Here are links to all our Oscarland “Why and Why Not” pieces, running through the rationales for and against all the nominees in the major Academy Award categories: Best Picture Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress  

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The simulcast of Night 2 of the NFL DRAFT added up to a 1.38 rating with adults 18-49 and 5.239 million persons 2+ L+SD in an average minute of primetime (on ABC, ESPN2 and NFL Network).  On ABC, the 0.57 was up 0.12 from Night 2 in 2022. CBS:  Reruns at […]

>The weekend studio estimates (based on Friday and Saturday actuals and projections for Sunday) are coming in slightly stronger than the weekend numbers posted yesterday (based on Friday actuals only).  The box office volume for the top 12 films is now looking like a decent $123 million for the weekend, up 4% from last year’s […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  There was a lot of activity on the adjustment front, but all of it of the 0.1 variety:  THE VOICE and AGENTS OF SHIELD up, and ABOUT A BOY, GROWING UP FISHER, MIND GAMES, CHICAGO FIRE and THE ORIGINALS down.  Of these, the ones worth noting are the moves for BOY and […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The season finale of AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS was at 0.39, down 0.34 from last week (without an NBA Playoffs lead-in), and down 0.11 from last season’s finale.  The season finale of AMERICAN IDOL was at 0.83, down 0.09 from last week and up 0.07 from last season. CBS:  After 60 […]

> NBC, for whom this season cannot end too soon, has added a few summer premiere dates to its schedule: Monday May 21 9PM:    AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR – reality competition series that will air both on NBC and the G4 cable network Thursday June 7 8PM:    LOVE IN THE WILD – 2d season of reality […]

  OLYMPICS Night 10 followed pattern with a drop from Sunday. 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 […]

  OPENINGS:  DIVERGENT (Summit/Lionsgate) had an unusual trajectory for a YA movie, with a relatively unimpressive start but then much less of a Saturday drop than others in its genre.  The result was a $56M weekend (the number may tick down when adjusted figures are released tomorrow, considering the aggressive estimate of a 31% Sunday […]