Weekend #40 of 2015 is looking like $143 million for the top 12 films this weekend, above the norm for this weekend but close to last year’s strong weekend (see comparisons below). The Martian from Fox should open with a $55.0 million weekend. Strong critical support: 93% positive reviews so far. The film is on track for around $166 million […]

  Another low Friday. 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). Ratings analysis follows the chart. ABC:  […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  Nielsen gives and takes away:  DANCING WITH THE STARS gained 0.1 in final numbers, but QUANTICO lost the same.  TAKEN also dropped 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  No surprises on the Monday cable chart.  VH1 retained the lead, […]

  Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. MOM:  Monday 9:30PM on CBS starting Sept. 23 – Worth A Look The Chuck Lorre sitcom machine is a major reason that CBS is the most successful of the Big Four networks.  The Big Bang Theory is the biggest scripted hit on broadcast television, and while 2 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE FLASH and THE VOICE had 0.1 bumps for their season finales, as did the first hour of HELL’S KITCHEN, but IZOMBIE lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Sports crowded the top of Tuesday cable, with ESPN’s NBA PLAYOFFS Golden State/Houston game at 2.89, and the NBA DRAFT LOTTERY at 1.47, as well as NBC Sports […]

  GROWING UP FISHER:  Tuesday 9:30PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… We reviewed GROWING UP FISHER last summer based on the pilot that was originally shot, but after the series was ordered, one of the lead performers, Parker Posey, was replaced by Jenna Elfman, which required some reshooting.  But not, as it […]

  Our parade of studio summers continues. We’ve reviewed Disney, Warner Bros, Paramount, and Sony, and today’s focus is on 20th Century Fox. Fox has had a distinct strategy this summer, counterprogramming with comedy and animation while all the other studios were duking it out with massive action movies, and holding its own spectacles for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  GREY’S ANATOMY gained 0.1 in final numbers (on the heels of its 2-year renewal that will bring it to Season 17), as did THE BIG BANG THEORY, while IN THE DARK lost the same.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s […]