International box office for 2013 releases through January 26, 2014.  Frozen has edged past The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in the yearly worldwide rankings, and down around the #40 position, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street are locked in a tight battle around the world. Click here for a summary of worldwide performance by studio. We will start tracking […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The network’s afternoon coverage of the PRO BOWL was at 0.89 (simulcast with ESPN).  Reruns at 0.51/0.44/0.23/0.19. CBS:  After 60 MINUTES at 0.55, the GRAMMY AWARDS were at 2.88, significantly above last year’s 2.24/1.97. NBC:  Reruns at 0.25/0.20/0.18. FOX:  NASCAR at 0.67. CW:  Reruns at 0.05/0.04/0.05/0.06. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSOS was […]

> Previously in this series on upscale TV ratings, we have examined ABC (many upscale shows but too many series stuck with mid-level or low audience sizes) and CBS (sizable audiences but many downscale or at best middling income skews).  Today, we look at FOX, which averages a 2.9 rating with Adults 18-49 this season […]

  The last pre-Olympics night for a while. FOX:  AMERICAN IDOL reached Hollywood and leveled out, up 0.1 from last week to 3.9. ABC:  THE MIDDLE dropped 0.1 to 2.2, and SUBURGATORY was down 0.1 to 1.7 from its last airing after a new Middle, although up 0.2 from last week when it followed a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE ROOKIE dropped 0.08 to 0.47, THE ROOKIE: FEDS slipped 0.02 to 0.31, and WILL TRENT was down 0.04 to 0.25. CBS:  The FBI franchise had the mothership up 0.04 to 0.52, INTERNATIONAL up 0.05 to 0.40, and MOST WANTED down 0.03 to 0.31. NBC:  NIGHT COURT lost 0.05 to 0.46, […]

> ACT OF VALOR:  Watch It At Home –  Fast Forward When They’re Not Shooting If there were a genuine national military crisis, and a small group of expert soldiers were needed to protect the interests of the country, would you want George Clooney or Brad Pitt behind the triggers of those guns?  Not really.  […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #7 of 2014 looks like $171 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, 30% ahead of this weekend’s average the past several years.  The Lego Movie continues to lead the box office, while Kevin Hart’s star shines brightly with the strong opening of About Last Night. Opening at 2,253 theaters […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 dropped 0.05 to 0.45, GREY’S ANATOMY ticked up to 0.43, and ALASKA DAILY was down 0.02 to 0.21. CBS:  The broadcast NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 0.86/1.42. NBC:  Returning from a month of reruns, LAW & ORDER fell 0.12 to 0.37, SVU lost a tenth to 0.48, and LAW […]