BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game dominated at 1.33.  The USFL was on both NBC and FOX at 0.23/0.33.  CW’s originals were at 0.05/0.03.  In late night, NBC’s SNL ticked down to 0.84.    Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN owned Saturday cable, with NBA PLAYOFFS games at 1.25/1.13/0.78, and […]

> What’s better than a back order?  An extra back order.  NBC has increased its order for UP ALL NIGHT by 2 additional episodes, making for a total of 24 in the season.  Probably this indicates little more than a desire to have new episodes of Up available in its new Thursday 9:30PM timeslot in […]

Sunday ratings chart last night, last year and last week.  Ratings for NBC 7:30-11:00 and CBS 7-8 pm are adjusted from the fast nationals to estimate the adjustment in the official nationals for these live feed programs.

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a run of the movie MOANA at 0.33, THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.06 to 0.35. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD dropped 0.07 to 0.55, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.08 to 0.44.  Reruns followed at 0.30/0.25. NBC:  AMERICAN SONG CONTEST, not facing AMERICAN IDOL, gained 0.05 to 0.33.  An out-of-timeslot […]

  OPENINGS:  CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 (Sony) had an even softer Friday than the early numbers claimed with $9.3M.  That’s barely ahead of the first Cloudy‘s $8.1M, and sequels tend to be more frontloaded than originals, which means the $35M weekend estimates being thrown around this morning, which assume exactly the same […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.34/0.21/0.21/0.16/0.21. CBS:  A LET’S MAKE A DEAL special was at 0.41, and a THE PRICE IS RIGHT special was at 0.52.  A SWAT rerun followed at 0.29. NBC:  Reruns at 0.32/0.35/0.28. FOX:  MASTERCHEF rose 0.12 to 0.46, and SO YOU THINK  YOU CAN DANCE was up 0.09 to 0.34. […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio, with Fox continuing to the lap the field.  We have amended the summary categories somewhat this year with the top category now reserved for films over $500 million worldwide and the lower category for films under $150 million worldwide.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at […]

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