Hannibal doesn’t have much of an appetite.   NBC:  The positive spin on HANNIBAL‘s 1.6 debut is that it’s better than NBC has done in that awful timeslot in roughly a year, and a considerable boost from its lead-in.  Nevertheless, a 1.6, mired in last place for the hour, is hardly anything to celebrate, […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.  Note: We have amended the summary categories somewhat this year with the top category now reserved for films over $500 million worldwide and the lower category for films under $150 million worldwide.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date […]

> Another Sunday where there was football… and then everything else. FOX:  The early evening received a massive boost from the Giants vs. Green Bay game, which went down to the last second.  That lifted THE SIMPSONS, ALLEN GREGORY and FAMILY GUY mightily although Gregory was still down 40% from the Simpsons number. ABC:  These […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  NBC’s primetime NFL PLAYOFFS game adjusted to 5.94.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Apart from an NFL Playoffs pre-show on ESPN, cable was solidly in the CNN fold again on Saturday, led by the 7PM hour at 0.39/0.54/2.8M, with Fox […]

  The summer movie season will be underway momentarily on the east coast, as 7PM screenings commence for The Amazing Spider-Man–which isn’t exactly riding a rave of critical support (56% positive at Rotten Tomatoes, and 35% among “top critics”).  At Sony tonight, uneasy lie the heads that wear a crown.  But meanwhile, our survey of […]

> The fifth weekend of 2012 is much better than the same weekend last year, but it’s still somewhat below an “average” weekend for this time of year, looking at the past four years.  Chronicle and The Woman in Black are battling for #1, with each trying to make it to a $20 million opening […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  ABC’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game led primetime at 0.53, although it was outrated by FOX’s afternoon game at 1.12, ABC’s own afternoon game at 0.87, and by NBC’s new SNL episode at 0.88.  NBC’s primetime BREEDERS CUP coverage was at 0.14.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL […]

  Friday nights continue to be a dead zone for network TV. ABC:  SHARK TANK dominated the night at 1.8, down 0.1 from last week.  The season premiere of LAST MAN STANDING, though, was at 1.2, down 0.3 from last fall, and at 10PM, 20/20 was down 0.4 to 1.2. CBS:  THE AMAZING RACE and […]