Darren Aronofsky’s NOAH (Paramount) began screening at 7PM last night and took in $1.6M, a very respectable result for a serious film aimed at older and perhaps family audiences.  (No one expected it to be in a league with the $4.9M for Divergent or $3.6M for 300: Rise of An Empire.)  Because it’s one […]

  CBS has canceled PARTNERS, and pulled it from the Monday night schedule.  The show, created by the Will & Grace team of Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, never got a grip on much viewership, and was by far the lowest-rated show in the network’s crucial Monday line-up of sitcoms, so this isn’t much of […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  KEVIN CAN WAIT, GOTHAM and JANE THE VIRGIN gained 0.1 in final numbers, and QUANTICO lost the same.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TNT’s NBA PLAYOFFS game was on top of Monday cable at 1.71, while NBC Sports Net’s NHL […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, weekend #37 of 2015 looks like $82 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, slightly above the norm for the first weekend after Labor Day (see track below). Opening at 2,221 theaters Friday, The Perfect Guy from Sony is on track for a $26.5 million opening three-day weekend (way above our $14.5 million ShowBuzzDaily forecast earlier this week). […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.03 to 0.49, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE was steady at 0.44, SUPERMARKET SWEEP held at 0.35, and THE ROOKIE was down 0.02 to 0.30. CBS:  The network again lacked the late national NFL game.  60 MINUTES rose 0.04 to 0.64, THE EQUALIZER slipped 0.02 to 0.57, […]

  A golf lead-in helped CBS. 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 […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  The 8PM ANGEL FROM HELL burn-off lost 0.1 in final numbers, while the NCIS: LA rerun went up the same.       Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The season finale of Starz’s OUTLANDER gained 0.04 from its last airing 2 weeks ago to 0.19. […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  TAKEN, which doesn’t have much room to spare, fell 0.1 to 1.2 in final numbers (the less-rounded number was 1.21, so it wasn’t all that close).  The rerun of KEVIN CAN WAIT gained 0.1.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: […]