> The Hollywood Reporter has preliminary boxoffice numbers for Friday, and early indications are good for IMMORTALS, which appears to have already earned $13.5-14M (including $1.4M from Thursday midnight screenings). That should get it to an overperforming $33-35M for the weekend. A couple of cautions about these extrapolations, though: Friday was Veterans Day, which means […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE OSCARS adjusted to 6.8, a historic low and down 25% from 2017. On FOX, the scheduled Billy Graham memorial special appears to have been preempted in most of the country by the overrun of a NASCAR race. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart […]
Aided by circumstances, THE BLACKLIST had a strong return. 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). […]
As we approach the start of November sweeps on Halloween night, most of the networks are locking in their back order/cancellation plans, with one conspicuous exception. First, some big-picture numbers: Network Weekly Averages – 1st 5 Weeks of Season NBC: 3.07/2.81/2.66/2.97/2.44 FOX: 2.16/1.75/2.42/1.85/3.26 CBS: 2.24/2.46/1.86/2.19/1.89 ABC: 2.29/2.08/1.81/1.90/1.75 CW: 0.27/0.53/0.68/0.77/0.67 (Note: a fair amount of the […]
> SOURCE CODE is this weekend’s major live-action opening, so here’s a look at some recent work by its star Jake Gyllenhaal and its director Duncan Jones. Gyllenhaal has had a curious Hollywood career thus far, and PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME, far from his most auspicious moment, was his first pre-Source Code […]
NETWORK FINALS: THE MUPPETS managed a precious 0.1 bump in final numbers, although that was still a series low. IZOMBIE, though, fell 0.1. Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: FX’s AMERICAN CRIME STORY: THE PEOPLE VS. OJ SIMPSON premiered at 1.96, the night’s easy winner. However, that was considerably below […]
No medal for THE BACHELOR WINTER GAMES. 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 analysis and comparisons […]
Tis the season for reruns. 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 analysis follows the […]