NETWORK FINALS:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT gained 0.1 in final numbers, but the 2d hour of COUPLED and the full CW line-up (both episodes of WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY and MADTV) lost the same.   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN took Tuesday cable honors, down 0.04 to 0.93. OWN’s THE HAVES AND […]

> Ratings for last night’s premiere of AMERICAN HORROR STORY on FX are promising, if not overwhelming.  The show’s 10PM initial airing was watched by about 2 million people 18-49, which should equal something like a 1.5 rating in that demo; when the night’s 2 rebroadcasts are added, the number goes to 3.2 million people […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  It was a good night for CBS in adjustments, with 0.1 bumps for MAN WITH A PLAN, SUPERIOR DONUTS and SCORPION.  (But not THE GREAT INDOORS.)  THE VOICE also gained 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  After a weekend without […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  There were significant adjustments (to the next tenth) for THE MASKED SINGER, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, CHICAGO MED, CHICAGO FIRE and CHICAGO PD.  Note that while NANCY DREW didn’t technically adjust (because we don’t have numbers to the thousandth), it went to 0.05, which might have rounded higher.         […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Guardians of the Galaxy has pushed Disney ahead of Warner Brothers in the 2014 to date totals for worldwide box office.  And there is much more upside to come for Guardians, which will push Disney toward $2.7 billion in the next few weeks.  Sony remains on top with almost $3.2 billion worldwide for the […]

  OPENINGS:  Not much changed between Friday’s results and weekend studio estimates.  THE DARK TOWER (MRC/Columbia/Sony) was unsurprisingly frontloaded between fans of the novels and bad word of mouth, and it dropped 13% on Saturday.  Sony is projecting a $19.5M weekend (the fact that the studio didn’t push the number past $20M indicates either honesty […]

  Two pieces of diametrically opposed counterprogramming did just fine against last night’s WINTER OLYMPICS Closing Ceremony. THE WALKING DEAD easily beat the Olympics in 18-49s for the 3rd week in a row with a 6.6 rating, down 0.2 from last week.  It also had 13.1M total viewers (down 200K from last week).  That doubled […]

  Talent competition shows continued to dominate network television. NBC:  After THE VOICE‘s new Tuesday low 3.0 (down 0.2 from last week), AMERICA’S GOT TALENT premiered with a 3.1 rating from 9-11 pm (3.0, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.0 by half hour).  This was its lowest-ever premiere; last year the show debuted with a 3.7 rating, […]