NETWORK FINALS: THE GOLDBERGS, SURVIVOR and EMPIRE gained 0.1 in final numbers, but both HARRY POTTER: A HISTORY OF MAGIC and the rerun MASTERS OF ILLUSION lost the same. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: VH1’s BLACK INK CREW led Wednesday cable, up […]
NBC had a very typical Sunday night win — we are projecting their Adult 18-49 rating for the night will go up to a 6.3 in the official nationals tomorrow. FOX should have been a strong second place because it had the NFL afternoon doubleheader leading into prime (usually around a 4.6 rating from 7-10 […]
NETWORK REPORT: ABC: THE GOLDBERGS aired its first new episode since April 11, and dropped 0.1 to 1.2. ALEX INC was at 0.8, compared to last week’s 0.7/0.6. Also returning for the first time in 3 weeks, MODERN FAMILY fell 0.2 to 1.2, and AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE lost 0.2 to 0.9. DESIGNATED […]
Breaking Bad‘s arrival was the big ratings news on Sunday night, while the launch of Political Animals wasn’t. HBO: TRUE BLOOD, as usual, took the night with a 2.7 that was a tick higher than last week, beating the season premiere of Big Brother on CBS and for that matter everything else on broadcast […]
THE 100: Wednesday 9PM on CW – Worth A Look THE 100 has promise, although it needs some work. Based on a series of YA novels by Kass Morgan, the premise borrows liberally from Lord of the Flies, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, The Hunger Games, and any number of post-apocalyptic dystopian tales. In the future, […]
NETWORK FINALS: The pre-finale hour of THE VOICE and THE MASKED SINGER gained 0.1 in final numbers. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: Bravo’s VANDERPUMP RULES led Tuesday cable, down 0.03 to 0.49. MTV’s TEEN MOM ticked down to 0.39, and RIDICULOUSNESS was […]
OPENINGS: FREAKY (Blumhouse/Universal) led the weekend at $3.7M. It was the third consecutive weekend that a Universal-branded film opened at #1 (aided by the studio’s deal with AMC that allows its films to hit digital 3 weeks after theatrical release) and the fifth new #1 to open in the $3.1-4.1M range. Like the others, […]
WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2015 to date is still +5% above last year and still +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($8.177 billion). Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $22.1 billion worldwide when we add overseas box office (that’s now […]