NETWORK FINALS:  The rerun of HOLEY MOLEY lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The night’s Viacom simulcast was the BET AWARDS.  At its home base, it was at 0.95 with what appear to be 2 after-shows at 0.86/0.44, […]

    FRIGHT NIGHT – Watch It At Home:  At Least Farrell Had Fun   The new remake of Tom Holland’s 1985 FRIGHT NIGHT has a great set of credentials.  Craig Gillespie, the director, was behind the well-regarded indie Lars and the Real Girl, and has since been house director of United States of Tara […]

>Last night we had our first look at CBS’s current promotional priorities in the one-hour Big Brother at 8:00 pm.  With a fairly light on-air promo load, dramas got the lion’s share of time: Unforgettable (one :30 spot) and Person of Interest (one :20).  2 Broke Girls was given one :10.  The rest of the time […]

  Once again, Gone Girl was vanquished for a day by a horror movie, but will almost certainly rebound to take the weekend. OPENINGS:  DRACULA UNTOLD (Legendary/Universal) gets the partnership between Universal and its new co-producer/financier Legendary (which for years was parked at Warners) off to a solid start.  Dracula‘s Friday results were underreported in […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  A tough night for adjustments, as SPARTAN, SUPERHUMAN and the reruns of CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD, KEVIN CAN WAIT, LIFE IN PIECES, SUPERGIRL and WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun SHARK TANK at 0.46, 20/20 was down 0.04 to 0.42. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, SWAT gained 0.04 to 0.50, FIRE COUNTRY ticked down to 0.51, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.02 to 0.40. NBC:  Back from a week off, LOPEZ VS LOPEZ fell 0.09 to 0.24, […]

The AUDIENCE MAP series continues with a look at fall 2015:  FOX’s primetime lineup is shown below.  As a reminder, the programs are arranged by broadcast schedule, with each show placed on the night it spent most of the season so far.  The audience share for each of 30 gender-age subgroups is noted for each show, […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  No changes from this morning, as MOTIVE and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE retained their increases from last week. WEDNESDAY CABLE:  DUCK DYNASTY (A&E) was the highest-rated cable show of the night, but it was down a further 0.3 to 1.5 after last week’s tumble from the previous season’s premiere.  It […]