Olympics minus 1. ABC:  Possibly in the belief that its activities qualified for Olympic medals, viewers thronged to WIPEOUT, giving it a 2.2 that was up 0.5 from last week.  ROOKIE BLUE was also up a bit to 1.5, winning its hour, and ABC took the night. CBS:  The night fell apart at 10PM, when […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  SUPERSTORE and THE GOOD PLACE both gained 0.1 in final numbers, and the rerun of THE FLASH lost the same.  On CBS, where local NFL preemptions figured in, everything was down:  both BIG BANG THEORY reruns by 0.1, the KEVIN CAN WAIT reruns by 0.2 and 0.1, and the BULL […]

  OPENINGS:  $17.1M for THE CALL (TriStar/Sony) is more than the movie cost to produce (although it won’t pay for the marketing), and sets the Halle Berry vehicle up to be a modest hit.  However, there’s no spinning the $10.3M for THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (Warners), which will lose much more than its $35M production budget […]

  It may have hurt Sony’s pride to turn SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING (Marvel/Columbia/Sony) over to Marvel to produce, but it proved to be a smart business move, with preliminary numbers at Deadline that put opening day at about $48M ($15.4M from Thursday night), 35% higher than the first day of 2014’s Amazing Spider-Man 2.  With word […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THE CARMICHAEL SHOW, 60 MINUTES and MADAM SECRETARY each adjusted down by 0.1 in final numbers, as did the reruns of LITTLE BIG SHOTS and THE SIMPSONS.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC devoured another Sunday night, as THE WALKING DEAD rose […]

  ROSEANNE wasn’t the only show facing a down arrow. 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 analysis […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for FOR LIFE and CHICAGO PD.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  CNN’s coverage of the impeachment trial led Wednesday cable, with the 7PM hour at 0.62/0.88/4M, and with MSNBC’s RACHEL MADDOW SHOW […]

    NOTE TO READERS:  For a very pedestrian reason (jury duty), both morning and afternoon text will be delayed, at least for tomorrow, and possibly beyond that.  Believe us when we say that we feel worse about this than you do.  We’ll catch up as we can. NETWORK FINALS:  LA TO VEGAS, THE VOICE […]