> Another Sunday where there was football… and then everything else. FOX:  The early evening received a massive boost from the Giants vs. Green Bay game, which went down to the last second.  That lifted THE SIMPSONS, ALLEN GREGORY and FAMILY GUY mightily although Gregory was still down 40% from the Simpsons number. ABC:  These […]

  None of the weekend’s openings were expected to come near last week’s blockbuster opening, and none will.  The target Christian audience is turning out for RISEN (Affirm/Columbia/Sony), with preliminary numbers at Deadline putting it at $4.25M for Friday.  Given its demographics, Risen should hold well through the weekend, particularly on Sunday, which could give […]

  As the new season settles, just about everything last night was down. CBS:  All of the 8-10PM sitcoms were down 0.2 from last week:  HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER to 2.9, WE ARE MEN to 1.8, 2 BROKE GIRLS to 2.2 and MOM to 2.0.  For the latter 3, those were new lows, either […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  On a sports-heavy Saturday, ABC’s STANLEY CUP FINALS was at 1.11, NBC’s US OPEN coverage was at 0.53/0.53, and FOX’s MLB game was at 0.19.  NBC’s TRANSPLANT continued to burn off at 0.20.  CW’s originals were at 0.05/0.03. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, TOP RANK BOXING […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, Weekend #42 of 2013 now looks like $96 million for the top 12 films, down 15% from the average for the same weekend the past few years. Opening at 3,157 theaters Friday, Carrie from Sony Pictures grossed $6.5 million Friday and $6.3 million Saturday, now on track for $17.0 […]

  BROADCAST FINALS:  NBC’s TRANSPLANT gained 0.02 to 0.11.  FOX’s MLB game was at 0.49.  CW’s originals were at 0.03/0.03.  Univision’s LIGA matches were at 0.20/0.28.   Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On ESPN, UFC FIGHT NIGHT was at 0.24/0.17, and WIMBLEDON coverage was at 0.21/0.16.  On ESPN2, a FORMULA 1 […]

>NBC managed to win last night (the only network to average a 2 rating across the evening) by programming an original game show and a Christmas-themed SNL special (the same strategy the network employed last year on this night).  CBS was second by repeating its regular schedule (as it did last year).  ABC improved over […]

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 & […]