NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES had a football-related adjustment to 2.2, and GOD FRIENDED ME dipped 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, the SUPERGIRL episode of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS gained 0.1.  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.3, down 0.9 from last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #21 of 2014 looks like $180 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well below our $205 million forecast and down 28% from the same weekend last year (but still up 6% from the norm for this weekend over the last few years).  Basically, the two openers this weekend are […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  After football adjustment, CBS’s line-up lost 0.2 across the board.  In addition, ARROW gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 3.46, down 0.16 from last week.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #13 of 2014 looks like $126 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, down 10% from the average for this weekend the past several years.   Opening at 3,567 theaters Friday, Noah from Paramount grossed $14.9 million through Friday, putting the film on track for a $40.4 million opening weekend (slightly above our […]

> FRINGE leans way out over the edge of the cliff. FOX:  FRINGE is one of the few shows on television that could claim with a straight face that its audience overlaps with The Hunger Games so strongly that the ratings might actually have been affected by that movie’s opening night.  Plus last night was […]

  There was bad news for just about everyone last night. 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 […]

  THE MCCARTHYS:  Thursday 9:30PM on CBS THE FACTS:  Ronnie McCarthy (Jake Lacy) is part of a lovingly smothering Boston Irish-Catholic family, who are just fine with him being gay but embarrass him at every turn anyway.  The series was created by Brian Gallivan, a relative newbie, so the showrunner will be Mike Sikowitz, of […]

  So much for superpowers. ABC:  AGENTS OF SHIELD took one of the ugliest Week 2 dives in recent memory, plummeting a horrific 1.6 from last week’s premiere to a very mortal 3.1 rating.  That pulled the rug out from under the rest of the network’s night, as THE GOLDBERGS dropped 0.9 to 2.2, TROPHY […]