BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE rose 0.06 to 0.58, and THE GOOD DOCTOR ticked down to 0.33. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.04 to 0.63, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA edged up 0.02 to 0.46, NCIS climbed 0.07 to 0.53, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.02 to 0.36. NBC:  THE VOICE fell a tenth to 0.60, […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  GRIMM and THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers, while 20/20 lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS game topped Friday cable (and broadcast) at 1.43. Discovery’s ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE edged up 0.02 to 0.75.  NBC Sports […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  The CMA MUSIC FESTIVAL gained 0.1 in final numbers.  The ARROW rerun on CW lost 0.1. TUESDAY CABLE:  THE DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery) was cable-watchers’ choice last night at a steady 0.99.  PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (ABCFamily) took a big 0.2 leap up from last week to 0.95, followed by a steady 0.46 for […]

February begins with a night that can’t even find a single 2 rating. CBS:  UNDERCOVER BOSS had one of the two 1.9s of the night, steady with its last airing.  BLUE BLOODS and CSI NY were both at 1.5, which was down slightly for the first and even for the second. ABC:  The other 1.9 […]

  The critical consensus on this season of JUSTIFIED–including here–was that it was excellent, perhaps the best of the series so far.  Viewers, though, seemed less enthused, as last night’s season finale had just a 0.7 rating in 18-49s, down almost 45% from the Season 4 premiere (and down 30% from the Season 3 finale).  […]

STUDIO SCORECARD. Disney solidified its grip on first place in worldwide box office (thanks to Monsters University), while Paramount jumped ahead of 20th Century Fox courtesy of World War Z. TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 now […]

>The past week (seven days ending Sunday) is up 5% versus last year’s comparable week.  Year-to-date box office is now down 3.2% versus last year, the smallest year-to-year margin we’ve seen so far this year.        The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between October 3 and October 9 grossed an okay $116 million, up 5% versus the same week in 2010 but […]

This weekend is solid but definitely cooler than last weekend’s torrid pace:  $180 million for the top 12 films this Friday-Sunday, up 10% from a typical fourth weekend in November.  The final Twilight installment will remain at the top of the chart this weekend, while Skyfall’s third weekend will challenge the family-friendly Rise of the […]