BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  SHARK TANK gained 0.04 to 0.45, and 20/20 ticked down to 0.33. CBS:  SWAT edged up 0.02 to 0.41, FIRE COUNTRY was also up 0.02 to 0.41, and BLUE BLOODS rose 0.06 to 0.40. NBC:  LOPEZ VS LOPEZ lost 0.03 to 0.30, YOUNG ROCK dropped 0.05 to 0.26, and DATELINE was […]

  OPENINGS:  The combination of the typically low early-December box office and the approach of Avatar 2 dissuaded the studios from introducing any new product this week.  The closest thing to a wide release in the US was the expansion of SPOILER ALERT (Focus/Universal) to 783 theaters, where it fared badly with $700K, averaging $900 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of specials:  a rerun of SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN at 0.44, CMA COUNTRY CHRISTMAS at 0.26 (down 0.15 from the 2021 installment), and SUPERSTAR at 0.19. CBS:  The line-up aired for the first time since November 10.  YOUNG SHELDON slipped 0.02 to 0.55, GHOSTS ticked down to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE CONNERS dropped 0.09 to 0.52, THE GOLDBERGS ticked up to 0.39, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY was steady at 0.48, and HOME ECONOMICS was down 0.02 to 0.33.  BIG SKY lost 0.03 to 0.24. CBS:  SURVIVOR ticked down to 0.71, and THE AMAZING RACE rose 0.13 to 0.48, followed by a rerun at […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A night of game show specials, with CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE at 0.58, PRESS YOUR LUCK at 0.44, and THE $100,000 PYRAMID at 0.27. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.22/0.20. NBC:  THE VOICE dipped 0.06 to 0.61.  The PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS was at 0.48, down 0.11 from last year’s edition. FOX:  THE RESIDENT […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GREAT CHRISTMAS LIGHT FIGHT dipped 0.03 to 0.44, and THE GOOD DOCTOR was up 0.03 to 0.36. CBS:  Returning from a rerun week, THE NEIGHBORHOOD lost 0.04 to 0.52, BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA edged up 0.02 to 0.43, NCIS gained 0.04 to 0.47, and NCIS: HAWAII was down 0.02 to 0.34. […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS returned from a rerun week down 0.06 to 0.43.  The first CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE in 3 weeks slipped 0.02 to 0.38.  A pair of THE ROOKIE episodes were at 0.44/0.41, up from 0.31 for the last new episode a month ago. CBS:  Compared to 2 weeks […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  COLLEGE FOOTBALL was the prime attraction, with FOX’s BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP at 2.72 ahead of CBS’s afternoon SEC CHAMPIONSHIP at 2.57 and ABC’s BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP at 2.10.  On CW, WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY was at 0.07, and WORLD’S FUNNIEST ANIMALS was at 0.05.  In late night, NBC’s SNL returned from […]