Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: George W. Bush, Hat Trick Productions, HBO, NBC, Saturday Night Live, United States, Welcome America, Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell‘s “You’re Welcome America — A Final Night With George W. Bush” pulled in 2.3 million viewers on HBO Saturday night. It was the largest viewership for an HBO comedy special since “Chris Rock: Never Scared” premiered in April 2004. Variety (3/17)
Comedy Central attracted a robust 4.1 million viewers to its recent roast of comedian Larry the Cable Guy. It was the most-watched show on cable that night among viewers 18 to 49 as well as males 18 to 34, and it was the network’s third-best roast special ever. Broadcasting & Cable (3/17)
VH1′s new series VH1 Tough Love attracted 2.0 million total viewers last Sunday night at 10p, holding 85% of lead-in show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels. (Cynopsis 3/18)
NBC is closing in on a deal with the United Kingdom’s Hat Trick Productions to bring the BBC panel show “Have I Got News for You” to the United States. “News” features teams of celebrities and newsmakers humorously trying to answer questions about current events. (http://www.tvweek.com/news/2009/03/nbc_looks_to_adapt_british_new.php 3/17)
Caris & Co. analyst David Miller is upgrading CBS, noting that the network is the only broadcaster to see ratings grow across the board this season. Even among the desirable demo of viewers ages 18 to 49, the network is logging a 3% uptick while its rivals are all down. (http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cotown-tvratings18-2009mar18,0,7696664.story 3/18)
Nielsen live-plus-same-day ratings show USA Network maintained an 11-for-11 prime-time ratings win so far this year by capturing the most viewers in two leading demographic categories for the week that ended March 15. The network attracted 1.19 million adults ages 25 to 54 and 1.17 million viewers ages 18 to 49. Mediaweek (3/17)
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Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: Arts, CBS College Sports Network, Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, Sex and the City, Television, USA Network, Viacom
USA Network‘s “Burn Notice” pulled in a whopping 6 million viewers for the finale of its second season, coming in third in its time slot behind new episodes of “E.R.” on NBC and “Eleventh Hour” on CBS. “Burn Notice” also scored big with the 18-to-49 demographic group, amassing 2.74 million in the advertiser-coveted segment. TVWeek.com (3/6)
America’s Best Dance Crew finale on MTV Thursday night delivered a 2.97 rating among the 12-34 set, the highest delivery for this series, season to date, out delivering it season to date average of 2.2 rating by 22%. For the whole of the season, America’s Best Dance Crew reached 70.7 million total viewers, and 32.9 million in its sweetspot, persons 12-34. (Cynopsis 3/9)
Scott Carlin, HBO‘s president of domestic distribution, and his team will meet with potential buyers this month about syndication sales of three of the network’s iconic hits: “Entourage,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Sex and the City.” And, despite the economic conditions, Carlin is optimistic about chances for the shows: “Everything has its own life and time. We think now is a pretty interesting time to begin having some conversations with people about these shows.” Broadcasting & Cable (3/9)
Epix, the forthcoming Viacom-Lions Gate-MGM movie channel, is having trouble securing distribution with cable and satellite TV companies. Carriers are skittish about adding a pricey new network during a recession. In response, Epix could turn to online pathways into the home. (Iwantmedia 3/9, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2009/03/studios-epix-ve.html 3/6)
If it’s March, it must be madness. That’s what CBS College Sports Network and the NCAA are hoping, at any rate, as they begin offering multichannel providers the sophomore season of “NCAA VOD: The Best of March Madness.” “March Madness is a huge event and VOD is an asset that MSOs and other distributors can use to differentiate their products and drive their business,” said Bob Rose, executive vice president of distribution for CBS College Sports. Multichannel News (3/8)
The new AT&T-sponsored Music Vault will enable users to unlock a virtual portal that offers access to music videos from MTV Networks that have never before been released on the Internet. Fans access the videos via an online trivia game and can share their access with friends. (Iwantmedia 3/9, http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/19998 3/6)
CBS and NBC, looking to cut costs as advertising shrinks, are turning to Canadian television producers for new shows. Both networks will debut shows that are filmed and set in Toronto. Canada is “palatable” to U.S. audiences; Canadians “drive on the same side of the street.” (Iwantmedia 3/9, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=afYDvToAWJks 3/9)
Bravo’s luxurious mix of shopaholic housewives, millionaire matchmakers and fancy chefs is displaying a good amount of resiliency against hard financial times. In February, the NBC Universal network reported a 16% increase in young-adult viewers over the comparable period in 2008. Variety (3/6)
Fox’s lucrative “American Idol,” the most-watched U.S. television series, is “the last of its breed,” says Fox exec Mike Darnell. “I don’t believe there will ever be another show like this,” as the consumer pool is increasingly splintered by broadcast, cable, DVRs and the Internet. (Iwantmedia 3/9, http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090308/ap_en_mu/american_idol_empire 3/8)
Tosh.0 is a new weekly series ordered by Comedy Central with host and comedian Daniel Tosh. The series will include ten episodes, airing weekly, and set to premiere in June. The mission of Tosh.0 is to change the way people think about the internet, with a closer look at blogs, vlogs, tweets and pokes. (Cynopsis 3/9)
ABC has ordered a new single camera pilot called Pulling, from ABC Studios. Based on the 2006 British series, the story is about three women who decide to live together after one of them breaks off her engagement just 24 hours before the wedding. (Cynopsis 3/9)
Disney-owned SoapNet, the cable channel that, so far, has featured reruns of daytime soaps in prime time, is getting into the business of original, scripted programming. Brian Frons, who oversees the network, said SoapNet was investing in two original series — “Julia’s Tango” and “Santa Monica” — and would present them to ad buyers during the upfront selling season. TVWeek.com (3/8)
As the economic tailspin continues, advertisers increasingly are considering the value of the 10-second commercial. These quick-hitting spots, according to Kal Liebowitz of KSL Media, typically cost less than half the price of a 15-second spot and often run in relatively clutter-free environments that are outside of commercial pods. TVWeek.com (3/8)
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Filed under: ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA | Tags: Facebook, Flash Gordon, HBO, Myspace, Sex and the City, Twitter, Video clip, YouTube
ONLINE SERVICES/INTERACTIVE MEDIA
HBO just launched a sweepstakes leading up to the premiere of Sex and the City The Movie on HBO. Get your Manolo on all over again with Sex and the City: The Movie Girls Night In Cross-Platform Sweepstakes. The grand prize is a $10,000 ultimate shopping spree plus daily instant win prizes. Create your Sex and the City Fashionista and post her to your Facebook page. Unlock new must-have accessories by watching short Sex and the City videos on HBO on Demand, HBO.com, HBO on Broadband, Comcast.net, Fancast, Road Runner.com, Cox.net and various other sites. Or join the Facebook fan page and upload a pic of your Fashionista there.
To rev up for the premiere of The Watchmen, Joost has put together a compendium of comics-themed video clips dating back to the original Flash Gordon shorts from the 1930s. (Cynopsis 3/2)
Many U.S. Christians are swearing off Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other new technologies for Lent. Thousands of Facebook users are signing up for “Giving up Facebook for Lent” groups on the site, posting notices that they will be gone for the next six weeks. (Iwantmedia 3/2, http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/most_days_you_can_find.html 3/1)
After a couple of false starts, 2009 just might be the year that interactive television begins to fulfill its potential for the cable TV industry. According to this report, the country’s largest cable firms have upgraded about 20 million set-top boxes to make them more amenable to interactive applications and, as Comcast Chief Operating Officer Steve Burke said, “Clearly, there is a huge, huge business out there if you can get the interactivity that you currently get when you advertise on the Internet married with television spots.” Multichannel News (3/2)
Nielsen released its January Video Census numbers revealing that total video streams topped 10 billion in the U.S. for the first time. Live streaming of President Obama’s inauguration helped increase the overall internet video audience increased to 135 million. After a basically flat Dec., YouTube increased its traffic by a measurable clip to 5.8 billion streams from 92 million unique users, up from 5.5 billion streams/84 million users in Dec. Following its Superbowl ad campaign, the aliens at Hulu rolled past Fox Interactive Media to the #3 ranking in terms of total streams while ABC nearly doubled its video viewer base from 3.5 million to 6.2 million. CNN also saw a huge boost from its Facebook inauguration integration, delivering 152 million streams to 5.6 million unique viewers in Jan., up from 95 million streams/8.3 million uniques in Dec. (Cynopsis 3/2)
Overall Online Video Usage (U.S.)
Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Percent Change
Unique Viewers (000) 124,262 124,611 135,617 +8.8%
Total Streams (000) 9,548,267 9,593,320 10,457,785 +9.0%
Streams per Viewer 76.8 77 77.1 +0%
Time per Viewer (min) 177.9 170.7 178.6 +4.6%
Source: Nielsen Online VideoCensus, Includes progressive downloads, excludes video advertising
Top Online Brands ranked by Video Streams for December 2008 (U.S.)
Brand Total Streams (000) Unique Viewers (000)
YouTube 5,810,271 92,563
Yahoo! 273,968 24,518
Hulu 232,444 7,238
Fox Interactive Media 213,351 16,318
Nickelodeon Kids and Family Network 204,212 6,268
MSN/Windows Live 171,909 14,468
ABC.com 163,503 6,221
CNN 152,780 11,444
Turner Sports and Ent. Digital Network 143,481 5,698
Megavideo 90,952 4,439
Source: Nielsen Online VideoCensus, Includes progressive downloads, excludes video advertising
Top 10 Parent Companies/Divisions for January 2009
Parent Unique Audience (000) Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss)
1. Google 140,202 2:13:20
2. Microsoft 128,870 2:35:34
3. Yahoo! 120,032 3:32:25
4. AOL LLC 88,989 3:52:12
5. News Corp. Online 82,746 1:26:10
6. InterActiveCorp 67,670 0:17:25
7. eBay 66,942 1:51:31
8. Amazon 65,374 0:28:08
9. Facebook 62,459 2:50:02
10. Wikimedia Foundation 60,852 0:19:28
Source: Nielsen Online
Top 10 Web Brands for January 2009
Brand Unique Audience (000) Time Per Person (hh:mm:ss)
1. Google 135,613 1:31:58
2 Yahoo! 118,824 3:33:04
3. MSN/Windows Live 105,900 2:24:41
4. Microsoft 99,169 0:46:59
5. AOL Media Network 88,989 3:52:12
6. YouTube 84,240 1:02:19
7. Fox Interactive Media 71,244 1:26:05
8. Facebook 62,444 2:50:04
9. Wikipedia 60,382 0:19:26
10. Apple 59,482 1:24:16
Source: Nielsen Online
Average U.S. Internet Usage, Combined Home & Work, Month of January 2009
Sessions/Visits per Person 62
Domains Visited per Person 115
Web Pages per Person 2,580
Duration of a Web Page Viewed 0:00:55
PC Time per Person 74:45:35
Active Digital Media Universe 168,734,519
Current Digital Media 229,254,813
Universe Estimate
Source: Nielsen Online
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Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin, diannewiest, HBO, John Adams, lauralinney, Paul Giamatti, United States
HBO‘s seven-part miniseries “John Adams” as well as ongoing series “In Treatment” and “True Blood” were big winners during Sunday evening’s Golden Globes competition. The documentary on the second U.S. president received recognition for its two lead characters, Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney as John and Abigail Adams, while Tom Wilkinson’s turn as Benjamin Franklin won an award for best supporting actor. Reuters (1/12) , Variety (1/11)
I couldn’t be a bigger fan of John Adams. If you haven’t seen it, the multiple hours you’ll put into watching it are surely worth it. Favorite moment from last night? Slumdog Millionaire wining in the film category. That movie is candy land for the soul.
The recent NFL Wild Card Weekend drew in an average of 25.8 million viewers over four games, representing the most viewers for an NFL Wild Card Weekend since January 2003. Current individual results include NBC with 21.0 million viewers for the January 3 at 430p Falcons at Cardinals game; NBC with 27.8 million viewers for the January 3 at 8p Colts at Chargers game; CBS with 23.9 million viewers for the January 4 at 1p Ravens at Dolphins game; and FOX with 30.0 million viewers for the January 4 at 430p Eagles at Vikings game. (Cynopsis 1/12)
MTV’s premiere of The Real World: Brooklyn last Wednesday at 10p, the network’s 21st edition of the series, debuted with a 2.3 rating among P12-34 and attracted 2.26 million total viewers. (Cynopsis 1/12)
Production has begun in New York for season two of HBO’s In Treatment, the 30m drama starring Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest. During the second season, scheduled to open in April, new cast members include Hope Davis, Russell Hornsby, John Mahoney, Alison Pill, Sherri Saum and Aaron Shaw and returning from season one as a guest star will be Glynn Turman. New episodes will air over two nights each week with two episodes on Sunday from 10-11p and three on Mondays at 10-1130p. (Cynopsis 1/12)
In other HBO news, the premium channel renewed the animated comedy The Life and Times of Tim from Media Rights Capital for a second season, per Variety. (Cynopsis 1/12)
Thank you HBO. Thank you. The only balls in the business to launch a series with an episode titled The Angry Unpaid Prostitute.
HBO will premiere a multi-platform documentary series called The Alzheimer’s Project this May. The series will look inside discoveries made by leading scientists and the effects of this devastating illness on patients and their family. (Cynopsis 1/12)
Beginning March 20, Starz will launch a one-hour block of original comedies on Friday nights starting with the 30m unscripted show Head Case at 10p followed by new series Party Down at 1030p. (Cynopsis 1/12)
Travel Channel hired former E! star of Girls Next Door, Bridget Marquardt to host a new reality series called Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches, reports Multichannel News. The series will air on Thursday nights starting March 12 and will highlight the world’s most exotic beaches. (Cynopsis 1/12)
FOX revived its comedy series ‘Til Death by handing it a 22-episode order for a fourth season, reports Variety. The 30m comedy has been on hiatus since early October and there are 15 remaining episodes to complete the current third season. (Cynopsis 1/12)
Charter Communications has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Va., against Verizon Communications’ FiOS service. The cable company asserts that Verizon’s triple-play initiative infringes on four patents it holds related to network transmission and its on-demand TV platform. Network World/IDG News Service (1/9)
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Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: American Broadcasting Company, Barack Obama, HBO, NBC, NFL, Rock Of Love Bus With Bret Michaels, Television, Television program
HBO has secured exclusive rights to televise the inaugural kickoff ceremonies for Barack Obama on Jan. 18. The cable network said it would make the 90-minute event free to all cable and satellite subscribers, not just those who receive HBO. Variety (1/6)
Rock Of Love Bus With Bret Michaels series debut on VH1 last Sunday at 9p posted a 1.4 rating among A18-49 and drew in 2.1 million total viewers. Also the same night, Confessions Of A Teen Idol premiered at 8p with a 0.6 A18-49 rating and tallied another 0.6 rating with A18-49 viewers for its encore airing at 1030p. (Cynopsis 1/7)
What will it take to make this series die?
American TV viewers continue to be infatuated with the NFL. Based on a report from Nielsen, 225 million Americans tuned into NFL regular season games last year. Other football TV watching stats include: 13 of the 15 most-watched television programs from all programming this fall included NFL games; NFL games were the highest-rated programs locally at a record 88%; and in 2008 NFL games airing on CBS, FOX and NBC averaged 16.6 million viewers which equates to 89% over the 8.8 million average primetime viewership among the four major networks: ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. (Cynopsis 1/7)
AMC has started streaming old-school episodes of “The Prisoner” on its Web site, AMCTV.com. The episodes from the 1960s spy thriller are a prelude to a series remake that is expected to debut on AMC in November. Mediaweek (1/6)
With rival Netflix breathing down its neck, Blockbuster now says it’s looking to hook up with telecom providers such as Verizon and AT&T to offer advanced video services to the home. “As we move toward video-on-demand and pay-per-view, Blockbuster is well-positioned not only to compete on our own, but also to partner with others,” said Jim Keyes, the company’s chief executive officer. Reuters (1/7)
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Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: American Broadcasting Company, Big Love, Flight of the Conchords, George Lopez, GilmoreGirls, HBO, Lauren Graham, New York
Next month HBO brings back a third season of hour-long series Big Love on January 18 at 9p followed on the same night by the second season opener of half-hour comedy Flight of the Conchords at 10p. (Cynopsis 12/15)
Happier holidays demand more wives. . .
Big Love on HBO
Screen Actor Guild (SAG) leaders in New York are distancing themselves from SAG leaders based in Hollywood and have asked the guild to halt its strike authorization vote, writes Variety. The NY division leaders cite the nation’s crippling financial crisis as their reason to stop the strike vote. In a statement released last Friday, the New York board said: “While issuing a strike authorization may have been a sensible strategy in October, we believe it is irresponsible to do so now, in the face of widespread layoffs, cutbacks and reduced programming.” (Cynopsis 12/15)
The “George Lopez” family-friendly sitcom helped Nick at Night rise to the top of the ratings heap among 18- to 49-year-old viewers. Now, according to Cyma Zarghami, president of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group, the network is talking to the star about other projects, including a variety of specials. TVWeek.com (12/14)
Actress Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) will soon be seen again in primetime, this time on ABC as the network okayed a production commitment for a new comedy starring Graham, cites Variety. The yet-to-be-titled half-hour is about a female self-help instructor who fails to follow her own advice when her boyfriend leaves her. (Cynopsis 12/15)
The pay-TV joint venture featuring Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate will be named Epix, according to this report. The cable channel, which was announced last April, is expected to launch next fall and compete directly with premium programmers such as HBO and Showtime. MediaPost Communications (12/12)
Liberty Media board members have given approval for a new, asset-backed stock, hopefully calming investors’ fears that Chairman John Malone would use Liberty Entertainment to prop up other assets. Analysts quoted in this article said AT&T might be interested in a merger or purchase of the new unit. The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (12/15)
After all the recent executive shifts, NBC Universal President/CEO Jeff Zucker confirmed Ben Silverman, Co-Chairman, NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio will remain with the company and will soon sign a new contract, reports B&C. (Cynopsis 12/15)
FCC has canceled its meeting scheduled for Thursday after two lawmakers, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin urging him to concentrate the commission’s time and resources on the transition to digital television. The scheduled meeting was to have considered a number of potentially controversial issues, including the rules governing cable-retransmission-rights agreements with broadcasters. Reuters (12/13) , Multichannel News (12/13) , The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (subscription required) (12/12)
Top 10 “Timeshifted” Primetime TV Programs
Rank Program Network % Increase in Viewership
1 HEROES NBC 35%
2 FRINGE FOX 26%
3 LOST ABC 25%
4 BONES FOX 21%
5 GREY’S ANATOMY ABC 20%
6 HOUSE FOX 18%
7 SURVIVOR: GABON CBS 18%
8 AMERICAN IDOL-Tues FOX 13%
9 THE MENTALIST CBS 13%
10 AMERICAN IDOL-Wed. FOX 12%
Source: The Nielsen Company
Data from Jan 01, 2008- Nov 23, 2008. Percent Increase in viewership is based on absolute difference between Live Household Ratings and Live+7
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Filed under: BROADCAST/CABLE | Tags: Chicago Tribune, HBO, Jay Leno, Los Angeles Times, NBC, Real estate, Sam Zell, Tribune Company
According to B&C, NBC will be moving Jay Leno to 10p on weeknights, thereby allowing NBC to cut back on its primetime programming as well as keeping both Leno and Conan O’Brien in house. The start date is as yet unknown, but speculation pegs next fall. (Cynopsis 12/9)
Co-President Harold Akselrad has decided to leave HBO after 25 years, the network announced Tuesday. Mr. Akselrad recently concluded negotiations with several of the studios that supply the pay cable network with theatrical movies. (http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/12/akselrad_to_leave_hbo.php 12/9)
Billionaire real estate investor Sam Zell was unable to keep the wolves from the door as The Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court in Delaware on Monday. The company will restructure debt obligations and says it has the cash to continue to operate its media businesses during the process. It also reassured advertisers its broadcasting affiliations and pre-paid ad contracts are still in place. Zell described the move as a reaction to a “perfect storm” of factors including a rapid decline in revenue and severe tightening of credit markets. Tribune owns 23 TV stations and 8 major daily newspapers and newspaper websites including the LA Times, Chicago Tribune and Baltimore Sun. (Cynopsis 12/9)
TNT delivered 2.1 million A18-49 viewers for its new original series Leverage Sunday night at 10p. The Timothy Hutton-starring drama also attracted 5 million total viewers and it moves into its regular time period of Tuesdays at 10p beginning tonight. (Cynopsis 12/9)
Bravo is sticking by its commitment to four of its up-and-coming reality projects. That means “Flipping Out” and “Million Dollar Listing,” both of which focus on the real estate market, will get a third season and beauty-centric “The Rachel Zoe Project” and “Tabatha’s Salon Takeover” will be back for their sophomore campaigns. Variety (12/8)
The Rachel Zoe project is back for another season proving finally that. . .there IS a god.
Philippe Dauman, Viacom’s chief executive officer, moved to assure investors that the debt burdens of Sumner Redstone and his National Amusements holding company will not affect Viacom. “I am totally focused on running Viacom,” Dauman said. “It doesn’t impact our financial position (and) we have taken every appropriate governance measure to make sure that Viacom is not affected by the National Amusements situation.” Variety (12/8) , Multichannel News (12/8)
Magical Elves, the production entity behind such shows as Project Runway and Top Chef, made a development agreement with Kelly Cutrone for a new reality series about Cutrone’s fashion PR agency, People’s Revolution. The series will go behind the scenes at Cutrone’s company and its bicoastal offices, chronicling the personal and professional lives of Cutrone and her staff. (Cynopsis 12/9)
Time Warner Cable has reported a slowdown in subscriber growth for its video, Internet and phone services. “Consumers just sort of closed their pocket books.” Likewise, Cablevision has experienced a pullback in sales of its services. “There are no new opportunities.” (Iwantmedia 12/9, http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081208/FREE/812089974/1084 12/8)
Cablevision, whose network DVR has stirred some controversy because of the way it allows subscribers to store programs, will proceed with plans to roll out the device in 2009 … as long as it is not deemed illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to Chief Operating Officer Tom Rutledge. “We have plans to begin deploying it some time next year,” he said. “It has all the functionality of a DVR, it looks to you like a DVR. You can’t really tell the difference.” Reuters (12/8)
Comcast debuted a trio of new triple-play packages, ranging from $115 per month to $180 per month. The top-tier package includes an HD DVR, 200 digital channels, Internet speeds of up to 22 Mbps and premium networks such as HBO, Starz, Cinemax and Showtime. “We will continue to innovate and evolve our packaging,” said Dave Watson, executive vice president of operations for the company. OneTRAK (12/8)
Worldwide advertising spending in measured media could decrease by 0.2% to $458 billion next year versus this year with spending up 2.6%, according to the study “This Year, Next Year” from GroupM. The study also projects the U.S. ad spending will decline by 3% to $157 billion next year after spending has increased this year by 0.3% to $162 billion. (Cynopsis 12/9)
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