NETWORK FINALS:  There was a significant adjustment (to the next tenth) for the rerun of 9-1-1.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had COLLEGE BASKETBALL at 0.56/0.36/0.17/0.14, as well as UFC PRELIMS at 0.46/0.19.  Hallmark’s original movie FIT FOR A PRINCE was […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #7 of 2013 is not as bad as the last few weeks: $123 million for the top 12 films during the traditional Friday-Sunday period of this holiday weekend (only 4% behind the pace for the same weekend the last few years).         Opening at 3,552 theaters Thursday […]

  Some mild declines. 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. NBC:  […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +3% above last year and now +8% above the average for this point the past four years ($2.455 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $6.8 billion […]

  ANNABELLE: CREATION (New Line/Warners) will easily take the weekend.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, opening day was $15.1M, slightly below the $15.5M for 2014’s original Annabelle, but Creation is much more frontloaded, with $4M from Thursday night, almost double the $2.1M for Annabelle.  That suggests a lower weekend multiple than Annabelle‘s 2.4, and […]

NOTE: This was another night where half a dozen NFL exhibition football games inflated the preliminary ratings, making week-to-week comparisons pointless.  We’ll hold our analysis for our Network Update post on Monday afternoon. Tonight’s major event is the season finale of POWER on Starz. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below […]

Top telecast rankings through Thursday.

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC;  Game 4 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.23, down four-tenths from 2022’s Game 4. CBS:  Reruns at 0.20/0.16/0.14. NBC:  Reruns at 0.19/0.30. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN dropped 0.13 to 0.60. CW:  After a rerun at 0.05, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY dipped 0.02 to 0.05, and GREAT AMERICAN JOKE OFF was […]