> With baseball out of the way, last night was a picture of what a “typical” Thursday will look like. FOX:  The return of BONES was a very healthy 0.6 higher than its season premiere last year (when it was in the 8PM slot), and roughly on par with the numbers it was doing last […]

The NBA ruled the airwaves again last night, with a preliminary 5.8 Adult 18-49 rating. This will probably go up to over a 7 rating in the official nationals when the west coast viewing is properly factored in, putting Game 2 on track to beat Game 1’s 6.9 rating. UPDATE: Game 2 came in at […]

OPENINGS:  TERRIFIER 3 (Cineverse) broke through to a mainstream audience with an $18.3M weekend, which is more than the entire $10.6M run of 2022’s Terrifier 2 (that one’s highest weekend was $1.9M).  The new entry in the unrated, ultra-violent slasher series accomplished this with not just a low production budget, but reportedly a miniscule amount […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Game 2 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.73, virtually equal with 2022’s 3.71. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.31/0.15/0.14. NBC:  Reruns at 0.21/0.30. FOX:  After reruns at 0.11/0.17/0.16, HOUSEBROKEN was at 0.13/0.12 compared to last week’s 0.09/0.09. CW:  Reruns at 0.03/0.05/0.03. TELEMUNDO:  Movies at 0.10/0.12. UNIVISION:  AQUI & AHORA was steady at […]

This weekend, the NBA playoffs got off to a solid start, with the eight games across two days and three networks up 6% from the same time periods last year.  The Lakers, Heat and Celtics/Knicks all broke a 3.5 household rating this past weekend.   Five of the weekend’s games were up significantly versus last […]

  There’s a lot of new product in the market this weekend, which will drive up multiplex totals, but nothing is really breaking through.  The battle at the top looks like it will be close between GOOSEBUMPS (Columbia/Sony) and THE MARTIAN (TSG/20th), both of which should come in at $23-24M.  Goosebumps has the early lead, […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  After adjustments for the MASTERS overrun, 60 MINUTES moved up to the next tenth.  In addition, THE GREAT NORTH adjusted to the next tenth.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Note that Nielsen again listed Hallmark’s WHEN CALLS THE HEART as a […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE dipped 0.05 to 0.73, and CLAIM TO FAME ticked down to 0.32. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.23/0.26/0.19. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR fell 0.09 to 0.37, and WEAKEST LINK was down 0.03 to 0.30. FOX:  DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS lost 0.09 to 0.20, and BEAT SHAZAM was down 0.08 to 0.28. […]