Weekend #19 of 2015 is looking like $126 million for the top 12 films this weekend, somewhat below the norm for this weekend. Opening at around 2,700 theaters Friday (slightly below the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Hot Pursuit from Warner Brothers should average a somewhat above average $6,600 per theater for the three-day […]

CBS won Monday with a 3.1 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm, down from last week’s season high for Monday (3.3) and tied with the second-highest CBS Monday rating (also 3.1 on 11.26, 12.10 and 12.17).  How I Met Your Mother and 2 Broke Girls each scored a 3.7, the highest-rated network programs last night.  Mike & Molly (3.3), repeat […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday January 4 through Sunday January 10, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart […]

> X-Men: First Class grossed $64 million overseas this weekend, a little more than it achieved domestically this weekend.  If it hits $168 million in North America (as the ShowBuzzDaily Domestic Final model shows), it could be a $370-400 million picture worldwide. The Hangover Part II is up to $152 million overseas through this weekend.  […]

AMERICAN IDOL underscored why next season will be its last. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 of 2). Ratings analysis […]

Smash = Moose Murders. NBC:  Despite enormous, and well-publicized, behind the scenes changes, and weeks of intensive, expensive marketing, NBC couldn’t convince viewers to give SMASH another chance, and the Season 2 premiere had, by far, the show’s lowest rating ever with an awful 1.1.  (And as Mitch Metcalf noted earlier this morning, even that […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no significant adjustments to the preliminary Saturday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s UFC PRELIMS led Saturday cable at 0.54, with the network’s COLLEGE BASKETBALL at 0.30/0.27/0.23/0.21.  Lifetime’s SALT-N-PEPA movie was at 0.45, with lead-out specials at […]

>Super 8 is off to a good start during its first weekday period.  The JJ Abrams/ Steven Spielberg drama earned $8.2 million Monday and Tuesday at the box office, a very healthy 22.6% of its opening weekend number.  When a new movie is over 20% during this period, it stands a very good chance of […]