> At FOX, perhaps the most terrifying 7 words in the English language:  AMERICAN IDOL May Not Have Hit Bottom. FOX:  Despite no special competition on any other network, Idol‘s 5.1 was down a full ratings point from last week, and down a horrible 35% from last year’s parallel episode.  This is still, of course, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  FOX’s COLLEGE FOOTBALL game adjusted to 0.7.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Hallmark’s original movie CHRISTMAS AT GRACELAND led Saturday cable at 0.66.  Fox Sports 1’s afternoon COLLEGE FOOTBALL game narrowly beat ESPN’s evening game, 0.64 vs. 0.63, with other […]

The 47th weekend of the year is looking like $238 million for the top 12 films, just about where the weekend before Thanksgiving should be. Opening at over 4,100 theaters Friday (well above the 2,886 average theater count for opening weekends the last two years), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire from Lionsgate/Summit should average a superior $40,800 per […]

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). ###

This weekend is solid but definitely cooler than last weekend’s torrid pace:  $180 million for the top 12 films this Friday-Sunday, up 10% from a typical fourth weekend in November.  The final Twilight installment will remain at the top of the chart this weekend, while Skyfall’s third weekend will challenge the family-friendly Rise of the […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  THE BACHELOR climbed an additional 0.1 to 3.3. MONDAY CABLE:  Not a particularly good night.  BATES MOTEL (A&E) dived a steep 0.4 from last week’s season premiere to 0.9, and that sent THOSE WHO KILL down to a near-death 0.3.  DALLAS (TNT) stayed at 0.4, but that’s not good news.  SWITCHED AT […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  MODERN FAMILY, CHICAGO PD and SURVIVOR gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  The end of the line for A&E’s DUCK DYNASTY came with a handsome 0.17 bump to 0.50 (a “best of” clip show lead-in was […]

Not a lot of changes from last night’s early numbers. STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS (Lucasfilm/Disney):  The all-time biggest 2d US weekend:  $153.5M (down 38% from opening weekend, far better than the 49%/50% for Jurassic World/Avengers, although the 2% drop for Avatar and 24% increase for Titanic–both from the era before giant Thursday night openings–remain […]