> $59.99 for home VOD — Genius! Box office normally starts to pick up when the calendar turns to November, moving from $90-100 million per weekend through most of October to $120 million or more per weekend in early November (building toward $185 million or more for the Friday-Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend).  Last year’s first […]

>A very ugly Sunday night in prime time on the broadcast networks, with no network averaging above a 2 rating for the night.  CBS premiered NYC 22 at 10 pm to a very lame 1.5 rating with Adults 18-49, while ABC aired part 4 of its Titanic mini-series (parts 1-3 aired Saturday night), scoring only […]

> Season 1 of X Factor is in the books. FOX:  On a night with only 2 other weak hours of first-run network programming, THE X FACTOR‘s season finale of course dominated, with a 3.8 rating that concluded a very solid run.  That’s 0.1 higher than the finale of last season’s The Voice, and Factor‘s […]

Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 3: January 11-17, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun lost the same.  In addition, both AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL and A WICKED OFFER lost 0.1. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The Donald Trump Show came to CNN, and the network basked in his ratings glow, with a massive 4.94 in 18-49s (and […]

> Chris Columbus’ Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets were well-crafted, entertaining movies, but Alfonso Cuaron’s 2004 HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN was the first real Potter film. It’s also the least successful financially (if you think $795M worldwide is something to complain about).  This may be because it’s burdened by the most […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.7.  In addition, the reruns of BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA, THE VOICE, DATELINE and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was another Saturday dominated by COLLEGE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  BACHELOR IN PARADISE rose 0.06 to 0.58, and THE GOOD DOCTOR ticked down to 0.33. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.04 to 0.63, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA edged up 0.02 to 0.46, NCIS climbed 0.07 to 0.53, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.02 to 0.36. NBC:  THE VOICE fell a tenth to 0.60, […]