Things didn’t improve for AFTER EARTH (Sony) on Saturday.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Will Smith’s gift to his son Jaden (and, some say, to the Church of Scientology) increased only a miniscule 3% in its second day of release, and probably won’t top $27M for the weekend.  The caper sleeper NOW YOU […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday September 6 through Sunday September 12, 2021.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 200K Persons 2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. Here is the same week two years […]

> Zooey Deschanel in FOX’s New Girl The second Tuesday of the new season was relatively surprise-free.  FOX’s New Girl established itself as the hit of the new season, and CBS turned in a reliable performance thanks to the NCIS pair, although Unforgettable looks shaky at best.  NBC and ABC are floundering thanks to aging […]

  FRIDAY STARZ:  The season finale of DA VINCI’S DEMONS didn’t suggest much enthusiasm for Season 2, with a 0.1 rating in the 18-49 demo and less than 400K total viewers on its initial airing.  It didn’t earn a particularly young audience, either, with about 60% of its viewers over 50. SYFY:  CONTINUUM had an […]

  BROADCAST FINALS: ABC:  The season premiere of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.50.  CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE jumped 0.21 to 0.61, SUPERMARKET SWEEP slipped 0.02 to 0.42, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.05 to 0.31. CBS:  Thanks to its national NFL lead-in, 60 MINUTES grew by 0.75 to 1.53.  A run of the […]

> Aside from NFL Sunday Night Football, there is nothing close to a dominant show on the night.  A lot of mid-2 and low-3 rated shows.  Even with the football competition, the night is filled with opportunity to build off the moderate successes.  ABC saw declines week to week in their 9 and 10 pm […]

  A largely steady night. 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. […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #25 of 2013 still looks like an excellent $223 million for the top 12 films, up 32-42% from the same weekend in recent years. The two wide openers clicked with audiences, with Monsters University doing as well as we forecast but World War Z opening much stronger than […]