> Showtime is having a very good season.  Subscriptions are up, HOMELAND has, for the first time, put the network in HBO’s orbit of prestige, and the reburbished Sunday night line-up of SHAMELESS, HOUSE OF LIES and CALIFORNICATION has burst out of the winter starting gate, with double-digit gains for the 2 returning shows (a […]

  THE FIX doesn’t look like one. 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 and […]

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 +2% above last year and now +4% above the average for this point the past four years ($3.605 billion).  Over the same period, Hollywood films have grossed $9.8 billion worldwide […]

  The night was dominated by football and its aftereffects, but there were some other (dimmer) bright spots.  Note:  we don’t yet have a rating for the PBS season debut of Downton Abbey. FOX:  Our projection is that the overrun of the NFC WILD CARD PLAYOFF GAME, which pushed the network’s primetime schedule by about […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.30/0.28/0.18. CBS:  HOME FOR THE HOILIDAYS was at 0.25, followed by a rerun at 0.19. NBC:  Reruns at 0.44/0.30/0.32, followed by THE WHEEL at 0.19. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN gained 0.03 to 0.55. CW:  THE CHOSEN MESSENGER was at 0.09, followed by a rerun at 0.08. TELEMUNDO:  EXATLON lost 0.03 […]

> For one night, at least, all NBC’s dreams came true. NBC:  THE VOICE blew away its competition, especially in the 9-10PM hour.  Its 6.6 rating over 2 hours was naturally way down from Sunday night, where it had the most-watched telecast of all time as its lead-in, but for NBC it was manna from […]

  Let’s face it:  anyone with an interest in the matter has been circling the same basic list of titles and names for weeks now, if not months, and the truth is that as much fun as it would be for some shocking surprise to find its way into tomorrow’s Oscar nominations–Mud or Brie Larson, […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.29/0.31/0.20. CBS:  The afternoon NFL PLAYOFFS game was at 7.55, but wasn’t a direct lead-in to 60 MINUTES, which fell 0.79 to 0.48.  EAST NEW YORK dropped 0.11 to 0.41, and NCIS: LA was down 0.03 to 0.34. NBC:  SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL was at 7.33, up 1.57 from last […]