EMPIRE ended 2015 strongly. 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 and comparisons follow the chart. […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led primetime at 0.70, but afternoon games at 1.17 (ABC)/0.90 (FOX) were higher.  NBC’s SNL was up 0.09 to 0.97.  CW’s originals were at 0.10/0.09.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL games led the cable day at 0.98/0.57/0.44, with games on […]

  The rollout of pre-premiere week arrivals continued. CBS:  The fall premiere of SURVIVOR was a heavy 0.6 below last September’s debut, 2.6 compared to 3.2.  However, on the glass half-full side, it was 0.2 above the show’s 2.4 spring premiere.  The BIG BROTHER season finale was fairly steady at 2.4, down just 0.1 from last year. NBC:  The […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still +3% above last year and now +4% above the average for this point the past four years ($7.687 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $20.3 billion worldwide when we […]

> See Also: 2011 HONORABLE MENTIONS 2011 WORST 10   As a movie year, 2011 felt, more than anything else, like a reflection of an art and a business in disarray.  Economically, it was a down year and for the major studios, a frightening one:  beyond the special case of the Harry Potter  finale, virtually […]

  OPENINGS:  A bit surprisingly, LONE SURVIVOR (Universal) had no Saturday bump to speak of (under 1%), giving it a more frontloaded weekend than a movie appealing to an older audience (which tends not to run out on opening night) with strong reviews might be expected to have.  American Hustle, by way of comparison, went […]

November sweeps didn’t begin very tunefully. FOX:  With music-themed competition on 2 other networks, THE X FACTOR slumped to 2.3, its season low and no better than last week’s out-of-time-period semi-repeat on Tuesday. ABC:  The CMA AWARDS won the night with 3.8, but that was down a whopping full rating point from last year’s 4.8, […]

>Last night a year ago was Election Day 2010, chock full of midterm election coverage, repeat episodes and lower than average ratings.  So last night’s ratings look pretty good in comparison.  CBS won the night last night with a 3.2 rating, up from a 1.9 on the same night last year.  FOX scored a 3.0 […]