OPENINGS:  PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE MARKED ONES (Paramount) was an experiment in several ways–the first installment of the franchise to be a spin-off and not a direct sequel, the first released out of the Halloween season, and one of Hollywood’s first tries at producing and marketing a movie primarily to the Latino audience.  All of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The network simulcast MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, and the broadcast share was 1.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.35/0.23/0.22/0.19. NBC:  Reruns at 0.36/0.24. FOX:  After a LEGO MASTERS special at 0.26, a rerun at 0.18. CW:  Reruns at 0.07/0.07. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON held at 0.29, REINA DEL SUR gained 0.02 to 0.21, and AMOR Y […]

> A lot can happen between the creation of a TV pilot in the spring and production of episodes for the regular season:  a writing/producing team is hired, audience focus groups weigh in, networks and studios (which may have had their own turnover in the off-season) give plenty of notes, both helpful and otherwise, and […]

  Duke once again gave a kick-start to NCAA TOURNAMENT coverage. 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 […]

  If it had happened, losing the Best Drama award at last night’s Golden Globes might have been the best thing that could have happened to 12 YEARS A SLAVE–while winning the award in the way that it actually did helped the film very little, if at all. Bear with me here. Remember last year, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  CELEBRITY JEOPARDY ticked down to 0.55, THE PARENT TEST fell a tenth to 0.35, and THE CHASE was down 0.06 to 0.25. CBS:  YOUNG SHELDON dropped 0.07 to 0.58, GHOSTS slipped 0.02 to 0.57, SO HELP ME TODD gained 0.02 to 0.39, and CSI: MIAMI ticked up to 0.32. NBC:  The […]

>Four new movies join the worldwide box office chart this weekend, with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island being the early standout.  Released overseas a week before this weekend’s North American opening, Journey 2 already has an overseas total of $75 million to date, nearly matching our total domestic projection of $79 million.  The first in […]

  SURVIVOR faced little competition for the night’s win. 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). Ratings […]