WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is now -19% below last year’s comparable span (2 points better than last week) and now -14% below the average for this point the past four years ($2.114 billion).  Over the same […]

  NOTE TO READERS:  For the next several days, our cable ratings charts will be posted first in preliminary form, with the charts in their usual format following a few hours later.  Some delays are also likely.  UPDATE: Top 40 Originals chart now added. NETWORK UPDATE:  The NBA FINALS game adjusted up by 1.7 to a […]

  FOX:  The debut of FOX’s regular Friday night line-up didn’t go very well.  The costs of a Friday move were high for BONES, which plunged 0.8 from this past Monday to a new low 1.2, also down 0.3 from last week’s MasterChef Jr in that slot.  It was only able to edge past NBC […]

  Picking five dramas as the best of television (or “television,” as it’s more properly referred to these days) is a tough task, and the Writers Guild just announced its nominees, all of them worthy and yet hardly the only possible choices:  BREAKING BAD, THE GOOD WIFE, HOMELAND, HOUSE OF CARDS and MAD MEN.  At […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  AGENT CARTER gained 0.1 in final numbers.  Also, IZOMBIE held onto this morning’s 0.6, a feat it didn’t manage last week.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  FX’s PEOPLE VS OJ SIMPSON remained fairly steady at the top of Tuesday cable, down 0.07 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  NBC’s NHL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 1.5, and FOX’s regional MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL coverage adjusted to 0.4 nationwide. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Lifetime’s MARILYN: THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE led Saturday cable at 0.50, and its BEYOND THE HEADLINES follow-up was close behind at 0.42.  Adult Swim’s late-night line-up returned solidly after skipping […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s primetime NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 9.93, while as expected the adjusted rating for GREAT NORTH was down half a point.  In addition, THE ROOKIE and 60 MINUTES adjusted to the next tenth.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The […]

  NOTE:  ABC and CW ratings may be inflated by local preemptions for MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. 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 […]