CARS 3 (Pixar/Disney) will have a strong Fathers Day, which in turn will make its weekend multiple look good, but it’s off to a disappointing start.  In preliminary numbers at Deadline, its opening day is pegged at $19.1M (including $2.8M from Thursday night), down 25% from the first day of 2011’s Cars 2 ($25.7M), […]

  Viewers seemed to finally notice that the NBA FINALS were on. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age […]

  Last night’s NBA Draft on ESPN will probably have a 1.5-1.6 rating, which will make it the third-highest show of the night, behind only Hell’s Kitchen on FOX and a repeat Big Bang Theory on CBS.  (Last night’s Draft tied ESPN’s highest rating since the network started covering the event in 2003.)  The networks collectively sunk 10% below […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday April 17 through Sunday April 23, 2023. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 100K Persons 2+ live+same day). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week last year […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up 0.2 to 1.8 in final numbers, and FOX’s game was also up 0.2, although to a much lower 0.5.  In addition, 48 HOURS, DATELINE and the SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE rerun all lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #35 of 2014 looks like $86 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, now 1% above the norm for this weekend ($85 million) but 8% below this weekend last year (detailed track below). Opening at 2,639 theaters, As Above/So Below from Universal grossed $3.2 million Friday and $2.8 million […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC;  BACHELOR IN PARADISE rose 0.12 to 0.83, and ULTIMATE SURFER ticked up to 0.22. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33-0.34. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT climbed 0.13 to 0.87, and COLLEGE BOWL was up 0.07 to 0.38. FOX:  LEGO MASTERS dipped 0.04 to 0.39, and FANTASY ISLAND was down 0.02 to 0.24. CW:  STARGIRL […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY dropped 0.06 to 0.37, THE CHASE rose 0.06 to 0.35, and WHO DO YOU BELIEVE was down 0.03 to 0.22. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week,, FBI gained 0.04 to 0.59, FBI: INTERNATIONAL edged up 0.02 to 0.51, and FBI: MOST WANTED was steady at 0.47. NBC:  YOUNG ROCK […]