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Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 10, 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 Premiere: A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM USA NETWORK USA Network Presents
IN PLAIN SIGHT FOR YOUR EMMY® CONSIDERATION Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series To view full episodes of In Plain Sight and other USA Network shows go to usanetwork.com/emmys USA Network – Awards Welcome. ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
ABC revealed its fall premiere lineup starting September 21 with a three-night run of Dancing with the Stars. The network also noted the premiere dates of Brothers & Sisters, Private Practice and the new Eastwick are all yet to be determined. September 21: Dancing with the Stars at 8p; Castle at 10p TV Land tweaked its summer schedule, moving up the premiere date of its new series How’d You Get So Rich? starring Joan Rivers to begin August 6 at 9p; followed the same night by the new hidden camera series Make My Day at 930p. Both were originally scheduled to open August 12 in the 10p hour. A plethora of cable series premiere results over the last several days:
Broadcast Evening News Ratings Results (week of June 1, 2009) A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM OXYGEN
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ITV Global Entertainment Ltd. signed a deal with public television distributor American Public Television (APT) involving 50 hours of original and independently-produced dramas from the UK and Canada. The agreement includes Murdoch Mysteries (13 x 60m) produced by Shaftesbury Productions; season eight of the British medical drama The Royal; season two of the mystery series Agatha Christie’s Poirot; and the modern-day crime drama Rosemary and Thyme. ~ PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT ~
Comedy Central is breathing new life into the animated series Futurama, ordering 26 new episodes from 20th Century Fox TV. Comedy Central will re-launch the series the middle of next year, confirming the three lead actors have all signed on to return: Billy West as Philip Fry; Katey Sagal as Leela; and John DiMaggio as Bender. FOX originally aired the series created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen from 1999 to 2003. Casting Call: High Noon Entertainment is casting for a new television show designed to help people with debilitating phobias. If you suffer from a phobia, anxiety or fear about a specific situation and are interested in receiving help from a world-famous phobia expert via this show, send your name, age, photo, contact info and a description of your phobia and how it affects your life to ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: The Boston Globe‘s largest union narrowly rejected a $10 million concession package from its owner the New York Times Co. that the company insists would have insured that the paper stays in business. Guild members voted 277 to 265 to reject the company’s contract offer, which included pay cuts, health and retirement benefits cutbacks and the elimination of lifetime job guarantees for more than 150 Globe veterans. The Times imposed a 23% pay cut on union members an hour after the vote was held – a move that could spur legal battle involving the National Labor Relations Board, according the Boston.com. New York Times Co. said the paycut will achieve the savings it needs to keep the paper running. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: Twilight fans continue their devotion as the trailer for Summit Entertainment‘s second movie in the series, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, sets online viewing records. In its first week, since debuting during the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, The Twilight Saga: New Moon trailer had 10.6 million video streams across its domestic launch partners, MySpace and MTV.com. The trailer views on MySpace set a new record for the site with a total of 4.2 million online views within the first 24-hours and a total of 7.8 million within the first seven days. The trailer also received a total of 2.8 million online views on MTV.com within the first week. Additionally, 5.3 million viewers watched the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. In case you have been vacationing for a while on an anti-vampire planet, The Twilight Saga: New Moon will be released nationwide November 20, 2009. Full edition: CYN KIDS. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL National Geographic Channel is NOW the #1 media brand in Quality*!!!!!!!!!!! We tend to get excited about these things. NGC is also now ranked #1 in Distinctiveness & Trust* among For integrated media solutions visit us at natgeotv.com/solutions *Harris Interactive® EquiTrend®, 2009 Study tied for #1 in Quality and Trust ~ RATINGS ~
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 6/1-6/7/09 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 6/1-6/7/09 Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 6/1-6/7/09 Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 6/1-6/7/09 Saturday – A18-49 Analysis: Hockey hit the mark Saturday night as NBC won the A18-49 demo at 1.7/6, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. Also notable was TELE’s #2 ranking overall at 1.5/5 A18-49 with its soccer match telecast. At 8p, NBC was first with the NHL Stanley Cup Pre-Game and the beginning of the #5 game final at 1.5/6 followed by ABC’s Wipeout repeat at 1.2/5. During 9p, NBC’s NHL Stanley Cup match continued to dominate with a 1.9/7 while TELE’s Rumbo Al Mundial came next with 1.7/6. Then at 10p, TELE kicked in the winning goal with the Salvador vs. Mexico game at 2.1/7 with the NHL Stanley Cup Final on NBC next at 1.8/6. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, June 6, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 2.9/6 Old Christine [r] 1.5/3, Worst Week 1.3/3, Crimetime Saturday 2.4/5, 48 Hours Mystery [r] 4.8/9 NBC: 2.4/5 NHL Stanley Cup Pre-Game 1.9/4, NHL Stanley Cup Final #5: Pittsburgh at Detroit 2.4/5 FOX: 2.3/5 Cops [r] 1.0/2, Cops 2 2.5/5, AMW: America Fights Back 2.9/6 ABC: 1.7/3 Wipeout [r] 2.2/5, Here Come the Newlyweds [r] 1.5/3, Pushing Daisies 1.5/3 TELE: 1.3/3 Rumbo Pre-Game 0.7/2, Rumbo Al Mundial: Salvador vs. Mexico 1.5/3 UNIV: 1.1/2 Sabado Gigante 1.1/2 MNT: 0.8/2 My Saturday Night Movie: Prelude to a Kiss 0.8/2 ION: 0.4/1 Saturday 9PM Movie: Batman [r] 0.4/1 A18-49: NBC 1.7/6, TELE 1.5/5, FOX 1.2/4, CBS 1.0/3, ABC 0.9/3, UNIV 0.6/2, MNT 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, June 7, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. ABC: 6.5/12 Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Night 2.0/4, GMC NBA Countdown Game 2 2.1/4, NBA Finals on ABC Game 2: Orlando at LA Lakers 8.2/14 CBS: 5.1/9 60 Minutes [r] 5.9/12, 63rdrd Annual Tony Awards 4.8/8 NBC: 3.2/6 Dateline 3.7/7, NBC Movie of the Week: Last Templar Part 2 [r] 2.7/5 FOX: 2.2/4 King of the Hill [r] 1.2/2, American Dad [r] 1.5/3, The Simpsons [r] 2.5/5, King of the Hill [r] 2.3/4, Family Guy [r] 3.1/5, American Dad [r] 2.7/4 UNIV: 0.9/2 Hora Pico 0.8/2, Hazme Reir Millonario 0.9/2 CW: 0.6/1 Jericho 0.4/1, The CW Sunday Movie: Kiss the Bride 0.7/1 ION: 0.5/1 MASH [r] 0.4/1, MASH [r] 0.4/1, MASH [r] 0.6/1, MASH [r] 0.6/1, MASH [r] 0.5/1, MASH [r] 0.6/1, MASH [r] 0.5/1, MASH [r] 0.5/1, TELE: 0.4/1 Una Noche con Lucero 0.3/1, Cine Nuestro 0.6/1 A18-49: ABC 4.6/14, FOX 1.7/5, CBS 1.3/4, NBC 1.0/3, UNIV 0.7/2, CW 0.3/1, TELE 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1 Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, June 8, 2009 time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 5.0/9 The Big Bang Theory [r] 4.3/8, How I Met Your Mother [r] 3.9/7, Two and a Half Men [r] 6.1/10, The Big Bang Theory [r] 4.9/8, CSI: Miami [r] 5.6/10 ABC: 4.3/7 The Bachelorette 4.9/8, Here Come the Newlyweds 3.1/5 FOX: 3.8/6 House [r] 3.9/7, Bones [r] 3.7/6 NBC: 3.8/6 I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here! 3.4/6, Dateline 4.7/8 UNIV: 2.2/4 Cuidado con el Angel 2.2/4, Manana para Siempre 2.6/4, Cristina 1.8/3 MNT: 1.0/2 Masters of Illusion [r] 1.0/2, Magic’s Biggest Secrets Revealed [r] 1.1/2 ION: 0.8/1 Ghost Whisperer 0.5/1, NCIS [r] 0.8/1, NCIS [r] 1.2/2 CW: 0.6/1 Gossip Girl [r] 0.7/1, One Tree Hill [r] 0.6/1 TELE: 0.6/1 Mas Sabe el Diablo 0.5/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.7/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.7/1 A18-49: ABC 2.3/7, CBS 2.3/7, NBC 2.1/6, UNIV 1.8/5, FOX 1.7/5, TELE 0.6/2, MNT 0.5/2, CW 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1
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Henry Schleiff joins Discovery Communications starting August 1 as the new President/GM of Investigation Discovery. Most recently, Henry was President/CEO of Crown Media Holdings, owner and operator of Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel. In his new position, Henry will lead development, production, scheduling, research, marketing, communications and online activities for Investigation Discovery. Based in New York, Henry will report to Clark Bunting, President/GM, Discovery Emerging Networks. Well done Henry! Well done! Mindshare established a new business unit in London with SocialMeida8, a social media marketing company owned by Mindshare’s holding company WPP and newly dubbed Mindshare SocialMedia8. Ciaran Norris was recruited as Head/Social Marketing to lead the new unit, joining from Altogether Digital where he served as Head/Search and Social Marketing. In his new position, Ciaran will report to Norm Johnston, Global Digital Leader also based in London. Cookie Jar Entertainment added Gwen McCauley as VP/Distribution and Sales Operations for Canada. Gwen will be in charge of developing and distributing programming that reflects Cookie Jar’s brand in addition to leading all sales initiatives throughout Canada. Based in Toronto, Gwen will report to Tom Mazza, EVP/Head of Worldwide TV. Julio Marenghi was named EVP/Sales and Distribution for WGN America where he will manage the network’s top line sales, work to increase distribution and supervise the cable channel’s daily operations. Prior to this appointment, Julio was with CBS Television Stations as President/Advertising Sales.
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