NETWORK UPDATE:  THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.1 from preliminary numbers. SATURDAY CABLE:  ORPHAN BLACK (BBCAmerica) slipped a tiny bit to 0.23, while IN THE FLESH was demoted to 11PM and stayed at 0.03.  In the 10PM slot, THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW was at 0.12.  The season finale of DAVINCI’S DEMONS on Starz was at 0.15. […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  In adjusted ratings, BEAUTY & THE BEAST declined by 0.1 from this morning’s numbers, while MASTERCHEF and THE BACHELORETTE gained 0.1.  (No change for MISTRESSES or 24.) MONDAY CABLE:  LONGMIRE returned to A&E at 0.7, down 0.2 from last season’s premiere and finale, and also down about 10% from its 2013 premiere […]

  We’ll have more detailed Sunday cable ratings tomorrow, but here are some highlights networks were anxious to share: On AMC, HALT AND CATCH FIRE debuted with 1.2M total viewers, and an 18-49 demo rating that will be right on the 0.3-0.4 border.  To be sure, AMC had exposed the pilot online and on VOD […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  CROSSBONES couldn’t hold its preliminary number, and slipped 0.1 to a 1.0 premiere.  WHAT WOULD YOU DO went up 0.1 to 1.2, and the SHARK TANK rerun was likewise up to 1.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  There was nothing going on but sports and comedy reruns.  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game dominated at 2.7, with […]

  NBC has struck first in releasing the dates of its fall premieres.  Most of its new shows will launch during the official Premiere Week starting Monday September 22, but there are a few exceptions (new series are in ALL CAPS): Sunday Sept 7:  NFL Sunday Night Football Thursday Sept 11:  The Biggest Loser Monday […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday May 31 and Sunday June 1, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NBA: Playoffs 5.7 rating TNT 8:30 pm Saturday San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder […]

  OPENINGS:  MALEFICENT (Disney) is claiming a $70M weekend, and like all round-number estimates, that should be viewed with some skepticism.  But even if it dips slightly in final numbers tomorrow, it’s a fine start.  It’s not, however, the equal of Disney’s other revisionist fairy tales Alice In Wonderland ($116.1M) or Oz: The Great and […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  The release of Maleficent has put Disney in a virtual three-way tie for second place (with Warner Brothers and Sony), each with around $1.35 billion worldwide for 2014 to date.  Fox remains comfortably in first place with $1.7 billion.  The other studios remain out of the running, particularly Universal, which was not helped at […]