A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC CABLE DISTRIBUTION
ER: STILL DOMINATING IN SEASON 12!
TOP 15 IN PRIMETIME (Out of 225+)
ADULTS 18-49 & WOMEN 18-49
Ahead of: House, Criminal Minds, Bones, Ghost Whisperer,
NCIS, In Justice and Boston Legal
ER
Available exclusively from Warner Bros. Domestic Cable DistributionSource: NTI, Explorer, Season Premiere To Date (9/19-02/12/06), Live+Same Day US Rtg.
CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis
02/22/06
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, February 22, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Rick Haskins becomes EVP/Marketing and Brand Strategy of new network The CW, reporting to Dawn Ostroff, President/Entertainment. Rick will direct and oversee all phases of marketing for the new network, including brand management, on-air promotion, print media and new media initiatives. He will be responsible for constructing The CW brand and formulating a launch campaign for the network, while directing and managing a staff that will cover all areas of television marketing. Well done, Rick!
* MORE GOOD STUFF *Yesterday cable network fuse launched a customized website for MSOs called Just for the F of it. The site features gaming and entertainment content– all beginning with the letter F. The site lives on participating MSO websites and allows each company to market products and services directly to fuse’s coveted 12-34 demo. Mark Hoppus, the former lead singer for mega-selling punk band Blink 182, serves as the site’s exclusive “tastemaker” and MC.
Great American Country (GAC) will debut The Collection, an original series, on March 1 at 9p. Hosted by Storme Warren, The Collection goes in-depth with artists on their collections of videos and offers fans behind-the-scenes inside stories on what happened on the set.
National Lampoon is increasing its online initiatives with its first full broadband, IPTV programming service, National Lampoon Toga!. Located at www.togatv.com, Toga! is a 24-hour VOD service featuring elements of National Lampoon College, features from the NationalLampoon.com website and materials from National Lampoon’s motion pictures, DVD titles and television programming.
mtvU will premiere the student-filmed and Beacon Award-nominated documentary, “mtvU Presents: Translating Genocide – Three Students Journey to Sudan” on March 12 on MTV at 11a. The documentary, filmed entirely by three college students, captures the devastation of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. mtvU’s broadband channel, mtvU Über at mtvU.com, will also offer “Translating Genocide” on-demand beginning March 12.
The YES Network has extended its contract with ABC Regional Sports Sales, a division of ABC National Television Sales, through 2006. YES programming includes New York Yankees live games, encore games and pre-game and post-game shows; New Jersey Nets live games, playoff games and pre-game and post-game shows; and various entertainment programming.
* NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *Fox has reached into its development bag from 2001 and has pulled out the project Wedding Album about a wedding photographer and his assistant. The project has been given an order to produce a pilot. The project was originally from Andy Tennant, who will also direct the pilot. Tennant directed the film Hitch. Fox Television Studios will produce.
Just yesterday I told you Ving Rhames will co-star in The CW’s new series Aquaman as the hero’s mentor. Nothing’s changed there. What has changed is who will play Aquaman. As of yesterday, it was Will Toale. As of this morning …. Justin Hartley. Will was chosen when this project was still on the WB’s development slate. With a new sheriff in town, namely CW’s Dawn Ostroff overseeing the development slate of the new network, the casting change was made. This project is from Warner Bros. TV.
Casting Notes …
ABC:
- Without a Face has added Kim Raver as one of the nine strangers that make up this ensemble drama of people held hostage in a bank robbery.
- Enemies, a drama about two men who were best buddies as children, and are now on opposite sides of the law, has cast Jeffrey Donovan as the bad buddy. Enemies is from Touchstone TV.
- The Taye Diggs project called Day Break has added Meta Golding to the cast as Digg’s sister. Diggs is a cop who was framed for murder and spends the series trying to prove his innocence while tracking the real murderer.
- Women in Law about women all working in a lawfirm, has cast Kelli Williams who you’re familiar with from another legal series, The Practice.
- And Ugly Betty about a fairly unattractive tho highly skilled administrative assistant, has added Ashley Jensen to the cast as Betty’s best friend.
Fox:
- Sony Pictures TV comedy project Til Death has added Eddie Kaye Thomas to the cast list.
- Becoming Glen, from 20th Century Fox TV, has cast Erinn Hayes, opposite Rob Corddry and Julie Hagerty.
Casting Call: The second season of So You Think You Can Dance will premiere Thursday, May 25 at 8p on Fox, from 19 Entertainment Ltd., and dick clark productions. Its search for the ultimate dancer begins in New York City on March 2 before moving on to Los Angeles and then Chicago. If this is your cup of tea and you’re between 18 and 30, check out Fox.com for audition specifics.
* EXECUTIVE MOVES *Rick Haskins becomes EVP/Marketing and Brand Strategy of new network The CW, reporting to Dawn Ostroff, President/Entertainment. Rick will direct and oversee all phases of marketing for the new network, including brand management, on-air promotion, print media and new media initiatives. He will be responsible for constructing The CW brand and formulating a launch campaign for the network, while directing and managing a staff that will cover all areas of television marketing. Well done, Rick!
Cat Deeley, one of the leading television hosts in the UK, has been named to host the second season of Fox’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, set to debut in May.
John Cucci has been upped to COO/Comedy Central/Spike TV/TV Land Entertainment Group, reporting to Doug Herzog. John will be responsible for the corporate strategy and business development, production management, business and legal affairs and human resources and finances for the newly-formed group of networks. He moves over to the Entertainment Group from MTV Networks where he served as CFO for the last three years.
Colette Chestnut has been named EVP/CFO, MTV Networks. She succeeds John Cucci and will report to Michael Wolf President/COO, MTVN, as of March 20. Colette will manage MTVN’s financial operations and will be a member of the MTVN Management Committee. She joins MTVN from JWT where she served as CFO/North America since 2000.
Lisa Richards becomes the new Director/Affiliate Marketing, reporting to Peter Clifford, VP/Distribution and Affiliate Marketing, of WWE Distribution and Affiliate Marketing Group. Lisa will run a five-person affiliate marketing team.
Mark Carleton becomes non-executive Board Director of Mobile Streams, a role he will assume in addition to his current position as SVP/Liberty Media Corporation and Chairman/TruePosition,Inc., Liberty’s wireless location subsidiary.
Sam Zoda has been named EVP/Granada America, West Coast. Sam will continue to be based at the company’s headquarters in Sherman Oaks.
National Geographic Ventures has named Bernice Chu VP/Business Development, reporting to Edward Prince, CEO/President of Distribution. Bernice will be responsible for the analysis, negotiation and closure of domestic and international business transactions for broadcast, cable, home video, DVD, Internet, IPTV and broadband, from development through distribution. She also will work closely with Prince on overall strategy and business development for the division.
Ad agency JWT named Nicholas Read as CFO of the Americas. In this new, expanded position, he will be responsible for all operations in North and Latin America. He was previously COO of Latin America. Nicholas will be based in New York and report to Lewis Trencher, Worldwide CFO. Oscar Laino has also been upped to Regional Finance Director for Latin America and the Caribbean. He was previously CFO of Argentina. Oscar will report to Nicholas.
One upping and two new additions to Horizon Media: Dorothy Eckert has been upped to Associate Director/Direct Response Buying. Jon Katz joins the Direct Response Buying team as a Supervisor. And Susan Dempsey joins as a Senior Buyer.
World Wrestling Entertainment is unifying all its cable, satellite, and telco affiliate activities under a new in-house WWE Distribution and Affiliate Marketing Group to be headed by Peter Clifford, VP/Distribution and Affiliate Marketing. The group starts work on April 3 and will drive distribution of WWE’s subscription VOD service and other products, assuming the activities of long-time marketing agency TEAM Services.
* RATINGS *Monday – A18-49 Analysis: NBC led Monday night with a 6.8/16 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. Fox was #2 with a 5.5/13, followed by ABC with 4.0/9 and CBS with 3.4/8. Trailing behind were Univision 1.8/4, UPN 1.4/3, WB 0.9/2 and Telemundo 0.7/2. At 8p NBC led the pack with a 5.3/14, just two share points higher than Fox’s House. At 9p NBC easily held the lead with 6.9/15. For the 10-11p hour, NBC got more love for its pairs skating with a 7.4/18 than ABC did for Bachelor Travis, stomping on his roses by eight share points, and more than CSI: Miami, outpacing it by 6 share points.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Monday, February 20, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
NBC 13.5/20 Olympic Winter Games 2006 13.5/20
FOX 8.4/12 House 8.7/13, 24 8.1/11
CBS 6.7/10 King of Queens [r] 5.9/9, How I Met your Mother 4.9/7, Two and a Half Men [r] 7.8/11, Courting Alex [r] 5.5/8, CSI Miami [r] 8.0/12
ABC 6.1/9 Wife Swap (2 hrs) 6.1/9, The Bachelor 6.1/9
UNIV 2.2/3 Contra Viento y Marea 2.3/3, Alborada 2.4/3, Cristina 2.0/3
UPN 2.2/3 One on One 2.0/3 , All of Us 2.3/3, Girlfriends 2.3/3 , Half and Half 2.2/3
WB 1.9/3 Movie: Agent Cody Banks 1.9/3
Tele 0.9/1 El Cuerpo del Deseo 1.1/2, Corazón Partido 0.8/1, Decisiones – Casos Extraorinarios 0.7/1, Decisiones 0.7/1
A18-49: NBC 6.8/16, Fox 5.5/13, ABC 4.0/9, CBS 3.4/8, Uni 1.8/4, UPN 1.4/3, WB 0.9/2, Tele 0.7.2
The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1821 – Spain sold Florida to the United States for the price of 5 million dollars
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question courtesy of Andrew Dinerman-HRP/NY: Who Am I? Before becoming a worldwide music superstar, I wrote the jingles for the famous commercials including “Like a good Neighbor State Farm is there” and “I am stuck on Band Aids ’cause Band Aids stuck on me?” Who Am I? BARRY MANILOW Kudos to: David Polakoff-Granada America/NY; Linda Kitchens-PTCUMC/Peachtree City GA; Jim Halling-Comcast Spotlight/Washington DC; Harvey Adelberg-Janet Leslie Productions Inc/New Haven; Erin Camin-Starcom/Chicago; Joe E. Dale-Me TV/Chicago; Mary Voll Miller-EPI/Austin; Jennifer Robinson-CBS TV/Dallas; Warren Baker-WB Prods/LA; Lance Taylor-Indie Prod/LA; Donovan Jacobs-ABC Cable Networks/Burbank; George Sealey-Mark Burnett Productions/LA; Caroline A. Godin-Ellis Entertainment/Toronto; Ruby Cruz-Life Network & National Geographic Channel/Toronto; Kristine Bochum-MyChia Productions/Cape Town, South Africa; Andrea D’Ambrosio-NBC/Torino Italy
Today’s Trivia Question: “You Complete Me” were words Tom Cruise’s character, Jerry McGuire, spoke to his co-star’s character. Where did Jerry McGuire learn these words? (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
02.22.06 – 4:58a
Ad Sales – Barbara Shapiro – 203-583-1224 / [email protected]
Classifieds – Trish Pihonak – 203.926-9878 (new number!) / [email protected]
Cynopsis : In Your Ear podcast available for download at iTunes and/or Yahoo Podcast at http://podcasts.yahoo.com/
Subscribe, unsubscribe, or change a subscription for any Cynopsis edition: www.cynopsis.com
Archived Editions: www.Cynopsis.com
Press Release Fax: 203-926-9865 (new number!)
All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free.
Copyright Cynthia Turner 2006
Cyn opsis CLASSIFIEDS —
JOB OPENING: ASSISTANT/NYC: Re-organized prod co. seeks self-motivated, intelligent indv. for entry level pos. Must have follow thru w/strong phone skills, research knwldg & excellent writing skills a must. [email protected] (3/1)
JOB OPENING: SENIOR RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL/SMITH GEIGER /LA/NY. Design & enterprise quant & qual research plans. Deliver findings to blue chip clients. Adv degree. 8 years exp. Exc comm a must. [email protected] (3/1)
JOB OPENING: DIR, SALES DEV & PROMOS/Nick /NYC: Dev promos/retail prgrms, liaison w/mktg, 57 yrs cnsmr prods mktg/sales, Home Ent/DVD/cnsmr media exp a must, strng intrprsnl/commun skills. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvncareers.com (3/1)
JOB OPENING: SALES COORDINATOR/Rainbow/NY-Support busy Affiliate Sales team w/all admin aspects. 2 yrs office exp. Must be a self starter w/exc comm and PC skills. Cable preferred. res to [email protected] (3/1)
JOB OPENING: MARKETING ADMINISTRATOR/Rainbow/NY-Assist Affiliate Sales team w/all aspects of Sales, Mktg and client service. 2 yrs Cable Sales or Mktg. Strong org, comm & project planning. res to [email protected] (3/1)
JOB OPENING: CREATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR/FOX Affiliate/Northern CA: For more info visit: http://fox40.trb.com/about/station/jobs . To apply send resume to: Fax: (916) 733-3110; Email: [email protected]. EOE (3/1)
JOB OPENING: SALES PLANNER/ Court TV, NY: For info go to: http://www.courttv.com/about/careers/ (2/28)
JOB OPENING: COORDINATOR, TRADE MKTG/WE/NYC Exp as Mktg assist/coord in trade focused environ (TV pref). Pro-active, organized team player needed. MS office, degree req. res to [email protected] (2/25)
JOB OPENING: FREELANCE PRODUCERS ON AIR PROMOS, Court TV, NY For info go to: http://www.courttv.com/about/careers/ (2/25)
JOB OPENING: RES. ANALYST/Comcast Networks/NY: Dev’p reports & analyses to support Ad Sales.1+yr media res exp. Knwldg Nielsen tools & MS Suite.Cvr Ltr/Res: [email protected]. Must apply: www.comcast.com REF#: 28365BR (2/25)
JOB OPENING: RES. DIR/Comcast Networks/NY: Mng daily activities of analysts. 5-7+ yrs media res. exp. Knwldg Nielsen tools. Excellent oral & written communication skills. Must apply: www.comcast.com REF#: 27314BR (2/25)
JOB OPENING: VP, RES./Comcast Networks/NY: Oversee/direct the design & execution of all primary & secondary res. for Comcast Nets.10+yrs exp, 5+yrs at Dir. or VP level at TV or cable net. Apply: www.comcast.com . REF# 28363BR (2/25)
JOB OPENING: VP-CONSUMER MRKTNG/Nat Geo Channel/DC: Lead all aspects of consumer marketing dept .to build awareness, dist/promote the network. Mng 5pers team.10+yrs Cons. Mar exp .Apply on-line@ www.foxcareers.com job#fng1848.EEO (2/25)
JOB OPENING: ANALYST, NTWRK RES/Univision/NY: Analysis Nielsen data, sales presentation, audience est’s. 2yrs+ res./mrktng exp. media co/advrtsng agency. MS/PP/Word/Excel, Galaxy exp. AdViews, NPower. [email protected] (2/25)
JOB OPENING: MGR, AD SALES MKTG/FINE LIVING (NY): Create, execute & manage turnkey & custom sponsorships & promotions for Scripps Net. Min 5 yrs exp & knowledge of cable req’d. [email protected] Job #5055 in subj. (2/25)
JOB OPENING: RESEARCH DIRECTOR/Superstation WGN/NY: 5+ Yrs Cable Research. Creative/strategic thinker with analytical skills. Expertise with N-Power & other Nielsen products, plus Excel & Ppt. Resume/Salary: [email protected] (2/25)
JOB OPENING: SUPERVISING PROD/SHOW RUNNER/NY based Travel/Food series: Significant reality series mngmnt experience necessary, excellent writing & post skills w/reel to match. Begin ASAP. Contact: [email protected] (2/25)
JOB OPENING: DIR OF INTERACTIVE MRKTNG/World Wrestling Entertainment/CT: Duties, develop and oversee the execution of all Internet/Wireless mrktng and promotion programs supporting all areas of WWE’s business. www.wwe-careers.com (2/25)
JOB OPENING: PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, INTERNAT’L SALESPERSON/CABLEready/Norwalk CT: Help create programs & sell them to US cable & around the world w/ this fun company. 5 yrs sales &/or dev’t exp. Req’d. e-mail [email protected] (2/25)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, AFFILIATE RELATIONS/Los Angeles, CA Court TV, NY For info go to: http://www.courttv.com/about/careers/ (2/24)
JOB OPENING: SENIOR DESIGNER/OLN/Stamford CT:10 yrs graphic design, experience in sports, print & Internet Flash req’d.Resp for production of mktg materials in support of company goals. www.olntv.com Res/salary: [email protected] (2/24)
JOB OPENING: EXEC PROD, LIFESTYLE/Discovery US Nets/Silver Spring, MD: 10 yrs field or studio prod exp as prod/writer; film, docu, reality, drama; track record of ratings performance. Apply: www.discovery.com , Job req#3387, 3146 (2/24)
JOB OPENING: PROD COORD, LIFESTYLE /Discovery US Nets/Silver Spring, MD: Provide creative & admin support to Exec Prod; 2+yrs prod exp, field & post-prod exp, edit, strong resrch. skills. Apply: www.discovery.com , Job req#3127(2/24)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, PRICING & INVENTORY/Weather Channel/NY: 6-8 yrs in media, oversee proposals, liaison between Sales and PI, Financial analysis expertise a must. Resumes: Send to [email protected] (2/24)
JOB OPENING: AD STANDARDS EDITOR, NBC Universal. Ensure that ads comply with internal & external standards, 2 yrs exp in media, communication, research, or entertainment law. Apply www.gecareers.com job # 492274 (2/24)
JOB OPENING: RADIO BOOKING PRODUCER Court TV, NY: For info go to: http://www.courttv.com/about/careers/ (2/24)
JOB OPENING: : STUDIO PRODUCER, RADIO/Court TV, NY: For info go to: http://www.courttv.com/about/careers/ (2/24)
JOB OPENING: SR INTERNET AD SALES/NY: Executive to lead rollout of broadband network featuring original programming. Experience in network/online sales, understanding of industry trends/technologies. Reply: [email protected] (2/24)
JOB OPENING: DIR MEDIA STRAT/Nat Geo Chan/DC: Dvlp/impl media strat & drive ratings. Tech savvy indv.-interpret ratings & dvlp strat. 7+yrs exp/media planning, off/on-air strat/TV/cable. BA deg. www.foxcareers.com . (#fng1108) EOE (2/23)
JOB OPENING: NETWORK RESEARCH ANALYST/LA Studio-Network or studio exp A+. Proficient w/Galaxy, Excel. Team player, ability to juggle many projects with attention to detail. Email: [email protected] RE: UCTC/53224 BR (2/23)
JOB OPENING: INTEGRATED SALES MGR/A & E TV NETS/NY: Create integrated ideas/proposals. Execute & mng after sales. BA Mktg/Bus 2 yr exp cable sales/mktg or prog mgmt. Min 5 yr mktg exp. E-mail res & sal reqs: [email protected] (2/23)
JOB OPENING: SR RESEARCH ANALYST/ABC Family/SOAPnet/LA. Process ratings, provide data analyses.Knowledge of TV biz, Nielsen, media math. Detail-oriented, strong writing skills. BA, 2 yrs TV research exp. [email protected] (2/23)
JOB OPENING: DIR/VP ACCTS/IAG Research/NY: Mng Ntwrk client accts, provide res. insights to drive effective media strategies. 5+yrs Acct Mgmt/Consulting Mktg/Res. Apply: http://www.iagr.net/jobs/departmentjobs.do?departmentID=7 (2/23)
JOB OPENING: JUNIOR/RESEARCH ANALYST/IAG Research/NY: Develop research reports & analyses to support network advertising sales. 1-5+yrs Media Research background. Apply: http://www.iagr.net/jobs/departmentjobs.do?departmentID=10 (2/23)
WINTER INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. They are 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] .
SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED —
SITUATION WANTED: Dynamic & Experienced AD SALES RESEARCHER/NYC: FT, PT or entry job sought to facilitate return to Industry.Superb Nielsen, organization & analytical skills; effective communicator. CONTACT: [email protected] (3/1)
SITUATION WANTED: SENIOR PRODUCER: More than 12 years professional experience is taking on new prods/projects. Extensive International experience, great w/budgets and an out-of-the-box thinker. Visit: www.kristen-schmitt.com (3/1)
SITUATION WANTED: WRITER/PRODUCER /EDITOR/Los Angeles: I do it all. 9 years experience. Reel available upon request. [email protected] (2/25)
E-mail [email protected] 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, February 22, 2006
ABC George Lopez, Freddie, Lost [r] (2 hrs)
CBS Still Standing, Still Standing, Criminal Minds [r], CSI: NY [r]
FOX American Idol [2hrs]
NBC Olympic Winter Games
i Sue Thomas F.B. Eye, Early Edition, Doc
UPN South Beach, Veronica Mars [r]
WB The WB Movie: Orange County
TELE El Cuerpo del Deseo, Tierre de Pasiones-Gran Estreno, Corazon Partido, Decisiones Casos Extraordinarios,
Decisions
UNIV Contra Viento y Marea, Alborada, Don Francisco Presenta
