BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  FATAL FLAW premiered at 0.31, followed by a 20/20 rerun at 0.33. CBS:  SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION premiered at 0.25, followed by reruns at 0.16/0.20. NB:  A rerun AMERICAN NINA WARRIOR was st 0.22, followed by DATELINE at 0.28. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN fell a tenth to 0.52. CW:  Reruns at 0.07/0.04/0.04. TELEMUNDO:  […]

>Preliminary numbers from Dec. 26 suggest that while business, as expected, was higher than Christmas Day, momentum may have slowed a bit. Some highlights: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (Paramount): The Monday bump seems to be around 5-6%, lower than projected yesterday, but still enough to get the picture to $77M to date and a […]

  OPENINGS:  The $31.6M first day for THOR: THE DARK WORLD (Disney) was about 24% higher than the $25.5M opening for the first Thor, an increment likely to reduce as the movie’s run continues, since sequels tend to be more front-loaded.  A $200M US total would be more than 10% up from Thor‘s $181M.  Where […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE BACHELORETTE was steady at 0.76, and CLAIM TO FAME was down 0.04 to 0.35. CBS:  Reruns at 0.33/0.28/0.26/0.24. NBC:  AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR held at 0.39, and WEAKEST LINK was up 0.04 to 0.29. FOX:  After a TMZ INVESTIGATES special at 0.30, BEAT SHAZAM was at 0.32. CW:  ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO […]

> See Also: 2011 HONORABLE MENTIONS 2011 WORST 10   As a movie year, 2011 felt, more than anything else, like a reflection of an art and a business in disarray.  Economically, it was a down year and for the major studios, a frightening one:  beyond the special case of the Harry Potter  finale, virtually […]

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). ###

  FOX has announced some changes to its midseason line-up, mostly affecting Tuesdays. GLEE returns to Tuesdays 8PM on February 25, after airing its last Thursday episode sometime before January 16.  It leads into a single sitcom hour of NEW GIRL/BROOKLYN NINE-NINE.  THE MINDY PROJECT takes a long break following its January 28 episode, returning […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  After a rerun at 0.27, an ABC FALL PREVIEW promo special was at 0.21.  Following more reruns at 0.23/0.15, SPIRIT OF A NATION was at 0.11. CBS:  BIG BROTHER dipped 0.06 to 0.75, and the season finale of THE CHALLENGE was down 0.04 to 0.36. NBC:  PASSWORD was at 0.47, and […]