It was American Idol‘s turn to feel the Olympics pain. NBC:  See Mitch Metcalf’s SKEDBALL post for details on last night’s Sochi ratings.  After an uptick on Tuesday, Wednesday’s WINTER OLYMPICS coverage fell to 5.6, down a full point from the previous day, and also back to being below the last 3 winter games […]

After a relatively good night Tuesday, last night’s Olympic coverage on NBC (5.6 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm Wednesday night  in the delayed “fast” nationals) was significantly below the comparable night for Turin 2006 (6.0 rating) and miles below Vancouver 2010 (9.0 rating).  Last night’s coverage featured: Women’s Downhill, Pairs’ Final, Women’s Halfpipe, Men’s […]

Wednesday fast national ratings.  

  “It’s the weather!” studios cry when they don’t have anything e;se to say, so that’s the spin being heard throughout the land upon Wednesday’s soft opening of ROBOCOP (Sony/MGM).  The reboot managed only $2.8M at 3372 theatres, not a sign of great interest.  It’s true that there were storms in much of the country, […]

Weekend #7 of 2014 is looking like a great $184 million for the top 12 films, a 40% increase over the average for this weekend the past several years.  The Lego Movie will dominate the box office in its second weekend, but also two new films are set to open to $25 million or more. […]

NBC averaged a 6.6 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm last night, well ahead of the same night in Turin 2006 (5.6) and Vancouver 2010 (5.5).  Events last night included: Men’s Halfpipe, Pairs’ Short Program, and Women’s Ski Jumping. Through Tuesday, Sochi is averaging a 6.9 adult 18-49 rating for the Olympics to date, now comfortably ahead […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The WINTER OLYMPICS stayed at 6.6 in final numbers.  The only change in last night’s other fresh programming was a 0.1 drop in the 8PM airing of DADS to 1.1.  (A couple of ABC’s reruns also dropped 0.1.) TUESDAY CABLE:  TEEN MOMS (MTV), BEING MARY JANE (BET) and THE HAVES AND HAVE […]

Last night’s Winter Olympic coverage from Sochi on NBC averaged a preliminary 6.4 adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm. Events last night included: Women’s Super Combined, Men’s Moguls, and Men’s 1500m Short Track.  If NBC excludes the 8:00 half hour (if it held national commercials until 8:30 pm), the nightly rating will be a 6.6 adult […]