BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  JUDGE STEVE HARVEY dropped 0.14 to 0.40.  The series finale of BLACK-ISH fell 0.06 to 0.37, with a post-show special at 0.26.  TO TELL THE TRUTH was down 0.04 to 0.27. CBS:  FBI lost 0.07 to 0.56, FBI: INTERNATIONAL ticked down to 0.53, and FBI: MOST WANTED was down 0.06 to […]

  It appears as though Hollywood is going to have some good news at the boxoffice this weekend, for the first time since mid-summer.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, the surprisingly sprightly HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (Sony) is off to a big start with a $11M Friday that should mean around a $38M weekend.  That number […]

  OPENINGS:  SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Marvel/Sony Animation) flew past expectations with a $120.5M US opening, more than triple Into the Spider-Verse‘s $35.4M start in 2018.  That made it the 2nd biggest opening of 2023, behind only The Super Mario Bros Movie.  Across probably won’t have the 5.4x multiple that Into did (Across is more […]

  NETWORK SCORECARD:  BIG BROTHER gained an additional 0.1 in final numbers. THURSDAY CABLE:  FX fared better than USA in their dual launches last night.  MARRIED premiered at a healthy 0.65 (although that was below the 0.76 for FX’s movie lead-in), and did particularly well with advertiser-prized Men 18-34 (1.1).  YOU’RE THE WORST was weaker […]

Sunday preliminary broadcast ratings:

      Analysis to follow.   NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the morning preliminary numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was ESPN’s night at the top of Monday cable with its Cleveland vs. Toronto NBA PLAYOFFS game at 2.48.  On VH1, LOVE & […]

  A fair start for TOUGH AS NAILS. 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 […]

  OPENINGS:  NOBODY (Universal) had a fair start at $6.7M, better than the $4.1M opening for Let Him Go and the $3.1M for The Marksman.  Following the Universal pattern it will hit premium VOD after 2 more weekends, and may hope to reach $20M in US theatres.  Overseas, it launched with $5M. The much bigger […]