Preliminary broadcast network ratings for Night 1 of the REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION were roughly the same as last week’s Democratic Convention, and at 0.3/0.2/0.3 were similarly down from 2016 (0.7/0.5/1.1).  For more detail, see Mitch Metcalf’s Convention Ratings Analysis post, which will be updated this afternoon with cable numbers. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program […]

> Worth A Ticket; An often stupendous achievement that courts ridicule–and sometimes earns it. Terrence Malick’s THE TREE OF LIFE is at once the filmmaker’s most emotionally grounded and dizzyingly ambitious film, his most relatable and esoteric piece of work.  In a sense it’s the definitive Malick film, the one that explores his chosen themes […]

Weekend #18 of 2016 forecasts for films opening wide and major returning films: NEW FILMS THIS WEEKEND April 29-May 1, 2016 Critics Positive ($ millions) Opening Weekend Forecast Domestic Total Projection Overseas Total Projection Worldwide Total Projection Keanu WB R 19% 15.5 46 8 54 Mother’s Day OpenR PG13 n/a 10.5 27 23 50 Ratchet […]

  NOTE:  due to last week’s Election Night coverage, comparisons are to October 30. 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 […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  There was nothing extra for DANCING WITH THE STARS in final numbers.  On NBC, while THE VOICE gained 0.1, the adjustment hit to THE NIGHT SHIFT was even worse than anticipated, down 0.2 to a weakening 1.3 (only 0.2 ahead of the rerun NCIS: LA on CBS).  On CW, THE ORIGINALS lost […]

Here is how the week is shaping up for the top cable telecasts (in bold) and top broadcast programs (in regular type) for this week through Thursday, ranked by adult 18-49 rating.  The complete ranking for last week is provided on the left for comparison.

      NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 1.9, and FOX’s game reduced to 0.3.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN had 3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL games in the Saturday cable Top 10, at 0.97/0.34/0.27, and ESPN2 had a game in the #12 slot […]

    The calendar may say it’s too early for the dog days of summer, but they’ve arrived at CBS.   CBS:  DOGS IN THE CITY fell sharply from its low debut to an awful 0.9, below most of the reruns on NBC and ABC.  After that, procedural reruns were at 1.2-1.3. FOX:  The night’s […]