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11.25.09
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, November 25, 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 Finale:
Sundance Channel: Man Shops Globe at 10p
Friday’s Premiere:
Sundance Channel: Shameless at 8p
Saturday’s Finale:
CMT: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team at 9p
Sunday’s Premiere:
Travel Channel: Meet the Natives at 9p
Sunday’s Finales:
Discovery Channel: Storm Chasers at 9p
E!: Leave It to Lamas at 1030p
FOX gave drama series Lie To Me a full season order, picking up the back nine episodes. This week’s episode posted a 2.7 rating among A18-49, retaining 60% of lead-in House’s demo ratings. 20th TV and Imagine TV produce Lie To Me.
A day after announcing a fifth season pick-up for Psych, USA Network said Burn Notice will be back for a fourth season, reports EW. The second half of Burn Notice’s third season returns in January while the new 16-episode order is expected to premiere next summer.
A&E Network brings back a sixth season of Dog the Bounty Hunter beginning December 2 at 9p. The new season opens with a special one-hour premiere episode marking the series’ 150th episode. Hybrid Films produces the series for A&E.
HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm season finale on Sunday at 9p was the most-watched season ender in five years, attracting more than 1.3 million total viewers. The 10p encore finale episode was viewed by 716,000 total viewers for a combined total of more than 2 million viewers.
FX made a deal with Summit Entertainment, snapping up the ad-supported television rights to all four of the Twilight films. FX can begin airing last year’s first Twilight movie in late 2011; the just-released The Twilight Saga: New Moon will air on FX in late 2012; and the third movie in the series Eclipse, releasing theatrically on June 30, will be available on FX in early 2013. The package deal with Summit Entertainment also includes the films The Hurt Locker, Knowing and Push with all three available on FX in mid-2012. Furthermore, all seven films from Summit Entertainment will go to FX after their premium pay cable window on Showtime.
ABC is temporarily halting production on frosh drama series Flash Forward this week. The six-day hiatus has been a part of the show’s schedule and the purpose is to give writers more time to “maintain a high quality of the show” per an ABC network representative.
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Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of: 11/16-11/22/09
Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000)
ESPN 1447 ADSM* 676
USA 1294 USA 640
TBSC 1109 ESPN 617
TNT 871 NAN* 590
FX 701 TBSC 571
AEN 635 TNT 564
CMDY 610 NICK 554
HIST 600 FX 376
SPK 588 TRU 368
FAM 581 AEN 365
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 114,900,000 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 Total Viewersfor the week of: 11/16-11/22/09
Primetime (000) Total Pgm Day (000)
USA 3078 NICK 2131
ESPN 2933 NAN* 1520
FOXN 2435 USA 1486
TBSC 1997 FOXN 1254
TNT 1959 TNT 1208
NAN 1830 ADSM* 1132
HIST 1646 ESPN 1102
FAM 1577 TOON 1139
AEN 1432 TBSC 974
TOON 1389 HIST 816
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 114,900,000 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: 11/16-11/22/09
ESPN Ravens/Browns 5363
ESPN Sportscenter 11/16 1139p 2735
USA WWE Entertainment 10p 2546
LIF Project Runway 2496
FX Sons of Anarchy 2474
USA WWE Entertainment 9p 2304
CMDY South Park 2023
BRAV Top Chef 1910
SPK The Ultimate Fighter 1826
MTV The Hills 1795
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 114,900,000 homes
Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 rating/share and (000) for the week of 11/16-11/22/09
NBC Sunday Night Football 6.6/17 8700
ABC American Music Awards 5.5/14 7240
ABC Grey’s Anatomy 5.0/13 6650
CBS The Big Bang Theory 5.0/12 6610
FOX House 4.9/13 6540
CBS Two and a Half Men 4.7/12 6200
NBC Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick 4.5/12 6030
CBS NCIS 4.1/11 5390
ABC Dancing with the Stars 3.8/10 5120
FOX Family Guy 3.8/9 5090
Source: Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer, Live + SD Data
Saturday A18-49 Analysis: ABC and FOX tied for #1 Saturday night, with each network delivering a 1.6/5 A18-49, according to primetime national ratings fromNielsen. FOX won the 8p hour with double Cops episodes averaging a 1.7.6 while ABC’s college football was second at 1.4/4. During 9p, ABC’s Saturday Night Football and FOX’s AMW: America Fights Back tied for the top spot at 1.6/5 each while CBS’ repeat of 48 Hours Mystery was #2 at 1.2/4. ABC’s college football was the solo winner at 10p with 1.8/5 followed closely by a new episode of 48 Hours Mystery on CBS at 1.7/5.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Saturday, November 21, 2009(November Sweep Day 24) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD
CBS: 3.9/7 Crimetime Saturday [r] 3.3/6, 48 Hours Mystery [r] 3.7/7, 48 Hours Mystery 4.8/9
ABC: 3.5/6 Saturday Night Football: Oregon at AZ / Kansas at Texas 3.8/7
FOX: 3.2/6 Cops 3.0/6, Cops 2 [r] 3.3/6, AMW: America Fights Back 3.2/6
NBC: 2.8/5 Mercy [r] 1.5/3, Law & Order [r] 3.0/5, Law & Order: SVU [r] 4.0/7
UNIV: 1.3/2 Sabado Gigante 1.3/2
ION: 0.4/1 Saturday Movie: Demolition Man [r] 0.4/1
TELE: 0.4/1 Cine de Impacto 0.4/1, Cine de Impacto II 0.4/1
A18-49: ABC 1.6/5, FOX 1.6/5, CBS 1.3/4, NBC 0.9/3, UNIV 0.8/3, TELE 0.4/1, ION 0.3/1
Sunday A18-49 Analysis: NBC drove home the winning goal Sunday night of5.5/14 among A18-49, according to primetime national ratings from Nielsen. During the 7p hour, CBS’ 60 Minutes did best at 3.5/10 and NBC’s Football Night in America Part 2 and Part 3 averaged a second place showing at 2.4/7. At 8p, NBC’s combo of Football Night in America Part 3, NFL Pre-Kick and the start of the Sunday Night Football game averaged a winning 4.8/13 followed by ABC’s special presentation of the American Music Awards at 4.6/11. The same two players battled for the 9p hour though NBC’s NFL football prevailed with a 6.6/16 while ABC’s AMA special posted a 6.1/14. Through 10p, NBC’s Sunday Night Football held steady in #1 at 6.6/16 and the concluding hour of ABC’s AMA was #2 slipping a bit to 5.7/15.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Sunday, November 22, 2009 (November Sweep Day 25) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.
NBC: 9.0/14 Football Night in America Part 2 4.0/7, Football Night in America Part 3 6.0/10, NBC Sunday Night Football: Philadelphia at Chicago 10.6/17
ABC: 7.3/12 America’s Funniest Home Videos 3.4/6, American Music Awards 8.6/14
CBS: 7.3/12 60 Minutes 9.9/16, The Amazing Race 6.9/11, Cold Case 6.1/10, Three Rivers 5.3/10
FOX: 3.1/5 Brothers 1.5/2, The Simpsons [r] 2.3/4, The Simpsons 3.7/6, The Cleveland Show 3.7/6, Family Guy 4.2/6, American Dad 3.2/5
UNIV: 1.7/3 Vicente Fernandez 1.2/2, Viva El Sueno 1.9/3
ION: 0.6/1 Sunday 7PM Movie: Waterworld [r] 0.6/1
TELE: 0.4/1 Cine En Casa 0.5/1, Cine Millonario 0.3/1
A18-49: NBC 5.5/14, ABC 4.5/12, CBS 2.8/7, FOX 2.7/7, UNIV 1.2/3, ION 0.4/1, TELE 0.4/1
Monday A18-49 Analysis: CBS ranked #1 during Monday primetime with an overall 4.0/10 A18-49, according to final national ratings from Nielsen. At 8p, FOX won with House at 4.6/12 with ABC’s Dancing with the Stars gliding into second place at 3.8/10. CBS took over at 9p as Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory averaged a 4.9/12 while the combo of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars and the premiere of Find My Family delivered a 3.7/9. Specifically, at 930p ABC’s debut of Find My Family posted a 2.9/7. Then at 10p, CBS’ CSI: Miami scored the highest rating at 3.7/10 followed by ABC’s Castle at 2.7/7.
Live + Same Day Household Ratings: Monday, November 23, 2009(November Sweep Day 26) time period averages. Source: NTI Galaxy, as dated. Live+SD.
ABC: 10.1/16 Dancing with the Stars 12.9/19, Find My Family [p] 8.3/13, Castle 6.6/11
CBS: 7.2/11 How I Met Your Mother 5.2/8, Accidentally on Purpose 4.7/7, Two and a Half Men 8.3/12, The Big Bang Theory 8.4/13, CSI: Miami 8.4/14
FOX: 5.7/9 House 7.1/11, Lie To Me 4.3/6
NBC: 3.1/5 Heroes 3.1/5, Trauma 3.4/5, The Jay Leno Show 2.9/5
UNIV: 2.1/3 En Nombre Del Amor 2.0/3, Sortilegio 2.5/4, Cristina 1.8/3
CW: 0.7/1 One Tree Hill [r] 0.8/1, Gossip Girl [r] 0.7/1
ION: 0.6/1 Ghost Whisperer 0.5/1, Criminal Minds 0.7/1, Criminal Minds 0.7/1
TELE: 0.6/1 Mas Sabe El Diablo 0.8/1, Ninos Ricos 0.5/1, Victorinos 0.5/1
A18-49: CBS 4.0/10, FOX 3.6/9, ABC 3.4/9, NBC 1.8/5, UNIV 1.6/4, CW 0.5/1, TELE 0.5/1, ION 0.3/1
Carolina Lightcap advances to President of Disney Channels Worldwide up from her most recent dual role as SVP/Programming and Creative Affairs, Disney Channels Latin America and CMO, The Walt Disney Company, Latin America. Carolina assumes her new position immediately and is relocating to the company’s Burbank office from Buenos Aires. In her new role, Carolina will supervise Disney Channels Worldwide while the Disney Channel worldwide executive team encompassing Programming and Production, Business Affairs, Business Planning and Development, Marketing, Brand Management, Advertising Sales and Radio Disney all report to her. Carolina reports to Anne Sweeney, Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks and President, Disney/ABC Television Group. Additionally, Gary Marsh will add the new title of CCO to his present role asPresident/Entertainment, Disney Channels Worldwide where he continues to manage all program development, creative and production. Gary reports to Carolina Lightcap.
ReelzChannel added Steve Holzer as Executive Producer/Original Programming. Previously, Steve was the producer of the top-rated Los Angeles morning show, Good Day L.A. from 2006 to 2009 and before that was executive producer at KCAL-KCBS/Los Angeles. Furthermore, ReelzChannel named Mike Smith as SVP/Programming. Mike has been on special assignment with the network since September. Prior to this appointment, Mike worked a total of 16 years for networks owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, parent company of ReelzChannel.
This day in History: 1947 – Movie studio executives meeting in New York agreed to blacklist the “Hollywood 10,” who were cited a day earlier and jailed for contempt of Congress when they failed to cooperate with the House Un-American Activities Committee. Who are the Hollywood 10? Alvah Bessie, Herbert J. Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott and Dalton Trumbo.
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: If your wife’s measurements are also the combination to the company safe (42R, 36L, 42R), who are you? COLONEL SHERMAN POTTER ON M*A*S*H Kudos to: Fred Petrosino-JBG/NY; William Cassius Divney-Lightworks Pictures/New York; Smiti Kumar-Merrill Lynch/NY; Charles Mannino-Tyco Telecomm/West Eatontown NJ; RT Harris-WJHG/Panama City; Stephanie Brom-Petry Networks/Dallas; Eric Turner-Fox Station Sales/Dallas; Russell Urquhart-Antley Drive Prods/Colorado Springs; David Jones-Marleigh Ent/LA; Paul Blutter-General American Group/Northridge; Mark Misiano-San Diego Business Journal/San Diego; Keith MacKechnie-The Actor’s Network/Vancouver
In recognition of the long holiday weekend, no trivia question today. Instead — enjoy the days off, the turkey and cranberry sauce and of course the pumpkin pie.
If you live in a place that does not celebrate Thanksgiving, you can take this time to send me YOUR trivia question, which we will use in a future edition!
We’re back on Monday – Happy Thanksgiving!
Later — Cyn
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT – WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
ABC: Modern Family [r], The Middle, Modern Family, Cougar Town, Eastwick
AZTECA: Laura de Todos, Lo Que Callamos Las Mujeres Edicion Especial, Al Extremo
CBS: New Adv of Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Criminal Minds, CSI: NY
CW: Movie: Gracie
FOX: So You Think You Can Dance, Glee
ION: Ghost Whisperer, Ghost Whisperer, Criminal Minds
NBC: Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now?, Jay Leno Show
PBS: Secrets of the Dead, American Masters, PBS Previews: The National Parks
TELE: Mas Sabe el Diablo; Ninos Ricos Padres Pobres, Victorinos
UNIV: En Nombre del Amor, Sortilegio, Don Francisco Presenta
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