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03/22/06
Good Morning. It’s Wednesday, March 22, 2006, and this is your first early morning briefing.
Comedy Central’s South Park returns this evening with a season opener episode titled The Return of the Chef. You’ll recall Isaac Hayes, the voice of Chef, left the show just about a week ago, citing “inappropriate ridicule” of religion, more specifically of the Church of Scientology. Hayes did not return to South Park to voice tonight’s episode, and there are swirling rumors as to how show creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker will pull this one off, with one rumor suggesting they pieced together dialogue from previous episodes. The synopsis of this evenings episode says that after Chef returns to town, his friends notice there is something different about him.
Tonight’s Premieres:
Fox: Unan1mous at 9p
ABC: Evidence at 10p
NBC: Heist at 10p
Comedy Central: South Park at 10p and Mind of Mencia at 1030p
* MORE GOOD STUFF *The CW has signed exclusive, long-term affiliation agreements with six new stations, increasing the network’s national coverage to almost 68% of the country, including 19 of the Top 20 markets and 26 of the Top 30. The newly signed affiliates are: KWBA/Tucson; WZRB/Columbia; WRBJ/Jackson; KWTX and KBTX/Waco; and WTVY/Dothan.
Programming Note – ABC Season Finale Dates:
May 8 – What About Brian at 10p
May 14 and May 15 – Grey’s Anatomy at 10p (2-parter)
May 16 – Boston Legal at 9p
May 17 – Invasion at 10p
May 19 – AFV at 8p
May 21 – EM: Home Edition at 7p
May 21 – Desperate Housewives at 9p
May 22 – Alias at 9p
May 24 – Lost at 9p
NBC Program note — The network has pulled an original episode of Four Kings for tomorrow night in favor of a repeat of My Name is Earl. Earl is expected to stick around for the next few weeks, fueling speculation about the future of Four Kings. Nothing official has been announced.
Correction: Yesterday’s edition listed the premiere of Univision’s Barrera de Amor at 10p, when in fact the show airs nightly at 8p.
The 2-hour second season premiere of Food Network‘s The Next Food Network Star aired last Sunday at 9p, and was watched by 3.9 million total viewers. It delivered a 0.6 rating among Adults 25-54, making it the sixth highest-rated show in the demo among all ad-supported cable networks during its 9-11p time period.
WE: Women’s Entertainment‘s new original series John Edward Cross Country, premiered last Friday at 10p, and was the highest-rated original series premiere ever on WE with 672, 000 total viewers.
The first two parts of Discovery Channel‘s six-part series Perfect Disaster delivered more than 1.8 million viewers each on Sunday, and a 1.1 rating among A25-54.
Upfronts 2006: LIFETIME
Lifetime presented a lineup of its original shows, movies, and development slate on Tuesday morning in New York City.
The original series premieres include:
- Lovespring, coming in June, an improvisational half-hour comedy about a matchmaking agency marketed to customers as an elite Beverly Hills company, despite its location in Tarzana, California (Big Cattle Productions, distributed by Lionsgate);
- Angela’s Eyes, coming in July from the producers of the movie Crash, is an hour-long drama about an FBI agent in her twenties who instinctively knows when people are lying (The Cleary Company and Bull’s Eyes Entertainment produce in association with NBC Universal Television Studio);
- Reality series Paws will show viewers the inner workings of a Hollywood pet agency (Kevin Dill and Mechelle Collins EP for Intuitive Entertainment); and,
- Off net series Medium joins the Lifetime schedule this Sunday at 11p.
The development slate includes numerous scripted and non-scripted projects. For instance:
- State of Mind, EP’d by Greer Shephard and Michael Robin about a shrink who discovers her husband is sleeping with their therapist;
- The Funeral Planner from Lynn Isenberg’s novel about protagonist Madison Banks, who launches a new business and puts the party back in funerals;
- Alessandra, an hour-long talk show hosted by therapist Alessandra Rampollo, who explores every-day relationship issues, along with celebrity interviews (produced by Promofilm); and
- Sworn Enemies, a look at what happens when two women – enemies in high school – are reunited and forced into friendship over a weekend (produced by Kaufman Films).
Lifetime Original Movies announced three premieres this summer:
- The Gwen Araujo Story, premiering in June, starring Mercedes Ruehl and J.D. Pardo;
- Not Like Everyone Else premieres in July and stars Alia Shawkat and Ileanna Douglas; and,
- Fantasia, coming in July, a bio-pic of American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino.
And finally, Lifetime Movie Network will offer a new monthly showcase of original movies in August, along with a new website, LMN.tv, which features sneak peaks from more than 100 movies, a viewer movie rating system, and an enhanced TV schedule equipped with email alerts.
* NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *MTV2 has greenlit Where My Dogs At?, a new animated series starring Jeffrey Ross and comedian Tracy Morgan. Where My Dogs At? follows Buddy and Woof, two stray dogs, trying to survive on the mean streets of Hollywood. The comedy premieres on June 9 and runs for 8 episodes. It’s co-created by Ross with Aaron Lee.
Casting Notes …
CBS’ Jericho has added Alicia Coppola to the cast, and just in the nick of time – production begins today.
The untitled Port/Wiseman project from NBC Universal and starring Ed O’Neill, has added Rosa Blasi to portray O’Neill’s third wife. The comedy is about a a young couple moving back to the bride’s hometown and coping with her large family. Christine Baranski plays O’Neill’s first wife.
Sara Gilbert has joined the cast of ABC‘s pilot Girls on the Bus – recently retitled from What Happens on the Bus, from Touchstone TV. Also on the bus for the traveling political campaign are Keile Sanchez and Maulik Pancholy.
* EXECUTIVE MOVES *Cindy Kibens has been named Local Sales Manager for KPLR/St. Louis, reporting to Glen Callanan, GSM. Cindy will be responsible for leading all local sales efforts, and managing the sales department.
Rita Street becomes VP/Development at Mike Young Productions, reporting to co-CEOs Mike Young and Bill Schultz as well as President Liz Young. Rita will be based in Woodland Hills and will support the company’s existing development slate, as well as look for new projects and opportunities across all platforms.
Paul J. Conley joins American Greetings Properties, a division of American Greetings Corporation, as VP/Digital Media. Paul will oversee AGP’s website and develop sites for new properties and re-launches. He will also manage outbound licensing for interactive categories such as mobile, video games and other digital platforms, and develop a business-to-business website as a sales and marketing tool to support AGP’s growing outbound licensing efforts.
Allyson Terry-Goldsby is upped to VP/Marketing at Sony Pictures Television, continuing to report to Alan Daniels, SVP/Marketing. Based in Culver City, Allyson will be responsible for the development and creation of marketing campaigns for SPT’s first-run syndicated series, and for marketing motion pictures for pay per view and for video on demand.
*RATINGS*Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of 3/13 – 3/19/06:
Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000)
USA 2787 NICK 2313
TNT 2202 NAN* 1436
TBSC 1832 TOON 1245
TOON 1703 USA 1220
NAN 1672 TNT 1191
LIF 1662 TBSC 1089
FOXN 1433 ADSM* 1046
HIST 1233 LIF 918
SPK 1212 FOXN 773
ESPN 1179 HALL 711
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 110,200,000 homes
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Primetime listing only includes those networks broadcasting more than 51% of the primetime hours (M-Su 8p-11p)
Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of 3/13 – 3/19/06:
Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000)
USA 1160 TNT 638
TBSC 1062 NAN* 583
TNT 966 TNT 582
LIF 645 USA 542
SPK 634 NICK 509
FX 579 ADSM* 495
CMDY 573 LIF 422
DISC 554 ESPN 395
ESPN 552 FX 363
MTV 528 SPK 334
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 110,200,000 homes
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day. Primetime listing only includes those networks broadcasting more than 51% of the primetime hours (M-Su 8p-11p)
Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of 3/13 – 3/19/06:
USA WWE Entertainment 2678
USA WWE Entertainment 2565
MTV RW/RR The Gauntlet II 2350
USA Monk 1985
TBS Mr. Deeds 1878
MTV Real World XVII 1871
TNT Forrest Gump 1826
TBS Rush Hour 2 1606
FX The Shield 1588
MTV There & Back 1566
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 110,200,000 homes
Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of 3/13 – 3/19/06 :
Fox: American Idol – Tuesday 17,760
Fox: American Idol – Weds 14, 920
ABC: Grey’s Anatomy 12, 070
Fox: The Loop – preview 3/15 930p 8, 390
ABC: Extreme Makeover Home Ed. 8, 260
CBS: CSI: Miami 8, 230
Fox: 24 7, 510
NBC: ER 7, 500
ABC: American Inventor 7, 010
CBS: Two and a Half Men 6, 950
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data
Monday – A18-49 Analysis: CBS led Monday night with a 5.1/12 A18-49, according to fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research. Fox was #2 with a 4.9/12. At 8p NBC led the pack with a 5.5/14 for Deal or No Deal, beating Fox’s 4.3/11 for Prison Break, premiering in its new time period. At 9p Fox took the lead with a 5.5/13 for 24, besting CBS’ 5.3/12 for Two and a Half Men and The New Adventures of Old Christine. On the WB, Related earned a 1.7/2 for its season finale. For the 10p hour, CBS won with a 6.5/17 for CSI: Miami, over ABC’s Miracle Workers with a 2.8/7.
Live + Same Day Ratings: Monday, March 20, 2006 – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research
CBS 9.9/15 King of Queens 7.2/11, How I Met Your Mother 6.3/9, Two & 1/2 Men 10.6/15, The New Adv of Old Christine 9.8/14, CSI: Miami 12.8/21
FOX 7.3/11 Prison Break [time period p] 6.4/9, 24 8.3/12
NBC 7.2/11 Deal or No Deal 9.7/14, The Apprentice 6.8/10, Medium [r] 5.2/8
ABC 5.8/9 Wife Swap [r] 5.6/8, Supernanny 6.9/10, Miracle Workers 4.9/8
UNIV 2.4/4 Contra Viento y Marea 2.6/4, Alborada 2.5/4, Cristina 2.1/3
UPN 2.0/3 One on One [r] 1.8.3, All of Us [r] 2.0/3, Girlfriends [r] 2.2/3, Half and Half [r] 1.8/3
WB 1.7/2 Related [r] 1.6/2, Related [f] 1.7/2
TELE 0.6/1 Tierra de Pasiones 0.6/1, Corazón Partido 0.5/1, Decisiones – Casos Extraordinarios 0.5/1, Decisiones 0.5/1
A18-49: CBS 5.1/12, Fox 4.9/12, NBC 4.1/10, ABC 3.5/9, UNI 2.0/5, UPN 1.2/3, WB 1.1/3, TELE 0.5/1
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The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1974: The Equal Rights Amendment is passed in the US Senate and sent to the states for ratification. First proposed by the National Women’s Party in 1923, the amendment prohibiting any discrimination based on sex went on to be ratified by thirty-one states within the year but failed to achieve the necessary thirty-eight needed to make it the 27th Amendment.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: This game show had couples answering questions or playing games to earn points. The most points went on to the final round in which they raced through the mall exchanging gifts. What game show was this? SHOP TILL YOU DROP Kudos to: Tom Bucci-Fox Cable Sports/NY; Katie Hite-WRLH Fox/Richmond VA; Lenore Lynn Fulcher-CSI Sports/Staten Is. NY; Eric Kurpiel-News Channel 13/Albany; Roxanne Lyson-KECI/Missoula MT; Dan Radman-Star Link Worldwide/Chicago; Elisa M. Zahn-Free State Studios/Topeka; KS; Candace Heathington-Time Warner Cable/TX; Jennifer Hershfield-Schiefer Media/Orange County CA; Melissa Marshall-Schiefer Media/Orange County CA; Lisa Brenner-Electric Entertainment/LA; Janice Ogata-Newsflashpix/LA
Today’s Trivia Question: During the ’60s this ad told us “You’ve Come a long way baby!” Who came a long way? (click here 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.)
Later — Cyn
03.22.06 – 5:01a
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Wednesday, March 22, 2006
ABC George Lopez, Freddie, Lost, The Evidence [p]
CBS Out of Practice, Courting Alex, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY
FOX Bones, American Idol, Unan1mous [p]
NBC Deal or No Deal, Law & Order, Heist [p]
i Sue Thomas F.B. Eye, Early Edition, Doc
UPN America’s Next Top Model, Veronica Mars
WB One Tree Hill [r], Gilmore Girls [r]
TELE Tierra de Pasiones, Corazon Partido, Decisiones Casos Extraordinarios, Decisiones
UNIV Barrera de Amor, Alborada, Don Francisco Presenta
