ANT-MAN & THE WASP (Marvel/Disney) will be Marvel’s lowest-grossing 2018 release, but it was designed to have relatively minor stakes, and while it’s not in a league with Black Panther or Avengers: Infinity War, on its own terms it’s performing impressively.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, opening day was $34M (including $11.5M from […]

  Some farewells. 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 and comparisons follow the chart. ABC:  DANCING […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After an AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS rerun at 0.37, the 6th and final game of the STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 1.69. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.28/0.19/0.19. NBC:  After a NASCAR race at 0.45, a rerun AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was at 0.28. FOX:  The season finale of DUNCANVILLE, down a tick to […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  SHARK TANK lost 0.1 in final numbers.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC naturally owned Sunday cable, with THE WALKING DEAD down 0.17 from last week’s midseason premiere to 6.58, and TALKING DEAD down 0.42 to 2.68, with COMIC BOOK MEN down 0.22 […]

> Josh Radnor’s writing/directing debut happythankyoumoreplease, which played Sundance a couple of years ago, was a promising, entertaining NY-set romantic comedy-drama that hailed from the Woody Allen division of indie film. His second film LIBERAL ARTS, which premiered last night at the festival, still sips from the fount of Woody (in this case, particularly from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for AMERICAN IDOL, 60 MINUTES, THE EQUALIZER, BOB’S BURGERS and the reruns of  ELLEN’S GAME OF GAMES and the 9PM THE SIMPSONS.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The final season premiere of […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #33 of 2013 looks like an okay $120 million for the top 12 films, up 6% from the average for this weekend the past few years but down 6% from last year’s comparable weekend.  Opening at 2,933 theaters Friday, Lee Daniels’ The Butler from Weinstein grossed $8.3 million Friday and is on track […]

  One more drama for ABC:  the murder-driven soap SECRETS & LIES, which had a high-profile deal that would have required the network to pay a large penalty if it hadn’t ordered the series (it has a 10-episode order, which may tag it as more likely for midseason than fall).  It’s based on an Australian […]