Tuesday ratings last night, last year and last week.  President Obama’s address on Syria interrupted network schedules to varying degrees at 9 pm ET last night, with NBC sliding America’s Got Talent a little over 15 minutes, while CBS was closer to a half-hour slide of the 9 and 10 pm repeat dramas.  ABC devoted […]

  If #6seasonsandamovie is going to happen for COMMUNITY, it won’t be at NBC, which finally fired the bullet that’s been aimed at Dan Harmon’s show seemingly every season since it went on the air.  That doesn’t necessarily mean Community is dead, since there have been murmurs of a possible move to cable or a […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  the OJ SIMPSON rerun special on FOX lost 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  TBS’s Elite Eight NCAA TOURNAMENT games towered over Saturday cable at 3.03/2.17.  A&E’s LIVE PD edged up 0.02 to 0.69.  The KIDS CHOICE […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun of THE CONNERS at 0.31, THE GOLDBERGS was steady at 0.34, ABBOTT ELEMENTARY gained 0.08 to 0.53, NOT DEAD YET dropped 0.05 to 0.26, and A MILLION LITTLE THINGS held at 0.21. CBS:  SURVIVOR remained at 0.71.  Following a rerun at 0.21, TRUE LIES held at 0.23. NBC:  […]

Not so Amazing. CBS:  The cycle finale of THE AMAZING RACE tied its all-time finale low at 2.6, down more than a ratings point from last fall’s finale.  Instead of Race boosting THE MENTALIST at 10PM, that show was down 0.2 for the week to 1.6. ABC:  A night of Christmas specials, with 1.4s for […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  A SHARK TANK rerun at 0.38 was followed by 20/20, up 0.18 to 0.46. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME fell 0.07 to 0.18, followed by reruns at 0.17/0.21. NBC:  A rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR at 0.21 was followed by DATELINE, down a tick to 0.28. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.04 to […]

> While ABC was away, the other networks did play (a little). FOX:  The network seized the opportunity afforded by ABC’s all-repeat night to launch the last new series of the “fall” season, I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER.  The result was a 2.8 that was both far more than the show deserves and unlikely to […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +2% above last year and still +3% above the average for this point the past four years ($9.476 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $24.8 billion worldwide […]