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). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday January 25 and Sunday January 26, 2014. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population.   NFL 6.7 rating NBC 7:30-10:45 Sunday Pro Bowl (-13% from 7.7 last year)   College […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a 2-week break, THE CONNERS gained 0.03 to 0.55.  The network aired premiere episodes of NOT DEAD YET at 8:30PM and 9:30PM, at 0.44/0.37.  Between them, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY ticked up to 0.56.  The final season premiere of A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was at 0.26, down 0.03 from its last […]

>Without a live event like The Grammys or NFL football, Sunday network ratings came crashing down to earth, with everyone around a 2 rating.                      Nightly Primetime Average Sunday         CBS    ABC    NBC    FOX 02.19.2012     2.2    2.1    2.1    1.9  […]

  On a thunderous night for Marvel, DC’s GOTHAM went quietly to the superhero retirement home. 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 […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is still -2% below last year and now +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($4.838 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $12.9 billion worldwide when we […]

  2014 has its first smash hit, as preliminary numbers at Deadline give THE LEGO MOVIE (Warners) a huge $18M Friday.  Since Saturday matinees should only boost the family-oriented animated comedy-adventure, that should bring it over $60M for the weekend, and with the Presidents Day holiday dead ahead and no other family movie on the […]

  OPENINGS:  The surprise isn’t so much that COCAINE BEAR (Universal) “overdelivered,” but that expectations were so low for a picture that had been the subject of pop culture fascination for months.  The $23.1M weekend seems like a realistic reflection of that fact, and although business is likely to drop quickly now that audiences have […]