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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted up to 1.7.  In addition, the 8PM MASKED SINGER rerun lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It was baseball vs. football at the top of Saturday cable.  Fox Sports 1’s ALCS […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.6, up an impressive 2 points from last week’s final.  Other football-related adjustments reduced THE SIMPSONS, BOB’S BURGERS and 60 MINUTES by 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  It’s a fact of ratings life in […]

Here are the full week sports ratings for Monday October 14 through Sunday October 20, 2019.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+ live+same day).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the similar chart for the same […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  WWE SMACKDOWN, DATELINE and 20/20 all lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports 1’s ALCS MLB PLAYOFFS game dominated Friday cable at 1.32.  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH was steady at 0.48.  A&E’s LIVE PD slipped 0.02 […]

  NBC wishes Dallas could play on Sunday night every week. 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 […]

  OPENINGS:  MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL (Disney) had a weak $36M start in the US, down 48% from the $69.4 opening of the first Maleficent 3 years ago.  If Mistress of Evil manages the same multiple as its predecessor, it could reach $125M in the US, but that may be a stretch, because Maleficent opened […]

  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 still -5% below last year’s comparable span and still +1% above this point the past four years ($8.203 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $21.9 […]