The summer’s unscripted Big 3 stayed in command last night. FOX:  MASTERCHEF was the highest rated show of the night with a 2.3, up 0.1 from last week. CBS:  BIG BROTHER rose 0.2 to 2.2, which was also up a tick from last year’s parallel night. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT held at its season […]

  AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE launched well, but THIS IS US was the story of the 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 […]

> THE LUCKY ONE:  Watch It At Home – Not If The One Is In The Audience Zac Efron has been working out, and he wants you to know it.  Efron’s new biceps and abs are on frequent display in THE LUCKY ONE, often shiny with sweat and otherwise photographed by director Scott Hicks and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  FATAL FLAW premiered at 0.31, followed by a 20/20 rerun at 0.33. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION premiered at 0.25, followed by reruns at 0.16/0.20. NB:  A rerun AMERICAN NINA WARRIOR was st 0.22, followed by DATELINE at 0.28. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell a tenth to 0.52. CW:  Reruns at 0.07/0.04/0.04. TELEMUNDO:  […]

BROADCAST FINALS; ABC:  HOLEY MOLEY gained 0.02 to 0.38, followed by episodes of THE HUSTLER at 0.30/0.28, up from last week’s 0.22. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dropped 0.13 to 0.81, followed by the special KENNY ROGERS: THE GAMBLER at 0.30.  A BULL rerun was at 0.16. NBC:  The 2-hour season premiere of SVU was at 0.79, […]

  Note:  all weekend-to-weekend comparisons to Jan 31-Feb 2 will look better than usual because of last week’s Super Bowl Sunday, which sharply depressed box office for the day. OPENINGS:  THE LEGO MOVIE (Warners) is likely to outgross its $60M production budget by Sunday after a $17.1M Friday, and while that won’t cover the usual […]

        NETWORK FINALS :  ZOEY’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s THE WALKING DEAD dipped 0.08 from last week’s midseason premiere to 0.92, TALKING DEAD jumped 0.18 to 0.32 (last week it didn’t air directly after WALKING DEAD), […]

>Deadline Hollywood is reporting a $37.3 opening day for Transformers: Dark of the Moon.  Adding in the $5.5 previews on Tuesday, the total for Transformers stands at $42.8 million.  These are very good numbers and beats the opening for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, holder of the previous 2011 opening day record.  The […]