FRIDAY STARZ:  DA VINCI’S DEMONS held steady in Week 3 with 18-49s at 0.2, but it tumbled quite a bit in the older-skewing total viewers metric, falling from 503K viewers to 382K.  (And this, remember, is after Starz swore last week that the only reason the show fell sharply from its premiere–when it had 1M […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant upward adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE BACHELOR, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, both episodes of ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and the rerun of THE MASKED DANCER.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  In the absence of a Monday NFL […]

  THE MASKED SINGER remained strong. 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 and comparisons […]

  Now we know how NBC’s sitcoms perform without a new LITTLE BIG SHOTS lead-in. 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 […]

  The only newcomer to make a mark was the one with the giant lead-in. 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:  There were no changes from the preliminary Monday ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Monday cable belongs to TLC, with the 90 DAY FIANCE franchise at 0.81/0.46/0.45, compared to last week’s 0.77/0.50/0.44.  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.73/0.45.  Bravo’s BELOW […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -5% below last year’s comparable span and still +1% above this point the past four years ($9.593 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $25.5 billion […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now -2% below last year and now +12% above the average for this point the past four […]