In the bygone movie palace days Quentin Tarantino worships, exclusive “roadshow” engagements of major Hollywood releases sometimes ran for months before the films spread nationwide.  The super-hyped 70mm release of his THE HATEFUL EIGHT (Weinstein) was originally scheduled for a 2-week run, but that was swiftly cut down by half, and then to 6 […]

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 18: April 27-May 3, 2020 Broadcast News: Current Week Broadcast News: Same Week Last Year   Broadcast Late […]

  AFTERNOON UPDATE:  CHICAGO PD held its 2.0 rating in final numbers, and remained stable through the hour, which is a good sign for the show.  REVOLUTION, though, sank 0.1 to 1.5, just barely over its series low, and the 10:30PM SUPER FUN NIGHT also lost 0.1 to 1.7.  The PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS gained 0.1 […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  There was bad news in the adjustments for THE VILLAGE, which dropped 0.1, and at 0.8, lost more than half its THIS IS US lead-in.  (With an extra decimal, it was 1.70 vs. 0.84.)  Elsewhere, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT gained 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast […]

  Another dim night for most of the networks. NBC:  Last night marked the season’s final Friday airing of GRIMM before it moves to Tuesdays, and its send-off was unpromising, a 1.3 that was down 0.2 from its last new episode 3 weeks ago.  As could be expected after last week’s breaking news in Boston, […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  ABC’s FALL PREVIEW promo special dropped 0.2 in final numbers, but its COLLEGE FOOTBALL game held its preliminary 1.5.           Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  On a very unusual night dominated by hurricane updates, Starz’s POWER was the top-rated scripted show […]

  NETWORK UPDATE:  After adjustment for football preemptions, both FOOD FIGHTERS and DATELINE dimmed by 0.2 from preliminary numbers, respectively to 0.9 and 1.2.  At FOX, BOOM lost 0.1 to 0.6, and the BONES rerun dropped 0.2 to 0.5.  Also down 0.1 were BIG BROTHER (to 2.0) and the MOM rerun (1.1).  CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  Tis the season for […]

        NETWORK FINALS:  BLUE BLOODS fell 0.1 in final numbers.         Broadcast Official Nationals Program Ratings Chart     CABLE HIGHLIGHTS:  ESPN’s NBA doubleheader topped Friday cable at 0.83 (Boston vs. San Antonio)/0.59 (Golden State vs. Detroit).  On Discovery, GOLD RUSH slipped 0.04 to 0.78, and FINDING ESCOBAR’S MILLIONS […]