Only one show on network TV last night topped a 2 rating. NBC:  AMERICA’S GOT TALENT was the dominant winner of the night with a 2.6, although that was down from its previous airings when it shared the night with The Voice.  Last night it was preceded by OFF THEIR ROCKERS, which had the […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  THE GOLDBERGS ticked up to 0.59, THE WONDER YEARS slipped 0.02 to 0.41, THE CONNERS was down a tick to 0.50, and HOME ECONOMICS was steady at 0.30.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS lost 0.03 to 0.25. CBS:  SURVIVOR climbed 0.13 to 0.97, TOUGH AS NAILS dropped 0.02 to 0.37, and CSI: […]

> REAL STEEL had a nice Saturday bump of 27%, but that’s far lower than the 40% it was initially claiming (and only 4% higher than the one for Ides of March, which is decidedly not a family matinee movie).  The picture could benefit, though, from some additional matinee business on Columbus Day tomorrow.  Also […]

Based on Friday’s grosses, Weekend #27 of 2013 looks like a terrific $223 million for the top 12 films, up sharply from the comparable weekend in recent years. Not even The Lone Ranger could derail a hot summer box office, which is up 30% or more in three of the last four weekends. Opening at […]

  OPENINGS:  GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (Columbia/Sony) opened with $44M, which was $2M below the launch of the 2016 Ghostbusters, a result treated as such a disaster that the franchise had to be re-rebooted.  Afterlife, though, is considered a success, thanks to a lower production budget ($75M, moderate for a tentpole), pandemic box office standards, and the […]

> FOX will be staring at the weather radar in Detroit all day today.  Game 5 of the American League Championship Series (Texas going for a 4 games to 1 end of the series on the road) is set to start at 4:19 pm.  FOX simply cannot afford another delayed start, which could blow out […]

  The gamble of CRAZY RICH ASIANS (Color Force/SK Global/Warners) is paying off with solid returns.  The film opened on Wednesday and earned $8.8M in its first two days, and preliminary numbers at Deadline have its Friday at $7M.  That should give it a $21M 3-day weekend and around $30M since opening day.  A $70M […]

  HBO’s Aaron Sorkin opus THE NEWSROOM fared well in its Season 2 premiere last night, drawing 2.2M total viewers (plus another 400K for the late-night re-airing).  Demo info won’t be available until tomorrow, but that should translate into a solid 0.9-1.0 in 18-49s.  The total viewer number isn’t quite a series record–the Season 1 […]