After the coffee. Before lobbying to make Wednesday a permanent day off.
The Skinny: I saw "Ted" on Tuesday and except for one part where director Seth MacFarlane pulled one of his "Family Guy" stunts regarding a classic scene from "Airplane," I thought it was pretty funny. So there you go, a Morning Fix endorsement. Thursday's headlines include a look at the first day's box office for "The Amazing Spider-Man" and an Andy Griffith appreciation from Ron Howard.
Daily Dose: Now that Warner Bros. jumped the gun and has already sold reruns of its relatively new sitcoms "2 Broke Girls" and "Mike and Molly" to TBS and FX, respectively, 20th Century Fox Television may have to take a wait-and-see approach with "New Girl." The quirky comedy starring Zooey Deschanel is entering its second season this fall and will need to show that a ratings drop toward the end of it s first season was a fluke before a cable channel will be willing to shell out big bucks.
Spinning a web. Sony's "The Amazing Spider-Man" took in $35 million on Tuesday, its first full day of release. That is a solid number but not as strong as the first-day take of the previous three "Spider-Man" movies. The reboot of the franchise is projected to rake in about $140 million when the dust clears Sunday. "Ted" meanwhile is showing signs of having real staying power. More from the Los Angeles Times.
Hot stocks. While the economy continues to struggle, some media giants are enjoying a nice ride on Wall Street despite concerns about how new digital platforms could hurt their bottom lines. Variety notes that the stocks of five major entertainment com panies -- News Corp., CBS, Disney, Viacom and Time Warner -- were up an average of 15% in the first six months of 2012, outperforming the SP.
Buyer's market. Ratings for baseball have been in a steady decline for years yet the price tag for the TV rights is expected to increase when new deals are negotiated. Currently, Fox, ESPN and Turner Broadcasting shell out north of $700 million annually. While those networks may try to stand their ground with MLB, NBC is expected to make a push to grab a package that can be spread across its broadcast network and cable sports outlet and that will likely create a bidding war. The current agreements are up after the 2013 season but talks are starting soon. Analysis from the New York Times.
The Chuck Lorre channel. FX, which is already home to reruns of producer Chuck Lorre's "Two and a Half Men," has acquired syndication rights to "Mike Molly ," another of his shows. The price tag, per Broadcasting Cable, is $750,000 per episode, which is less than half what TBS recently paid for reruns of the comedy "2 Broke Girls."
Fair and balanced? Deadline Hollywood says Time Warner's pay channel HBO is eying a book in the works about Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes as a possible movie. The book, from writer Gabriel Sherman, who has written stories on Fox News for New York Magazine, is not expected to be finished until the end of next year so all this talk about an HBO movie -- if it does happen -- is a long way off. Time Warner, of course, also owns CNN.
Inside the Los Angeles Times: Ron Howard on what he learned from Andy Griffith. John Horn on Oliver Stone's new movie "Savages." Betsy Sharkey on Katie Perry's concert film "Part of Me."
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