We’re now 5 weeks into the fall TV season, and although some major changes in the schedule are ahead, mostly due to CBS’s half-season of Thursday Night Football coming to an end, there’s enough data to come to some conclusions about how the season is going for each network.  The following chart shows the […]

  NETWORK UPDATE  The 1st episode of SELFIE, ABOUT A BOY and both NBC and ABC’s Election Coverage lost 0.1 in final numbers, as did the SUPERNATURAL clip show. Ratings in key demos for the Top 25 original cable telecasts (plus a few other lower-rated but noteworthy programs): SONS OF ANARCHY (FX) dominated Tuesday cable, even […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2017 film slates by studio. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2017 to date is still +2% above last year and still +4% above the average for this point the past four years ($5.940 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed over $16.9 […]

  NBC’s MARLON debuted well–but with an asterisk or two. 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 the age of 2).   Ratings […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday September 23-24, 2017.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, September 24-25, […]

Super Bowl tracks for metered market overnight ratings below.  National ratings will be posted as available. Super Bowl Ratings Track: HOUSEHOLDS (HH) Metered Markets National Last ten years  HH Rtg Shr HH Rtg Shr 2018 NBC PHI  41 NE   33 47.4 — 43.1 68 2017 FOX NE   34 ATL 28 48.8 72 45.3 70 2016 CBS […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday July 14-15, 2018.  Eligible programs include sporting events on broadcast and cable networks (minimum audience size 300K P2+).  Programs are grouped by sport and ranked within each sport by P2+ audience size. For comparison, here is the same chart for the same weekend last year, July 15-16, […]

  Clip shows didn’t excite anyone. 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 the age of 2). Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the […]