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05.23.12

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, May 23, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing.

Tonight’s Finales:
ABC: The Middle at 8p; Modern Family at 9p; Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 at 930p; Revenge at 10p
FOX: American Idol season finale part 2 at 8p
NBC: Betty White’s Off Their Rockers at 8p; Law & Order: SVU at 10p
truTV: South Beach Tow at 930p

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On Friday, Animal Planet rolls out a new series, Louisiana Lockdown at 10p which is set inside one of the country’s largest maximum security penitentiaries, Angola Prison.  The series focuses on Warden Burl Cain and a unique correctional program he introduced where inmates earn the opportunity for a temporary release to train animals outside the prison walls.  Louisiana Lockdown is produced for Animal Planet by Original Media.

This fall, REELZCHANNEL will air the US premiere of the eight-hour miniseries World Without End.  The miniseries is an adaptation of Ken Follett’s novel set in 14th century England and the follow up to Follett’s novel The Pillars of the Earth.  The miniseries is produced by Tandem Communications and Take 5 Productions in co-production with Galafilm, in association with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Films.  REELZCHANNEL will also provide viewers with behind the scenes footage of the miniseries including bios about the careers of the cast and creators.

With 14 half-hour episodes, Lifetime’s upcoming new docu-series follows the everyday life of single mom, Bristol Palin when Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp premieres on June 19 at 10p with back-to-back episodes.  Lifetime will schedule double episodes each Tuesday. The docu-series is produced by Associated Television International.

truTV’s series South Beach Tow ends its first season tonight 930p and the network has already ordered a second season consisting of 13 episodes.  During its inaugural season to date, South Beach Tow delivered 1.5 million total viewers and 786,000 among A18-49.  The second season of South Beach Tow will bow in early fall 2012.  South Beach Tow is executive produced by Jennifer Lopez and Simon Fields of Nuyorican Productions and Benjamin Nurick, Josh Ackerman and Zachary Werner of Bodega Pictures.

Long-running reality television series, Dog the Bounty Hunter has been canceled by A&E Network.  The series completed its eighth season last week featuring Duane “Dog” Chapman and his family crew tracking down criminals in Hawaii and in his home state of Colorado. 

Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control device for Zenith Electronics, died Sunday at a suburban Chicago hospital at the age of 96.  Mr. Polley created his Flash-Matic in 1955, which pointed a beam of light at photo cells in the corners of the TV screen which activated the picture and sound and also changed channels.  Throughout Mr. Polley’s 47-year career as an engineer, he earned 18 US patents.  Mr. Polley along with his fellow Zenith engineer Robert Adler, were honored in 1997 with an Emmy for their work in pioneering TV remotes.
  
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International distributor DCD Rights made deals with major broadcasters involving the sale of television series.  Coast Guard Alaska produced by Al Roker Entertainment for The Weather Channel with 20 one-hour episodes was picked up by Danmarks Radio and Tele 5 Poland.  Discovery Networks UK acquired Vet School with six half-hour episodes to air on its UK channel Animal Planet from Prospero Productions for ABC Australia.

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Catherine Keener and Charlie Kaufman, star and writer/director respectively of the drama film Synecdoche, New York are teaming for the first time on a TV project, developing a comedy series for HBO.   The proposed show will center on Keener’s character who is juggling with reality during a typical day in her life.  Keener will also produce the series with Kaufman as EP, writer and director. 

FremantleMedia Enterprises made a first-look agreement with Barry Josephson, the producer behind FOX’s Bones, to develop new drama content for US cable networks and the global marketplace.  The deal with Josephson Entertainment also has Tia Maggini as VP/Television who will work with Jeff Tahler, FME’s SVP/Global Content and Tony Optican, SVP/Scripted Programming for FremantleMedia North America, to develop new projects. 

Mnet, the US TV network dedicated to Asian American content revealed its 2012-2013 programming slate.  The network has three new original series on tap:

• Angry Little Asian Girl is compared to South Park with an Asian attitude.  This animated series delves into the frustrations of being a modern-day Asian teen growing up with traditional parents.  This series will premiere in fall 2012.
• Kollaboration is a talent show which began with one show in Los Angeles and has expanded to 15 shows across the US.  Mnet will follow the tour as the next best young Asian American talent is selected.  This series is slated for fall 2012.
• YTF aka Yesterday Today Forever showcases seven of the hottest YouTube celebrities and unites them to create THE COLOSSAL Asian American Entertainment Group.  The group will launch a coast to coast concert series performing coast singing, dancing and doing sketch comedy.  This series is set to premiere later this year.

These new series join other Mnet series: Beats Per Mnet airing Wednesdays at 9p; Hello Pop! airing weekdays at 7p; and Short Notice with its third season debuting June 13 airing on Wednesdays at 8p.

On the heels of NBC’s Smash finishing its first season, it was revealed several series regulars will not be returning for the second season. Raza Jaffrey and Jaime Cepero will not be reprising their roles along with Brian d’Arcy James and recurring guest Will Chase. 

Jason Gedrick (Iron Eagle, Stacking) will join Showtime’s drama series Dexter for the seventh season.  Gedrick will appear in a multi-episode run playing the manager of a Miami gentlemen’s club that becomes linked to a high-profile murder case.  Production on Dexter commences this month in Los Angeles and the seventh season debuts on Showtime September 30 at 9p.

E! has re-upped its contract with E! News Anchor/Managing Editor Giuliana Rancic, extending their agreement with her through April 2015.  The terms of the new deal has Rancic continuing as Anchor and serving as Managing Editor of E! News for the next three years as well as hosting duties for the network’s Live From the Red Carpet events.  Rancic will also continue to co-host the weekly comedy series Fashion Police and serving as host for other specials.  Furthermore, E! will have first-look rights to Rancic’s ideas for series, specials and other scripted and non-scripted projects.

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Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 5/14-5/20/12
Primetime    (000)        Total Pgm Day     (000)
TNT              1729         TNT                   801
ESPN            1021         ADSM*                662                    
TBSC             935          ESPN                  555                      
USA               857          USA                   461
HIST              816          TBSC                  428
ADSM             588          NICK                   423
FX                 566          HIST                   377
AEN               545          AEN                    366
DISC              538          NAN*                  364
FAM               518         FX                       353
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data.
All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 114,700,000 homes.
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day.
Notes: Program-based, strict daypart averages. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8P-11P and Sun 7P-11P. Total day is Mon-Sun 6A-6A for household and demographic performance.

Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of: 5/14-5/20/12      
Primetime    (000)      Total Pgm Day            (000)
TNT              3191        NICK                       1672
USA              2486       TNT                         1528
DSNY            2038        DSNY                       1375
ESPN            1970        ADSM*                     1245
HIST             1943        USA                        1196
FOXN            1701        TOON                      1076
TBSC            1566        FOXN                       1031
ADSM            1307        ESPN                        941
AEN              1171        HIST                         888
SYFY            1145       NAN*                         828
Source: Turner Research from The Nielsen Company data.
All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 114,700,000 homes.
* = Network broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24 hour day.
Notes: Program-based, strict daypart averages. Primetime is Mon-Sat 8P-11P and Sun 7P-11P. Total day is Mon-Sun 6A-6A for household and demographic performance.

Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of: 5/14-5/20/12
TNT     L.A. Lakers/Oklahoma City 5/16                  4392
ESPN   Oklahoma City/L.A. Lakers 5/18                  4280
TNT     L.A. Clippers/Oklahoma City 5/14                3925
TNT     Oklahoma City/L.A. Lakers 5/19                  3625
TNT     L.A. Clippers/San Antonio 5/15                   2899
ESPN   L.A. Clippers/San Antonio 5/17                   2634
ESPN   Boston/Philadelphia 5/18                            2598
ESPN   Miami/Indiana 5/17                                    2593 
TNT     San Antonio/L.A. Clippers 5/20                   2545
TNT     Indiana/Miami 5/15                                   2471
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total US Television Universe of 114,700,000 homes

Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 5/14-5/20/12
FOX    American Idol  WED                                   4.9/14           6255
FOX    American Idol  THURS                                4.4/15            5638
ABC    Grey’s Anatomy                                        4.1/11            5179
CBS    Two and a Half Men                                   3.9/10            4954
ABC    Modern Family                                           3.9/11            4991
NBC    America’s Got Talent  MON                          3.7/10            4718
CBS    How I Met Your Mother                               3.7/11            4719
CBS    NCIS                                                        3.6/11           4640
CBS    Criminal Minds                                            3.6/10           4638
CBS    Mike & Molly                                              3.4/9             4330
NBC    America’s Got Talent  TUE                            3.4/10            4399
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data

Broadcast Evening News Weekly Average Ratings (week of May 14, 2012)
NBC:     7.52 million total viewers; 1.7/7 and 2.04 million A25-54
ABC:     7.14 million total viewers; 1.5/6 and 1.83 million A25-54
CBS:     5.49 million total viewers; 1.3/5 and 1.55 million A25-54
Source: Nielsen, NTI Total Viewers and A25-54 Live + SD

Saturday A18-49 Analysis:  In a relatively sleepy Saturday, ABC delivered a first place win at 0.9/4 A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  FOX hit in a win during 8p with FOX Baseball at 0.8/4 followed by NBC’s repeat of America’s Got Talent at 0.7/3.  At 9p, NBC’s America’s Got Talent rerun moved to the top with a 1.1/4 and ABC’s Spider-Man 3 movie was next at 1.0/4.  Then at 10p, ABC was first with more of its Saturday Movie of the Week at 1.3/4 while CBS’ 48 Hours Mystery and NBC’s encore of Law & Order: SVU tied for #2 at 1.0/3.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, May 19, 2012  (May Sweep Day #24) time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 3.0/6             CSI [r] 2.4/5, Crimetime Saturday [r] 2.9/5, 48 Hours Mystery 3.5/7

NBC: 2.6/5               America’s Got Talent [r] 2.4/5, Law & Order: SVU [r] 3.0/6

FOX: 1.9/4              FOX Saturday Baseball 1.9/4

ABC: 1.7/3              ABC Saturday Movie of the Week: Spider-Man 3 [r] 1.7/3

UNIV: 1.2/2             Sabado Gigante 1.2/2

ION: 0.4/1               Psych Sat 8P 0.3/1, Psych Sat 9P 0.4/1, Psych Sat 10P 0.5/1

TF: 0.4/1                 Cineplex 3 Sat [r] 0.4/1, Cineplex 3B Sat 0.4/1

TELE: 0.4/1              Cine de Impacto [7p start] 0.3/1, Cine de Impacto II 0.4/1

A18-49:  ABC 0.9/4, NBC 0.9/3, FOX 0.8/3, CBS 0.7/3, UNIV 0.6/2, TF 0.4/1, TELE 0.3/1, ION 0.2/1

Sunday A18-49 Analysis:  ABC had the winning lineup Sunday delivering a 2.4/7 among A18-49, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.  The season finale of America’s Funniest Home Videos on ABC won at 7p with a 1.5/5 though CBS’ 60 Minutes was a tenth of a rating point behind at 1.4/5.  ABC remained on top at 8p with the first hour of the Billboard Music Awards at 2.5/8 and the season finales of FOX’s The Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers at an average of 1.9/6 claimed second place.  The Billboard Music Awards on ABC hit its highest ratings of the night during 9p at 3.0/8 followed by the one-hour season conclusion of Family Guy on FOX at 2.6/7.  At 10p, ABC polished off its clean sweep of the night with one more win for the Billboard Music Awards at 2.6/7 and NBC’s season climax of Celebrity Apprentice was #2 at 2.3/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, May 20, 2012 (May Sweep Day #25) time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

CBS: 7.4/13          60 Minutes 6.4/12, 60 Minutes 6.6/11, CBS Sunday Movie: Jesse Stone: Benefit of Doubt 8.3/13

ABC: 4.3/7            America’s Funniest Home Videos 3.5/7, Billboard Music Awards 4.5/7

NBC: 3.5/6            America’s Got Talent [r] 2.7/5, Celebrity Apprentice 4.3/7

FOX: 2.3/4            The Simpsons [r] 1.3/2, The Cleveland Show 1.7/3, The Simpsons 2.6/5, Bob’s Burgers 2.0/3, Family Guy 3.1/5

UNIV: 1.7/3           Camino Pequenos 1.1/2, Nuestra Belleza 2.0/3, Sal y Pimienta 1.6/3

TF: 0.9/2               Futbol Central 0.3/1, Liga Mexicana de Futbol: Santos vs. Monterrey 1.1/2

TELE: 0.6/1           Pa’Lante con Cristina 0.4/1, Cine Millonario: Transformers 0.6/1

ION: 0.4/1             Sunday 9PM Movie: L.A. Confidential [r] 0.4/1

A18-49:  ABC 2.4/7, FOX 1.9/6, NBC 1.6/5, CBS 1.3/4, UNIV 1.1/3, TF 0.9/3, TELE 0.5/2, ION 0.2/1

Monday A18-49 Analysis:  NBC was in control Monday with the A18-49 viewers at 2.7/7, according to final primetime national ratings from Nielsen.   NBC topped at 8p with America’s Got Talent at 3.2/10 and ABC’s Dancing with the Stars final performance show was #2 at 2.9/8.  At 9p, the series finale of House on FOX ranked #1 with a 2.9/8 and the premiere of American Ninja Warrior on NBC was second at 2.6/7 with ABC’s The Bachelorette a close third at 2.5/7.  NBC and ABC were neck and neck during 10p though NBC’s launch of American Ninja Warrior was the victor at 2.4/7 and ABC’s The Bachelorette was a step behind at 2.3/6.

Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, May 21, 2012  (May Sweep Day #26) time period averages.  Source: NTI, Galaxy as dated. Live+SD.

ABC: 7.2/11           Dancing with the Stars 10.8/17, The Bachelorette 5.3/8

FOX: 4.6/7                House: Retrospective 3.9/6, House 5.4/8

NBC: 4.2/7              America’s Got Talent 5.6/9, American Ninja Warrior [p] 3.5/5

CBS: 3.7/6               How I Met Your Mother [r] 2.7/4, 2 Broke Girls [r] 3.0/5, Two and a Half Men [r] 4.6/7, Mike & Molly [r] 4.0/6, Clash of the Commercials 3.8/6

UNIV: 2.4/4             Una Familia con Suerte 2.2/4, Abismo de Pasion 2.4/4, La Que No Podia Amar 2.5/4

ION: 1.0/2               Cold Case 0.6/1, Cold Case 0.9/1, Criminal Minds 1.4/2

TELE: 0.7/1             Maid en Manhattan 0.8/1, Corazon Valiente 0.8/1, Relaciones Peligrosas 0.5/1

CW: 0.4/1                One Tree Hill [r] 0.4/1, One Tree Hill [r] 0.4/1

TF: 0.3/1                Cine en Familia Mon [7p start r] 0.2/0, Cine de Las Estrellas Mon 0.3/1

A18-49:  NBC 2.7/7, ABC 2.6/7, FOX 2.5/7, UNIV 1.8/5, CBS 1.5/4, TELE 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1, TF 0.3/1, CW 0.2/1

Industry veteran Rod Perth was appointed as the new President/CEO of NATPE||Content First, effective immediately.  Rod will have oversight for the vision, strategies, marketing, programming and financial/administrative operations of the organization.  Rod will report to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors while he supervises a management team of six people and a total staff of 20.  Before being selected in this role, Rod was Founder/President of RHP Media Consulting in addition to Co-Founder and President/Television for REELZCHANNEL.

Former CCO at Prometheus Entertainment, Scott Hartford established 7iRON MEDIA, a new production company specializing in character-driven non-fiction and docu-soap content for cable networks.  Scott’s more than 500 hours of credits include The Girls Next Door, Kendra and Ancient Aliens.  With his new company, Scott will continue to partner with Prometheus Entertainment’s founder/president Kevin Burns on upcoming projects. 

Geoff Daniels was promoted to EVP/GM of Nat Geo WILD up from the previous position of SVP at the network.  Geoff has been with the network since its launch in March 2010.  He reports to David Lyle, CEO, National Geographic Channels US and Global Programming and Howard T. Owens, President, National Geographic Channels US.

As of June 25, Monica Neal begins her new position as SVP/Public Relations at TV One.  The former Turner Broadcasting executive will head and oversee all communications and public relations, public affairs, talent relations, viewer services and investor relations for TV One.  

WE tv tapped Mary Scotti to the role of VP/Business Affairs where she will supervise the negotiations of the network’s rights involving original productions, marketing, business development and talent agreements.  Based in New York, Mary reports to Theresa Patiri, VP/Production Management and Operations and Dom Atteritano, VP/Legal and Business Affairs.  Prior to this appointment, Mary was VP/Business and Legal Affairs at Viacom Media Networks. 

Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. elevated Richard Lom to VP/SBS Entertainment based in Miami.  Richard will manage all facets of the daily operations, live concerts, worldwide management, new TV development, marketing and partnerships among other duties.  Richard reports to Albert Rodriguez, Chief Revenue Officer of SBS’ Consolidated Operations.

Headquartered in New York, JWT named Matt MacDonald and Ryan Kutscher as Co-Chief Creative Officers at JWT New York.  Matt has served as Executive Creative Director at JWT New York while Ryan joins from CP+B where he was Creative Director.  They both report to Jeff Benjamin, CCO, JWT North America.

KSL Media has hired Larry Most as VP/Business Development for its Miami office.  Larry will head the expansion of KSL Media’s client roster in the Southeast region of the US and will report to Mike Oddi, CMO.

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This day in History: 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne & sold to the British.

Answer to Our Last Trivia Question: Who often visits Cafe Nervosa? Frasier Crane. Kudos to: Mark Ski-Mark Ski Productions/NYC; Terry Sekel-RFD-TV/NY; Barry Schiffer-WJZ-TV/Baltimore; Art Salisch-SM R/NJ; Laura V. DeLeon-KCBD-TV / NBC/Lubbock; Ryan Raines-Youtoo/FamilyNet/Dallas; Lucie Prann-The Richards Group/Dallas; Lisa Raby-LittleBigDog Productions/Lake Village, AR; Shoshanna R Ezra-Relativity Real/LA; Brian Waldrop-Bleu, Inc./Seattle; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/L; Bill Bracken-Brad Lachman Productions/Burbank; Bobby Bittman-SCTV/Ontario; Amy M. Borg-Cream Productions/Toronto.

Today’s Trivia Question: What TV show first appeared on NBC in 1995, cancelled after finishing 79th in the ratings, picked up by another network and was aired for an additional nine season plus spinning off a number one drama on television? (Email [email protected] 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 & Lisa
05.23.12

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SITUATION WANTED:  WRITER’S/PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/LA:  Worked as a Page on The Big Bang Theory, Mike & Molly, etc. Attending UCLA’s TV writing program. Very experienced with Final Draft. Has BS in journalism. [email protected] (5/31)

SITUATION WANTED:  TAKE ON ME, TAKE ME ON: NY based: willing to travel and/or relocate. Mass Comm, Media head, super organizer, creative, seeking dynamic org./individuals to work with. Pls contact, [email protected] (5/31)

SITUATION WANTED: LEGAL/BUSINESS AFFAIRS OUTSOURCING: Experienced attorneys; will handle legal for production companies or business affairs depts (www.metallawgroup.com). [email protected] (5/30)

SITUATION WANTED: WRITER/SHOW RUNNER ASSISTANT/SCRIPT COVERAGE/WRITING: Has worked in development/writing for iTV studios and NightFlight Studios. Experienced script reader w/great coverage and analysis skills. [email protected] (5/26)

SITUATION WANTED: SPORTS/ENT SPONSOR/PARTNER SALES. Very creative activations for diverse mrktg/event challenges. Award Shows; Sports; Venues; Media. Award Winning Events Producer w/ sponsor integrations. Contact: Sarah at [email protected] (5/25)

SITUATION WANTED: CHILDREN’S MEDIA/LA: Willing to relocate. Producer and Segment Producer w/ Child Ed & journalism background, & over 12 yrs working w/children. [email protected] (5/25)

SITUATION WANTED: SALES ASST/NYC: Interned for 3 consecutive semesters at Scripps Networks in Ad Sales Mktg, Works as upfront asst. B.A. from Fordham University in Comm/Business. Resume upon request. Contact [email protected] (5/25)

E-mail [email protected] or call Trish Pihonak at 888.702.3858 for rates and specs for Job Openings.

Are you looking for a job? Post your Situation Wanted Ad here — Email [email protected] for specs.

WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2012

ABC: The Middle [f], Modern Family, Modern Family [f], Don’t Trust the B [f], Revenge [f]
AZTECA: Extra Normal, Al Extremo, Fabrica de Huevos, Fabrica de Huevos
CBS: The Big Bang Theory [r], Two and a Half Men [r], Criminal Minds [r], Criminal Minds [r]
CW: America’s Next Top Model [r], America’s Next Top Model
FOX: American Idol [f]
ION: Cold Case, Cold Case, Criminal Minds
NBC: Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers [r], Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: SVU [f]
PBS: Nature, Nova, Nova
TELE: Una Maid en Manhattan, Corazon Valiente, Relaciones Peligrosas
UNIV: Una Familia con Suerte [f], La Que No Podia Amar

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