A fairly typical week at the top of the adult 18-49 rankings, with The Voice the top broadcast network program and Duck Dynasty the top cable entry.  But the riveting events in Boston last week also had an impact in the middle of the week’s chart.  NBC’s special Monday night at 10:00 pm (the day of the bombings at […]

  Even with a slip from last week, Mondays still belong to The Voice. NBC:  THE VOICE was down 0.4 from last week, a number that nevertheless doubled the next-highest rated show of the night.  Currently REVOLUTION is at its third consecutive season-low 2.2, but the show has tended to drop a bit in final […]

  The other notable story of the day was contained in Netflix’s 1st Quarter 2013 financial report, which showed that the company grew by 3 million subscribers during that period (2M in the US and 1M more internationally).  That gives the company 29.2M US streaming subscribers, plus 7.1M overseas.  (DVD subscribers are shrinking, but that’s […]

  In an entertainment universe changing with bewildering speed, two stories today spoke to the difficulties and opportunities of old and new media.  First, let’s take a look at what’s happening to the traditional mode of seeing movies in theaters Big-budget adventure-adventure spectacles have long been the bread and butter of the Hollywood studios, and […]

This weekend, the NBA playoffs got off to a solid start, with the eight games across two days and three networks up 6% from the same time periods last year.  The Lakers, Heat and Celtics/Knicks all broke a 3.5 household rating this past weekend.   Five of the weekend’s games were up significantly versus last […]

Projected weekly network ratings in prime time (based on four days of official nationals and three days of fast nationals).  NBC moved into a virtual first-place tie with FOX this past week, thanks to NBC News coverage of the Boston Bomber apprehension Friday night.  For the week, NBC was up 19% over the same week […]

  On what’s become cable TV’s premier night, only two shows on broadcast TV topped a 2 rating.   ABC:  ONCE UPON A TIME returned with its first new episode in a month, and fell to a series low 2.1.  The 1.4 for a special HALLMARK HALL OF FAME movie “Remember Sunday” was in the […]

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