LIFE IN PIECES had a subdued set of premieres. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). […]
Valentine’s Day is an enormous moviegoing event each year, so it remains to be seen whether Friday’s brisk business will translate to the rest of the holiday weekend. OPENINGS: ABOUT LAST NIGHT (Screen Gems/Sony) barely missed 1st place with $13M on Friday, beaten by $30K, but it’s off to an impressive start, especially when […]
No major shifts. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart. FOX: […]
NETWORK FINALS: Everything on NBC (AMERICA’S GOT TALENT, both MARLON episodes, and the rerun SVU) lost 0.1 in final numbers. In addition, the reruns of SPEECHLESS and AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE dropped 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: VH1 again took Wednesday cable with […]
Monday ratings. CBS’s Under the Dome (2.5 adult 18-49 fast national rating last night, probably going up to a 2.6 in the official nationals later today) is down from recent levels (2.8 rating average the last three weeks), but the dip is probably more related to unusually strong competition from ABC’s Bachelorette finale night than the ongoing blackout from […]
AFTERNOON UPDATE: An assortment of small adjustments. On ABC, the MARVEL: ASSEMBLING THE UNIVERSE special and THE GOLDBERGS both gained 0.1, while on NBC, THE VOICE (which usually runs until 9:01PM) was up 0.1 while ABOUT A BOY lost the corresponding 0.1. Both PERSON OF INTEREST and SUPERNATURAL ticked up 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE: THE […]
A BETTER LIFE – Watch It At Home: Earnest Isn’t Enough Impending disaster hangs over every early scene of Chris Weitz’s new film A BETTER LIFE. As soon as we’re introduced to Carlos Galindo (Demian Bichir) and learn that he’s an illegal immigrant, eking out a life as a gardener in Los […]
Those waiting for Marvel to stumble will have to go on waiting. Based on preliminary numbers at Deadline, THOR: RAGNAROK (Marvel/Disney) had a $46M opening day (including $14.5M from Thursday night), the highest for any Marvel Universe title released outside the May-July corridor. Opening day was up 44% from the start of Thor: The […]