NETWORK FINALS:  LAST MAN STANDING and the BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA rerun gained 0.1 in final numbers, while the 8:30PM YOUNG SHELDON rerun and the MOM rerun lost the same.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On another night dominated by news, Fox News’s […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  THE AMAZING RACE gained 0.1 in final numbers. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): THE GOLD RUSH (Discovery) rounded up to tie SHARK TANK as the highest rated show on all of television Friday night, dropping 0.08 from last week to […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MEGYN KELLY and the rerun of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  AMC’s FEAR THE WALKING DEAD needed to get out of town before Westeros takes over Sunday cable, […]

Today we continue our AUDIENCE MAP series, which started with a look at the debut of FOX’s Empire and the premiere night trends for American Idol.  This week we take a look at some of the biggest sports telecasts in the past 12 months.  As a reminder, the audience shares for 30 distinct gender-age groups […]

>Thor remains at #1, while Bridesmaids opens above and Priest opens below expectations.  Fast Five sneaks into third place.  The weekend looks to be down 14% versus last year. Bridesmaids should open with $21.5 million this weekend and is on a pace to finish with $82 million in North America when it crosses the finish […]

  OPENINGS:  As we noted on Friday, the 3-day weekend studio estimates are lower than they’d otherwise be, due to lower pre-holiday moviegoing on Saturday and especially Sunday.  That will all change on Christmas Day, which will usher in the biggest 8 days of the box office year. JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (Columbia/Sony) is […]

  Although still down steeply from Fifty Shades of Grey, FIFTY SHADES FREED (Perfect World/Universal) is opening on par with the initial sequel Fifty Shades Darker.  According to preliminary numbers at Deadline, Freed earned $18.4M on its first day (including $5.6M from Thursday night), down 14% from Darker, which could translate into a $40M weekend, […]

  With the overwhelming amount of quality television these days available on various platforms, the Emmy nominators (of which I’m one, in certain categories) weren’t going to get it all right.  (A full list of nominees is here.)   There were omissions aplenty–The Americans and The Knick on the drama side, to name just two, and […]