NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES DEBATE adjusted up to 1.3.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  A&E’s LIVE PD led Friday cable, up 0.04 to 0.53, with the lead-in hour up 0.02 to 0.32.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was at 0.48/0.36/0.22, compared to last […]

NOTE: The fast affiliate-based numbers below for ABC do not accurately reflect west coast viewing of the Oscar night. The 7PM ET hour (RED CARPET SHOW in most of the country) contains west coast viewing of the 10PM ET hour of The OSCARS (at 7PM PT). The actual RED CARPET rating will go down substantially […]

  It’s time to gather for the 2020 Academy Awards, which… may be the most boring in recent memory.  The favorites currently seem to be overwhelming, and with no host to carry us through the proceedings, if 1917, Sam Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Brad Pitt and Laura Dern win, it’s going to be a […]

  OPENINGS:  BIRDS OF PREY (DC/Warners) was supposed to be the year’s first tentpole smash, but at $33.3M in the US, it was a dismal disappointment, by far the lowest start for this generation of DC movie properties.  It was also weak overseas with $48M in all major markets except Japan and China (where of […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is a final look at the 2019 film slates by studios (films entering wide release in the 2019 calendar year), including worldwide box office for those films during 2020. We will begin the track of the 2020 slate next week. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2020 is now […]

NOTE: ABC numbers below will go up in the official nationals when live viewing on the west coast from 5-8pm PT is added to the game rating. NBC numbers for Dateline below will decline in the official nationals when live viewing of SNL on the west coast from 8:30-10pm PT is relocated to and combined […]

  It was political wrestling over the physical kind. 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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On USA, Season 3 of THE SINNER premiered at 0.19, down 0.12 from the Season 2 premiere.  BRIARPATCH launched at 0.09.  TNT’s NBA doubleheader was at 0.96 […]