NETWORK FINALS:  The Christmas night SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.4, down 1.7 from last week’s game.  Elsewhere, BEAUTY & THE BEAST lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network had Sunday’s other game which, yes, was surreally aired as […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELOR rose 0.08 to 0.59, and THE GOOD DOCTOR returned from a week off up a tick to 0.30. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD gained 0.04 to 0.56, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA climbed 0.09 to 0.51, NCIS rose a tenth to 0.49, and NCIS: HAWAII was up 0.05 […]

> After a nice Friday bump, TRANSFORMERS:  DARK OF THE MOON took a small step backwards yesterday, with a lower % of increase than either of its predecessors had on their first Saturdays.  As Mitch Metcalf noted in his piece on holiday weekend boxoffice, films in general should benefit from smaller than usual declines today, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS gained 0.03 to 0.49, and THE WONDER YEARS lost 0.03 to 0.31.  After a rerun of THE CONNERS at 0.26, HOME ECONOMICS was up 0.02 to 0.28.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS was down 0.03 to 0.26. CBS:  SURVIVOR rose 0.07 to 0.86, and BEYOND THE EDGE was down 0.02 […]

The second annual ShowBuzzDaily Summer Movie Draft still looks like a runaway for Team Metcalf ($518.9 million total through Sunday versus about $25 million each for Teams Salem and Weil), but the early lead is really a function of Metcalf’s slate being heavily weighted toward May and June releases.  The lead will only get bigger […]

> In future weeks, we’ll have a spiffy chart to keep you current on the progress of our Summer Movie Blockbuster Draft, but for now it’s pretty simple: Team Metcalf THOR:  $84,752,317 Team Salem $0 Over at Team Salem, I’d like to note that this somewhat lopsided total is because none of my movies have […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.9, steady with last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  NFL Network’s share of THURSDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 0.78, up 0.07 from last week.  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE was at 0.44/0.40 compared to last […]

  It’s time to gather for the 2020 Academy Awards, which… may be the most boring in recent memory.  The favorites currently seem to be overwhelming, and with no host to carry us through the proceedings, if 1917, Sam Mendes, Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger, Brad Pitt and Laura Dern win, it’s going to be a […]