A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM LITTLE AIRPLANE

Cynopsis: Kids!

01/28/09

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, January 28, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.

MarVista Entertainment unveils its new tween reality competition series, In the Real World (13×60), this week at NATPE.  MarVista holds exclusive worldwide program and format sales rights for the series, which is produced by Apartment 11 Productions.  In the Real World features 18 contestants from ages 12-14 as they race across North America and complete a series of real world challenges.  In the Real World is set to premiere on YTV (Canada) on February 4 at 7p.

Brendan Fraser will star in Summit Entertainment‘s new live-action family comedy movie Furry Vengeance, per Variety.  Directed by Roger Kumble (College Road Trip), Furry Vengeance follows a real estate developer and his battle with some angry wildlife creatures when his new development moves into their domain. 

MORE KIDS STUFF

Nickelodeon Latin America announced its new slate of original programming at NATPE.  The line-up will include new series The Mighty B!, The Penguins of Madagascar, Speed Racer, Jimmy Two Shoes, Back at the Barnyard, True Jackson VP, and The Elephant Princess on Nickelodeon, in addition to Ni Hao, Kai-Lan and  Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom for Nick Jr. Latin America.  Returning series include iCarly, Naked Brothers Band and ISA TKM and new episodes of Fairly OddParents, Tak and the Power of Juju and SpongeBob SquarePants.

HIT Entertainment inks a broadcast deal and TV distribution deals for its new CGI animated preschool property Little Charlie Bear (26×7), which is a co-production with Annix Studios.  CBeebies acquires Little Charlie Bear and plans to debut the series later this year.  Little Charley Bear has also been licensed to SVT (Sweden) and NRK (Norway).  CBeebies has also licensed the first CGI series of Bob the Builder for broadcast in 2010.

Elsewhere, HIT Entertainment has also completed distribution deals for a range of its kid’s shows including: France 5 (France) picks up Fireman Sam and the new CGI series Angelina Ballerina for its preschool block ZousZous; The new CGI Bob the Builder is picked up by RAI (Italy) and Super RTL (Germany); Super RTL also takes the new CGI Thomas & Friends for air in 2010 on its Toggolino preschool block; NRK (Norway) licenses Clay Play, which is repped by HIT and produced by Israel’s Smartoonz.

Don Bluth Films, Inc. is set to release a digitally re-mastered two-disc special 30th anniversary edition of Banjo the Woodpile Cat, produced and animated by former Disney animators Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy.  Directed by Bluth, between March 1975 and December 1979 in his garage, the re-release includes 90 minutes of bonus content such as director and producer commentary and interviews, and a segment about Bluth, Goldman and Pomeroy’s exit from Disney Productions.

CYNOPSIS EVENTS AT NATPE 2009

MARKETING/LICENSING

Spin Master Ltd. enters into a licensing deal with Chorion to develop a range of preschool toys based on Ian Falconer’s book and now animated character Olivia.  Under the deal Spin Master is granted the master toy rights worldwide, and will launch its Olivia toy line in fall 2010.  Chorion’s 3D CGI animated series premieres this week on Nickelodeon US, where it will air daily.

Aardman Rights inks licensing deals for its new stop-motion animated preschool property Timmy Time (52×10).  Currently in production, Timmy Time has been pre-bought by CBeebies (UK), where the series will bow this year, and Disney Channels worldwide.  In the UK, Aardman enters into deals for Timmy Time with Golden Bear (wooden toys), Cooneen Textiles (nightwear and underwear), DNC UK (tableware and drinkware), Character World (bedding), RJ Jarret (kid’s footwear), Roy Lowe & Sons (kid’s socks), William Lamb (kid’s slippers and wellingtons) and Danillo (cards and calendars).  International agents for the property include Super RTL (Germany), Kidz Entertainment (Scandinavia and Eastern Europe), Haven Licensing (Australia) and TF1 (France).

BBC Worldwide signs two new UK toy licensees for the preschool property 3rd & Bird! with DanJam (wooden toys) and MV Sports (wheeled toys).  The new products are set to launch in 2010. In December, Fisher-Price was named master toy licensee for 3rd & Bird!, with its product slated to bow first in the UK in spring/summer 2010.  BBC Worldwide holds the global distribution rights including program distribution, DVD and merchandising for 3rd & Bird!, which is produced by Little Airplane Productions (The Wonder Pets).

D3Publisher releases the Coraline videogame ( www.coralinethegame.com ) nationwide for Wii, Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2.  Based on LAIKA‘s new stop-motion/3D animated movie Coraline, the Coraline videogame allows players to take on the role of the adventurous Coraline and interact with the characters from the movie.  Like the movie, the Coraline game features the voices of Dakota Fanning (Coraline Jones), Keith David (Cat), and Robert Bailey Jr. (Wybie Lovat).  Directed by Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas), Focus Features releases the Coraline movie domestically on February 6, 2009, in both 3D and traditional movie theaters.  The movie is based on author Neil Gaiman‘s book Coraline.  The Coraline videogame for Wii and the PlayStation 2 was developed by Papaya Studios and is rated E 10+ (Everyone 10 and up), with Coraline for Nintendo DS developed by Art Co. Ltd., which is rated E (Everyone)

Miss Sixty, the Italian apparel company, partners with King Features Syndicate to create a limited edition Miss Sixty Olive Oyl collection featuring the classic cartoon character.  Launching worldwide in February 2009, which marks Miss Sixty’s first licensed cartoon character apparel category, the collection includes three ’80-inspired cotton t-shirts with images of Olive Oyl.

STONE SOUP

The American Library Association (ALA) announced the top books, video and audiobooks for kids and young adults, including the Caldecott, King, Newbery and Printz and many other noted awards this week at its annual midwinter meeting in Denver.  Additionally, this year the ALA celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards and introduced a new award, the William C. Morris Award. It is also the first year that the Pura Belpre Award, which will be given annually.  Medal winners and honorees are selected by judging committees of librarians and other kid’s literature experts. A comprehensive list of all of the honors awarded this week can be found at www.ala.org , please go there and check it all out this is just some of celebrated books.  2009 Youth Media Awards include:

John Newbery Medal – distinguished contribution to children’s literature: The Graveyard Book; author Neil Gaiman, and illustrated by Dave McKean (HarperCollins Children’s Books)

Randolph Caldecott Medal – distinguished illustration/American picture books for kids: The House in the Night; author Susan Marie Swanson (Houghton Mifflin)

Michael L. Printz Award – excellence in young adult literature: Jellicoe Road; author Melina Marchetta (HarperCollins)

Coretta Scott King Award – honoring African-American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults: Book author winner – We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball; author/illustrator Kadir Nelson (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children); illustrator winner – The Blacker the Berry; illustrator Floyd Cooper, author Joyce Carol Thomas (Amistad).

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award – Bird; author, Zetta Elliot, illustrated, Shadra Strickland (Lee & Low Books)

Schneider Family Book Award – books with artistic expression of the disability experience in three age groups: young children: Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum; author/illustrator, Robert Andrew Parker (Schwartz & Wade Books); middle school kids: Waiting for Normal; author, Leslie Connor (HarperCollins Children’s Books); teens: Jerk, California; author, Jonathan Friesen (Speak,).

Theodor Seuss Geisel – distinguished book for beginning readers – Are You Read to Play Outside?; author/illustrator, Mo Willems (Hyperion Books for Children)

Margaret A. Edwards Award – for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults: author, Laurie Halse Anderson for her books Catalyst, Fever 1793, and Speak

The Pura Belpre Award honors Latino author and illustrators celebrating Latino culture and experience: Illustrator award – Just in Case; illustrator, Yuyi Morales (a Neal Porter Book, published by Roaring Brook Press); Author award – The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom; author, Margarita Engle (Henry Holt and Company)

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award – distinguished informational book for children: We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball; author/illustrator Kadir Nelson (Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children)

Andrew Carnegie Medal for excellence in children’s video: March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World, producers Paul R. Gagne and Melissa Reilly (Weston Woods Studios)

Mildred L. Batchelder Award, excellence in book translated from a foreign language and then published in the US: Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, originally published in Japanese, author, Nahoko Uehashi and translated by Cathy Hirano (Arthur A. Levine)

The Odyssey Award, excellence in audiobook production: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, author/narrator Sherman Alexie and produced by Recorded Books.

William C. Morris Award – A Curse Dark as Gold, author Elizabeth C. Bunce (Arthur A. Levine Books)

RATINGS

Nicktoons Network‘s launch of the new animated series Wolverine and X-Men, with back-to-back episodes on January 23 at 8p and 8:30p, earned the network its highest rated original series premiere ever among K6-11 and Boys 6-11.  The hour-long debut, earned an average K6-11 123,000 and Boys 6-11 91,000.  Tween 9-14 and Tween Boys also tuned into to watch with the first episode (8p) drawing 70,000 Tweens 9-14, that included 60,000 Boy Tweens 9-14. For the second episode an average of Tweens 9-14 134,000, and 9-14 Boys delivered 89,000.  The breakdown of the two episodes with K6-11 and Boys 6-11 saw big increases over the same time last year:

• The first episode at 8p averaged K6-11 92,000 and Boys 6-11 72,000, up by +133% and +175% respectively.
• Followed by the 8:30p episode with an average of K6-11 154,000 and Boys 6-11 110,000, an increase of +200% and +183% respectively.

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 1/19-1/25/09 :
Total Day      (000)   Primetime       (000)
NICK°:           1211    DSNY*:              1199
DSNY*:            796    CARTOON:           832
CARTOON:        646    NAN**:               510
NOGGIN:          303    NOGGIN:             404
NAN**:            286    TOON DIS:           240
TOON DIS.:      189    NICKTOONS:        136
ADSM**:          188    DISCOVERY:        121
NICKTOONS:       81    ESPN:                  86
DISCOVERY:       69    BET:                     80
MTV:                  47    MTV:                    77
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 1/19-1/25/09 :
Total Day       (000) Primetime       (000)
NICK°:              651   DSNY*:             896
DSNY*:             513   CARTOON:         547
CARTOON:         429   NAN**:             378
NAN**:             221   TOON DIS:        148
ADSM**:           118   NICKTOONS:       88
TOON DIS.:       117   DISCOVERY:        86
DISCOVERY:        50   TLC:                   76
NICKTOONS:        51   ESPN:                 67
NOGGIN:             49   NOGGIN:             58
THE N:                 37   ANIMAL PLANET: 51
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 1/19-1/25/09 :
Total Day   (000)   Primetime   (000)
NICK°:          453     DSNY*:          766
DSNY*:         427     NAN**:          474
CARTOON:     303     CARTOON:      423
NAN**:         262     DISCOVERY:    129
ADSM**:       150     MTV:                97
DISCOVERY:    75     TOON DIS.:       97
MTV:               64     ESPN:               96
ESPN:              52     TLC:                 96
THE N:            48     COMEDY:           85
TLC:                48     THE N:              70
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel is not an ad supported cable network, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Top Ten January Monthly Year-to-Year Comparison: Total Day Rankings among K6-11 (000) 12/28-1/25/09 vs. 12/31-1/27/08, Cable Networks Only:
Network:                   (000)     %diff
NICK° :                         690          -2%
DSNY:                          542          -9%
CARTOON** :                399       +10%
NAN* :                          238          -8%
ADSM** :                      124         +4%
TOON DIS.:                    86        +25%
NOGGIN:                        54        +69%
NICKTOONS:                   50        +35%
DISCOVERY:                   43          -63%
THE N:                           38        +124%
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p
*NAN Total Day 9p-6a
**Cartoon Network & Adult Swim share channel space ADSM airs Sat.-Thurs. 11p-6a
The networks listed are mostly those cable networks that regularly appear on the K6-11 weekly ranking charts.
Source: Disney Research from Star Media Multitrak Reporting System Live+7 Blended with Live+SD from 1/12/2009 to date

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Saturday, January 24, 2009, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1437; K6-11 941; TWEENS 9-14 630
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1147; K6-11 676; TWEENS 9-14 431
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   587; K6-11 405; TWEENS 9-14 288
TOON DISNEY:           K2-11   283; K6-11 175; TWEENS 9-14 114
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Sunday, January 25, 2009, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1240; K6-11 789; TWEENS 9-14 598
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1024; K6-11 672; TWEENS 9-14 520
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   868; K6-11 595; TWEENS 9-14 384
TOON DISNEY:           K2-11   309; K6-11 186; TWEENS 9-14 134
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Monday, January 26, 2009, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1032; K6-11 446; TWEENS 9-14 321
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11   790; K6-11 465; TWEENS 9-14 363
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   451; K6-11 297; TWEENS 9-14 201
TOON DISNEY:           K2-11   144; K6-11   67; TWEENS 9-14   36
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On Clifford the Big Red Dog, what is the name of Emily Elizabeth’s self centered friend who is the human of a dog named Mac?  JETTA Kudos to just one: Russ Camlet-NBCU/NY

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Later — Gwen
 Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
01.28.09

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