BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  AMERICA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS slipped 0.02 to 0.47, CELEBRITY WHEEL OF FORTUNE rose 0.07 to 0.51, SUPERMARKET SWEEP gained 0.02 to 0.37, and THE ROOKIE was up 0.03 to 0.33. CBS:  The network had the late afternoon NFL game for the first time since October 24, and compared to that night, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.46/0.47/0.37/0.17 CBS:  The network again had the late national NFL game, then 60 MINUTES down 0.19 to 1.44, THE EQUALIZER up a tenth to 0.84, NCIS LA down 0.11 to 0.56, and SEAL TEAM up a tick to 0.40. NBC:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 4.36, down 0.23 from […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SURVIVOR, THE GOLDBERGS, MODERN FAMILY and AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE all gained 0.1 in final numbers, but SPEECHLESS lost the same, although all of these adjustments were on the borderline of change in hundredths.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  WHEN WE RISE finished its disastrous run by sinking 0.1 in final numbers to 0.4.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Discovery’s GOLD RUSH again led Friday cable, up 0.04 to 1.05, with THE WHEEL up a tick to 0.41.  ESPN […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s Notre Dame vs. Texas game adjusted up 0.3 to 3.3 in final numbers (however, the FALL PREVIEW informercial that started the night fell 0.2 to 0.9) and NBC’s NASCAR race gained 0.1 to 0.9.  BIG BROTHER also rose 0.1 to 1.4.          Broadcast Official Nationals […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2018 film slates by studio. The studio totals also include 2018 dollars for films released in late 2017. YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2018 to date is now -2% below last year and now +12% above the average for this point the past four […]

  Oscar weekend boxoffice is one of those chicken-and-egg situations where it’s not clear whether the major studios stay away because no one goes to the movies that weekend, or if no one goes to the movies because there’s nothing new to see.  However self-fulfilling the prophecy may be, things are quiet at the multiplex […]

  It’s never good news for the networks when the calendar brings typically low-rated Halloween–lots of parents and others with other plans–into November sweeps. ABC:  By 8PM most kiddies were back from treat or treating, so the nine zillionth run of IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN doubled last week’s Once Upon A Time In Wonderland number with 2.2, which […]