Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 15-16, 2018. Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+). Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, September 16-17, […]
Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #31 of 2013 looks like a surprisingly weak $124 million for the top 12 films, down 5% from the average for this weekend the past few years (the first such decline since the weekend of June 7-9 eight weeks ago). Opening at 3,025 theaters Friday, 2 Guns from Universal grossed $10 million Friday […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Returning from a rerun week, THE GOLDBERGS rose 0.08 to 0.66, THE WONDER YEARS was also up 0.08 to 0.48, THE CONNERS jumped a tenth to 0.58, and HOME ECONOMICS was up 0.07 to 0.42. THE CHASE edged up 0.03 to 0.34. CBS: BIG BROTHER: CELEBRITY EDITION returned for the first […]
> DreamWorks Animation can blame the weather for diminishing its PUSS IN BOOTS number–although there seemed to be little effect on the weekend’s other openings–but $34M is awfully low for a major animated release. (And no one will be surprised to see the actual figure fall tomorrow by $400K or more, which is the margin […]
We don’t have data yet for the season premiere of Breaking Bad, which frankly is of more interest than any of the blah network numbers last night. CBS: The 0.3 boost for 60 MINUTES (to 1.2) is probably mostly due to a 9-minute overrun for the end of the PGA CHAMPIONSHIP, and will be […]
The Presidents Day holiday will cause delays for national U.S. television ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days. This is how the cable and broadcast nationals should roll out the next week or so. We will update this schedule if anything changes. (All times Pacific.) Friday 2/18 nationals available Tuesday 2/22 by 2 […]
> So you love me, after all Based on Friday and Saturday box office (and estimated Sunday numbers), Puss in Boots almost matched its three-day opening in weekend two, bringing its 10-day total to $76 million and increasing the final domestic estimated total to a very good $170 million. Tower Heist and A Very Harold […]
The storyline on Under the Dome may be getting increasingly wacky, but viewers are hanging in. CBS: UNDER THE DOME held even at 2.4, tying its series low, but still towering over everything else that aired last night. The reruns that preceded it were all 0.9-1.0. NBC: A bad night. AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR slipped […]