV and watched it on the train into the city.  All wonderfully civilized.  Among the shows offered for commercial-free download are Law & Order, The Office, Surface, Monk, Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Battlestar Galactica, as well as what is being categorized as “Vintage NBC” programs including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Knight Rider, Dragnet, and Adam 12.

Sci Fi Channel‘s premiere of its original miniseries The Triangle this past Monday evening drew in 4.3 million viewers from 9-11p.  That numbers makes Part 1 the highest rated program to air on the network since 2003 when it aired the opening night of Steven Spielberg Presents TAKEN which delivered 4.9 million viewers.  According to Sci Fi, The Triangle was the #1 non-sports program on cable Monday night, second only to USA’s WWE Monday Night Raw.  Part 2 aired last night and Part 3 is scheduled for this evening at 9p.

Verizon FiOS launched in Florida yesterday, in a small 21,000 person community within the city of Tampa called Temple Terrace, tho at this point only a quarter of that community thus far has service. The remainder will have to call for activation of the service. Verizon FiOS offers 180 channels, as well as an extensive VOD library, at a cost of $39.95 per month.  This is only the second Verizon FiOS market. By this time you know the first was the town of Keller in Texas back in September.

A quick reminder – in today’s edition of Cynopsis: Multicultural Edition, look for the MCE in Focus with the spotlight trained on ESPN Deportes.  If you’re not a current subscriber, you have a couple of options – subscribe (at www.cynopsis.com) or read the edition in the archive here .

* NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *ABC has ordered up a comedy pilot called Mo’s House with comedienne Mo’Nique, from Touchstone Television.  According to Variety, the scene is set in a small town outside of Baltimore, and the story lines will follow Mo’Nique’s own sensibilities as she plays a working class mom and wife.

NBC has added to its pilot cast for Kidnapped, a drama about the New York City kidnapping of a 15 year old son of rich parents, and the subsequent investigation which unfolds over the course of the season.  Joining the cast will be Dana Delaney as the boy’s mother.  Kidnapped is from 25C Productions, with NBC Universal Television and Sony Pictures Television.

CBS has ordered six episodes of a new reality series called Moochers, from the development minds of Dr. Phil McGraw and his son Jay McGraw, under their shingle Stage 29.  This is a topic Dr. Phil has covered in his syndicated series, wherein he helps families move the moochers out of their homes. You know, the 20 or 30-something sons who aren’t working, or the relatives who come for a weekend or “just until they find a place” and stay for a year. No dates yet.

* EXECUTIVE MOVES *Paramount Advertiser Services has appointed a trio of new vice presidents who all report to  Paul Montoya, SVP and General Sales Manager for the Division. Joan McArthur has been named VP/Research; Steven Montana has been promoted to VP/Sales & New Business Development; and Wesley Waterston has been promoted to VP/ Midwest Sales & New Business Development.  New York City-based  Joan McArthur will oversee the research department, charged with providing support to the PAS sales team. In his new position,  Steven Montana will be responsible for advertiser sales and new business development on the East Coast from his base in New York City. Wesley Waterston will oversee advertiser sales and new business development on the West Coast and in Chicago, where he is based.
 
Fred Graham, chief anchor and managing editor of Court TV, will be taking on a new role at the network effective January 1, heading up its new editorial board in Washington, D.C.  In his new role, Fred will oversee the editorial board  which will focus its efforts on key issues including the campaign for wider camera access in courtrooms, as well as tapping into local resources within the legal community to address other issues and initiatives vital to our society today.

Red Dog Entertainment has upped Jeanne Dresp to Executive Director/Production Management where she will oversee production on all original network series. She will also be involved with development activities at the company.

Breakthrough Entertainment Inc. has appointed Nat Abraham as Head of Canadian Acquisitions & Sales, a newly established division.  Nat will be responsible for the acquisition and placement of international programs into Canada. He will also work in tandem with Tanya Kelen, Head of Distribution, to secure worldwide sales on new properties.  * RATINGS *Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of November 28-December 4, 2005:
Primetime      (000)    Total Pgm Day   (000)
USA              3102     NICK              2123
ESPN             2523     NAN*              1475
TNT              2193     USA               1306
TBS              2079     TNT               1171
LIFETIME         2017    CARTOON  1097
ABC FAM 1856     LIFETIME         1080
NAN              1677     TBS               1056
FOXNEWS 1644     ADULT SWIM*     1050
CARTOON 1562     ESPN             941
 Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 109,600,000 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 A18-49 for the week of November 28-December 4, 2005:
Primetime     (000)     Total Pgm Day   (000)
USA              1475     USA               643
TBS              1293     TBS               630
ESPN             1237     NAN*              601
TNT              966      TNT               561
ABC FAM 739      ESPN             540
SPIKE            738      NICK              493
FX               681      ADULT SWIM*     487
LIFETIME         660     LIFETIME         446
MTV              636      FX                382
COMEDY  599      ABC FAM 380
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 109,600,000 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 November 28-December 4, 2005:
ESPN     Raiders/Chargers         4280
MTV     Real World XVI Reunion  2812
ESPN    NFL Prime Time           2653
usa     WWE ENT. MON 10P        2594
FX      NIP TUCK                 2385
MTV     MAKING THE BAND 3       2358
USA     WWE ENT MON 9P  2343
USA     MONK                       2228
TBS     MOVIE: MR. DEEDS         2004
USA     MOVIE: BRUCE ALMIGHTY  1978
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 109,600,000 homes

Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of 11/28-12/04/05:
ABC:     Desperate Housewives             14,330
ABC:    Grey’s Anatomy                    12,190
ABC:    NFL Monday Night Football        11,780
ABC:    Lost                                11,630
CBS:    CSI                                 10,050
CBS:     Survivor                                           9280
CBS:    CSI: Miami                        9080
NBC:    ER                                  8830
NBC:    Biggest Loser 2                   8750
NBC:    Law & Order SVU          8500
Source:  Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer

Monday — A18-49 Analysis:   According to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research measuring time period only, ABC was in front on Monday night with an overall 5.1/13 among A18-49.  CBS was #2 with a 4.2/11, followed by NBC 3.3/8, Fox 2.2/5, UPN 1.2/3, WB 1.1/3.  At 8p ABC’s Wife Swap led with a 4.3/11.  In fact, ABC was in front every hour of primetime, and CBS was #2 throughout.  At 8p CBS scored a 3.5/9 for the combined efforts of King of Queens and How I Met Your Mother (both repeats).  At 9p the first hour of the football game scored the highest A18-49 rating with a 5.7/14.  CBS and NBC tied for #2, each earning a 4.2/10 – CBS with repeat sitcoms, and NBC with an original episode of Las Vegas.  At 10p the game won by a skosh on ABC, averaging a 5.3/13 for the hour, while CBS’ CSI Miami scored a 4.9/12.  As for the return of Arrested Development, the result was a 4th ranked 2.1/6.

Fast Affiliate Ratings: Monday, December 5, 2005, for all Networks – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research. 

ABC     8.9/13   Wife Swap 7.7/12, MNF Seattle Seahawks v. Philadelphia Eagles  9.5/14

CBS     8.3/13   King Queens [r] 6.5/10, How I Met your Mother [r] 6.1/9, 2-1/2 Men [r] 9.2/13, Out of Practice [r] 7.6/11, CSI Miami [r] 10.1/16

NBC     6.7/10   Las Vegas [r] 5.7/9, Las Vegas8.2/12, Medium [r] 6.1/10

FOX     3.1/5    Arrested Development 2.8/4, Kitchen Confidential 2.1/3, Nanny 911 3.7/5

WB      2.1/3    7th Heaven [r] 2.7/4, Related [r] 1.5/2

UPN     2.0/3    One on One [r] 1.9/3, All of Us [r] 2.1/3, girlfriends [r] 2.1/3, Half and Half [r] 1.7/3

A18-49            ABC 5.1/13, CBS 4.2/11, NBC 3.3/8, Fox 2.2/5, UPN 1.2/3, WB 1.1/3

The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1787:  Underscoring the attractiveness of the new Federal Constitution to small states, delegates to the Delaware Constitutional Convention unanimously ratify the document, making Delaware the first state in the Union.  New Hampshire, another small state, was the ninth state to ratify, in 1788, at which point the Constitution was formally adopted.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Coming to ABC in January is Emily’s Reasons Why Not starring Heather Graham.  In the late 90’s, Heather starred in a film as a young girl known for her roller skates. What was the film? BOOGIE NIGHTS.  Kudos to: John Mooney-Edna Cowan Management/NY; Bret Rice-Comcast Spotlight/Pittsburgh; Jennifer Niejadlik-Pyramid Magazine/NY; Michele Stark-Comcast Spotlight/Washington DC; Tom Nankival-WKOW TV/Madison WI; Kevin Schmidt-National Cable Communications/Chicago; Kevin Harmann-Strata Marketing/St Louis MO; Norman C. Berns-Ask Norman-Minneapolis MN; Derek Kramer-KCBS; Lou Zaccheo-Video from Video/LA; Phil Olsman-NBC/LA; Tamar Sheff-NBC Universal/Universal City; Karen Swerdfeger-The Comedy Network/Toronto; Stacey Mazel-Alliance Atlantis Communications/Toronto Ont; Guillaume Bouquet-France Televisions/Paris; Cody Tunney-Billets Media Consulting/London

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COURT TV

“It’s amazing what you’ve done with the place!”
 That’s what you’ll say when you go to http://www.courttvmediakit.com/party and check out the photos from the
Court TV ^® Providence Party.
Not only will you see friends and colleagues having a great time, but also the ingenious renovation that transformed the landmark First Baptist Church into Providence  the latest must-be-seen hotspot!

Today’s Trivia Question:  In the 50’s where would you have found a kitten who actually is not a little cat, but a little girl named Kathleen?   (
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.)

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM OXYGEN

Audiences Say “I Do” to Oxygen’s
Romancing the Bride

On 12/3, over 1 million viewers tuned in to the premiere of Romancing the Bride, earning a record-breaking 1.0 HH rating, making it our highest-rated Original Movie to date!

Catch it again, 12/11 at 5p on Oxygen

Source: Nielsen Media Research, 12/3/05, HH CVG AA%, Total Viewer = NPower, P2+, 6 minute qualifier. Subject to qualifications available upon request.

Later — Cyn
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT:  Wednesday, December 7, 2005

ABC              George Lopez, Freddie, Lost [r], Alias
CBS              CBS Miniseries: Pope John Paul II (part 2), CSI: NY [r]
FOX              That 70’s Show, Stacked, Trading Spouses
NBC              E-Ring, The Apprentice Martha Stewart, Law & Order 
i                      Sue Thomas F.B. Eye, Early Edition, Doc
UPN              America’s Next Top Model [finale], Veronica Mars
WB                     One Tree Hill, Related [r]
TELE             El Cuerpo del Deseo,  Corazon Partido, Decisiones-Casos Extraordinarios, Decisiones
UNIV             Contra Viento y Marea, La Esposa Virgen,  Don Francisco Presenta