NETWORK UPDATE:  The only shifts came at 10PM, where THE NIGHT SHIFT lost 0.1 and CELEBRITY WIFE SWAP gained the same amount.  That made the margin between them a bit closer, but an 0.4 win for NIGHT SHIFT is plenty good enough. TUESDAY CABLE:  As detailed in today’s WORLD CUP SKEDBALL, the US vs. […]

  MOONRISE KINGDOM:  Worth A Ticket – The Kingdom is Wes Anderson’s     Wes Anderson seemed to find the perfect vehicle for his particular form of brilliance with 2009’s stop-motion animated Fantastic Mr. Fox, a spectacularly designed, witty and surprisingly moving piece of jewel-like aritificiality.  Unfortunately, Mr. Fox wasn’t a success at the boxoffice […]

  TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY:  Worth A Ticket – An Epic of Betrayals   John LeCarre is (I guess one should say “arguably”) the greatest of all spy novelists, and his 1974 TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY is “arguably” his finest work.  Incredibly, the 1979 BBC miniseries adaptation lived up to the level of the novel, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES gained 0.2 in final numbers, while ABC’s PREP & LANDING reruns were up 0.1.  In addition, the NCIS: LA rerun that barely counted as primetime with a 10:57PM start time had a 0.4 rating.  Football adjustments at FOX dropped the 7PM ICE AGE special rerun by 0.5.  […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The networks generally returned from their holiday breaks.  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS had aired a December 26 episode, and it was down a tenth to 0.33.  The rest of the lineup hadn’t aired since December 5, and compared to that night, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE climbed 0.13 to 0.51, SUPERMARKET SWEEP […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  The adjustments were mixed for the networks.  AGENTS OF SHIELD found a nice bump, up 0.2 to 2.1, and THE GOLDBERGS and TROPHY WIFE each went up 0.1.  Afternoon 0.1 hikes kept GLEE and NEW GIRL from their morning series lows.  But THE VOICE stayed at what is now its official series […]

  To the extent one can be disappointed by the boxoffice of a movie that’s cruised to $211.8M in 6 days, Wednesday was an off day for THE DARK KNIGHT RISES.  Batman declined a fairly tough 23% yesterday for a $13.8M day.  That was about mid-range in terms of the results for the day’s Top […]

  A bad night for AMERICAN IDOL. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day 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 […]