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CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis
02/15/06
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, February 15, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Nielsen Media Research will soon begin measuring out of home viewership in college dorms. After a two year pilot program sponsored by several Nielsen clients including Turner Broadcasting, WB, CBS, MTV Networks, Fox and ESPN, Nielsen installed meters in college dorms and then spent a year understanding the impact of the numbers once college dorm viewers were included in the national sample. Part of that research revealed that during the 2004-05 academic year, Nielsen estimates college dorm students watched on average 24.3 hours of television per week. Once added into the national sample, this extended home viewing would likely increase the A18-24 demo by anywhere from 3-12%, or an increase of 0.2 to 1.0 for an individual program. No small potatoes. The new service is scheduled to kick in early next year.
*MORE GOOD STUFF*In a letter signed by Leslie Moonves and Barry Meyer, more than 200 WB, UPN and independent stations were notified on Monday that the new CW network will begin its market by market evaluation to determine which stations it will ask to align with the new network. What the letter did not include were details on its planned reverse compensation plans.
Fox has a new series slated to kick off on March 22 at 930p called Unan1mous. The set up is simple – put nine people in a bunker and don’t let them out until they vote on which of them should walk away with a check for $1.5 million. One catch – that cash prize diminishes according to the amount of time they spend deciding. So this could be a one-time-only special …. or it could drag on for weeks. With that said, each episode will include a elimination of one bunker-mate as a potential recipient of the cash, tho nobody leaves the bunker until the final decision has been made. Unan1mous was created by Lincoln Hiatt and co-created by J.D. Roth and Todd Nelson.
The Turner Broadcasting networks and ABC have picked up the theatrical film King Kong from NBC Universal, with a premiere date set for 2008. The film will go to Turner first and to ABC later the same year, before returning to Turner. How the film bicycles between Turner’s TBS and TNT remains to be determined. Also included in the Turner package are four other titles from NBC Universal: Doom, Two for the Money, The Ice Harvest and Prime. All but one of these will also start in 2008, while Prime will premiere in 2010 after a Lifetime run. King Kong premiered on December 14, 2005, and since then has earned $216 million at the domestic box office. No financial terms were disclosed.
MTV’s My Sweet 16 is scheduled to return with a new season of 7 episodes on April 12.
Bravo’s Outrageous and Contagious: Viral Videos series will debut on February 20 at 10p with the first of six 30-minute episodes.
OLN has announced their international cycling lineup for the upcoming season, which begins on march 5th wtih the Paris-Nice competition, swings thru Italy on March 19 with the Milan San Remo, and continues back to France, then to Belgium, Italy again, and culminating in the Tour de France in early July. On board to host the network’s coverage will be Phil Liggett, Paul Sherwen and Bob Roll. Check OLN listings for complete lineup of cycling events.
EchoStar Communications‘ Pres/COO Michael Neuman resigned this past Monday. Stepping up to fulfill Neuman’s job will be Vice Chairman Carl Vogel and Chief Technical Officer Michael Dugan (who is also the former Pres/COO). The news came out in an SEC filing on Tuesday. There has been no official statement from EchoStar.
The third season on BET‘s College Hill will debut on March 2 at 9p, kicking off the season with a 60m premiere. The show will air regularly thereafter on Thursdays from 9-930p.
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution will take on the media sales duties for the syndicated series Access Hollywood with the start of the 2006-07 season. The show is currently in its 10th season.
* NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *MTV has ordered up three new reality series, according to Hollywood Reporter:
- Tiara Girls is scheduled to debut on April 19 with the first of 8 episodes. This show follows the day to day life of young women as they prepare for and participate in beauty pageants.
- MTV Juvies, scheduled to hit the air this summer, follows the lives of first time teen offenders in Illinois from the court room thru their stays at a local juvenile detention center. MTV has ordered 8 episodes.
- Two-A-Day is about a real high school football team upon which the entire town has placed its hopes and dreams. The team is from Hoover, Alabama, and cameras follow the town fanaticism as well as the pressures put on the student athletes to fulfill the town’s expectations and hopefully receive college scholarships.
Casting Notes ….
Three from Fox:
- Signed to the lead role in the drama pilot Vanished is Gale Harold. The story unfolds over the course of the season, with the investigation following the disappearance of a senator’s wife.
- In Fox’s comedy project The 12th Man, the network has signed Jodi Lyn O’Keefe to play the role of the assistant basketball coach. This project was inspired by the life of former NBA basketball player Paul Shirley who spent the majority of his career on the bench.
- And in the comedy project The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and is Little Friend, Mircea Monroe and Margo Harshman have joined the lineup.
ABC‘s untitled comedy pilot starring Danny Comden has cast Bonnie Somerville to play opposite Comden. This project is from Warner Bros. TV.
Also from ABC, the drama pilot Men in Trees about a female psychologist who moves to Alaska, fed up with men in general after learning her devoted husband hasn’t been very devoted, has cast Anne Heche as the psychologist suddenly faced with a bevy of single men.
NBC‘s drama project Seeing Red is in the final states of negotiation with Jeff Goldblum to star. The story is about a cop (Goldblum) who talks to dead people to help solve cases.
CBS drama project Ultra has cast Lena Headey as the single city-dwelling comic book super hero.
* EXECUTIVE MOVES *Allison Page has been named VP/Primetime Programming for Food Network. She will oversee the network’s primetime series as well as network programming stunts.
Wayne Goldstein has been upped to VP/New Media Research and Sales Planning at Sony Pictures Television, reporting to Douglas Roth, SVP/Television Research. Wayne will work directly with the pay TV sales department, and contribute to strategic initiatives and planning in all new media areas, as well as continue to oversee the sales planning area in the research department where he works closely with the sales staff.
* RATINGS *Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of 2/6-2/12:
Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000)
USA 2777 NICK 2181
TNT 2182 NAN* 1495
ESPN 1744 TNT 1379
TBS 1620 USA 1339
LIFETIME 1614 CARTOON 1131
NAN 1548 ADULT SWIM* 1027
FOX NEWS 1495 TBS 1003
CARTOON 1469 LIFETIME 985
SPIKE 1421 FOX NEWS 871
FX 1168 ESPN 801
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. Live + SD Data
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 110,200,000 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 2/6-2/12:
Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000)
USA 1228 NAN* 707
TBS 1013 TNT 665
TNT 922 TBS 624
ESPN 800 USA 609
SPIKE 689 NICK 551
FX 657 ADULT SWIM* 450
LIFETIME 625 ESPN 441
COMEDY 570 LIFETIME 432
DISCOVERY 568 FX 398
MTV 513 SPIKE 370
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. Live + SD Data
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 110,200,000 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 2/6-2/12:
USA WWE Mon 10p 2962
ESPN AFC/NFC Pro Bowl 2960
USA WWE Mon 9p 2790
TNT Budweiser Shootout 2769
MTV RW/RR Gaunlet 2130
LIFE For One Night 1735
TNT Bank of America Pre Race 1624
MTV Meet the Barkers 1594
TBS Underworld 1546
TNT Budweiser Shootout Rainout 1501
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data. Live + SD Data
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 110,200,000 homes
Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of 2/6-2/12:
Fox: American Idol Tuesday 16,730
Fox: American Idol Wednesday 14,860
ABC Grey’s Anatomy 14,670
ABC Desperate Housewives 12,960
CBS: CSI 12,100
Fox House 11,370
ABC Lost 9960
NBC Winter Olympics Sun 9690
CBS Grammy Awards 9260
NBC Winter Olympics Sat 8730
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data
Monday- A18-49 Analysis: NBC owned every hour of primetime on Monday night, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. Among A18-49, NBC averaged a 6.5/16, followed by ABC with a 3.9/10. At 8p the Olympics scored a 5.7/15, and built each hour thru prime — at 9p it earned a 6.9/16 and at 10p a 7.1/17. Fox came closest to NBC at 9p among all the other competitors, with a 5.4/12, just four share points off the winning mark.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Monday, February 13, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
NBC 12.8/19 Olympic Winter Games 12.8/19
CBS 7.5/11 King of Queens [r] 6.3/10, How I Met Your Mother [r] 5.5/8, Two and a Half Men [r] 8.8/12, Courting Alex 7.2/10, CSI: Miami [r] 8.6/14
ABC 6.2/9 Wife Swap [r] 5.8/9, The Bachelor: Paris 6.0/9, The Bachelor: Paris 6.7/11
FOX 6.2/9 Skating with Celebrities 4.9/7, 24 7.5/11
WB 3.0/4 7th Heaven 4.0/6, Related 1.9/3
UPN 2.1/3 One on One 1.7/3, All of Us 2.0/3, Girlfriends 2.5/4, Half and Half 2.3/3
UNIV 2.1/3 Contra Viento y Marea 2.3/3, Alborada 2.4/3, Cristina 1.5/2
TELE 0.8/1 El Cuerpo del Deseo 1.2/2, Corazón Partido 0.6/1, Decisiones – Casos Extraordinarios 0.7/1, Decisiones 0.6/1
A18-49: NBC 6.5/16, ABC 3.9/10, CBS 3.7/9, Fox 4.0/10, WB 1.6/4, Univ 1.5/4, UPN 1.3/3, Tele 0.7/2
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM GOSPEL MUSIC CHANNEL
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The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1804: New Jersey abolishes slavery; the state is the last Northern state to make slavery illegal
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: This commercial was famous for telling you, “Follow my nose it always knows”. What were they selling? FROOT LOOPS Kudos to: Gloria L. Price-CBS News/NY; Greg Scordato-UPN/NY; Seth Diamond-CNN/NY; Peggy O’Brien-Sound Advisors Inc/Salisbury CT; Seth Diamond-CNN/NY; David Gill-Clear Channel/Mobile AL; Loretta Norman-GSD &M/San Antonio; Burton Cooley-Jacobson Rost/Sheboygan WI; Candace Heathington-Time Warner/TX; Laura Black-Lulupix/LA; Lori Taylor-Fox Sports Net/LA; Dan Birman-Dan Birman Productions/Glendale; Jeff Hall-Jeff Hall Design/Studio City; Christie Lajoie-Alliance Atlantis/Toronto; Mitch Altman-Click Media/Toronto; Jennifer Tucker-CTV/Toronto
Today’s Trivia Question: Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) is one of the biggest shows currently on TV. What film was the actor who plays “Dr. McDreamy” featured in about a boy cutting lawns to make money? (click here 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.)
Later — Cyn
02.15.06 – 5:16a
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JOB OPENING: RESEARCH ANALYST/National CineMedia-NY Media research & sales support. MRI, Scarborough. Deadline-driven environment. Strong analytic & comp skills. Bach deg & 1-3 yrs exp. Include salary req. [email protected] (2/22)
JOB OPENING: SCHEDULING COORD/Lifetime/NY: A smart indv. to handle all post prod. scheduling needs for creative team. 1 yr + TV w/ knwldg of prod. process. ScheduleALL is a +. Apply: http://www.lifetimetv.com/about/jobs.html (2/22)
JOB OPENING: AD SALES TRAINING SPEC/Discovery/NY: Train ad sales staff on sys/process, new hire trng, sys rollouts/upgr, create & maint. trng docs. 2yrs+ trng exp, ind exp/knwldg of Gabriel a+ Apply: www.discovery.com; Job req#3367 (2/22)
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JOB OPENING: NATIONAL SALES MANAGER/WB20/Hartford: 5+ yrs TV or Radio Sales exp.; 1-2+ yrs Mgmt exp.; National Rep Firm exp. Resume: WTIC/WTXX-TV, HR, One Corporate Center, Hartford, CT 06103; e-mail [email protected] EOE (2/22)
JOB OPENING: SPORTS AE/Fox61/WB20/Hartford: 1+ yrs sales exp, excellent negotiation skills, strong work ethic, passion for sports. Resume: WTIC/WTXX-TV, HR, One Corporate Center, Hartford, CT 06103; e-mail [email protected] EOE (2/22)
JOB OPENING: RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES/Discovery Nets, NY: DIRECTOR/MGR/STRATEGIST. Exp w/quantitative & qualitative data req (Nielsen/MRI/primary research design);TV Exp a Must. Apply: www.discovery.com . Job req #’s 3360/3358/3368 (2/21)
JOB OPENING: RESEARCH ANALYST/Channel One Network/NY. Develop research reports/analyses & program online surveys. Galaxy Explorer/TNS/MRI a plus. 2 yrs media research. Details: ChannelOne.com . Res/salary: [email protected] (2/21)
JOB OPENING: TRAFFIC ANALYST/Channel One Network/NY. Log/process/schedule commercials, database/contract mgt, coord/record/monitor airing. 1-2 yrs admin/media/traffic exp. Details: ChannelOne.com . Res/salary: [email protected] (2/21)
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SITUATION WANTED: POST PRODUCTION MGR/NYC: Currently seeking a full time position. 10yrs exp in Video/Audio post. Currently employed and managing over 50,000 square foot facility. [email protected] (2/17)
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SITUATION WANTED: CREATIVE WRITER/PRODUCER/NYC: 6 yrs as Writer/Prod/Dir & Avid editor for on-air promos & commercials in US and UK. Great showreel. Freelance/Staff. [email protected] (2/16)
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
ABC George Lopez, Freddie, Lost, Invasion
CBS Still Standing, Yes Dear, Criminal Minds [r], CSI: NY [r]
FOX American Idol, Bones
NBC Olympic Winter Games
i Sue Thomas F.B. Eye, Early Edition, Doc
UPN South Beach, Veronica Mars
WB One Tree Hill, Beauty & the Geek II [r]
TELE El Cuerpo del Deseo, Corazon Partido, Decisiones, Rumbo al Mundial Mexico v. Korea
UNIV Contra Viento y Marea, Alborada, Don Francisco Presenta
