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Good morning. It’s Wednesday, January 7, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
Television’s most recognizable doctor, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, 39, may be tapped by President-elect Barack Obama as the country’s new surgeon general. Gupta currently serves as medical correspondent for CNN and a correspondent on CBS as well as a neurosurgeon. Sources within the Obama transition team and CNN say Gupta could accept the position in the next several days. A&E Network adds to its ghostly repertoire as the channel approved a new original real-life series Paranormal Cops tentatively scheduled to debut later in 2009. Paranormal Cops follows a group of Chicago-based police officers who double team as paranormal investigators at night. The series is produced by North South Productions. A&E also announced it has renewed real-life series Paranormal State, produced by Four Seasons Productions International and Go Go Luckey Productions, for a third season opening January 19 at 10p. Later this month, G4 will introduce U.S. viewers to the politically incorrect ambush comedy show The Chaser’s War on Everything, dubbed as Australia’s most controversial show. The series opens January 28 at 9p and features a team of irreverent comedians who write and participate in sketches and stunts taking on topics such as religion, media, celebrities, politicians, corporations and other authority figures. Bilingual Latino network mun2 will begin rebroadcasting World Wrestling Entertainment’s ECW series this Friday at 10p. mun2 also currently airs WWE’s RAW series on Wednesdays at 8p and Sundays at 6p. American TV viewers continue to be infatuated with the NFL. Based on a report from Nielsen, 225 million Americans tuned into NFL regular season games last year. Other football TV watching stats include: 13 of the 15 most-watched television programs from all programming this fall included NFL games; NFL games were the highest-rated programs locally at a record 88%; and in 2008 NFL games airing on CBS, FOX and NBC averaged 16.6 million viewers which equates to 89% over the 8.8 million average primetime viewership among the four major networks: ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. In anticipation for its upcoming miniseries, AMC will air all 17 original 1960s episodes of The Prisoner on its website (amctv.com), reports Multichannel News. The series ran in the U.K. on ITV from 1967-69 and then on CBS from 1968-69. In addition, AMC’s website will highlight one-minute versions of all 17 vintage episodes, offer episode recaps, a behind-the-scenes photo gallery, trivia quiz and a talk forum. Fans can also see the making of video diaries about AMC’s new miniseries slated to air next November starring Jim Caviezel in the lead as Number Six. Rentrak Corporation inked a multi-year deal with NBC Universal involving Rentrak’s Mobile Essentials product which has been used by NBCU Mobile on a trial basis since early last year. The agreement allows NBCU Mobile to be the first company to access up-to-date anonymous mobile data including trends and information from downloadable formats such as video clips, SMS messaging, ring tones, video games, wall paper and other mobile content. Rock Of Love Bus With Bret Michaels series debut on VH1 last Sunday at 9p posted a 1.4 rating among A18-49 and drew in 2.1 million total viewers. Also the same night, Confessions Of A Teen Idol premiered at 8p with a 0.6 A18-49 rating and tallied another 0.6 rating with A18-49 viewers for its encore airing at 1030p. Also last Sunday’s two-hour special Nostradamus: 2012 on History at 9p earned the network 2.0 million A18-49 viewers, 2.1 million A25-54 viewers and 3.9 million total viewers. Raycom Media and Local TV Holdings LLC formed a definitive Asset Exchange Agreement involving two local market television stations. Local TV will give Raycom WBRC/Birmingham (FOX) in exchange for Raycom’s WTVR/Richmond (CBS) plus additional consideration. Pending normal regulatory approvals, the deal is expected to close in the first six months of 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 ~
ION Television made an agreement with ITV Global Entertainment to acquire the exclusive U.S. rights to the original procedural crime series Durham County starring Hugh Dillon (CBS’ Flashpoint). ION Television will have all U.S. television, digital media, online streaming and VOD rights for the one-hour series produced by Back Alley Films and Muse Entertainment. Durham County is slated to begin on ION Television this year. ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
USA Network tapped Christine Lahti and Johnny Sneed for the cast of its 90-minute pilot Operating Instructions, per THR. Produced by Conaco Productions and Universal Cable Productions, the plot is about a young female Marine, Lt. Rachel Scott (Emily Rose) who takes a post at a military hospital. Lahti will portray Commander Helen Keller the hospital’s chief administrator who gives Rachel a hard time from the start and Sneed will play Capt. Will McKay who may have known Rachel in the past. TLC zooms ahead on a new reality series focused on the spouses of NASCAR drivers, cites THR. The docusoap called NASCAR Wives, produced by NASCAR Media Group for TLC, will open as an hour-long special January 24 following the Miss America pageant. A full series ordered by TLC will be scheduled for this spring. Spouses/relatives featured include DeLana Harvick (wife of Kevin Harvick), Kelley Earnhardt (sister of Dale Earnhardt Jr.) and Angie Skinner (wife of Mike Skinner). HBO tagged John Wells (ER, The West Wing) to develop a U.S. version of the British dramedy series Shameless. Wells will team with series creator/writer Paul Abbott on the new adaptation based on Abbott’s childhood about a dysfunctional working class family headed by alcoholic father. Warner Bros. Television and John Wells Productions are producing ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Apple opened the Macworld conference by finally budging on the draconian pricing policy of the iTunes store that has long frustrated music companies. Instead of a one price fits all approach, beginning April 2009 single tracks will range in price – 69 cents, 99 cents or $1.29 – depending on desirability. Also all 4 major labels – Universal Music, Sony BMG, Warner Music and EMI – have now agreed to sell DRM free tracks on the store with higher-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding. There are now 8 million DRM-free tracks to choose from on iTunes – 4 times the offering on Amazon’s DRM-free outlet. Further, Apple completed new integration with the iPhone allowing users to download tracks directly to their phones over AT&T’s 3G network (a feature previously only available using WiFi.) Apple marketing executive Phil Schiller, filling in for ailing Steve Jobs, also showed off a new 6.6 lbs, .98 inch thick 17” MacBook Pro as well as updated versions of Apple’s iLife and iWork software suites. A widely-expected upgrade to the Mac Mini was missing in action. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Lionsgate expands its relationship with American Greetings Properties (AGP) with the acquisition of the exclusive North American home entertainment distribution rights to a range of Care Bears titles, including the new TV series, Care Bears: Adventures In Care A-Lot (48 episodes), a new CGI animated movie (fall 2009), as well as extending its rights to the classic catalog. Lionsgate also picks up the home entertainment distribution rights to the CBS series based on AGP’s Sushi Pack. Under the deal, the studio has the rights to distribute the titles on DVD and electronic sell-through. Full edition: CYN KIDS. ~ RATINGS ~
Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 12/15-12/21/08 ranked by HH Rtg NEW M-F Syndicated Strip Series ratings for HH (12/15-12/21/08): Top 10 M-F Syndicated Strip Series for the week of 12/15-12/21/08 ranked by A18-49 Rtg NEW M-F Syndicated Strip Series ratings for A18-49 (12/15-12/21/08): Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 12/29/08-1/4/09 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 12/29-1/4/09 Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 12/29-1/4/09 Friday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX led a charge to #1 Friday night with 4.2/12 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX’s Allstate Sugar Bowl coverage topped each hour: at 8p, FOX won with a combo of the Pre-Game and the opening of the Sugar Bowl at 2.8/9, followed by UNIV’s Cuidado con El Angel at 1.8/5. During 9p, the Sugar Bowl on FOX spiked at 4.5/13 while UNIV placed second again with Fuego en La Sangre at 1.9/5. FOX remained steady with football action through 10p at 4.4/12 with ABC coming next with 20/20 at 2.2/6. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Friday, January 2, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. FOX: 7.7/13 Allstate Sugar Bowl Pre-Game [730p start] 2.5/5, Allstate Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Utah 7.8/13 CBS: 4.7/8 Ghost Whisperer [r] 4.2/7, Ghost Whisperer [r] 4.7/8, Numb3rs [r] 5.0/9 NBC: 3.5/6 Deal or No Deal 4.4/7, Lipstick Jungle 2.9/5, Dateline 3.2/5 ABC: 3.4/6 Wife Swap 3.0/5, SuperNanny 3.0/5, 20/20 4.3/7 MNT: 2.1/4 WWE Friday Night Smackdown 2.1/4 UNIV: 2.0/3 Cuidado con el Angel 2.2/4, Fuego en la Sangre 2.2/4, La Rosa de Guadalupe 1.7/3 CW: 0.9/1 Everybody Hates Chris [r] 1.0/2, The Game [r] 0.8/1, Everybody Hates Chris [r] 0.9/1, The Game [r] 0.9/1 TELE: 0.5/1 Dona Barbara 0.5/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.4/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.6/1, Cartel 0.5/1 A18-49: FOX 4.2/12, ABC 1.8/5, CBS 1.7/5, UNIV 1.7/5, NBC 1.3/4, MNT 1.2/4, CW 0.6/2, TELE 0.4/1 ~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Lori Burke joined Penguin Young Readers Group in the dual role as Director of Licensing for Grosset & Dunlap/Price Stern Sloan and U.S. Brand Manager for Frederick Warne & Co.
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“TIMES ARE TOUGH”
AND WE ARE TOO NATPE ’09 – MONEY WELL SPENT CYNOPSIS READER SPECIAL RATE: Use Promo Code CYNN09 – SAVE $500Jan 26-29, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas www.NATPEmarket.com This day in History: 1924 – George Gershwin completed the score for his classic piece Rhapsody in Blue at the age of 26. Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: On the Beverly Hillbillies, who was Granny’s arch rival back in the hills who appeared in several episodes? ELVERNA BRADSHAW Kudos to:Randy Ingram-WYCW/Spartanburg, SC; Bob Von Kohorn-INVISION Inc./NY; Melissa Prince-Inspiration Networks/Indian Land, SC; Deanna Barillari-PossEble Theater Company/NY; Brian Nyenhuis-SpotPlus/Dallas; Tom Boyd-WGN/Chicago; Crystal Roberts-BET Networks/Chicago; TJ Szymczak-YPM Inc./Irvine, CA; Andy Hilton-KPMR Univision and KTSB Telefutura/Santa Barbara, CA; Arnie Meissner-VideoJax/Lake Balboa, CA Today’s Trivia Question: On the WB show Roswell, what was the aliens’ favorite condiment? (Email Later — Cyn Cynopsis Ad Sales: Cynopsis website – Video Resumes, Extended Classified Ads, Archives, and the Cynopsis Daily Video To subscribe to any Cynopsis edition(s) click here . CYNOPSIS EVENTS AT NATPE 2009
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