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To: Kory who wrote (10233)	3/13/1999 1:01:00 PM
From: Steve Hufnagle	Respond to of 14266

Has THQI ever had this many show titles in the rankings before? Are the games advertised during the cable show broadcast at all?

To: Kory who wrote (10233)	3/14/1999 12:16:00 AM
From: Jeff Bond	Respond to of 14266

>>15. ''Hey Arnold'' (Monday, 8 p.m.), Nickelodeon, 2.6, 2.62 million homes<< "Football Head" is beginning to pick up some steam. I will be VERY impressed if THQI develops a close and long-term relationship with Nickelodeon. If THQI provides proven successes like Rugrats, it could be easy to convince Nickelodeon to stick with them for the duration. Such an arrangement might make it easier to develop new titles, allow new titles to come to market quicker, and provide lower development costs. I view the extension of the Rugrats contract a good indication something like this might be coming in the future. Catdog, Hey Arnold, Doug may not be Rugrats, but they are viewed by millions. If THQI is going to reach out to younger players with N64, a relationship with Nickelodeon would be a great way to enhance the potential success. If they tackle the Game Boy market first, they might be able to develop games that use much of the same base underlying code, but are unique to each of the different TV shows. If THQI announces another product based on a "popular" Nickelodeon TV show, I'll be dancing. Regards, JB

To: Kory who wrote (10233)	3/14/1999 12:28:00 AM
From: Jeff Bond	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14266

WWF vs. WCW Notice what happens on Monday nights when WCW and WWF both air? 7PM ''WWF Wrestling'' (Sunday, 7 p.m.), USA, 3.9, 3.83 million homes. 8PM ''WCW Monday Nitro Live!'' (Monday, 8 p.m.), TNT, 3.9, 3.88 million homes. 9PM ''WWF Wrestling'' (Monday, 9 p.m.), USA, 4.8, 4.8 million homes ''WCW Monday Nitro Live!'' (Monday, 9 p.m.), TNT, 2.8, 2.81 million homes. 10PM ''WWF Wrestling'' (Monday, 10 p.m.), USA, 4.8, 4.72 million homes. ''WCW Monday Nitro Live!'' (Monday, 10 p.m.), TNT, 3.0, 3.01 million homes. There is a BIG difference in the viewing audience between WWF and WCW!!! Also, you can almost see how WWF warms up the audience at 7PM, then WCW "borrows" them for an hour at 8PM, before WWF steamrolls WCW for the following 2 hours. In fact, look at the drop in ratings for WCW between the 8PM and 9PM hour, when 1 million homes LEAVE the programming (no doubt for WWF). The other thing is this : there are 7.73 MILLION homes watching wrestling at 10PM on Monday night!!! That is an incredible amount of viewing, and proves conclusively the wrestling is hot hot hot. Remain patient, WWF is going to be HUGE for THQI. Regards, JB