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CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, June 8, 2005 and this is your first early morning briefing. As you know, the Viacom Board of Directors are scheduled to meet at the end of this month to vote on splitting the company into two units – one led by led by Leslie Moonves and will include the broadcast networks and outdoor, the other by Tom Freston overseeing components include the cable networks and Paramount. Also at that meeting, it is expected Shari Redstone, Sumner’s daughter, will be named Vice Chairman of Viacom, per Variety. That sets up Shari to become the new Chairman once Sumner steps down. Tonight’s Premiere: * NEW ORDERS / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *
NBC Universal Television Studio has signed Gail Lerner to the standard 2-year, 7-figure, development deal. As part of that deal, she will continue as co-exec prod of Will & Grace, while also development new projects. 20th has signed Reba’s exec producer Matt Berry to a 2-year development deal which will keep him at the helm of that show, in addition to creating new projects. * MORE GOOD STUFF *
The debut of the second season of The 4400 on USA set a new all-time record for the network and for all basic cable original series thus far this calendar year among A18-49 (2.4 rtg) and A25-54 (2.9 rtg). On Sunday night 5.3 million viewers tuned in. Discovery Channel has pared all the nominations down to a Top 25 Greatest Americans list and now we can vote. Think American Idol without the singing. Our voting will whittle the list down to the Top 5. Want to know who’s on the list? Here you go: Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Billy Graham, Bob Hope, Eleanor Roosevelt, Elvis Presley, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George W. Bush, George Washington, Henry Ford, John F. Kennedy, Lance Armstrong, Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali, Neil Alden Armstrong, Oprah Winfrey, Ronald Reagan, Rosa Parks, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Jefferson, Walt Disney, Wright Brothers. None of my top choices, but let’s not be nitpicky here. It’s the debate that matters. Vote at: aol.com/greatestamerican She was Mrs. Robinson (1967). She was Anne Sullivan (1962). She was the Queen in Antz (1998). She was even an extra in the church scene in Blazing Saddles (1974). She was also Mrs. Mel Brooks. Anne Bancroft passed away Monday at the age of 73 after losing her battle with cancer. The lights on Broadway will be dimmed in her honor today. Ms. Bancroft was lauded with numerous awards and nominations, most notably an Oscar and a Tony for The Miracle Worker, and Golden Globe awards for both The Graduate and The Pumpkin Eater (1964). Most recently, she had appeared on Broadway in 2002 in Edward Albee’s Occupant. Note to self: if you ever find yourself wearing a wedding dress in the middle of Times Square, standing before a giant wedding cake just itching to jump into the cake in a mad-dash search for a $50,000 wedding coupon … let this thought first pass through your mind: Mother-in-law. Do you really want your future mother-in-law to see you covered with great globs of butter cream icing? Think she’ll ever let you forget that visual, particularly if you don’t find the coupon? Save yourself. Elope. Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of 5/30-6/5: Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of 5/30-6/5: Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 Rtg for the week of 5/30-6/5: Cynopsis Housekeeping Survey: If you have about 3 minutes, would you mind clicking here for a quick survey about Cynopsis? Your responses to these surveys are always useful and often incorporated into the Cynopsis editions. As always, you are not asked to identify yourself, nor are there any clever behind-the-scenes ways for me to know who participated in the survey. The goal is to get your suggestions to help us make Cynopsis better. Thanks for the help — Cyn. * EXECUTIVE MOVES*
Comedy Central has upped Lou Wallach to SVP/Original Programming and Development, reporting to Lauren Corrao, EVP. In his expanded role, Lou will be responsible for the development and supervision of original programming for the network on the east coast. He will also manage the development of original content for the network’s programming expansion into new digital platforms. Logo named Kristin Frank as SVP/Multiplatform Distribution and Marketing. She will be responsible for the GLBT network’s multiplatform growth, products and services for aspects such as television, wireless, radio and the Internet in addition to managing off-channel marketing initiatives. Kristin was previously a regional VP for the Northeast region with MTV. She will report to Lisa Sherman, Logo’s SVP and general manager. * RATINGS *
Monday- A18-49 Analysis: CBS delivered the goods on Monday night with a 2-1/2 hour marathon of 2-1/2 Men following an episode of Raymond, all pulling in a grand total of 3.3/9 A18-49 for the night, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. Fox was a close #2 with a repeat and a new ep of its newest reality series, Hell’s Kitchen. At 8p CBS averaged a 2.7/8, and the repeat of Fear Factor on NBC earned a nearby 2.4/7. In the world of Pass or Fail, ABC’s premiere of The Scholar gets an F for its Fourth place position with a 1.7/5 rtg. At 9p CBS and Fox tied, each posting a 3.4/9 for the hour. CBS cinched the night at 10p with its last hour of the 2-1/2 Men marathon posting a generous 3.7/10, outpacing Medium (2.6/7) and the final hour of The Ring on ABC (2.1/5). Fast Affiliate Ratings: Monday, June 6, 2005, for all Networks – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research. CBS 7.2/12 Raymond [r] 6.4/11, 2-1/2 Men [r] 6.6/11, 2-1/2 Men [r] 7.2/12, 2-1/2 Men [r] 7.6/12, 2-1/2 Men [r] 7.8/13, 2-1/2 Men [r] 7.4/13 NBC 4.5/7 Fear Factor [r] 3.6/6, Las Vegas [r] 4.4/7, Medium [r] 5.3/9 FOX 3.6/6 Hell’ Kitchen [r] 3.0/5, Hell’s Kitchen 4.3/7 ABC 3.3/5 The Scholar [p] 3.4/6, Movie: The Ring 3.3/5 WB 1.9/3 7th Heaven [r] 1.9/3, 7th Heaven [r] 1.8/3 UPN 1.5/2 One on One [r] 1.5/3, Cuts [r] 1.4/2, Girlfriends [r] 1.6/3, Half & Half [r] 1.5/2 A18-49 CBS 3.3/9, Fox 2.7/8, NBC 2.5/7, ABC 1.9/5, UPN 0.9/3, WB 0.9/2 A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NEW LINE TELEVISION
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Controversial Emotional Shocking Funny Life Changing And that was only the first episode. AMISH IN THE CITY For your Emmy Consideration For more information visit: The History Channel presents This Day in History: Answer to Yesterday’s trivia question: These two Housewife actors starred together in a nightly soap in the ’80s. Who were the actors and what was the show? NICHOLETTE SHERIDAN & DOUG SAVANT KNOTS LANDING Kudos to: Corinne A. Waldheim-Soap Net Sales Research & Mktng/NY; Debra Gersh Hernandez-ASNE; Marla Smith-Fox Cable Sports/NY; Rachel Choudhury-Fine Living/LA; Len Klatt-Premier Radio Networks/LA; Tom Kilgallon-KTTV/KCOP/LA. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COURT TV Games of chance are about to get a lot chancier…
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