BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  An NBA PLAYOFFS game at 0.68. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, SWAT sipped 0.02 to 0.39, FIRE COUNTRY lost 0.03 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS was down 0.05 to 0.30. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ, back from a rerun week, gained 0.02 to 0.31, GRAND CREW held at 0.19, and DATELINE […]

  OPENINGS:  EVIL DEAD RISE (Warners) modestly exceeded expectations with $23.5M, although that was still below the franchise’s last reboot in 2013 at $25.8M (which only reached a $54.2M total in the US and didn’t spawn a sequel).  Horror has become the most dependable genre in Hollywood, and Evil Dead Rise is the only one […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  STATION 19 rose 0.08 to 0.50, and GREY’S ANATOMY was up 0.05 to 0.43.  A rerun followed at 0.17. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.26/0.21/0.16. NBC:  Reruns at 0.30/0.28/0.23. FOX:  NEXT LEVEL CHEF rose 0.04 to 0.40, and ANIMAL CONTROL ticked up to 0.21, followed by a rerun at 0.12. CW:  Reruns at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS returned from a rerun week steady at 0.49.  THE GOLDBERGS ticked up to 0.35.  The season finale of ABBOTT ELEMENTARY was at 0.55, up 0.02 from last week and down 0.02 from last season’s finale.  NOT DEAD YET rose a tenth to 0.36, and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Airing for the first time since March 28, THE ROOKIE (just renewed) fell a tenth to 0.39, THE ROOKIE: FEDS lost 0.05 to 0.27, and the also just-renewed WILL TRENT was down 0.04 to 0.25. CBS:  The FBI franchise had the mothership down 0.05 to 0.41, FBI: INTERNATIONAL down 0.04 to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICAN IDOL slipped 0.03 to 0.53, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was down 0.05 to 0.30. CBS:  THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.04 to 0.42, and BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA was down 0.03 to 0.34.  Reruns followed at 0.21/0.21. NBC:  THE VOICE ticked up to 0.45, and THAT’S MY JAM was at 0.37. FOX:  9-1-1 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After an afternoon NBA PLAYOFFS game at 1.78, AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rose 0.07 to 0,48, AMERICAN IDOL jumped 0.13 to 0.64, and THE COMPANY YOU KEEP was up 0.03 to 0.23. CBS:  Without the MASTERS lead-in that it had last week, 60 MINUTES fell three-tenths to 0.55.  The rest of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was at 1.83.  FOX’s USFL game was at 0.16.  On CW, MASTERS OF ILLUSION gained 0.02 to 0.06, and TOTALLY WEIRD & FUNNY was at 0.06 compared to last week’s 0.04/0.04.  In late night, NBC’s SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE edged up 0.02 to 0.67.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program […]