NETWORK FINALS:  There were no changes from this morning’s preliminary ratings.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  VH1 led Monday cable with LOVE & HIP-HOP up 0.05 to 1.13, as BASKETBALL WIVES gained 0.09 to 1.04. USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.06/1.05/1.03, compared […]

The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 14 and Sunday February 15, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 0.84 rating CBS 1:00 pm Baylor at Kansas 0.35 rating FOX 12:30 pm […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  SUNDAY  NIGHT FOOTBALL adjusted to 5.8, down 1.7 from last week’s final and down 1.3 from 2018’s Week 2 game.  In addition, 60 MINUTES dropped 0.2 in final numbers, and the NCIS: LA rerun lost 0.1.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart   CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  […]

> The first substantial buy of the Toronto Film Festival (Shame had sold first, but for art film prices) turned out to be Salmon Fishing In the Yemen, a modestly engaging romantic comedy from Lasse Hallstrom.  Hallstrom has made a career out of “modestly engaging,” following his early distinction with My Life As a Dog […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #14 of 2015 looks like $215 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, way above the norms for this weekend and setting a new record for early April. Opening at 4,004 theaters Friday, Furious 7 from Universal is now on track for a $143.6 million opening three-day weekend (down slightly from […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Here is an updated look at the 2019 film slates by studio. BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2019 is still -10% below last year’s comparable span and now -1% below the average at this point the past four years ($3.913 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed almost […]

          GO ON:  TUESDAYS 9PM ON NBC   WHAT IT’S SAYING:  Chandler Bing… um, Matthew Perry is back!  Still sarcastically quipping to hide his deeper feelings after all these years.   WHAT IT’S REALLY SAYING:  Also back:  Dear John.  With a dash of a (less bizarre) Community, as the oddball grief […]

Here are the weekend sports ratings for Saturday and Sunday March 31-April 1, 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, April […]