NOTE: The CBS numbers below for the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP game will go up by around 15% when the official nationals properly count West Coast viewing (available tomorrow morning).  DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews […]

    NETWORK FINALS:  OLYMPICS ratings climbed 0.4 in final numbers to 5.9.  Elsewhere, the 9PM rerun of WAYWARD PINES fell 0.1 to 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Cable coverage of the RIO SUMMER OLYMPICS took 5 of Saturday’s top 11 slots (and all of […]

        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 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from the preliminary numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  History’s CURSE OF OAK ISLAND led cable at 0.99, up 0.03 from last week, with HUNTING HITLER up 0.05 to 0.52.  OWN’s THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS […]

  Day 2 for X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (20th) was down by a larger margin than expected, according to preliminary numbers at Deadline and elsewhere, from $36M on Friday to $29-30M on Saturday.  If that number holds, it’ll be as much as a 20% drop, compared to 16% for Godzilla and 6% for Captain […]

    STRAW DOGS:  Watch It At Home – Pointless In Every Way   Forget about the artistic comparisons, the insult to film history, and the lack of respect to a great filmmaker no longer with us.  There’s not even a commercial reason to remake Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 STRAW DOGS.  The title is virtually valueless […]

  A flurry of season finales showcased just how bad things are getting for network TV. 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 […]

>As expected yesterday, the actuals for Sunday, January 1, are coming in much lower than the studios estimated.  The top 10 films look like they grossed closer to $43 million Sunday, much lower than the $53 million estimated yesterday.  The $43 million number is much closer to the historical pattern of a January 1 on […]