THE NIGHT SHIFT had an unusually perky night.  In addition, note that in the post-midnight realm, LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN had a solid start with older audiences, premiering at 1.4 in total households, ahead of the 1.2 for LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS.  In 18-49s, though, Meyers was ahead of Corden, 0.5 […]

> Until its final 45 minutes, the one thing that could be said about this year’s Oscar telecast was that it was at least brisk.  Merely 2 hours and 15 minutes into the show, there were amazingly only 3 awards and the In Memorium segment still to go.  But for ABC, running under the appointed […]

  Half a dozen films entered wide release over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, and none of them is likely to chart higher than 5th place, most ranging from major disappointments to outright disasters. The most unpleasant surprise may be PATRIOTS DAY (CBS/Lionsgate), a piece of populist history with Mark Wahlberg in the lead […]

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 (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2). PREVIOUS SATURDAY NETWORK SCORECARDS (FAST NATIONALS) PREVIOUS SATURDAY CABLE & […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio, including early 2018 dollars for films released later in 2017. We will start tracking the 2018 studio slates in a few weeks. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now +10% above last […]

  THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW:  Thursday 9:30PM on NBC (airing tonight at 9PM) – If Nothing Else Is On… Behind its feel-good star and tone, THE MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW is–even more than most TV shows–as much a business proposition as it is a piece of entertainment, so let’s start with that.  In a […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  2 BROKE GIRLS and MIKE & MOLLY each rose 0.1 in final numbers. CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Round 2 of the NBA PLAYOFFS was on TNT, and they were the top 2 shows of the night at 1.93/1.80.  VH1’s LOVE & HIP-HOP ATLANTA lost 0.23 to 1.41, and an AFTERPARTY lead-out was at 0.98, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  As we noted yesterday, the final rating for the ACADEMY AWARDS was 9.1.  The LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET pre-show ratings were released in half-hour increments at 2.2/3.5/5.2. In addition, the NCIS: LA rerun fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]