>The May Sweep kicked off last night.  Fast national ratings for Adults 18-49 follow.  Highlights to come.                    Nightly Adult 18-49 Rating Thursday     FOX    NBC    CBS    ABC   04.26.2012   2.9    1.4    2.6    2.2   THIS WEEK 04.19.2012   3.1 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JEOPARDY MASTERS was at 0.50, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was at 0.47, and THE GAME SHOW SHOW premiered at 0.30. CBS:  SURVIVOR was steady at 0.67.  After a rerun at 0.19, the now-canceled TRUE LIES dipped 0.02 to 0.17. NBC:  The CHICAGO franchise included MED down 0.12 to 0.40, FIRE down […]

  OPENINGS:  SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3 (Sega/Paramount) was within expectations at $62M, although that was lower than the $72.2M for Sonic 2 in 2022, and while Sonic 2 had a 2% Friday-to-Saturday gain, Sonic 3 slumped by 24% on Saturday.  There’s every chance, though, that Sonic 3 will beat its predecessor’s $190.9M in the US, […]

  The EMMY AWARDS ratings were even worse than they look. 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 […]

A very similar week on cable this past week through Monday.  True Blood on HBO plateaued at a 2.6 Adult 18-49 rating, leading all cable telecasts despite being available in a small minority of US television homes.  The Newsroom from Aaron Sorkin plunged 62% with Adults 18-49 and 54% with Viewers 2+.  Don’t look for a build […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #47 is now on pace to exceed the multi-year average for this weekend by over 20% — a much stronger pace than the Wednesday-Thursday pre-weekend box office suggested.   Rise of the Guardians from Paramount/ DreamWorks opened with $8.6 million Wednesday-Thursday and added $9.3 million Friday, putting it on pace for […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season premiere of THE BACHELOR was at 0.65, down 0.19 from last season’s premiere.  THE GOOD DOCTOR aired for the first time since December 12, up 0.02 to 0.32. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD jumped 0.26 to 0.66, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA rose two-tenths to 0.54, NCIS climbed 0.21 to 0.54, and NCIS: […]

Weekend #48 of 2014 is looking like $165 million for the top 12 films this weekend, down 8% from the norm for Thanksgiving weekend but down a bigger 15% from the same weekend last year (when Frozen opened its long run). Opening at over 3,600 theaters Wednesday (above the 2,886 average theater count for opening […]