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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC CABLE DISTRIBUTION “****. The best pilot of the season.” – USA Today INVASION DELIVERS FOR ABC Most-Watched Scripted Fall Premiere in the Time Period since 1991! TUNE-IN TONIGHT: 10PM on ABC Source: NTI Explorer, 9/21/04, US Rtg. A18-49 Rtg Comparison vs. historical premieres (ABC, Wed 10-11p tp)since 09/25/91, excludes DN & FF. CYNTHIA TURNER’S
Good morning. It’s Wednesday, September 28, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. Among the new batch of syndicated shows launched during the week of September 12, the highest ranking was Judge Alex (20th) with a 2.1 HH rating, and a 0.8 A18-49 rating. Two other new first run series launched that week: Martha from NBC earned a 2.0 HH rating and a 0.6 A18-49; and The Tyra Banks Show from Telepictures debuted with a 1.1 HH Rating and tied with Martha in the A18-49 demo. A couple of other notables for the week were Program Partners’ DaVinci Inquest earning a 1.4 HH rtg and 0.6 A18-49; and off-net series Bernie Mac (2.0 HH, 1.3 A18-49) from 20th, and My Wife & Kids (2.0 HH, 1.2 A18-49) from Buena Vista. Tonight’s Premiere: * MORE GOOD STUFF * AMC will launch a new series this Friday at 1030p called Movies 101 with Professor Richard Brown, whose first interview guest will be Martin Scorsese. Future weekly interviews will include Whoopi Goldberg, Willem Dafoe, Daniel Day-Lewis and Kevin Kline. AMC has ordered nine eps. Richard Brown is the professor of an adult film class Movies 101, which he began teaching in 1969. Through the years he has interviewed many a notable film persona, many of whom will be returning for this new series. Another addition to Verizon FiOS TV – WWE’s video-on-demand service, WWE 24/7. FiOS TV made its debut in Keller, Texas on September 22, with more than 330 channels. More channels are expected to be added as the service continues its rollout in other markets. Elsewhere at WWE, the professional wrestling franchise has completed its deal with Spike TV and come Monday will launch Monday Night RAW on USA Network. The final ep on Spike last Monday began with Vince McMahon acknowledging the time spent with Spike, even thanking the Viacom network for being such a great partner over the years. McMahon finished his speech saying “But next week Monday Night RAW returns home. Next week Monday Night RAW returns to ….. .” According to WWE, Spike dropped out the audio of the final two words, effectively “censoring” McMahon from saying “USA Network”, the name of its new partner. Mobile ESPN will be available to Sprint customers starting February 5. The extensive service will not just be scores, but will also include news, analysis, video, fantasy sports, and will be able to play mp3 files (music, podcasts, etc.) Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the month of September 2005: Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the month of September 2005: Top 10 Cable Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of 9/19-25, 2005 Top 10 Broadcast Programs among A18-49 (000) for the week of September 19-25, 2005 * NEW ORDERS / CASTING / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION * Three new projects coming from Big Cattle Productions (based at NBC Universal Television Studio), per Variety: · UPN: Evil is a horror series project, that develops over the course of a season (a la “24”). Evil was written and created by Michael Reisz. · NBC: Morningside Heights is a 30m comedy set in a dorm that houses rabbis, priests and monks in training. Written by David Light. · Lifetime: A comedy in the improv/scripted vein of Curb Your Enthusiasm, revolving around a dating service. The pilot was created by Brad Isaacs and Guy Shalem. 20th has signed a two year development deal with showrunner David Goodman. Currently Goodman is working on Fox’s Family Guy, which according to Variety has recently been given a 22-ep order for another season. Goodman will be attached to that new season. * EXECUTIVE MOVES * A&E Network has upped Mark Apter to Director/Scheduling, A&E Network and The Biography Channel. The announcement was made by Thomas Moody, Vice President/Program Planning, A&E Network. Mark will be responsible for creating and implementing the broadcast schedule for the entire A&E Network, and will oversee strategic planning and scheduling for The Biography Channel and the Crime & Investigation Network. He will also take part in evaluating and negotiating for syndicated programs and theatricals. Elden Hale Jr., has been named VP/GM of Meredith owned WSVM/Nashville. Elden makes the move from Meredith’s Hartford station, WFSB. Stepping up in Hartford to the VP/GM post will be Director of Sales Klarn DePalma, who will oversees both WFSB and its sister station WSHM, just over the boarder in Springfield, MA. Stuart Snyder has been named General Manager of GameTap, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s broadband entertainment network. Stuart will be in charge of the day-to-day management of the marketing, programming, development and distribution of GameTap, which launches to consumers in October. Most recently, Stuart was Pres/CEO of Cinar Corporation, an animation, live-action and education production/distribution company based in Montreal, Canada. * RATINGS * Monday — A18-49 Analysis: ABC was in front on Monday night among A18-49 posting an overall 4.7/12, according to final numbers from Nielsen Media Research. CBS was #2 with a 4.5/11, followed by NBC 4.0/10, Fox 2.9/7, UPN and WB 1.5/4. At 8p CBS’ combo of King of Queens (3.5/10) and How I Met Your Mother (3.7/10) won the hour, while ABC and NBC tied at an 8 share. Arrested Development on Fox earned a 2.0/6 at 8p, followed by the second episode of Kitchen Confidential pulling a soft 1.7/4. At 9p, the game on ABC delivered a 3-hour average of 5.5/14 in the demo, ending at 12:02am. Two and a Half Men dominated the non-sporting group with a 4.8/11, while Prison Break and Las Vegas tied, each earning a 9 share. At 10p CBS’ CSI: Miami was in front with a 5.7/14, followed by Medium with a 5.2/13. Final Household Ratings: Monday, September 28, 2005, for all Networks – program averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research. NBC 7.7/12 Surface 6.2/9, Las Vegas 7.9/11, Medium 9.0/14
FOX 4.1/6 Arrested Development 2.7/4, Kitchen Confidential 2.5/4, Prison Break 5.5/8
WB 2.8/4 7th Heaven 3.5/5, Just Legal 2.1/3
UPN 2/4/4 One on One 2.3/4, All of Us 2.4/4, Girlfriends, 2.5/4, Half and Half 2.2/3
A18-49 ABC 4.7/12, CBS 4.5/11, NBC 4.0/10, Fox 2.9/7, UPN and WB 1.5/4 AMERICAN PRINCESS >>>Highest delivery of W18-49 & W25-54 ever! >>>Highest rated original! Source: Nielsen Media Research, WE American Princess Su 10p 9/11/05 telecast compared to all WE telecasts from 12/31/01-9/14/05 telecast HH AA%, W18-49 & W25-54 Audience (000).
Answer to Yesterday’s Trivia Question: Don Adams did a lot of voice work before and after Get Smart. In 1964 he was an uncredited voice in a holiday special, still shown annually. His distinct voice is easy to pick out. Do you recall the special and/or his character? (No cheating!) COMET THE COACH on RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER Kudos to: Gaya Johnson-BET/Washington DC; Tom Fama-Wyeth Advertising Inc/Madison NJ; Scott Burns-Time Warner Cable/Columbus; Cristin DeVries-CBS/NY; Donna James-KDAF/Dallas; Tracy Cipriani-Spike TV/Chicago; John Kukla-KDFW/Dallas; Jason Hunt-GRB Ent/Nashville; Brian Dozer-KSTW/Seattle; Jillio Recio-RPA/Santa Monica; Sandra Mueller-KTLA/LA; Kristen Olson/LA But for some reason, Visit www.courttvmediakit.com for more information on our Today’s Trivia Question: This real life Hollywood Couple each had very small roles in the 1993 film Loaded Weapon 1, but they actually didn’t share onscreen time. Who are these folks? 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