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Good morning. It’s Wednesday, January 14, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing. Today’s Premiere: Tonight’s Premieres: ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
BBC America heats things up next month as a new drama/thriller series Mistresses makes its U.S. debut on February 20 at 8p. The plot centers on four thirtysomething college friends, played by British actresses Sarah Parish, Sharon Small, Orla Brady and Shelley Conn, who all have experienced infidelity and love. Following the premiere, episodes will air Fridays at 9p. During the Television Critics Association press tour yesterday morning, FOX revealed several announcements pertaining to new and current programs:
Animal Planet has three new series ready to roll out this winter and spring:
Complete with blue skies, hot air balloons and grapevines, HGTV will makeover Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall into a California haven to promote the network’s 2009 HGTV Dream Home located in Sonoma. Beginning today and tomorrow commuters can consult with designers and also enter for a chance to win the 2009 HGTV Dream Home, valued at more than $2 million. One viewer will be selected with the winner announced March 15 at 8p. SCI FI Channel’s series finale of Stargate Atlantis last Friday at 9p drew 973,000 A18-49 viewers, 1.15 million A25-54 viewers and 2.02 million total viewers. The network held steady at 10p as the second half of the two-part season finale of Sanctuary drew in 900,000 A18-49 viewers, 1.13 million A25-54 viewers and 2.0 million total viewers. Monday at 9p on VH1, the 90m season finale of Real Chance Of Love posted a 2.3 rating among A18-49 and 4.2 million total viewers. Broadcast Evening News Ratings Wrap-Up: The final results for the week of January 5, 2009: Program Call: If your company will be attending NATPE ’09 with programming, we will send out a special NATPE Shopping Guide edition the Thursday before the conference.To have your programming included, please send 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.). If your company is interested in being included, please send the details to ~ DISTRIBUTION, CLEARANCE & CARRIAGE ~
Screen Media Ventures, LLC established The Film Exchange, an online subscription program service allowing broadcasters nationwide to order films, specials and series from the amassed consortium of independent producers beginning as early as this March. Heading this new entity will be Rob Corona of Brightlight Entertainment and Dan Mulholland of the Delta Television Group. ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Casting Call: A major production company specializing in reality programming is developing new talent-based programming and is seeking people with big personalities with unusual expertise in categories such as parenting, fitness, life coaches, relationships and more. Meeting with candidates will be scheduled the week of January 26. Interested applicants should send an email along with a bio and a headshot by January 21 to ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Yahoo hired former CEO of Autodesk Inc. Carol Bartz to succeed Jerry Yang as CEO of the company, confirming whispers that have been circulating for the past few days. (Carol is a familiar face in Silicon Valley – she ran software company Autodesk from 1992-2006 and currently sits on the boards of Cisco and Intel.) Yahoo President Sue Decker will resign and Jerry Yang will return to his founder’s role. What direction will the company now take? Ms. Bartz gave out little details in a conference call to announce the transition. With its leadership issue solved, Yahoo will be free to pull the trigger on a search agreement with previous suitor Microsoft, according to the WSJ’s BoomTown blog, citing several sources close to both companies. Apparently Microsoft has had a proposal in place for some time, waiting only for a new face to present it to. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Nickelodeon celebrates Chinese New Year with a new Ni Hao, Kai-lan! primetime special, Ladybug Festival, premiering Monday, February 2 8-8:30p (the eighth day of the Chinese New Year). Additionally, www.nickjr.com will feature a Chinese New Year themed interactive game, Hoho’s Chinese New Year Coin Catch, today. The Nick Jr. animated Mandarin-language preschool series Ni Hao, Kai-lan premiered a year ago on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Full edition: CYN KIDS. ~ RATINGS ~
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 1/5-1/11/09 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 1/5-1/11/09 Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 1/5-1/11/09 Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 1/5-1/11/09 Saturday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX achieved a decisive win Saturday night with 8.9/25 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. The entire night, FOX bowled over the competition with the NFC Playoff game: at 8p a combination of the Pregame and the opening half-hour averaged a 7.7/22 with CBS’ two Game Show In My Head shows averaging a second place at 2.2/6. FOX delivered the best football ratings during 9p with 9.5/26 while CBS’ repeat Crimetime Saturday was next at 1.6/4. FOX’s football coverage dipped slightly through 10p to 9.1/25, yet well ahead of CBS coming in second again with an encore of 48 Hours Mystery at 1.8/5. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, January 10, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. FOX: 13.7/23 FOX NFC Playoff Pregame [730p start] 5.9/10, FOX NFC Playoff: Arizona at Carolina 13.8/23 CBS: 4.2/7 Game Show In My Head 4.3/7, Game Show In My Head 3.3/5, Crimetime Saturday [r] 4.1/7, 48 Hours Mystery [r] 4.7/8 NBC: 2.8/5 Crusoe 1.8/3, Law & Order [r] 2.3/4, Law & Order: SVU [r] 4.2/7 ABC: 2.2/4 The Bachelor [r] 2.2/4, True Beauty [r] 2.2/4 UNIV: 1.4/2 Sabado Gigante 1.4/2 MNT: 0.5/1 My Saturday Night Movie: The Commitments 0.5/1 TELE: 0.4/1 Cine de Impacto II [7p start] 0.4/1, Cine de Impacto 0.4/1 A18-49: FOX 8.9/25, CBS 1.9/5, ABC 1.2/3, NBC 1.0/3, UNIV 0.9/3, TELE 0.4/1, MNT 0.3/1 Sunday – A18-49 Analysis: NBC struck ratings gold Sunday night at 4.1/10 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. At 7p, viewers wanted to laugh, propelling ABC’s America’s Funniest Home Videos to #1 with 2.1/5 followed by NBC’s Golden Globe red carpet show at 1.8/5. NBC glided into first place at 8p with the first hour of the Golden Globe Awards at 4.7/11 with the season premiere of 24 on FOX next at 4.3/10. ABC maintained its winning time period as Desperate Housewives won at 9p with a 5.2/12 with the Golden Globes on NBC next at 4.8/11. NBC topped the list during 10p as the final hour of the Golden Globe Awards did best at 5.2/13 with ABC’s Brothers & Sisters in second place at 3.3/8. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, January 11, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. NBC: 8.3/13 Golden Globes Arrival 4.9/8, Golden Globe Awards 9.3/14 CBS: 8.0/12 60 Minutes 9.2/14, Cold Case 7.7/11, The Unit 6.3/10 ABC: 6.2/9 America’s Funniest Home Videos 4.6/7, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 5.9/9, Desperate Housewives 8.5/12, Brothers & Sisters 5.7/9 FOX: 5.5/8 The Simpsons [r] 2.0/3, The Simpsons [r] 2.8/4, 24 [p] 7.0/10 UNIV: 1.3/2 Hora Pico 1.2/2, Cine Especial Duro Pero Seguro 1.4/2, Quien Tiene Razon? 1.2/2 CW: 0.7/1 Jericho 0.5/1, The CW Sunday Movie: Carrie 0.8/1 TELE: 0.5/1 Marav Mundo Disney 0.5/1, Cine Millonario 0.4/1 A18-49: NBC 4.1/10, ABC 3.5/8, FOX 3.4/8, CBS 3.3/8, UNIV 1.1/3, CW 0.5/1, TELE 0.4/1 Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, January 12, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 8.5/13 The Big Bang Theory 7.1/11, How I Met Your Mother 6.8/10, Two and a Half Men 10.2/15, Worst Week 6.5/10, CSI: Miami 10.1/17 FOX: 7.1/11 24 [p] 7.1/11 ABC: 5.4/8 The Bachelor 5.9/9, True Beauty 4.4/7 NBC: 4.0/6 Superstars of Dance 4.5/7, Momma’s Boys 3.0/5 UNIV: 2.1/3 Cuidado con El Angel 2.5/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.4/4, Cristina 1.7/3 CW: 1.9/3 Gossip Girl 1.9/3, One Tree Hill 1.9/3 MNT: 0.9/1 Twilight Zone 1.0/1, Twilight Zone 2 0.9/1, Masters of Illusion 0.8/1 TELE: 0.7/1 Dona Barbara 0.7/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.7/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.9/1, Cartel M 0.7/1 A18-49: CBS 4.4/11, FOX 4.1/10, ABC 3.1/8, NBC 1.9/5, UNIV 1.7/4, CW 1.4/3, TELE 0.6/2, MNT 0.4/1 ~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Along with the announcing The Wendy Williams Show is a firm go premiering this July, Debmar-Mercury’s EVP/Programming Lonnie Burstein confirmed Rob Dauber will return as the show’s Executive Producer; Liz Koman was appointed EVP/Branded Marketing for the syndicated talk show; and Matt Uzzle will be Executive in Charge of Production. Air America Media recruited Ana Marie Cox to be its first Washington, D.C.-based National Correspondent with an on-air debut next Monday in conjunction with Air America’s Inauguration coverage. Ana Marie will also travel the U.S. covering stories based on life in America and will contribute text, video and audio content to airamerica.com and to a weekly radio Air America radio program. Mike Windsor was named EVP/Executive Director of Integrated Operations with McCann Worldgroup San Francisco beginning January 16. In this role, Mike will supervise the company’s technical group and both the production and studio operations. Mike will also be in charge of evaluating process flow through the San Francisco divisions including McCann Erickson, Universal McCann, MRM and Momentum. Mike will report to Matt Ross, President, McCann Worldgroup San Francisco and CEO, Global Microsoft brands. Ascent Media Group appointed Mara Sternthal as SVP/Business Development for its Global Media Exchange service based in Santa Monica. Effective immediately, John Moczulski was elevated to VP/Station Manager at KTLA/Los Angeles where he will supervise programming, marketing, community relations and expanded production efforts. KTLA-TV is owned by the Tribune Company. Discovery Communications upped Rebecca Glashow to SVP/Digital Media Distribution, reporting to Bill Goodwyn, President/Domestic Distribution and Enterprises. Rebecca will continue in her position to create and implement opportunities to increase the company’s digital presence. Fox Reality Channel advanced Melissa Rudman to VP/Scheduling, Acquisitions and Network Operations. Melissa’s duties will include planning daily broadcast schedules as well as negotiating and executing agreements for domestic and international program content. She will report to Bob Boden, SVP/Programming, Production and Development. Emre Celik was promoted to VP/Technology with NBC Digital Entertainment up from Technical Director of NBC.com. Emre will report to Stephen Andrade, SVP/Digital Development and GM, NBC.com. In his new capacity, Emre will continue to manage all technical development and support for NBC Digital Entertainment. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NATPE ’09
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