Broadcast news and late night series ratings available below for this week and the same week last year. You can also search for other available weeks with the link at the bottom of this post. Week 16: April 12-18, 2021 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late Night: Current […]

WORLDWIDE STUDIO SCORECARD.  Updated look at 2016 by studio.   YEAR TO DATE BOX OFFICE. Looking at North American box office, 2016 to date is now +1% above last year and now +2% above the average for this point the past four years ($3.837 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $10.4 billion worldwide […]

  OPENINGS:  The theatrical box office continued to pick itself up off the floor this weekend with two high-performing R-rated action movies, which thrived despite an overlapping target audience and the availability of one on a streaming service.  MORTAL KOMBAT (Warners, also on HBO Max) emerged the victor with $22.5M for the weekend, and could […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s NBA game adjusted to 0.57.  In addition, the rerun of GAME OF TALENTS adjusted to the next tenth, and the rerun of LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME adjusted to the next-lowest tenth.          Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Fox Sports […]

Based on Friday’s and Saturday’s grosses, weekend #21 of 2014 now looks like $179 million for the top 12 films Friday-Sunday, well below our $205 million forecast and down 28% from the same weekend last year (but still up 6% from the norm for this weekend over the last few years).  Basically, the two openers […]

  Craig Ferguson is maintaining that his decision to leave CBS and THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON in December is absolutely, entirely, utterly, completely, totally unrelated to the network’s recent decision to hand David Letterman’s slot to Stephen Colbert when Letterman steps down next year.  No, truly, he never had any interest in […]

      NETWORK FINALS:  Lots of 0.1 adjustments today, as the ESPYS, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT and BIG BROTHER went up, but THE NIGHT SHIFT, WAYWARD PINES and the CRIMINAL MINDS rerun traveled down.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  USA’s hope for a Season 2 MR […]

>ShowBuzzDaily’s PROMO WATCH shows that FOX really has to suffer through the Postseason.  Last night FOX had to air two 30-second generic promos for the Postseason itself (no days and times mentioned, just FOX and TBS network names at the end).  The MLB broadcasters are contractually obligated to carry these spots, and they come at […]