Fair starts for the new scripted arrivals. 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 analysis and comparisons […]

>Thanksgiving week lagged behind the comparable week last year by 8%, bringing the year to date tally 3.7% behind 2010’s total at this time.  Final numbers for all the Thanksgiving box office are also available below.        The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between November 21 and November […]

      NETWORK FINALS:   MOM lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 3.1, down 3.3 from last week’s game.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  MTV’s JERSEY SHORE led Thursday cable at 0.66, steady with last week, and lead-out FLORIBAMA SHORE […]

Warner Brothers is back on top of Disney, thanks to the second Hobbit film.  For a complete ranking of 2013 films individually by worldwide performance click here. TOTAL NORTH AMERICAN BOX OFFICE. Looking at wide-release films in North America (those that play on at least 400 screens at some point), 2013 totals almost $9.5 billion, virtually even with […]

We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now.  Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which has caused seismic changes in the ways networks make scheduling decisions.  Among other things, with revenues from on-air […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were 0.1 declines for THE LION KING, 1969, both reruns of NCIS, SONGLAND, MASTERCHEF JR and the rerun of THE FLASH in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s WWE SMACKDOWN rose 0.08 to 0.69, with back-to-back CHRISLEY […]

COMING LATER: Full coverage of Election Night ratings for broadcast and cable networks, later this afternoon when the nationals arrive.  For now, NBC has bragging rights on broadcast election coverage, leading the night with 4.4 over ABC’s 2.9, CBS’s 2.6 and FOX’s 1.6.  (CW technically aired reruns of THE FLASH and NO TOMORROW, but its […]

The Thanksgiving holiday weekend will cause delays for daily national ratings (live+same day cable and broadcast) for several days.  This is how the ratings should roll out the next several days. We will update this schedule if anything changes.  (All times Pacific.) Wednesday Nov 23 nationals available Monday Nov 28 at 1 pm (normally Thursday pm) Thursday Nov 24 nationals available Tuesday Nov […]