In latenight, NBC’s “Tonight Show With Jay Leno” continued to hold a wide lead over CBS’ “Late Night With David Letterman.”
Cartoon brightens
While Kids WB and Nick continue to see less than spectacular Saturday ayem results, the Cartoon Network saw brighter notes. Tadpole and Nick still remain market leaders but season to date, Cartoon finds itself in third place in kids 6-11 delivery (508,000 viewers).
This season, net revamped its slate with an all new lineup of contemporary shows. And while none has yet to enter the top 10 (“Code Name Kids Next Door” comes closest in 18th place), numbers have been steadily improving. For last week, net was up 20% in the kids 6-11 demo compared to last year.
The struggling Fox lineup will add a new series in February. Slate is programmed by 4 Kids, which has picked up U.S. broadcast rights to 26 half-hours episodes of Italian animated series “Winx Club.”
Action/fantasy skein takes place in the land of Magix at fairy training school. One fairy enlists the helps of her classmates to form the anti-witch Winx Club. Italian fashion designers were enlisted to help create the look of “Winx Club.”
Show is based on an original concept by Iginio Straffi, founder and CEO of Italian animation house Rainbow SRI, which licensed skein to 4 Kids. Straffi serves as show’s exec producer and director.
Addition of show to the Fox sked is the first shift 4 Kids has made from its boy-centric slate.
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