Source:The Nielsen Company (StarTrak), 1/01/07-12/30/07,12/31/07-12/28/08,12/29/08-12/27/09,12/28/09-9/6/10, M-Sun 6a-12a,Feature Film Detail Type Code Only; vs. Nick/Cartoon: 9/3/10 CR2 vs. Nick/Cartoon 8p-10p.Data is Live & SD.

Cynopsis: Kids!
09/22/10

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, September 22, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing.

DC Entertainment (DCE) unveiled its bi-coastal plan, which will see its business related to the development and production of feature films, TV, digital media, video games and consumer products and administrative functions to Warner Bros. property Burbank, California.  Meanwhile DC Comics publishing operations will remain in New York.  Moving the year-old DCE to California supports the company’s efforts to integrate its business/brand/characters into Warner Bros.’ feature films and multiple other Warner Bros. and Time Warner distribution platforms.  DCE’s move to California is expected to be complete by the end of 2011.

NEW PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Carla Gugino (Race to Witch Mountain, Night at the Museum, and the upcoming Sucker Punch) joins the cast of Fox‘s family feature film of Mr. Popper’s Penguins, per Variety.  The movie already stars Jim Carrey, which is based on Richard and Florence Atwater’s classic 1938 kids book of the same name.  Mark Waters is directing the live-action movie and John Davis and his Davis Entertainment are producing.

Program Call: Cynopsis Media will be producing our annual MIPCOM Shopping Guide sent to all Cynopsis and Cynopsis Kids subscribers on Thursday, September 30, the week before MIPCOM 2010 in Cannes. If you would like to have your programming included, please send us only the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e., movie, series, special, etc.), genre and your terms (barter, cash, etc.) as well as your company’s stand/booth location and who will be attending from your company. To be included in this free and highly-viewed special edition, please send your submission to [email protected] no later than Friday, September 24, 2010. A confirmation email will be sent following each submission (if you don’t receive a the confirmation email, please resubmit).

MORE KIDS STUFF

Hole in the Wall joins Cartoon Network‘s Wednesday night programming line-up on October 6 at 7:30p.  The night will also include new episodes of the network’s reality series Dude, What Would Happen at 8p and Destroy Build Destroy at 8:30p.  Hosted by Teck Holmes (The Real World Hawaii), pits two teams of families against one another in the humorous game show.  Hole in the Wall is produced by FremantleMedia North America, with Scott St. John serving as executive producer.

Nickelodeon will premiere two new hour-long preschool specials based on its popular series Go, Diego, Go! and Ni Hao, Kai-lan.  The Go, Diego, Go! special, Diego’s International Rescue League, will debut Friday, September 24 at 10a.  Actress Lucy Liu (Charlie’s Angles, Kill Bill Vol. 1) will guest star as the Bear Queen in the Ni Hao, Kai-lan special, Princess Kai-lan, which is set to premiere Friday, October 8 at 1p.  Both specials will simulcast on Nick Mobile.

CBC (Canada) commissions DHX Media for a third season of the animated preschool series Animal Mechanicals, bringing the total number of episodes to 73×11.  In addition to producing the action/adventure series, DHX Media also handles the licensing and merchandising for Animal Mechanicals and will be at Brand Licensing Europe seeking new licensees.  The series airs around the world and is set to debut in the US this fall on The Hub.

MARKETING/LICENSING

DQ Entertainment (DQE) enters into a licensing deal for The Jungle Book in Germany with Universal Trends, along with co-production partner ZDF Enterprises.  Under the three-year pact, Universal holds the licensing and merchandising across Germany, Austria and Switzerland for figurines, puzzles, board games and outdoor toys (e.g. surprise bags, ‘gotchaballs’, key rings, fabric figures) and outdoor games (e.g. inflatables, sporting goods, beach toys and backpacks).

4sight licensing solutions enters into a license deal with European Home Designs (EHD) to produce pet beds and bedding products (pet blankets, throws and pillows) under the American Kennel Club (AKC) brand in the US.  EHD also produces pet products for other brands including Nestle Purina, and US Army brand, as well as its own line of pet accessories under the Bow-Wow Pet brand name.  4sight licensing solutions is a unit of 4Kids Entertainment,

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Paris-based Planet Nemo Productions grows its sales team with the appointment of Jorge Patino Donaggio as International Sales Manager.  Based in Barcelona, Patino Donaggio will report to Director/International Sales & Co-Productions, Nathan Waddington in London.  Patino Donaggio most recently served as Manager/International Sales and Acquisitions, Edebe Audiovisual.

RATINGS

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K2-11 (000) 9/13-9/19/10 :
Total Day      (000)   Primetime       (000)
NICK°:            1142    DSNY*:             1355
DSNY*:             860    NAN**:               799
CARTOON:         496    CARTOON:          696
NAN**:             440    NICK JR*:           520
NICK JR*:          354    DXD:                  179
ADSM**:           187    ESPN:                 172
DXD:                 136    NICKTOONS:       162
NICKTOONS:        89    MTV:                    90
ESPN:                  62    BET:                     84
TEENNICK:           53    TEENNICK:            69
MTV:                    53
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel and Nick Jr are not ad supported cable networks, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among K6-11 (000) 9/13-9/19/10 :
Total Day      (000)   Primetime       (000)
NICK°:             619    DSNY*:              998
DSNY*:            548    NAN**:              602
NAN**:            320    CARTOON:          497
CARTOON:        310    DXD:                  133
ADSM**:          111    NICKTOONS:       120
DXD:                 98    ESPN:                  102
NICKTOONS:      66    NICK JR*:            101
NICK JR*:          63    TEENNICK:            60
TEENNICK:         46    BET:                     57
ESPN:                37    MTV:                     50
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel and Nick Jr are not ad supported cable networks, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Weekly Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Networks, Total Day and Primetime Rankings among Tweens 9-14 (000) 9/13-9/19/10 :
Total Day      (000)   Primetime       (000)
DSNY*:            459    DSNY*:              811
NICK°:             454    NAN**:              663
NAN**:            379    CARTOON:          394
CARTOON:        216    MTV:                  121
ADSM**:          136    ESPN:                 115
DXD:                  76    DXD:                  114
MTV:                  75    NICKTOONS:         90
TEENNICK:          58    TEENNICK:           80
NICKTOONS:       50    DISCOVERY:         66
ESPN:                 46    COMEDY:              65
Source: Disney Research from Nielsen Media Research Data Live + SD Data
*Disney Channel and Nick Jr are not ad supported cable networks, unlike the others in this listing.
**Denotes a network that broadcasts less than 51% of minutes in a 24hr day.
°Nickelodeon Total Day 6a-11p

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Saturday, September 18, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1817; K6-11 1286; TWEENS 9-14 1014
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1228; K6-11   815; TWEENS 9-14 611
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   524; K6-11   353; TWEENS 9-14 219
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   136; K6-11     95; TWEENS 9-14   63
NICKTOONS:              K2-11   136; K6-11     99; TWEENS 9-14   60
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Sunday, September 19, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 1253; K6-11 862; TWEENS 9-14 616
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 1070; K6-11 717; TWEENS 9-14 644
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11   611; K6-11 380; TWEENS 9-14 255
DISNEY XD:               K2-11   233; K6-11 184; TWEENS 9-14 163
NICKTOONS:              K2-11   113; K6-11   84; TWEENS 9-14   60
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Live + Same Day Ratings Kids Cable Network Averages (000) for Monday, July 14, 2010, 6am-11pm, ranked by K2-11:
NICKELODEON:         K2-11 696; K6-11 394; TWEENS 9-14 246
DISNEY CHANNEL:     K2-11 805; K6-11 465; TWEENS 9-14 376
CARTOON NETWORK: K2-11 486; K6-11 260; TWEENS 9-14 174
DISNEY XD:               K2-11 150; K6-11   98; TWEENS 9-14   85
NICKTOONS:              K2-11   77; K6-11   55; TWEENS 9-14   43
Source: MTVN Research from Nielsen Media Research Data

Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia: This character was originally drawn by cartoonist Dik Browne, and her voice was originally provided by June Valli in a TV commercial that first aired in the 1950’s.   The lyrics of the song were updated as recently as 1997.  Who is she?  MISS CHIQUITA BANANA  Kudos to: Tom Sieberg-HUGE/Brooklyn; Rich Ross-Walt Disney Studios/Spain

Today’s Trivia Question:  If you are from the planet Zetox,  who are you and what show are you on?  (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 —
Gwen Billings for Cynopsis Kids!
gwen @cynopsis.com
09.22.10

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