NBC has announced an unusually robust slate of scripted programming for summer 2014–although, since 3 of the shows were originally ordered for airing during the regular season and didn’t make it onto the schedule, and NBC hasn’t exactly been flooded with new hits this year, the cynical may surmise that quantity in this case […]

Weekend #13 of 2014 is looking like $122 million for the top 12 films, 14% below the typical volume for this weekend the past few years. Opening at around 3,400 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), Noah from Paramount should average $11,300 per theater for the weekend […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The usual scattered 0.1 moves, although the notable one was the one that didn’t happen:  although THE VOICE did go up 0.1 as expected, ABOUT A BOY didn’t lose any of its number.  Also up:  MIND GAMES (still pathetically low) and SUPERNATURAL, along with the reruns of THE GOLDBERGS and TROPHY WIFE.  […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  As expected, once the 10:01PM start was factored in, THE VOICE went up 0.1 and THE BLACKLIST went down the same.  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER also climbed 0.1, as did both ABC shows, while INTELLIGENCE was down 0.1. MONDAY CABLE:  The season finales of SWITCHED AT BIRTH and THE FOSTERS (both […]

  UPDATE:  The big change came early in the evening, as 60 MINUTES adjusted down 0.6 to 2.0, reflecting the deduction of the time zone viewers who were actually watching NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage.  That overrun rose 0.1 to 4.0, and all the rest of the night’s changes were also a matter of 0.1 up or […]

  {Note:  SPOILERS will follow the weekly and season-to-date ratings below.} None of the networks are anywhere a 2 rating at this point of the season, with CBS on top last week thanks to its Mon-Wed line-up and less than an hour of NCAA TOURNAMENT overrun on Sunday (the relatively low Thurs-Fri ratings for March […]

  UPDATE:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT games on CBS adjusted to 1.0/1.3.  HART OF DIXIE lost 0.1 in final numbers, lessening its chances of survival.  SHARK TANK and 20/20 went up 0.1. FRIDAY CABLE:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT primetime game on TNT (Providence/North Carolina) outrated its broadcast competition (Wichita State/Cal Poly) with 1.2.  Other NCAA games on […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday March 22 and Sunday March 23, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball: NCAA Tournament Round of 32 to 16 7.9 rating CBS 2:30 pm Sunday #8-Kentucky […]