NETWORK FINALS:  THE CONNERS and BIG BROTHER gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  News was again at the top of Wednesday cable, with Fox News’s TUCKER CARLSON TONIGHT at 0.64/1.03/6.3M, CNN’s CUOMO PRIME TIME at 0.37/0.57/3M, and MSNBC’s […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  The primetime CBS NCAA TOURNAMENT games adjusted to 0.83/1.08.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The NCAA TOURNAMENT and related programming occupied the Top 21 slots on Saturday cable, with TBS games at 0.95/0.78/0.61/0.55, TNT at 0.59/0.51/0.31/0.30, and Tru at 0.55/0.51/0.33.  […]

  OPENINGS:  CREED III (UA/MGM/Amazon) launched with an impressive $58.7M, higher than the 5-day Thanksgiving weekend starts for the previous entries in the series ($42.1M/$56M), and also higher than any of the Rocky movies (not adjusted for inflation).  As is typical for this franchise, overseas was somewhat softer, with $41.8M from 75 markets.  Nevertheless, the […]

  ZOOKEEPER – Not Even For Free:  Isn’t There An ASPCA For Audiences?   Let’s put off talking about ZOOKEEPER–it’s terrible, for those with no time to spare–by mentioning the trailer for Adam Sandler’s upcoming Jack & Jill that’s attached to it (both movies are produced by Sandler’s production company Happy Madison and released by […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  60 MINUTES and THE SIMPSONS lost 0.1 in final numbers.  In addition, SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 6.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo’s DIRTY JOHN premiered at a solid 0.36, with lead-ins REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA up 0.06 to […]

  Everyone wanted to see the Mother. CBS:  The hugely-hyped season finale of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, which included the show’s biggest reveal, flew up 0.8 from last week to a 3.4. That was still below last season’s finale, but it was far higher than the show has done in recent weeks.  The 2 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MASTERCHEF gained 0.1 and the season finale of THE F WORD lost the same in final numbers.  In addition, SALVATION was rated as a 2-hour, and emerged at 0.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Bravo notched a narrow win […]

  The final night of the DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION remained within the 0.2-0.4 range of the previous nights.  In 2016 Night 4 rose from Night 3, although that was mostly because CBS (which had Thursday’s big lead-in) doubled its Wednesday number.  DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same […]