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Good morning. It’s Wednesday, March 11, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: CNN’s Saturday night talk show D.L. Hughley Breaks the News will end later this month after only being on the air five months, reports The New York Times. The show, taped in front of a studio audience in New York, averaged 750,000 viewers. CNN explained the show’s abrupt ending by saying comedian Hughley wants to be closer to his family in California and will remain as a contributor for the cable news network based in Los Angeles. ~ MORE GOOD STUFF ~
Gospel Music Channel is furthering its original programming lineup by launching new series Revealed March 25 at 8p. Revealed will showcase up-close today’s gospel performers, either a single artist or a group through interviews and an intimate acoustic concert setting. Episode one will spotlight Third Day and their album Revelation while future episodes will feature Jars of Clay and Israel Houghton. Action sports network, FUEL TV will open a third season of New Pollution March 29 at 830p. This new season, with thirteen episodes, will look at the next generation of action sports athletes who are 16 years and younger. Show host and professional surfer Matt Beacham spends time with the young athletes who excel at everything from snowboarding to skateboarding, to see what makes them tick. New episodes air Sunday nights at 830p and repeat several times during the week. Sunday night’s third season premiere of E!’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians at 10p attracted 1.6 million total viewers and posted a 1.07 rating with A18-49 and a 2.06 rating with W18-34. Immediately following at 1030p, the new series debut of Candy Girls stayed sweet for the network by drawing in an average 1.1 million total viewers and delivering a .70 rating with A18-49 and a 1.54 rating among the core audience of W18-34. Also on Sunday night, VH1’s season finale of Tool Academy at 10p averaged 1.8 million total viewers and delivered a 1.2 rating with A18-49 viewers. Then Monday’s new series opener of Battles BC on History at 9p ushered in 656,000 A18-49 viewers, 719,000 A25-54 viewers and 1.5 million total viewers, making it the #1 Monday night series debut in the network’s history. MIP TV Program Call: If your company will be attending and showcasing programming at MIP TV 2009 in Cannes, France, at the end of next month, Cynopsis will send out a special MIP TV Shopping Guide edition the Wednesday 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, your terms (barter, cash, etc.) and names and contact info of those attending from your company. If your company is interested in being included in this free guide, please send the details to Housekeeping Note: As we have in 2000, 2005 and 2007, once again we are conducting a survey to get your feedback on the Cynopsis editions and how we might make them better and more relevant for you. Please take a few minutes to click on this link and fill out the survey – your comments are greatly appreciated!
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Michael Hoff Productions, Inc. (HOFF PRODUCTIONS) received a renewal for its Investigation Discovery series Extreme Forensics. Michael Hoff Productions also announced it opened a new office in New York City to handle production for the series headed by television production veteran Jessica Winchell Morsa. ~ ELSEWHERE IN CYNOPSIS ~
CYNOPSIS DIGITAL – TODAY’S TOP STORY: For years American Idol‘s producers participated in one of the most successful, if rudimentary, mobile interactive applications in the U.S. as millions of AT&T subscribers paid extra fees to text in their votes. (FremantleMedia has also used the platform as a marketing tool this year to remind users of the return of the show, sending out mobile ads to some 2 million AT&T subs.) Finally there’s something a little sexier – Seattle-based Zumboi has launched an officially-sanctioned $1.99 American Idol app for the iPhone. It features a variety of content and functionality including exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes clips, a “buzz” section with blogs, news feeds and other updates and a module providing bios and photos of show participants. But go figure – there’s no way to cast votes from the app. Full edition: CYN DIGITAL. CYNOPSIS KIDS – TODAY’S TOP STORY: With the goal expanding its global business efforts, Marvel Entertainment has formed an International Advisory Board to help explore new opportunities overseas for Marvel and its key character brands, especially focusing on India and China initially. The Advisory Board is chaired by James F. Halpin, a longtime Marvel director. Simon Philips, President/Worldwide Consumer Products will serve as the primary company liaison to the Advisory Board. Additionally, the Advisory Board is currently comprised of Peter Yip, Exec. Vice Chairman and CEO, CDC Corporation, and Bollywood film producer, Manmohan Shetty, former chairman, Adlabs Films Limited. Yip and Shetty represent China and India, respectively on the Board. Marvel is in the process of filling two additional Advisory Board positions. Full edition: CYN KIDS. ~ RATINGS ~
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 3/2-3/8/09 Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 3/2-3/8/09 Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 3/2-3/8/09 Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 3/2-3/8/09 Saturday – A18-49 Analysis: FOX led with its “bad boys” lineup Saturday night at 1.9/6 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen Media Research. At 8p, FOX’s back-to-back Cops episodes averaged a winning 1.9/7 with CBS’ Crimetime Saturday rerun next at 1.2/4. Almost the same scenario occurred at 9p as FOX’s AMW led with 1.9/6 followed by a second encore helping of CBS’ Crimetime Saturday at 1.7/5. CBS made it to the top at 10p with a new 48 Hours Mystery at 2.2/7 with NBC’s Law & Order repeat coming after that with 1.3/4. Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, March 7, 2009 (March Sweep Day 3) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 5.3/10 Crimetime Saturday [r] 4.4/8, Crimetime Saturday [r] 5.7/10, 48 Hours Mystery 5.8/11 FOX: 3.4/6 Cops 3.3/6, Cops 2 [r] 3.4/6, AMW: America Fights Back 3.4/6 NBC: 2.6/5 Apprentice 8 [r] 2.2/4, Law & Order [r] 3.5/7 ABC: 2.0/4 America’s Funniest Home Videos [r] 2.8/5, Brothers & Sisters [r] 1.7/3 UNIV: 1.5/3 Sabado Gigante 1.5/3 MNT: 0.9/2 My Saturday Night Movie: French Kiss 0.9/2 TELE: 0.3/1 Futbol Estelar: Tigres vs. Puebla 0.2/0, Futbol Estelar II: Atlas vs. Indios 0.3/1 A18-49: FOX 1.9/6, CBS 1.7/6, NBC 1.1/4, UNIV 1.0/3, ABC 0.8/3, MNT 0.3/1, TELE 0.2/1
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, March 8, 2009 (March Sweep Day 4) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. CBS: 7.0/12 60 Minutes 8.6/15, The Amazing Race 6.1/10, Cold Case 7.8/12, The Unit 5.7/9 ABC: 6.5/11 America’s Funniest Home Videos 4.2/8, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 6.0/10, Desperate Housewives 8.7/13, Brothers & Sisters 7.0/11 NBC: 3.9/6 SNL [r] 2.2/4, SNL [r] 3.7/6, Apprentice 8 4.8/8 FOX: 2.8/5 Hole in the Wall 1.5/3, Hole in the Wall 1.7/3, The Simpsons 3.3/6, King of the Hill 2.8/4, Family Guy 4.1/6, American Dad 3.1/5 UNIV: 1.5/2 [no ratings data for 7p hour] Nuestra Belleza 1.9/3, Quien Tiene Razon? 1.5/2 CW: 0.6/1 Jericho 0.5/1, The CW Sunday Movie: Easy Money 0.6/1 TELE: 0.4/1 [no ratings data for 7p hour] Cine Millonario 0.5/1, Camara Loca 0.2/0 A18-49: ABC 3.3/9, CBS 2.6/7, NBC 2.5/7, FOX 2.3/6, UNIV 1.2/3, TELE 0.4/1, CW 0.2/1 Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, March 9, 2009 (March Sweep Day 5) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD. ABC: 11.8/18 Dancing with the Stars [p] 14.1/21, Castle [p] 7.1/12 CBS: 7.2/11 The Big Bang Theory 5.8/9, How I Met Your Mother 5.3/8, Two and a Half Men 8.1/12, Rules of Engagement 6.2/9, CSI: Miami 9.0/15 FOX: 7.1/11 House 7.3/11, 24 6.8/10 NBC: 4.1/6 Chuck 3.5/5, Heroes 4.2/6, Medium 4.7/8 UNIV: 2.2/3 Cuidado con el Angel 2.4/4, Manana para Siempre 2.5/4, Cristina 1.7/3 MNT: 0.9/1 Masters of Illusion 0.9/1, Magic’s Biggest Secrets Revealed [r] 1.0/1 CW: 0.8/1 Gossip Girl [r] 0.8/1, One Tree Hill [r] 0.8/1 TELE: 0.6/1 Dona Barbara 0.5/1, El Rostro de Analia 0.7/1, Sin Senos No Hay Paraiso 0.7/1, Cartel M 0.7/1 A18-49: ABC 5.1/13, FOX 4.2/11, CBS 4.0/10, NBC 2.6/7, UNIV 1.7/4, CW 0.5/1, MNT 0.5/1, TELE 0.5/1
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
UK-based Bullseye Television Production, a division of Zodiak Entertainment, named Ed Crick as Managing Director to oversee the content producer’s growth in new programming directions. Ed will work with company executives, producers and production managers, building strong relationships in the UK and across the pond in the US. Ed follows Bullseye founder Jorg Roth in this position. Jorg will remain as Chairman, concentrating now on acquisitions and format sales for Zodiak Entertainment. Doug Baker takes on new responsibility as SVP/CFO for Discovery Networks International, per an announcement from Discovery Communications. Currently, Doug is SVP/CFO for Discovery Communications’ Digital Media, Emerging Networks and Business Development units and will segue into his new position in the next several weeks. Doug’s scope of work includes all financial duties pertaining to Discovery’s global business in addition to managing CFOs based in the UK, EMEA, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Doug will report directly to Greg Ricca, President/CEO, Discovery Networks International. This day in History: 1947 – The DuMont network aired “Movies For Small Fry.” It was network television’s first successful children’s program. Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Animal trainer and behaviorist Ralph Helfer owned two celebrity bulls – one was Merrill, well named as he starred in the Merrill Lynch commercials. The other was a one ton black longhorn Brahma bull named Zane who had a habit of attacking things and people in classic commercials. What company was this bull identified with? SCHLITZ MALT LIQUOR Kudos to: Mike Seidel-CBS Television Stations/NY; Troy Furr-ESPN/New York; Darren Pieh-WWJT/Detroit; Greg West-WATC/Atlanta; Judy Margolis-The Ad Place/Dallas; Julie Syers-Briggs & Caldwell/Houston; Donna James-KDAF/Dallas; Dale Warshaw-KMSB & KTTU/Tucson; Richard Quan-Imaginary Time/San Francisco; Sean Boardman-Q13 Fox/Seattle; Paul Blutter-General American Group/Northridge; David Chill-DIRECTV/LA Today’s Trivia Question: Pulp Fiction saw the return of The Batusi, the dance invented by Arthur Murray for the campy TV series BATMAN in the 1960s. When Adam West as Batman first introduced The Batusi on the premiere episode, he was dancing with Molly – one of the Riddler’s “henchmen” … who was the actress? (Email A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
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