BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.52/0.37/0.34. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.26/0.24. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT ticked down to 0.73, and PASSWORD was down 0.05 to 0.43. FOX:  Reruns at 0.13/0.12. CW:  LEONARDO premiered at 0.04, and the season premiere of DEVILS was at 0.03. TELEMUNDO:  TOP CHEF VIP dropped 0.06 to 0.23, AMOR VALIENTE ticked […]

  Not much to say about a night mostly occupied by the State of the Union Address. CW:  As the only network TV series airing against coverage of the President’s speech, SUPERNATURAL got a 0.1 boost to 1.2, even with its season high.  THE ORIGINALS, which faced more normal competition, was down 0.1 to 1.0. […]

  OPENINGS:  Franchises continued to be the lifeblood (so to speak) of Hollywood, and this week it was SCREAM VI (Paramount) breaking its saga’s previous record with $44.5M, almost 50% higher than the $30M for last year’s Scream reboot.  It was also above the $40M for 2000’s Scream 3, although that would change with an […]

  Sports owned the night. 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 follow the chart. […]

Weekend #45 is on pace to exceed the multi-year average for this weekend by well over 20%.  Skyfall matched our bullish ShowbuzzDaily forecast and is on track to be the best-opening and best-grossing Bond film ever.   Wreck-It Ralph, Flight and even Argo continue to do solid business, rounding out the current slate of films […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Reruns at 0.33/0.34. CBS:  Reruns at 0.28/0.24/0.22. NBC:  After a rerun AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR at 0.25, DATELINE was at 0.29. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN slipped 0.02 to 0.47. CW:  A rerun PENN & TELLER: FOOL US at 0.11 was followed by a new DYNASTY at 0.05. TELEMUNDO:  CASA DE FAMOSAS gained 0.04 […]

  NEXT is what viewers said, too. 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 […]

The Past Week: Total Box Office Volume All films in wide release playing between October 22 and October 28 grossed a mediocre $119 million, even with the four-year average for the week and down 3% from the same week last year.    The past six weeks are now 7% above the four-year average box office […]