Audiences to Hollywood: Happy New Year! And… what have you done for us lately? 2013 turned out to be a terrific year for high-quality movies, with so many good films and performances that some will inevitably be squeezed out of the Oscar race. But that was so last year. What does 2014 have in […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: Game 3 of the NBA FINALS was at 3.65, consistent with the previous games. CBS: LET’S MAKE A DEAL dropped 0.07 to 0.34, followed by reruns at 0.43/0.26. NBC: Reruns at 0.29/0.26/0.30. FOX: MASTERCHEF slipped 0.02 to 0.44, and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was down 0.07 to 0.27. CW: […]
BROADCAST FINALS ABC: The network could feel good about the fact that THE OSCARS were up 1.64 (77%) to 3.76 in the 18-49 demo and up 6.2M (60%) in total viewers compared to 2021. However, in comparison to 2020, the demo and total viewers were both down 29%, and this year’s telecast was the […]
Weekend #21 of 2012 (the traditional Friday-Sunday portion of this Memorial Day weekend) looks like it will total about $153 million for the top 12 films, down 29% from last year’s comparable weekend and down 11% from the four-year average for the weekend. Two movies open Friday, Men in Black 3 and Chernobyl Diaries. Although […]
The addition of MAN WITH A PLAN didn’t help 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 […]
AFTERNOON UPDATE: TROPHY WIFE became even more disastrous in final numbers, falling to a 1.1, which makes it one of the lowest-rated in-season, non-Friday series ever to get a back order. It’s hard to imagine ABC keeping it where it is for the remainder of the season. The only other afternoon change was a […]
There were no pleasant surprises for anyone at the Friday box office, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline. That even included STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON (Legendary/Universal), which will easily win the weekend, but which–considering the very mild competition–fell more heavily than expected from last Friday, down 65% to $8.5M. That drop will moderate over the […]
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