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Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 1, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing. And as always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here. Tonight’s Premieres: Rainbow Media is finalizing details on the start up of a new wedding-themed cable channel, reports B&C. Rainbow Media, the programming unit of Cablevision and parent company to WE tv will use WE tv’s popular wedding programming such as Bridezillas and Amazing Wedding Cakes to launch the new channel. At the same time, WE tv will bulk up on more parenting programming to add to its current lineup of The Mom Show, Raising Sextuplets and Adoption Diaries. Rainbow’s new wedding channel is expected on Cablevision Systems this August. ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
FX announced its fall schedule, setting dates for three of its original series:
Oxygen Media’s web series Mommywood, a companion to on-air reality series Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood and book of the same name penned by Tori Spelling debuted yesterday at Oxygen.com. Each of the ten 3-5 minute webisodes will focus on one chapter of the book and offer fans exclusive interviews and more personal insight into Tori and Dean’s life. Oxygen’s Dance Your Ass Off became the network’s most-watched series premiere last Monday at 10p among A18-49, W18-49 and total viewers. The series captured 614,000 A18-49, 432,000 W18-49 as well as 1.3 million total viewers. TLC opens the network premiere of I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant on July 8 at 9p. The series, produced by Mike Mathis Productions, features stories about women who are completely unaware they were pregnant until they entered labor and delivery. The episodes also feature interactive questions and quizzes. To promote the upcoming premiere of new series Dark Blue, TNT in July will take over New York’s Grand Central Terminal, transforming it to become the underworld of Los Angeles. The terminal will be covered with approximately 100 different pieces of creative including column wraps, banners, staircase signs and video motion boards and shuttle trains between Grand Central and Times Square will be wrapped on the outside to mimic the Los Angeles skyline and the inside will replicate a warehouse with the series’ stars looking inside. The Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama debuts on TNT July 15 starring Dylan McDermott. Later this month, NBC News premieres the multi-episode program The Wanted where viewers will travel along with a real team of intelligence officers and investigative journalists searching the globe for accused international terrorists. The program premieres July 20 at 10p with the first installment on the hunt for Mullah Krekar, the founder and leader of Ansar Al Islam and referred to as “Bin Laden 2.0.” The second episode on July 27 will track Mamoun Darkazanli in Germany, the man dubbed “Bin Laden’s financier.” SOAPnet serves up a triplet of new and returning series:
After airing only three episodes, MTV okayed a second season of the series 16 and Pregnant, airing currently on Thursdays at 10p. The series follows six teenage girls for 5-7 months chronicling the change pregnancy makes in their lives. MTV scheduled the first season’s finale for July 23 at 10p with host Dr. Drew Pinsky who will lead a forum on the subject of teen pregnancy. During this special episode, the teen moms documented on the series will participate and questions from the live studio audience and select emails from viewers will be fielded by Dr. Drew. ESPN will air its series SportsCenter’s “My Wish” for the fourth consecutive year beginning this Sunday through July 9. The series, sponsored by The Walt Disney Company, helps grant the sports-related wishes of five seriously ill children via the charity, Make-A-Wish Foundation. Each child’s wish to meet their favorite sports star will be chronicled in each of the five episodes hosted by reporter Chris Connelly. Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) selected GroupM’s Mindshare to head the company’s media, effective immediately. The account, which includes media for the Farmers’ brand in the US, encompasses media strategy, planning and buying. Zurich will continue to retain Publicis Group for its worldwide creative services. Broadcast Evening News Ratings Results (week of June 22, 2009) ~ DISTRIBUTION, CLEARANCE & CARRIAGE ~
Retirement Living TV (RLTV) is now available in 17 of the top 20 DMAs in the US via Comcast because of two recent launches in Denver and Colorado Springs. ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Gary Owen made a holding agreement with Tyler Perry’s company to headline a possible spinoff of Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, cites THR. Owen, a comedian who met Perry last year on The Tom Joyner Morning Show, recurs as Zach on House of Payne, one of the barbers in the barbershop highlighted in the series, currently airing in syndication and on TBS. SNL-alum Chris Kattan will become a regular on the new comedy The Middle on ABC. Kattan guest-starred on the pilot episode and will play Bob, a good friend to Patricia Heaton’s character, Frankie Heck. The Middle is produced by Warner Bros. TV and debuts on ABC September 30 at 830p. This summer, fans of Kattan can see him play himself in the IFC three-part comedy miniseries Bollywood Hero airing August 6-8. Casting Call: Bravo’s next reality competition series will join the forces of Sarah Jessica Parker and her production company, Pretty Matches with Magical Elves (Top Chef, Project Runway) and Eli Holzman to produce a reality series dubbed The Untitled Art Project. The series will focus on thirteen up-and-coming artists who compete for a gallery show, a cash prize and a sponsored national tour. Bravo is hosting national casting calls for artists in various cities across the nation starting this month. The first open casting call is July 11-12 in Los Angeles; followed by July 14 in Miami; July 16 in Chicago; and July 18-19 in New York. More information on the series and casting calls can be found at www.BravoTV.com/casting . ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Once a media darling that promised to utilize the magic of peer-to-peer architecture to recreate the television experience online, Joost announced that it is dumping its consumer video portal to focus on delivering white label video services to other industry players. Joost CEO Mike Volpi, who has been mentioned as a candidate for CEO job at British public broadcaster ITV, will step down as chief executive but remain Chairman of the company. Joost was applauded for introducing innovative features – such as advanced social networking and recommendation features – but ultimately lost out to the premium content of Hulu and the amateur fare of YouTube. The model’s failure has the online video industry wondering who will be the next to falter. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: The Advertising Council and with the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters to celebrate 65th birthday of Smokey Bear with the launch of a new series of public service advertisements (PSAs) as we head into the July 4th holiday weekend. The new campaign, like the one that debuted in 1944, was created pro bono by ad agency Draftfcb and continues to provide messaging about wildfire prevention, still a huge problem in the US with 9 out of 1 wildfires caused by people. Distributed to TV, radio, print and online outlets, the PSAs feature CG-animation and encourage young adults to “Get Your Smokey On” that is, to become like Smokey and say something when others are acting carelessly. Additionally, the spots direct viewers to www.smokeybear.com , where they learn more about wildfire prevention and which also features a kid section, Smokey Kids. By the way, Smokey Bear is keeping up with the times and now has profile pages on Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. Full edition: CYN KIDS. ~ RATINGS ~
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 6/22-6/28/09 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 6/22-6/28/09 Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 6/22-6/28/09 Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 6/22-6/28/09 Saturday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX‘s lineup knocked out the competition Saturday night, winning among A18-49 with 1.4/6, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. FOX held sway during 8p with the double Cops reruns averaging a 1.4/6 while ABC’s Wipeout repeat placed second with 0.8/4. FOX remained in control through 9p with AMW: America Fights Back at 1.5/6 with CBS’ Crimetime Saturday next at 0.9/3. At 10p, NBC’s Law & Order: SVU encore did best with 1.2/4, though just a smidge ahead of CBS’ 48 Hours Mystery repeat at 1.1/4. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, June 27, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 2.8/6 Crimetime Saturday [r] 2.6/6, Crimetime Saturday 2.4/5, 48 Hours Mystery [r] 3.5/7 FOX: 2.5/5 Cops [r] 2.2/5, Cops 2 [r] 2.6/6, AMW: America Fights Back 2.7/5 NBC: 2.5/5 Kings 1.1/2, Law & Order [r] 2.8/6, Law & Order: SVU [r] 3.5/7 ABC: 1.7/4 Wipeout [r] 1.7/4, Castle [r] 1.7/3, Eli Stone 1.8/4 UNIV: 1.1/2 Sabado Gigante 1.1/2 MNT: 0.6/1 My Saturday Night Movie: Great Expectations [r] 0.6/1 ION: 0.4/1 Saturday 9PM Movie: True Crime [r] 0.4/1 TELE: 0.3/1 Cine de Impacto 0.2/1, Cine de Impacto II 0.4/1 A18-49: FOX 1.4/6, CBS 0.8/3, NBC 0.8/3, UNIV 0.7/3, ABC 0.6/2, TELE 0.3/1, MNT 0.2/1, ION 0.1/0
Sunday – A18-49 Analysis: Even with a slew of reruns in tow, FOX easily won Sunday night and the A18-49 demo with 1.5/5, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. Starting out, CBS came first during the 7p hour with a repeat of 60 Minutes at 1.2/4 while ABC averaged a second place showing at 1.1/4 for America’s Funniest Home Videos and Just For Laughs. FOX topped at 8p with an average of The Simpsons and King of the Hill reruns at 1.6/5 followed by NBC’s Merlin at 1.1/3. FOX claimed #1 again through 9p as the repeat comedies Family Guy and American Dad averaged a 1.9/6 while TELE placed second with its Rumbo Al Mundial match between Mexico and Guatemala at 1.2/4. A tie occurred at 10p as ABC’s Impact Part 2 and NBC’s Law & Order: SVU encore both posted a 1.1/3 and CBS’ Without a Trace repeat came next at 0.9/3. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, June 28, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 4.4/8 60 Minutes [r] 5.8/12, Million Dollar Password [r] 4.1/7, Cold Case [r] 4.1/7, Without a Trace [r] 3.7/6 NBC: 2.9/5 Dateline 3.5/7, Merlin 2.8/5, Merlin 2.6/4, Law & Order: SVU [r] 2.5/4 ABC: 2.6/5 America’s Funniest Home Videos [r] 2.6/5, Just For Laughs [r] 2.4/5, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [r] 2.4/4, ABC Premiere Event: Impact Part 2 2.7/5 FOX: 1.8/3 King of the Hill [r] 1.2/2, American Dad [r] 1.4/3, The Simpsons [r] 2.1/4, King of the Hill [r] 1.9/3, Family Guy [r] 2.3/4, American Dad [r] 2.1/3 UNIV: 0.9/2 Quien Tiene Razon? 0.9/2, Hazme Reir Millonario 0.9/2 TELE: 0.8/1 Rumbo Pre-Game 0.4/1, Rumbo Al Mundial: Mexico vs. Guatemala 1.0/2, Cine Millonario 0.5/1 CW: 0.5/1 Valentine 0.4/1, The CW Sunday Movie: Larger Than Life 0.6/1 ION: 0.5/1 MASH [r] 0.5/1, MASH [r] 0.5/1, MASH [r] 0.5/1, MASH [r] 0.5/1, MASH [r] 0.4/1, MASH [r] 0.4/1, MASH [r] 0.5/1, MASH [r] 0.5/1 A18-49: FOX 1.5/5, NBC 1.1/3, ABC 1.0/3, CBS 1.0/3, TELE 0.8/2, UNIV 0.6/2, CW 0.2/1, ION 0.2/0 ~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Paramount Pictures let go several top-level executives who were notified yesterday, per Variety. Those leaving the company include Georgia Kacandes, head of Physical Production; Ben Cosgrove and Dan Levine, both SVPs/Production; Gail Levin, head of Casting; Guy Stodel, in charge of Paramount Vantage; and Animee Shieh, head of Paramount’s New York literary office. In a memo to staffers from Adam Goodman, the newly appointed president of Paramount’s film unit, he indicated 31 people were eliminated from the production division. The news of these layoffs also follows the recent departures of John Lesher, President/Paramount Film Group and Brad Weston, President/Production. Robin Rifkin joins Razor & Tie Media as VP/Media Buying and Sales where she will manage the strategic direction and development of accounts in addition to media campaigns. Robin will be based at company headquarters in New York City and will report jointly to Razor & Tie Entertainment Co-Owners, Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam. iVillage Networks hired Rahim Amlani as VP/Commercial Initiatives. Rahim is in charge of spurring revenue increases and user interaction for the main iVillage products including four new vertical sites launching this year. Additionally, he will work closely with the company’s Business Development and Ad Sales groups to generate new partnerships. Rahim will report to Rebecca Miskin, GM, iVillage Networks. Starz Media elevated Adam Zeller to Director/Digital Media up from Senior Manager/Digital Marketing. In his new role, Adam will supervise marketing of long-form content for digital and on-demand distribution. Adam will also take on added responsibility in the area of management and product development for Starz Media’s growing gaming business. This day in History: 1941 – Bulova Watch Company sponsored the first TV commercial in New York City, NY. Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: What do Doug Whiner, Paulie, Pudge and Pokey all have in common? ALL JOE PISCOPO CHARACTERS ON SNL Kudos to: Alejandro Sacasa-Between The Screens/Miami; Steve Kurtzer-Zimmerman/Ft. Lauderdale; Phil Nobile Jr.-Center City Film & Video/Philadelphia; Edward Chang-HRP/NY; Wil Allmendinger-The Hotel Networks/Chicago; Paul Gaulke-KSTP/St. Paul; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg–M and S Entertainment/Los Angeles; John Ricci, Jr.-JRJ GAMES/North Hollywood; Frank Nicotero-Yahoo TV/Studio City; David Hammargren-Tribune/Seattle Today’s Trivia Question: On TV, what is the name of the toughest street gang in Milwaukee, rivals of the Red Devils? (Email A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
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