>The official nationals for Monday adjusted 2 Broke Girls and Two and a Half Men down one tenth, while Mike & Molly and Hawaii Five-O went down two tenths of a rating point because of the Monday Night Football game airing on CBS in Baltimore.  Dancing with the Stars went up one tenth and Castle […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Once again boosted by an NFL Playoffs lead-in, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.09 from its last new episode to 0.81.  AMERICAN IDOL jumped 0.13 to 0.92, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.12 to 0.49. CBS:  60 MINUTES dropped 0.07 to 0.50, NCIS: LA was at 0.39/0.42 compared to last week’s […]

> Why did it snow on my weekend? Based on Friday and Saturday box office (and estimated Sunday numbers), Puss in Boots looks like a $34 million opening weekend.  The highly unusual late-October snowstorm in the northeast certainly reduced the opening numbers for Puss, but the weather also seemed to have a strong impact on […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR jumped 0.25 to 1.11, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.04 to 0.44. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD ticked up to 0.64, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was up 0.08 to 0.60.  NCIS was steady at 0.56, and NCIS: HAWAII remained at 0.46. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: EXTREME EDITION dipped 0.05 to […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #33 of 2015 looks like $132 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, somewhat above the norm for this weekend (see track below). Opening at 2,757 theaters Friday, Straight Outta Compton from Universal is now on track for a $56.1 million opening three-day weekend (revised down from yesterday’s estimate but still […]

  Although the WINTER OLYMPICS towered over everything else, several of the other networks weren’t suffering. 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 […]

  Although we’re still a few days away from December 25, the holiday movie rush is upon us, which should mean an unusually strong Sunday that will lead into 2 solid weeks of weekday numbers that look more like weekends. OPENINGS:  THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES (New Line/MGM/Warners) is off to a […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The only move from this morning was a 0.1 hike for THE BACHELOR to 2.5. MONDAY CABLE:  DALLAS (TNT) had a decent Season 3 return at 0.8 in 18-49s–below last season’s premiere and finale, but in line with the season average.  Total viewers, at 2.7M, were at a similar level.  WWE (USA) […]