> BEST FRIENDS FOREVER:  Premieres Wednesday 8:30PM on NBC – If Nothing Else Is On… NBC isn’t exactly swinging for the multigender fences with BEST FRIENDS FOREVER, the newest entry into the deathtrap known as the network’s Wednesday night schedule.  The term “chick show” is rightly viewed as perjorative, but it’s hard to avoid when […]

Weekend #15 of 2015 is looking like $130 million for the top 12 films this weekend, somewhat above the norm for this weekend but a touch below the same weekend last year. Opening at around 3,300 theaters Friday (above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), The Longest Ride from Fox should average $4,600 […]

  The best the networks could do was 0.5. 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 […]

  OPENINGS:  CIVIL WAR (A24) marked its studio’s biggest swing to date, with costs that will approach $100M for production and worldwide marketing.  (A24 limited its risk by pre-selling some overseas territories to subdistributors.)  The early results were promising, with a studio-record $25.7M weekend, alhough tepid audience surveys and the fact that the audience was […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, as did 48 HOURS.  The IZOMBIE rerun lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s THE DEADLIEST CATCH gained 0.11 from last week and held the Tuesday cable crown with 0.99, with DEADLIST CATCH: THE BAIT as its 0.44 lead-in, and a SHARK WEEK SHARKTACULAR special as […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary ratings for Saturday.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  HBO persists in labeling its theatrical movies as “originals,” which is why STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON is at the top of Saturday’s cable list, although that 0.75 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 5 of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was dominant at 1.49. CBS:  The season finale of COME DANCE WITH ME gained 0.02 to 0.20.  The DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS were at 0.21, down 0.02 from the 2021 ceremony. NBC:  After a rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR at 0.26, DATELINE was up 0.04 to […]

  Some good news for ABC. 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 age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the […]