THE O.C. SIZZLES WITH WOMEN
#1 on Thursday at 8PM with F12-34 & F12-17
#2 with F18-34 & F18-49
vs. Survivor, Joey, Will & Grace, Pirates of the Caribbean,
Smallville, Everybody Hates Chris & Love, Inc.

THE O.C.
Available exclusively from Warner Bros. Domestic Cable DistributionSource: NTI Explorer, 10/31-11/6/05, US Rtg.  Thu 8-9p time period average, ties Survivor with F12-34.

CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Cynopsis

11/09/05

Good morning.  It’s Wednesday, November 9, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. 

CBS has ordered two more seasons of Survivor, bringing the total up to 14 seasons, both airing during the 2006/07 season.  Any guesses on where the next one will be?  I’m thinking Antarctica would be pretty wild.

Tonight’s Premieres:
Fox:  Stacked at 830p

* MORE GOOD STUFF *Cable network Monsters HD, one of the 10 hi-def channels available thru VOOM HD and dedicated to the horror and creature feature category, has signed an extensive film package deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution beginning this year.  The 44-title package includes many classics pictures like the restored version of the 1933 film King Kong, and if that’s not enough add to that RKO’s Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young.  All the films will air uncut, uninterrupted and in high def.  Other titles include Salem’s Lot, Children of the Corn, Poltergeist, as well as stop-motion films such as Clash of the Titans, Black Scorpion and When Dinosaur’s Ruled the Earth. More info available on this network at www.monstershd.com.

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will convene a public forum on November 29 with Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) heading, to discuss “indecent content” on television, and how to limit it and how to set the boundaries on fines.  You’ll recall the House of Representatives back in the earlier part of this year voted to up the fines of any and all infractions from $32,500 per violation to as high as $500,000 per violation. To date, the Senate has not acted on that legislation. Invited to participate on November 29 will be TV content providers and broadcast and cable network representatives.

With all the programming you can now download onto your cellphone, it probably makes sense that The Wireless Association, known as CTIA, has voted to adopt voluntary rules that will restrict the downloading of adult content to a wireless devices – cellphone or otherwise. According to Broadcasting & Cable, carriers on board with the new rules include Sprint, Verizon, Cingular and T-Mobile.  Additionally, the carriers have all agreed not to offer content directed to adults only, until the proper controls have been put into action, which include empower users to block full categories of materials from being downloaded.

VH1‘s season finale of My Fair Brady aired last Sunday evening at 9p and earned a 1.2 rating in the A18-49 demo, with an average of 1.8 million total viewers.  According to VH1, the finale was the #1 non-sports program of the day, and also delivered the highest rating among A25-34 for the day with a 2.2.  For its entire season, My Fair Brady averaged a .8 A18-49 rating.

Correction :  Yesterday’s edition incorrectly said A&E picked up Outback House from Australia-based ABC Enterprises.  Not so fast.  It was an A&E Networks Television acquisition for History International.  History International has not announced a start date.

* NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *Lifetime has given the go-ahead to Lovespring, a 30m comedy from Big Cattle Prods. with an order for six episodes, according to Variety. The project is set in a matchmaking service.

An abrupt casting change on the set of Desperate Housewives.  New to the cast actor Page Kennedy who played the mysterious guy Caleb in the basement on Wisteria Lane, has been fired due to “improper conduct”.  While no details have been made available, Touchstone Television conducted a full investigation of the allegations resulting in Kennedy’s dismissal. The role of Caleb will be recast.

Court TV has ordered up a second season of Parco PI from MarkMark Prods, the reality series which follows the Parco family in their work as private investigators in New York City. Court TV has ordered 13 episodes, according to Hollywood Reporter.

Comedy Central has greenlit Drawn Together for a third season, which so far in its second season is averaging 2.1 million viewers on Wednesdays at 1030p, following South Park.  The network has ordered 14 new eps for next season.  Drawn Together is the first and thus far the only animated reality show, with animated characters all sharing one roof.

E! will come back with another season of Dr. 90210, with an order for 13 more eps that will kick off on November 28.

NBC has picked up another Jerry Bruckheimer project called The Business, a father/son team of private detectives in Los Angeles.  According to Variety, Sheldon Turner will write the script, while Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman are billed as exec producers for Warner Bros. TV.

* EXECUTIVE MOVES *TV One has recently expanded its advertising sales team. Lisabeth Hayes, based in the Chicago office, has been promoted to SVP/Advertising Sales and Marketing, adding official oversight of the New York Sales team to her day-to-day responsibilities. Elverage Allen has been named Senior Account Director/Ad Sales in Chicago. Most recently Elverage was Senior Account Executive, directing sales and marketing for the network’s Midwest and Southern territories.  Daisy Hernandez-Beharry has been named Director/Ad Sales Research, based in TV One’s New York office. Daisy  joins TV One from Telemundo, where she was research manager and provided research and analysis support for Telemundo’s nine regional offices, 14 owned & operated stations and 20 network affiliates.

MTV Networks Music/Logo/Films has appointed Nancy Newman to EVP/ Strategy and Organizational Planning. She will play a key role in the evolution of MTV Network’s music and Logo brands as they develop new media frontiers, as well as establish new brands and businesses under the MTV Networks Music/Logo Group. Nancy reports directly to President Van Toffler and will be based at the company’s New York headquarters.

Ashley Smith has joined Turner Network Television as Director/Marketing. In this role, she is responsible for marketing the network’s new series launches, the Johnson & Johnson Spotlight Presentation films and other entertainment initiatives.  Ashley is based in Atlanta and reports to Vicky Free, VP/Entertainment Marketing for TNT.

After seven and half years with Sundance Channel, Adam Pincus is leaving his position as SVP/Original Programming, to become an independent producer. He will continue to work with the network in his new capacity.

Cary Silver has been upped to VP/Production at Mike Young Productions (MYP). Cary has been with MYP for the past six years and will continue as producer on several MYP series.  He will report to Mike Young, Bill Schultz and Liz Young, and work with them on current productions as well as development of international co-productions.

Nancy Palmero, syndicator for TVS, passed away last Friday after a short illness.  Nancy lived in New Jersey and worked with Berl Rotfeld on Greatest Sports Legends for many years. During the past several years she had been an invaluable asset to TVS.  Nancy’s love of gardening made her a natural for the syndication expansion of P. Allen Smith Gardens.   She spearheaded that series as well as other TVS lifestyle projects such as George Hirsch Living It Up! and Junk’d.

 * RATINGS *Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of 10/31-11/6/05:
Primetime      (000)    Total Pgm Day   (000)
ESPN             3542     NICK              2129
USA              2310     NAN*              1475
TNT              2064     ESPN              1212
NAN              1743     TNT               1163
FOXNEWS 1737     CARTOON 1092
TBS              1686     USA               1069
CARTOON 1643     ADULT SWIM*     997
LIFETIME         1561    LIFETIME         988
SPIKE            1428     TBS               978
FX               1221     FOXNEWS 902
 Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 109,600,000 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 10/31-11/6/05:
Primetime     (000)     Total Pgm Day   (000)
ESPN             1789     ESPN              676
TBS              1091     NAN*              633
USA              1079     TBS               590
TNT              950      TNT               562
SPIKE            841      USA               527
FX               740      NICK              492
LIFETIME         654     LIFETIME         475
MTV              579      ADULT SWIM*     468
COMEDY  563      SPIKE             423
NAN              537      FX                401
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 109,600,000 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 week of 10/31-11/6/05
ESPN     Eagles/Redskins          6049
ESPN    NFL Prime                2982
ESPN    Coll. Fball Saturday    2856
USA     WWE Mon 10p              2538
ESPN    Sportscenter              2496
FX      Nip Tuck                 2218
MTV     Laguna Beach             2185
USA     WWE Mon 9p               2183
SPIKE  Ultimate Fighter          2007
COMD    South Park               1988
Source: Turner Research from Nielsen Media Research Data.
All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 109,600,000 homes

Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of OCT 31-NOV 6, 2005:
ABC:     Desperate Housewives             13,270
CBS:    CSI                                 12,850
ABC:    Grey’s Anatomy                    10,690
ABC:    EM: Home Edition                 9220
CBS:     Survivor                                            8560
CBS:    Without a Trace                               8270
ABC:    NFL Monday Night Football       8140
NBC:    ER                                  8000
NBC:    L&O: SVU                          7450
FOX:    SIMPSONS                           7320
Source:  Nielsen Media Research, Galaxy Explorer

Nov Sweep: Day #5 – Monday — A18-49 Analysis:   Monday night was all about ABC, soundly winning every hour of primetime, according to the fast affiliate ratings from Nielsen Media Research.  From 8-11p ABC averaged a 7.1/17 A18-49, followed by CBS 4.8/12, NBC 3.4/8, Fox 2.8/7, UPN 1.7/4, WB 1.5/4.  Beginning at 8p ABC’s Wife Swap led the hour with a 5.3/14, well ahead of CBS’ comedy hour which tallied a 3.6/9. Fox’s hour-long Arrested Development turned in a 2.0/5, ranked 4th.  At 9p the first hour of the Colts / Patriots game earned a time period winning 8.0/18.  Two and a Half Men on CBS scored a 5.2/12, and Out of Practice a 4.1/9, averaging an 11 share for second place in the hour.  Prison Break returned to the schedule at 9p on Fox and earned a 3.7/8, ahead of NBC’s Las Vegas. At 10p the football game led with an 8.0/19, four share points ahead of CSI: Miami’s 15 share.

Fast Affiliate Ratings: Monday, November 7, 2005, for all Networks – time period averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research. 

ABC     11.7/18  Wife Swap 9.0/14, ABC MNF: Indianapolis Colts v. New England Patriots 13.1/20

CBS     9.5/14   King of Queens 7.2/11, How I Met Your Mother 6.9/10, 2-1/2 Men 10.5/15, Out of Practice 8.3/12, CSI: Miami  11.9/19

NBC     7.2/11   Surface 6.2/9, Las Vegas 7.4/11, Medium 8.1/13

FOX     3.8/6    Arrested Development (60m) 2.7/4, Prison Break 5.0/7

WB      2.7/4    7th Heaven 3.6/5, Related  1.8/3

UPN     2.4/4   One on One 2.1/3, All of Us 2.4/4, Girlfriends 2.7/4, Half & Half 2.4/3

A18-49            ABC 7.1/17, CBS 4.8/12, NBC 3.4/8, Fox 2.8/7, UPN 1.7/4, WB 1.5/4

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NBC UNIVERSAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION

 MARTHA is #1 in Detroit
WXYZ/A – 10:00-11:00am

• #1 in the time period beating Guiding Light, Tony Danza, Montel and Millionaire
• Beats next highest competitor by +42%
• Improves the time period +16% year-to-year

 Source: NSI WRAP Overnights +, October 2005 (9/29-10/26/05) 10-11AM, PA where available. Live, HH Ratings.

The History Channel presents This Day in History:
1989-After East German officials give permission for previously closed and fortified checkpoints to be opened, citizens of East and West Berlin swarm the Berlin Wall, breach it, and begin tearing it to pieces.  The Wall, perhaps the most resonant symbol of Communism, surrounded the enclave of West Berlin, deep inside East German territory.  Before its completion in 1961, approximately 2.5 million people fled the East.

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question:   The film How To Lose A Guy in 10 days places Andy and Ben on their second date at a sporting event.  What kind of sporting event was it?  BASKETBALL  Kudos to:  Lisa Tisdale-Time Warner Cable/Stamford; Karen Soots-Red Lobster Marketing; Katie Jo Sheek-Martha Stewart/NY; Beth Krinock-Zenith Media/NY; Deborah Duncan-WIVT/WBGH/Binghampton NY; Mandy Hughes-KENS 5 TV/San Antonio; Nick Riley-WFAA/Dallas; Shannon Fields-Time Warner Cable Media Sales/Dayton; Paul Hall-Common Guy’s Film Reviews/Wisconsin; Alan Rosenfeld-Southeast Media Group/Telluride CO; Caroline Perry-Compass Advertising/Beverly Hills; Annie Khostegyan-MGM/LA; Jennifer Mutchnik-PHD/LA; Stephanie Witkowski-Disney Channel/Burbank

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COURT TV

Having trouble getting over the hump of the week? Need something to look forward to? Court TV wants to send you to Montreal for the Grand Prix Answer the following question and you could be there! Q: What’s the first name of the tough but loveable head of a family-run NYC private eye firm, who appears in Court TV’s original series, Parco PI? Go to Courttvmediakit.com/ parco for a hint and enter to win

Today’s Trivia Question: Here’s the tag, you give me the product:  If it tasted any fresher it would still be on the tree.  (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.)

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WE: WOMEN’S ENTERTAINMENT

Your last date could have been worse.

It could have been TELEVISED.

Kiss & Tell – Mondays at 10p ET
Another True Original from WE.
For more information go to www.sales.we.tv

Later — Cyn
11.09.05 – 5:28a
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WHAT’S ON TONIGHT: Wednesday, November 9, 2005

ABC              George Lopez, Freddie, Lost, Invasion
CBS              Still Standing, Yes Dear, Criminal  Minds, CSI: NY
FOX              That 70’s Show, Stacked [p], Trading Spouses
NBC              E-Ring, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, Law & Order 
i                      Diagnosis Murder, Diagnosis Murder
UPN              America’s Next Top Model, Veronica Mars
WB               One Tree Hill, Related
TELE             El Cuerpo del Deseo,  Corazon Partido, Decisiones
UNIV             Contra Viento y Marea, La Esposa Virgen,  Don Francisco Presenta