Cynopsis: Kids!

07/15/09

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 15, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.

Disney Channel‘s new original TV movie Wizards of Waverly Place the Movie will premiere Friday, August 28 at 8p.  Based on the network’s Wizards of Waverly Place series, the movie is chock full of special effects and follows the Russo family on a Caribbean vacation where Alex accidentally casts a magic spell that makes it so her parents never met and the quest to find the ‘Stone of Dreams’ to reverse the spell.  In support of the movie:

• www.DisneyChannel.com will feature two-part game, Journey to the Cave of Darkness and Quest for the Stone of Dreams; fans can collect hidden objects that unlock bonus behind-the-scenes footage from the movie.
• In the week leading up to the movie debut, Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin and Jennifer Stone will each introduce their favorite four episodes the series, Monday-Thursday, August 24-27 (6-8p).
• On Friday, August 28 (12n-8p) the net, hosted by all four stars, will air all 16 episodes, with a simulcast on Sprint TV and MobiTV.
• Additionally, a preview of the movie will be available via Disney Channel on Demand through Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and Verizon FiOS, as well as RCN, Blueridge, Wide Open West, Comspan, Knology/PrairieWave and Ntelos affiliates.

Qubo debuts a second round of user-generated animated short films, quboPics, on qubo Channel as well as on qubo’s broadcast blocks on Ion Television, NBC and Telemundo beginning Thursday, July 16.  Kid animators created the quboPics by logging onto qubo.com where they used the application titled Zimmer Twins.  From there qubo selected 14 short films to be expanded into fully animated mini-movies for broadcast.  Created by Roe design, the Zimmer Twins area on the website, which features the twins Edgar and Eva, includes storytelling tools, pre-made animated clips and simple editing instructions to help kids create and tell their stories, while also emphasizing the basic elements of sentence structure, grammar, and writing techniques.  The property is licensed to qubo by Bejuba! Entertainment.

The Telegael Group, a producer of live-action and animation, and Studio Solas, both based in Ireland, have partnered to open a North American office in Los Angeles, according to IFTN.  Producer Norman Siderow (Stardust) will head up the new US office.  In establishing relationships with US companies through the new office, Telegael and Studio Solas aim to promote their respective facilities, access to Irish tax investment funds and the lure of international co-productions and Irish locations.  Together Telegael and Studio Solas produce the tween-targeted live-action series Aifric for TG4 (Ireland), and is being distributed internationally by Cake Entertainment.

Susannah McFarlane, former co-owner, MD and Publisher of Hardie Grant Egmont, launches her new publishing company, Lemonfizz Media (LFM) and signing of new partnerships, including a deal with Scholastic in Australia and New Zealand.  LFM plans to focus a small number of publishing projects at one time, developing them across a range of platforms.  Two series are currently in development and slated to launch in early 2010:

• EJ12, Girl Hero – an adventure series for girls 7-10, featuring girl heroes doing and solving things.
• Boy v Beast – a fantasy battle series for very young and reluctant reading boys.  The series is being created in partnership with educational consultant and publisher Louise Park and her Paddlepop Press.  Park is also the author of Zac Power Test Drives.
• Additionally, McFarlane has written a multi-title picture book series that, while not part of the new LFM-Scholastic partnership, will be published by Scholastic in 2010 and 2011.

Decode Enterprises inks deals in Asia and Australia for the preschool series Super Why!  Acquiring the literacy-based series are Tooniverse (Korea), TV 12 (Singapore), Astro TVIQ (Malaysia and Indonesia), True Visions (Thailand) and Nickelodeon Australia.  Produced by Out of the Blue Enterprises in conjunction with Decode Entertainment, with Decode Enterprises holding the worldwide TV right to the series excluding the US.

Primetime Emmy® Awards Note:  Cynopsis will be rolling out five Special Edition issues focusing on the 2009 Primetime Emmy® Award nominees, going out to all Cynopsis subscribers.  These special editions will cover the following categories: 

• 7/29 Special Edition:  Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy
• 8/5 Special Edition:    Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Directing of a Drama, Outstanding Writing of a Drama
• 8/12 Special Edition:  Outstanding Reality-Competition Program, Outstanding Reality Program; Outstanding Non-Fiction Series; Outstanding Non-Fiction Special
• 8/19 Special Edition:  Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
• 8/24 Special Edition:  Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

The nominees will be announced this Thursday morning, and if you’re among them … congratulations!!  And if you’d like to send us a description or brief bio of the nominated series/director/actor/writer (maximum of 150 words), we will include it in our special edition.   Please send the description to me at cynthia @cynopsis.com. 

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MARKETING/LICENSING

Comic book and graphic novel publisher, Boom! Studios, enters into distribution deals with publishers in the Simon & Schuster for the US and HarperCollinsCanada for Canada.  Founded in 2005, this spring Boom! launched its new imprint Boom! Kids, which includes titles based on Muppets, Pixar and Disney properties.

• The pact with Simon & Schuster is a sales and distribution agreement, under which Simon & Schuster will handle sales, distribution and fulfillment for all new and backlist Boom! titles to trade and specialty accounts in the US.
• HarperCollinsCanada signs on to distribute Boom! original and licensed graphic novel titles in Canada beginning this July.

STONE SOUP

Casting Call:  The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in association with Mirage Studios, 4Kids Entertainment and TMNT Productions are looking for you.  Together they will host an open casting call for those 14-years or older (those under 18 will need adult permission) with martial arts expertise for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, which is slated for release in 2011.  They are specifically looking for folks to be part of the TMNT nemesis, the Foot Clan. The open call will be held this Saturday, July 18 at Hollywood & Highland (at the Grand Staircase) in Los Angeles.  What you’ll need, a 30-second martial arts demo of yourself (just you), photo and resume … ah … and no sharp weapons please.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

E1 Entertainment appoints Swin Chang as Director/Development for Kids and Animation, E1 Television.  Based out of E1’s headquarters in Toronto, Chang reports directly to Frank Saperstein, SVP/Kids and Animation in LA.  Previously, Chang served as Executive in Charge of Production, Family Channel and Playhouse Disney in Canada.

Sasha Junk is named VP/Public Relations, Kidz Bop.  A public relations veteran, Junk will develop and promote Kidz Bop brand platforms including audio and consumer products, website, live events, brand extensions, and strategic partnerships across all media platforms.  She will also work with the management team to build the brand, including the recently re-launched website aimed at kids 13 and younger.  Junk was most recently SVP and MD, The Morris + King Company.  Previously, she was Head/Global Corporate Communications and Publicity, Classic Media, and prior to that was with Bender/Helper Impact.  Congrats Sasha!

RATINGS

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 7/6-7/12/09 :
Total Day        (000)   Primetime          (000)
NICK°:            1243    DSNY*:             1617
DSNY*:           1141    CARTOON:          607
CARTOON:        518    NAN**:               492
NAN**:             341    NOGGIN:            410
NOGGIN:          284    DXD:                  187
ADSM**:          258    NICKTOONS:       127
DXD:                159    BET:                    77
NICKTOONS:      98    DISCOVERY:           69
BET:                  58    MTV:                    67
MTV:                 52    TLC:                     66
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) 7/6-7/12/09 :
Total Day          (000)   Primetime        (000)
DSNY*:              858   DSNY*:            1303
NICK°:               725   CARTOON:         457
CARTOON:          395   NAN**:             357
NAN**:              255   DXD:                 129
ADSM**:            188   NICKTOONS:       80
DXD:                  115   NOGGIN:             69
NICKTOONS:        67   BET:                    50
NOGGIN:             63   DISCOVERY:         49
BET:                    37   TLC:                    49
MTV:                   36   ANIMAL PLANET:   41
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) 7/6-7/12/09 :
Total Day    (000)    Primetime         (000)
DSNY*:        713     DSNY*:             1064
NICK°:         565     NAN**:               427
NAN**:        344     CARTOON:           338
CARTOON:    311     DXD:                    95
ADSM**:      248     MTV:                     94
DXD:             85     BET:                      89
MTV:             85     DISCOVERY:           68
BET:              60     TLC:                      65
THE N:           51     COMEDY CENTRAL: 61
DISCOVERY:   51     ESPN:                    55
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

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Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:   Fill in the blank with this cartoon character:  “You thieves think I’m a regular passenger. Well, I’m not. In reality I’m ____________________. Does that strike a note of terror in your dastardly hearts?”  SHERIFF QUICK DRAW McGRAW  Kudos to just one … David Brunner-AGB Nielsen Media Research/Lugano, Switzerland!

Today’s Trivia Question:  My name is Freddie.  I’m hanging with Jimmy most of the time, except when I’m stolen.  Why am I stolen?  Well, I’m magic.  What am I?   (Email [email protected] 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.)

ALERT:   CYNOPSIS EDITORIAL STAFF IS ON VACATION ALL NEXT WEEK RETURNING ON MONDAY, JULY 27

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Later — Gwen
 Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
07.15.09

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