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Cynopsis: Kids! Good morning. It’s Wednesday, October 6, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Technicolor options the rights to Atomic Puppet (52×11), a new animated action/comedy series. Targeted to K6-11, the series will be produced by Technicolor Digital Productions, in association with creators Mark Drop and Jerry Leibowitz. Atomic Puppet follows escapades of Joey Felt (11) and his superhero sidekick Atomic Puppet, a magical puppet that comes to life when Joey puts his hand into it, and their ongoing fight for truth as they travel across the country with Joey’s eccentric family. Drop has written for a range of series, including Recess, Dinosaur Train and Kick Buttowski. Leibowitz is a writer/artist and was creator/executive producer of The Mouse and the Monster (UPN). Australia’s SLR Productions options the rights to UK HarperCollins Children’s Books book series Dream Dogs. SLR will develop the Dream Dogs books as a 26×30 live-action series targeted to tweens. SLR is seeking partners this week at Mipcom. Based on the Dream Dog books by Aimee Harper, the series will take a humorous look at what dogs are really thinking, and will feature Pepper, a scruffy, gung-ho dog and his owner Bella (12), and her family. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CARTOON NETWORK There’s a hole bunch of fun on Cartoon Network tonight! First up at 7:30 PM, HOLE IN THE WALL, our all-new game show. Then it’s the explosive DUDE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN and DESTROY BUILD DESTROY. And by explosive, we mean things blow up. Especially the ratings. Cartoon Network was #1 during prime (8-10p) on Wed. nights during the 09-10 season among B2-11 and B6-11. SOURCE: Cartoon Network Research data based on Nielsen Media Research, StarTrak 09-10TD (8/31/09-8/29/10).Data is based on Live+Same Day. Rankers based on AA (000)s NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT Emma Stone is cast as the female lead in the new Spider-Man movie from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios. Stone will play Gwen Stacy to Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker. Set to being production in December, the movie will be directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt, and is being produced by Avi Arad and Laura Ziskin. The newest Spider-Man movie is slated for release in 3D on July 3, 2012. Zack Snyder is set to direct the new Superman movie rebook for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, per Deadline. Developed by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer, and Goyer also penned the screenplay. Produced by Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures, Nolan and Emma Thomas will serve as producers, as will Charles Rove and Deborah Snyder. MORE KIDS STUFF MGA Entertainment will launch the new Bratz web series, Bratz Rock, exclusively on the YouTube homepage ( www.youtube.com ) this Sunday, October 10, with the first webisode Whispers in the Schoolyard. Bratz Rock, comprised of 11 webisodes that will debut throughout the year, follows the Bratz doll characters as they star in a song contest held by their idol, Whisper, and maybe they’ll discovery who Whisper is. Bratz Rock is part of MGA’s 10th anniversary of Bratz dolls, which will also include the debut of 10 new Bratz dolls this month. Vancouver-based Thunderbird Films and YTV, a division of Corus Entertainment, have begun production on the new kid-targeted multi-camera sitcom Mr. Young (26×30) in Vancouver. Created and Executive Produced by writer/producer Dan Signer (The Suite Life on Deck, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody), Mr. Young is set to premiere on YTV in spring 2011. The series stars Brendan Meyer (Tooth Fairy, Dinosapien) as Adam Young, a 14-year-old college graduate who is also the new high school science teacher. Mr. Young also stars Matreya Fedor (The Troop, Supernatural), Gig Morton (Shattered, Fear Itself), and Kurt Ostlund (The Troop). The series also features Emily Tennant (Juno, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), Anna Galvin (Smallville, SGU Stargate Universe), and Raugi Yu (jpod, Intelligence). Corus’s Nelvana Enterprises is international distribution agent for Mr. Young, while Nelvana and Thunderbird will co-distribute the series in the US. Steven Tyler, Idina Menzel and Ziggy Marley join the Wonder Pets! in the new half-hour musical special Adventures in Wonderland, which premieres on Nickelodeon‘s Nick Jr., Friday, October 15 at 10a. From series creators/producers Little Airplane Productions, the special is an homage to the movie, Adventures in Wonderland, the Wonder Pets special features Tyler as the Mad hatter, Menzel as the Queen of Hearts and Marley as the Cheshire Cat, who are all invited to Ollie the Bunny’s tea party. To support the special:
Nickelodeon US acquires a second season of the preschool animated series Olivia from producer/distributor Chorion. The new season is comprised of 26×11 new episodes and 1×22 special, which are set to deliver next month. Based on the books by Ian Falconer, the series is animated by Brown Bag Films and has been pre-bought by TFI (France), ABC TV (Australia) and Disney Channel in Japan and Latin America. Three new series tie-in books will be published later this year by Simon and Schuster, including Olivia Claus, which is tied to the DVD release of Merry Christmas Olivia. This fall Spin Master, the global master toy licensee, debuts the initial Olivia consumer products and toys in the US. Products are slated to roll out internationally in 2011. CBBC (UK) acquires the first season of the Australian version of the series Prank Patrol (26×30) from MarVista Entertainment. CBBC previously aired a UK version of Prank Patrol (40×30), produced for the broadcaster by the UK’s Bakermedia, which ran as part of the CBBC’s Saturday morning TMi block and on BBC 1. Created by Canadian-based Apartment 11, the Australian version of the series was produced by activeTV. MarVista Entertainment is the exclusive worldwide distributor for Prank Patrol. Eurovision TV is at Mipcom this week where it is launching its new family-targeted primetime (100 minute) co-production, The Magic Circus Show. An entertainment program, The Magic Circus Show will feature kids from across Europe in circus acts. The program will broadcast during holiday season each year, with each participating TV channel holding its own casting session for kids from circus schools and choosing three acts from each country. The selected acts will receive coaching to prepare for their big performance. The host broadcaster is Radio Television Switzerland (RTS) with Executive Producer Damien Ottet from 7 Street Productions. Co-producers include France 3, RTP (Portugal), RTR (Russia), RTS (Switzerland), TROS (Netherlands), VRT Ketnet (Belgium). The show has already been pre-acquired by RAI (Italy) and RTVSLO (Slovenia). MARKETING/LICENSING DisneyChannel.com launched a Halloween-themed multiplatform event at www.DisneyChannel.com/Halloween , which invites kids (with their parents’ permission, of course,) to digitally recreate themselves in virtual Halloween costumes of some of popular Disney Channel characters. Kids can upload a 15-second video to see themselves as Hannah Montana, Agent P from Phineas and Ferb or Sicky Vicky from Sonny With A Chance, among others. Marvel Entertainment expands its deal with Feld Motor Sports, which specializes in arena and stadium-based motor sports entertainment, to include new products featuring Iron Man and Spider-Man custom-designed monster trucks to be featured on the Monster Jam tour. The deal includes die-cast replicas of the Marvel monster trucks (various scales) from die-cast toy partner Mattel. Feld Motor Sports also has category rights to produce trading cards, posters, calendar and other toys featuring replica images of Marvel touring trucks. Product will launch at retailers in the US and Canada in early 2011. Additionally, the partnership includes co-branded apparel, which will launch for holiday 2010. EXECUTIVE MOVES Heather Senst is upped to VP/Creative Services, Astral Television Networks. Senst will continue to be responsible for heading the creative direction and management fro The Movie Network, HBO Canada, Mpix, Family Channel, Playhouse Disney and Viewers Choice Canada. Senst, who has been with the company for eleven years, headed up the on-air creative for Astral’s corporate re-brand this past May. RATINGS Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 9/27-10/3/10 : Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 9/27-10/3/10 : Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 9/27-10/3/10 : Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Saturday, October 2, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11: Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Sunday, October 3, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11: Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Monday, October 4, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
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JOB OPENING: Nickelodeon/ SR RESCH ANALYST: 2 yrs TV ratings resrch; comp Nielsen (Startrak, NPower, MarketBreaks); adv Excel.Str analy sk; knwlge TV ind/Nielsen ratings/media math. Apply www.mtvnetworkscareers.com EOE/M/F/D/AAP (10/13) JOB OPENING: DIR, PRICING & PLANNING/Sprout/NY: 7+ yrs exp w/strong analytical skills; strategic thinker. Resp; managing pricing, stewardship, revenue analysis, inventory mgmt. http://www.ecentralmetrics.com/url/?u=7224435955|278 (10/13) JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH/National Geographic Channel/DC: 8+yrs TV /other media rsrch. Expertise in Nielsen, MRI, Simmons & primary/sec research. Programming/Mktg focused. Apply: www.foxcareers.com, FNG0000024 (10/13) JOB OPENING: ACCT EXECUTIVE/TV Guide Online/NY: AE w/ 3+ yrs online sales exp. Passionate about TV & ENT. Multi-platform sales exp preferred. 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