NETWORK FINALS:  GREATEST HITS lost another 0.1 in final numbers, putting it down 0.2 from last week’s premiere, and AQUARIUS was down 0.1 as well.  (Note:  the reason AQUARIUS’s ratings were broken out with the first 13 minutes separate from the rest is that in much of the country–but not all–that section […]

Before next weekend’s arrival of a bona fide hit, The Dark Knight Rises, this weekend was highlighted by a bit of a summer movie poser: Ice Age: Continental Drift (an estimated $46.0 million opening weekend, missing our forecast in Wednesday’s ShowbuzzDaily Weekend Predictions), looking less like a summer movie that should be given a weekend […]

    THE NEW NORMAL:  Tuesdays 9:30PM on NBC   WHAT IT’S SAYING:  A new kind of family sitcom:  gay couple, surrogate mother, her daughter–and her bitchy, bigoted (but, you know, funny) grandmother.  Grandma’s practically Sue Sylvester!  And what a coincidence, Sue’s creator Ryan Murphy is behind this too.

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  With the NFL game factored out, the entire NBC line-up fell.  THE VOICE dropped 0.2 to 2.5, SEAN SAVES THE WORLD by 0.3 to 1.4, and THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW by 0.3 to a dire 1.0.  PARENTHOOD fell 0.2 to 1.3.  Meanwhile, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES rose 0.1 to a sterling 1.3 (but […]

  CBS is the latest network to announce its schedule of season finales, joining CW and FOX.  Here’s the line-up: SUNDAY APRIL 26 9PM:  THE GOOD WIFE SUNDAY MAY 5 8PM:  THE AMAZING RACE 10PM:  THE MENTALIST THURSDAY MAY 9 8:30PM:  2 1/2 MEN 9PM:  PERSON OF INTEREST FRIDAY MAY 10 9PM:  VEGAS 10PM:  BLUE […]

  The latest underperforming franchise entry is TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (Nickelodeon/Movie Media Group/Alibaba/Paramount).  Preliminary numbers at Deadline have opening day at $11.6M, down 55% from the $25.6M start for the rebooted TMNT 2 years ago.  That suggests a weekend that may not hit $30M, and a US total under $100M.  […]

For the second week in a row, FOX is the only network above a 2.0 rating in the prime time weekly average.  NBC is headed for a record low week: the estimated 1.13 falls comfortably below the previous low (week 19 of the season, January 28-February 3).  Week 19 had a pretty good excuse: the […]

>1960 Kennedy/Nixon.  2000 Bush/Gore.  2011 Salem/Metcalf.  Team Salem has moved back into the lead (by a $17.8 million margin) thanks to a strong second weekend for Rise of the Planet of the Apes and a great opening for The Help.  With no new films opening for either Team, it is time for Metcalf to concede […]