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 […]

  ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD (Columbia/Sony), the summer’s great adult-oriented, non-franchise, auteur/movie star hope, had a solid start per preliminary numbers at Deadline with a $16.7M opening day (including $5.8M from Thursday night).  That’s the biggest opening of Quentin Tarantino’s career, higher than the $14.4M for Inglourious Basterds and the $15M for Django […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for FBI: MOST WANTED and THIS IS US.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND was steady at 0.44, and ASSEMBLY REQUIRED was down 0.02 to 0.16.  TNT’s NBA […]

  For the third consecutive weekend, BLACK PANTHER (Marvel/Disney) is having its way with the box office.  Preliminary numbers at Deadline have Panther down 43% from last Friday to $16.3M, which should give it a $62M weekend, bringing its US total close to $500M.  That will put its 17-day total well ahead of the $457.7M […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  DANCING WITH THE STARS, THE VOICE and KEVIN CAN WAIT each gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The usual 3 networks were at the top of Monday cable.  On VH1, LOVE & HIP-HOP rose a tenth […]

  OPENINGS:  What are we to make of the $23M start for KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Paramount/Apple)?  As serious 3+hour historical epics go, while it’s a small fraction of Oppenheimer‘s $82.5M launch, it’s better than the $22M 5-day opening for House of Gucci, and the $18.4M for 2013’s Scorsese/DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  BATTLEBOTS gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the BEAUTY & THE BEAST rerun lost the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cartoon Network’s STEVEN UNIVERSE topped all of cable on Thursday at 0.56 despite a 7PM airtime, with 6PM show TEEN TITANS […]

  Things went about as expected on the night of the NFC Championship Game. NBC:  We expect the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME to adjust to 18.8 once west coast timezones are taken into account.  You can find more detail about the football playoff (and other weekend sports) ratings in Mitch Metcalf’s SKEDBALL post.  The game gave […]