OPENINGS:  THE EXPEND4BLES (Lionsgate) had a disastrous start with $8.3M, about half of both expectations and the $15.9M opening of Expendables 3 in 2014.  Expend4bles may only total $20M in the US, and while the franchise makes most of its revenue overseas (82% on Expendables 3), it still seems unlikely to break even on […]

  The highest rated show on network TV last night was the venerable BLUE BLOODS. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary 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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s SUPER TUESDAY coverage gained 0.1 in final numbers, a bump the network probably would have preferred to receive on THE MUPPETS or AGENT CARTER (neither of which  budged from morning numbers).  NEW GIRL rose 0.1, and the WORLD DOG AWARDS lost the same.         Broadcast Official […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns continued to dominate the holiday airwaves, although after a rerun CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE at 0.42, ABC ran the new special THE YEAR: 2021 at 0.36. CBS:  Reruns at 0.36/0.31/0.26/0.24. NBC:  After a run of the movie TROLLS at 0.29, a rerun of THAT’S MY JAM at 0.25. FOX:  Reruns […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game was at 0.79.  NBC’s COMEDY & MUSIC SUPERFEST was at 0.23.  FOX aired PERFECT 10 at 0.09 and FIRST THINGS FIRST at 0.08.  On CW, the season premiere of MASTERS OF ILLUSION was at 0.05, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS ticked down to 0.07.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings […]

  NBC has joined CBS, FOX and CW in announcing the dates of its 2012-13 season finales (some of which, in NBC’s case, extend beyond the end of the regular season): WEDNESDAY MARCH 27 8PM:  Whitney (1-hour finale) THURSDAY MARCH 28 8:30PM:  1600 Penn TUESDAY APRIL 2 9PM:  The New Normal (1-hour finale) THURSDAY APRIL […]

  Airing on Cinemax:  At Home In Your Home With the failure of THE INFORMANT! at the box-office in 2009 (it grossed around $41M worldwide), Steven Soderbergh seemed to reach a crossroads in his career. Informantfollowed the even bigger financial flop of his ambitious 2-part Che, and soon afterward he announced his intention to retire […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.8, and NBC’s STANLEY CUP game adjusted to 0.7  In addition, CBS’s BULL rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was dominant at 1.85.  ESPN’s COLLEGE […]